Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-02-28
Times SOlilOCuv.


Old call you me ? aye when the
Almighty spoke creation into birth / was
there. Then was born. Amid the bloom
and verdure of Paradise, | gazed upon the
world radiant with celestial smiles rose
upon the pinions Of the first morn, and
caught the sweet dewdrops as they fell and
sparked on the boughs of the garden Ere
the foot of man was heard sounding in the
wilderness gazcd out its thousand rivers,
flashing in light, and rejecting the broad
sun, like a thousand jewels upon their bosom.
The cataracts sent up their anthems in
these solitudes and none was here but to
listen to the newborn melody. The fawns
bounded over the hills, and drank at the
limpd streams ages before an arm was raised
to iniure or make them afraid. For thou
sands of years the morning star rose in beau
ty upon these unpeopled shores, and its twin
ssiter of the eve famed in the forehead Of
the sky, with no eye to admire their rays
but mine.
Aye call me old Babylon and AS
syria, Palmyra and Thebus, rose flourished
and fall, and scarce a melancholy ruin marks
the place of their existence but when their
first stones were laid in the earth | was
there ! Amid all their splendor, glory and
wickednesss | was in their busy Streets and
crumbling their magnificent palaces to the
earth. My books will show a long and
fearful account against them. control the
fate Of empires-I give them their period of
glory and splendor but at their birth
concealed in them the seeds Of death and
decay. They must go down and be hum
bed in the dust-their heads bow down be-
fore the rising glores Of young nations, to
whose prosperity there will also come date
and a day of decline.
poise my wings over the earth, and
watch the course and dOings Of its inhabit-
ants. | call up the violets Oh the hil and
crumble the gray ruins to the ground. |
am the agent Of a higher power to give life
and take it away | spread silken tresses
upon the brow Of the young, aud plant gray
hairs on the head of the aged man. Dim
pies and smiles, at my bidding, lurk around
the lips Of the innocent child, and furrow
the brow of the aged with wrinkles.
Old, call yon ne? Aye but when will my
days he numbered? When shall time end,
and eternity begin? when viii the earth
and its waters and the universe be rolled
and a new world commence its revolutions
Not till he who first bid me begin my flight
50 orders it, When his purpose, who called
me into being, arc accomplished, then aud
not Till theu-aud no one can proclaim the
hour too shall 90 to the place ofall living
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A DELICATE CAsn.--A very delicate case
occurred in Petersburg, Va, in the latter
part of last year, which points forcibIy the
maxim Judge not from appearanccs'
A servant girl found an infant on the
steps OF her mastcrs premises, with piece
Of paper attached ,oi,s envelope, on which
was written spare my shame She took it
up to her mistress and upon q piece Of linen
was discovered in indcliblc ink, the name Of
a highly respectable lady and friend in the
vicinity. The child Was property cared for
during the night, and in the morning, the
lady advised by her husband, called on the
person whose name was on The linen, finding
her in bed, complaining Of being very i'll
Upon this, suspicion assumed the form of
conviction, and the posscssor Of the found
ling feeling confirmed, and being very impu,-
live broachcd the subject in few moments
after cntcring the chamber. The sick lady
appeared surprised, and asked her lrcud for
an explanation, when the marked linen was
Produced Instead Of fainting rs the lady
friend had expected the sick lady assumed
n smile, seeing the basis of the error, and
informed her that several weeks ago She had
employed a young seamstrcss, and in dis
missing her. had presented her with several
pieces Of her old linen. The young seam
stress wasfound, and acknowledged all, with
but brief and unngenous resistance. iIer
child was returned, and be it left to the good
name of the first cognizant of the secret,
She was presented with 500, with which
she left the city for Alexandria.
BEoADwAY.-- Broadway in the afternoon
is like procession Of rainbows, with the
colors, primary and secondary, that distin-
guish the fashions of the season. Stf.
uugainly square checks and plaids, and
stripes broad and narrow, horizontal and
perpendicular, white and black, blue, red,
and yellow, but with a decided preponder-
ance Of the mixed hucs, greens, puppies and
browns, here and there varied with an occa-
sional row dots or diamonds or sprips, and