The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-02

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The warm sun Is falling, the bleak wind Is wailing
Tho bare boughs are signing, the pale flowers ars
dying;
And the year M
on the earth her DEATH shroud ofleavss dead
Is lying" slo ~ ss
It has been said by one Of the reviews that
the dying often dream of their habitual oocu-
patlons, and construct an imaginary present
from the past. DR.. Armstrong departed de-
livsring medical precepts. Napoleon fought
some battle over again, and the last words he
muttsred, were, "Tsis d'armse." Lord Ten
terden, who psssed straight from the judg-
msnt seat to his death-bed, fancied himself
still presiding at a trial, and expired, saying,
"asntlsmsn Of tho jury, you will now consider
your verdict" DR.. Adams, the author Of the
Roma~ Anaqs;sies, imagined himself in school
distributing praise and censure among his
pupils. "But It grows dark" he said, "the
boys may dismiss;" and instantly died. "My
friends" said Fontenells, short time before
he died, "I have no pain, only little diff
Guilty in keeping up life" Others evince their
individual character. Washington said, III
Is WELL" The elder Adams whispered, Wn-
dependence forever" the younger Adams, "I'
isthe last Of earth" Jefferson, III resign my
soul to God, and my daughter to my country
Harrison, "I wish you to understand the true
principles of government; wish them car
ried out; ask nothing more" Webster, ~
still live" Taylor, NJ have endeavored to
do my duty" Franklin, IA dying man oap
do nothing easy" John Randolph, Gre
MORSE" Byron, "T must sleep now" Law.
renee, ''Dont give up the ship" Grotius,
"Be serious" Burns, "Don't lot that
awkward squad fire over my grave" Sir
Walter SCOTT, ri feel as if were to be myself
again" Neander, "Sister, 4 am weary, lei
US go home." Sir Thomas Moore, (aacend-
ing the scaifold,) ~ pray you, see me safe up,
and for my coming down, let me shift for my
self" General Lopez, "Adieu, my beloved
Cuba; adieu, my brethren" John Brown,
ri am always ready; don't detain me long,
Old eighteen hundred and ffty-nine ex-
claimed, as retiring on Its last slide, coasting
down hill, "Every tub on ito own bottom"
TIE WATCHING wEsLEYASs.
Saturday night the Methodist Churches all
over the world were open, to watch the old year
out and the new one into watch and pray at
the death and the birth. All ofus welcome the
coming and speed the parting guest. Good
by ths old and welcome the census year. Al
midnight--strange mystic hour-ss MI 8. Stowe
termed it, when the veil between the fra
present and the eternal future grows thin, th,
worshipers were on their knees in silent prayer
THE FIRST SABBATH OF 1860.
The Sabbath has BEEN defined to be tn.
weekly winding up required by the human
machine. Blessed and hallowsd is the Sab.
bath day. But when the years halt Gomez
We should on this jubilee week, while walk.
Ing in the crypts of life, in the language Of
Longfsllow, hear the organ and the chanting
Of the choir in the great Cathedral above MS
and fear not to mount through the open door
from which we see the light stream when
some friend goes up before us, by the marrow
staircase of the grave that leads us out of thi,
uncertain twilight into the serene mansions Of
the life eternal.
THE YOUNG AND THE OLD.
Now that We have passed the conjunction Of
two spochs, the end and the beginning of the
struction from q reflection Of Coleddgs: ~
have often thought what melancholy world
this would bs without children, and what an
irhuman world without the aged"
The Penny Press for the New Year.
We remind business men and house keepers
Of their opportunity to embark with the New