The ladies' garland. [volume], October 28, 1826, Page 150, Image 2

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A IVov j«!* iInis shall \ irtu»* ami Intinaiiity j
he their 'j’.mi t< ward,in the act oi r*. ruirrin^gu od }
lor cul ; and \ ice and ingratitude shall meet j
di«*ir jniMislimcn’, even in the accomplishment !
• it tin ir most -an^'iiue idles! N >: ht the .-oil* |
.»i p:>li-h«-<! society pi oh* them-on their |
- ij>• ■ * ior end.u m oils, am! all* elation ui re!:nrd j
{(•• l> it !•• nrn that dum* stir t«■ 11 * I • no .~v nod ;
'lliivris.il ph'.hmthropv lu-.v 1m* tie _ r •»". I!» (»1 i
f \ *■ i \ clime, una^smtc l hy tin* pomp u! j»1;:* >so- •
• >1 • \ . ;>r tin* pciiantr} ot .‘.location,
THU C02JTHAST.
! M ’< )i monds were iirotlu is- ! ' t'l;
wcii* di a * 1.11 '-rent cast. The » id'-1-*, 1*
full of genius and enterprise— a< toe, h •!■!,
aspiring } ; tnr:.*> was our of those m Id, » a,) sv.l ,
i nuVnted voidhs, who are h'fpi'Uith ft ? ;u.: .• d
., a s\, almost from ’lie ordinary c:i!ia and m\ -t <s
.1’ the world, ill the hu:ni*!e blit p« eu 1 •; 1 walk ■ t
placate life—he attracted to u'teuti on—aw k ed u •
i topes—gave no presage (if ext rant ..n.uv .
vv.tli a lew oi maxims in his head and a '• n.u i • ;
attachment to tin habits of his fathers, ‘ ii< j.c. d
■lie even tenor of in. u:i\,* and neve, look* ! :
tame Inymid the precincts of his native j.a: -h, or
tui tune further than the limits of the old home ,lead
farm. Kvery stream finds its natural channel—and
the mind always follows its peculiar bent. |
Accordingly, \\ hen they tell heir to the tine fsmily ;
estate—the old place was nmrtgag. d, and H hurt |
with hi* shire of the proper') sought n: foreign ,
adventure the objects after which he had aspired i
from childhood—ftlme and wealth. I1> crossed tin- \
Indian Ocean, traversed the burning climate of ti ••
east, and returned after many years to a .southern
city of his native land, distinguished for suoec-sful
unterprize, and abounding in wealth. In the ilia- ;
turity of his mind, and at the age too win. u the j
inti licet has riaclu d the meridian of its power, 1
when experience has done its work, and nature is j
still full of\igor, he had only to seek, distinction, to \
be distinguished. H« rose to an honorable staiion; j
his friends admired, his enemies envied, and the |
unreflecting called him n huj.-fti/ men.
lie won* the m mhlance o! tile happy, lie gath
ered his w* :ilth around lnm, and fortified his h gh
chars t< r ag.unst all tin- ordinary vicissitudi s of life.
r.u‘ honors crow n ini'- ;>fr a m m t 'horn that goads
ns u i anr. A sunshine play s round the path of the
S1 lei1, ssful votary if fame, u hirh da/ des the eves
and dit* lies the judgment of the multitude. And
well hath the poet written—
‘Hr who ascends the mountain's top shall find,
riu- loftiest peak most wrapped in clouds and snow.
Hr u in) surpasses or mi'vJih s manknd,
Must look down on the hate ot all below.'*
From the heartless formality an I unmeaning
, irade of a crowded cit\, Uobert M'Ormond some
.lines retired to a secluded residence on the hank
- \ a noble river which bore the commerce of that
'Mjnntrv to the ocean, to meditate amidst its peace
till shades. But he carried even thither a discon
♦enud mind—in which restless ambition brooded,
and cares and anxiety In Id tin ir unquiet sway.
One evening as he sat musing in tile starlight, and
stoning to the g'-nth- munmirs ot the flood, his
vat caught the wild strain of a ro\ ing harper, who
wandered along the green bank, and was amusing
liin.'tU' will: a wild and plaintive song—Robert
listened, and the minstrel sting—
“ I low blest are the}, with wayward feet,
\V ho ne’er forsake their native r-eul,
t;i 1' :v:gn chines to roam —
\\ ho lit Vr beh> Id t lie smoke at e ,
()l t< »st or soli !*"' -'.•.rrilice,
lS'lt at then lather's hoMe.**
H cwh. d, invol'i .tardy. II • had forgotten his
heh.i’s liome. Anl the train of Riding the reed
1 < •;.<;) produced, v * 1 a deep tmgc of ir.ciancholv
o' er l;.s Mi:!,d. Rut he consoled h.mself. TIiom
t.oul-h s, thought ht, this disquietude, my broth' r
c doubtless t; fr • a—yet I h.ave done i tore h r
mankind than ii •, and a feeling of st If-complac-ot
-ur »iorit\’filled li.s soul. Meantime t!ie wander
ing' minstrel approached him.
•* (a o.| • •/’ sa. l the man, *•: one has made
\ rm !,;,pp\, and ‘oaded von with favors—she h is
ivl on me—do \ on ted iV.»r the unfortunate
ft clin^s vv< re
— ii, i\ I Iodidein y our 11oi! •*
'I .«• net. m.u>N Ini;^ cherl-hed
• * -• d. “Mid ' .me an. d vie said in , “ ipi hand
i ■ i i n.d now a i).>.% and in succour.the (.nr we
?..n-t • < ( <!’;'the obi t. 1 ex’ i.d wo eh a: it} to
r.i-.-ii t f \ • ;'i!’ upp» ir iiici /’
41 i i"i' I • s me: : ;I the str .i .tvr In a sul:
<]*i 1 mi-( , :n owe t.t those pk ».saut snuuiur
Inn'S'-s, is- in \ our gulden
“ N' t an Sm .it- ”
‘ \ ' • :i ! w il lie uik!' r the shady brandies of
tins spier. : ng oak — it w ii si.it M me from tin •: v\
“No, \ on \v:ti »' •4, *1 replied M*Oj moral, “\oo
w ill I av in} grow. N—wo stroilmg VugTiWtai au.\ s
liere. ”
The mat) turned a1 nt— 44 \ mi w .1! 1>" nw I,”
sun! 1 •, “ wi an 1 c iar ty do net ui'o ;• u.svt i * ,
if vec and misfortune d ” Ar'i h. disappeared
among the deep viuh'. - id l t'rck '' ■ t. s
Hut thou-lj ht ’ :.'ed tlx- m:;-s:; . ! t; I,-, i udel}’,
that simple song ' m.g i ■ * . 1 '• I- h«-a»-t : and !x re
solved to pay a \ ’ > l x- horn*, of l.:> ( iridh".
though lx- vVitsimn-r i v. ■,< : ixr an\ ('t ln-« k i r d
rem.i'W; d »?s occup .n;H. an > ' !nnf!\ unci' r
took the journv}, and at Mi-.ivt of the* t-. nti.i d;;\,
he readud a little inn upon 4h. to]) of ti.e moun
tain tiiat overlook* L*th. 'Mi \ vie .* i." spent !.i>
( hddhoud ; and on wxpi . ., i . d!. a? i.is brn’hc:
l i.iUCis M’Oiauoiid s id les.o d uii t;.< old home
s’i :*d tai ?n.
It U US .1 bo:UlliltiI (■'- l U’.npr, 'od t ‘
beivd the road, In d i n. - 1 t »'i.umi;. h\
sui prise, ;uul tin in t• *1 in . >* It m;u<i *
hand.menl*', ir* took ln.s j< .urne) 'nliir ! •. n • • non
foot and unattended. A f\W !.■ nrs w.dk hioueh’
him to the door, and he entered .*s a r:< r and
asked pi’nni^.uii to !•.«<> the ». ^ht. !’ was < In.cr
t»iII\ e'l ai:te<!, no ij’.u s’;-i s w» a-i'e !, and all w as
hospitaht) and kinun< ss. Ah! whw>, after a phnn
ful repasf, he $r.-th( r. 1 u \th the ftn.il) on the
piazza, i ranr s brought h s fluti, and Itimcl it to
the >ti i.!• the wan nn 1 had sun£ to his
hew ildered ea: a (• w m;»,,t ,s h ‘ r« , and wnen the
faiuier dr >pped his flute and -:r g- the \er\ \s r<is,
each tune pr • luced oonvicti «n, and in the i.n.rst of
ieehng he nude h mselt know n to Ins brother, who,
in the characu r of « \v a rule ring harper, : ad tested.
!’> v.-rUies at the time spoken oi before.
Mutual explanations were followed b.y mutual
forgiveness ; and Hubert left the scenes of his in
fancy an humbled man—satisfied that wealth and
honor are far from being- the common handmaids of
I f.pp.ness and \ Mtuc.—; /VcntctU Lmfjcninn.
THI3 rsim.^CTGK.
1 HUM 1HE MTlONAi. JOl'UNAI..
s.d''i •:mi;ki;.
i he deep and opulent green of (he summer
verdure begin to fade into a variety of sickly
(in under t's uiilu rii g infim-nee : anil the dr\
vo-tlh gnl f.lhiig leaves, robbed of their juiev
t l.tstirity. and scattered hy < \erv breath of liic
autumnal breeze, v. d! soon hi gin to teach li
the r 1 army but salutary 1-sstm of our oun dr
cay. There i-.. after all, however, a me’! mm >s
ami beautv in tie- autumn ! md-rnt.e, uhich I i
the c-iutaiti,'! 'ive mm! i more fascinating
vitnir.rr
than the livi rv of tur
iiV' tati m df I'm'sls • in
cli:iiiiii'i.v to :i t!n•’t»:•«i‘ 1 c 1, i
pout'' it' pr■ ■ t• t"5i >n of !i.rlit i.:-..
U' • 11 h a it:.1
derate ii.ti-i:':!•• of h t!, ’ ii:i» llocUml
at'il |i|;\ '•( :. I M -*i'liis !■■•; in to P s i'lir the vi_o>r
oij' tune ('li o l.a.i 1 .; — 11 - - I.mi and he(*-m,e
|>:;i"ily/i'il end. . ! j. prt’ul inilm-m-e <>I a
t ertiiod m:ii '1 he t mt.L^r an ! th ;!n r a;: n!
fruit !•• I ii.c to til!' acasni, the trr-«|» v;. ids it.
"iru-, ami {lie ami |• i■ *; their .rrati
till jnn-cs : the !.:.rvr*t> atli > !-* il; and natnru
I if' nil! I l aiiiii I I >• i until ■ i : ! i i ! p of mat,
if v fit* to if v'n.ile llii- ;«*ii •! in hem ,a ex
i.'t-i.r.' to uhirh tin* month of > ■ [ > 11 - it i ’;. • r p..,
rc.'|iini I', tvr S'ri .oi l 'i f at the tnni' uimn t!a
hair to rot a iav, i. In n tin- i d , oil ah ties is lirrv
am! t it, iiult uoii' i* ■ >tn sn 11 j son _ !i t!,a i, ins ; u !i,-n
ilm iut' iti[>i■ i..; to of the ."iur.s suh'idf. int i a
('aim and even t*i iia,', ami iviicn v.o hr; m to
tii-rvc oursvlt t:s for the struggle of decay and
death.
U'TUVV
There is a pleasing melancholy in view ire;
the approach of Autumn, which all the bright
<■>>■'■ ri11a; of Spring and the rich profusion of
irnrin r cami; t produce. II >w quick the trail
«iti.in from Summer's scorching heat to the rude
and fad'd gluy of Autumn! The fields are
stripped of their verdant covering, the trees are
strewing the grand with their leafy honors,
the primrose and the hawthorn hlosom in tin
hedges no more. Their fragrance is departed,
their leaves are withered and fallen. Even the
l" .‘hen <1 songsters of the grove feel thalt all n.l
t .re. is fading and dying around them; they I.id
farewell to their favorite haunts and depart to a
more congenial clime. Desolation like a flood
comes swc> ping over the face of the earth : frost
hinds it in heavy chains, and on every side are
seen the harbii.'g rs of approaching W inter. A
few months since and the joyful carol of the fn A
| bird of Spring saluted our ears, the pearly dew
1 was sparkling in the sunshine of an April morn
I ing, and the air was perfumed with the fragrance