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listening to the footsteps of the destroyer, ami
mourning over y our dearc't ones '1 tin in battle.
Sisters and Friends, our hearts bleed tor you.
Deprived of your protectors by the fortunes of
war, ami continually in fear ol ev ils worse than
death, our prayers are with vuu in all your
wanderings, your wants, and y on griefs. In
tins vessel, (vvhieli may God semi in safety to
your shores)—you will ieceive a portion of that
bounty with a Inch //<_' hath blessed us The
poor among os hive given according to their
ability—ami our little children h ive cheerfully
aided, that some of you and your children might
have bread local, and raiment to put on.—
Could you but behold the faces ,if our little
ones bughten, and their eves sparkle with joy, i
wbih they give, up tlifir holidays, that they
might .vork with (four needles for Greece— 1
Could yo i see those females who earn a sutisis j
teuce by labor, gladly e tsfing their mite into |
your treasmy, and taking hours from their re
pose, that an additional garment might he iur- j
nislied lor you—could you witness the active
spirit that pervades all classes of our commum ;
ty. it would cheer lor a moment the darkness j
and tmseiy ol your lot.
We. are inhabitants of a part of one of the
smallest id the United States, and our donations j
most therefore, ol necessity, he more limited, '
than those from the larger and more wealthy
Cities; yet sueli as we have, we give in the
name of our dear Saviour, with our blessings j
and our prayers.
We know the value of sympathy—how it
arms the heart to endure—how it plucks the
sting from sorrowtherefore we have written
these lew lines to assure you that in the remo
ter parts of our country, as well as m her high
places, you are remembered with pity and w ith
aflection
Misters and Friends, we extend across the j
Ocean our hands to you in the fellowship of !
Christ, We pray, that lie Cross, and the j
banner of your land, may iise together over the :
Crescent and the uiiuarat—that your soils may |
had the freedom of Ancient Greece restored, '
and build again the waste places which the op
pressor hath trodden down—and that you, ad
mitted once more to the felicities ot home, may
gatliei from past perils and adv ersities, a bright
er wreath fur the kingdom ol Heaven.
Lydia 11
Secretary of the Creel; C'oWi|jgjp^jf’ Hart
A GRECIAN HEROINE.
Sophia Condulimo was the the wife of an
officei' of distinction, who fell during the
siege ot MiS'olonglti. W hen the Turks
entered die mwii, she was among the crow d
who sought to escape the fury of the enemy
by cju111111it the walls, accompanied by her
son and daughter. They had not proceed
ed far, when the mother perceived a party
of Turks coming towards them: horrified
at the fate which was about to befal her
daughter, a beautiful girl of sixteen, she
tuieed to the son, who was armed, and told
iiim to shoot his sister, lest she should be
come a victim of Mussulman brutality ! —
The youth instantly obeyed the dreadful
mandate, drew a pistol from his girdle, and
longed the contents, four large slugs, in his
sis.er's head, when she fell to the ground,
apparently a lifeless corpse. Thus reliev
ed from a charge which the mother could
not preserve, herself and son endeavored to
lake refuse m a cavern. Justasthev were
entering it, a grape shot struck the boy in
the leg. Scarcely hail the mother succeed
ed in dragging him alter her, than a piquet
of Turkish cavalrv came up; one ot the
party drawing forth a pistol, pointed it at
the temple of poor Sophia, who suddenly
rising up. looked sternly at the Turk and
exclaimed, ‘"Barbarian! do you not see
that 1 am a woman This appeal had the
desired effect, and both the mother and her
son were spared to be conducted into slave
ry. I'i,e most extraordinary part of this
story remains to be told. Being among the
two hundred ransomed b the Continental
Greek Committee, they were sent over to
Corfu, ami placed with the others. Judge
of the mother's astonishment oil finding
that her imaginary murdered daughter was
among the number. To be briel. on per
ceivitig she was a female, the Turks carri
ed her back to Missonloghi, bound up her
wound-, which had all the appearance of
being mnital. but she recovered, and her
store hating attracted the attention ot the
ransoming agents, the interesting Cresiila
was rescued from bondage, and, what is
more, thus singularly distined to be once
more restored to the arms of her disconso
late parent.
[ /1/rti/i/icre'x Lellcra from Greece.
THE GOOD MOTHER.
In (lio vicinity of Philadelphia (here was
a pious mother who hail the happiness of
seeing her children, in very early life,
brought to the knowledge of the truth, walk
ing in the fear ot the Doit!, and ornaments
to the Christian church. On being asked
what was ti»e peculiar mode of her instruc
tion, she said :—
“ While my children were infants on mv
lap, as l washed them, 1 raised my heart to
God, that he would wash them in that
‘ blood which cleansed) from all 'in.’ As
1 clothed them in the morning, I asked my
heavenly Father to clothe them with the
robe of Christ's righteousness. As I pro
vided them with fond, I praved that God
would feed their souls with the bread ot
heaven, and give them to drink the water
of life. When l have prepared them tor
the house of God, 1 hav ■ plead that their
bodies might be tit temples for the Holy
Ghost to dwell in. When thcv left me for
the syhool, 1 followed their infant footsteps
with a prayer that their path through life
might be like that of the just, u hu h shineth
more and more urifo the perfect clay; and
as l committed them t> the rest ■ f the night,
the silent breathing of mv soul lias been,
that their heavenly Father would take
them to his embrace, and fold them in his
paternal arms.''
TO PRINTERS.
Till', establishment ot Hie I.aiuks’ Gaulavd
will be sold, after the conclusion of the present vo
lume.
Letters, addressed to the editor, post paid, wdl
be duly attended to.
VARIETY,
NKW WAY TO OllTAIN A Ul'SHVNO
Of all the stratagems resorted to by female inge
nuity to obtain a suitable husband, we ktiow of none
so extraordinary as that of the French ladv, who
pave out thai her head resembled a 'Death’s Head.'
Among the numerous luvers, who, m conse<|tience
of the immense wealth she was reputed to possess,
aspired to the honour of Iter ham!, in spite of the ter.
rora of her face, there were reckoned no less than
five hundred nod nineteen rt formed rakes and two
hundred ruined gamesters. She showed to a per
son who was in her confidence twenty five or thirty
letters, which she had received from Ilelgium
written by certain w ell known characters, who said
they would never revolt, though she should prove
to he the most hideous object in the world. They
were disposed to flatter, caress, and w ed the plague
itself, so they could procure abundance of gold —
All tln-ir letters she left unanswered, but to a few
who si I,cited her hand in a gallant stvle, she was
generous enough to cmlir her secretary to return
thanks. Her f iend was permitted to take a copy
i of the follow ing :
.innoi nepori uas imuoncss paimeu you its*
handsome than you are . but none at least will re
i fuse to admit that your physiognomy is expressive.
1 should have had the honour of presenting myself
before you, and of declaring my passion, had not
pitiles creditors detained me in the Conciergerie.
I must heg you will have the goodness to pay me a
visit, to receive the proposition I am so anxious to
make. Though you may have shown a little of the
coquette, in order to set yourself off to the best ad
vantage, that is not the fault of nature; consequent
Iv, it can make no difference in my mtehtions. Nr,
aspect can he more hideous in the *-y es of a prisone;
than a prison. Bring me liberty, and you will ap
pear charming in lend If you should favor me with
a visit, you will see a young man, twenty-five y< ars
of age, who has, among other advantages, that ofu
tolerable person, with a mind proper to meet world
ly success Me lias, morever, the honour to dc
clarc Ins most ardent vows ’ Koili.vili.e.
• I’ S —He so good as to request the jailor of the
Conciergerie to lend his parlour for our interview.'
The mind of the young lady did not tend to a
union in consequence of the above invitations, yet
her heart was not insensible In the brilliant cii
ties in which she moved, covered constantly with a
mask, she distinguished a young man ol noble and
interesting countenance, whose mind had been
well cultivated. Me had a fuitune which placed
him above interested views 'I he young mao, on
his part, was so much charmed w ith the graces and
delicate sentiments which the young lady with in
visible feat ores display ed in her conversation, that
he at length declart d all his happiness depended
on a union- She did not deny the impression he
had made on her heart, nor conceal the pleasure
she should fee! in acceding to his proposal, but ex
pressed to him, at the same time, the drtad, that he
would repent un beholding her face, which she de
scribed to be that ol death in its most terrific for:::
She urged him to beware of rashness, and con.-ndei
will whether he could bear the wretched thsat
nointment he might incur