The ladies' garland. [volume], May 31, 1828, Image 1

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VOL. 4. HARPS8S-TE2535Y, VIRGINIA, MAY 31, 1823. NO. 51.
PUBLISH K l) KVKRT SiTI'll DAY EVKMMr,
BY JOHN S. (i \LLA11KK.
TF.RMS. — One dollar and fifty arnts per annum,
payable at the exp.ration oi the first quarter, or
one dollar and twenty-lire rents, to he paid at the j
time nt subscribing. Payment in advance, from
distant subscriber* who are not known to tin* pub
lisher, will unariably be expected Should pay
ment he dcierreci to ihe end ut the year, will ,
be re(pured.
TiSS H2P9SITORY.
Fiiow Till. piiuiui.i.nm ai.di m
Till'* \\ ANDKKKK’S litllli.V
At the close of a beautiful day towards the
end of August, a traveller was seen hastily pro
ceoding .if.no the road which leil to VVoodburv,
a beautiful bat sequestered huml* t. in the west
ern p it t ol the state ot \- Hi was const
dcrably ubov* the middle si/e ; his fine, open
countenance was soruewli.it embrowned by tail
and the scorching heals of many a suiimii i s
siin ; y*t there was an expression of careless
good humour, mingled with the noble frankness
which sal up in his strikingly huiids-ime features,
shorn foi tli in thr "lance ol his bright blue cm ,
and levelled in his sinaiy -mili;, which told that
th oath Ins lot through hie might have been
tuils'iinr, yet the angm'li of conihcting passions
had seldom been allowed to mi n]e the calm
serenity til liis bosom. Ttieodoi. .>latii| nad
letl Ins home at the age ot eighteen, to seek tns
fortune on the pnilotis bosom ol tl.e ocean; he
had hern at - oit about Jive years, and bad now
u-turned to cheer the dei lining yeais of tns aged
parents, and to claim the reward of Ins perse
vetring industry, in the calm enj lyments d re
ciproeated atleetion. ’1 tie suo was ju-t sinkitig
below thp western horizon when Theodore eti
fered his native village ; the last beams of his
departing spiend >r dlnmin.ited the cottage wio
i.iii". and cast a Img- img gleam over the luxu
limit landscape. Theodore paused and looked
at .mid him , the scene w hieii presented itself to j
tns iiew would It.in been beautiful, ev en to a 1
s:r inger's eye. hut to turn, who n vv g ,yei| upon '
it. it was e •imected witli so many delightful as |
social oris of boyish mirth ami e.tily happiness, I
tlia t it e' Mild not Ini * it mg the w ai mest emo I
ti"Os of rapturous vdmir-iti m Surely nature, ■.
lvb-ti iti h*r spot Inc m md, design* d this as ;,ri !
abode b*r rural innocence. In the centre oi it a
rosea v il *ot hi!!, the summit of which was I
crowned wolj a ivo d from beneath wh se deep !
e tilinwermg sh.ide rushed forth a 1 ‘tie rivulet , j
wiiedi after bounding and frolicking down the
sid- "I the lull, tumbling fiom rock to rock, its !
bubbles i, fh , tmg tin rays of the sou. m a ttioo
sand glittering colours, at last runs slowly and
q i’ 'li .l ing 'he sunny pi do below, till i! is ;
bidden by and finally lost m the tall w av v grass j
Itb i vei l) mgs and intercepts Its passage._ |
O tile summit of tlj.- bill, a hull to the f it of
tie* wood. stands tile iilitge rtiureh. i plain. 1
whitp bod 11>1 ye. surround* d liy i p dlis tdi . o ,th
tn tie* 'i got * i '1 i,ure ol w hu ll. man v a gr i - y
knoll, ol si1111111■ stone, bears . Ones- that tin re !
the band-t - sires gathered t g. tb-r in their i'.-t, *
fang, quiet rest, the weeping willows which I
overshadowed these humble memori ils of de
parted worth. seemed, as tiny waved their agi
tated brunches in the passm; breeze, to sigh
a mournful reijuicm to the departed spirits ot’
those whose hones !.iv there; while the tall
spire which rose from the moist of that humble,
burial place, with heave n-dii feted tinker, point
cd to that blest abode, wlntaer the immortal
spirits had taken their tlight Around the base
of the hill were situated . feu of die cottages
winch I nmed a put nl lie hamlet, each siir
rounded by its own little garden, and separati .1
from ii» neighbor by a cluster of fimt trees,
faraway to the lei; relied a majestic river,
par’ly hidden in the di'tatiee by tie intervening
branches of a row uf tall p iplurs, which tunned
the w estern boundary of that little ullage. As
Theodore advanced, ever’.' step recalled some
object I miili.tr to hi- memory lire stood the
tall ehestr.ut trees, which in tlm Ha\ > ot b >yish
happiness, he had so often climbed i search of
birds’ nr>t>—vnode r w as the rn er.on the hanks
of which he had so often walked witn Ins Fan
ny : and here, () m >st wo leoine of all rum in
hre.nces, on that er.tssy hillock lie I id s.,i |,y
tier side on the eieoing before his ih / arture —
here they h id pledged their vows l mutual
a (Tec t inn and constancy fill death: and here
Fanny had promised to become the snpp it and
comfort uf his aged p irents, dining tin- absence
of tln ir son Ami Fannv h:ul pe||>rtse I that
piornise, she had taken up her abode with (hem,
am! d'eiioted tile i ii' lim ss of their situation
by her lender assiduities and filial love.
I ..:ure s lim' !ii"l) h lie turned
down liic l fie uhieh If*I to his father's pr.n ■
hjl i'olt.t;rf:, hi’ asrcTuIrti a i-injr urmirid, fioiu
which he could j !.*1111 y perceive it Tin; vns
" hii'Ii crept up its side*. arid covered is h1,1 i
hi** thuteli. h;i< r.irt-ftiliv tamed round tli<* win
flows’ the simple rail Icnc" which lamicd lie
little door y-tr.l. was neatlv whitenashed. and
the pith whieli lei! through it. was deck's! nil
hotli sides with r -se !»u<!t*-s and lilacs ! lie )
dare mil k'leu to whom lie was to attribute its
improver! appearance, it seemed to furnish him
" itli an assin ariee that Ins Ihtnnv !i id n it f,.r
Jt'd'en her early love He k- -ekeil at t'n d ,< r.
which was npened hv his nrio'h' r. 'I'lie di’,„lit
ed parents recogniz* d then- mn at the l ist
Itlanee. and when seated tween them, |. a!
m st f uar >t for a moment that there was aim
ther In-ine, [e-rhaps.even mure dear to his heart
than they "ere A haht 'o p crossed tile pas
sa^e, and I'.nny stood ’"Tore bun. in all the
loveliness of improved beauty not as lie had
left her, a pietty unless j>irl, pist einer^m^
from childhood, hut a heantilul woman. iin tin^
all tlie fascinations of her I u'iner guiltless inno
ceriee, in an improved undi istandin^ and enln
V 'ted taste In a few weeks they were ip it' d
in the hands of wedlock. d after a 1 eg life of
happiness, still I nki d hack with hearth It yrati
tude to the day which vvitnc-sed the \V miterer's
H' turn. Cl.AKA.
So. i?fij.
Man fr Society is like a tinner
t't'ovn c i's native hi d Vis'here alone
II - In ill*tes eip'ii.'if I r> fid! bloom,
Shine out; there only ream. the.r proper uce.
f '• r.
FEMALE EDUCATION.
t 1 he following is an extract from the Address
the Rev. I'. II. (.ai.ui hf.tt, delivered at the open
ing of the Hartford Female Seminary Mr t. is
thepimctpa! of tiie Deaf and Dumh Asylum, in
that city. We shall give fuiliter extract* lierea1
ter. ] — [ Clarion
Language, as furnishing the nn'v medium <<'
intercourse between the teacher and the pupi),
and bring the only instrument by which tie (or
rner can operate upon the mind of the 1 .tier
should receive very early. and most assidu >u%
attention m the process of education
The artiz in, when tie di signs to a. • n; hdi
Some tdegaut and useful woi kinati'diip, takes
care, n il only to provide himself wi:b the
choicest materials, hot to see that I .« t . 1, are
ample, and in the very liest ordrr, and if he
wi-hes to teach Ills apprentice how to execute a
similar piece of l ink, he p eipiallv careful to
lurnisli him with similn in triinieiits, and to be
sure al-o that lie o familiar with tin n use
l.anguagt is the great instrument both id
i dueatioii and thought Without it. it w odd
he lmpus ifie lo cu lit ate the mental or m >■I
powers. Willi i:t no instruction could lie
c 'irnini! icated V lihuat it, the human too t
con'd make scarcely any ,i Hauers in general,
zati.ri; arrive a! very tew atistia t tnjths , o:
i cartv on ai.y exh’.-iie pVn ess >1 j, asoning, s'
: us' I d trains 1 th night
Surely il wou'.J ‘ec.i t j be, then, of vital itit
poi t.iii,c, that i . ... < d... a.'i •• 1 .
! lie aus l)u lild be. • r d to giv e tic- ... lo the.
n: is' expeditious m-. u i nrrect kuon l dg. >
th'.' nt'tlhry tw^uc 1 ,0s uhjei t is t m rii
j o *f■ I hi our piviary schools, and I mg
j a - tit • eii| exits tie i •, it in O't be met an I pint
| d ■ i in mtr Ingher seminarie - — It w ill rut do to
| say that tin* progress ot our voting ladies in
j other hr.inches will thus he retarded—What?
, studying \ irgil. or tin- (ireek Testament, an
j not aefju .irib d w ith t our own language Read
j ing Frero li and Italian, and tuialde to stand an
i ?*\.uniu:iu- ;i as x , UiC r«*;»l in*por* M 11 *#* r.n
| yli'li words uspiI in a ".'imitfr of .\• i-ii>o11 s Spec
! t'»1 ■»r, ;\nii In show that you < '• 1 into tie true
spirit and meaning of the nuii.or' Ihitsuin,.
History, anil Biography ; ('lo-miMrt ; Natural,
Horal. and Intelleetmd Phdosr , -ht . and (rav
ing nil tlie while, to sav tin- leas', hut impel fee t
and e"niij-e;J • ■ n• i e .111 o'11 what von are studs
ing. l>eeao«e you are not yet !,o: ,u..l h ac
; fju.illlted with tlr i -."lingo ia w hit'll t in woiit;
; on these subjects ue written 1
U liereter this evil exits, no in:" slemld he
lost in applying the r.meolv i’oi it ■.] e.irs to
mo captihle nf dem in-trot on. that no sure pro
gross can tie made in eijn it, ■ . o in the aeipi,.
M'ion nf other iangiiigs. , imle-- ore Ires
among those wh,. spe :k then:, or in tire attain
merit of know ledge, nly just s ( «... at d » (..■
as a thorough and (amilio r .rquairitaM.i ist.j',
ed with the mother tor.go •
The fair Ameri.'ans, it v.auM i <•
off ibe h :!’ ,o high life m I ., • I l
vet the » .*1 : I I lh< M . \\
h I- e- II , -etj toll, 1 I , 1 ;,a[ ti
eldest of hic < rare ct I <