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Serenade.
■L > _
J BY SIRS. C. 13. DA roJJTE.
■L The full moon is throwing
W l’ts light on the sea,
■ And silvers the lily
■ That droops by the lea,
H The song of the shepherd,
■ Is mute hy the rill,
™L- While the lull,Do UlO lOO'.ln^,
-v Above on the hill.
M His cottage looks out,
■ From the green trees a fir,
^L. And he’is gone to its shade,
W By the pale evening star.
■ Yon woodland is silent,
£ The meek doves at rest,
9 Come timid one come,
■ To thy fond lover’s breast.
I The blue bell is swinging,
f l’ts head to the breeze,
\ And dew drops ltang heavy,
On blossoms and trees.
f. • No longer the pale rose
Itv . ...
(jt „ iSClOSCii irum me pijjui ,
T But blooms in the shadow,
h And siillness of night.
There’s freshness around mo,
i There’s beauty above,
Come timid one come,
To the home of thy lave,
l To the boat that is floating,
/ And rocks in the gleam,
Of stars that arc lighting,
'C l’ts course on the stream.
I hear thee 1 see thee,
Thy fleet step is near
Thy young cheek is glowing,
With love and with fear,
Thy red lip is breathing,
Fond" words that have blest,
Thy form in its beauty,
To mine 1 have prest.
I Thy fairy hand trembles,
Oh! fly not, but stay,
Thy melting eye flashes,
Consent—then away;
Away for my swift boat,
Still rocks' in the gleam, v
Of stars that are lighting,
l’is course on the stream#
Women —Judge Lewis says:—“G
ss the sex! Ever foremost in the wc
rharily—always ministering to the sii
;ering longest at the cross—speedi
lies! to the sepulchre! They never err
once, and if that error had been co
led at a later period of the wor
ifter 4,0u0 years of bright and lovi
•ds,—the Accusing Spirit had earn
i oftence to Heaven’s Chancery
The Contrast,
ra on the voyager’s interview.
f • Roy aloft, Sail ho!—
Captain. Whore away?
Boy. Two points on the weather bow
sir.
m Capt. Brace the yard sharp up; lull
’e your helm, and let us see what she’s made
•y of. Back the main yard, and let’s speak
to her. (Taking his trnmpet.) Ship a*
,e hoy! What ship is that?
'e A ns. Tho Frolic.
.0 Q. Who commands her!
•' A. Uarry Mirth.
II Q- Where arc you bound,
e A. To Cape Fancy.
Q. Where are yhii from.
A. From Jovial Bay.
® Q. How long have you been at sea?
r A, Sixteen years.
Q. Wbat is your longitode?
A. We keep no reckoning.
Q. What is your cargo?
A. The fruits of delight.
Q. Have you fallen in with any craft
on your passage?
t A. We have seen several wrecks,
s Did you ascertain who and what
1 they were ?
, One ,vas dm Malice, bound for the
Island of Revenge: she was a total wreck,
all hands having perished. Another was
1 Deception, bound for the same port. An
other was the Rover bound with ourselves
IU ^ape r ancv; she was lost in the fog of
Despair.
Q. Whal weather have you had since
you left port?
A. Very fir.e, as we thought when we
sailed; but the farther we go the worse it
becomes, till it is now all darkness and
confusion before us. And besides many
of our crew are sick with fevers, rheuma
tism, and deiirium-tremens, and others
are in a state of mutiny.
Q. Can we render you any assist,
ance?
44. LW) we tic UUlCHliUlUl ID -M.UWU
all sail that she will bear, and not flinch
let come what will.
Q. Who are you pray ?
A. The Prudence.
Q. Where are you from ?
A. From Reflection Bay.
Q. Where are you bound?
A. To port Usefulness.
Q. How long have you been out?
A. Forty days.
Q. What’s your longitude?
A. Rectitude.
Q. VVliat are you loaded with?
A. The fruits of obedience.
Q. Have you fallen in with any craft
since you left?
A. Yes we saw the Luke Warm in a
dead calm; and the Careless in a sinking
condition; and the Pride on her beam-end*
i We offered her assistance, but they woma
! accept no help. Afterward we fell in with
the Penitent, with a signal of distress fly
ing; her sails aback, and Iving-to not
knowing .which way to proceed. We ran
alongside, supplied them with such pro
visions as wc had, and nut them on the
right track, and they went on their way
rejoicing.
Q. What weather have you had sincr
you left port.
A. Delightful; all things work logetli
er for good, and peace and harmony per
vade the ship.
Q. What is your general course?
A. Self-denial as it regards oursclvei
and doing unto others as we wish them t<
do unto us.
Q. Can we sail in company.
A. Yes if you will change you coursi
and go with us, but not else.
Q. What inducement can you offer?
A. The promises written in our book o
instructions.
Q. What are they ?
A. “Come thou with us and’we will d<
the good.” “When the wicked n»an tur
od heth away from his wickedness, and doetl
rj. that which is lawful And right, he shal
j, have his soul ahvei.—Sailyr's Mag.
ng Gallantry.—A young lady relurnin,
ed late iron) a concert, as it whs raining, or
it- dered the coachman to drive close to th
Id, sidewalk, but was still unable to step acres
sly the gutter. ‘1 can lift youover, said coa
ed chee. ‘Oh. no’ said she, ‘I am so heavy,
in ‘Lord, marm,’ replied John, ‘I am us£i
to lifting barrels of sugar
\
Age and Faith.
The old man calmly enjoying the beau
>y of the morning, the freshness of the aii
warmth of the dancing beam, and not leas
perhaps,his own peaceful thoughts: th
spontaneous children of a contcniplativ
spirit and a quiet conscience. His wa
the age when the face of nature, and :
passive conviction of the benevolence o
our Great Father, suffico to create a se
rone and ineffable happiness, whicli rare
ly visits us till we have done with the pas
sions; till memories, if more alive lhar
heretofore, are yet mellowed in the hue:
of time, and faith softens into harmony al
their asperities and harshness; till nothing
within us remains to cast a shadow ovei
things without; and, on ajverge of life,
the angels are nearer to us than of yore!
There is an old age which has more youth
of heart than youth itself
frightened at i$hadoiDs.~— A fellow went
to the parish priest, and told him* with a
long face, that he had seen a ghost;
‘When and where?’
‘I was passing by the church, and a.
gainst the wall of it, did I behold the spec
tre.’
‘In what shape did it appear?’asked the
priest.
‘It appeared in the shape of a great ass'
‘Go homo and hold your tongue about
it, said the parson; ‘you are a very timid
man, and have been frightened at your own
shadow.
The Bible.
The Bible is the only book which God
ever sent, the only one he ever will send
into world. All other hooks are frail and
liansient as lime, since they are only the
registers of time; but the bible is durable
as eternity, for its pages are the records of
eternity. All other works are weak and
imperfect, liKe, their author, man; but the
bible is replete with infinite power and
OfiVfon^flUiilths itniuen'iu US' usetutness
and influence; but iho bible came forth
conquering and to conquer. The bible
only of all the myriads of books the world
has seen,isennually interesting and impor
tant to all mankind. Its tidings, whether
of peace of woe, are the same to the poor,
(he ignorant, and the weak, as to the rich,
the wise and the powerful. Among the
most remarkable of its attributes is justice;
for it looks with impartial eyes on kings
and on slaves, on the chief and on the sol
dier, on philosophers and peasants, on the
eloquent and the duinb. From all- it ex
acts the same obedience to its command
ments; promising to the good the reward
of their loyalty, but denouncing to the evil,
the awful consequences of their^helion.
jBTor are the purity and holiness, the\us
I'dom and benevolence, <f( the scriptu^kifl
conspicious. In vain wc look elsewn^|
for true models of character; for the mod
els of the husband and the wile, the paren
nnrl the child, (he natriot and the scholar
the philanthropist and the Christian, tlx
private citizen > tiic rular Of the nation,
Whatever shall be their respective loti
whether poverty or wealth, prosperly o
adversity, social influence or solitary s'.a
tion, the bible is their only foundation o
I truth-—their op'y source of virtue am
| greatness, of honor and and felicity.
Yankee Dan and the Royal Navy
Dan Marble from bis good humor, am
i social wit, is a favorite wherever he goes
i and the recipient of “quiet dinners” an
“private suppers” without number. Whil
kin Cork a young sprig of aristocracy,
' Snephew of Sir Robert Peel, made up a lb
tie party for Dan, and among tlie rest*, in
vited a fat-sided, and tolerable fat heude
f Captain of the Royal Navy“Jone more fa
vored by patronage, than recognized ft
his deeds. Of Course the “ Royal Navy
' was aconstant theme, and at last the fai
' faced hero turned patronizingly to Da
[ with— J‘
‘And so you are from America'.’
Dan intimated that he had that hono
; ‘And pray, has it ever occurred to yo
- what the consequences would have bee
3 ofhanging McLeod?’
» Dan really could not have answered t
• the consequences, but as far as the hangin
’ went he bpinedi hat they performed th:
1 operation talerably well in America.
‘Then I will tell you as to the Conseijud
cm,’ emphasized the Captain. ‘We shou!
' have fitted out the Jloyal Nary, sir, sev
i enty-fours, frigates, first and second class
» cs, steamers and tenders, sir, proceeded t
3 New York, when all the slaves of the Slat,
3 would have arisen, and as you have»
‘ standing army’•»
f Dan ventured an opinion that A meric;
I" had an army of some standing.
‘What sir, like oursV exclaimed thi
‘ Captain.
Dan believed that th-sre was some differ
ence in the matter of and facings.
1 ‘Sir.'cried the valorous beefeater, ‘yoi
have no ships and no man, and rye sliai
meet you yet on the broad Atlantic!’
Dan didn’t perceive how, without ships
or min, they would be likely to meet us,
but supposed that, of course, the Captain
did not include fshing smaks; in the Amer
icans had fought one war, and with which
they put great faith in case of a second.
‘And in the name of God, sir, what des
cription of craft is your fishing smacks of,
that you talk of opposing them to the Rosi
al Navy?' /
‘Oh!’said Dan, ‘the swarmingest little
things you ever did see, and holding ex
actly two men and a rifle!'
The Captain began to swell, to the ex
treme of his waistband, when the host con
sideratelv^ put an end to the matter, by
giving, -Tli6fishing smzcks and queerfishes
of Yankee land—Mr. Dan Marble inclu
ded.
Forgetfulness.—A writer in the Boston
Allas lelates the following:—A Connecti
cut lady, who was in the habit of always
leaving something or other behind her,
whenever she went a journey, was not long
since promised by her husband the present
of a handsome shall, if, on the occasion of
her leaving home the next day, she carried
every thing she wanted with her. The
lady; of course, exerted herself to the ut
most, and lh o /.-4 -fl'- • •
ed a mile, however, when the lady exhib
ited symptoms of fidgetiness as usual, and
on her husband’s inquiring as to the cause,
she exclaimed in a fright: -‘Goodness gra
cious! I forgot the baby." So the shawl was
lost for that time.
Bought Up.—“Main‘t I see you home
from meeting, Peggy?” “No, you shant do
no such tiling, l am otherwise engaged.”
“i swanny, I guess you’ve missed it this
time, for I’ve got my trousers pockets full
of gingerbread.”-r-“You may take my arm,
Jonathan, 1 only said so.”
Extensive ffonnei tions.—An irdividnnl.
possessing more brass than silver , called
on a celebrated nobleman, with whom
he had not the slightest acquaintance.
“My lord, said he, “I am rather badly
. off for money, and have taken the liberty
Jto call on you. and tlnnk 1 have somt
|fcaim on you’ as we are related; for as lai
as I have been able to trace our genealogy
i Adam was the founder of our family
1 I hope your lordship will not third
| of denying our common descent, or tin
i claims ari sing from it.
‘•By no m ns, replied his lordship
good humorodly; ‘‘there is a penny; and i
f all your relations will give you as muck
I you will be a richer man than I am.”
The Ingenious Tailor.
OR, HOW TO MAKE A FORTUNE.
i “ About forty years ago a young work
1 man, named St.dtz, born in the village t
3 Lahr, near Ortenberg, left his country t
• seek his fortune in England. Stultz wa
a youth of good gifts; he joined to Gei
' man patience and r.gacity a finesse an
3 ingenuity very rare in the land of bis bird
• The wily German is like a coldSoutheu
• lie has a great chance in succeeding i
” what he undertakes.
' Fortune ought thus tp j-unile on th
3 young Stultz who chose a profession <
which his compatriots are fond—that <
tailor; he learnt of the best masters, the
•• took for himself a little establishment l
li which he succeeded well,
a lie was soon in good circumstances, a
to money, but this did not suffice his au
o bitious mind; he dreamed of wealth an
" glory, and wanted to he, the first tailor i
t London.
IJis emplovers were ciiizeos, merchant:
r
1 to these good people who paid him well,
- ffe felt himself worthy to clothe those of
- another quality. His shears trembled in
) his fingers as he thought of the brilliant
! gentlemen who set the fashions in Hyde
> Park and Regent street.
‘That,’ thought he, ‘is the custom to make
i a tailor illustrious and rich. But how can I
ever obtain it?”
“At that timo the famnous Brummel was
the king of fashion, rJfiter and model of
the gilded youth of London. His tailor
was the only one employed by men who
had pretentions to eleganc^'’-^***''1'’ ’
Stuliz turned tbe whole force of his mind
to the work of supplanting this fortunate
tailor, who was named, I believe, Thomas
Gibson.
fo dispossess Gibson and assume the
same position, was the aim to which be di
rected all his patience, sagacity and
finesse.
‘•Brummel was bis hero; his bbjfect bf
attentive and laborious idolatry. Stultz
followed him in lire streets; went to all pub
lic p.aces to watch him. Ilis justness of
eye and memory served him well in his
study.
If he had been a pointer or sculp*or he
would have made from memory the portrait
of his or PPM f rmn . • i i !
** ,-~ UIIIUI, UO mauc
exactly to his measure a delightful coat, on
which he exhausted all the resources of
his talent and tho graces of his imagin
ation.
^ “When this master-piece was finished,
bluliz waited one morning on Brummel,
and after waiting three hours in the ante
chamber—obtained the honor of an au»
dience, on. which he entered, coat in
hand.
Ah!’ said Brummel—“a new coat
which appears charming. You are,
then, one of the men of that rascal.'
Gibson.”
“Np. niv 1/irrl rA>vi;^ o.-l. 1
ciuiioy.
“You are his partner, then.”
“Not so, my lord, I am a tailor, little
known as yet, who expects from you his
reputation, and offers you this sample of hjs
talent.”
“fam in despair, my good fiflow, that
I can do nothing for you. If I were to
wear a coat of which Gibson is net the
author, it would cause a rupture between us.
’ “But observe, my lord, what a pcifect fit
it is.”
“It is so, and I am astonished, at it, as
you have never taken my measure.”
“I took it on the statue of Antioehs, my !
lard.”
“Oh! oh! flattery! that suits me very
well. I receive well a deserved compli
ment, and am willing to repay it. Tlie
coat is delightful; it has originality*in the
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, it on aecodnt of Gibson.”
“Gibson would not do the same. He is
, growing old, falling into routine, but my
lord, lam young; I have the sacred fire,
, and with a hero like you .could goftr on the
path of innovations.”
“I believe it, but honor forbids ray break
|- ing witiiGibsou. Think that lie has dressed
me gratis, for ten years.”
“It was for his own advantage; the merit
is not great:”
“He does not, however, fail to give him*
self airs upon it when I receive him to au
dience.”
, “What impertinence! It is in fact he who
f is in your debt. 1 should act more con
n scientiously. Please, my lord, to keep
s my coat and examine it with ease. 1
. will return to-morrow for your definite
j answer.”
i, “It is well known that the delicacy ol
; Brummcl was not excBssivfe. Wholly with
i) out fortune, he lived on his position. All
kinds of tiades-people furnished what
e ever he wanted for the honor of his pat
if ronage. Sufit*, knowing this, had ven
if tpred a step farther and left in one of the
n pockets of the coat a hundred puuud bank
n ; note.
j “Next day he returned boldly. Brumtnc
s j received him graciously, observing with £
i-1 perfect uploinL:
j “I have examined the coat, and it caano
n be cxcelled;especially the trimming please:
me.”
, j “I urn enchanted to meet yourapproba
e \tion, my lord,” J «
“Decide!}-, as you said yesterday, Gib
son grows old; fie has ne ndwideas now•
be never would have thought of that trim’
ming. Bet, tell me, Mr. * Stultz; do you
intend to make the same additions to all
your coats?”
“Only those I have the honor to make
for you.”
“Truly, but do you know that, I require
many suits?’’ ' -
“I will furmflf you every month a coat
like this rn eveif respect. Aa, to other
clothes, you tf iII order them at your plea
sureon the same terms as with'my pre
decessor.” -
“Very well; I accept your offer.' From
this moment you are my tailor, and I
promrse you the custom <jf all my sub,
jects.” * BUD’
“In ffne, Gibson was dethroned. Stuitz
set up a splendid establishment at the West
Lnd; lords and gentlemen rushed to his
shop; his fortune grew with the greatest
rapidity; and he never failed tosendBrdtn
mei every month a coat furnished with the
promised bank note, thus paying him In
monn thirt.r r
j - "“m b year DeM
sides his clothes, which came to aT least as
much.
“This was not the only ingenious trait
that signalized the career of Sluliz. The
monarchy of fashion Is, no less ifaafc others
object to revolutions. Brummel,S
by his excesses, was forced to leave Eng
land. Stultz, with the tact of a statesman,
knew how. to bend to circumstances so as
J° C0RC,f'Hte the favor of the new dynasty.
The monarch whc^ucceeded Brummel was
a young lord of one of the first families of
England.
He would not have endured haying bank
notes put into the pockets of bis dresses
nothing in the world would have induced
him to make with his tailor an arrangement
not to pay his hills. He merelv omiUedtn
same thing. ’
“Unluckily his disciples imitated him
in this also, and Stultz found himself cre
ditor to the young aristocracy for large
sums, whose recovery seemed lost in the
shades of a doubtful future. This difficult
fy became alarming; it was necessary to
put an end fo it. Stultz found in his fertile
imagination his expedient1
“One morning the reader found in one of
the most respectable newspapers of London
this notice:
“At the moment of setting out for Bath,
Lord C. (the name of the reigning king of
fashion was here printed in full) has or
dered coats in the newest taste and paid
the tailor’s bill. It is the fashion now among
our most elegant men to settle their ac
counts before selling out*for the watering
places.”
“This notice excited to the highest de
gree the surprise of Lord C. He sent for
Stultz.
“What does this mean?” said he showing
j the paper to Stultz. *■
I (tit mnenn tUnl T « —. ! J W * *
Slultz—with his admirable German sang
froid. > ■ ■ I
“Paul? Has my steward taken Ppon
himself to pay you wiihout consulting
me?”
“No, my lord, your steward is incapa
ble of betraying to such a degree the
confidence which you deign bestow upon
him.”
“Explain to me, then, this riddle.”’
“I know not how to reply, my -lorif,
unless—that, as the authority'©f such a
journal cannot be disputed—the notice
s the same as a receipt in TuH lo
you.” T
“ How do you mean, sir? I will if I choose
remain your debtor all my life, but take a
receipt without having paid!—JBojroh take
me fora Bruminel?" d.-OwT
“Heaven forbid, iny lord, ft had ho
thought of wounding your .dehcMy; * it Us
simply an innoceefruse winch Will do you
no harm and me great goodm.Pdople Will
believe you have paid me; wdnt harnl chu
that do you? This pltc*tof originality
will, without injuring you, lead »M ihemkn
of fashion to do the same, and 1 shall’ be
; paid. Thus 1 have ventured tv> use your
magic name to call in my funds, shdd hope
you will excuse it.” ” efW
“The successor of BrumineJswaraP gdsd