Fremont Journal, 1853-10-29

This fancy was dissipated as I drew near. The outline of the bill, Ike the bluJo of n sa sabre, - bre, sabre, convinced me that they were tho ibis; besides, 1 now saw that they tverconly three eel in height, while the flamingoes, stand live. I'here was a dozen of them all. They were balancing themselves, as is their usual habit, on one leg, apparently asleep, or buired in deep thought. They were on the uppuno ex extremity - tremity extremity of the isle, while I was approaching it from below. Il was not above sixty yards across, and could I only reach iho point near nearest - est nearest tome, I knew my gun would throw shot to kill that distance. I feared the stroke of the skulls would slarl them, and pulled slow slowly - ly slowly nnd cautiously. Perhaps the great heat for il was as hot a day as I can remember had rendeicd them 'orpid or lazy. Whcth Whcth-or - or Whcth-or not, they stood Mill till the cut water of my skilF touched the bank of tho is'.i't. I drew my gun up cautiously, took aim, and tired botli barrels almost simultaneously. When the smoke had cleared out of my eyes, I saw tint all the birds had flown olT eX' t one, that lay stretched out by the edge of the wa ler. Hun in hand, 1 leaped out of the boat, and ran ticruss the islet to bag my game. This occupied but a few minutes; and 1 was tin ning to go back to the ski II", w hen lo rav ouiistiTnalion,'I saw il out upon the lake, and rapidly flouting downward! In my haste 1 had left it unfastened, mid the b ayou current had carried il oil", ll was still but a hundred yurns on, but migiil ns well been a hundred miles, for at thul time 1 could not swim a stri ke. My lirst impuso was to rush down the lake, and at'.er th.' boat, fins impulse was check checked - ed checked on arriving at the water's edge, which 1 saw at a glanae was fathoms in depth. Quick reflection told me that the boat was 'one irrecoverably cone 1 1 did not at lirsl comprehend the full peril of my silu ilion ; nor will you. 1 was on mi islrl, in a lake, only halt a mile Iroai its shores ilone, il is true, and without a boat; but what of that ? Many a man had been so be fore, w ith not an idea ol danger. These were iirst thoughts, natural enough; but they rap- lly gave place lo others of a f ir different character. Whsn I gazed after my boat, now beyond recovery when I looked around, and saw that the lake lay in the middle of and iu iu-teiiiiinable - teiiiiinable iu-teiiiiinable swamp, tne bhores of which, even could i have reached them, did not seem in promise me fooling when 1 reflected that, being unable to swim, 1 could not reach them that upon the islet there was neither tree nor log, nor bush not a slick oul of w hich 1 could make a r.'.fi I sav when 1 reflected upon all these things, there arose in my mind a feeling of well defined and absolute horror. It is true, I wa oulv in a lake, a mile or two in width; but so far as the peril and help- essness ol my Htuati.m were concerned,! iniii In as well have been up in a rock in Ilia middle of the Atlantic. 1 knew that there was no settlement within miles miles of thless swamp. I knew that no one could either hear or see me no one was at all like likely - ly likely to come near the lake; Indeed I felt satis lied that my faithless boat was the first keel that had ever cut its waters. Tho very tame-' nebs of the birds wheeling around my head was evidence of this. 1 should never go oul from that lake : I must die on that islet, or drown in attempting lo leave it. These reflections lolled rapidly over my startled soul. The facts were clear, the hy hypothesis - pothesis hypothesis definite, sequence certain ; there was no arabiguty, no superstitious hingo upon which 1 could hang a hope no not one. I could not even expect that I should be missed and souirhl for: there was no one to search for me. The simple habitant of the village I had left knew me nut I was a stranger among them: they only knew me as a stran stranger, - ger, stranger, and fancied in , a strajgo individual one who made lonely excursions, and brought home bunches of weeds, with buds, insects. and reptiles, which they had never before seen, although gathered ut their own doors. aly absence, besides, would he nothing ncf to then), even though it lasted for days: I h id ofieu been absent before, n week at a lime There was no hope of my being missed. 1 have said dial Ihese reflections came and passed quickly. In less than a minute, my atlrighled soul was in lull possessi m of them,1 and had almost yielded itself to despair. shouted, but rather involuntary than with any hops that I should be heard; I shouted loudly and fiercely: my answer tho echoes of my on n voie.j, the shiiek of the osprey, and the maniac Uugh of the white-headed eagle. I ceased to shout, threw my gun lo the earth, and tottered down beside it. I have been in a gloomy pi isnn, in the hands of a vengeful guerilla banditti, with carbineB cock cock-ol - ol cock-ol to blowout my brains. No one wili call that a pleasant situation nor was it to me. have been lost upon the wide prairie the land sea without bush, break, or star lo guide nn; that was worse. There you look around; you see nothing, you hear nothing; you nro alone wilh God, and you tremble in his presence, your senses swim; your brain reels you are afraid of your own mind. De Deserted - serted Deserted by every thing else, you dread lest too, may forsake you. There is horror in this il is very horrible it is hard to bear; but have borne it nil, arid wouid bear it again twenty times over rather than endure once more the lirst hour 1 spent on that lonely islet in that lonely lake. Your prison may be dark and silent, but you feel that you ure not utterly alone beings liko yourself aro near, though they may be your jailors. .Lost on the prairie, you are alone but you aro free In the ish t, I felt that I was alone, that I was not free; in tho islet, I experienced the fetl fetl-ings - ings fetl-ings of the prairie, and prisons combined. I lay in a state of stupor almost uncon unconscious, - scious, unconscious, how long I know not, but many hours I am certain. 1 know this by tho sun was going down when I awoke, if I iniy term the recovery of my stricken senses. was aroused by a strungo circumstance. was surrounded by dark objects of hiJcous shape reptiles they were. They had been before ray eyes for somo time, but I had not seen them. I had only a sort of dreamy con consciousness - sciousness consciousness of their presence; but I heard tli ana at length ; my ear was in bet'er tune. nnd the strange voices they uttered reached my intellect. It sounded lilie the blowing great boll;a Villi now and then a note

j 1 it 1 i: so 1 1 of harsher and louder, liko the roaring of a bull. This startled me, and I looked up and bent my eyes upon the object,; they were form, of tho eiocodiliihn, the giant lizzardi they wero alligators. Hugo ones they were, many of th'-m; and many were they in number a hundred at least were crawling over the islet, before be behind, - hind, behind, and on all sides around mo. Their lonu giant j iwg and chancelled snouts projected . , i . . . , , . Ibrwaid so us almost to touch my body, and their eyes, usually leaden, seemed now to Impelled by this new danger, I sprang to my feet, when, recognizing tho upright firm nf a in in, the reptiles scuttled off, and plun plunging - ging plunging hurriedly into ihfc lake, hid their hideous bodies under water. The incident in somo measura revived me. I saw that I was not alone; there was Compa Company - ny Company even in the crocodiles. I gradully became mure mi self, nnd began to reflect with somo degree of coolness or. the ciicumstances that surrounded me. My eyes want'ered over the islet every inch of il came under my.glance every object upon it was scrutinized the moulted feathers of the wild fowl, the pieces of mud, the fresh water mussels (unius) strew strewed - ed strewed upon its beach all were examined . Still the I arren answer no means of escape. The islet was but the head of a sand bar, formed by the eddy perhaps gathered to together - gether together within the year. It was baro of her herbage, - bage, herbage, wilh the exception of a few turfs of grasu. There was neither tree nor bush upon it not a stick. A raft, indeed ! There was nut wood enough to make a raft that would have floated a frog. The idea of a raft was but brielly entertained such a thought had cer cer-t - t cer-t only crossed my mind, but a single glance round Ihu islet dispelled it before il hud takin shape. 1 paced my prison from end to end from side lo side 1 walked it over. I tried the wu wu-ter's - ter's wu-ter's depth; on all sides I sounded it. wading recklessly in every where, it deepened rapidly as I advanced. Tin ee lengths of myself from the islet's edge, and I was up to tho neck. The hungry reptiles swam arojn I, snoring and blowing; they were bolder in this clement. 1 could nol have waded safely ashore, even had the water been shallow. To swim it no even though I swum like a duck, they would h ive closed upon nnd cpiaitered me before 1 could have made A dozen strokes 11, milled by their demonstrations, I huni.-d. bu"k upon dry ground, and paced the islet wilh diipping garments. I continued walking until night, which gathered around me dark and dismal. With night came new voices the hideous voices of the uo'.tu-rnal swamp, the qua qua of ihe heron the screech of the swamp owl, the cry ofthe bittern, the cl-l-uk of the great water toad, the kinklini; of the bcll-fio,', and the chirp of .j i-ti- inr i.i . p the savanna-cricket all fell upon my ear. Sounds till! harsher and more hideous were heard around me the plashing of the alliga alligator, - tor, alligator, Hiid the roaring of his voice these re reminded - minded reminded me that 1 must nol go to sleep. To sleep! I durst nol have slept for a single in instant. - stant. instant. Even when 1 lay for a few minutes motionless, the dark reptiles came crawling around me so cioe thai I could nave put foi ill my hand and touched them At intervals 1 sprang to my feet, shouted, swept iny gun around, and chased them back to the water, into which they bjtook them themselves - selves themselves w ith a sullen plunge, but wilh lillle semblence of fear. At each demonstration on my part they showed less alarm, until 1 could n longer drive them, cither w ith bhouts or threatening gestures. They only retreated a few feet, forming an irregular circle aruund mo. Thus hemmed in, I became frightened in turn. I loaded my gun and tired 1 kill kill-vd - vd kill-vd none. They are impervious lo a bullet, except in the eye or under the forearm. It was loo dark to aim at these parts; and my shots glanced harmlessly from the pyramidal scales of their bodies. The loud report, how however, - ever, however, and the blaze frightened ihem.and they tied, to return again after a long interval 1 was asleep when they returned; 1 had gone Ij sleep in spite of my efforts to keep awake. I was btai lied by the touch of something cold and half stifled by a strong musky odur that tilled tho air. J threw up my arms my lin lingers - gers lingers rested upon an object slippery and clam clammy - my clammy ; it was one of those monsters one of gi gigantic - gantic gigantic size. Ho had crawled alongside me, and wus predating to make his attack, ns 1 saw thai ho wasb-nt in the form of a bow, and 1 kaew that these creatures assume that altitude when about lo strike their vic.im. 1 was just in time to sp ing aside, and avoid the stroke of his powerful lad, that ihe next moment swept the ground where I was Win. Again I lired, and he, with the rest, once more retrealc 1 lo the lake. All thought of going to sleep was at an end. Not that 1 fell wakeful ; on iho o ntrary, wea wea-lied - lied wea-lied with my day's exertion for 1 had had a long pull under a hot tropical sun I couiJ have laid down upon the earth, in tho mud, anywhere, and slept in an insta it. Nothing but tho dreaded certainty of my peril kepi nii awake. Once agiin before morning, 1 was compelled to battle with reptiles, and chase them away with a bIioI Irom my gun. Morning came ut length, but with it no change in my perilous position. Tho light only showed me my island prison, but reveal revealed - ed revealed no way of escape from il. Indeed, tho change could not bo called for the better, for the fervid rays of an almost vertical sun bur burned - ned burned down upon me until my skin blistered. I was ulready speckled by Ihe bites of thousand swamp flios nnd niusqui oes, that all night long had preyed upon me. There was not a cloud in the heavens lo shade me; and the sunbeams smote tho surface of the doud bayou with a double intensity. Towards eveniiiL' I beiran lo hunger. No wonder that. I ha 1 not eaten since leaving the vil lage settlement. To assuage thirst, 1 drank the water of tho lake, turbid and slimy as was. I drank it in largo quantities, for was hot, and only moistened my palate, with without - out without quenching ihu craving of my appetite. Ol water lliere was cnougn Iliad more fear from want of food. What could 1 eat? The ibis? Bat how cook il? There was nothing wherewith make a fire not a nick. No mutter for that Cooking, is a modern invention, a luxury pampered palules. I divested the ibis of ! brilliant plumage, and ate it, raw. I spoiled

Rather Cool. A gentleman residing in village not many miles from Eietsr N. II, finding that the diminution of hi wood-pi!' continued after bis fires were oat, lay awaks one night in order to obtain if possible, torn clue to the mystery. Alan hour when all 'honest folks should be in bed,' bearing an operator at work in the yard, be cautiously raised Ins chamber window, and law his laxr brother trying to get a large log on li;i wheel wheelbarrow. - barrow. wheelbarrow. "You nro a pretty fellow," said the owner, "como nnd ntcai my wood while I sleep.' "Yea replied the thief, 'and I suppose yon would stay up there and see me break my back with tifting, before you'd offer to com nnd help me." There is a man down east, rather a facetious chap, whose name is New. He named his lirsl child Something; it was Something New. His next child was called Nothing; it was Nothing New. "Sally, dont I like you?" "La! Jim, I reckon sol" "Hut don't you know it? Don't you think I'd tear the eyes out of any honest tom tomcat - cat tomcat that dares to look at you for a sec second - ond second ?' "I 'sped you would." 'Well the fact of it is, Sally, I' "Oh! now dont Jiml you're quite too sad. den.' 'And, Sally, I want you to' 'Don't say any thing more now, Jim; I will " "Hut it must be done immediately. I want you to " "Oh, hush! don t say any more." "I want you tonight lo get" What so soon? Oh! no! impossible! Father and mother would be so angry with me." "How be mad foi doing me such a favor as to m " "Yes, denr me! Olr! what a feeling! "But thcra is some mistake, for all I want to have you do is to mend my trovteri." baliy could hear no more. She threw np her arms; and screaming hysterically, fainted away as dead as a log. XyA German Professor had collected a valuablo cabinet of curiosities, which he high highly - ly highly prized. One morningga friend came to tell him of a very unpleaaaot circumstance that he bad been a man get up a ladder into window of the Professor s House. "Into which window?" cried the Philoso pher. 1 am very sorry to say," replied bis friend. it was youi daughter's," "Ob, man 1 replied the other, "you almost ghtcned uie;l thought he had boon into the cabinet." JTJTA Yankee, writing from the West, to his father, speaks of its great matrimonial fa cilities; and ends by making the following uggesuon : suppose you get our girls some teeth Bad send them out!" A farmer in the northern part of Scotland, some years ago, when turnip culture was be beginning - ginning beginning to creep into the country, sowed a hedgeridgu 'for iho use ofthe public,' and put up a label with this inscription "lou are requested to steal out ol this pot." Stroke of Wit. A stroke of wit accom panied by a delicacy of insult, was played off by a lady, who was engaged to be married. Ihe intended bridegroom, perceiving her talk ing for a considerable time, and wilh much ap parent pleasure, to another gentleman, said to her, "I will be revenged of your infidelity, and how the letters which you have written to me." "JJo," said tue lady, "l have nothing to blush for except the direction. o 7"A Mohawk Dutchman, the other day. reading an account of a meeting, came to tb words, 'ihe meeting then dissolved.' He could not define the meaning of the latter word, so he referred to his dictionary, and folt satisfied. In a few minutes a fi lend came in, when Hontv said : Dey must hab berry hot weddcr dare ia New York. 1 ret an agount of a meeting; vere all de people's have melted away." A Philosopher. He was a philosopher who, being pressed to stay a little longer, re replied - plied replied : , 1 will, fifteen minutes will make no dif ference. My xciie U at mad at th can be el ready." In one'of the old comedies, and undertaker reproves one of his mourners for laughing at a funeral, and says to him: "You rascal your 1 have been raising your wages these two years, upon condition that you should appear more sorrowful, and the higher wages you re receive - ceive receive tho happier you look I" This is evidently an age of refinement The old adage, that "you should not count your chickens till they ure hatched," has been thus rendered by a professor of etiquette: "lue producer of poultry should postpone the cen sus of their juvenile fowls, till the period of incubation is tully accomplished. A couple of young ladies having buried their father, who was an old humorist, and had such an aversion to matrimony, that he would not allow them to marry, however ad vantageous might be the offer, conversing on his character, the eldest observed : "Ho is' dead at last, and now we will mar- rv. i 'Well,' said the youngest, "I'm for rich. husband, and Mr. C , shall be toy man." 'Hold, sister,' said the other 'don't let us bs too hasty in the choice of our husbands. Let us marry those whom the powers. above bave destined for us: for our marriages are regis tered in heaven book. "I am sorry for that," replied the youngest 'for I am afraid that father will tear out tbo leaf.' Goon Advicb. A lawyer ia One of the newly settled western States was so extreme extremely - ly extremely metaphorical upon a case when the steal-, ing of a pig was the case in point, that he. mi last got lo "eorrucaling lays." The. Judge who appeared equally, metaphorical thought proper to pull him up saying, "Mr,, ( wish you would take the feathers (torn thrw wings of your imagination, and put Ultra the tail of your judgment,"

Im and Allioatoii Siiootino. There arc few soi ts of guiiie 1 have not followed with h.ii Ke, hound, or jrtin ; and, amutig other sports 1 Imveonu ihis shooting; it was nut so much for the (imrt, however, as that I wished to ob obtain - tain obtain sortie specimens for mouiiiing. An aJ aJ-venture - venture aJ-venture bcfi-l ma in one of theso cxcuisions, that may interest the reader. The southern part of; lie Sute, of L iiiisiana i one vaxt hib hib-yiiiuh - yiiiuh hib-yiiiuh of swamps, bayous, and lagoons. The bayous are luyish st earns that ghdii speed speedily - ily speedily along, sometimes running cue way, and sometimes the very opposite, according to the season. Many of them ure outlets i f the great Missi.-ppi, which begins to shed oli' its wateis more than three hundred miles Ironi its mouth. These bayous are deep, some sometimes - times sometimes narrow, sometimes wide with inlets in their midst. They and their contiguous swamps aro the great habitali-iii of theul.iga- tor and the fresh water shark the i;nr. IS u- nieruus specimens ot water and wading fowl, rly over them, and plunge through their dark tide. Hero you may see the led fl. lining' , the egret, the trumpeter swan, the blue, her on, the wild goose, the crane, the snake bird, the pelican, an j the ibis, l ou may likewise see the osjirey, and the while headed cigle robbing him of his prey. These sw ani.s and bayous produce abundantly lish, reptiles, and iuoi-ti, and are, consequently, the lavonte re sort uf hundreds of bin's which prev upon these creatures. In Rome places the bayous form a complete net-work over the country, which yon may traverse with a 6hmI! boat in almost any direction ; indeed, this is the means by which many s-lllemetils communicate with each other. As you approach south southwards - wards southwards to the gulf, you gel clear of the timber; and within somo tifij miles of the sea there is not a tree to be seen. It was near the edge of this open country, I went ibis-shooting. I had set out from a small French or Creole settlement, with no other company than my gun even without a dog, as my (avorite spaniel dad the day be before - fore before been bitten by an alligator while swim swimming - ming swimming across a bayou. I went, of course, in a boat, a light skilT, such as is commonly used by the inhabitants of the country. Occasiunlly using the paddles, I allowed inysclt to Boat some lour or live miles down the main bayou; but as the birds I was in search ot, uid not appear. 1 struck into a "branch," and sculled myself up stream Tiiis carried me through a solitary region, wlh marshes stretching as far us the eye could see, covered with tall reeds. There wus n j habitation, nor aught that betokened the presence of man. It was just possible that 1 was the first human being who had ever found a motive foi propelling a boat through the dark waters ot this solitary stream. As advanced, I fell in with my game; and I suc ceeded m banning several, both the great wood-ibis and the white species. I also shot a 6ne white headed eagle, which came tour touring - ing touring over my boat, unconscious of danger. 15ul the bird which 1 must wanted seemed that which could not be obtained. 1 wanted tlu scarlet ibis. I think I had rowed some three miles ui stream, and was about to is' 8 in my oars and leave my boat to flont back again, when I per ccived, that, a little lurther up, the bayou widened. C jnosity prompted me lo contin no; and after pulling a few hundred strokes further, 1 found mysell at the cud of an ob long lake, a mile or so in length, ll was deep, dark, marshv around the shore, and lull of alligators. 1 saw their ugly forms and long serrated backs, as they floated about in nil parts of it, hungiily hunting for fish and eat ing one another; but all this was nothing new for I had witnessed similar scenes during the whole of my excursion, What drew my alien lion most, was a small islet near the middle the lake, upon one end of which stood a row of upright forms of scarlet color. Tl esi red creatures were lue very objects 1 was in ' arch of. They might be flamingoes: could not tell at that distance. So much the better, if I could only succeed in getting shot at them; but these creatures are even more wary than the ibis; and as the islet was low, and altogether without cover, it was not likely they would allow me to coma within range: nevertheless, I was determined lo make tho attempt. I rowed up the lak, oe oe-casionly - casionly oe-casionly turning my head to seo if the game had taken the alarm. The sun was hot and dazzling; and as the bright scarlet was mag magnified - nified magnified by refraction, I fancied for s long time, that they were flamingoes.

I ' , i my specimen, but at that timo there was not much of the naturalist left in me. I anntli anntli-matiscd - matiscd anntli-matiscd the hour I ever imbibed such a taste I wished Audubon, nnd Huffon, nnd Cu Cu-vier - vier Cu-vier up to their necks in a swamp. Too ibis did not w eigh above three pounds, bones and all. It served me for a second meal, a break breakfast - fast breakfast ; but at this d'jeumt tans founhellt I picked the bones. lint next? starve? No not yet. In the bullies I had had wilh the alligators during the second night, one of them had received a shot that proved mortal. The hideous carcass of a reptile lay dead upon the be ich I need not starve 1 could cat that. Such were my reflections. I must hunger, th ntgh, before I could bring myself to touch the musky mor morsel. - sel. morsel. Two more day's fasting conquered my squeamishness, I drew out my knife, cut a steak from the alligator's tail an J ate it not the one I hail lirst killed, hut a Recond ; the other was now pu:rilied, rapidly decomposing under the hot sun; its odor filled the islet. The stench had irown intolerable. There was not a breath of air stirring, otherwise I might have shunned it by keeping to w ind indward. - ward. indward. The w hole atmosphere of the islet, ns well ns a large circle around it, was impreg impreg-nat'jd - nat'jd impreg-nat'jd with this feniful iiflluvium. 1 could bear it no longer. With the aid of my gun, I pushed the half-decomposed carcass into the lake, perhaps the current might carry il away, ll did. had ihe gratilieatioii lo see itfl iatolF. The circumstance led me into a train of reflections. Why did the body ofthe alligator float? It was swollen inflated with gassi 11a! An idea shot suddenly through my mind, one of lhoe brilliant ideas the ch.ldren of necessity. I thought of thu floating alligator, of its intestines what if I inflated them? Yes yes! buoys and bladders, floats, and life life-preservers - preservers life-preservers 1 that was the thought. 1 would open the alligators, make a buoy of their intestines, and that would bear me from tho islet I did not lose a moment's lime I was full of energy ; hope had given me new life. Aly j gun wus loaded a huge crocodile that came near tho shore, received the shot in his eye. I dragged him on tho beach; with my knife I laid open his entrai's. Few ihey were, but enough for my purpose. A plume quill from the wing of the ibis served for n bljw-pipe. I saw the bladder-like skin expanded, until I was surrounded with ogjects like great saus sausages. - ages. sausages. These were tied together, an I fasten -ml to my body, nnd then, with a plunge, I en entered - tered entered the wateis of the lake, and floated down downward. - ward. downward. I had tied on my life-preservers in such n way that I sat in the water in an up up-light - light up-light position, holding my gun with both hands. 1 his 1 intended to have used ns a !cub in case I should bo ntt icted by the alii gators; but 1 had chosen llio hot hour ol noun w hen these creatures lie in a half torpid stale, and to my joy 1 was not molested. Half an hour's drilling with the current earned mo to tho end of the bayou. Hero (o my great de delight, - light, delight, 1 saw m v boat in the swamp where it . .. .. . . .' had been caught and held last by the sedges. A few minutes more, and I swung myself over the gunwale, and was sculling with eager down the smooth wateis ofthe a

a it it to to for its X5?SiiELi.Ky calls music The silver key of Ihe fiuiiit.iin of tears, Where the spirit drinks till the brain is rild: Softest grave of a lliuusaud fe-ira. Where iheir moiiier, Care, hks a drowsy child, Is laid U'leop in llowcrs. jtlTThe prelude to Miss Fuller's "Poet Lovers" is one of tho gems of our Poetical Literature. Its thought is as exquisite as is the unutterable emotion which, at times, sweeps over tho heart only to leave tho echo of its music for a memory: i will string my harp with Its sweetest strings, And will lit mo al Ihy fict. And my hand sIihII waken a strain for thee That is swelliugly wild and sweet. Look down! Look down! on the wave of song, As they rise and fall and die die-Do - Do die-Do yon nut aee my wordless thought Like barka glide murmuring hj 1 Like fairy boats they are sweeping on To a measure 'low and rare, And a beautiful troop ol aery dream la the light freight which Ihey bo'ir. This is like a rich cadence sweeping over i crystul sea, und is tho very precipitate ot Lyric beauty. We must beg tho readers of poetry to get tho volume- of Poems by tho Misses FiLLBR, for through its pages are chaunted jusl such strains as tho above. San. lieyister. Beautiful Music. Music for the Melan Melancholy - choly Melancholy ! Aye 1 let il be breathed over tho des desponding - ponding desponding heart, and even if it bo buried in gloom, like '.he landscape in midnight, ere long you shall seo cheer'ulness climbing up the horizon ol despmr, like the moon beyond lue mountains, hollowing everything illia light, softer than tho very darkness il illumines, and more bland than iho noontide of unclouded joy. l es! pour lortli litis mystic soul ol song, and Ihe down-cast brow shall lose its cloud ol care, and the eye shall anon beam wilh its wonted cheer, and tho cheek grow radiant with smiles. Music for tho Mourner! Not tho wild measures that lead tho dance, or that arouse wrath in the tempest of battle. Oh, no! Soft ns angel whisperings, and plaintive as the meanings of tho anguished heart. L them murmur of blighted hope and buried love, till the crushed feelings aro identified wilh the sympathetic strain. But bid not the thought long wander in the grave. Let tho melody, embodied as it were into a thou thousand - sand thousand var ed hues, gild tho portals of the tomb, und steam like to auroral glory, towards Heaven. X3T Here is one of Ik. Marvel's laconics which is food for thought and action: "Stop not, look not backwaid, if you would bo among the foremost. Tho great! now so quick, so broad, so fleeting, is yours; in an hour it will belong to the eternity ol the past The temper of life is to bo made good by big, honest blows; stop striking and you will do nothing ; strike feebly und you do almost as little," 1 "

jtiT Ihe following, entitled "Ileautiful Sentimei.t,," by Pavldino, has doubtless been read a great many times, yet we give it place again, that it may be remembered: I saw a temple reared by the hand of man, standing with its high pinnacles in the distant plain, the stream beat upon it the god Na Nature - ture Nature hurled its thunderbolts against it and yet it stood as (inn as adamant. Revelry was in its hall the gay, Ihe young, the happy and beautiful were there. I relumed nnd the temple was no more its hiidi walls scattered in ruins, the moss nnd ivy grass grew wildly there, and nt midnight's hour the owl's cry added to tho desolation of the scene the young and the gay, who had rtveled there had passed iiwav. I saw the child rejoicing in his youth the idol of his father. 1 returned and the child had become old. Trembling with weight of years he stood, tho last nf his generation a stranger amid the desolation around him. I saw an oak stand in all its pride on the mountain, the birds were caroling on its boughs. I returned, the oak was leafless and sapless Ihe winds were jilaj ing their pastime throiiL'h the branches. "Who is the destroyer?" said I to my guardian angel. "Il is lime," said he, "when the morning stars sang together with joy over the now made world, he commenced his course, and when he shall have destroyed all that is beau beautiful - tiful beautiful on earth plucked the sun from its sphere veiled the moon in blood yea, when he shall roll the heaven and earth away as a scroll, then shall the angel from ihe throne of God come forth, nnd with one foot upon the land, and one upon the sea, lift up his head toward Heaven and Heaven's Eternal and s iy : "'Time i6. Time was, Time shall be no Ion ger.' " if-iTTruc j iy is a s-rene and sober emotion; and they are miserably out, that take laugh ing lor reioicinir; the scat ot it is within, and there is no chcei fulness like the resolution of brnve mind thai has fortune under bis feet. Seneca. The roses pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them; and they aro the only roses which do nol attain their sweetness after they have lost their beauty. lilair.