va\vy\{\. LI Firs i.n'ii.T’ y if >)i!r rrf f!ir>/ piny nun 7/, lii:h Imt-^ - f I,r,!tfrdi,^." r.il'i’s liiitjs,” l.o’.v how faint, How t'.iN' ’Iiey fade :i\\ ;iT : i‘s liiiv’tK i*. hojii:';, it.s hri;li*i'5t j'-ys. Aro coiiipa'-si j i;; a da\. Y;'Ut^i’sl.r’.-’,hr jv.A miKl, pm'. 'rnrr.;p;jr:{3-1it, Its suiisViim' rii’.d I’i ■«'iuv i; >, Its hopi-s .ill.! (Vai>, !«\t sdT.J ti.ars, iK'i'rDi'vs, li:*|ir'y hours; •Vii.l n.riiiliooJ’j aiul bvij^htcn’d noon, l!,-. lionors, >Knj;'tTs, c:irc3, Thf p-^rL-nt’i pains, the jjaTnt.’s joys, M)(‘ psr'~r.t's anxious iituyt-i-s, • Faiii.- in uli! cvt-nin^^ gr:iy, 'I'hc tu'.liphi cf the iniin.!; TIi'. ii sink in (Icatli'.s long', (Ircainlcss ni^jht, And leave no tracc behind. Yet, thouph so chanfjing’ and so brief, i()iir lif»'’s eventful pap^’, It has iu cliarms for even- grief, l*.s joy for every age. In youth's, in manhood’s poMen hours I.ovrs, frji ndslilps strew liit- way >Vilh April's (riiliest, swcctrst flowers, And all tiie hloorn of May ; And whnOlv! as>-', n-illi wintry hand, lias frostvd o'er the liea>l, Virtui’s fair fruits sur.i\e the blast, ■\Vhen all bf'sidcs arc fled ; And faith, with pure uuwaver'nj;' rye, Can pitrce tli'- i^i.thevinp;- };!oom. And ^!nile ujion tli'' ppoiiir's rafre. And liv’e beyond the tomb. Be ours, tlien, \irtui 's deathless charm, And fait!.\ uiitirlii),'- flii^l.t; 1 lu ll s'lall we Tisi' from d ath’*i dark sleep 'I'o w (II ids of eioudiiss liglit. VAi^ir/rv. All ploas\ire consists in Varxriy. ['I'hc lollowiuR- is copii'd from the “ New- \oi'k Mirror and I.atlits’ Literary (la/cttc,” j)Ml)iisli d in New-York, li_\ t;eorge I*. .Morris. It is till jtrlze I^ssat/, entitlinji- its author to tiie rewaril of 20 ilc'ii;irs, oll'eri.-(.! bomefiine since by Mr. ,M., as a premium, to tlie writer «>f the be.st essay for his valuable .uul interestinjj .Misei llauy. Eig^ht c.s.Huys were acce[)ted by the conmiittec- appomted to judg-c of their merits and award the premium.] THE DREAM OF LOVE. BT CU MILES LUPLOW, OF lUCHMONn, ViHGI!«I.4. I have seen a bubble blown into its cir cular and inclescriljubic beauty j on its brilliant surface were painted tlic most in imitable pictures of light and life ; grace ful clouds floated in tht; I)osoin of tbc. mimic sky ; a tiny sun irradiated the lit tle world, and cast all the magic of light and shade over a landscape of most be- >vitching splendor. A creation, bright as a poet could imagine, glowed before me; but a wave of the air broke the spell of its transitory,-but beautiful existence, and it was gone. It was like a dream of love, li there is one happy being in cre ation, it is the lover in the luxury of his visionary aspirations—if theie is a sijigle blissful moment, like a star sparkling in t!ic shadowy firmament of life, it is that ■v/hicli discovers a long nourished afVec- ijon to be mutual. 'I'hc moon, as she rides on through her iiinuiiy of s’pare, has not a greater eflrct UjKiU the oee;.n-tidr, fh.an li.i- tlie j)ussion of love upon the lido of hunuin tl'.ouglu— iiu.v jieiiiiiiting it tos( li!‘ down into a oi teoij/Uiary tr;iti(iuilil v—agiii'i l)ic!ding it heave am! sv.eli. Ijy the inag-ie of iis viewle'ss ]u)uei'. \'\ iilwr.:! it, what would be the woi ld As ;i creation uiih- out li;.,^l)t ; yt, |)0'sr il, as we do, how does il discutnpose tiu v.-)!)cr |;Kins oi reason ! Ilou do I he lolVu’^t l)iiiw;n ks of stern i)!ubsoplu I'ta down mu) di-,;ip. ];eur bvlore tiic !lagr.ii;'e oi’ ils lueatli.' Jt lb tlie poeti’v ol ill ought, w hen reason sltiii-.!)e! '. o?! h r sl it !y liirone, or w an- clers awiiv in haj)j;y dre;jii',. Jt. is sc;tce- 1} to be deliiud, fur it seems in a pefj)ri- ual hahj of sol’i light, uliidi it ciaz/les •while it fus' iuiites the mind's v)r. i’ is to the sjjirii hut, MiH'-hine is to t!ie ( r—liM'ing till' iVagi aiiee fimu i*s bo '.om. and briTiging out all liu’ energies of its Vouiig nature, or :ts iln‘ hand of bea'^ly to ihe slumljerit’g luti' ’.'assin;-- o\er the silent ehorcls. tii! “■ il duth dis;.'iur.se niosl. hifjuenl music." 1 had a vi>ung r.'-icii'l, rising into niaiihood —iiery and nii-'. ttled as a warri- cv sit ed ill liattle, his i-.iveer was iingui- cled by jjriuli IK e or t!ioiight. A tiever f..i!ing llo'.v of s|)i! lts r.iiide him alwa\s ea'/j—he w as I'ullfjf ■•oiise and frolii. III. e.oukl bring a '''ar into your eve, be fore iiic sinllo iiad h.Ti your lip—lie was all hope atui bajj])iuess. Sudde’ily he stooc’. before me an altev- t'd being—his eye had irrown mclancl.oly jtiid full of metiiialion. Its moislure was '•fteii suereef’ed by a flash ; andjU f:rc a,>;ain extinguidied in the trembling tear. He shuntu'd the l ude e.lamor of the !)’ist- ling world, and would steal away into some solitary recess, and in the still shacle of tlie i'unjst jionder on the sweetiu'ss ol’ his own sorrow. Jlismiud became al most a world of itself, and thousands of visions rose o))edient, at the call (d'ciea- tive thought—liis soul, lifted high on fan cy’s wing, \vuu!d explore, in its wild and beautiful career, the fuliomless regi(jns of imagination, throir^h all tlie variety of its inagnifK ent domain. lie loved—deep ly, devotedly. It was moie than love; it was adoration. The objectof his passion was all that wor.ian coulU be. 'J'here is no obj»*ct, in all creation, half so sj)lendid as such a Iiein:;—tlie cjiarms that are dif fused through tlu- w hole universe seemed gathered togetiier in her. \\ I’.eii the sun is going down in th(“ west, he leaves liehiml him a track of bright ligh.i, hut il is iniiipid rom]>ared to the light of her eye. 'I’he fragrance of the rose was n(d so delicious as the warmth of her breath music couki wake no melody like the thrilling loiu's of her voice. Her motion v\ as more gracefid lhan the heave of the sea, oi- the change of the chuid, ami ti e mai;ic of mind, gleaming through all her words, and looks, and actions, shed around iier a eharui more graceful than Arabian in cense. No wonder my hero bowed down be fore her ; no wonder that the sound of her voire was al'v;ivs in his ear, that her image was before him iti his daily occu- jjation.', and bore a part in the mysteri ous changes of his dream. '1 here was no afiectation in her nature*, and she confes sed she loved him'—they seemed created for each other—and who woidd have be lieved that fate—but I am digjcssing. There is something very melancholy in the reflection that any woman can die; but to him that s^. should perish,.wa.s the \ery agony of despair. He had-left her for a lew days, intcntiing v\ hen he retur ned to have asked her luind. On tlie morning of his return, he sprang into the stage-coach, in a most delicious reverie. He held no discourse with his fellow pas sengers, but wrapped himself up in a rich dream of anticipation. His heart was full of happiness. He thougiit himself, as he entered his house, Ion happy for a mortal man. He was pi eparing to pav her the fir.st visit, and dw elling in his mind on her j)leasing welcome, w hen her bro ther came to see him—he did not observe any thing peeuliar about him at first, and not till the warm, affeciionute shake of the liand was over, did he notice that his eyes were filled withteais, and a dismal, gloomy, bla( k crape hung from his hat. Ho started, and in a hollow voice, that had a desolate dreariness in e\ery toae, he said, “ l-'lizaheth is dead I” At first lu- was nr>t comprehended. A vacant, horrid hui^^li, that echoed strange ly through the still room, was his only ..nswcr—then he re|.rated tlie uord^. and the featui’Cs oi my li ieiid became pale and motionless as niar!>!r—then he sat down '.n a c !;air and eovered his face witii his hands, but not a word—u breath br(.-ke ilie sih'nce. 1 here was something alarm- iiiirin his ( aln'iies it seemed like the si ience ol the In av). black huid jiist be- lore it laiiii' hes ;ls deslruriive li!;-hlui:i>,^ from its bosom. He bei koned, and w ish- j ed lobe alone. He na.s h f' in stdilud*'. I I would not jirofaiie ’h.* v'il)ji-ei hv an\ I ;.tlemi)tal describing his l'c">ings. There was a d;:ii-, honible confusion in hi- ii'.ind, lil.e >,,iiu' accursed dream ;’,larin., around him, and i.Ik‘ ni,;ht rtdleil awa^ I its k>n!«; hours of sleepk-ss agt-iiy. I 'I'he noM d.iy was the funeral; and when the sun rose in his same glory, ami all tilt? •• pomp and circumMance” cfday ijf-ati to beam upon the fare of nature, and the merry voice of men sometimes came uprMi the breeze, ami the calls rat tled rude!\ along-, and all around was bu siness, and adventure, uiuPVcteil by tIu' !;reiii even! that hud cor.u- -like an ocean ol scorehing f.re upoti the paradiw; uf his heart—lie recoHectf'l, and he said, “to- lU'v is lier I'lihtrai—h(.r I’uncial !” Hi.*; bcnuniLed lulii 1 dwelt upoii tue v.'ordi. but there was something uncleiined, and almost inconiprehenslble in them. She was to be buried at five in the aiternootu The clock struck four—he pul on his hut, and wont steatlily to . her house. He thought twenty times he heard her sweet- I\-toned, laughing voice, as he passed a- long. He turned his head over once or twice to see if she was not at his .shoul- (k'r. but there was nothing, and be walk ed c,n. lie saw the honse, and his eye sought every w indow—but Elizabeth w us not there. He rang the bell—-the servant came, weeping—he looked at him and walked on—he jiassed into the parlour— the chair Avhich she had occupied, when he was there Ijefore, was standing in the very same place, and there was her piano —lie almost thought he heard music—he listened; a sob from thi.‘ next room came like ice upon his heart, and.he sat down; Her mother came into the room—her face was serene iu grief, but the first burst was o\i‘r, and she vas compara tively calm. She asked him if he would look at the corjise. He ,ine\v she was dead, f)ut the blunt rpiestion shook every nerve in his fVame, and seemed to breathe death upon his soul. He arose and fol lowed the bereaved mother. I'here was an air of death in the aj)artn\ent; and a \artiished coHin was (u the table, a white cloih llung carefully at the head; a few friends sat and wept in silence, nuising on ihe lieauLies and virtues of the being they weie about to consign to the cold earth. He walked up to the table, and stood as still, and pale, and molionles.s, as the form that lay stretched before him. He would have torn away the \eil that coveretl that face, hut he could not—he felt that he might as well have attempted to heave a tnountain from ils rocky base. The mother saw—she fell—a mother can feel—and she silently uncovered that beautiful countenance. It broke upon him in all its loveliness. There was the same white forehead—the sleeping eye— the cheek that he.had kissed so fondly— the lips that had spoken such sweet sounds—he gazed at her corse with in tensity of thought. Her living image was before him—he saw her smiling—he beheld her ni the graceful motion—now her figure pas.sed bef’ore him, beautif'ul in the mazy dance—and now he gazed in her full black eyes, and read unutterable things. He liad a ring on his finger, a present from lier—he tried to speak—he looked at the ring, then at her—agony swelled his heart—he gave one long gaze and looked no more. * » * » He knew not how, but he stood by her grave ; and they were nearing the cofliii towards the dark narrow pit—a heap of fresli earth was piled at its side. Some one said, “Where are the cords ?” He heard the answer, ‘‘ here they are and then the conin was gradually let down into the bottom of the grave—it sat firm ly on the ground, and he heard a voice say, “ thei e, that is right—draw up the rope.” I heti there was the souml, as if the orders were obeyed—in the act of do ing it, a few grains of sand and pebble dropped upon the cofTm—then all was still —then a hatidlul of soft, damp, hea\y clay, was shovelled down. Oh, that sijund ! that solemn, dreary sound of ut ter desolaiion 1 It broke the horrid siicll that kept his voice silent and his eye dry —his lip began to quiver—a sob heaved his ai hm;.; breast—large tears gushed li om his 'ves—lu'i5trctched out his hands m an agony of weeping and grasped an old ([iiaker gentleman’s nose, in ihe sla;,e-coach, where he was sleeping, and gave occasion for Oiiadiah to ol)serve, “\’erily, friend, w hen thou hast sufli- ciently amused tin self with my nose, per haps thou w ilt return it to its rightful ow ner. ’’ 1 he w hole horrible creation of fancv l-assed away like a mi.sl; his heart boun ded within him, and he soon took sweet i'cvt,n(;e upon those wicked lips that had been so cold and still, yet so beautiful, in the darkness of his droajrii. DlSSIf TION (.tr A BROKRN IIFAKT. Ashoit time .'ineo a youn^j: lid v, who ^uis possossi'd of every virtue that eon- ters ili;^:iily am.1 Insiro on th(,‘ fejivilo chaructor, died. She had kmi; pined 'im'or t!ic tortures iiifliefml by tli:it faillil'.i] sorv.int of de.ilh, tin' eoiisiimp- tlon ; ;iiid, niental dejcrtioi! scomin^r n, have priMliK'cij iier bodily mal;ul\', it was ooncluuCd lu diij-oct licr hear'f. in ordtT to liis.'nvcr whether it conln nf- ford any clue to the mystery which was eoniieelcd with her illness. Ac.^o'-H- iiiHy, a “skilful j-^rofcssorol Anatomy was'cnjra-i il to perlorm the oper.xtion, and it \vas .soon discovered that she died of that incunibit; disease—n' W Ayn heart. The heart was very acrid ; its piices were ii;i*.d r.p by lont; cciicf. Alii'.oup:h they thus percoived what had been hi-r disease, tliey leared tiiat tne e:iuse of it must ever remain a sceret to them. Ifowever, tiiey eoiicliuled to in spect the core cif the heart, and on nnr- I'ovvlv invi'stigatiiia; it, they saw the likeiiess of a yoitns "'ho seemed fonned for the j)ur|)oso of taseinatiii^C the tender sex, but in his eye could i)e dis cerned a ecrtaia expression whic'.h told of jjprfi ly and dark deceit. ith the aid of a mieroseope, the following,’; lines were found punctured on the heart: over them was inscribed Shakspear’s beautiful sentijnent. “ Love is no love wliich altcreth, >Vhcn it alterationi^intls.” 1 am a poor broken heart i I rested all my hopes on one, Who in me planted sorrow’s dart. And smil’il with joy at what he’d done. I gave iiim alltbat heart should give. Deep in n\\ folds his form I w ore, For him alone I wished to live ; Ilis image fill'd my i.-inost core! More constant heart where could he find ^ Could he on earth a truer meet} Oil! no—and yet with soul unkind, Tor all my love he gave deceit! Oh 1 when he gained this hrurt a vow Of Love W.1S given—’iwas softly spoken; It then was gay—w hat is it now > A heart which blijrbted love has broken ! Yet, oh! my Henry, though thy breast Hadi wand(.red troin the love it \owcd, Though eold in earth I soon shall rest, Wrapped in the cliiil sepulchral shroud, May heav’n on thee its blej.siiij,'’^ pour; May all life’s joys await thi’c here ; May bliss be tiiine when life is o'er ; of thee 1 ask but one—oni, tep.r! From this it was too |)lalnly u^en what had caused her deaih, and tlie by standers were m’ore than ever convinced, that thon_e;h a few, faithless, women, jiossessinj]^ co.juettes’ heiirts, may ex ist, woman is, in general, a kind and alfeetionate being, loves with truth and fidelity even when the object of tier love IS unworthy of it ; and the jiliysi- cian remarked tliat he had in the coitrse of Ills pra.cliee, found many cases of broken liearted females front “blighted love,’’ but he never knew an instance of it in his own sex. A'lr/i. Pu^t. LNDL’S'I'HY. “The Jews are said, during some period, at least, of their existence as a l>eoj)le, to have educated their children, uiiiver.sally, in active busine.ss; and to hiive adoj)ted, proverbially, this aphor ism, that hr, who doe.! not drini^ vp hi.'} child to useful industry, brings him vp to bv. a begc^or, and a nui.saiiee. It is to be li'rvently wished, that all Chris tian Parents \vould adopt the same max im, and tlius prepare tlicii- childeii to become blessings both to tlieni.selves and mankind. It lias been rcjieateilly ob- servedjn these diseonrse.s, that Industry and Kcouomy are not natural to man, and can only be established by iiabitua- tion. These habits mu.st both be begun in the morning of lif’e ; oi there fhn- ger, that they will jiever i)o begun suc- resshdly. As no man, consistently with his plain duty, can he, excused from be ing industrious and economical, himself; -NO no man can be jiivtiliod for a mom-'iit, who does not eileetinlly commimie.itc botli Industry ,'uid licono'my to hisehil- dren. He, wlio, at the tir'-l, made la bour the employment of m.:nkind ; and who afterwards coniinandrd to gather up the iVagmeids, tJiat milhin v mi'r^hi be lost; will admit no exensf foj- nt--'-- leet ol these dutios,- u hetber tlirv ]'•>- peet ourselves, or our oilsjiiiiiir. In this subject, pan Ills and chiklriMi ol’liorb sexes ai(; ('(]ii:illy ei^iirrrned. 15,1b p;ir- eiit^ are bound to teach their eliildr.-n ; :md their eiiildren, nf bolh sex( s, arc bound to h;arn, to Ic imluslrion-and to be ec(moniie:d ; to fill uji their timo with useful employineiiN ; to n.i tliodl/c il, that it may be thus lllli.d np ; and to teel, that the loss ol time, the ne;dce! oi’ lidents. ;md the waMe of properly, arr all serious vio!;iiioiis of Hi, jc (hjty ,,, f»0(l. I he jiarent-, are bound lo iiispnc, lo imlnbe, aeontenipt, ■*" idihorrence. for |j,at silly, worllih >s Irivolity. to which so nirmv eiiildren, ol lashionablf parents espfciallv, are traiu- od;that sinful wnsi,. of the goKien hours of hie; tlial sie||j devotion to aniuse- men1;thal sham-ful, pitiable dependence on tnninir, to help them along, evmi tolerably, througii their prnsenl, tedious, dragging existciee. Few persons are more* lo be pitied, as certainlv few are more to j..,- blamed, than tlio.se, who fnd their enjoyment only in diver.>ion‘:; and eling to a ridt', a danee, a_visit, a play, '■r a tiovel, to keep thein from si^ikin- 'iito gloom .'uul deispondence. ous persons, who s|)cud their time v useful jiursuits, are the only persotr whose minds arc serene, contented -.' i eluMM-ful. If we wish happiness f, ’r q''! children, tiien ; we shall carefully cate them to an iiidustrious life. ’ J^ivight's Sermom, MORAI. IMPOK'l'ANCK OF KDL'CATkTn" The children of the present age arc the ' hope of the age to come. We who 1 now acting.our several parts in the busy scones of life, are hastening off the s apaci! : months and days are swcepingnj away from the business and the suif^c^ of this earth, and continually laying some of us to sleep under ground. The circlr of thirty years will j)lant another genera. I tiou in our room ; another set of mortal^ I will be the chief actors in all the greater [ and les.ser affairs of this life, and willfin ihe^workl with blessings, or wiih mis. chiefs, w hen our heads lie low in the dust I Shall w e not then consider with our selves, what can we do now to prevent ihese mischiefs, and to entail blessin'-J on our successors r Wh.at sliull vvid;) 10 secure wisdom, goodness, and ielij>io„^ I among the next generation of men : Hue I we any concern for ihe glory of (iod, the rising age ? any solicitude for the propagation of virtue and happiness to those who sludl stand np in uur stead? let us then kea,! ken to the voice of tied and Solomon, and we shall learn how this may be done ; the all-wise fiod, and th> v.-isesl of mi'n, join to give us thisudviu: “Train uji a child in the w;:y tlut he should go, and w lum he is old he will not depart from it.” 'i'he sense of it may be expressed more at large in this pro]v> sition, \iz: let children have a good edu cation given them in the yoiingcr partj I of life, and this is the most likely wav to j establish them in virtue and pieiy in their | elder years. JVaifs. Wc, our concerns and names, will sooa be shrouded in forgetfulness, and those! who succeed us, gif'ted hoj)efully wiu better dispositions, regard our collisions with melancholy pity. Let us reniem-| her that we must stand at the same tribu* bunal, w here our opinions and actions will be weighed in the balances of unwa vering justice. Let the consideration of that hour absorb all small thoui,'hts. While individually so deserving the re bukes of Hea\en, let tis not be prono to comlcmn others, recollecting that he who lacks benevolence, must expect judi^^nifnt without mi'rcC. While opportunity is given, let us retrieve our own characters, I raise the reputation of our common chris-^| tianity, and leave the legacy of the Chris* V tian, a peaceful temper to our children. As a large and familiar intercourse ] w'ith men of dilferrnt habits and disposi tions never fails, in characters of any force or generosity, to disjiel tlic pre judices wlih which we at first resard them, and to lower our est invite of our I own superior hoppiness and wisdom; I so a very ample and extensive cniirse ot f reading in any department of letters [ tends n.'ifiirallv to enlarge our narreiv j principles of jud^met'.t, and not onivKi east down the idoMielore which we liivl foi-morly abascil ourselves, hut to dis-1 close to us the might and thr mnptv of imieb that wc had iius*.ak'‘n and con- | lemivd. HlMH.riV. ■ ITumllitv •,lands at the head of thehrJ- litudes. and is incoi])or;.ted witii^di'"M all. And the jjiMciinis iiijiinctii>:i. ‘•i.i'aUi | of me, |*or I am meek and lowly in is a plain intimation, i!ial our Kedeenic- particularly inleiided that p.jrtioii "I 1.!‘' | own divine ( haracter for the most in"’'^ diiivi'object, not of our adniiraiioi' liiit of oiir imllalioii. It is the which of all others be most | eomniends, most nniformlv en;oiM'. w hi( h bis own pure and holy Ilf'* niosti”' j vai iablv exhibits. If we look into W ()kl Testament, we see that j''. havin;v described binisidf as “as the and bole One w bieli ln!ia!)ilerh j bv a transition the most a condi'scensiou the most im (ini ei'‘‘^' j immediately subjidns, that “ H‘ with the cfmlrile aufl the luiniMe; Ibis from a molive ine\prcs‘'lh!y Si-'■ oils, “to rcvivi' the spirit of the hiinv’}/ and 10 revive the heart of the cont! Jesting upon seiious subioct^ ways the mr'rk of a shallow ami eial mind, poor in its ideas, uui floorer in its judgment. There are three sii^d^ts most -I proud priest giving his h!ess.>., knavisii livpoci’ite saving h'’ ;:ud afjsvp-r’" -,i;:nr'^ 1’.'--' •