I'rvm u S' itc/i j)’ip(r.
A dim:AM.
Slerp hntli its nv.n world
And a wide realin of wild rcalit)’.—Byron.
t felt that my dcalfi hour was come;
I f?(rove to pray—I strove to weep—
Put the words stuck in my parched throat,
And the lean flesh did coldly crccp—
horrilile it v;as to die.
At midiiig'ht, in my.lonely s’.cif.
I licard the r ittle in my throat,
And then I surely kTiew
That 1 should die; anti then the dark
Death ang-el o’er ine flew—
>h Clod! how cold 1 fi.lt that sh^dc
As it broad and hroudtr grew.
J.ike a drowning man, 1 downward sunk
AVithin that horrid sea;
'I he cold waves, gurgling' in mine ear,
Did rush all fearfully;
Then, o'er my heart the death-spasms fell
And I shrieked convuisively.
..Vnd now 1 knew that I had died:
For lighter than the wind,
Ipnssi.d ihc sur.— \ea all the stinv.
Did glininier fur IjLhiiid—
A ;ii;d bodilLSs ll ing I swept,
Tiu uiii\er3t iinconJinKl.
Oh, T. ii’ I iiapp}’ thing I s;iw
!'•' . (Ill tlieir giitti ring wings—
riiii tiu ir fii s!)lcss iiiigt rs o’er
1 ;m li- 'i;irj)s of goKleii sir ngs—
All ' .u'.r s, I lingered tliere
'i'o (trin . tl.eir murmurings.
^11 unav> an s, I prayed, to (iod,
Charmed liy that starry spell,
Amm that laml of happy things,
l. ise tones so wiKlly fell—
All uii:wares, 1 prayed, that thero
1 rverniore might dwell.
But darkness gatlu rod o’er me then,
And I shuddered fearfully;
Porthe great judgment-thronc was sot
Far on the flaming sky.
And earthly crimes my fears awoke,
And I prayed tluit 1 mig' > die.
Like the sear-leaf, borne on the storm.
So was I whirled on,
Where tens of thousands burning’ zone"!,
B' ^irt thnt great white throne -
A diaueiri of Rtars, far o’er
'i'he universt they shone.
I turned me to tiie judgment throne—
But blasted grew r.iy sight.
Like him who gazes on ti\e sun
Unsutterably bright—
f si'.runk 111 iLrkness, and in fear,
I'rtiiii that great throne of light.
I saw the skeletons of men
Flout past the darkening sun ;
And the blue stars looked ghastly wan—
Trieir race of light was run,
The moon swept by, like a ball of blood.
And sunk i that burning solitude.
Then rose so wild, so loud a wail—
So horrible a sigh—
Like a thousand tluinders breaking.
And rolling in the sky ;
That wail wan nature’s funeral dirge,
The damned spirit’s cry :
’I hat cry so wild, my blood so chilled,
It was like ice upon a stream ;
And thus 1 woke and blessed God
That aU was hut—a midnight dream :
Uut fiom that moment, 1 began
^ To be an altered and a holy man.
Mixing togellu r profit and delight.
^ ■' \ ...
ilor’aloffiie, 1 fiequentiy rest on the ^ab- \ mv V: reolfe j a ta'e culculatei’ to iAV.cct at ihc time oflns
draw the tear of symnnthy from the in 1755: he wasat the tukinj^ o W ^ j
most ohdiHM V. .Ujs suinril^it, howcv- and iii sevcrul other important^ en-.tgc-
Froin the New-York Mirror.
ba!l), ami iMsithin the reaso.nuble ilis
tciiceol' public devotionol cxcrcjses, at
tend ibem^ Not lonp; since, Jn an aj)-
\iarcntly jirosperous viilasje in the wes
tern country, less than a thousand miles
from this, on a cold rainy Sunday mor
ning, I attended meeting; and having, ifs
is my usual custom, arrived early, and
seated myself on a back seat in the gal
lery, as well to observe tlic congrega-
ion as they entered, as not to be obnox
ious to others by disturbing the devotion
of those who enter lor tliat j)urpose:
and, while adjusting my mind to the
solemnity of the occa.sion, my attention
was suddenly roused by an exclamation
from one of the lower pews, of “ Siirr
THE Door.” That, thought I, is right;
for it was a bleak and cheerless mor
ning, and many I observed, were shiv
ering with oold. The sexton had, ei
ther from negligence, or a want of ma
terials, left the fire unkind led, and the
open doors let in a volume of cold air,
very much to the j^rijudice of those cotn-
fortable feelings with which many left
their warm firesides in llie morning.
Shi(f the, (hmr in cold iretff/ier,
thought I, ought to'be engraven on the
momnry of every one, as much as an}*
cojoma:id received by us from Divine
autliority.
It seemed of no use; for’ every few
seconds some bov would he sent from
a pew nearest the door, to rectify this
brt ach of good manners, in those who
entered. Aroused by some very s(mi-
sible feelings on the subject, 1 i!pj)lied my
ear to my coat sleeve, and inquired irom
my Familiar, (who, for-convenience,
makes that his station,) the names, call
ing, habitsand circumstances, of many ol
them, as they entered the door, with
out shutting it, which T could readily do
without observation: aii.l • l! at the an
swers may be u>elul to some of yoiu'
readers, 1 now scml them for puijlica-
tion.
Who, and what is lie?" said I, as
a man about tlie age of f\lty entered,
without, shulling the door. 'J'all and
meagre were his'fealures; his sliirt collar
unpinned; the string of one ol his shoes
imtif.'dj and the cuif of his -oat sleeve
partly torn ofi'.
That,” said my Familiar, “is
SJidflowpate Careless. His lather in
tended him for one of the learned pro
fessions; but in his youth he neglected
his duties at college. He never knew
one lesson. And provided he could cat
when hungry and drink when thirsty,
thought of nothing else. Finding his
eflbrts unavailing, the old r entleman
concluded he would make a armer of
Shallowpatey and accordingly gave
him a large farm and procured an hon
est and industrious overseer for him.—
Matters went on well enough, until, in
the course of time, the old man died;
and Shallowpate could not bear the idea
that one of the overseer’s little boys
should always follow him to shut the
gates or put up tlie bars, so he was dis
charged. Shalloicpate, who never
shut the door—never put up the bars,
soon bccame a piey to the devouring
speculators: for although he was without
vice, and a tolerably good sort of man,
yet when the time of ingathering of the
fruits of the earth came, he had nothing
to gather; for the inveterate habit of
leaving the doors open had let the cattle
in, and his crops were destroyed, and
he had to sell a portion of his land for
the support of his family. The same
course, in a few years, made him what
you now behold—an example to all o-
thers, to remember to shut the door.
Shortly i»fter, a sleek looking little
er, to know that she was the daughter of
a respectable farnicr—•‘■that in tonse-
c(uence of losing her mother early, the
care of the family devolved on he:’. A
passion for dress and linery, lor balls and
parties,, unrestraineil,-caused a neglect
of home concerns. 'I'he doors \\ ere nut
shut; the dairy suffered; the hogs u^iset
the niilk-pans; the cats, rats and mice
nients; and durir!;^ tv:r Jevohitionary
struggle, was four }' ars coitliiR’il -»n
boar(i the “ Jersey pri»>n ''iiip.” We
has made it a jiraoLu " ior many years to
visit some dcsrciulv.iils o! his lornier
friends i*c Mie South; and no longer ago
than last spring, he made a jdurney on
foot from this nlaco to Pett^rsburgh,
. V’a. travelling from S to 12milesaclay.
destroyeiUhe cheese ; arid finally, while ! Tiie crime for wiiich he is no other than
the males were out at work on the farm, intemperance, and his release will be
tiiere being sufTicient t^me, as she granted in a few day.-?. 1 Ic says tor the
thought, and certaiidy there could be no | lirsl y:0 years of his life he dra'ik intox-
■ ... *_ Ti f 1/I- I iriaf I n nr liniint'c /if’ lin • bUt SlUCc
harm, to run over to Miss j icatins; liquors of no kind ; '>i't since
to hear .something about what was going that period he has indulged himsell m
■ ■ “ ’ some degree , [)referring, however, ci
der and beer to strong liquors. ^Vhen
SHUT I HK DOOlt.
Wandering through the country with
out a local home or bosom friend to
si.are the blessings of social or domestic
intcrcoMise, my time has generally been
hpent anif'ng strangers. And being a
prrttv rlo"e observer of the world, 1
have frequent!}’ been enabled to benelit
:sociei\ bv i^mbodying, at leisure hours,
partifMilirly when 1 sj;end a few^daysto
jest and relVesh myself such reflections
Vi: may have occurred during my pere
grinations. As I am generally assisted
Cv a Furnillar^ a real and true descend-
cint uf the far-famed oriental genii, I ex-
Ticiience no difllculty in learning, at
once, the habits, manners, and cuslums
jf all such peo]tIo as I have curiosity to
infpiire al’out. This, it may be said, is
a great privilege, and might be abused
n:Mch to the prejudice of many jjeojjle
who think their private vices entirely
hid fiom the world; but as I have alrea
dy suggested my intention is to benelit
society, I shall only notice such appa
rently trivial faults as by being long in
dulged become inveterat*', and ultimate
ly prove injurious to individuals as well
iis the community—an emendation oi
Avhich will add much to the comfort of
others, and con.sequiinlly their happi
ness for time being.
Jn conformity to the injunction of the
on—and it was hard, too, to be obliged
to stay in the house all day, and, a
thousand other important reasons might
be oflered;she forgot to shiitthedoor.—
A gust of wind blew the coals over the
floor, and before half of the first story
was told, the house was enveloped in
flame.". The father was reduced to
poverty—and all in consequence of not
shutting the door. After a series of years
she married, and has a family. Still
the doors arc not shut. The care, la
bor, frugality, and industry of an indul
gent husband, are not sulllcient to pre
vent the prison doors from shutting on
him. All in consequence of an unfor
tunate habit, of not shutting the door.
Many otlicr individuals, as well as
those who did, as those who did not
shut the door, were scrutinised by my
Familiar, liut these cases are sufiicient
t(i induce us to be carelul to shut the
door.
And now, my young friends—you
young gentlemen just entering on the
theatre of life, will it not be of service
to you, to form a resolution at this
time, on the spot, and never berak it, to
shut the door? Do you feel a tempta
tion to depart from, or brack through
any moral principle.s ? Are you tempt
ed carelessly to squander the hard earn
ings of your ancestors, or to devote any
of your time to vice and folly ? shut
the door on the tempter; and remember,
that your moral character is the rule, by
which, in after life, your reputation musl
be established or broken down. Re
member, that it is better to give a pit
tance to the needy, who, aside from the
gratification't affords you, will implore
the blessings of providence in your be
half; and, while thus employing your
time, discretion shuts the door against
vice and folly.
And you, my pretty maidens, with
rosy charms, and eyes beaming love—
you, who are candidates for* the bonds
of matrimony; remember, that to shut
the door may be of use, and can never
work evil. Shut doors; always shut the
doors, and keep the doors shut. Once
acqured the habit to shut the door,
and you may smile at the frowns of for
tune, and bid iiefiance to the votaries of
vice. You may have the pleasing re
flection, that you have added to the
comfort of some, without detracting
from others. Shut th*^ door against e-
vil speakers, and suffer it not to be open
for evil hearers. Shut the door against
all evil communications. Shut the
door against all wishes and desires not
dictated by prudence, or justified by the
Book of books. Let the door to your
affections be doubly guarded by that
best of watchmen, prudence; and haj>-
piness here may be your reward. A-
bove all, in cold weather shut the door
when you come into church, my lovely
dears, and worthy dames, and if I am
there you will merit the thanks of the
WANDERER.
plexion, uuclerlook tasl week, foracori
‘•itirrable wagor, to ei ^ ss from Dover t(,
Calais, find [>ass the (Jnstoni Iluuse as;
lady ! Kuluckily a real female on ooard
the,packet was detected with conjra.
band goods in her possession, q'].,!},
circumstance caused a general search
among the ladies, and, in the cours*^
of it, “ Mon fliev, c'esi i/?i homme
was shrieked out by one'of the astoun.
ded matrons employed in the scruiinv
The unfortunate masquerader foului^
very different reception from what 1,*!
would have experienced at the Ar^
speaking of his brave com})atriots in i
arms and the happy conse(juenccs of
the revolution, a playful smile seemed
to rest on his countenance and joy ani
mated his whole frame ; but when his
thoughts turned upon those who were
more closely allied to iiiin by the ties
of kindred and affection, a tear stole
down his furrowed cheek and a deep
drawn sigh, suddenly struggling to es-
ape, almost choked his utterance. We
question whether, in the whole United
States, a parallel can be found to this
very uncommon instance of longevity.
SaDint'I tQilams.—The account of
the vei'.f'i’able Carrol/, thronly surviv
ing signer of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, given in a late Galcxi/, was
ri'ndered still more interesting i>y its
notice of our forever to he venerated
Sumiu’l,lilu7ns. Mr. ('arroll “sjioke
of Samuel Ahim«, ami pecuHariiies
with a wonderful fecility. Of this pa
triot, “the cider Adams,” it may he
said, that his friends, from tneir sensi
tive admiration, and his enemies, from
personal bitterness, have never placed
him in a true light, or made a proper
analysis of his mental and moral proper
ties. The task re7uains to be June,
and the obser\ations of ^^arroll would
be worthy the study of him who may
attempt it.” Thus fiir the Galaxy.
It is surprizing to all the elder [>atri-
ots that the great character and patriot
ic labors of this eminent man, and I
may say, matchless patriot, should be
so little understood by the pre.sent gen
eration in ]\Iassachusetls, and wiiat is
still more extraortiinary, in the town of
Boston where he lived, and flourished
half a century. It was his modest, and
unobtrusive j)crsonal character, which
was more inclined to j)ush others for
ward into })ublic notice, than to make
himself conspicuous. None but a tru
ly great man could have done this.
Samuel Adams was more than other
man, the Father of the %inierlean
Revolution: and this we are ready to
maintain against all the wo'ld, were
they disposed to controvert it.
Bostonians have done well, verv well,
in causing a statue to be executed for
IVashington ; but half their business
will be left undone until they have plac
ed at Washington’s right hand the sta
tue of Samuel Mams. Patriot.
man, in a plain, but rich dress, entered
apparently on tiji-toe, whocarcfully shut
the door; and before he left it, felt that
it was secure. IIis age appeared to be
about thirty; although my Familiar in
formed me that he had lived near a half
a century. “He was,” said'my Fami
liar, “a poorboy, and was early taught
the value of money by the want of it;
and when he got a sixpence for running
of errands, he wa;* sure to examine his
pockets, and be certain there was no
hole in the bottom. He always shut
the door, and in afK'r-life, in all his bu
siness, carefully puts up the bars. Hi
crops are not destroyed—he is a useful
me.mber of society, and to his descend
ants early inculcates the useful habit to
put up the L'ars—to shut the door.”
Another who entered and foigot to
shut the door, ^vas ^Nliss Polh/ Prim-
ro.^e, who, thirty years ago, led the van
in all parties of pleasure. She was, in
fact, the Belle of tlie village in,which
she resided—she was ailmirci! by all,
but an unfortunate habit of not shirting
the door, became confirmed and inveter
ate, and now, alas ! the dear creature la
ments the circumstance which has been
the means of retaining her a votary t(*
single blessedness thus far, and in ail
probability for the re.^t of her life
AnotlTer lady entered, and a gen-tle-
man left iiis seal to bliut the H';re
From the lioston Traveller.
“ The tree of my cradle is prostrate and dead,
The smile of the mother who rock’d me has fled,
'I'hc wari'iors to battle my footsteps who led,
’Neath the sods of the valley are mould’ringand
low.”
We two or three days since, accepted
a polite invitation to visit a revolu(it)na-
ry veteran, now in the House of Cor
rection, who has attained t!ie very ad
vanced age of one hundred and five
years. He is a Scotchman by birth the
by name of David M’Donald; and though
Persia—mercy of a despot.—The
porter of the mosque near the bazaar is
a man with one eye. The person who
accompanied us accounted for the loss
of the other eye. This man, who is a
Tartar, was one of the oflicers of the
household of the late Kl’.an, and the gen
eral superintendence of the palace. Ac
cording, to the etiquette of oriental pa
laces, the olllcers, when going through
the courts, should hold their beards
bowed dowu, anil their hands crosscd
on their breast. One day this unfortu
nate man inadvertently raiseil his eyes
towards the apartments out of which
were lookingthe Khan and one of iiis wo
men. He was immediately calli.d into
the presence of the Khan, who asked
him, in a tone of great severity, with
which of his eyes he had seen the sul
tana; the man ri jjlieJ witii liis i-ight
eye, and the Khan or.irred it to l^e im
mediately torn from hi.s head.—Tl.'isdid
not jirevcnt the Tartar from l oinaiiiing
in his sei vice till tlieiieatii ol his master.
Rooms.—He was consigned, sunsrtrc
monie, to the town goal ; and, i
of Mr. Charles Wright’s “sparkling
Champaigne,” was accommodated wiif,
as much water as he choss to drink,
the usual pol allowance of bread, till
the interference of some friend in iKt.
town explained the circumstance to iiin-
local authoritieLJ, and procured his
lease. Tlie petticoats, however, a'^.
j)carto haveb('cn confiscated, or at leas?
abandoned i)y their wearer, who rolurr,'
ed en cavalier. London paper. -
From the I’rovidencc Journal.
There is an old adage toucliing t!;r.
domestic avocations of women which '>
peculiarly applicable to the einplo\
ment ol a conductor of a newspaper. *
“ Man works from sun to sun.
But woman’s work is never done.”
It is just SO with ttie printer; whl.V
others havethier intervals of leisure lie
has none ; while the tired labourer sJclis
an early repose—the merchant thiov.s-
aside his books and bargains and enjoys'
the social firesiiie in an evening at humi;
—the manufacturer looses the binJ.s
that drive his complicated machiiu rv-
the farmer drinks hisgenerousciiicr froji.
the old fashioned silver or pewter mu-
(as the case may be) handed tlowii tVoi i
his sires, and cracks his nuts and jolir*.
around the blazing heuath—while il-.tsc
are partaking the enjoymeiUs ofie-iaxa-
tion, and acquirwig new vigor fur thf'
laoors of the succeeding day—the prin
ter is at the case picking up little bits
of lead with letters stamped on them
or laboring with his brain and pen to
elicit something that shall please his
readers of the morning, or correcting-
proof sheets by the fading light of a
lamp, until that light begins to blend
with the tinges of early dawn. Such
are the occupations of the printer and
the editor, and when the dishi*sfor one
morning’s course are served up—the
pressman closed his labor of strikin»; off
the impression, and the assistants f^old-
ded, directed and mailed tho papers to:-
the day, then comes the time to com
mence new preparations, mental and
manual for another publication. To the
conductor of a Monday’s paper even
Sunday loses its attribute of a i.ay of
rest, and he may feelingly exclaim witii
Pope, when harassed by poetic scril
biers,
“ F/en Sunday sliines no Sabbath d.iy to me.”
But enough of this. They are dark
spots on the fairest features of cxisteiifc;
and the printer, though subject in his
vocation to more o 'i.y.swand shades wn\
/>/rV.vand blurs pressures, and fuhr
impressions, than most other men ; yet
he has many/c//r pi'oofs oi the kind
ness of patrons and friends, to chcoi’
him in his course ; a consolation that he
he traced the country of his adop- [ "J’Ihs cruelty, however, is nut to be won-
tion from her Indian paths, her log j dered at in a country whr-re the loss of
houses and her ton ^t fields, in all her j eyes is often considered as a t'avor—it
advances to civilisation, wealth and | being substituted for the punishment of
refinement ; though all the friends and ideatli. Vv'hen Mazander.m v/as inv.id-
kindred of his early days have long j ed by the first Chab of Persia of the j
since laded from life’s picture and new j present reigning dynasty, the eunuch
generations risen around him, to give Aga Mahoinet Kan, one of his generals,
place in their turn, to others who now
guide the destinies of the nation: he still
retains his faculties, both mental arul
physical, in a degree truly astonisliing. i then entered Into a composition with
He ))ossesses all the sprightliness and ; the chiet's ofthe city, relative to sparing
vigor usually attendant on a healthy | the lives of the remainder of the inhah-
person of si?v(;nty-five ; can walk with-1 itants. A pardon was granted to them
out a staff or any kind of support; is 1 on condition of their delivering to him
hut little tri'iibled with (h'afness, and ten pounds of human eyes !
took a town by assault, aftei: an oiisti-
nate resistance: wlien heiiatl assuaged his
"ury by a very exteiuh'd massacre, he
can discern objects distinctly.
He cami; to A;nerica in the army of
General Di’addock, :ind was with tliiit
A Mr. A. of London, a young gon-
tlcnian pojbesscd of a moat dclicalo com-
Aiin.N'^, (oino,) De.ccjiib;/ K-—'
scarcely know in what terms to nii'nti^'
an occurrcnce which look placc on
ncsday morninji; last. While I’roich'- '
Hop;c was siitinij alone, rcadiugi
room, in ('oliegc, by a sudden roii'vs
of his muscles, the bone of his thig'n
badly IViicturcd, so as to require setu"-
in the ii.siial manner of broken iim ’' •
riie pain iie has suffered has been i
ucinc, though somewba.t abated si” '
'Jic sct’.incj.
distributes useful knowledge to thou
sands. ehasesihiiivrinlclesivom the brov.
of cai’(‘, corrects the errors and removes
ihc. false itnpression's ofthe public mind
—pla7ies down tlie as])erilies, ;md
s)?woths the prejudices of life—and
though he is aware that he is himself
but a pop” tyj)C for the observance o.‘
others, and does bi’t aspire “ to make
his paper an indea' to point to an vp-
rif^ht line of conduct—t!ic reccptacle
of opinions and sound moral .sentiments
that all may safely cojiy—P"or this h.^
asks but the approval of good men, atii;
the encouragement of kind patrons and
though when be shall \)g struck off
ihc flic oi life—-A period hx\ put to hi-'
earthly existence, and the eofjin become
the rereptncle of his form, no enlunv-
or impos-ins' stone shall mark the spot
where is fixed his narrow, clayey
yet he trusts his memory will remai'i
i7n})rintedov\ the hearts of his tViend-.
lus errors be erased from their reco •
lection, and no register of his faults be
ing found recorded against him, he ma;
stand at the final reoisal, Justijif'd
fore tlie great IIkad and Foiw'J' ol
mercy and goodness.