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4icrtv>i. s r \ Nz\s, BY UENUY NEFIK. th«- yoiinp spring-!.iicJs sv- *;t and bright; An ; likf tlje l.irk, and like the light, Aul Ii~p tlif winil, aiul lile tin- v. 've, KVn s\uli Is Hopt* ; bu-’-sfiiula grave, Ti.f lark givr* piMco iinto tlir owl. The ligFit must , i( Id t«> l;«rV;iu ss Cou?, 'Ihe winds are ?i.!lc, Wi(V» h l>etr;iy, AnJ licpts ;-re I'iilsvrfHr thuii tliej. And like liir d-\v npon I'.ic iborn, And likt the f)lnshf!il hreik ol inovr*. And hkf u vc^si l l.flrljdVi-d well. And li:'.e r soi.*', and iil;f f.iivll, E’tn s.irh is 'i.-n ; lln- dew c.'.hak*;. The iTi{;i-iiin,c'j’ pu; t, the vi-sstl siiiis The sun;' iss’M-et, ljut hWifily Pier, The spell isljrokcii—Mum he dici;. Anil like the uf>ire skies ol’June, Aiul like the mn, anil like the ino« And like a buv, 1, and like a . in’ilo, KV:ii sucli is Life ; tiic rlianged sky rains, The ‘•an jr us down, the pule moon wane?, The bowi to diaineu, thal sniile'ti the lafct, Till' lajH i’s and Lite is past. £r.irfrt?>. Mixing together profit anti ilidight. -»nd picces,”—in imitation of the polite Lnfidon dudipnces, we presume. The i.u-uietiant bting resolved lo lose no time, allaiilly attacks tht* Cifj Hotel, where it seems he look up quarters. •♦The house is iriimetise« and full of >m()any ; but what a wretched place ! i»e floors were without carpets, the beds • ithout curtains; thtrt was neither glass, '•iup,nor cup ; and a miserable liltlc rafj \ as djRtitt’fd with the name of towel. Ii** enii iitite of the house is constantly credit for superior prowess, rathet* than superior force. They had not—fur are too uprij^ht, magnanimous, aiid brave—they had not the least idea ol practisinjj deception, but, somehow or other the world was deceived, and th* bugbear of English naval superiority con tinued to float unquestioned on the high seas, until the late war, when Captain Hull first put it to .light. This discorr- fiiure being followed up by a succession of similar mishaps, the English forth with fell to counting guns, and weighing shoi. They exclaimed with a most piout. ■d)'stru( led by crotvds of people passing and from the bar-room, where a per-^ -on prrsidi’s at a hufTet, formed upon the I an'! ho!y itidir^nation, ajaUist the vfiy Ilian oi' a caje. This individual :s en-; pi H'tice which wo had burrowed from ^^aged from ‘morn till dewy cv;;,’ ii pro- jthcm; and never forgave us for beaung j arin'j and issuing forth punch and ipir- their ovcr*:vown forty-Iburs, with ship'- Its to f>ti ange loolling men, v/.iocomc to ! of the ' atrj‘_‘ riescriplio?. The” wrote and the house lo read ne'.vr,papcro and tall; |.tliey swojC; that ships ou^ht to he rated according; *o the number of their f-'tins ; and while they a^'irmed, th-^.i the; Ameri can iVi;j^atfcs were sisty-fours in disguise, they denied, with ur.blurhin" eP.Vortery, tiial tin ir own f.'ig^vte . were equally un- dt rr-r.lcd in the navr.l list. Kver since, \vi:h ;i sort of pro:i/''_*.iv? prudence, as if a?;lici;jaiinj; the timo ’.hen they will talnly a greiit nu*ny sit an^'e mcm to be aga:i. be under the necc'islty of apologiz seen Ihtrf—-t;ial i:-., st»'atigt“r:i to our- ' " ‘ s'llves, and the Lieufonvnt : hut w" nev er remeio'i.cr to have tien any persons that wall'.ed cii their heads,or on all-foura or ih'at did not weai- u loleiably Chris tian a^p'.’ci, baling ^'-metiines a little reci- nebj at th?. no: e. As for tli;‘ del’icieiicy of jnugs, f,!asies, cup at'.l other nr.uie- r,papc politic:’. lu this place, may be seen in lurr., mo6t of the respecubic inluibiiants of the town.” We extract a lesson that may be useful nearer home. Touching his account of ihs City llolrl, there i"> some truth, and a great deal not true, ifi his descrijition. 'i’hore ar; cer- ./:xTJui::r jhvn th" .imehk *n\ui TKULY HEllFAr, jhr Ihxmihu. T)tXV£I.^UI' LfKI.Tl.AAMr liKk ItOOH. Lieutenant !Je Ko;js has ♦aiien amon[>, thoriiH, but has prob.ibly sclf-complaten- cy enoi!';h lo d'^fvnd him lVon> u si lafrh. The Lii utenant conuneuce# his; book AS follows “On thr lS!hof Mar, my kind friend, Aiimit til L^ki, ga'-e nie a inDutii’s leave uf dhsei)'r Iroin riiy ILilii'.iX; and al'i’r rorisuli riiMi Ih si a'lin', \*lit ih- e*- sl.diiNi I ' hape iii\ ( oiirse towards tt> I'a'ls ol Ni; j.>aror th*‘Ct:it s :ir>d dock- yarosoftiu I’mucl Sti.trs, 1 di-cided lo proi f ed to the iaitet. 1 eniliutki d in th*' fiolir piitket. havitif^ lot nitiutj ij found a v» I y iigi feuble c ompiinion, iti Major \orhr, wlu« consented to at ciJiiipany m»‘ as. long *is our routes lay logMher. As Viv ilid not sail till iftc l^ith, itjowind lin ing fonl. ] dated rr.v leave from the day. The o,dy hnoks 1 could find in Halila.x,* relating to tlx L’n'uedStu ts, werea lont^ and sia. isfical uf count, by liiisied ; and the tonr of an An>ericaii to the Kcills ol Is’iagara, beginning with, ‘I /«;yiiown in my military cloak,’ kc. ; and itniii by ac cident 1 mel with Duntan’.*- bouk, 1 rould find no good uccount ofihai part of the world.” IJy Halirizing the word “ lay,” the .Lieutenant Mould su m to ir.dicate, that h«» h ad caught Our uiducky ‘•American* sinning against the m.ijesiy of Lilly and Lowth ; anfl that of coutse, ids book could not possibly be worth reading. A man, however, may tell a great deal •worth hearing, although he now and then commits a trifling crioi in n oods and tenses : and there ate worse faults in a book, than an ocrujionul ignorance or disregard of granm ..iic^il nicetit^. li ven the inighty s«';j fai itig gruniiiiui ion, had just belote inliinated. that t»vi> “ronii-s” n\ieht “//y together and \vhv nut an oRu'cr and his cln^k ? 'I'iiC g''eat 1 In.ulis'i navigulur, who cominanri.-d t!i I'-ohc )):ukii, afur a veek’s viivage, inadt Hi- ( k I^la»id,w bi( h, y^c presuJi e, he a'is',uok fur Vork. Klund; and where the Lii'Ulrn..n' s.iw pretty gi'!s.” Af'ier two dj\s inore, b( ing liM kily guided by Lmig Island, our great fuvigjtor at length iouid his vray to th“ 'ighi iiouse at Satidy Hook; and aidefl hy a fair wnu], e'nicred the buy jf New Y 111;, which he tl)Us skeichcs V.ith tolerable accuracy :— •‘About eight o’clock in the evening, ■we reached the \;urows, or entrance lo the Bay of New York. Tiws channel does not exceed atjuaiter of a mile in breadth. The high land utul piciutes- jue scenery »)n each side, foriTi a lir.e preparation for the first view of New York. Tboi maiMiificetii ciiy,whicli was now plainly ilistir.guisbtd, lie- enibo- Bomed iri ilit waters of b r b.*aliful Ma\. whenre slw semi , rortb her iiinunu rable si ippiriL^ 'o » \ery (pi.irur nf the world. The butik (-f tht 15a\, form one conuii- ued gsidei:.” This di rijjlinn is pretty correct, ex cept tliM the Lieu ftiuiit is nus'aken by fTiore tbfin one hall, in the bi e;ii!iii id tlie N iirows: ■j!,d tl.;i the land oti one sale is quite fla' ii d ,\s ib*- Li uti num, howf vr r, s^ iitnr.t ol bis lar.dscapes by jnonJi;.^iit, or stiuli^ibt, such little inac Ci-raric3 :.re r>i u^jMe. ‘‘Our VO)..ge,” coTitinji‘s the Lif uten- ant, “ had ctiosumed nitu'days, itnu^;h it has fjequMitly bet n ntude in three ; and this los! r ' ime was tc me, who had only leave of i.bhenre for one inoritli,a matter of serii'Us annoyance. 1 consob d n'y-elf, however, with tl,.' b',; • uf prociedn^ l'u*«ter during tbi' ifio >n ciei of my ji ur- IH \ .” And truly he «. rio time afierw.ud^ lie g^'es to • :ti. at fi il'fiMe sjiHjt > fm tb to I hf liji nt r I*. v\ i . j t the in i .tj;- r* - jn.nd- liitii i l tl.j' ol Liinsin«u'h; anti “ t!i(* .111 : vul.ufi; "tngswefi )oU«!I) cal led lor, uuu encorcd^ bciwwtu tiie acu inf; for new defec.tJ. they have taken every o'iportur.ity to magnify our ships, wlii:h they seeM lo view throngli the e.:aj;;er:\ted medium of fear, ilcnce, in the c y ' oi‘r/ieutenant I'JC Uoos, our sev- enty-i'oui's are fjist-rates ; our frigates, r.i'*;ty-foui s ; and our pretty liltlc sloops fd war, u niaicli for a Jbrilish thirty-six. lean things, we spt uK nijt IVom aciu.ile’; j So let th.-m ever believe. The impres- perience; neither tan we r.irirm, p.u‘ iti’.e-j sion. true or false, will be a millstone I/, to the identity of the Intl.- rag oi' a (about the iieck of their naval glory, by tuwel. Let the chambermaids look to these mailers ; we wash our hu .ds ol’iiu- uniui k> towel, leaving it lo he torn inio uiter tatters, by the wr^tfiful Lieulenatit. ’I heie is, howevei, without doul)i, o- . umbining w ith ihe recollec'ionofnumer- i,us disastei .v, the aiiticipation of more. J/.t utenant l)e Koos was something less thuf-nv. niy hr.urs i:i the city of Pliila- l(i;)iua, during which he ihaved and uiM:g main of the visiters and so^ jtirm'i '. (...jjcji hini.self three limes—delivered a! oui public houses, an unseer;.l> habit leiu-rs of introduction—visited the of loiin;;it.g in baJ-room.-', infesiin^; the ooorwu)..nd standing iti the porches or sU'p«i ol honds, *^iaring modest wonu n cut oi cou'itenance as they pass Jilong the :,’.teet^. We have seen persoTis w» ar inr iiio honorable livery of soldiers:, and navy yard, .'ind counted all the guns—the Academy of Arts, and condemned all th* pictures—dined cut—rode to the water works, and finally discovered, thal the ''venini,' was the usual hour for visiting i'j IHuladelphia ; and that it was ‘*ihe s; iIors, disgracing :heircou-ury:.nd the ii lasluon to sit out of doors, on the steps, proiession, by such exhibitions ol im})U-! under the trees, in front of the hous- fi'‘nce ; and ha\e !)lus!ud with *^hame, or to enjoy the refresliing colness, of the reddened witii iudignntion, lo wiinef. the iiardy e.'lroniery with w'.ucli tbche tavern-loungers barred the di.'i)rway a- gaitf.t passeti;;erw, and stared out ol I coiinienjni e all those unfortunate I'einales I who cajnc wilhin reaeli of such unniatily I insull. Did ihey know how then- uni- I form is larvfshed by such disreputable j effmriery, they Wnuld at least pui on a j plain Cut, and save the other for a more honor;*ble service. It is not, however, as the J,i*uunant aflirms, ‘‘the r«-spec- table inhrtbiiants,” that are seen in lurn visiting the “ bufl'el” of ihe bar-keeper, er.cepl it may be to jtiquire, whelnt r p.’rsons whom they mean lu visit, are at home, ll however is degrading to de scend lo a refutation of these whole^a e calumnies of ignorance, vanity, or pie- j judiee ; noi- should we have noticed them at all, except to show how low an oflicer, and in it is presumed a gentleman, can descend, to pamper the ignorant hostili ty of his countrymen. • “During dinner, the conversation turneil upon the Commission which was then employed, in settling the price of tlie slaves taken during the war, by the I'lnglish ; and we beard a very interesiirig aii'oufit of the afl'. ir. It a[)peais, that the Americans fi.unded their claim on a point of v;rjminar, in a clause which they bad the cimnin!' io inseii in ihe last trea ty of peact with Mngland. The (jues- tion Wu3 referred lo the arbilra'ion of the Hussiaii cabinet, which decided in favor of America.” NVe confess that this passage, notwith standing- ibe insinuation about “cun ning,” cond’orted us exceediiii^ly, as be ing ar. unecjuivocal acknowledgment on the part of a most competent judge, ihal the Mnglish di[)lomalisls do not understand grammer. The late war was pt'culiarly unfortunate to Eng land, who was not only beaten by sta and land, but what is still more to the disirtdilof lhai most learned and grammatical nation, w orsied in a gram• maiical conslniction, agreeably to the decision of a most legitimate auihority— ihe I'lmperor of Russia himself. »»*»»*» “ A mistaken notion,” he observes, “ has gone abroud, as to the Americans c ailing su( h ships as the Pennsylvania, sever.iv lours ; which, at first sight, to one uc(juaintcd svith the reason, bears 'lie apiji araiice of intentional deception. Hut this is txphiined by the peculiar wording ol the Act of Cotigres^, by which a fund was voted f.r ihe gradual increase of the American navy. In it, the largest vessels were described as sev- cniy-fouis ; but great latitude being al lowed lo the commissioners of the navy, they bu ill them (.n a much moreA Xiended scale. i he ofTu ud mode of registering these, is as seveniy-fourj,” tac. It is amusing to observe the sturdy hoiK hiv >1 ibesi Liiglish. 1 hey cannot bear i.ny thing that looks in ihe least like det;epii.;ti, unltss they keep all the bene- fi's InmseUes. They went on from e. T.tni y 10 n-ntur), beating the French, ti e Sjianii.rds, and tin Duicli, wiiiifort)- (■ or guri frijraies, currying fifty-six ^uns. and sev(^ti'y.(,ui.s, tiirr\ii J nineiv,- and tu nuFla cuo.su I ii.buT a‘ yjun^ lldy: uTkiTg^orihc evening.” Truly the good man niad the most of his time, and of his eyes. He saw every thing that was, and a great deal that was not to be seen. Wentxt find him suddenly ir. New- Y’ot k, w here, gallantly bidding defiance to the “old rag of a Kjwel,” h> again estab lishes himself at th( City Hotel, in spite of the melaniholy dearth of carpels, Hflasses, cups, &c. See., and the other hor rible enormities tf thal place. He does not explain his reasons for preferring it to all the other establishments of the kind, in the cit\ ; f)ut, we presume, they were potent. Here, he “puipos«-s re maining till the sixth, allowing himself Ten days to get back lo Halifax, by way ofBoslon.” Ills oppor'.uuitij'^, it will be se n, were great, at New-York ; and he availed himself of them in a masterly manner. “A citizen of credit and renown,” in vites him to dinner, where such is the keen itKjuisition of our traveller into the mvsteriesof fashionable manners, that ii is not until the dinner is nearly over, that he miikes the enormous and appalling discovery, that “he is dining at ix table d'hote!" In truth, he dues not make the ilis((jvery himself, but is apprired of the fact by one of the guests. This however. IS nothing to a blunder he made after wards at Niagara Falls, where he staid in the hoiel all clay, grumbling and fidget ing, because it rained so hard. It was not till evening that he learned this un timely rain was nothing but the spray of the Falls beating against the window I The Lieutenant was inclin-'d to call this a Yankee trick,” uniil he recollccltd that he was on ihe Canada side. In the next paragraph after the table d'hote aflwiir, the Lteuienant, being con ciliated, mellowed, aud mollified, by the company drinking ihe king’s health, in dulges in Ihe following unparalleled eflort ol liberality :— I he manners of the men, though they may appear rough and coarse to a fasti dious observer, are cotdial, frank, and open. It has been the fashion among travellers, to accuse the Americans of an habitual violation of veracity, in con- versaiion j but, as far as my observations went, this accusation is without founda tion. Their thirst for information, might be construed by a person disposed to criticise, into inquisitiveness, border ing on impertinence. “ 1 he manners of the women are so easy and natural, that they soon dissipate the unpleasing impression which is gen erally excited, at first, by the drawl of iheir pronunciation, and the peculiariiy of their idiom, [we suppose theLieuiennni means their omitting the h in ‘ heg^rs ’ See, and other elegant peculiarities of En glish pronunciation.] Some of their ex pressions and metaphors are so singular, as to be nearly unintelligible ; and lead lo strange misconceptions. “ U pon one occasion, the conversation turned upon a lady, who was described as being‘quite prostrated.’ On inquir ing to whal^had happened to her, I learn ed, that being quite prostrated, was being very ill in bed. Many of their express ions are derived-lVom their -mercantile most eligible class ofllfe, rrotn whicti to '•lioose a husband, declared,that, ‘ ' i;ari, she was all for commismns. I}^y' ' iicited from my companion, the Majo«. one of his best bows, in the fond presun»| ':on that she alluded to the military pr fession—not at all j the secjuel of her cor- MMsation, ex|)lained but loo clearly, ih;i commission merchants were the fortunat '.bjectsof their preference.” Certainly the Lieutenant must havt heen introduced to queer peole of fashion at the talk d'hote and soda shops.^ 1 he best part of the story however is, the moriiucaiion of the poor Major, and ♦he discomfiture of his red coat, at this unex- pecied turn. Knellah in Jhierica. “ I am at a loss to guess,” says the Lieutenant, what peculiar marU we are known.” Now, we Americans never fail to recognise sucli a one, by the following invariable chur.-ictcrisucg. The “peculiarity of •heir idiom,” as th« Lieutenant says ol the American ladiesoffashion their *‘ad’- nt oughts”—their elegant management of the letter A—and their eternal repeti tion of some cant word or other, which stands in the place of wit, whim, and eccentricity—is one of the marks by which we delect the cockney. Whenever here is any doubt on the subject, we put him to the shibboleth of **hard eggs," which never misses. An experienced person cannot fail to detect him, at a table d'hote, or at dinner in a sleam-boai, where he invariably uses hi* eyes and mouth at the same time, and while devouring the roast beef, devoting the luikey with equal spirit to condign mastication. All this he doth with such an air of ferocity, I hat one would suppose he was eating in pare spile, against the Yankee beef and 'urkeys. But if you fail to recognise hini by ihesc marks, and by the little black I ibbon crossing his breast, and bearing the pendant eye-glass, you cannot mis take his solemn taciturnity,his majestic habits of retirement while travelling in a steam-boat, or his lofty indifl’erence to the scenery, in passing up or down f)tte of our fine rivers. If perchance he honors it by lifting his eye-glass, it is only for a moment, w hen he lets it drop again, as if despising himself for his undignified curiosity. His solicitude about his com- iorl and accommodation—ihe busy cur iosity with which, on stopping at a tav ern, he pries in every hold and corner, for “a single bedded room,” is another distinguishing mark. .A barbarian, or an American, will take things as he finds them, knosving it is but for one night— but your true-born cockney will write a book on purj)ose to abuse a country, where he may have chanced, some half a dozen limes, to miss the luxury of “ a siugle-bedded room.” Important to Ladies.—A very consider ate ntcdical writer begs to inform the fair sex, thal by loo active a use of their fans, they check perspiration, which produces pimples, and an actual change of the com plexion. A stranger, apparently about 45 years of age, of genteel appearance, came to Mr. W’inroii’s Inn, in Cieitysburg, Pen. on Monday morning the 16'h inst. and complaining of indisposition, was shown a room, where he remained during the day ; and, it is supposed, look a quantity ol opium, as some of the article was lound in his pocket. He was discovered in an insensible state in ihe evening, and every means weie us^^d lo relieve him in vain ; he died in a few hours. There was nothing about him to lead to a dis covery of his name, or whenre he came. He had staled he had traded to New Orleans. In his hat were some paint ings, and in his pocket book wore writ ten these lines— Let me live and let me die, And never a .stone tell w here I lie. THE CONVEKTEI) JEW. The following aflecting narrative has appcar»‘d in some of the periodical Jour nals both in this country and in England, and has excited so much interest and sympathy with the individual who forms the principal subject of it, as to induce considerable inquiry as lo its correct ness. One of our friends has been at sonie pains to trace out the siory, and we are assured that the result of his researches has been entirely satisfactory. Afier receiving various accounts, all of which tended to confirm the truth of the nar rative, a clue was at length obtained, which led him to ihe person through whose means it was first published. The character of this gentleman is highly respectable, and he has politely furnished such data as place the reality of the facts and Ihe accuracy of the statement beyond doubt. “ 1 ravelling lately through the wes tern part ol Virginia, I wa* much inter ested in hearing an aged and highly re spectable clergyman give the following account of a Jew, with whom he had re cently become acquainted. ** He was preaching to a large and in teresting audience, when his attention was arrested by seeing a man enter ing the house the lineaments of whose count^iflance had every appearance of a Jew. 1 he stranger was well dresaci— his countenance was nohlp, through Iib * xpression seemed to indicate thai his leart had lately been the habitation of . eep sorrow. He took his seat ana w^j bsorbed in atteniion to the sern on vhile tears ofier, stole unconsciouslj iow n his cheek. After the service waj over, the clergyman was too much inter, sled in the stranger to refrain fronj speaking to him. Fixing his eyes siea. oily upon him he said, “Sir, am I no; correct in supposing that I am addrej. sing one of the children of Abraham?” “You are,” was the reply.— “ But how is it that I meet a Jew in g Christian assembly?” The substance of his narrative was as follow s :—He was r very respectable man, of superior educa tion, and handsome lortune ; who wiili his books, his riches and an onlv child, a daughter in her seventeenth year had found a beautiful retreat on the ferula banks of the Ohio. He had buried the companion of his bosom before he lef; Europe, and he had knew little pleasure, except in the society of his beloved child. She was indeed worthy of a parents love. Her person was beautiful j but her culiir vated mind, and amiable disposition, ihrew around her a charm superior to any of the tinseled decorations of the body. No pains had been spared in her educa* tion. She could read and speak wuh fluency, several diflerent languages ; and her proficiency in other departments of literature was proportionate, while the case and gracefulness of her manners captivated all who beheld her. No won- der then, that a tender father, whose head was now sprinkled with grey hairs, should place his whole affections on this only child of his love j especially as he Knew of no source of happiness beyond this world. Being himself a strict Jew, be educated her in ihe strictest principles of his religion, and he thought he had presented that religion with an orna* ment. I “ It was but a little while ago that this 1 beloved daughter was taken ill :—the rose faded from her cheek : her eye lost its fire—her strength decayed ; and, it soon became apparent, that an incurahlc and fatal disease was preying upon her coniitiiulion. The father hung over the bed of his child with a heart fraught with the keenest anguish. He ofien at* tempted lo converse with her, but could seldom speak, except by the language of tears. He spared no trouble or expense in procuring medical assistance ; bui no human skill could avert or arrest the ar row of death. “ He had retired into a small grove no? far from his house, where he was pensive ly walking, welling his steps with iearS| when he was sent for by his dying daugh ter. He immediately obeyed the sum mons, and with a heavy heart, entered Ihe door of her chamber ; soon alas ! he feared to be the chamber of death. The parting hour was at hand, when he to take a last farewell of his endeared child J and his religious views gave him but a feeble hope of meeting her hereaf ter. She clasped the hand of her parent in her own now cold, with the approach of death, and summoning all the energy whir h her expirmg strength would ad mit of, she thus adddressed him — ‘‘ My father, do you love me?” “ Mv child, you know that I love you—that you are now more dear to me than all the world besides!” “ But,father, do you love me?” “Oh why my child, will you give me pain so excjuisite ? Have I ihrn never given you any proofs of my lovr.^” “ But, my dearest father do you love m( f” The afflicted father was unable to make any reply, & the daughter, continued "I know, my dear father, you have ever/of- ed me—you have been the kindest of parents, and I tenderly love you—will you grant me one request? Oh, my fathe.% it is the dying request of your daugh- ter ! will you grant it?” “My »’eari‘st child, ask what you will—though it lake every cent of my property j whatever it ^ may be, it shall be granted—I will grant it.” “ My dear father, / beg you never J again io speak against Jesus oJ AuzaretfiI 1 he father was dumb with aslonishnicnt- ' “I know,” continued the dying girl, ‘ J know but little about this Jesus, for I was 'I never taught jbut I know ihal he ^ y § Saviour—for he has manifested himsell me since I have been sick, even for the salvation of my soul. I believe that he U'ili save /lie, although 1 never before loved him. I feel that I am going to him—that I shall ever be with him. And now, my father, do not deny me I beg that you will never again speak against this oj yazanth! I entreat you to obtain ateS' lament which tells of him ; and I praV that you may know him ; and, when 1 aft* no more, that you may bestow on hiiD the love that was formerly mine I” The exertion overcame the wejknfss of her enfeebled frame. She sioppt’fl* and her father’s heart was too full even for tears, llelefi the room in great hot' ror of mind, and before he could com pose himself, the spirit of his accom plished daughter had taken its flight; I trust into the bosom of that bh’ssed Sa viour, whom, though she scarcel) kne'v, yet she loved and honoured. Xlie thing the parent did, after committing to the earth his last earthly joy, was to pro cure a New-Tcstament. This he nad diligently and devoutly ; and taught b/ the Holy Spirit from above, is now nuro* bered among the merfc-and hum^ fol- luwcrs of detipiicd Jc6»18j i 5 101-
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