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VAKIK V\\^ Ail p’ca3\iri‘ consist.« !;i runffy. THE CHlCr I AIN’S DAUtillTEK, A TALE OF l'A?r TI'1».K, ScaJcd in tJ-p b.iioniil hall of the dc- nerse civfn him by his ma:>tcr, Alfredj Duka Kdrick r.-as su-ronnded by his vassal?, aiid in receiving; their o.iihr: of allciviar.cn, be fancicd iunitclf fc'’‘-n c- qu.il to the sovereign of England. Tvriny a Danish mother had to monrn the cHocis of his prowfi-s—ir.any n Danish iriaiden had strained iier eyes over the whiten- rd shore cxpi'ctinp the return of her lover, wh.cm the swunis Edrick’^ foi- iowers had laid lo'.v in the dust. Deeds of honor had ;s;ained Edrick the love of his Kine:; and the t^’apentakes of Svis- cox were given him to rei^n over, as 5oine ivcompense for the many leagues of land he had caused the Danes to re linquish. His bosom was raised high in exultation, on finding himself Lord of so goodly a territory—a 'territory lost bj' his father’s disloyalty to Athels- tan, but redeemed by himself on a re turn to his allegiance. The hall of audiencc wa.? extensive to the gaze ; it was built in ail the majesvty of feudal time—it rose in ample grand- i*ur—simple and unadorned, save hy the waving trophy, the harjberk, or the cuirass, intermingled with the crossbow or the glittering spear. Looks of fes tive joy l)camcd in every visage, the »vassail bowl passed off, and returned, till Duke Edrick called oa_t}ya,-mM- atrel. All then was husUed, as the re tiring wave from the distant shore, while the hoory bard sung of deeds of valor and of wisdom, achieved b}' Eng land’s Solon. In the nudst of a crowd of warriors, shone, like a brilliant ^tar, Duke Edrick’s daughter, on whom her father doated, and considered as the step ladder to his ambition, and in pros pect as a sharer of his monarch's bed.— Imma’s form was the mostbeautiful that can be imagined ; she was fair as mar ble—her eyes were of celestial blue, lighting a face full of tbs most tender, bewitching, artd expressive languish- ment—her cheeks were fresh tinted by the rose blossom, but her lips and teeth were such as a painter might attempt to imitate, but could never realize.— Her hair, of clear ftjxen, undorncd and uurestraincd, strayed over her fine and falling shoulders ; she bent forward to the hard’s notes, as if in admiration of his theme, but the harper’s strains were far from occuy>ying her thougiits. Un- happy girl ! she was dwelling on those which told her misery must ever be her portion, and how much more she thought her fate was to be iamenled than that of any other damsel. The lay fin ished the bard regained his scat—the ca rousal again commenced and Duke Ed rick roused his daughter from vacuity hy a loud and det?p rcproach. lie de manded, v/hy, she alouc, joined not in the general joy, on beholding him in the hall of his ancestors ? Imma essay ed to speak, but her words were inarti culate ; she burst into tears happily un- f'crceived by her father.—Again the ard was inspired—he sLruek a prelude which enchanted all ; they seized their arms, in rapture, as for the combat, but cach tongue was silent, and all was iiush- ed, save the repressed {.Ifenk of arnior, ss the Knights regained their seat*; — The hoary musician’s clitek wi^s flush ed with a hectic flush , a holy inspira tion gave a lire to his eye ; ani while }iis fingers struck the chords of his harp", lie suns the praise of the chieftaiirs cxol.iirncd Ciiildd Erhriun.l : the storm of j)assion shook hib heaving frame —lie snatchcd oil'his grcave, it whirled in tlic air, and striking the accuser of Imma, who look the pledge and de manding the ordeal, swore to jrrovc the charge. 'l'h«-j afirightcd Imma now rais ed herself, in conscious innocence ; she indignantly threw back those tresi>es wiiich would have hid her face ; sh'* would have defended with sn undaunt ed eye, her character, hut she met a fa ther’s rcjjroaehful look ; a chilly pale- n(^ss oversj)road her, and slie bi;nt like a lily in tlie storm, into the arms of Childy Edmund. When Lady Imma awoke from lier trance, every thing bore a dreadful si lence ; ill vain she afteiiipted to raise herself fro;n her couch, her I'ribs ap peared paralyz'id ; she i)Ut her liand to her head, her Li'ain was maddening ; it is true, a reireshing breeze burst in up on her from the open casement, yet it larited but a moment; a hotter glow suc ceeded, and tlireatened to chock all res piration ; she gazed wildly .-uound hci-; she paused to think, hnl yet seemed fearful of recalling remem!)ranct; ; s!i put her finger on the hiood-hurstino; lids of her eyes, distended with fever :—she pored over unconsciously, the storied painting, which the last rays of a sea ting sun cmblazoneil and reflected from the hay window : and a conviction of what was to happen dawning in her mind, s^c ciideavom’cd to shut out its roaKty: she slirunk into herself; a frightful slumber steeped her faculties in misery, and tortured her diseased im agination Such a charge as Lord Ilildcbrandc’s was not to be made with impunity.— When the first storms of indignation were ovei', he was allowed to sj)eak, as follows: “Returning last, on the eve of St. Francis, from a border post, I entered a dingle in the forest ,* there I saw the Lady Imma rush into the ai*;is of a man, who wore .the^-st»rf that now Childe Edmund wears. I am not mail— lam Lord Edrick’s friend:.! pledge myself for the truth of what I now ut ter, and let her disloyal Knight defend her if he can.*’ In saying this, cach warrior slunk away, to sec the decision by mutal combat. Fearful that violent emotions might rack the bosom of the gentle Imma, Ed mund left the hall to seek her; love is seldom accompanied by prudence, or he had n(;ver souc;hta secret interview. Now the baron Edrick trembled with passion, and he s\y>re, if guilty, to sac rifice both to his revenge. Fir)m the daughter—he sung tlic praise of Imma— “ Fair as chabtc, as chustc as fair.” At such a congratulation^ she ro5c in virgin diflidence, and thanked him, though in a voice cho.iked witli sobs ; and, overcome by l!ic prais‘.-s of her fa ther, she cast her eyes fearlessly round the hall, and sunk snnsele>s into his ^irms. While the stern Edrick was cl'iding her, and tl)e timid Iniina v/as ascribing the acuteness of her feelings to some ominjus cause, (which, in those days of su{icrstilion, haur.ted, oco'i’-’on- ally, the strongest mind} a confusion of sounds arcs:; irom t.'iat part of the I;a!i from which Imma had wilhdrawn her Sight, it broke out as though the foemun had them in his toils. As tlic smoke of battle rolls on in destruction—as the dust of the warl'iorse approaciics nf'nrer and nearer still—so come the sounds of discontent to Duke IMrlck’s fcat. “I h?ed thee not,” exclaimed Lon' IJilcle- brandc, in a voicc above the din; “I tell the to th.v tooth, and I’ll tell it i'ii who’ll hear, Duhe Ed nek is deceived, and Imma is no lo!){^cr olucte ai. fair— bhe is a wanton !” At sucii a charge, .*;::ain v.ere innr- rvjrslo’id ar.ri deep ; tiity pn-.jred thru' the hall of audience. A iui!.(h>-ed iiel- ;j:ets shook, a huntirfd rnvordt ic't't th( ir scabh.irds, hut Lord Uildcbrande again exclaimed alcnd, “ liy the Holy rihcst she’s false; h.ima has disgraced l:^cr sex” “ T’rcucl liilich.'jindo, •'.hcj li- maidens of her house, Childe Edmund learned Imma was in her chamber. As lie was the cause of the indignity which Ilildebrande had ofi'cred her, he dared not sui)jcct her to another by entering the castle ; he, theiefore, saw her not, and becoming a prey to the acutcst an guish, he.wandered about the dwelling, unconscious where he bent his stej)s. Ciiilde Edmund, as he was called, had long loved the gentle Imma, and, ere she was aware, s!ie returned his love ; they feared it was imj)0ssiblc they could ever be united, hut there was such a lux ury m even their cherished hojies, that they railier chose to encourage a mutu al attachment, accompanied with future misery, than to call upon the resources of sense and reason, and to use that for titude wiiich teaches us to endure mis fortune patiently. Childe Edmund v/as meiely tlie protegee, of Duke Edrick, and, without a single (inartering of no bility in his shield, had ever been view ed with contcrni)t by Lord Ilildebrande, as a ptofectcd vassal : this vassal had, however, been preferred to him liy tlio I^ndy Imma, and he swore to be Iiis ruin, by bell, book and candlc. Love, in these days, had no rmplov- mcnt, ‘•avcto chide the lime wiih siglis and exclamations ; for tlie life ol a mur derer was sacrcd. on being prou-d able to read and wri.te ; these attainments were not presumed to be thosfc of fe male,'; and a lady \va5 deemed to a prod igy v.liu v.-as enabled Iiy her pen, to car ry on a cor.cspon.lcnce. No jK'rt c!iai:ihcr maid v/as then the conveyor of a hillet-doux. Thus Imma and Cliilde i'almmul u ere obliged to vent their com- ])laints to the air, to themselves, or to in.';mimate things, without consolation, and v.ifliout j)ity. “j\Iy father,” said the nnfortnnate Inma, “ beli( ves me guilfy, hut I am not, and Ednumd !rov;s i am inimccnt; and oh ! my d(.>ar mother, look down from heaven, ]iity your poor child, Mid .shield her I'ronj do;'pair. ” 'f'he fullowing mornirig, ImnTvprose uiircireshed fi'om her cou(di ; she walk ed as one v,’hose boul was llcd, hut whose body was doomed to waiidci* in uncon- sciousn(;ss ; it was yet hut twilight, and tl'f,‘ spear and tho lance trembled in the cold air ; soon ihe guards ]'arrided in a fitiit k'SLfp on tlielr posts, and, a1 length all was fuisile aful anim.ation. She liad ’.valked on the battlements, and ‘■tated like t/;e g&nur, of . -.i.'/rcnsc, hor tresses spreading in the v.ai.ton air, slie slurted at the sound cf the bugle ; ll*e chain of The draw bridge rattles—the portcullis riseS; and a host of armed men pour from tho keep, and form a procession. Childe Edmund is preceded by page, who bears his favor of n?.ure blue ; a lover sfazes towards the castle—he seems to breathe a sigh towards her ; a train ac companies him, and Lord Ilildebrande, who, seated on a white charger, secnis conscious of victory ; they are follov. ed by the herald at arms.' This apj)car.Tnce of knightly combat darkens her vision—“lie i.s going,” she cries, “to sacrifice himsell! and lor me ;” sho uttered a scream, and leli, unheeded, cn tho terrace. Ill-fated maid ! thy sufleringsare, inileed, acute; if this be tlie j)uni'jliment of presumed guilt, what oui^ht to lie that of conscious dej)ravity? they had met, it is true, chinJestinely, hut angels might have been j)resentat tlie interview ; tliey met but 10 breathe vows of constancy, and to indula;e in mutual sorrows, dearer to them than ail the jocund hours of mirth. On returning to a sense of feeling, she crawled to her chamber, Revived by the blood which flowed from a wound she had’met with in falling ; the cut she received in her temple was lieal- ed by a domestic, but the wounded 'heart rejected all mortal medicine; and her attendants, apprehensive of her fad ing reason, were fain to let her pursue her inclination. To paint the agonies of susj)cnse, during a icncoiiriter in which was engaged all she loved, is impossible—it was indeed intense. At length, the soimd of music proclaimed all was over—that the ilreailful truth must soon be known. They play a mournful theme, and she rushes for ward to behold the cause. The proces sion is only to be seen ever and anon in the distance, now lost among the hills, and-now again emerging nearer sight. On a carriage she at length jterceives the stitloned corpse of one. Oh ! the vii-gin, the blue scarf is wrapped round his body. An hysteric laugh bursts from her, as she runs to meet it; it is not her lover’s form she would clasj), but, with wounds staunched by the tro phy of love, Lord Hildebrandi'’s; a vic tim to his own evil passions, who dy ing, confessed the guilty assertions of falsehood. Even this would not have procured the consent of Lord Edrick, to give his daughter to Childe Edmund, hatl he not received letters from his King, inviting him to his marriage ban quet, and declaring p]dmund his rela tive. Childe Edmund then, by royal command, v,-edded the lov'ely Imma ; the bard’s song was once more iieard in the liall, and the foemau spoiled not their delight. WOMEN LESS COt KTKD THAN FORM ERLY. A few centuries ago women were scarcely accessible, but shut up in hou ses and castles, lived retired from the hustle of the world. When they deign ed to show themselves, they were ap proached as divinities. A transient view of them often set the heart on fire ; and their smiles conferred a happiness, and raised an enthusiastic ardour, of which at this period we can hardly form an idea. l!y degrees, as manners became more free, and the sexes mixed togeth er with less ceremony, wo^y^egan to he seen with le.'is dii}idefl|pfl^sunk in their value ns they biii^^^^|Hhts of greater familiarity. *Nor^HjHVpecu- liar to the times we arc deliti^tin^ ; the same effect has atid always will happen from the same cause.—Let the female sex, therefore, learn this instructing lesson from it, that half the esteem and veneration the men show them, is ow ing to their incdesty and reserve, and that a contrary conduct may make the enchanting goddess degenerate in men’s eyes, to a mere v/oman, with all the frailties of mortality.—The forward beauty whose lace is known in every walk and in every jiublic place, may be given as a ‘oast, and have her name in scribed on tlie windows of the tavern ; hut she rarely ever becomes an object of esteem, oris solicited to become a part ner fur life. I suspect, more, or wc slioukl not be qui^e so often bewitched by them. The devil is too cunning to try to tempt us with an ugly witch. ” - CIIUKCIl AND STATE, The following, from the Liverpool ]\lercury, is an apt commenfnry aiui il lustration of the benefits and blessings of a union of church and state. Let every American, while he reads it, thank God that he lives in a countr/ where every religious denomination has an established church of equal-influeBCC and privileges. CU rical , ‘hwriitp.—Wg observe, by the j)olice reports of the metrojjolis, that the Uev. Dr. Wilson, rector of St. iSla- ry’s Aldermanbury, sent his tythe-col- lector to ap))ly to the lord mayor lor a wari-ant of distress, against a poor wi dow, for a demand of ISs. of tythe. The collector expressed his regret at being obliged to call on the widow, who was in tho deepest poverty and distress. The circumstances of her case were such, that the lord mayor sent an urgent recommendation that the demand might not be pressed, and that he liimself would rather compromise it, by paying the Rev. Dr. 10s, in the, pound. But the Dr. would listen to no such recom mendation ; disapproved of his lordship medilling with his juivate afl'airs ; and, although the church wardens had de clined demanding the poor rates from the ])00r woman, who was in a state of great wretchedness, (and she was the only one of the doctor’s parishioners who expressed inability to pay,) he sent back the colloetor to apply for the dis tress warrant. The lord mayor, find ing that the divine was as resolute for his tythe as Shylock for his boritl, paid the sum himself to save the poor crea ture from actual starvation and despair. The contrast in the humanity of the doctor and the worthy magistrate re quires no comment. IJut Ictus hearno more of the ('atholics levying rent. They nevei levied any thiiig so atroci ously oppressive as this. Dr. Sydenham had a patient for v/hom he had lon^ prescribed j but his prescrip tions were ineflicieiit, and at last Syden ham acknowledged that his skill was ex haustcd—that he could not pretend to ad vise him farther. “But,”suid he, “ there is a Dr. Robertson, who lives at Inver ness, who is much more skilled in com plaints of this kind than I am; you hud belter consult him. I will provide you with a letter of introductiori, and I hope you will return much better.” The pa tient was a mauof fortune, and soon took the road, but travelling was a very dif ferent occupation then from what it is now, and a journey from London to In verness was not A twfiing one. He arriv ed, however, at the plate of his destina- ton: but no Dr. Ruberison was to be found, nor had any one of that name evci- been in town.. This, of course, enraj^ed the gentleman very much j and he took the road back to London, vowiiitj; ven geance upon the Doctor. On hi'j arri val, he vented all his rage on Sydenham, and abused him for sending- him a jour ney of so many miles for nothing. When his fury was a little abated—“ Well now,” said S. after all, “is your health any bet ter f” “lietter,” said he, •* yes sir, it IS better; I am sir as well as ever 1 was in my life; l>ut no thanks to you sir for that.” “ \V ell,” said S. “ you have r.iill leasonto thank Dr. Robei’tson. 1 want ed to send you a journey with an object in view, 1 knew it would do you good j goint^^ you had Dr. Kobertsun in con- templaiion, and in retui’ning vou were c- qually busy in thinking of scolding ine.” RELIGIOUS. IJ'itvIics.—A writer in the National Intelligencer, in some remarks on Street’s Picture ofthe ‘Witch of Endor,’ as nescribcd in theiSth ciiap, of the 1st Bouk of Samuel, finds fiiult with the picture as representing the witch ns nn old and ugly hag—“ 'I'he world (says he) has been in an error in regard to witches. I no reason why they should ahvnys be rcjjresentcd old nnd ugly. Circc was beautiful, and .^^o wcs Calypso, and «:o were a tiiousflnd other witches, nnd th^rc is no reason for believing that the witch of Endor was one jot or titile Irss handsome than either oftliem. No on_c can deny that she ^vas extremely polite. Tlierc are as many youj:^ vvuches as old ones, and EXTJUVTS From a Bcrmon of Dr. Ulaiu on the Dc'ath of ClIUJST. This was the hour of Christ's triumph over all the powers of darkness ,- the hour in which he overihrew dominions and thrones, led captivity cai)tive, and gave ;ilts unto men. The contest which the kingdom of darkness liad long maintain ed against the kingdom of light, was now brought to its crisis. The period was come, when the seed of the woman should bruise t!ie head of the serpent. I'or ma ny ages, the most gross superstition had fdlcd the earth. The glory of the incor- luptible God was everywhere, cxcept in the land of Judea, changed into images made like to corruptible man, and to l)ii'ds, and beasts, and creeping things. The world which the Almighty created for himself, seemed to liavc become a temple fur idols. Even to vices and pas- .‘ iwns altars were raised j and what was en titled Religion, v.-as in tflect a discipline of impurity. In the midst of this uni- v(‘rsal darkness, Satan had-erected his throne^ and the learned and the polished, as well as the savage nations, bowed down bi iore him. But at the hour when Christ afjH;art‘d on th^ cross. the f^r defeat was given.—His kingdom . ly departed from himj the reign of try passed away—He was beheld i, n like lightning from Heaven. In ^ ' the foundation of every shook—The statue of every tottered on its base—the Priest his falling shrine—and the Heath-n cles became dumb forever. This was the hour when our Lord er ted that spiritual kingdom which h neT* to end. How vain are the coimseh designs of men! How shallow is the pgj icy of the wicked! How short their t"i! umphing! The enemies of Christ im-V ined, tliat ui lliis hour they had .succes'*' fully accomplished their pbn for hisdc^ sti uction. They Lelieved, that thev had entirely scattered the small party of h-s h>llowers, and had extinguished hisuanie and his honor forever. In derision, they addressed him as a King. They clothe'^ him with purple robesj they crowned hii^ with a crown of thorns; they put a reed into his hands; and, with insulting mock- ery, bowed the knee befoj-e him. and impious men! How little did they know, that the Almighty was at that mo- ment setting him as a king on the hillof Sion; giving him the heathen fur his in heritance, nud the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession! How Httle did they know, that their badges of mock roy, ally were at that moment converted into the signals of absolute dominion, and the instruments of irresistible power! The reed which they put into his hands be. came a rod of iron, with which he uasto break in pieces his enemies: a sceptre, with which he W'as to rule the universe in r.ighteousner,s. The cross, which they thought was to stigmatize him with infa my, btcame the ensign of his renown. Instead of being the reproach cf hisfol. lowers, it was to be their boast and theip glory. The cross was to shine on pala ces and churchcs, throughout the earth, it was to be assumed as the distinction of the most powei-ful monarchs, and to wave in tlie banner of victorious armies, wheii the memory of Herod and Pilate should be accursed; when Jerusalem should bs reduced to ashes, and the Jews be vaga bonds over all the world. These were tlie triumphs which com* menced at this hour. Our Lord sav them already in their birth; he saw of the travail of his soul, and was satisfied, lie beheld the word of God going forih, ci'nqtiering, and to conqucr; subduing to the obedience of his laws, the subduers of the world; carrying light into the re gions of darkiiess, and mildness into the habitations of cruelty. He beheld the Gentiles waiting below the cross, to re* ceivc the Gospel. He beheld Ethiopia and the Isles stretching out their hands to God; the desert beginning to rcjoice,- and to blossom as the rose; aud the knowl edge of the Lord filling- the earth, as the waters cover the sea. Well pleased, lie said, it is finished. As a conqucror, he retired from t*he field, reviewing his tri umphs; He bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.—From that hour, Christ was no longer-a mortal n»an, but Head over all things to the Church; the glorious King of men and angels, of whose i!o- uiinion there shall be no end. Hi^ umjjhs shall perpetually increase. name shall endure forever; it shall long as the sun; men shall be blcsscd in him, and all nations shall call him blessfi,. ANECDOTi: Of Dr, J. Lanu/ioJ-ne and Miss Uamah .harf. In the Summer of 1773, he resiilf'd iof a few months at Weston, in Somerset- si'.ire, for the benefit of the^seaai,". the same tin>r, and for the•^ame re:'.ior., the amiai'h^und ingenious Miss Mokk resided at Uj)hill, about a mj''' from ^^’eblon. Meeting one day on sea-shore, L.\.n(;i!ou.n wrote wiUi his in the sand,— Along’ the shore Viilk’d Haxnah Monr, IVavcs let this rccord {Sooner shu!l \ c, I’rouil c:iith and sea, Thun whut nhc trritis l>e idiss Moue scratched underneath-* Some firmer ijasis polisli’d LA.vouonst fhoosC/ To write the dictates of tliy churming • Her strains in snlid characters rehcaJ'.sc, And be thy tablet lusting- as thy veraf. rieaaurc, says Dr. Johnson, is found wiu-re it is sought. Our i)razes of gladness are commonly l>.i:if‘/'i* '>y SCI lb ti: >y unexpected sparks. The ilower.s v. icatter their odors, from time to tiiuo. i^'- he patirs of life, gi'.jw tip, withuut lI. iiiie. tVc'^ by
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