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The Blind Boy.
BY THE LATE DB. HAWKS.
It was a blessed summer day,
The floweret bloomed , the air was mild,
The little birds poured foith their lay,
And everything in nature smiled.
In pleasant thought 1 wandered on
Beneath the deep wood's ample shade,
Till suddenly I came upon
Two children that had thither sray'd.
Just at an aged birch-tree's foot
A Ii'tle girl and boy reclined,
'His hand in hers she kindly put,
And then 1 saw the boy was blind !
'Dear Mary,' said the poor blind boy,
'That little bird sings very lonr,
Say, do you see him in his joy?
, And 13 he pretty as his song?'
Yes, Edward, yes,' replied the maid,
'I see the bird on yonder tree;'
The poor boy sighed and gently said
; 'Sister, I wish that I could see.
The flowers, you say, are very fair,
And bright green leaves are on the trees,
And pretty birds are singing there,
How beauilu! for one who sees!
Yet I the fragrant flower can smell,
And I can feel the green leaf's 6hade,
And I can hear the notes that swell,
From these dear birds that God has made,
'So, 6ister, God is kind to me,
Though sight, alas! he has not given;
But tell me, are there any blind
Among the children up la heaven?'
'No, dearest Edward, these all see!
But wlierefore ask a thing so odd?'
'Oh! Mary, he's so good to me,
I thonghtj'd like to look it God.1
Ere long disease his hand had laid
On that dear boy so meek and mild ;
His widowed mother wept, and prayed
That God would spare her eighties child,
He felt the warm tears on his face,
And said, 'Oh, never weep for me,
I'm going to a bright, bright place,
Where, Mary says, 1 God shall see.
'And you'll come there, dear Mary, too,
And mother, when ynu get up there,
Tell Edward, mother, that 'tis you,
You know 1 never saw you here.'
Ue ppoke no more, but sweetly smiled,
Until the final blow was given,
When God took up that poor blind child.
And opened first his eyes in Heaven.
From the Home Journal.
The Night Funeral of a Slave
February, 1840.
Messrs. Editors : Travelling recent
lv. on business, in the interior of Geor
nia, 1 reached just at sunset, the man
cinn of the proprietor, through whose
' estate for the last half hour of my jour
nfiv. I had pursued my way. My tired
companion pricked his ears, and with
low whmnv indicated his pleasure, as
turned up the broad avenue leading to
the house. Calhng to a black boy m
iew, 1 bade hini inquire of his owner if
could be accommodated with lodgings
for the night.
My request brought the proprietor
himself to the door, and from thenre to
the gate,when,alter a scrutinizing glance
at my person and equipments, he m
ired my name, business, and desiina
, 1 promptly responded to his ques
ts, and he in ueo me to alight and
nter the house, in the true spint of
jouthern hospitality.
He was apparently thirty years of age,
and evidently a man of education and
efinement. 1 soon observed an air of
rloomy abstraction a boat him; he eaid
hut little, seemed the result of an effort
to obviate the seeming vvant of civility
to a stranger. At supper the mistress
&f the mansion appeared), and did the
honors of the table, ti her particular
department; she a exceedingly lady
ke and oeauiuui. 'j ouumciu u
o'en are, that
,'jth those o'
lpublic '
itaedj
; -eyond comparison
er portion of this
I een. She retired
' :er, and a servant
Habaocas oa a
small silver tray, we had just seated
ourselves comfortably before the enor
mous fire of oak wood, when a servant
appeared at the end door near my host,
hat in hand, and uttered in subdued
but distinct tones, the, to me, startling
words
Master, de c fTin hab come.
Very well,' was the only reply, and
the servant disappeared.
My host remarked the gaze of inquis
itive wonder, and replied to it
I have been sad, sad,' said he, 'to
day. I have had a greater misfortune
than I have experienced since my fath
er's death. 1 lost this morning the
truest and most reliable friend 1 had in
the world one whom I have been ac
customed to honor and respect since my
earliest recollection ; he was 1 he play
mate of mv father's youth, and the
mentor of mine ; a faithful servant, an
honest man, and a sincere christian. 1
stood by his bed side to-day, and with
his hands clasped in mine, 1 beard the
last words he tittered; they were,
Master, meet me in heaven.' '
His voice faltered a moment, and he
continued after a pause, with increased
excitement
4 His loss is a melancholy one to me.
If I left my home, I said to him, 4 John,
see that all things are taken care o.','and
1 knew that my wife and child, proper
ty and all, were as safe as though they
were guarded by a hundred soldiers.
I never spoke a harsh word to him in
all my life, for he never merited it. 1
have a hundred others, many of them
faithful and true, but his loss is irrepar
able.'
I came from a section of the Union
where slavery does not exist, and 1
brought with me all the prejudices
which so generally prevail in the free
States in regard to this institution.' I
had alreadv seen much to soften these,
but the observation ol years would have
ailed to give me so clear an insight in
to the relation between master and ser
vant as this simple incident. It was
not the haughty planter, the lordly ty
rant, talking ot his dead slave, as ol his
dead horse, but the kind-hearted gentle
man, lamenting the loss, and eulogizing
the vutres of his good old friend.
After an interval of silence, mv host
resumed
There are,' said he, ' manv of the
old man's relatives and friends who
would wish to attend his funeral. To
afford them an opportunity, several
plantations have been notified that he
will be buried to-night ; some, I pre
sume, have already ui rived ; and desi
ring to 6ee that all things are properly
prepared for his interment, I trust you
will excuse my absence for a lew mo
ments.' Most certainly, sir ; but,' I added,
'if there is no impropriety, 1 would be
pleased to accompany you.'
There is none,' he replied ; and I fol
lowed to one of a long row ol cabins, sit
uated at the distance of some three hun
dred yards from the mansion The
house was crowded with negroes, who all
aroe on our entrance, and many ol
them exchanged greetings with my host,
intones that convinced me tha they leh
that he was an object of sympathy from
them ! The corpse was deposited in the
coffin, attired in a shroud of the finest
eoiion material-j, snd t'e cotlin itself
painted black.
The m-ister stopped at Us head, and
laying his hand upon the cold brow of
his faithful bondsman, gazed long and
intently upon leaiures wuh which he
had been so long familiar, and which he
now looked upon for the last time on
earth ; raising his eyes at lengiii and
glancing at the serious countenances
now bent upon his, he said solemnly
and wun much feeling
' tie was a lauhlui servant and a true
christian; if you follow his example,
and I've as he lived, none of you need
fear, when the time comes for you to lay
here.' A patriarch, with the snow of eighty
winters on ins head, answered
4 .Master, it is true, and we will try to
live like hirn.'
Tiit re was a murmur of general as
sent, and after giving some instructions
relative t the ourial. we returned " to
the dwelling.
About nine o'clock a servant appeared
with the notice thit they were ready to
move, and te knowil further instructions
wcie necessary. My host remarked to
tne, thai by stepping into the piazza, 1
would probably witness, to me, a novel
scene 1 he procession had moved, and
its route led within a few yards of the
mansion. There were at least one hun
dred and fifty uegroes, arranged four
deep, and following a wagon in which
was placed the Coffin ; down the entire
length of the line, at intervals ol a few
feet, on each side, were carried torches
of the resinous pine, and here called light j
wood. About the centre was autioned I
the black preacher, a man of gigantic
frame and stentorian lungs who gave j
out irom memory the words ol a oymn
suitable to the occasion. Tne Southern
negroes are proverbial for the melody
ai:d compass of their voices, and 1 tho't
that hymn, mellowed by distance, the
most solemn and yet sweetest music
that had ever fallen upon my ear
Tho stillness of the night and strength
of their voices enabled me to distinguish
the air at the distance of half a mle
It was to me a strange and solemn
scene, and no incident ol my life has im
pressed me with more powerful emotions
than the night funeral of the poor negro.
For this reason I have hastily and most
imperfectly sketched its leading features.
Previous to retiring to my room, 1 saw,
in the house I stopped for the night, a
number of the Home Journal, and it oc.
curred to me to send lhi3 to jour paper,
perfectlv indifferent whether it rje pub
lished or not. I am but a brief sojourn
er here. 1 hail from a colder clime.
where it is our proud boast that all men
are iree ana equal. I Shall return to
my Northern home deeply impressed
with the belief, that, dispensing with the
name of freedom, the negroes of the
South are the happiest and most content
ed people on the face of tie earth.
Yours, VrvroK.
Rings seem to have been worn from a
very remote period. Their antiquity is
attested by the Scriptures see Genesis
xii. 42. 'AndPharoah took oil his ring
irom nis nana, and arrayed him m ves
turesof fine linen, and put a gold chain
aDout his neck.' In this instance the
ring seems to have been bestowed as a
mark of power, since, by the tokens
here mentioned, Joseph was designated
ruler over all the land of Egypt.' The
'Arabian Nights' contain frequent allu
sions to the nr.g, as in the following
passage : Then Camaralzaman raised
the hand of the damsel, and took he
ring from her finger ; it was worth ;
large sum oi money, for its stone was
precious jewel. So he took off this ring
from Ihe hngr of the Queen, and put
it on his own little finger. I he Israeli
tish women wore rings not only on their
fingers, but also in their nostrils and ears.
Dr. Adam, in his Roman Antiquities
speaks thus 'No ornament was more
generally worn among the Romans than
rings. This custom seems to have been
borrowed from the Sabines. The Sen
ators, equites, and legionary tributies
wore golden rings, though accidenily
none but the Senators and equites were
allowed to wear them. The plebeians
wore iron rings, unless presented with a
golden one for their bravery in war, or
some other desert. Under the Emper
ors the right of wearing a ring was lib
erally conferred, and often for frivolous
reasons. At last, it was granted, by
Justinian, to all citizens. Some were
so finical with respect to this piece of
dress, as to have lighter rings for sum
mer and heavier for winter. The an
cient Romans usually wore but one ring,
which was placed on the finger next the
least of the left hand, hence called the
'ring finger.' Rings were set with pre
cious stones ol various kinds, on which
were engraved the images of some of
their ancestors or friends, ol a prince or
a great man, or the representation of
some signal event. Rmgs were used
chiefly for sealing letters and papers.
They were affixed to certain signs or
symbols Used for tokens, like what we
call tallies, or tally sticks, and given in
contracts instead of a bill or bond, or
for any sign. When a person at the
point of death delivered his ring to any
one, it was esteemed a mark of particu-
i lar aflVction. They were worn by wo
men as well as men, both before and
after marriage. Those who triumphed
wore an iron ring. A ring used to be
giver by a man to the woman he was
about to marry, as a pledge of their in
tended union ; a plain iron one, accord
ing io Pliny , though others say of gold.
In reference to the wedding ring,
Biande says that its supposed heathen
origin wellnigh caused its abolition du
ring ihe period of the Commonwealth.
An oldLaiin work which ascribes the in
vention of a ring to Tubalcain, contains
the following: "The form of the ring
being circular, that is round and without
end, importeih thus much : ibt their
mutual love and hearty iifTection should
roundly flow from the one to the other
as in a circle and that continually ai d
lorever." Ilernck has vested the
quaint idea as follows:
' And as this round
Is no where found
To flaw or else to sever;
So let our Jove
Ab enuiess prove
And pure as gold forever.
A landlord in Cincinnati, not being
able io eject au obstinate tenant, fas
tened a band over his chimney, aud
thus smoked him ouu
j asihsgto, March 23.
Cabinet acV on tke suh-tnf
pointments nnd ReBlotah-The
nome vejyarmentMr. Ellsworth
recauea JirVannegan. &c.
You are aware rL.i ,. ha been at..
ted that the Cabinet re lo hoUj a con,
sultation on the subjev r,i rfmnVl.
The matter has, doubtleV bePn unrfpr
consideration, and 1 learn, vdav. thai
ii nan uern ueitrmiucu lo retry VP rer
sons who have been active and bnox-
ions partizans. I he Uahmpt v..
uaic.
t in Kd I A 1
- wvuncu, u"jceu upon rernovn'o
mis extent aud no further.
U has boon epfeiihouch
not vouch for the fact thai Messrs.
Clayton, Johuson, Crawford, Meredith
and Preston, are opposed to indiscrim-
mate removals on party grounds, and
.i r -j l .i
the President is with them.
It is said that the Secretary of the
Interior has reviewed the opinion that
he was disposed to entertain as to his
powers and duties under the law crea
ting his department, lie will not, it is
now believed, consider himself obliged
to declare vacant all the officers in the
bureau put uuder his charge, and pro
ceed to fill them by re appointments, or
new appointments. tie will merely
make removals in cases where it may
be deemed proper.
No General eystem has yet been
agieed upon in reference to the foreign
appointments.
Mr Ellsworth has been recalled from
Stockholm, on account, it is said, of
charges prefened against him in re
lation to alleged violations of the reve
nue Iaw6, not only ta his present post
tion, but formerly in England.
1 have good reason to believe that
there will be no further changes abroad
for some time except in cases where in
cumbents choose to resign.
Mr Ilannegan went westward last
evening. Ue has got his commission,
lie will probably leave this country for
his post, about the end of April.
Iojj-
Fremont's Expedition.
Intelligence from Santa Fe, to Feb
ruary 2nd has been received at Indepen
dence, Missouri. The Republican con
tains letters from Taos, which represent
the winter as having been so very se
vere that Col Fremont, while passing
througn one of the mountain gorges, lost
130 mules in one night' Being then
left on foot, he came to the conclusion
that it was impossible lo proceed further,
and finally he despatched three men to
the nearest settlement to procure succor.
This party not returning in twenty days,
Col Fremont started for Taos, distant
350 miles, where he arrived in nine
days. Major Reale immediately des
patched a parly of dragoons wun mules
and provisions, to relieve Col Fremont's
men.
Col Fremont, though much emaciated
and worn out by anxiety, and the depri
vation to which he had been subjected
himself, accompanied the dragoons.
The sufferings of the party are repre
sented to have been so very great that
they were even reduced to ihe extremi
ty of feeding upon the bodies of ibeir
comrades.
Mr Greene, who brought this news to
Independence.led Santa Fe several days
after its publication.
Liter reports say that all of Col Fre
mont's party perished, except himself,
and he is badly frost bitten.
Longevity An esteemed correspon
dent, writing from Spring Vale Post
office, Sampson county, gives us an ac
count of a remarkable instance of lon
gevity which he saw, in the person of a
negro man named Delph, belonging to
the estate of the late William Williams,
ol Sampson county. He was aged 107
years, yet retained all ihe powers of his
mind unimpaired, and stood and walked
very erect. He spoke of lord Corn
wallis aud the Ivey family with great
force of memory, and related ci'cura
stances of the revolutionary war that
spoke volumes of truth. He was one
of the cooks at the battle at Guillord
Court house. -Wilmington Journal.
Consoling Sentence An individual
having been convicted upon rather
slight evidence, the Judge prceeded to
pass sentence as follows:
"Prisoner at the bail You have been
lound guilty by a jury of your couniry
men which subjects you to the penalty
ol death; you say you are innocent; the
(ruth of that assertion is only known to
yourself and God. It is my doty to
leave you for execution. If guilty,
you richly deserve the fate which awaits
you if innocent, it will be a gratifi
cation to l eel that you were hanged
without such a crime on jour con
science. In either case you will be
delivered irom & world of care." ,
From the Genesee Farmer.
CORN AND COB MEAL.
There are few in this section of coun
try who endorse the sweeping proscnp-
lion of corn and coo meai wnicu iic.r
appeared in your paper. We have
heard the subject somewhat extensive
discussec since the appearance of that
article; but we have yet to meet wun mo
first individual whoso experience com
cideswith the writer's views. "They
say ."said one man in my bearing, corn
and cob meal is poison to a nurse, uuv
in my view, those horses are me worm
off that cant getjenough ot it to eai
"i revious io ;ne purcuase oi iuo
to
crusher we average 211 ears of corn.
0' ck average seven head, One
hundred and sixty ears are now run
1.1 ...v. ....A.. TUj;(T.nt.n.
pearance of the horses and their belter
ability to work, prove, beyond a doubt,
that the crusher affords a more nutritious
and healthy food. It will also be seeu
that it places to our daily credit fifty-
four ears of corn. Dr. A. II. ivson
in American Farmer.
Among the evidence of the nutri
ment contained In the corn cob, the ex
periment, by distillation, of Mr Minor,
of Virginia, showed that five bushels of
cobs contained four gallons of spirit.--
tie also found other nutritive matter
than tWe saccharine, as muscilage and
oils." American Farmer.
Vol. 1., p. 231.
'Gnndingthe cob wi:h the corn, it is
said, adds one third to its value for feed
ing." Ellsworth's Report.
"Experiment has satisfied us that a
given quantity of corn, ground in cob,
will accomplish as much a9 twice the
quantity fed in the ear, in fattening
hogs; provided the meal is fermented
by a mixture, for a few days; with wa
ter. We recommend thai it be tho
roughly ground into meal; as we have
found, from our own experience, a very
decided advantage from this mode cf
feeding, and are fully satisfied that it is
not over-stated." ftl. 13.
A Bad Cold Promotes Swearing.-
A Dutchman up at Schagticoke, New
York, by the name of Kendnck had a
son by the lame of Jacob or Yaupy, as
the Dutch usually call it, with whose
education he had taken much pains, in
structing him in all the rudiments of
good breeding, &c, until he became
satisfied his boy Yaupy was a perfect
patern of obedience and gotd manners;
and he took every occasion to show off
Yaupy's acompli&hmenls, and sound his
praises among his neighbors. He said
that "Yaupy had more learnin dan
most all the boys in the school; he can
read all trough the spelling book, and
spell all trough the reading books,
and can tell all de pictures io de pig
Bible."
Kendrick was visited one day by his
domini, who called to inquire into the
state of his moral and religious affairs,
and to give instruction to his family.
Kendrick, thinkicg if a good opportuni
ty to show off his paragon of a son, and
wishing, at the same time, to be kind
and civil to his domini, called out to
his boy, in an adjoining room, " Yaupy,
you go down in de cellar, and draw tho
domini a pitcher of cider; but "
"Go to the devil, father, said Yaupy,
and draw the cider yourself; you know
where it is as well as I do.'
This was rather a stumper to poor
Kendrick; but being unwilling that hi.s
domini should go away with an unfa
vorable impression of Yaupy's manners,
undertook, to apologize for him.
"Domini," said he, "dat is one of do
best iitile poys I ever "seed in my life;
but he has got a very bad cold now.
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