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' I. 1 - ; " r. 'l i ; ;- 1 I . M i . '. . i ' 1 '. 1 . , ' - I I - '.m ' iv- vir-;-- i H ...; :' -' '., :- '''-i : 1 'I , I V'! K .-ri-.!"! M : . : M-- : M:MM 1 ! r i -; : " : ' P ' ii 1 ' -i" II ,?.t-! i I i i ,yr . .' - f - - 1 J - - -v , . T, B. KIKOSBITEY Editor. OXFORD, N. C. MAY 6; 1858; T K. BTEOTHEE, Proprietor, VOL. i-NO. 13i 1 -.1''.": - .. . . t f ; W ' ' 4. . - i. j - i J i - ? -t I ; ..... I -I .,...! I i ' ' I M i . i .. , I 1 i I i I I . I ! . i Jacob's Laide'r. i ibe following stanzas are an feJtttact frooi ft recent Trize Poem of the UniTcrsitj of OxtcT&f 1 Rtv. Wm. Alexander : . j j Alt! tnanr a time we look on etarliht nights i . . 1 Long looking up tho eternal ligLts, ; To spell their linen in gold. Bat nevermore, as to the Hebrew boy Each on his waj the angel walk abroad, And nevermore we hear, with awful joj, The audible voice of Clod; i Vetr to pur6 eyes, tho iadder still is let, And an eel visitants Btill come and en; Mahy bright mcsaengeru aro moving yet, . - h t 1 t , 1 t i- rotn me uaric worm ociow. ' Thoughts that arc ted crossed Faith's ou spread- Prayers of thb Church, are keeping timo and tryiit i i Hcwt.wuhca Snaking bee-like murmoringSj Their flowers, the Kuchar'ut ! . i I, ' ' ' ! Priiritfl errct, though snffering rendered meet For these high mansions Irora the nursery Bright bals tnat climb up with their clay-cold t j Unto the golden door. , ,j . Those are the meiengcrs, forever wending From earth to heaven, that faith alone Hay ecrtn; ,v V - These aro tho angels of our Ood, ascending upon the fcon ot Aian "One too map,"; A TALE OF THE EQUtNOX. BY PAUL II. IUYKE. ! v! ' -. tv. ! Ikcply Jiprplexed by the itiLlian'a Conduct and jdispoftcd to attribute it to that tortuous policy, which, from the age Of Machlavelli, and Coesar Uorgia, h:is beeh considered the! distin guishing thiraeteristie of his nnlionj I j quitted tho hutise, ret1e, feverish, impatient, and mounting my hprsc, dashed nldhg the beach at a wild gajtop, nbw compelling the j animal to rush brt-ast-high into the surf, aid ognin spur rinj him up soino heavy hi. lock of sand, as if bent npon imparting & portion of my own rest le.s torture to the i unofTcrjding steedi Ilfding onwnrd in tlis hunied, irregular manner, I soon fo a i itl that t had gone several tnilcaj and was 'opposite atl.in tongue of land the -extremity of "Fashh n Island" upon which a laree and well.i'O'isiructtd lighthouse had been recently huili. 1 knew the superintendent very well) and a tho prospect from the tower was magni ficent, I occaHionally paid him a visit. lie was an mteliigent and well informed old man, who had Ipctlt flfiy years of his life in the Pilot " service, imd Wiis quite content to Ctid his days Jn hU present lonely position, .keeping'. bright the d,imo thnt was to warn from rock,; tdtoai, and headland the , "bonny ships'1 that wtiled Across the harbor blr. As I approached the lighthouse, my ittentlon was attracted, by lhe Singular appearnnce of the moon, wluehJoomed at that moment above the eastern horizon, not silvery, calm, and majestic as her wont, but, In the exquisite words of Ho'd, ns if j . The gbont of the ll'e buried sun V . ( Had crept into tho ky." t Or, to make the figure more applicable to the ccevinn, a if the suiii murdered by foul and Uung vapor that had thfooged j about his .jii'tting, now re-appenred, a bloody j ami larid spectre, portending, it was impossible toimagine . Whal, of upproaching niiforulnci 1 j . .Givirg out a dull-red gleam like the gldw of ' a hair-heated furnace, tho radiance she cast tipon the earth was ghastly and funereal; the very stars shone pale and sickly in the ominous ' lustre. 1 lhmounten noar the Hht-hoUHQ drtor, amf mowing inai u-tipn wiai was me superintend ant's name) wax, as uual. in'tho tower. I as cended the narrow and dark stairway towards that "perilous eminence," hopinjr tq divert my .thoughts by the grand spectacle of sky and ocean, enlivened, perhaps, by some appropiiate V M yyn" of the old rHot'a. I found the faithful ' fellow diligently arranging, his )ight, jand so. absorbed In the occupation, 'that he did. not re mark my entrance. He was muttering moodily to hlnielf: ' . ; . J ' " A thundering squally night I it'll blow great i guns before 9 o'clock, and a hundred and twenty pounders by morningthe xrd help them as . geU to windward of the 'Devit'a Grip' any -time these text thirty-six hours." " ( V , ' j - Always prophesying storms, you old croak' -ef!" said t, breaking upon the thread of his J aolilDqay ; fcdo yoa think that because tho moon look- billions and has these circles around her, ' hat it's necessary to predict a hurricane; can't you; curb your extravagance and bo Content with a moderate gale V " ' ' 'i ' x I ; '"iFaith 1 Mr. Brantly, ""said the old man, gloomily, " I've no sperit for fun tq-nighl j Jook yonder," he continued drawing' inb to the window, " don't you seo that dark coppery line ' there away down to the north-east , dead on the water Ictcl ? Well, kir, 1 never see that but I , krTow thcro'll be the devil to play; and listen - do you hear that dull boom? it's the ground swell, sir, and it bodes mischief." , And truly, as he spoke I detected a fow, deep' wrathful m.urmur like i the ingathering of in numerable phantom hosts, coiring up from the abysses cf the .sea to:, do j ihe jbiddingj of the Storm King, who had sent the "Inscrutable ii.ia.ua ui his oj.pruacii mrougu iiie waste 01 me dark waters, and upon the fitful.' and sobbing gusts of the mournful; winds. But ! was not in the humor to be impressrby Jtheso various tokens of the tempest,' ond so, after question- m. AMipii iur a lew minutes, nnq receiving only, i curt and absent rpnlirs. T r.td R!m: cmnA Avon. I curt and absent replies, I bdde film good even ing, and rode slowly back to " mine inn, " which rejoiced in the name of M The Triton.' ' I m ; ';f- l ;' !!: I Wearied by the pressure of anxious thoughts, I retired eariy to restj There are some phases of mental trouble front which there! Is no escape in sleep.! But,' then, there are Other moods in which the aensibilitiesj deadened by, the reac tion from long excitement,! insUnctively de mand repose. In this cohdition of feeling. I had no sooner laid my head upon' the pillow, than a profound slumber crept over mo. j I was awakened t now hot at j w:hat hour by a steady, deafening, continuous roar, which re sembled the unintermitteti discharges of a hun dred batteries. I felt my ; bed "rocking; and swaying, and heard the rafters of the chamber groaning like tlie timbers:of a ship in the path of a tropic tornado. The great iron bell in the cupola of the ho1 tel, gave out a heavy, irregular, sullen toll, and a stifled hum rose from the stair ways and passages cf the building, as if a throng of people were passing 'dnd re-passing upon them. I rushed to the window, drew aside the curtains, and saw th it.Ralph's predictions were being fearfully fulfilled. jAboveJthe Heavens .were of arinky blackness, a hollow and star less oid, through which Uhe imrncane swept like a voice of'Doom. j No pause, no subsidence in its terrible monotone !' But! if the sky was utterly iay-'essj lhe ocean; wibhj hnd swept awcy every ancient landmark and had already so gained upon the shore as to be within fifty or sixty yards of the knoll on which 44 The Tri ton " stood, gleamed with a thousand varying lines of foam whose white u caps tossed high into the air dissolved with mag'cal celerity, devoured by the encircling glooml Far out. apparently sinki ng rapidly beneath the waters me Hgnt-nousc, with, its unsleady flame, could be faintly discerned through:' the thickening mist; but as I gazed the light;, suddenly wen c ou t, and the j" blackness of darkness " fell upon the scene; ::. ! ' 1 : j; : ' " - j . All this I have occupied sotiie time in de- pcribing, but the . entire ! spectacle presented itself to me at a sincrle dance. My first tholight, after the stunning shock of the danger .had past, wasj of Miss Richardson and her fa then ! j Dressing in haste, t left my. crjaniber, and making the quickest progress 'possible through the crowd of persons who blocked inp the Corri dors, and. whose faces!' we're' ghastly: with ''. af- ingni, l sought, tne stables, saddled my horse, (who, with , the strange j warning instinct of danger whiah we see in animaJ was trembling in hi stall,) ;and taking what was: called the "back .beach; ", mde rapidly in! the direction of Lot. Kichardson s house. 1 succeeded in finding it, hut not before I had repeatedly lost the way "and thus onsumed much valuable time; The family were up, and of course lngrertt alarm.; As I entered the parlor in winch they were assembled; the Col onel grasped me by trie hand. j j "My brave boy, how can I thank you ? Yoi know this locality, wellyou have come to t?i ivtr no LAma mA aha H j " Yes! or to die With you, " replied I firmly M I knetb you would comev" sj.id Juli4 in low Yolcpj as I took my seat beside her for an instant and endeavored to brace up my energies for the dreadful crisis. S!gnore Buonarottl was Standing by the window, pale.l but quiet and calm as a cast iron statue. Even then, I could not but admire the indomitable courage of the A man I: ', ' . t ,;;; A . '. , ''.; . Have you a boat jn . the neighborhood of the house Colonel ? " I inquired after a brief, sil ence, during! which half ajdoze'n schemes of es cape were suggested to my mmd, and quickly dismissed as impracticable..; ; ." None J none!. T to moor in the creek ie fishing smack I. used was sent to C last .Wednesday for repair; rnd as for the ten-oared barge at the Cove, we; could'nt manjige that." l "And if we could, saidj, "it would signify nothing, for the barge is leagues out at sea by this'tinievj MXiiV 'kfi i' -v 4 : J 'X Great God ! what then'are we! to do ?... ' . 44 This house, " I answered, Mis Son the highest and firmest portion of the beach. .The founda tion is of stone, securely laid. The sea may not reach us, and if it does, , the i building is staunch and will weather ttu . . . . : But suppose the tide completely overtops it? J ,' ',,' ' - j . ! '' i i M-l - '' ' '' 5 L' : ' t;',.. '" ' ; "1 : : .- ! M' ''::-M:' .-Mi T t : 1 rejoh'edpQ aJtone4nf fofced " confidence, " that that was impossible." v m mm : ; U seems to me, " remarked Bdonarotti, whtf was inienuy watching the changes of gale, that anydiing possible in -xuch i a hurricane as this." ;. . , , .'i', "- j Vf f r ,i vMi v ;vm ""Perhaps; said t with a half sneer, which, was Inexcusable'under theeircumstancesl 11 Der- hapg the Sgnora hai some plair tViuggest.'V H My rival remained silent ardson aside, and frankly explained to him tile nature of our position. We were hemmed j on erery side by the ocean, with thb exceplioii 01 a nasie 01 rnarsa on tne;south-west, through the midst of which a small creek usually wound its slow course towards the mainland, i But beyond jloubt, jUe; marsh Aa$ flooded to-rnghl, and the creek swallowed up by. the encroaching sea 10 aoanaon tue bouse would be to nrih nnrnip Atim TV. -.t.-J,!. . Ln.ts n our doom. We Were, therefore, compelled to await in buict the issue of events; Halt'ab hotir passed, and. I began to imagine that the wind had subsided. It was bnlv a treacheronk ull My se:rejl Self congratulation had search- ly assumed a definite form, when it burst forth with ten-fold fry, hot with! its former un vary more dangerous ing force but in gusty 'spasms and fearful still. . - . mm , I m ' 1 It is useless to dwell upon the minutise of the scene. :; n , : J- The storm momentarily increased, until it which threatened rose to a strength and fury to hurl the roof tree bodily from above I our heads To have opened a dddr or window ait this juncture in order to examine the advance of the tide, would have been madness. Sd, with our senses strained to the utmost tension of uncertainty and terror, we ! sat iff silence, bidding our doom. An Hour two hours elans edj Suddenly, above the howling of the wind,' we heard tne dash ot water, sullen and close at hand Then, through the ! interstices of the door, and whirling with a hiss to our very feet r l i i-'1 ' ' ' 1 " V ' : 7 the eddies owsome wave, more I ambitious than its compeers swept in, as if to apprize us that our fate was sealed. ' i I .i - i , ' i . I ' , i ; . 1 Ve abandoned the parlor for a chamber in the second story' There we sat for anothef hour, of horrible suspense;' knowing all 'the while that the implacable tides which girded bur place of refuge, were mounting ever mount ing to complete their mission "j of destruction!. I V e heard them grinding against the stone walls of the basementj!and dashing In furious elee athwart the massive posts of the, piazza. And now, a mist generated by i the heated atmos- 4 1 ! 4!.. ; ".! ' M ' . J " pnere, spread ltKe a miasmic exhalation through the apartment, a mist in which; the features of all present seemed distorted and enlarged. The very room appeared widening,' and the solid outlines! of the ceiling changed, into fantast sliadowy, lowering shapes,! suggesting to out startled imtiginations .; the presence of cruel phantoms, who exalted Over bur agony I well recollect that at the upper end !of the chamber there stood a full-length mirror, which, as the vapors increased, took the semblance of a sheet of sluggish 'water, over whose dull surface the shades of pallid clouds were passing in : weird procession. As I gazed, fascinated by some supernatural spellj- the clouds, solemnly swear that what I tell you Ss true true as the terrible events of which the vision -was a symbol and a prophesy) assumed more definite forms, they grew into the palpable' and distinct like ness; of human figures- and these figures, at: firsi vague and meaningless,: gradually deepen ed into individuality, and t could see walking as it were, upon the sluggish waters; two men, whose faces Were averted, but Jin: whbse gate and, bearing , there was t somethinir .. familiar. .Siowly the shades'of the nallid plnnrla hopiimo TOack, and threatening; the uhantom' waves broke into agitatiofc arid tttmo, and the figures of the two men, ko lokgWs witr their Tic es avhed, threw up their arms wildly in the air . .. - . . . . . -. i i 1 anq ten .struggling and V helpless ' betw eeh the ridges of lowering billows! ' Icoulddistinffaiii nohtore. M The vision melted into chaotic gloom, but th a nressinnr artii.iltttoo --r. a :n a which we were unwilljng actors hastened td- I k -'o .v.v w. uw . uiauJ4 ill wards the dreadful catasVophe .. We had been driven from the parlor to the chambers; from the! chatt hers we! retreated to the attic; and there, despairing, and in the silence of a ronir.ine' i -I - . - : l . O self-communion, of hopeless prayers foi mercy, we 'crouched and trembled, while the hurricane shouted its mad f staves above and around us, afid. the thunder crash on crash peVded a re verberating chorus. So great was the trmult the m ngled and conflicting! elements," that we were able p communicate with each other only by signal At lastone ;f the vwindows fronting the eastj and hfost eppsedto the riol-. ence of the storm, was dashed from it's hinges," and the next instant the raging sea poured jh upon us.fr It Was no time forf conventionalities and so I. seized Julia in my arms, and hurried with her tothi backiToomr oft the attic. MThe door,' constfuciled of "solid "oak planks 'Wais double locked iand bolted,- but with the strength -of a madman f . wrenched itxper?; beckoniri to Col. Richardsdn and Burjnarotti to follow; me. They did so, ad for fiv miriares longer I we mafiaed to keer ourwls-ei '-havR-.' water ,Tk,it the 1 1 apartment; asjrapid filling.-" Moreover, I Mj M. p ""o-: ,w,tlt . was away We were iflrevEcpbly abandoned to ruinf ' ! a nd the hourl "oft theKfiua Wjusfc h come? I" J clasped the wcfcnan 80'erotectIelOT'e entranee 'of ie; Valley ftheShadovf, lex prjencjfed a th-ill of thekeencst ecstacyas J read in her large",; elocjueht, hopetesVey esj thb secret whfclrf feo tnariy weary "toonthsf t had burned inTainf td learn.1' Yes -she loYed m: ana wuni a papion mated to bt own. ure m . mi iook uot. ruca i. .Tl i t ----- ' --- .. : . . 1 ' : heaven, and strong almost as death.'1 Wouid ( b,. . . , ..r . o wwotui wuuiicviuii r nashed upon me, I turned with Van expresMon " r.-o'j V' 'c to my riTai, uumrag imn wun a glance of triumph T ; i . - ! . The Italian was closi bcside--nay. liteially oendin? over us. witli lnntr rf WnK wi'n;.ti.rA I . , i r ' - ---- -- . .t..v... . v. hatred ! that I thuddered and half rose to toy x TO BE COSTISrED. ' A Dayj with Byron and Shelley. At two o'clock on the following day, in com pany with Shelley, I crossed the Ponte V'erchio and went on the Lung' Arno to the Palazzo Lanfranchi, jthe residence of Lord Byron. We entered a large marble hal, ascended a giant staircase, passed through an equally large room over the hall, and were ; shown into a smaller apartment which had book? and a billiard table in it. A surly looking bull-dog (Moretto) an nounced usjby growl jrigj and the Pilgrim in stantly advanced from an inner chapiber, and stood befohp lis. HU Halting gate jwas appa rent, but he moved withquickness; !and altho' pale, he looked as fresh, Vigorous and animated as any man ji ever sawvrj; His pride, added to his haying lived for manyjy ears alone, was the cause, I, suppose; that hej; was embarpSssed at first meeting with strangers.' lliis be tried to conceal by an affectation of ease. ;!Afier-th"e interchange of commonplace question and an swer he regained his self-possession" and turn ing to Shelley, said, u As you are addicted to Pcesyi g and read the versicles I was delivered of last night, or rather this morning that is if you can. I Am posed.'- I am getting scur rilous; There is a letter from Tom Moore; read, you ar blarneyed in it ironically." : He then, took ft cue, and asked me to play billiaids." lie struck the balls andmoved about- the table briskly, but neither played the game nor cared a rush about it, and chatted aftei-j this' idle fash ion f: f The purser of the f frigate I went to Constantinople in, caliecTt 'm. of&curilous for alluding to his wig.. Now, the day before I mount a wig and I shall soon want One - ril ride about with it an the putrimei of my saddle or stick it oh my cane. In that same frigate, neat the i Dardanelles, we nearly! ran down an Atteriean trader with his cargo of nCUonS;' Our Cantain; old fiathurst.hailea.nnf! with the dignity oi" a lord, asked him where, he carao irom.iand the name. of his shin. The Yankee captain bellowed,4 You coppijf-bot- tomed ' sarpent, I gubss you'll know "when I've reported you to Congress.'.'! The surprise I : " i i " "J iuj. luuns wiis iiuiai wnai ne said but that he! could reeister such trifles in 1 hf mciuuij. vi, vwu.sn wtifl- oiner sucn small anecdotes, his great triumph at havinsr swum ! . I . ' ' i . . , . - . ; " . from bestosito A by do s was not forottehi; "I wujb pi cparcu 10 see a solemn mystery andj so far as I could iud-'e from the first act it seemed to me very like! a solemn farce.' I forgot that great actors,, when off the stage, are dull dogs; andi that ei'n'tbe l thou t his took and masic "mantle was'bnt an ordinary rdii M i .. .' -.. - 'r mbrtal. At this functure Shelley joined us 5 pever laid ! rside -bis' boot and mantle f he jwaved his wand, and Byron; after a faint show of defiance stootkmute his quick perception of the truth of Shelley' comments on his poem transfixed him. and Show's '.rn. fefetn ess and jjust criticism held iu'm caplive j l was, however struck with Byron's rnenb 1 Wi- yacity! and jwonderful memoryp he defended himself with- a variety of illustrations, prece-1 dents, and. apt quotations from modern author ties, disputing; ' Shelley'ti proportions, not by denying- their troih as a whole, but in narts: 'nd the subtle questions that he pntwduld have puzzled a less acutereaaoner! than the oiie he sca!nftcd (he ;pilgrim lpsely,; ' th external ap pearance :Byron realizedf tharideal standard tattVfb 111Liiu 11 1L I. IIII IItIT' 1 II IK ll1Cf11CC1AT1 x tandard with whieh imagination adoVn genius. "He was I 010 S1Te of ,,1S apPnce, ordinary hab in 'the of . lifeV" thirtv-nvv m1a :s and conversation.-dfVowj Trdavny's RecoU hetght, five cci. eigui anu a naii. incnes ; regu- "t m'?" 1 - . T "':- "" ,. , " lar: feature- without a stain or furv 00 his palfid skjn his shoulders broad, chest ope'nj body and limbs finely proportioned. 1 His small uiguiy ijiij&uu neaa ana tuny hair, had an air v awd graceful app eatance r6ni"the' masiveness I and length : ot his throat; you 'sawliU genius in his eyes and lips. In short j Nature could do little mre than ' she had done f.lf bioi; both in outward f rra and in the inward spirit she had to his ' jaundiced make las one persona more apparent, ; a3 "a fiaw u magnified ifii'a "" . " w" n;u, ouu ne urtoueu over mat blemish , as sensitive rninds will brood; until they'magnify a, wart into vfen; J His lameness certainly helped to mateM arid "?;ig :" There was n'recufiarif r- in "his J dress---it was adaDteVJ tn:tfif i:1imnf tarTZ jsciet braided ;he said if Was the "Gordort pat tern, and that his Mother; was of that ilk; f A f.'M-'M and,veiyiaescenilfbbServantmm db se cankegn troUsererstraDDed down-as to? cankegn tro'tisersf "strapped dbwn as to f Cover his feet his throat was not bareTasVeV-1 1 resented ia drawincs. At thrift" A'plvlrVnirl birservactarm fib fcr Shley;troi:wall the' hat!.- "'i t 'iU'M VMi'Mji :;M'--MM ri "''M " -!'-- e m puier aoor we rouria tnr nr fnr "''.":- :.-:!.; mm'- V: v ,lk on! i nary , looking horL ihU i a ujL I ' " T J . iiwijivi vu 1 (ub sauaies una marrr nhri LmuirR,.. ping, such as the Italians" delight in, and the tngiishmen eschew, - Slielfey, and , an Irish Visitor just announced, mouiited twanf iS.- sorfr iades. I luekiir hkrf ..ilLr n..n VI 4 m;ivu iuiu tk c&iedie, ou aia not mount his horse until we had cleared the gates of the towp, to avoid, as he said, being stared at by jhe dy4 Ehslisher" whij generally congre gated before his house on the Amo. After an hour two. of slow riding and jlively talk for he was generally in gbdd spirit when on horse back we stopped at a small podere on .the roadside and, dismounting went into the house, in which we found a table, with wine and cakes. From thence we proceeded into the vineyard at the back.- Tfce servant brought two brace of pistols, a cane wa9 stuck in the ground; and a five-paul iiece, the size of half a brown, placed ii a slit at the end of the cane. Byron, Shel- ley, and I fired at fifteen paces, and one of us generally hit the cane! or th coin. Our firing was pretty equal.! After fiW or six shots each. Byron pocketed he battered money, and saun- lore A oKniff tlin mr.it. A - , Atf- . i. i ' j On our return homeward sj Shelley urged By ron to complete something hp had begun. By ron , smiled, and replied, John Slurray, my lnt, uii Dim I paymaster, 6ays my plays won't ft minh tliat, fo . I told him they act. I don 1 -1 ' were not! written for foe stage ; but he adds, my poesy won't sell ; that I do mind, for I have an itching palm.' Hie urges me to resume my oldi Corsair stvle. to nlease iha 1alft." Rha. . . 9 I . " J . v w - - mm.- ley indignantiy answered, l pThat is very good jogic for book seller, bol riot for an author ; the snop interest is to supply tee ephemeral Vdd niand of the! day It jia not for him; but yoioi jto ut a ring in the monsterls nose' to keep hun jropa 'mischief."! j Byron,, sailing at ' Shelley's Warmth,', said; j 44 John Murray is right, if not righteous.; , AH 1 have yet written has been for woman kind. You must wait until I am forty; their influence will then die a natural death. and I will show the men what lean d6V Shelley ; replied Do k how. Write nothing but what your conviction of its truth inspires you Id write; you 'should 'give counsel to the wise,dnd not take it ifrb'rrj Uie foolish. Time Vrill reverse the judgment of the vulvar; Con temporary criticism only represents the amount taf ignorance genius has toj contend with." n I was therfand afterwards nlesRed ami i . - . . , Mi I j-. .v. at Byron's passiveness and docility in listenhig to Shelley; but all who: heard him felt the charm. of his simple.' earnest manner, while Rrrrtn knew hint to be exempt from the egotism, ped pntry, t-oxcomory, and fclorcf that! all, the rival ry of aauthorship, and that he was the truest and most discriminating of bis admirers." By- ton, looking at the. western sky, exciaiined, 44 Where is the green your friend ' the Laker talks such fustian about ," meaning Coleridge 44 4GazSng on the western ;sky. ' . ' : f And its peculiar tint of yellow green.' " t 4 -l .K paction: an'OdVj ' Who. ever," said tlyrpu, 44 paw a green Bky?," Shelley wis, silent, knowing that if he replied Byron would give vent toj his -spleen. Soil said, " The ky in England is oftener green than blue. 44 Black, von mpin." rvinlnaA-n: ron ; and this discussioii btopght us to his door, -. -Ae ,?a'MHt.?i'!tIlli (nentloned iwo" odd worj! that would rhymep I observed on the f'1 he liad shownj in this art repeatipgfa couplet out of Don Jiiari: Jle was both paci- r icaacu ;-ai mi, anu, puuing nis hand on my hbrse'i crest. obj erred, ""' If you ore curious iii these jmattejr .lck irt Smft.V , I will sendyouayolume; hejbeats:us all hollowhis rhyme an wbhderfull'f Apd then we parted forthatdayj whicjil hdyebeen thus parti alar In recording, not only as it was the first of bur ac- I luailltance but as conUining as fair a sample 'Udioju'o the lost days of, SJuUcu and "BatLX -r.-i- 'A) i: ' :,;,, I - ' j .Profane Swearing,,. I BT BE VM . "I. would speak strongly' against the common sin of profaneness. . Are there any before" me who are accustomed to use Qod's name, as an expletive and to bandy it as a by-word ? who employ it in all. kind of conversation,' and" to throw it. about in every place?. 1'Perhaps in a binilal vice.'J Hewhd indulges in ft is no gen-j wuiau. ,i WrB nut waai ciomes ne wears, or. what culture he boasts!; , Bespiteall.his refine-' nient, the iight'and habituallaking ; f God's Rme betrays a coarse nature and a brutal will.: Jay, he tacitly admits that it is ungentleraahly.' He' restrains his oath in the presenca of ladies. J and he who fears not to rush into the chancery 1 iicaicu uuu owi uj i.ue iiaiesiy mere; is f "irT. "Tt-..:. 'tl-JLl-- - ' - f .r.V?:-tu? Tit3 , . il ceriainiy jsnot a grace Mn 1 .W a ta.. 1 . ' . iM.-'.;,.'. ' J-i;M ii-! -.. v. - .P. in conversation, ana u adds no Strength to There is no organic symetryjri thenarative that is ingrained with athsr and' the' blasphemy inai Doi5iera an opinion does not make it any more correct. ,M Oar mother Enjfi$ has rariety enjuh to make a story sparkle, aad to give point to wit i it has toughness enough ind vehemence enouk to furnish the sinews fr a delate, a cd to drive home conviction, without degrading" tie holy epithets of. Jehovah, ay, the ue of these pieuTei argues a Honied racge or ideas, and a consciousness cf beifg on the wrong sidew And if we can fiud nolother phrases throngh ihich to Tent our chokiag passion, we had bet ter repress that paasioo And, again, profane ncss is a mean vice. According to general es timation he who repays kindness with contume ly, he who abuses his friend and benefactor, is deemed pitiful and wretched. And yet, oh prd; fane man 1 whose nanie is it yoa handle so slight ly ? ! It is that of your best, benafactort YouJ whose blood would boil'to hear the Venerable names of your earthly parents hurled about ia scoffa and jests, abuse without compunction; and without thought, the name of your h'eaV enly Father! ' Finally, profanenew is an awfal vice. Once more I ask, whoe name u it yon so lightly use? The name of Ood 1 Have yoa eiver j pondered Its meaning ? HaYe you ever thought what it is that you mingle thus with With your passion 'and your will ? It is the name of Him whom the angels worship, aod whont the heaven of heavens cannot coulaia." " " ; Meeting of Bryant and Montgomery; 4 "It;was Kn a bHght Jdne toorcirg of 1854J that the poet Bryant paid a visit to the Mount to see one 'whose name,' he said, he had long . honored, and of the admiration of whom he had given eyidencej by commiuing , to memory)! when young, the . whole of The Wanderer oV Switzerland.'. , The "qulet and unaffected mad ,ners of his American guest charmed Montgoia ry, and he felt at home "with him immediately, i 'I am anxious,' said he, in the course of conver sation, 'to see your poets give to their works ad . impression of native originality, more ot ad 4a!erest derived from the peculiar character of tjieir country, and imitate less those of our owii 1-iJ-on. this account.I Have teen ttuch pleased With 05110.' Of Bryant himself, this is i ifi marked fitcellerice, whose descriptive writings' i ' are essentially American, and the graphic felic- ' jty of whose details transport us to all tfie b'filij liant peculiarities of our fortest' scenery. On fontgomery play fully "remarking,. You pirate ' our books so in your country, sometimes reprint ing a whole volumein a newspaper,' Bryant re joined t'And you certainly return the comBli-' -.ment. -I; say nothing! of Longfellow's' poetai: ;wnicn .you nave named : but my own have all been reprinted here without either consultation or concurrence on my part, and I was sufprisecf; rhen in London the other day, to have but in. my hand n metropolitan impression of a few pieces which I published only just before I left home, to complete a volume: ; The English prin ter seems to have thought them equaily fleslra ble ito perfect hissorreptitious edition.". V : ' Visit to Walter Savage Landor. ; 1 A correspondent of the Providence Journal gives the folIowinglriterectingatcoHfit of a viait to Walter Savage Linden at Bath: Enfflah'd .Yesterday, we acceptedVan Invitation to take t tea M1.11. Savage Land or,' at his houso in River-street. Hardly less of a recluse than the author of Vathec k,, ' Mr. Landor " ignore! general society, professes not to know a dozen people in England; and polittly expresses hfi" enjoyment in the sogiety of foreignera. . Mr. Emerson, in hisj 4 EnglUh Traits, epwtks of Landor as one or the three or four persons whora he wished to see ir?isiting Europe. He still live, as in Italy, among a 'cloud. of pictares. IBs rooina are hung from basement fa attfd -vrith rare paintings, by the best French, English; and Italian master?. Butch pictures he cbei not like, and has carefully weeded them from t his walls.' i iie hold. to the only othodnr ptpA ,n beauty should be its sole anf de 1. vout aim; ! iris -conversation Surprises by lt fresl nessand noTt-ltyand Eticinhtesby itsrev p;stancev ith all his fine taste and culture, he ! too arbhrary ia his Opinions a'net too e- centric in his tSntes to be a sfe g'uide to' others : 'Vii it ia -r...L. iVi.n. r.- MiM' . . " J""1" ii. man woo nas faith in his own .fancies? His . manners aro a singular Jcompoond - of noble courtesy and abrupt, untoropromising protest and assertion. He said, Jyou have great writers in your coun tff . nd spoke in high praise of Emerson, re 'wSt ith evident pi ewure,. their personal interviews jn Italy, many yei'rs sga Ife ob jectecl to'iifs gty jeas to that of 'ttahy of the( ablest EniUh writers of the fast half-cent urr insisting on a cLissic directness and transpreney of chction aSone of the cardinal virtues.. Among' others, be instanced Sidney Smith' aui. Wash ington Irving . as' examples of farjitleia 'style. Withthe exceptiorr of Howitl'slast work, which has just been seni him by the anthor, I saw no ; book in-his apartments: ; He is said, to give away his books &idon as he has read them most priacely and eraeinn. abft.: Timr,iirA1 . jm . . . .... r uowers were On the table, and bloomed In beds of earth en the broad stone ledger of the win dows, as is the almost universal custom in Bath. " He gave us moss roses' and ninsk plants at parting, and we left hiza" with pleasant ! ce m cries of the hoars pssred in his society." ! !: i j i ' ' t, . m . 'til. '.- . x ? n v. i - 0 . ''- 1M- , . A': . . if.
The Leisure Hour (Oxford, N.C.)
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