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" UarTcit' Horning:-A Poem.
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The day U now dawning j
No clouVa to be 8en
Behold I the pray morning-
How iwcetljr bcrcne !
Up Ifatron I up Jfaiden ! . '
Up I op I with the dawn
Vith fragrance is laden
The breath of the morn
AVould'it wrar the fresh Ltoom-
Of health oh your cheek?
Now, fly the closet room
The opvo air aeck !
The- moon in her beauty.
The lovely nigbt-quceu' - :
Is Rtill tipon duty i
Tho' pale is ht'r sheen.' i -
One star is yet beaming
Last torcli of tho night,
the hast is now streaming-
With soa rays of lighu .
The do w drops resemble -.
Tho costliest xcrns '
That sparkle and tremble, ;
- In king's diadems . -
The " listener n now catches
The sweet mellow strain S '
Of the lark " that hatches X
Ilcr brcod on the plain ; ,
Tho woodland's and hedges .
.Resound with their notes
Of nature's " wee " songsters
Now " splitting their throats "I
The "quail v too Is catling
Her lover" Bob White "I . I
It may b, ber darling .x j
I Was absent all night , ' !
Tho "beea commence humming
I For lo I 'tis broad day ; ,
rt Hard Wipt5r" i3 coming ' !
Now, hie I hie I away I -
i "Their work M is their pleasure
They waste not their hours
, But " hoard up " their treasures, j
i Whilst kissing sweet flowers.
l)ot wish to be healthy i
From 44 blue devils " free ? '
I I Aye ! woul J'st thou be wealthy ?
Go I work like the bee I
How pleasing ! the prospect
The fields now present,
llo w. plenteous I the .harvest
. Kind Hcaveu hath sent t
1 Oh I give me the soil
Where ' Ccrfs" presides j
Where pootl honest toil
, Abundance provides J -
Where the " ploughman " doth plow
His fallows so deep,
; That the "sower" may sow
i j. With promise to reap ; ,
Where revels the farmer '
. , O'er " heaps of the slain "
i But where Ins good armor,-'
Can shew no blood stain.
j " Our Yeoman " with pleasure
; i The jcenVnow surveys
J And to reap his rich' harvest
' No longer delays
But marsballa his forces '
: Bright sickles in hand,
; ! And thus wi.se discourses
To his gallant band ;
i "Prepare! for the slaughter .N .
: I Bo valliant and strong I
i Drink nothing but water 1 '
Keep time with the Bong I"
1 Hie I now, to your toils, .
, See who will strike best 1 ,
I When safe are " our spoils "
j , WVH take a day's rest.
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Lo ! here are our neighbors .
i r How timely their aid I . '
i When finished their labors
" t Their kindness repaid j "
We will crown onr joys
With a "feast " on that day
' We will tilt with the 6oy
And with the girls play. p
, A "pi)r " well get
! Our mirt to enhance,
! And then we wilj set
To the " heart-thrilling dance I"
j " These brojtits n we will take off
'To give us " fair play " -i
Our cares wo will " shake off"
In M old fashioned way"
! WITHIN THE VEIL,
. j War nicM das Augt sonnenhafl,
Xlic lionntm tci xur Sonne Uicken f
; War nicht in uns des (Xttes eigne Ara
i Wie lonnt uns Cotlliclte tnixneken f " -
In the coilrso off. Yoynge from England, to
thU country, some year ago, I formed the ac
Ijuaintanco of a gentleman whose eccentricities
of manner were so remarkable, that some of our
fellow passengers did not hesitate to pronounce
Mrn-lnMine. - ' :
I lis name was Smith a name fedeerbed from
itJ common-placcnea Bince the advent of the
great " Alexander," and he Was - returning to
hU fjmily if) New York after a residence so
he informed us of fifteen prosperous jears ia
Indis. HU manner, I have said, wu !culiir
"When I firat ar Mo, he walkbg the
quarter deck with jlong, regular strides, Jus
face a rninly ahd expressive one lifted up in
the moonlight, and full of a meaning I fonnd it
Impossible to deciphen-ubsequently, a mntu
al acquaintance Introduced u, and in & T.ery
short time,' wo grew wonderfully sociable and
Comouhicative. .In one respect, however, Mr.'
Smith proved an enigma; I could never divine
from what perennial 'sources of cheerfulness,'
and spiritual activity, there flowed such an ex-i
h&ustless tide of humor, sentiment, eloquence,!
and poetry as eidom failed io charm his listen-!
ers. The man seemed to be inspired; so that
not unfrequently he became the centre of an
eager audience, who regarded him with signifi
cant wonder, and hung upon his words with a!
sort of rapture it was curious to witness. 1 I !
Gradually; the report spread that Mr. Smith;
was mad, that all his eloquence, and fluent
beauty of expression sprungj from a diseased
condition of the brain. . With some reluctance, !
I myself adopted this conclusion. I My comrade
(we were eternally together,) was fond of hint
ing nt some great discovery which he had made
in the East ; he spoke of :the 'Philosopher's
stone tot the Arabian Nights, and Haroun-Al-
RaschidJ of the occult powers of nature, of the
flosicrutian, he "Old Man of the Mountain,"
the shroud-bearing Moslem'! n of Mecca, Madame
lent y auaiciea to vannaois Jndica than ever, ness of the Yalley of Beith, batj the lore we which it had been bshered. The conviction W.s
He has communicated his feelings to me, in his Vou lives here without blight discord, overpowering that I movedand thought wholly
"-0 ?;iv.c, u.c we tnantit in a perfect song, Waitbg for the a ?lr
nftnpr Whtrtl tlJIrfl hla Ammniii4liAna ' IaaVc I j x ; 1" ,4' ' - - : ' ' - . i
V " "1 . " 7, ume wnen tfie snadows shall fall off about Vou,
pt..n6 uu ?uuu beuueui ine. , j and tne 5tar of the True life shall rise;" i f
need scarcely say that he has released me from i So muimured the leaves, but as I still on-
uuuSauon to secresy. ; , tirued to Upon and dHnk jQ-
These letters were more than frail human u u-f.. i. ? j . .
uniricarnxtedt that such-, .'arid no
wuiu wc uij mizie oereauvcr.when
the rudimental
nature, (myispecial frailty at least,) could with
stand. I determined to invoke the genius
Hasheesh and personally to test its powers.
Long had I been pining to surrender myself
tnusiCj the whole landscape Widened ; the glories
r mortal body should j have"
giTen place to the complete, immortal, spiritual
The influence bf the terriUetoeU whfeV
i mi iue sunset streamed tnronh incB.ictilBhTA l bound tn Kwma nnUi. n-i '
01 distances.
space toith tivkeXl fancied mvself the witne&a if relarfnar itt Wir t M ivtn .L. - r
10 aOrecian sunset in the ace of Pericles. ' Istood AlmnslKiiromKn UWiX fli r.LL's'
Guyonj AngeiusSilesius,and-Mr. Ralph Woldo
T? tl t.' ..t J I jiJlL'.L - t -1
discourse of the
radiant glimpses
tha (rlimniir nf anmn M 1U It I ' . ' : !I " ! i I ii- ' ! i I . i ;
," sy; v? wu.cu imgub upon the heights fof the Acropolis, near: to. the tions,
.... e weru dui lor a aoment, from the dull world-renowned statue of ! Athene, below ( roe being.
actnalities of a plodding round , of cares and the' PronvlfEai ktiA thW tn-lU ntr UJa .V
uu.ies up .into tne sunshine ot a brighter from its eate: upon mv
sphere, and an experience more strong rivid. wall- :,fiUa Trtuannn i.'-J
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A t l ; ii.-i t i " -n t 1 1 v i ' i
..umatcria.. A kuow mat niy aesire vvm pe roofs and porticoes of the!
pronounced by the moral reader, (who never still tU WitW. kf tii
groaned probably under thie burden of which I
speak, and ho finds the earth and its legitimate and the surfVlay tadiant iq the
nesn pots a s umcient satisiaCtwn for all needs
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which tushed in, and possessed inv wholi
I deemed i expedient to make a tasty
ind therefore bowinjr to mv comnkniAn.
right, the gleaming U left the room. Now, for the first time, one of
in the distance the the most ordinaryj and universal of Hasheesh
cityi whilst further illusions seized upon me. i Upon leaving the seat
,8"-BU. wwuuiui uuu vccupieu, biiu nurancin? towards tne door
present, and ; potential,); weak; if not wicked.
No matter my moral friend ! 1 1 Weakness and
wickednens are quite in the line of every-day
human business ; you may have" your little
peccadilloes also, were it worth -our while to
Emerson. Then j he would
eternity bf the spirit, and of
vouehsafed to him alone, of verities such ns the
heart of inan has ever yearned to comprehend,
nnd the Poets and Metophyiclan'have struggl
ed to graspj and body forth in tangible shape
and method, from Plato to. Paracelsus, from
Paracelsus to the Cambridge, Nco-pjatonist of
yesterday. But the strangest portion of my
experience with regard to Mr. Smith is yet to
come. I met him. six months after we had
parted on a New York wharf, upon which oc
ension, he shed tears of anguish, and expressed
himself as utterly bereaved and broken-hearted,
at a large Northern watering-place. I scarcely
knew him. He was transformed to a decree
that startled me. The individual who had been
wont to discourse of heavenly- arid- supernal
things, who quoted the " Cherubic Worship
per," and attempted to expound Ae Calaba,
now talked of VVall Street stocks, the New Ex
change, the state of Consol, and the price of
Cotton in Manchester. Even his countenance,
before so expressive of deep thought, and a
sort of introspective enthusiasm, ; seemed to
have wofully deteriorated ; the features looked
pinched, and insignificant, nnd about the eyes
particularly, formerly a glow with intellect,
"earnestness, passion, I fancied that -a cunning
leer was discernable, which impressed me un
comfortably. " Poor creature " I said to my
self, "his madness has taken a new and inuch
lower turn.l " ; . ; .i'i.l ....'.
I went up to my pld acquaintance, and ad
dressed him with a great show of cordiality.
Would you believe it? the .ungrateful fellow
hardly appeared to recognize me; pur conversa
tion was cold, and formal and ,we parted J. am
sure, thoroughly disgusted with each other.
Only recently has the mystery been cleared up
The Editors of Russell's Magazine will probab
ly be surprised to hear, that I owe the solution
of the enigma to them 1 -" How ! rt those worthy
villages with scarce a shore line between them, it seemed as if each flowery figure in the pattern
, ?i l fa u,ttU J f gorgeous; ai- oi ii;p carpet, tmese figures were Iarg and very
mosphere which Jsparkiedl with J emeraldj land brilliant,) had been suddenly endowed with a
sapphire.-And still, the prospect widened, un- mystic life ; they Were iodefinitelv multinlied
til all the reat cities .of ancient fame Were I and spread out into measureless prairies thron?
presented to my view-Persepolis, and Palmyra ed with scarlet Jbldoms uilifbrm la shape an
and Babylon and Nenevah,, and Alexandria, color, and all steadily inclined Inthe direction
(tin mniik 1 iL. I A .'..3 ! Jit ' ' ..." li I J - . .
1 11C HI VnLllj i:ll II I Jl I 111 1.1 IK in 7. f.f' J1 rifl IinillV 1 rt -lb! wt I.Iph I 1 , . , , . ..
Search tliem Ollt? t.horpfnri hp mruWnta ?n trrrnr I ii.' i.n . T '. ' .i. . " . . 1 . - . . , . . wiwc. mo
i . . ' j i me uuf spires 01 immemor ai temo es nsin? distant hArimn Thn : r
censure! ? , ' . m - , k , .7,r:; .v ,
4 s .o uic luiwiig ui Buauyc uuuaesj aiiuRaii-i ui uazung coior, and contronted by a mani
a ueious myseii 10 an Apothecary with whom tique pagodas, and monstrous idols on theJoanks ficence, so invariable, ahd resplendent as to be-
Tisjon I traversed
vr vro i" "lwyc' ". ,;;wuen. i cay iooeu upon, was m tne pride oi us great- tens ot thousands or Iea!rue9.and tni th rrlirar,
"f"'uw? f "'.'"ciinuu. auu luigui i ueMiaiiu prosperny ; a uum oi unKnown tongues, of f aerie stretched Unbroken around me andrhe
well resent a comparison with the il eagre- not clamorous, but measured and distinct, rose lustre on the distant horizon had not U;
looking" viht in Romeo and Juliet. - :i : upon the air; philosDohv flowed from, the 1 in i
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A Y i U " J'5eu iy a pomecary wun wnom tio,ue pagodas, andmonstrous idols on the banks ficencej so invariable, ahd resple
I was accustpmei to deal a man ."jolly and : of the Indus, and Ganges, br far off amongst the' wilder' nay, oppress the! Tisi
sleek arid jocund, 'V who raigbt be taken as the untracked wildernesses of Thibet.And each with eager step, hundreds and
With tatteried eeds, ahd overwhelming brows; ! of Athenian sageis, and th'spell of th6 Sophist At lastl after a century's travel I erne
Culling of sijnples Li ; ; : :, f ' Was vanquished; by its. calm: authority;; jthe the territory of flowers into the mil
higher arenobUf thought, and btlrg, I cti
sympathize with the aspirationft and trembling
bojes of the faror descriWla the followio?
poem: ' : " -' " ;. ;
t u In vigils ione she hears the chimes
! ui voices irora dinner climes, .
; And aces entranced the statues rrand
j j cai mrong ner lolly lather land, -
j 1 Unwonted jodours strange and rar v
Float rounjl her on the midnight air, . t
, From gardens where her youtb was apeat
1 Beyond the dark blue firmament.
I V The fleshly walls are whito and thiol
, men ciosp ner yearning spirit in
j Celestial footfalls he can Letr '
. Inaudible tb jrroser ear j.' '
- She mourns her lot like one exiled, ,
.j ller songs lire filled with longings wild
; For home, nd that serener day
Which lights the angehi far away j
' From Eltn-land. and blher Porm. hv tint
jamin West Bali, Munroe d Co Boston, 1231.1
i Proa the Southern literary jicsaenger.
1 . Aatbii Bart.
tn surveying this career, so unsubaUntial in
its materials jTdr intellectual fame, so detituU
ot tangible rpsalts,yet indicative of will,
self-possession and a certain outward and cas
ual success we do not find In the libcrtinin;
Mexican intrigutj or duel with which the name
of Burr is chjefly associated,--an adequate ex
planation of lhe social ban under which he so
long sufTeredj nor of the meagre fruita of 4
mirid claimed; by hi admirers to bo of a sune.
rior order, arid of a life of extraordinarr vicis-
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stating that J desired to experiment but upon tudes uf men "; the Dive
wnai, or whom, i prudently left the good Doc
situde ahd opportunities. The question ineri-
t.l ; t I !l.f e 1 . .1 T
twiI 'fmrr,' wu7 ouKgcwi ior wnai was Aaron uurr.
d blaxft ni ' considered as a mati and independently of the
e r hfmrir . I wia errura wiuca uaxKcn nis memory UC 7 -
tave called, an astral ?or-what ha? natnrc specially cdowed him 1
as a trriat pIoKi. ftf her?!n t0Qlf hU peculiar abflity and dispoal-
and the Palm tree! purest dame suspended by! chains of norohvrV-ition taTe Mnd scope to the best advantage 1
tor to surmise, for himself.
About five o clock on the afternoon of one of, waive, in sympathy, and: not a sound in that
nf Ufa Annii'lMi(m. . -.I I - : .- I
vv,yuUa ugpi parGaUy. different spheres "of action, although
separated by thousands of leagues, yet seemed, and gofdfrom the centre of a dome of alabaster.' Thc ' answer
under the influence of !sme occult law to -,"t '1 'i1.,U-;t 1 i. . ' . ,?5 have been all
. . : ... . . m. " 1 nave said that up to this period, the struffgle I
niuoc ujiiuuus uava. vt lulu iinni vprv rprpmiff i uiiiiuir bwc i ui uie LuiiLriuiiLiiiD in 1 in irnnora i ,t i.n. . i
1 J "M. , 'it .. . .. I J .ll! T . . I . .
unv cuuscu fur v.I.ar.esion . winter to appear a..uau,Jawe resun, out possessed an mamdu- fierce aftd continual.! had hn n,. W.
Mtrtf conservative Principle.; Suddenly! - the
like a sprmgi season m the Tropics : I valiantly
swallowed a jfifteco fe.uirrj bolus of the magical
Eastern druz -the insane root. " aa Mr.
I then
ug t lie insane
U ay ard Taylor irreverently calls
it
laxurious arm
atity of its own
But as I gazed
and listened) $
his life a soldier. In an active
milkary carreer his remarkable power of en-
'V) u n n L ..1.1 -1 i;?i S i
uuiautc, ins jiucuisi aiacntjr auu iaorai iiarxii-.
hood might hive won for him the consideration
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and ; too arena he needed. The recuperative
gathered in the dells of Ilymettus
J'Arrlm- '"ru-,wberviiva x-nncipie.4 suddenly, -the ! it.i . ... .. .
thick .Sptrl latter; was overcome. The forces which bound ? perseveninc. of
. which form,, IneHOo:
gentlemen may exclaim, pray, honored con
tributor I are you altogether compos just now ?
come, explain ; if thou hast a Tale, " unfold
it I " " That is my purpose, Messrs. Editors,'
only faor me with your attention, and all will
be made clear to you. ' J ; .
Among your Literary Kotices published in
the January number,' the review of a late Work;
called 44 The llasheesli-Eater V happened to at-j
tract me. ' I read it through.--' Kow, said I,!
44 the matter 's explained' Mr Smith had been!
using the Cannabis Jndica, and hence his mar
vellous exaltation of fancv : . when -1 last ; saw
him, the drug had. ceased to work; its magic
spellii, and hence the revelation of the opposite
pole of his nature, the pole whereo.v I. suspect
that Mr. Smith's existence mainly revolves." -
The more I thought ;of it, the more firm 'the
conviction "grew that my conjecture'.. was cor
rect I wrote to Mr. : Smith, and respectfully
asked for enlightenment He replied hurriedlv.
and in evident trepidation, that he had been so
foolish as to acquire tho habit white in India, of
hasheesh-cating, but that now he was married,
and had conquered his weakness forever. The
letter went on to say that the writer deemed it .
duo to his character and present responsible
position to make the confession, but that he
trusted to my honor not to reveal it ; ?' Should
Mrs. S , discover the fact, I know; not, " he
dccTared, what would become of me 1"
Only five weeks ago,-however, the parties
were divorced ; Smith to cbnsoTe himself for a
matrimonial flare upj and determined to
V assert his manhood against the despotic
temper of his onnsort, took two enormous bo
luses of llaihcesl under the clelirious excite
ment of which, he' threw Mrs.! Smith out of the
Mcond stoty window. The good ladys hooped
dress sated her from destruction, but of course,
she immediately went back to her Papa w s -
.'The oltimato consequence was, as we have
said, k divorce, and.; tremTendous damages.
Oaring the painful ; proceedings pending..' the'
trial f the ctie, Mr, Smith, became more "'no-
commanded a broad bottonred.
chair, an heir loom of the, familyto be rolled
out into the spacious piazza, and having carefully-
adjusted myself therein, awaited with
anxious, thriling expectation, the pleasure of
the weird enchanter, to whose hands I had in
continently Committed 1 my spirit, The scene
about, and above me,was glorious in the calm
of its perfect jbeauty. Not a cloud, save one
solitary band of white,, transparent vapors,
changed momently into "something new and
strange" by the golden alchemy .of .sunlight-
could be seen throughout the ;wide spaces of
the Heave'ns the winds Were soft and balmy j
here and there a sprightly robin chirped its
pleasant song among the : grrden trees, and
glancing beyond the tops of the evergreens)
and the roofs of the tall houses which formed
their not inappropriate 1 back-ground, the eye
rested with delight Upon the sky so inexpressib
ly blue, and the stately f birds that swept in
majestic circle higher, And still higher towards
the zenith, j . ,
( It needed no nepenthe no philtre, no artifi
cial stimulant in the midst of such a cene io
steep the: soul in that "divine languor," com
pounded of the sensuous, and" the - spiritual t
which is the atmosphere of Elysium.- The
happy moments passed unconsciously away;
the sun neared the horizon, lingered as it were,
lovingly upon its boundary, and then dipped,
waned, and at length wholly disappeared The
tall form of a young laurel tree, surrounded
with a halo in the Hush or evening, stood out
against the luminous West, and the breeze '
scarcely perceptible before, having utterly died
away, it seemed as if its dark green leaves, had
been awed inio stillness by sdme mysterious in-'
fluence of the hour. My eyes were riveted
upon this tree. Gradually, a vital motion crept
thrillingly along-the branches, the . dark green
leaves changed to transparent emerald, tipped
with ruby dews, and the single white blossom
which hang from an Upper stem, assumed the
appearance of a Crown of Pearl Wreathed with
fringes of the most delicate purple. Then,
although not a breath of-wind could be heard
or felt, the Laurel bent its graceful head, and a
murmur of voices; multitudinous, and of perfect
harmony, yet each -plainly distinguishable by
itself flowed from its thousand Ieaves-among
them the tones strangely familiar, yet intensifi
ed tolhe utterance of th'e Spirit, of those" who
"had bidden me farewell with broken voices, and
left me desolate in the ? bitter jpast But the
(ones that now reached me," expressed the con
cord bf peace and love ; no ttords they uttered,
but a meaning' deep as the life of the Eternities
came with themj and the profoundest forces of
the soul were moved, and.stirfed within mel
v They surely kaid : we have' left yov,- oh!
Beloved !. among the shadows, and in the darfe-
lnfe into a huje miss or Clouds, sweDt ontVtf I themsplvps inlrt
meet a corresponding niassfrpm the East conauit "of feeling j and vital consciousness, and l1?. l V 1?
Thev Were slowly nmfond Aatnaea trj (Uco'nD ;ri..:n -.L .Li:" hghtrtess of his
- mf ; J ,. -J . v wuitnivukl VVIV I rM3r III a
i.t- .- . - .i i - ' i , . - it ill
of the table, the vigilant, patient, cheerful hab-
the French philosophy and)
creed, his magnetic influence
ed the scene.
For a brief period. Reason resumed her swayl
sunk into
The convictlon that what t had Ree nnl soul in the exultant ioV of ablnt.'fVpm. A il ?01' ana-Mrmne" 0t PorPOSe ,n, ct-i
HflL . '''. -1 1.
oaone in me ncmpyrean.1 iifee.a star." ' t.- i :
1 , , - ' ; rudt c ujouc uiui 0.1a ciuuiruL b.iiu fiiiripnL muuum
AtroposJ parted futierly-the body rspnd his curtly; address to eqoalj v
a shapeiei, inert , mass, whiUi th H 'X't ,nM 'l50 T ' k
I'uiuvoj owu.iiiuiiico VI JJUIJUtC la lJUUlCb
' J these are a fejw; of the qualities which would
i have made him an eminent and efficient tn'dilaire.
(t found out after my recovery from this over- And in such i vocation thii worse nolnta of hia
dose of- Cannabis hidicalldar an nverdosfl it" VK,iotoi mt(4it hva tnnA Vn.f.,l aM.t. -
ras,) that the illusion here referred td, "pro-j fooemeat : the? mtrlirmnff instinct so Ian? exer-
cseded from the circumstance that t had actually cised to the detriment of social hoor, and po
fallett in thcpassage-wayil where 1 ''retnatned'-litleal inaina.mmit vmit hT r.nAA Ut
y a atrenuous exercise of the will,howeVer, until the frightened, famt! discovered my condi- with comparative harmlessness in the atrata
inageto preserve a lucid condition of the tionfand had me cionveyed to my chamber, gems of war" jmd the nise of the tactician ; and
jvioua and
camp than
and civil
The - necessity' of self-respect (ri ona
tasmal, an-d Illusory, the deceptive offspring of
a little brown colored pill which I had swallowi
ed an hour before,) no sooner became clear to
my mihd, than I felt that I approached some
other illusion, as complete, perhaps as the one
that had just vanished. .1 ! ; ' 'K
...
1 manage
judgment, until I had Walked into the. ' parlor.
where tne lamuyi tocether With some
from 4he j neighborhoodi were assem
soon had reason to regret my appearance among I the lapse of ages, let roe say more boldly, and lifU
Q period during which I lay m this helpless 1 profligacy, as! a social evil, Is less cA
Tisitora state, occupied just iitoo rntn, and yet I seem- corrosive in the vagrant range of the
b!efc tied in that brief space of time to have'etperience'd i n the sweet KMiritie- f AkmHn
i
them, fori was fully under the law oltasheesJi; truly, an terniiy M
and my sensations immediately after, grew so i BhHnk from attempting a description of the
anomalous, and confounding, that I could not visions-let tne ratter call them, the revelations
hut dread an exposure, the consequences of that followed, tfpthrough the beautiful spaces
which would have been painful in the extreme. 0Ta Vealm of WeffaMe peace, t floated In the
Here let me pause to comment upon the tes- gtHlnesa of the sunlight that K i,nAJ
timony of Hasheesh Eatersa testimony almost a ctoud. I have:kne with the earthT and the1
universai-:-wmcn peciares tnat wnen a necessi- things of the earth
ty arises for concealment, it is always,' (except- t"te body, " the sou
ing in the exlremest cases,) possible so far Tto. cumbrance of iteh
f ' 1 -conventional
composure of manner in the midst
of the intensest cXcitementk t As a deneral truth,
I bear witness, to the correctness of the asser
lion. - By what appeared to me, a superhuman
effort, I now conversed with the people about
me, in a qniet Honei upon i ordinary topics, al
though 1 knew anthe belief momently gain
ed strength'and consistency fchat my condi-
Father out of the
fountains ot His me
even unto me
the body, and the things of
whispered. to ' itself; the?
and of baiti has been rent;
and cast jnto darkness, and lo 1 the eternal
exceednjr jfallness of the
rcy, has given , it flnto me,'
M To begin the great life that.no Death' can
.o'ertakert;' ,; j 4- ; ; .
And to dream ih gfeat dream hat no tiimxdt
. can lreak!r-AZ- - J'..fv-:
I d:ire not'go into the detail of the -circum-
"tiort was infinitely removed from theirs and that stances c-f what I saw, arid heard, and felt ) but
no possible, sympathy couldj ever be established reader! the Bblemn wilight of those august' ex
between us. Tt is hard to embody in words the periences Ls. around me slRL never wholly to dV-
icviuio "uiui du puyci.iuii jivsseastu me , , iai, until inaeeu, j. tsnuu tare enicreu zciiim me
Conceive, if you can, the position of . pne 'te&V'-J:iW
r, ..j . r. .wv VJ len 0Ul 0I a aozen persons who peruse tne
two distinrtHtes, each perfect per se, but with a foregoing account, will dismiss Tit in a sentence,
mysterious force of repulsion strivingas Uwere itIie m3n drunk I and is probably not Vet
comptaeiyana jorever, io rcna tiemasinaer ; recovered from h'sSebauch r I My good friends,
And conceive further ot these two lives the y dronb 0j Rober, it is more than proba
spiritual, and the merely ammal-with the in-! bje atno dreams but breams of men servants'
stmct ot mutual antagomstn and yet bound and of maidesemnf asses, nd of oxen,
together by some inexplicable third Power, would eyer "abide ; yd I never designed to ad
wmcn is continually, whispering .that a hnal dress, or to consul t:rgd to yoar ledgers and your
divorce oi ine dual existences, is deaii. - , money-rolls,: yout mostr mortgages, ; and vour
In sui-b a condition of mind and -body, but ten peri cents; it is o'the two earnest-eyed
retaining the Will still Tinc!ouded, and triumph- Thinker whom' yotx have rudely jostled on their
act I continued to talk" nflcohcernedly twith War thai I make my! appeal! Tliey. stand ready
several membefs of the company?- L spok; to to catch every note jhoweter low,-every glimpse .
a young. lady of the last night's opera; --of Miss however" faint' of their 'fiihfr ia'KoV; ' ''1 r .
. We snptroseof course;' that.crar contributor
aUndes to' the ITfirkeyBuzzardrA species of bird
which, however awkward and disgusting rwhen
seen upon the ground, might at any height is the
air bf almost mUtaken.for the Eagle himself. --
r.--'v-'.L;' I--:
H-ts debut at Madame B .'s ball,'of the. Rev.
Mr.r Humdrum's style of preaching, and of the
latest fashion-plates in Godey." ,t.
, S uch were a few, of Ihe topics which employ
ed my Iipt and .which wei fe discussed in a pure
ly mechanical wayj but ihejpfrtf - war absent j
in other regions and absorbed hy , matters "of
Brought bstck mtdf the shaQWl of tne present
existence, but with -the - remembrance of the
gfory that teas, and u to' rbet pervading every
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, There are two bodiesithe nidimentai, and
the complete; corresponding with, the worm end
ihe butterflyj:what we".call death " is bat iht
painful metamorpliosia. f ' - " " - .
Oat present incarnation is progressive, prcpar
infioitelrv'grtefmomeliia , .u presens wcaxnauon u progressive, prepar.
- - . - j - -i I,' ... - - atory. temporary. " Our future is perfected, nlti-'
EsyPtlo?ff,y, individualitymaryelled. mate,.immortaLr;The ultiniatelife is the full de-
vr. w wna tnvti un nvuuuiai UVOitUJ v IR1VJI
tigrL'rMtUiiens cf . Sleep Walker
whose business' it Is .to command blhefs, and;
t -a! J' Vi... . . iii?n
wnose example is in ere o re esseniuuiy a per
sonal ih teres, must have tended, in such A
sphere, to rocaify the pretaletot habit of Burr
h regard to circumventing one sek and leading
moral r'estrai fits incident to official authoritji
in a degree, would have taken the place of eon
science in &icn a man. ' . . '.. .
Cut we are Hot left to conjecture In thU re
gird. The fairest pdrtion of Burr life Vral
that of his soldiership, when he accompanied
Arnold to Quebec: young and far from f oboat
ai he was, not a man in the .expedition bore
privation morei cheerfully, was quicker with ex-
pedientor riore brave in action ; and. while
entrusted 'with : the outposts in Westchestef .
cotinty; during the early part of th'e re volution
ary -war hi jYlgilance, humahityi : skill and
courage" were proverbial.' The military aspl
tatipns , of his first. youth, are among the few
ndbte glimpscb of a nature early cramped and
'blasted by false r end heartless theories and
reckless habiti j:ind, if these bad been folly
gratmea ana permanent career ox arm", legit
imate and inspiring, have then opened and been
followed, we lean easily imagine that Aaron
Burr; might have fallen after successive' tri
umphs,with no tlpt on hi name which the
fame of.a brare and faithful so'dier could not
eclipse. Thrqugh' life there was in his hablta
theipirjt of te camp. lie prided himself on '
freedom from uxorious tastes ;.he preferred Uf
steep ou T .sof4 in his Office and lo broil a elicei
of ham for hi 6cpper," to the more costly ar
rangements: which, at intervals, he enj ytdj
He lared a judicial tkirmhihtto spring a' mine
upon his Ugi adversary, to laydeep poUtieai
Ecbe'mejT and. Engage in logical combats. ; For:
borer than haf a century he waged a hand ta
hand battle with .Society ard with Fortune,--
wiumg ine iiiuiuii Birceis .imp s Eenunei
entrenching himself in isolated .lodg'mj peering-
t .hi feBow-ihert .frorri under uspicionei
eyelids, carfyisg a bbld front and a determined
heart through years cf btCed hope and an ag9
of contumely Jand bereavement. .' A soldier cf .
fortune, an adyenturer was Aaron Eurrdcrhj -:
t the-greater part cf his, life; there have beei "
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