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Wo are Seven. , 1 BT WOKDSWORTH. , ' i ; ' 'A eiraplo Child, Thut lightly draws ,iu lreatb, I An4 feels its life in evory limb, i What ilioulj it know of death I yc I met a little cotlnge Girl . Khi wim eitfht yeurs old, she said ; ' Hf r hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rastic, woodland airj I And she was wildly clad : -t lor eyej were fair, and Tcry fair j ' j Her beaut made me glad. i. ! f ' ' ' ' : 1 I, Sisters and brothers, little Maid, 1 TIow many may yeu be?" ." Hdw many ! Seven in all," she Baid, Ajid wondering looked at me. "And whero are they T I pray you tell one answered, "aevi'ii are we And two of us at Conway dwell", And two are gone to sea. ,, . Two ol us in the church yard lie, My sister and my brother ; vAhd,in the church yard collage, I lell near them with my tuothej.1 Yon say that two at Conway dwell, And two are gone to sea, Yet you are seven f I praf you tell, Sweet Mid, how this miy be." Then did the little Maid reply, ' ' Seven boys and girls are we 5 Two of us in the clPurth yard lia, t lleuealh the church yard tree." "f " You run about, my little Ma"J, Your limbs they are alive ; It two uro in the church yard laid, Then ye aro only live," ( " j e5 by her during her last devotions on the morning of her death : ' !" V . 0 j- I " - ; "O Doiuine Deus! upCrnvi ir; te; O care me Je.su, nunc libera me. ' In dura clena, in misera peena; desidero Langucndo. gemendo et genu flectendo Ad'ro, imploro, ut libcres mol" v . . "My Lord and my God I have hoped in Thee; 0 Jesus, Sweet Saviour, now liberate me. 1 have languished for Thee in tiffliqlions and ! chntna: ; . I Lamenting and sighing through long years of medical attendants. ! pains. , 1 . . .. Adoring, Imploring, on .humbly bowed knee, J crave of Thy mercy, by grace set aie.frce." Drurv - ihe Earl of Kent and Beale; then the Earl of Shrewsbury, as Eart t Marshal, hearing j lii( baton raised, immediately preceding., the Royal ' victim, who, havingi rallied all the energies of her courageous spirit to vonquish bodily inSrmity, moved with a proud, firm step. She vas followed bv Melville, who bore her - tr;iin, : and her two weeping ladies.; elad in monrijin weeds. 'The rear was brought -up by Bourgoigne, Gourion, and Gervais, her three Ihe wmtry morning had dawned before M ry left her oratory. She then concluded her letter to her royal brother in-lax, Henry III. of France, by 'adding several earnest peti tions in behilf of ier faithful servants, and'ihe Vnrial date : ''The morning' of my death, this Wednesday, 8th February. Signed Marie R." j She returned to her, bed-th:niiber, where, eatiug herxelf bgside the fire, she began to console her weeping maid!, by declaring the comfort ahe felt in her approaching, release from her long affliction's, and, reminded them A platform twelve feet square and two and a half hish. covered with black cloth " and jsur. Jeen erected at the banqueting hall at e-placev-in which,! on the we ither, a large On the sc.iffold were placed rounded with a rail, had upper end of the great Foiheringhay, near the fit at couiii 01 me coldness ot fire was burninir. the block, the axe, a chair," covered also 'with blaek cloth, for the Qiieen, with ' a cushion of crimson velvet before it, and two stools for the Earls of Kent and 1 Shrewsbury. About one hundred gentlemen who had been admitted to behold the mournful spectacle stood a the low er end of the . hall ; but the scaffold wus Curie, fwho were or their knees in tears below, they came to her ort the scaffold; but when they saw: for what purpose they were required,, they began to scream and cry, and Were too much agitated at first" to render 'her; the assistance she required, so that nhe began , to 'take outthe pins herself, a thing to which she was ; uot ac customed. '."Pd no; weep," said she, tender ly reproving tbera, " I am very happy to-Jeave this world. ; .You onght to rejoice to see nie die in so good a cause weep? Nay, if you ,Z 1 , 1 rw e n ' 1 1 barricaded, and a strong guard of the sheriff's ' that her uncle, the late Duke of Guise, had! , . ' ... 1 1 told her in her childhood th:)t she pos'sess-ed the hereditary xourase thought ahe Would well f her race, and he 0 know how to and earl marshal's men environed it to prevent tiie possibility of a rescue. Are you not ashamed to do ; not give over these lamentations I must; send you away, . for, you know I have promised for you." , t- u - s- . Then she took off her gold pomander, chain, and rosary, which spe had previously, desired on of her ladies to ponvey to the Countess of Arpndell as a last token of her regard. The executioner seized it, and secreted it. in his s!ie. Jane Kennedy, wish the resolute spirit of a bfcave Scotch laisie, "snatched it from himx and a struggle ensued. Mary, . mildly inter posing, aid, Friend, let her have it, she will give yoii more than jits value in money; " .but he;8ullenly replied. it is my perquisite." "It would have been strange, indeed, " observes our authority with Sarcastic bitterness, "if this poor Queen had meit with ' courtesy from an town Hal!, which the Leeds peoplfe have la tfely built u The tilasgdw Esamirjer Say's f .'."Among the curiosities of rcyal Jife "it may :'te worth while to state that, though the Mayor t Leeds gave u s was not allowed to dine with her pr even seeker The Mayorninself had 'commenced - his: din ner with a neighbor, when hej was- cbmrnancTed to dine with the Queen; but the lady was 'not a? pends upon him for its wagging of his tongue versal splitting of; sidei the summit of ambj- fun,!4hat the slightest J There S jiVrintinV DVesi Aix fLVVhlcTii la the signal for.a off at Chamberry, but the J"ajnereceiye"jcou. tributioris Virom..- Victor-. Hug,. Louis -Blanc," Generarklapka, Ponsard, Alphonse Karr,s Lai martine, and Pnncesse Beliiroioso. . "PI which Li ; intellectual tlOn. thn nnlnr : .eedsgaVe up his mansion to lha 1 Queen, and hnor.,;., :iL' it. '- 1 . -t knti' Y- .-41' Zi-: ,i 1 . r,,11 ami uiiqeviaing constancy, is a pent 10,000 in entertaining- her" his lady. IGW i,,t-, rB j !-. . i ' . ' . . . ' ,. . . if fK . i Ht'wJoKe,ana 1 recoenitoryi ennj Becouiine at last 11 rnnfirmn4 J 1 j j 1 1 -; T-.-...uuluJ5Uluu aiarucncu joser,.He leis r xmes. noi me moat innocent remark escape harmless; he pounces, hawk-Jike, en every poor, luckless! :,v . . , Jrom Ilome JournaU word which, by any twisting .can be placed in , ; " A good Btory r-- . .'uicrous juxtaposition, pi by anv torturiag -r7TTi ""e take much pleasure ia-Htffiie Jour can be made susceptiblo-,of two meanings. No naHzing the following jcapitalj story; "from 'the . , reverencevha8 he for high, and'solemn thines' rac7.Pe of our old'friend'James Fr Otisthei no admiration lor the iioble'- or Jove for the correspondent of the.New Orleans Picayune: beautiful ; high, ' solemn, noble and beautiful, "0ue.of 'th.most. distingusihed parties thai mittedto ' fter evil house to sit, at her oven table Press. ! --- - p - '4 ' Selections from' Wordsworth, '.! :J.- i.vif. 'V--J.-sl The world is too much with lis t lata and soon. Getting and spending, 'we layjwa!e 1 our power: are qualities he appreciates only because they Dav6 ado tour to the White Mountains, this' Little we see in Nature that s oujs; - j be turned into: the ftroa'dest burlesque just son' pne ;comjioUd prinefpaily f "the Thie"s..K,re h;; sweetest c,der uakes the sourest Tine, connected jvith arvard' University The winds that will be hOwlinVatkll hours, i &ar- The gravest themfcs if, human.contem- Among them was the famous Agassiz, always i0 j j 1 .1 . . . .. ' 1 . 1 . . . .. . 1.1 -ttnu are up-gaiiierea now nice sleeping Bowers; ptauon ne studies only with a vew jto Buggest- Tt nZ!'a 4 ngrn A? VQnu; - inS imaes and associations, and a re It moves jus not. Great God ! I'd rather be " i. . m-T A Pa!ran! suckled in a creed outworn ; aaA 3 Sy. death, wdl, Jn passlno So might; I, standing on this bleasa'nt lea' :., I A xhrohgh his mind, acquire the - motley livery of .. . - 1 . t z - 1 j - xxave sumnses mat would make me less lortorn: i a nariequin. - ; 1 , ! - H O .... - ' ir 1 I J die;"' yet he had never anticipated the possibility of her suffering the terrible death, by which she waf about to verify th truth of hia prediction. She tpoke of the trans! ory nature of human felicity, and the vanity of earthly greatness, whereof he was destined to serve j as an ex- Ample; having been Queen of the realms of France and Scotl.ind, ihe one by binh, the othe by marriage ; and after being at thesum- The diffnified composure . and melancholy - .! fl v " : . A " ftweetnesH of her countenance, J which the in- , -bi v - l !t , , . .1- , 1 lellectualAeauty of reflective middle a:e .had C- r " , V , ; , ; r superseded the charms that in youth had been I , ' , , , ' . ' . ,. celebrated by all the poets of France and Scot- fv . , ,. I ,. . . . - , ,''"' . . '. . ot her weening ladies, kusing, embracing, and land, her majestic and intrepid demeanor, made ... . , . , .. . . ,! , . ' . - i blessing them, by signing them with' the cross. which benediction they received on their knees. a profound impression upon every one present when Mary Stuart and her sorrowful followers entered the hall of death. She surveyed the sable scaffold, the block, the axe, he execu . I . . 2 , . . 1 . I . ihitofall worldly honors, had to submit herself llr'ana "laiors unaauntea.y as sue ad- "'I heir ffraves are irreen.thev mavbe seen." U u i;n.u .f -i.U;wii ...,i, s. anted to the foot of the ' scaffold. ' Then Uhe tl.i:..I. f ' . i IT. T -' o iiiuiiiiio .u .in replied, , ; Twelve steps or more from triy mother's ! vnu mey are siue. oy side. ; dior, cent, which was her greatest consolation the P'lu,sed, fjr she required assistance, andifeir I.I . ..- - l . I ..1.. 1 1 Jl .l- L .l j , 1 i My stockings there I often knit, My kefvhiet' lltere fchepi ; j And there upon Uie ground I sit 1 ait and sing to them. j And often after sunset, Sir, i f When it is light and lair, , 1 Uko my little porringer, j . ,. And eat my supper thrre. ' ! ' ' ' ' il 1 Hiie first that died was littl Jane r 1-bed khe uioauiiig lay, ' ' Till God releonod her pnin ; And iheu she went away. So in the church-yard the was laid ; And, hu n the rns wti dry, i Together round hi-f grave we played, ily brother Johu and i. i ' crime alleged against her; being only a flimsy pretext for her destruction. p At the foot of the btairs which, I on account of her lameness, she descended slowly and witl great difficulty, supiorteJ on each side by two Of Paulet a officers, who held her up under her arms ohe was met by Andrew Melville, who was now permitted to join her. II threw him elf on his knet-s hi fore her, wringing his hands fin an uncontrollable aony of srfieY the viol- qiiceH-f which almost shook the m . jestic calin- AmVas Paulet tendered her his hand, to aid her in ascending the two steep steps by which it was approached. M iry accepted the proffered ittenlion of her persecuting .jailor with the queenly courtesy that was natural to her. . " I thank you, sir," said she,' when he had helped her to mount the fatal stair ; this is the hist trouble I shall ever give you." j, . , Ilavinff calm'v Rented herself in the chair that had been provided for her, with the wo' earls sUinding on either side, and the executioner in iiess she had hitherto Drescrvcd. " Woe is . fronli holding the axe, with the edge towards me, cried he, weeping bitterly,! that ever it her..;!-; Beale sprang upon the scaff ld with un- ab -old be ray hard hap to carry back Mich feeling- al 'crity, and read the deaih-warrant in heavy tiding to Scotland as that my good and gracious Queen and mistress has been belie.id- Wcep not,, Melville, my cd in Kn''laod. - ua W IIVI y j Aal I V) III J good and flhful Hcrvant,' she replied, "tlioM And when the ground was white with snow, I shouHst rather rejoice that thou hh;.lt now tee Au4 I could run a .d slide. j . My brother John was lorced to go, I Ani he lies by her side." -j J ;"' " IIow many-rrejou, then." said I, If they two aren Heaven?'' The liitle Maiden Shdeply, A . U M utter 1 we are seVeu." ". Dut tiiey are dend, rhose two are dead! Their Kpiriis are in ilea en t" ': 'Twas throwing words away: for Still J he lute AJaiU woulU have her will, And mud, "Nay, we are seven p The Execution of Mary Stuait. From the seventh volume of the " Lives of the Queens ol acotUud, by Agnes Strickland." I." the end of the long troubles of ; Mary Stuart; know, Melville, that this1 worid in .but vanity and full of sot rows. I am Catholk. thou Pro- a loud voice. , She listened to it with a serene and even smiling countenance ; but, as before, bowed her head and crossed 'herself when it was Concluded, in token of her submission! to the will of God. "Now, madam," s:id ilhe E ir! of Shrewsbury. " you see what you have tddo." She answered briefly and emDh'aticaliv " Do your duty.". Then she asked for : her . 1 testant ; but ui there isbut one Ciirisf, I charge 'almoner that she niigty pray with him ; but this thee in His name- to bear witness that I die being denied. Dr. Fletcher, the dt-nri of Peter- I firm to my religion, a true Scotchwoman, and bo,.0ro',' standing "directly before her without true to France. Commend me to my dearest the; rails, and bending his body very low, bc- and hiot sweet son. Tell him I have done gan to address her..' Mr. Dean, .trouble not nothing to prejudice him in his? realm, nor to yourself nor me, " said the Queen, "for know oisparnge his dignity : und that ujthough 1 could """ 4 'n secjiea in Her npper garmepts being removed, she rcr rqained in her jeUicoat of crimson velvet and camisole, which laced behind, and covered her arms with a p;dr Of crimson Velvet sleeves. Jane Kennedy now jdrew from her . pocket the gold-bordered handkerchief 11 .ry had given her to bind her eyes. . .NViihiu this she, placed a 'Corpus Chr'tsti cloth," probably the same in which the consecrated water sent to her by the rope had been . enveloped. . Janj -. folded it cornerwise, kissed it, and with trcnbling hands prepared, to execute; this last office ; but she and her companion ;burst into a fresh paroxysm of hymeneal robbing and crying, iM.iry placed her. finger on her lips reproving ly. " ilush, " said t.he, I have promised for yu 5 weep not, but! pray for rae." NVijen they had. pinned the handkerchief over the.. face of their beloved mistress theywere compelled to withd raw from the Bcaffold ; and ' she was left alone to close lip the tragedy of life by herself, which Bhe did withj her .wonted courage and devotion." -Kneeling on the cushion,; she . re pealed in her usually clear, firm voice ' In te fynipeXitfi"hf thec,.j liOrd have I hoped; let me never be put to confusion. Be ing tlleu 'guided, by jthe executioners to finid the.! block, Bhe bowed her . head upon it intrepidly, 1 exclainiiinrr tut she irliil an ta ni ,intothy hands, 0 Lord; I commend my spirit. ' The Earl of Shrewsbury raised his baton, jn performance of hi.$ duty as earl marshaWo cive iiave sight of Proteus risinff ifrom. the sea : Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. u ; 1 x;4,::j'r;,T.vr,::- Milton 1 thou should'st be. living! at this hour: bnglandjhath need of thee : she is a fen!; Of stagnant waters : "altar, 'sword, and nen. Fireside,! the heroic wealth oif ha'H and bower nave lorteitea their ancient English dower 1 - Of inward happiness. : We are selfi-h men Ou I raise us up return to.uS again; . . j And give1 us manners, virtui freedom, nower.' Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart: - it iuou jiaust a voice wnose souna was lite the " seai , .. ;- ; I .1 ;. S , ; , Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, 00 aiast inou travel On Hie a jcpnjmon way, In cheerful ggdliness ; and yet toy heart There are certain moctla of mini:ii which a intent on scientific research; and there, were the. professors of botany, add geology, . and chem'- istry, with Professor Felton,r the wellTinbwn! Grecian, and Hf. Holmes, lh witly poet, jand 'Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,' ; was of the j" j vuv-u waa m uutucruus ti 10 retjmr a jest is as nauseous as 4 pill : but your eold- SPQC1&1 conveyance, tor lueir transportation front. blooded, hardened wit would crack a joke bv VonwaJ t0 the tr,awf?rd .nou. Thm cohvey-' the bed-side of a dying friend, wouid greet the anc vras largoountry wngon' drawn By a: sunrise from the. peak! of iMent Blanc with 'kl ?m C- -f Mountain horses, and dri- pun, and tkkle your ,ribs ;at the foot 'of the 07 - raj ?n ot.thQ ran"e Mat. l-'el- cataract of Niagara. Nuy, even in the hour of Ioa 8" OU ,De Iro?ltseat. the driver," and The lowliest duties on hersel Fdid Than hi'sl who breathes, by niof, and floor, and waili V -j . ' - ' "j ;,- ,y Pent in, a Tyrant's solitary Thrall : - 'Tis his who.walks about in he dpen air, V ''I I One of.a (Nation who, henceforthlmust wear Their fetters in their Souls. ; iFo who could be, Who, even the best, in such condition, tree From; self-reproach, reproach which he must ! . share .. . :- : . " 'j. I ;. -v - ;: With Unman nature? Never be it onrs w To see the sun how hfisrhtlv afwihVssbinp.'.' ! ! Arid know that manly Feelings manlT Powers lay. the rest, .of thecompaBy, stowed themaehes1 away iu the body of the wagon as ,ttey. most, conveniently could, and.so thet distiguisued; party jogged cosily along tbe road to the Zsotchi The day was one of the .finest of . the scason'i last breath is a jest, faii last asoiration a wUli aamirauiy. aaapted Jor such an. excRoriv - ' v t 1 .1 r. 1 - - t i' utiu. everv one. aiLr nia stppi irr can m on ts his own dissolutionthei vis vomica i still tri umphant ; and, like thai dying rnu who, when asked by the priest thatj had come to give him extreme unction, ,4' W here are your feet?" an swered, "At ihe ends ofYny tegs, lo be r,nhfa take the keenest delight in its incidents. X Oc-i t casional'y, the geologist would fpy out some' curious conformation or remarkable ; Epecimeir of rck, and would insist en the drivers stoptf- ing to allpw him to alight and investigate - it. to DrovokpTlAiiuhtpr . .... 1 -! .. "... it. . .1 . I- -1 :.' "t 1 Now,'we are not oncj of those who would frown at a jest always and look j acowlingly upon every indication tof mirth. .W are no hater of such del icacies rwhen indulged in spar SlIITlr Q n tf.o..n.t itn.,.rl... 4 1 T. L : l' I UJUt" uul ' onia inougnuul man s line .v.- xa j- t-: ... as on a gravestone or. m a ledger. Without a. .l . r ; r. ; it , f T 1 , , liOU upon the natnb and peculiarities of his disco-' sprinkling or two of funi nonsense and frivoliiv 1 '-.'' , . ' . r , . . . ; f , ' ir,'"p very and it more than once occurred that the pray, what would beeorne of us all in these davs -.-x.ti. . - j ; . . .-' -... . . T, : V impatient Jeho was obligwLto remind the deer ot suicide, war, shipwretks, tight monev mar- i u u 1 I.' .1. . j - ' k i ( y it ' . . tX y pi) absorbed party that the day .was wasUng kets, failures and bank explosions?, Say what ua tll' thw ua -v.rlj t f Instead qf gathering strength mustroop and J9 will of this' .oleinrf world "and such, alasl But sc.rcelV had they resumed their ..seat-in imie. .- - r y . i , i il too. oiten is. a iillir ai rn .shi.rnt imlu k,. f . .... And earth with an her nWsaU frniu fl. J mJv vX' ttU-.ci-. 7 T ,Uie wagou, before the unist struck with i , i ... Ti -r r-. , w " i ... . vuv uuicianri tut;. L4J lieilJ US lu ul- I .1. -i- e r i. - . . . - - . .t-a - .f ". v. i .. . ! I . i ; 1 r "J l ul the annarition of n.n nnfnnrihar 1vL-iiit Anr ers Fade, and participate, in Man's? decliueV : t . i'r-'-. .. . . From the Nortli-western (Ami)Quarterly, 1 ;U.,. Tn,A'. f im-:.v - vh. f I He or the. vanUas vamialunC will jntermirtirle 1 .X . ir - ' ' "j I-: , ... : i - -. , ; H I wuh t possess himself were a tnevous- deprjf' , ; grateiully with the sterner alarums of existence. ,;,; u;-' ,f 'a u :.' ... . J . .if.' " -- '. . .-1" .y u.wovii, skuu . . ujm;li mil. iucuata It his hvpn viskIt a H't ii nnr itp.. f,.t,:.. t - . . - -t K- ' - r ' -- 'J . wu giaid iav,UilieS I Ula l I . -' - - . ' I m lsli be were of iuy religion, yet, if he will livi in the fear of Cod, according to that in which he has been nurtured, I doubt not he shall do well. ; Tell him, from' my example never to rely too tnucn on human aid, but to seek ttiat which is from above. If he follow my.ndvice, the ; ancient Catholic and Rwnan , faifK, . in defence whereof, by God's grace! T mind to spend my blood." "Madam, j" replied the dean, a change your opinion, and repent you of your former wickedness.' " Good Mr. Dean, " rejoined she " trouble not yoursef ! any .more about this matter. I was born in perlormance of ln.4 duty as earl marshaWo give the signal for the coup-de-grace, but he averted his head, at the sarile time, and covered his face wi h his hand to conceal his agitation Vand streaming liars.-A momentary pause ensued, for the executioner assistant perveived that the Queen, grasping the block firmly with both hands, was resting' her chin upon them', and that tfk fil'.Tlr'O t It n M w MntV. ....... The present. has often.been p'ronounced the anqthoughts are much chastened and bettered U.itIV Vlff 1 "j.-- ''aJX-.. " age of mechanical di.covery-fof great economi- -V a "ding and inter lusion of tl.e lighter other" consultation of the .apaV'auher scien- cal and political vapplincesJ-th4 age of steam, lat BaUe cloud-; may -'turn forth her tific disquisition and, of courje - another pro-' of free trade, of -reform but a more appropri ft?MhiV our lighter' iracted de, . b( Which Ut .the honest drrver ate tit!e.Ueen1svto a,v woild be . the ge of thoMgt,t3 require the graver to substantiate fnerulexed in "the ektreme to know What1 .If mirth or comicality, fe- Certain we are that Vem a"? keeP them fifam evaporating. .Tler thLeAen ,.B'i' joking' i, carried to a height Which tU,never H"" w,ne ither couki be no tU. ftVPP W,u .. l' rhied kt ?ry former epocbiTi.e Hteratore of j f ? ;tme',?,,d V M te,i Uao) Ws .louder and mar4 intene in hVeconT.;' u.e oayTinsieaa oi ucing mereiynnvenea .witu V . " "--.b r " ci none piamt8 they occurred, the longer! ' firvtitif not cm-ii.tltnfrc fnf l,K . I' from the mUSIC Of lite. If now ml Itisnin llm I , ' , . ' ' " - '. -' - ' - "7 . . . . ...tt....a v . lui. rnnu a l ; . . v - - - ... and delicate . humor, which does not spring from words alone, , but has) intense meanings underneath the grotesque ttcjundsMs consecra ted t Laughter holding. botftj his sides," to Moinus and broad grins.-- Jokirjg ha.x,- in fact, become trade. Tlie.cap aid bells which once, like greatness, were f thrusi upon 7. a man, be- causo he. had a genius for ie-'tipe. are now as- they must have Ucen cut off or mangled if he had not removed them, which ha Aid'ttiv'Araw. At six o'clock on the f.tat morning of , the he Kh:ill have' the blessing of God In Heaven, this -religion, and am resolved die in tliia, re- ing down anj holdjn them i-htly in hi li of February, Mary Stuart told her ladies 1 now give him mine on earth." ! She raised ligon." The earls, perceiving her resolution Jwfr 'hiJewnoiinion struck her with axe a cruel but ineffectual bTowl Agita:ed alike bythe courage of the royal victim and the sobs and groans of the sympathizing spectators, he missed bis aim and inflicted a deep wound on the side of the skull. She neither. screamed her hand ns he concluded, and made the sign was not to be shaken, said, " Madame, will you of the cross, to bless him in his absepce, and Pray for jour Grace with Mr. Dean, j. hat ; you her eyes ovcrtlowetLwith tears. i I may have your mind lightened with the true ! "May God." .continued 'she,' "forgive them knowledged of God and " his word? " "My that have thirsfed for my bloof as the heart lorl-, " replied the Queen,"'' if you will pray doth for the brooks of water , 0 God, who art '.H1 me I w" Vn froiumy heart thank you; nor starred, but heT sufferings j were loo . sadly th '.'he had but two hours to live, and bid them dress her as fur a festival." Very ni nute par ticuli rs of that last toilette hav been preserv ed, both by French a.id English historians, and a contemporary M3. in the Vatican contains a descriniion of it from the pen of an eye-witness . w.. .i . . i.t . .j ' l.i. . r . t.i i. .. . . . t..t l. ..... ...M. . : i. ' i '' vi uer ueiyu.. ii wiuero siaiuu umk sue wore " u tiuiu, nu mo iruiu iist-n, inou r";j""i.uJJ7.i"'u.'i., "c testified by the convulsion of herl features a'wklotf's dress of bhick. velvwt, but spangled knowest that I have always, wished the union not of the same religion wiili me, were a sin," when after the'third bTow the bu'tihework all over willi gold, ii black satin pourpoint and of England and Scotland." iOne of the coin The earls thetv bade the Dean " say on actbf aV'iccWplishe'j 'and the "se'veled liead airue, una unuer inese a peuicoai oi crimson mission ers, uouuuons ine pauess Jtari oi nenr, '"'6 11 piciiauic, 1'etvjft, with a body of the uame'tcolor, j and a I hern interrupted her by reminding her "that reciting the beautiful while veil of the most delicate texture,1 of the the time was wearing apace." "farewell, " burial serviee from ou laanioii worn uy prince tse oi me nun est ran k, sue saiu, - gooa aieivnie. rareweii. fray potctuiv. wu.puaim.u-ui - uis.uwn( j perjs fexclaimed the Dean of Peterborough mrowa o'er uer con. anu aescenaing to tne lor my vueen ana misiress.' i ne passionate ?m"!s --iicr iu yuuuui niuryuiucaiiuu. .xuary i onc" solitary vou e alone responded " Amen l' "-- grounu; also, wnicn is noi menuoneu m any gnei oi ner launiui scrvaui prougni in tenuous i '" uegan loray wuh .aosoro- it was that of the Earl of Kent. mer account, inaisnw naa causea a camisole tears 10 ner eyes, on .oowea nerseti on nis $ - lcailu; ,ra' "om n,wu tears,;ahd groans of the wftnesses of tbe triicVedy f flu Kootnh nliiLl. rea. hin(J frnn i Im iKro it I neck and went i anrl. with likn Kpn.ihilinr bieviiirv and the psalter. ", utiitine cortions from I -:'- . - ' " . .: - . -. - r , i --. - - -.' - -.v; 5 " . i . 1' yea, even oi me very assistants in it pro- w me waii out unnouii raur, 10 oe pre- uer cwumn, .uy wane urey, nau Mssea ana f , ...i::bm Claimed the feeliiu'S with which it had been re" pi red i ne night before, inat wnen her upper emoracea i ec Ken nun on. me scanoiu, so aid I ? " mshc-u, uu uh&hj m, ingusn, ior ' garmenu should be removed, she might escape she voucnaic, as sovereign nugnt, without dis-1 w p;iruoii ner sins ana lorgive ner iocs ; Wi diitrea of appearing uncovered before eo paragement to regal dignity, or departure from fot Christ's ifBicted,chureh.;' for the peace and many people. ... , ., , , if feminine reserve, the like affectionate farewell I prosperity of England; and Scotland J for her 1 f in al Wlille her ladies were Kwistinc hpr to drc&a. to that true subicct who had shared her prison. 1 son, and for Queen Eliz .beth : not with tltelos- . . j-iiis ne uiu, not MV. ttrAmih vritU .,Vt A .t. office for the dying, r the of;t1o'r.Ponl ': Grul ar Dnocn raDh v r .Anglican .Church,;; but ' kJ he ecntimSbV fd lt'.l h& iiLl she, with the feminine delicacv of a nnllv and was following her to death. She who had modest woman, ea rnestly entreated them to experienced the . ingratitude of a Mony, a be watchfuover her in th- jMt terrible mo- Lethington, and a ; Mar could Well appreciate went, whenobserved she, "I hall be Inciip- the faithful We of Andrew Melville.' ; " v J able f lliinkiog of this poor body, or bestow ' Another' gentleman' -came ".to 'kiss Mary ing any care upon it. Oh, then, for the We of Stuart's hand, and bid her farewell on her way the. Uesxed Savioer, abandon me not while to;execution,' with lemonstratiohs . Of deep re nnder the bands of the executioner!" ThJ speet and tender sympathy;, together -witli ex promised, with streaming eye. to be near her pregston8ot regret ' and inrJijfalioii ihat ' her ' end to cuver ter body as ah fell, t . ;-; j , 'blood should be cruelly ahed while under, his t Then she entered her oratory alone, and kneel- roof.",. Thia was Sir AVilliam rfitz-Williai, of Jny before the miniature altsr, at which; ner Milton, who at that time held ' Folheringhny - aim Oncf1 dad been accustomed lo celebrate rrasf Castle on lease from the dro h.,' Qf a yery opened the gold and jewelled ciborium (n which difrerent spirit frpm Sir Atn'ya Paiilet, fine the Tope had sent her a consecrated wafer old Englinh gentleman had shown the. royal with dispensation to do what hiul never be- prisoneiCail 'tha 'kind j'attenUn. Sh'ji'ljowefl fore been permitted' to one of the lalty-i ad- Mary thanked him for his " gentle enlreatment rninUler the Eucharist to herself preparatory to .oi her while in his bouse, " end begged him", to ,r death, If denied the minislrntfon of a priest. I accept, and keep as a memorial of ber grateful It Is ImpoMibte for a Protestant biographer to I appreciation of his "coilrtesy, the -portrait of the. describe the feeliogt with which Mory Stuart I King, her eon, wbich,h'e woutd find hanging"" ai performed Ucr. lonely communion, ndcr.. clr-1 hes bed1 headrKvi9'4er, Uatmaining;. pos cu instances so strsoge to a member: of the session that she had not bequeathed,"' ' Roojait Catholic Church. ' No. mortal ' eye" "V The procerfion proceeded iii jhe -lollowing held her in that hour ) ' but the fallowing tatin brdeVFirst c&melh sheriff and hia'men; jiiexti prayer U well known to hatjf beetvextempoijia- Mary's ik'eepra, Sir Aroyas Prj'bjt r4 girjirui tehtation of a Pharisee, but the holy bene V ol ence;of a dying Ciiristian. At the conclusion of heir last" prayer he arosej and - holding ! hp, the crucifix, exclaitnedfAsUiynrras, 0 Christ i were: extended on the irosay even -so VeceiVe irte ;f?f Byron's First love. iivfa'!i uding to the' death, at Brighton, on the (Jth ultimoofMrsrMary Duff,a widow of Mr ikoouii uutnuuni, me vjiasgow- xieraia says "We believe this lady "whose" husband was a. brother Ot the l ite ijord Cockburn,' was Lord Byron's fii-st love. The noble " poetroenuorts(J in one pf his J letters1, that when a Mittle boy, into Ihe arms of Thy mercyV and "blot out iill J residiugwith his. mother in Aberdeen, he " and my sins with Thvmost 'precious lood." nMarv DufF used to : walkC toffefher' rider" the "Iad.im, " interrupted the Eai of Kentj it j charge of their. femalle" attendants,' and thatth were better for s yqu ito ? esehew- such a Popish j feeling he then cherio-hedtowardf her was" the trumpery, and bear Him in your heart.'' .'' Can I first dawn of that passion which, ia ' more msf tjon the .sufFerings-of my Crucified Redeetner famous 'Mary,' Miss Cbawprthi to vwhorn- he ad in ray liand'Without bearing him at the -same dresses -that im paisioned ypoeiB' the Dreain, time, in my" heart?' ;. . "yX.-VA diedraore-than twenty years smcej Nr -woi- iThetwo exeentioners,' seeing . her preparing der Byronj-ift another poeroj,wrkes,"I !have a to make' herself read jr lor the block, kneU.be- passion fotlhe name vof Maty n f- h lure her ana prayea neiyiDrgiveness. p ; i iorgive .jfij,' "- - r - you all and all the" world wiifr 'all my .-hejjt, ? liqj'flilehStutvtfiferi she'replied,;,' for I hope this death vviiVgive 'an which ievidenily w deficient in the feeling' eefta-. end to alfmy'trpubJesT!' They ofiej- tplafisist monly known as -loya,ty,.aihorig jthe - J2n worlds orchestra. tie are heard over those of the deeij-toned has son iiut althou2h taste of those wh gU we ,u I --: ,....-s sumed , With cold-blooded ealcllation. : Wit; and thoagh we may dieen Laughter holding' that pplt ndid . zigzag of the jniAi which defies both his sides" si iufiniteljr preferable to.1 f accuiatej analysis, though it electrifies all that V - " ;v :. , , I '.'.I ''.- '- .1 -. - - . )... ).... ... - .(.;'' 1 ;loathei melancholy.-. ; .i-v 1 i lt ioucnes, i manuiactuid,!tikeffi5heffield hard- j . 8 ; . -If. at , a fixed. tariff. . From the Tiivman I i I v i VComie Histories of Rome", and "Eng'and ' V1. ODe..lonS p4a;,y "d laogh down toithe'nsed -:.ud"! Joestii-ks rf , bnuw. ter" 1 t ' ' "' T ,'"': 1 ' '"' '-"ti lite, If now and;then,-i the th listedi 'atfd'the'ne'arer the party arproaZ the otes of thepenny-wtis- ched tbe en1 0hke.journey., I a the height of i me aeetonea.haa- kU impatlence, the depth of "his desptir, and may not;approveniie the extre cf fchT rplexit, he j turned; to his companion on the box-r-for Professor ,Felv ton, 1 should remark, had taken no part in tha' scientific researches of his brethren, but had contented himself mean while withtne quiet perusal of some favorite' Greek . poet,: or with silently admiring the majestice scenery by which he was surrounded-What On'arth'a the -matter with them men. squire ? sinewhatf petufah-" . Of Cerberusiahd blikest miduijriit bor." I tly demanded the bothered ' Jehu. 'What are "In arioso trills and graces j :' Never strav. - i , But gravissimo kolemn basses - xiutn away ; ware i . i r . I a , i?r:L i a ...: . .. -- - y ' ni i in-t.. -! .tiS. . . 1 . i vei. sure v. ine was- not inrnaea rr ho n nor jx ietMU!, who wnie -omic jmcKSiones ani r ' : " ...... ! -r -.r-. v r.i"-' v.. ::i:..-' t s r i . --! -- f, - m . . m uui cicu uure iuci muie Bi.ijss loose B nnA who ejiit' Picayunes and Y the writers of the times are ankee. Notions, all Miss Landon never in k daily or.heb- when, -intone o or a lug dandelion, or tMstle, m the road f . ' TVho f ij air they, anyhow sjuire?r he excfaimd', H arf heVreHlFrar hf" uttered a truprsentime domada agony to y witty thinbs.. That, un- errara," she said, Too much ove of the ri . rprtr.--- -f1? . t J J :Jl P 4 1 i..'Ui 1. .. In .t-i1 v , . . ' i 'they are naturalists A few dars-after lh . -tifr.uijiii. inai, is nigri ano l- . - - - -. - - ' - ' der. uchcircumsk.pces, vthe lreariestr tcah TT v? should be put. forth for humor, ( to b expect "0D,e ,n 'ou!:n ed but tls is the :sinatlest fevil that flows Irom 1 " ? "?rfv" ' the effok to' be facetious jitwiid Minerva ul fixed timvs, with "malice . pretehse, !; and at eats away ; e in youth.? r Ialje a canker,; it tmest qualities 'of their raturti and there e sactifices made to it.. . '! Juv is no limit to the' io e.r.ro.s! s8 J Bulejgh,;.Quen ".Eliza; much per sheet. A : reaiee mischief is, that in counsellor, s prone to quib aiid gird, as theustate. f t JnteUectuaL jbankruptcy . which Jh?y.sw..u,d iheT their friend, thto their speedilv' eni-ues. tbe Petrouii of our newsninr jest. -And if j perciance their boiling brain . . : i . ; . . r .- r T v rr : -i J L j- j ... I. " . " .. v . I livpfprl n.A n. iinnuini with 'fi.VA' ' 'vl.J.. Li 11. uie spurious ana mistake sianff lor. wit. uu-I . . - - i uimoiv i A - ; ; 4 .- ; - y . 1 r: - t!... .1 . .1 t ' I lams. As thev mltlprl -nlr.n it tlia nl.nt. l. . .. , J . . , ". C. JIWiUIKV the sam leam . 's eogaged for this, idrrtrCa trip by a party.of Bostouians. .None, of tnef. ' i were particularly ( scientific in their, tastes , or habits, and they, did not - ia any jgreat degree f share 111 the, fondness for.eolqgical of btani' cal research which characterize: the eminent gentlemen, who had . gone before ,lhem, and soon ceasto discriminate betwlen tbl ri and the? ' ,-e, were expecting soon to meet among the niouu-. able to wield the weajori of Aristophanes and 1 ",cles- aS ,h? ?0.u lt " h Woracc, ot fahakspeare ai.d Mohere, they in dulge iiij low buffoonery, an tjhius, much of our newspaper Jiieratui e.. 4vibfatei bet ween the The richest, irareatmost ixouisite humor, is tn!? ne onl-. tben P- more nearly connec ed with a tear ihan wlib anTer WB0 wa3 delightedly ruminaUng on the- orda'd'irfri. Besidea," it sbo14-b'WcoUected ewilR le,weea .tw present orderly company j by nhe; professed Joker," that though a'keen n$ .tra.Sefn?!lm5i ? hd W witticism "hath an fcar-klesinff smack." aiiiSrh p . .ea :'-ia lwo h Mwd deal of j - . . I . I I . .. v. - ;i . . .'' jBba . . - - bull-mouthed savagery nf the Southwest.''. 4 wu.l,c,b,n "ain; an tar-Kwing smack,- ailAn.b , - T-T--., . X." - "T. 1 r'ButepupoUdispea! W ono.onf of lifeVyet 8U4nr?-t " tnejo ofiVtribrMig Stio..o rePly.-f .op b,ve aW a, much a. j . pervades t circlesnd espeyhe uth' pek, nd lhjPSt Ut is anted Ices h.rf TP" ? ful ciiclesf socieiK VlUsloexas "'f ?B? ?? ? wa?T ! tosay thkt onemay Uvv pa, whokevenihi ould. as.charry;of it sfhU un- r..in" 6e fol n4 eaest-n nol let looaelhUigged-fox in fe i 'wibuiau iiiui u aa am iuiii w-1 a a in i iv s hern removing: her mahtlej. but she drew back, aiid requested them not to toueh her, observing with a smile", 4TvSot henvaerastonle!d lo be served by such pgea.of.hfjmjf nor Jdt rjibe before so numetoos a corapatty."? Then beckoning tlo Jane -Kennedy, aad' Elizabetu glish profanely, ha .'aut at "Her Most -Gra-, ioiki ! JSiajesty"; Queen yietoriaw' It -appear jthat accpanied by' er hrJsband"4Bd sme of her.childi;e Wedion the? way a;: .ScoUafldr?;.'vf Uh the exi pressad purpose 'of opening a maiific.el ad wanton wiWV-trom tea-tUnc to midi-irht. I wow Weat himseli; pot they, the object otoeVallj;; occasions ih ? inextinguishable Jaughteiv. CrJ ihasite flspirit wlio",piU:hes .helkey of thecort' X.,-'iiJ'' ' ' y-,-''' t',.; 3fersaii6n-j3 s(.tne smart joung, -man who-has Another PriBcess, aftee the, fashion ; set-bv t i. :..tr .1 ; i 1 t.t .'"....-.. . - . . . . . -, . . . . P. WfV'MVWf a-,3f tw fnncessllelgioiosouj set la fthe rankrof by , natureantt has a.turn for, lye funny.? pf j the journalist iM 'Qakette Ue' Taris prints ieiier trom. Jeranger all about .Madame Bon' all the groveVjne and disagreeable anhnala that fnfebt (society, and jnuke it (hvSahajra ihat 75 Bomeiunesis we kbow ot none more ani.ovtnff to every person of sensev that efmes w,tthin-ear shotTof hir th youth -fWh Such1 i conceit. WIfeVoB:f4hA8 ierigeft fntri Mrfiar; ftrevolu tibnize tlie w1irte?manHem4nith mstead of trylh " 6 Cultivate ift h& 'totf4U brainstiy pi udy, he ske np1 for a Wciodd Ood"' and cf uci - fies tlleniuriceasingly o'nlaintiiin his reputa- tioa ai tf buffoh. ! - Fancying tia t iheafd do- Why', 1 thought IWould'nVvrtt-'V'tC' Craw. ford'i-Every teamaud jump "out 'and pick-up a' stone, br" PiiH ap a weed, the oue of m; would preach- i a lonV sermon, and whe'n he'd done,"ai the real ' '1 .jr. -. .--:; .r-. .f . woum enauer over u; ana it was e n a mosB as much as I conld So to git Vtnlntdlhe'wagda agin'j and as frwasptl'was, 3aylight-down be- ! iore we goi ler. rawiora s.; 'iJal who -were parte' (Wise'a) daughter; the Priucess de Sob toes,- who how dfta 'rt Aix en' Sa Voye a weekly; papVrcaTiedrjbteW'i1c7: StTe'appears''!to bay; te'eq ayonleof pbntubrlanSandMao ame RicamierBeranger describe her asathis bgM.maftieFee.for msn.nalsy nd deiigt W?.i?.WeJb wit. The lifterest hi tnlcM lit kor t ' " v i"1 t .. t ' i ' f . - . - - j - w - mvi t.- uu BKiw iHniLiiu-1111 h r 11 1 1 i tt 1 i)iii nrtwr wit 3 1. . - t eountf.her' grandfatBeriTEuciehABonaparte, 1 ment increased when the tale was'told to the whr4 wainipeisrliest artron ini rcTaor Jactual heroes ol it; that night; "aC'CrawroVdV people? jnqian'ed the- whole conopany xt iisterfj. ' ers, iri a breatlit 'JJi'diit yoii find but? --'Waly " not .exacfelyfT axed 'their ieVpewho they ' werJ' and he told nie- they'w'er XJiiauratiV- gomVlaugKing "abquf this time,'1 as 1 i ou 'maV
The Leisure Hour (Oxford, N.C.)
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