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EAFO . TH, FRIDAY, JANUARY '8 1869.
POST UP THE BOOS,;.
'Post up the books ! the fallen year,
' Now veils th_e faded and, the se r,
And Wintei(OVer floodji and fiel •-
Does high and stern dominion ield,
}Tie changing round the ceaseless sun,
Tliroughall the hosts of heaven has run;
A vast account is here to note,
Yet all is strictly -posted up.
For time :his balance has been set.
And nature has assumed her debt,
By famine, pestilence and sword,
And.eft has sum /ironed alt a'woid. •',
By varying decay: sickniss and
-What thousands havebeen swept away
But can the in. Use( or dare recount,
What has, or was:not, eachauiount?
Plain truth it is, the coming year
' May find, but will not leave us here
;
- And after death shall it be said I
That We have .a false reckoning made?
Or shall we.then, as thoulands will,
Find our last hopes, a bogus bill ? _
For late 'twill be to make:exchan e
g,
Nor will a creditor arrange.
A d ye who up this steep ascent,
0f' Life t6 toil and trial :bent,
Ars on ye)push of this made sure,
That your investments are secure
Since earth and earthly things are frail;
Take stock whose bbnds can never fu1,
Nor panic reach, . fire, or deca
Y, t
IVror death the interest fade awa 'Y.
And ye.who past meridian 'rime
Are posting downward life' decline,
Success or failure Y u . though - lot
. g . •
In time it soon will matter ot;
As now you tremble on the br'lxik,
Of the vast future calmly th_rk,
The past review e'en as you Isup,
And duly all accounts post
THE.
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THE
sembled one evening,
:.1
l.le month of June, 1815,
in the remote western SUbut
-don.: 'Theoe0-s-of handsom
dressed' w onieu—a large re
ing men abort town—t
of chandeliers blazing,
overhead—the charm;
dancing _ together : wit
-citeu ent then perva d
e, 'owing to our succ
n' e1 tai campaigns, - whicll-
Englja]rd with a.lniost daily
tions€ of victory --all tLes
stances _ I. sat combined o
-i ] ?.:. S p1 Y cl, rll—zn fit—run
spar G µ ry party. In. .4i ct ng- r i
Good some water GCod !—How had acq
.' ost turned up..ide down € strange !— Tliat :a piereine- shriek 1" culars
1 feting I►1 rs'
rty I have just
ecstacy at the
hole was going
alta house
las of Lgri
and welt
ince of .the
e=d.l'
•cast her. mind with gloomy anxieties
and apprehension's. It was, indeed,
owing solely to the affectionate impor-
tunities of her relatives, that see was
prevailed on to be seen in society at
all. Had her ow,n• inclinationseen
consulted, she would have
. , ave sought oli-
tude, where she might, with weeping_
andtrembling, commend her hopes to•
the hands of Him ' who seeth in secret,'
and ' in whose hands ale the issues ' of
battle: As, however, Miss —'s rich
contralto voice, and skilful powers of
accompaniment, were much talked of,
the company would listen to no 'excuses`
%or apologies ; so the poor girl was ab-
solutely boned into sitting clown to the
piano, when she ran over a fey/ melan-
choly chordswith an air of reluctance
and displacency. , Her sympathies were
soon excited by the finetones-the tu-
multuous melody --of Cie keys she
touched:; andshe presently struck into
the soft and soothing sympony of. "The
•Backs of Allan Water.". The breath-
less less silence of the - bystanders—for
early all the company had 'thronged
at length'by .broken her
voice, -stealing ." like faint blue gush-
ing streams " on the delighted ears of
g
her auditors, as she commenced singing
that equisite little ballad with
molt touching_ h the
pathos. and simplicity.
She,had just commenced the verse,
For his bride, a soldier sought -her,
• And winning tongue had he !
when, to the _surprise cf • everybody
around her, she suddenly ceased play-
ing
and singing, without removinhr
bands from the instrument, and. gazed
steadfastly forward with a vacant air,
while the color faded'froni her cheeks,
and left them pale as the lily. She -
continued thus for some moments, to
the alarm • 1
i1 and astonishment
of the Com-
parny--inotienles;,, and apparently` un-.
conscious of ,ai]y que ;s, presence. Her
elder sister, much agitated, stepped to-
wards* her, placed her hand on :her
Onntu.eia seernecl utterly confounded, and
;. - .afraid
circum- to interferewith her. Whispers were
seri l 'hear "She's 1 for
w
her. ' By the :use, however, : of strong
stimulants, we succeeded in at lenge.
restoring her to something like consci-
ousness'; but I think it vpuld have illness.
been better for, judging fromthe eventi . "Go
GEORGE Vii. ROSS, PROPRJETOI1
WHOLE NO. _57.
ous and awing
Scotland is call
circumstances
-something of what i
rd second sight -in tl
hick had occasioned h
n
e
o .
, n
. she
ills
b rl iured, .wr
neva• to have awoken again from for closed eyes, while I was ;sitting 'a
getfulness. She opened her eyes undue !
a
the influence of the searching stimulants
we applied, and stared vacantly for an
instant on those standing round her,
bedside, Her countenance of an'ashy':
hue, was "damp with a clammy prespi
ration, and she lay perfectly motionless,,,
except when, her frame undulated with
long deep -drawn sighs.
" Oh,' wretched, wretched; wretched 1 this—
gazing in silell
in glory. I shall
—I shall 1 Ho
I recollect," she
interval, "it wa
e on her ; '1i gone—a-- -
eethe youlg conquer
he will love inc ! A.
continued after a Ix
The Banks of ,A11.
Watjer' those cruel people made r
sing :and niy h : art breaking the whit
shat was the v ase 1': was sin i] g whi
1 sa,vv "—she shuddered-- h ! it w:
girl ! she murmured at length, Why For his bride, a
i
have I lived till now ? Why did you And a winni
not suffer` me to expire ? He. called 1 -n the Banks., of
me to 'join—I was going—and —andyou will _ t
g g But the summer
note let me—but I MUST go yes, yes ! And the sold'
" Anne -dearest !—why do you talk ° Oh
so 2 •Charles is not. gone—he will ie- no, no, neve ;arles--my_ pe-
soi murdered Charle- never 1" she 'row.
turn soon -he will indeed, sobbed her;, ed , and spoke,, a o
sister. p more that uigl .
1 She continued u'terly deaf to all th
"Oh, never, never € You could not ? \vas said •
see what I saw, Jane" --she gl]u n the vay of sympathy ;,
ddered
-` Oh; it was frightful 1 .,, " `e11102]$tl'auce ; a a d it her lips mom
g How they M all, it was only to utter faintly son
tumbled about , the heaps of the dead ! - '
-how they stri ped--- h ,
v pl hor-
ror
" My de Miss , you are dream -
one so gay as:
•oldier Sought her,
tongue
he !
ef
—false t. e had he--
Water
s -
;ri had brought her,
was he— - -
such words as " Oh, let me—let n
leave in peace ',r" During the two ze)
Ways she continu Ld drooping is p idl-
The only elrcums , nce about her d',
]eanor particular) •; noticed, was, thl
er - hands for a rn )
nterpane, as thong
ze
piano --a sudalt
r
countenance—hf
gh She was startle
f some phantom c
1, "There, there .
lapsed into her
redited that, on the
ing--raving—indeed yoti are," said I
Bolding her band in mine. " Come,
come, you must not give way to such
gloomy, such nervous fancies.=you
.must not indeed. You are frightning
your friends to no purpose g
" What do you mean T' she replied,
.
looking me suddenlyfull.
in the lace.
« I tell you it is true ! Ah me ! Charles
is dead !—I know it-- .1 saw him ! Shot
right tkrougli the Heart ! They were
stripping him, when " , and heav-
ing
three or. four short convulsive sobs,
she again swooned. Mrs. -- , the
lady of the house (the suer -in-law of
Miss I 1
sand
vi
do
hi
ha
thin .v ill.
trbi.
amu
led.
Mlle puce moved h
Ment over the cou
he were playing t
flush over-spreed h
Eyes stared, as the
by the appearance
other, and she gasl
--'-after which she 1
mer state of stupor
Now, will it lie
fourth morning of Iiss 's. illness -
a .letter was' receive fro : Paris b
he.
famuily, with a blac : sepal, and fr:ankec, '
by the noble colone,` of he regiment ii
which Charles -- had served, 'corm•
mtlnicatin g the reel: ncholy intelligence
that the young' captain bad fallen wards the close of ] e bat }.; len to.
oo ; for, While m ' ie act of charms ,
at the head` cf ..his?corpse, a Flene l
cavalry officer shot 1 im with h' '
1s pi.str
right through the .he, '21 I , The'whop;
family, with- all t' ieir acquaintance
were unutterably ked at the new.
and almost petrified ith amazement rt
thestrange coir•oboraton of Miss ,
prediction. How to omm.unicate it 1.
the. poor sufferer w. s now a seriol
question ; or whethe to eoninnunica
it at all at present. he fan]ily, at laz .
considering that it wotelt; be unjusti ,
able in thein any lo ger- to withhol
the intelligence, int] uste • the paiufi
deity to me. I tlie]° fike•-a .p_aired 1
her bedside alone, the evening
the clay on which the letter lead be
received ; that eyeni r' tva the1
her- life ! I sat dour • in lily use
, as 1 t ]ienk I have mention-
ect}, could endure the distressing scene
earm;'der, ,endeavored gen sly to rouse i no longer, and was .carried out of the
lei,. • and Saicl / mem . , a.i n tin « a
,. ' .i]ii.ze, Annie ! what,.b r]a, the ari1 ,, of her hti [
is the matter I" 'Miss, made no .1 band. With great difficulty, we su -
answer ; but in a few moments after, ceeded is restoring Miss once c
without moving ._more
mol in
her
eyes, suciclenly, to consciousness ; but the frequency
burst into a piercing shriek- iek ! 'Conster- and duration of her `lela
cation seized all resent •ously
began segs-
t o, p I to alarm me. The spirit, being
"Sister—sister .--Dear .Anne, are brought so often to the brink mishit
azz zng , you ill ?'" again inquired `her trembling at last suddenly, flit off into b
like three € to eternity
sister, endeavotiiig to rouse her, but in ! wr 11otit any one's being aware of it.
of mt1St [vain. Miss did not seem either' 1,1 ' course, diel fall that
that tone 1 ! a(, my profession
to seeor hear her. Her eyes still gal.zed < all, knowledge and experience suggest -
ng society fixedly forward, till they seemed graiu-4 ed • after g suggest-
ng
Con allyto eY )Rn i and, expressing my- readiness
r cl, as it were, with' an ex-' to remain all night ht
maddened;a preaaion of(glassy'horror.' x.11 rc event of ' ru the house, in the
p SeniG !..any sudden alteration'in Miss"
for the horse, I took my depar-
ture, promising to call very early in
the morning. Before leaving, lfr.=
sainted me with all the Parti
• -above related and; as 1 rode
, the I kc.,, c. At length ' alias s, lips , 1 could not help feeling the live-
een] men- !moved. She began to mutter inaudi- I liest curiosity, mingled with the most
s y last
clat with ' bly ; but by and by those. immediately intense sympathy for the unfortunatest
off, and near her co lld distniguish elle words, sufferer, to see 1 teeth°er the cog, place r
beside lrn and her pulse,le-count
the buoyant ..niuzatzon "'1. here :--them they are—with t;lieii; ioborat- nan' e, beathiilg, cold extrennities, 1
•seexY)ed irnclnel to 'cc]]-: lantern. (.31i ! they ryarre looking lug
event would stamp the present as a getlr r with the taint tI1; .t she
r 3 g out of those extraordinary occurrences no nourishment whale c had take..
tO '
g . -«—r : —, ley cru Over the o ' 'r since she 11a .
quota•
the t eninC s { for the cle 1 ' Tl t 1
leap. i llew,--ne ;=that little'. summer
hill of slain -••---see, see !•—they are turn ins ever
casionly. "come o'er us like a
," astonishing and perplex
one. •
yoilr]b 'lady of some
1 L loiicl Mee] Bird . on her bed convinced' n
personal attractions,- most ainie Ile niaan`-
-nei•s, , _ t accon plisl ]rents---
partivu ' s £'1 --had. bee] i repea t
edly so it down to t ie piano,
for the , '-of .favoring 1]c coin
0
Pauly w ;r. Scottish a
Banks
4G. _rz Sj. •.i t. _ 7, ..
ti • r. Fol
Of ,i time, l o
: e steadfastly
e h' their yin] 4
, • s ort -elle plea
4 , uJ spirits: •' '
Sj`, 51 s e iclently-'a
f arp . deer )e
`Bath! y I cot reel
r{o the about heirs v h 1i : - to ba
:'- fort .borated th
sh
la She `cli,
'd I„wit'
ing them over one - lay one—There 1—; The n
and, with a long, - shuddering groan,
r, " The 1 she fell senseIees into the arms of' her
air of .agitation' and affright, on hearieg the
a long horror-struck- "sister. 1 Of . course, all
reeiSted were in confusion and' dismay—not a.
of lew 1 face, present- but was blanched With
ncholy, extraordinary w-ords she uttered. With
e corro- dee. delicacy and propriety- of 'feeling,
-ureed.. all those 'whose -carriages, had happened
..-ir eaaeement to lia,ve already arrived, instantly took
rather e
eti6s of the
young folks arou
1,11
yening. embarrassing or interfering with.
t of fact,_ it was well kr_owi by se-
js veral present, that Miss as en -
sed gaged to a young officer who La earn-
/ best' insular campaign, and to wh m she
was to be united on his radial f om the
Continent.: rt need not, there re, be
ors casualties to which soldi r's life
e-9?sed--e. specially a bold and brave
qg soldier, such as her intend d had
probability,' 'that he. might, alas I
m..
..of the fallen, suffic4d to
rimis
overa
nce
the
tly
ned of all, exeept those who were ini-
mediately engaged in rendering *their
services to the young lady ; a serValirt
was instantly despatched with a ho",
for me. On my I found her in
bed (still at the house where the party
was given, which .,.was that of the
young lady's sistqr-m-law).. She had
fallen into a succe0ion of svvoons ever
since sbehad been1 carried up from the
whereshe lay. S46 had n t. spoken a
syllable since uttering t e singular
words just related ; and 'her whole
frame was cold and rigid—in fact,. she
seemed to have recAive4 some stiange
shock, Which had altogether paralysed:
•
tetwas again athil1,11:11ilseesft----sahnel::::3 thsbteaettlesii3rdasee...
ceding evening—only feebler, and al-
most continually stupified. She seem.: then teld in my ha- ncl.
ed, as it were, stunned with some• se- she observed it ey
vere, but invisible stroke.. She said tied en the envie oroi
scarcely anything, but often utteted a the sight operated som
low, moaning, indistinct sound, and electille shock. ,She seer
whispered at intervals, " Yes---shdrtly, to apeak,
Charles, sbortly—to-morrow." There tb Heaven .1 had never
was no r4ising her by conversation , dertale. the duty which
she noticed no one, and would answeei posethipen me. 'I °per
no questions. I suggested the prOprie-1 and, Woking steadfastly
ty el canine, in additional medical as- as soothing tones as ray
sistance; in the evening, -mei two command—" My dear gi
brother physicians in c:onsultation at be alarmed, or I shall no
her beside4 We carde to the conclusion I -was going to tell you
that she *as sinking rapidly, that, un- bled, aead her sensibilitie
less some miracle intervened to restore denly rettored ; for Per e
hei.; energies, she would continiie witb exPresston of alarmed int
'us -but a, v4ry short time longer. After her mo_ved about li
my brotheir physicians hal left, I re-, persona:whe feels thee'
turned to the sick chamber, and sat by aeitatitai, and endeavors
Miss bedside for xnore than an ti7em. This letter has 1
hour. My. feelinga were rauah agitat- to -day teorn aris, I cant
ed at witnessing. her singular and af- from Colonel —, and
feeling sitUatione There -was such a
sweet and sorrowful expression about --that--41)at—that
ler pallid features,.deepening,. occamion- words. •.
that the poor'giri's suffiainge were so( ;
lengtii of -time, how to break the o
preeitve silence. Obs tying, howeve
ler 114ding oyes _fixed on me, I ,detc
tract ittem to the fatal letter wriiel
suddeely se
thing like a •
ed etrogglii
now wish(
Zid been in
i ,---
tell you wh;
Higenvp, at
e those' of.
brings -wee
elt sudden
ing out ti
ly, into such hopelessness 4 'heart- "Tivit' my Charles is.DTA.D—I kne
broken anguish;as no no one could con- "
template ewitheit deige emotion.
it. Dia not fell you p
.__,.infyerruyrtivk me,
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