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tlre Ladies.’ Literary
THE NEW YEAR;
Jidtlressed to my Sisters.
May every return of the year prove a blessing;
' May it find you contented and gaily serene :
The love of your t_'r_iends and your brothers pos-
A ' sesqging, [dreatn.
May your‘ journey through life be‘ a gay gilded
But think on the widows and orphans deserted,
And doomed in the wilds of affliction to roam ;
No kind hand extended, each eye is averted,
‘They sigh with regret for the pleasures of home;
Ob! think to what hardships and wants they're
cxpos’d, [lh0m_5a
j Their journey through life all surrounded Wllh
‘Whilst the fav’rites of fortune in plenty repos’d,
And the mild blushing rose every pathway a-
dorns.
And are they forsaken ? Ono l _for their father,
.t,V1,o rirjcsin the whirlwind, directcth the
storm,’
Protects them in need, does to himself gather,
‘ “Then the fair face of Nature chill Winters dc-
form. ’
Of strangers the shield, and of orphans the stay,
To the meek lowly widow prompt assistance he
sends, -
Supplies all her wants, turns night into day,
For the humble and lowly he ever befriends.
Then learn, my dear sisters, from what has been
written, . [rcpine,
Though your lot be severe you should never
By enduring su'umissive,‘will your woes be remit-
ten, ' _
.And,Heaven a happier fate will atisign.
Be cheerful and gay,may each object look bright,
' Afflict not yourselves then with care or with
sorrow,
For the face that is gloomy and clouded to-night,
May be gilded with smiles by the dawn of to-
morrow. _
But let not the pleasure oflifc so invite,
'1“ hat pain from the life that’s to come you would
borrow; A
b For the form that is healthy and blooming to-night,
‘ Maybe laid in the grave ere the eve of to-mor-
row.
From ./1ckcrma2m’.s- Re/iosifory
GE.0I’._GE THIBAUT.
George Thibaut had received froru nature one
of those weak characters susceptible alike of eve-
ry ‘impression, whether good or evil, which pas-
sively suffer themselves to be elevated to virtue,
or degtadetl to vice by circumstances ; and when
they have deservedly incurred reproach for their
error , think it a sufficient justification to allege
the correctness of their intention. A legible
hand-writing and plodding habits had recommen-
drd him to several ofthe inferior stations in a pub-
lic office ; but as his ablities were narrow, and he
h_ad no powerful patrons, his promotion was al-
ways uncertain. Reckoning upon the permanen-
cy of his situation, Thibaut had married an amia-
ble and sensible, but portionless young woman.-
Nevertheless, by a laudable economy he had hith-
erto kept above want ; his wife had presen_ted
him with two lovely children, who improved in
mind and person as they grew up, in spitc of all
obstacles,‘and she had just lain in ofa third, when
George received hisdismission-. The newdirect-
or of his department thought it necessary to sig-
nalize his appointment by a compliance with the
popular cry. ‘ Retrenchment’ ‘was the fashion ;
with one stroke of his pen he involved a hundred
deserving persons in misery and distress, and
internally feeling the injustice and cruelty of such
a measure, he announced it as irrevocable: an
excellent mode of getting rid of complaints and
expostulations.
Despair can neverbring reliefi George did not
stiffer himself to be discouraged ; he applied to
all whom‘ he thought his friends, and at length
found one in a large contractor for government
stores, who had amassed an immense fortune, and
wanted a secretary to copy his letters. l‘le requi-
red a person able to write his own language cor-
rectly, so as to be capable of supplying his place
in corresponding, when necessary, one who would
not object to remain in his office from eight in the
morning till nine in the evening; and he olferetl
to the person who possessed these qualifications
1_800 francs (75!) a year, with a promise of aug-
menting his salary if he found him deserving.-—-
George suited him entirely; and the contractor
having learned that he had been dismissedfand
was in distress, took advantage of his misfortune,
and obliged him to come a month upon trial with-
out remuneration.
"George’s new master had been many years in
the service of the Count de Leyrac, and was actu-
ally in hopes of succeeding to the post of valet de
chambre, when the revolution took place. His
master quilted Ifrance; Germain remained be-
hind. His industry left no path untried, and one
continued series of success crowned his exertions;
he ‘purchased furniture, took leases of the vacant
hotels, contracted for the demolition of the cha-
teaux of the nobility, and was soon considered as
one of the richest capitalists in Paris. To prove
: jhimself worthy of his good fortune, his extrava-
gance was boundless; his manners lost their for-
mer rusticity : fashionably rude to his old bene-
factors, he was supple and cringing to his present
ones : The women found his magnificent parties
delightful; the men agreed that he was really al-
most deserving of his wealth ; and by degrees, he
had become accustomed to that consideration
which riches invariably command. in whatever
way they may have been acquired. Germain,
whose assumed name I shall not mention for pri-
vate reasons, had attained the summit of prosper-
ity, when a trifling accident threatened to over-
throw the edificc he had reared with so much
toil and_pains.
Not contented with the immense profits be de-
rived from his contracts with government, Ger-
main became more insatiable in proportion as his
treasures increased, and amused himself from
time to time by falsifying his accounts : his inge-
nuity. had found out the secret of doubling. the
number of the signatures of some of the princi-
pal ofiicers of government; and the treasury,
which seldom calls in question the correctness of
a contractor-’s accounts, had paid for a few arti-
cles, which_ were never supplied. If Germain
had been prudent enoughto stop at these first cs-
says of his ingenuity, nothing would have been
discovered ; but he was so indiscreet as to go on,
and whether his band grew careless by habit, or
the facility with which he found his accounts were
passed‘, made him more negligent, certain it is,
that at last suspicion arose, at which he became
seriously alarmed.
Twelve hundred thousand livres per annum,
form a vast mass of presumptive evidence in fa-
vor of an accused person, perhaps one of the
strongest proofs of innocence that can be adduced
in the eyes ofjuslice. Germain knew this well,
and his terror was consequently not of long du-
ration. However, having learned that an accusa-
tion had been preferred against him, and that it
was in contemplation to arrest him, investigate
his accounts, and compelhim to a private restitu-
tion of his ill-gotten profits, be resolved to pro-
vide against such disagreeable result. ‘With this
view he sounded several of his clerks, and not
succeeding, applied to George. He knew his
distressed situation, his domestic enfoarrassmcnts
and the poverty which threatened him ; and after
a preparatory conversation of some length, he
gave Tliibaut to understand that it depended up-
on himself to ameliorate his own destiny. ‘With-
out wholly explaining himself, he insint.-ated that
a great sacrifice would be required, the reward
for which, would be proportionably liberal. The
words tribunal, justice, imprisonment, escaped
from his lips; and desiring George to returnto
his family for the rest of the day, he pttt into his
hands a copy of [es Codes, recommending him to
read over attentively pages 617 and 618. As
soon as he reached home, Thibaut opened the
book, and at the marked pages, it treated on the
punishment decreed for those guilty of the crime
offorgery in public or private accounts. A sud-
den light broke upon the bewildered George ; he
saw the precipice before him, and recoiled from
it with horror.
Thibaut had shut the book; he re—opened it
mechanically ; his eyes involuntarily glanced 0-
vcr the paragraph; he read it a second and third
time, lllcll closing the book, he walked up and
down the room, repeating the clauses to himself.
The ragged clothing of his family met his view.
and a sigh escaped him. His wife,habituated and
resigned to every privatiou as regarded herself,
could not behold her children want without tears.
‘So very little would make us all happy,’ said she.
‘ So little !’ exclaimed Thibaut, and rushed out of
the house without uttering another word.
At the door he met a poor creature whose hon-
esty was unquestioned, yet who was actually
starving: this miserable end, which seemed a-
like impending over Thibaut and his little ones,
made him shudder. Some paces further on, he
was nodded to by a bankrupt in his carriage. Ev-
ery one seemed to shun the first ; every one, on
the contrary, courted the notice of the second.-—
This difference could not escape Thibaut’s obser-
vation. ‘Whilst he was leaning against the wall,
absorbed in these reflections, he was accosted by
a friend, from whom he learned, that the splendid
equipage belonged to a man who had purchased,
by five years residence in Sainte Pelagic, the
right of defrauding his principal creditor. On
his return home, he was astonished to find that
his wife had received a visit from M. Germain,
who had expressed a lively interest in her wel-
fare, and whose generous sensibility had not con-
fined itself to mere verbal assurances of friend-
ship.
George passed a wretched night, agitated by a
thousand conflicting thoughts. In the morning.
having weighed well all the advantages and dis-
advantages ofthe two lines of conduct before him,
he formed his resolution, and liasteued to the
house of his master, who was anxiously expect-
ing him. As soon as the latter perceived Thi-
baut, he ran to meet him, took him by the hand,
and, after having compelled him to purtulre of an
elegant and sumptuous breakfast, demanded what
he had decided upon. ‘To serve you,’ replied
George. ‘ Indeed l’ ‘ I have read the penal code
with attention, and I am perfectly aware of the
punishment I incur by taking upon myself the
errors which you have committed in your ac-
counts.’ ‘ Errors! excellent word.’ ‘ Ten years
impri'sonmcnt, and hard labor, will be my sen-
tence.’ ‘ It rnay, however, possibly be mitigated;
we shall be able to bring forward or invent cir-
cumstances which may induce the judges to re-
mit one half. You are ‘.27 years of age; at 32
you will re-enter the world with recommenda-
ticns from your inspectors, and a debt ofgratitude
from me, which never can be repaid.’ ‘ On the
latter alone, I build my hopes.’ ‘ Go on.’ ‘I
have a wife and three children.’ ‘ Lovely crea-
tures! I saw them yesterday, and I promise you
never to forsake them.’ ‘ I demand then, first,
that you settle on my wife 10,000 francs (4001) a
year,and give each of my children 20,000 crowns ;
the money to be deposited to-morrow, with a so-
licitor whom I shall name.’ ‘ But,my dear friend,
this is too exorbitant.’ ‘ Besides this, you shall
give me 100 louis foritlie expenses of my trial.’
‘ That is something more than reasonable.’ ‘ A
thousand crowns after my sentence is passed, in
order to mitigate the rigor of its execution.’ ‘ Is
that requisite ?’ ‘And 1000 louis on my com-
mittal to prison, to enable me to effect my es-'
cape, and procure a passage on board some ves-
sel to the U. States, whither I shall immediately
repair with my family.’ ‘ Really, my dear Thi-
baut, you cannot be in earnest : all this amounts
to nearly 400.000 francs.’ ‘ I save your honor
and reputation.’ ‘True, but in conscience you
ask too much.’ ‘ Only imagine me in your sitti-
ation.’ ‘ 1' can conceive all the disagreeablcs of
it : to see one’s selfbrought to trial and condem-
ned, is doubtless very distressing; but you know
when one’s conscience is clear, the opinions of
other people are ofno very material consequence :
besides, you take the worst side of the question ;
we may find means to evade the laws, some flaw
in the indictment, or the absence of a witness; I
shall spare no expeuse,I assure you. Come,you
must lower your demand : besides, you are not a
little compromised in the business yourself ; you
have kept my books. I do not say this to-intimi-
date you,but I really think it would be a good
thing for you, if you got 200,000 francs by such a
trifling affair ; many people would be glad to be
in your place. If I were as destitute as you are,
I should myself ; but unfortunately I have acqui-
red wealth and this is too great a sacrifice.’ Thi-
baut smiled contemptuously, and then assuming a,
more serious tone, signified to his master, that
his resolution was fixed, and "that no arguments]
could induce him to alter it. ‘The latter tried in
vain to shake,_his_ determination ; he exaggerated
the chances of an acquittal, of which he knew ve-
ry well there was no hope; but at length seeing
that he could not make. a better bargain, he was
obliged to accede to George’.-. terms, in order to
screen himself from the punishment he so justly
_ merited.
At the end of a few days, suspicion was artfully
directed to Thibaut ; he was arrested, tried, and
found guilty. Every one execrated his perfidy,
and pitied the worthy contractor for having been
so unfortunate as to place confidence in such a
villain. He answered the condolence of his friends
by expressing his compassion for his unhappy
clerk, and acquired the greatest praise for his gen-
erous benevolence in publicly bestowing on poor
Thibuut the hundred louis previously agreed up-
on between them.
George’s wife and children quitted France be-
fore the conclusion of a trial, the issue of which
could not be doubted : they took with them the
price oftheir husband’s and father's disgrace, and
changing their name, settled at Philadelphia.
At the expiration of six months George rejoin-
ed them in that city. No one has ever suspected
his adventures: he lives there very retired, edu-
catiug his children, whom he has protected from
poverty and seduction, in principles more solid
than those he himself received; and has made
himselfequally beloved and respected by his irre-
proachable conduct. So true is it that there are
men in the world to whom nothing but a little
more wealth is wanting to render them deserving
of the title of ltonetes gens. Such is the anecdote,
which may possibly afford amusement and in-
struction to my readers. With the exception of
the names, which I have altered, it is no fiction.
—-(‘T-*
./I neat m'clr.-—-John Duncan, convicted and
sentenced to the State Prison in Ohio, for horse-
stealing, has again escaped-from the gaol in Cir-
cleville. The poor heart-brol-ten mother came to
see John two or three days before he was to have
departed for his more permanent abode. After a
mournful interview, she departed, with much
sobbing and wailing, and altogether refusing to
be comforted. About twenty-four hours after-
wards, the gaoler discovered that ‘there had been
a clzrmgc of /Lrisaners, and on examination, he
found he had the motlrer of Duncan safely secured,
but that the culprit John had deliberately gone
his way, in her liabiliments .‘-—-Com. ./id-u.
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Funrititit EXTRACTS rnon Mn. Coxm-.*.n‘s
JOURNAL. '
V isil ‘will: the Pilgrims to the River Jordan.
I have been with the Pilgrims to the River Jor-
t-lan. VVe left Jerusalem about seven in the morn-
ing, accompanied by Messrs. Grey and Hyde,
two English travellers. '
- A great portion of the Pilgrims had preceded
us. The streets of Jerusalem were all life and
bustle. To avoid confusion, we left the city by
the Gate of Bethlehem ; and, passing along the
north side, fell in with the train of Pilgrims at the
gate of St. Stephen. The scene ‘was very lively.
The path through which we passed, down Mount
Moriah, across the valley of Jehoshaphat, and up
the side of Olivet,was lined with people who came
to witness the procession. A Turkish band of
music, leaving the Gate of St. Stephen, and ac-
companied with banners, proceeded with us as far
as a tree on Olivet, under which the Governor of
Jerusalem, with, his Court, was seated. Guns
were fired at intervals.
In about three quarters of an hour after we had
started, we passed through Bethany, a little mis-
erable village. Shortly after we descended into a
deep valley. The appearance of the Pilgrims,
with the immense train of camels, horses, mules,
&c. was here truly picturesque. The Pilgrims,
Muleteers and Guards, formed a body of about
2800 persons. The country through which we
passed was barren and desolate beyond descript-
l0ll.
Atlength, after having crossed a number of
hills, we descended into the plain ofJericho. In
the midst of this plain appears a large verdant
tract, like an Oasis in the Desert ; and here, cm-
bosomed in trees, stands the wretched mud-built
village of Jericho. About half past twelve, we
arrived on the edge of the Oasis, and encamped.
A large extent of ground was covered with tents.
An able artist might have made a very interest-
ing picture of the scene. He would have intro-
duced the numerous and variously-colored tents-—
the diversified costumes of the Pilgrims-the
Turkish Horse-soldiers, with their elegant dress
and long spears, galloping across the plain--with
camels and horses reposing. VVe spent the re-
mainder of the day here. About half past three
the next morning, we all set out, by torch light,
for the Jordan. The appearance of the Pilgrims
moving in numerous detached parties, with their
flambeaux, across the plain, . was singular and
striking. -.
The sun rose shortly before we arrived at the
bank of the River. There men, women and
children stripped, and plunged into the water.
Many employed themselves while in the River in
washing, and thus sanctifying the linen which
they destined for their grave Cl0lhCS-
The Jordan, at the spot where the Pilgrims
bathed, is beautifully picturesque. Its breadth
may be about twentv yards; and it is shaded on
both sides, by the thick foilage of closely planted
trees: the water appeared turbid and was not deep.
Some Turkish Horsemen dashed through the
River, and rode to and fro in the Grove on the
opposite side. to protect the Pilgrims from the
tins of the Bedouins, many of whom were as-
sembled to watch the ceremony. _ '
On returning from the water, the Pilgrims em-
ployed themselves in cutting branches from the
trees, to carry home with them, as memorials of
the Jordan. They then mounted their beasts,
and returned to their former station on the plain.
Our patty set off from the Jordan, with Prince
Avaloff (a Georgian) and his suite, to the Dead
sga, where we arrivedjin about two hours and a
half. V'Ve rambled about for some time on the
borders of the Lake, which covers the ashes of
Sodom and Gomorrah. I tasted the water, and
found it excessively nauseous. Some of the par-
ty bathed. '
On our returp, we travcrsedthe fertile part of
the plain—passed tlrrough thevillage of Jericho,
and returned to our tents about noon. Most of
mg Pilgrims had already started for Jerusalem.
After taking a slight rel'reshtnent', we returned t6;
the city by the same way that we had come, and.‘
entered the Gate‘ of St. Stephen.
A Remarks on Jerusalem. V .
Jerusalem is a considerable place. The most
beautiful building within its wall is the mosque
of Omar, which stands on the site of Solomon’s
Temple. -The Turks have a singular reverence-.
£0!‘ this Mosque ; and will not permit a Christian
.ven to set hisfoot in the large grassy area which
surrounds it.
The walks which I most freqtibnt are those‘
thatlead down the Valley oflehoshaphat, by the
fountains of Siloah ; or those that run along the
side of Olivet. From the side of Olivet you have
a very commanding view of Jerusalem. The
Mosque of Omar appears particularly fine from
this situation. The greater part of the surround-
ing country is most desolate and dreary. Hills of
white parched rock, dotted here and there with
patches of cultivated land, every where meet and
offend the eye. —
In the north of Palestine are many beautiful
and fertile spots; but not so in Judea. The
breath of Jehovah’s wrath seems in a peculiar
manner, to have blasted and withered the territo-
ry ofthe Daughter of Zion! VVhat a change has
been wrought in the land once flowing with milk
and honey .’
Often as I have contemplated Jerusalem, have
the words of the Prophet escaped my lips—when
I have felt the strains of Jeremiah to be beautiful-
ly pathetic and true when recalled to mind on the
spot that prompted his sacred ‘ Lamentations l’—--
‘ How doth the City sit -solitary, that was full of
people l how is she became as a widow! She that
was great among the nations, and princess among
the provinces, how is she i become tributary E...
How hath the Lord covered the Daughter of Zion
with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from
heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and
remembered not his footstool in the day of his an-
ger 1’
13.6!/tle/1enz.——I have ‘spent a day or two in Beth-'
lehem and its neighborhood. Under the Latin-
C nventat Bethlehem, they shew three altars;
said to mark the spot where Christ was born,-
where the manger stood, and where the Magi
adored. These altars are splendidly adorned, and
illuminated with many lamps.
The men of Bethlehem have peculiar privile-
gcs. They alone, of all Christians subject to the
Turks, are permitted to wear the ‘White Turban,
and to carry arms. They are fine men ; and
have an air of boldness and independence, not
commonly met with in the Christians of these
countries. Their government is a kind of ‘De-
mocracy; and their Chiefs are elected from a-
mong themselves. The Bethlehemites are per-
petually at war with the Turks of Hebron.
The American Missionaries at Burmah, have
had an interview with the Emperor, who refused
their petition to preach in his dominions,and sent
them away from his capital. The Missionaries
also offered the Emperor the Sacred Scriptures
in six volumes, each covered with gold leaf, ac-
cording to the custom of the country, which were
rejected with violence. ‘No 'I‘olet‘ation to any
foreign religion,’ is the standing policy of the
Burman government ; and every subject who re--
nounccs the established religion of the empire, is
liable to imprisonment, torture and death.
(DUKES PEl{FORl\alEl), _
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