(The following piece, which is among the first efforts of a young adventurer in the poetic field, certainly possesses very considerable merit. The versification is smooth, the sentiments correct and natuial, and the lesson inculcated, useful "to those, whom it may concern." We hope our young friend will favour us with others of his Essays; they will be cheerfully attended to, and candidly examined. It is unnecessary, perhaps, to mention, that the author has had re. course altogether to his fancy, in person. ating a convict) THE STATE "PRISON Adieu, ye green trees, ye soft meadows adieu, Ye rocks and ye mountains, I hasten from you: No more shall my eyes with your beau ties be blest; No more shall ye sooth my sad bosom to rest? Ye birds who so sweetly on each ver dant spray, Now twitter your loves and your sorrows away! Ah! what would I give in your pleasures to share, Reviv'd by the warmth of the sun's cheering beam, No more shall I witness your skill in the wave, Debar'd from all fredom on this side the grave! No more shall I taste the pure breezes of morn, Or view the soft shadows steal over the lawn ; No sun, moon or stars, shall again bless my sight, But the gloom of a "Prison," a cold winter's night! Roll on noble river,* in grandeur and pride; Waft the stores of my country on every side; But these CHAINS, and a PRISON, ex- Checks, Cards, Handbills fort a deep sigh, AND PRINTING IN GENERAL, Neatly and correctly executed, on reasonable terms; and goods (of any kind) will be taken in part payment,-at the Office of the LADY'S MISCELLANY WANTED immediately, Thomas H. Brantingham, has removed to No. 145 Broadway, where he conti. nues to procure money on Mortgages, notes of hand & deposits. buys & sells houses, improved farms, & tracts of land Also lets & leases houses & lots, on reasonable commision. Also the lease of 2 houses, & annuity. Also for sale 30 farms, several with good improvements, will be sold low, goods & property of every sort taken in payment, or any who forms a company tickets & draw for the different farms will be liberaly paid for it. Also a skilfull farming man with a good character, will meet with encouragement by applying as above. May 20th, 1811. MUSICAL ACADEMY. FOR teaching various kinds of Musical, Wind and String Instruments, in a short, true, and comprehensive man. ner as will be most advantageous to those who learn as above specified, and render themselves capable of enjoying the pleasure of this art. on moderate terms, by JAMES H. HOFFMAN No. 51, Anthony-street Also-Military Bands, may, upon application as above, be taught correctly, and receive the true method for any, instrument to complete the same. Oct 18 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL B. WHITE, an Apprentice to the Printing busi No. 317 Water-street, New-York: ness, apply at this office. AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. QR, WEEKLY THE VISITOR. At a table, formed of porphyry, cut from the solid mass whereon it stood, there sat, in meditative posture, the figure of a man, as if preserved by spices and embalming. His long and spreading beard, and graceful locks, which hung upon his neck, were white, and shone like silver, as struck by the faint beams of day, which entered some apertures in the roof. A shaggy mantle, the skin of a wild roe, clothed his shoulders; and his jacket was encircled with a leathern girdle. As be reclined his head upon his hand, one elbow rested on the table. Before him lay a book, an extinguished lamp, and a rosary. Around the cell instruments for astronomy were scattered. In a niche Iм formed in the wall by nature, studded and embossed with [NO. 7. spar and spangles, representing amethysts, an urn was placed. inscribed, "The Dust of Norban Moreland" As Audley approached, the lustre of the onyx seemed to blaze upon the effigy, and every limb was agitated. The herdsmen had retired before, and stood outside in awful since and admiration. The solemnity of the place, and the surprising chain of cir cumstances which had brought him to it, made him immediately determine to remain there, until a favorable opportunity should present itself for pers forming the last rites to the remains of the hermit; and the secrecy of the situation did not much strengthen this desire. The shepherd promised him all the assistance in his power, and so did his sons; for they began to perceive the interference of a Supreme Power in favor of the stranger whom they had accompanied. Night coming on, they all retired to the shepherdry; and ies; and to their maladies ap on the next evening Audley,plied the salutary simples, with as few necessaries as possible, took up his abode in the dreary, but hospitable, hermitage, in pious hopes that, by austerities and self-denial, he might avert the wrath of heaven on his crimes; and, by his orisons, deprecate the vengence concomitant toʻmurder. He remained in this situa tion some months, often visit ed by the good shepherd and his sons, who constantly bro't him little presents; and the goats supplied him with milk, which rendered his life there an uniterrupted course of the walk of nature. "Man wants but little here below, The news of a stranger,s arrival and settlement in the old hermitage, was a strange event among these astonished people, and brought many others to visit his cell. By their interhe was rendered much more comfortable than he otherwise would have been. Their pious hands strewed his couch with skins of goats, and clothed him with garments such as their humble life afforded. To them Audley inces. santly was teaching moral du thee to to pass before the judg nent seat? Will not my contrition expiate for my most foul offences? Are my prayers unheard, and shall not my soul find mercy?" After a few moments, recovering from his first surprise, he ventured to address his lost friend, as he thought, to deprecate his. As the last sounds expired, the apparition quivered in each limb; and, as it sunk, Audley snatched off his gown, and, spreading it to catching the sacred form, received it as it wasted in a shower of dust. Audley did not misappre hend this extraordinary warn wrath; but the apparition ma-ing; he considered it as deking signs for him to calm him-signed to touch his mind with sslf, took a seat by him, and, in a summary manner, informed him, his prayers were heard, that he was yet living, and recovered from his wounds, and sought him in this solitude to restore him to the world. Audley's amazement was increased! He scarcely believed his senses! After a short pause, recovering himself, he exclaimed, "And is my poor wife yet among the living?" She is.' replied the spirit of Ironside. "She went over to her father, when she found you did not return, and there sought a resting place in an adjoning convent, whose abbess was a distant relation to him. There she determined to remain until she could hear from her father in Catalonia, into whose arms she would throw herself, to spend the remainder of her days." Here he concluded, observing, he was warned to depart. resignation and consolatory hopes, persaging better fate. He often wished to send the young men forth, to gain intelligence wether his Jessalind was yet alive, and what betided his possessions: But ever, ast the wish grew anxious, the lustre of the onyx languished! The dire appearance was succeeded by contrition for his transgression; and all the im ages which hope or gay expectation painted on his mind, quickly were efaced; and his disturbed spirit left the ideas of the world he wished for, to associate with the purer spiritual beings above. Every day, as it came, he considered, brought him nearer his release from seclusion; for his mind longed to join with the great and busy world. (To be Continued.) |