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A scene replete with glory & with grace; Death and thyself: most solemn inter. view!

Thus do we sympathizing seek to trace. Death thou hast slain the mighty of the earth,

Kings, Princes, Judges, who oppres'd their charge;

Their glory, decorated tombs beneath, Acknowledge to mankind, thy prow'ess large.

Oer me a vict'ry thou shalt not obtain, Tis but thy SHADOW which o'er spreads this place,

Thy threat'end triumph frights me not: tis vain.

MY SAVIOUR leads me past thee, by his grace.

Jesus, I come! within thy mansion bright,

Oh lead thy servants safely and secure; Learn me to day, succeeded ne'er by night,

Trophy of grace, forever to endure.

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Too soon I knew the condition into which I was plunged. For the first time I learned that those who had nourished my infancy, and guided me along the slippery paths I had trodden, were no kindred of mine. A foundling, alandoned by an unnatural mother,they pitied my hapless fate, adopted me as their son, and bore to me those duties which profligacy denied. Ten years had seen me the inmate of their peaceful cottage. Ten annual suns that cottage blessed. Twas the anniversary of that day which gave me to their embraces -that very morn in heaven's chancery, was recorded their annual obligations of protection-that ve

ry morn our holy prophet had received their daily blessing for so sweet a solace to their declining years; and was it to be the last! The damned mesenger of evil stood before me! O! that my unlucky destiny should shut the door against my return in Turkey

yes, good old Morad, I would

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seek thee once again, and by my presence give thy wife and thee full ten years longer Leig. I wept, I sobbed, I was frantic. The mon ster who stood near me had a huge scimitar by his side. Already my imagination saw it stained with blood; and regarding me as the destined victim of a remorseless assassin, I flew for refuge into the arms of my hoary protector. This transaction was in the vicinity of Belgrade, where lived the honest Morad.

I was only ten years old when this happened. At an age thus tender was I torn from all I venerated, to be hurried away from the scenes of every fortner bliss. A second time to be thrown destitute upon the world.

Lashed behind my conductor, we rode through an unfrequented country; the ensuing evening and the following day, we were si pursuing cur journey stopping on ly for a change of horses and refreshment. My conductor preserved an uniform silence; nor was I much inclined to provoke explanations from one whose eppearance was enough 'o create alarm. The moon had just peeped

above the horizon as we entered atween the cliffs of a rugged mountain.

Wild and desolate as was the country through which he carried me, the scenery of the past was unequalled by the dreary waste which now surrounded us. The deep and hollow caverns, the dismal excavations from convulsed nature, on either side, re-echoed in appalling fear the clattering of the horses' feet, and the moon beams playing upon the shaggy brushwood of thin uneven surface, seemed to animate each rustling briar, likening the tinged object to some visionary phantom. Even my conductor, emblem of undaunted villany as he was, discovered symptoms of uneasiness. Such a situation is the touch-stone of a depraved mind. The good man may fear the attack of a relentless

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leg of the unruly animal.
plunged and snorted, but soon fell
in the agony of his mangled limb.
I struggled hard to free myself
from the saddle, in the hope of
concealing myself from the ruf-
fans; but pinioned and bruised by
the horse, I lay incapable of exer--
tion until I was released by my
pursuers. Abandoning myself to
the idea of inevitable destruction,
I swooned away in the gripe of
those who now were masters of my
life. But I was not long suffered
to remain insensible to what was
going forward. The moment it
was ascertained I was more
frightened than injured they kind-
ly anointed the bruise, with a lo-
tion they possessed, and seating
me behind one of them upon a
fresh horse, we galloped forward
with full speed. I had escaped
one alarm to be precipitated into
another; but the solicitude disco-
vered by my present foe for the
safety of my person, considerably.
abated my former fears. I was
not without considerable appre
hensions for the issue of the adven-
ture; but in consideration of my
youth, and the cheering expres-
sions by which they sought to ani-
mate my dejected spirits as we tra-
versed the winding mazes of the
mountains, my alarm had pretty
well subsided by the time we reach-

dit; but the heart stained with impurities feels sensations of another cast. The sum total of its enormities flush convicted on the memory, the guilty catalogue fastens on his mind, self-accusation stings the conscience with the venom of remorse, and a belief of supernatural agency, draws the strayed culprit to his God again ! I heard him utter a short orison to his prophet--he prayed forgiveness, and as the word ALLA burst from his repentant lips, a bullet, fired. from an adjoining thicket, broughted the end of our journey. It was him to the ground! The horse, frantic at the flash, flew forward at full speed, carrying me along with him unable to direct his course, till a second shot broke the

near the break of day when we ar rived in front of the platform of an extensive fortification. The sen. tinels from the outworks hailed us hed; as we approac and having

passed the countersign along the ramparts within, the words "all's well" reverberated from the dif ferent towers to the gate where the draw-bridge opened to us admission. I was conducted through a deep enfilade, whose echoes to the din and bustle of the soldiery from within, assured me of the strength and magnitude of the fortress. This enfilade was crowded with all sorts of warlike instruments, defended from without by a double gate charged with chevaux-de-frise. It was not to appearance, however, the principle passage to the garrison; it seemed rather, from the few soldiers we met, to be a private one leading to the apartments of the governor whither it at length conducted us. Hitherto I had no opportunity of examining particuJarly the appearance of my guides. They wore the uniforms of our turkish spahis, but whether I was in the hands of the rebellious Qglou (as I knew not the quarter of the country we were in) was impossible to guess. A gloomy si. lence, unbroken but by a cheering assurance of my safety, and some few inquiries after my condition, had been preserved throughout our journey.

We entered a saloon through whose lofty windows the sun was just peeping to discover the rich drapery and splendid magnificence of a princely palace. Here I was left to the solitary indulgence of reflections indescribable. I looked

back upon the peaceful habitation I had been torn from. I compared its simple furniture with the gran." deur which encompassed me. I thought of the produce of the last two short days and wondered what was in reserve. Supplied with every necessary I required, I needed nothing in the peaceful dwelling from whence I had been torn. Happy as the day was long, I had to learn what it was to be unfortunate satisfied in all respects with those to whom I had been habituatedtreated with kindness and affection I was unambitious of exalted birth; What had now befallen me? but two short days and I had a father and a mother to cherish, to protect, and whose delight it was to make me ever happy--I was how an orphan before the dawn of puberty completely destitute; kidnapped by a miscreant and thus providentially rescued from his 9dious purposes! I was young and my suspicions of danger corresponded with the bent of my years. Easily excited,alarm subsided with the terrors of the moment. country I had travelled through; the mysterious object of my jour ney.& the doubtful character of those in whose hands my life was now a stake, were enough to excite a larm. But contrasted with the magnificence which surrounded.; me, and estimating character by... the affluence of the individual, my › unsuspecting mind began to experience a degreee of composure which finally quieted all apprehen sion.

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My conductor now entered in from the sofa to the farthest winearnest conversation with one dow in the saloon. whose majestic air, and splendid costume, bespoke the governor of the faithful.

'Behold,most mighty,' cried the former, as they approached, the boy whose life our holy prophet destined us to save!'

Tis well replied the other, throwing himself into a sofa, 'Hassan leave us for awhile. Come to me my son-unbosom your distress-tell me all you know-fear no danger at our hands, I'll protect you, and should I have the power, I'll give you back in safety to your family.'

A sumptuous breakfast was now served up, to which he condescended to invite me. My appetite was keen,as you may well believe, and I saw before me variety in profusion to consult in order to please a less indifferent palate. The conversation chiefly regarded myself. He expressed his astonishment at the progress made in my education, and spoke much of the merit of those who had superintended my studies. The turkishı language was what I had commonly used: but a tolerable latin and greek scholar, I knew the Scythian, Sclavonian, and Persian, with a little German, French, Italian, nor Spanish I knew nothing off; but those he told me were easily acquired.

My young heart expanded fear instantly died away in the security which these benign accents inspir ed. I approached him without dread. I wept but they were tears of joy. His arms were thrown oed, pen to receive me; he caressed me, intreated me to banish all fear and all reserve, and seating me by his side, again asked me to tell

him all I knew.

My story was short. I dwelt upon no incident in particular. It was told in all the simplicity of youth; but it possessed sufficient interest to awaken the sympathy of him who listened. He was deeply affected by the naïveté of the narration. A tear forced a passage from the reluctant eyelid, and as if struggling to conceal a weakness he was loath to own, he retired

'From all I can learn,' he add

there is some impenetrable: mystery attending your birth. I think you said that those who had charge of you lived secluded from the world, enjoying but a confined circle of acquaintance. That without parade and far from the indications of affluence, they seemed ever to have abundance at their control, indulging you in whatever superfluity your fancy chose to demand. Much mystery is in the tale you have given; but I shall bestow some pains in order to de. tect the truth. In the mean time, Ahmed, for such is the name I had hitherto known, you must re. main with us. I cannot suffer you,

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