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POETRY.

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THE WIDOW OF NAIN.

Forth from the city’s lofty gates,

A sad procession, moving slow,
Emerges where the Saviour waits

lis wondrous power and love to show.

A widowed mother’s only son,

Her sole support, and comfort here,
To rest with those whose toils are done,
Was borne spon a humble bier.

And she, poor soul, with anguish bowed,
‘Tending her loved one to the last,

Was meckly following with the crowd,
Iler strength and spirits failing fast.

When Lo! the Lord of life came near,
Moved by compassion strong and deep,
With outstretched hand Ile staid the bier.
And bade the widow cease to weep.

The bearers watched with mute surprise,
The sympathizing crowd stood still

To see the dead young man arise,

In proimpt obedience to His will.

Again to speak, that silent tongue,
Its former power at once assumed,
The robes of dgath, aside were flung,
The pallid check, its bloom resumed.

Back to his mother, Jesus gave

The Son, He did in love restore

From the dark portals of the grave

‘To cheer her widowed heart once more,
Then ye, who o'er your lost ones weep
Trust in a risen Saviour’s love,

Death is a brief, but tranquil sleep,
Sweet foretaste of the rest above.

Select Ziterature,

THE MARVELLOUS TOWER,

A LEGEND OF THE CONQUERING OF SPAIN BY |
THI AOSTS OF THI SARACEN,

erick Was seated one day on his throne, |
City of Toledo, two men of venerable
pearance enter
They were arrayed in white garments ol
foreign ormntiqnated fi

girdles, wrought with the signs of the
zodiac, fron which were suspended enor-
mous bunches of keys of every variety of

wind ade obcisance: “Kuo v, O King,”
said one of the old men, fdatia days of |
yore, When Hereulesof Ly bia, surnamed |
the Strong, had setup his pillurs at Hie |
n strait he erected a lower near to!
cient city of Toledo, Me built it of |
ious strength, and finished it with |
art, shutting up within it a feartil)
reret, never to be penetrated withont |
periland disaster. ‘Vo protect this terrible |
mystery, he closed the entrance to the
edifice with a ponderous door of iron,
secured by a great lock of steel, and he}
lefta command that every king who should |
succeed him should add another lock to |
the portal denouncise woe and destruction |
on him who should eventually unfold the |
seerct of the toy
©The guardianship of the portal was }
given to our ancestors, and has continued |
in our family, from generation to geuer-|
ation, since the days of Hercules, Several |
ings, froni time to tine, have caused the |
gate to be thrown open, and haye at-|
tempted to enter, but have paid dearly tov |
their temerity. Some have perished with- |
in the threshold, others have been oyer- |
whelmed with horrorat tremendous sounds
which shook the foundations of the carth, |
and have hastened to close the door and
secure it with its thousand locks, ‘Lhus, |
since the days of Hercules, the inmost re- |
cesses of the pile have never been pene |
trated by mortiul man, and a profound |
mystery continues to prevail over this!
rreat cuchantment, This, O king, is all)

done by all thy predecessors.”
thus said, the ancient men made apr

presance chamber,

Don Roderick remained for some tine
lost in thought after the departure of the
nien; he then disiiissed all his court ex-
cepting the venerable Orbino, at that time
Archbishop of ‘Poledo, ‘The long white

him aman tall of wary counsel.

to penetrate the mystery of

his hoary head,
he; ‘f there are secrets hidden from mau
tor his good,

ot it, theretore, is not: ma-
terial to the wellare of your kingdom, |
. not, then, to indulge a rash and une}
profituble curiosity, which is interdicted |
under such awful menaces.”

“Ol what importance,” cried the king,
are the menaces of Llerciles, the Lybian ?
was he nota Pagan; and Gan his enchant-
ments have aught avail against a believer
in our holy faith? Doubtless in this tower
are locked up treasures of gold and jewels,
amassed in days of old, the spoils of mighty
kings, the riches of the Pagau world. ~My
coffers are exhausted; I have need of sup-
ply; and surely it would be an acceptable
act in the eyes of Heaven to draw forth
this wealth which lies buried under pro-
jane and neeromantic spells, and couse-
crate it to religious purposes.”

The venerable archbishop still continued
to remonstrate, but Don Roderick heeded
nol his counsel, for he was led on by his
malignant star, ‘Father,’ said he, ‘it is
in vain you attempt to dissuade me. My
resolution is fixed. ‘To-morrow L will ex-
plore the hidden mystery, or rather the
hidden treasure of this tower.”

The morning sun shone brightly upon
the clill built towers of Toledo, when King
Roderick issued out of the gate of that
city at the head of # numerous train ot

A knowlec

| trance to the tower,
According to the Legend, as King Rod-| been ailixed by the predece

Lethe hall of audience, | the lo

rion, Which swept, (he portals
the ground, und were cinctured with | lock the

j there jveble elorts, whereupon the youn
cavaliers pr

We have to relate; and our errand is to} ordered that the portal should instan
entreat thee to repair to the tower apd) dirown open,
aflia thy lock to the portal, as has been | alte
Having | egt

. . | .
found reyerenee and departed from tye the gates; though tacre was neither bar

“Pather,” said the king, “1 have anja tempestuous sound,

g
The worthy prelate shook | aid their knees siuote together, but seve
“ware, my son,” said ot the you
j gratily thei
Yonr predecessors formany | selves i
generations have respected this mystery, | hi
and have inereased in: might and empire. | ever, when they recoiled overcome by the

of the Tagus. The shining cavalcade
wound up the road that leads among the
Mountains, aud soon came in sight of the
necromatic lower,

Of this renowned edifice marvels are re-
lated by the ancient Arabian and Spanish
chroniclers, d I doubt much,” adds the
venerable Agrapida, ‘ whether many
readers will not consider the whole as a
cunningly-devised fable, sprung from
an Oriental imagination ; but itis not tor
me to reject a fact which is recorded by
all those writers who are the fathers ol
our national history—a tact, too, which is
as well attested as most of the remarkable
{events in the story of Don Roderick, None
but Jight and inconsiderable minds,” con-
i 1a good friar, **do hastily reject
vellous, To the thinking mind
the whole world is enveloped in mystery
and everything is full of type and portent,
To sucha time the necromatic tower of
Toledo will appear as one of those won-
drous monuments of the olden time, one
of those Egyptian and chaldie piles, stored
with hidden wisdom and mystic prophecy,
which have been devised in past ag
When man yet enjoyed an intercourse
with high and spiritual nature ad when
human joresight partook of divination.”
This singular tower was round and of
great height and grandeur, erected upon
a lolly rock and surrounded by crags and
precipic ‘The foundation was supported
by four brazen lions, cach taller than a
cavalier on ho ack, The walls were
built of small pieces of jasper and various
colored arb nol larger than 2 miun’s
hand, subtil j *
for their different lunes, they might be
taken lor one entire stone, ‘They were
arranged with marvellous cunning, as to
represent battles and warlike deeds of
times and heroes long since passed away,
and the whole surface was so admit
polished that the stones were as lust
as glass, and reflected the
with such resplendaat bri
dazzle all beholders,

King Roderick and his courtiers arrived,
wondering and amazed, at the foot of the
rock, Ilere was a narrow arched way,
cut through the living stone, the ouly en-

Tt was closed by:
massive iron gate, covered with rusty
locks of divers workmanship, and in’ the
fashion of different centuries, which had
ssors of Don
On either side of the portal

By

Roderick.

surrounded by his nobles, in the ancient stood the two ancient guardians of the
p-{tewer, hiden with the Keys appertaining to

AS.

| ‘Yhe king alighted, and, approaching
lthe guardians to un-
e hoary headed men
jdvew bacs with terror, |‘? Alas,” cricd
jthey, * whatis it your majesty requires of
hus? Wold you have the mystery of this

form, TLwing appproached the throne | tower unffound, and let loose to shake the

ewrih io its fomndations

‘Lhe venerable Archbishop Urbino like-

Wise implored him not to distarb a mys-

which had been held sacred from
vtion to generation within the mem-
ory of aan, and which even Cresar him-
self, When sovereign of Spain, had not
ventured ta invade, The youthtul caval-
iors, howdyer, were eager to pursue the
adventure, and encowaged hin ia his
rash curiosity.

“Come what may,” exclaimed Don
Roderick, ‘* 1am resolved to penetrate the
miystery of this tower.” So saying he
commanded the guardians to unlock the
portal, ‘Phe ancient men obeyed with
feav and trembling, but their hands shook
With age, aud whor they applied tl
the locks we rusty by Ue, or o
strange Worsimanship, that they resisted

ed forward wid lent th
aid. Sull the locks were so numerous
and difficult that with all their
and sivength a great part ot the :
exhausted before tie whole of then could
be mustered,

When the h

bolt

st had yielded to
the key, the gui is dnd reverend areli-
bishop ag sniveated the king to paus
and refleet. ** Whatever is within this
tower,” said they, is as yet harmless and
ties bound uider a mighty speli, venture
hot then io open a door which may let
torth a flood of evilupoa the land.” But
the anger of the king was aroused, and hie

y be
Ju yain, however, did one
* another exert his stre h, and!
Ny in vain did the cayaliers unite
(their iorces, and apply their shoulders. to |

jnor bolt remaiaing, ib was pericetly tin-
jinevable, is

| The pationce of the king was now ex-|
jhausted, and he advanced to apply lis |
jhand; scavecly, however, did he touch the |
jiron gate when it swung slowly open, |

beard of this prelate bespoke his advanced | uttering, as it were, a distal groan, as it) ed by heavy
age, and his overhangingeyebrows sowed | Gurned reluctantly upon iis hinges. A cold, jder rout the

jdamp wind issued torth, accompanied by
The hearts of thi
is quaked within then,

ancient. guard

stliers rushed in, ¢

in this
yadvanced a few pai

, how-

baletul air, ov by some fearful vision,
Upon tits, the king ordered that fires
should be kindled) to dispel the darkness,
and to correct the noxious aud ik ii
prisoned air; he then led the way into the
interior; but, though stout of heart, he ad-
yanced with awe aud hésitation,

Aiter proceeding a short distance, he}
entered a hall, or ante-chamber, on the op-
posite side ol which was a door, aad be-
Liore it, of uw pedestal, stood a gigantic
figure, of the color of bronze and ot w ter-
rivle aspect, It held a huge mace, which
it whirled incessantly, giving such cruel
and resounding blows upon the earth
as to prevent all farther entrance,

‘The king paused at sight of this appall-
ing igure. ior hether it were a living
being, or a statue of magie artilicel he
could uot tell, On its breast was a scroll,
whereon was insevibed in large lett 1
do my duty.” After a little while Edward
plucked up heart, and addressed it with
great solemnity, ‘Whatever thou be,
said he, ‘know that I come not to violate
this sanctuary, but to enquire into the my
tery it contains: L conjure thee, therefor
to Jet me pass in safety,’

Upon this the figure paused with uplift-
ed mace, and the king and his train pass-
ed unmolested through the door,

to describe. The walls were encrusted
With the most precious gems, so juined to-
gether as to fourm one smooth and perfect
surface. ‘The lulty dome appeared to be
self-supported, and w eadded with gems
lustrous us the stars of the firmament,
Vhere was neither wood nor any other
cominon or buse material ty» be seen
throughout the edifice. There was no
Windows or other opening to adinit the
day yet a radiant light was spread through-
out the place which seemed to shine from
the walls and to render every object dis-
tinctly visible,

In the centre of this hall stood a table of
alabaster of the rarest workmanship, ou
th was inseribed, iu Greck cha
that Uereules Alcides, the Theban G
had founded this tower in the year of the
vorld three thousand and six. Upon the
table stood a goklen casket, richly set
round with precious stones and closed with
a lock of mother-of-pearl, and on the lid
were iuseribed the following words:

‘Iu this coifvr is contained the mystery
of the tower, ‘The hand of none but a
king can open it; but let him beware ! for
marvellous events will be revealed to him,
which are to take place before his death.’

King Roderick boldly seized upon the
easket, The venerable archibishop Jaid
his hand upon his aru and made a last re-
nee, * Forbear my son!) said he;
st while there is time. Look notinto
tie mysterious decrees of Providence.

has hidten them in merey from our

zht, and itis impious to rend the vail by
hich they are concealed,

‘What hive Tito dread from a know-
ledge of the tute ?? replied Roderick, with
an air of haughty presumption, :
be destined mie, [shall enjoy it by -
pation; if evil, I shail arm myself to meet
it.) So he rashly broke the lock,
ithin the coffer he found nothing bui
a linen cloth, folded between two tablets |
of copper. On untolding it he Deheld

figures of men on horseback, of dicree de-
and robes of yari-
Arabs,

meanor, chad in turbas
ous Colors, aiter th
with scimitars hangi trom their
and cross bows at their saddle backs
they carried banners of divers de
Above them was inscribed, in Greek char-
acters, ‘Rash Monareh! behold the men
who are to hurl thee from thy throue, aud
subdue thy kingdom?

ght of these the king was troubled
in spirit, and dismay fell upon his atten-
dants, Whily they were yet regarding
the paintings, it seemed as if the figures
began to move, and a faint sound of war-
i from the cloth, with the
and bray of trumpet. the
vd shout of arn but all

shion of th

neigh of

was he vif, or in
areyerie or dream, ‘Phe more they gazed
the plainer became the motion and ihe

louder the noise; and the linen cloth rotled

forth and amplified and spread out, as it
Were, ainighty banner, and filled the hall
aud mingled with the air until its textures
Were ne longer visible, or appeared as 8
transparent cloud ; and the shuvowy isures |
became all in motion, and the din and up-
roar became fierecer and fiereer; and
Whether the whole was an animated pic-
ture, ora Vision, or an ty of embodied
spirits conjured up by. a supernatural
power, no one present could tell. DLhey
beheld betore them on a great ficld of bat
tle, where Chris s and Moslems were
engaged in deadly coutlict. hey heard
the rush and tramp of steeds, the blast of
tramp and clarion, the clash of cymbal,
and the stormy dia of a thousand dean
Phere was wv clash of swords and ii:
and battle-axes, with the whistling of
rows and the hurling of darts and’ lances.
‘The Christiaus quailed betore the toe; the
infidels pressed upon them and put theim
to rout: the staudard of the cross was cast
down, the banner of Spain was trodden
under foot, the air vesounded with shouts
of tiiumph, with yells of fury, and with}
the growus ofdying men, Amid (he flying
King Roderic beheld a crowu-
', Whose back was toward him,
tremor and device were his own
and who was mounted oa a white stecd
that resembled his own war horse Orelia.
in the contusion of the fight the wazrior
Was dismounted and was uo longer to be
seen, aud Ovei Noped through the tieia
of battle without a rider.

Roderick stayed to see uo more, but
rushed trom the tia hall, toilowed by his
tevaiiicd attendants, They fled through
the outer chamber, where the pigauuc
figure with the whirling mace had cisap-
peared frou higgpedestal, aud ou issuing
into the open air,, they fonnd the two an
cient guardiuis of the tower lying duad at
the portad, as though they had been crush-
ed by sume mnighty blow. Nature, which
hid been clear aud serene, was now int
wild uproar, The heavens were darken-
louds; loud bursts of thun- |
r, and the earth was deluged |
with vain and patting hail,

The hing ordered that the iron portal
should be closed, but the door was iimno-
vable, aud the cayaliers were dismayed by
the tremendous turmoil and the mingled
shouts and groans that contiiued to pre-
viii withiu. The king and bis train nas-
teved back to Voledo. pursued and pelted
by the tempest, Phe weuntaias shous and |
echoed With the thunder, trees we up: |
rooted and blown dowu, anid the Pagus
raged and roared, and flowed above the
banks, Lt seemed to the alfrighted cour-
tiers as if the pliantom legious of the tower
had issued forth, gud iningled with the
storm ; for amid the clips of thunder aud
the howling of the wind, they fancied they
heard the sounds ofthe drums and tram.
pets, tie shouts of armies, and the rash
of steeds, Thus beaten by tempest anu
overwhelmed with horror, the king and
his courtiers arrived at Voledo, clattcring
across the bridge of the Pagus and enter-
ing the gate in headlong contusion, as
though tney had been pursued by an
eney.

In the morning the heavens were again
serene, and all nature was restored to tran-
quility. he King, thererore, issucd forth
With his cavaticrs, and took the road to
the tower, lor lie. Was anxious oice more
to close the iron door, and shat up those
evils that threatened to overwhelm the
lund, Lutlo! on coming in sight of the
tower ® new wonder met their eyes, An
eagle appeared high in the air seeming to
descend from heaven, Lie bore in’ his
beak a burning braud, and, lighting on the
sumiait of the tower, he fauned the fire
with his wings. In alitde while the edifice

courtiers and cavaliers, and crossed the

Parity ho p

JOHN CLARE Do
Gentreville, Dec. 20, 1866

“Well enough to getalong. He adore
+ and that is much more to the point.”
* But Nellie

sees Tr

Ww weer

you love him, Helen 2”

his—-his—-intellect.”

They now entered a vast chamber of aj burst forth into a blaze as though it had

Sermon THovent.--Thought en fenders thought.

PRs Yes—look !" and she

8 | Signature at the foot of the le
NiRwete of the letter,

“You don't mean—
|

into the air with a brillancy nore dazzling
than the sun; nor did they cease until
every stone was consumed, and the whole
was reduced to a heap of ashes. Then
there cae a vast flight of birds, smal! of
size and sable of hue, darkening the sky
like a cloud; and then descended and
wheeled in cireles round the ashes, caus-
ing so great a wind with their wi that
the whole was blown up into the air, and
| scattered throughout all Spain, and wher-
ever a particle of that ashes fell, it was ss
astain of blood, It is furthermore record-
ed by ancient men and writers of former
days, that all those on whoin this dust fell
were altery slain in battle, when the
country Was conquered by the Arabs, and
that the destruction of this necromantic
tower was a sign and tohen of the approach-
ing condition of Spain. —[Washingtun Ir-
ving.

=

THE NOBLE RED NAN.

LY ARTLMis WARD.

The red man of the forest was form'ly a

very respectful person, Justice to the no-
ble aboorygine warrants ime in sayin’ that
origernerly he we majestic cuss.
At the time Chris. arrove on these shores
(L aliood to Chris. Columbus), the savajis
were virtoous and happy. They were in-
uocent of secession, rum, draw-poker, and
sinfulness gi Vhey didu’t discuss
the slivery question as a custom, ‘They
had no eress, favo banks, dcliriuim
tremens, er Associated Press. Their
habits was consequently good, Late sup-
pers, dy dsy, gus companies, thieves,
ward po. *, pretty waiter-givls, and
other metropolitan refinements, were un-
Known among them, No suvage in good
stiuiding would take post stumps. You
couldn't have bo't a coon skin with a bar-
relol‘cm, Phe female Aboorygine never
died of consumption, because did't tie
her waist up in whalebone thi but in
loose and flowin’ ments she bounded,
with naked feet, over hills aud plains like
the wild and frisky antelope. lt wasaon-
lucky moment for us when Chris. sot his
foot ontu these “ere shor lt would have
been better for us of the present day ifthe
inijus had given hin a warm meal and sent
him home ore the ragin’ billers, For the
owned The counter id Columbus
was a fillibuster, Cortez, Pi ro, and
Walker were one-horse fillibusters—Col-
umbus was a four-horse team fillibuster,
and al ler dog under the waggin,
¥, in view of the mess we are makin’
of things, it would have been better tor us
if Columbus had staid at home. It woul
hy Deen better for the show bisniss.
The civeulation of Vanity Fair would be
tracr, and the proprictors would ail haye
boozum pins! Yes, sir, and perhaps aten-
pin alley.

By which I don't wish to be understood
as diatimitin® that the sealpin’ wretches who
are in the Lnjin bisuiss at the present day
ave of any aecount, or caleulated to make
home happy, especially the Sioxes of the
Minnesoty, who deserve to be murdered
in the tirst degree, and if Pope will only
yin St. Paul and not go wear ‘em Aim-
vey, Lrechon they will be,

st

noel ire seek

A GREAT PARMER'S MAXIMS.

The successful lite of Mr. Jacob Strawn,
the Prince of American farmers, is ate
tributed to the close observance of the ful-
lowing Maxims, originated by himself:

“When you \ up do not roll over
but out. It will give you time to ditch all
your sloughs, break them up, harrow
them, and sow with timothy and red
cover, One bushel of clover to two
bushels of timothy is enough,
“Make your fence ligh, tight and
strong, so that it will keep cattle aud pigs
if youwhave brush, make your lots
ve, und keep your hogs from the cattle,
for il (he corn us clean they will eat it bet.
ter than if it is not.
“Ye sure to get your hands to bed by
seyen o'clock, they will rise early by force
of clreumstanee, Paya hands if he isa
poor hand, ali you promise him; if he is a
good one, pay him a little more, it will
eucour im to do still better.
* Always feed your hands as well as you
do yourselt; for the luboring meu ave the
bone and sinew ol the laud, wid ought to
be weil treated,
“Tam satistied that getting up early,
industvy, and regular habits, ave the bese
micdicines ever prescribed by health,
“When it becomes rainy, bad weather,
so that you quit work out of doors, aut
and split Pur wood,
“Make your tracks, fixing a fence or a
gate that is off its hinges, or weather
boarding your barn where the wind has
blown the siding oflor patching the roof
of your barn or house,
“Study four interests closely, and do
uot spend any‘ tine electing presidents,

out,

senators and other small officers, or talk-
ing of i times when spending your

time whittling
“Take vour time and toake caleulations ;
don't do things in aw hurry, but do them at
the right thue, and keep your mind as well
as your body employed

g store boxes, ete,

el ea,

Maj. Gen, ‘Tilson has written a letter
expluning why he has established military
authority 1a Tlenry County, Georgia, He
tells a story of revolting barbatity and
cruelty: stoning’s of teachers and: scholars
peating of Freedmen, crucland promisca-
ous Out and iurders, Ail this the
eivil authorities refused to interfere with,
The county jude repeatedly refused, and
on one occasion when Mr, Philips the
agent of the Freedmen’s Bur sed thy
sheriiY to st some guilty parties, he re-
plied that "it w ould be vapopular to pun-
ish white men for anything done to a ne-
ero, it might be unsafe; that he was not
going to obey the order ofa d—d Yankee ;
and that the rebellion was net over yet in
ilenry County.” :

A correspondent of the New York Herald
reports that the United States have pur.
chased of Greece the Island of Melos, in
the Grecian Archipelago, for $20,000,000,
unsuccessfal aller pts are reported to have
been made to purchase an Island of turkey,
but foreign Powers dissuaded the Porte
trom selling, because they did not waut

wUropey Asi, OF ATOR, asthe

Place o}
pointed to the| tollow
Hastings,”

read Nellie. | mina,

hich

written a page.

tu

the United States to gett foothold int

ne idea on paper, and another wi
it, and still another, until rou have
a You cannot tathom y
‘a here is a well of thought ire
srl no bottom; the more you draw
Ore Cleay and fr ital it will