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December 29 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3 - ¦ ... . -v - - . . —
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DECEMBER . While others frame and write reforms ,. December , gloomy , dark December ! I sing of tempests , clouds and storms , Thy presence prompts me to remember And here thou art with passions strong , Of giant might—a child of song , To rale and rhyme at pleasure . Whose song ascends on whirlwind wing "While towers and turrets rock and ring , To harmonise the measure .
And steeple tall , and leafless tree , - Croak forth their doleful melody . And who , bnt most thy freaks remember , Thy lawless pranks and antic forms , Th y rushin g tempest s , clouds and storms , December , gloomy , dark December ! December , black December . I gaze upon th y throne of clouds , December , warlike , wild December ; And snowy robes thy formeMarOttds ^ : Bequeathed thee by thy friend November And as I gate in wonder lost , .-Thy skill directs th * advancing . host * With system ' s strict precision . At length is heard the trumpets blast . The cloudlets harry fierce and fast , To form one grand division . I vj : l
But evening comes;—a 8 tarlea * mg ht , And s hu ts from vi ew th e b loo d less fi ght ! Tet w h o , but ever must remember , - Th y wa rlike sp o rt s , thy cheeringstrains , Thy cloud-caped hills and arrow-Sad plains ? December , wayward , wild December ! ' . [; ' ¦ " - Decem b er , black December . - - - -. & _?• ' " ""' -: Yet I have loved thee—love thee still , ^ ; - ? i . December , s tormy , stera-DeeemhfflFjffi-Sings were won ' t to have their . wfll ^; % -ji ^ And thou rt of royalty a member . ' . ¦ • •• . T-J i if "; But not of those who strut and sttide , * JT * 1 ^ r And flutter ' neath a peacock' s pridej ; "'^^ And learn hut todissemble . ' v ^ . ' Aw a y thou soar ' st—the ocean ' s roar , '; . ;"' . " --And tempests sweep from shore to shore , " And rocks and mountains tremble .
• 0 ! . how I drink thy wildest glee , And dream of long-lost liberty ! 3 for shall I cease once to remember , Th e fi xed resolve , the impassioned thrill , -. That tells me 1 most love thee still , Decem b er , stormy , stern December ! Decem b er , black December . Edinburgh . James Harkkess . Christmas Day is past , and the year 1849 is rapidly drawing to an end . S o me w ill watch its fast-running sands 'with feelings of sadness , and such may find their sentiments expressed in—THE OLD MAN'S SOXG OF THE OLD YEAR'S DYING .
BT E . L . HESYBT . To sleep—to sleep J—' tis the O l d Year ' s dying Let me sleep till he be dead ; Comfort and Hope and Time are flying-Gladness and Yonth arefied . Year after year has been ushered in—So many are lost there are few to win , Bat eneugh fer sorrow and toil and sin : — . -, . .. Let me sleep while ' the Old Year dies I I like not the passing away from earth Of the thing we have watched so long ? I cannot vraieome the Xe w Year ' s birth
With the Old Year ' s dying song ! Wake me at morn when the dnst is flung On the ancient head that so late was young : — If rest may be where the soul is wrong , Let me sleep while the Old Year dies J Hirers of tears have flowed to Mm—Strong tides of the soul ' s despair ; Many a p a ssionate pr a yer a n d h ymn B een pour ed on his mi dni g ht air . Why have we wished that his days were o ' er , When the life that goes with him returns no more?—I shall miss his weary step on tbe floor ;—¦
Let me sleep while the Old Year dies ! Wild pulses are playing in many a heart With the hopes of the dawn to come ; For they know not yet of the nights that part What the morrow shall never bring home ! Their New Year friend as the old they greet ; Bat mine are the memories sad—it sweet—That pass the new guest in life ' s c row d ed street : — Let me sleep while the Old Year dies ! My heart is bowed—and my eyes are dim , And take not the light they gave : Then , call me not np to make merry with him Who treads on an old man ' s grave ! lh , tbe morning light ofthe life-long year The bnter mists themselves look clear ; Bnt I to the Shadow am all too
near—Let me sleep while the Old Year dies ! la the cave ofthe earth down fathoms below The greenness whereon we stand , 'lis said that a central fire doth glow , — A sea-less and burning land ;—If deep in the heart such fir es abi de , And the Tallies stretch and currents glide Th a t s ee no greenness a nd f e el n o ti d e , Then—sleep while the Old Year dies I Perhaps while gleams of the future ' s light On his forehead the New Year wears . We may not care how the long dread nig ht Fall Sown on the old grey hairs : — Bnt the veil of the grave-clouds gather near , And the long death silence lies close to mine ear;—So . I have no joy in the coming
year—Let me sleep ^ hue the Old Year dies ! A year of pestilence , war , and reaction , vse cannot bat welcome the termination of 1819 , in the hope that 1850 will usher in better times . To the enslaved and the nnhappy , not merel y the death of the old year—Death in generalis welcome ; for Death is the avenger of the suffering , and punisher ' of the rich , the selfish , and the tyrannical . This sentiment must have inspired the song of
THE LEVELLER , BY BAKRT CORNWALL . The king he reigns on a throne of gold , Fenced round by his nght d iv i ne ; The baron he sits in his castle old , Drinking his ripe red wine : But below , below , in his ragged coat , The beggar he tnrneth a hungry note , And the spinner is bound to his weary thread , And the debtor lies down with an aching head So the wor ld g oes , So the stream flovs , Yet there ' s a fellow who m nobo dy knows , Yfho maketh all free , On land and sea , And maketh the rich like the poor to flee .
The lady lies down in her warm white lawn , And dreams of her painted pride ; The milk-maid sings to the wild eyed dawn Sad songs on the cold hill ' s side : And the bishop smiles as on high he sits , Ou the scholar who writes and stares by fits ; An d the girl w ho h e r n i ghtly nee d le plies , Looks out for tbe source of life , and dies . So the world goes , go the stream flows ; Yet there ' s a fellow whom nobody knows , Who maketh all free , By land and sea , > nd forceth . the rich like the poor to flee . Ere we speak of the Xev Year , we will take final leave of its predecessor in A PROLOGUE TO THE YEAR FORTY-SINE .
BIKDWIHCItL . "When firstyon launched opon the stream of life , Ho pe seized the helm , and joy the sails un-Time smil ed au s piciou s , and mankind seemed rife , For liberty , throughout the western world . From where the Danube laves its rockyshore . To 3 ? silver Rhine , and where the Tiber flows , Responsive echoes thy spring breezes ? ° re , And despots ouaUeu , as man wtth might arose , Besdlved to live by dint of daily . toiL With freedom blest npon his nativesoil . _
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Thy days , old year , a re numbered , and the past Mast teach us wisdom . Th' women scourging king And fratricidal tyrants shall at last Receive the chastisement which their misdeeds bring . France must wipe off her « tain of infamy , And people ' s i n F r aternity b e b ound , To ba ffle the intri gues of tyranny . Ooce more to the rescue—boldly gain the ground Lost this year . Set Rome and Hungary free , And "Fifty" m a y pro c l a im freedom ' s jubilee .
New Year ' s Eve , and New Year ' s Day , though hut little minded in Eng land , are yet celebrated in Scotland , and on the continent generally , particularly in France . In Scotland , on New Year ' s Eve , the children go ahoutseeking what they call their "Hagmena , " Mjhig , " Hagmena , hagmena ! give us cakes and cheese , and let us go away ! " In some places they make their appeal in the following lines : — Get np , gaid wife , an ' binno sweir And dealyour cakes and cheese while you ' re here ; For the time will come when ye'll be dead , And neither need your cheese nor bread . Cheese and oaten cakes , which are called
fans , are distributed on this occasion among the cryers . The naming of New Year ' s Day in the Highlands , appears to unite the opposite elements of water and fire . In the first place , water from the dead and living flood is sprinkled with a brush , by some persan appointed for the occasion , over all the beds in the bouses , to the no small discomfort of the sleepers . We should have mentioned , th a t the , fire is previously lighted .. This libation is intended to preserve the Hig hlander during the whole year from the sad effects of witchcraft , the evil eye , and all the other machinations of infernal spirits .
Then , au attempt is made to expel all dis orders , by the fumes of juniper ; to this end , all the doors and windows , as well as every crevice , are carefully closed , and branches of juniper are lig hted . Of course , a most powerful fumigation is produced , hut this is submitted to without complaining , until the parties are almost suffocated . -f When the operator deems the charm complete , the genialair . of heaven is again admitted ,. and the party ^ rlth all the nag hbouraflfit engaged , are invited to partake of a plentiful" breakfast , and the rest of the day is spent in dancing and other diversions , and thus the new year is welcomed in the Highlands . '*
In Sir John Sinclair ' s statistical account of Scotland , 1794 , the minister of Kirkmichael , in the county of Banff , under the head of "Superstitions , & c ., " says , — "On the first night of January , they observe , with anxious attention , tha disposition of the atmosphere . As it is calm or boisterous , as the wind blows from the south or north—from the east or west , they prognosticate the nature of the weather tUl the conclusion ofthe year . Their faith is couched in verses thusitranslated from
the Gaelic language :-r « i | S ^ p [ $ ' of the south will be productive of J ^^ maifhrtilitj ; tbe wind of the west , of n ^^ td fish ; the wind from the north , of eoW j ^ storm ; the wind from the east , of frtt ^ u ^ tjte trees . '" We shall conclude these notices of Scottish customs , by giving the foltowingfacconnt of a genuine Scottish miracle , perfome ^ nearl y one hundred years ago under the operation of anti-teetotal influences . The minister of Tillicoultry , in the county of Clackmanan , says ( 1795 ) : — - "It is worth mentioning that one William Hunter , a collier , was cured in the year 1758
of an inveterate rheumatism or gout , by drinking freely of new ale , full of harm or yeast . The poor man had been confined to his bed for a year and a half , having almost entirely lost the nse of his limbs . On the evening of Handsel Monday , as it is called { i . e . the first Monday of the New Year , 0 . S . ) , some of his nei ghbours came to make merry with him . Though he could not rise , yet he always took his share of the ale as it passed round the company , and in the end , became much intoxicated . The consequence was that he had the use ef his limbs the next morning , and was able to walk about . He lived more than
twenty years after this , and never had the smallest return of his old complaint . " New Year ' s Day , or the Jour de I'An , is the greatest festival celebrated over the length and breadth of France . " Every human being who has a franc , or five francs , or 500 , 000 francs—every being who has money or securities for money—in possession—in expectancy —or in reversion—every human being who has at any time dined , or supped , or breakfasted ,
or lunched , or called , or slept at the house of any other human being—must be prepared with presents and g ifts of some sort or kind—• for host and hostess—for children , for fam i l y , for friends , and for servants . If a bachelor , he must be prepared with a galanterie for his intended—if a student for his griseite or lorttte —if a married man , for his wife and children —if a working man , for the partner of his toil . Persons of all ranks and conditions—of all
classes , professions , trades , and calling , go about Paris that live-long New Year ' s Day , in g iving and distributing gifts . Eatables and drinkables—fruit and bon bons , bonnets and bodices , truffles and turkeys , marqueterie and Maraschino de Zara—prie-dieus , and purses —coffee services , and dessert knives—fancy stationery , perfumery , jewellery , rings , pastry , fish , saus a ges , cheeses , red herrings , morelles , and mushrooms ; nay , even such simple gifts as loaves of bread and a not ou feu , or a cftttttfrette , are on the New Year ' s Day distributed among the humblest poor , b y persons as humble and as lo w l y as themselves . " The following lines , swe e t , th o ug h melancholy , command a place in our
Garland;—TBE "LAST 2 JEW YEAR . " BV MSatB 7 SXXSS 0 S . If you 're waking , call me early , call me early , mother dear , For I would see the sun rise upon the glad new YCflF * It is the last new year that I shall ever see , Then ye may lay me low i' the mould , and think no more o' me . To-night I saw the sun set—he set , and left behind dear old time d all
The good old year , the , an my peaceofmind : And the newyear's coming up , mother ; hut 1 shall TheMayup % the blackthorn , the leaf upon the tree . . last May we made a crown of flowers—we had a merry dayTBeneath the hawthorn on the green they made me Queen of Mi % ; v mr , ,. ., And we danced ^ bdut the May-pole , and in the liazle copse , " , ,., Till Charles ' s wain came out above the tall white
chimney tops . There's not a flower on all the hil' ts-the frost is on the pane— , I only wish to live till the snowdrops come agaro-I Tvish the snow would melt , and the sun come out en h igh— . , ,. , T ,. I l ong to s e e flower so before t he d a y I die . The building rook will caw from the windy tall elm-tree , And the tufted plover pipe along the fallow lea , And the swallow will comeback again with summer o ' er the wave : ¦ But I shall lie alone , mother , within the
mouldering grave . Upon the chancel casement , and upon that grave of mine , .. In the early , early morning the summer gun will shine , Before the red cock crows from the farm upon the hi ll , When you are warm asleep , mother , and all the world is still . When the flowers come again , mother , beneath the
wan i ng light , Ye 'll never see me more in the long grey news at nisht ; When from the dry dark world the summer airs blow cool , . On the oat-grass and the sword-grass , and the bulrush in the pool . Ye'll bury me , my mot he r , just beneath the hawthorn shade , , , , „ _ And ye'll come sometimes and see me where I am I shSt forget ye , mother . -I shall hear ye when With * your feet above my head in the long and pie * - sant grass .
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I have been wild and wayward , but ye 11 forgive me now ; Ye'll kiss me , my own mother , upon my cheek and brow ; Nay—nay , ye must not weep , nor let your grief he wild , — Ye should not fret for me , mother , ye have another child . If I c a n , I'll come a gain , mother , from out my resting-place ; Thoug h yell not sec me , mother , I shall look upon your face ; Though I cannot speak a word , I shall hearken what ye say , And be often , often with ye when ye think I ' m far away .
Good night ! good night ! when I h a ve s a id goo d night for evermore , And ye see me carried out from the threshold of the door , Don't let Effie come to see me till my grave be f owing green : be abetter child toyouthaneverlhavebeen . She'll find my garden tools upon the granary floor ; Let her take ' m—they are hers—I shall never garden more ; B ut tell her , when I ' m gone , to train the rosebush that I set About the parlour window , and the box of mignonette . Good ni ght , sweet mother ' . —call me when it begins to dawn : All night I lie awake , but I fall asleep at morn—But I would see the sun rise upon the glad new year ; So i f you ' re waking , c a ll me , call me early , mother dear !
The pettce-at-any-price "philanthropists ' will , no d o ubt , thank us for making room for the following Te Deum . —
THE TEMPLE OF JANUS . The Temple of Janus , in old Rome , waa only closed during a time of universal peace . It is suggested , that , in commemoration of peace regained , all those who have sared money through attention to Mr . Cobden's eloquent denunciation of the unsafe Austrian loan , shall subscribe towards the erection of a new Temple of Janus upon Christian principles , —Jfr . Barry to be the architect . The following lines may serve as a sort of lay Te Deum , to celebrate the completion « f the edince , ifpta < x ihmM last so tOH £ . Beautiful Peace \ beloved One 1 We gripe th y hand at last ; For the storm that threaten'd altar and throne , Thank God ! is overpast . In the Magyars' blood , pour'd out like rain , We nave sign'd the Tsar ' s new lease : We may shut the Temple of Janus again , — For the world is now at peace .
Fair Peace ! the youngest-born of Truth , ( Not that Galicianw ** » e , ) * How shall a Haynau guard thy youth For a perjured Emperor ? Let the gallows and rifles work amain , Let the knout ' s song never cease ! You may shut the Temple of Jauus again , — For the world is now at peace . Dear Peace ! thou more than mother mild , , Nursing our youngling Hope , — Though Rome be scourged as a froward child By the gentle mother Pope , f Though a Gallic slave must drive the wain , Lest the motu propria ce a se , Yet shut the Temple of Janus again , — For the world is now at peace .
0 Peace " la belle I" albeit the day Of thine Avater ' s g o ne , — J Like a c ounterfeit Louis c hanged away ¦ For a worse A' opofeon , — Though France but a papal kick may gain For draining shame to the lees , Let us shut the Tetap l e of . Janus a gain \ For the world is now at peace . Glad Irish Peace ! so cheaply bought By a few sweet smiles at most , — For a tenant now and then shot is noug ht On the famme-stricken coast ! ' lis only , an autumn orange st a in On the s h a mro ck le a v e s one sees : So shut the Temp le of Janus again , — For the world is now at peace .
Our own best Peace , with its rule of prey—That blessing to all the weak , -. . With colonies happily turning grey , And wards forthe ' rebel' Greek!— §' Thoogh the collar still gall beneath the mane , If the roar but an instant cease , Quick ! shut the Temple of Janus again , — For the world is now at peace . Spjmucvs , We venture to predict that the gates . of the temple of Janus will not long remain closed . There ought not , and there will not be peace as long as tyranny endures . In the fervent hope that 1850 may witness tyrants in the dust , and the people triump h a nt , equal , and free , we most heartily wish all our friends and readers A HAPPY NEW YEAR ! * Not the 'Peace' Brought by Szela , the Galician murderer , to his master Metternich . t The fanatic . Montclambert , in his recent defence of French infamy , calls his Ex-Holiness * the mother of ths world . ' And all the world , including the French Ministers , know that the motu . propria had never any motion of its own , hut owed all to the French invasion . t Verily the Avatar of Peace was in the days of tho dirtiest of kings—the 'Napoleon of Peace , ' as English tradesmen loved to style him . The dirtiest of kings , indeed , for the invader of Rome is only President . S Though how Greeks can ' rebel' against Britain , it might pnzzle even the Cephalonian hangman , or JNlr Ward , to inform us .
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Dosdbe Democratic School Soireb The annual « oirec of Mr . John M'Crae ' s school , took
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place in Bell-street , on the 11 th mst ., Mr . Robert Fle s her i n the chair , who opened the entertainment of the evening in a most suitable and able address . The children , in their various exercises , acquitted themselves in a manner highly creditable to Mr . M ' Crae , as an efficient teacher—several of whom , we h ave no doubt , from a cquirem e nts they have attained , will , in more matu re ye ar s , give proof of tho s e great princ iples so early imbued . This thought must Ho cheering to every parent who has the welfare of his fellow men at heart . We may notice a few of the pieces brought forward b y the scholars , namely : — " The Trial of Robert Emmett , " a scene from " The Vision of Famine , "
" The King of tho Moon , " " The Red Flag of the Republic , " " The People—cheir Rights , an d no L ess , " " The Factory Child , " "A Political Address on Monarchy , " "Mazzini ' s V ow , " "Land of Liberty , " " Political Address on Labour , " "The Wife of General Bern , the Hungarian , " " A Talc of Misery , " "The Marsellaise" ( J . E . Johns ) , "All hail , Caloden ! " " Kings and Thrones are Fallen , " < tc , < fcc , all of which were given in excellent style . Mr . M ' Crae , at the close , gave a short and spirited address on the general state of Europe and the young and rising generation . There were from 1 , 000 to 1 , 200 present . The harmony of the evening was kept up to an early hour . A variety of songs , to which were added the sweet sounds of an in s trument a l ban d , and the creature comforts were in abundance .
Fireabms renins Amkrican Government . — -A package has arrived by the steam-ship Princess Royal , Cuxhaven , containg a rifle and another article called an « t « ybelonging to the government ofth e Unit e d States , and w h ich has bee n forw a rde d by the vice-consul of the United States at Hamburg h to this c ountry for shipment on board one of the American line of packet ships for New York . The package was addressed to " Gen . George Tallcott , chief of the United States Ordance , office of Ordnance , Washington . United States of America , " an d has b e e n fo rwa rd e d by the United States consul in London to New York for delivery at its destination .
MoitDEit is a Railway Carriage . —A horrible murder was committed a few days ago oh the road from Turin to Asti . A stranger , who bad recently a rr i ved at Tu r in , w h er e h e r e ceive d a s um of 6 , 000 francs , left by tho railroad for Asti ; but he had been followed to the station by four men , who knew that he had received the money at Turin , and who got into the same carriage . On the arrival of the train at Valdichiesa , these men left , and when the train arrived at Asti their unfortunate victim was found dead from strangulation , and his mone y h ad been carried off .
Gambukg . —This vice has been practised by the most civilised and enlightened people , as well as by the most barbarous and ignorant . Th « coronetted ltgislator of the forem * st nation in refinement has heen known to sacrifice a princely ineonie to this passion . No station is free from its degrading influence . The brutal bull-bftittr , snd the most profound thinker , have alike met ruin in its vorUx . An instance of the latter occurred in the case of an author of European celebrity , who , In one of bis works , said , ' The gamester , if he dies a martyr to his pursuit , is doubly ruined : be adds his soul to every « ther loss , and by the ast of suicide renounces earth to " forfeit liearen ! ' Thera « n who wrote that sentence was himself a rambler , and ultimately a suicide ! Such is ths result of this demoralising habit , commencsd perhaps in a state of dissipated < mnd , and continued through a vitiated state of the digestive organs , entailing a morose , peverish , and discontented stats of mind , the whole of which mig ht have been prevented bv the occasional use of that mild aperient , Frampton ' t Pill fllcalth .
A ItaOCS CtHPlAIST WITH INDIGESTION OF ThME Teabs' standing' cored bv Holwwav ' s pius . —Mr . G . Williams , ot'Dungaiinon , had been suffering for three yean with a severe bUious complaint , accompanied with bad digestion , and a constant expectoration cf pldegm ; his afflictions from these disorders were so great that for nights together it was impossible for hist to lie on a bed . AH the medicines he had taken f & Ucd to gv * e Mm relief , he therefore determined upon giving hoixowai ' s pilis a trial , and he was soon gratified with the result , for this valuable ¦ itiicitie speedily Improved his powers of digestioa , removed the excess of bile , and re-established him in perfect health .
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SUNSHINE AND SHADOYT ; A TALE OF THB NINETEENTH CENTURY . H Tn # MA 3 MARTIN WHEELER , Late Secretary t « th « National Charter Association aid National Land Company . Chapibk XXXVI . Time when it lowers on states , ins p ires Some thoughts above self s low desires ; An d if I s p eak o f hope , the w ord Hath scarce the construing of the herd ; Since nor with careless glance—my soul First gased on dark Time ' s riddled scroll-First conned the food of Truth , and wroug ht The chyle of memory into thought , In my sti l l h e art Iiearnt to rear , Beyond all lowlier hope or fear , Beyond the harlots ofthe hour , The lpsts that burn for wealth or power , The snake-like arts , t ha t w hil e th e y wind Aloft , are tr a cked in sl i m e be hin d ;
Beyond the day ' s brief praise or blame-Beyond the angel wingB of Fame-Beyond tho smiles of kings—the loud Not lasting , worship of the crowd-Beyond all , —save the heart ' s—applause ; Oh God—Oh Earth J your common cause . Lytton Bulwtr , Close by those ever burning brimstone beds ; where Pedloe , Oates and Judas hide their heads , I saw great Satan , like a sexton stand , With his intolerable spade in hand , Digging three graves—of coffin shape they were , F or those who , coffi u less , mu s t enter there With humblest rites . The shrouds were of that cloth Which Clotho weaveth in her blackest-wrath . The dismal tint oppressed the eye that dwelt Upon it long , like darkness too it felt . The pillows to those baleful beds were toads , Large , living , livid , melancholy toads , Whose softness shock'd !—worms of monstrous
size Crawl'd round—and one upcoiled which never dies . A doleful bell , inculcating despair , Was always-ringing in the heavy air ; And all about the detestable p it , Stange headless g ho s ts an d quartered forms did flit . Rivers of b loo d , from dripping traitors spilt , By treachery stun ? from poverty to guilt . I asked the fiend tor whom these rites were meant : — " Those graves , " quoth he , " w hen lif e ' s brief oil is spent-r When the dark ni ght come s , and their sinking into Hell , I mean fo r D a vis , Tinley , and Powell . " * Charles Lamb .
Upon his return to London , Arthur found tho greatest excitement prevailing ; E rne s t Jones , the Meagher of the Chartist movement , had been arrested , together with Sharp , Williams , Fussell , Vernon , a n d other active London democr a t s , under the provisions of tho Gagging Bill ; they were spee d i ly found gu i lt y b y middle class juries , and sentenced to lengthened periods ef imprisonment ; Jphn Shaw , Bezer , and many talented provincial leaders , quickly shared the same fate ; re venge began to actuate the minds of the warmhearted , and desperation usurped the place of judgment . In the metropolis , this feeling was very prevalent ; Ernest Jones , John Shaw , John Fussell and other victims , had been Ion ? known , and highly
respected ; the former was almost adored by the disciples ofthe ph ysical f orce school , of a warm an d poetic temperament , gifted with gro a t el o quence and an impassioned style of delivery ; by birth and education a gentleman and a scholar ; yet withal , so urbane and condescending , he acquired a magic ascendancy over- the young Mid the enthusiastic , to obta i n h is release or revenge his fate , they determined to hazard any measure , h ow e v e r a pparent l y hopeless . The vile Whig government , taking advantage of this feeling , and of the absence ofthe old school Chartists from these meetings , introduced nmongthem their base tools , Powell , Davis , Tinley , a nd oth e rs , who b y their a ccursed a rt s b l e w th e flame until the mine exploded , a nd involv ed
many true heatte in its rums ; but some , whose fate is more to be regretted than William Cttffay's—long will the democrats of London miss his servicescautions and cool-headed , yet brave and enthus iastic , the excitement of the time overcame his usual sound judgment , he was entrapped in the snare , and fell a victim ; but so disgusting was the treachery by which the government had lured him and his fellows to their fete , that not by the Chart's !; body alone , but by the public generally , they were regarded more as martyrs than criminals , and the Whigs will never efface the odium which their spy system has heaped upon them . Arthur Morton had been too intimate with these men to have any chance of escaping their
fate ; enlinked with Cuffay by the ties of friendship , like him ho refused to save himself by flight ; fortune , however , favoured him , for by some fortuitous circumstance he escaped denunciation from any of the government tools until the trials were proceeding , when timely i n f orm a tion be ing conve ye d to him , he acted on tho advice of his friends , and once again became a fugitive from Justice . We must not dwell on these events . Attached to some of the metropolitan victims by ties ofthe closest friendship , we mourn their lot ; two of their number havo f a ll e n b e neath the murderous s y stem of d i s ci pline to which t h ey w e re su b jected ; their bloo d will not sink in those dungeon vaults , but wi l l ri se to heaven demanding justice on their murderers ; the rest
still wear their chains , and may yet experience the fate Ofthe martyred Williams and Sharp , —to assist them is almost impossible , to pity them is useless , — the only help we can vender is to support liberally their wives and families , —to rouse up the scattered elements ofthe democratic party , —to rally public opinion round the principles which they are emba lmi n g b y t he i r sufferings , and thus convince those or them who may re-apnear amongst us ( for alas ! years may elapse before the exiles will return , ) that we have been active in working , while they have been passive in enduring , and that the war between the oppressed and the oppressor has not , nor ev e r shall cease , until substantial ju s tic e sh a ll b e im p artiall y administered to all .
A rt h ur Morton , assisted by the good and true , after many perils escaped to the continent , where he yet resides awaiting the hour when the glorious red banner , the emblem of unity and freedom , shall proudly float on the highest pinnacle of St . Stephen ' s ; then will his woes , and the woes of his compatriots bo recompensed ; the shadow will then fall from his visa g e , and the sunlight beam on his countenance . His fate , though hard , hath been a common one ; endowed with genius and patriotism , they sewed only to embitter his lot by setting him at enmity with the world and the world's laws ; ardent and sensitive , he f elt ke e nl y evils which would have passed lightly over a willing slavo ; he roams an exile in a foreign land , nncheered by the wife of his
bosom , or the child of his affections , yet in tho far di st a nce he hear s the m e lo dy of freedom breathing among tho green hills and the lovely valleys of his native land ; and though its sweet sounds fall faintly on h is ear , yet his heart vibrates to their tone , and the soul of the wanderer glows with the hopes of heveaftw . Sometimes the melody floats to his ear in the simple words of freedom's song , and the music lulls his cares to rest ; anon it bears the lofty tones of pajans for Italy ' s regeneration , and his heart leaps at the inspiration ; again it bursts on his ear in tho war songs of Hungary ' s triumph , and his lips echo with gladness ; but ah ! the melody is hushed ! woe is me ! Italy has fallen ! Hungary is ravaged ! and the mournful dirge falls on the noor
exile like the knell of departing hope , forthe sun o f Kossuth and Mazzini hath set in clouds and bloodshed—like him , they are -wanderers and exiles . Still the spirit melody deserts him not , but whispers hope on , h o p e ever , and the heart attuned to the sa c re d s ound , dwells fondly on its far off echoes and the stricken soul revives again . If genius has its evils it has also its charms ; there are hours when every thought comes clothed with verdure , when naug ht is t o o bri g ht to hope , and naught too high to dare , when the veins seem to flaw with b lood too su b tle to be of earth , and the thought of despondency is unknown , then we leave the dull highway of the world , and leap at once to fame and glory ; then night and solitude are
charming , the soul becomes intoxicated with deep draughts of pure delight , a n d if l a ngu a ge coul d then convey the heart ' s f e li c ity , what dre a ms of spiritu al ity woul d it p our forth , what whispering of wondrous voices , thousands of dim and fairy feelings flock around that would perchance lose their very charm in the revealing , t h en the earth is no longer a p lague spotten world , but a verdant paradise ; the heaven * above are clear , not a cloud dims their beanty , new feelings and a now heart seem created within , all the duties of life seem heightened and ennobled , refined and softened , the sense of self is lost , an d we glow with feelings for others ; the heart swells with more generous emotions than priest or prophet ever penned , the soul feeds luxuriously on its own creations , and all is love and gladness . Such hours whole
have given more names to immortality than agesof pl o dd ing life , viheu with careworn brows we drive aw a y the lofty im p ul ses of our nature , and dwell only with the gross matter of fact world ; but alas , such joys arc transient , and disappointment h a th a venome sting , fated from their birth ; they die an early death , age looks back with mingled joy and sarcasm upon the visions of its early dayp , the heart grows accustomed to the iron eage and harsh bars which enclose its once foud anticipation * . Yes , the soul that can wing its way from this cold world into the region of enchantment , is not all starless in its path , though oft it droops its weary wing among the clouds of darkness and uncertainty , for " genius is a blessing twin-born with a curse . " Th e se r e fl e ctions app ly strictly to Arthur Morton ; for though our hero was tried in the fire of adver-* A slight liberty has been fortum urthth * last lines xfi the original ,
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sity , made still more fierce by his sensitive naUwe , yet his doom was not all misery , it ba d it s sunl ight intermingled with its shadows ; and though a wanderer and an exile , living a life of misery and wan % u n oheercd by aught save fond recollections and hopeful anticipations , yet is he less to be pitied than his early associate Walter North , who has attained his ambitious height , and now looks around on a world that d e s p ises while it flatters him ; for he has earned tho curse of satiety ; he has no hopes for the future , the past to him is one vast blank , from Dan to Beersheba all is vacuity ; the impulses which should not the generous blood in motion arc frozen at their fount , and his lot is more unendurable than the patriot exiles , tor the depths of misery may bo sounded , but the gulph of satiety is bottomless , and the soul sinks lower and lower in its dark waters until annihilation itself would become a relief , bub the soul is powerless even for its own destruction . ( T * bt eontiwud . )
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OrpnisssioN . —The weight of oppression generates two consequences ; it excites tho people to aspire at liberty , and it prevents them from obtaining it ; they dread foreign enemies less than their taxjathers . It is the inequality ef the impositions which make their severity so poignant . The just ourthens ofthe rich are laid upon the poor ; judge from what they pay , and you would think them rich ;—look at what they possess , and you will see that they are miserable ; the indigent are assessed ss if they were wealth y ; the t a xes lai d upon th e rich are levied from the poor . To the most barbarious nations this injustice is unknown , hence , they whom the Goths havo subdued , wish never to return to Roman administration .
Fastest Growth Yet . —A native of " Down East , " describing , with character ' stia exaggeration the properties of guano , as a promoter of vegetation , said that a few hours after planting cucumber seeds , the dirt began to fly , and the vines camo up like a streak ; and , although he started off at the top of his speed , the vines overtook and covered him , a n d on t a k i ng out his knife to cut the darned things , " hefomd a targe cucumber gone tossed in his pocket I Thkrb is now residing at Wellington , Salop , a m a n named Will i am Ba l l , who weighs thirty-five , stone , measures six feet five inches round the body , three feet round the thigh ,. and twenty-two inches round the arm ! He has been a very hard-working man , notwithstanding ; his size and weight . He is a teetotaler , and is well-known by the name of " Slender Billy . "
Evert man , no mutter how lowl y he may appear to himself , might still endeavour to produce something for the benefit or use of society ; remembering , that an insect furni s h e s b y its labour materials wherewith to form the regal robes of kings . Correct Definition . —In the Court of Exchequer last week , a builder scaffolder described a foreman as " a man who walks about and does nothing , a n d or d ers every body else to work . " Quack Journalism is Paris . — In tho lowest depth there is always , as Milton says , a deeper Still , an d French p ubl is h e rs are g iving a proof of this ; for , not content with attempting to bribe the public to b u y b ooks an d engravin gs , by giving to each purch a ser ticket s in two lotter i e s now on f o ot , s ome of them have actually brought out a jo u rnal , in which they offer , I defy you to guess what — gratuitous
medical attendance and cheap medicines to subscribers ! I really am not hoaxing you . There is , I repeat , at this moment , a j ourn a l w hich gr a vely p le d ges itself to fin d every sick subscr ib er a do c tor for nothing , and to get him physio below the usual rate . —Paris Correspondent of the Literary Gazette . Those who st a n d o n the hi gh places ofthe earth understand not what necessity , what suffering , m ea ns ; th e y know not wh a t it is to a no b l e m i n d to be obliged , like tho worms , to cr a w l up o n the earth for nourishment , because it has not strength to endure famine . Life moves around them with s o mu ch grace , sp lendour , and beauty ; they drink of life ' s sweetest wine , and dance in a charming intoxication . They find nothing within them , wliich can enable them to understand the real sufferings of the poor . They love only themselves , and look at mankind only in their own narrow circle .
"I go throug h my work , " as the needle s a id t o the idle boy . "But not till you ' re hard push e d , " as the idle boy said to the needle . A Negro Preacher . — The following story , says Frederick Douglass , in his North , Star , furnished by the correspondent of the Manchester American , shows how the slaves in that region come by their know l e d ge o f the Bi b l e , and how very accurate and valuable that knowledge is . It would be tho height of folly , however , to expect anything better of those in whom the ability to read is looked upon as as a crime ;— " > Yo once attended a large meeting of the coloured people , addressed by a coloured preacher , who , o f cour s e , could neither read nor write . On this occasion he selected the visit of
Nicodemus as the foundation of his observations 'My bred ' en , said he , ' d are was in ol d tim es a groat many preachers on do ' a rt h who went ou t among do people . Many of dem was white preachers , such as Peter , James , and John . 2 > . iro was also a groat many coloured preachers , and do greatest among dem all was de iViV ^ er De mus !" Tub Durham Dialect . —It chanced , the other day , that a p hono g raphic f or ei gner , a linguist , was passing through the county of Durham in a third-class railway carriage , and jotted down in his note-book the conversation of some fellow travellers . Their language was a puzzle to him , and be has sent us a transcript of his notes for publication , in the hope that tho Rev . Blythe Hurst or Mr . Elihu Burritt
may see our paper , and enlighten him as to tho c ountry wh ic h gave tho speakers birth . Wo think , however , we need not publish the whole of what he has sent . A sample will do ; and , without troubling the two accomplished linguists , wo will furnish our correspondent with a translation . — Ooistu ? How are vou ? Ugh ! cobby . "Why , in ' g ood , comfortable liealth . Wairstubeen ? Where have you been ? Dirm . At Durham . Cevaw , Wairstugawin ? So have I . Whither are you going ? Vhcnsoom . To Fence Houses . Cezaw . So am I . We may add that the puzzled passenger , on alighting at Gateshead , with bis carpet-bag , was assailed
tso tie says ) mm clamorous cries of " Qucensecd Queenseed ! " "Torkseod ! Torksccd ! " Tyokfurtuppuz ! Tyekfurtuppuz ! " and almost fancied that the locomotiv e eng ine must have dropped him upon the wrong planet . —Qateshcad Observer . One op the Boston exquisites being asked why ho married a second time , replied , "Because he though t it so ver y re-wiving r Marriage . —I look upon a man ' s attachment to a woman , who deserves it , as the greatest possible safeguard to him in his dealings with the world ; it keeps him from all those small vices wliich the unfettered youth thinks little of , yet which certainly , though slowly , undermines tho foundation of better things , till , in the end , tho whole fa bric o f ri ght and wrong gives way under the assault of temptation . — James .
Pleasure mat . be called the short cut to the tomb , a s i t shortens time , which is the way . TiiEFoBTRr of Bacon . —Pope , the actor , deli ghted in the good things of this life ; after expatiating at table on the excellence of a ham , he said—1 llatn , sir , is the same improvement upon bacon that steel is upon iron ; in fact , sir , nam is the poetry of bacon . " Try rr . —Beautiful is the lore , an d sweet the kisses o f thy s i st e r ; but if you haven 't a sister handy , try your cousin—it isn't much worse . If you haven't a cousin of your own , try somebody else ' s—there is no difference .
Ose John W . Jones , who has been sentenced to the Kentucky Penitentiary , for living with t w o wives , excuses himself b y s a ying that wh e n h e h ad one she fought him , but when he got two they fought each other . Dr , Lasqley , who has been confined for some time in N e n a gh G a o l , having refused to eat , had continued without food of < uiy kind for thirtv-oight days , partaking ufuotliinj ; except cold water!—Nenagh Guardian-Better that a house ? xs too awd ! for a night than too large for n year .
Proof Posmvi ; . —A clergy man was lately accused , while in Lowell , of " violmlly dragging his wife from a revival meeting , and compelling h er to go with him . " He replied as follows : —In the first p lac e : I have never attempted to influence my wife in her views , nor a choice of a meeting . Secondly : My wife has not attended any of the revival meetings in Low e l l . In the third p lace . I have not attended even one of these meetings for any purpose whatever . To condud * : Neither my wife nor myself have any inclination to attend these meetings . Finally ,- * -1 never had a wife .
Bow to make Coffee . — Choose the c off co of a very nice l » . ' own colour , but not black { which would denote that . J is burnt , and impart a bitter flavour ) : grind it at homo if possible , as you may then depend upon the qualify ; if ground in any quantity keep it in a jar hermetically sealed . Put two ounces of ground coffee iuto a atewpan , which set upon tho fire , stirring the powder round with a s poon until qui te hot , when pour over a pint of boiling water ; cover over closely for five minutes , when pass it through a cloth , warm again and serve . —Soyers Ifodtm UbuHwift .
A QB . vriBMAN , inquiring of a naval officer , why sailors generally take off their shirts when going into action , was answered , "that they may not havo any check to fi ghtin ' , " VmTiiE Rewarded . —There is a man up country who always pays for his paper in advance , lie has never had a sick day in his life ; never had any corns or tooth-ache ; his potatoes never rot ; the weevil never eats his wheat ; the frost never kills corn ot beans ; his babies never cry in the night , and his wife never scolds . —American Paper .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 29, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29121849/page/3/
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