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- KW Pmake‘fiito‘vaggfggy \Ifbr’adiiifigfénef : . \bestud the firmament of: knowledge, . . editor, 0: 0 . --- - In -the meantime, it |, Hofer b . mand 'everything else, that may ; : itself to. the. wisdom of. eplightened..men; VOL 1 NO. 2. CHRISTIAN CALMXNESS DISTURBED is 'BY CAROLINE FRY. We walked by the side of the tranquil stream, That she Sun had tinged with his parting beam, The water was still, and so crystal clear, That every spray had its image there, And every yéed that o'er it bowed, - And the crimson streak, And thesilvery cloud, And all that was bright, and all that was fair, And all that was go: was reflected there. And they said, iy was Hike the chastened breast That religion g6othes-to a holy rest, -~ When sorrow hastamed the impassioned eye, And the bosom reflects its expected sky. 'But E took a stom, that lay beside, And castsiit far onthe glassy tide ; And gone waithe charm: of the pictured scene, And the sky so byighi, and the landscape green ; And I. bade them mark; how an idle word, Too.lightly said, and too deeply heard ; ~ Q arsh reproof, or a 166k unkind, # e peace of the heaventy mind. EXTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859\ according . ve p \by Ch&rles B. Smyth, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the-Southern District of New York; - THE STAR OF DELAWARE - \ star. more to the number, which already The. night of ignorance, although perhaps not: - now so densely dark as in years gone by, 'ere the Press threw off its chains, and as- sumed to itself the right to suspend its . light-bearers in the religious, moral, and political heavens, for the fHlumination of the world, is still sufficiently obscure to: ~aduilt; At léast, of the addition of one In- minary to the great multitude. |_ The Star of Delaware will not.commence. itg-career with boasting. Et is content, at present; with declaring, that it is not less. than one among equals. Et will be soon enough to affirm itself a star of the first magnitude,-.when it. shall have appeared - such to the judgment -of its patrons, supe- rior to, and less préjudiced than, that of its c : professes: to have “wfqfigts’bbjlect the- advancement of religion, ib, literatifte, agriculture, commerce, - Whilstuortral in politics, and unseétffian © ~in~religionyit-will freely open its columns + ., shall follow wilt fiot be inferfjor. - land -to tho frank Jiscussion of both sides of any |: question, .by those who contribute to its . ~colimns; - | \ felt the need of some pa- 'per, that would \ show fair play,\ and., often thought, that, should we ever have cpn- . nexion. with one of any kind; we should] make'an innovation upon that one-sidéd ~practive, of which we have always disap- proved. 'We shall, Therefore, dheprfull: give place to the free, full,. and manly dis© . cussion of all subjects Our 'only excep- ton- to this. will < be radical questions | in. Fdigign.:~' All subjects of moral teform, , polifics, church polity, or peculiar church usage, science, literature, and agriculturé, shall 'be welcome to our coluning, and* no ~communication, on eithet side 'of afiy. of them;, shall be precluded, no matter from what squrce it may come, unless its cam- : position be below par; and on that accoutit - anworthy of 'a place. in a paper, which ye \hope will bo distinguished for ity \literary merit, ' This number is a specimen ' of what-our paper can be. All the articles - in it are {worthy of praise, and many! Of \them: deffant of criticism.\ 'Those which : . y Infant next we purpose to begin 's history of Sdot- , ' than which none can be more intét- -esting-to men of taste. 1C . We hopt e 'to make « and yet\ so cheap, that the poorestniay +4 G ~ ghown.. | \~ ed to address their letters as follows : .. ._ AllL.ordeis ~* . Liberal dealing is better than almagiv- : make.it his own. < 'We also purpose/at the cond bf the year, to Insert in the last mim. ~ \ber: of contbiits, it order thil those, who ay thidk it worthy of binding for future reading, may be able at any time to refer, without difficulty;'to any article:0h' which he may desive torefresh his memory. ~ _ (We makedtirstart with 2500--trwenty- - Avi of our first niimberi - ~* \Our fetms are very, moderate, being only. $1,00:per year, ‘ e & «Persons, sending éither (contributions! ' for insertion, 'or subscriptions, are 'tequest- 2.0 Tar Stir or Psraware; _< Dolhi, © _ ao L __ Deldware Co., __ _ Cog the ~ My; _ _ l N, Y. ‘ either for The Star of Dela ware itself, or forcadvertisementé in it, - must invariably be attended | with the 'cash. | There will be ho respect of persons >- ing;: forcit- tends to prevent pauperigm:; which is better than to relieve 16. ~ - - The present evil is often the hjisk in '~ which Providence,has enclosed thergerm . . of future » .. A «3 . |portals, .and ascending - . We hops 'to make the Star of Delafrare. \ so brillight, thatit will be admired by alt;{- For the first time, folding her to his {heart, and imprinting a kiss upon her snow | _| white brow, Malcolm was gone. Fleet as the wind were the footsteps of Ulla, as she fied towards her gloomy prison; of Duntulm. She crossed its rude ‘ to her turreted chamber, with throbbing bosom and tear» ful eye, sought to descery the boat of her Tover. It is there; yes, she sees it skim- ming lightly as the wing of the sea-fowl across the waters of the sound, to where arose theglittering cliffs of Skye, like vast colurans, their summits resting in the clouds. ' Malcolm is safe. ... True to their tryst did the lovers meet within that little glen, heavens canopy ra- thein.sighsmingled with the midnight moan {of the surging billows, . And wien were thége stolen interviews of mingled joy and diant with burning stars above them, and | DELML . SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1858. .. [THE REVENGE OF THE HEBRIDES whom she could never love! But no mer- cy had that stern Chieftain. W hat to him was love ? A bubble in the mouths of sil- ly maidens! What were her tears? any glittering bauble would turn them to smiles! What even her life when weighed. against his plans, his gmbitious schemes ? With another oath, he pushed his kneeling child away, and sternly bade her prepare to wed, Ranald of Kirkwall, on the mor- row. There was no alternative; she must 'be the bride of the Harl, or of death. \ Of death, rather!\ thought the unfor- tunaste maiden, as she left the presence of her cruel parent. Onee more the signal light, like a star, beamed from poor UH#'s turret What must have been the feelings of the maiden, when, with a trembling hand, for the last time she placed it there-that beacon of 'love and joy! _ . ' _For should Malcolm that night fail in his atterapt to reach the island, then her ortow to Havre an gnd? -When might Malcolm boldly claiig. the hand of the love- ghUgla. ? I‘M“! his father, that proud} hieftain, listened scornfully and in anger | ing until the last sound of the mad revel S well that the afte of the Karl, but-of the Chief, was so much} drawn to these unéxpected . guests for the } moment, or the agitation of Ulla would to the petition of 'his son. I :.. What! the noble race of Mcleod seek by sea and land! ___ _ No, rather would he see his son struck down -at his feet, by the battle-aze of Rigg's gavage chieftain than to hail Ulla, though the fairest daughter of the isles, as, the. 'bride of Malcolm, the future mistress of- Dunvegan's lordly towers! - Not more im- move-them . from their ocean depths, than 'had the entreaties of Malcolm to stir the tron will of their chief, ~ The meetings of the lovers, therefore, became less frequent, for the young Chieftain was closely watch- ed,. and spies set over his footsteps, that he [might-no- more approach the enchanting pragende of the maiden of -I In the meantinie, Donald MeDonal{had committed some flagrant outrage upon the rififitsflof 'one of the BHarls of the: Orkney Tstes, and, to indemnify himself against thethreatened vengeance, had boldly of- fered him the hand .of his daughter in mar- riagé---a proposition which was at first met with scqrngnd derision by the Earl _ That McDonald, the petty Chieftain of. 'a small insignificant Island-a ruler over bor? {a mere handful of savagées-should pre- 7 |gume tpon such a treaty!\ Why. the af front was deemed efen benedth his anger yet, so Joud was: the chief of Higg= in ex- tolling the loveliness of his daughter; which. Ki followers, 'with inany oaths; also con- 'what sated; it may be, with the beauty of the Kirkwall ladies, the Earl agreed to. gfspénd all hostilities, until 48 should vis- it the castle of Duntulm, and view for him- self. those lauded charms. Upon an ap- pointed day,; accordingly; the numerous th.} ® 0 aac a er sere mg, ind the shrill music of the piped sweep ing over the water, were. seen. speeding cessible harbor the island \ Hers the Blatl was received with rude hospitality by the chief of Eigg, and conducted -with . Unkubpitious of her fagtier's notives, Ul. 13 af his. bidding,; in; Hen mast becoming «garments, and . with a sad heart; wasled forth by the exulting Chief, lag a lamb to thé sacrifice, to grace the feast. in honor of his guests .\ .. . 0 ,. . Never, perhaps, had she looked more Torely, and.the.Earl could: iiot suppress an exelamation of wounder and pleasure as his eyes fifst rested on the fair young creature, nestling like a dove, so. timidly by the side of her father, the gigantic McDonald. parison with the-actual charms of the is: © Hand maid. - His heartexulted, and gladly {would Earl Ranald have made Ulla his| {bride that very hour, so captivated was he. {by her beauty. *Surmmoning the Chief to a private Gonferente;. he attested: his ness to accept the proffered hand of hist daughter; and suspicious 'of treachery of | 'the part of his host, he yowed he would not weigh anchor from: Eigs without bearing |away the beauteous Ulla as his bride | Nothing loath, the Chief assented, and the | to h y exulting b ducted her to the hall, where her presence morrow was accordingly appoinited for :the It was in vain she sathed her father's feet with tears-in vain she bésought him to. 'an alliance with caterans and robbers both | moveable were: the rocks on which those [ towers were based than the heart of Mc} Leod ; and the wares which ceaselessly | swept around them, had no more power to } by the proud Earl Ranaid. of, Kirkwall!) gouge, and the wild windsrogted and shrieked dismally around the walls of Dun- tum; but Earl Ranald aroused shimlsielf Prmncd that' ta hEEATS by O\\ T hetimes, and hurried of Poard his galley firmed, that, entions to. behold ong calling | ;, pr‘épéfé it for the. reception of its beau- forth such extravagant praise, and freight, , 'The hour of noon was that galleys of Karl. Ranald, their banners fly-| aetoss the gound of Rum, 'and anchoring! within the little loch of Higg, the only ac|{ [his kingmen and followers to the castle.! nuptials. It was in vain for the victims {the wretched Ulla, to weep. and implore! | fate like that twinkiingtaper,-whose rays had often sent happiness to the heart of her lover, must be forever lost in the si- lence and darkness of the grave! Wait- below had ceased, and the inmates of the castle had sunk into the stupor of inebriéty,; Ulls, pale and trembling, oncemore sought that little glen, hallowed by the vows of. 'pure and faithful love 'The night was gloomy, The clouds heavy with the threatened tempest rolled their black shad ows rzeross the heavens, through which the, moon vainly struggled, fo cermit her light. No sound was heard save the chaffing of 'the waves over their rocky bed, or perhaps the dismal clang of the sea-fowl, heralding the coming storm. . The footsteps of Ulla faltered, and scarce could her trembling Aimbs sustain heras she drew near the spot, so great were 'her apprehensions lest Mal- colm should not appear. Yet, happiness, almost despaired of-joy, now certain, is more than her-heart : can bear-he is al- 'ready: there; and, as he views the gleam of ber white garments through the surround- ing gloom, he flies to meet her, and Once more Ulla is pressed to the faithful heart of MaleolImt «« ~ so Stern and silent in his despair, Malcolm listens while sho roveals: hee sad fate. But there is yet an escape from; a fate so dreadful, there was yet a way to secure their happiness ; arid that was in flight. I In ashort time Malcolm had resolved and matured a ggheme, of the success of which his sangaine mature permitted no doubt. c .. Et was now the month of November. Cold and cheerless dawned the marriage day., The sky was overcast with gloomy appointed: for the nuptials; as the ; Priest; who was seat for to perform the ceremony, fromfona {one of the neighboring isles; celebrated for itsreligion and its learnifg even at so.carly a period as the sixth cen- tury, when- the- rest.of the. kingdom was buried in barbarism) could 'not be expéct- ed to arrive sooner. < In. the a scene of reckless hi- larity was presented, both within and with» out the 'eastle.. In the-open-area in front large fires were kindled, around which the Biggmen and the rude Orkney. satlors danced and shouted with noisy merriment, and .in the rude stone hall were assembled the kinsmen and friends of the «Chief, in 'their holidgy garb; together with those: of Barl Randal, who. had sccompahied, him from Kirkwall;. while, abore the . rearing of the wind and the shout of the revellers without; sounded the shrill pibroch of the ~~ The baard was. apregzd'fethe entertain- ment inten F ded to comprise both the mam- ing meal and dinner. - According: to the custom of the times at a marriage feast, 3. I t -| Earl Rauald himself ascended the turret Hefound the praises to which he had j listened with disbelief, but faint ry: com- | stair, and craved admittance at the hir hands of his bride.. Radiant in her beauty; UHa herself opened the door. There was an unusual brilliancy in her oyes, and a: brighter glow on hor cheeks thar was wont to rest , on so dazzlingly Mair; and as she stood there. in her pure white garments, with her golden tresses floating loosely over her fair shoulders, the Earl altiost expected she would van- dsh, like 'some beautiful spirit from.his Sight. lal f - Taking the had-She vpfiéisivpl‘s‘; extended. to him, the happy exultin® bridegroom con- was greeted by aloud murmur of applause. glance around, anid then suffered, the Farl 'to seat hor by his side, althoughshe tremb- have nierey on her, and not give her to one a violently, and the rich bloom on her As she éritered, Ufa cast one quick, cager| J cheek was fast yielding to a mortal pale ness. Had Malcolm's plan, then, failed ? | Was she indeed doomed to become the bride of Earl Ranald? Was there, alas! moon which agitated her bosom. gers eraved shelter at the castle from the approaching storm, stating themselves to 'be voyagers from the mainland of Scotland, upon an expedition through the islands; erns of Higg, had. come thither for the put- pose of explering them. In unwonted good humor the chief bade them welcome and told them to sit down land make merry with the rest; for that isles, was that day to wed with the noble Earl of Kirkwall. At this announcement, ing seemed somewhat superior to those of i y saluted Ulls, T (his companions, gracéfu and, lifting a flagon from the well sp board, first quafied to the health of the fair br d’éfinfii then courteously bowed to the agiembly. _ , It was well that the attention, not only certainly have led to suspicion, if not to what familiarly to address the now blusk- ing maiden, the hand of Maleolm (whom involuntarily sought the hilt of his dagger, and, but for a well-timed rusgon the part of his companions, discovery would assuredly have been unavoidable. {s _._ A shout without now announced the ar- rival of the Priest. A quick glance was in- terchanged between the lovers;aid thenUT- la,in a low voiee,addressing the Earl,urged some necessary preparations as an apology for a short absence; and softly glided from sidered at all singular, And mow the. {noise and merriment increased, and none were louder.in the revels than the stranger guests. . Stories were told, jests were pass- and laugh and song mingled in one wild conscious of the rapid flight of time. Near ly an hour had passed since Ulla left the {hall, yet he could have sworn she had not bean gone many minutes; when suddenly a kinsman -of the chieftam rushed in, 'breathless with speed, exclaiming, . \Hasten! haste, Earl Ranald, your the ravisher is already ryyohr! Haste!\ ~~~ _ Loas \Hal there is treachery: here, then | passing the Sker- Ear} Ranald, drawing his sword, aud rush, ing upon the chief of Eigg |-- ° _ - With # blow from his heavy broad- sword,theenraged chieftain struck the wéap- on of the Bart from hfs hand, exclaiming, \ Would you stop to bandy words with me, instead of pursuing your bride! Ho! | wmex of Eigg-haste-man the boats- pur- gue-lose. not a moment! Fou, Donald, ick, cross to Rum, steer for\ the eastern shore; and you, Batl-Randal, if you would: wity your bride again, bearall sail for the mainland. © And--Ha! \now I bethink me, where are our guests? Now, by Saint Columba,\ we sre betrayed!\ _, The rage of the chief was terrible, as, rushing from the hall, in tones of thunder he bade his men pursue, and bring back sped in pursuit of the fugitives. 'The gal- leyof Earl Ranald, bendingtothe sweeping blast, the black seas rushing over her deck, was now every-moment incréasing. two devoted beings, the little barque -of Malcolm moved bravely on, now riding the: to the very depths of the. ocean ; on, on, trembling, reeling, dashes the little boat.. ship from England, waiting to bear the lovers to her owl beautifal land. (*~ se dowtinu®».'] aa ed, is in the proportion of the number of that love us.\ ... _. The Chinese offic years ago gave the po pire at $07,532,000 1 .; Tha estimated at 25 to 50 millichs, £ © no hope? Such were the dreadful thoughts: At this moment a little band of stran-} and baving heard much of the famed cay his daughter, the fairest maiden of the | one of the strangers, whose dress and bear- | d | betrayal,; and when at length ~Earl Ran-! ald, in right of his situation, ventured some- { we must recognize in the gallant stanger)| the hall, In a few moments Malcolm also disappeared; his exit was unobserved in. the general confusron, or if fiotieed not con- 'ed, the music sounded its merriest notes, scene of gaiety. Even the Earl was un-] 'two waters. . At this spot the washers scooped up the sand and gravel with their bride is . stolen away!\ \ The bargue-of| Vile dog! I expected this!\ exclaimed | 2 > c 'found it in.any other place than-at the sweep around 'the point of Mull; you, Al } Once around yonder, rocky headland, and | 'they are safe; for there rides a stranger |. \ Flappiness,\. it.has been finely observ- silent secrosy witliin things we loye, and the number of things lal, cousus of. thirty: e the populafqion. :of . that en | ! ; That. of . Japan ii] t 20; f , _ c dlls Rack rs $1.00 PER ANNTU Icl a / t c As . 6% L e NOTICES. - . TO SUBSCRIBERS : ~ Trrms:-$100 per annum, in. ad- vance. Single numbers 8 cents each, -. Any person. who will send to us ten subscribers or more, shall. receive, for ev- ery ten, one copy of The Star af Delaware for one year free, to his own address, or prefer. | To ADVERTISERS : Lous Trans :-Ten lines or less will be. fn- serted for 25 cents per week.. Business n | Cards of 8 limes will be charged for atthe rate of 25 eents per month, and none in- serted for the shorter period, |. | © Advertisements must be paid for in ad- vance. The number of insertions will be regulated by the price thus paid. e TO CONTRIBUTORS : =- 2004 e- We will not pledge ourseles to insert as happy to oblige those, who will write legi- bly, on one sige of the manuseript, and in 'such a manner, in other respects, as may entitle their communications to a place in 'The Star of Delaware. e Gorn m tus Ixoun Hinos-A val ued correspondent sends us the followihk : --*'It is perhaps not generally known that gold is found in all the rivers of the Pun- jab before- they leave the lower rangesof the Himalaya.. At Dekun, on the Sutlej, Nadown on the Beas, and Akrfoor on the Chenab; gold washings is carried on %o somé considerable extent. . A few yekrs 'ago while travelling the Kangra Valley; I accidentally.: came upon a party: of gold- washers at (a spob.on the left bank iof the Beas, about-four miles below the townof Nadown; and about six distant froim\ the famous Hindooshrine of Fowalla Mookee. Being interested in the Bubjject I-remain- ed some time with the people, watching their proceedings and. asking them' many uestions about trade, all of whith tance.. 'The spot they selected was the junction of a small tributary stream with 'the main rivers. It was rery ovident that the metal had not come from: the Begs, but had been carried down the tributary in solution in the shape of thefirlest dust, and precipitated at the confluence of the bands, placed it in a dark wooden platter, something like a shield, and. subjected 4t to sereral washings. - A few minnutespocks | of gold hardly visible to the eye were\'gén- erally the result:. 'The whole progess was rudé and chimsy in' the extieme,\yét in {from .a shrof in-Nadown, who ro doubt cheated them) two to four: annas a-daiy. The washers declared. that, they had never junction of streams. In their search for 'the metal they merely seraped the Surface, never going beyond the depth of 12 incles, seldom so deep.: I8 is just; possible' that the gold found im. those streams 'only tx- ists in the shape above described; butlit is equally possible that they may yet be found in lumps, or at alFévents in aurifer ous garth, in quantity suffictent to pay for # more perfect method' of washing,\ A people notorious for their greet\ of the ~précious metals held | California years in perfect ignotgricé of the treasures - | buried wunder their feet ; a California pro- | spector, a man utterly ionorant of geblor spector, a man utterly ignorant of\ geology, discovered in Australia that gold\ which the Government -geglogist' had» reporféd his t | was nowhere in existence.: Should? the the slaves alive ordead. 'The boats were} above lines meet the eye of any practiGal gold seeker, let me recommend him $6: pro- ceed, to the hills, turn, thg.cpurge ofrone of eck, | those auriferous streamgand sink a shaft. dashed likeamad thing before thegale, which | 4 {trouble. -LEuhore Chronicle, _ ** Far out upon the Taping g6a; Mke, af ~ 0 ~ --- thing instinct with life bearfig the fate bf | The result may richly reward him for his wo dou | Taz Down tus HLLL—-Allv?1ce, To engage. in any, sinful sourse hs to run, doi. the hill, E se let loosé the propensities of our ngtureywe cannot gather in the reinsand govern'them as we please; it is much .cfsi6e fot to begin a bad courge than., to Stop willen. be- no \s - 6 s ',,r‘. Po The humble cxmtent.. of .little;;kindness which though but a .creeping streamlet, yet incesiantly flows, althougle is plides in SGC o donéstie val ; f: , a (1&4! Hone ln woo ull, S me 9C y dP * h s Cho Ck makes neifher appearance nor and alongthe, walk | tributary \store \of kwrian> comfort flOOd £sz fie t Seats one dollar in cash, gecording as he may Feverything which may be sent to us; even - . by subscribers. But. we shall always be __ _ they answered without me enghtest rele. - this way they generally contrived to get . remarks Archbishop THllotkon,stands upon - ng the la precipice, | ' ' . & top of the mountain waves, now plunging] adown the huge black gulfs, as it were, in- | the world, proves in the end a : mores copious and felicity, thin tny gudden and
