dition in which ye found me "— then frowning on them with an aspect that congealed their very blood, he sunk back, exhausted—he was again defunct. This was certainly a gloomy affair. But taking the hint, it was not long be.ore the body was replaced in its former situation, the wine which had been wasted supplied from the cellar, and the cask restored to its appropriate location. The sound of mirth had ceased in the castle. The bride received none of the customary salutations from the retiring guests; but they departed, in solemn silence to their homes, there to pass the night dreaming of spectres and ghosts. After retiring, she lay for hours ruminating upon the affair, and no doubt wondering what topics the incarcerated old man could possible have as the theme for so many centuries of incessant meditation. Indeed, their feelings had been so wrought upon, by the wonderful scenes of the evening, and their minds so filled by the horrid images of the recent events, that neither the bride nor the bridegroom were able to close their eyes in sleep during all that night. Co. MRS. WILLARD'S JOURNAL. A very pretty, lively work-as many of our readers have doubtless found it. We have just finished perusing it, and are happy to express the pleasure it has afforded us, and invite our friends to a like pleasant entertainment. The small tribute of our praise is due to the work, and we bestow it the more cheerfully because it is not only an American production, but the production of an American lady. The feeling of pride with which we greet the productions of our own countrymen, though it may seem to some a selfish feeling, founded on narrow views of things, is, we think, natural and proper, nor are we ashamed to confess that such feelings are ours.— They tend to cherish that love of country, and regard for her prosperity and honor which should fill the bosom of every citizen. It is a similar feeling that animates the soldier in the hour of labor, and privation, and peril--it is this that constitutes the untiring patriot- it is this that forms the strongest defence of a nation. But the elegant productions of American ladies we view with still other feelings of satisfaction and pride. They cast odium upon the foul imputation of mental imbecility, so often made against the female community, and furnish convincing proof that culture only is wanting to render the female mind a deep and fertile soil. This vile scandal has been so often repeated, that females themselves have believed it true, and consequently, have neglected that mental cultivation which is necessary to the developement of mind; and have seemed to think the proper, but less important concerns of dress and manners their chief business. Whatever tends to correct this sentiment, and to convince females that they were made, not for toys or for pleasure merely, but for action and usefulness, we contemplate with sincerest pleasure; and such is every production of their hands that evinces intellect and ability. The work before us has claims to this character. It cannot be expected in this short notice that a minute examination of its parts will be entered into, or that copious extracts will be made-nor is it necessary.-Those who wish, can purchase the pleasure of a perusal at a trifling expense, and at the same time contribute to the prosperity of one of the noblest schemes of benevolent enterprise. It is doubtless well known to our readers that the avails of the work are generously devoted to the cause of female education in GREECE, and this fact alone ought to secure to it an affectionate welcome, and a cordial support. The Authores, therefore, has a double claim to our gratitude and commendation; for while she has furnished so agreeable an entertainment for us, she has, without hope of other reward than the approbation of her own heart, devoted her offering to the benevolent enterprise of educating the fair daughters of Greece. The zeal of MRS. WILLARD in promoting female education generally, is deserving of all praise, and her past success furnishes the best evidence of her ability and faithfulness; and justifies the expression of her own belief that Providence had destined her for the high responsibilities of her noble work. But to advert hastily to the Journal-it is written in a style of elegant simplicity, free from affectation and forced dignity—the language is chaste, and the narrative embellished with much fine description. We select the following as a specimen. It is a description of the "Cathedral of Rouen," which Mrs. W. surveyed by the dim twilight of morning. "The gray dawn of morning, and the silence of the hour, were proper accompaniments of a spectacle which struck me with admiration and awe. 1 had heard of fifty or a hundred years being spent in the e rection of a building, and I had often wondered how it could be; but when I saw, even the outside of this majestic and venerable temple, the doubt ceased. It was all of curious and elegantly carved stone-work, now of a dark grey, like some ancient grave-stone that you may see in our oldest grave-yards. Thousands of saints and angels there stood in silence, with voiceless harps; or spread forever their moveless wings,— half issuing in bold relief from mimic clouds of stone. But when I entered the interior, and saw by the yet dim and shadowy light, the long, long aisles, the high-raised vaults, the immense pillars which supported them, all apparently increased in size and distance by the obscurity of the hour, my mind was smitten with a feeling of sublimity, almost too intense for mortality. I stood and gazed; and as the light increased, and my observation became more minute, a new creation seemed rising to my view,-of saints and martyrs mimiced by the painter or sculptor;-often clad in the solemn stole of the monk or the nun, and sometimes in the habiliments of the grave. The infant Savior with his virgin mother—the crucified Redeemer,—adoring angels, and martyred saints, were all around:- and unearthly lights gleaming from the many rainbow-colored windows, and brightening as the day advanced, gave a solemn, inexpressible magic to the scene. It also contains some judicious remarks on the subject of education—which she so well understands, and to which she has so assiduously devoted herself Respecting dress, Mrs W. has made some remarks which we were glad to see, and which seem to us worthy of attention from those to whom they were addressed. But this is à matter which does not quite belong to us, we therefore beg pardon for intruding our remark. The book abounds with sentiments of kindness and benevolence, not only towards her friends at home and elsewhere, but towards all the unfortunate. Her attachment to American friends is strongly manifest, indeed she has shown herself WHOLLY AMERICAN, We But the pure morality of her work constitutes, perhaps, its highest value, and on this account is worthy of attention from all young persons. Her advice to her pupils is such as a mother wouid give to her daughters, and such as every daughter should observe. do not pretend that the work is perfect, but our object is not to find fault, and we think any one who will sit down to it with a like feeling will be compensated for a perusal of the book. H. DEATH OF SALADIN. THE Emperor SALADIN, on his death bed, ordered a herald to unfurl his Shroud in the presence of his Army and proclaim, "This is all that Saladin, the conqueror of the East, can retain. " Upon a royal couch reclined, But the stern spirit, chained within, "Go, bring the trophies I have won "And banners that have proudly shone "And at my feet in triumph spread "Tis done of many a field the prize- The gorgeous panoply, and spear, Gone is the lightning from that eye Of all that he hath proudly won, THE FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT, OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CINCINNATI LANE SEMINARY, JANUARY 1834. THE Manual-labor System, upon which the above named institution is founded, is becoming a great favorite with a considerable part of the community. We deem the system erroneous, impolitic, and wish to see it crushed in the bud. It is coming into vogue in many parts of our country, and threatens to entail its evils upon those who will come after us. The rapid march of modern improvement, and the exigences of the country demand, that the standard of education, as it regards professional men, should be elevated rather than depressed. The lawyer, divine, statesman and physician, all, need be able to summon, on an emergency, all the mental faculties into vigorous operation, and to possess an extensive and thorough knowledge of their several professions. The golden age of clerical empirics, who daub with untempered mortar, of quacks, who kill instead of preserving life, of pettifoggers, to whom common sense is a stumbling block, is rapidly approaching an end. This is an age of action, exertion, of rivalry. The professional man, especially, unless aroused by some strong impulse to vigorous and untiring effort, finds the plank yield beneath his feet, and sinks. Yet the standard of our literary institutions is altogether too low. Our Colleges and Universities will bear no comparison with those of Europe. Some of those in England, Germany, Prussia and other countries, contain more than four thousand students, are endowed with princely funds, furnished with libraries containing hundreds of thousands of volumes, apparatus and cabinets of the most costly and splendid kind. The crisis has come when national vanity and adulation will not hide from our own eyes the actual diminu tiveness of our literary and scientific institutions. Our inferior seminaries and petty colleges are becoming altogether too numerous. Had the cost of a number of these been expended upon one, it would indeed have more effectually furthered the true interests of education. The Cincinnati Lane Seminary has a preparatory department, and a theological department. Taking the report for our data, we infer that the student completes his course of study during a term of four years, and then enters immediately upon his professional duties. He labors three hours per day, in a cabinet-making, printing, coopering, or farming department, all of which several |