FIVE DAYS FROM HOME. BY AN IRISHMAN. the driver, who, poor fellow, was so blissfully ignorant as scarcely to know any person or place along the line of road. We entered Armagh at seven o'clock on a Sunday morning, and the horn of the guard soon brought the usual pack of supplicants round the vehicle-the lame, the blind, the halt, in short, the usual battalion, not of relief, but seekers after it, came, vulture-like, to prey upon the passengers, and whose wretchedness can rarely be paralleled out of Ireland. This city maintains a lofty position in the annals of Ireland. Saint Patrick, the patron saint of the Emerald Isle, he was a gentleman, and came of daysint people,") fixed his see here early in the fifth century, and built a cathedral, which, from time to time, has undergone many alterations; but none so costly or of such architectural finish as that which bas lately been perfected under the superintendence of Dr. Beresford, the primate (uncle to the present Marquis of Waterford), whose vast wealth was unsparingly employed to render the edifice worthy of him, as head of the Irish hierarchy and of the archdiocese over which he presides. Mr. Dobbin, formerly member for the borough, has the most spacious mansion in the city; and a quarter of a mile on the southern side, is a promenade, "Dobbin's Folly," very much frequented and admired for its pleasant and agreeable walks and charming scenery. It obtained that appellation from a conversation which took place whilst the improvements were making, between Mr. Dobbin and a gentleman, no philanthropist, who remonstrated with Mr. D. on the uselessness of them, and said it was a folly" so to lavish his money. "I differ from you," said the munificent ex-M.P., in a tone fraught with disapproval of the unsolicited sentiment. "The citizens of Armagh will think otherwise; and as I was at a loss for a name for it heretofore, (there's something in a name) it is now baptized, and shall henceforward be denominated Dobbin's Folly.' An inhabitant of a metropolis may well be allowed to exclaim, when breathing the invigorating atmosphere of the country, "this is, indeed, refreshing and exhilirating-this is as truly conducive to pleasure as to health." Then prepare to enjoy the luxuries of rurality. Now-a-days, one who can command a day by permission of his superiors in office, is not compelled to confine his rustic predilections to "babbling of green fields," but he may be up and off-top-coat, travelling-("blessings on him," says the song writer, "for bag, and all-with a rapidity worthy of the age in which we live, and find himself in a few hours amongst the "" old, familiar faces," far away. During the journey, if the passengers be communicative, it frequently happens that useful information is acquirable through them. Fortune did | not so favour me; there sat next me, on the back seat, a member of the society of friends, vulgo, a quaker. Not being initiated into the mysteries of John Fox, of whom he was a disciple, nor having an admiration for the broad-brimmed beaver, or brown body-coat, the taciturnity of his sect was imparted to me, and we felt a mutual desire to keep each other aloof, that marred the possi- | bility of our becoming " friends." Occasionally, although the instances are “ few and far between," you may chance to enjoy the companionship of a "wet quaker;" but more frequently the eye is attracted whilst promenading through the thoroughfares of the Irish metropolis by members of this sect, which rejoice in the appellation of "white quakers." This I know, that I hope to escape coming in contact with a "silent quaker," be he white or black, when travelling on any future occasion. Opposite were a couple of landed proprietors, acred Solomons in their way, discuss ing and differing on some points of policy connected with the late session of parliament. The argument was abruptly brought to a close by the nail-coach stopping in the middle of the night to liberate one of the disputants, who took his leave of us at the gate-house entrance to his demesne. Knowing, by six hours' sad experience, the quietude of "demurity" on my left, I asked him if he were bound for Belfast? To which interrogatory he responded, with a "Nay eh-eh-eh-ch-eh-eh," prodigiously prolonged, until a yawn terminated the rejoinder, and with uplifted right hand he paid his respects, no doubt accidentally, to the bridge of my nose, which had a striking effect, to prove "what a mighty long arm he had." Recovering from the blow inflicted by the quaker, the rocking of the coach caused me, whether I wished it or not, to partake in turn with my travelling colleagues, a cozy little nap. At Newry I was unwelcomely awoke from my mail-coach repose, when I wondered inwardly where I might be, and bid the two remaining passengers "good morning," one of whom politely acknowledged the compliment; "the other" satisfied himself with a pantomimic nod. Transplanting myself from the inside of the Belfast mail to the top of that destined for Coleraine, I got elevated beside Leaving Armagh for Charlemont, May, and Dungannon, where the coach stopped, a wellappointed mail-car (after half an hour's interval, consumed in sorting the mails for branch roads, diverging to Pomeray, Omagh, and other places,) was substituted for the remainder of the journey. The Dungannonians relish the luxury of protracted slumber on a Sunday morning. A knock at a woollen-draper's halldoor was answered by a woman, half asleep, observing, before she was asked the question, "Master not up-call in a couple of hours." Gloomy prospects for a breakfast, after being twelve hours on the road. In another quarter of the town half-a-dozen thunderers, on the " rapperce" principle, were launched ere a footstep or a voice was beard to confirm me in my belief that the house was inhabited. At last a servant, resembling a somnambulist, with a candle in her hand, appeared; she told me, "that Monsieur So-and-So," for whom I was inquiring, "would be awake, and could be seen in half an hour." My prospect of a breakfast which awhile before was doubiful, now became desperate; and, as the mail The two brothers escorted me to the house of the one occupied by the junior, whose name is Frankand a frank good fellow he is-where breakfast was in preparation, and, in a twinkling, toast made its appearance before tea. My appetite was sharpened by a journey exceeding one hundred miles; I rushed at the toast with the voraciousness of a cormorant, took it without the tea, and subse quently drank the tea without the toast, though we seldom drink without "a toast" in Ireland. We crossed the way; I was introduced, for the first time, to the partner of the senior; I mean to say his partner for life, he having perpetrated matrimony in the winter of 1841, and a daughter its car was preparing to start, I could not wait for the mid-day hospitality of my friends, resolving that when next I passed through Dungannon I should not occupy my time in paying "early visits." Smack went the whip, the wielder of it uttering his constant "gee up" and "gee ho!" We took a semi-circular turn when leaving drowsy Dungannon, en route for other towns of less somnolent character. Three miles distant is a seat of one of the Castlecourt family; near to which a large dog every morning, for many years, awaited the arrival of the mail to receive from the guard a letter-bag, which, with all the quickness and fidelity peculiar to the canine species, the useful mastiff conveyed safely to his master. Last win-mamma's doat," having resulted from this ter, this sagacious creature, by a too zealous attendance in the performance of his diurnal duties, got cold and died, to the regret of the many who frequently eulogised the animal's punctuality. "Oh! then master, is this yourself?" said a mendicant of the softer sex, opposite the post office, in Stewartstown; "I have got bread in the cupboard, and a quarter ounce of black tea; just give me a halfpenny, yer rivirince, yer honor I mean, to buy turf (firing is a grate comfort in cowld weather); and may you have luck in this world, and glory hereafter." "My good woman, you are an intolerable tease; why not seek refuge in the poor house, in preference to soliciting alms, and the uncertainty of getting them?" This observation of mine was unwelcome, but with all the ready fluency of her craft, she pleaded, in tones of earnestness, as well as eloquence, her pitiful tale. "The poor house !" ejaculated the pauper, with a gesture full of phrensy, "sorrow, good gentleman, is soon enough, when it comes; so long as I can beg an honest halfpenny, or, as the times are greatly altered for the worse, can get a few prayties, a dust of meal, or a ladle full of broth, my poor ould bones wont enter a poor house. A poor house! Oh, no; never! never!!" She received a penny, which she appeared to regard as all-sufficient to alleviate her wants, purchase the turf, and relish the comforts of a cup of tay. At Tullyhogue, an insignificant hamlet, containing some twenty or thirty miserable cabins, some of them whose canopies are not of waterproof workmanship, there is a post office, and what a natty and smirking little officer is the post master : starched and stiffened, with an air of importance becoming a "man of letters" in the employment of the crown, he issued forth from his two-storied fabric to get the bag, and "give the bag," a pro. ceeding not generally relished. "Whose demesne is that?" asked a commercial traveller. "Killymoon, the property of Colonel Stewart, formerly M.P. for Tyrone.' 46 "This is Cockstown," demanded the same individual. Here by special appointment" two brothers were on the qui vive for my "noble self," telling the driver that, as a private car was at my disposal, I would remain for a few minutes, and not proceed to Moneymore till after breakfast. happy union. Sharp was the word at half-past eleven, and off dashed the horses spanklingly over three miles of indifferent road to Moneymore, which we reached in nineteen minutes; overtaking the mail car that had ten minutes' start of us. Moneymore is a pretty village, containing about two hundred houses, and nearly two thousand inhabitants. There are four houses of worship, erected principally at the expense of the London Draper's Company, who draw enormous reuts from the corderry, of which this town is in a southern direction, at the farthest extremity. On my arrival in this village, I entered the hotel, the most commodious building of the kind in the north of Ireland, put on a change of dress, which having been crumpled in its way of airing, left me, when "titivated," rather shapeless, as odd, in fact-now for a simile-as a dilapidated milestone without a figure. Not being a close observer of fashion, it was folly to imagine that, on this occasion, the "coat made the man." For a moment I was vexed, but as I am not one of those who dress for "effect," as the fair sex on some particular occasions have so aspiring an ambition (and small blame to them), previous to paying a round of visits, I repaired to the house of devotion to which I am an adherent; and I may as well remark, that the reverend gentleman's sermon from the gospel of the day, forcibly delineated the duties which his text rendered it incumbent on all christians to perform. At the conclusion of divine service, the pastor alluded to some collection commenced in the early period of the year, and which was not (from many having neglected to pay their "dues,") in that state of forwardness, as to promise an abundant result. There must be a "something," with which I am unacquainted, to account for a "falling off in the funds." It was no affair of mine, being a non-resident; but it is not creditable to so extensive a parish, one so numerously populated, that a sum not exceeding no, I shall not name the amount, else I would feel inclined to blot the parish out of the dioceseshould be the entire money collected. the sacred pile accompanied by four young ladies, their brother, and an uncle, as we reached the exterior, my arm had sustained on it that of a blooming and lovely maiden with whom I have been acquainted on terms of affectionate intimacy since an early period of her life. She is the second daughter of a fond father, who, a fortnight previous had left home for Leicestershire. Leaving While we were walking, I looked around and saw her sisters following, and, as I had an arm disengaged, to prevent the appearance of singularity or selfshness, the vacancy was pleasingly occupied by her sister Bessy. When we were opposite a house, and a long one too, owned by the parents of the "two brothers," I mentioned to the ladies that it would be unpardonable in me to proceed farther without calling. A local pride, I suppose, which in some instances is not injudicious to conceal, would not permit them to enter the "long house," and I was reluctantly necessitated to "cast off,' as the sailors have it, my fair friends' grapplings, and proceed in company with their brother and uncle. Into the parlour we were ushered, where was placed on the table a sumptuous lunch, with wines of the choicest vintage, and a welcome overflowing with Irish hospitality. On my return to the hotel, where sat "The damsels four, so fair to view," I "broke bread," and partook of a little raspberry vinegar, politely handed me by the innkeeper's step-daughter, and a very excellent one she is ; and then as it was four o'clock, brothers John and Francis, the wife of the former, a medical practitioner, and myself, returned to Cookstown; a second outside car followed. Shortly before five, we found ourselves in the dining apartment, where, previous to dusk, a repast was served up in a style of excellence that I have seldom seen surpassed. Having entered into an engagement when coming from prayers, I was forced unwillingly to retire, and start for Moneyhaw, where I was behind my time; and, as an explanation accounted for my delay, the idea that I had "cut them" for the evening was removed by my eventually arriving. While seated, I had next me a schoolfellow, a brave mountaineer, whose florid looks were the result of buffeting breezes, which would not appertain to a lowlander. "That is a gold chain," said I, addressing my self to him, "of rare and valuable manufacture." "Are not the nobs rather large?" asked the gentleman's niece, with an air of smiling coquetry, that showed she wished me to follow up our ironical observations. "Well," said the owner, in serious earnestness, not suspecting we were drawing him out, "I am beginning to think they are too large; but as I have a regard for the chain itself, given, or, more correctly speaking, purchased for me by my brother Pat, I shall have the nobs diminished in size, when I hope it will then meet your approval." "Certainly, my dear Hugh," I replied, still preserving my gravity; "but it will not have so nobbish an attraction as it has now, which when displayed round the neck of its handsome owner, the two combined would, if possible, coax a bird out of a bush." The proprietor of the chain began to suspect the sincerity of our comments on the ornamental appendage, and will, if I mistake not," shelve" an article that was once fashionable, but now "out of date." My eyelids were wearied from want of repose, and I retired to an apartment I frequently occupied in preceding years, and for some hours slept soundly, till I arose in the morning. How this day was to be disposed of was undecided, till I bestirred my host's daughters, in order that they might not keep me housed, as it was so uncongenial to my inclination. I lamented to perceive that there was a change, not for the better, in the disposition of this fine family; and, provided I visit them in the summer or autumn of 1844, I shall be delighted to see a resumption of that hilarity which they formerly enjoyed so pre-eminently. In the early part of the morning there fell a smart shower; at nine o'clock the gloomy clouds dispelled themselves, and by ten the sun shone brilliantly. Two sisters and a cousin were now ready to start from Moneyhaw for school; the eldest of them and I had a joint message to communicate to a young lady in the village, whom I proposed should accompany us to the mountains, whither we intended proceeding. "Yes," was the ready response; "and we shall be prepared immediately." As the invitation was in the singular, and the acceptation in the plural, I was at a loss to comprehend the meaning of the word " we;" when, without making inquiry, I ascertained that a companion from an adjoining town, who was then passing her school vacation, should fill an unoccupied seat in the second vehicle. Seeing now the position of affairs, I returned to Money haw. I had proceeded but half-way, when I met the first conveyance, and got seated between the two elder sisters, each of whom I have known long and familiarly; the younger one in particular, and, although her pretty countenance looks prettier than ever, I was vexed not to perceive its smiling vivacity of former days. Merrily the wheels were put in motion, until a reinforcement was added to our numbers; there was little delay, until "onward" was the word; and, after travelling three or four miles, along a road as crooked as a ram's horn, we proceeded no farther than the "mountain's brow," where Carndaisy-house is so prominently situated. But such an approach, through a tasteless, narrow, spring-breaking, bridgeless avenue, to so elegant a structure, excited my surprise; for it is an edifice erected at an expense of some thousands, in a style of durability and comfort fit for the residence of an Irish King, if we had one now, as in the olden time. We had a fine drive, the ascent, after the first mile, continuing-auspicious weather, agreeable society, pleasant walk, and much else. Oh! how I did regret the absence, on important commercial business, of the proprietor in England. All the ladies, a gentleman, a red-haired lad, and myself, took a ramble "through the wood," or, as it is here denominated, a glen;" we traversed the various walks of this petite forest. While admiring this picturesque, rural scenery, my eye glanced at initials carved on a tree. My taste in carving was never before put to the test; nevertheless, I was stimulated, how inexperienced soever, to cut on a sapling beech the initials of one of the ladies. I carved the first letter of her christian name, leaving 66 to be perfected, on some future opportunity, that of her surname, which in all probability, at no very remote period, will be subject to an 'alteration. When this artistical effort was accomplished, the fair" Ellen" saw letter "E" implanted, to perpetuate her memory. This little circumstance, trifling in its way, seemed to be relished; and, as there were paths in other directions of " the glen," over which we had not yet rambled, we went to inspect a newly-erected house of devotion, frequented by a sect, entitled " Dippers." In the neighbourhood of this conventicle of the "Dippers" is a mountain-stream pursuing its serpentine course, and in one place, employed for the purpose, is a pond, not of very great extent, in which the "Dippers," when they have advanced to the age of maturity, are immersed and receive baptism. In this district the followers of this sect are not numerous; the house, without a gallery, is not capable of containing more than a hundred individuals. A few perches higher is a Lilliputian cascade a gentleman and I ascended to its source. The spray from this waterfall, so inimical to ladies' dresses, deterred our fair companions from venturing up. (To be concluded in our next.) "FORGIVE ONE ANOTHER." BY DINAH MARIA MULOCK. Forgive, for we are brethren all Forgive, for all alike are frail; And o'er each other's faults let fall Meek Charity's concealing veil. Perhaps thy brother's heart e'en now Is sorrowing o'er that unkind word; And in his soul, too proud to bow, The still small voice of Love is heard. Oh, life is like a dreary road, Chequer'd with bowers of verdure fair, Where Love and Friendship make abode, And find sweet resting-places there. Why, then, with rude, remorseless hand Up-root the tree, whose branches made A shelter in a weary land— A grateful and refreshing shade? Though now it seemeth bleak and bare, Nor leaf nor bird its boughs among, It yet may flourish green and fair, And echo with the wood-bird's song. Beneath its shade thou yet may'st rest, Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven; Forget-your faults be blotted too; And blessed peace, the balm of heaven, Shall fall upon your hearts like dew. stream, As in shadowy beauty they fitfully gleam; And the warrior his courage in terror forgot. From the brow of the poet, when lowly he lies! ELIZABETH, A TALE OF REBECCAISM. It was in the memorable year 1843-memorable in the districts and to the inhabitants of Carmarthenshire, and the surrounding counties of Wales, in consequence of the terror occasioned by the selfstyled Rebeccaites, who, for some oppressions they supposed were practised upon them by the gentry and authorities of some part of Wales, rose in great numbers, and devastated the country by burning and destroying the turnpike-gates, and, in some instances, the residences of their fancied oppressors. At the close of a cold and miserable November evening groups of persons were to be seen in earnest conversation at the different doorways, and, by the excitement visible in their countenances, it may be judged the disturbed state of the country was the topic of conversation. There was one group standing rather apart from the rest, more calculated to draw the attention of the observer; it consisted of a man evidently above the common grade of life, and three or four others, apparently farmers of the lower class; they spoke in low, earnest tones, but it was evident it was on some affair of deep importance. After their conversation had proceeded some time they were joined by a young man, whom they welcomed as David Reece; a few more words were interchanged and they separated, with the exception of the respectable man first mentioned and David Reece. They walked together for a short distance in silence, when the former (whom we will designate by the name of Jones) said, "David, have you considered the subject on which we talked yesterday? Will you enrol yourself among my followers?" "I will," replied he, " and will attend your meeting this evening." "It is well," said Jones; "to-night we meet at ; our password is The time is come;' that will admit you. And now, may heaven speed the rights of our injured land. Farewell." appointment, and without a word of adieu left the cottage, and bent his solitary footsteps in the direction of a house at some distance from the village; on arriving there he paused, and looked anxiously around, as if fearful of being watched; but, seeing no one, he lifted the latch and entered the house. He passed through the tenantless kitchen, and, opening the door of the cellar, he passed down its dilapidated steps and found himself in a room of considerable size, and which was lighted, or rather rendered more gloomy by two candles stuck at each end of the apartment; a considerable number of men were collected at this secret meeting of the lawless sons of Cambria. He gave the pass-word before-mentioned, and was greeted by Jones, who appeared to be the leader of the party assembled. A few moments of silence ensued, broken only by the arrival of some other of the fraternity, who were called by fictitious names, and whose countenances bore the stern, hard lines of deep thought and daring resolution. 66 Jones now ascended a temporary platform, composed of a quantity of stones and rubbish, and raised in the centre of the room; and after commanding silence he proceeded to address them :Brethren, and men of Wales, we are here met in the dead and silence of night, for no trivial purpose, or work of boyish folly, to be cast aside by the dangers that await us; but to redress the too long-suffered wrongs of our oppressed countrymen; the lords and the gentry of England are the rulers here, bending the necks of the children of the soil to the earth; and shall we, sons of Cambria, whose hearts are free as the air of our native mountains, shall we bear the oppression of others, and of strangers to our customs and our laws?" The simultaneous burst of enthusiasm, and cries of "No, we are free as the air of our mountains, and will submit no longer, lead on to victory," evinced how well and how deeply had the orator touched the hearts of his hearers. "To-night," continued he, " all is prepared, and our fires shall blaze in the halls of Pen-Owen! Yes, Fitz-Arthur shall be the first victim on the altar of our vengeance; others shall follow, and the pride of the tyrants be brought low. What say you, my brave fellow-countrymen?" And now again did the room resound with, "Yes, destruction, instant destruction to the tyrant strangers of Wales." They turned in different directions, and we will pursue the steps of Reece to a lowly, but picturesquely situated cottage, a short distance from the village of R. He entered as one accustomed to pass its threshold, and receive a welcome from its humble inhabitants; nor was he in the present instance mistaken. On one side the fire place was seated an old man, on whose head the Another and another spoke, and with cheering weight of fourscore winters had shed its shows. words urged the misguided men to deeds of fearful He looked up with a smile of satisfaction as the vengeance; the oath of secrecy was taken by each young man entered, and offering his hand, said, member, and after an hour spent in the arrange"I am glad you are come, David; Ellen has heardment of their lawless plans they separated, and an idle tale that you are going to join the disturbers of our country; your absence has done much to confirm her." "Tell me, where is Ellen Lewellyn?" interrupted David in apparent agitation; "and," looking at the clock, "I would see her instantly; my time is short, and requires my presence elsewhere. Tell me where I may find her." "I know not where she is gone," said the old man; "she went out about ten minutes before you came, but I know not where, or for what purpose." The young man turned away with an air of dis each proceeded to prepare himself for the part allotted to him in the fearful tragedy that they were to enact after the brief interval of a few hours. But there was one heart who, though it had embraced their cause, beat not in unison with those around him. David Reece thought on his betrothed bride, Ellen Lewellyn; he knew her thoughts were far from the cause he had espoused, and that, though but a humble cottage girl, her mind was far above her rank of life. When he remembered her his resolution wavered, but then came the thought of being branded as a traitor to the cause of his country. As those thoughts crowded |