DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF KING CHARLES I.

The following interesting account of the discovery of the body of Charles I. king of England, who was beheaded by his subjects on the 30th of January, 1649, is copied from the London Courier of the 5th of April last. It is entitled to full belief.

The day before the interment of her royal highness the dutchess of Brunswick, in the new vault in St. George's chapel, Windsor, a discovery was made by the workmen of two ancient coffins, one of lead, the other of stone. His royal highness the prince-regent being down at Windsor on Thursday evening, he was, of course, consulted about the mode of exploring these royal remains, which he directed to be immediately done in his presence. Sir Henry Halford attended his royal highness to the vault, when the leaden coffin being unsoldered, a body appeared covered over with a waxed cloth; on carefully stripping the head and face, the countenance of the unfortunate martyr Charles the first, immediately appeared, in features apparently perfect as when he lived. Sir Henry Halford now endeavored to raise the body from the coffin, in attempting which the head fell from it, and discovered the irregular fissure made by the axe, which appeared to have been united by a cement. What added considerably to the interest of this extraordinary spectacle was, that as the head separated from the neck, a fluid drop of the appearance of blood fell upon the hand of sir Henry Halford, which he accounts for, by supposing it to have been the dissolution of some congealed blood, on its being exposed to the warmth of the air.

The body of the royal martyr was always known to have been interred at Windsor, but so privately, that the spot could never be ascertained till now. The stone coffin was next opened, which from its inscription, was found to contain the remains of Henry the eighth, consisting of nothing more than the skull and principal limb bones, which appeared in a perfect state.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.

A cat belonging to Mr. Stephen Denman, of Springfield, New-Jersey, having brought forth a litter of kittens, they were all drowned but one. The following day, while his men were at work in the field, they killed a mink, that had two young ones, which having taken, they brought home. As soon as the bereaved cat discovered the minks, she took them up and carried them to her bed, suckled and reared them, and they are now as domesticated and as tame as cats.

A POOR MAN'S BLESSING.

All the provision which a poor man's child requires, is industry and innocence. With these qualities, though without a cent to set him forward, he goes into the world prepared to become a useful, virtuous and happy man. But in the higher stations of life, there is a real difficulty in placing children in situations which will support them in the habits in which they have been brought up by their parents; which is sometimes a great and distressing perplexity.

A VISION ON CONJUGIAL* LOVE.

As deeply musing on celestial things,
On friendship, marriage, and on mutual love,
One morning bright a heavenly voice I heard,
And thus it spoke: We have perceived, that thou
Dost meditate, on love conjugial ;*

On such as angels in the heavens enjoy.

Wherefore, that thou may'st be inform'd thereof,
To tell frail mortals of celestial joys;

We will let down from thence, for thee to view,
"An angel-pair conjugial:” When lo!
Appear'd, descending from the highest heaven,
A diamond chariot, glittering as the sun!
Two snow-white horses gently drew along
This heavenly car, in which, at distance view'd,
Appear'd an angel: As it near approach'd,
A pair celestial, in beauty bright,

Display'd at once their brilliant heavenly forms.
A turtle-dove sat perch'd in either hand,
Which, waving gently, thus they me address'd:
"Wilt thou, that we come nearer, mortal man?
But should we thee too near approach, take heed,
Lest thy too feeble pow'rs are overwhelm'd
With the celestial blaze of love and truth,
Which flows from our high heaven, ineffable
To those inhabiting your world obscure."
To whom in humble attitude, I bow'd;
While they approaching, thus divinely spake:
"We are a pair conjugial, bless'd in heav'n:
Where we have liv'd, in all the flow'r of youth,
Since that bless'd time, on earth you name
The Golden Age." With wonder and delight,
I humbly dar'd to view this matchless pair!
Whose face, and form, and raiment, all display'd
The brightest emblem of conjugial love.

In all the bloom of manly youth appear'd
The husband: from his eyes, the sparkling light,
Deriv'd from wisdom, darted brightest rays;

* From the Latin term conjugiale, a higher degree of union than is understood by the term conjugal, which is from the Latin word conjugale.

From whence was radiant, from the inmost ground His face, refulgent as the shining east

In all the splendor of celestial truth.

Cloth'd was he, in an upper robe, which reach'd,
In graceful ease, down to his feet: His vest
Of heavenly blue; round which a golden girdle,
Rich with precious stones, (one graced each side
And one more bright the middle grac'd) was girt.
His stockings were of shining linen white,

With threads of brilliant silver intermix'd;
Of velvet were his shoes.

Such was the form

Of love conjugial, with the husband shown.
But with the wife, can language it describe?
Her face was seen by me, yet 'twas not seen;
As beauty in its highest form, 'twas seen;
Because this beauty cannot be express'd,
Unseen-for in her face shone splendid light,
Such only as the highest heaven affords!
Dazzling my sight-my mind in wonder lost!
Observing this, she ask’d—“ What seest thou?"
I answered thus-" Nought but conjugial love,
And its most perfect form I see; and yet
I do not see." When lo! she turn'd herself
Obliquely from her husband's brilliant form!
Then, only, could my eyes, with safety, view
Attentively her various, countless, charms;
Which all the painter's art to imitate,
Would be in vain: For in all nature's round,
No colors bright and rich enough exist,
Even faintly to express their vivid hues.
The flaming light of her high native heaven,
Deriv'd from wisdom's love, shone in her eyes:
With diadems and flowers her hair was deck'd,
Arrang'd in correspondence with her beauty.
Carbuncles form'd her necklace; from it hung
A rosary of rich chrysolites:

Bracelets of pearl she wore: Her upper robe
Of scarlet was compos'd-and underneath,
A purple stomacher was clasp'd in front
With rubies bright. But what me most amaz'd,
These colors varied constantly, as she

Her husband view'd: In mutual aspect seen,
More splendid were their hues-obliquely view'd,
Less brilliant they appear'd.

These beauties mark'd,
Again of love and truth they me address'd,
And such their union was, that each appear'd
To speak the language of the other, with voice
That to my ear in sweetest sounds convey'd,
The bliss that flows from innocence and peace.
At length with heaven-directed eyes, they said,
"We are recall'd-we must from you depart."
When lo again they instantly appear'd

In chariot bright, convey'd through flowering shrubs,
Through olive groves, and orange-bearing trees,
Until they near approach'd their native heaven;
Where, met by virgins of celestial bloom,
They welcom'd were; and then aloft convey'd,
Beyond the sight of keenest mortal eye.

S. P.

IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.

A respectable farmer, who keeps a large flock of sheep, made a successful experiment on several young lambs, apparently dead, in consequence of being exposed to a cold storm. They were so much chilled with the cold and rain, that he did not expect they would survive. He, however made a warm bath, tempered to about ninety degrees, and put the lambs in, and, to his great surprise, in about fifteen minutes they were so far recovered as to run about the room, and are now as well as any others of the flock. They who try this experiment, should be careful that the bath is not too warm, nor set too near the fire.

CANTHARIDES, OR SPANISH FLIES.

A gentleman of Cincinnati, Ohio, has made the important discovery, that the above valuable article of medicine may be obtained by cultivating the Garden Lavender. He states that he has cultivated this herb for several years, and uniformly observed on it, in August and September, a species of black bug, which, though it had four wings, cannot or will not fly at that season. These, on trial, he found to be a species of Cantharides as good as imported. They are smaller than the brown Cantharides usually found on the potato, &c. and which appear only at intervals of a few years, whereas these black ones are every year found on Lavender.

THE HEAVENLY DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM.

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VIL.....OF FAITH.

73. It is impossible for any one to understand what Faith is in its real essence, unless he first understandeth what Charity is in its essence; because where there is no Charity there can be no Faith; inasmuch as Charity is united with Faith, and maketh one with it: For whatsoever a man loveth, or holdeth dear to him, that he esteemeth as Good; and whatsoever he believeth, that he esteemeth as Truth; from whence it appeareth, that there is the same union subsisting between Charity and Faith, as between Goodness and Truth; the nature of which union may be seen above, in the chapter concerning Goodness and Truth.

74. There is the same union also subsisting between Charity and Faith, as between the two faculties of the Will and the Understanding in man; for these two faculties are the recipients of Goodness and Truth: The Will is the recipient of Goodness, and the Understanding of Truth; in like manner also, they are the recipients of Charity and Faith, inasmuch as Goodness hath relation to Charity, and Truth hath relation to Faith. It is well known that Charity and Faith appertain unto man, and have their abode within him; of consequence they must reside in his Will and his Understanding, since the whole life of man is contained in those two faculties, and derived from them. Man is also endowed with the faculty of memory; but this is only a repository for the collecting and storing up such things as enter into the Understanding and Will. Hence it is manifest, that the same union subsisteth between Charity and Faith, as between the Will and the Understanding; the nature of which union may be seen above, in the chapter concerning the Will and the Understanding.

75. Charity uniteth itself with Faith in man, when he loveth and willeth what he knoweth and perceiveth; otherwise it remaineth without, and he hath no property or possession in it.

76. Faith is not Faith in man till it becometh spiritual; and it never becometh spiritual till it is a Faith proceeding from Love; and it then becometh a Faith proceeding from Love, when man loveth to live a life of Truth and Goodness, that is, to live according to the precepts of the Word of God.

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