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VOL. XIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1856. " """"" * -- ":
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OUR FIRST LODGERS. " " i
I have always held tilt opinion that
young women in a respectable sphere of ans
life, when left unprovided for l?y the death
of parents, require more sympathy than ^'re
any other class. It may he lliey havo a s''.v
little money: it is to he hoped that daught- roo:
ers, so left, generally havo. This they pro- ' 'IU^
ceed to einhark in various ways, according 1
to their capacities, and the notions they j
have imbibed in their station of society.
Some try to establish a school; some sink '
their capital in setting up a husit.es*?a , catl
Berlin wool-thop, a stationer's and library, j mer
or the like; some put their little bit of
money out, and rely on the interest for c
clothes, whilst tliey seek to go out as nur- ] m*1
erv governess or companion. And tlius, oll|s
in various ways, all try to obtain an honest
livelihood. Llul let the read r ho very sure a sn
that there are few of these unprotected wo- i
men but have a crushing weight of struggle ! <'?01
and sorrow. Anxious perplexity, pinching ;
want, heart breaking care, these are often
their-: and for many there is no turn, no ! s,"c
worldly rest, till ihov Hud it in the grave. ^;,r'
I can feel for them. (?r did I not, for sev- l'1'"
eral years, 1 an I in) si-ter, struggle on, > '
fighting our way with disappointment and j '
lion success! Vet we never were so badly l),rs
ofT its many, and in liino (Iod saw tit to ",otl
crown our efforts with plenty. It was in
1830, and I was about thirty-one, that wo W'1
had to turn our attention to getting our ,llor
own living, l'art of our mother's income vvas
bad d with her, and all xvohad was .t'300
each. And that is more than falls to many M
, orphans. One sister, much younger than j wc.'
ourselves, had married a medical gentle- j at 'J
man, and gono to settle in a distant | a^t j " '
of the kingdom, and I and Lucy cast about w
in our minds what wo should turn to. A j
ladies' boarding-school appeared to us the n
mast congenial, and wc were, I think,
though I'm sure I say it in all modesty, ?en
more suitable for the charge than are some i 'or !
? ull<l II llili-r! :l to il Mi- ...... !... I
_ ... ??.j ivii iuiij; >? .? > um
little, ami of tho plainest sort, but 1 was (I 13 *
hope) kiml, jn-t, ami eoti-iderato?of calm, r",,>1
steady character it ml manners. Lucy was
merrier than I, ami she e\celle?l in grand '
learning, such as astronomy, the use of the .
v globes, elegant composition, with music, ' V
and other accomplishments, suitable to .
teach to little gentlewomen. We both felt
that wo hud the ipialiiicatiotis and the will
essential to do our full duty to those eliil- l>;r
dren who might be confided to our care:
bo wo determined oti our plan. 1 ^
The first step was to find a suitable house ,.
and neighborhood. We had hitherto, at j
least for the last many years, lived in l e j (T|.i,
, country, where there was no scope for such (
ai> undertaking, and several fiiemls ad- j ?
vised us to turn our thoughts to the vicini- j(p?
ty of London, w hich wc did. I?ul the trim- sljC(
bio wo had! though the metropolis
abounds in suburbs. Some we found over ^jrn
stocked with schools, some localities we e
not deemed highly healthy, and s >me had
no suitable liou-e that we could iviit. Wc ,.
did fix ourselves, at last, after spending a ^
purse of inouey over those whirling oinni- ;
buses. I will not name the exact situation, j.
for wc are in the name house still, and I do '
not care that all the world should read jj .\
these struggles, and know that lliev apply I
to us. It was a capital house, large rind j-0Ss
convenient; enclosed from the high road by
a wall, with a pretty garden in front and a ? -|
playground behind. We paid ?80 a year
for it?a rent that frightened us; and if it j
looked formidable in |>erspectivc, what w as hct'
it when it came near? lean safely say that 1<U'M
quarter-day for many years never drew us v
near but it brought to us a heart-sickening.
And there were the taxes in addition. Af- ,(]| (
ter taking the house, tho next step was to 'p|1<;
furnish it. We had most of the furniture j j
from our old home, but it was the worse iri
for wear, and the little which had filled a j
i Binall house was lost in one largo one. So Kjn,
we bought new for tho drawing room, and vv|t^
for the children's bedroom that was to be, with
desks and forms for the school room
disposing the old about the. Ikhuk ?.-*? .
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best could; and occasionally buying.as time ?.
went on, Home next to indispensable article, ?
as wo thought we could spare the money. co|)
Of course we bad sent out cards and advertised,
and then wo sat down in our
liouse and waited for pupils. The first |10(|
quarter wo received some demands for cir- j0pi
cnlars, but nothing came of it: ti?o next we >
had three day scholars, two sisters and ano- >,
thor. I then took the resolution to call at uVel
tho principal houses in tho neighborhood, R;nc
and urge our hope of their patronage. su|ll
Whether they likoil my appearance I do R.tl|1
not know, but soon after tliat we bad clev- \y|,
en day-sbolars and five boarders, so we for
thought success was coining all at once, |,ou
and I believe wo had cortain visions of re- , S|K>(
tiring with a fortune. But the years went gol
on, and wo found success was not so cer- M.|f
tain. ^
It could not bo strictly said wo did not ?.
succeed; but we did not succeed sufficiently ^jli(l
to pay our expensos and live, and our litllo ?
stock of capital was often drawn upyn.
And that heavy rentt Our numbers line- I W?'|
tuated much; one half year wo would have
a large school, the next it would bo a small . ?
one. Many nn anxious conversation ditl 8 1 *
I and Lucy have; innny an hour of more '
anxious thought, may a sleepless night. To a^e<
tick into debt aud difficulty; to spend the ' ^UC(
t shilling of our capital in striving to avert
to find our efforts fruitless, our money
ne, and we turned from our present sliel,
from our poor means of living, without
f definite prospect of finding another!?
>se visions disturbed our rest continually.
, God, pity all who are struggling as we
ro to keep up appenranccs and earn a
pcctahle living, and who find their hopes
I their means grow less day hv day!
'I have a scheme running in my head,"
ry said to mo one evening; "suppose wo
lodging*!"
'Let lodgings!" I ejaculated.
Our drawing room and one or twobedms.
Wo can give up our own and go
stairs, and there's the one we had fitted
for that parlor-boarder. Why not?"
Hut it will not do to let lodgings in a
ies' school, one of our class," 1 returned,
ich a thing was never heaid of. All the
cuts would object to it."
Most of them would never know it,"
were*I Lucy. "It cannot bo any possidetriment
to the pupils?make no difnco
to them whatever. We might eaget
thirty siblings a week for the three
ns, be at no outlay, and, if we had the
c of quiet people, very little trouble."
hirty shillings a week! It would go
towards tho rent. "I will sleep upon
1 said to Lucy.
ditl. And tho next day we got some !
Is written in text hand, "Genteel Apart- I
its," and gave them to our giecngroccr
stationer to display in their shops; for
:oiir*o wo dared not have such an inti
ion stuck our own gate or hanging up
ido the wall.
lie caids were out tlirco weeks and not
ul came. We were in despair. Hut '
day Sarah, our servant, came to the
r of the schoolroom, and beckoned me ,
It's some folks after the rooms, ma'am,"
whispered. "They look likely people."
ih was more anxious on the point, I
k, than we were.
went up to tho drawing room, and two
es rose at my entrance. Agreeable in
on they were, and neatly dressed in
lining. Tho elder was about three or
and thirty, a rosy-cheeked woman,
i quick dark eyes; tho other, who was
e delicate looking, and a little younger,
her sister.
Vou have apartments to let, we hear,"
HiO loriitcr, handing mo 11 card, "and
Me in search of some." I glanced down
L?"Mrs. Archer."
I beg pardon, ma'am," I said, "are vou a
owl"
she replied. "My husband is
>ad."
Because we should declino to take a
lloinan: it would not be deemed suitable
i school. Only ladies."
Well, he is abroad," she ropeatek "It
)nlv for ourselves. Can wo sco the
Us?"
This is the sitting room," I said, and one
room opens bom it. The other '
We only require one bedroom," she
riupled, as she rose to go with mo into
m bargain was soon concluded. Tlioy
: the two rooms at tw?:iity-livo shillings
week, and promised to come in on the
row.
What extras will there be?" inquired
younger ladv, Miss Craves.
Extras!" I repeated, "not any. Except
believe it is customary?some little !
uity to the servant." I bad not been ;
he habit of letting lodgings.
W'liat about the linen! Arc we to find
asked Lucy, when I told her of our
ess.
The linen!" I exclaimed, dubiously; "1
:ol it completely. 1 never said a word
ut it."
Nor the ladies?"
Nor the ladies. 1 remember they said
> had their own spoons."
Then they take it for granted wo find
io doubt. Well, it will not much mateither
way. l>id vou ask for references,
ter?"
really had not; 1 was obliged to conit;
and Lucy laughed! I, jvho was
orally ovcr-cau ions!
'hese ladies came, and for several necks
igs went on with satisfaction, they paytheir
money regularly. Then they i
an to grow behindhand, and made ex
;s from time to time, which seemed to
cry plausible. I?ul when the weeks
it on, and on, and there was no money at
coming forth, I and Lucy grew uneasy,
i debt amounted to nearly JL'O, and we
looked to it to belp out our coming
rter's rent.
was in tho kitchen one morning, mag
some apple-dumplings for dinner,
n Sarah, who stood by mo paring api,
began to talk.
I think them are queer customers wo j
e got hold of, ma'am," she said.
What tlo you mean?" 1 asked.
Well, for one thing, I fancy they have
to to the end of their tether, and liavn't
neither cross nor coin to bless them
es. They are living now upon almost
liing. And where are their spoons gone
Their spoons!"
The four table-spoons put on tlicir table
ry day for dinner. It's a good month
o the two first disappeared ?that hand
io silver cream-jug vanished about lite
10 time?atnl now ilio two la^t i> gone.
;en 1 was a laying llio cloth yesterday
dinner?thorn precious herrings they !
ght?I went on a hunting for the
in*, and Miss Graves said?'< >h, I have
them. I'll put ihein on the table mypresently,
Sarah!' But none Came
II to ho washed."
(rood gracious, Sarah! whero do you
ik they have gono to?"
Well," said Sarah, who was worth her
'lit in gold for an honest, hard working
ant, though a froo, rough speaking one,
hould say they havo gone to my un
a."
Dear, dear!" I ejaculated, for I did not
:t to misunderstand hor; "are they reed
to such sttftiU as that)"
"La, ma'am! lut 'em Iiojmj ihey may
ncvor bo reduced to worse," retorted Sarah.
"You don't know the schemes and contrivances
for getting along in Loudon, when
one's hard up. It's a mercy thero's such
things as uncles to go to. Since tho baker
would not leave the brend on credit, our
two ladies don't tako in half enough to
feed 'ein. They have not had moat, neither,
for three days, nor nothing to substitute
for it but them six horriugs yesterday
?which was anything but of tho freshest,
as my nose told mo in cleaning 'em. Miss
Graves?it's she as generally speaks?is
nl ways ready with excuses;Jthoy've got cold's
and can't eat, or they've got this, or got
j that."
"Do they owe much to the baker?"
"Fivo shillings, odd. lie's a cautious
man is our baker, and says lie never trusts
no lodgers. And now," added Sarah, stopping
in her paiing and looking at me, "they
don't take in no milk."
1 went on mixing my crust ami rumina
ting. I felt much sorrow for them, for I
was sure thoy wcio not systematic deceivers,
and 1 cannot but say 1 felt for my ow n
pocket. I now looked upon the money
as being as good as lost, and wo wanted it
badly.
"1 should liko to know what they mean to
do for coals,"'resumed Sarah; "there ain't
above a couple of scuttlefuls left. They'll
bo wanting us to lend 'em some, but if we
do, wo may whistle for 'em back again.
Haven't I pared enough yet, missis?"
1 declare I had been paying no attention
to tho apples, and Sarah had done too many.
So, to prevent waste, I thought ! i
would make a pie and use them up. Pop- j
ping my dumplings, w hen they were ready,
into the iron pot, 1 got down tho flour-jar
again.
What with this, and slicing and salting
red cabbage for pickling, which I was doing
that morning, it struck one before I had
well finished. 1 told Sarah to disli up the
dinner. I
It was Irish stew we had that day, and !
the girl got the great hash dish and put it
on the table, and then, taking the large
saucepan from tho fire, turned tho greater
portion or its contents into the dish, l
went inside the pantry, to put away some
of the things 1 had been using, when Miss
Graves came into tho kitchen, nearly running
against Sarah and her hash dish, who
was just going out.
Miss Graves came up to the fire, not seeing
inc. And oh! the pinching look of
care and want that her face wore! I wondered
1 had never noticed it before. She j
looked, with eager eyes, into the saucepan
winch Sarah had lodged, without its lid.
on the fender, and then turned away, as if
?die would shut out its sight. On the ta
bio there lay a little heap of stew, splashed
there by Sarah when pouring it out, and ,
she stole to the table and caught this up
greedily with her linger, and ate it. I
heard Sarah coining back again, and had
to come out of my hiding-place?though
indeed 1 had not gone in for hiding. She
started when she saw me, and her face
turned crimson. I made believe not to
have seen her till then.
"Is it you, m.Vain?n I said. Wlrsit a
cold day! l'ray take care of your sleeve '
against the table: something seems to have
been spilt on it. I hope it has not touched
it.''
"Oh no,'' she said, brushing aivay at her 1
right hand cutf. with a nervou.. inov.?m.oi?
"Some of lliem young misses jumped
aliout when they saw and smelt the liish
stew," observed Sarah, when she entered.
"It's a rare favorite di>h of theirir."
"I don't woiuler at that, when it smells
as savory as yours," remarked Nli*s Craves.
"I looked a-little to it myself to day, and
put in a bit of thyme: that's a great im |
provement," I said. "Don't you think so,
ma'am?"
"I don't know," she answered. "I don't
think we ever put thyme in ours."
"Then if you'll allow me, I'll send you
up a littlo plate of this to ta>le," I said to
her; for I could not bear to think that we
were going to eat our fill of this nice dUh,
and tlioy should only smell and long for it.
"Oh, thank you," she stammered, her
face going crimson again, hut?the trouble
"Don't mention it, pray," I interrupted;
"it's no trouble. Sarah, bring me in that
little dish."
I took inv place at the bead of the schoolroom-table,
and Sarah, looking as demure
as if she uudcrsU. >d nothing, brought in
the dish. I heaped u ?vilh the stew, and
sent it up.
But of course I could not do this everyday,
and I fear circumstances grew slraitei
with our lodgers. Sarah was fre<pn-ntly
opening her budget of wonders as to what
they did, but I paid little heed to her, for
they were not. just now, in her good gra
cos, not having, for a long while, given her
any gratuity?a neglect sure to excite the
ire of a servant. < ?no evening, a day or
two after we had broken up for the Christ*
mas holidays, sho came hounding into the
room, \\ iiii eager, wiiu words. l,uey and
I were sitting l?y tirelight, for it was the
dusk hour before tea, and slio really star
tied us both, though sho spoke in a whi?
IH>r'
Missis! Miss Lucy! as suro as you aro
both alive, them two liavo got a man upstairs!"
'Who is lie) What has ho coitio for.'
Money, I suppose!"
"Not that sort of a man," retorted Sarah,
with an indefinite amount of contempt
in hor tone for my simplicity?"not folks
as oall. A man locked up with'ein?concealed
in their bedroom."
'How can you assort such a thing, S irnh?"
exclaimed Lucy, sharply. "It they
heard you, lliey might have you up before
a police-court."
"Shouldn't caro if they did," returned
tho girl. " I'd stand up tor the truth
there, as well as hero. If ever I heard a
man talk, I heard one up iu their room
just now!"
"Then you did not stt hiut?" observed
I Lucy, sarcastically.
"Nor didn't want to, Miss Lucy, if yo
mean for (he convincing of my eyes. I'
idl you, ma'am, how it was," she addet
turning to inc. "Their candles be all 01
?the Inst pound have lasted 'em thr?
weeks, if it have lasted one, so it's plni
they havo mostly sat in the dark. In ge
ting the candlesticks out, just now, I r?
incmbcicd there was nothing to put in 'en
so up I went into tho drawing-room to sa
so. The door was locked when I got thor
?and they have kept it so tor the last fe\
days, which is another odd thing. I wnsn
in a sunny humor?locking up room, lik
that, indeed! and I gave the latch a twii
and a sharp push, and open it flew. In
went: there warn't a hit of tire in tire gratr
but they have it now in their bedroom in
Btead?I should like to know why. It wa
next to pitch dark, save a glimmer of ligh
that came through tho bedroom door, whiel
was on tho jar; and as I stood there,
i strange voice, a man's voico, called out, '
j am so thirsty! If there's nothing else, yoi
must give mo water. My lips and tougu
I aro parched.'"
"Sarah, how can you be so foolish!" ul
tercd ttry sister. "Mrs. Archer speak
j gruffly."
1 "A man's voico it was. I'll take inv 1 Si
' b!e oath on it," persisted Sarah. "I rai
against tire table, then, and caused a nois
?not for the purpose: I was a steppinj
sofily forrard to peep in, and come in con
tact with one of its lege. Out tlew Mis
Graves, just as if I'd been u robber, au<
hanged-to the door behind her."
j "'Wh ose there?' she calied out; for, ??o\
; the door was shut, we couldu'tsee theghos
' of one another."
" 'It's only rue, miss,' 1 answered. *'JTicr>
ain't no candles left.' "
"4Oh? well?1?I'll sco about it," bli<
said; 'we don't want them yet; we are sit
ting by fire-light, llow did you get in
Sainki I thought I slipped tho bolt: fo
when wo are sitting by ourselves, up here
and you all down stairs, we feel timid.1"
"'Vou couldn't have slipped it very far
miss,' 1 said; '1 gave the door a smart push
mill it ftiiiiniiil I If 1 -l.^...l-l..'? I.
.. - |-v..vu. VI WUIOV, I -IIUUIUII C I I?l > I
done it if I had known you'd fastened m<
out; bill lliis is an awkward latch, am
used to have a trick of catching, and
thought no more but that it a as at it again,
i So, with that I came away down stairs
and she came across the room and bo!lei
the door again."
"Your ears heard double," cried Lucy
"You do fancy strange things sometimes
Sarah. Recollect the evening von came ti
us, last summer, and protested Mis'* Hrowi
was talking out of the front window. Am
she fast asleep in her bed, all the while, a
the hack ol the house!''
"That Miss lirown had as many ruse.sa
a fox," uttered Sarah, "and I shall neve
believe but what she was a talking out a
the font window; and to somebody ove
the wall, loo! However, she's gone, jo i
don't matter; but whether or no, 1 ain'
is a man up there."
mistaken now, and I'll lay my life then
Lucy took the poker and raised the tin
into a blaze, which lighted up the amused
incredulous smile oil her face. Rut I con
l'e*s I w as staggered. The girl was so von
earnest, and she had her share <>f stronj
common sense.
"It was a gentleman's voice," she rcsum
ed, and he spoke as if he was tired, or elsi
in pain. Suppose I go and borrow the nex
I...I I... ~..-i _i ' i
mv?v? i'uiuvi, iiimi viiiiiLi nj? u? iiitrir whiuim
nr.(I liavo .a look ini"
"Ye*," ciicil Lucy, laughing heartily, a
?he thing down the poker, "do, Satuli. Nev
cr mind falls."
"What can 1 say we want with it? Tliev'l
think dark night's a funny time to borrov
a garden ladder. Suppose I go with !
tale, that an obstinate tit has took our cur
tains, tlmno here, and they wont draw, am
I want to get up to the rings? It is
"l>o not run on so, Sarah," I interrupted
"you know I should permit nothing of lh
sort. And if the blind is down, as it i
almost sure to be, ton could n??t look itit?
the room, if you did gel up to the window.
"I'll go and see,"1 was Sarah's answei
darling out into the hall, and thence t
the garden.
"It is down," she said, returning in again
"But you just come and look lieie, Mo
Lucy. If there ain't the shadow of a man'
hat on the blind, 1 never ?aw a hat yet."
They went out into the cold night, am
I followed thorn. There really was th
shadow of a man's hat cast on the blimj
li seemed as if the hainhoo table bad beei
drawn from tbe corner of the room?t
get to the cupboard, probably?and wa
placed in front of the window. On it stom
the li.at, and the tire-light, being opposite
threw its shadow on the blind. A* w
io-'hed, iiie iofiu ?>| olio of the ladies nass.
before tin* window, mid lifted the tabl
back l<> it-, place, out of sight, and we well
uliivering into the house again.
"Now, ma'am, what do you think?'1 ask
ed Sarah, triumphantly.
"Why, 1 think that some one his cal
ed,'' I resolutely renlied. " I lie ladies ar
most respectable in their conduct?per fee1
ly so; it is impossible to think them othei
wise. ^ oy mav have been out of the \va
when lie ? whoever it is?oamo to the d<?o
and one of them must have conic down an
let him in. As to his being in tliebedroon
it is natural they should he where the fit
is this cold night."
Not a soul has been to the door tli
afternoon," persisted Sarah. "I have bee
ironing, and have never stirred out of ill
kitchen. I tut now, ma'am, to prove tli
thing, I'll just turn the key of the froi
door and put it in my pocket. If it is
visitor, ho must ask to be let out; if it's ru
Small said no more?for who sluuil
hnvo entered, after a tap at the door, In
Miss Gravos. SI?o held a teacup in In
hand.
' I am very sorry to trouble you, Mi
llalliwell," she said, hesitatingly?she wi
I a had beggar?"but would you oblige i
with the loan of a little lea to night! \\
i are out of it, aod it is too late to go ail
I purchase."
hi "Certainly," I answered, unlocking my
II old sideboard drawer, where *o kept the
J, 1 tea caddy. "There's nothing so refreshing
it as a cup of tea." i
ie "We don't, in goneral, euro for it,'' oh- at
11 served Miss Graves, "but my sister is very ' mc
I- poorly to-night, and complains of thiist.
i- Thank you; greatly," she added, as she took
i, the cup from me. | ,c
y "Don't you want some water for it, miss?" din
e called out Sarah. "Our kettle's on the tan
v bile." on
't "\ es, if you please," she answered. "I'll
e come in the kitchen ami make it now."
t She did so, having a contest with Sarah tur
I a ft e i wards. The latter wanted to carry np me
\ the tray with the cups and saucers, but Miss cnc
i- Graves insisted on doing it herself.
s "To keep me out of the room," muttert
cd Sarah, when she was gone, ' for fear 1 1
ti should sco what I should see." l'10
a However, in about half an hour the bell Coi
I rang, and up bounded Sarah. Itwastotako anc]
a away the tray; and when she bad put it in j
0 the kitchen, she came into the purlar again,
where 1 and Lucy were now at our tea. j ^,l'
"Well what did you see?" inquired Lucy. ; con
s "Xotldng, and didn't expect to, was Sa- (,
rah's sulky reply. "They took care of, Jjt,j
i that, before they called me up." ! ZCn.
1 j "Did you go into the bedroom?" i ;vss?
e j Yes. Miss Graves was a sitting at the will
? table, as if she'd been making tea, and Mrs. ^|,a
- Archer was by the tire, looking well enough, pQr
* as far as I saw by the fire-light. They had pl5l<
1 . stiired the blaze up ju>t before I weul in, as pon
I an excuse for having no candles, j [,ep
r J And what about the gettleinan? laugh-' <rre;
t ' cd Lucy. I cy.
I expect ho was in tho bed, or on it, for |lon
e J the curiains was all drawn close round it, Qf
as tight as wax, like T have never seen 'cm i witl
e afore. I'm sure, ma'am, this affair's as good IUOi
- j as a play. inn
. ; Not to me, I sighed, if there should be j pUti
r ^ anything in it. uiw
: And lito hat? continued iny sister. nec
Well, I was stupid there. I was so will
I struck with tlietn curtains?picturing what fror
. was inside 'eui, and peering if there warn't \ t0 f
0 1 a slit as big as a needle to look through, ;i k
e that I never thought of tho hat or the table. 1
1 lit t don't you flatter yourself it was there, the;
I t Miss Lucy: they'd take precious good care W<
' ' to put it away, afore they rang for inc. I've 1 our
, \ a notion the man must be sick. fact
I j W hy so, othi
because I heard him say he was parch- tie?,
ed, as I told you, ma'am. And then, their the
? having tea! That vrarn'i for Mrs. Archer: hav
> there's no more the matter with her than i jut
> there is with me. beside*, who's the toast- j jrj0|
1 and-water for? They told mo to make a in i
t quart jug full, and Miss Graves said she'd bef<
come down and fetch it. ] Tin
s Wo heard no more that night of the ) ing
r strange visitor. If he was there, lie stopped , Hm]
l ill, for Sarah carried out her theat and put J |oW
r the key of the street door in her pocket, tun
i The next morning I went into tho kitchen tliii
i to give somo*>i dors to Sarah. : hui
Look here, she ni d. exhibiting some! ufte
c meat upon a plate, Miss Graves has been wih
0 out and brought in this bit of scrag of milt- ! fan.
, ton, and them two turnips, mid she said : whi
she supposed you'd oblcege 'em with n hit ! the
P of parsley out of the garden. It's to make !
1 [ some broth for her sister, she said, and con
they'll stew it up >t.iir-<, and I'm t<? lake \ the
- it up with the .sane, pan <>f water. Not more this
than six pence she couldn't have gave for
t it! concluded Sarah, taking up the meat, hb:t
, with an action of contempt, and (lapping it ihe
. down on the dish again. j sha
? Sarah, you are uufeeling, 1 said. The the
poor ladies are inueh to be pitied. j
Pitied, indeed! What business have they woi
1 in a house like ours, with no money to car- 0\e
>' rv 'em on in it? retorted Sarah, who was wl,
' in one of her worst humors. And the man j fan,
they have^ot up there?perhaps he is t<> the
1 l>e pitied to?V. i the
I must forbid further allusions to that } 'J
t 1 absurdity, Sarah. There's no man up j ove
e there: tlie very idea is preposterous. 1 stoi
Verv well, nia'ain. If anything bad : Mo
> turns up out of this, don't say I did not J wit
give warning ot it * Mio on em slept upon i .>
\ ! 10 sofa in ilie drawing room last night, I the
0 for I see the bed clothes there this morning. s|,,
I think that proves something. , Tl
i. | Tho gill tossed her head, and went out Go<
s of the kitchen, and I cannot say I felt easy i up
> all that day ? far from it. 1 tut nothing thy
ficsli arose. Night came, and Lucy, who
1 had a had cold, (caught through flying out, sha
e the previous night, to stare at their win- 1 ihv
|. Jew,) went to bed at nine o'clock. At ten '
n I sent Sarah, sitting tip myself to finish 1 the
0 some sewing, which I remembered was |
s tho turning of a sheet. After that I sat f,.H
1 warming my feet, and it was upon the ,
?. stroke of eleven when I went up to bed. 0f(
,, Concluded nun week.
an?
e WuNPKKKl'l. I MhCOVKIIV IN El.KCTIMCl TV.
it ?The Iiondon Chronicle of March dl \\'
says; "A great experiment, attended with (,.c
the in >st satisfactory result#, was tried a t
few days ago at Ymconnos, in the presence |t,?
I- of General Lahiltc and the ofiiecrs of the for
ei foit. The secret of compressing and gov-< |,a
t erning elccliicity is at length discovered, t|u
r and that power may therefore now ho con- r|,,
\ sidered as the solo motive power heneefor- i0
r. ward to ho used. A sin ill mortal was , >
d tired by the inventor at the rate of a linni,
die 1 shots a minute ? without dashing, t],,
e smoke or lO'ls'-. I ho same t> <-h. i?
, .. re,
seems, be adapted to every system of;
is mechanical invention, ami is dc>linud en- : \f,
it tnely to snpeisedo steam, reijuiriii<? neither an
ie machinery nor combustible. A vessel ov<
ie propelled In this power i> said t<? skim j th<
it the water like a bird, and t.? tear neither frc
a, storm nor huriicano. The inventor had inJ
>t already petitioned fin a line of steamers ' ft?
from L'Orient to Norfolk, in ti e 1'nitcd ^
id States, which passago Im promises to nc- ho
it coniplish in eight and forty hours!" no
A Lrcin Explanation.?"Pray, Pro- frc
ss fossor Soli now kze, what is a periphrasis?" M
"Madam, it is simply acircnmlntory and of
is plonastic cycle of oratorical sonorosity cir- t?o
e cunisciibing an atom of ideality, lost in !?c
id . verbal profundity." in
I "Ob, thnl's it, is it??well, tew be shore!"' fai
Speeches at Cowpcns,
We copy from tlio Charleston Stan-Jar
5 following report of the speeches inati
the inauguration of the Cowpcns Mont
nt oil tho 22d ultimo.
When tlie work was completed, snj
i Standard's correspondent, "an excellot
ner, contributed by the ladies of Spai
burg, was enjoyed by tho ladies uj
the ground, a few favored guests, an
members of "the Company." ilaim
keys, foals, and delicious accompania
tits disappeared before appetites sbarj
id by the exercise of the morning, am
anticipation of a rnarcb before the clos
lie day. When tho eating was ended
Washington Light Infantry and th
ivpetis Artillery were drawn up around
I while the crowd pressed thickly an*
ely upon them, tlio Uev. I)r. Samue
man, the Chaplain of the Company, as
dod the stand, nnd spoke as follows:
'enllcmen of the Charleston Washing to\
iht Infantry?Friends a^d Fellow citi
* of Spartanburg District: We liavi
miblcd to erect, with grateful hearts am
ling hands, an enduring monument tha
II commemorate one of the most im
tant and critical engagements that tool
o during the war of American lude
dencc. We are all children of om
ived commonwealth, all citizens of om
at expanding, and ronowned confedera
Coming from our near nnd distant
r.es wo rejoice that the warm breeze;
the sea board aro to mingle this da}
li the invigorating air-currents of th<
nutain, and How together, as we trust
i combined channel of sympathy am
riotisiu. The practice of erecting inon
enlal structures, and the sentiment con
ted with it, seem to have been coeva
li the history of the human race dowt
n the earliest peiiods. Wo aro bappj
ind oirsclves this nuiucnt engaged ir
indred undertaking,
t has been deemed fitting to introduci
?e observances by religious exercises
i remember that our fathers, whosccurei
liberties, were religious men, nnd ir
, that it was religion as much as an)
er agency, tbat fought the mighty hat
, ami sustained the awful sacrifices o
revolution. These young men win
c come i.p hither to perform a patriotic
v, have also been trained in tho reli
n of their fathers, and are all worshipper
Lhe temples of Jehovah. Accordingly
ue addressing, at their instance, tin
one cf Grace, I tako pleasure iu read
to you, as a portion of our exercise
I as illustrative of the occasion, the fol
ing passage from those sacrid scrip
?s, which seem always to furnish some
ig appropriate to every exigency o
nan experience. Tho children of Israel
r being rescued from the perils of lh<
ilcrness, were in sight of the promise*
J, and this is tho record of an incident
ieh at that moment occurred anioiif
in:
Vnd Moses with tho elders of Israe
nuanded the people, saying, keep al
commandments which 1 command yoi
i day.
\ml it shall be on the day when yoi
II pass over Jordan unto tho land whicl
uoru my uu<i givetli thee, that tlioi
It set thee up groat stones, and plastc
m with plaster.
Vud thou slialt write upon them all tli
rds of this law, when thou art passe*
r, that thou inayest go in unto the lan<
ieh the Lord thy ' ?od give'.h thee, i
d that tlowetli with ntillc and honey: a
Lord Hod of thy fathers hath promise*
o. ?
I'hereforo it shall be when ye be gun
r Jordan that ye shall set up thes
ics, which I command you this day, i
tint Kbal, i nd thou shalt plaster then
!i plaster.
md tli re shall thou build an altar tint
Lord thy <?<*!, ail altar of stones: tho
,lt not lift up any iron tool upon then
ion shall build the altar of the Loid tli
I of whole stone*: and thou shall offe
burnt-offerings thereon unto tho Lor*
'(rod.
\nd thou shalt offer peace-offerings, an
It cat there, and rejoice beforo the Lor
'(rod.
\nd thou slialt write upon the stones n
word* of tho law very plainly.
L)r. (Llinaii then continued with tli
owing prayer:
ill thou, who art our God, and the Go
oar fathers! Wo would begin, continu*
I end all our doings in lliee. We ii
<o thy blessing on the interesting oca
ii which now assembles us togethe
e rejoice to believe that thy hand pr<
ted our fathers when they appealed I
-e, and went forth to battle for the priv
o* w hich wo nowenjoy. We thank the
the result of tho local struggle which w
ve C">ino to commcmorato here. Ma
: blessings which we inherit he faithful!
eridied, and he transmitted tinimpairc
those who shall succeed u*. And noi
Loid, wo devote this completed structui
such high and worthy purposes as the
i self niayst approve. May it serve
niud all, whose eyes it shall attract,
self sacrificing efforts i f our prodecessoi
iv ii awaken sentiments of lofty du
vi ^iiviuiik jw?ii luiiBiu 111 wic orensi
pry beholder. Preserve it, we bc^eei
ee, from tlio assaults of wantonness At
in untoward accident or decay. Ixm
?y ibe evening dews rest gently upon
.1 thy morning light shine down up?
summit. Protect and blAv the neig
ring friends into whoso guardianship i
w commit it. Reward thetn for t
ounding kindness which their brotln
mi afar havo now received at their ham
ay wo all ho bound together in the bon
r? fraternal sympathy. May the inei
rs of our groat and glorious confeilera
united in love throughout its vast d
ains, tender of each others rights, ai
ilbful to the principle* of our rever
iiu. II.
constitution, Bless the military association
. who nre engaged in the performance of
this picus ami patriotic duty. Grant, O
i* God, that thej rany never draw the aword m
i- save in a good and righteous cause. But
when a good and righteous cause demands
8 the sacrifice, grant that they may be strong
and of good courage, and give them large
11 success. We ask these things in the
r- name of the Prince of Peace?the Son of
>. tby love?by whose aid and authority we
j would remember that we still bare battles
( to fi^ht, mightier than our fathers (ought
?battles with ourselves?battles against
sin?and may wo come off conquerors and
>- more than conquerors through him who
J hath loved us and washed us in his own
Q blood. And tbine be the power, dorainion,
praise, and glory forever and even
' Amen.
0 Hon. W. D. Porter, an ex-Captain of
I, tlie Company, was then called for, and
] spoke as follows:
j Brother-Soldiers of the Washington
Light Infantry: You bare accomplished
i your undertaking. 1 congratulate you that
; this work of patriotic duty is done, and is
1 > well done. You have came from near the
. ! sea to tho mountains, over some two bone
dred and fifty miles, to erect a memorial
] upon the spot, where "ne of the noblest
t victories of the Revolution was won. This
- monument is, in overy sense, your own. It
t was raised upon your motion, at your expense,
and literally with the labor of youf
3 own bands. It is certain that no other
3 military corps in the Stato has achieved
such au enterprise; and I doubt whether
L any in tho United States ever has. They
i have ranked your names with the unfsd!
ing renown of this glorious battle field!
3 ' Long may the tablet, with its inscription!
, . stand; long may this monument survive!
i And if, in future yean, the slumbering
- ' gratitude of the State shall awake to life,
- 1 and raise here a pile of grander nronor.
" $ " K~ ~"
I j lions and loftier summit, still shall this be
1 hailed as the pioneer that marshalled her
r in the way of patriotic duty,
j Nor is this only a duty of patriotism?it
has become ono of necessity. The people
I of the South have been too iudifferent to
. their battle-fields. They have not sufficientl
ly drawn them into notice, or impressed
i them upon the popular heart The people
r of the North have been much wiser. lit
song and in story, in letters of brass and of
f stone, in school bocks and in monumental
> inscriptions, they hare sought, and succeas;
fully sought, to perpetuate the memory of
their places of renown; The consequence
s is, that Bunker Hill and Lexington over-?
, shadow the glories of the Southern battle9
fields. 1 believe that the battle of Fort
Moultrie was as important as that of Buns
ker llill, for, as the able historian, Bancroft;
- says, it was "the bright and beaming star
>- that preceded the Declaration of Independence."
And what battles could have been
f more important than those of King's MounI,
tain and Cowpens, which tolled back the
9 tide of British successes, and, by deciding
1 the fate of the two Carolina*, led directly
t to the ''crowning mercy" of Torktown,j
Let us honor, then, our battle grounds; let
us gather the traditions that belong to them!
1 and teach their story to our children in fa-'
1 miliar words, and mark them with enduri
ing memorials, and make them places of
pilgrimage, where our people may resort
i to refresh their patriotism and kindle anew^
i on the original altars, the spirit of their
ti fathers. It is your merit to have taken a
? -- i * ? '
. .IV ? nuu it suacwiui OUe, 111 111 IS <Jt*
rection.
e There ia a thought which suggest* itself
I ' to my mind in relation to this, as to other*
.1 I of the battle places of freedom. We know
:? the names and the fame of Morgan and
a ' Washington, and Howard and l'ickenar
J | They were the groat actors in the drama?"
the captains and leaders. They weredoubte
. less animated by the true fire of patriotism}
c 1 but they had another incentive to action.'
n They knew that, if successful, their name*
n would be identified with the independence
. of the nation atul become forever historical.
0 Hut how many a gallant fellow, think you,u
who never dreamed that his name would
1 ' be mentioned in song or story, of written
y on the rolls of fame, rushed into this eonr
tlict and poured out the last drop of his life
d blood upon this field, animated solely by
tho hatred of tyranny and the lore of freed
dom, and the unconquerable determination
d that the land beloved so well should be
none other thnn a land of liberty.- How
II ' would it delight us to see the muster-roll of
those gallant spirits? Hut they perisbedy
o ' and even the names of many of them are
: forgotten aiul unknown, l^et us then, on
,] this occasion, give one thought, one passing
tribute of remembrance to the privates itt
j. the ranks?the men at the gnns?the nn*
v . remembered braves, who were tho main
r> i instruments by which this great victor/
j. was wrought.
;o This visit from the sea board to the mouni
tain region, and from one scene of battle
e con tlict to another, suggests the further
re thought that the revolutionary glory of
ly South Carolina, is connected both with
ly mountain and with sea?two of the grand-'
:d est exhibitions of creative power. KingV
v, Mountain look* down from her rugged
re heights upon Fort Mouhrie, and Fort Moulin
trie still looks out boldly and proudly up
to on llio son?the ocean sentinel to warn and
of defend tin Against all hostile approaches,
s. And all between, from mountain ridge Italy
ocean line, nie spots consecrated by some
of heroic struggle, some direful disaster o*
:h some glorious victory. There are. Black
id , stock's and Hanging Rock, and Camden
>g and Eutaw. Nearly every foot of our soilit,
! is hallowed by the fclood of martyrs, or th?%
>n triumphs of patriot heroes,
h- ! Those battle grounds are a line of monu*
ve incuts from one end of tlie State to the othhc
oi, to remind us of the sufferings and
achievements of the WLigs of the iierolo*J*,
tion, and to admonish our foes that no hosds
tile tread enn pollute th.e soil with impuniin
ty. But let us not suppose that mere wor?
oy ship at these shiinea constitutes the living
lo- spirit of patriotism. All the afieieat gin*
Q?1 riosof mountain, plain, and sea, caanot re*
cd aQmjate the ?ouf of the degenerate Greek