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THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. !
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SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUI^Y 31, 1856. ~~ fio". 23. 1
THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
BY CAVIS & TRIMMIER.
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THE MISSING LETTER.
I
An incident savoring strongly of romance
occurred many years ago in a certain connty
of England. Some of tho actors in it
aro living now; but as tho facts were of
public notoriety at the time, it can do no
barm to recall them here.
There stood one morning in the post-office
of the chief town of llighainshiro (as tee
will call it) two gcutleuien sorting letters.
Tho London mail had just come in, bringing
its multiplicity of business. They were
the postmaster of llighain and his son.
The former, most deservedly respected by
his fellow-citizens, had held the situation
for many years; the latter, a handsome
young man, looked to hold tho situation
after him.
"Ready,'' cried out Mr. Cranio, in a loud
tone; and tho side door opened, and four
men entered, and ranged themselves in front
of the counter. They were tho town postmen
; and each, receiving his separate
freight, depaited for his allotted ipiartcr of
tho city. It was striking hnlfpua uino as
they left tho post-office.
Meanwhile Mr. Graine and has son continued
their work, which was, now, the
making-up of the bags for the cross country
towns and villages. Upon one letter,
as it came under his observation, Mr.
Craiue's eye rested rather longer than on
llie rest.
"Here's Farmer Sterling's letter at Inst,
Walter," lie observed to bis son.
4 lias it come.4" crie 1 tbo young man, in
a lively tone, while lie suspended for a moment
his own employment and leaned towards
his father to look at the letter in
tpiesliou. "Mr. Sleilitig, Hill House Farm,
Lay ton, lligbamshiie," he lead. "Ah! lie
need not have been so fidgety over it. 1
told him it would be all light."
"Ho has never been otherwise than
fidgety over this yearly kittei," obstived
Mr. (Frame.
"Hecause of the money in it," irjoiued
Mr. Walter.
At that moment somebody's knuckles
came rapping at the glazed window, and
.Mr. (jirame, w ho stood next it, pushed b:uk
the wooden slide from an open pane, and
looked out. I Jut, tiist of all, he dropped
tlio letter for Farmer Sterling safely into
the Lay ton bag.
"Is that there letter come yet, aii?" in
<piircd the voice at the window.
"Oh, is that you, Mr. Stone? I don't
think it is. What was i<? he the address?"
""Miss l'arker, pjst-ollice, till called
for.' "
4 Ay. No, it has uot arriVed. Letter
luck to morrow, perhaps."
"It's my ifcelief it won't come at all. The
young wotntin, you know, replied to the ad
vertiseuient for a housekeeper, which was
in the Highaui Herald, on Saturday week.
I tell'd her yesterday that perhaps she'd
have fco answer. Hut nothing does but 1
nniist come here, morning n'ter morning, to
ask for it. Did you hear of Ned Oouke's
hop being broke into last night}"
"N\?," shortly answered the postmaster.
' I am busy now, and can't talk." And the
board elided sharply back again, neaily
shutting up the end of Mr. Stone's nose
with it. "Good day, sir," called out that
discomtilcd applicant, as he moved away.
A little more work in the posl-ollice, and
theu Mr. Grame called out as before,
"Weirford and Lay ton bags ready!" And
a tall, tine-looking young man, with an
open countenance, looking much more like
a gentleman than the driver of a village
mail-cart, came in.
"Not a heavy freight this morning,
John," observed Mr. Grame, as he handed
over the bags, secured only with string ?
the c-Heas practice of the iligham postoflice
in those days. "Have you got your
horse roughshod.'"
"All right and leaJy," responded john
'Lodhit'.er, with a pleasant smile.
"Or I dou't know how you would get to
Lay ton: the roads must bo dreadful. Take
y euro you start back in good time, or you
may De too late lor the evening mail."
Til take care," answered the young
man. "As to the roads, if anybody can
drive over tbeni, I can, let them be what
they will. Any commands"?dropping
his vcico as ho spoke to the son?"for tho
farm, Mr. Walter?'
^ "Are you going there this morning*''
"If I don't ckuuge my mind. Can 1
carry any message, 1 say?"
"No," shortly replied Mr. Walter Grame.
And John Lodbitter laughed to himself as
ho went out with tho bags.
Locking them into the box of his cart,
an open vebiclo, and taking his seat, ho
drove out of the town towards Lay ton as
fast as the dangerous roads would allow.
It whs the month of January, and Jack
Frost had como down with all his severe
might: snow on the tields, icicles on tho
trees, frozen snow and ice lying in wait for
broken limbs on tho roads, llut John
Ledbitter's bono had been prepared for the
stale of affairs, a id ho drove him cautiousr'y
"Its too bad of me, but I do like to nettle
him," he chuoklod to himself, as he laid
the rains on tho dashboard, aud set on to
beat his arm*, to koap feeling in them.
"Are you going there." cries ho so sharply,
when I mischievously asked him if he had not
any commands for the farm. Many a day for i
uoes uot pass over my head but I do go soiv<
there, Master Walter, and that you'll find relin
out soon. Now, Saucy Sir! hold upl" tho ;
"The idea of his making up to her," con- l?edl
tinned Mr. John I.edbitter, taking tho rains ( to h
again. "She's a mile and a half too good for univ
him. Wby is it I never liked the fellow? ling,
She has nothing to do with it, for ho icpol- acco
led mo years beforo I thought of her. Jlo was
is a handsome chap?an agreeable com pan- Moll
ion: plenty of gumption in his noddlo? hinii
yes, all that. Hut there's a turn in his only
other night ho If you don't step liioro J tell j
firmly, Saucy Sir, you and 1 shall quarrel!" j adm
look, not honest, not genuine; in the oyo ' mon
and lip I think it lies. Perhaps other peo- | keef
pie don't see it, but I know it repels me. dove
And look at the fellow's vanity, where wo- i couli
men nre concerned! lie thinks, I know, i her
as to Selina, that he has only to ask and "S
have. Not so fast, Mr. Walter Urame: she ' qties
cares moro for my little linger than sho ;ts "
does for your whole carcase?as tho ancient
i song goes: "1
" 41 itiipist; licr not, *aiJ I/orJ Tin una*,
I)tnpi?e lirr not into mo, not <
(For 1 love her little finpvr :
1 letter than her whole iKsIy.' | ,
Gently, Saucy Sir! Keep your feet, if you ' . .
! please, to day, of all days in the year. In riJ?'
! any case lie would not bo worthy of her, ! Uo*v
; setting my pretensions quito out of the ,l
I question," continued John holding a light- nu
| ened rein over his horse: "he carries on too (i,
many wild vagaries to bo a fitting mate .
! for an honest girl. And unless my suspi- .',l
1 cions wrong him, he's in debt up lo his eli
bows. If tho old man knew half, he would . .
take to his bed out of mortification, and j ^ 1
, leave tho post-office to manage it>clf. Tho ' |ro*"
Finding his whole attention must be di- .'rau
i . \ i <.. - . . . ion l
rccieu 10 ino care 01 ms iior.*e, .Joim IjCiI- j
bitter put oil' his reflections to a moie con- .
vcnienl season. At length he reached Lay- j ^ (
' ton, a small town about seven miles from , c?(
! llighnni, having left llio Wei I ford bag at U(lf0
| that village on his way. i lo drove straight y
I to the post-oflice, unlocked his cart, and
, delivered the Lay ton bag to tho postmaster, , .*
! Mr. Marsh. " ^
"A sharp day," remarked liie latter. , ,"'i"
j "Sharp enough,w replied John. "I have j
had some trouble with tho horse, I can tell ,
..it nigh
J , . ! tl ?
"Its a wonder he kept his feet at all.
Sir Geoffrey Adams' bailiff was coining j j
j down yonder hill last night, on the bay ^
, mare, and down she went, and biuke Iter '
t leg. Had to bo shot." .
! &..x- i t olhe
Old
"1 stepped ep and saw her Ling there ' .
i in the road. Mr. Ledhitler: her groans,
poor thing, where ju-t like a hum in ciea- *" J
| lure's. Stv Gcufl'ioy was called out fiom ,
; his dinner, and slutt her with his own [L
hand, lie w is awful with Master Haililf
j ov?_r it, and told him if he had been human ^
enough to load her down tho hill, it would ]
; not } avc happened. JIc was cut up, too,
lie was, and didn't offer a wind of excuse *"1 '
to Sir licolliey. Good day, if vou are otl ***-'
; to put up S.nmy Sir."' 1 '
I The mail catt ami Saucy Sir being com I
I foriablv deposited at their usual quarter*, F1 j1
Mr. Lodhitler took a sharp walk of twenty J ,"|
minutes, which brought bun to Ildl Hou*?
Farm. Taking off bis great coat and leg- "l 13 '
gings before be entered the silting loom,
he appeared in plain black clothes, such as r
j are worn by gcntleiuen. ? ^ .
"Here's a luoruing!" he said, as a fair,
: quiet-looking girl rose at his entrance, the '
; farmer's only child. Many would have "" '
, called her features plain, but in her gentle ?l"!u
voice, and her truthful, earnest eye, lay
! plenty ol attraction. "V <
! "What n journey you must have hadl"
she exclaimed, giving him her hand.
"Ay, indeed. I thought onco it would j'11'*
have coiuo to my carrying Saucy Sir. *ir=?'
Where's Selinaf' j 1
llcforo Miss Sterling could reply, her . !
fat' r entered. "Ah, Master Ledbitter, is 111
; it you.'" he said. "Well, d'ye ye think you ' ^
; have brought that letter of mine to-day.
"I don't know," laughed the young man. 'KIS
' I have brought the bag, but canuot say nul''
i what letters are in it." i for 1
"You have not heard 'em talk of it at 'J10}'
the post-office in Ilig'uaru as having come, hner
have yeV <-'at '
"No," responded John. j help
"Darn ill if that letter's lost, there's fifty J'0"
pound gone. And fifty pound ain't picked
up in a day, Master Lodbitter." <-deai
It may as well bo explained that some re;l'l
few years previously, the sister of Mis. Ster*
ling, who had mariicd a Mr. (Jlecvc and "flr
j settled in London, died, leaving an only I beef
daughter. Mr. Cleeve married again, and a'a"
j then the child was consigned to the home
; and care of Mrs. Sterling?Mr. Cleeve forwarding,
every Christinas, a JubO note, to disp
I ?_v.ver her expenses. It was this note that co?f
| Farmer Sterling was so anxious to rc-Cvive; wec'
and each year, from the moment Christinas "(
day was turned, till the money was actual- Moll
I ly in his hand, lie never ceased worrying ( and
himself, and everybody about hiin, with coul
conjectures that the note was lost. It had and
been pointed out to hiin several times, that 1 on a
to have the money conveyed in a latter was com
not a very safe mode of transit. I hit tiie the
farmer would answer that it had always chin
cokio safe hitherto, (though with delay,) rard
and he had no time, not tic, to go tramp- in tl
ing into Ilighani to receive it of tlio bank- otlie
era there. So that Farmer Sterling con- well
tinned to expect and recoivo this important and
letter and its enclosure every year, which a so
1 was a well known fact to all Layton, and her
| to half of Ilighani. This was the letter no- i first
liced by the postmaster that morning, as lie Moll
! A<trlf-il it into thft f.avion I,air
^ , / O* ,
Selina Cleevo, now grown up, ami about | and
; tho age of hor cousin, was the belle of Lay illne
[ ton and of all the rust of the parishes round she?
; about?a well-grown, handsome, dark-eyed any
girl, full of fun and laughter, who played ' sho
i and sang like tho nightingales in Lay ton to u
wood, (as people were apt to express it,) Mr.
rode her horse with case and grace, and plea
look everybody's heart by storm. All the got
bachelor fanners were quarreling for her, who
and many a fine gentleman from Iligham I!
wore out his horse's shoos riding over to go
Hill House Farm, who, had Selina Cicovo ' agai
been iu it, must have studied the map
ts site. They might have spared tliem- ui
;s the troublo, the farmers their quarg,
and the gentlemen their steeds, for
young lady's heart was given to John lli
bitter; but, woman like, she kept this ui
erself, and evinced no objection to the \ Jr
ersal admiration. As to Auuo Ster- ; st
, no tine gentleman noticed her; her h<
mplished, lovely, and London cousin fr<
all iu all. But ns to the servants, A
y, who had lived twenty years in the th
ly, and Joan, the dairymaid, who had ci
lived as many months, they would ui
;ou that if Miss Cleeve's attractions won j ca
iration, Anno Sterling's would secure
is love, in the long run. Tho house- ' to
ling, and other household management, < w
slved on Anne, for Mrs. Sterling was a
irmcd invalid, sometimes not leaving Iw
room for days together. la
)hall you bo able to como to-uight?" Jc
lioned Anuo Sterling of Mr. Ledbitter, ih
er father left tho parlor. 1 <
iVith this weather, Anne!" pi
3ut tho moon will bo up. l>o try." at
l*ou unreasonable girl! the moon will m
Jissolvo tho ico ou tho roads. What | if
you aro at there, so industriously!" : dr
Jutting papers for tho candlesticks,"'
tied Anne. "This is tho last. And | cr
1 must hasten iuto tho kitchen. 1 have
ousand and-one things to do to-day, " I
Molly's head seems turned." at
Jan 1 help you!" th
<o," laughed Anne; "you would bo a iu
ranee, 1 mean, instead of a help. Selina ' th
be here directly." j of
ie catered the parlor as Anno Steiling j ch
t?a stylish girl, in a rich plaid silk j
v. Her black hair was worn in heavy tn
is round her head, not much the fash - i <;
hen, especially in rural districts. John ' |,;
litter's manner changed to one of deep j J,
em ess. He closed the door, and drew I t|,
fondly to him. j
)h, John!" were her first words, "what .
rlunalu weather for our party to night! )
will never be able to come."
dy darling! had 1 to walk every step j
0 way, here and hack, and could re
1 but time tosualcb one word with you, u
iuld not fail." t-l
Jut you must come and return in the
t??unlike the others, who can choose j j
daylight." |D
l lie liist dunce, reineinbcr, Selina, utter
get here. Who comes from lligham? i
ter Cranio, of course," , ^
M" course; and 1 a* .-i?teis, ami several (
is. llo has engaged me for lite first
iM
last dances?you will not b. !h-io at jj
r?ami as many mote as i wuuut tie ^
him between, lie sa;d."
!in Led bitter laughed, sueli a meaning
It, and his eye twinkled iui*cl?ievo;idy. *'
ilia, dealest," lie w hi-pered, "1 ie ir 11i11
is desperate. What say you?"
ie understood him, and though she did ' 'l
say it ill words, he saw, in that downhappy
countenance, that all "cases" n
his own, m> In as Sulina was Coiicci n *'
iere desperate. j
claying his ilejiarluic as long as *.is 1 '
lent, ami stiil talking with Miss Cleevo, ; 1,1
i J.edbilter at length io:-o to go. In
kitchen, where ho went to don his over- :l!
and lough coat, he saw Molly taking "
j ininceiiios and taillcU out of the
i. w.
Joii'l they lo ?a flist-iate!" s&id Molly . '
liiu. " 1 >iit that's nothing, Mr. John;
please step in here." And opening .
loor of the Lest kitclun, (a huge roi lit ' 1
xly ever used Ly .servants or masteis, 1
g deemed too good for the one, and ,
good eiiotigli for the other, since Miss c'
vo came,) Molly proudly disclosed to ;
the long supper-table, already laid lt
and decorated with lauruslinu*. A m
i, handsome twelfth rake rose high in l''
middle?for it was t welfth day ? and a "
iv lire of wood and coal was burning th
i
ie grate. Sk
mean to keep it tip all day," observed j'l
v, alluding to tlie large fire, "for missis , '
been on at me two or three times about
ng the room well wartxieJ. She was V
I
laving the supper in the big parlor, but
wanted it for cards. J>id you ever see 1
fowls, sir? And them hams! they'll 1,1
nice marrow, lor i Oiled 'em myself, ami" "
oil Miss Anno with llio curing. Ah,
may well bo struck with the yullow bi
ne.>s of the chiscakes; and look at the
rne?s of the jelly! you might see t<? di
through it. Half tha things is in the C
ir yet, the custaids and the two dishes "l
itle; besides the brawn and the cold w
, and them sort o' things, which i? to tli
d on tho sideboard." L;
What a preparation!" exclaimed John sc
hitter, staring confusedly at the profuse
lav. "Why, you must have had all the c.
;s in tho parish at work hero for a in
k!"
Jook>! what next?" cried the olfoiided Si
ly. "Miss Anno did it all yesterday el
this morning, with what little help I fa
d givo her in tho matters of fetching mi
carrying, and beating eggs, and lifting <x
ml olf o'saucepans. Wo never let Joan fa
o a-nigh us, though she kept haunting tl
door and putting her eyes to tho tl
cks, sick to see all as was going for- tl
You won't fiud Miss Anne's match tl
lis county, Mr. I.odbilter, or in any tv;
r. My missis have brought her up right ai
. She don't piny tho pianer, its true, w
sho don't spend hours over her hair, ei
??: ris ?r .1 ? ? ?
mug ui u uu hi ouuanuisu winus round :?i
head, and alio don't dress in silks the In
(hint; in a morning," satirically added
Iy with an allusion to somebody else,
jh ill John perfectly well understood, V
laughed at. ''But see Miss Anno in O
iss: who tends a sick body's bed like pi
iJear her pleasant voice a soothing s?
poor soul w hat's in trouble! Look how o<
manages this house, and gives counsel f<j
taster about the fauu outdoors! No, ai
John: you young gentlemen like to pi
so your eye; but give mo ono who has ci
qualities inside of 'em, that'll shine out tc
U hair's gray and pianors is rusty." di
hit Mr. Lodbitler had no lime to stay 11
ipping. lu hurrying away, lie ran tl
list tho farmer in tlio kitchen. ' Jo
"Are you a coining to this kick 11 j?
vlit, Mas'er Lvdbittei!"
"If I can get here."
'Bless llie foolish women, I say, putli
lings about like this for a night's pie
el I don't know our house up-stniis,
)hn, I don't, I assure you. There's ov?
ick of furuiluie took out of the big b
sdruom, and forms, which they boirow
oin the Sunday school, ranged round
s to the walls, you can't toll the color
0 branches of green Mutl', with a few d
1 of tin things holding candles 1
nong-t 'em. Tain'l mo as they'll got
mdlo snuirer all the evening."
"There won't he no snuffing wanted,"
rposed Molly, tartly. "The candles
ax."
"Wax! I said I'd have no wax in I
>nso again," letorted the farmer. "T
>t time we had one of these affairs, J
)hu, I happened to stand under some
cm waxes, getting as close to the wall
could for fear of being upset by tho e*
es what wero whirling round tho roo
ul when 1 came to comb my hair tho rn
oining, may I never stir from this kitcli
it wasn't all glued together with I
opnings of wax."
"[Never you mind tho droppings, mastc
iod Molly, "tho room'll look beautiful.*1
"It had need to," rejoined tlie farm
['here's Anno up there now, on her hai
id knees, a chalking the floor! Wli
ey set on ine that I must dre-s myself
my Suuday-going clothes, 1 auswei
em lliat 1 should stop in the kitchen (
the row, and smoke my pipe in t
uiuiiey corner.
"Nut ii bit of it," quot!i John ; H\
Ust dance away with the best of
ood day, sir. I must be otf." And
ilf an hour's time Jolin Ledliillcr v
iving Saucy Sir back to ilighain, w
e l.aytou and NVeiiford lctteis for t
iitham evening mails.
O O
II.
A meiry scene it was that night at Far
Sterlings'*. It was the custom at Li
n and tu tho adjoining putishes, for t
calthy farinets to hold an annual enl
i union t. which weto distinguished, c
id till, by great profusion of dainties,
arty welcome, :ind thorough cnjoynie
attcing was uhvays kept up till d;t\li^.
-winter lime, remember?then cat
eakfa.-t, and then the gu.'ats went lion
t Farmer Steiling's this party had b*
niltcd for the hist two year*, in colt
iciice of Mi>. Steiling's pieeariotts >tati
allh- but now, as .she was somewhat 1
r, it was renewed again.
The ball began with a country dan
way> the liist r.l tho.-e meetings, t'. 1
r of I.nylon op. n i g i: w ith Miss Steilii
e had just been pieseiited t- l!ie living
very poor u .e, by tile way -and ;is i
iew hut f w . f his p.-*. i ishiouer* person
, was a ^ouug man, and ei joyed t
me ug as mil'It jis anybody. Next
em stood young Mi. limine and Seli
Icc.e, by far the hai. isoitu-I Couple
0 loom. Mi?. Sterling snt in an ai
uiir by lb. tire, looking pule and deli..
id by hei side sat the new vieai's in >lh
ho had come to I ay ton to keep hou*e
m. J he farmer, a* he hud threaten,
as in the kitehen, smoking liis pipe, a ki
elderly fiieuds round him, doing t
ke, an I discussing the slate of the m
:1s; but as they were ill in full dress, l
rtrier included, (blue frock coats, di
evehes :md g u'.crs. and crimson necklh
iclr presence in the ball room might w
1 tainty bo looked tor bv-and by.
It was nine o'clock when John Led I
r ontcied. Some of the young farm
idgcd each other, "lie's come to t;
ie ahiue uiit of Lirame," tlicy whisper
0 <h'( tike l!ie shine out <-f him;
iough young Hiatne could boast ot
rod looks and fine figure, lie was i
kit so popular as J< bn LeJbitter. lie in:
s way at once to Mis. Sterling, and sp<.
iill lii'i a little while, lie had a picas;
rice, and the accent and a ldiess cf a g
L-iiian. Vis. <'oopor, the clergy man's i
ier, looked aftei him as h.? moved away
ke his place ir. the dance. She inouii
ho ho was.
4,Mr. John l.edbitter," said Anno S|
'ia'
"1 thought?dear me, what an extra
nary likeness," uttered the Reverend 1
oopcr, following John with all his oyer
iow like that gentleman is to the n
ho diives the mail cart. I was notici
io man this niomiug as ho drove it
avion, ho appeared to manage his ho
.skilfully."
"John l.edbitter is the driver of the in
irt,' interposed Mr. Walter tlr.uno, di.
g himself iij*.
"1 must explain it to yon," sai l V
L?rIiiii?, noting the perplexed look of i
ergvinnn. "< fid Mr. Ledbitter, Job
tlier, was an auctioneer and land ag
1 Highnm. lie had the best busin
mnection in all the country, but his In
tnily kept Ins profits down, f r ho tea
leni expensively and never laid by tat
when ho died they had to shift
lemselvea. John, this one, who was i
iird son, had been brought up an agrii
irist, mid obtained a post as oveihtol
ml manager to the estate of a gentleu
ho was then abroad. However, the oi
was embarrassed, the property got s<
id John lost his situation. This win
ow lulig ago, Anile.''
'witout lour month*, tnotlier."
"Yes, and lio liad it about throe ye
roll, poor John could get iuto noilii
no promised hint something, and anot
romised him something, hut n > pi
icmod to drop in. One day ho had co
/or to ?e?i Sir Geoffrey Adam* on husir
>r his two brother* in lligham, who
ictioneer* now, and was standing by
oat otlice hero, when the driver of the n
nt leli down in a til, jual a* lie was nbi
> start, and died. There was tiobojy
rivo the cart back to Hicham, the at'
nou was flying on, and the chance* w
iwt tho I .ay ton and Weir ford letter* wo
?e the post. So John LeJbitter said
to- ' would drivo it, and lie did so, and
, bags to iligliam iu time."
"lie drove to and fro the next d
ng for several days," interposed Mr.
as- ' Graine, who had appeared anxious t(
dr. | "nobody turning, at tlie pinch, to
jry we choso to intrust the bags. So
est ther, in a joke, told Ledbitter, be b
ed tor keep the place, and by Jupilei
it. didn't nail it. 1 ho cbaQing's not
for llighain yet. Ledbitter can't walk t
oz- | the streets but bo gets in for it
rid serves him right! The fellow can
for nothing else if ho chooses to degrar
self to the level of a mail-cart drive
in 'It is not the pay be does it for, v
is trilling, but be argues that idlenes
root of mischief, and this daily occ
the kee J ?s hiiu out of both,' said AnueS
lie looking at Mr. Walter Cirnme. *i
dr. only take i it as a temporary thing
o' seeking for something better.'
as "Ledbitter's one in a thousand,' c
ju- ed the blutf voice of Farmer Blount,
m; looking young man, who bad just c
ext from the card-room, 'and there ain't
1011 a thousand that would have the
be courage to defy pride and put bis si
to the wheel as lie has done. Ain't
r," to bis credit to lake up with this
1 employ met.*, and live on the pay wl
er. wailing for a place to drop from the
ids than to skulk about llighom, and
en upon bis brothers? You dandy
up bucks may turn up your noses at
ed it. Master <?rauie- but ho lm*
>ul be it a downright sensible man. W
lie you think, sit.'1 added the speaker al
I addressing the clergyman.
oli ' 'It certainly appears t>> rue that thii
us. | Mr. J.edbitter is 'o bo coinmende
in ( the reply. 'I bee no retlection that
ra? | <-Vi?.t upon liim for driving the ti
id, while he waits for something more i
l,c 1 to his sphere of lite.' And Anne St
I cheeks colored with pleasure as sir
the words. She knew the worth o
I Lcdbitter?perhaps too well,
m 'He'll get on last,' cried Farmer
IV : 'these steady minded chaps are safe
j" in the worlvl. In twenty years' tin
' ' this, if John J.edbitter has not won
( a home anJ twenty thousand p ?ut
surprise me.1
'I am glad to hear this opinio:
rj ". von, Mr. Dlount,for J think you are
'iu, of judging,1 observed Mrs. Stciling.
|Jt, : pie tell me iheie is an attachment I
on hedhitier and my niece, so th:
(1 if il i'to come to anything houl
I tally be interested in his gelling on
'1 h'-pe iliat is piite a mistake
ma'am, and 1 think il is,' (bed Mr.
ir.iuie. \ ?iti would never suth
' ' Cloeve to throw liciseif away on him
' are others 1
'? Mis. Stirling ir.a! a movement
h'tieo, f r the quadrille was over, :
'c'' two paiU"s in ijiicslioii wore appro
S.diu.i seated herself by her aunt, :
" eh rgvin ui ot teied into conversalh
l'* Mr. I.edhiiler. I'm enllv the musii
'.,:t up.
It is my lu:n now, >e!ina,' wli
' 1 W.iltei I ?1,illle.
She s], tid. her head in an uncoi
! ' manner, as she toyed with a spry.v c
' irop\ 'I am engaged to Mr. I.edb
r' 'That is too bad ,re tor ted Walter
'"l resentfullv. on danced with him
1,v dance.1 "
'And have promised him for this
' j' unreasonable you are, Mr. Walter!
"lJ i danced with yon -let mo think
times already.1
Mr. I_f.lhn.-r ! itrtu-.l t i.iim * -*
without speaking, took >eiin*'h hai
01 placed it within his arm. Hut ufl
?rs move! away, lie leaned ?! <wn to wh
lkn her. l'here was evidently perfect cot
yd. between them.
t,-'r '1 think it is so ? that thev are at
'"s remarked Mrs. Cooj r, who w s w
Jot them 'I hope their prospects will?
ule goudncw my Lest black silk jjown!'
j ? a
iko *lt wiU |U,t huit; it is only wliil
;tnl negus. A line, get a cloth. Call
1,1 reiterated Mrs. Sterling?for Mi.
Crattle's refreshment gla-'s had fall
his hand on to Mrs. Cooper's dress,
ed on the iloor. Anne said nothing
afterwards, h.rt her impression war
,er- w is thrown down, and in passiui
glass lay in shivers.
or. i [to uk contini'eo.
i? ' I'uk Eloqlevc e or Hoxiely \V
ian To those who know the terrible fore
ng John llandolph could threw into tl
Uo i/his reuiaikablo and penetrating
rso and the signiticanco of his gesli
when he extended his thin arm at
iail skeleton forefinger, the following pa
iw* w iii be read with a tlirdl. It is repi
a writer in the National Intclbj'i
having been heard by him thirty \<
llic as he entered the gallery of the 1
nb Uepreseiilalives. It has not been
ent elsewhere. The words are plain Sa
the llllill-'Ilt unit 111 11111..r . r..
ig,* style of oratory:
rod "Look at hiiu, Mr. Speaker! N
-so the First, Kinperor of France, King
for Protector of tho Confederation of tlx
the Mediator of the Swiss Confederal
u|. ! Ijook at hiin, sir, witli the sceptre c
ker ?ts oue liand and the miues of Met
an l'eru in the other. Look at liiu;
,vn Moscow, in the Palace of the Krenr
>Jd, 1 od upon tho throne of tho ancient
, ? Russia."' Hero Mr. Randolph gem
ed himself round, and pointed his I
an opposite direction, and slow!
era. "Then, Mr. S|>enker, look at him, si
ng. among tho rats in St. Helena! l'o
her power, sir!"
mo A (*ooi> Time.?(Small boy, eye
less up, hand bundled, sitting on door
me lerrogated by a chmn ) "Say, Joo,
the a good tiino fourth o' July." "f
lail You'd lielter ladteve it! 1 had a p
out jxiwdor and six Roman candle*,
to blowed ofl'two of my fingers, and
Iter- j ono o'm'eves, so'se, tho doctor ros,
ere or recover tho Use of it. You'd F
ttld liovo 1 had a gtxid time! I wish '
bo 1 bin there!"
J
gvt tho; Mr. Kelti's Speech.
We give from the National Intelligencer
lX\V 'i i l'10 f?"ow'ng"ynopsisof Mr. Keiu'nspeech,
,l l?r Mr. Keitt then took the tloor, remarking
> spea , tjjH, jt was nut ^i3 intentioti to widen any
w lorn breach or exacerbate any feeling; lie would
n?y ,l" j rather do the opposite. Lie felt that he had
" ,f ? ' a word to apeak for the old Commonwealth,
' 1 ,'e his native State?for her dead and her liv(.ner
'!' ing; for her dead, because their sacrifices
iroiig i ftJ1j patriotism had teen questioned; for
' " her living, because their revolutiona> v tiexpect
t|es bad Leen denied.
to turn- |j0 jben eloquently defended South Car'*
. olioa front the imputations that had been
k '.lc 1 |J! made upon her achievements during the
a 1!> . Revolutionary war, and entered into a brief
up.itioii revjew t,f |jie history of his own State and
>ct :ng, ^bat of Massachusetts as connected with the
. 'ls struggle for independence.
, w jile After some renia ks in reply to the speech
of Mr. lfurliiiganie, of Massachusetts, he
xcjaun- referred to the nieslion immediately before
n keen- House. Ho thought it a little exlraorome
up ji,iniy that from ceitain men they heard
ono 111 ' no invocations upon the Constitution ex
mora. cept upon particular occasions. When great
boulder fjgbb, were to bo upheld, when vital interit
more ests w<?re to bo protected, nothing was said
honest Constitution but when slancler was
li e ies cbastised the Constitution was invoked. It
clouds, would seein that among some people ibere
spongo was no vitality in tlio Constitution but to
town prutec't a slanderer. Ho wished to state that
him for j)0 was in the Senate Chamber when the
icil ins- a3ArU||t was coiumilted by his late colleague,
hat do 1Jo
knew that it would occur unless expla- ,
>rl,l i* nation and apology were made. He knew
it would occur, because the provocation was
i vourig great, and because he kntw that when his
w:ls colleague had determined upon an act he
can be , Would do it. Mr. K. did not, however,
"'d cait know the time when, nor the place whcie,
in untile l assault would be made, or theexplaua
citings demanded. Nor did ho anticipate
'j. 'that it would ovuur in the Senate Chamber;
Jolin otherwise he would have been still more
accessory than be was. Now, what had
Mount. pcen p:s offence! That lie did not inform
1 l'J r,s<! , against his colleague, rgniiist his bosoui
ie bom frjenJt atlJ he might say against his Slate.
i liisse:f was asked to inform against whom ?
id-, nil Against his native State. Those who wished
to drag into the iniro the garments of
ti l'oin t|iejr ^tjvle might do so?not he. And in
whose favor was ho asked to inform.' lie
eo" who had made fraudulent charges against
etween |(js state and slandered her distinguished
.t we- Senator, a gentleman whom for many long
-1 natu- years the State had placed at her head, like
* . Ajax at the feast of Agamemnon; in whose
\v'i a' evt ry ve,n flowed patriotic l>h> d; whose
a.ler whofe escutcheon was loaded down with .
*rhonors. 'IT.crc was none e>f mortal mould
' M;i0 coulJ impose upon hirr. this confidence
and have it violated. Ho would not have
,r J':" j informed if it had been rejrosed in hint hy i
m<l the t|l(, bitterest foe he ever had against his j
aching. friend, jf there was one character \
mil he IUore infamous than another it was that of |
in wan die informer. If theie was one character \
ttuk liicli, when the flesh that wrapped it had
t mouldered away and mingled w ith the taintncrev.
Carth, history, amongst the unhonored i
things ol earth, would drag up and exhibit j
ieyitied j? eternal infamy, it was that of the inff
!;ol,'?' farmer.
He had now to perform the la?t act iu
'ramo, j ddi drama. About the individual opinion
the ast tj,e House ho cared nothing; about its
' olficial opinion it was his duty to care. It
* w:is '''s to c;uo something about his
have constituents in this matter, and he would
go to those in-n who lived upon the battle j
' pUius that had been fraudulently inisrepre i
ar, ami, sentc-J; he would go to a constituency 1
nl, and whom he knew and who knew him. He i
:er they |lR.j on]v sav ^at he bail sent his resig '
>per to natjon i0 tho Governor of Siulii Carolina, !
iti lonce ,.fleet w hen announced on the floor
y , | of tho House; and he w ould now announce
tac.ie l, I j.e wft3 ,10 jongee a member of the
atchmg bo(]v<
Oil, " >
siikia* in a Tiieatue.?The l'aria corte
wiiu- respondent of the New Orleans l'icayune
Molly,' gives the following account of an amusing
Waller scone which occurred dining tin* rapresen
en from tation of a play written Ly the late Hyn- j
as it lav cinlhe l)ecoiuberous:
then or 4"Ouo of the most successful ??f his pieces 1
i lh.it it was "l':? l'acvro i?eig >t catno near bo
i. The hij dunned the lh->t light it was laved. J
To give more exactness t?.? f o scenery the i
, machinist determine J to abandon the "lay" '
lambs; and substitute "practicable' lamb-; j
ottos - twenty fat and well lotted >heej> weits
e which bought and drilled. At the rehear- j
to tones, l'ie ncW * sl^'h company" played llteir
' voice parts admirably, and f.t the first performance
cuiatioii lh?y "cn'ereJ admirably, and formed nil
td lon?' wiuisilciy pa-toiul group around theii Co
TH?rrni?h r)*('on' whom tbey saluted with the inost
.rrted bv tuneful bleating-.. The theatre shook to its !
ncer n> ,ol,lu'al'yn with tho loud applause. The
ears f wo applause continued, the aheejr became
Intise of f'ighleued, and popped, these into the stage
reported boxies?these over the foot lights <nto lite
n bu* I orchestra?and. of course, tho whole tlock
highest ' I'?I1owih1 thoir leaders! The ItUlieft in tlie
stage boxes shrieked, tlie orchestra whoop.
j on e<' and hallooed to prevent the sheep from
<*?f Italy tuu,blingou their violins, the hou-e roared,
j llliine "ie *upornuintpaiies were thrown off after
mom. mil il was an nunc oeiure iiiev were
ion, ?Scc. ' . ,
>f Snain cau8 t* ' noXl ^ *V WtM0 lo
1 the shambles, and "lax" sheep introduced
sico anu , . , ? * r
.1 ? their stead.
1, sir, at ,
lin, seat- The CLinc.se see 111 to think dancing a
. f:U* ol , useless fatigue. When Commodore An[y
lurn son was at Canton, the oftker of the CeoinSer
in tul;on a on 9 )m0 Court holiday,
j san. While they woro dauciug, a Chinese, who
r< y,nP surveyed the operation, said softly to one
nor, sir. ^ party, "Why don't you let your servants
do this for you!"
bunged ^ "My brethren," the other day exclaimed
stop,^ in the Rev. C. Spurgeon, the popular preacher
, d y ;tvc 0f NctV Park Street, London, "there is a
hdn t I! | vast diilcrenco between a desii M.d a deaourit!
of con jj,e difference lies liere^?Ruslst the
, an l I devil ?nd he w ill tko from you, bul resist a
I burtit deacon and he will fly at you," m
I d IU.N- -m ?
etter bo- The ancients were of opinion that Eebo
you'd a was a maiden who hatTtilued awavTor
love, till nothing but UerQ(flb was left
Must of John Kuticdge.
In the Senate, July 8, Mr. Pierce made
the following report from the Committee on
the Library, to whom was referred the
resolution of the Senate directing them
to iuquire into the propriety of procuring
a bust of the late Chief Justice John
Kutledge, to be executed by nu American
arli&t of met it and reputation, to be placed
in the room of the Supreme Court of the
United States.
That Congress has thought fit to purchase
busts of the Chief Justices as appropriate
ornaments of the Supreme Court
roo.n and proper tributes cf respect to the
great men whoso lives and services they
commemorate. Accordingly these memorials
of Jay, hillsworth, and Marshall now
adorn tho hall of that tiibunal. Of the
Chief Justices who have passed from life
John Kutledge is the only one whose memory
has not been thus honored. In 1795
Mr. Kutledge was appointed by General
Washington to succeed Mr. Jay, who had
resigned tbeoflice. The new Chief Justice
presided at the sessiouof the Supreme Court
which was held in the mouth of August
succeeding his appointment. But two
causes were argued and adjudged at this
term, iu one of which the Chief Justice delivered
the opinion of the Court. In the
other, the opinions of ail the judges, save
one were pio.iounced seriatiui. At the
ensuing session of the Senate tho appointment
of Mr. Kutledge wras rejected by that
body, whether for political reasons or because
of the approach of that sad infirmity
which wrecked his fine intellect, does not
appear. This seems to be the only reasou,
and the committee think it an insufficient
one, for declining to place the bust of Mr.
Kutledge with Chore of the Chief Justices
who preceded or followed him in this place
of euiitier.t responsibility and dignity.
Short though his term of service was, he
was uot the less Chief Justice of the highest
tribunal of judicature known to tho Constitution.
And if his public and professional
career be considered, we shall find so
much to admire as to be unwilling to refuse
that tribute which has been paid to all
outers who nave occupied uie ctistinguisbeU
place v\ liich w;is assigned to him by lLo
Father of his Country. *
The circumstances attending his appointment
clearly prove the high estimate in
which his judicial abilities and great public
seivices were held by Washington, whose
revere judgment of public men as seldom
or never deceived. As a revolutionary patiiot
and leader Mr. liutledge bad no superior.
At the age of twenty five he appeared
as a deputy from South Carolina in the
Congress called by Massachusetts after the
passage of the stamp act?South Caroliua
being the first Southern province which responded
to this call, in this Congress
commenced the building of those principles
of popular lights which were developed iu
the Continental Congress of 1774. At this
early period, Mr. Uutledge, already known
at home as au able lawyer and fine speaker,
acquired high reputation for parliamentary
eloquence and ability, which be maintained
nod increased when a member of
that memorable Congress which declared
our separation from Great Britain. Here
he was the prompt, earnest, and able advocate
of colonial independence, in oratory
the rival of Patrick Henry?iu bolduess
and energy the peer of John Adams.
Returning home from Congress in the
spring of 1775, he became a member of the
provincial Congress of South Carolina, and
as chairman of a committee, raised for that
purpose, reported a plan for an iudepeudent
colonial government. Of' this provisional
?sr.v'Arr...,^.> I. a I-.--! :J .
^Vfviiiiuviib Iiv ?ICM I'lUdiUCUlf
ami some years Inter, when the piovince
ffit. overrun by the troops of Great Britain,
ho was invested with dictatorial powers.
History has recorded how well, wisely, and
prudently he exercised these powers; how
his activity and spirit had before contributed
to the successful and glorious defence of
Fort Moultrie; how gallantly he bore himself
at the battle of Eutaw; and how fully,
in every respect, he justified the liberal confidence
reposed iu hiut by his fellow-citizen*.
After the revolution, he was appointed
judge in chancery in his native State,
which office he filled for seven years, when
he became chief justice of tho Supreme
Court of South Carolina.
Whilo he wa? ot>e of the chauccllois of
S.uitb Carolina, he served in the convention
which formed the Constitution of the United
Slates, and was a vory active and influ;
ential member of that body. On the organization
of the federal government he
was appointed by General Washington,
| and unanimously confirmed by the Senate,
one of tho a sociate justices of tho Supreme
l !itllrl of tllA I "nilA.t ytlnlai Tito
tec have thought it unnecessary to do more
| than thus to glance at the public services
which Mr. Kulledge performed in various
departments of the government, Slate and
federal, 'l'hey give hiiu a high place
among the founders of the republic; while
his judicial abilities and labors, aud the
fact that ho actually holdout and exercised
i the olliee of chief justice, seem to demand
that he should not be omitted from the list
! of those whose busts now adorn the Supreme
Court room; they thercfoio recommend the
passage of the bill.
A X cmkiess Kisil?A singular 6?.b, tbe
i name of which is not known, has just been
' found at St. Mary, Lake Sujwrior, in a hollow
log brought to a saw mill. Jt is abont
seven feet long, thirty-one inches in girl,
i and like the gar in its tushes and coat of
mail, but with other resemblances to tbe
\ alligator and shark. In llis stomach were
: found twenty-nine copper and silver coins,
a good sized bow ie knife and scabbard, and
a revolving pistol with five barrels, all loaded
and capped, lie appeared as ferocious
as a tiger, biting and snapping at everything
(< within his reacti, and such was the power
of liisjaws and his triple rows of teeth, lb?t
be bit the end off from a plank two inohe*
thick by four wide. Tbe person who fur|
niches the account of the fish suggests that
| he belongs to the genus filibuster.
' [Sprmgfitld Amertco*.