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, I- . ,f-; - * 0 ! ? jl* * THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. __? by cavi8 & tbiumieb. Dwwtefr to Koufyttn ftigljta. Politics, ^ricultuw, anir jTtiscHJmni, ?2 not ahotm ^tff*.? - . , ... - * - " * * ~' - . ... !.'" ? ' ' ' ' - ? 5 " ~ ' ~ ="= ?: ~ " ' --- mJJ. ,tL'. ? VOL. XIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C? THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1856. NO. 31. THJB CAROLINA SPARTAN. BY GA.VIS & TRIMMLER. t rO. P. VKBBQIf, Awooiate Editor. Frio* Two Dollars per annum in advance, or $2.50 at the end of the year. If net paid until after the year expires $3.00. Payment will be considered in advanae if made within throe months. -No subscription taken for. less than six months. Money may*be remitted throagh postmasters at ear risk. jKvertisemcnta inserted at the usual rates, nud BvnirMiH flli.de oii itaauS&biS terms. The Spartan circulates largely over this and adjoining districts, and offers an admirable medium to our friends to reaoh customers. Job work of all kinds promptly executed. v Blanks, Law and Equity, continually on hand or prin ed to order. ~ "the double house. ev ths AUTHOR OP "JOHN HALIFAX, OKNTLKMAM. CONCLUDED. 1 On tho evening of tho day on whieh Mrs. Hierchislon wrote to tell her husband thai ; ' she designed to leave him, she catne to iny !' house. She looked white and shivering, but not with cold. Her poor bluo eye*, so warm and kind, had a frosty glitter in thein that was strange and sad. "No answer,'' she kept repeating; "no answer?none. Now I must go." I replied that everything whs ready; our gig would l-e at the door in a minute; it waa a bright moonlight night, and I myself would accompany her to tuy sister's house. "It is not far?not so very far, Mr?. Rivers? Not so far but that I can always hear of him, or?if he should be ill at any time " "You can cotno home at ouee." "Home I" she echoed piteously. Then, as if stung into one desperate e^vrt?the last struggle of her tender :<nd feeble ualure ?she sprang iuto the gig, I following tier. I was scarcely seated, reins in haud?for I was deteriHtued that no other than invself should have the credit of eloping with Mrs. Merchiston?than I felt on my right arm a 8m grasp like a vice. "Mrs. Rivers, whom have you there? le .it my wife!" "Yes, Dr. Merchiston," I cried, not in the least frightened by the look and tone: "ve?. il is your ?rifo. 1 tun taking her where she will live ' in peace, and not be killed byinches any longer. Stand aside; lei me drive on." 'In one moment. Pan Ion me." lie I passed in front of the horse to the oilier . side. Barbara I U tiial you, Carbarn?" No words could describe tho ineffable tenderness, the Jeagiug anguish, of ihat voice. No wonder ihat it made Iter grasp tny arm, and cry wildly on ine to slop. "It is not ten minutes since I bad your letter. Barbara, grant me one word in the presence of this lady, by whose advice you are leaving yuor husband." "By whose advice did you leave your wife. Dr. Merchiston !" I began, boldy: but by the carriage lamp I caught sight of his face, and it seemed like that of a man literally dying?dying of despair. "Mrs Merchiston, we will reenter my house for awhile. Doolor, will you lift your wife down f She has fainted." Soon the poor lady was sitting in my parlor, I by her side. I)r. Merchiston stood opposile,'walching us liolh. J.Ie was neither violent nor repreacUfull, but peifectly silent. Nevertheless, i fell somewhat uncomfortable, and glad from my heart that James was safe ten miles olf, and that 1 alone bad been mixed up with this affair. ""She is better now, Mrs. Rivers. 1 may speak P "Spent, sir." "1 will pass ovei my present trying pot.i liou. Of course I peie.-ive?in fact, I was already aware?tlml Mrs. Mcrcliistoti lias acquainted you witli our sad, inevitable estrangement." "Why inevitable??when thero has been no quarrel on either side? When, cruel .as .you have been to her, she has never 'breathed a word to your discredit ?" (He groaned.) "When, as 1 understand, you lbave not the shadow of blame to urge against her I" Before heaven, none. Llavo I not declar ed ibis, and will I not deciaie it before all the world ? She knows 1 will." "Then why, my dear sir, in the name of All that is good and honorable?nay, even In the naina of common sense, why is your estrangement inevitable?" Ha seemed to cower and shudder as before somo inexpressible dread?once be glanced wildly round the room, as if with the vague idea of escaping. Finally, be forced himself to speak, with a smile that ^va* most painful to witness. "Mr*, Ktvers, even though a lady ask^ pan. I cannot answer that question." "Can you if your wife herself asks it J I .will leave you together." As I rose t<> go, Dr. Merchiston inter j posed. The cold sweat stood on his Inow; pe looked?ye*, I thought *o at that ino tqeol?like a possessed man struggling with his inward demon. "For God's sake, no! For the love of mercy, no! Stay by her; take care of her. I will speak jn your presence; I will not detain you long." "Do not. See," for the poor wifo was again insensible. Dr. Merchiston rushed to her side; he chafed Iter bands; he fell on bis knees before her; but a* she opened her eyes he crept away, and put the room's length betwen then). "Now may I speak? You wished to ' leave mo. Barbara. Jo go whither?" I tolil him, concealing nothing, lie i seemed greatly shocked. "Mrs. Rivers," he said At length, "such I a scheme is impossible. > will never con- < sent to it. If she desire-*, she shall leave i my house for yours or any other. She i shall have any luxuries she pleases; she 1 shall be as free from me as if I were dead and she a widow. Rut that my wife should quit rof roo? to earn her daily bread? < never. From thin decision there was do appea The wife evidently desired none; hor oye began to shine with joy, and even I loo] hope. "But, Dr. Merchiston, can there be n change? You loved one Another onc< Love is not yet dead; love never wholly die; Surely???" "Madame, silence!" Could it bo bis voice that spoke?hi once calm, low voice? I was now reall_ terrified, He roso and walked about the room: w two sal trembling. At last he stopped ii his uid position, with his iiaitu on lite man telpiece. "Mrs. Rivera, my extremely painful poai Lion?you will acknowledge it is audi ? must excuse anything in mo unbecoming uncourteoua." 1 assured him he had mv free pardon fo any excitement, and 1 hoped he felt online now. "Perfectly, perfectly; you must aee tha1 do you not!" "1 do," said I, with a sense of bitterne* against the whole race of mankind, wh can drive poor womankind almost out *r their senses, while they themselves pieaerv the most sublime composure. "I will now, with your permission ami i your presence, speak to my wife. Barbara ?in a quiet equal lone, as if addressing a ordinary person?"I told vou five years ag that ll is not 1 who am inexoralde, but fal? even if the life we then began to lea kIkvuIiJ last until my death. I repeat tli same now. Yet, for those five years yo have lieeii at peace and sale. Safe," he r? pealed, w ith a slight pause, "under inv roo where I can shelter and protect you belle than anywhere else." .. I).., 1 IS A. J .1 T . II I ' x luint nun niiQ inun i turn linn ? how coui'I I help ii? of the digltl* ami oui rages to which their maimer of lifr? hud rj posed her. It wki terrible to see the <*rte< produced on him. "MuhIi; tell me no more, or?Barban forgivo ine?forgive mo that I ever ina?l you my wife. There iv but ono atonetnen shall I make you my mdowP "Doctor Merchistou," I cried, catchin his ann, "are you inad!" lie started, shuddering, and in a inomcr had recovered all his self control. "Mrs. Rivers, this is n slate of living tnost terrible, of which I was totally ignr lant. How is it lobe remedied?granting as you must grant, the one uualterablo n< oessity."' I thought a minute, and then propose* to silencu tho tongue of all Apedale, lln the husband and wife should openly wal to church togelher.every Sunday, and ku3< together iu Uie house of (tod. And ma Ho forgive me if in this scheme I had deeper hope than I betrayed. "I will do it," said Dr. Me-cbiston, aftc a pause. "Barbara, do you consent? Wi you como horue!" "I will." "Hut :o the old life? In nothing chan: ed?for changed il cannot, must not he!" "Under any circumstances I will com home.'' "Thank you; G?h1 bless you. It is be ter so." There was a quiet pause, broken only li one or two faint sobs from her. At lai they ceased. Dr. Merchiston took up b hat to depart. As he was g"ing, his wil started up and caught him by the hand. "Iiusband, one word, and i can bear a things. Did?did you ever love me?" "Love you? Oh, my little Barbaral" ulXo you lovo me!" "Yes," in a whisper, sharp with intoler; ble pain; "yes." "Then I do not mind anyihing. Oh, n< thank God! I do not mind," She burst into hysterical laughter, an threw herself into my arms. It was on 1 my arms she could come to?her liusban was gone. She went home as she hud promises and thu old life began once more?wilhot the slightest change, sho told mo?sat that regularly on Sunday mornings I knocked at the door of communication b tweet) the double house, kept always locka on her side by bis desire?that she foun him wailing in the hall, and they walke arm in aim, as silently and sadly as mouri ers after a corpse, to the church door. I the saitio way returning, lie immediate! parted from her, and went his way to It own apartments. Apedale was quilo satisfied, and circuit ted innumerable explanations, which ha probably as much truth in them as the fo liter accusations. Di. Merchiston came as usual to pla chess with my husband, and no allusio was over made t>> the night which ha witnessed ?? strange a scene in our hous Mrs. Merchiston improved in health an cheerfulness. To a woman I lie simple cm viction of being loved is support and at renm ilirongh the most terrible ordeal. Oik sure of that, her faith is infinite, her coll* lation complete. After his "yes," poc little Barbara revived like a (lower in tli sttn. Not so Iter husband. EveryU?dv notice that Dr. Merchiston was wasting away to shadow. On Sundays especially, his com tetiauee, always sallow and worn, seettie li? li iv? ilit* ghastly look nl one whom yo know to l?o inwardly fighting n groat ???? hnttlo. Yon IeoI at unco Ilio wailaro ?i ho won ? hui tlio luan will die. And Mill, as aver, of nil the ni)peiietr?hl nit Meiies that life can weave, that man an his secret were the darkest. At least to mo. Whether it was so t mv husband, wln^o reserved habits nn wi le experience of human nature helped t make him what, thank Heaven, he alway was?iniieli wiser than mo?I do n?>l know but 1 often caught his grave pemiritin ?ye intently fixed on Dr. Merchiston. S much so, that more than once tlio doctc moved from it restless!;. Hut Mr. River redoubled hi* kindness?in truth, I neve knew Jamoe, who was very undenv>i>*lra live, and usually engros?ed between inloi est in bis patient* and his domeetic affix lions, attach bimtelf to strongly to an I. main friend out of bis own bcftnn, m be did been a to Dr. Mercbiston. A clc k lie seized every opportunity to nllure none our neighbor from bis morbid, solitary in- ?ay o doors life to a more wholesome existence, watel ?. They rode out together on the medical man' ?. rounds?James trying to interest him in boun the many, many opportunities of philan- hold ihropy with which a country surgeon's life estrai s abounds. Sometimes?one day I especial- of un y ly remember?Dr. Mercbiston said be Bti thought Mr. Rivers bad familiarized him now. e with every possible aspect of human pain. Di n "Not all?1 have yet to show you?in- bo w i- deed, i thought of doing no this morning? j ne*s tho blackest aspect numan suffering can In i- show. And yet, like all suffering, a inerci- initio - ful God has not left it without menus of Mi j, alleviation." iug. "What do you meant I thought we she I r were -joing to some hospital. For what nesse ir disease!" j endtl "No physical disease, yet one that 1 be- I past, t, lieve, like all other diseases. is capable of pect prevention and cure?mental insanity." ! not s is Dr. Mercbiston grew a* white as this my 1 eye? o paper. He said, in a broken, low speech, j and I >f which vainly tried to seem inditfeienl? I ling < e "You are right. But it is a painful subject ! cslnn ?insanity. . j 2 n I do not wonder that my husband tried not n " to change the conversation, an I his morn j thorn n iug plan ikewise. It was evident that in \Y o some way the topic strongly atbeted our is lift ?, friend. Probably lie had a relative thus since d afflicted. Ami it must be temeii1l>?red that j liu-bi o foiiy years ago tho subject of insanity was py In ii viewed in ii very different light from what UL ?. it is at present, instead of a mere disease, eveni f, a mental instead of a bodily ailment?yet i doziti ir ' no less susceptible of remedy?it was look lowei ed upon as u visitation, a curse almost a I lie w - crime. Any family who owned a member and I t- thus suffering, hid the secret u> if it had beaul [. been absolute guilt. Mad house, mad doc- ' parei ;t tor, wer? words which jieople shuddered at. ; when ? A ...I I ?t r._ I . . II > mi?icu iiu? nun. ami ??? vvum iit. i??r ill | H1H1 I i, many instance* tliev revealed uhya?es "fig tl?? r e ' norance, cruelty, and wickedness, horrible ; here, t: to contemplate. Since llien, more tbau 8h one Howard has ghno among those worse sxuou g than prisons, cleared away incalculable evils, cares and made even such dark p'aces of the of an it earth to see a hopeful dawn. for h Throughout his professional career, one ".V * of my husband's favorite '"crotchets," as I of co > called ilicut, had beeu the investigation of have insanity. "V j t.oinmencing will) the simple doctrine, '-A startling, but true, that every man and wo- ' nothi man is innd on some ono point?that is, ! "I it lias a certain weak corner in the mind or j hid h ( brain, which requires carefully watching | Bi .| ! like any other weak portion of the body, indet y j lest it slioaJd hecomo the seat of rampant ' piett a | disease, ho went on with ntheoiv of possi i movi ble cure?one that would taken wiser head | "H >r than mine to explain, but which eff.-ctual- 1 can j| ly removed the intolerable horror, misery, j right and hopelessness of that g.-eat cloud over- j * i hanging the civilized and intellectual por- you r lion t?f the world?mental insanity. I Jo j *"l not mean the raving madness which is gen- j O m ic erally induced hv violent passions, and j Hi which by-gone ages used to regard as a s rt i I )i. i- of demoniacal possession?which it may be. ' ers tl for nnglu I know?but llial geueral state , coute v of unsoundness, unhealthiness of brain, j Al st which corresponds to nnlieallhiness of hotly, tnent is and tike it, often requires less a physician 1 caim fu than a sanitary commissioner. 1 even This may seem an unnecessary didactic ' Tl || interpolation, hut I one it to tbo natural Mia. course of tuy story, and as a tribute to inv i a Ion 1 dear husband. Hwidefi, it formed the- sub- I healt ject of h conversation which, the question be m ii. being voluntarily revived by Dr. Merchis ; impr ton, they held together during tho whole ble t 0( afternoon. j nigh It was good and pleasant to hear these "V (J two men talk. I listened, pleased as n wo wivei |y man who is contented to appreciate that "1 J which she herself can never attain. Ami 1 but t once more, for the thousandth time, I noted Hear ]t with admiration the w..nderfully strong and "I it lucid intelligence with which l>r. Merchis- { tend 0 ton could any subject, handle it, view your ie it on all points, and make his auditors see j lb e. it too. Even on this matter, which still went ,j seemed to touch his sympathies deeply, es- ble. (| pecinlly when be alluded to the world's such ,,| opinion and cruel treatment of the insane of hii n ?insane perhaps on somo particular point, less i n while the rest of the brain was clear and Wht |y sound?even there his poweis of reasoning gene and argument never foiled. ' ful, I "Well," said Mr. Rivers, smiling, as they the n | -hook hand" at the door, "I am glad to not I ltj i have found one who can understand nn D r. hobby. You are certainly o? e of the clear saint est-lieaded men I ever knew." lie jj y "You really think so) i thank von, Riv ratal ,n ers," said the doctor, earnestly, as lie disap- lease >t| pea red in the dark. barri e. 1 reuieinh.rr this night's conversation d vividly, hecaii"e. in Heaven's inscrutable wnh t mercy?ay, I toill wiite "mercy"?it wa* ^ h the last time Dr. Merchislon entered oui :e house. j IJou a- The next morning ho bower] to me at they >r the window, riding past on his gayly cur- J P"J?r ic vetting horse, looking better and more j mine cheerful than ho hud dime for a long time. I Oi rl That evening my husband was summon- king a od to the double house. Its master had the i been thrown from his horse, his leg and his and ri right arm fractured. If all went well, James j room ii lohl me?and I had rarely seen hiin so it g I il ! moved? the patient would be confined to ntes ll Ins Iter I, hound hand and foot, helpless as a \\ chinl. foi three or four month*. Poor Dr. Hnj , e Merchi'ton?" chist d "Is his wife with hiiul" was the fiist qilcs "l . _ _ f 1- - ? lion I H*KP<I. ni 0 "ye*. thank God. yes!" cried James f*?r- "I <1 ly bursting into tears. I whs so shocked, "W" <t ho amazed l?v his emotion, that I never in agait e quired or learnt to this day how it came ra, 1< ' I about,or what strange scene my husband uj?. i IT had that evening witnessed in the dnuhlo clene <i house. , atfrip r There was a long nisi*. in which the send ? halnnce wavered between life and death. "S if Life triumplied. I went almost every day: "S 1 but it was long before I saw Mia. Merchi* u J r? ton. When I did.it was the strangest sight. prool J- ller look* weie full of the deepest peace. Tli y the naott teraphlc joy. And yet ?ho had ' "Ob, for weeks a nurse in tliftt sick room, fivu we, tender, indefatigable nurse, such as For but a wife can be; as fondly watchful sire , and as gratefully and adoringly was bed, tny husband told me, by the sick clin s dim eyes, as if she had been a wife the d for years in near, continual house- " bonds, instead of having been totally poo nged from him since the first six months nun ion. or t it no one ever spoke or thought of that ban . Merchistou slowly improved, though whi as still totally helpless, nnd his weak- ; said remained that of a very infant. frac this state he was when 1 was first ad- tien d to his ?iok chamber. saw s. Merchiston snt at the window sew- flu* The room was bright and pleasant; " iad brought into it all those cheerful- ' wisl s which can alleviate the long to be ' red suffering from which all danger is the? When I thoiighivof the former as ! son and atmosphore of the house, it did j " eem the least sad now; for Barbara's i " had a permanent, mild, satisfied beam, ! alie ler husband's, whicil were ever dwel j I no her lace and form, yvre full o f the , of est, ni"si entire happiness. ' but sal with theru a good while, and did kirn laivel at his saying eie I left, "that ho " Highly enjoyed l?eing ill." I me. iili what a solemn, sublime evenness j I i meted out! Baihaia lias told ine bar that those five months following her saic ind's accident were the most truly bap J i?r life had ever known. the ook at linn." she whispered to me one 8 ng when lie lay by the window, half i gen g. having been for the tirsi tune al [ strc I a faint attempt al locomotion, though i in I as still obliged to be waited upon hand Itiv not?"Mrs. Rivers, did you ever see so ; ban tiful a smile? Vet it is nothing com I I to that when lie was verv. very ill, ) At i I first began to nurse and tend him; ! diii te did nothing but watch me about seei .mm, and call ine his Barbara. 1 am i io Evan! Itid von call?" i wo, c win at hia side in n moment, | " thing lii-? pillow, leaning over and ; lea? sing him. I think lie was not aware ( will y one in llie room but their two selves, " e fondled her curls and her soft cheek*. tutu ly Barbara, wo have had a little ray ter. infort in our sad life. How happy we " been in tliia sick room!'' less, Ve have been, Evan?" iv; but uotliiag last* in this world? " ing!" his litshnnd, that is like one of your mor saying* when we were first married, der it I will not have it now?I will not on Hi." And she closed his mouth with n ; "Pi y petti! Mice. He lifted his hand to re- [ kn< i* hers, then sunk hack. 1 Itrbara. I a:n growii g sinng again; 1 u?e my right arm. O Heaven, my anil . arm! 1 am not helpless any longer." * To. llianlc God! Hut you speak as il ' were shocked and terrified." ( hot am ? 1 am. Willi strength coupes? ' hiu V Bntbara!" tuoi is wife, alarmed, called out inv name. 1 Merchistoii caught at it. Is Mis. Riv ton tere? Mid her come in, bid anybody ! "he i in. Ah! yes, that is well." the ftei a pause, which seemed more of loan a I than physical exhaustion, he be ; ban i himself again for the remainder of the hiti ing. ? | frie te next day he sent -for tue, and in f March is ton s absence talked with me tinj ig whilo about ber. IJo feared her the h would give v/ju; he wished her to . ell) lore with me; he hoped that I would j " ess upon her that it made him misera- , " r> see her spending all her days and her ts in Ids sick room. I < Vhat! in the only p ace in the world WHfc o she has real happiness?" 1 'he Jo yon ibitdc svd is she uever happy tuei ?; !. ti? u t?i - '< ? mi'i aiicii Heaven mrgivo Ifie: ren have piiy on me!" ho groaned. I 1 Jr. Merchislon, you surelv ?lo not in- sho to send your wife from you again? " forgiving, loving wife!'' Jan ?fore lie could answer she came in. I tint awav thoroughly angry and misera- ; woi That evening 1 indulged J Mine* with : " a long harangue on the heartlessness cou * sex, that, as 1 said, he must have been ! i man than an ugel to have home it. 1 mil it I told him the cause, he ceased all you ral arguments, sat a lung lime thought* I turning his boots against the bars of) woi grate, finally sent me to bed, and did " limself follow til! midnight. nitt r. Mcrcliislui/s cure ptogre*sed; in the she i ratio Ins wife's cheerfulness declined, pew day bv dav moro inelaiicholv, ir V\ I de, and cold. By the time lie was re d from his helpless condition, liiejcy hof or between lliem had lisen up again. J " made uo complaint, but the facts were t" 1 -lit. win y husband and I. bv his express desire, full l almost everv evening at the Ijouhla clii: ?e. Verv painful anil dreary evenings I > ere. Convalescence s-'eiued to the do* patient no happiness?only a terror, | fit l ry, and pain. I nay ie night, just as ? o were leaving, ma , ' an attempt at cheerfulness? for it wns ?"' li?-1 feat he had performed at walking, Wlt his wife had helped him across the i with triumphant joy?he said, break h?n rum a long r?*e?ie: "Stai! a few inin- ' ly I more; 1 want to speak with you both." qui e sal down. He fell back in his chair. covered his eyes. At length Mrs. NJer > 'e on gently took tire hands away. ?\ an. you don't feel *o strong as usual Hl ' do; God help me! I !<?.' he muttered. *lr* old I were weak, and lay on that bed I ',HI ? as po wet less as a child. No, Hatha H,K ook, I am strong ?well." IJe stoiwl or ' Mretching his gaunt right arin, and I " Iiing the hand ; then lei it drop. last ;hted; "My liiilo Ha'bftra, I must thee away." he tjghed. " end nje nwnyl" yoi etui her mwh\T' ?!? 'ejnyv," cried iny hu?band in atern re r, "b# nilent!" * ie poor wife broke out into bitter nobs, i doEvan, wl>.it have I (Jonotoyou? Dear I dot m, let me may?onlj till you are well, j , despite what he said about his' ro ngth, his countenance, as he lay back, ' su almost that of a corpse. {Barbara's a i ging arms seemed to him worse thao ai: gripo of a murderer. an Take her away, Mrs. Rivers; tako my r wife away. Vou know how she has di red me; yon know whether I love her lot," Love herf I ciied, bitterly; b'*t James's I i d was upon my shoulder. His eye, mi ch with its gentle Rnnnes- could, they be I at the hospital, control the most re wi tory and soothe the most wretched pa- 1 to t, was fixed upon Dr. Merchiston. I as the old man yield; the bright hectic gc h came and went in his cheek. Rivers, my good friend, what do you | II me to do?" A very simple thing. Tell mo?not ; hi: >e poor women?but me. your real tea in; for acting thus." Impossible." i re Not quite. It may be I partly guess it an iady," )r. MerchUlon started up with the look or a hunted wild beast in its last despair, ' in my husband laid his hand on his, in a ' I but resolute way. Indeed, indeed, you are safe in telling to Will you?" hi 'ho patient hesitated, held up his thin , In id to the light with a wan smile, thou ni J, "I will." h? immediately sent us both out of cli room. j th Ire. Merchiston was a very woman, at tie and frail. She wept until her te ngth was gone; then I put her to bed ! ci ler maid's charge, and wailed until Mr. bi ers ended his confercncu with her bus- in d. I tr< t was two hours beforo ho caine out. 1 or sight of liiui my torrent of curiosity was w: si up; he looked as I had sometimes ; cu i him, coming home from a deathbed, at my few questions ho answered not a d. 'But at least," said I, half crying, "at In it you might tell me what I am to do w li poor Mrs. Merchiston." II ? i es, yes. lie mougttt it minute. "iMie | st il go home with uh?the sooner the be; il " w You agree, then," I buist out, hreatb1 y; "you agree to thii separation?" 1 w 'Entirely." You join with her wicked iiu?ban<l in hs iugiatitude?his brutality " ! (I? i'eggy!" J nines caught me by theshoul in s, with the sternest frown that evei fell iu me in nil our |>?MC?rfut married life. | er fggv, may Heaven forgive you! You ei >w not what you are saving." was completely awed. 1 d. '.Mr. Merchiston has told you the secret, bi I you are determined to keep it?" 'Implicitly while his poor lite lasts." n< dy husband was a man of inviolable hi mr, and 1 was not the woman to vvisli lo i otherwise, even for tue. 1 urged no te. hiring ti?e ten days that Mrs. Mercbis remained in iny house, part of the time ? was in a ort of low fever, which was ct happiest thiug for her, poor soul. I cj Je not a single inquiry after her busid. 1 knew that Mr. Rivers was with in i at all hours, as doctor, nurse, and rc ml. _ . tv hie day, when Mrs. Merchiston was sit- j[, r in the pailor with me, ho looked iu at i ?| door. She did not see him. lie qui- I f>, beckoned nie out. j lc 'Well, James?" j sc S|>eak lower, IVggy, lower; don't let hear."" j viiu men i saw how roucti agitated .he w i; yot even that did not (jut'o remove ' lr bitterness will which I could not help ; ly ritioning the namo of Dr. Merchiston. Hl 'l'eggy, Dr. MerchistOH is dying." I It, had not expected this; it wns a great j,, ck- N1 1 feared it would he eo," continued M( ce.?; "I have seen liiin sinking this long e. Now thd mind is at peace, hut the H n out body || His wife?his poor wife,*' was all 1 hi utter. 'Yes, that is wlj ?t I come to say. She tj, si go to him; he wishes it much. Do . ^ i think she will!" I >c smiled sadly. "Ah! Jaracs, she is n w nan." | tll And you women can forgive to all eter | m ? lleaveu ble*s you for it! besides, j (j will know tho wliole truth soou." j,, I asked not what this "truth" wa*. j (j iat did it matter. He was dying. j ^ but are you sure, James, thero is no w Nf I fr 'None, I believe?and I am almost glad yj relieve it. There is no man lever knew I ltl imu 1 s<> deeply pity, and shall so thank ,,j y see gone to ins last re?t, as Dr. Mer I M| vtoll." : |^, I'lte*? were strong words, enough to calm tl! vii every wrong leenng, ami make mo iM lo lea<l the wile toiler husband'* sick? _ death chamber. j lt low we brought her thither I forgot. I jtl \ remember llie moment when we stood iiin the door. I ; Cr >r. Merchiston lay on Iris bed, a* for five tl g months he had patiently and cheerful- u| ail). 1Jo had something of thai old t |t. et look now. but with a change?the i %j inge awful change which, however fond j |ji rids may deceive themselves, in always tr ?rly visible to a colder gaze. You say vr lice, "That inan will die." hi tVlien Barbara cair.e into the room, he o( -tched out his arms with the brightest, |)( plot smile. She clung to him closely y< I long. Tl)ere was no forgiveness asked bestowed; it was not needed. T am so content, tny Barbara, content at b< J" and he laid his head on her shoulder, di 'Evan, you will not part froin me again!" a No ? I need not now. They will tell w i why it was. You believe?you will te avs l?elievo how I loved you!" *? Ye?." | tc Stoop. Let me hold you as I used to fr ? my wifo, my little Barbara. Stoop I vn." hi She obeyed. IJe put bis feeble nrois und her, and kissed her with many kisses, ch as be bed not given her since she wn six months' bride. Their memory re | aiiied sweet on her lips till she was old < d gray. Dr. Merc)ii?t"n died at the next sunrise, | ed peacefully in Barbara's arms. Three days afier, when my husband and stood by thu coffin, where for the last few j inules on earth the features which had , en so familiar to us for the ln-t two years | , ;re exposed to our view, Jhiiim ???d, 1 uching the forehead, which was aa placid a dead baby's, with all the wrinkles >ne: i "Thank the Lord." " ( "Whyf" "For bis blessed death, in which alone suileiing* could end. lie was a mono- ( aiiiaj ami lie knew iu" I Before speaking again, iny husband | vorently and teudeily closed the coffin, ] id led iiiu down stairs. , "Ho was a* I *ay. a monomaniac. Mad | i one point only, the rest of the mind beg clear and s >und." "And that point wa9 " "The desire to murder his wife. lie I Id me, "pursued James, when my horror ! id a little subsided, "that it cauie upon ! in first in Uie very honeymoon?begin- i ng with the sort of feeling that I have , ?ard several people say lliey had at the , ( iuiax of happiness ? the wish thero and ' en to die?together. Afterwards, day j id night, whenever they were alone, the iiiplalion used to haunt him. A physi:?n himself, he knew it was a monomania; it he also knew thut, if ho confessed it, >, sane on all other points, would be eated as a madman, and that his wife, the | ily creature he loved, would look on him ith horror forever. There was but one 1 iurse to save himself and licr; he look it, id never swerved from it." "But in his illness?" "Then, being perfectly helpless, bo knew . i could not harm her, and in great bodily i eakness most monomania* usually subside, j is left him entirely. When he grew ronger it returned. You know ihe rest, j i.r.. ...? i? - -- 1 .a ...? \?iva one long loriure. JL'eace be j iih him dow." ^ "Amen," 1 said, and weot to comfort the ' idow. Tlie terrible fact, which Dr. Mcrchiston td desired should be told her after bin alb, did not seem to affect I>arbaru bo uch as we feared. L*?ve to her, a- to any other wnuien, wan iho beginning and id of all tlrng*?Mifficient fur life, and 'en in dealli wholly undvi g. "He loved me?be nlway* loved me," le kept Baying, and Iter days of mourning . came the dawn of a perennial joy. She lived to be nearly as old as I am jw, remaining one of those widows who o "widows indeedforever faithful toone ve ;u>d one memory. Consequences of Disunion, Hon W. It. Itced, of Philadelphia, has lillen a letter to the citizens of Franklin lUiity, Pennsylvania, in which le thus forbly depicts the consequences of disunion: 1 remember, years ago, on a bright Burner's afternoon, toiling up the turnpike >ad on the Cove Mountain, in your coun ; and when I reached (lie summit, turng to gaze on as beautiful a scene as ever addeued my eye?the valley of peaceful ; auty which stretches ofT of Maryland and wards the Potomac. It is a familiar ene to ino?t of you. To ine it was new, id it* impression has never faded from my , ind. As far as ths eye could reach there as fertility?the signs of tranquil indusy; ail was beautiful?all was peaceful?it oked, as it was, like the abode of a happy id united people. The political linn. 1 . _ ? -> ?r i ating Pennsylvania from Maryland, traced : f lhu>? old fashioned surveyors, Charles [ ason an<l Jeremiah Dixon, was visible to ! > eye. The trees on which they marked itI id long been felled or disappeared. Many j fariu was separated by it, but, except in ' ie eye of the law, no one kuew it or cared i >out it. I liave often?for painful thoughts are 1 irusting themselves upon tue?recalled at scene of actual beauty and united in- . rest, ami realised what it would be? I bat your condition will l>e?what must be i ie condition of every county of this Coinonwealth lying on the Maryland ii-<e? hwter, Lancaster. York, Adams, Frank it, Fulton, Hedfo.d, Somerset, Fayette and j reen?if disunion be forced on us, and 1 io rupture be. as it n..yld be, between bat are popularly cat falsely called the ee and tbo slave Stales, between tie and i aryland. J wi?h every uian oukl be made ! i understand what a homier is, even that j ' civilized life, lis daily, hourly vexations I id danger*?i's line of custom houses to t*cp the smuggler in ami out?the crowds | fugitives from justice and labor, infesting rery avenue and concealed in every ticket -the murderer striking down his victim >-day and Hying with (he fie?h blood on i-. band to a foreign territory tomorrow the bickering, the strife, the hot blood of interininous dispute?all this would be ie daily dooin of every southern county P this Slate; and acro?s the beautiful valy I have sjaiken of would l?e distressingly ; ifible the nclnal broad, perhaps bloorlv iiu miivii iisiiiiiuri iun>i irace. Ills is ue, t'louyli hard to conceive. Pennsyl iiiia, and you, ciiiiensof Franklin county, *ve so long rep .se I ir. the very centre r tho Union, that vou cannot understand )v> you can become a frontier, and how >u will suffer when you do. It is related of Dr. Franklin that when a was Inst in London, he was walking one *v with a pair of spectacles on. belonging to friend. Ho kept them on, pretending they on It) help his eyes. Passing along, a por r ran against him. "D? your spectacles;' J.I the coar>e follow; whereupon the D?>0 ir, laughing heat lily, said, "There, my lend you see what I said was true, lor if had not had the spectacles on, ho would avo d?d my eyes." The Pomological Society. The formation of this society is an important step towaids progress in fruit culture, and should meet with general approval and eo-onenuion It is a lamentable truth, that hitherto the cultivation of fluit has not received the atteotion it deserve*. Because our general climate and fertile soil have favored the production of a great quantity of fruit, with little or no labor, we hare grown careless as to quality; and the consequence has been, that our fruit is geni rally inferior; una by chance, a fine variety is cultivated, it speedily degenerates. It is in the power of every owner of an acre of land to furnish himself with a succession of fruits of the finest varieties; and tbie too, in our climate, with but little labor. Almost every one has fruit trees of torn* kind or other?but it is too true that the most of it is scarcely "fit to be fed t hogs." Should this bo so? We sec old snaggy, rotten, neglected, half dead peach tieee standing in every fence corner. Why contd not their place be supplied with young, vigorous, healthy trees, of the finest varieties, beating rich, luscious fruit, and supplying the owner from June to Qclob&l The tiling is easily done; and a man who will make the experiment, will find hia hopes realized in from three to four years, (with the peach.) A frood tree, bearing abundant crops of the finest fruit, will occupy no more space?not as much, if prcperiv tiained?as the old skeletons, mutilated by the winds, blistered and burnt by the sun, and bearing a crop of small, inferior, wormy fruit, which are so common. Every field on the roadside speaks of oar indifference to this subject. Who would not rather enjoy one good ripe peach of superior quality, than sit down to a peck of the little shrivelod, blackened, sour things we so often see? And jet how few there Are who have any practical knowledge of the culture and propagation of the peuchl What a common error to suppose that by planting the sctd, we secure the satne variety! IIow many there are, that suppose that a arson of a bearing tree will re produce its kind! Ilow many pertons know that there are inore than one hundred and fifty varieties of the pencil, seven hundred of the pear, and over fifteen hundred of the apple! Yet the facts are so, and the number is increasing every day. Ilow many of us understand the mysteries of budding, grafliug aud pruning! And bow common it is, especially in the older homesteads and settlements, to see the peach tieo trimmed up from the ground as high as a man can reach?its body a b we p<>le, the bark cracked and blistered by the sun. Rod its head a forest of long, bare, bony btancbes, bearing a scanty crop, or breaking down under its load of imperfect fruiti It is needless to extend these remarks at present. There is too much ignorance in the country. We all need advice and information. The subject ha* received so little attention, that there sre none fully qualified to assume the position of teacher?yet, by an interchange of ideas, by imparting the information each one may. pos>cs*? by giving the results of our experience and observation?by an in lerchange of different varieties, each exchanging with his neighbor?a great im?. prorement may be effected, and our district may become a very garden in fruits and flowers. It is not assumed that the pgtttv.ilion of fruit w ill ever be profitable in the way ot dollais and cetiu; but it will heighten our enjoyments, occupy many a leisure hour, and add to the attractions of our bonus. This is what the Sooiuiy proposes to necomplish. What if the day should come, when South Carolina, like Germany, should have her public high ways lined with luscious fruit, expressly provided to refresh the traveler! When every barren hillside shall be planted with fruit trees, all rejoicing in 111*3 *uuimer air, anu lurning Itreir golden glories to the sun! Every one may aid in this matter. It is understood that all are free to exhibit fruit. The terms of membership may be ascertained upon inquiry?and we trust tbftt this effort to improve the quality of the great luxury of fruit will not be permitted to fail.? L'nujnvilU Journal. G. Tiik Mchmy or Nebuchadnezzar.?It is Mated that Colonel Ilawlinson, who is prosecuting the discoveries "ommenced by bayard nnd botta, and in exhuming from the mounds of the long lost rival cities of Nineveh and baby Ion their instructive relic*, has lately discovered, in a slate of preservation, whnt is believed to be the wumray of Nebuchadnezzar. The face of the rebellious monarch of ltabylon, covered by one of those gold masks usually found in Assyrian tomb?, is described as very handsome?the forehead high and commanding, the features marked and regular. This intorasting relic ^f remote antiquity is for the prerent preserved in the museum of the East India Company. Of all the mighty empires whose names havo escaped oblivion, none lies so completely perished as that of Assyria. More than flvo thousand year* have gone by since the two "great cities," renowned for their strength, their luxury and their magnificence, have crumbled into dust, leaving no visible trace of their existence? their very sites forgotten. Even the name an<l the fume of the great Nebuchadnezzar might hare been buried in the ruins of hie splendid city, and forever obliterated from memory on earth, had not God made hint a beacon to display his power, and illustrate the sin and folly of pride and vanity. A chane* traveler (Lavar.i) riding through the Moopotamian valley, discovered "the buried city;" and with a success that will immortalize his n*me, has commenced to unroll the book of A-syrian history and civilization, which. ?f ?!i the histories of tire Urst period of the world, is most clearly connected with the subsequent destinies of the human race. The discoveries already made furnish nmple testimony tq refute the skeptic unbeliever of Scripturj truth, '