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The plen of insanity lias permitted many n bcuun- thai
drd to go unwhipt of justice, but the design to rjdo Chi
tile same hobby failed in a recent case in this village ^ ^
through tho cutcness of a medical committee. As p'
'tho (nets come to our ears they arc these: Hugh Fra
Holt, indicted for horsc-stcaling, wna imprisoned tilj Mo
Court. During this time he acted out insanity, and tr"
demeaned himself more like a brute than a human '
too
being. This garo plausibility to the story. The p?((r
Solicitor?J. P. Kkid, Esq., is up to all such dodges, ge<>|
and resists the pulling of wool over his eyes. Ho ft co
therefore sent a competent medical hoard to make ^
a survey of the wrecked mind. After talking with rj,j.,
the unfortunate lunatic, and hearing his incoherent of 1
gibberish, with a wiuk and a nod to each other, tlicy a(,cl
gave audible expression to their opinion that his
was a hopeless ease of "mind diseased," and duty
required them to report him fit only for the rigor* der
of the Lunatic Asylum?the terrors of which were
expatiated upon with no dull fiuiey. The doscriplion
given of the place, to wliiili th-y wero unwill ,n;l|
ing to send aiiy being wearing the human form, or
conjured up torture* and torments, in the nttcnt
cars of Ilolt, little short of tho internal regions, and, ,|1(.
operated upon by his ftora, he exclaimed. "Gentle- |'or i
men, I swear I'm no more craxy than you arc!'' crt
They assured him of their coueurreneo iu this , Cl'
opinion; and, alter trial, lie was duly convicted o'
.tLe'crime of horse-stealing. in (,
GEN. WllLl'ISf WALTER- cJ
tsuii. \\ alkcr, in virtue of succcmi, is so near he- eeasi
coining a hero, that ii will be sale, perhaps, to take
. - . l?f III
me luct u?r granted, nuil give Ins biography. I n- nnr[
til Itia ml venture he'ore Smiora, in the fall of 1So3, mum
hie life had been eomp.natively uneventful, and iu :,R"i
incidents arc sufficiently set l.irtli in the following *''-v
.... .r vinei
extract from tlic Washington Unuii: (Jlint
?. lie writer of thia article hue known Wm. Walk- It
?*r Crom li'.a childhood, ami hn? it, therelorc, witliin Man
hie power to correct hcv ral error* which prevail ot (J.
with reg ird to him. In the lirst place, then, he is 3>t n
n native of Nashville, (Teilli.,) Ins fir In r being ol Oov:
Scotch b rth, coming, we believe, from (Jlosgnw or Tl
it* vicinity; h.a mother, who was a sinter of John tries
Norvcll, at (Hie period a Senator in Congress rrom htm<
Mi chignn, being a native of Kentucky. William Cou
the eldest ot.lhdr children, is about thirty-three or jM
tour years of age, i* ol ratt er diminutive stature, point
whitish Itnir, fa r complexion, much sttiitied on the Vi>vi
chucks an.I about the eyes with irockltw, gray eyes, ,|K. t
anJ a ooun ten mice, on the whole, rather tamo an.I jr. ,
uuj>rv|>ossca*ing. Ilia voice is deciJcdly n.uial, b'.?- p, hi
ing what tho children call sing-song; his manners f,,r u
are uncommonly quiet and reset vol, it not awk- Vl V(
ward, but when in company with intimate friends, |,?ov
and when interested in any subject, he wakes up, thc t
aud his whole appearance greatly changes. alonAt
school and college Walker was most taciturn rt ,*
and studious; lie wa* particularly proficient in math /-'/or
einatics and the exact sciences, and on hi* gradua m ot.
tiou at thc University of Nashville, lie went to Kd- .
inburg, where lie went through thc school ol mol j. . |
cine, and afterward* attended lecture* on tlint
siecnce at Paris, and llicif traveled over a ootiside^ . \? '
rablo portion of middle and southern Kuropc. On '."V '
hia return to Nashvdle he found that neither his ""'
health nor his tenmermnent fitted liiiu lor the li ? . '
of a physician, and came to this city with tlio intcntion
of siu iy ug law an<l obtaining admittance (l,^'
to the bar. He pursued his studies for some time,
and was admitted to practice, but n frr. tvo think, .! '
1 . Care
made nny very s'rcuuous attempts to ndv.nice in
the profession. Shortly afterwards he became con- o
uecteJ with the Crescent, and devoted himscll with ,nHI
great earnestness und seal to his editorial labors. "
Tito experiment did not, however, prove so fortu- I'
oatc as ho h id expected, and lie therefore gave it '^?
p, and followed lite example of many other ndven- rrat
tcrous and ambitious spirits, by going to California, ''ili a
Ifi that State he was also for awhdo connected with
Ahe press, and at the period of the d scent upon 1 ^
>>oiiora, wh'ch ho made with a handful of follow- | (;l>0|
<cs, he was, if we have not been misinformed, attain (jnrr
pying his luck at the bar. However ill-ad vised and .*,.^1,
^unfortunate that adventure may be regarded by (j!lr,
,#:.inv, all will agree that so far ns its history has
^transpired, Walker displayed indomitable nerve and ; c|, ir
,iieroisni in the midst ol the sternest difficulties. i ai|1|.
J of ti
"Thr Wiikklbarrow Pot.iTiCAt. Waokr?Bos- j prob
rTos, Nov. 7.?Major Benjamin Porley I'oore, the ] colm
ilate Fillmore candidate for Congress in the Cth dis- ; rivet
itclct, arrived in tho aity this aficruoon with Irs the
wheelbarrow and barrel of apples, which ho had And
wliocled all the way from Newburyport, a distance i then
of thirty-six miles, in two and a half days. The bran
job was in fulfilment of a bet with Colonel Bur the i
ban>, the Fremont Sta'e Senator elect, that Fill- I also
more would get mora votes in Massachusetts tlriu d.ari?
.Fremont. The Major wheeling his apples was cs- duct
,e?rted up Stato street, about two o'clock, by the its ?
.Fillmore clubs of B<mton anil Chailestown, n militar)* on t
company an I a mounted cavalcade of citizens. The wcrt
ItOVpltV fif tlin npyf/ifinnn/in l rv? ??*?? il.m.
, j ? ?- r ?-y~ "~",v,v" / | "tr
of people, and tho Major was greeted with ; scan
, tremendous and tumultuous applause on a'l sides, j
^lu delivered the apples to Colonel Hurbank on the I
tepa of the Fremont House, where both gentlemen |jrv
delivered congratulatory speeches, mounted on the ! |jc j,
barrel. Ten thousand pcoplo were present. t.r
- - m ? Slati
When tho Know Nothing rowdies tried to shout ''ir
down Governor Willnrd, at l^exington, Kentucky, , a'ur'
op the 22d ult, the Governor said ho could excuse ever
tlie^ all; ilicy wore only ina<l with hint because lie | dOO;
beat av Abolitionist. This teproof, taken in con- ^,n'<
nectiup with the recoinmendation of Prentice, to . 11
the Filltpore men of Indiana, to vote for Morton, ; "00
must hare been a vory cutting one to all honorable : ?van
members of tho American party. Tho idea of in- j j* **>'
stilting, In Kentucky, the man who, in Indiana, beat j 'j? v
the fanatic who uttered that famous incendiary do- j "oWI
duration, "that ho woylil rather sec tho Ohio river
flow wil^ blood, than one fugitive slave should be p,
returned!" what can bo the matter with Kentucky pa||,
and Keijtuokinas, "that such things can beT"?Cineinnnti
finquirtr. ,.|
m m ' feett
St.Avcsy i.v Njcabaoim.?Preaidenl Walker, of powi
Nioor.igm, nos issued a doorc declaring null and erthi
void t)ll tjots and decrees of the Federal Constituent Frer
Audibly, us wcli us of the Ftdoral Congress, adopt- a fi
od previous to 1838. Among the decreet thus re- year
polled, is an act of the Federal Constituent Asaern- lie ?
bly of i'.e 17th of April, 1824, abolishing slavery of 2<
lij Central America. The repeal of the statuto ro- T
vtves the original laws, and therefore tho right to Yor
hold staves la acknowledged by the government of ing
Vieningun. tho
lll&IUtllLab tWILSi
I. G. Kohl, of th? United Btntes Coast Survey}
ircpnring a work, In three Volumes, on the annt
and modern name* with irhich Ike region*^ ^
intries, territories, and Slate* along the eoael ,nori]
the North American Union have been detigvaI,
and communicates to the National lntellig< n- jQn
a briet abstract. From that wc extract what cou?|
ates to Carolina and Georgia: an j j
CAROLINA. forbit
IV lieu the Spaniards, under Vcsques Ay Hons yjons
'20 and 1320,) arrived on tho coast of wlinl wo consfi
v call Carolina, and inure especially South Caro
>, they heard hero of a great Indian king and "Ot li
ntry, both called CAicora or Chicoria, and tlicy for s!
>licd that Indian name for sonic time to this i3yi j
ntry, without, however, giving toil very distinct jj1(
its. I
The countiy was nlito sometimes called alter its Clilssc
(ovcrcr, Tierra del Licenciadu Ayllon, or short- beaut
Tierra de Ayllon, often also corrupted to Terra est ra
Aullun. Under this name the Spaniards coin j?
bended sometimes a very great part of North wcw|j
lerica, Bomctimes net more than our province. .
I is curious cuough that the French also, when bi
|T (15G3) arrived nt iho lucnlity ol Ay lion's ac- prncli
:y, heard of an Indian king and country of ||(>r n
: name. In their cars it rounded, however, like gjr 'j'|
icola or Chiouole. I ,i
i t r the French navigations to these regions we j 1 r
r tho country sometimes designated by the ;
licit themselves with the n mo ha Floride ; and o
mrviee, and other nations also called it French |nn( (
rida. The Spaninrds, of course, alwny s consid- K| | jot
I it us a part of lli?i. Spanish Florida. ^ j
'lie F-cnch built on their Riviere May (St. Maor
St. John's river) a fort which they called J"""
t Caroline or Carolina. Some map-makers and ingot
jraphei s nppl ed this name, as an appellation of tllC V(
untry or territory, to the whole region. So we and Ii
for instance, on a inap of North America by .v:m:?
iiolius a Judccis, (1593,) llio whole French Flo- . .
en^ed Carolina, in honor of Charles IX, King break
[ "ranee. It is curious that the snine name was this ?
wards givim to the same locality in l.oiior of no he sat
rlish king. rcbelli
lie English, a'.tcr their scltleinents at Roanoke,
prehended the whole territory of Carolina tin- cr' 111
their wtJcly-exteudcd name o( Virginia, since rotl*ei
3. for he
he country round Albemarle Sound, our pros- qJ (q
North Carolina, tlicy ended sometime^on their ...
a with the original Indian name Wigandacoa
also Weaptmeoe, and .afterwards sometimes to cap
d Virginia. desire
o tho south of Roanoke and(Albermarlo Sotind C(j j
English tried to tstablish a province or colony nf.h.
he first time in the year IG29. when Sir Hub- " "
Heath, Attorncy-Gtncml to Charles l,ob'nin- fntllCf
rom this King a grant i?f the whole unknown ?J |
itrv between 3S dep. north latitude and the .1
r St. Mateo, and when this country was called, ? '
unor of Charles 1, Carolana, v?orttlj
Ilia plant had, however, very slight const queii- hither
The country was not settled, m t taken put- fit Mil
on of, not even survived or explored. fellow
1 the year 1G63 Charles II, made another prnnt |j: a |)ft
1 the lauds ti< lw< en the IIGtll and 3?th degrees , _ .
It latitude to HMward Karl of Clarendon, and 1
: other lord* nnd gentlemen, and this tract was COln s
ii called iii Ills honor Ca/clina, to thai we may , morni
we have three Kings as godfather* to ties |mo- r
r: Charles IX, of France, Ck tries ], and I 1' ?
les II, of Mi, plan J. , J .
a second more anode elinrtcr of the 24th of 1 WlitCC
It, IG67, Charh * II. extended th- bound.uic* "As
irul n.t from 29 dep. north latitude to 36 deg ' credit!
tin., and from east to wa st "until the I'aeilie ] (|iin<v
1U." I . , 7
10 country wis divided into two picat coon- | 5
? a northern one, called ,477i r County of' A I- ! '"Hi
tr/e," and a Southern one, called "Clniendon I rctoili
, j face .1
this same year (1667) William Sayle, the np- ! ,.ji j j
led < J0V1 rtior of Carolina, explored and stir-I .. .
d the whole coast of the province, enter np all j I'C'tOI
ivers and making nsirouo111ic.1l observations 1 few dt
to doubt also procuicd a map of the country on to
1 made, hut unhappily this map is Hot preserved ktlOivs
*. Probably the results of tins first pu?*l sur- .
nf the coasts of Carolina, wcro not then made
rn to lite world at large; for wo liud still, on '-'r- '*
alilion ot Chnniplain's maps of the year 1677, '*Nt
t the coasts of Carolina (his Inscription: *'7Vr- 4-\"(
ion encore bien Jecoucerte continent* a la .
ida" (a land not yet well discovered is con- P?"OC
i-a vviui i*lori<iit I | (MC 811
the year 1T ?0 the wliolo great province was 1 "tely,
Ie<l into North aiul South Carolina, and ns '< "Hi
lividing |H>int <>n I lie coast w u fixed a Niuall ' J >0 yf
to the went of Cupo Fear, calleii Littlo River j JenTfi
the year 173.'! the province of Georgia was ' _
died as n separate government of the ohl Tor- j is no
y ot Cnro'inn, and the soutlurn boundaries of ; ?*< )i
latter were lived at the mouth of the Savannah ,nils^
r, and within these boinuhiries the name of ,,q
illita has been prescribed ever siftce.
eeording to what we stated we may in n eer- J (
degree consider tlio names of Wieandacoa, \ '
\pemeoc. Old Virginia. Albemarle County, as j ''I'll
lartieular di siguntions fur North Carolina, and ' words
names ol Chimra, Ttrre do Ay lion, Floride i Was t
'iroiee, Clarendon County, no particular appcl* 1 \\'-iiits
npplicd to South Carolina. | !
GEORGIA. j
ntil the year 1732 the territory of the Slalo.of ;
rgia was included in the names Cnrolaun and j '* WOS
dinn. Fur the efTccting and piemoting of its ring
fmeiit the King, George II, separated from Again!
ilina I lie Territory between the rivers Savan- yol| j
and Altainahn, and erected this territory, by a *
ter of the 9th .June, 1732, into an independent ,iXcri,C
separate government, which was culled, in honor never
int king, the province of "Georgia." It was brottp;
ibly Ironi the l? ginning the intention th t this j ?y
iy should go as far down as the St. Mary's
; for the patent says "it should go so far south as Ktwly
southernmost branch of the AlUtmaha river.'' shall I
' on the maps of that time wo see that it was oj f
b-lit veil thai Aitnmahn river had a southern ?iJTor
cli which cnnduetcit into St. Mary's river, and
nouiii of this river was therefore Considered
to be the month of the A'tnmahn. The Iwun- J v s
were, however, in later times actually con- "Til
ed so far rruth With this exception tho lim- cr
f the province of Georgia suffered no changes pluic<j
lie coast, though in the interior the changes
> great. These intirior changes have, how- ou^ J*
, no relation with our hydrogrophical re- Jaiii
;hcs." and n
" | cacnpi
p.i.igion in Amkrica.? It is ostiinnte?l by the ; ?>M
Dr. Il i'rd, (hat "including the Roman Catlto- 1 l|(l :
ricnta and the Unitarian, Univcisahstsiind oth- ?
ictcrndox preachers, ibcre is in the United nr:t'?
?s i.no preacher for every 810 sonls." The sancti
ago ralarv of these nrcnoher* is $5U0 per year. would
e than lOUrt now church edifices arc ercotcd to it**
y year. Dr. Ilaird also cslimnles tlint 18,- j ,,
000 of llio 20,500,000 people in the United
s in 1855, ivero under the instruction nnd in- lion, '
n e o( the " Kvangelioal" churches; nnd 4,000,- lather
or 5,000,000 under the influenco of the "nongclical"
bodies, of which the Roman Catholic j
far the most numerous. The total cost of pub- 1 .?
vorslop in the United States, annually, is set r03o'u
n at $-25,000,000. | ?
? ??. j propo
*f.uo.\t Fon I860.?Tho New Haven (Conn.) | c
nliiim has eonio into the ranks for Fremont in must
I, nnd says: one, fl
>t theorgamntion, so recently begun, be perd
in rvi ry Slate, nnd although without tho ;r
of the General Government, wo shall, nev- l),(' cs
pleas, liavo tho power to hold the enemies of "Y
nont firmly in cherk, and bo all ready to make result
Dioh of tiiem in the short period of lour . ^ ^1
s. General .Inckson failed of an election when '
ras first nominated. He bad hot 09 votes out foroni
i?l. Tbs nest limo he had 188 out of 261." "M
ho Young's Men's Central Union of New havn
k liavo adopted rwoiauuo* in favor of supporl- j on R||
John C. Fremont and William L. Dayton as
Republican candidate for I860. I ing rt
MARY GORING*
CONCLUDED. '
VL 1
lady and her sou sat ono day in tlio tioi
ling room of the former, in a hand no\
hou*o of a fashionable square of Lon- spo
Marks of agitation were on both frnt
lennnces. To little wonder: for sho bar
rer husband had united together in tlio
Idiug that con's marriage, having pro- "
ly consented to it. A most reluctant yon
int. The young lady, an orphan, was ed i
is equal, they said: and that was true, not
10 possessed but a few hundred pounds, you
n point of family she was not inferior "
>m, all being sprung from the middle ten
s of society, and her education and afio
y would not have disgraced the high- all i
nk in the kingdom. They had risen '
j world, and achiovcd good foitune; or t
h had been bequeathed to them; and bio
usband, a physician, was in n lucrative teei
eo. Moreover, he had knelt before lian
lajesly Dr. Elliot, and had recti up lie
lioinas. So when the attachment of me,
con first becaino known to Sir Thomas j tacl
,ady Elliot, they, with inward repining j deei
utward ungraciousness, gave a reluc for
lonsent, and for a few weeks William j way
and his betrothed were the happiest 1 stop
e happy. But then unpleasant cir- thin
ances came to their knowledge, touch- of I
^ tlio character of the lato Dr. Goring, won
>nng lady's father, and Sir Thomas On
is wife instantly rescinded their un nvei
g consent, and ordered their son to in a
otr the negotiations. So, on tho day Ji9o
as filially communicated to him, there beg
in his mother's boudoir, in a slate of that
OIK iiulitTtinnllf : ?V* ?
n <.>iiiMiau>llillg. tlOf- sure
llil now, had William Elliot been for \
I lo indignation against his parents, sel;
was a dutiful son, and fondly attach- as t
litem. exp<
Ity persist in attributing our conduct the}
irice, when wo are only actuated by a nes'1
for your honor and happiness!" urg- sbot
idy Elliot. "There is no help for it, .voU
tin. \ ou cannot marry one whoso ;lM''
's name was stained with sin." to t>
tave made it my business to inquire as ^
irliculnrs of the prejudice against Dr.
g," returned Mr. Elliot. "When my "uu
stated last night what he had heard '.cr:i
Idlebury, I determined lo seek out a ll?"
I know, who comes from there. Stone
mo is; he is reading for the bar; his '
tors arc contiguous to mine, in Lin l i( .
Inn. 1 have been with hint this |
ng, and heard the details of tho af- V1"
erliaps more fully tl.an m v father did,
would slake my life on Dr. Goring'*
nee." sw f
i if a London law student, young and
ous liko vonrsolf, could know any- r.0M1
of such particulars!" slightingly spoke ,ll!
Elliot. ' cnr.?
. ... ...
a was at home when it happened, n *
?d William, his pale but handsome
ushing with pain at his mother's tone. wj|0
rathcr, Stone of Middlebury, was so
to Dr. Goring; they lived within a j,/*,,
tors of each other; the families were i xn<
nns of intimacy, and young Stone M ,
i all, even to the minulo details. Do u(- (|
st ridicule on what I say, mother. jJ0CJ
oring was a cruelly aspersed man."
j," said her ladyship. . ,|10,
?," persisted Mr. Elliot. "Were I a \V11
tly uninterested party. I should say yoai
me. I look at the facts dispassion- ; jive:
and my reason tells me so." i ings
iw very obstinate you are, William! oil'
?u dispute that Mrs. Goring died tho (Jlai
1 _ ?*?*?
sue u hi j 1 suiil
>. On that point, nnhappily, thoie u|y |
room to iJoubt." \ d,
- that Rome one residing in the house we I
have dealt the death out to her?'' 0i|1(
it would seem.'' nev<
ten who was the person?" nnd
>t her husband. There was another." |,jm
i0 governess. Hut l>r. Goring after trol)
made that w unan Ins second wife. con.
lioro no crimo, no dishonor in that, , \\'ii
nil?" i;l)r
Ilium Elliot sat silent, his brow con .tl,,|
ig. "llo cannot bo defended theie? V
an unseemly connexion; but I>r. (io-i wo,
never would, or did, credit aught , ?>
it her. 1 toll you what, mother?had jn,T>
nnd Sir Thomas not been secretly ,| ,ri
to our marriage,yourselves, I should ,ny
havo hail l>r. Goring's conduct
lit up as a plea against it." fotf(
ju aro prejudiced and unjust," said mai
Elliot. "It wo argue till night wo NVil
not agree." in u
un sorry for that," observed William, ting
if so, only one course is left to lUe." i |
hat is that?" cried Lady Elliot, quick- filC0
, was
lough I assuro von, my dearest moth- on |
:ii l- .1* -
win uc wun mo very uunosi reuic- j
thnt I adopt it?that of marrying with* cou|
>ur consent." ceas
ly Klliot half sprang from her oil air, mv
sound of pain, too sharp for a groan, (,,"s
5d her. ! >
y happiness, my very life, nro hound OHr
Miss Goring, ho rcsumod. "To rep
us now, after allowing llio intimacy,
oning the measures for our marriage, me;
bo cruel injustico. I will not submit |,av
clo*
illiam!" she uttered, in visib'.o agita- |,rj
'you cannot marry in defiance of your Hi,,
and mother. You dare not." i \vi
ot without deliberation, and in grief nov
real repugnance, havo I formed the nov
lion; but 1 owe a duty to Miss Goring r
>11 ns to my father and mother. Tho jt s
scd allowance to mo I shall not ex- t
?r ask for. Tho house I havo taken I ,-,c(
givo up, and look out for a smaller ,
ind wo must mako mv own incomo w
> for our wants, until 1 can bring my
nion into use." j
ou speak of duty to Miss Goring," she fHn
led, with emotion; "havo you forgot- ^j,,,
tat to your parents lies your first and (|)Q
ost duty! a duty ordained by God}" \\\
other, I havo forgotten nothing." I , yCl
debated the question with myself, up* m
I points. And I beliovo that I am do-! ]
ght in marrying, 1 wit
"In defiance," slio repeated," of your fa
t and mother) In defianceT*
'I nm sorry tliat they drivo ino to it."
For several minutes Lady HI lint's ngita
1 had been increasing, and it appeared
v, to tiso beyond control. Two crimsoi
ts sliono on her pale cheek*, her sligli
no shook, as with agitation, and lie;
ids wero cold and moist as she grasper
se of her son.
'Listen, William," sho said; "I will tel
i a painful talc. You may have gather
somolhing of it in your boyhood, but
its details. Will you listen? Or art
i going to despise oven my word*)"
My dear mother! You know I will lis
?in all reverence. If you would bul
rd me the opportunity to bo reverent in
things!"
I was a happy girl at home. My mothlied,
and then I owed my father a donduty.
I was but a child, barely eighi,
when a young man, handsome, Wil
i, as you are now, was introduced to us,
was extravagant, random; hut he loved
and that was all I cared for. Our atlinent
became known to my father. He
mod this gentleman no eligible match
me; he doubted his ability, in many
s, to render me happy; and he put a
? to our meetings, lie forbid mo to
ik more of him; he said if 1 did. in spile
his veto, pursue the acquaint nice, he
lid discard 1110 from his house forever,
the other side, the friends were equally
tse to it; and hi? parents bid him, though
II kindness, shrink from the fruits of
bediencc. His father, a clergyman,
gC'l of him not to bravo it: ho told hiin
, deliberate disobedience to a parent was
ily visited on a child's head, llappy
is both had wo attended to their counbut
youth, in its ardor, sees not things
hey are; in after years, when soberness,
irience, judgment have come ?.o them,
? look back ami marvel at their blindi.
We, he and I?oh, William! that I
iUI have such nn avowal to make to
! set our parents' interdiction at nought,
I ran away from my homo with him
ecomo his wife. That.man was ThornIlliot,
your father."
iio was excessively excited, llor son
Id havo begged of her not to disturb
elf, but she waved away his interrupt
We gloiiod in having deceived them,
so much for the deceit, in itself?we
not quite descended to that?as that
l?ad obtained our own will. But, Wili,
how did it work.' llow docs such
always work?"
ho paused as if she waitod for an anr.
lie did not speak.
L >ok abroad in society and watch the
Its: scan narrowly all those who havo
> rebtdlioudy entered upon their own
er. Son nor or later, more or less hit
retribution comes home to litem. It
' rarely be attributed to its right cause,
i by thcmsclve*, ami many there are
> would laugh at what I am now say
None have had the cause, that 1 have,
ote these things; and it is from long
;rience, from repeated and repeated in
ccs I have witnessed of the confirmation
?y opinion, that my firm conviction has
t formed. Some are visited through
jrty?some in their children?some in
nsetves, in their unhappy life. ^Ve,
liam, had a taste of all. In the early
s of our union, it was one struggle to
: perhaps you remember, yet, our p:nchi
and contrivances. My children died
save you, one after another; and sho,
ra, who remained to us"?Lady Elliot
k Iter voice to a whisper ? "were better
tad she followed them. I and ho wbotu
oso havo had no mutual happiness, for
lounu iii.il wo were as unsutled to each
sr as man anl wife can be. My father
?r t' ?rgare mo; >o for bis remaining years,
they wore many, I was an alien froiu
Thus 1 have dragged through life,
ble upon trouble pursuing me, and the
iciousness of my sin ever haunting inc.
liam, before you talk of marrying Mary
ing,you should know what it is to brave,
lire under a parent's curse."
Villi.mi Klliot did not reply, but bis face
0 a look of keen anxiety.
At m rrning, at the sun's i ising, at ovenwhen
it sets; in the nervousness of the
t night; in the glaiu of iuid day, w is
disobedience present to mo. Heavily,
vily it pressed upon me. 1 would have
?iteil all I possessed iu life, even my ro
ning vears, to have redeemed it; and ?
liam ? I prayed to God that lie would
uerev keep my children from commit;
the iiko sin."
,ady Klliot pau>ed for breath, and her
, a sufficiently young face still, in years,
blanched, ami Iter eyes wore strained
aer son.
1 prayed it as tho greatost mercy U>a
lil then bo accorded rue: I have ncvei
ied praying for it. William, will von
ever-loving and dutiful boy, be the urn
et that prayer at nought}'*
so answer. His lip*, wcro white as ho
i.
You were my first born-?my first an
ro->t. In you rests all tho hope loft t<
what other comfort have I in life}
0 said to myself, now and then, 'Tin
ing years of my existence shall b
;htur than tho earlier one*, for my dar
f son shall ho my stay and solace!' < >h
llinin, William! give mo your promis<
v! I kneel to beg it. Say that jou wil
or marry without our consent.''
rho linos of his palo face wore working
coined that ho would speak, but oouli
Lady Elliot had shrank down at hi
1, and would not rise.
'If you bring upon yourself this earn
itched fato, which has boen our bane,
II never know another moment's poaci
sail ropino that you did not die in in
cy: I shall w ish, moro than 1 have ovc
io, that 1 may die, ami bo at rest froi
1 trouble and caro of this weary worh
illiam, it is your mother who pleads t
i, Proiniso that you will never inarr
disobedience."
How could he resist such pleading?In
h duty an I atfoctiou implanlod in h
- heart by nature, and hitherto fondly cher-'
ishcdl It was not possible. 'Mother, I pli
promise it," ho uttered, "as long as you bo
and my father shall live. After that ?" an
, "After that? Nay, 1 will not extort afar- vo
1 thcr promise. You will then bo your own
t master, lint until that lime?you pass ov
r' your word, William!"
I "I do. You have it." inj
"Thank God. Now 1 am at rest." m<
I "Which is equivalent to undertaking ou
novcr to many at all," murmured the unt
happy young man, as he rose and quitted tor
) the room. "Oh, Mary! how shall I break erl
with you!" to
Thus it occurred that Mr. William Elliot, tin
t following on the steps of his father, Sir wi
i Thoma-t, who had been down in the morn- so
ing at ilalliwcll House, went there also ' hi:
himself, and took his leave of Mary Goring, j |oi
i no
VII. I be
Last winter was a dreary winter for us. f be
Poor Mary, who was pining and drooping, I
had changed, sinco the parting in the nu- j
tuinn with William Elliot, fiom a lovely, ' Tli
i! healthy girl to a vcrv shadow. She had ' wi
returned to her studies in the schoolroom i yo
with our other pupils, and pursued them iio
with regular monotony. Sho never com- afj
plained, sho never ntteied the name of Wib cm
j iinm Elliot, or made any allusion to pu*t ;
: events; but we saw her gio.v paler and fac
thinner day by day. In that bitter wcaj
liter which wo had, just before Christmas, \*i
i she caught cold and grew very ill. A new ad
' j name they have got now for the malady | Tli
I which attacked her: bron something; i bu
I never can remember it, but it was plain '
! inflammation of the windpipe, in my early j re;
I days. She was rnnfiiwil ii? ln,r fXr
fortnight, ami when she at Inst got up, she jnj
was more like a shadow than before. \Y
January went by, and February came in, ] sa1
and we began to have fears for her eventu | go
al recovery. There appeared to be no posi nlf
live complaint, for the symptoms of her ill- 1 as
ness had left her, except a cough, but sho ! do
gained no strength. A rcniembranco of '
; tho way in which her father had gone ofl j Sr,j
would come over me, at limes, with ashud- I ?ti;
der. No decided comj Uint, yet ho bad
gradually wasted away to death. Was it ( sw
to be the same case with Mary I
It happened, in this last month, that I mi
had business in town. It was connected <t0
with the property of my brolberdn law's | gr,
children, rendering it necessary for mo to i saj
seek an interview with the agent of Law- tli<
yer Stone, of Middlehury, who made Dr,
Goring's will. lie was a Mr. Ecckington, tQ
i and lived in a part of iheTemplc: so I went '
! tip l?y the omnibus, the first thing after
i breakfast. 1 got into the Temple?that is, ; a [
into its mazes and windings?and went ha
| dodging here and peeping thero, in search jnc
i of my way, for I had never been at Mr. '
j Kockiugton's but once, and did not readily js i
I remember it. However, I reached the right j 0pj
spot at la^t?1 knew it by a neighboring ,j0|
pump, whose handle was padlocked?and
went mounting up the stairs, a great height, |at,
for he lived on the top story. I stood a cjr(
minute or two to recover my breath ? I can Xlt
not run up seventy or eighty steps as blithe- Yo
ly as I once could?and then turned the cjj,j
angle and knocked briskly at tho black Wo
door. And after I had done that, lo and XI?
behold! there stood some great while letters >
staring me in the face, "Serjeant l'vne." wil
; Serjeant t'yne was not M r. Ivcc kington, [ <
that was certain, but before I bad time to wn
' deliberate, a boy flung the door open. 1 yoi
' asked for Mr. Ecckingloti. .\r
'In thero,' was the answer, opening an
in>ido door, and I entered the office. 1 J^.t
knew tbe room again directly, lliougli its so,
furniture was difl'erent, and I saw the tops !1S
I of the pleasant green trees that were in 4tr
view from trie window. A gentleman in a j ke,
j grey coat, with a pen behind his car, rose I no
from a desk and came forward. j
'Sir,' I said, '1 am in search of Mr. Eeck y0
inglon.' vo
'Mr. Kcckington! Olt, tbe former occu *?j|
pant bore, lie lias removed, in dam, to
chambers in Lincoln's Inn.'
The gentleman gave me the address, in- yo
deed took tbe trouble to wriie it down on a ha
card for me, and directed me the best way
to go. I thanked bim for his civility, > ge
which 1 thought extremely condescending i
fur a Serjeant ? though it has occurred to 1 on
me, since, that possibly bo was only the j Sii
i serjeanl's clerk I went away, blaming , an
Lawyer Stone's negligence in r.ot having be
informed mo of the removal of bis agent, tei
but bad only gained tb<j pump when my tdr
steps como to a halt, for it dashed across hi:
my mind that the address arid number in
Lincoln's Iiip, just written down for mo, su
was that of Mr. William Elliot. ! vo
. 1 '"./iled up tho stair? again, when Sor \\
i'ant l'yno (or bis clerk) assured me tho a I
address bo b:i?l irivfln win ilml <>f \f r b\.r.L-. !
t ington: lie knew nothing about Mr. William lei
Klliot. je
, 1 got into Lincoln's Inn, (where I nearly . I>r
i . lost myself,) and to my dismay found Mr. I
I Kcckinglon was out. 'Gone beforo the a
r Master of the Lolls' tbo clerk said, 'and )o
might not be in till laic.' So all I could do <
I was to go back homo again, and write, and
? appoint an interview. I had proceeded but in
I a few steps, when I came in view of a young ov
o gentleman sailing towards me in a gray an
o wig and black gown, which tlcvv out on ail ar
sides with the wind as ho walked. I can- ', pi
, not say hut I look on the wearers of these be
0 gowns with awe, (not that I bavo ever seen lit
1 many of them,) and as theto appeared w
scarcely space on tho pavement for that lh
r; gown and mo to pass each other, I turned ; sji
,| otV it. If either of us was to give way, it in
s seemed light that it should be poor, hum- h<
hie mo. Imagine inv astonishment when i si
0 the gentleman stopped and held out his ci
| hand! I diew back, thinking be mistook
y mo for somebody eLo, and I believe I drop- i b<
i. pod a courtsoy in my humility. j et
ir Positively it was Lawyer Stone's son, I In
n Lob! And though 1 had nursed him ma- tt
] ny a time when he was a child, coaxod i tl
0 him, and kissed him, and onco?if I may d
v now confess it?whipped him. I hardly pre- ti
turned to let my hand meet his in his new lc
o, dignity.
'You wero going to pass mo,' ho said, j fc
'How was I to know you in that I
umage?' I returned. 'I thought it mi
nothing less than ujudgo coming :tlo
d stood aside to get out of his way.
u are called!'
Oh, thank goodness, yes. tho won
er. I'm precious glad of it.*
'I went to tho Tetnple to find Mr. Ec
'ton this morning, and lizard ho I
jved here,* I observed. 'Your fat
ght to have informed ine.'
'Ecckingtou is in Elliot's old chambi
jk them off his hand*,' replied Mr. R
!. 'Elliot gave up the law, and is go
travel. I did hear lie was red hot
a Crimen, but now the war is over,
>u!d be a day too late for the fair, ih?
he is off somewhere else. He is up
i cars in preparations for his depart!
he purposes l?eing abroad for year?
t for the term of iiis natural life?as
nch says by ?tar trnnsport*. Hope it n
my luck to say it, some lime.'
'What is tho cause of iifr. Elliot's goir
'He is in tantrums with his govern
10 old folks put a stopper on his marrii
th I declare. Miss Halliwelt, ! 1
ur pardon! I forgot, for tho iuom<
w nearly you were connected with \
air. I Mipp so you know more tha
ii tell vou.'
Indeed, I know very little, beyond I
t that he nnd my niece are reparat
bert.' (I brought the naino 'Robert' <
th difficulty: it seemed too familiar so
drc*s a personage in n wig and goi
oupli, indeed, I used to call him notlii
t Rob.)
'Tliey lirst, Sir Thomas and tho old la'
racled their consent to the marriage,'
itinued, 'and then wormed an tindert:
; out of Elliot not to marry wilho
hich was lihn vvlml !??.
' lo their companion*, when they hi
t a cake from home ami want to g
indizc it all to their own cheek: (Th
a*k shan't have any, and them as doi
n't want."
Tlio barrister laughed, and so did I.
to of his fine gown, he was Fob Stc
II. It set mo moro at oa?c.
"For our punishment,'' porvercely i
ered Lady Elliot. "Mino have been.'
"They were bestowed on us that
ght promoto their happiness here, a
lead them lo Heaven through th
llilude, tlieir thankfulness of heart,'
d. "Not that wo might selfishly cri
sir innocent hopes and thwart their wi
driving them into tebellion, and so
deceit, recklessness and evil."
"Then, w hen iny father opposed roe
r wish to inarry," she resumed, almost
ullen tone, "you would say he ought
vo consented to ill Is that your arj
ml? It is a new one."
"No, ma'am, I hopo such an arguux
r.ot mine. Your father was right. '1
jection was to Thoiuas Elliot; nnd it v
L a frivolous chimera, as in your so
e. Mr. Freer thought lie was not cal<
ud lo make you happy, and his work
:im stances were against any marriaj
c error thero lay with you, Lady Elli
ur duty was to bow to your father's *
ions, submissively wait, hoping that til
uhl subdue the objection*. You a
oiuas Elliot were both young enough,
"You seem to he pretty well acquaint
h my family affairs, Miss 11 alii well!"
"I am not a total stranger to Lhem.
s once on the point of marriage w
,.r .1.- ri
... .KiHMiim 1 VVU3III, KIU ncv, 'ILMJJ
cber; bul [ think you have heard i
ore. I have L:ul my sorrows in li
dy Elliot, as fully as mo*l people
rows of the heart, of the inward 1
also of the outer one. Hut I In
iven, by patient real ^nation, to make I
>1 of them, and they are sorrows to
more. Yours will pass away, if you
oose, and the world become pleasant
u?always remembering to walk in it
ur probation to a better. Try it, L:
lioL'
Try what!'
'To make your own happiness; lo in:
ur husband's, which you have not
irtily striven to do; to tnuke your sor
a will live to th^nk mo for having ?
sted it.'
She burst into tears, and laid her b
tbo .ofa cushion. And at that mom
r Thomas Eiliot appeared at the di
d stood in surprise. Lady Elliot, fr
r position, could not see liiin, and I |
tided not to. I thought it welt that
ould hear a bit of my mind, as well
s wife.
'William is going forth to exile,' I
ined to her, "a lonely, miserable man;
Militarily separates himself from J
ould lie do this if you were true to h
loving mother? And von. what will
ain to you after his departure? I>i?
ated repining, bitter self-reproach,
aruing for him whom yon cannot i
mg back. You sny that a curse?thoi
.'\-vsilim VA!I I . ariAu?i?.? -
word?luc* followed you through life,
ws you still. Break it, Lady fclliot.'
She raised her head and looked at m
'Keep William by you,neon to rcj<
and bo proud of. I>ot him make
vn huppinoaa, and help him in it: t
i in let cat in his plans, in his profess
id be to him a tender friend. DifftM
easant spirit in your home; mako
st of poor Clara, and win back the a
r.s of your husband, as you strove
in them in your girlhood: and, u
an all, cherish in your heart a than
lirit to One, who lias put all these h
g.i in your way, a repentant, submi*
jpeful spirit?ami none were ever sub
re to 1Jiin in vain. Whore would
irso ho thenl Gone, Lady Elliot.'
'If I could think?if I could think it
:en, in a measure, my own fault, in
icouraging a murmuring spirit of rt
onl' she wailed, clasping her hands ii
inso anguish. 'Oh! if I oould chi
lis black despair for peace! If I couh
oed retain William at my side! If I?
nd happiness in what has been a lb
iss home!'
'I'll holp you,' cried Sir Thomas cor
irward. 'If you will only manage
Bn? keep William at home, instead of gloom, I
ght will do my part towards it.' lie look-d, as
up, tie spoke, tuoro like the merry Tom Elliot
So of her girlhood than ho had done for years.
flopo leaped up into my heart. I thought
ry's I saw my way becoming clear, and I explained
the purport of my visit to Sir
ck Thomas.
iad 'In point of family, Mary Goring is not
her inferior to yours; and you and I, Sir Thomas
only narrowly escaped being cousins, in
era: early life.'
ob- 'Through Georgey Archer, the booby!'
ing uttered Sir Thomas. 'You would bare
for saved him Miss Ilaliiwell. Dot it was not
lie Misn Goring's family we objected to.'
re, *Oh yes, it was in reality. Excuse my
> to speaking freely, Sir Thomas; the subject
ire, justifies it. Yon and Lady Elliot wero
i, if mortified because William did not choose
the hi* wife from the higher ranks of life. But
lay you, Sir Thoinas, you, n sensible man, believe
that Dr. Goring was guilty! It is
ig?' impossible that you can do so, if you have
ior. dispassionately examined into the details
ige of the affair. Imprudent he wns?infatuaM?g
ted?nothing more; and he paid the penaluit,
ty. I)o you think if he had imbed comlite
initted a crime so awful, and upon my own
n I sister, that I would come here to excuse
him, to protest there was no stain on his
the character? No, Sir Thomas; I have my
ed, own high and responsible duties in life to
uut perform, and I would not say or do a thing
i to that my conscience disapproves. When I
vn. assert Matthew Goring's innocence, I assert
ng i what I believe to be as true as that there is
; a heaven abovo us.'
dy, lie made no reply,
he 'Think not I come, as a petitioner, to
tk urg? niy niece's claims, or to protest against
iut. her wrong*. No, I cotno here because it
on ' was essential for r?n? ? ?
... v>? V tv I'VIIIV VUk VU
ivo you both how grievously you were erring,
or- and I believed that the task wm allotted
em to me. To drive William away fiom liia
n't, prospects in life is a heavy sin to lay to
your door. IIow will you alone for it!'
In j Sir Thomas Elliot began pacing the
me room with uneasy strides. Presently La
spoke, but in a reluctant tone,
nn- "Since I first heard of the affair at Mid*
' dlebury, I hare learnt more of its ^>articu*
we Inrs. And I confess that 1 now tuink it
ind possible L)r. (coring was?so far as reeir
garded his wife's death?an innocent mas/
' I 'Then act upon it, Sir Thomas;' I briskly
ith said. 'Stop your son's voyage, now at the
h- eleventh hour, and restore things to tbdr
on former footing.'
'Louisa, what do you sajl' he asked of
in his wife. 'I told you once before that iu
iu this matter I would abide by your decision.'
to 'So Elliot gave his word, and of course
pi- will stick to it,' he resumed; 'but afterwards,
when he came to refloct upon the tbiog, in
>ut 1 cool blood, ho fell that he had l-een harsh*
'lie ly delt by?tricked, in short, into promising
r s j >tway wl^at we may call tho subject's right
n's : of liberty. Altogether, he was disgusted
:u- i with nvervlhinrr t*:. ?r r ?
J PS' "f P'UHWIW),
II v and menu* to throw up Old Englaud. Good
50. morning. Miss Knlliwell. I'll toll tie govot.
ernor of" his negligence when I write to Midie
dlebury.'
ioe Now it may sound Kke a made-sip incind
dent, like those we rend of in ft romance,
when I asse-t that soon aftor parting with
ed , Mr. Stone I met William Elliot, but I only
state the truth. I was standing in the
I great thorough fare hooking out for the
ills -right omnibus, when he came tearing along,
ge pushing straight forward and looking at
his nobody, in as much bustle as if he had all
ife, the business of the city on his shoulders. I
1? caught his arm to stop him. He looked ill
ifo, and caraworn: my heart ached to see him.
ive "What is this I hear, Mr. Elliot, about
ibo your quitting England?"
mo ; "Why remain in it?*' was his answer,
so ! "What have I left to look forward to?"
to j "Your profession," I faltered.
. as "I have lost interest in it. Men strive to
uly | get eu, not only to attain eminence, but to
win a home. They think of a wife; of
children; of domestic happiness. They
ike may gain the very highest honors of the
yel i land, but without tics of the home and
ts's. heart, such distinctions aro cold and value'
ug- 1 less. So 1 abandon a country where hope
is deniod me."
ead 1 "This must be a death blow to your
eul father atul mother," I uttered.
>or, J "A blow 1 believe it i*. I wish Fate had
oin been kinder to all of us."
we- j " When do you go?"
ho "I leave London to morrow night for
as Southampton. Tho steamer for Malta
starts tho following day. 1 visit the east
re first."
ho "To remain abroad?how long!"
ou. "Probably forever. Certainly for years."
im, "Oh, Mr. William!" I exclaimed, "if I
ro- ! could but persuade you to tolinquish your
ron purpose!"
a lie smiled?a sickly smile. "As others
hen have soucht to nersnndoi
0 f ...V . UVU^ViUAIl)
ugh llow is it at home! Well!
licit "Not very well," I replied, knowing to
fol- whom he alluded. ''Men can wenr out regrots
with hurtle and travel, as you ?ro
o. about to do; but women, who aro con.
,>ico detuned to inactivity, retain remembrance
his more keenly.
,ako "God bo with you, dear Miss HaUiwelV
ion, he said preparing to move on, "and take
ic a I my dearest love and blessing to Vr, I
the ' dare say I shall never see either of you
flee- I again."
i to j He wrung my hand, iu his emotion, till
aore 1 thought he would have wrung it off, and
kful a ring which I happened to have on, cut
less- right into my finger. But I was too trou*
live, bled to caro for tbo pain. It seemed to ni?
mis that Sir Thomas and Lady Elliot had much
the to answer for.
That same night I walked about my
has bedroom till the littlo hours of the mornipff,
thus I was debating a question with myself,
ibel- What riykt, human or diviue, had Sir
i in- Thomas and Lady Elliot, in their obstinat-.
inge ; pride and prejudice, to coudemn two t?f
J in- j their fellow creaturos to despair, even though
ould | one was tho son to whom they hail give*
ank-1 birth! Hid it not lie in my duty to poii .
out to them their sin?to matte an e(f?N *
ning to nw<tk?n their own minds to it? Firm r
t to J (Continued on (he 4Ui pagO