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THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. ?< BY GAVIg <fc TKIMMLER. b! t T- 0. P. VERNON, Associate Editor. tc T Price Two Dollars per nunum iu advanco, or . $ J.30 at the end of the year, it not paid until after the year expires $3.00. w Payment will be considered in advance jf mado w withia three months. to No subscription taken for less than six months. _j Muituy may be remitted through postmasters at ^ our risk. j5' A Ivertisements inserted at the usual rates, and hi esatrnots made on reasonable terms. io The 8rAitTAN circulates largely over this and R adjoining districts, and offers an admirable medium (J, (to our friends to reaoh customers. Job work of nil kinds promptly executed. Blinks, Law and Equity, continually on hand lb or printed to order. in -CAROLINA SPARTAN, j? Written for the Carolina Spartan. so " SHE KICKED HIM. " ' nc : BY J? r? ?* A CONTINUED FROM LAST SPARTAN. be The glaro of noon came down from an ni azuro cloudless sky, .as I loft old Major B's la mansion on a visit to Edward M n. m The village academy had just dismissed its of ac??lars, who were running hither and * thither io childish glee, from one of whom fir I ascertained ti?8 wuC.r?about? of my friend , ?t< Edward. As I proceeded towards his reai- j denco, tired, heart sick, anu saddened, I j unfortunately mot Bradsford. UnfortunateJy, I say, because I cared not to liavo him coi question rue on tiio events of the past night. rot "Good morning! Mr. F.," exclaimed w' Bradsford, coming towards ine and exlond- w! *iug his hand. "Is not this a lovely day for let the season of the year?" Without paying any attention to his re- 1 f 1 marks, I merely bowed, and was about to an pass on, when he exclaimed: j yo "Come, now, Mr. F., this will not do! If j I < my impudence has gone beyond the limits \ of my acquaintance, I am liearlily sorry, bu and oifer you a gentlemanly apology; but gh why do you thus treat me, when my high- wi est ambition is to become tbe possessor of bn your friendship and confidence" g< "Really, sir," I replied, "you almost tenipt tic me to remark, that you have paid a visit to yondor foundry, judging from your irony." t?' "Good!" exclaimed Bradsford; "but you of are doubly mistaken; for I have neither da done the first nor do I intend the latter by ca my remarks. IIow is it, Mr. K? that you have taken such an apparent dislike to me? 1111 Do you know, that we have been taken for ?d . biothers by very many persons?. Let in he such by the bonds ol friendship, (hough ha * not by those of l>lood." wl Ilow true it is. mv reader, that "a soft ! m answer turnelh away wrath." Somehow or lM other Brad.sfoid was winning mo over to n:l hit favor, ami it seemed n< though ho could (->l not be the villain which Edward had rejire* -.sorted him to he. to "Mr. Bradford," I-replied, "you liavo no reason to suppose that I dislike you, and if ro - 1 have manifested such- a spirit, attribute it lw a sleepless night, excited mind, and anything else but delibeiate intention." t0 "I am satisfied!" said he, "and now come 8C and walk over with mo to the major's." *u * "Excuse me; I am about to go iu tbe op- a? Bp* posite direction, but will probably }ou 'n during the day," I replied. m "All right! I shall dine with thd major." J' '.'The deuce you will," I thought, as he 1,1 moved off in the direction of the major's house. w' ? I walked ou musingly, scarcely knowing i U1 how to act under such conflicting circutn- | cli stauqes. "Ilad I not belter allow this affair to take ' its own course?" 1 asked inyself. There 'Cl -W ' .wan no good reason why I should visit Ed ward, except that I had promised it, for I j t really had no right to interrero in this love \ ht affair, aud certainly no power to change I its tide. What did it matter to me whe- j ther Alice loved Bradsford or Edward] How * ever, I determined to find out all about it, P! as I had so greatly committed myself al- dr $? ready. Was it my object, reader, I might ,u descant just here upon the beauty of ihc c' surrounding country?its glassy lakes, re- j fleeting upon their quiet surfaces the sunny ; - blue of heaven?its grand eld oaks, shelter- i ll< ing the little daisies from the withering i"11 glanco of a noondav'9 sun?its mossy ?f brooks, musically rippling along its pebbled lh ' channel?and the far away mountains, pil ,iK . ed up against the spotless blue of heaven in 60 indescribable sublimity and splendid confu I*1 sion. But my simple tale has more to do "h with tho world within us than tho world dc without us. "MIs this Mr. Edward M n'c houso?" I nr asked pf a bojr who w:is cleaning the brass 0,1 k uu mo uwr hi wmcu i had stopped. 1 Kl r Ji ,4(*U08H '3 ^ie oh this thing," ?* he replied, removing the cloth from The *r plate. ?o "i? he at home?1' si< "Yes, sir, he always is, oxcept when he h< happens to be out," replied the boy. w JS~ "Well, go in and tell him that Mr. F. f wants to see Jiim." m "Anything else, sir?" asked the boy. re "yes, tell your master that he is a big m fool to keep such an impudent booby about him as yourself, and if you want to hear ir Saj more, I shall enter into conversation with V you with iny cane." , at The boy delivered my message word for it word to Edward, who, in spite of his low ui T'y ' spirits, could not restrain laughter. He ll came to the door himself and invited me in. h Poor Edward! how well I remember his v< pale and sad face now, and how vainly he >tj '& attempted to smile when he bid me enter! ol jpF. Ho** well, too, I remoniber his mother, b With her white laco cap, and tidy brocade o< BSp'' J gown, and tho holy quiet that reposed in p her sweet countenance! ?< Edward conducted mo to his room, after w 0. introducing mo to his moth- r, and |no a thinks I will venture to describo its appear. A ance as I entered. * . .. SBng- n tq Just behind tho door stood a low French It * 'bedstead, over which was spread a perfectly 1] - white quilt. Eoside the bud stood a small c< rosewood ubJojUpon which lay pen, ptfp$, ,h id books. Oho of the latter was lying Jen, aud I remember well seciug the bond jok mark lying upon that pathetic and iautiful creation of Byron?the Farewell his wife. Poor Byron!?poor Edwnrd! he floor was not duly, carpeted comfortjly, hut beautifully so.- Aroomfthe roofn ere hung several fine pictures, ono of hich was lovoly to look upon aud sweet remember. It represented a beautiful irl asleep among flowers, over whom loanI lovingly a fair hoy with a wreath in his snd, about to place it upon his comparing brow. Beside the feet of the girl lay Newfoundland dog, with his eyes fixed r>on the boy, as if fentful that lie would urn his fair mistress. Tho expression of o boy'e fuce was perfectly eloquent in the tensity of its affection, while tho partlyrened mouth of tho lovely sleeper, disclosg a beautiful row of pearly teeth, almost d one to imagine that he cculd catch tho ft breathings of that gentle girl. Need I II you, my reader, whoso names I read bo >nth this nicturo f?" Alios and Eddir." bright firo was burning on the hearth, ifore which stood a templing louugo. Tho antel was tastily ornamented with porcein figures of flower-girls, specimens of incrnlogy, beautiful shells, and a variety other appropriate ornaments. A black marble clock ticked upon tlie le book case in the corner, beside which )od a music stand aud flute. "Do you know, Mr. F.," remarked Edit J, as soon as I bad become seated, "that appears very foolish in mo to invite a in param o stranger like yourself to my jiu, merely for the ppi^ose.of boring bim lb the relation of circumstances with rich lie can scarcely be expected to bo iu ested?" "Say not so, Mr M -n," I replied, "for lo feel deeply interested in this sad affair, d would gladly hoar the particulars from ur lips, aud serve y-'? ;u any capacity if ;ould." "Enough! I will tell you all, Mr. F.; it before I begin, allow me to offer you a <193 of Madeira and lighted his fragrant gar, and lnetbinks even now 1 can scohis do, but remarkably handsome face, and irk Hashing eyes, us hit turned towards e on that November inorniug, and oxnimed : "Oh! God!? Oh! Aliceir Oh! what au cxpressioivof utter hopelesssss and unspeakable woo darkened bis co at this exclamation, snd hoiv this gust tumultuous and brief eloqueuce stirred c depths of iny heart! "Excuse me, sir," said he, "iny feelings rr.otimes master me, but I ant calm now! ear with mo. 1 must appear a very range being?but?pht.iw! this will never ? for me!" So saying, be started up from bis seat id pacid the Hour to and fro, evidently deavoriug to calm his agitated miud. I tow not why, but I felt too awed by bis ighty but eloquent woe to address him, >d could only sit and watch him. Ifo on became calm, and resemed his seat be Je mo, and taking another glass of wine, > turned towards me and sa:d:" I will talk ith you now nbout Alice." I could only nod assent, for I was too iUoh affected to speak, and even now the ^collection of this affecting interticvf is ktiiy painful. " ^ 1 first snw Alico at 13 , when I was i my thirteenth year and she in herniuth. Vo became acquainted a few days after, nd though shy of me at first, she became i n littlo whilo quite socinble and much Llachcd to me. As Byron Bay*, 'she was 10 starlight of my boyhood,' aud my young eart had enshrined her as iu idol from thu sry first moment that I behold her. She ppenred to mo the most beautiful creation f Jehovah, and often when sitting beside or by the brook, Leforo ber father's door, r wandering hand in hand through the athlees forest, have I thought her a repre mtativo of tho nure and spotless beings ho dwell amid the blessoduess of the far way homo of beautiful and unfallen spirits dice war mv constant corupardon in ell mj tmbles and rides in the country, and n?rei :ft me until the hour for retiring to bed Lr love was affecting and uniulentionallt DDspicuou*, and mine was deep, powerful ud ardent, fit was paradise to be togetbei - iss of wine. My deir sir, wine?strong no?is tuy only relief, and could I but the this bios'cing hesrt in the juice of the ape until it were pulseless with intoxica... " 4*Iic calm, sir, I beseech you," I said, iurrupliug hin), "are tfcere no oilier sources consolation f. r man iu liis seasons of rkiiess and despondency but the intoxiting bowlT* "Mr. F.t" oxclaiinod KJward, "suck rearks may do for ordinary cases of imaginwoo, but. Old not for me!?not for me!" "Mr. M?-?n," I rcjdied, taking bis ,nd, "what piague spot u u|H>n your soul, licit separates it from oilier men! Wliv ay you not listen, a* becomes the being ion whom is impressed ihu indelible sigdure of Dcitv, to tlio voice of reason t Li! sir, it is sublime Ho sutler and be rongl' It is noble to temper the soul circumstances, and say tofale?'bTKiKu!'" "Well, now," replied Edward, "that's ally a tine speech, and is it not a pity that iu Imve not an appreciating audience?" "Mr. M n " I replied, "I am nccusmed to expect genlltuiauly replies to intieinanly remarks, Htid invariably leave ch persons as fatl to observe the rule. My olivus iu thus speaking are pure and disterested, but since you seem disposed to ako fun of tny remarks, 1 shall uot put >u to the trouble of uuotber reply. Good orning, sir." I seized my bat, and most certainly oujd have left the house, had not Edward lolugized for his bitter sarcasm, by exaiming: "Indeed, Mr. F., I beg ten thousand parins if 1 have offended you, but do not uvo me thus?I was hasty." "I could not resist the pleading look of 0 poor fellow, so I again seated myself wide him, and wailed for his story. 1 watched him. as ho drained a lariro J Several days passed befo:o I heard i thing of l>rad?ford, when ono night, ret ing from the major's, to whom 1 hud j a visit, I accidentally heard my t.nmo t tioned hy a fiiend standing on thesidm in connexion with another. Curiosity polled mo to secrelo myself behind a near where thcao persons stood. T backs being towards me, and tbe u very dark, I found no ditiiculty in obt ing a good position. They were conver in a low tone of voice, and I could i no>v and then catch a word or two. "J W and Bdward M ~n" 1 dislic head, but tho whole sentence was lost me. Imagine my surprise, Mr. at hen even these words nl such a lime and p I fell considerable agitation, and was an* to know what possible business could t unknown persons have with Alice and self, when 1 hoard a remark that sent hot blood boiling through my veins? this was it: 'Well, Bill, I'll bet any amount that can elope with Alice, and M n will care a a n about it.' "Dare it!" I cried, "you villain*!", an saying I rushed out upon theiu, when .s i n i .i ?i -1 . I lieu ana UlC owiur ciusc-u wm? In<r, finding himself worsted, drew n dirk I liis bosom, and plunged the cold steel my uplifted arm. I wrenched the weapon from his h and maddened to desperation, mac pluago at him. lie fell, with an exch lion of pain, and fearing that I had inc | ly wounded him, 1 fled from the spot ! fectly horrorptruck. I roached my i donee, I know not how, and was nbon ; enter, when iho thought struck mo thn , a man of honor, 1 should have my ant nist cared for. I retraced my steps, iyt , ing 10 get help from the negroes a i major's, but in passing the scene of n< found that the person had gone, f h i that he was not inortndy wounded I but would to God that 1 had nnttlhi . him!" ' "8ay not ?o, Mr. M n," I said, ? r rupting him; "you surely would not . murderer/" ' "A murderer? Mr. F.," he replied; , anything hut wbht I am! But allow r to proceed rith my story." lie dran ^: ' f. & ' # ' alone, and ray boyish heart never fe! happy as when her dark brown curie tl ed iu silken masses about my shoulders, her soft cheek was laid closely to u Wo would remain thus for hours, her arras around ray neck, and her dove oyes hied upon mine, while over and a her lips would meet mine own, and ruur over so swieetly?Dear Eddie! 'So we grew together, Like to n double cherry, scentiug parted, But yet a union in partition* Then came our first parting, and l< long did we miugle our tears before could bid a farewell to each other. After our first separation I often wroi Alice, and though too young herself tc ply to my Ietlors, her mother would d' for her. Perhaps this was unwise litu: encourage our ntfcctiou, but be that a may, our correspondence wns continued nearly a year before discovered by father, who immediately put a stop to i Young as I was, I could have shot for thus closing the only aveuuc of in course and affection then open to us. Another year was rolled away from ti and during all this lime I heard nothiiij Alice. I could pay no nttention to studies, could lake no iulerest in the sp of my companions, becausu of the absc and silence of her, who was dearer to than tho ties of life, and more bcautt than tho visions of dream land. I d( mined to see her again, and accordin at the age of fifteen, I left homo will tho knowledge of my parents, and aft< few hours' travel found myself before I father's cottago again. As I opened [ door her mother recognised me, and i claimed: 'Why, Edward! how do you ! Alice no sooner heard niy name inentio than she rushed into my arms, exclaim I 'Dear Eddie,' and burst into tears. A was now eleven years old, and was ti beautiful than when last I had seen I remained with tier near tr?r? mnn every day of which was spent in each otl society, and our henrts became yet n and more linked together in bonds of a! lion. We parted again, aud only now then during the next six yea is was I luitted to behold her. During all that time "my heart year after her, and even when beneath the su skies of fair Italy, and amid tho grand* of "almighty Home," there remaine* dreary void iu my bosom which all world could not fill?and thnt void was old sweetheart's absence. About one year ago Alice came S , to spend a month with her old ur Major 1$ , whose guest' you now , 1 hn?Wfwcd to see ' p,,irf) .It! ,ho.. Leu ! fully had my cherished bud developed | the full blown rose. She received mo k I iy, but modestly, aud upon my aliudio, our childhood she blushed, but nppe: r.ot displeased. I became a frequent tor to the major's, and often rode about country with Alice, who soon becam accustomed to me as to call me Eddie. afternoon before she left S , wo lor walk out to the V, grove, an I thcro then 1 told her of my love. "You a:e mine, Alice?are you not asked, as I took her hand in tuino pressed it to my lips. She answered me by a slight prcasut my band, and then wo both wept. Alice left the next morning for B? promising to reply to my letters, nn think of me often. In reply to my first letter, she conck hers by stating that a young genllei named William Bradsford would hi S , for a few days, by whom 1 c* send my next letter. I know not why, but I felt consider uneasiness nfter reading this portion of letter, but little did I droam what part new character would take iu tho dram mv life. t no anler glass of wine, and bringing tho lh lout- oml- vessel down upon the table with a nc and trobidous crush that startled me to jr?y cr tine, feeiU continued his sto*y as foMpws: \c fair llcoived a note the next day as fol like low} ag lion "1. Edwahp M?? x: T will leavo by j tuur this lernoon's stage, and. should you have an any iters for 15 , 1 will consider my- ! tei self Biorcd by being in trusted with thent. I fo I jy bo found nt Boom 18, D '? ! Hotel Kespectftdiy, yours, i in i?ng. I "WlLHiVU U'UIWFORD." i I Utily penned n icy lines to Alice, nnd nti wulkddown to D 'a hotel, where 1 | ex o to asked bo shown up to Mr. Bradford's ev > re- room. Judge of my surpriso when the w 0 so landlo informed mo that he could not be * to seen, ho bad been dabbed on his right "I s it should last night by some ruffian, and ce 1 for wnssulriiig liuclt frotr. his wound. | in hor Tho hole truth flash-J upen me in a re t. nr.omei and I detormitiul, if possible, to liiin get a l< k at him at lea*. sli iter- I ser up my card to lis room, and af- lli ter awh j tho hoy returrdd with Mr. Brads- fr me, ford's c upliinents, anJ tkqucst to coino up g of and see iill. I went to lis room, but could my not get, good view of Irs face, as his head si oris was tin ed towards tho all. lie spoke of sv inco his nig .'s adventure in \ manner that ful- gi me |y com iced mo of his igiorauce of the per- ill lous son wli inflicted the wound. vi iter- ?1 tl ught, sir,' said lie, 'that I would u| g'j*. get tlnjlandlord to uddr>s you a note be- , ai tout fore I Ift, as Miss Alice iV. had spoken of ll ir a the pro ability of beariii; from you through hi her me.' h tho I for ct what reply Ijuudc to him, but j ex sudden - making up fty inind not to in- , c< do*' trust !ii i with my lette, I bid him good p nod mortlin and left the hlsl. i ii itig: Bradford left that njernooti for II , li lice and uiylotier was foiwrded to Alico by I e< lore tlio eanii stage. In a leek's time I receiv- | ll her. ed a reply, nnd felt corwderable relief from 1 jt ths, its bread lings of pure |Fection and attach- ! 11 isr's ment. l'ho very day Iter the receipt of u lore dear Aliee's letter 1 wdj niado miserable by k tfec- receiving a communiciion from her father, j e and It read thus: ? per- "Mr. Edward M??-x: I wish it dis- h tinclly understood tbatlour correspondence a ned with Alice inu^t bo inmediately discon- u nny tinued. I had hopci that your sense of s iura gentlemanly propriety ould liavo been suf- o J a ficictil to keep you frot teasing my daugh t the ter with your lore sick-*pistlcs, when you li my know that bIio is partltengaged to another. 1 Wbliing you better\occc.-s in somo other ' to quarter, i am, rcrpcctfuty, yours, I " ide, | ^ *" 1 nre. I ;ua unable, Mr. A to express to you I . toy upon rtlJi|? such a letter, x into | Was it possible that .Vl>c? was engaged to c itid- another, and yet write 4<nho did! No! nu! g to 1 could not bring my it^itd to such a con c ired clusiou, t visi- Tlie next day I wroti igain to her, not I the withstanding her father's commands that J c so I should not; and oh! s^, will you b?l ieve ' i i he it, she penned ine these/cruel lines: t )k a "Edward: I must di.4onuiuo my cot res- i at?d potideuco with you herclfler. l'erhnps our early life, with its peculiar :?id pleasant as- t f" 1 sociatioRs, should be to gotten, since we and have arrived at ati u|e to judge between 1 what is pleasant and u|:.l is proper, o of "Vkir true friend, I < "A LICK." I , 'Early life JoryoHeV*?how easy it is l d to to pen such words. Oh sir, I will not at- I i toinpt to relate the agmy of mind that! < ided i came with the light of eery morn and left | man not mill tne night, 3 in ' What brought nboit this change in 3uld j Alice I knew uot un .l within the last luunth, when i ascertained from the major able ' that Bmdsford wai a frquent visitor at hor her | father's house, and riiunrs of marriage had this ' obtained circulation al> ut L> . A of j There was 0110 thing that mitigated mv sorrow, and threw a ra; yf hope across my any- ; otherwise darkened lieirt, and that was the | urn* j fact of Alice's having signed herself my paid 4true friend, Alice.' Tuciccertainly ?ai no Wen- harshness in those AVor I , and perhajn, 1| valk ' thought, her letter was witton by command im- of her father, but unwillii^ly. tree Thus 1 clutched, like a drowning man, heir to this floating straw, and kept my hear I ight t above tho threatening oWiau of woo that Win seemed leadv to en en It it. y "O snig About a week ago, 1 uoarJ that Alice only was coming to S , to ipend one mouth tlice j with her uncle, Major li. ictly j She arrived, as you kV?w,~'day before i t to yesterday, accompanied i/y lifadsford and several lady friends, ring 1 had no sooner heard of her arrival than lace. 1 hastened to pity he? a visit, hoping to tin J i lioua Iter unchanged aud still my own. ueso I obtained, through the assistance of the i tny- major, a privalo interview with her, when the something like the following conversation and passed between us: 'Alice, I have heard that you havo bayou come engaged to another, is it not false)1 ; not' 'I must not bo catechized, Mr. M n, ( i on subjects which concern only myself,1 she d so indifferently replied. one ?Oh! Alice,' I exclaimed, 'how can you ' aud, thus answer mc! You must be aware that I from aril deeply concerned in such a subject, for into upon the results of this interview depend a I lite of bliss or a lifo of unutterable woe and and, i misery. I need not tell you, Alice, that lo a I love you, for ibis you already know too una-1 w'ell; but Oh! tell me that thou art still my utal-1 ownl' pur- I bad taken her hand while thus speakresi-1 ing, which trembled liko a leaf as it lay t to within my own, and oh! Mr. l\, judge of it. as theinteusity ofthe pang which shot through ago- ( my heart when she forcably withdrew it eud- i from mo, acclaiming; t the' 'Siil I protest against such liberties!' ction Edward arose from his seat at this stage oped of his unfortunate history, paced tho floor then, of his room awhile, and alter an effort to hitcd conceal his grief, which was but vain, buried bis faco in the bud clothes, and wept like a utor- child, ilia manly frame Was perfectly Conbe a vulsed with tho tempest of agony raging in his bosom, and it was long before be "yesl1 could cului himself sufficiently to continue ' me | his story. k off I ?'Mr. M n," I exclaimed, moved by 0 affecting recital of his nobly lore, do hoi it suffen tliin unfortunate affair thus to ni) u?h your manliness?she is unworthy of ?uP *ni "You must nerer repeat that remnrk P? ;ain, Mr. F.,?never/'* for The remark, liko its author, whs noble, ? id the whole exp'cssiou of Kd ward's coutinance told me that 1 had ventured upon rbidjen ground, "Proceed with your elory," I said, "its tercet increases." r ^ "My story has already been told, Mr. F., . iJ I have only a few remarks to add in i 1111 planalion of iny conduct towards you last ; 1,0 tiling at the major's, and my reasons for an idling to see you at V. grove." Ja I partly understand it now," 1 replied, pft ml sorely you have more to ielate con- . ning Miss Alice and yourself: your hist ,e tsrview certainly did not terminate so ab iptly." so* "No, not quite, but suffice it to say, that i \\ ie desired me to forget tlie past, and in i e fuUire to consider her merely as an old ' i?nd." | "Is it possible!" I exclaimed. "Possible? - Ay, sir, it is possible! Pos- | ^ bio thst two hearts, linked together by the i dt vecfesl ties of earlj* and enduring love, i^1 rowing up together with the same tastes, ; "I lens, and sentiments, were sundered by a fu Haiti. Possible thai the world, looking 1*' poll such as I, heart slung, heart-broken, 1 di nd wretched, should exclaim, pointing to 1 at ie one tvlio brought about so grent a ca- | th unity, ranis kickkd iiim!' 'She kicked fri iiu.'? tv How gften have 1 beard it in whispers, ac- j nnpani&d with thouglitloss laughter, as 1 | al nss aloig the street. What does it menu ) p< > its connection with ine! 'She kicked j 1 nil* 'Blie,' who from my boy hood's gild- t Ie J hours to manhood's stern realties, was lb ie very key-note of my happiness and ob- ai :ct of iny love!-?'sAe,' whottt God made I tl line, ns a playmate in childhood; an allure- ni lent in youth, an idol in manhood?'she i oi licked liirn!' 'Kicked!"?Oh! crushing term! oi quivalent to a presupposed insult! Is love oi n insult? Are all the tine affections of the I rf uman heart calculated to disgust, annoy,' V nd sicken, that ho who gives rein to them, i o; ntil lovo becomes magnified into idolatry, d bmiKI be snurned. and so treated bv the d 'I'jcct of tliat loro as to make the vulgar eim 'kicked* an appropriate ex predion of tl icr conduct towards liim? 'She kicked o nin.' 47/ii?." ." u lit: paused, as if an idea had struck him, h md ti?iug from his sent, placed his hand o .pon my shoulder, and poiuling to the 1 >enuliful picture of and A't/diV," vhich I hnvo alroadv described, he exclaim- t id. ' * c "l/0 >k theft! behold that hov leaning c ?vcr that sleeper?'she (placing his,linger J ipon tho figure of the sleeping girl) kick,d t liim." " (pointing to the hoy.) t Eloquence, brief, burning eloquence, ir- c rresiitihly sweet and terribly beautiful, was * .his. Every feature spoke, every motion ' ippealed, every word thundered! < Edward became suddenly calm, and re- 1 ruined his seat beside mo. ' "Did Miss Alice," I ventured to ask, "make use of this expression!*' } "No, sir," ho replied, "not that 1 know ?' >f, hut the very idea that it should bo used ' by any person in such a connection is bit- | icr, gauing, ana uiioearmue. uui 1 must, m tell you why I acted towards you as I did | last night. I ' The day beforo the party I paid a visit j to the major, and in course of conversation I learned that Alice was rid>ng out with Bradsford. After I had left his residence, nud was walking towards my own, a buggy suddenly drove around the corner, in which 1 re cognised and a gentleman whom I knew to be Bradsford fioiu what 1 heard from the major. lie turned his face towards me as ho passed, and politely bowed. The buggy being driven very fast, 1 of course obtained but a partial view of his face. 1 wended tny way homeward, and suddenly made up my mind to accept the major's invitation to bo one of the party tiro i next evening, tnore for the purpose of huv-! ing an iulci view with Bradsford than any thing else. Mow it is, I know not, hut as soon as my eyes fell upon you last night at the I major's party, 1 mistook you for Bradsford. i Vuur marked attention to Alice, and her ease and sociability in your society, maddened me to jealousy and wrath, and' feeling my position anything hut pleasa t, I lushed from the iiou.se crushing a note in your hrtnd." "Indeed!" I exclaimed, "I can now readily understand the whole matter, for it has been often observed that 1 am enough like Bradsford to be a brother." 41 could have swoin it, Mr. F.; but was m i Bradsford at the party f" ?'Ye.?, sir, and it seems somew hat strange to mo that he appeared so cool lowaids Miss Alice." "Tito villain!" exclaimed Edward. "I , despise his btiso stralegcm and cowardice | in acting coolly to Alice, merely to throw J mo off my guard, and g?u you into a difficulty from which he knew ho could not extricate hiiuself." "Mr. M n," #aid I, rising front my t scat, "do you really think that such wore his intention-.!" "I positively do!" ho replied. Never, my dear reader, did I experience such mingled emotions of contempt and auger towards any man in I did towards liradsford upon hearing this. 1 informed Edward of the party to ho I given at tlie major's that evening, and 1 remember his leply now, and the peculiarity of its emphasis, when 1 asked hi in if he would l>e there. "I??O, of course, you may depend upon seeing me wherever there is a good chance of enjoying Urad-Tord'a society.' I parted with K-lward at two o'clock, ex-1 cusing myself from partaking of his hospitality by remaining to dinner. As I walk-' I od towards the mansion of old Major 13. 1 I reviewed the events of the past twenty' urs, and could uot but fuel the novelty of r position. "Who knows how these things may ler- tjr nate, and what may take place at the on' rty this evening! Edward and Bradsd must meet there face to face, and then nnd then . You shall see." TO BE COSCLCDED IN OUB NEXT. ^ The (rrcrtl Snow Storm, Lieut. M. F. Maury, United States Ob- in vatorv, L?ued a circular.to the country, str riling answers to certain questions concted with the commencement, progress, d termination of the Snowstorm of tu nuary 18. Answers have reached him sp nil North Carolina to Maine, from which bo compiles a partial statement, to bo fol acd by a moie comprehensive one as ^ an as fuller rcturi.s reach him from the 6ti 'est. South, nnd ships at sea. tw l? >l.;a >t.~ q < ?r. i... v. Rn if into ivj?vik iu buy uyyiyiiirjr ut uiu .1 ?' hesny*: From Bertie county, North Caiolinn, to 'udiingtnn, the course of the storm wa? ^ le north, and the time three or four hours. t>l oin Wellington to New York it was (]( nut fourteeu hours on the march, with a rloua gale right in its teeth; thence to oston it How at railway speed, making the I stance in six hours; and thence it arrived ' Portland, Maine, at 11 p. in. of the 18th, ju us making its march in the "wind's eye1' uin North Carolina to Maino in about ^ ^enty-six hours. ( The cold, tho wind, and the fall of snow, oj I of which w ere marked by violence, anjar each to have had its own rate of march. The fury of this storm has been unequnl- ^ <1 for many years. Never since the estab- ' diment of railroads has there been such ' i interruption of travel or hindrance to Ql io mails. It illustrates in a very striking c< lannor the necessity?if we wish thoruglily to investigate the laws which govm the movements of the great arrial ocean -ja w hich we live?of extending our mcteodogical researches from the sea to the find. ^ Hint though this storin may have had its jc rigin on the land, it caused many and jj rendful shipwrecks along the shorn and w isasters at sea. ' " L The appliances which, in the progress of j, ie age, have been placed within the roach ,] f men of science would, had the power of j sing them been possessed by these men, .< av? enabled them to give timely warning >f the approach of the storm to many whoso ive* such wamiffg would have saved. i If the System of daily weather reports t hruugh the telegraph, which you have re- i ommended for the Observatory, had been r stabllshod, New York and our shipping t >orts might have had 'rom eightoen to 'J wenty four hours' warning in advance of ^ his storin; tho industrial pursuits of tho ountry and the convenience of the ]>ublic, i us well as the shipping interests, might all J uivo had tho benefit of such lore know I- , lge; for the telegraph, the press, and tho J nails can outstrip the wind, and spread the | lews of its coming faster than it can run. j Are you aware that at this season of tho i rear the average number of shipwrecks is ? ijout one American vessel fur every eight | liours, and that the total valuo of the losses < jfckoa fur the month of January is set down , kSM^clhiug Lke four mil lions of dollars) j Jpi"av many of these losses would Iiavo t l',e country could a few hours' " M *M?i? w VVJ'-il frt V II UJ 144.n OU'llil alone, to say nothing of others. Avn^lK*^riY rniLANTniiOPY.--Wecopy the following from the Falmouth (Jamaica) Post, of the iss\j<; oJJanuary 10. The statements, or ratherWjB^aons, contained therein need no coinmen^t our hands : "Fivo gentlemen who have resided for many year* in Jamaica, and desire a change in its social and political condition, have addressed a letter to Mr. l.abouchero, the Secretary of State for the -Colonies, directing his attention to certain suggestions which they offer, with the object in view of arresting the wide-spread and annually-in- j creasing distress which overshadows the 1 entire population, and has sunk a large portion of the inhabitants into actual destitution.' The gentlemen whose names are attached to the letter are Mr. Chilly, one of the late chairmen of the .piarter sessions, w ho Iras retired on a pension; Mr.Pintiock, a Kingston nteichanl; Mr. I'liineas Abra ham, the senior partner in the firm of P. Abraham it Company, of Falmouth; Mr. Hodgson, the chaplain of the general penitentiary; and Mr. Valpv, a solicitor, and nephew of our late chit.'j js'.ice, Sir Joshua 1 iiowe. They state that the condition of! tho colony i-. at the lowest possible point, ( short oi universal bankruptcy anu rum; lnau r al estate iias no market value; that dwelling house* are gradually decaying, and m<>tiey can with ditliculty l>e raised, even in return for personal property; that most of llie neces-ary articles for consumption are imported from the United States, while the natural piixluets are neglected; and that the money capital of the country is drained, in the absence ol any exchange of trade. They add thai the industrial condition of the inhabitants is at the lowest e!?l>, and that their moral and social condition is not a whit more elevated." The Ciihutian Hrmoion*.?The will of the lion. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, j l?as been published. The first clause reads | as follows; "First ? I leave to my friends and rela- ! t'ves, as well a-> to all others who may think my opinion of any value, this testimonial: that the religion taught in the New lest anient is the best that has been orfeflil for our adoption, both for this world and that which is to come, and that Jesus Christ was the true Messiah, and will remain forever the Redeemer and Saviour of fallen inan. Let my humble testimony stand in favor of the christian religion?-I am deeply, thoroughly convinced of its i truth.*' Society, like shaded silk, must bo viewed in all situations, or its colors will deceive us, LJIMFII "The Kesotete/' 1 "Well, wo have been invaded Iqr Jonain, and all of u? Englishere taken prisers. Captain IlurUlcin and his jotia'f jV' llant crew, have rariied *way the best Sk. ,'l rt of ilie Britishers?their hearts. We ve struck to the generosity of the Stars d Strijies, and only pant with a feeling avenge ourselves by the best aad great. act of gratitude that destiny may have tore for us. The Resolute, a voaf and ay amidst mountainous icebergs, rubbed d barked not a little, and not a little * pped, was picked up by American hands, rri^d into nn American dock, to he re rned by son Jonathan to daddy John, as ick mid span as when site first turned bef ass from her English hotne for Arctic is. There was fine music going ou whilst e Resolute lay in American dock, rery blow of the siftpwright'* hammer ruck a note of lasting peace between the 'o countries. Yankee Doodle and God ive the Quten were sounded by that bar onious iron. It would isd&e very many of e brassy tongues of the Mitchells and the caghers, Irishmen ir?elodiou?ly rancorous ith the wrongs of "?he first flower*' and he fir?t gem, to drown the recollection of ?>so sweet soundfein the memory of Engihmen. W (.'apt. Llartstein, in his manly sailor like eech ? with the. smack of the true sail ill i -hoped that the old limbers of tlieReao* te would float for many a day. Sure we i&SKHt e that they will float with a still enduring renglh, noue the worse, but all the be<? r, for the bit of timber grow* o? the soil ' America that may here and there be jf mnd in her English carcass. Sweet, an?l^v38^ ipecially fragrant, the pitch that newly lulked her?pitch tupped from American ines. # , Capt. Ilnrlstein has departed, and is now 11 the Atlantic. Our regret is that ho >uld not have been brought face to face ith all England, that every Englishman >uId not hare had agripofliis sailor hand, his was not to be, but we give the hint ? the Lords of the Admiralty?why not, s a further perpetuation of the gallant fel* >ws mission, why not christen the first Eng. sh ship launched the llartstein? Further, re know not whether we would not iengihn the uamo of the Resolute into the Resoiite Jonathan; or, we are not particular, to ho Jonathan Resolute. In theae suggestions 'uncli has douc his duty; let the Lords of th? Admiralty imitate Punch.?Punch. FAsmoxAULB* Women*.?Fashion kills . nore women than toil or sorrow. Obedience to faskiou is n greater transgression of Lo laws of woman's nature, a greater injuy to her physical and mental constitution, ban the hardships of poverty and neglect, Lite slave woman at her tasks will live and jrow old, and seo two or three generations ){ her mistress pass away. The wtuherwonan, with scarcely a ray of hope to cheer ter in her toils, will livo to see her faeliion-> ible sisters all die around her, and ike iitchen maid is hearty and strong, when her ady has to be nursed like a sick baby, it s a sad truth that fashion-pampered wo[lien are almost worthless for all the great jnds of human life. They have but Ittllo force of character, they have still less power >f moral will, and quite as little physical suergy. They live for no great purjose in life, they accomplish no worthy ends; ? they ato only doll forms in the hands of milliners and servants, to be dressed and fed lo order. They dress nobody, they feed nob< dy, save nobody. They write no books; PP they set uo rich examples of virtue and womanly life. If they rear children, servants and nurses do it ail, save to conceive and give them biith. And when reared, what uro they? What do they ever amount to, but weaker scions of the old stock? Who ever heaul of a fashionable woman's exhibiting any powor of mind for which it became eminent) Head the biographics of our men and women. Not one of liicin had a fashionable mother. They nearly all sprang from plaio, strongminded women, who had about as little to do with fashions as with the changing clouds. A Sup ok the 1'en.? In the early day* of the colony of Massachusetts, an honest farmer had occrmou to address the Judges of the highest legal tribunal of the province, The letter was received, and the Clerk of tire Court, proceeding to read it, came to this strange sentence : "I address you. not its Judges, but as Idiun devilslie hesitated and looked at the sentence again very carefully. ' Yes," said he, "he actually addresses your honors as Indian devils." The dignitariei of tho Ilench were, of course, indignant, and sent the epistle back, with a demand for an explanation; when it appear, ed that the man intended to address them, 'not as judges, but as individuals Ackn-owtf.dgmkxt Extraordinary.? A news-paper wiiter, imitating the prevalent practico among editors of pulling everybody who has shown theiu the commonest civili, ty, "for their courteous and gentlemanly conduct," returns his thanks to "the parson _ I l\r.kliri..t.?iw i .f Wt. .ha " * ? . v* VI MIV MWHO tllllfVII, in K city be had just visited, "for the privilege ?>f promenading up and down llic broad ai?lo of the fame on Sunday last, in search of a scat?unmolested." There are other city churches whore strangers have enjoyed the same privilege, though, they may not t have in ado the >ntno acknowledgment of [ tho favor. ? The fcmpeior of tho French sometime 1 ag ? offered a prize to him who should disc ?ver an electric motive power which should bo capable of competing successfully with team. It is said it may be looked upon as a fait accompli, and that If. Duboss is I the fortunate individual whom science and ^ wealth will overwhelm with their honors and gift*. It is said that the model of M. UuUn'i <emark.>b!o invention will work [ for twenty four hours, at a cost of only thirty centimes, a wheel that is capable of overcoming a resistance of fifty pounds?thus possessing a great advantage orfr steam at at present worked,,