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WT The Greenville Patriot purposes to
give biographical sketches of tlto distinguished
wen who were member* of tbe late Convention
in Columbia. The following i? a
sketch of
. k Judge Chaves.
He was, perhaps the oldest man in the
Convention, and by faV the meat distinguished.
In genius and abihty America
has produced few such men. Having
, commenced the world, witliuut an education,
and boon ucUvoly employed profeaaiouahy,
in diueally, and iu the latter .pa*
of hU life with bta plaariag mterasta, ha
may ik# ha** the Isamm* ?a .,i.?cs
mtny possess. Ih honesty of purpose and
purity ol character, we have never heard
Judge Owes doubted. Some twenty
years ago, while riding the circuit and
rambling over the Districts of Groenville,
Laurens and Abbeville,with Judge Iluger,
he gavo us the following biographical
sketch of Langdon Chevca with whom he
had boon very intimate, and whom he dosired,
at that time, to see filling, at rfbiue
Aituro dav, tlio Prasideucy of the United
States. Judge Ohove* was then residing
in Pennsylvania. He was born, said Judge
Huger, in Abbeville District. His father
was a Scotchman and a trader. During
the Revolutionary rtruggle he moved to
Charleston, and there commenced business
first on Sullivan's HI and then in the city.
Laugdon was a lad in his shop or store.
Ho was nanted after the friend and companion
of hiafather,who was also a Scotchman,
and for sviuc tipie u citizen of Abbeville
District. On passing by the Court
House;in Charleston, young Langdon
Cheves heard Judge Marshall of South
Carolina, then a ineinber of the liar, making
a speech, j?crhapN, in soino criminal
base. Tin: Judge had a fine stentorian
voice, and young Langdon was nttractcd
by It to enter the Conrt House and listen
to the argument. Immediately ho formed
the design of reading law, and the next
morning waited on Mr. Maruhall and asked
to Vend iu his offioe. He told him who
he was, and what his education had been.
For many years ha remained at the Bar,
without much practice, but ultimately l?ad
the most profitable hushuw that any lawyer
ever had in South Carolina. When lie
left the Rat his nraetice was worth twen
ty-thousand dollars ayear! Thin ho gave up
to tieft. Robert Y. Hayne, who had toad
law with him, and wm always a threat favorite.
*.
Whilst at the liar, Judge Cbavca wan
oTvral iium sleeted ? member of the Legislature,
aud no man iu dial body over
enjoyed a more commanding influence.?
It was, however, the influence alone ol
talent ami ability. He never, said Judge
linger, associated with Any of the inciuWs.
Ho and some other member from
Otartealon boards together, and kept
aloof from society/ In thoafc days a Ach ion
of the Legwiaturu was a continued
folic for usual of the members. It wai
one of the rules of a mesa that soma meml?r
of it should go to b??d drunk every
night, and this rule, said Judge Hugcr
wm moct sacredly kept and never viola
4M Judge Chcvea devoted htinaelf U
the baalnere of the notion, was prepare*
5every question, and heaao hia influence
kflht a member of the I^giaiaturejud#
I av?? w*a storied Attorney General a
thebtatu. IJo JMtelecled a member?
Congrcae acuqe year* before the declare,
tioo of war agauMt Great Britain. Hi
nieaaed with Clay.jCTalhoBn and Lowndca
and they were termed the war reel. '
Trua it it. that ftk* dual wiiail linvu
Ammmo(our uadouftl honor ami aatioaa
tftbte, thry w?rew> moth ?fat?4 that th?i
rtwfoaed and aU-fomod lu dri? I Mud
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I in uiuii niutj| una vstmvn was alwa^
\ tin* first to leave the table ami retire i
Li* room.
We tliitik there has always beetl on tl
part of Judge Cheves for Mr. Clay a big
personal regard. Many years ago wo r
member hearing a distinguished gentl
man s]>eak against Mr. Clay at the su]
per table where Judge Cheves was sittinj
South Carolina was then in the midst <
the Tariff and nullification excitenicnt^m
Henry Clay was charged with bavin
'* formed a coalition with Adams, for h
if own person*! aggrandizement, and tin
jf he wa? cowed the scorn of his coui
0 try. *'iJoj"Mid Judge Cheves, Mgiv
i the Devil iris duej Clay possesses a spir
not likely to cowor wader abt*s*e,n "
boarded with Clay several mouths, an
y never heard him apeak a harmful word (
0 anyone."
Whilst in Congress, Judge Chovoe y,.u
' elected Speaker of the House at" ??epre*et
tatives, which shows his standing and J*
sitiou in that body, liis speeches wer
\ alvvofo uKl.v -, ? -1 11 '
......yo nun; urn w?u prepared, lie tin
roughly investigated every subject o
which he sjKike. After. serving in Cot
1 gross for several years t ho was elected
- Judge of the Court, of Common Pleas i
r South Carolina. J lis opinions as reporl
j ed in our books, are all written w ith grea
ability and clearness, and had he contuiu
? cd on the Bench he >voaid have made on
of the ablest Judgea in the United State*
We have heard an accomplished lawye
I say, however, that. Chaves was not pro
, foundly read iu his profession, ami tha
his time at the Jtar was too much tukei
t up witli ordinary business for him to do
vote much of it to leading and study.
Jmlge Chores is now one of the firs
writers We have in the State or thc'Uni
ted States, and there is nil eloquence it
i his style which is rarely met With. But fir
many years, owing to his defective ednca
tion, the Judge never ventured co w rit*
i anything. He has been heard to say thai
. when called on to write an obituary no
, tioe of a Scotch clergyman .of distinctioi
(we believe the Hev. Mr. Buist,) who diet
in Charlcaton, he doubted whether he win
able to perform, creditably, no small t
task ! Let uny one now read his Nash
i ville sj>eech, and li<5 iHlt be surprised thai
< a man who can write as Judge Che*e>
' doea should ever have doubted hia ability
to write. i vr : .*>*'
Whilst oh the Bench he waa selected
by Mr. Monroe to preside, over the United
, States Bank, and uc^gr was a Bank manlllKhl
a
" ? wc u<?ufM\, nrmnesa au<l
(tDllliy. UUl llttJ WUUJW i5>\?uuy nUapUUP
ing'out vials of wrath 011 liis head for hi;
ree, judicious and lionfeftt management ol
that institution. Judge Cheves mado no
reply, and took no notice of the abuse hat
was heaped on him, and many Iwlieved
lie was insensible thit" " I knew tatter,*
said Judge linger, "for although Mr
Cheves is the most independent and self
willed man I ever knew, yet lie is, at tli*
same time, one of the most sensitive mer
1 ever met with."
After redeeming tliO old Upitpd State!
Hank frenn bankruptcy, nful placing its af
fairs on a prosperous basis, Judge Chevei
resigned the Presidency of it, and resume*
the practice of the law in the city of Phil
ndelphin. 11c wns not suceessfbl and so>or
retired from the Bar. "Some years nftei
he returned to his native State, and devo
ted himself to his planting interest. IT<
has now live hundred acres in rice on tin
Savannah river, which a few yeurs sine*
were all iu woods and swamp. As a plan
ter he has taeu pre-eminently successful
Judge Cheves has always been, evei
since ius return irom uie isortii, ji uisu
nioiji.st. He thinks, and so said to us
twenty years ago, tlint it would U? great
ly to the interest of the Southern Statet
to separate from tlie North, llut althougl
a disunionist, he never gave the slightesi
countenanre to nullification .<r sepdrnO
secession. lie has.uo idea of "going U
i sea in a jolly bout," its was said by I'ro
feasor llenry in our late controversy.
Judge Clievea is uow about seventy
eight years old, and looks reiuarkahlj
well. !!< has a stout, erect j>erson, un?
is abovo tlio ordinary height of men. W<
should suppose he would weigh two hnn
dred and twenty or fbrty pounds. Ills a|?
peafhnce is fine and commanding, and 11
crowd a stranger would be apt to ask win
he was. He bits the isrgeel bead we eve
i seen. In manners ami deportment lie i
plain, unaffected, and yet diguitiod. Then
' are tew men more interesting in convert
turn, because ho always converses will
F wisdom, ami his views are striking. II<
i has no ambition for office and place, an<
never had. If he had been otherwise con
i stunted he plight have tilled a much grcn
i ter space in his country's history. Wei
may the little district of Abbeville be protu
1 of her sons, for she has given to the Amer
i ican Itcpublic,'Calhoun, Clievea and Peii
> gru, and * home ami oducation to Mcliul
' tie, any one of wboui, a a we oiico said ii
, our Addruw before the Literary Societic
of Erskine College, would huve character
> ized an age or a nation.
I In the Tate Convention Judge Ghcvo
. w as Chairman of the Committee of Twen
v tr-one_ ami n resided nveritwWh irreaf dfn
f nitjr and propriety. lie ma Jo no *p<#ri
f or proposition hhnaelf in the XVmimitto*
p In the Onnvontioti he fcpMre aome ftftooi
> or twenty niimilee on hi* motion to ky a
, pmnoaiba? on tho table except tha repot
' of tko Omnnittee. Hm manuer of apeak
ing w?a calm and ialtpoaaeaned, hoUiin,
I in lib hand a large wftlkiug-atick, 1m gta
,1 Ululated with it at tho peril of breakin
i into ahmi. tho uiiiaaivo chandelier wuic
* hung over hie head. Tills w*a, ho Joub
' <ho laat speech Which Judge Chevea w)
f WHf MiaKvih tT<Wffb?mtfre amembfy. B
r deeWnrtl the npjtehrtmetic of ITthtedBmt#
r Hanator, teeJemit to him by donnu
i Roabrook, on aoonmtf tt Ua age. W
r* for anything utter ho was fifty, aii
to would seem that he liad actod on tlii
lief, in retiring from public lite. The J
ic has amassed an immense fortune, an<
;li pride is to to give each one of his ehil
e- a rice plantation. This, we have ui
e- stood, he has alieady accomplished, e:
> his youngest, Robert Y. Hayne, name
ter his much lamented friend and stu
;>f On tho birth of this son, .ludgo CI
d wrote to Gen. Havno that he should r
g him for him, whereupon the Genera
is plied ho was very sorry it wiu? not i;
it power to return tho compliment.
'1 i?Hlsrtisft ^1 rtiel en
" seates your stomach by Wleliing ti
'' wlrcams of divguating lava, the other
' during tho air }>?fetifcroua to our uuaa!
4 gans, both tho siiH>kor iuul tho chev
' mouth being filled with the <iuinte**><
of uuatim*-*!?(Jrem Mountain Form
, &r 1 o ahow the injurious effects
r Tobacco, wo will mention a ci renin at.
l related to im a few duyi lyo. A gwntlo
d of thia village, who i* about fortyyears
of age, and who hna been using
weed for the Ust twenty or twenty
1 yearn, suddenly dispensed with tho use
3 about two week a since, and he informs
I he haa gained In weight tlcrm pound
- thnt time.
We acknowledge we should practice
| whlrh wo prenoh.?Ko. or I.r doer.
Too Good tobo Looat.
A ypung friend, writing u* from ?
says: "I could tell you n good story,
I 1 apace, of a young mnn addressing a Is
a who during one of hia visit* solicited
r *nl?cription (*he ia a Miltaeribor) for
Telexeojte. Ho excused himself, on
a gronnd that he eonld not afford it. A
i- wards, when ho Dieacntud hia ease,
[- rrjeeted him; and when called upon
n her disappointed friend* for the rei
of her coup*', alio replied; 4He i* too i
n sman far in?', (although he had five ti
II M much an the had) for ho said b? ?
t aot afford to take tho'17"
ir Really we beg every body's par
% for |<u Wishing die shove, front a pri
f letter of a dwkal friends ?<?)'< the j
ff young many him we pity, for he has
h in the young lady a botin oCprioeiees
L, ne, doubtloss, f<* she must he a wo
II of the right stamp. *f *? cau find
o her name, *h<i shall he nut on our free
n 1m Hfo; or at least until sh?- goto a
>r husband, one that is worthy of her.?.
c West Ttlescoj*,
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>f Tobacco.
Knowing that your columns are tin
w open to a wide range of subjects, I w
*" otter a few remarks on the mastica
v puffing, and snuffling of tobacco. 1
e sympathise with those that are a<
tomeii io its use, having once bee
u chewer myself, mid must be excused
l" aim a blow at a long and cherished j
a tice, that I know from exporioucc tc
n extremely ]>eriiicious. The effeci of
* bacco upon the human system arc son
t ly allied to the inebriates cups, that t
can be uo impropriety in classing it in
0 same category with intoxicating dri
L 1 do not say it has precisely tho same
r feet upon those who use it, but that i
* highly cxhilerating, while it is at the s
' time a narcotic, none will deny. It i
' so an absolute poison: a very mode
" quantity introduced into the system, c
a few leaves applied to the stomach
* ten produces convulsions aud death.
* must then be obvious to every tliinl
\ uiiud, that the coustant use of toba
r mixed with the saliva, finds it way
* the stomach, impairs the functions of |
5 important organ ; hence, most if no!
1 those who are accustomed to the use
* tobacco Jabor under dyspeptic syuiptc
1 They Experience at intervals a want of
I petite, vicious taste in the mouth in
* morning, nausea, inordinate thirst, pa
1 aud distentions of the stomach, dizzin
and sensation of fulueas in the head, tr
' ors of the limbs, disturl>ed sleep aud
1 cubus, and tuore or less umadatcd. I
ryfuxaou who uses tobacco in eonsidi
hie quantities an J for any length of ti
' will ten you that Mine of the aliove c
scqur nee* will follow it.s use just as ccrl
' as effects follow cause*.
I _ t-? * ?a* ? ",,u 0,1
' ing are habits acouirod. No person, 1
1 licve, will undertake to sAy that the I
^ piece he ever used was pleasant to
' taste, and that he could "roll it as a sv
morsel under his tongue No, e\
| inuu will tell you that its first use
nauseous and offensive, but by perse
ance he soon felt its exhilarating etlV
" and by degrees came to love that wi
' was at tirst so disagreeable. At this j>
1 he is prepared to form an alliance w
and be in league with strong drinks,
' lie who does not keep himself aloof ti
' such aliance, must stand strong in
4 temperance faith, or he will foundei
' the breakers where many have perish
' So strong a connection exists between
1 bacco and alcoholic drinks,that he who
r os the former is si-idoin unacquainted v
' the latter. This fact should adfiionm)
! not to make too free use of that whic
' a tit companion of strong drink. Tint
5 side from nil this, just look at the die
" as lie is with his tetid breath, meeting
with his airocco blasts every time
r happen to be in the wuke of the wind
" see the disgusting tluid oozing out ate
* corner of his inoutli, with a few drojis,
' haps, scattered iu your fhee, if he utteu
1 to speak to you ! His cud ia his god
1 will toil by dav; will compass both sea
1 laud to obtain it, make himself more
' gusting to his wife," it' he lias onu, ku
' ing that her puny anus must la) his a
' etujer! Whatever is said of tho chc
may be said of the smoker: the one 1
... m. . iuamagv ui me r<mpcror Alexis. | am
id it i in
is be- We copy tlio following from one of u,v
udge those agreeably written letters of the Puril
his ;s correspondent ol the St. Louis ItepuMi- i 001
idren caM : co<
uder- (>f course the gaieties are over for the lc>tl
icept present, though the different fasliioiiahlu 'lc'1
^ saloons are still opened one evening in ^
dent, tjic week for a select circle. One of the I ^a
tcve* houses the most frequented, and where I Wl1
ante even the Ptesidcnt goes, ittcwj., is that of i
' r?- a Russian (Jouutcaa, who onlv arrived six I Jl h
n his weeks ago from her native snows, and ^c*
who is turning the heads of all the eligi?
hies and ineligibles in Paris, by her great in^
black eyes, and her enormous diamonds. ?u
If she worn nnlu " Tn<>o.>?? ? : s.i *'
_ .. -. v ? M. IIUVVOO) It Ifl >illU U1HI J W'*
* tho President would offer, but a Countess i
= would not sufficiently, to use a State ' f
jilirase, consolidate blB power, and 1 ?? - I bei
own sides, a liouapnrtc has no right to ally !
ould himself to uuytliiug l>eneatb the daugh- i act
tion, tor or ueiee of a crowned head. The la- 1 tlu
can dy in question, delighted with Paris, and i
ens- tindiug the President not disagreeable, | 81111
n a would willingly aeeept him, and luu j un1
if 1 now, mind I don't affirm this, it is the (-yi
>rnc- Court gossip?had placed in his hands u,sl
> be the papcis relating to the history of an
to- actress, which might induce liim to be- n?l
icar- l'?vo that the alliance would not be so thu
line uuequal after nil. (Somehow or other, arr
i tho this history has got into the papeia and j XVU!
nks. my note-book is rather blank to-dny, I WCI
t ef- 1 cannot perhaps do better than give you 1
t is what, if not true, Is at any rate, a potty Wul
ante story. , I
s ub The genius of Peter theTrtvut exercised K,r'
rate 8Uch an influence on tlie inteUcetual move- xv,l>
iVen meats of ltussia, that he is regarded as !
, of- the founder of that vast empire, while the l',u
It names of tho monarch* who proceeded Pro
cing hiin are scarcely remembered. However, Y
ccor Wuldimer, Ivan and Alexis were great into
encouragers of letters and arts and Alexis ",a
that >8 8a'?l to have given the tinst impulse to ('n^
?ii tlx. ......a....t ?? ?* *'
men iih iiu* room.
f "Who is tlint lady ?" asked Alexis. | !>r"
' ? *Sire," it is Marichkin, daughter of a ",.t
UM",! poor man, whose poverty obliges him to ' """
miii jjT0 jn n yKn^?l>orin^ villnge; lie asked .
^ me to take charge of his only eliiM; and
_jjvo I have done so with the greatest jK>s?ihle 'K,a
of it <***0. i niay say that the seed has not
4 us, fallen upon an ungrateful soil; to threat st<'!l
Is in tr.trlHgrtioe and a pasionatO taste for the c"Vl
arta, Marichkin adds a sweetness of tenithat
p<.r> an,i n ^nod ?en?' above all praise, "
ami 1 love her as if she were my own to r
da null tor." hri-.
"V?iry well," replied the Czar, "continue diti
, to take care of her. I undertake to fur- niir
had nish her with a dowry and a husband.? ha\
?dy, Does she know who I am. of i
his "No, sire; she never goes out, and has dist
the never seen your Majesty before." ! Ism
the "Then take care not to toll her"?and tho
fter- Alexis left tho house in a very pensive the
he mood. The second timo ho saw Marich- ribl
i by kin ho found her more interesting even nol
won than before; his visits became more nnd cee<
[>oor moro frequent; often he passed whole eve- up ;
tnes uiuga near hor, his heart palpitating lie- of v
Juki foru t'nis enchantress whose dreamy eyes, slor
|kk>Uca1 imagination, aik) sweet voice, cx- [ did
don, ercbed on irresistible influence over hiin. par
vato Endowed with an ardent and impassioned par
poor aoul, an artist by nature, Alexia loved lie
loot music to adoration and tried in every way the
vah to cultivate a tante for it throughout his tho
man kingdom. Sometimes ho had a rc-uioun a fl
out of all the most' sWlNbl performers of Mos- the
list cow, who executed for him the national eve
rich airs ami song* of Russia. Ilut ho had are
l>tu never heard a voice so sweet, so flexible, of d
no clear and puro as that of Marichkin, icle
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V UII Minomii uuiw; UI mo JK<l])I<', 1 ,,,r
: of One of tho customs of the Kinpiro was, oa"
mis. lliut wbon tlio C/.ur wantto marry, the con
up- great Lords of thcTlourfc wore sent out to j . ^
tho wiarch to brintf together tho moat bcauti- "
ins, ful girls of Ike umpire. ?hoy were usual- wo"
ess, ly choosen among the hi^mr families. nml ,,,HS
em- their nuniher amounted Id rfhty or a hun- fcxsi
in- drod. They wc-ro brought to tho Krein- 'ti,ri
ivo- hn, nml ware kept there in the strictest n.ni
era- retirement until tho <Ja> 'ixcd by tlie ^'n
me, l'rince for tlio public declaration of his w'1'
on- choice. Nulwaly wm allowed to visit mn<
tain these young la<liiy,?sj?tfbrfljfiv,?i"onn trior
1M?. f}py..lWfUSiVH? Wnuty anil charms ot the lo ^
I*., young Indies. Tho Czar always went to
tirst | their apartment disguised, and often tin* m'
the | C-ourt fool was ordered to dress him- ; '
reel j *<*!f in tlie royal costume, and present
cry himself before them. The beauti ill girls,
w as deceived by tlio dress, sometime* betrayed
vcr- their ambitious desires, and tried in every
seta, ? ay to attract the notice of the false mon- j
tich ari'h, while they disdained that of the true 1,,,n
tint on?*
ith. Alexin, the son of Michel, father of l'o- |
and 'or 'he Groat represented his custom.?
roni He dearly loved t<> disguise himself, and |
the wander about tho city and judge of tilings
on with his own eyes. Sometimes, in his 'he
ed! walks, 1 10 st??pp??l at the house ot some j ' 1
to- of his favorites, and juit the family all at t',et
uv their ease l v joining in their pastimes or a,m
ritli partaking familiarly of their meals. Ai
as hove all he loved to visit in this way Math
is well, one of tho chief Councillors of the ' P'ftl
a. Crown. < )ne day he arrived at Matwell's 'h''
wer country hou?c, at a moment w Mat- ' , '
you well least exacted him. Hut the Bayard z)'
you not the one most surprised. In tra|
versing tho Hiite-ohainber, Alexis had j as '
tach heard a pure, sonorous voiee of rctnarka- '"I1!
hie sweetness, which ceased as soon as "'
iints he entered the saloon. The Czar was j ?,,c
; he dazzled at tho sight of tho musician?a vor
and young lady of ravishing hentity?who n,ft
<iiw- i blushed deenlv at his unexpected appear- : vvaf
; ??"
rtir- In conformity with tho Czar's order, 1 K"1
wer Mat well leceived him as a simple officer, [ . '
iau- sad invit?*d him to sit down to his tabic, j smi
ortli When the Czar was seated, and addressed "I*1
rcn- tlie young lady, he was charmed with e
| or- her wit and intelligence. After the repast i
/er'a he asked her to sin?r some of her favorite
nee songs, which she did with amiability, and ' , '
.1 i_A. .1 * ' *?"
1 often daylight surprised liini, ravished Aim\T A
ectftcies before the siren, who so well
derstood giving the proper expression I
her native songs. During these inter- j
n**, Alexis always preserved his in- T!u> 4(orm ha(l v~
ruitc, and consequently Martchkin trea- ct|u.r ; the sun, <
1 hint familiarly and as the friend of by dense masses off
r old tutor. ll'.'t Mat well found hint- setting in crimson m
f in a different position, lie did not mountains of .it
re to interrupt the intimacy of the Czar die v< nerahle Albert.
Lit Marichkin, tad yet he felt is his du- ,,is trfrmd-daughter, ?t
to protect his friend's daughter against the heaut.es
1 , , , " i ? favorite seat. It wai
autre which she neither guessed nor tin- Cvs 1VoIll hUhumblo
retood. of a roek. covered wit
The day of the great ceremony of choos- ds, and termin.ited n
f a v.zarian approached. TliO Lords ascending near
d returned from their tour, and already ted from its neighbors
J walls of the Kremlin enclosed sixty rrcd with a perpetual
the most beautiful tlowers of Russia,? trusted it with thcin.
e great ladies of Moscow prepared their H,m ,w auc ,n. u. "
f i ti i i . ! the romautic clmin ot
ist dresses. The whole city was aln e ; (inf,uislll.8 lliat tli(ltri(.
s army was concentrated about tlie pal- fcw short hours befoi
;; the bells rang and bonfires blazed; long and awful peals
: Czar alone changed none of bis habits, the foundations of tin
was at Marichkin's side. Matwell, ed grandeur repose in
1 and anxious, was thinking how this V "troamed retulgcn
fortunate pas:,ion was to end, when the ^lately in front was a
ir appeared before bin. gaver than 1 MVC va,K'y' t?r,?,nat?i
. 1 1 ? ocikaii| wlmsu hiIvtry
. . with purple, extended
1 bo l>ooniing caunon the next day an- cloud along the horn:
meed to the inhabitants ol Moscow, mured a little- grassy
t the moment for the Czar's choice had issued from the rock,
ived. The great ilall of the Kremlin d*1'}' 'lowed, were hen
i magnificently decorated; the Lords |,<,s distant to roar as
e dressed in most brilliant uniforms, the d"' of Cwdvr.
lies in the richest toilettes, while musks , I!,ther 110 vo;J',?r1n
, . , , . boon accustomed to ie
o wandering every where about. hvery onl Jvlativc 8,u. ?mv
was turned towards the group ot young |,JHf the morning and .
s among whom the great Alexis was id her with the sacred
i to choose his consort. The l'rineess pouring into his sou! I
rbarvkin fixed the attention above all I 'tin* it affords todepa
rest", and ... - 1 1 umil" "" 1
.- ?-m'w ?* % *. niuii'iiiiiii r.lHI
|.r .IIUIMO.1 IICI 1 \uife, , , ,
. i 4-i i .i i i 4 i i k . x .? oonijniniit features, arc
ud ol I.e. I,ml., she hopes to he Queen itmil? ?ml heavenlv ho,
her beauty. , ,ie;irt
I mnsk, iu a more brilliant costume The raindrops still <
n tlie others, surrounded by courtiers, 1 whieli encircled h
jrs the loom. Kverybodv takes him crablu old man, tuttcrii
the Czar, and the l'rincess linrbnrykin of years and of misfor
not contain herself for jov when he hist time. The long h
.es uii and talks to her. " I P !*10" *Wch ^qoen
'II i ot lite, lnd recently ore
larichk.n in a simple dress remained of 8o|m> <|nT(( to hia b?
i corner of the l.all, seated U-side Mat- roiu.|ud the' destined k|
I. As the latter was examining the |,l8 .!{,c. |in,i n0arly uv
ik who was talking to the Princess, he length, hunt and weurj
ignized the Czar, who, in a plain mil- ami taking oil'his hat,
v cost nine, and his face halt-hid by tell in dazzling u hiieiu
insk, approached Mariehkin and sremed #?? mi.nl.i ?
recognised her friend, nnd asked him ^ros''i"K hreath ot cvc
i hor usual simplicity if the Czar had ;,,s f!" mj>rn,' son,t^ ',vl
lo his choice. ^rk !,nd -lOHr>' "nPlc
N,^V^Vnd,,V Wn. cbiiouVt you ^
lira." I penetrating, was stem
I am very well here," continued M arieh- i halt'by stealth, upon h
?"who knows," continued Alexis, I ",H? ''s *'yr>' birn and
tu n the Czar sees vou perhapo? lt r:f ;\ ^"!<-">vcet 1
, . .... * * . ? wards the distant oeoa
I am not ambitious ot the crotfn. . .. t: i. .. 1
.. i? upon lus knee, and eon
you are too modest. j ,-0|(lc(l his |ilui,s;
\ ou annoy me"?and she signed, and I consciously, around he
tears camo to her eyes. Alexis placed himself upon h
lerstood that he was beloved, nnd his J to look in a sort of the
rt swelled with joy. r I '1,:r lace. For some
Lot everv one unmask 1" ho cried. . silent; at length, Alls
n mi instant a profound silence perva- 1 v ' ie sum ltiu i
, , , 1 . . i 1 .i <>t niv life iUidtlie vary I
the hall, and every heart heat; tho l |;;V,- Th(. ?mi Jiro8efr
p-ets await. -1 the decree of the master objured its brilliancy
mow where to carry their homage.? I black tempests rolled ;
i i:i<*e of the Princes Harbarvkin may I roared, and earth seem
maoined, when she discovered that struc.tion : ali now agai
pretended Czar who had said so many the resemblance still eo
ahle things to her, was no other than j ki;u' SU5k |VS J*4*1
Court Fool ; but what was this to her "u',v> ol '!* Cjui1',; Vo"
. , . , , , now r? posing on Uie >
nislunent when alio saw tlm i -1
1 VI n ' I ""i "mA \ i! A? he uttered these
cd on Manchkin s head and heard tim, beamed ujioii hUc
le words: I moment,ho pun*, so si
Pavards of Moscow behold your j sion, that it might havi
rina!" 1 body and soul, Dcautifu
file Musical superiority of Marichkin, dy passed to the land <
well as her beauty, was the causo of j l'-?ee ofsome minutes
e . .11.11 , * . . and ga/.uig at her will
fortune, and she did not neglect it. i i
. , , . . . s said, in an impressive
tli the ( zars {lermisston and aid, she ' Often uiy dnughU
oil raged arts and artists; and lmr fa- | Wssitv of arming thy
* fixed in Ibissia several Italian, <b-r- j ol' suffering with the e
n and French musicians. In short, it ofa christian; that in
i during her reign that the first at est net his part, and si
ipts at National Operas were made in ! '"cring thought to the
. J ife luercv. May 1 not
^ %| *ii' . .i ,, j ffie shaft of death, so
t is from this Marichkin that the Ibis- | ^ ajn). .l[)c
i ( ountess pretends to descend, and ; oi-yvan, and of sorrow
m this descent she founds her right to already bends towards
Presidential consideration. prepare himself every
? ' nut remember, my eh
""""who hath called Iliins
mng ci. a it.?The Wilmington iforitld of therlcss.t )no w ho eat
urdav states that a sinnO negro hov, I P "d t<?r thus to h*
. unngc of my long-lost
badly not over ten years of age, living I nf1<( :,n tl.o I.
Ins city, being desirous of paying W il- j^ve time thus to stem
igton a visit, got under tho guard of Gf life ; oh I it were in
steamer (iliuliator, just aft tho wheel, 1 soul."
placing his feet on the spondle of the I The violent emotion
I l.rm. - ?l? 0.
... ?>" ........ uvnl uir ITilUT lllin, I "" """"
gned to keep the craft upright and 'on 0,.m1. no '^n7(,r 'H'
j \ i?i i i . . anguish burst from hei
,dy ) and clasping' a brace which stood ^ o( A shp h
enieutlv near, cainc over safely. J he ann
'aid tiny*: ? My P t ried t!
When (discovered, lie was endeavoring scarcely audible, ??id
each the shore at the Depot, and looked 1 'ook ?* l ,.?
... i 1 i ii * . " my darling child, he
rht, although decidedly in a moist eon- ? yA Uv\,m,A. ;ir
ou. Ilia escape from death was almost; tinned, looking towarr
aculous, for from his position, he must j denvnring to retirehei
e necssarily experienced a succession , vine Providence may t
minersions in tho briny wave. The privo us for a time of
aneo from Chaleston to this town is a ?*n son ot my heart, t
t 170 miles; the night was dark, al- j Kar,Jcd ?'* JIhe virtuous
ugh not tempestuous. He said when , 'J! ^ JJ'.J
boat got out to sea, he was or- , Kdgar,may yet return
y nlarmed, and screamed lustily, but i father."
><>uy u> insassistance,analie sue- ] '-<)h no," faintly nr
le<f, by clinging to the brace as high 1 Ellen; ten long ntnn!
as ho could, in keeping his head out ?c received his Inst
rater. On being'asked whether he promised to Ihj with
it during the niglit, lie replied that be I XV|" "nVC l,e<mlA n"u
n't have time.?Having obtained but a Cier'w^uldst'lhou"
tial glimpse of our town, and not being What wo?i(1 hocoinc 1
tinilarly struck with its appearance, | djc!"
offered no resistance when ( ol. Miller, j l'nor haulers mnid
steamer's agent, placed him on board which trembled from
return Imat for Charleston. His was the cold eitr of death
ving visit, and a bold venture; and if I 7!tf ?* **very
^iW .W h, hp, wjj .
ry appearance of sinconty apd truth. I ,Vo7c thl, curr,.nt of h
not fabrications, it affords an Instance 1;,, thc w;m nn(1 hngfffl
laring and good fotunc not often chron-M* countenance, whci
d,w nrotn the ground, she
%
*
l\|) ELLEN. only oarthly friend, alUVening in
The last breath of Albert passed uncon-"
ivument. scions! v across tho check of Eiien, ns, with
her herd cast downward*, she hid hex face
sod ; not n cloud stained in her haiikeicliicf, and endeavored to stem
clipscd for many hours the torrent oi lier grief. . ^
sulphurous vapor, was Mo iustancously, yet so gentle was the
mjesty behind the loflv stroke, that the semblance of life was* still
i North Wales; when fresh: Ins eye wrs turned towards his Ellen,
leaning on the arm of and seemed still to beam upon her with inuittcd
his little cottage otVahle tenderness: his hand was half stretched
of the evening from his out, as if he would have rev.ehed hers ; and
s situated some few pa- the smile that yet lingered on his eountendwelling,
on the brow anee, declared the peace and joy with which
li moss and wild flow- I the parting spirit had sought the bosom of
rugged,and somewhat its (ind. Although, in the first moment,
the base of a 1 ill isola- conviction of the dreudtul truth flashed upon
i: and whose sides,cov- the soul of Ellen, yet her impatient s^jrit
verdure, strongly eon- quickly rejected it, and she grasped at the
On the right of it he- delusive hope that Albert might still be li\nd
bare magnificence, ing ; and that the cordial which had so fremouutaius
which dis- quently heen serviceable in strengthening
t, s.ud which, though a ! and reviving his drooping frame might now
c, tliev trembled to tin- be <"M
- , .v?^. k-nu sutrica up, und. flew* v*
that seemed to shako with renovated steps to the cottage; tli4 last
3 globe, now, in soften- drop was go no! no assistance \\a&?pr?Mm
the parting rays that hie within the distance of three long miles;
t in the west. Inimo- her limbs could scarcely sustain her; desrieli,though
not cxten- pail* seized her soul ; she darted l'roni the
1 in the distance by the. i cottage, and retraced her stens as quickly to
bosom faintly tinged i the scene of misery. Within |pn paces of
I itself like a summer it, she stopped ; fhe corpso^wns yet conaii.
On the left mur- cealed l?y a turn in the pain; she paused,
rivulet, whose waters she listened, not n breath disturbed the stilland
which, swelling as ncss of the air; the blood ran cold through
rd some hundred pa- every vein; her knees shook violently. 'I hc
they hurried through night was now fast apprqnehing; huge black
clouds were gathering in the east; the moon
nd innocent Ellen had arose enveloped in mist, and shed a dim light
ail the only parent,the i upon the mountains ; the air was thick und
possessed; and hero oppressive, and every thing aunounccd cnivcning
often witness- o'lier storm; but Ellen regarded it not;' lie
volume on her knee, is dead!?he must he dead !" she cried, in ncllie
hallowed eonsoln- cents of unutterable woe. Then tottering a
rting virtue; while the few paces forwards, her hand held tight
serene, shone upon his against her forehead, alio raised herself on
hired the fervent grat- tiptoe, dreading more than death that the
i?e that animated his lirst glance wonld confirm all her fears.?
Hw li?*..l..oo e. -
,*?? jiimi uiseernablc through
.'listened on the wood- the gloom; Fido hud climbed up to his
is door, when the veil- shouIdem, and lay beside him licking his
ig hcueuth the weight chock : on seeing Lis mistress, ho bounded
tunes, (putted for the forward, and catching hold of her go*u
mt progressive indis- moaned piteoualy.
tly attends the decline "Poor Fido!" the wretched sufferer half
isioned a confinement articulated; then, springing forwards, oxd,und
thrice, ere ho claimed?>*2kleiviful God! does be move?"
|iot, the weakness of she reeled aud fell upon the cold bosom of
erpowcred liiin. At Albert. It was but the wind that had agilie.
gaim d the rock ; ted his clothes,
while the locks ofage The night became terrific; immense clouds
ssover l?is shoulders, rolling over each other like vast volumes of
ew life from the re- smoke, hung suspended on the mountain
ning. Kllen, lovely summits; the livid flashes of lightning which
self beside him, her burst from thcin every instant seemed to
Is were, thrown bnck wrap the world in flames ; while the roar of ...
'h-sjhjrtsho iniglit the thunder again reverberated among the-filoun1
lastly fixed, though lmrniu x trffrJtt'VlVlfiW\t,,'ji?,iio
is coiinten: nee,wr.tcli- winds his weary way along the valley ; he
variation, save when pauses, he listens, and now, with hurried
but full of sorrow, to- and anxious step, proceeds till he reaches
n. One hand rested the cottage of Albert. A whito hnnkerchicf
Jiilcd the coat that ell- lay just withii\ the door; he snatched it up,
tho other, almost tin- and darted through each lktle apartment
r little Fido, who had : in breathless precipitation,
er gowi\ and seemed "Absent on such a night as this!" he exlightful
vnderuess up claimed, ss he left Uie house, and followed
moments they were the sound which uppnled the soul. "Good
jrt exclaimed, " I low God! how my heart migives me!" Ashe,
between the events drew near the fatal spot, the. sound ceased,
ing atmosphere of to- Fido hnd heard the approaching step, Fido
i splendor, not a cloud only had heard it; and, us if resenting his
vvf_ ,.ri, nnnii Itio intrusion unnn (to* - ?-1 ?1
J , ...x. | ? ? tlUU BU1C1111I hCl'Illf
iround?tiic thunders of death, began to howl uud hark most filed
threatened with do- riously at the stranger. The white figure
in is clear! oh! may of a female stretched tuion the ground, and
utiiuic! may my aged conspicuous through the gloom, was the
cup, reposing on the | first object that met the eyes of the unfortu,
as yon cloudy sun-is uate Edgar; chilled with horror, he rtlshed
Vesierti wave!" forward, and raising her in his arms, perwordsn
heavenly rap- eeived at the same instant the lifeless body
:ountej)nnce; and that of Albert.
thliuie was its expres- "Father of morciou!" lie criod, in tho phren- *
i been supposed that j zy of despair, "for what have I been preal
together, had alrea- i served?"
>f spirits. After a si- "He is gone!" uttered Ellen, in a fuiut
, he turned^to Ellen, and wild tone, "he is dead! 1 must die, too;
i parental solicitude, I am dying. Do not disturb n poor croatone,
tnre in her Inst moments."
r,have 1 urged thene- \ The distracted Edgar believed her indeed
soul against the hour I dying, and, sick, with intenseness of misery,
onlidence and the hope oxclniined, "Oh God! is it for this I have esthat
hour thou niiglit- enpedthe perils of the wreck,?tlio ravages
ihinit without a mur- of the pestilence? But, Ellen, my beloved
dispensations ol' infill- Ellen !" he continued, pressing her cold ljps
: have urged in vain ! <> his; "we will not be separated in death,
oner or later, flics with no! we will die together! Yet, oh! couldst
1 surely then the man thou , were it hut for a moment,rouldst
s, whose feeble frame tlion recognise thy Edgar, and breath#into
its native e.irthshould his soul thy parting blessing, it wore bliss !
hour for the blow.? twere eestacy."
ild. that there is One Ellen at that moment raised her head w ith
elf the Friend of the a bewildered air, gazed upon him. A ray of
i,who will protcctthce. hope Mashed upon the mourner's gloomy
kvo tliee, the dear,dear soul, and, with a faltering voice, he cried,
Agnus, in all t lummox- " Speak to me, my love, my Ellen ! oh, speak
liveliness of youth, to to me again! remember thy faithful, thy longthe
boisterous stream lost Edgar ; ho is returned to live for thee,
deed an agony of the and thee only,?to supply tho place of n father?to
love tliee?to clasp thee to his bo
i? <> crin which mm i *om?1<? snoiier tiioe ironi every danger;?
d in the bosom <>i' F.l- j but shouldst thou die, he must die too!"
suppressed ; sighs of u Edgar!" slio exclaimed, u Where am I ?
lips, and clasping the 1 Edgar returned then hiding her face in her
iid Iter fhco upon his 1 hand, '-Oh God! my heart will burst!"
Edgar gently raised her up: and, supportlie
old man, in a voice ing with his arm lier woak and tremoling
fuzing at her with a frame, led her towards the cottage. Thither
ussioimting tenderness he soon afterwards, horu the. remains of the i
not thus distressed; 1 ' venerable Albert, and with filial solicitude
id although," he eon- ( *nd tenderness, laid them decently on tho
Is the ocean, and en- little straw pallet which had formerly so of.
drooping spirits, u l)i- ten atforded rest to his aged limbs. I*t us
iave thought tit to do- offer tip our prayers to the throne of mercy;
him who was the eho- , let us offer our thanks that we have yet heen
ind whom I fondly re- spared to oaeh other," said Edgar, as he took
and utfuctionato com- the hand of Ellon, ami led her towards the
fe: still, 1 trust it is ! bed-aide, on which lay tho corpse of Alt
Edgar, thv faithful bert. They knelt down to pray, and they
to be unto thee as a rose up with ft holy determination to live for
j crch other and for God.
tlcnlsted the hapless
hs have elapsed since ,
letter: in which he j *4T Let the young men remember,
us in three weeks.? there is nothing derogatory in any etnlingsinco;
he is gon^ ptoyment which ministers to the well being
?" i race. It w the mint twkl, e-riW
)fher? Sho toomiult |inU\an empluymeut, that etevdm or daI
grades it. " i but.
Ion! Tito bint word a young man withoutmatey hji l^te a
dy hope, and cast her An|,oh? thol?ul**Lo ?#?"* 4?0* W
fooling world. What * ckJu^y night. JI<?e*n t
or'huL?ife Kom.y.?To think that yon can make
r?l feature* oVherfpve- m,to? thatyoucanhoew^
rt, lifHwrr op nor Tyc * hownaker by ju?t drtakinfr*b?r*y cobbeheld
her only par- ! biers.
A