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* * ^ " . ' ' * r> % $2 PER ANNUM Wc cleave to truth where'er *l?c lea?l?j ilie way. IN ADVANCE. 3 .fninilg nab ^nliticnl Jinnspaprr?Dcaolrb ta tjjr 3rt5, Jkirnrrg, litrrntucr, fbaratiou, 3grirulturf, 3ntrnml Siuprnurmrnts, /nrrigu nub JDnuirsiit }lmt, nab tjje JJlarkrts. VOLUME y. LANCASTER, C. H., SOUTII CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1856 NUMBER 6. 3ltt (Drigiiu [ Written TI1E SENATOR A OR, THE BELI Of' BY \V. M. C< CHAPTER I. w Perhaps there is no scenery of North n America, more interesting and picturesque, " than tliat which the travelled survey* :u? Cl he stands upon the deck of one of those beautiful steamers that ply between '.he 11 cities of Ncwr York and Albany. The liold and majestic Hudson, that has been *' justly compared to the Rhine of the old* ^ world, presents such varied and romantic scenery, with ?o runny historical ami claf- V? l*r associations connected with bygone ol days, that the pleasure seeker is \\ncoy h scion* of the Inpso of time as hp glides M; swiftly over it* smooth at.d c^rtal waters, " an<{ gftJica with admiration nmm the jut- ^ ting turrets and towering ctiu* on cither ' hand ; interspersed a$ lluTy are with l?eau- o1 tiful plains that arc covered with a hril- 8! liant and intense verdure. Now and then n the charm of naturo i* interrupted by n ' magnificent work of art, and the high and s towering front of a splendid mansion is :i seen looming proudly above the dazzling u paters below. " A noble steamer of the first c1:ish was w nesring one of these handsome Villas.? ^ The intense heat of a summer's day Lad. ^ passed ; the last lingering r tys of) the set- lv ting sun wore glimmering in the distance, > and all on board seemed imbued wit^U new I s< life from llio uncoiumon beauty ofr the ' evening, and the unsurpassed charms oft surrounding nature. Some were, promo- w nading the dveka; others collected in h groups, engaged iu lively conversation, Ul and all seemingly lost to every care save n that of the passing moment. *1 Perhaps shore was a single exception. n Standing a little apart from the others, with his arms foldod across his breast, was c< a young man of pleasing exterior, whom K you would judge to be about twouty-one *1 tear* of age. He ?m al?out tlie middle r* height; of rather slight, but graceful pro Sortiun*, and being richly and neatly ' rcMod, his figure may have passed a? un- lc exceptionable, oven by the most fastidious nl in such matters. Ilis face was handsome | f*1 and fair, norhnps to a fault; but the ic< ?mo >th and regular features?the fine and j * classic brow, and his p*?-uliiir lea ring, i w which plainly denoted aristocratic birth | ' und intellectual superioiity, would forever , exclude the idea of vtieminacy. I l' His gaze was intently fixed upon the * Villa, to which every u otion of the hoat " brought him nearer, with kuoining.y a pleasing reverie; incited perhaps by rn- w collections of the past, when in childhood's ^ happy days be roamed over those l.cupjifid hula and valleys of the Hudson, with <1 rto care of life to disturb his frivolous fancies. While id this musing altitude, a " young man approached him froin the op- ,r nosite side of the deck, and laying his ' hand familiarly upon his shoulder, thus el addressed him': * 44 What are you dreaming of Ned I Is ^ there any thing in the objects around you t( to induce such melancholy musings; or " are you contrasting the beautie* of nature I" vrith that matchless piece of art in front *| of us, which I almost envy the itoesoseor riabt tori " " ' * Not exactly," replied the uthar, M and ** yet I wae thinking of tho dwelling to 04 ibich yon allude, but in connection with ' ill IttMfttca. If r?i my father'*." '"Indeed! and that it Senator Mai- < cohn'a residence I" "| ' u Yea, and you pcrcieve that our jour- b ney will aoon terminate." M 1 M It ia a princely eMablidimenb I do b not woader now' atjrour droaniy attitude; you have a bright rhtiir^ to contemplate." t< *1 waa not thinking of the future, but ? of the past, whoaa reminiscence* nrp infln- b itely mora pleaaaot than the contempla- * th>n of a doubtful and'.precarious 'future." c3 ' "Scarcely doubtful, or peecariout in *1 Sur caae ; and at lord of that Aladdin- b. palace, you ean tot fortune at delia'nee. 1 MIa l pecuniary point, yet: b?it tbo di heart and affections,though thielded wjtli an armour of gold, are Mill vulnerable to. P* the shifts at miaforUine." n " Certainly; to takt a gloomy view of m the ma tier; bat my motto it sufficient,! " fyr the day ia the evil thereof,' and I .Van-I ? lure it would be a poor school of logic b that did not pronoaaaa my philoaopny ? better than yours." V r' IJ "Well, perhaps yon are right; but wo l< are Hearing the landing; let ut tee to ?' far bagg*ge>"? ' ir ' Tl?e two friends, <*M$h they appeared U il !k\m\. cver ) sion: Hi* Expressly for the Ixincaster Ledycr. vibr lltril it In the WV son i r don cxc< abu THE HUDSON. | sevt and >N N'OllS. X win liicli ?a* about to touch at the landing edit lludt-d to by Kd ward Malcolm, the young she tan whoir. wo li avo c^idpavoted to des- at t ril>e to the reader. The two young tn?*ii of e ad fur several yuirs been inmates of the cati me honored unit ersily of llanard.nnd eou liilst there they had contracted a friend dan tip for each other, which perhaps may in L u an lasting as at this time it is real. thai The computing of Edward Malcolm, tale a* in personal appearance, and many as 1 liter attribute*, exactly the opposite of tion imself. A Southerner by birth, he had fron II the fiery spirit?the noble and cltival hop c impulses inherited by the youths of son, te sunny Santco. lie was full six feel his t ataturo, with a form strongly indicative Inui f physical power and activity ; at the 1 into lime it was by no means U>rofl of no* tnny of tho elegancies of manly grace, was Icing tho heir of a wealthy planter in the 8ht outli, lie could well indulge in t,!po liltcr- or t I and extravagant propensities common ion, > Southern aristocracy, and as it is in such ful i stances, but too common tbat the-youth wgl ho lias both llio ability and iuclinat'ou to she pstow pecuniary favors, is never, at n loss vet >r frienll*, ho whs Albert Asliluy the most perl opular student of Ins class. V?ut no such noli lorccnary motives prompted the friend- her >ip of Rdward Malcolm. Perhaps if, mid only be accounted for by that .range phetiomeua of humnn nature, hen it sometimes happens thnt persons, rH y their very dissiinihirit^' of character, H ro drawn together by ? friendship the "'al lout lasting and sincorc. The one was J . 1 elicato, quiet and melancholy ; the other as roliust, jovial and humorous. The two friends at llio close of their '7* allege life, decided thst before Inking urhup* n final adjeu, they w(ould each wi|h the other, a short time at their ?|>ective homos. : Kd ward Malcolm had n?R,rJjr reached w is, accompanied by his friend. The boat mcliod at tho pier, ami soon they were co". n to-rn firrna, where tho ypupg. tueu aind a handsome carriage wailing to >nvcv theip to their destination. They |,,cl ere driven rapidly along the gr^vo'llqd 1 alls belonging to the Villa, and soon row qp along-side the marble steps of the imllv mansion. Tliey were met on tho con ireshhold by Edward Malcolm, senior, Voli ! <l ?.IVMni>!Ik# will. liriolil/iii*'! ^ " ?* viigiiiyfiCM WUIIW unco exclaimed: 0,11 " l,*m ipdeed glad to see ycy lydward, nd to find that you Iihvo arrived so early. h ouug men in general aro not so eager to lo " arc the gayntiva of a college life for the uiot of home." M0? M I hope air," said his son, M you will r?t include ine ia that category, lint let 10 present to yoU(ipy fiieiid, Mr. Ashley f South Carolina, who will lie kind w H iiougli to ?|>end some time with us." *lu" "Mr. Ashley," said the elder Mr. Mai- " olm, M I am happy in having the honor > welcome you to Malcolmvillo; and I t'K" ust that our rugged Hudson home npsy oasess sufficient charms tp c^hle you'to >end some time wijb us pleasantly." 44J aip already convinced of that, sir," r iwered young Ashley, "one could m,,( Jarcelv be troubled with otiqgio in a . iiinlry like this, whivh is certainly the ltM* lost delightful I,' haveever seen." # M strong contrast to your cliirate and -enery on the Sautee, but in many re wHt lects yours is more pleasant than ours " ill coine iu," adder! tlie host: " no doubt ?po Miie refreshment will lie acceptable to you oth of j-ou after the fatigue* o^ljie ilay." *??? j\* ivjwaru Naicoiin, senior, is uostineo mo > occupy a conspicuous position in our " .?native, 1m merits a more particular in- love oduction. He was of medium height, due Ith a figure slightly tending to corpulcn- hop ja roulid ftce mid ruddy complexion, g'oi rohgly indicating high life and plethoric you abit. llo w as but fifty years of age, tough the hairs on Lis head were scanty olys nd perfectly while; combed far back, tho isplaying to groat advantage his fore- " cad, which was hroad and massive, lie but assessed great talent and energy, but turc sturally rather impulsive, than deep and wld laturo iu his roflectibna. If js deportment M as dignified and haughty?freezing and wou trcastic. He evidently felt and enjoyed app m high position. H|s affection* When 14 tiled dut vrere'sfrpng and vehement,? the* lis son was the idol, of Km heart?he do- M h1 upon him from a double motive, each cam itoug and pciw(,rfyl in ita war?the one tion istigated by'line paternal affection, and mat lie other from tho high hope* and ambi- fath out aspirations thr.t wore centered in that will .* i ri' ?' w * v 'k? i , < Tlio whole contour of his face?bis ! future i y look aiul action, denoted strong pas- uot pro a, an iron will, and a superior intellect, cousent voice was clear, full and distinPtj 't jtnown ated with a peculiarly eloquent and " Sat lling detonation ; apd time and again, task, di ad rung like a silver clarion, within comma halls of his country's capitol. More tl ho Senator lc?l the young men through curso li it of apartments that did full justice to and hi exterior of the building ; every object stanllv otc<l the proprietor to be a man of iin- an ob^e ptionable taste, besides possessing an 1 But hi ndant supjily of this world's goods.? gross c y were conducted into a hack parlour passion ;rc nn atVectiogalu meeting took place slrcngt veen Kdward and his sister, hllcn know t col in. She was a youug girl scarcely will no 'Uteeu years of age, with a pleasing said tli exceedingly in<>dcsL expression of tro of ntenance. She was kind, gentle and me its ctionate, and beloved by every one fiat ha? ? know hor. Sho had been raised and hearts rated at home; her father seping that though did not lack for proper instructors, and be sevc lie age of seventeen qhe wa? possessed ey ; ye very advantage that a thorough edu- potent on, both practical and ornamental, It is tl Id bestow. The Senator loved his You ki ghlor it U trup, but the interest befell ?rash icr future was hut slight compared to as well t which he evinced for his son's. Ilrr hurl yc nts couli never shipp s>o resplondently sition, i lis?she could not excite the acclanm sort tin s of the populace, or extort applause to proti 11 Senates?in Air he felt uo ambitious done I cs like those that were centered in his upon tl , whom ho fondly believed would carry give ii[ name down to posterity and add new py tern rels to his already distinguished fame, and ou iilcn was more remarkable for good- (Jod h . ?r i . ii f -i ?.. . .? i t i Hum l tiinii lur iK-nuiy - niuugll Klie |>I|11K>, i by 110 mean* lacking in tho latter.? Aflo lm<l large blue eyes, with liair of light lion K* unburn color; a clear warm complex- " Yc , the rose and lilly blending in bpauti- prove < harmony, Iler figure whs slight, but "I c I developed for her years, arjd although have r< had nyt yet made Iter J<bul in society, intimal her conversation and manners were trcmbli rectlv e.vy and graceful, which was M Yc ice?l with a very pardonable pridp by the exj bother. cordan cuaitku u, t^ftcr an hour or two occupied iu gone- f.^1 w, conversation, K J ward left his father ft|Mj , his friend Ashley engaged in an ani- ' J _ ... . J i * * i . rives, o Led discussion upon some political tonic jhe day, and invited Ellen to walk w ith ' u j i out on the balcony. He did not im- j ' lialely refer to the matter thnt evidentngaged his thoughts, but at length ho ft,(rr ed in a quiet, hut earnest voice: nuW j When ha\e you seen Josephine, Kb nn # , , . , from 1 1 met her this morning in our usual k on the rjycr, and oh Edward, she ,. i sp rejoiced at tho prospect of yogr. B|,ould 'Isi?* , r ,, ,,, with Ji She spolio of mc.tjien ?" As she always doe* with sincere nf- |.^ ^ ion ; and yet I do not think alio is ? trust tl Why is such your opinion V f h(J '1 only judge from tho tenor of her, j,c ;n'n veraationa when speaking of you. She j ^ , stantly recurs to llio ditTcrcnee in your ng j ^; itions, as being perhaps a barrier to tlie "j i>n vou U.th dosirn.t - 1 - ' \\ l?y dose flic harp upon tliiil I.Ich 1 . j a lie not by birth and education, equal w|,:c|| my one, however elevated I" True Kdward, but unfortunately these lilies alone ilo not (rive position." What i* lacking I" tiohl r U it you sister who say this?you * say that yoltl is an iitdLpew?nhla rerile " Stop brother, I do not sp^ak of my- JOHN , but of the world in, general, and of so who would have mora right to in- j0i? nee yon than 1 have." missioi I To whom do you allude!" Friend To father." Llnnd. II dp not think that fnther attaches #Pj tp? eh importance to wealth." L'retixt Not much importance to wenjtU. in If, but a great deal to family ipnuenco ? lravt, distinction, ami these brother you |nmj p w arc rarely found unaccompauied Jeraey, V wealth."- ?p a?j You must havo thought a good deal many < n this matter Kllen to speak as you do; feasors r words are more like ono who has Lord g ? much of tho \yp*(J, than one whoso the mc has been so secluded as yours." |>eac? t II WM you hiiu Josephine, ami the his trai s you bore for each other, that first in wilderi ed me to think about it at all, and I deeper: <3 my fears may in tho end prove Ktiglial undloM; but Edward I cannot allow They o r sanguine feelings to drift, on as it and so e, to the very verge of your promised wigwai ium, and then suddenly checked by put to atern disapprobation of father." testimo You have imagined this contingency ; Burnyt did you not carry it farther and pic- nient," i the ryault of the disapprobation to It a sb yon allude !" many < I have never had an idea that you crcd th ild persist wilhoet father's consent and preach! roval." several And you,think it impossible to obtain Inland i? important perquisitee f priest* Hot Impossible, certainly ; but you people.' not be hjiod to the fact that, considera- zealous s of hirth and family distinction are time h< tors of the highest importance with to dispi er ; amounting almost to monomania hounrt' i him, and knowing too the brilliant Christ!.' hat he lias pictured for you ? it is d hablo that with all ' lie will M to your forming a e ut ami un- ii connection." h 1 would bo the day, an bittir the " d I feel called upon to break hi# t] nds, or act contrary t > his wishes, ti lau once the phantom f a father's si ias haunted mo with its warning v ighting presence, audi ' ivo con- I shut out the drended apparition as ii ct too hoiribie to contemplate.? v len you know the origin and pro- 1 i our love?you know ihnt tho J lias grown with my youth and j8 t hened with my manhood?yOU j hat mine is no common love, an,j , t l live without its object. I have j 1 at the terrible ami ghastly spec- ' a pnrent's anathema has shown I horrid visage, but I fool that the * i already sounded its decree. Our * are blended together as one; and * tho cords that bind thcin may ' red by a stern and cruel expedien- H t there is a protecting harrier more * and sacred than any expediency. r lie solemn pledge of our hands.? s row they have long been pledged t 1 !y perhaps, but still irrevocably, and j ' may all luiman efforts attempt to aider bright star from its proud po- ' us to attempt to induce me to de- : it voting heart, that 1 have sworn J net forever. I have as you have : !l!?n, reflected well and maturely liis matter, and although I do not i all hope of an agreeable and hap- J linalion, still should it he otherwise, r worst fears are realized, then may dp me, for I cannot desert Jose- * i i? * r a ]Kiu.se of a low moments dura1 warj resumed: >11 ilo uot speak Ellon?you disap- ' )f my words ?" annot say tliat Edward, but if you 1 esolved to do that wliicli you havo 1 ed to me, then I must say that I ! j for the consequences." . ui tliiuk that I am wrong Ellen and >r?tttons b have used are not in nc- 1 ce with the fluty that I owe to inv . lave na right to jjidge your words 1 d, hut I would have you to reflect inder well, now before the crisis nrf the etfeet your actions may have alltcr. Vou know his ntlection fi>r iid that in you rests the hope, the d the ambition gf his decliuing his wh.olc lify lias been one of un* pled success, ami if yon thwart him perhaps the highest object of bis d one tliat be lias probably nursed /our cradle, fear you not Edward will kill him!" hy should 1 lliwart him or why not my career in life be the sumo Dsephine Edwards as with any one Will she not adorn the path in which you thiuk I apt tilted !" e would adorn any station, and I tat whatever you do will terminate best, but should it unfortunately pposinon to tne win ot other*, then you to lot the evil day bo deferred r an poMibl^.1' Kllett [>iii|)ouin gd those lrt*t w,ord*, *od her brother'* cheek and left ilotio to contemplate the future, 1 to him, doubtless appeared gloomy. [rO UK COJITI.NL'Klt.] ftlisrclloijq. i [From the l*ro>'\drnrt J urnal, BURN YEAT, TH v* AKER i MISSIONARY. i Hurnyeat was a distinguished i lary and preacher of the Society of ' *, and spent ajinu tiiu in Ubodo * M He received the train, in 1653, 1 cd in lite Lord in Ireland in 1690." 1 >d to his historv i* tlic'e* .tony of I ) Fox, who state* that Hurnyeat ' lied and preached in Ireland, Soot 1 larbudoea, Virginia, Maryland,New 1 Iawtg Inland, Rhode Island, and ' I dowu iu New England aud had 1 Jiapttpjc with many priest* and pro- < that opposed thq truth ; hut the ' hvo him 'dominion over all, to stop ' iuth* of gainaaycrs, and ho ? ?e a nakor." Fox accompanied him iu ! rcl* from Maryland " througlt the ' tess, and through many rivers nnd ' ito bogs, where they said never ' Il?.l l?r ? . .mnu "i uvi.t - hi nvUIIl'Vi UCI'TU. ficn lay out in the woods.at night, ' UK'tiincrt found shekel in Indian * ns, and 44 many time* weru hard 1 it for provision*." Following tho ' ny of *overal Friend* reiativo to 1 at ia an account of hit. ".convince- ( and a journal of hi* travel*, [pears that Jphn Hurnycat, like I >tlier sinner* of lii* time, ** discov- I 0 right path of life " through the ng of -'joorgo Fox. lie labored L yonr* in Kngland, Scotland and C , disputing with 44 tho hireling F that fed lhem*olve? and n<^t the >' " lie aeern* to have been quite ^ and fanatical of hi* sect at the J 1 lived, acoking every opportunity 1 ute with the 44 priest* in tlicir Mb I ' showing leas charity for all other in sect* than tho fanatic* of our ay do for tlie Uomanists, Mormon*, and D1 lohominedans. The place of worship he ivariab!y calls " bell-houses," " stcplecubes," "worship-houses," aod the clergy hirelings and priests." Twice he was q, tirowd into prison in England; the first vc into he remained noarly six months, the Wl ocond time three months. In I0fi4, ho q aia moved by the spirit to come to fc Lmericn, and, embarking ?t Galloway, (j( a Ireland, ho reached Barbadocs in seven ai reeks, where ho labored several months. w Ie uc*t went to Virginia, and visited er Maryland and New York. At the latter (a dace, in the year 16G6, ho "took ship- je (ing for lyhode Island." IJe say* nothing th >f his visit hero, except that he "a,.ent sonic or inie in visiting Friends and their meet- p| ngs, and had a comfortable service."? Js* <>0111 lthode Island ho wont to boston, gf Mymouth, Salem, and many other places, yj vlien he again returned to llhode Island, gv vherc ho remained part of the winter, pi 10 next sailed for Barbadocs, which vv ceins to have been an important field for h< ho Friends, and after a few months' labor re oturncd to England. In 1670, lie again 'y ailed for America, taking BarLadoes in d he way, and in the following year was Ai it the yearly meeting in Uhode Island, ri lie seems to have visited the same places te is on his first visit, various parts of New (j England, New York, Now Jersey, Mary- |? and, and Virginia, being accompanied in |j lis tour by Daniel Gould, of liliodo Island, hi 11 Maryland he was joined by George hi 'ox, who had arrived from Jamaica, when C| hey, with several other Friends, set out p, ' through the woods, overland, for New Ongland." They crossed the various riv- w its in canoes and swam their In fate* along- r? ide. For days they met no Europeans, r? uut generally found shelter; iu the Indian w wigwams, though the}' were often coin- d :tolled to. lie i.n tliQ woods. The Indians c; ilways treated them kindly and furnished 0| hern guides. After attending many d n00tings, they came to I^liodu. Island and fe vailed lor the yearly meeting, which u asted eight days, "settling atfairs," and Ki cooping tilings " sweet, clean and well." oi \fl??r ttiift. Iia wont tILwIah i , -- """VWH, ??t. (|| Joorgo Fox, in tlio incntiwbilg, visited v< i.otig Island and the Jerseys. Afterwards, ti ie hays >? i? 'John Stubbs and I went up to Provi- a] loncc, had a meeting, and, as we return- tJ d, wo had a meeting at Warwick, where J tiono had been before; and several were j{ convinced and did own the truth. Aud ff here wo had to do with one Gorton, and r< lis company, who wero by other people B ailed Gortoniaijp, but th.gy called them- ,] .elves Gcncralists. They were oil-opinion tc hat all should be saved ; but thov wero C! n reality Ranters. ;il "$o from tbenco we came down, again sj 10 Rhode Island, and thqre wo spent some _ >ime, and had a long dispute with ouo tr Itogor Williams, that sent us a challenge Von) Providence, with fourteen proposi[ions, as he called them, but they wore ? charges; and he engaged to maintian sl [hern against allcomers; the first seven v to l?c diluted on at liliodg Island, and g the latter seven at I'rovidonce. We spent throe days with liini at Rhode Island; ti but ho could not make any proof of his p chargeA to the satisfaction of the nudilory, f< for tiicre was a great congregation every n Jay. There is a book, in manuscript, of (_ what was taken in short hand of the dis- H( course at that proseut; besides there is ] * l>ook in print entitled * Now England |) Fire liraiid Queuchcd,' and which is an C; answer to u book of tho said Roger Wil- ), liauis, which givqs.&Qinp relation of some tl part of tho dispute, to which I refer tho b reader." jJ Tho narrative of liurnyeat is oxceed- e intrlv mi interesting. as it is simolv a ro- k w # u* ^ ^ 1 ii ?rd of the places ho visited, of the moot- g ings ho attended, and of the disputes he 0 liad had with 44 hireling priests," and f, those who worshipped in the steplobou- t) m?. For these useless controversies ho k seems to have had a great passiou. lji* c plan was to attenJ worship at the church- 0 ejs, and, when the service was over, to rise t] snd call upon tho congregation to wait t< snd 44 hoar a word of exhortation" from p liiin. At Ilarlford ho states that, desiring t| to speak, ho went to th<t mooting Iioum-, r< snd stayed till the priest had done, " when j tie stood up and called to tho people to liear." ' k 44 But immediately," ho continues, 44 the T Sextpp came to mo to interrupt inc, but ^ iv)ien ho saw that be could not stop mo, c Ire drove tho pooplo away. And when I n law the people moat of tberu gone, I stept ^ iown, and thought to have gono after a ihem ; but he got to tho door, ADd shut (J ho doQr to keep mo in. I then went |, ound an alley to.got to a second door, ^ >ut ho got over tho seats and shut that. j{ I'hcn I made for a third door; ho also tr rot to that before me, and shut that, and j, o made their meeting house a prison, and. it ;ept us in till the people was gone, and |C hen let u* forth." n, Tho second part of this memorial is en- w itle<l ".The lunoqpney of the Christian Quaker manifested; the truth of thoir jj irinciplea aud doctrine cloared apd d?- j? ended from the loud but false clamours, M >aso insinuations, and wicked stands of t| ames llarry," and contains many relaions of the persecutions of the Quakers in few England. Knowledge is l'ower^ EL RTJFU8 W. ORI8WOLD 8 DI VORCE. PHILADELPHIA, DeC. 14. A case about to bo brought beforo ou . iirt of Common Picas promises rich d? shipments interesting to the literar orld. It appears that Dr. Rufus \\ riswold, editor of the l'oets of Ainerict c, Ac., married his second wife, a Sout nroliniaii, some ten or twolvo years sine id wont to reside in Charleston, S. C hero her property lay. After six or sei i years of as much felicity as usual) lis to the lot of married men, ho wea d of the yoke, aud informed the lad iat lie intended having a divorce by tb lsv laws of Pennsylvania, and it ivas h ensure she should make no opposilioi ot succeeding in his first application, b int to Mrs. (Jriswold, then at Schooley ountaiu, N. J., a paper prepared to ai vcr his purpose ;?a statement on h< irt that she "wilfully, maliciously, an ilhoul cause/' altaadniiod ar.d dcscrte er husband, and refused to live with bin squiring her signature to this doruinen ho lady refused to sign?.asserting thi ic statement was unqualifiedly falsend she would not be accessory to the di iption of hor mnrriago tio on false pr slices. It aliould be mentioned that Mi riswold had, since her marriage, uuJi er charge the yuuugest daughter of ti lector, to whom she had paid $&,004if< is own and child's benefit - and that si; [id been constituted tbo child's legi nardian by tho Chancellor, without o| >sition by the father. On her way t lew Y*>fk with this little girl, Dr. Orii old 'aid ivi wait for her, and as the boi ached the wharf ho seized the child an in off with her, followed l>y bis terrific ife and olio cf the boatmen, who force 10 skiit of li.is.coat in the scuffle. I'll ag the child in a carriage the Dr. drov If, but presented himself the same day i ic house where his wife was staying, c wig u? ruMiurc iiiu cuuu 10 ui'r, nna jjii paper couitiriiung l,cr perpetual guard uship Iteyotid the powor of inolostatic i condition of her signing tho importai ocument which wns to secure hiiu a d Dree, nnd enablo him to uiarry one < vo. ox. three l/utie& whom ho said be ha i view. The child, miserable in the no] ration from her guardian, and ill froi i? shock awd' terror of hor forcible a1 uction, wrote imploring letters beseec ig her "darling mother" to yield to h ithor's wishes; friends and legal count ?preacu ted that her forced signature eou vail nothing; tho Dr. walked up at own tho aifoot?called every fow rainut > inquire 'if tho paper was signed.,' throa aing otcrnal separation from the child icy wore not ; and in a half diatracti ato?with protest against its falsehoi -the weeping lady nllixed her aignatu > the document, nnd had the little g immediately restored! to her; the proin J paper securing her guardianship beii dliihnld?the Dr. suitl?till he should I lire of its olBcacy in procuring tho i orpa. The premised paper was uoe ivon. Mrs. Griswold thought proper, to ca on tho lady to whoiu.luir, husband w aying his addresses.-?and wrote to i >rin her. that ho had neither a divorce n ny right to one. ' After her return Iharloston, she was surprised one day do an announcement of the marriage Lev. ILufus \V. Griswold to Miss M. Cr< s, of Main. Having received 110 noli ation cf action for divorce, aho direct er counsel in Philadelphia toinvestiga lie matter, and if a divorce really lw eon granted, to enter her appeal again lio decree. Tjlifi cqu4 r<*x>rd* gave i vidouco;- nil the papers on tlio suhje aving been mysteriously abstracted, tl upremo Could could not therefore a n the Appeal. It was evident there w dso plaj ; as the judge of the Court >10 Common Pleas Iwforo whom the ca ad been tried, informed Mrs. (jrisaolci ounsol that the decree had been grant) n the (supposed) voluntary statement lie lady?and n point has been stretclu ) obligo her in the matter. Hie disa 4&r?Rv?.uf' the records, which tho pr iionotary had lent to l>r. Griswold'tcou el, of course destroyed all chance far t! vppeal, as tho Suproiue could n ecide on a case, the pe|icrsof which th< ad never seen. The lady's counsel, 1> id Paul brown, then procured in ll t * r?i - ? ? * /oun 01 '/ommon mmi, s ruio 19 ?uo hum why the decree of divorce shou ot bo rescinded or annulled, on tl round that il had been obtained br ir.ii nd imposition on the Court. So stan< le cam. Several Authors, we undoratar are been Mtbp^aaed and constrained ivo evidence bearing verv hard upo *,U ev. (!) Doctor's character ?eapoually f< uth and veracity. When the* Uwtimot iQfdc public in foil, aa we undaretat wid lv,*U*nge practices will bo broug1 > light, shaming the invention of a From nvelist. Th*. thirst Mff. Ofiewold, it lid, has retreated -from the coning ator the shelter ,o?. Wt brother's Irouee. angor.. The Doctor. isstfU fVyurishtc New York society, froaueoliag IHerai >ireee and gHlUntiog. ladies here an ter<v who are totally igaopni of?ti nme ho hat been playing, or wholly n irdleee of tbeir reputation.?Albt, Ufa ournul. TJie press, the press, the mighty, pp* ; gossip. A curious idea prevails pretty generally that it is not altogether right for people to r indulge iu a little quiet gossip about tho t. character, the actions, or even the business y of their acquaintances or neighbors, as r though we are not all fully entitled to en" joy the right of free speech. The mons-i l! troeity of sush an idea is so great as to cx* >(J cite contempt,so strong that language can-. not be found to ezpiess the virtuous in%f[ dignation that swells so inany bosoms. y A pretty idea, truly I And yet it is a r_ singular fact that such an idea has always prevailed ; but the belief has not boen of 'c a,>? ttrCHt moment, inasmuch as it is sq js rarely reduced to practice. Occasionally , some one will be so strangely eccentric aa |(j even to rebuke the indulgence of a littlo ?s cozy gossip about the private character and affairs of people. Jr It is refreshing to know that such ro> bukes do not have a lasting effect, and ^ generally cause a further unlitnbering of a the tongue, as a practical manifestation of t' the most absolute independence. The an^ ti-gossip theory sounds vory nice, but the _ idea is aimply preposterous that such a plan could be practically carried into ef-. feet. Why, the wheels of society would, ,H at ouco be "scotched," lea parties would ^ be deprived of their cream, club-rooms of ie thai* soothing cigars, and stores of their M attractive pop corn; womon would sink in|0 to their family circle, and men would find nj themselves forced to bo content to spend v their evenings at home. Not gossip, in! deed! What an absurdity in this enlighten-. M , ed and independent age I lt Mrs. A. appear* in costly garments; ccr(j taiuly Mrs. 13. has a right to whisper to , her neighbor that she is ruinously extras agant,and that herhusband ow? for them % and cannot pay bit debts, though probac bly sbo only surmises such to be the fact. it Mra. O. gives a large party; of course Mrs. f I>. did not wish to bo invited, and she declaims against such entertainmenta from a souse of duty, and not because she was (n neglected. Mrs. E.'a husband keeps hit carriage; and certainly Mm. F. is privilegI ed in circulating the fact that his greatf grandfather worked for bis daily bred.?. ^ ktrs. I. baa moved into a new bouse, thoughtless of tho fact that Mra. J. is contiding to others a startling narration of tho days whon her needle was her only .support. Mrs. K. wears that old-fashionor od bonnet, which Mrs. L. is confident is caased by meanness. Mrs. M. bas got 1^1 that cloak, which Mrs. N. is sure her }j grandmother wore But Mrs. O. made tho discovery of the season; Mrs. P. an A her husband quarrel like cats and dogs *v f she passed their bouse and heard thorn, not knowing that tho wife was in the best ^ of humor at the time, trying to get a farQ vorite book from her husbaud. jr] But we will not continuo the rocord of ia_ these little eccentricities of society; enough " is hero suted for illustration. We feet ? bound to say that the men are not in tho 11^ slightest degree exempt from the same fir peculiarities of the other sex. There is ofraii. tfiis difference; the ready words of. u mon sometimes, directly undermine the credit of neighbors, and weaken what othn erwise would stand Ann. and. weather a or business storm. to Probably there are those who would' . to consider tlio above nothing better than of slander on the part of persons indulging in such remarks. They are mistaken (- is only a skeleton of ordinal/ govsip, froquentij uttered to whilo aw.iy time, and not always with s deliberate intention to |tl do serious injnry to others. Perhaps at , times a spice of envy may be at ilifk-Uotc to -lorn of tome or the remarks. Hut then it* is so natural to gossip, that any attempt ^ to restrain the cnstom might be treated as ct an infringement upon the "manners and, u customs" of society. se A* OLD PWHTER. We have in our employ, an old printer ad ?ovaaiy-tix years of age, who commenced of his, apprenticeship of i&stfUi. y.^rfciA. tint ed King's Printing Office, London, in 17-84P* 04 Tears ago. He was a soldier under o- Sir John Moore, at Corunna, in Spain, in n- l?Qg. when ho received a ball iu the right he arm. lie was present at the burial of, ot Sir John Moore, and remembers the min-. y utest particulars of the scene. He was ala so with the Duko of WvelliugtUQ through his whole caropiign, and lost an ancle, w bone by a grape shot in the battle of WaId terloo. This old man, after all his hard ?? service, is still one of the swiftest and best id compositors we have ever known, and 1* though lamo from his wounds is still able. id at 44 early morn and dewy ere w while younger men are wasting the golden, it., hours in sensual pleasure or snoring them, w- \way, in bed, to ramblo over the field* and '7 through,the woods in search of wild flowid era, with which ho forms tempting bou m aueU for the ImjJIw or me viiiogo, or gralf-h f> the wiebe* sAkhu* fa?pj3ln little girl. It ie apeak* wall for the heart of theaoldier that, m all the children lofft.hinw?Biacktlont i* Qkrot 2 If Mm thee, uamarriei women weedi ^ tp wear a eearlet pottiooat during leap. i year. If they ehowed the edge of tbi*. garment to any man, he waa bound to, marry them, but could buy hhneelf off l?y.; preaenting the lady with a new gowtfc7~% ?. cJieap altcrunViTe,.