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POETIC V. J'Vom the Tetnpcranct Banner. BY Mil ft. R. II. RICH. The (emptor calls'. yet leave me not, ob leave mo not to-night, Stay with me now, I would yo win, from that dark tempter's might; How ean ye turn from mo away, from her who loves theo well, To bask for hours with revelers, and quart" that liquid full! Heo on mv htiniincr " '' - . _ ? -v O v"vv" 1,,VIV il 1V>CI* ish flush to-night, Oli husband, leavo mc not I pray! for dimly grows my sight; Far from my friends and homo I come, to this the b( ranger's land, Asunder burst each kindred tio, through life by thee to htand. Remember all thy former vows, and all I've braved for thee? Remember how to thee I've clung as ivy to the tree; But more than all, our little ones, oh hear their feeble cries, Sec how they stretch their tiny hands, and sec their pleading eyes! And then their very hearts Btand still, with dread when thou art near, To hear thy deep toned curses burst so full of rage and fear, Hear mo, if not for self for them, I pray thee go not now. Stay, stay to-night, on bended kneo most fervently I l>ow! Oh hunbnnd I hnvc Rtrug'lod long, with negligcnco and want, And meekly borne each angry word, each dark and biting tnunt; And through it all I've citing to thee, most fervently and true. And lov'd thee doatinglv, ae when thou didst my young love woo. My life was fragrant as the dew, upon the wentod flower, \(v lifn w.. : V " .? ..... . ...J ??ijUjuua HI 1111! UirilH UUH 111110(1 111 : eastern bower? My life was 6wect as fairy harps, touched bv j the nooubeam'a ray? Ah, yes; 'twas as a vase of blooms reared by i woodland Tav. And I did fly my princely home, and my reward is what! Look on our starving cliildrcn, look, and on this wretched hut; Sec on my youthful face is fitampt, (he signet of decay. Yourself and them you yet may save, then stay, I pray thee stay! One thing of perfect form and face, is nestling by my Bide, One image of thyself wnen first J$ras thy happy bride; Her eyes of deepest 'w itchery, hor checks so full and fair, 7\ufi tuon tiic soft blov'tl ringlets of her bright i and flowing hair. This human love is hard to break, a chain of wondrous strength, And slowly we unbind the links, which break their hold at length; It is a sii I feed full well, to worship things of earth, And I have siiuicd in lovint* flwi <.f my I. earth. My heart id broken! I ciui bear no longer this liercc strife, For feebly ebbs my sluggish hloo<l with j?>y nnd health once rife; Look how the veins lie shrunk to-night upon iny humid brow, Then on my cheek heboid the uhades of death are gathering now. I feel that I am unking fast, take, take my tuttrviivr . Will Its cries of hunger wring my heart, niul imkc my brain grow wild; My famished breast yields not one drop, i*s cravings to appease, 0 mercy, and this the end of all my promised case t The screaming blast goes Lurrying by, and colder grown the night, Wo bread for these our little ones, no fire our hearth to light; Tllfitl tllAO" (l>4(nvn/l ?""" T ~ ll?1 '1 1 >uviviVU I 1 UVg, UlilL CJild my freezing form, Take, take them all, to comfort them I'd bravo tho bluckost storm. * ? * * # * * Enough, bo's gone! his coming stops I ne'er shall hear again, The darkest dregs of bitterness, aloiu I'm left to dmiii, Cling closer still my little ones, cling to thy mother's breast, I Brcod yot nwltile beneath her wing, my starving children rest! Kind Provitli rtct, how wise thou art, in screoning angels sight, For could my mother now behold, her stricken "I'would then uo longer bo to her n paradise of aJovo, She'd die amid thy golden realm*, ai diet* tlio wounded dove Oh, Thou who he&rest in benven <tur tho't*," proteet my children dear, "Thou who dost mark the sparrow's full niul dry'st the orphan's tear," Take them beneath thy sheltering wing, and guide the in day by day, And *>h avert from him 1 love, the drunkard's doom, I pray! ini-j ?? ^ jjiuuxiycvitie, CjO. A FEARFUL DREAM THE LAST SATURNALIA. Some ninety years ago, there flourished in glasgow n club of young men, which, from extreme profligacy of its members, and the licentiousness of their orgies, was commonly called the Ilell Club. Besides their niurhtlv or wofeklv mentinn-a Him ,j ? v,tx7 j held one grand annual saturnalia, in which each tried to excel the other in drunkenness and blasphemy ; and on these occasions there was no star amongst them whose lurid light was more conspicuous than that of young Mr. Archibald B., who, endowed with brilliant talents and a handsome person, held out great promise in his boyhood, and raised hopes which had been completely frustra'.ed by his I subsequent r? ckless dissipations. One morning, after returning fro u this annual leslival, Mr. Archibald I>. having retired to bed, dreamed the following dream: lie fancied that he himself wasLmoutv tcd on a favorite black horse limine el ways rode, and that he was proceeding J towards his own house?then a country i seat embowered by trees, and situated upon a bill, now entirely built over, and : forming part of the city?when a stranger, whom the darkness oi the night pre- i vented his distinctly discerning, suddenly | seized the horse's rein wvinn ? I W.? ? <?- , x l/U go with nic!" "And who arc you?" exclaimed the , young man, with a volley of oaths, whilst | ho struggled to free himself. "That you will s^e bye and bye," returned the other, in a tone that excited unacountable terror in the youth, who, plunging his spurs into his horse, attempted to tly, but in vain. However fast, the animal flew, the stranger, was still beside him ; till at length, in his desperate efforts i lo escape, the rider was thrown ; but instead of being dashed to the earth, as he expected, he found himself falling!?falling!?falling still! as if sinking into the bowels of the earth. At length a period being put to this mysterious dcscent, he found breath to inquire of his companion, who was still be-ide -him, whither they were going. "Wlmrn rmi ' 9 i .1.:. .. ..^.w ?%?!? ?. . i* uvii; uhj juu UlKIIlg mo ?" ho exclaimed. "To hell!" replied the stranger and immediately interminable echoes repeated the fearful sound, "To hell! to hell! to hell!" At length a light appeared which noon increased to a blaze; but instead of the cries, and groans, and lamenting, the terrified traveller expected, nothing met his ear but sounds of music, mirth and jollity; and he found himself at Ihe entrances of ii superb building fur exceeding any lie had seen constructed by human hands. Within, too, what a scene! No amusement, employment, or pursuit of man on earth, but was there being carried on with a vehemence that excited his unutterable amazement. There the panting horse still bore liis brutal rider through the excitement of the goaded race ! There over the midnight bowl, the intcmiinate still drawled out the wanton song or maudlin uiaspnemy! Tlie gambler plied for bis I endless game, and the slaves of Mammom toiled through eternity their bitter tasks ; whilst all the magnificence of earth paled before that which now met his view. lie soon perceived that he was among all acquaintances whom he knew to he dead, and each he observed, was pursuing tho object, whatever it was, that had formerly engrossed him ; when finding him- ' self relieved of the presence of his unwelcome conductor, he ventured to nd-1 !_!_/ ' ? mess 111s lormcr mend, Airs. IJ?, wliom he saw sitting, as had been her wont on earth, absorbed at loo, requesting her to rest from the game, and introduce him to the pleasures of the place, which appeared to him to be very unlike what he had expected, and indeed an extremely agreeable one. But with what a cry of ngonv, ciiMHbicu null/ Mignagwiis no rPSt 111 hell, that thoy must cvof toil on at those very pleasures, ar.d innumerable voices echoed through the. interminable vaults, | "There is r?> -est in hell!" whilst throwing open their vests, each disclosed in his bonom an ever burning flame! These, they said were the pleasures of hell; the choice on earth was their inevitable doom! T il - 1 . * ? - ~ " in x,nc midst 01 the horror this scone in spired, his conductor returned, and, at his earnest- entreaty, restored him again to j earth, but as he quitted him, lie said "lla- | member!?in a year and a day wo meet I nr/ain 1" - o * At this crisis of his dream the sleeper awoke, feverish, nnd ill; and whether from the cffect of the dream or of his preceding orgies, he was so unwell as to be obliged to keep his bed for several days ; during which period ho had time for ma- | ny serious reflections, which terminated in a resolution to abandon the club and i his licentious companions altogether. lie was no sooner well, however, than > ? inuy iioc.i ia around lum, bont on recov- | oring so valuably ? member of their socio* ty ; and, having wiung from him a confesi Pioii of the causos of his defection, which, as may be supposed, appeared to them ridiculous, thov soon contrived to make him ashamed of his good resolutions. He | joined them again?resumed his former I course of life, and wlion i !?? ? I , ...V UUIIWU OiltUI" 1 nulia come round, lie found himself with j his glass in hi* hand at the table ; when i the President rising to make his aecitstonied speech, began with saying, "Gcn| tlcmen, this being leap year, it is a year ! and a day since oiu last anniversary." ?.Vc. The words struck upon the young man's ear liken knell; but, ashamed to expose | bis weakness to the jeers of his compan- | ions, he sat out the feast, plying himself i I with wine even more liberally than usual, in order to drown his intrusive thoughts? till, in the rrloOni nf n ~ ? m.iuvi o iiu>|||]||?r, he mounted his horse to ride lionio. Some hours afterwards the horso was found, with his saddle and bridle on, quietly grazing by the roadside, about halfway between the city and Mr. li.'s house, while a few yards oft'lay the corpse of his master. I' Kow, as I have said, introducing this ' story, it is no fiction. The circumstances j happened as here related. An account j of it was published at the time, but tho ! conies worn 4l " M ?J, l>> lliv HIIIII1V. Two or three, however, were preserved, anil the narrative has been re-printed.? ; Crow's .Xif/ht Side of Nature. TIIB ROMANCE OF T1IE GOLD FEVER. Tnc JS'i ic York Evening Post, among j other touching incidents, relates the fol- j lowing as having occurred on the departlure, from thai city, of the Poytona for California :? As usual, a large erowd had gathered on the pier, including several females, to bid a last adieu to relatives, friends and lovers. One i^iil who had probably seen j seventeen summers,mrticularlv niirjipt.wi our attention. She was u beautiful blonde, clothed in a plain, though neat, I dress?with remarkably rosy cheeks?a i lip the bees might swoon on, and soft j dark eyes, now a little dimmed by the ! gathering moisture of sadness. While otheis were hurrying to and fro, she stood on the edge of the pier, gazing earnestly at the vessel, now loosing from her moorings. Iler eyes were fixed on a handsome young man leaning on the taffrail, rigged out in Califomian dress, who was not less intently watchinc the ? girl lie was leaving. Just as the vessel began to move in the water, and recede from the wharf, the. tears unbidden started from their repose, tears in whose dumb grief there was a powerful eloquence, filled her large melting eves, and stretching out her hands to him, in a most thrilling plaintive whisper, j she said, "Charlev aint vou son-v ?>/>?? 3" ' The color flew from Charley's cheek, his j pale lip quivered a moment, and then he i turned, without speaking, to hide himself : and his tears in the cabin, and we turned awiy, thinking that the young man per- | chance was leaving behind him in that fond and loving heart a treasure of more worth than all the wealth of California, and thinking too, were we of these lines: "When eyoa arc braining, What never tongue may tell ? "When tears are streaming From their crystal well, When hands are linkoil sir/>n*i ?1 And heart is mot by throbbing heart? Oh! bitter, bitter is the 8innrt Of them that bid farewoll." A Mother's Tkt hp.?There is a sweetness in ft mother's .'ears, when they fall on the fare of j\ dying bnhe, which no eye can behold with a heart untouched. 1 It is holv cronnd. n?nn , n IIIVII 111V llllhallowed foot of profanity dares not encroach. Infidelity itself is silent, and forbears her mocking, and here woman shows not her weakness but her strength: It is that strength of attachment, which mnn nnvi>r rlifl ?"" -? r ' T' ..VI tjci cull IWCI. HIS, perenninl, dependent on no climate, no 1 | changes, nor soil, but alike in storms as [ in sun-shine, it knows no shadow of t\?rn-1 1 in?. A father when ho !?:< I -v- ..wo 111.7 isiimi croinp down the dark valley, may weep I when the shadow of death has fully j come over him, and as the last departing | knell falls on his ears may say "[ will go ! down to the grave to my son mourning," I but ho turns awav in the hurry of busi-1 ness, the tear is wiped, and though when he returns to his fire side the sportive laugh comes up to his rememberance the succeeding days blunts the poignancy of grief, and it finds no permanent | seat. Not so with her who l?n? Wn? I and nourished the tender blossom. It l lives in the heart where it wns first entwined in the dreaming hours of night. She sees its playful mirth, or hears its plaintive cries; she "wilts it in the mom| ingt" and "ohe goes to the grave to weep there." Its little toys arc carefully laid j aside as sacred mementoes, to keep con- \ tinunlly alive thai ihriiuiig anguish, which j the dying struirclc. ana snd W?V j duccd, and though grief, like a cankerworm, may be gnawing at her vitals, yet ! she finds a luxury in her tears, a street* ! ness in her sorrow which none but a ; mother ever tasted. I . ... CS n * ?*?#/ 4j\/?/vviuiiir. Ar>t? Ol^AM I'KOIJOII. ?Wo saw yesterday the -oodel of a mucliinc invented by Mr. Henry Cowing, and styled't>y Jiim tlie Land Locomotive and Steam Plough. If'he machine answers the purpose for wV?uh it is intended, it will almost entirely supplant the use of animals for draught and ploughing The ploughs attached to the machine are intended specially tor the sugar plantations of Louisiana; and Mr. Cowing proposes passing through the different parishes in order to explain his invention and engage, if possible, the co-operation of the planters in bringing the machine into practical use. Mr Cowing has entered n caveat, and expects soon to take n patent for his invention.?New Orleans Crescent. Meteoric Iron in South Carolina.?The last number of Silliman's Journal contains nil nccniml nf lv>.i?-o 'if i which has been discovered in South Carolina. It was found several years since by a laborer on the plantation of Mr. S. M. McKeown, situated in Chesterfield district. On being accidentally shown to a blacksmith a few weeks ago he proved it to be malleable, for out of it he made a pair of hinges, a few nails, and a horse shoe. The original weight of the mass is said to have been thirty-six pounds. Its original shape was oblong, with one side anil end thicker and rounder than their opposites, and its surface was much indented and coated by rust. On being analyzed this iron was found fnronfnin ^ i-o^? I..vnv.i, IKIVVO VI \;ill Wllllllllly CUhalt, nnd nodular masses of magnetic pj'ritcs. Its most remarkable peculiarity, according to Professor Silliman, consists in the appearance of its polished surface when treated with dilute nitric acid, which is then covered with a great variety of beautiful figures. It is very dense, and takes a brilliant polish ; but its etched surface immediately distinguishes il from even* other iron hitherto described. What Thou I)oest no Quickly.? Quick, young man! ilPt* is short. A great work is before you, nnd you have no lime to lose. If you would succccc! in business, win your way to honor, and save your soul, you must work quickly. The sluggard dies. The wheels of time roll over him while he sleeps. Aim high, and work hard. Life is worth the living, death is worth the dying, because worth gaining. Quick, ye. men of might in the road of life! Your life is more than half gone dreadv. You are going down the hill, mid the shadows begin to fall around you. If you have ought to do before you die, do it quickly. The morning has Hod, mid-day his passed, and the night comcth. Quick, ye aged men, quick. Once you thought three score years to be an endless time, nnd that they could never pass away. They have come, they have gone?man, what have they left? The days of pleasure have past, and the days of darkness are here?have you left any work undone? Have you come to infirmities and trembling, and no preparation for death? Ah. quick, ye aged father and gray bearded sires. Already are the messengers of death beginning to render their services to bring you to the sepulchres of their fathers. With the feeble remnants of existence, struggle for heaven. Work, pray, seek, while life lasts, mercy waits, and God is gracious. Kri.i: for wearing Rings.?For the benefit of the "craft," as the bachelor's say, we copy (hi; following rule for wearing rings, for the special benefit of those ladies who arc desirous of wringing into the affections of young gallants: When a lady is not engaged she wears a ring on her first finger; if engaged, on her second; if married, on her third; and if she intends to rpmnin Iinmam!/") < '>? vi lllllltl A IVU j OIIV wears the ring on her fourth linger. This is tl.c rule hud down in the latest work upon female proprieties that we have seen, and it. appears to. be generally recognised among the sex as one that should be scrupulously observed. There are some young ladies, however, who appear to take delight in wearing a ring both upon the first and the second finger, thus leaving the admiring spectator in some perplexity how to classify then) Others wear a ring upon each linger; and, again, three or four little golden hoops, sparkling with brilliants, may bo seen edging each other On the second?emblematical, probably, of the number of encrn^mf.niv. or triumphs they have achieved during the period of their blooming girlhood. Intercourse of (he Sexes.?Ncnl n.sks the question?"What makes those men who associate habitually with women superior to others. What makor. that woman who is nccustomect and at. ease in tho society of men superior to her sex in general ? Why are the women of France so universally admired und loved for their colloquial powers? Solely because they are in tho habit of frt:e, graceful, and continual conversation with tho other box. Women in this way lose their frivolity; their delicacies and peculiarities unfold all their beau nntl ^ ' ' 1 111 wju ppini oi inici* lectual rivulry. And tho men loso their pedantic, rude, declamatory, or aullen manner. The coin of the understanding and the heart is changed continually. Their asperities are nibbed off, their better materials polished nnd brightened, and their richrtesp, liko fiifa gold, i* wrought into finer workmanship by thd fingers of woman, than it over could bo by thoso of men. The iron nnd steel of the character arc hidden, like tho harness and armor of a giant, nnd studs in knots iC * * * oi goia and precious stones whon they are not wanted in actual warfare." Not much moan Ausuhd than some ok the Temperance measures heriously Proposed.?During the waggery session in the House on Tuesday afternoon, the following resolves were sent to ihc chair, and, having been gravely road by the clerk, were oitlered to bo printed.? /ionton Statesman "Jicsolves for the Purification of the Commonwealth.?Resolved, That tho Governor be. nnd he hereby is authorized, and required to appoint thirty thousand c'llebodied commissioners in t ho city of Boston, and a proportioned number in every city and town in the commonwealth, whose dlltv it. sllrtll tn *1? '-'-1 ^ ? - |/i\yor'iio I.IIC IUUU IIO" stinenc? pledge, so called, with revcrcncc he it spoken, to each and every other inhabitant of the commonwealth, who shall sign the same on presentation, on pain of being forthwith expelled nnked from tho vvuiiuv/1117 Villi; 11 Resolved, Tlint the Governor shall appoint no person ns a commissioner, as aforesaid, who shall not previously have signed and sworn to the said revered instrument. llcsolveil, That the estates of nil persons refusing to sign the said instrument, _V -11 * ~ ~ snaii, upon such refusal, be confiscated to the use of the commonwcn th, and shall thereaftcrwards he distribvtcd among said commissioners in proportion to their zeal in the execution the duty hereby assigned to them. Resolved, Thot the Constitution of the United States, so far as the same applies to this commonwealth, and the constitxition of this commonwealth, are hereby annulled, and that the said revered pledge shall take their place in the hearts of the people. Resolved, That when the Governor omul ue Bimsnca that the commonwealth is effectually purged from nil the recusants above referred to, he shall dcclare that the millenium has arrivec. Resolved, That when the millenium shall have arrived, as aforesaid, the Governor is to declare himself our supreme law-giver and judge, and shall take the name of Moses. Resolved, That our sainted puritan fathers now behold us with enormous satisfaction. Resolved. That our coordinate but not cooperating branch, is hereby extinguished. Resolved, That if the clerk send these rcsoives up lor concufrutfee, he slinll be included among the recusants above-mentioned, and that the resolve for' his pay, is hereby repealed. Redofvcd\ That we won't go home till morning. TlIKY Don't I.IKK THKIR FnKEDOM.?A norrrn fnmiKr fi-Am f t ? ~A1 n- .j ?.vMii viiiciiumu, v/mo, says victoria (Texas) Advocate of the 11th tilt, passed up this morning in a small wagon, on their way to the neighborhood of Scguin. Wo learn that they had been freed some time since by their mastor and have been living at Cincinnati. But preferring slavery to the miserable life of a free negro at the North,they return to request their old master to take them back again and let them live with him. What a commentary on abolitionism! How to no it.?Punch says : Torcsus citate a drowned Yankee, commence fiearohing his -ockets. To resuscitate a drowned L.iglishman, broil a beefsteak under his nose. A Frenchman may dc brought to life at any time by a skilful imitation of a bullfrog In h?? en*. A Spaniard, by applying garlic to his olfactories. Letters Remaining in the PostOHkft'flt Pick*1"' C. H., Quarter ending Slst-Mm-h, 1841>, ^h.Ji ?f not taken out within thre?h$iontb? will he rcui to the I'oit-OlVicc Department o? dead lcttom. T - A -- 1 * * iwnu nnuerson, I Win, HAinUton, Alston liezlay, lira. Mary C. Holland, Mary Capcliart, llcnry JoJuw, Ilichnrd Cottrcll, Daniel Moody, Thomas Carder, Henry Morton, Maxwell Chastain, ? Daniel McKinncy, Richard Doduon, . Mrs. Ann Perry,' Jacob Ellenburg, .Jabcl F. Parks, John Onrret, jMra Mary Rogers, Jesse Hunnicutf,. { Rial Bee. P. ALEXANDER, P. M. May 18, 1849. ?1 St. - |T SOUTH CARORLINA. IN THE C&MMOM PLEAS PICKETS DISTRICT. llcnry Whitmircf, ) Deo. in Attachment. vs. \ E. M Keith John Bishop. ) Pl'ffs Att y. The Plaintiff having this day filed his declaration in my oflico, and* the defendant having neither wife nor attorney known to be in thi* ?n? ???tvwv*i f It ia ordered, that the defendant do appear, nnd plead or demur to th? declaration, within ft year and a day from thin date, or Judgment will bftentered by default. < - ^ W, L. KEITH, c. c.r. Chirk'* Offico, Wl I May 10# 1840. J I i