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VOLUME 6?NO. 27. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAI10UXA, FRIDAY J!OI!XIN<i, NOVEMBER 5, 1858. WHOLE NUMBER 287 j
IM!lUUlllUlJia>WWjjBW4>tyjjPn-lliJnMll?itiJi'i w? r Jtunua mxi
What Constitutes an Engagement ?
A WATKKIMM'I.ACK HISTORY.
Tlie feuillctonisto of tin; Coxror <tfs h'tnts
J'nls, iii his last "Ciiruiii.jiiy ilc Xow York,"' 1
after assert in;; thai the piesont season lias
juoiluc'-l little but common place evi-nts, ;
(bawil'tlcs) gives the following romantic j
watering-place history.
I know a voting man (though the lsi?tory j
does not belong to t!nj present season) who
found himself entailed one line morning,
without any idea >>f such an event. Trite,
In; hail i'irted a ji?>od deal for a wcrk or
more with a bi-au'.il'ul voting blonde, whom !
faslliollrihli! 11!i?jk!i? loi.l s:
1 * iv* o.lldtoga,
Newport, or Sharon, as you will. Tim '
name i-> not of the slightest consequence.
Flirtation, which is not expressly prohibiten
in tho 1 )ocalogue, is a sentimental coin ;
fully current in the United Stales, and its ,
circulation compromises no one. If the j
truth must l?u avowed, it had chanced thai j
our hero one night?<-:ie moonl-ss night? i
enjoyed a conversation at the extremity of a
dark piazza; and this young gentleman,
hy acrid-!it, perhaps, dr?<pp?.*d 1 is head at '
the moment the young lady i:t question
raised hers, tho 1 '!< r to hear wlcit. he said.
Ihit a ki>s half given and half-received, i - |
not a matter <4* such moment as to re psitv '
the sanction <>f mailing".
l?e it known, then, that William (1 s o
no impropriety in calling him William) was j
I ? .11
,.V.lillllCI i ! >' i! i cii.'I Mil v>1 hicll xt
when his partner of the previous night's in- :
tcrview :id;ed him, lihi'hing, if ho thou,h; !
it bf-it to make known their engagement :it
once !
lie ^ave her alouk from which the young 1 ,
liulv inferred that sh<; was ti<>t understood, ; |
and hludiing still more sweetly, repeated r ,
the ijiu^tion. i
William exhibited 110 discourteous surprise,
hut ]>ut on nil appearance which in !i !
cated that lio was undecided whether : u ;
immediate public avowal whs be^t, an 1 then !
managed to have f">nie good reasons for '
postponing tl.? revelation until the close of 1
the season ; nn<l Nelly promised to keep ii 1 j
a profound secret. 1
That night ho retired to his room jiud i
mcuiiate?l various schemes fur extrieatin !
him-elf from his tMubarias>in<'position. i!<1
could admit every plan but, one?thai ui t
marriage. I ;
lie lia'l not JocideJ upon nnv definite
I .
j)!an, when, next night at tlie dance, M:-> ;
Susan 11 , a charming person, who 1 ^
honored liim with a fiienddiip bordering ' ]
upon the sentimental, touched liini lightly | <
upon the arm, aiul sai<!, with a mysterious j e
air: J
"Sir, T congratulate you." J '
"Wherefore lie ashed, but she had al- j ?
ready glided away in the dance. 1 i
The matter required an explanation, and i '
during a hiatus in the music, they went j
aside, and Susan spoke in a serious mood : (
'"Nelly is my best iriend i she has told e
* 1
me all. Oh, you needn't blush so at th:a." v
? I
Iu fact William colored with the idea ! j1
tliat his pretended engagement had already ' j
been circulated among his intimate friends, j <
Ilo did not directly deny it, however, but )
took a method of his own. I '
"Am I really engaged i" he demanded ?'
of Susan. ' x
' A beautiful question to a-k me,*' said ' i
Susan, with the fclighte.it touch of spit**. J?.
"You shall judge my case," said Wil- |
liam.?"Suppose I repealed here what you 1
have heard a hundred times?a thousand
times?that you are beautiful, intelligent ' ,
and accomplished ; that your lij?s the trans- : ,
parent red of the coral; your lock'* the <
black lustre of the raven's wing; your ! ,
neck the trracc of the swan, and your '
'
shoulders the whiteness of his plumage?
w/iiil'l ..II T ? i
?mi?, i a.-iK, constitute an engage- | 1
inetiL between us V' I '
"Not, certainly,"
"And if I should add : Tlio musician | |
loves you for the melody of your voice, tho ! |
painter for tho perfection oT your lineaments j s
the sculptor for tho model of your?of your j y
arms, tho poet for tho expression of your j
glance, the unfortunate for the goodness of j
your heart, the gay fur your wit, and 1 love i j
you for all these, I " t
"Is it true that you liavo said all those *
pretty things to her ?" J
"It is not true. I could not have said it (
without falsehood." . 1
"And you never lie?" !
"Never. If I make such an avowal, does 1
it follow that we aro to become man and
wife ?" ,
"I do not think so." I
"Neither do I. For example, if upon j
juoi. okcii it ingni as tins, i take your hand j
* (the taking of the hand was more than a ,
supposition) and say to you, "O Susan ! do (
yoli not know how long I have loved you ? '
Have you not divined it in my words, full it !
in my^Menco, seen it in iny looks. Then, .
do not wait, accept the ofler of my heart, t
which beats otrly for you ; of my life, which <
lias no other object, if I may consecrate it '
wholly to your happiness!"
"Oh, shame ! shame !" suddenly cricd a j
voice stifled with cfhotion. ,
The two retreated precipitately, seeing t
poor N'*!lv, wlio aUo hurried to her chamber
t?) hide her disappointment and her (my.
I >"fti!ihe'! at tin- di-appoaraneo of her sun|
d a!;i:uic<'<], she had walked out oil the
lark !>:a/.:'. i, hoj.ii>;; to meet him, an 1 arriv.nl
j'i>t in lime to hear his gallant ?|>er?:h. i
"I h avens ! What will site think J" ex- ;
! , . I
claim .'.; Sii^in,
"The truth replied WiMiam.
The nest morning, at breakfast, every |
o:uj was ii.-kiii!f, "Have vou heard the news I
William has broken his eiijia^-inent."' I'nt ,
111< v ?!vfirivi;<l ; for in three inotitlis J
he iiinnifl Mi-s Su.-an II , suul the
!i;?l?i?y j.air arc now in Italy.
Anocrlote of Burke.
Mr. Kvrivtt r< Lit?.- 1 the iii'_j ]>:tth<-lii". !
!??! ? <.|' ivhntiti*! r.ii.Kv, i:i a >i".? cli a!
Sj.sMa-s; ' j
In 'lie <!vr!iiKr of Mr. ISuike'.s !ilV, wh'-n
ho was !i\ :iin . u:>:nt on !i- firm at '
i >i-a?:<?u- !.i, tin; ia:ii<>r went in-: > I! ?n :
that !n- lit! ? -a.- in.:-! ; an I tin: l';.'t that
waol V':'! i:i ?:t ? !* tiii- itint'^r wa^thi!
he vs.-ir ii.i-> [Mik I. iiis <-<r.va:.il
A iii'-ii !, a u: :n < { rank :u;.:
i ::!i.- iiin^ th.s s-t.-ry. ui,i! <li i-min:;
it . U i -.i : i... ti I. h .'i iincci- ,
ii > i. i. Ii:i-i in :. \-i m:i ! !, an.', s.ni^ht
an ~v v?:i., t!. \n..v < ; alainiti;' I
I ii\s t; -.1" . 4 ? ; \ 2 <ttr. I'. i ]!:!?j im ?2i !
v. : i :i v. i . ii i. :i. i :i !. i < . i to him
v !!!(; 4 I;..ill i. . "i.'-'.lvl oil i he
: _ J' Hi, Is I i irnnivi.!v saw. '
:ii.it tii->i.u!i ii. v ti ii' ii;. :.! u.\- v?-i^
:iii( !?ark :<> i > native liu-', tho laitiji of i.
-'ill a:. ! -i:i ivi'ii Kiiiiaiiiihi"!
iif-li1 was nixie than -atiii'.
l a> t ? !:? oh';. 11 <f his mini ihr.vn, '
iii'I in a j?i iv..'*: ia'iivi.'-v with Mi-. !i:itkr
l'ii-I h r what ho lia.l riiai'.' fur. an.! reeuivii!
rijin 1?-r tlii- i :i!!: ""o .Mr. j
iJ'tit; i:Iv < !.:: !. :i v- I !i:? 1 i, .!
IKmvIi ;* l>i *?:: ! !::iil :i I i- |
ip. i :t< h?.i!n; ( .it''1 .i:v):i <>i 1?oxriir- ,
;i:. 1 v. ii.ii !:.?tIt . ;
v> ro Votui:; hi. 1 v:_r- . 'j This ?:v<.ril?> : t
iliiniai v. a*?>f ( tl'.Iiuvl ull*. hv Mr. ,
ii.li!;>', lh?-ta'licr, into the p:u!:, ui'h iliivoiotis
to : !! his si-rvav.'s that li<* -li-'tsKl in
;\'i ry r.-ix-ct ]. I:? :?; ! as :i jiriv:l?.-^-<'l la- .
i<>ri:<*. .Mr. Ilinko <<i n n! ? *, :n In- .
noinit: ;* wriih's, \vi>::id ftc-si ??j? !i> raiv??
.In.* lav- aiiitn il. ' !n ?? ! :?>!? ? a-, ho
\as J , ? !.i~ >1 l?i i. Wa'ic 1! i 1 ?l: _;! i tin- J
mi:, j u.?ivcl the poor ?! ! animal al a
ii-'aiu-.-, an.I i,o!:od thai !i? was iwo-n:/. !
v nun. 1 i:i' Ihumj drew manr :ii;.! nearer
o.Mr. I ?:i: !-: % stopped, rved him with tin*
!<>ok of rwiiiiiii'in, which
aid. as jdainlv as words con: 1 haw said : !
i liavc !.?l him, too;' and t!i *tt liic poor '
luinii lii-.tsf deliberately laid his head upon '
dr. i '.in !vi V 1 ?*>oin ! Strnclv l?y tin; muijti- v
ui:v of :!i-orcunvnee, .struck l?y ti.o io- 11
..> i - i i i
. ... - t.i'u v/* ?**.-? rw.tj ii<; na<i nuv^r lea-od
to mourn wilh a g>ief, that Would t
lot ho eoinfoi'ed, overwhelmed bv t!t-.- ton- 1 n
liri tK-ss of the animal, expressed in tin; mute s
!o<juoih:o of holy Nature's u:,iwr.?al lan- i
;uat;<\ the illustrious statesman for a ino- :i
notit lost his self possession, and, clasping j t
lis arms around die neck of his sou's fa- j i!
orito animal, lifted ui> that voice, which ;
las caused the arches of Westmini-kT Hall !
o echo the noblest strains that ever sound- ' (
1 within them, and wept aloud! This!"
vas seen, this was heard by the passers by, ! '
md the. enemies of Uuike, unappeased bv i v
lis advancing years, by his falling health, j r
>y his dome.-li(! sorrows. made it tin- ^rou.id i "
if a i-Iiar/'1 of iu-^anirv. I!i:r!;.; jjone, said e
dr. Kv. iv!?, bat it' 1 wens call 1 i;p<>n ( > r
le.'ijjnatc the event. <.r t!; period in liurke's ; .N
ife that would h-'st sustain a ehar^o of in- 1 a
aai'.y, it would not b.i when, in a >j:u-Ii of
lie purest feeling that ever .stirred the liu- i
nan heart, is.- wept aloud on the neck of a t
lead son's favorite hoi>e. : |
? ?mt> c -C^- | j
Ami-.si:m!:.vis ok tmk Snmors.?Everv :i
. 1:|->S < if men '.lave sotiw '<
Ileitis to which they arc :i! tacllfd. WIi.it i.- 5
Viuxuliiiii it) one, \> probahly labor ! ; an- '
>ther. A 111:111 who litis lx'.-n C'-f.'iin'il to <111 j
>llico eh-sir all day, wl:-n lie wishes to di- j
,*ert himself, takes walk a mode ofenjoy- |
iKMit quite alien to the notions of an u 11 lor- j
unate penny postman. Amusements con- I
>ist pi'.r.cipal'y in the excitement w hich tlio ,
ni'*..t experiences frotn a change of ideas, |
nxl it is on this account that we so frequent- !
y find men taking pleasure in pursuits !
vhicli appear entirely foreign to their usual
taints ami occupation:*. Tims we see the
liveliest intellects delighting in trilles. Ageiilaiis
diverting his chikhen ami himself
villi riding on a slid:, ami Koipio picking
ip shells on the h-;i shore. This seems to j
tu the reason why our poets do tiul carry j
oetry into life, and why should a discre- j
lanc.y exist between their biography and I
heir verses. Literary men are often ud- ,
licted to amusements which have nothing
titellectual about them. Their object is to
et their minds lieJ'ullnw, as a member of
lie agricultural committee would ex pre? 5
linisulf. mi l tlicy delight to abandon themselves
to pleasure in which there is 110 was 4o
A' thought.
A Man Known rv iiis Comi-anv.?The
luties of a police oilicer sometimes led hi in
o a gambling-houso. There ho recognised '
,hc bookkeeper of a hank among the will- j 1
icrs and losers of tlie gaming-table. " It 1
ooks had," said the oflieer to himself; "thjf.t '
nan is rotten at the core." Ho went to
ino of the bank directors and said, "Yon>- '
bookkeeper is not lit to bo trusted, ho visi: s> 1
he gaming-table." Tho director shook hi t
lead. "Itcan't be; wc have confidence i.;i
jim." Thinking, however, it was uotsnffe t
o disregard tho warning of the oilicer, th 8 <
lirectors gave an entire overhauling of the I
lO'airs of tho bank, and found tho book:- 1
jeepor had defrauded them of forty thou t- i
mil dollars; which, by false entries on 'Aw
jooks, he had blinded tho eyes of the ?liucIoi'h
from seeing. A man i& known by I
be company he keeps.
.. -..I.
I i-'.-' -v ; 'm-t-m .nm-.y-M ji.j.r.r > r:Tr;am*j-ajm.mnrwz.r->
The Dying Wife.
J5V COKNi:i.lA K. DA I'ON'l'B.
Yw. '.'"tiie p.:i>1 f.. I liow i:i>M ilm liaml
Tint soon will l?o;
(":? ;> t.ic ostco ?m>re i:i tiv omlirnoo,
1 :ru yd. wil'i I!
'J'! I'jis :iri' inii!i' 'a hili- <ci my 1 ?{ ? w
TliV ItiiiMinsr f-nrs lal! I'i-i ; j
1 lia'li no j a:i.*> w!ii!t-Mm-, t!i\- nvim i
Arotiml my I--:m arc cast.
All. f.?r in 11iy i vcs tin; liirlit
Fa-Ion wit li llio t":?. 11 ittr <Iav ;
I j?in my ii]>i I lie ia~) i'ainl .ii .Ii
'l lial Ikmi'a my *"??mI a'.vav.
V. iial lli'itiyii Iifir's IV-<Mi; piil-c <li-.? out,
-\:t.! i!-atli ami ila'.'?ni'*s oiinir?
.No >li?ilows i!im I In: i.-lli-riul "itvs
< 'I our t-liTiial IkMno.
r.ay. v,-. ji ii.it, are all in vain ;
i'i-iiM wm-.i i:' 1 i.ar ?
ll? vi\. tli!-. -iu'.ii.^r f-.nii :t ai;i
I > s.i :ii.?i ! i! nr.. y>-1:>,
I \\ >ti: 2 lit>L \ ::sV r-'I ray
1 ill- V...V V.i.i !i lil- V pilK*,
'i'-> liiiii :l.- wittt 1 in* v. M ::.i i j ro:: l,
Wl It:y- I:':.'
?iiy !.J
V.' ! r.\ I' !:i . : > wa.-ic
Vs. ? ii ?. -i!.l
'! ii ' '' a !. .. ! : : ! :i< > r
\. .: v : 'i v. c 11 i
. . ' ;r:. r l!i -i i-f.-iv,
I
Star ft!.- .! !i: in
Ai l ,:v. i:- ! ;.!.?.
tliiii-- s'tni ' u 1. s -1 lament J ,
l lis- .hi:. :: lit.
!'!!: ;.!! y?. ir i ) i.-- rotm.l my
111-.- \v.- fur-. . | a*. ; I I
f..i i !i filvv. i! r:i.1i:llie<J siivl
Ar.''i:..i my i: _
V. \\t .mm; -ti: : Viijtjmj:!' -4 < ! ,
'"i'i !;< :.! . :v:i! \ at, New Y?>rl;
,villi 1 in; I'C- llv?l I:-' 1- lV"!n I lie A tI
- i in: i I' ! i i- iVi l.N V?lii< Ii l'?: ! !nn !!,
'< li.J V/'-ell t li?? OM a I 1 1.11 Xi.-W i
A"?i it iv a Wir" ??t" lii; 1
f \v:ir, I nit Ii i I i I-i i and Ain.riaii, liave 1? . n !
ii j1 in ujivi .i' i<Mis ai:Ii? r <1 i-t i:.ct !V i
in: <>: 'I int.-sit iu:i 11Ii ?;.?t ? uhleli
.- it.-t; in.-tcl them. J'.y a ctirni::.-; ?-.?i?io:?"!. i?<.-*? <
llio Ms?e? vvliit-li was eaj>t:u\ 15.v* >: v
'ii'i.i tin- !Ji : ! !i a mi', t. : an-aiinarv navM
>:t" ! , was v? ! toeoiivey f.to '
kl:tj-vty"s -1ar\ i:; j . -i*.' -.-t~ i:i I:v!a:i'l. T!io '
" 1.11 1 >l.it -.-lit ?ir:c ?-! their i::i. * IV:
h-; S'? J.;iwiv:.< ?!<> convey l\?r the 1
iV?>r!J"s I'nii- at !. :i>n. Tlic iairara, a .-till 1
i ::< !' v.--- 1, !ia- lai-1 lia'f tin- telegraph 0 .' !< , '
t rnii>{'or: ?. !: !i" -lavi s taken i": >mi i I
o . \ : li?*: l. '1 in* !?r;l; li A-llioi :il* y I* ?:i i??.-?I three '
-is i ? a.?if t in t!ui cahlo enterprise, ui.il ??r.? '
if them?t!..- <;<>! *<> ;?i.s i.niv ciitwtjcil in Inrt ' 1
.iijir ittij "itant .-::i v(.-ys lo niil shipmasters in 1
In: navii'.'ilion ol' the Atlantic. Time wiii when ! j
laval ofiiecrs wnuM have ileuiurivil to tali in-' .
... , ? i 1
crvicc isi "pcralions wli sell partook more or i
. 1 \
ess ofii commercial character ; hut. now thev ! ;
>re anxious to ilo so. The fact oniv shows
: 1
hat the most conservative institution:} must i j
;ivo way to the j'fo.'rc ; of tho jijre.
Ti:t: Naval 1'i.vi:::m; 15 ??"Attorney '
enerai Ilia.;]; has pivparel :r.i c'..hor.i' : opi- 1
io:i, in which he announces tiie entire proc?-<- 1- '
in.'s of the Naval Retiring Hoar 1 ii hiril ami '
'oi?l. l.'nJer this opinion, the LYcsiilelit will |
est ore the whole lis*, of retired and dropped |
5. 11 _ . . i
'incurs. j our 01 in?*t:s will lie lj:o;i_;iit !?^I _
. in Is-mart i:il t j answer eharir-.s to bo j.i-..r- I ,
'Jin: a'novo i- nil aiiiioiiiiouioiil hi :i c.
Cow York j ;?] *-? , a;i ] is entirely wrong. The i
etion nltho N-ival Ii--t :i*iti _f Il'Mr l, in I!jf
owral iin]i\Miul has h--eii examine.! I,
hu Attorney (Jenoral, aiel as l.-;al :i-!vi el'of' i
lie I'resi.loiit, lie has ^ivcii <i]>iiiii>:is ||rtoii{-(.>ii i c
. it wo arc assiiii'l ihal hu decisions .In nwi r
ii\i>Ivc any suoli broad ground as thai Plated j \
hove.? 1! >'':i'jl'ju Star.
(;<>!.iat;i <?! (;.\ri!.?The following account of ;|
his giant is extracted from ".Malcolm's iJible [ (
>ietionary "(loliath "f f?ath was eleven feet 1 |
bur inches in height ; his brazen helmet |
vcijjhcd fifteen pounds; his target or collar |
llixed between his .shoulders I<j defend his (
leek, about thirty ; his spear was twenty-six (
eel lung, and weighed li fly pounds, its head r
veighing thirty-eight; his sword forty : his \
[reaves on his leg*, thirty; ami his coat of c
nail, one hundred and thirty-six ! Making in i s
ill, two hundred an-.l twenty-three pounds." ] 1
I'i:i:nci! Foiuivumtion-s.? Louis Xapol.-an tic- j
nands new sums for the completion of the do- s
eiices of Cherbourg, and for additional fort illiniums
at various points of the empire. Itis
:et tain that, w In: t Iter t lie emperor con templates
m aggressive movement n^ainsl foreign conn- ^
l ies or not, he will make his own impregnable.- '
I'he internal quid of France seems nt present *
o he profound. One of the lie 1 Uepiililiran 1
'efujjes of London is out ia a letter, availing'*1
he literary men of Franco for their politieiil '
ipathy, nnd expressing much disgust at the i (
H'chciiL placid slate of the public mind. In!'
he mean time, the Km pi re continues to move ! j
m with majesty and power, and France wields j
he acknowledged autocracy of tho continent, j '
An Aivrrri. IKn-or.u.?A Into English paper I
"lutes that one evening a young man hail just 1
ittcd on u pair of new hoots in a shoe store, S
>vhen a rough looking fellow stepped in and >
itruek hint a blow upon the heail. s
"Would yon stand that I" said the customer '
o the storekeeper, who, by the way, is known <
A) be fond of sport. i
'That I wouldn't" ho replied. 1
The young man, thus encouraged, started af- 1
Let- his assailant, and ho must still bo in full '
diasc, i.8 neither ho nor the boots have since
been recognized in Nottingham. It is needless
Lo say'that the new boots were not paid for, '
and a pair of old one* were left behind.
Why is an old chair, that has a new
bottom put to it, like a paid bill ? Because !
it is w-scalcd (receipted.) . (
w>nnui^iwi nr wi.'g'tiii^i'rwwmiwi .ihiwuiium
A Curious Reminiscence.
Tile Savannah .Y< ic-i ropie.s (lie account
|)iil>!i-lieil in thy l.'iiion of Winant Siren;!',:
ats<! remaiks :
Tin; ai.nvo ca'N to n'lr r.ihn! a thril.in^
reuse \vIs ? !? we ! t>:i the t :n
jioi: iej ol'ihe C.sjiitul in tin: whiter of 1
\\!."ii an atteinjit v. a- 11i:i<!I?y a:i in ::i.<
111:111, hv tin: name of I .awr> lie.', to n-N inale
< i -!i?-r.?! .fack-on. It wt;on
Cei.nof l!i-fu:n 1-ai of 1! r?. V.':irr< 11
vi<, of Si!;:!i Carolina. The ftn.i-.i j :.
ee~--i'i!i, in which wi-re the I'r< ut :t:: 1
h<':n!s of tl'-jiailus'-nt-. !' .1 /u mini ! ; , < natois
an l 1 j?re>?*jira*ive-f \\a j.a >in^ tVos:i
the I {allot* - uln'ivi > to th-' ia.-?<t:i,
poitiuo. ?m-ii. .!ark-on, leaning on tin: a:u:
ol lion. Levi Wotjiihniv. th< 11 :? <t? '.arv of
State, was near th<> h.-a-l < f the ]>; cv -i n.
tnijii' !:a'?-!y iti the re;1.:-of i]? ni>>iii n--! -,
aniou^ Uik.iii wvre pevi-ral !a-lie< of Mr.
! >a\family. \\ !i a th<; moiirne: ha-l
k aeln.-i! l!io j> an : jti-?t ;u t! I '; < iil'
iil jia- ! ...ti: of n . .r ! !iv;
I., I ; I iU.ni I j: I !. >i !;
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i.iiii ! ii; ' i v. w i::i w.-i.!
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i '..is I.:.-! jy v:u.-: ! a i i .-.v
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tii-.t 'it v.:.- ]>r. !. a o.:i-;>:k:i:v.
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i ri- ii-> ! >;!< I?. .i:i ii.>- j
iir.>, ::i .i i i.i, <i :i ;:i..i;i..n t-i
It) V .. litl j.'.-l'.i -n !. i : it. i !.
I ! m-i.Ii-.* |iia? nl? <1 v\:.- is: . '. ir'r.
i !is :.:i ; t^:. i * <:. :.:..:!. i i..n !,
i U'.j . v i i-i' I i. ii ! 1 i . a .!n
i ::11::y, 1.:;11i .ii\ '1.': ; .;: ! i!,
i': : : tit. i- : .i. :-t < ;y . :t:t
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it;* 1 liici;. I *: i ? u. i;t?>: v. :s !i:t 1 T:?*; :i
::::: i:t c-t-Iu !y ! ? j v : !;..u !'i 111 Kin:;
:il- i ul \ ~ ?u;l> " iit:> 1<: a ustj-.l
:wv-:l and impie?!ve .-] clnclo. Tin* serI
it ins 11:1viui?;!!? ?v ! ill : j>i !
>i 1'r w:.: s...iii the f.iiteral ?jl?
v.. r.-< I:; !. .!.
< >a iuv.. it i.-a it v.lhal 1
v:u-e W:.s a:i iaaaj w!.o had been
:n!?.iii*_; :ib<ut the capituS f >r several days. ;
In 1::-- own .-!-.ry, ! ? toas laboliii^
iiider 11:i:ir i.a!i::cinati?:ii ilia" lie was
he li^lilftil ht'.r to Ihe crown of < in at 1 Itiain,
and :!<;>: his > ! je?t in ki!!i:iij < ioji. ' . k- j
ii wa< ti. t he insist obtain command of
!;e I 1 Sl:.!<s a: my and navv, wish
\liicii In- intended lo >n-c his ri^ht, to
!:<: 1'ritidi tlironu. Tl is tithat Law
cue", like Sironjj, was a carpenter by trade. ,
'i'lic pistols used on tiio oeca>ion wore ;
ar^e horse j?i-tu!s, which wore found to be : i
icaviiy loaded. 1 lie weather at l!tc time ; ,
vas fo^iry ami damp, and the pi.-tols hav- ,
been loaded fur several days and k pt j ,
u !iis cm]) !!tei's cli? s!, wiii'.e lie was .".wail- i ..
iiij a favorable opportunity for lite aceoinili.-diiueutof
liis purpose, the powder in the
ttbes li.i 1 ab-orbed fiulilcient moisture tj
ueveiit ignition from the caps. To that <
i t .. i > i . . >
itiuil*.*, lilKHtl 1 I'tA-lUl'lKM1, UlC 1
onntry owed tin: preservation ofthe life of
'resident Jack->on.
Yam i: or L::aj>i::?: in 'm M.iikx Timhs." '
? lit the days of Jack C ide l?-w eouU iva*1, ;
Xf?-pt tlinio who wcio actually ;:i >! ; )>, or \ '
dtioat-d fur tii.it ].ui]? ! <(. ; so tii.it if a ; rDti
wa. air..:-:;' '1 bef'.'o a l,:npuial j'i !_r- ' |
or any distil* h<* jiHiii-liu.' iit wli'^rcoi v.as j
Icatii) !.?. in ;"'it ::T hi* e'er ; that Was '
i) have i.atin !?ib!rt i: a !*!:. !: /hv ;
in'.rat i<-r, tlciivci-. ! to liii.i; and if he c jtii*i
?.*a*l a ['-i-sacjo whore t! j j:i 3 j-*. app ?!nled, :
kliicli was generally in t!? _ iValins, the or- j
liitaiy, or his <.!?.?>*ity. who stood near, said, '
fjil lit ch rifi'.::, tli.it is, ho eouM read like i
i clerk or scholar, ami tlio crisuin.al was an- !
[iiiltel as being a man of learning, who! j
night tliercfuro be useful to (In* public: if. : J
lov.evcr. lie conM not road, l;e stifi'erod ?
U*at!i. This privilcgo was gran tod in all i
lili jiccs, except high treason and sacrilege, |
r.itil alter tlm year 15:10; and it was ear- j
ied to such a:i extent, t!i;it it" a criminal ,
r:;s condemned at one assize, l?; cau-?e ije ! '
:ould not read, mid was reprieved to the |
iihv<|ucnt assize, he might again claim this j j
lentlil, either at that lime, or even under j i
lie gallow's tree, and it* he could then rea<l, ,
10 was pardoned, of which there was an in
tanec in the reign of Queen KHxabcth.
Stia/rx/irurc a. Lawyer. \
Tkuksou'i ion.?Irresolution is n hahit
vhieh creeps upon its victim witlj a fatal |
aeility. It is... nut vicious, hut it leads t<> j
icf, an-1 many flfe^inc heart has paid tLe !
)enalty of it at lh(jTfc?i)'i?ld. Trilling as it | '
ippcars iu tlie waVerTO* steps of the yonn?j, j
is thev grow older i:s lot in changes to that J
if a hideous monster, wiiieh leads thorn to i
leslruction with their eyes open. The idler,!
lie spendthrift, the epicurean and the druu
card, are among its victims. lVrhajs in I
lie latter, ip* effects appear in the nto>l hid- !
otis form, lie knows that the goldet which j ,
le is about to drain is poison, yet ho swal- |
o\vs it. i Ic knows, I6rthe example of thou;ands
lias painted it in glaring colors, that I '
t .will doaden all his faculties, tako the |
itrongtli from his limbs and (lie happiness j
Voni his heart, oppress him with foul distasc.and
hurry his progress Co a dishonored
(rave, yet lie drains it under a species of
headlal spell, like that by which small
:rcatures are said to approach and leap iuo
the jaws of the loathsome serpent, whose
lendisli eyes have fascinated them. How
beautiful and manly is that pow6r by which
lie re-iulnto man pastes unmoved througli
ho dangers.
? One of llie finest writers says, that the
'nightly dews comu down upon us like
blessings." Jlow different the daily duoo
L'omo down upon Uo theso haul tinier!
mm ixi.wmnimuna wm? ? -1?p?n?w?i
AfT-'Ctinff Sccno in CourtTin;
(,:ti<*!ini::ti (lazcttt: <;f the rjf'tli nil.,
irivrs a <l? <? !m of thy |>tlire; of a I'll- :
wift- in that ri'.v, an.I a sul -? <i:n?iil j
l<?u?-!:!si^ n-ciic Lvf.-i'j ll' magistrate. It j
says:
It ajiTiTtr- that tlio cM<t l-rotlor of a '
fma'iy t> -<i:mr i:i Najii^s, Italy, niariivil a
\.ifo ' !>-i;!.'y i . ?r. ami she !> ?-a?::i
t!:-in ill's ilarlin^." J.';!; ? }.! !11?.-*?I
'"have no fii<Mi'!s liiat \vi-ro not
lowis," ami with jmiiilcil t.? his wil'.,
atnl t!i:u!'; Ikt Ii:~> t i?]?!?; ??!' l"Vuti<-a, uiori.iii'^f
ami t-v*x?i!:i all evil hour a yoTui^nr
l-io'h- r, Mi. l. < l Aii-.'cl-) < ;iilo, lonkcil with
loviii." i-vi ; lijMfti hi> sistt-r-in-law, aii'l f lu- i
was \vmi ft >m her alli-u'atice lo Ikt lor-i.?
rin' guilty is.tir iiiaih- li:?-:r c--:i;>" to thi- !
c uutiy, l:i :iLt111*^ with tln ai a littln <i.-ni^Iit'-:\
ami ha\i:;_j tin: i.i;-!>:.mi ami I wo iiitSc
>ii I!. r ?J: ! ! Italian ! ?i511 Ii"
:i:i i lis- lair cu:t:j'.i:;i<in ( imic*
!>> < :v s i:::c 11: >*:'.!: . '< (l' 1
:i ? . 1: 11V > a M ?: 11 r<vl.
! :i l ii in! :!,< l;-:-l.aiM l.-nrn .1 il.-ir
v. .! . aai l:i!::i: - hi; Iv.o
! ys a Ii tin. ! ') for Uia<-:av.a;i, :irJV
i11 ^ a .] IV ??r t v.> ? <.?. Ho
tis" pair, :;si 1 :::i !<?: !
v. if- >0 to h>.r aS'? ^'aMi-o, ! it to
a - ; :i !i wa-. !t\-lv!v ?-i : 1 1-y
. ' !l V. 1 ! : !, t, :'!: ! a ia ! l - nil.
1 ;!w::? ai< . 1 for a.'.u'.u-iy <>a 'i';.. 'ii.!'.
f; ?'??? !i:
y : 1 y, but ir.itUia] frivii i> in'. r!V n;?|.?
i i.i.i it,' I.r. wlin !
j ;ii!?-! ?11 i I lay - !."??
v.::i 1 !:" i-. ,v...v v. /.. v-> -a the .
: ! r . v.:-:; ; < ' ir <Jo-.v?i !.i'
1 >!.-. . I Ii on i 1 i-^ !.!: > ;<i 1.;":ra
\ . 'i i a : > l>o s::ii: v ciim-! ( ! !: !v.
i.p I;:. 11 o:. laoro a !i*-:tv? 1 <>t
j.! ;r.j* i i<-i 1 \?V
i'.ic | ! . .r ! l;s ai.<l t- ars r.f I!.* ?::?! ?
i !: i ! a.- i!i<? l'.i lit-r in '
Ills S 1!IVT : '! i {?. !; 'is joint:.-V. Tii'TO N.ia
1 ' ".(. ' ii l!ii- | n..i*v f?r ? :::? ! ?? '
a :;iii!-?. '!!: w11?-.-*:v.-> 1. tin: '
i.'i-n ! i. fi ! .1 oh-.li- ?
:u :.:. l all < ::i!.:i1, ai. ! -lii ptcvailo].
.li-i.n!'--! io r< linn to 1::?*v v.itli hur
"!'!?<; jfH:liv brother < ?.!: -? !i:*11 to
i .-iy tins to^ts at < 1 1.v. ver s iVe. the hiinbait<l j
: .ok his mi a-.vav \viio ttiion his arm, ami
i.i-. 1 >y the hati I, ami !? !;. thecoiirtloom
oveij ivol with iii> rccowrc-l ti.-as- '
n. S!:;it he :n-t;i:;i!y ki>v-i the haixls of a
f.i-ii l who li.i l U:> ii iu:iis:Iy it?>tniii?: lital
:n tciir. about a cni.s :11;r11:i'i ;i of hiI?
.- ir.i'!>r mioIi j>eou!i.ir <lr?:iiin-t:?i.e *
'1 here i. roiiiMutc in this i?,
tii:vari.i-!i--l tak*," to form tins l>:i>is of a !
now!. A man who woul 1 folio.v a iiiua-,
w ay wife fn.ni Italy. ai;<l then ln '4 of hr*r
on his hue- s to a<v? j>' his | ivllereJ lor
give:;1- -, ?.!< riv. s a b?U. r wifi\
iV uavcie'l I .'ill.lull l;l IV gives tlie lollow- !
in:; inei l.-ni, among others to a circle of ;ul- ,
inning friends on her return from America.
'I \v:i a dinin' haboard a !ir.st-ehiss steam- !
boat on tiio Jloeigho river. The gentle- j
men mo on my right was a South- i
Gincr, ami th<' gentleman on inv left was a
Xotherncr. Well they gets into a kind of
!i-.ciiv-ioii 011 the haholiliou <pic?t!ou, when
?onie 'igh words liariz :
'1'Ii a-:.' to retract mi-,' sai.l the Southerner, j
'Won't <!o it,' said the Northerner.
'I'ray, nia'um,' ami the Southerner said, >
v.ili you have the goodness to lean back in 1
your chair.' j
'With the greatest of pleasure said I, not \
Ic'iOw'in' what was couiin. When what ;
loismy giiitlcioen do but whips out a 'oss j
|?i>t:! as long as my harm, and shoots mv
[ ft '.-.n 1 neighbor dead. Uut that wasn't
:il* for the bullet comiu' out of the left loin- i
[>!'_ v.i/,in !< d a lady in the side. .She buttered
on'orrSliek scream.
'l'l/ii my word, ma'am,' said the South- ;
r-rn<-r. 'y??u needn't make so much noise:
dxi'.it it, for 1 did il by mistake.'
"And w:i< jii-tiro done the murderer?'!
:i>ked a horrific 1 listener.
'lliustau'.lv, dear madam,' answered Miss j
L
T!ie cabin passengers set right to work j
.... II I. . I I 1 "
CI.I |_\ m-.m u 11)111. I I ley llllg 1111 III I lie I
lamp chains, hover the diuin' table, anil then J
finished the dessert. I hit, for my part, it j
juito spoiled my happi'tite.'
phtimr.N'c:: in Wivi:.s.?Two weeks j
-into wo wero riding in tlie cars when a i
^eutkmau came and spoko to a lady <!i- ;
rcctlv in front of us, who was heated beside
:i sickly man, whom wo thought was her i
lin hand. Tha conversation turned upon ;
lhe health of hor companion, who was cvi- J
Jeiiliy a consumptive.
La-t. winter,' said she, 'I went to Kansas j
with him. The Winter before we spent i
in Florida; and no\y we are thinking of;
iviiiovii?2T to Wisconsin or Minnesota, for j
the hem lit of his health.
The gentleman oxpiessod some though's
relative to her hardships in thus going J
away from her home and traveling so much
nbroad.
(>!' she replied, 'I do not mind that at
nil if he can only regain his health. I like
Xew England better than any other part of
the country, for it is home; but L am wiling
to live anywhere lor his Mike.
Her husband made no remark as he henrd
those words, but volumes were in his eyes.
The incident, however, did not particulaiiy
impress us until we stopped at a station
about half an hour afterward. Then a
friend entered the ear and fn?.L- ? c?..? t...
our-side. lie was troubled with a bronchial
and lung difficulty of some years' standing.
In course of conversation wo recommended
a rosidenco in a certain Western Statu, to
which ho replied, in substance :
'I should have been I hero months ago if
my wife had been willing to go. But all
her friends .are hero in Massachusetts, and
no consideration could iudnco her to Icavo
for a residence so far away.'
Wc looked at onco fit the slranger woman,
whoso conversation we have ciled.
'Noble wife,' we said. 'One of a thousand,
doubtless, in this spirit of self-denial for her
husband** sake.'?There is certainly a great
diil'crcnco between theso two wives,
Thrilling Adventure.
The following thrilling sketch is from an
Kngli->h Magazine:
,-l .ithcr will have done the great chimney
lo-tu^! t, won i. he mothersaid lillle Tominv
I lo'.vanl. as In-sin...1 f.? t.:..
la'h -i'r. breakfast which lie curried to Iiitu
at his wiul; every morning.
"lie said In; Impel that all the scaffolding
would bo down to night," answered the |
in..:hiT, "and that'll be a line sight ; for 1 j
never liked the ending of those great ?:!iiin j
li'-ys; it is ?o risky, for father to he the last
ul';\ |
then, hut I'il go and reek him, and
help '<111 t<> give a .shout afore he comes
down," said Tom.
"An I then," continued the mother, "if all
goes on right, we are to have a frolic tomorrow;
and go into tin; country, and lake
our dii.n and spend ail the day in the
wood-."
"Hurrah cried 1'om, as lie ran oii" to
itis father's place of w.t: k, with a can of
milk in r>no hand and some hread in the
n'h'T. Ills mother stood .".t the door,
\va"eli'ng him as he went merrily wiii.slling
iv. ii t!ie .street, and she thought of the dear
fit her lie was going to, and the dangerous
v. >:!. !: : win cii^.T^?l iii; and then lier
h< :iit sought its >nr<- ivfuge, and s!i<: prayed
to ; ! Ill pVotrrt tillil bh\-S llCT 1 IVaSUIVS.
Tom with a li^Kt heart pur-ued liis
way ! > hi-, father, and leaving liim hi.s
bivakfa-t went to his own work, which was
at Koine distance. In the evening, on his
way home, lie wont around to seo how his
father was getting on.
James Howard, the father, and a number
of i.ther workmen, had heel) building one of
thor.e lofty chimneys, which in our great
manufacturing towns almost supply the
place of other architectural beauty. The
chimney was of tlie highest and most tapping
that had ever been elected, and as Tom
shaded his eyes from t!io slanting rays of
the setting sun, looked up in search of his
father, his heart almost sank within him at
the appalling height. The scalluld was almost
down ; the men at the bottom were
removing the Ia^t beams and poles. Tom's
father r-t Mill alone at the top.
lie the n looked around to sec that everything
was right, and then, waving his liat
in the air, the men below, answering him
with a long, loud cheer, little Tom shouting
as loud as any of them. As their voices
<!:? >! away, however, they heard a different
sound, a cry of alarm and horror from above.
'The rope! the rope!" The men looked
around, and coiled upon the ground, lay
the rope, which, before tho scaffolding was
removed, should have been fastened to the
chimney, for Tom's father to come down
by! Tho scaffolding had been taken down
without remembering to take the rope up. 1
There was a dead silence. They all knew it
impossible to throw tho rope up high
enough, or skillful enough to reach the top
of th-: chimney, or if it could, it would hardly
bo safe. They stood in silent dismay,
unable to give any help or think of any
means of safety.
AiiJ Tom's father. IT : walked rounil
and round the little circle, the dizzy height
seemed more and more fearful, and the
solid earth further and further from him.
In the sudden panic he lo>t his presence of
mind, and his senses failed him. lie shut
his eyes; he felt as if the next moment ho
must be dashed to peiccs on the ground below.
The day parsed as industriously as usual
with Tom's mother at home. She was always
busily employed for her husband and
children in some way or other, and to-day
she had been harder at work than usual,
getting ready for the holiday to morrow.
She had just finished her arrangements,.and
her thoughts were silently thanking God
for the happy home, and for all these blessings
of life, when Tom ran in.
His face was as white as ashes and he
could hardly got his words out: "Mother !
mother! he cannot get down."
"Who, lad? thy father?" asked the
mother."
"They havo forgotten to leave him the
rope," answered Tom, Btill scarcely able to
speak. Tho mother started up, horror
struck, and stood for a moment as if paralyzed
; then pressing her hands over her
face, as if to 6hut out tho terriblo pictnro
and breathing a prayer to God for help, she
rushed out of the house.
"When she reached tho placo where her
husband was at work, a crowd gathered
around the foot of tho chimney, and stood
quite helpless, gazing up with faces full of
sorrow.
"lie says he'll throw himself down."
"Thco rnunnn do that, lad," cried the
wife with a clear hopoful voice; "theo
munim do that. Wait a bit. Take off thy
stocking, lad, and unravel it, and let down
tlio thread with a bit of mortar.?Dost thou
hear me, Jem ?"
The man mado a sign of absent; for it
seemed as if lie could not speak?aiid taking
o(l' his stocking, unravelled the worsted
yai ii row after row. ?Tlio people stood
around in bruutbU&t silcucc and bu*pcusc,
~ ^^1 | I I I I I I I II ! | |
wondering wliat Tom's mother could bo
thinking of; and why sho sent him in such
haste for the carpenter's ball of twine.
"Lot down ono end of thread with a bit
of stone, and keep fast hold of the other,"
cried sho to her husband. The littlo thread
came waving down the tall chimney, blown
hither and thither by the wind, but it reached
the out-stretched hands that were waiti.i^
for it. Tom held the ball of twine, while
Ins mother tied one end of it to the worsted j
thread. * '
"Now ]?ull it slowly," cried she to licr ' a '
liti-b.md and she gradually unwound the
string fast, "and pull it up," cried she, and
thu string grew heavy and hard to pull, for
Tom and his mother had fastened a thick ' *' f
rope to it. Thoy watched it gradually and &
' slowly uncoiling from the ground, as tho /
| string was drawn higher.
There was hut one noil loft. It had
| reached the top. "Thank God! thank
j God !*' exclaimed the wife. She hid her
: t'.ice in hei hands in silent prayer, and tretn!
hling, r?'j??icei!. Tho iron to which it should
' be fastened was there all right?but would
j her husband be able to make use of it??
i Would not the terror of (ho past hour so j?,
j have unnerved iiim as to prevent him from ^
tnkinsr the necessary measure for his safety ?
" " t
She did not know the magical influence A "*"?
| which her few words had exercised ovcr^
j him. She did not know the stron^lh^hat Uje
i sound of her voice, so calin anil steadfast ^ .
| had filled hii.i with?as if the little thread V"
that carried him the hope of life once more, " M ..
I had conveyed to him some portion of that ,
| faith in (Sod which nothing ever destroyed t 7 ' I*
i or .shook in her pure heart. She did know '
! that as she waited there, the words camo
I over him, 4'\Yhy art thou cast down, O my
soul, why art thou disquieted within me? v
hope thou in God." She lifted her heart to
(iod for hope and strength but could do
! nothing more for her husband and her heart
. . ?.*
turned to Cod, and rested on hiin as on a
rock.
There was a great shout. "lie's safe.
! mother, lie's safe !" cried little Tom. * '
* *
"Thou liast saved my lif<?7 my Mary, said
her husband, folding her in his arms.
"But what ails thee? thou seemcst moro
sorry then glad about it But Mary could
not speak, and if the strong arm of her husband
had not held her up, sho would have
fallen to the ground?the sudden joy after
such great fear had overcome her. "Tom,
let thy mother lean 011 thy shoulder," said
his father, "and we will take her home."
And in their happy home they poured forth
thanks to God for his great goodness, and
their happy lifo together felt dearer and
holier for the peril it had been in, and tho
nearness of the danger had brought them
unto God. And the holiday next day?
was it not indeed a thanksgiving day.
^ -?
A Good Day.?At the laying of the'
corn?r-stono of tho New York State Iuebri1
ate Asylum, at Bi nghampton, Mr. Evorett,
wuo Happened to bo present, was called
upon for some remarks, from which the following
arc extracted :
"I have heard from one friend and another
this morning?kind enough to pay his re'
spccls to me, knowing on what errand I had
j come -I have heard from one and another the
| remark that he was sorry wo hadn't a good
; day. It was, it is true, raining in the morning.
But it is a good day, notwithstanding
therain. The weather is good. Not good
weather, sir? Ask the farmer, into whoso
grains and roots there remains some of its
i moisture, to be driven by to-morrow's sun.
i Ask the boatman, who is waiting for hit raft.
! to go over tho rapids. Ask the dairyman dfid
' tho grazier if tho rain, even at this season, is
I not good. Ask the lover of nature if it is
not good weather when it rain#. Sir, ono
may see in Europe artificial water works,
j cascades, constructed by the skill of man nt
1 an enormous expenjio?at UUatsworth, at
Ilc.sse-Cussol, and tlio remains of tho magnificent
water works at Marly, where Louis
XIV lavished uncounted millions of gold,
and thus, according to some writers, laid the
foundation of those depletions of the treasury
which brought on tho French involution.
The traveler thinks it a great thing to seo 1
these artificial water works, whero a little
water is pumped up by creaking machinery,
or a panting steam engine, to be scattered in
frothy spray, and do wo not talk of it as boing
a good day whon God's great engine is
exhibiting to us Ilis imperial water works,
sending up the mists and vapors to the
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viwuuo, i.w ut itiiiicu uunu ugniu 111 cum lore.
aud beauty upon grateful and thirsty man }
Sir, ns a mere gratification of the taste, I
know nothing in nature more sublime, more
beautiful, than these rains descending in
abundance aud salubrity from the skies.
"It is a good day, sir* be the weather
what it may, for it is consecrated to a good
work."
That was a beautiful idea expressed by
a Christian lady on her death-bed. In re*
ply to a remark of her brother who was
taking leave of her to retyrn to his distant
residence, that he should probably never
again nicot her iu the land of the living,
she answered ; " Brother, I trust we thall
meet in the land of the living. We are now
in the land of the dying."
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