Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE REVELLERS. A parody o* Campbell's hohewlikds*? Off couches when the son wts low,^^ .1 Murmuring 1 ay. many a dizzy brow, ?pv-?. - < w another flighty Struck at deadof night, W?/wt to light Mfi of J^e ^enet|N^?^t With ci With! ^ ?r - *. iioxid thy vi?^r *F "lYgg '" in i -fife cartas when th^mtet! >c their winding sheet ; ALONZO. o^fjk now ledge and Vh who had been <n tit (lie dear est friends of my youth. Whe?| called at his house," Charles was not at borne, butT)aroUne welcomed me with so much cordiality, tlmt 1 wa> easily induced to accept lu-r invita tion to , await bis return. LjHie soon arrived, and I'limnd ai)l that I lm<l anticipated from his early worth, wgi realised. Themselves and a lovel) little eirl of three years old, iorraeri their fire side circle. In short, mj visit, which I bad intended should be made in a day, was 'protracted to a week? and the week which 1 Spent with ^ interesting family, is registered by memory as one ' of the happiest of any existence. '0)ne> dajy In conversation with Caroline, 1 spoke of the domestic comrortslMjappearedto^oy.-'Yes,' she replied, < I am surrounded bj so many blessings, that 1 sometimes fear I shall become too mucb attach ed to this world.' ? And after a pause, she observed, All my ^happiness was produced by an - illness, which, at the time,. I considered an insup portable evil ? for is it probable that sucbo man as Cliartes Lenox could have loved a woman so uuamiable as I was, previous t?_that event ? or bad he ?ven been so misgu.ded, ?ssixx sassr** look into my own heart? I reviewed my life? ? traced my own - character with impartially, and shrunk with horror from the picture; hut after being awakened, I could not avert my eyes frota the '5 con tempi# tJ?of Snm-y, enabledSincerelyJo repfnt! Yet, even after my recovery, I was frequently alarmed at * feeling the re* vival of my propensity to satire, and it wastong ere T attained that Chris penties have, in a great measure, [been iremoved, from mV' path, atoal q ?ow c.|^ tinppiiwjss of & man, wimi in the heart aflhis child, tbat she ?? .?. d., b. w?,h, or .?d, . father. 4 -f , X'rU ' fimond Comfiilcr. w TBtNK ?*. ? " # -:: J * f ? *855 it is [?, *m nh mitB that principle into its element lwe| "- * X ->?"??> ' * iL's V ?5?m? ?.~.j1d we not? be??yac ? do most things while tbem,.I*st wefc ??"? and the I V- ^'1?^ W to act should become 7/ ' "CT I n ?of . .thejwt impulse has subsided. The stronger reason of these two certainly is, lest we forget until it be too bite to retrieve the op portunity we have lost. , j A . , ., I speak from experience ? from the most wofulexperince on this subject ; for never, has man suffered more than I hate done from the neglect of the maxim I have prescribed. How] many (h miseries have I net!, how many sleeples?aights have I wasted ! how many tears have washed my bo som, from the not doing of a thin", While I yet fhou^life hf It. 4 A* instances tff my neglect may convey more in a few words, than a iPwnVi | ot abstract argOBienf. n Permit m< "lien to give a brief CltTOniclc nt jionw of the transactions of my liF<-. 1 The sin of delay seemed to hi. hereditary. r- While yet a hoy ; aiu' age had scarcely yet written a wth< kle upon my brow, the small-pov Invaded the city where rtiy familj Itesided. Day after day it drew Ihearer and uearer to our threshold; 1 it had insinuated itself into oui jltbouv's bouse. My father took tiie alarm, and catae to the resolu tion of *pply'mfi vaccinatum: for |l*e had heard of the immortal disco veries of the celebrated Jenuer, ami was a convert to the Maze of evidence; he had collected. "I am determin ed (said my father) to visit my friend lDr. l^ ^who has just arrived with' 'some of the vaccine matter from Lon don ? and place my sons under his, care." Instead of acting upou the spur of the occasion, ray father yield ed to the natural sloth of his temper ! Home new idea banished the resolu tion from hiymiud; the next day it 'crossed Lis memory again, but with less force ? until hour itfter hourpas sed away, the loathsome disease en tered our dwelling, and seized upon my frame. How iheu did my father cjirser hia love^of ease; 1 lay; for 'weeks, hanging, as it Were, 1 life aim death ! nod did; nol off my enemy at last, until my eye wasextinguished, aud my \ *kin was marked with furrows. I shall pass oyer the (rifling inci dents of my boyish years : find come }<lpwfl jtyjk mature age.. My * father gave mo a capital to begin witkjl I established myself as a inerc. The tiovdty of my situation at ? uums tuegioss wore 'Mgwnuj began his jr vTWble speculation in land offered. itself; I was certain df -making art immense bargain ; but by the time I had j gone throhgh all ray calculations, some new idea [seized my attention and wrested, we from my Awrpose.r^ A few dayB itnee when 1 again thought of thebai I liad' proposed, and was ma_ the necessary enquiries, I was t< it was too late ; ' as another,purcbaser had slept in and made his fortune. ? j STwas now determined to follow the maxim I had rejected, and ' next time to do the thing when 1 arcMrw^jr.,. TK'iTQQgMM sr, to resolve than to next day Iwaswith total mi iv -f \A. friend 10m I had endorsed ie amount called upbq metos^jremyself list upon his estate.? g rouch obliged to Hit estate Was si iditors, end my efii in- litter despair, only, for the fk% white;' 1 thought id wore toost sot re to do the thim fcalf.of n?y>h?ttered /ortu|M(v^i friend met toe one morning and re-, minded me of the violent tempest Which bad rej>entlyblowo,and with a friendly hint thit toy vessel might (lave been in some danger, and that it would fee jjfer for me to insure her if once.'/ insurance ^office was only at the next door ; and my res olution was formed to avail myself immediately of his adVkie/?? ^some thing else, however. i iamfe across my mind, and before I could do the business, the door joffthe insurance office was closed. Next fronting, before I hadeeven thought of the mattei? I saw in-the news-papers an account of the shipwreck of the Dia na, with ail her valiuttik cargo? 1 was overwhelmed with an Agony of Itettorse* " Such (1 exclaimeD) is i lie consequence of not doing a thing rthengou think of it," fiat my misfortunes, or rather my ?:i tilts, ?iid not terminate here. 1 :nd a not? of a ineruhunt in 13ost0!> tor ar coiwiiferaM* stmr. i?y?lettet my <:orrt*|>ohdent enclosing file ote tor payment, lay 011 the tub!* ? will carry it to the l*ost oflftct [(said 1 to myself) hy amlt?y." '1 he letter was furgnUei* : mail lest, | and by (he time my ic . r niched it* destination, 11*5 (kauri* ijf the lioto | had fuiled, and my only un.sola'jon was in ieceUing a* letter iron, my | friend, saying? <* Sic 1 Am sorry | yours ame one clay toqluU', us A. H. broke only last evcniug." Bnt-the last blow was^iore fatal than all the rest. My wife, tlio he I loved of my bosom, Iqp yei^ U]ij her physician advised me to purchase a medicine aud administer it viUb- j LgMt loss of time. I promised to go I for wh M purpose : but idly vie Id 1 have been Avtfer^ays in the trmb ly hopes of happiness are 4 :takeS trtvtfiiis .bWW Beware of slcHliv' BbjiuV a?4l? fwitest wrile tUc law upon tliy lumil, MtM you think of a thing, do it. he way to mi.ke m every man s it m b? ?? # form iSl ac jjtiS^SSSSr* 10 -"2 1$^ tli (lie em mm s me bright 1 in even ?3?f%R embrace these nil Banish the blea] S? 'K"i and not hide- thy 1 Ili&feTh tune *$m tiiy dependency, whi ul, and never forget to have When all thy expenses tire ed $ ittftl fpaijl : then! sbalt 4?:? .? ? ? J. *'?* m* ,-?* m. . T' . helmet ?ufiAva)hw,oni'i silken wretch cor stdi'^t IIS I'll treat ! ! ? Several people at a northern landing pljkcc in Haretoga A rafts-man who had drank a little ! too freely, fell from a part|o{ the raft where he wis employed, and vvas near drowning, when hi* brother plunged in. to In* relief ,??|z ed him by the hair, and w<U strug gling with hint to the shore. The tide was strong and the ^brother's strength being nearly exhausted, ho wits 'about relinquishing his bold, when the di-paiiiug one, raising h'w head above the Water, exclaimed, " Hang on Bam ! hang onT I'll treat l< i swear I will !" ' His words wore stimulating, and uis l.roflfer *t fttj^jWl^d him. why tie did norufteiiejjgtleucl public .vorxhip, haul, fii? ne.jsnlicr snuinl mi intolerably thai be ccuffliot sleep.