Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V t *. - , . .. * . a * \ % 4 %. . . ?. * ?..: -. . . . * ' ; % % ; * .4 # ^ ' % \ ' C ^ *4 * . J % t'V * * * * % %# . * '* %'m ' % # 4 n.... j - *-?- ^ - ' \ ' THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. BY cavis & trimmier. Dfltrolcfo to Soulljctn liig!)ts, politics, &gricultitre, nnfo fHisdeUamj. 82 per anntth. VOL. XIV. SPARTANBURG, S. C? THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1857. "" No'aT"' THE CAROLINA SPARTAN, torBY CAVtS & TIUMMIER. bui T- 0. P. VERNON Associate Editor. si0' Pries Two Dollars pel- annum in udvauoo, or ?UP $3.50 at the end of the year. If not paid until 't ' after tho year expires $tt.OO. wet Payment will be counider-d in advaucc if made jn within three months. co? Bo subscription taken for less than six months. . Money may be remitted tbrou h postmasters at ,c our risk. sI!i' Advertisements inserted at the usual rates, and to t contracts inula on reasonable terms. ext The Spartan circulates'largely over this and adjoininif districts, on 1 pifcrs an admirable medium ? to our friends to reach customers. C e Job work of ull kinds promptly executed. tbe Blanks, Law and Equity, continually on hand or ago printed to order. ]0Q; 800| CAROLINA SPARTAN. ' -* ?" From Dickeus' Household Words. rati How the Old Lovo Farod. *ou her pew pra One morning the sun nbono gloriously go* from hi* blue home in the skies athwart a side few pale clouds. Then its ray* fell dis- plio heartened and cold on ?onio two or three the bundrod yards of murky atmosphere, be- wel r neath which lay a "rising town." thy The streets were sotnthing narrow, and oroi the houses were curiously jam rued, and had ' son a permanently blackened look; but what the they lacked in size and beauty tiioy coinpen- : al <j sated for in number. Seafaring men stood lor talking in groups at the corners of the j lent crossings, livery pair of trousers in the j on i place whs more or le s daubed with tar; i hori * and Bonre of those who .v..re thuin were tine j Astalwart apecuuatiH uf ihe Sa\ >n race, with i the bullet h?<?d. bul d ? ' !> ( ?. andsoio-. - u, ! an Ipirnt tar. . 1 ori-p '. : * r?i poSuiall l> .id - | fathom. ar?oM t- : lite ar^s; , 1 up * ';<Hut Av3 Nu ?t. . it'-; ,y n- J foi >n^ on by pr.?ji?ct:in?v "ot ?:??t uc-i by ntw ordinary ; ll> ' ! more tha . once, nor mi from a tair height to??; but roso nothing give daunted, and doggedly recommenced the anol ascent. They all wute a ieckle.ss, self-reli unit ant air, and were, 1 suppose, of the proper plcn stock to inako British sailors. Even the Mar less respectable of the women who were tria r wrangling among the men,differed strange- " ly from the faded worn-out objects who are voic daily placed before the magistrate in our kno London police courts. Their laughter was leav loud, their voices deep, their limbs massive, his Verv vnri'fl ind???.l In..l.?.i .. i ?? 1 . j .- - * * +>j ?uvami, 111?*i were, lie ' Further on to the right, some stupendous sic j works were in course ot construction. Thews idea and sinews wore to ho seen there, such as he a only England produces, toiling doggedly aud perpetually. Sum ; engine-, of various liavi for ills ind ise. *i-io d i r tliyjr peO] fnslnou -,.f t .1 . >,. i. 1 lit it* M 'v a.*r ii .,? , l.,t-1. j \VKa e; . i . i -Irag^iog ] sertti ?? t' tii V M re i"*t? I O ii i CAivl i no h it 'i . . Ii , witi* nigli ot lue >i! taii.a' i'- ! m_ o' >mo?o iiicii l;o' smitten wuh when n ey liirm, in ih , to ! dray-carls in London, v -ry caret'mly tended; j And many of litem are <?ailv or ?d.i. ' ribbons, plaiting of hair, bra?s sellings, an I j be a the like, according to tho taste and abilitv tor i of the man who looked after each purlieu "I lar horse. The works themselves wore not well worth an oxatuiunlion. The workers and ^ were pushing out groins and breasting* which must have astonished the sea as ours they gradually forced it out of its old land Aloi marks. fall It happened more than oner ilia', it had were in the night time arisen and revenged itself, unco and that in a few hours the labor of months <juic had been swept away. l>ut the next day mo. saw men calmly setting to work to repair ' VI the damage with double care, and replace fello the wall with fourfold strength. More than a ! hear score of broad acres were already redeemed | of yc from the 6a!t water?. Here and there ! lifemight be observed thoughtful looking men i '"1 i i standing, watching keenly ami with con ! i?ucn traded brows the progress of things. press Standing rather apart with folded arms 1 a n and a profoundly discouraged air, a young I tears gentleman was likewise gazing round him. 1 T1 lie was broad-shouldered, rather under-sized,! tuatr but not ill-made and muscular. He had 1 wren full blue eyes, a cjuuntity of hair of a lawny . lie u, red, ft largo mouth, garnished with a set of "I capital tooth. Naturallv his smilo wn? -i y ----- - """ vv.r U10 \ Btaot, bright and jovial; but now it was bcfui considerably overcast. Ho walked up to baud one of tlie contractors with tlio air of a He c man who has made up his mind to a last t\{arn effort. way "Then you do not see any prospect of t0 trC employment for mo, Mr. Langford?'' arr'ivt "No, I do not indeed, Sellon. You see, |y. r Kenny manages it all, and lie has tho cash, but 1 That place would have just suited you, and that you would have done the work far better work than Kenny's nephew. It's not the right and , man in the right place, Stephen. I Jut tho it man is in the place, and right will uot turn the k him out, whilo might keeps him in. I'm jt'g 01 very sorry for it, Stophon, hut it cannot be and k helped." i.y "Well, good-bye, then, Langford. I shall and i be at VVendon on Sunday." Tboy shook 8ay, hands and parted. '..'j IL he tw It was Sunday in tho old town of \V. n (,vt" , don; and the cracked bell of a large church M*1 Iwas clauging forth its invitation to tho poo- poor, pie to enter its opened doors. It wan an old a old church?you might tell that, by its "It strango, high, lumbering pews, which no stead devout young Oxford curate had swept yot faded away. Tho windows were cobwebbed and be m? dusty, with bore and there a pane ot slain- 11c ad glass In quaint pattern; those were dis- churc tribulod with porfoct irregularity. These "V windows looked on to the backs of gloomy ise; v houses, and ou to worn gravestones, where own I v the forofatbers of those who now stood and < there slept. Long, tangled, sickly grass Tb twined about the gravestones; one or two "Wo were ornamontcd with marigolds and ors- "I shells. Souio trees of smoke dried greeu ivly grew and slowly decayed by the s 9 of the old church. The bell-ropes i ig into tho body of the building, and n l ve reared its unsightly pipoin the centre, i iported by iron bars, which radiated from i 11 every direction. The church wardens t I e all ready seated?01 rather, enthroned ( t canopied pews, ami looked down with j i tempt natural to odlcials on the rest of I scanty congregation. They were sub , f ilial Slioopkeepers, and had every right \ ? 10 so. The pews at the Aide w<>ro of an j i ra height. Their seclusion sometimes j moled intense dovolion-^omeludc*, at levity. A few school-girls sheltered c ir whisperings iu these depths, aydysojtpe j id and not very reputable or haudsjpmo j king old men iu coifs rtnd ?aps ivero t 11 sprinkled higher up. N- <; lust before tho confession, a c d girl glided down the aisle ler consciotico stricken air, opeuedjwitlr v 10 difficulty one of the doors, wl Irhj; i self immediately in the very highj^v t r; there sho knelt down to say her f yer. Within just as much time as siig- t ted the idea that ho had lingered out- | " ) in order not to appear together, Stc i c a Scllon entered aud seated himself in 1 | adjacent pew. The two behaved very i j 1 during the service, taking only steal- j ? , innocent glances at each other, ami | fi n those at long iutorvals; but when t!ic ^ noil was read, and the benediction said, v girl remained a little longer than usu- j, m Iter knees, and Stephen was waiting t her when she roso. They walked si- < 0 ly together out of church, and turned f, to a broad walk shaded by tree.-, which ]< lered the liver oil which the town stood u they g'U further and finthor away from a departing congregation, Stephen, br ing I ^ onto pri-ing youth in all tie uiidc ok, ' h ' himself of hei hand, and jur bis j v tin 1 her 'tono. t in -tic!? a la-hion '? . !(! (It I i. V-s lull l'nk ;l( llilll. I, 1 > . I ng, ''It! fl it apparently ft : v ! tin* |i i]?j>i/>r fl'T . i do'ug 1j '!!( 1 IK IIbf^T. !|? JmVC !l grO it Sg'l. s Margate', my darling, I've no good c > u?r vou. I vo been up to tho ?lr>"k k?; but the place Langfbrd hoped to h t mo is tilled, and there's no chance ol h liter opening, Tlioy don't want young, v ied hands there, and of brains there is a ity and over. These are hard melt, ti garet; iltoy might have given mo a h L" . t Hut, Stephen," said tho girl, and her 0 faltered a little as she spoke, "you , w what you wish cannot be. 1 cannot ? e jny fallior, lie is aging sadly. 1 think s; poor eves are growing dim, and now ^ would lalhdi hear ail his beautiful tuu ilaved to him than do it himself, and my ., , Stephen, my great hopo is, that 1 may |( ble to take his pupils for him." Vou would do it we", Margaret; vou ., a a wonderful knack at managing v r,c" , , i J Irtfj-a-ei smiled and in It6' until* la< o j a | cui| ti nf.K-k'ng expr?s- > w ii "h | t; 1 ! i: ' " 11 . ' * ?' ' [ 1 ?> < t a . . i. . a i i 'i a i its a I . u up , in- i 1 ?. 1' i mm .i t:ione < ! I .vo i i tti'i ft mo take hi- place, that will ilo much, j then when he is so old lie can work no ? an, I can still support him as lie ha- ^ i accustomed to live. Ho has worked o ne, it is Jit that I should work for him." iut if I could get work neai, you need leave him, Margaret; we could marry, all live together." S o, Stephen, wo are too young to fetter u elves with such uncortaiu prospects. '? te we may stiuggle, and if wo fall we 11 alone, and drag down no others; but 'l i we married, and your employment so '' ntain, cares would coine on us uinie g kly than we could meet theiu. lJcliovo ai we are best single. Iiere was no selfishness about tho young i '' vv, and vet man like lie could not for- I ^ ,1...i.M ..._ - ?..v? annuel, ill Villi i IIIII U III TO j " ui r father than you do of me. My young I ft! he stoppe I abruptly. 'v should he no good wife to vou, K'e 1, il I failed as a daughlui; -u do i. ! u i me more, do.u Slepiien. ' .i know vs sorely tried already.'' ami .he {? -;?t up 1,1 > came at hist. o ion Stephen inwardly o.illet louisdfi < y flightful it:tin?- , "I wh eh mr i ch aud hmie were i!ie h.a>i c.? io; bu' 11 uiy said audibly: know it, Margaret?forgive ine, and ,:l vords were hardly ?ut o!" his in ur.h, e he was forgiven, I suppose, f>r the ' l,: was again placed conti lentiy in his. outiiiued, "The worst is yet to come, l'' ;arot; 1 have undertaken to work my v> to India, and the captain has promised t me ongineoring work as soon as we ''J 2. It is no degradation," he said stout- | P" "1 did hope to have begun higher up; l' 'vo never shirked work, and I'll show I a gentleman can do as good a day's w as any one. I'vo toiled with dust, j th lirt, and oil, and what not, and I'll do '1; lin. 1 know my trade thoroughly, er >wcst as well as the highest part of it; ' < ily to begin over again, and I'm young w itrong." i 01 es, it's all true," said poor Margaret, C;| [lieso few words were all she could Wi shall not forget you, Margaret; it may ; enty years beforo we meet a^ain. hut h' then, I shall bo yours only." rgarot smiled, but this timo it was a ^ wan, struggling sinile. "1 shall bo : l'* nd faded tlion, Stephon." | docs not matter," lie rclurnod, with a ''' y, loving gaze. "You may be old ami u , worn and shrivelled; but you will V0 are to mo than any other woman." i?o thoy turned their stop* hack to the ' 'J til. , "" /"oil, Stephen, I hind y.?u l?T no promve will fid low tli e promptings of our 'ioart<. Wo havo tho world boforo us, 1'ti iod to aid us," ?ho said. tin oy walked on silently for a littlo timo. 1411 must part now, dear Stephen." :4? sail to-morrow, Margaret. P? Tlioy stood and gazed sadly on tlio gr.ivo- r? itones; thero seemed nothing but au at- u uospheio of dampness and decay around i? horn, only the warm love and young hopes t\ n their breasts; but theso triumphed, even h n the sorrow of the hour, llo held her in 11 lis strong arms, for one last caress, and ben released her. In another Hi iu tips he ras gouc. And so tlioy parted with wriiiig , icarts, fearing, as many yi>nng*"Vjy<u 4 have' cared, that, the hour gia,s of tilrie, or <lho j-t, cythe of death, would stand between thcinj n ibis life. III. Stephen Sullon pulled his iiat over Iur n >yes, and bent bis steps towards tho little an, where his worldly goods were packed tt eady for transit, in n depressod and re- ? norsuful slato of mind, lie was miserable ,y jh^Ugh, and though ho bit his lips and lfen^Jicd his tooth, fl was hard work to c< the tears from starting. It was in sl '.aifi/tVat ho inwardly exhorted Iiiiti'elf not ,]. o fetd* this wringing pain at his lioart; ct li:rt ho lojscati'd to himself, at first mental- c. y, and aftei wards aloud for greater effect, ,J hat hard wise saying of t^uccn Elizabeth, 8C Tiuie will cmnfbrt us, and why not do for ftl mrsolvcs Time's oHice!" Nature, not man- p< lOO'h was uppermost. 11 is dinner was des- 0j latched, and then ho lightod his pipe, cross- c<d his logs, and gazed moodily into tho tc irc. lie folded his arms tightly across his ;l| host thinking of her. Thou he opened the ci vindow, and leant out with some romantic at ilea that illo wind would waft her breath fr L? him, or tho same moon she old look down <>' u both, lie had not uaturally a gonitis (j ar self torment, quite tho reverse; htit in l>, ave a man will do such things. In his tj nind's eye lie beheld her as his wife; and, gain, lie saw her trotted and worn, s'.rug e, ;iing for hei father with adverse circuni- _\] ' iiiccs, and sinking quietly, hat btito'.y, |,, el?iIo hi- arin would ho far from her. Then an organ boy added his mile of }1( oiine. and commenced Angiol d'ainore. s jiig lie had often heard Margaret sing, ;iI e turned away as if h had been 'lung. It w uggested unfaithfulness, and lie tried to io :t. all hex actual words. No vow had been vv iveu, though much had been implied, Si, tc ring driven from the window by the organ, a returned and faced hisfriciid? the fire? a ratcliing ring after lingofpalc blue smoke c sccnd, uutil lie fell into a sort of a dw/.e: hen started up, looked at his watch. got 'uaoagp together, and litliiied olf in j imo to catch the nigbt'liain f i town Hogotimo.in mi'ty ?t;.i ?l.is i ? it jo; iage, placed !.' < irp-'-hng t!: :or ]j;s !. % ?1, : pread it is plaid on tii s.-a\ sir. ! ?? i liim ; elf out at fall ! )mi l, *.i < ! in b iy nd mind, ( !! ! . .1 i m ). <*. ho sharp morning an, tho tnttikv ntnms hero, tho lingo p of hmise-., hmUo >:i nis eyos as h<* yuivno-i in 1 si *vor?d u ;> .. lint uuo:isy, nn .s< i-.i t ... wlm. i 1 1 ight's trnvo in ? ^ u,. j||v I.mvos. I ' i. Ms tin' tnmo 'liali t i oj.i ^illiood J > . ? 'IT. of hot folio... Illld T.. ii'll the ; 111. I l , isl.'Tti '.orm nn tor tin: ! vo li .' > -i '..'i-.t jr. liiroo days t*t .;i it! tiroo Stepl cti was ia M I'-r'ij.s, :t ! "is , n t 1 tl. : :? ill am o.':. v age ( work under tho engi ui i r in tin? Peninsula: and an 1 ':iv.' ' i as |o unship A?;? !t sailed, and h s|> ' <n tn is way; if his horn' was h"avy,liis fit ?'if ! OOil; if his holiof ill Margaret's faithful- w ess was voiy cottsidoinble, his belief in hi. W wi? was umaxinglv linn. ck IV. lh ll was perhaps a dozen years after :h'.? jat a lady, warmly clad in silks and ftn.s, ,k' allccd down tho piincipal street of Won on one winter's day. She carried a -ma!! u >;i ot mu>ic under Iter cloak, and stopped t one of tim large c!<* stored iiouvs tli ?* auked the cathedra! in theii well bred " loom and stillness. SSlie rang the bell j nd was ijuickly admitted into t!ic drawing ! 11 >ont. Slie opened her ivuis laid aside r>r wrappings, and revealed the face ?>! ' largare: Meiit<m. i ill. r.iv, ;.an.bourn W I nd careless, with a bewitching du i' iv I' Lrout the iiiouth, an ! a r.t'her uiuv.eiful m. Presently tbe dooi was opened, and 1 tail ai i wilful !,-.)k!a ' rj:fi. with a i?.tii < : SV i lung bin .n.ao : i i in. sue ! ? j 1 I have I'lubrac* < M 114a 1 <t. ti * ? .. lit the brier ib iivned tin; mi ?ri .11 I ml; !i 'ant way; -.!? I .. j 1. 1 hand on ti ) hi;: ! idy* should- 1, s i.' ing: "Well, Ccciio, how is bit \nice, and 1 v i\o\i?ii pintles fi with t s->|; ?.' >, Miss Meiiion, pap 1 -.11 s I am In>-u i\ j id that 1 have a cold; but let mo t r*. I or my self, I think it an umlouln i fa > lat school girls pay greater attention to ' .villi C I 1 <- - - - 4 ...... .. nu uuiil nri-ie:s man I rum I leir own sex; ami I make no question that, ; j lien the niiglilcne 1 a. 1 plalonic nature of , i r K0 ic ridniiU of youths buiii'.j instructed ' t female professors, the converse ?>| the ! . oposilion will hold good. At the same .< * , , , iio mo, there is another ta?t to ho placed . ,, gainst this, as has always been the ease , -pj ith every f.iot sinco tho world boirun; and * O ' 11 mt is, that a woman of a certain age, who .(|j ai self-contiol, an J lias cultivated her j?ow s of fascination, can, if she choo to do I r ~ acquire an iulhiunco over young giil- Nj liich almost amounts to idolatry on tin ^ io side, and against which even a lover s ^ u hardly hold his own. So Margaret ! criton, who liked to bo charming, and #i j us nccoiMitiled in her character tis mu->i? v acher to eschew llirting, m nle horselt pai- j ,t|, ul irly chai ining to her p ipils, who a!. jv lored her alter the fashion of yoking girls, i o may also suppose, it wo like, that she ( ought a lilllu of poor Stephen, and tor . s sake diJ not wish to loio her skill in e art of being delightful for want of prac- ' o. So tho Iwu eat down and proceeded , p,,, ry amicably for sumo time. \i l ist the itasv soiled Margni'l li it Mis. Vorekei , ' , D, . I f lIT ould repeat a certain passage ft given j tuber ol times, as a penalty for a filling ( nrt in the mode of performing it. The young girl's spirit did no', boar this oj r.len very meekly; lirst hor pride lose, for [*n uiorlitication did battle with pride, i hal d lastly, the spirit of snllonness descended . ,|0( d utteilv luuaijraod Miss \ erokcr'. vocal j up? wers. A decide-i pnnse ensued. Marga I |,f,. ?t, smiling to herself as the altered into- wis ulion foil on hor ear, turned touiij, and voi ret such a blaze of indignation on tlicpiot- car r face ^t(\vc are sorry to rocoid it) made no! or srnilo a great deal more?then corn- she tenccd the song herself, i lie refrain was, of I Better o ust all, and be dew v, I, j Ami wcc|> tlmt trust ami tin* (Iccciviiijf, Than doubt one word which, if 'wl.evvd, | IJo l bless,d thy Iilc wiili inn? behoving." ; >$b<f sang it deliciou*?ly. an I in so doing S'u irgot seouied to forget iu r pupil, her wu otne, airtti iter father'* people.. The inexo- ],u iblo HjvTrrt oj" music spoke to hor of other ringsf^Uid, as her it tiger* wandered over j ie keys, her faco grew very wistful, almost ; * " id, and sho no louger remembered even to i.nse Jdiss Vereker, who w:?* dVvted liko j aul, in so far that the in if .on* demon as in tome sort charmed ou. her, and vj'' ie was pondering how nho might best des- j 'j :nd froiu the pedestal of pride, and make ' , ibtnission to Margaret witiiout losing her 1 ( ignity. The song was finished, and both uuc back to realities. Margaret did not iro about conquering herself, but was won- ; f rouslv fond of conquering other people; i 7" > she devoted an instant to Miss Vereker, I j id having ascertained by an almost iin- ' ' srceptiblo glance that young lady's state r mind, sho proceeded to apply the actual j lUtery. Sho took tho song, aud gave it l0< > her, saying very sadly, "I nti! to day I HS.' ways sung that song with pleasure, Co- ' 1 Ic, but you have joined to it a loss pie is- '^V it memory; 1 hope you will liko it better M1 ' otn this time than 1 shall;" and she bent ' i*er it, and wrote on the margin, Kevolle. j ccile Veroker gave a convuhivo gulp; but, * r. :foro sho could utter tho words of cotilri- j oa which hut.g on her l:p . a youth of! '"l ivouleen years, the lac simile of his sister. 7 itcrod hastily. "May sea you home. ' iss Meriton] I Lavo stayed on purpose," it added, in a boyish, pleading manner. Margaret w:i" arranging lier shawl round ar shotlhbirs m..l c!i? ,lhl # 1.1 .::t '"'O . ..S. U. i inn ICIV he'll l> I . nteiy, bending down In r head, while an !r uused smile played about l.^r lip*. Moan- 1 ' liilo tlio boy rye 1 bor a; if bo longed to T i ' isisl lie, but iet'iainod, lest m should moot ^ '4 itli a i |?*iI-o. IVosibly some memory of jv muer rejections aided hi> apparent mod- , atioti. "No. I thank y ai. young George; , poor muiic mist-. , bardlv needs an os?rt. < Jood nig' :. i 'ceil*.'' "I'llo lad l 'ii ov<>d i . r *o '.be door with a " "v rovoI !<>ok on lbs bandv ne voung face. IU' daic mv that young Geoi go '? at? d on bis I ni\ o>. JI returned to Iris sister, and re* .1 ird.-d f: . "She i- t' band- uiie to j ? ' alk a-on.?. I w I \? . man, C *, and , . . ... trie ie*i ! *iiiti man y r.er. I ; In- "i : .a'le ( "i> ) bcia'.u a hi* | ' ' t . ft , ii" I ... | l 'I I' I .1 v tjfi y I i;.', ..II?t ?!*# II ' I . like li.v III lie ?i' gin;. leSst'ln of hei ? ' ' " a , mi I liked the songs pai.ieulai r* - a i !, - ' i r e\ full on tbe woi 1 11 uia t*V o..?\ 11 i ?i VCif Mix j * ? ^.r.\ two I*. ?re o.?*v?;is on t. o i . i ib a ? '1. 1 rpiickly* home, .ml t<? \ in -j "t v aung Item go's fears. . ^ II**' I'**. 1111.r. a n-v.r gentleman ::i tbe fiist ! ' ' t.?:u , b-.e.mir M.-r ?lill; an aniat- ir j ii si in, lie was reduced to make bis plons* . *- in; ter to bnoeos-ity. 1 lis boaltli, , v < know, failed him inoro tli.an bis for he; I t a^ Marguu-l bad said, so she had S !n >rie, ami in the matter of a dang!,lot lie a- d c.Jjdly a much to bo envied man. ' ii''it she rotnrm i, be was silting in hi- ^ ,a:r bv the tiro ildid i.n.~ - t ?.^ ,VM,r^ v/l 11 ' I q 0 Scotch suv, i:i In r eyes ho looked, cacli ^ j tie alio carr.o In more geutle, feehlo. ' 1 I shadowy than b'fare. She biisiad her If about him bunt antl v and ji'otiMnllv, :?> 'i* her wont. Iti tjuickly told I i!< i like this thorn 3s tnom, as there is ii?> need, to detail the ] whi ui^o of ea li d.iv, wlm h went to m ike tip 'do r life. M irnuel Moiiton was fait gi >w I pa> * i ieh. i don't mean that she hail' the missed landed piopertv. but -lie ha I foi it i any years been iiablo t<> the i come tax. but II Hujjlish hearts will feel for In-r and the 1.1 her in this ie>p :t ) Woik was a law this d nocos ;;v. but sho did her work easily;I hou s lit. 1 h i. ! hut ;,iiih were Millicicnt i froi support 11 father t, fie t? emnfort. She J ma i?. more >vcr, inudh lilted by tho farpilios sayJ iiiih: i u..1 i 115tr;; "ii tv of lit. hoi , and * > ? w t.?! i . am) -pant id voice, inado hoi : ions n?lc 'in idilion to every mh iety. No . I b la 4 > IV? .) mi i. i I ever reached h"r? i uioi t. in -pile in it. "in? ,'iew happier, hand was nior, ai.J .-ion tor; she was n I a weary be. so :-< ho i tuie no an I, indeed, pioentud hu! 1 s; nliian to tin; Marian of the Moated h-'l I'.tll^O. ! to li I- tear fioui the lim we . .st portray-j cal hi i io u: n . imr furl "th )i-ar. it or < i- a v? inter i-vc'i n-r; theie l ad been a I win iv.no all Owe r of sleet an i s?n >w, with a : to i oil, bi'ien i. ih wind; tho f.iot passvnrjoi land the stn-ot w ire w! ppi i, biiiulo I, an 1 at ^ra] lie lived L?l i'. .ill I rflfrr-ilnrl in?.? lli.sir 1 "?* use; t! o houseless p i n l?e ?ok them-1 and vo- I > alie .* and <| ,otw i\s f r hheltor. will 10 s!;km tvcr. sullen ?n?] I vr??i<i?!?. and a '|ii.? use ma - ot pale ?r .v to tlac northwest that I every prospevtof more rough w?alli I bii I lo not think any one couid bo more tlonj :nf>rtab!o or lira;- un? than Margaret j it as . lit >i?, as v .o s . inakit;or the h t coffeo ! life the snnpr ?, .:! 1 v, ci.i I in lich garments of! you joi lute, as hnthtod her age and ptir.se. ! to i 11 r lather was still alive, and wi* seat j tlioi in the selfsame < hair. His head was' inv iv white, ar.il ?|uito bo wo J on hi hioa>t,! 1 l.i, I ag thin lingers heat time re.tless 77; She spoke o .Iy a lew word, to him ' w ax 1 liieu.and th..-v were caressing, and goii> '1 "li ;'-t have been used ' > a chi! I. dav ' a-*-. ,|io :iettl ?il ! i . f in her own lotiiig ou.s f .in ell oji??; a now hook, and Wa- ! * )ii do? j> in it, tiraJiially tho new book : of h ind its resting place on the ll >>r, and i lor t infarct reposed calmly. There wis a that llb'll.g of earl age wheels o!' e to the I 111; 1 u- , and then a h.ai: Hut ther. w., no) wou ignotisni in the air to warn Mai ant ha I y one being near I. t, more than ihri! anyv tie -aalowy man whom she had tciule . -.'i1 so many yearn. 1 lieti a foot step in tie ' iaq !, and hand on the door. Mvc.i I c ereii th ii '1 ors aw ike 1 at I ist, and winn tno d < la sued Margaret started to Iter foot. fu. \ panj pare ] to deny that -he h* 1 been otl vr ' in tl >0 than wid? awake. She heard a deep cc say, "I know the way," and then no a face bronzed fiery ro 1, full blno eyes, .altogether strange to Maigaret -at least ^ i had seen such in her dioaiu*?a mass liair, beard, moustache, and whiskers of , 9 which was pale only beside the face. Ml this surmounted a figure huge in ? H ry way, but especially in biendth. Mar- . et stood wondering, and tlie figure stood ndorino also. Like tho Ancient Mari- ^ . r i , "lie fixed her with his glittering eye," 1 as ho performed this operation he drew wrapping after wrapping, and at length (j ml confessed as Stephen Sellon, weighing ^ least sixteen stone, lie was not a tall n, so appearances did not assist him on j it score. Then the blue eyes danced j ^. h amusement, the while teeth showed , insolvcs, and a henrlv, full and sonorous i . gh br?>kc llio ice. '.Margaret, do you not know me}" lie t| pped forward and kissed her, at lir-t light- ^ >ii her check--, and then putting her hack, !i another glance anil anothor laugh, lie j . owed up that ki?s with many otlieis, and ! y camo so fast and warm that Margaret ^ 1 not really presence of mind to resist. j 1 ascertained you wero still Margaret liton, or you would not havo seen me n c to-night. Is this eour fathoi? " she led him up to tho old man gently. 1 >e:ik tenderly to him, Stephen, he is tc childish now." Something in tho > lucd, womanly tone of Margaret's voieu 'c Stephen a choking seiiRalion; however, ' cleared his throat, and shook hands with l . Mcriton. b 1 he poor gentleman looked up, with his n apprehensire smile. "You'll fie kind ^ Margaret, -ir, you'll ho kind to her;1'and n he rambled on incoherently. Marginct bad not forgotten bow to blush, C 1 at tlii-* random speech of her father's ^ blood rushed up in torrents to her hair ' la, leaving a transient crimson on her X' oat and neck. A p| Kirenlly this enchant Stephen; ho nibbed his hands, and ar- ^ ged his tawnv heard, and *at down, and I? tchcd Margaret as she poured rait cofl'eo *=" him, with the bright cheerful, trusting '' k of twenty years before. Mi, Margaret," ho continued, laughing "I sworo that were you faded, worn and tzeii, I would stii! he trn*; but you have ^ , fretted for mo ?you have not tin; assu cc to pretend it. Am 1 absolved from ! until?" U Marg ?ret rri>?crl her eyes with a malicious ^ tice. signifying, A' fn Hrut> ' V(< 1 kn-.w, ho added,surveving ra- ^ r 'iif i \ his own amplo person. "Wo ? I ?l 1 rii iic!i In forgive." There wa> ^ < X|1 oa n-ked, for none wa- requir- ,, > toil Mia nicn'.v lull j v. shall wo !. *xvt them sol Ah, young lovwoul i \ .it bolievo it possible that tiiul ^ ?pr, handsome, comfortnblo looking wo- ? n is M irg.uet Meriton, who. a score of *! its before, wns comic-limed to separation, Tflu nty, and work for her daily breaJ; ^ thi g"" i man, so jovial, frank, and port- -J.1 sho'.i d be thn oxi'od lover. Take cour?"men lie, ami (be worms eat tlietn, not for love." They had each tlone i duty, not sadly ami stcrnlv, but iner ^ and well, and their tree of lore biosled, though iato in life. l'erliap* one ^ the thing-. wo love best to see. is the itlw. grave beautv of some autumnal . ter, which gladdens our eyes when the unci has tied, and the unkindly drip of P winter rain is at hand, and the sky i> eti gray, and our mother earth brown I lifeless. ^ Sensations in (he Water. I \ Mr. (iourge. describing his sensation c. lie in the water, savs: "That i. (1 move* in ;t mysterious way,' kept fr sing in and out of inc?through tuo, in oi r, a-? it 1 ha<l been tlio |?ij?o of an organ. w li.i not coinc to mo l?v my own volition, tl 'inoliow i:. ? h- in** mmcmbei Ann r passenger de-cribe-* hi# sensation in n , w.-c*. *1 J" - 1 iia 1 boon abolil loui ol its in tiio watt r. ami bad lloated a say a tin* test. wi.oii tiio warns ceased to fc kc any iiui-c, and 1 beard my motlior , ".ioiinv, did you eat filter's gt ,p, <}" i j,, n't thought of it for twenty years at tl i. It bad gone clear out of my mind. ; </ til a M>lor that died t>f consumption : oi o tban thirty yearn ago, and when >bo l <1 ek 1 was a boy of eleven years oi j fr a no glib r bad sent lier some early a! house grape*. Well, those grapes won- J i ' in a loom wheie I was, and ?1 ought ti, rivo boon skinned alive fir it, iittlo ras tl that I was?I devoured tlicm all. Moth I/, amo to me after 1 had gone to bed, in n sh . L>yil< 1 not liml the fmit for sister a ni"i lien ber mouth with in the night, e< <ai !, "Johny, did you oat sister's p, >es?" 1 tlid not a Id t<< the meanness of at conduct by tolling a lie. I owned up. ed my mother wont awav in tears, but , tout Hogging me. It occasioned mo a sii tin of conscience f r many a year nfu-r ;kt ; but, as J said, f >r twenty years at least w id not thought of it, t .1 when I wa j th ,ing no >sii, Uuuunilf ! with cold, I hear- J Ire i plan as ever 1 board her voice in my j ti. -I he ?>d my mother say "Joluiy, did | w| oat si tor's grapes? I don't know how |;1 icconut fur it. It did not scare me of igh. 1 thought it was a presage of m (loath. A it Jtrf ' ' of lh\ith. I :io N'ew Vork ("| s says: jn \\ o <|Ueslioncii nearly all tlio pasted fr< of tho t'ontral America arrived v<sN.r in by 15io ianpire t-'itv, ami received van an loplicj. \\ o f >und no one who would pe i.ss to dread a death j>< r . Oae lit'night |h i - fan11iv. tiiends, and ?Litigg!o? 1 I >r life, I of heir akci. Another wished tj live lie might o j o\ the tr .sure which he ,\i stowed itwav uii his poison, and which th .d he saved n 1. was. \ third, who lo<t ?verytiling, 1 . I _;;n hf v, and make hi. fjituno o er again. A i St'' ict of f.Ua'iin consoled s a. .. If thcii ori \v.?? conic it was came, and they .saw ,l1' ' c nil a 1' ii m. t.?i tune t *i in their btiugglo and s.!ik, *s i(ii >i ucc'v a| j. ? Mie man told u*. lie w. n' to ?!eep j j >1( to water." I t Kroin tliu New York liuli?|KMi<ictit. Tlio Swiss ami French Memorials. It lius already been announced through t; "he hult/H iiitent t1 at in addition to tiro | tl lomorial from Geneva on the subject of. tl tinerienn slavery, meiiiorials had boou le ci aired from the Synod ??f the Canton Wind, at nd from all the l'iot? slant churches of ranee, upon different aspects of ti e same M uestion. I ho publication of these memo c: ials has been delayed in con-ojtictiee oftho M bsQiiee from town of the partu s t-> whose r: lire thoy were addressed. We h am from ci re committees that both meiu->iiu!s will jj e laid before tho public in a few days. i g Wo take occasion hero to c-nicct an er- ; vi jr of the Rev. l>r. Itaii.l with tegard to > |, ie?e documents. Tlio X w V'jrk Oh*< ec 1 t] r lately published a letter bom I >r. lhiird, ? i which that gentleman announce-* ins .1- j | irniination to prevent any discussion on w ic subject of American slavery at the l?er I < i n (Jonferoncfc! Wo give an extract: ci "Just a-> 1 was about to leave Geneva, 1 ! tl arm-1 with astonishment that a scheme ti as been concoctod by which the subject of I ci tmericau slavery is to be forced iut the ! ti lerlin Conference! And a distinguished ci entleiuan of Geneva is to bo the instru- ti lent foi doing a work which our Kugliah tl ionds would hardly dare to attempt them- h Ives. Should this he done, I promise you. r? Iessr?. Ivlitors, such a chapter of facts as n ill surprise you and your leaders. All w ich attempts will be resistc 1; that you may )i cpeirl upon. Our German brethren have ?j iven no such item in the programme oil hi d;ich, an I by which, they have invited hi mir brethren from Atneiicn. It Ainerican w avury is to come in, then I shall insist up- <,1 u it that three or fair other subjects shall el jiiic in. one of which shall bo the pro-paia w >n I a 'memorial' to the t^ueen <?f Kng J in?l, and appointment of a deputation to fc ,oid L'alineiston, 'On the enormous iuju lk r "lone to humanity by the conquest of In ?1 ia, with its 150,000,OoO of inhabitants, by r< te Knglish, and the conversion of that S real country into one vast garden !"r the u roduction of opium, which tliev are eng t I a <1 in forcing on China, with 350.000.-1 - OU ot' inhabitants, at the moutli of the f. union, thus producing incalculable evil to n 00,000,000 human being-, ami hindering le spread of the Gospel among one halt of ?,i 10 human race!" 1, for one. shall in-.ist a iat at least thi* subject shall bo put by the l> do of American slavery, if our Knglish u rethren will force in the subjoct of slaver? ii -notwithstanding that the Germans have cl om the outset refused to place u in the ti rogramme?employing no matter whom d j pull t!.o chestnuts out of the tiro for f, rem. a 'No atone Liu- been left unturned b\ a tl ertain parly to stir uji our evangelical tl rolhren at I'aris, Lyons, Goneva, Lau- d tune, and Vevay during the last several ci louths, to address 'memorials' and 'letters' o, ) our churchoson the subject of slavery? ;ii ist as if our American churches are not e? illy as likely to bo acquainted with that w rbject as the brethren reforrod to. ? M ct tese f?ur or five letters or memorials, 1 am tl ot aware that tnore than one (that from a lenevn) has been published in a single 'out/urn papor, religious or secular, or any je (unborn paper that has much circulation m i the South. And because the elitors of <i ie paper (the Central Prmbi/tcrian) that ,1 ublishcd that address ventured to com pi rent upo i it, and express their honest con- il iction that all such 'letters' must fail to do u uy g 'od worth speaking of. in the part of h< re country for which it is professed thov tl re intended, Count Gaspaiiu lakes thern to si isk with all the zeal, and oven fury, of x tl tvalier of the middle ages. Well, indeed, at .i- it boon r.nr.?iked tliat our evangelical hi ietids ii; I'm is, I. vons, Geneva, Vevay?in w .1.? i : ' . . . ..uhi-i, 111 rrniico nnu Switzerland, c: ithoul going further?have enough to do; u icy ttce?l n -t trouble themselves ahoutour S utericui slavery, which after all must bo ei lauageJ by oui own people. Put more w f lliU at another time. K. 15." pi Of the tone of this letter v. o shall notsuf- m r ourschus to speak; but its errors re ci uue correift'ou. Or. l'?. says: "Of these J; >ur or live loiter.* or memorials, not more 01 tan on. lias he.mi published in any South te paper." Now the fact is that as yet at ily "tit of these memorials?that from fa oneva ? has heett published <it >t/lf Those at >'n l. iusanin'. an ! front Paris, Lyons, and i nt 1 Prance, hare just been received by the i d< otnmilU'c* intrusted with their puhlica ( lo on, and are about to ho issued from 10 press. tho tiouova memorial three si, i-- i, i enj ies have been sent by mail to T ihutitia! person* at the i? >utii, and already cc gentleman of S.?uih Carolina has attempt- gi I to teplv to it in an article of six newspa w r columns. It has been puhlished entire is Richmond, and portions of it have reach- th 1 the South through various channel*. sa Wo would suggest that the extreme sen *t livencss which hr. Laird's letter betrays! pi any allusion to slavery, tliu manner in in hich it speaks of Count Casparin, the ! ro lint ju.ticu one -*ni i.y ulnars, and to <1 * taliato charges instead of accepting Chris- -t: in counsel, and tlio boast tlj.it churches In liicli enfold ' 'ol. Xethurlaud and tlie Uicli ce oiul c"onvmition. can "manage" ibo evil sa slavory without counsel from abroad?do nr >t present llic iuo?t favorable aspect of e? moricun Christianity to the evangelical pr iristians of Knrope. Wo regret exceed in g!y to have to record snob sentiments pr mi the pen of one * ho has stood so high tli the c.>n!i lence of the churches at home] st< d abroad. I lie letter must have been ce line 1 in a in mient ol inconsiderate haste. co it if l'i. Uaird means to carry tlio spirit ! ur thi* lettei into the meeting at Uorlin, vo ' io< eglad that I ?r. Willium l'atton^and other an imiicm divines of . jua! standing, arej ny ere to represent their countrymen. I an A d >; which ha I lost a whole litter, was ' i the other day J i sir g t<? p"he h piece of] ijie th 'igh |||,. ?j|. ; ,.f the door of a j | ?M> _ | co Wlivi-a I a d V p.tlliiri on her c">rs<,t* ? ;e a man who drfhlcs to drown his grief. 1,11 >cm?c in * >/ ! '. i h r-e!f, she is rtf.r:' ' ft. * tin Adventure in the Tomb of David. The following sketch, furnished by Miss arclay, daughter of James T. Barclay, auior ??f a forthcoming work, "The City of ie Croat King," gives no interesting nc- ?, >uitt of her perilous adventure iu gaining cess to the Tomb of Duvvl: "Karly otio morning, during the great lohamii.edan feast of Ithamadan, I was tiled to the 'parley* room, to see my friend I >osa. l itis little fellow having become ithcr a freijuent visitor, I was at first in* mod io excuse myself, hut remembering lie ad lately hinted at the possibility of my aining an entrance into the Tomb of Bant, and in consideration, too, of the fact of 'ing their feasting season, the everlasting i jun of collce and douceur of sweetmeats -those otherwise indispensable marks of tirkish civility ? might now be dispensed itli, I concluded to make my appearance. ?n entering thy room, my pleasing suspions were confirmed by seeing him close to d>>or an 1 mysteriously place his foreng. r on his lips, in token of profound *erecy. He laid hi* ponderous turban on le divan beside him, dotTed his slippers, -os*e?l his leg*, and thou disclosed the naire of his errand. In short, 1 whs informed at his sister was ready for ari adventure; nd. as 1 was too, we were not long in lacliing 'Turfendidi,' (his hi.ter,) who in?lediutuly commenced operations. My hair as taken d rvwi, and braido I in scores of ttie plaits. A red cloth cap, with a blue Ik tassel, was placed on iny bead, and round it a gnu/.o turban, with gold tassels ti l embroidery. Mv robe aud trowsers ere of the finest Bamascus silk, rny girdle F cashmere, and tnine of light blue and nbioidered in silver flowers. My hands <?r*? '...si * v > '. i 'i' i ? mi iiuuna, Having UHeigotie tti process on the occasion of * .Miicr adventure in tho Mos.ine of Omer, nd still retained Op' <.1 eep ye low hue; my vin w;u pretty deeply tanned, loo, from a *-i lenco of several years under ft burning vrisn sun, which whs quite hii addition to .v Turkish appearance. The sheet, veil, nd sli, purs came in due order; and having serotod my pencil and sketch-book in the his of my girdle, we sallied forth accomnnied by Tin fend all's favorite slave. "The reputed Tomb of 1 >avid it just outdo of Zion <jat?; hard by the Coenacalum nd American cemetery. It is surrounded y nn irregular pi 1 e of buildings, and surloui.ted by a dome and minaret* In the itotior arc some of the most grotesque arhitectural embellishments imaginable, on ie capitals of some remains of the Crustier* architecture. Just think of the friglit; owl occupying the place of the clastic canthus and mythic lotus! We pasted .e several hall> and corridors evidently of ie style of die (Quixotic era of tho CrusaerT domination, before reaching the causerated npartiuent, whose entrance is guard1 by double iron doors. We found here n oh! derwish prostrate in prayer, on tho >1J -tone floor. Not being privileged, as o, to enter the sacred precincts, lie was mtent with gazing at the toiub through ie iron bars; for it is a rare tbiog for oven Mussulman ecclesiastic to gain admittance -my companion and her family only en>\ing this privilege, because they are very ear relatives of the curator of the tomb, ur slave was despatched for the key, which ie had no difficulty in obtainiug, on the lea that her mistress wished to pray on .c nun .-{ku. i)ui what was my consteratiou on seeing another slave return with sr! 1 confess that I trembled, and was linking 1 had best leave my awkward ippers behind, in case of retreat, as ley would greatly impede ray progress, id might thereby cause me to lose ray euJ. She peered under my veil, asked ho I was, and seemed satisfied with the ireloss reply of Turfendah, that I was lercly a friend of hers from Stamboul. ho invited us up stairs to see the old keep's harem; and Dahudeah, (Moosa's little ifo,) who is always glad to exchange the urgatory of a residence with her lord and iaster for a visit of a few days here; for I m testify from personal observation that ie young otTendi lords it over her in true ienlal conjugal style. Turfend.di regret1 she could not accept her kind iuvitalion, id, as she was so much exhausted from sling, she would prefer deferring it to lOther time. The slave then left, to our utua! relief, and, having dismissed the old :rwi-h, the doors were closed and doubly eked. "The rootu is in significant in its dimonon>, but is furnished very gorgeously, ho tomb i* apparently an immense sar ? - rj.uayio ui rougu none, and is covered by eon satin tapestry, ricliiy embroidered itli gold. To this a piece of black velvet attached, with a few inscriptions front ?! Koran, embroidered also in gold. A tin canopy of red, blue, green and yellow ripes, hangs over the tomb, and another ece of black velvet tapestry, embroidered silver, covers a door in one end of the om, which they said leads to a cave tin intenth. Two tall silver candlesticks snd before this door, and a liltlo lamp tngs in a window near it, which is kept nstantlv burning,and whose wick, though turated with oil?and I dare say, a moat kuse 'us dose?iny devotional companion gerlv swaliowod, muttering to herself a aycr with many a genuflexion. She then, addition to their usual forms of pray or. o-lrated herself before the tomb, raised c covering, pre*?o 1 her forehead to the sue, ami then kissed it many time*. The iling of the room 13 vaulted, and the walls vercd with blue porcelain, in floral figHaving remained hero nr. hour or ore, and completed my sketch, we left, d great was my rejoicing when I found \>o!f < nee more at home, out of danger, d still better, out of my awkward co?nus." A list keeper of Albany, N. Y., has made bet of to0 that lie can make twenty gin cWtails in one minute. The editor of the vannah News ?.p.\s he can find a man in at place wh<< w-t'l '-bod" gin cocktails l?r % hour, faster than any barkeeper in ores ? cm make them.