Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Out morning the tuo nhone gloriously | from hie blue home in the akies athwart a i fetr palu clouds. Then its rays fell dis- | heartened aud cold on aorne two or three I ' hundred yards of murky atmosphere, bo- < f Math which lay a "rising town." I " The streets were somlbftxr narrow nnft , the h'buses were curiously jammed, and h?d \ ^ * , a.perraan?ntly blackened look; but what I they lacked in sine and beauty they c unpen- .j sated for in number. Seafaring men stood I talking in groups at the corners of the 1 crossings. Every pair of trousers in the < . * place- was more or le*? daubed yrlth tar, 1 and seme of those who wore tlisai were ttno * I.. 1 wart specimen* of the Savrn nice, with 1 bullet heu'l. t?ul!-dog neck, handsome -on-' qarnt t'aco, . aVid ori-p tin yeltow en'te ] Stna'i > -v faihrHt'/a^'wueiui^ - -S<-..?1 jmojher t j vp'ji vv*'-1 >** Ji *erbo<j''i|l? *-^i^cyHyd?^u^i4, sp<l!bo!diug.pn by i,r'\j?,ct:o:cj untie l?o dbcuintHTbtf i ordinary byes. He fell mow than once, i and from a lair height too; but rose nothing ; daunted, and doggedly recommenced thu i scent. They all wore a reckless, self-tali i , ant nir, and were, 1 suppose, of the propor ] Stock to make British sailors. Even the ! less respectable of the women wuo were I r wrangling among the tnen,differed strange )y from the faded worn-cut objects who are t I * daily placed before the magistrate in our ! jrfonaoa ponce court#. Their laughte; was 1 loud, their voices deep, their limbs ranshivo. ! Very rerile indeed they looked, and were. I Further on io the right, some stupendous a works were in course ot construction. Thews i and sinews were to be seen there, such as I only England produces, toiling doggedly and perpetually. Steam'engines of various 1 form* ind uv*- wide 1 ?! '? ?ift? r their | fa*hi'm '-lyr* t c hi -r "??, n;.d here to pump wji.*r tueio. < ae?v -*? "l dragging ? tr < *? > ?. - . . t". w -re I U'^te evd o -h? <> .. ?u I cared *** jtJiOO.im -h i?;' ( net*.'" r n,.o-v Miey were I q( tue . }?t >! annua'? (> e aro*o iiMjeh t , smitten with when titey tile no in tli>? i dray-carts in Londou, very carefully tended; J many of them are gaily prmiraeuted with I gibbons, plaiting of hair, brass settings, and I tbe llk?, according to tho taste and ability ( of the man who looked after each purlieu lar horse. The works themselves wore i well worth an examination. The workers : were pushing out groins and breasting# r wbieh must have astonished the sea as < they gradually forced it out of its old land- J marks. f It happened mors than once that it had \ in til# niolil ?im? ' ? " ,B.. ...uvwiovu auu lOYCUgCU HS(III, I and that in a few hours the labor of months < had been swept away. But (he next day t taw men calmly setting to work to repair the damage with double care, and Keplace f the wall with fourfold strength. Morethau a 1 score of broad acres were already redeemed c from the sail water?. IIore and there 1 might be observed thoughtful looking men stauding, watching keenly and with con- [ tracted brows the progress of things. f Standing rather apart with folded arms I nod a profoundly discouraged air, a young t Sintleman was likewise gating round him. e was broad-shouldered, rather under-sized, r but not ill-made and muscular. lie had ? full blue eyes, a quantity of hair of a tawny 1 red, a large mouth, garnished with a sot of t capital teeth. Naturally his smile was cor- t stent, bright and jovial; but now it was [ considerably overcast. lie walked up to L * one of the contractors with the air of a I man who ha9 made up bis mind to a last A effort. v "Then you do not seo any prospect of t, employment for me, Mr. Longford!" a "No, I do not indeed, Sellon. You see, p r Kenny manages it all, and he has the cash, b That place would have just suited you, and il you would bavo done the work far better u than Kenny's nephew. It's Dot the right a men in the riirhL nlaea. Hf?nh?n n?? <? ,- * > 11 man is in the place, and right will not turn tl bim out, while might keeps him in. I'm jt very sorry for it, Stophen, but it cannot be a helped." "Well, good bye, then, Langford. I shall a be at Wendon on Sunday." They shook Si hands and parted. II. b ft was Sunday in the old town of Wen- 6 , don; and the crfloked bell of a large church | was clanging forth its invitation to the peo- P ' pie to enter its opened doors. It was an ? old church?you might tell that, by its strange, high, lumbering pews, which no si devout young Oxford curatu had swept yot U away. The windows were cobwebbed and b dusty, with here and there a pano of stainod glass In quaint pattern; those were die- c k tribuled with perfect irregularity. These I windows looked on to the backs of gloomy u L houses, and on to worn gravestones, where o W the forefathers of those who now stood a ' there slept. Long, tangled, sickly grass twined about the gravestones; one or two " were ornamontcd with marigolds and oys jsmmmmaassmmmsssmsmsaam ter-ahells. Some trees of bmoke-dried green slowly grew and slowly decayed by the ijlde of the Old church. The bell-ropee bung Into the body of the building, and a stove reared its uu'itglilly pipe in the ccntro, ? supported by iron bgrs, which radiated from it in every direction. The church wardens were all ready eeatod-*-or rathei\ enthroned iu canopied pews, and looked down wKb contempt natural to officials on tho rest .of Ihe scanty congregation. They wefts substantial flioopkeepers, anjJ had overy right to do sq. The pews at tho Side wore ofau Mtra height. Their seclusidn ^^pmp'tiuies promoted ' in lease \ devotwm^qntetun o?? great levity. A few sohqol^irts sheltered Bieir whisperings io thcso depths, a'mF> ? rtgedahd not very reputable or looking old men iu coifs find $apa iv'cro soou sprinkled higher up. ^ 'Jl+A.* Juet beforo the confession, a prety@?ayed girl glided dor <1 the nislq^lSptjwa rather consoienoe-strickoa air, opeuledsSntlv some difficulty one of the doors, . herself immediately in the very high^t pew; there she knelt down to say her sJ^jKi prayer. Within just as much time as suj^ jested the idea that ho had lingered outtide in order not to appear together, Ste phen Sellon entered and seated himself in the adjacent new. The two behaved very well during tue service, taking only stealthy, innocent glances at each other, and even these at long intervals; but whon tho sermon was read, and the benediction said, the girl, remained a little longer than usuU on her knees, aud Stephen was waiting for her when she rose. They walked si- j lenny together oal of church, and turned in to a broad walk shaded by trees, which ^ordered the river ou which the town stood /Va they got further and further away from ho departing congregation, Stephen, being ?n enterprising youth in all ho undertook, i>os>o.-sed himself of bet hand, and put his '*<>? iid l.?r her- hotpot itt s'jch ft fashion h.f r.h?< v'oWd noi choose but look at him. ?"od "riooke 1 l-'trg, 'bat not apparently I in? li ippi<>' f.>r : ? doing, vn'h! the c.mcht.ivn he gave a great sigh. "Margaret, my darling, I've no good lew.* (or you. I've been up to the dock ivorka: hut the pluce Langford hoped to jive me is tilled, and there's no chauce of mother opening. They don't want youn^, untried hands there, and of brains tbere is ilenty and over. These are bard men, Margaret; tboy might bare givon me a trial." "But, Stephen," laid the girl, and her roice faltered a little as alio spoke, "you enow what you.wish cannot be. I cannot eave jny father, he is aging sadly. I tbiuk lis poor eyes are growing dim, and now te would rather hear all his beautiful mu tic played to him than do it himself, and my dea, Stephen, my great hope is, that I may je able to take his pupils for him." "You would do it well, Margaret; you lave a" wonderful knack ut managing people." MasgaTi Riiiih-d. and in he* *mih> ih?r* wu* u p^pulju ttiock'ng expeest-vu, uhi^h j. >e?m 1 liTc * anon h?u'm u V. M!iy X'CIit-IM * "g ? ). '-Yr-ju lr~ 1 it,w *iv Low hard t piacttae .*?i liglrS a .d mi f 1 treasure up hii niMruc iion?, K I. cau induct oi><> or ! ,> ?> fi^nih<H ? let IDA take hi* place, that will <3omuck. \nd tlKn when he i3 sq old lie can work no ouger, I can still support him as he has laeu accustomed to live. lie has worked or ine, it is fit that I should work for him." "But if 1 could get work near, you need tot leave him, Margaret; we could marry, ?nd all lire together." "No, Stepbeu, wo are too young lo fetter lurselres with such uncertain prospects. VIone we may stiuggle, and if wo fall wo all alpne, and drag down no others; l?ul vere we married, and your employment so mcortain, cares would corno on us more prickly than we could meet them. Belie; e tie, wo are best single. There was no selfishness about tho voting allow, and yet man like he could not forjear the answer, "Margaret, you thiuk more >f your father than you do of me. My young ife?" he stopped abruptly. "I should be no good wife to you, Kte- j >hen, if I failed as a daughter; *o do not >ress me more, dear Stephen, li >d knows am sorely tried already," and the pent up j ears camo at last. Then Steplieh' inwardly called himself i uany frightful names, of which unmanly j vretch aud brute wero the least: e. erfl; but | io only said audibly: "I know it, Margaret?forgive me, and | be words were hardly out of his mouth, 1 >ofurti lie was forgiven, I suppose, for the ! i.iud was again placed confidently in his.! le continued, "The worst is yet to come, fargaret; I have undertaken to work my ray to India, and the captain lias promised o pet mo engineering work as soon as we rrivo. It is uo degradation," ho said stoutj. "I did hope to have begun higlior up; ut I've never shirked work, nnd I'll show jat a gentleman can do ns good a day'8 'Ork as any ono. I've toiled with dust, nd dirt, and oil, and what not, and I'll do . again. I know my trade thoroughly, io lowest as well hs the highest part of it; ' only to begin over again, nnd I'm young nd st'ong." "Yos, it's all true," said poor Margaret, nd theso few words were all she could *y. "I shall not forget you, Margaret; it may j e twenty years boforo wo meet again, but ven then, I shall bo yours only." 11 Margaret smiled, but Ibis time it was a oor, wan, struggling smile. "I shall be 1 Id and faded Mien, Stephen." ' I "It rjoen not mutter," lie returned, with a tendy, loving gaze. "You may b? old and j tded, worn and shrivelled; but you will! e more to mo than any other woman." ! Hero they turned their stops back to tlie' ' hurcli. ? "Well, Stephen, I hind you by no protn- ! ie; we will follow the promptings of our wn heart*. Wo have the world before us, ' nd Hod to aid us," eho said. 1 They walked on silently for n little tirao. 1 Wo must part now, dear Stephen." ' 1 "I sail to-morrcw, Margaret. 1 BHMMnaiimmmmamamsssm They 8t6od nbd gazed sadly on the gr.iTO atones; there seemed nothing but au atmosphere .of dampness and .decay a round them, only the warm love and young hopes in theft breasts; but those triumphed, even in the sorrow of the hour, lfe held her in his strong arms, for one last caress, and then released hor. I ir another u)iuu$e h*j was gonoT And so they jf&s(ed *ith,?H&g hearts, fearing, as many ybunpfl^jyara 'hai'c feared, that the kour-glnsa of tiln#, orj.be scythe of death, would 6land between tubtjj in this life. Ill, StOjphen Bellon pulled his hat oror hit eyes, and beht his steps towards the Huh ton; where bis worldly goods wenwmoketi WWy for transit, in. ? depressed wid-re morsafu I -state of mi t?a. He was miserable tatid though ho bit his lips and Lis toothy ft was hard work tc i toirs from starting. It was in t->he inwardly exhorted himself nol liiia wringing paiu at his heart; rotated to himself, at first mental Tv, stid afterwards aloud for greater effect that hard wise saying of Queen Elizabeth "Time will coinfbrt us, aud why not do foi ourselves Time's ollicef" Nature, not man hood, was uppermost. His dinner was des patched, and then he lighted his pipe, cross ed his legs, and gazed moodily into the fire. Ue folded his arras tightly across hit chest thinking of her. Thon he opened the window, and leant out with some romantic idea that the wind would waft her breath to him, or the same moon should look down on both. Ue had not naturally a genius for self-torment, quito the reverso; but in lore a man will do- such things. In his mind's eye lie beheld her as his wife; and again, he saw her frottcd and worn, slrng gling for her father with adverse circum stances, and sinking quietly, but surely, while his arm tvmilil lm fir C^vm t.... Then nn organ-boy nddod his mite o torture, and commenced Angiol d'amoro a song ho had often beard Margaret siug hctarned awav as if lie had been stung. It suggested unfailhfulucM, and he tried to re call h<y actual words. No vow had bcor given, though much had been implied. 80 being driven from the window bv llic organ he returner] and faced hisfrietid?the fire ? watching ring aftor ring of pale bluoatnokt ascend, uutil he fell into a sort of n doze then started up, looked at his watch, goi his luggage together, and hurried off in timo to catch the nigbt-tiuin for town. Ho got into an empty second class car riago, placed his carpet-bag under hia head eprend his plaid On the seat, stretched liiiu self out at lull length, and, tired -in bod) and mind, f?*!I a?leop, and woke in f?ondav .The sharp morning air, too murky ntmws phere, the huge pile of house.-*, Moke ?m iris eyes aa he yawned and shivered will that uneasy, unwiished Miusttiou which :i night's travelling generally leaves. J'her? was not more lliah'titne sufficed Jo swallon a cttn of hot cotToo, and roach the Sontl Kant era terminus for the down-train t< Folkstone. I*ln??? day.' from tha' time Stephen w.c h! Marseilles, and was engaged there a1 seamen'-* wages to work under the. engi near in the J'eniusular and an Orienta steamship Ava. It sailed, and lni sped 01; his way; if his heart was heavy, his spirit ?'? good; if his belief 1U Margaret's faithful neas was very considerable, his belief in his own was aninzinodv firm 0 >. " IV. It was perhaps a dozen years after llii? that a lady, warmly clad in silks and furs walked down tlio principal street of Wen don one winter's day. She carried a snml roll of music uuder her cloak, and stopped at one of the largo cloistered houses thai tlauked the cathedral in their well-bred gloom aud stillness. She rang the bell and was quickly admitted into the drawing room. She opened her music, laid aside her wrappings, and revoaled the faco 01 Margaret Meiiton. Full, gay, handsome and careless, with a bewitching drollery about the mouth, and n rather masterfn eye. Presently tbe door was opened, and a lull and wilful looking girl, with n pairol flashing blue eyes, ajinorl ran in. .Slit would bare embraced Margaietoo the*; rot but the latter drowned the etlort in Iter sig niticaut way; she laid her hand on tio young lady's shoulder, saying: 'Well, Cecilc, how is the voice, and bow have you progressed with the song?"' "O, Mi?s Meriton, papasnyS I am hoarse and that 1 have a cold; but let mo try." For myself, I think it an undoubted fuel that school girls pay groutcr wttoiition tc lessons lecefved from masters than from their own sex; and I make no question that, when tho enlightened and platonic nature ol the ago admits of youths being instructed by female professors, tho eonvorse of the proposition will hold good. At the same time, there is another fact to be placed against this, as has always bouu the case with every fact since tho world begun; and that is, that a woman of a certain age, who nai aelf-contiol, an J lias cultivated licr pow era of fascination, can, if she chooses to do it, acquire an inllueuco over young girls which almost amounts to idolatry on the ouo side, and against which even a lover can hardly hold his own. So Margaret Meriton, who liked to bo charming, and was necessitated in her character as music teacher to eschew flirting, made herself par ticularly charming to hor pupils, who all adored her aflor the fashion of young girls. We may also supposo, if wo like, that she thought a little, of poor Stephen, and for his sake did not wish to loso hoi skill in the art of being delightful for want of practice. So the two sat down and proceeded reiy amicably for some time. At last the fantasy seised Margaret that Miss Voreker should ropeat a certain passage a given number of times, as a penalty for a falling >hort in tbo mode of performing it. The young girl's spirit did not bear this jurdea very meekly; first ber pride rose, hen mortification did battle with pride, ind lastiy, the spirit of sullen lies* descended Hid utterly panrfjfOd Miss V erokcr'fl vocal sowers, A fjwMitl pauseonsuei. Marga Vret? saiituig Jo bsrself as the altered into ' nation Tell on her ear, turned round, and I met su<dk* blase of indignation on tbo pretty face 9n(wo are sorry to rocord it) made i her smile a great deal more?then comr tuenced the song herself. Tire refrain was, | ''Better truit nil, and be deceived. And weep tliat trust and that deceiving, Tlwiu doubt one word which, if beiiuvud, ^ ^ Hod bloBScd thy Ufw wjili ti tle believing.'' \ wft'teang it deliciously, and in so doing k- 'forgOL-oa^eotued to forget her pupil, her fiome, ^jfeher father's people. The inexoraW^igm tjf music spoke to her of other tbingsf^igd, as her fingers wandered over 1 the keys, her faco grew very willful, almost sad, and site no longer remembered even to t teas? Miss Veroker, who was -ffectod like ' Suut, in so far that the nnUkous demon ? wns in some sort charmed out ol her, and I she was pondering how she might best des' cend from the pedestal of pride, and make 1 submission to Margaret without losing Iter 1 dignitr. The song was finished, and both i came back to realities. Margaret did uot - care about conquering herself, hut wns won? drou&lv fond of conquering other people; i eo she devoted an instant to Miss Vereker, f aud having ascertained by an almost im perceptiblo glance that young lady's state ; of mind, she proceoded to apply the actual cautery. Sho took tho song, aud gave it ' to her, saying very sadly, "Cntil to day I ? always sung thnt song with pleasure, Ce' cile, but you have joined to it a loss pleasi ant memory; I hope you will like it belter ' from this time than 1 shall;" and she bent i over it, and wrote on the margin, Revoke. ' Cecil? Veroker gave a convuleiv? gulp; but, ' before she could uttor tho words of cotitri- J ? lion which huug on ber lips, a youth of seventeen years, the fac simile of bis sister, entered hastily. "May I sea you home. Miss Meritou! I bavo stayed on purpose," i he added, in a boyish, pleading manner. j Margaret was arrantrinr hor shawl rmm.l w O c* " 1 bor shoulders, nod she did this very delib. oralely, beading down her head, wbilo nti amused sinile played about her lips. Mean1 while the boy eyed bor a* if ho k-tiged to assist he, but refraiaod, lost ito should meet I 1 with a repulse. Possibly some memory of | ? former rejections aided his apparent mod-1 i ernlion. "No, I thank you, young George; a poor music mistress hardly needs an es' cort. Good night. Oocile.'' ; The lad followed her to the door with a provoked look on his handsome young face. 1 I daio say that young Geoige grated on his cars. lie returned to his sister, and re gardetl the fire. "She is too handsome to , walk alone. I w'sli I w-vo i niau, Cis, and - ihen 1 svonld uiarry bur." 1 This now view made Cis deliberate a lit. tie. The r- ?iti* wis f->?_ nl-' - "That would he veiy i, ce, George, and thru I need i not lake any more singing lussom of her? i a. leu-l, unless I liked the songs particular i lr,M sjj, added, as her eye full on the word lie volte. Margaret gavo two more lessons on the i ro.ni, ami theu walked quickly home, stud ? safely too, in spilo of \ oung George's fears. 11 or father, a poor gentleman in the first > instance,-became poorer still; an amateur L musician, lie was reduced to make his picas uro miid -ter to his necessity. His hcaltli, 1 as we know, failed him tnoro than his for i tunc; for as Margaret had said, so sho had done, and in the matter of a daughter he - was decidedly a much to he envied man. i When she returned, he was sitting in his chair by the tire, thinking long of her; as the Scotch say, in her eyes he looked, each timo she came back, more geulle, feeblo. and shadowy than before. She busied her' self about him buoyantly and pleasantly, as j was her woot. I In quickly told tales liko litis thero is no t room, us there is no need, to detail the I couiso of each day, which went to make up I her life. Margaret Meritou was fast growing rich. I don't tnoan that she had ( amassed landed property, but she had for many years been liable to the income tnx, , (all English hearts will feel for her and wilit her in this iaspect.) Work was n inw I and necessity, but she did her work easily; , it suited her, and her gains were sutlicient r to support Iter father in grout comfort. Sho ' w i?. moreover, much liked l>y the families mound: her unflaggingguyoty of .-pint, her ' . quick talent-, and splendid voice, made her (| a wnlcoino addition to every society. No J tidings from Scllon had ever reached her? r i y?t, in spito of it, sho grow happier, hand 1 sotner, and stouter; she was not a-weary be* cause he caiue not; and, indeed, piesentod ' no semblance to the Marian of the Moated Grange. Ton years fiotu the time we last portray ' ed her she entered iicr fortieth year. ItJ 1 was a winter evening; ihete had been al ' driving shower of sleet and snow, with a| : keen, l>itter north wind; the foot passengers J in the street were whipped, blinded, and at ! last cowed by it, and retreated into tboir j bouses; the houseless poor betook them1 selves to alleys and doorways for aheltor. 1 The skies were huIIoii and lowering, and a dense mass of pale grav to the northwest ' afforded every prospect of moio rough weather. 1 do not think any one could bo more comfortable or handsome than Margaret Meritou, as she sat making the hot cotfeo in the snug study, clad in rich garments of sober hue, as befitted her age and purse. 11 or father was still alive, anil was soat | e<J in the self same chair. His head was ! very white, and <juite bowed on his bioast, i and hii loug thin tiugors bent time restless i ly. She spoke only a lew words to him | now and thou, and they wore caressing, and |' such as might Imvo been used to a child. ! At last sho settled herself in her own lyqrj | ing chair, cut open a new hook, and was I soon deep in it. Gradually tho now book found its resting-place on tho lloor, and ' Mnrgaret reposed calmly. There was a rumbling of carriage wheels close to tho house, and then a halt. Hut there was no magnetism in tho air to warn Margaret of any one boing near her, more than that gutillo shadowy man whom sho had tended for so many year*. Then n foot step in the hall, and hand on the door, ftrcn tho seven sleepers awaked at last, and when tho door . opened Margaret started to her feet, fullv I prepared to deny that she had been other-' " / ? - ~ wise than wiilo awake.. She hoard a deep voice say, "f know the way," and then 6aino a face bronzed fiery red, full blue eyes, not altogolher strauge to Margaret?at least she lad seen such in her dreams?a mass of hair, beard, moustache, and whiskers of hue which was pale only beside the face. All this surinounlod a figure huge in overy way, but especially in breadth. Margaret stood wondering, and tho figure stood wondering also. Liko tho Ancient Mariner, "he fixed hef with his glittering eye," and as he performed this operation he drew 6flf wrapping after wrapping, and at length stood confessod as Stoplieu Sellon, weighing nt least sixteen stone. He was not a tall man, so nppearnnces did not assist him on that score. Then the bluo eyes danced with atnuscineut, the whito teeth showed thomsolves, and a hearty, full and sonorous laugh broke tho ice. "Margaret, do you not know me?" He stepped forward and kissed her, at first lightly on hor cheeks, and then putting her back, with nnothor glance and another laugh, lie followed up that kiss with many others, and they came so fast and warm that Margaret had not really presence of mind to resist. "I ascertained you woro still Margaret Moriton, or you would uot have neou me here to night. Is this vour father? She led him up to tho old man gently. "Speak tenderly to him, Stephoo, he is <juite childish now." Something in the aubdued, woinauly tone of Margaret's voice gave Stcphon a choking sensation; howover, j I lie cleared his throat, and shook hand* with ! Mr. Muriton. I The poor gentleman looked up, with his [ wan apprehensive smile. "You'll bo kind I lo Margaret, sir, you'll bo kind to her;" and then bo rambled on incohereutly. Margaret bad not forgotten bow to blusli, and at this random speech of her father's the blood rushed up in torrents to her hair roots, leaving a transient crimson on her throat and neck. Apparently this enchanted Stephen; be rubbed his hands, and arranged his tawny beard, and sat down, and watched Margaret us she poured out coflee Tor Inm, with the bright cheerful, trolllog look of twenty years l>cfore. "Ah, Margaret," ho continued, laughingly, "I sworo that were you failed, worn and weazen, I would still be true; but you have not fretted for me?you bave not the nssurutico to pretend it. Am I absolved from my oath?" Margaret raisod her eyos with a malicious glance, signifying, Rt hi Brute.' "Yes, I know," lie added, surveying rather rufullv his own ample person. "We have hoth much to forgive." There was no explanation i.-ked, for nono wa> required; '.iioy ? >tli felt uncommonly happy. Shall we leave theui sol Ah, young lovurs' would you bolievo it possible that that happy, handsome, comfortablo looking woman is Margaret Meriton, who, a score of years before, was condemned to separation, uncertainty, and work for her daily bread; or tint good man, so jovial, frank, and portly, should b# tlio cxilod lover. Tako courage?"men die, and the worms oat tlieni, but not for love." They had each done their duty, not sadly aud sternly, but merrily nud woll,' and thoir tree of love blossomed, though Into in life. Perhaps one of tho things wo love host to see, is the gentle, grave beauty of some autumnal tlower, which gladdens our eyes when tho summer lias tied, aud the unkindly drip of the winter rain is at baud, and the bky is ashen gray, und our mother oarth brown and lifeless. Seligations in the Water. A Mr. George, describing his sensation while in die water, says: "That verse, 'God moves in a mysterious way," kept passing in and out of me?through n?e, rather, as if I had booh the pipe of au organ, it did not come let mo In- ?>? .- --n.;.? .w .... ?-?jr ... J VHH IVHUUI1, but soinoliovT made me remember it. Ano tlier passenger describe* bis sensation in this wise: "1 guess I had been about four hours iu tho water, and bad floated away from tho rest, when tho wares ceased to make any noise, and I heard my mother sav, "Joliny, did you oat sister's grapes!" 1 hadn't thought of it for twenty years at least. It had gone clear out of my mind. 1 had a sister that died of consumption more than thirty years ago, and when she whs sick?I was a boy of elereu years or so?a neighbor bad sent her some oarly Lot bouse grapes. Well, those grapes were left in n room where I was, and?1 ought to have boon skinned alive for it, litllo rascal that 1 was?I devoured them ull. Mother canto to me after i had gone to bed, when she could uol find the fruit for sister to moisten her mouth with in tho night, and said, "Joliny, did you eat sister's { grapes?" 1 did not add to tho meanness of my conduct by telling a lie. 1 owned up,1 and ray mother went away in tears, hut : without Hogging me. It occasioned mo a! j qualm of conscience for many a year after j that; but, as 1 said, for twenty years at least j I had not thought of it, till when I was | lloaling about, booumbeJ with cold, I heard it as plain as ever 1 heard her voice in my life?1 beard my mother say "Joliny, did vnti oof aiclAP% 1 1 * 1 1 j v?. vi? o.-jvvi I ui'll I Know now lo aeconut for it. It dnl not scare nio though. 1 thought it was a presage of hit (loath. Ao Drew! of Death. Tlio Now York Timet says: "Wo questioned nearly all the passengers of tho Central America arrived yesterday hy tho lOmpire City, and received vari ous icplios. Wo found no one who would confess lo dread a death /> / se. One thought of his family, fi lends, and struggled for life, for their hakes. Another wishod lo live -that ho might enjoy the treasure which ho had stowed away on his person, and which would he save 1 if ho was. A third, who had lost everything, wanted to begin life aiiow, at id make his fortune over again. A species of fatalism consoled some, If tlieii time was cottio it was come, and they saw their comrades in misfortune fall in their last st niggle and sink, with scarcely n pang. One man told us ho went to sleep in the water." From the i!?? York lndep? intent. Tho Swiss and French Memorials. It has already been announced through The Independent that iu addition to the i memorial from Geneva on the subject of i American slavery, memorials had bouu re < ceived from the Synod of the Canton Vaud, i aifd from all the l'roleslani churches of France, upon different aspects of li e same question. Tho publicaliou of these memo- < rials has beuii delayed in consequence ofthe absence from town of the partiae to whose care thoy were addressed. We learn from , the committees that both memorials will be laid beforo the public in a few days. Wo take occasion here to correct an error of the Itev. D/r Baird with regard to | these documents. The New York Ohscrv ! er lately published a letter from Dr. Baird, | iu which that gentleman announces his doj termination to prevent any discussion on I the subject of American slavery at tho Berlin Conferoncfe! We give an extract: "Just as I was about to leavo Geneva, I | learned with astonishment that a scheme I has been concocted by which the subject of American slavery is to bo forced into the Berlin* Conference! And a distinguished gentleman of Geneva is to bo the instrument for doing a work which our Knglish friouds would hardly dare to attempt themselves. Should this be done, I promise you, Messrs. Editors, such a chapter of facts as will surprise you and your readers. All such attonipts will be resisted; that you may depend upon. Our German brethren have given no such item in tho programme on which, and by which, they have invited their brethren from Atneiica. If American slavery is to come in, then I shall insist upon it that three or four other subjects shall come iu, one of which shall be the preparation of a 'memorial' to the Queen of Kng land, and appointment of a deputation to ]x>rd- l'alioerston, 'On tho enormous injury dune to humanity by llie conquest of In dia, with its 150,000,0U0 of inhabitants, by the English, and the conversion of that great country into one vast garden for the production of opium, which they are onga g?d in forcing on China, with its 350,000,000 of inhabitants, at the inouth of the cannon, thus producing incalculable evil to 500,000,000 butuan beings, and hindering tho spread of the Gospel among one-halt of tho human raco!" I, for one, shall insist that at least this subject shall be put by the side of Americau slavery, if our English brethren will force in the subjoct of slavery ?notwithstanding (hat the Germans have from tho outset refused to place it in the programme?employing no uintler whom to pull tho chestuuta out of the tiro for them. "No slono-ha? been left unturned by a certain party to stir up our ovangelical brethren at Paris, Lyons, Geneva, Lausanne, and Yevuy during the last several mouths, to address 'memorials' and 'letters' to our churches on the subject of slavery? just as if our American churches are not fully as likely to be acquainted with that subject as tlie brethren referred to. Of these four or five letters or memorials, I am not aware that more than one (that from Geneva) has been published in a single Soul firm paper, religious or secular, or any Northern paper that has much circulation iu the South. And because the elitors of the paper (tho Central Prcuhyterian) that published that address ventured to comment upon it, and express their honest conviction that all such 'letters' must fail to do any good worth speaking of. in tho part of the country for which it is professed thoy are intended, Count Gaspariu takes them to task with all the zeal, and even fury, of a cavalier of the middle ages. Well, indeed, has it been remarked that our evangelical friends in Paris, Lyons, Geneva, Vevay?in other words, in France and Switzerland, without going further?have enough to do; thoy need not -trouble themselves ntautour American slavery, which after all must bo managed hv our own jreople. But more of this at another Itirto. R. B." Of the tone of this letter we shall not suffer ourselves to speak; but its errors require correction. L)r. B. say?: "Of these four or ti\o letters or memorials, uot more than one has hem published in any South cm paper." Now the fact is that as yet only one of these memorials?that from Geneva?has been published at all! Those from Lausaono, and from Paris,"Lyons, and all France, hare just boen receivod by the Uommittees intrusted with their publica lion, and aro about to bo issued from tho press. Of tho Geneva memorial three thousand coj>ies have boon sent by mail to influential persons at the South, and already a gentleman of South Carolina has attempted to reply to it in an article of six newspa per columns. It has been published entire at Richmond, and portions of it havo reached the South through various channels. Wo would suggest that the extreme sen silivenosa which Dr. Liaird's letter betrays At any allusion to slavery, the manner in which it speaks of Count Gaspariu, the threat to match one sin by others, and to retaliate charges iuslead of accepting Christian counsel, and the boast that churches which enfold Col. Xelhorlaud and the Richmond Convention, can "manage" tho evil of slavery without counsel from abroad?do not present the most favorable aspect of American Christianity to tho evangelical Christians of Knrope. We rogret oxccsd ingly to havo to record snob sentiments from the pen of one who has stood so high in tho confidence of the churches at home 1 and abroad. The letter must have been I i |,?.?a<ru > i? iiiuiuuiii 01 inconsiderate liiute. But if 1 )r. Uaird means to carry the spirit of this loiter into the meeting at Berlin, vo arc glad that l>r. William Pattol?,and other American divines of equal standing, are there to represent their countrymon. A dog which had lost a whole litter, was t / seen the other day trying to poke n piece of crape through the handle of the door ?5f a sasscnger shop. Why is a lady pulling on her gor^ois like a man who draik* to drown hi* grief.' Because in solacing horsclf, she it petttnyl tip It. ' I # *1 ^ AdventurHrMhr'Tom^^^^S!^. ^ " The following sketch, furnished f?i Harcluv, daughter of James T. * llior of a forthcoming work, ** ** the Great King," gives an inV '% count of her perilous advenlurtiifr.gJgtflKr. * 4 access to the Tomb of David:' . "Karly one morning, diirinfi the n fllTT , Mohammedan feast of Rharaadaa, F wtk called to the 'patley* room, to *04 my fris^ * * " . M >osa. This little fellow hathig b&vltM rather a frequent visitor, I was ii first , clmed to excuse myself, hut remwBb^ifjgngHP" had lately hinted at the possibility of gaining an entrance into the Tomb df 0^ * >* vi?l, and in consideration, too, of the feet of , being their feasting season, the everlasting linjaji of cofTec and douceur of swtftmo&t* ?those otherwise indispensable ma>ks of Turkish civility?might now be dispensed with, I concluded to tnake my appearance. On entering the room, my pieAsing suspicions were conOrtned by seeing bim close the door and mysteriously place his forefinger on his lips, in token of profodpd Secrecy. lie laid his ponderous turban on * % the divan besido him, doffed his .stippera, crossed his legs, and tbeu disclosed the nature of hit errand. Id short, I was informed that his sister was ready for an adventure; and, as 1 was too, we were not long in reaching 'Turfendah,' (his sister,) who immediately commenced operations. My hair was taken down, and braided in scores of little plaits. A red cloth cap, with a blue silk tassel, was placed on tny head, and around it a gnuzu turban, with gold tassels and embroidery. My robe and trowfcers were of the finest Damascus silk, mygirtllo. of cashmere, and tunic of light blue nnd embroidered in silver flowers. My bands were nlreadydyed with 'henna,' having undergone this process on the occasion of a former adventure in tho Mosque of Omer, and still retained the deep yellow hoe; my Bkin was pretty deeply tanned, too, from a residence of several rear* - K??.t? J ?MV?I ? l/U I II I u Syrian sun, which was quite an addition to iny Turkish appearance. The sheet, veil, and slippers came in due order; aud having secreted tny pencil and sketch-book in the folds of my girdle, we sallied forth accompanied by Turfendah's favorite slave. "The reputed Tomb of David ia just outside of Zion Gate; hard by the Coenaculum and American cemetery. It is surrounded by an irregular pile of buildings, and surmounted by a domo and minaret. In the' ^ interior are some of the most grotesque architectural embellishments imaginable, on the capitals of some remains of the Crusaders'architecture. Just think of the fright* ful owl occupying the place of the classic^, acanthus and mythic lotus! We passed^* -\ the several halls and corridore evidently of the style of the Quixotic era of the Crusaders'domination, before reaching the consecrated apartment, whose entrance is guard- . ed by double iron doors. We found here an old derwi&h prostrate in prayer, on the cold stone tloor. Not being privileged, as we, to enter the sacred precincts, ne was content with gazing at the tomb through the iron bars; for it is a rare thing for ev?u a Mussulman ecclesiastic togain admittance ? ?my companion and her family only enjoying this privilege, because they are very near relatives of the curator of the tomb. Our ?lav? was despatched for the key, which * she had no difficulty in obtaining, on the plea that her mistress wished to pray on the holy spot. But what was my consternation on seeing another slave return with her'. I confess that I trembled, and was thinking I had best leave my awkward slippers behind, in case of retreat, as they would grenlly impede my progress, aud might thereby cause me to lose my head. She peered under my veil, asked who I was, and seemed satisfied with the careless reply of Turfendah, that I was merely a friend of hers from Stamboul. She invited us up stain to see the old keeper's harem; and Dahudeah, (Mooea's little wife,) who is always glad to exchange the purgatory of a residence with her lord and master for a visit of a few days de-re; for I can testify from personal observation that the young effendi lords it ovor her in true oriental conjugal style, Turfendah regretted she could not accept her kind iavitation, and, as she was so much exhausted from fasting, she would prefer deferring it to another lime. The slave then left, to .our mutual relief, and, having dismissed the old derwiah, the doors were closed and doubly locked. "The room is insiguificaut in its dimensions, but is furuiahed very gorgeously. The tomb is apparently nn immense ear i -i ' VW|niAgll4 UI I ougu none, and is covored by green satin tapestry, richly embroidered with gold. To this a piece of black velvet is attached, with a few inscriptions from tho Koran, embroidered also in gold. A satin canopy of red, blue, green and yellow stripes, hangs orer tho toinb, and another piece of black velvet tapestry, embroidered in silver, covers a door in one end of the room, which they said leads to a cave underneath. Two tall silver candlesticks stand before this door, and a little lamp hangs in a window near it, which is kept constantly burning and whose wick, though saturated with oil?ihd I dar* say, a tuoet nauseous dose?my devotional companion eagerly swallowod, muttering to herself a prayer with many a gfflfttflaxion. Site than, in addition to their nsnal forms of prayer, prtwlrated herself before the tomb, raised the covering, pressed her forehead to the * stone, and then kissed it many time*. Tho ceiling of the room i* vaukod. and the walls covered with blue porcelain, in llomi figures. Having remained hero an hour or more, and eoirtnleted ???? ?- ' * _ , n? ???n. and great nai my reioicing when I found myeoff once more at bom?, out of dftngw, and still bolter, oat of my awkward costume." ? ' - A barkeeper of Albany, X Y., T?n* maJe a bet of $50 that be ran make twenty gm cocktails in one minute. The editor of the Savannah New* snys tyj ean'rtad a Bthtf in that place who Sfjfj j?in coiktnn* lry the bout; faslorthan any barkeeper in ores- , tion can make thorn. ? J * /, ;<*