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VOLUME Vif- enela Q u1tU'flose, S. C., 3,S43 . NO.23
SOGEIELD ADVERTIMS
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IV. F. DURESOE.PROPRIETOR.
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tions marked on them. will be continted until
oldered out. and charged accordingly.
AA Job work donefor persone eing ata
dtstance, must be paid far at the time the work
is done, or the Payment eenwred in the village.
All cnemn'scationsaddreased to the FAltor,
. pid. wdl be promptly-and strictly auend
HI@lonary Notices.
The undersigned being appointed Mispiona.
ries, in the rm Division of the Edgeticld Asso
ciation. expect to comuience their labors at
each Church in the following order. viz:
Rehoboth, Saturday before the second Lord's
da In July.
Jed Hil, Saturday before the third Lord's
day in July.
aflfaloe, Saturday before the fourth Lord's
day in July.
ulahl, Saturday before the fin Lord's day
inJolv.
Cailabams, Mills, Satuntay btfure the first
Lead's day in Augnet.
Mount loriah. Saturday beforo the second
Liord's day in August.
.Gilgal. Saturday before the third Lord's day
in August.
Bethany, Saturday before the fourth Lord's
day in August.
Hloreb, Saturday before the first Lord's da)
in September. F. F. SIEG.
D. D. bRtUNSON.
We. the undersigned. haitug been *ppuint
ed Domestic alissionaris. for the 4d *becan
oftha Chatchesoathe EdgefeW Baptist Asso
amuei , sivprnotice. that we will by Darise
peroamion attend de Churches, at the follow
g times:
Ha . ob the Saturday :befre.the.2nd
. ; Day in July.
Big Stephens' Creek',,pn theS tun3ay before
the 3rd Lord's Day' 4 July.
31dhat Zion. on the .aturday before the 4th
Lord's Day in July.
orn's Creek. on the Saturday before .the th
,Lord's Day in July.
Edgeetd.onthe Saturday before the 1.t Lard's
Day in August.
Red Oak Grove, on the aturday beforetbetInd
Lard's Day in August.
Bethany at Repiblican. on the Satuvrday he
fori the 3d Lord's Day it Auiust.
Antioch, on the Saturdiy before the 4th Lord's
Day in August.
rJOHN TRAPP.
'.l. A. WIL1AM1S.
:Don ic Missionaries.
In eou neice ofthenumber of Chnrches.
aond the limnted time for visitingt then. It < Inn
practicable for us to anetgl each. We hie.
therefore from their cearneo to edh. other,
a inted one meeting for 5t. -Lebanon and
Oni. ZiSn, to be held at the latter.. The ir-a
Ona for this appoitment V4l ber' ven.nor
July at the meeing.
The uinderAine will conmnee 'tiheir Mitt
eSaturday before the . _:LordO y in
July, at Swioa rek
On Saturday. before the 3d Lrds Daty it
July, at Damascusn.
On Saturday before the.4th Lord's.Day in
auy t Gosodi Crpee.
OnSatrday before the 5th Lord's Dlay itt
uystat amas.eves ek
On Saturday before the .3d .lard's Day in
Augsat Good tHpe.
8 ,tadybefpre the 4 Lords.Day in
Aatsat Sisist Spring. . .
Eteheetwg will continue ceeweck if cit
cenmtanes favot it.
,Z. WATKINS.
JOS. Sl10RRt8.
.Thmeiandersignedl will comtmente their 31i.
Omatdy befwr thesed Sabbath in July.
aRt ISalem.
On Saturday before the 3d Sabbath in iuly,
O 4Srry before'thme 4th Babbath ih July,
at Cloud's creek.
On Saturday before the 6th Sabbath in July.
at Bethel.
On Siturday before the ist.Sabbatigin An-.
On aturdaky beeere the Snd Sabbath in Au
gast, at.Sardie.
Os Saturday before the 3rd Sabbath in An
gut at .
On Saturay efore the 4th Sabbath in 4n
gtat Cloud' a atek.
gn WM. WATKINS.
JAMESY. PETERSON.
Notice.
A LL persons indo'>ted to us on accounts
?.due tbe..6:4 of.January last, are re
quested to come and settle up. We have
te p ou ~ GOODE & LYON.
Feb.13 . tf 3
Frenebhm m .Prihfe.
A FlNE assarite t, or sale Cheap, by
JNO. 0. 13. 10RD
IMNCELLANEOUS.
-T.HE FLOGGING SCHOOLMASTER.
Anidst the rapid changes which have
marked the progress of society wittain 1he
present century, and they have been won
drous indeed, tihre is none perhaps nore
striking than that -hich has taken plAce
in tle mode of punishing delinqueti.
-Forneriy, the arm of the law secumed t.
be ner-ed with something very nearly
akin to revenge in exacting penance for
an evil deed, all its cTorts were directedi
to the body instead of the mind, ail in
proportion to the corporeal pain inflicted.
wasjudged the due expiratiou of the crime:
no melioration in the oflinder w as 'hou;;l
,of,.except by inspirio terror, and to the
absurb idea or supporting the dignity oif
tihe nw,-were sacrificed every poinciple
of enlightened justice. nod every fccj::
of sfi human;ty. lin he old country we
part;eularly allude to.Great Brit-ain, the
whipping post was to be fundel iii eve:v
town and-village. and the pillory and. tihe
stocks were constantly exhibited oni tvir
Let days in th-e rural districts ome degra
dingspeciacle or other of rustic vice con
demned by inditcriminating mngi.trates
thusio pny-the forr-it of their 1iflin; niA
deeds. In the training of the rising gene
ration, a similar process of summary rci
lion was put in movement to qluicke-n the
slow, and excite the diligent, unl in all
enses of juvenile delinqnctcies. n heliher
of oinnissiotn or comnisain, the rod and
the breech wete ever brong.t to Iry coI
clusions together. Sciuol! in those day-i
were regular flayin:: eetahlislimer.ts, a:d
the young student found to his cost that
the road to learning. ap was oce ap'ly
reuarked by a celebrated wit. invii:.biy
lay through' groves of birch and :entiV
tapering lime twigs. It i% a nieinehoily
fact in hutian plysiolorgy that a habit uf
inflicting pain geceratrs ever i the tm~d
eat temperamnctit a kind.of ferocity that
supei:cedes all tther pleastres, ard Ie who
once indulgerin a btuw to a c!.ii. ie.
dependenw is in great danger of dce;tner
ating ito0 a most wetCi:ess t3 ratt. We
rerollect somne. clericl pedIngtou;; ties who
had an absolute passion l..r th:e birch, and
the oight of a laek gonvr: nod bird even
now excites in. us a fee-Ig of horror %% hiih
we can isirdly muster. some y-ars ago',
before the conclusion of peace hetnaect
France and England. an emigrant of tie
forMer.cuntry. piohaby a d-Acend-it "S
one of he. great- families r.nkicg with the
De Monltnorency-s or De Guiches in the
days or their renown, was trave!lin2 in the
West of England, eking out l,6 hvinig by
taking portrait% ot miniatures, and L:idiug
hi' poverty under that noble pride and in
d::strious action fur % hich the fesgitive
French noblessee were so remarkable at
that period.
It happentied that as he vw trnil:::.
along the rmid on fi.ot. and abo to enter
the small :own of Crelinton. in pevn
shire, he was encountered liv a host -.fbu,,
of all ages belonoing to a school in ie
neiliborhood, who had obinited half a
holiday in -cooseqnencce f the re' .ieing,
occasioned by recent intelligence tit one
of the victories won by Lord Weilin;;toii
in Spain. Attracted by somnethinc pecu
liar in the appearance of iic Frenchmian,.
the mischievous uc;ins emrounled hint.
shouting and hallonin-g at the top oif thit-ir
voice%, -Invi with the French ! Wel
liugtmn forever!" which Monsieur not re
lishing. a little abtterzation en-ined :o row
ipickily followed, iu which the cro nn of
the stranger's hat vais broken itn nud hi%
coal covered with dirt. Untlc froi thei
number to contend :rmcessfaully wvitli hi.
votthful adlversarie', he maede wny fohr
the school burnuing with respntmrent. and
proclaiming aloud his intentiton ofC hnyitn::
his comnpltint before the heatd tmater.
-Now this said head moa~t'r wn< perhmips
the severest of all hi' tribe :bat t:aJ beenv
inown in that part of the contry ftor a::e%:
a Doctor of Divintity an'1 a mo-t ablte
sebolar, he lhad by thme success of h-a pupils
at thme two Universities, atctqtiredl a chatrac
ter which every year of his owny he
seemed desirous to'increuse by the inice
sant use at the birch. Aniare of thme rtui.
sequences of condemn'stio, t he bomys cont
coctedl a plen by which to divert the uneer
ofn the master from themselves to the comn
plainant. ,Dutrnninig the Frentehmni
they arrivetd at the hou.'e, antI inrfortned
the Doactor that they had 'etrn insultted in
the road lby a French-spy: a row had takent
placeand he was coming hither imaptud-:nt
ly to beard them all.
On the F'renchmnan'a reachitng tihe school,
with little regard to ceremnony, ande ir-itam
ted beyond measure at the si;:ht of his hat
and garments, whicti Iris slender purse
could ill affordl to repair he . ltoudlyv ex
pressed his wrath, and demandetd instant
'isice to be done on the a-"gressors.Th
Doctor refused with som aeiy com
meting on his serstionable charpeter; tihe
Frenehtaan rejoined in: a rage, until losin;:
all contmand of himself, lhe dared to say
e was tao gentleman. "What !" ide
the school masteiv'insult me before nmv
own scholars ! 'THorse him boys, instant
Tbhi atter assongst whom were many
strapping fellows of 18 or 19 years of age,
delighting in ahe fun, were prompt in obey
ing the order and surrounded the unhappy
Mnsieur, otwithstanding the most vigor.
ous resistance on his part, stripped himn
and mounted him on one of their hacks.
Its few seconds he was writhing and
yelling benegath the birch of the. pedagogue,
when after receiving a severe castigation,
be was bundled into the rroad, "loose, un
butoaed." to gather himself up, und ge
,=hthere leased.. Hiinig with ft,-e
and vet burning with shine nt the Ilu
miliatiing treaiment lie hadl rcerived, he
iade off for the neurt-At down. not daring
to rerain in Credinton, well korwing, the
ridienious4 efeit hi- -appearance would
produce am all ihose tu o1 wnuld quickly
herome acquainted with tie fiet.
Four nmies between this town and Exe
ter, ther- ix rnwher it large village. sat which
our luicklet i hem stopped. and in the per.
leer rf ite little inn be meditated his planis
for venteance. Tb- first thing, of course.
recordin;: to all tle rue-% of chivalrie bear
in,. wae to e ni I.- unemy out, ba how I
i, frtiend wav nenr-ini a stirage p!e.
en'impor:m, sotnmetihint must he done to
n ipC awny the sctin his honor haid re
Ceived. lie calis for pen amd ink--at
tentts to sit dlown h1it Iy a painful start.
ii rel;lded of the still lme atin sea2 t eof bi"
omtrageet honoiir- him'~ pen<t it eh-*di:( ;,
andl raeuin2 thlte asier, ai sioct feill.-v of
alht 21 or 25 i e:, of ne.'. di---t h;e-, ,him
WiT it the el'ol, pr.1mii:; l,ii Lm lf a
crwn en hins retrte. f
'he ti.t-r lit'l" dreamin2 of the nature
ref mhs iei-i he he . r ikly arrijin;; ati
the tcolti-J. '1n1d 11makini ii 1 nn' into1, the
nli-S. Ic cal'tv'. 1 :und ti.e Doareer -teeted at1
bis c it- :!t -.v o:en :.r.-l Pr;l.- of ron
seious-4~i p--err t'ie.e. .\las.ter :st*hhl-eman
dlelivcred 'e hI.,ii. -e, ntied ialhting
hisc hrt in his tv' h-vmb. !ie-i ;me. 'id
wiIh Co-i., er::bile: c- m Oecy. The
Doceor I, d.ci it hn. ot -- otner 'lid be,
Iance over ili ei.ctet-. itbau hi, brow as
t~:ed m immIrb-t tl.rrnt'--ing Ii ['TramanCe
\\ h a," . ie. t.o regard for imy rloth
-ine-tilt me ii my very -e::ctunmc ! I "il!
let ,i 4mee. r hevo- back my ano-irer,
but it s'hall be. behiAd him. it) ,-jekche his
lin le' i:ei thee emcai1-4 th'e h'nwny'
hide (if th' - 'er wis tpit:?!ty vi-iimr-ting
nmtier hi. teni- inttr nitnt of .,rhool
di.-iplinem. l ha hl emile al!blre(nt super.
nmau efen im ~to '.Alw;aV ::ddiltg erayrrs
to impreantio:', nti -,biia~tg wit alul
that he was at mini mm. M1311. *' asn
Uw--hie gt a mom wofol'i ieblmig. an1d
eain;-. '. ctmt;; with h !t rl~ce s shlt
hi. heel.. he n as thui. m:t asf doo-' w h ;
v.arri!-n tever It shor h; ha face there. oI
pain*ot reee" :nohe tt i : milar pni h-l 411.
riet;. l. ks tee1t anxiles ju be
reven.fr-a o a .mthody ; not ca-;rly nm
dlL'remtumiing in ha it al a!s.tani. he hast-ts
hiomie ina ll n.Onwm, hur-is lo the parlor.
whevlre was olur Gallic f.'ien-l. mne'litating
on the probable ehmic-- uf woumnims 91 tle
lDn-lor. and wishing i; mienht ic ties Eih mail
sword. at which her was expert. -'hto
d--d Frenean !" said bie what rick is
this you have been: pLvmel-n ! By
thuntder! vu 4h=ll pvy for it or my name
ait lim Hlirales !" tle t!.ereupon seized
the F'renchman by th cell.:r, trid na
.:ein t Icom -tifc a Qeriousl, n*ssiAutltwbien
the Iiord :.d latteinaily in:erfered atid
recuem- hit!m ro :,4 ' .-tE1-. "-Mine goo.1
.;Sv, b-ire o yo itatd I Sit do-ri ai nd give
me cit):a::rt '" "-it he d-d !" replie-'i
the oicr in a T age ;-1 shan't he ablIe Iim tie
lor a fi.:hit ; ;nd as fo geal te4 Ied, I
i al: be 0 cc obigrd to 1lit o mily belly fur a
miot !Te mIfernal .nrson! l'ti al a
fire lichitnd ' .- A little el.iircis.ement took
pllace,.whih :h.. F-renchlntmn heard with
oiple-inuth Lnd.: in eyes. Without
I eemore adl. after Aivin: Jim I igles his
lesirly bouitha hilfereewn. lee pays his little
h1l .%d b.:e--:.av ny it all imao.'iginlablI
speedl. slowly mui:ring a-, lid:ros4ril the
thresl,a!. -'Sacre- bflen t uonnerre de Diei!
D,,. School aer ! .O
Tr opI C.
REC;';DS O.' TIlE PAST.
.s I.:-:n..Ci: SK E:TC.
There' w:,s anoiiher' wrhomt I loved in
hoeem esiv dav;ac nitd there i-c nineht thia
.c ..ad in Iher ttea-moiry. feet hcr lui was a
g rteron.. ei, thoughi~h nil u netixed ithl
guilt. I eli'! neot itcow- her. of wnshomin
teak sll I icerty linitn madce~ her htim
i.ide, aund brniight her to del tl near emy
owit etn hm. I waset thenm bumt a rlhil, bum 1 1
pajontel: el thle hon'mumful, and ith
alemocst reverene nluieramtion dlid I gaze -
mepoiu time tepm 1,ete-i Limeon, fr she
was the very: imperwisona.tionm of all that is
Icevely ini womance time emeboidyinmg of mey
lfair'et i.ic nee.
Ilo nlie i il I to miindl he first lime i
saw her,. I line! been lplay ig a mie of
"hide atnd .e:rk" with a few Inaneghmn girls I
ef he5 on aege, -cc andmire ve.cite-r'atme than
thme vest I hadec, tom coenceal mytself,1 elami
lored sever the railing of' te upper belicony
of emy fater's .htmi' aned snuIgh: toftnd a
i'oothmelel upoln ith-l, w!. tnieb dli "ided our
ganren fromr lccm;ci theehp ccruntds tielong
ing t, -nr. Linitont', reiisece. But the
wall wats be-lcmw my rerach, No eiv'ing the
r'quiring~ call, 1i sug myself aroutudlond
ladecd un . the, beleiny of the next house,
mewanwhcile givi.g v-eat to loud shomutieo
mierriemnt. ltmgin,- my conmfusimn .whee~
I foui~ Imyselfimn gee ptrenlUeeC timo beau
tfuil is. Litonm wvit was :s little amused
hb' my aitn;:ular eniire'e.
'Well, little stranigr," said the Iady,'
"whom ha~ve we he'e--where did you
drop frnmii-and4 wher% udid yon intendl to
alig'ht on thi's mcinmund ajispeme ! Shall .1
eaim you as a 'gumd-son,' or would same
one di'cpute my tite c? Come tell us yhour
natme, and ynntr illusirious parenita~e 1"
.Vened and mortificd at tmy far pas,
ane! the mirth of the ladly, tand her hami
ban.l, I did notl deo raaise iy eyes from
my vteiled and 4'en apiem, to the lovely
countenane befoare me. A t length, ready
to cry itha mortiflentionm, I fahieri-d out
my naime, and timidly asked if I "might
"Wudyoumiascendi again," saidI thme
lovely Isabel, "orelrmvnu seek a homte t',
thl is wa wrbl ?" -
Then seeing my tenr,. 'he kie e itme
7n 1i.i Ie woudla sIiigtr till tha waty nut.
but I must cotion tit see her again-lust
come frequen-ly. for sie delightel in chil
dren, and then she udescerndedt itto ihe gar
dea with me, and opened the gate into our
ow, griunds.
I did go again. wid very frequen1Iy. and
I went the more when spring cale, for ,j
loved the beautiful litners the lady len
del. I loved her singing bir-is. an.I 'cr
tcntle pcts anid more than all I hovetd the
benutiful lady. Sh, sported with mtn
wheI I was mterry-nnr ,.ootahedl me When
troubled by my.eihldi..h n.rrow--; -the .ang
to me, tin, thasos::mgw wh;t-h tit this day
are miY favenrtes. (For nromae them eemn
to linger such a hialo of bright memories.)
14 01#h sing -I wmtal cza- utau her ex
reeling lieeanrIV, tI!l its. riarmsa'a coloredl
every idean nay ticari cL.erihed as worthy
If adnirntion.
Nt many m:rmithi after otr ne4;-mnntnce
r"I':lenlcedl. the low -smuica of a infant's
tnrollit:2 was hcnrd inl that dwelling- ()t!
how Ae-at Iuas myT deli--ht when I s:w ite
lady's hahe ! it had its fither's features
h: t i mother's sinle, wad when it wasu
old eno'agha to irattIle. it Its ot' ite ar'.4
01 1 nImiidf'rc in my he:rt if
hlierc was anry 1i1ng ot airth utore laively
r-a lthst smile, mnore full of mt,ic thnm
those sw& tIntles.
Iut aow -a ctloud seemed to- h-1n:; 0'ver
that happy hane. and its ui-hinie % -.
fistdin: nway; the h 'seces weredimmed
with weeprncE.und her bIeatty %%nas fast
witherinA.; underthe itighting inikerce rf
Pome great orrow which she strove to con
ceal; Iter birds andl her flowert. evcn the
cre-ses of her lovely chill failed to wilt
her from tie grief. Site dtid coiceal it
hrn In ith her hushn :il then he sum 51 -
nrtoed smiles to h.-r iale lips. and tihe
irightiess of itve still linrered in her eve.
bll it was only sorrowfptl to nie to see
thtoe smilea, for I 'knew her heart wa'
reoliing the tmenwhile. and ihbt the fin.
er of ite Desoroyer had been haidI that
mil1id brow. I was nout long ignorint till
he ciuause of such nisery ; rumor spoke
nidly of H arry Linion of his midnight
revel-,, and bitnevotin to the cup whose
-oitent c-t a bliht on all that i% fair
ind eo.J i. lif.. Soon the. truth of tia.
report was rotafirmel lay its altered cootn
iinuce nud mieti. b! who would not
Inve wept over the wreck of s much
eauty. ovAr ti:e ruin of that noble mitd.
Over the misery tif that lovely lady? Then.
'o, there was ri'in wroaughit aver thin
iruad ad", ti and won the stranger claimed
heni as Ihis.fu--..ant the lady..ws told
h!at elegant mansibhwas heneefsth no
ome for her-thatL he must seek oilatid
log place elsewhere, if so be she might
ind one.
There were times when the spirit of
ther days seem revived in Harry Litusn,
b. ean he was again the fund hlurbandl, the
ender parent. and in the world, the man
Pf hotnir. Bit these wire rare intervalk.
md evtt then. thie c ionnt of his
ttworthine'ss tauuted him.aniid eui.ciener
ever ceascd tis toritatis as it tour-lled
sefore him a recorul of broLPetn prnmies.
td deeds of %in oal pointed his firger
ternt'. to him. as the diest rover of a hiuas
i'01' lene. 'T'en he Iioked o his
.fe oil lie -,nw her fitdiug froi earth. ho
ursed hiuself :t hei murdarerer. and .seninl
oight Ote lethean cup to drown renorie;
nd after wild debauch he 'would return is)
mis home to polute it n iih hii diring aaths
lail mad revelry. lie haO gone abroadl
eeking rest but fiuding it not when the
telligetce reached him the harpice of the
Rw mre busied in .his dwell. lie has
eed thitver. and the first object that metI
iis eyi was tile form of that mjurrd wife.
he was eng:'agedl in: preparin;-. torremoiuval
e few artiees that remaiined to her when
ie clamt: al the law were satibtied,. aund
s h" enitered, w.5as looking~ n ith to'arfat!
yes upon a cranvias. ,swhere, in the pa
f her ltashiatd were disptlayedi so mtany
nnty gracc<. Heo aaw that delicateound
a'iul creattiue, that frail exotic w hose raae
entty he was to guned anal nurse "w.ith
~ente sunashine, gende dew." now expos
d to the gaze of rude! andi vubtnr menc.
paured to theair coarso .2ests andl ramntinag
aughas. and he became iniftriated,. stung
itiadness. Isabel mnet him getly ande
ithout fear; there was. no reprqach ini her
ok oir wnne save their sadne's. antd nit
ok of~ htterness escaped her lips.
"Hlarry., this portrait shaull go with us to
mr new homne. it is so beautiftul, and so
tnny pl--asaut thou~,hts of the paslt et'S
heir sunishinue arournd ist there is the same
mile on thase. lips that they wore when
ois askedt me to be your btide so lung
1. lok. deatr llarry,"' she sfad. rais
g her mihi1 eyes to his face. . What an
xpresion of fury met her gaz'i-those
nes of gentleness, th'pe eyes beamting
ith and tenadernuess as her wumtnt's heart
maked forth froma themt. only plunged still
eper in bis heart the giawing tooth ol'
temorse--and in his mnighty nuish.
eason: no lunger swavyet hi m. With' the
ire. tf a mnadttan, be dashod.the ollend
tg thing from berjiitnds, the canvass was
-t in twnlin, its. framre sipliotered into a
housand piecese.
"Oh, pap~a!". said thte simidi.voice of a
hildI ' pray donot be angry w ithi mnammt.
Dear mamma, she never is angry with
you, and eve'ry night ihe Pids.mne love you
andit pray fair you, that yout may he gonud.
and'then she weeps so mnteh. Oh, papa!
papa ! it is very aughty to make tmamma i
ry so," saidl the little boy. grow.inag bolder
a%'he pleadetd f..r his sw.eet mother.
Ileary Liuton turnoed to the boy and
with eienehed handl, smote imt to the
;round : then with the yell of a demon he
.....he, r.m tai hnos Non'e thought to
Servants in India-There is cue
convenience in visiting at an Indian
htouse. onmely. every visitor keeps his
own esianblishment of servants, so as in
give uo troubleto these ofthe house, The
ser ants fnd for themselre in a most curi
us n y. They seem to mc to sleep no
where. and cat nothing; thae is to say, inL
our houses, or of our goods. They have
mats upon the steps. and lite upon rice.
Bui they do very little, and every cue bas
hi separate work. I have an ayah, (or
l.ady's maid.) and a tailor, (for the ayabs
r'tiant work ; and A--has a boy; and
two nudd leg, one to sweep my room, and
anoaher to bring water. There is one
-wna to lay Ihe clfioth, anothr - to bring its
dinner. ictiillr. to light the candies, and
oai rs -u.wait at table. Every horar hae
:a man anil a maid to himself; ahs maid
-emls grano for him ; and every dog, as
hy. .1 inqnircdlwhether The cs had any
serv;es:.i, bout I found that she was allow.;
ed to wait upon herself; and, as abs
seeme-d the only persotn iti the establish
ment capable aml o doing, I Irespected her
accurdingly. Besides all tiese acknow
l-ted anti otensible attendansts, esela
.ervuit has a kind of muddle or douWe
ot his wn, who does all the work thar cam
lie put of! upon hin without I-eing foun1d
oiut htWe :wastor and mistress. Not
n ith'wnndring their numbers. they ari
dlrea.fully slow. I often. tire myself
with doing.diings for mylf rather thags
w:it for their dwadling ; but Mrs. Staun
ton lau;;hs at me, and calls me "griilln.'
anud says I nust Jearn to have',patience,
Draol save my -trength. (N. H.-.Grgia
menus a fresh man or a fresh womat im
India.) The reol Indian ladies lie on a
foia ; atd, if they drop their handkerchiefo
they jna.t lower ahir voices and say.
-Boy,' in a very gon tle tonb, and thea
creeps in perhaips sone old wizen skinny
brownie. looking like a superannuated
ihread-paper. % ho t%4 iddles alter ibem roil
a little w hile, and then creeps out agaita
as siafaly as a black cat. and situ dowts
cross-lerged in the verandah aill atistresq
please to call again."
( A Lady's letter from Madras.
Effrcts of .au.chter on the Circulatimer
of the Blod.-'The ieep inspirations and
the shoau and fregjietat expirations made
is the act of languing, have a direct in
iluoece ot the heart, increasing the, Wu
tity of blood within itsecavitiesthiIMam0
manner as the quantity wihhin these in,
creased ly muscular contractions. This
condition of the hearo, as might be antici
p-ated. will vnry itn prnptortion to the vio
lence and duration (if the piaroxysms ol'
!anghter. When these are moderate, the
tuitd .is only exhilernted. or, to use a coam
mon cpre-ion. '-the heart becomes joy
fi," hl if lan;hting be increased or pro.
loIed beyond certain limits, a series of
eA'ect.q. more or less injurious. frequently
supervene. lain in the cardiac region
and hendache then comes on. -and af the
paroxysta ht immoderate, the qianntity of
balood p-opelled ;no the brain is such, that
the iniellectual powers becomes greatly
ct'i:ed, andt somerimes an such a degree
ias to cauase their temriporary aberration.
-:ven t convtlsions fulliow immoderate fits
4f lIughuer, and I have known death take
place roum esc!usive laughter caused by
A ftistrbed action or the heart isusually
ah-served in thme aIected with - hysterics.
w!ich may accountfrU :the paroxysm of
laughter. the risus sardonicts. the hiccup
3nt all the more remarkable phenomena
which are characteriaic of that disease.
Lanughter. indeed, greaiy disturbs a heart.
wbhich is -already- irritable. - This was
utrikingly ~ezem.pls6e'd in a person'who had
a dil.ease tal' the heart, and could not in
Julge in laugzhing, withaout the increased
inetiotn of the hart lay 's hictr it was ae
:anied.~ always causittg violent head
tcehe.--itardrop ont Diseasesa of the Heart.
Cur'us Seen,- in H yde. Park.~-A good
Ioeal oaf amnusemlent. was adforeled (or
,omte honurs in H-yde-Paark otn Wednesday
afternoun, in conseqeuence or the fruitless
matempits of the pobrte to dislhadge a couple
uf men frntm their elevated -situation in
one of' the trees, which they bad climbed'
witha th.,view of taking birdti' nests. One
oft the A divisions4 first spjied-the trespas
sers, and finding.his samgone. to descend
was disregatrded, he made his way up the
tree-ao.brinag themn. down- by force. One.
oft the deliujuents wras a sweep, and as his
etperienace in makitng his way. up china
nays save him great. advantage cor lb.
oonstab'le,. be continued (or bours to elude
all antempts to lay hold of him. consaa
ble, however, at one time did succeed in
catching hold of his leg. The sweep im
mediately' pulled tiff 'his sooty cap and
belabored tile -'policeau .over the eyes
and face till he waa co'npletely blinded
and alarost choke'd wIth soot. The con
.,,ale wes forced to let go and to descend.
with his face black as his antagonist's,
amid the laughter of the mob. A rein
forcement of police a sent ror; six con
st ables surrounuded thea'tree anad kept the
croiwrd of. -ta ahis sthte of seigo the do
fendas were kept from two o'clock ina the
afternoon until eleven at n'ght, whoo. .an
of them having surrebdeued .at- disctretion.
the capture of the other was effected, af-.
ter considerable resistance.
Killed by a Corn Dcter.-T be New
Haven Herald, under its obituar bead,
notices ste death of Mr. Justus, Williamsi,
a respectabile citizen of Essex. (Deep Ri..
'ver) and an exempax and worthy maas
Iby lbekjtw, occacione by the apphecatiogs
pirsue hilm,, for bchide her dead boy In
the stricken wife nud mother, almost n
lifeless. From that leath-htke swote sie
recovered only to learn the extent tef her
wretchedness. She lingered in she world
a short time, bout the name of hcr husthimd
ever passed her lips. She looked tn the
corpse of her child with a steady eye'theln
enlaly replaced the shr:,nd over his stif
fened liibB rt.d sought her chamber, and
never left it again.
One eveping at the holy hour of twi
light slt; asked to bo raised it, her hid,
that 4he nmightonce more lutk in the glory
of rtrh.
"An.l tdw leave tue for a few moments.
rweetrietis,' satil ,le. "I ntiuld com
ti'ne once more in life n ith a pardoiing
ILd. ere I see-k Itia presence.'
We ofe,ed her belhest, taul she was left
nloene n itn her heart anti %% im i.-r God.
WheIn the glory of the heeus had faded
at way. andl .dimi twilight hung lher vqil a
rounlad the etrth, there wis heard in Ill
bor's ehaibver a lig!i step, ind fle nimar
tour fa it low voice we eantereri her rooni,
ntii saai the thn pite hanel -f tihe lady
r.-Itins :ntid th.- -naer! l .et , of n enm.
cia'ed t.-ing io knitelt by tier hol vttle
o approariced. :.ait t:hcovuiel itL the
-piril et' the dr-irover aid ii- victim had
cobfe t-lmetheur to the itibutnal (if tile .t5-s.
A har-l C:'.-Ani injdeint orenrred on
Sunlday last. it one Ee. she respectable
prmet streets of our city. % hich at any
:ime nnuld lanve been (tightful, blul inl
those tempt1,eranen dny is mot panjsing
strange A vuuig man. whose father on
dyving a fow icirs since. let himt a tor tine
M f M). was seen to drive up to the
retidtence of his tanily in a cab. so beastly
intoxicated, so awfail in appearanice. it4
tea s rike every one with abhurence. lie
was without coat or hat. and the rest of
his scanty clothing was tairn to pieces mid
covered with dirt. while froin the frightful
gashes ofhis head the Iloond streatmed
diiwin tver Iis race. a spertnrle of horror !
Stlch a spectacle-soch an object-to pore
'ent itself onl the Sabbath day sit tihe
hotuse of MatHrs:a ! A nd tLis i-e a wrinae
drinker-one whont we donht not ins al
Wys been a -trenanonss a-tvocate tor nit
"toccasionavl glass"-hat toccasional glass
which is the source ana ori;;in of all the
damming evils that bloated drunkenness
aeurniaates upon hik head. This young
genemton, ant yet 23 years of age. thus
attired in his tattered and bloody habiti
ments, pitched from the cab on life pave
ment.aud.Lhen stiaggered up the steps t.st
led to his mother's dwelling.- But fortanate
ly that poor tnother was spared the ap
palling exhibition. The famtily halt jist I
gone to church. and the aan as denied
utimittanceo by the servants. This refusal
er"zed the draunkard. w% ho in attempting
it forcte..he sutters, rai-c one bly thie
hinge...w hiLch, then i'*l uapon h;i heavily.
wovinijug tand protratingC him upon the
pavement. fro it whence lie was taken ii:t
the iemm..and subsequently removed to
the hospital. This rea'y ftightful acene
was wihuessedt by a crowd of several
ttiidre'd persons. drawn together by fite
ravings of.. thel drunken matdtimn. 1Is
istry...brie brt hliant, beastly. shoniid
'urnishi a powerfil lesst'nl tr v gntilc
nitiy young tOPer wonit fire s) conceit
Cty tihiwing in the sartmc path.-Satr.
day .ilascumn.
T.he rr:ly .t5ty.-'.lan should sign the
Pledg.e for tither retsons thlan nirre self
loretervatiin. le may have a child, a
trotier, or i friend. to egn from his ex
imple. -iu mightt otherwise. become a
enkrtiatl. lIverv cnsiderationl .houtld
mduce you to sign'the Pledge even thouight
-ion mtay be abe to abstain -wtIboun it
ourel, do it for the benetit of those whio
unoltt. Atnd heidet, if yont are *ntislied
that udrinkintg is atn evii, and yoinar' deter
mined to give it up,, why. shouldl you re
ftse to give your name to swell thte cold
water atrmty 1 Is it because you thinkk
hitatundaer some circumnstapesa you inay
desire to take a glass with n-fnendi? If
so here lies alt .:he danager--take one
class more, anid thea may ptrnve fatail, this
sa tbeen the ee in more than toe isa
ttne. The only safety is in total abti
ece; this, expearienece has fulhly establish
ed as a tact-then why not adopt thtis
principle for your guide through life ?
Beware of Circumslantll Eridentc.
Seomte time siite,. a gentleman ,traveling
from Alahama, put up at the, Utnin Halt
in I.orsyth, and in a conversyt..on hadl with
the proprietor of the house, stated that
a Negro fellaow .ftad he-in taken tup for
tiavig committed -violenice uon the bo
dv of a whtite Female. and that duaring
hi s asiation, hte ceajessed that he htad
coainted a simoiar act upon the body of
a white Female near Miliqdgevitle,- and
that after he kald gratified .his brutal ade
sire he hupg her witht a hunch of cotton
thread. . lHe stated that .it was not bias
tirsi itention to muarder her-but to ac
~oplishinrg his object, be was obliged to
etOei her; Gnding (ats hte st'ted) she Was
so nar gone, he couclndedi to bang her,
i which situation the body was discov-.
ered. The negro also stated, that Mr.
Johistoti was exect'ted for the suppoked
murder, and that he was anl mtn'cent
man; that ho himself batd cor.1minted the
murder. antd tat there was no peir--on
concerned with hitm.
These facts havitng come to may know
ledge. I felt it a duty I owe to the family
af this unfortunate getittlematn, to gire
em tn tite pntilie, .ltUS'tCE.