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"We-will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberties, and if It must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins.
W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD, S. C., MAY 4, 1854. .VO..xx.--NO. 1.
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THE NEGLECTED WIFE,
HY m.31 L. GILLIE..
Shall you ie verV late to-Itight ?" This
question was asked itt a soft, low voice, by I
a very pale, but very sweet young creature, it
as sire parted from her husbanrd itt tle street. it
"I do not know that I shall," lie replied sl
somewhat coldly, as replacinrg his cigrr be.
tween his ips, he turned awzav. There was in
carelessness, rather than unrkitndness in his
nanner; aid she looked a.fter himl mre inl e,
sorrow than inl reproach. lTakinr the hand m
of her little boy, she slov ly bent Ier steisIt
homeward, with that drooping of Itte head tit
which bespeaks sadness of tie heart. It St:
was a Saturday nighrt ; site iad betn iarket- to
ing, and her little purchases were containted i m
int a basket which hunrg uponi her arm. On it
reaching hone, tle uppernost floor of a eh
btortse itn a poor, but decent nig.zhborhlood, Ire
she roused the fire, seated Phillip, her litle j ed
son, beside it, gave him a piece of bre:td and
butter for Iris supper, aned began to usy her-m
self in puiting away the few ntecessaries she lot
Jhad hought. BY tie time this was done,tio
tire drloopinrg head (f little Phillip tol d in-r I
ie was ready for his pillow. IIow tenderly am
was ie takent to his lolyuv m rirtr's lap-itt
his pretty face washed-his it igzh: itir brush. I
ed, and ie arraved itt his snowy bed-gown. tyi
Pressed to her hosomrt, she warmted his little son
feet, her fond harnd returnintg to t temt ag-ain
froim the fire, to wiicih every no0w and thi col,
she held her open padm, then, pIItresig thewi
soft foot, she kissed it playfully, and pro. oli
voked tire littglttghr so sweet to a tother's I si
car. These uere Philip's first charntitrriin les- to
sorts; thtus were gretntlenress aid Itove r wakn- hot
k 1ed itt his infantttt spirit by his capable. IlIt tilt
instructed, unassisted mnother. How Itill of ,
meaningr v:s his smtile-low ful11 of a tirt- fro
ting ! and when kteeliing itn Ie r 1p, si ei1
joined his little hands. and bade him ask his
,ileavetnly 'atler to blss his ;rtily paret I, con
;ow symtrpat hel icaly he cngtr tite sweetl mm
serioius look-the cahn and het Iv tot of' hi ..
..instrutctress. WhIenr his little ~prayer wa e
-said, ire fittng his artmts taout her mn ek and i
ghteek ; they nrurted togethIer thIe Iin lintr s
~sonrg whtichr cotreinded this little dIraa; tot per
hris eyes slowly closed, arnd thent he wats brott
getntly contsigned to Iris snutg and srnwy hed. die
So far all was sweet ; woulid it inighrt hciibeir
snid, arll was catlm ; httt tht tecinrg void int glov
p9t~san's heart was not calmrnevss; it wars rath- witi
. er a crarving for that muentatl antd social ele- hatd
mrertt whicht is necessary to every breast, oper
andcanot ong.be helth dentied to arty jdeni
.onte. The more enrerge-tic spirits seek snehi hter.
associationts or stimutlanits as chtantce pre- T
senrts thzemt; tire gernther submrit anrd suffer- <}uri
.oftenr perish--ini silence-. mitti
- usant put a little fuel softly on the fire, able
tritmted thte cantdle, anrd sart d~ownr withi thre wetr
-lonely womant's cotmpaniion, hter work-hars- lotg
jcet. A deep sight stole fi-omt her bosom.-d toile
- Still the needle was plied. Now and thent heal
sihe paursed to wipe away tire tears thrat to pl
wourld garther on hrer lashtes. Sire was just ma~d,
two-anrd-twenty, anrd htad been to~ur v'ears m tet
pfrorried(, durinrg all oft whtich titme, witIr tire ie
brief exception ot a few weeks previouts to stitui
thteir settlemrenrt in town, site hrad tthusbeen titrd
lf, tighrt after igh~tt, in lontel inPss. Plip dore
Mlorris, hter htusbnd, was :m r hnest, induts- ftrm
trious mran, witht a hunridred gnod qutalities ; dr-ud
sober, and solicitous of seemring to iris ihmi-ti Ir
Jy all the comforts his mrearns affoirded, lie wvho
brought his weekly earrni ng~s, wjtht a smtall deati
reservation for some triflintg indutlgencies for whre
bimself, to iris wife, antd witt tire utmlost trust witht
.in her managemetrt and economyti, left threm of rt
to hrer disposal. But whbile thrus ttrtstintg atnd been
piheral, Ire s(emed to contsider that lie ar- its re
qnitted imtself of ai thrat Stusant might de- own
nrantd oL htim. Whtile he soutght imprrrve- watt
nrertt for himnseif, it mever, occurred to iireiv
harit it was her egntal right-would be her weal<
equal advanitage. Wilje ire soughtt the tin- intdifl
fterchtange oft thoughtt with othter mlind(s, ire his il
,ntever reflected on the utter p~riva:tiont of suchr torne
pcomnmunrion ire had enttailedI Ott her. lie hrad recei
taken hter from the honte of her tather, a sinne
small farmer, where her mothetr, a prainrs- abto;
,takiing womantt, htad bnrghrt up Susar andrt~ fiurnt
several brothers and sisters, for thteir startion, witht
remarkably well. lI~er ther's hteart was anidd
.one ever overflowing itht tire milk of ihu- talk
mart kirdness ; anrd thtus aided byv the checer- Itrviin
fulI spirits of thecir beloved chtibluent, a troralI smrike
sunsinemr had ever lightted up that lowly it unt
home, aind given to it a tho~usarnd clatimrs to a
urpont her love and tmemuory. At mromentts sire u
Susarn would loo~k back ott the brief timre eloqu
that had been employed to woo lier from tt sptirits
as a dreamr; the worshipped words of love,: tempt
thte prtomrises of devotion, of endeavqrs for ite n
lher hapipiness, the miighrty city in whiebhe In Pi
wa~s to dwell (which now app)Ieared( to hter a isoe
mafze of tfr mndrad stone, ill excihantged for taiket
thme daiaie~d fiels with their sweectt b2reathl anrd Su,, l
bright atmosphere) had all tended to an un
definable disappointment; yet, in the igno
radce of her heart, she could scarcely have
stated of what she had to complain. ShE
loved her husband ; was proud of his superi.
or abilities; and made no mean estimate o0
his moral character, undebased, in the slight.
est degree, by the gross vices, which she
coild not but perceive marked many around
her, subjecting their wives to brutality and
privations. .Cohipared with such offengcs,
she persuaded herself that Philip's neglect
avas a very light and venial fault, and blamed
herself for feeling it so much.
But Susan was one of those flowers of
humanity that would have amply repaid cul.
tivation, and that needed the sunshine of
sympathetic kindness. Daily food was scarce
Iy more necessary for her physical nature
than the interchange of thought and kind.
liness wris to her spiritual nature ; all this her
husband's habits, and the misociable plans of
life in England, and especially in London,
denieder. Too timid to plead her own
aise, or urge her own claims to him who
.nd precluded appeal to others, she uncon
;aifiingty lived on without change, without
;:inulus or excitement; --shut up within the
'our walls of her humble home, walkingoun.
elieved the doll unvarying round of domes.
ic duties, with her spirit full of capabilities
nexplored and unexpanded. She grew nerv.
us aind hectic, her appetite and spirits failed,
er frame wasted, while quiet and unrepining,
loost unconscious of her malady, or its
ause, consumption was rapidly developed.
ledical advice was sought, and medicine
nd care essayed, while none guessed the
uick feeling that flowed beneath the quiet
earingy of that subdued, decaying woman
wore the channel through which it made
s secret way, but seemed to brighten the
irit it was soon to extingish.
Susan, after a time, felt that she was pass
g through the Valley of the Shadow of
eath. This conviction did not depress her
lergies-it awakened them. She had-coni.
uied with her own meek heart, lifted it to
r Maker, and remembered with consola.
mn that it said " those also serve, who only I
ind and wail." She struggled on from day t
day in the performance of her duties amid i
iy privations, the worst of all privations, I
ise of mental development and social '
eer, yet had she a conscious account in j
r own heart, and her sincere and unassist.
endeavor had no doubt a register amid
higher achievements of more favored n1
IS. WVith the certaiinty that she was not Ih
g for this world, she doubled her exer- b
is to put her little household in order.--' k
repaired and made clothes for her child, y
I laid them a way emblalmed with her tears. o
the sairte m1tanntter the needle toiled for her V
Iantid, and the savings which her frugali- P
fctvd were employed to'purchase him t<
dry little comforts. It
'These will keep him warm when I am le
d," she thought " he will little think ki
Ile in-: forgets ine for better company, my hi
y happiness is to remember him, and that
1dl scarcely be more lonely in the grave e(
hicli I amn going, than I liave been iii the st
1e to which lie brought me." hi
ionetiies a little ink bottle was taken it
n the miantle shelf, and a sheet of paper in
it her little talle-drawer, and then, with bt
rt, a few lintes were traced, and the pa- er
hiddien carefully away, as if she had -
initted a crime. One night she had made in
,e eideavors of this hiid than usual, and n(
trggling, mtassisted spir it of intelli- at
c~e was bu rning in her haz7el eve and so
ving on her beautiful cheek, when shte se
startled by an unusual noise. T'he pa.
wais hurr'ed into the drawer, the ink hi:
Ile restitred to the shelf, and taking a can. atl
she went out to the landIing-place. Shte hif
Ad her husbatnd assjisted by two men, Iin~
13' ascetndinig the stairs. 'He had met th
atn accident ; had broken his arm ; it eo
becen set, but lie had fainted during the do
atin, and wvith tihe ghustly aspect inici- an
to such circumtstances, appeared before ilot
Ipa
is event prostrated Philip for some time, Ifut
og which Susan nursed him wvith unre
ig care. It was long before he wvas
to return to work, but. his employers tor
liberal atnd considerate, and did not ser
et in his weakntess the man who had u
I for their advantage in his days of Ijo;
h and strength. But although 4nable l ab<
irsne his manual labors, Philip. soon be
San effort to get abroad irn scarph of sfil
tal ocenpationi and social emiploym!ent L A
ventt to is cliih, to the I'teohanics' In- put
Ie, to the coffe~e shops wthere he could tioi
the best ntewspypprs. All this wias w~ell ty
;lhe nobly determined to rescue himself " b
becontiing the mere machine of toil and stal
gery f~o* se much '- trash as can be ver
ted thus." A las ! had lie thought o f her his
n lie pt:omised to love atnd cherish till suo
ashould part them:-had ho considered ofi
her she had tnot a soul of equal value b us
his owvn, perhaps ant initellect as capable lur
~pafinag culture; then he wvould have chia
twice blessed ; blessed in the act and are
actiotn. But selfishly devoted to hiis api
objects of pursuit-, habituated to the f-ac
looks of his gniet wtife, he failed to per. ries
that her cheek grew paler and her voice set
er ; nor that lie had been inlsensib~le or neil
erent to her care and anxiety during drt,
iniess; but witht renewved healthblie re- it mr
d to his old habits, and accustomed to wisi
ve sacrifices w'ithouit nmaking any. he gen
d againist'gratitude and good feeling in nt
st unt~cionsisy. Grad ually, Susan and
I herself unequal to oven the daily walk and
little Philip, or the effort of going up 'sub
nwn stairs; and then there wvas some m
d her returning home for a season,~and bit
the effect of her native aimr. She
di feehby as this was spoken of, yet left
ittemp.Jted : she knew that she was going |Bor
'arthier anid better hotme, and often did I them
-ish to say as much; but site was not a fa
ent in wvords, nor sufflciently strontg in by
, and after two or tihree fruitless at-. set
s shte desisted, and pursued as far as with
as able, the even tenor of his way. and
hip, recovered his health, and was rc- ;He
I to work and full wages ; agaitn hb Leg
I of the counttry to Susati, anid inisisted I i i
r trying a itnw doetnor. lie .snmigbi t I rh.
tempt her appetite by such rarities as hi
could afford, but still lie could not resign hi!
own peculiar habits and enjoyments, am)(
among the evils these entitled were late hours
One night he returned home as usual aboul
midnight. When, on opening the room door
instead or the small bright fire, the trimmed
candle, and the pale,'patient worker he wai
accustomed. to behold, all was darkness and
silence. He paused a moment-an indis
cribable sensation crept over his frame; and
fear, like a paralysis invaded his heart : at last
he exclaimed:
" Susan! Susan, my dear !"
There was no reply: he stepped farther
into the room, and repeated her name yet
loud'er-all was still! He groped his way
to the fireplace, on the miantle.shelf he found
a box of lucircr matches, obtained a light,
and lighted a candle. He now beheld Su.
san, with her head resting on the table, seat.
ed in her usual place. lie approached and
took her hand-O heaven I its icy coldness !
ie flung himself on his knees on the floor,
and looked up in he:- face ; there was a sweet,
placid smile upon her lips-for a forgiving,
gentle spirit had iassed from then-hut the
eyes were fixed-Susan was dead, had been
dead some hours ! The distracted man rush
ed down'stairs, alarming the inmates of the
house as he passed. A medical man was
soon presenft, and the chamber in which 4hat
young crea'ture had almost lived and died
alone, was thronged by a crowd, any one of
whom, inspired by a better. social system,
would willingly have sustained her to a long
er life, or cheered- the brief time that had
been allotted to her.- All were horror-struck,
and one heart-struck ; particularly when the
child, awakened by the tumult, scrambled
out of his little bed, and rushed for protec
tion to its lifeless mother. Not even that
voice, eloquent as it had ever been to her,
:ould 'awaken her again ! The surgeon do.
:lared that her death had been sudden, and
'rorm natural causes, but that it was a case
*vhich demanded an inquest.
An inquest was held. Among the evidence
vas a singularly alfecting memorial ; it was
he little journal which Susan had for1 some
ime kept, like the poor dungeon prisoner,
who daily notches a stick that he may num
er the monotonous days of his captivity.
['he angel of death had arrested her hand
Ist as it had feebly traced these words:
" It will not be long now--roy child-my I
oor little Philip. He who calls away your
iother will care for You. Philip Morris. my
usband, my unn husband, I wish you were
eside me now. You have been good, and
ind, and generous, and I was not the wife
rm should have had. Be a kind fiather to
ir child when I am gone. You will--yes,
) surely will one day take another wife.
hilip ! that which you meve'r gave to m: give
her-your societv, your counsel. If she
is been untaught, teach her-at least do not
ave her to continual lonelhiess. You never
iew it, and therefore cannot tell how sad
ve been the long hours-."
As the reading of this little paper proceed.
1, Philip Morris struck his heart, as if he
ught to crush it within his breast. 'Ihat
art had not beeni fashioned for severity or
kindness; on the contrary, mtch that was
ild and generous mingled in its formation ;
it the second nature induced by habit had
Crusted his original feelings an1d fac ulties
-he had grown up to regard women as the ra
!re machines of domestic life, with neither e(
cessity' nor capability for higher things. su
d which t "spirits im- asc uline he deemedt
pssential 1'hat lie made tmuch sacrifice to s
enire cultivation for himtself.j w
Too late, conviction dawned upon him, ce
tit came accompantied by a contrition thatb:
ended him through the remainder of his h
~; and if at any- moment he felt the promipt- nt
s of self-concentrated satisfaction which vc
self-tatught and isolated man (unable to an
npare himself wvith the more gifted and en. pr
wed) is apt to do, lie thought of Susan of
d felt humbled ; he thouuiit of her and at
uked around him with a d'esire to partici. co
to, not appropriate, thme feast that has been Ico
nished for all-London People's Joqrnal. eni
A. WESTERN ORtATOR.,They h~ave ora- cri
s out in lllinois, if we rmay trust the do. gri
iption of'a certaijn military Otto furnished an
by a correspondent in that State: It was fril
-d4ays and a great hue and cry raised y
mt niaud dogs; although no person could th<
founid who had seeni one, the exc.itemnent Sc
I grew by the runmors it was led on.
neeting ol the citizens was called for the wi
pose of devising plans for the extermnina- [to
1, not only of mad dogs, but to ma~ke safeli- sn
.loubly safe, of dogs in general. Them in
rigadier" was uppointedl chairman. A fter of
itig the object of. the meeting, in a not the
y parliametitary manner, instead of takinmg hui
seat, and allowing others to make sonme to
gestion, he launched forth into a speech yo,
alf hour's lenth~l, of w"hich the followinitia
t of forensic splendor is a sample :" FeI- bri
Citizens! the time has conme when tn're- Wi
rged feelins of aggrawatedJ humian tiatur wat
no longer to be stood, Masd dogs ire eat1
dst os. T[heir sfiriekinig yelp atnd foamy nel
k can be heered and seen-oni our perra- insi
.-Deathx follows in their wake ; shall we tilv
here like cowards while our lives and ourse
~hbor's lives are in danger from their e or
iful porashus hidrophobic caninety ? No ! lar'
us'mt be. E'ven tnow my lusom is torn ter~
a the conflictitn feolinis of' rath atnd weni- mal
e'e, a lfinet'al pyre of wild-cats is burnin too
e;I have horses atnd cat tle ; I have sheep ina
pigs ; and I have a wife and children ; fun
(rising higher as the importance of the of
eet deepened in his estimnation) I have of
ecy out at interest, all in danger of bein witl
)y these cussed mad dogs !"fl
-- . 'bee
NAg-IrrcraL MAx.-The ''Memorial wh<
dlelais," states that tnt far from St. Sevre, rec
e is living an old military man w~ho has hisi
Ise leg atnd a false arm, both moveable
neans of springs, a glass eye, a complete ']
of false teeth, a noso of silver, covered ,got
a substanice perfectly resetmbling flesh, jsers
a silver plate replacing part of the skull. [Im
hears on his brea'st' the Cross of the will
inn of Ilotnor, in the campaigns of' Egypt, mat
antd U issia ; ait l'niehamdl, .1enta, A us- don
5tled_ paig.
THE LITTLE BOY THAT DIED.
I am all alone in my chaniber now,
And the midnight hour is near;
And the fagot's crackrand the olock's dull tick,
Are the only sounds I hear.
And over my soul in its solitude,
Sweet feelings of sadness glide,
For my heart and my eyes are full when I think
Of the little boy that died.
I went one night to my father's house
Went home to the dear ones all
And softly I opened the garden gate,
And softly the door of the hall.
My mother came out to meet her son
She kissed me and then she sighed,
And her head fell on my neck, and she wept
For her little boy that died.
And when I gazed onhis innocent face,
As still and cold he lay,
And thought what a lively child lie had been,
And how soon he must decaty;
"Ol Death, thou lovedt the beautiful,"
In the woe of my spirit I cried,
For sparkled the eyesAnd the forehead was fair,
Of the little boy tha died I
Again I will go to iny ther's house
Go home to the da .ones all,
And sadly I'll open the garden gate,
I And sadly the door df the hall.
I shall meet my mother; but never more
With her darling by'her side ;
But she'll kiss me and ;igh, and weep again
For the little boy tb$ died.
I shall miss him when the flowers come,
In the garden where'hc played
I shall miss him more y the fireside,
When the flowers hive all decayed;
I shall see his toys andihis empty chair,
And the horse lie us'd to ride
And they will speak wi a silent speech I
Of the little boy thatidied.
[shall see his little sister again
With her playmates about the door;
1nd I'll watch the children in their sports,
As I never did before e
ind if, in the group, I see a child d
That's dimpled apa b~ghing-eyed,
'T look to see if it maypot be e
The little boy that died. t
Ve shall all go home to.our Father's house
To our Father's houa in the skies,
V'here the hope or'onlsouls shalt have no blight, P
Anel our love no broken tic.
Ve sha' roan on. the banks of the river of peace,
And bathe in its blis.ful title,
nd one of the joys of our heaven shall be
The little boy that died.
nd therefore, when I am sitting plone, tc
And the midnight hour i4 near; ii
,ben the fagot's crack a4 the clock's dull tick u
Are the only sound*s I heqr, it
I, iwe o'er my soul, in its solitude, P
Are the feelings of sadness that glide; di
ioug1h my heart and my eyes are full when I think is
Of the little bov that died.
th
low to Ruin a Neighbor'; B-siness,
Some time sintcg (so tins the current nar
live) the owner of a thriving muttot-pie
Imeern which after much difficulty he had in
eceed in establishing with borrowed capi- th
I, died before he had well exricated him- .
Ir fromt the responsihilities of' debt. The.
dow carried on the business after his de
ase and throve so well that a speculating b
ker, on the opposite side of the way made
r thc off'er of his hand. The lady refused, W
d the enraged suitor, determined on re
ngc, immediately convcrted his bakery into
opposition pie-shiop; and, acting on thePr
inciple, universal among Londou baker;' fu
doinig business for thte first month o' two, o
at loss, made(1 his pies twicQ as high as be
uld honestly aflbrd to make them. The Co
nsequence was, that the widow lost her
stomn, andl wtas hastening fast to ruin, whlen
riend of her late husband, wvho was also a
y'ditor paid her a v'isit. She detailed her
evance to him, and lamented her lost trade tio
d fearful prospects. "Oh, oh !" said her wa
mnd, " that cre's the move, is iti Never so
u mind, my dear. If [ don't git your trade hati
~re iin't no snakeOs, mark mne-that's all ?"sp
saying he took his leave. ;
About eight o'cloek tile same crenittg, wht
wen the baker's new pie-shop was crammed 4ul
overflowing, and the principal was helpwv, ''Th
>erinltndinghe production ofat new batch, till
uvn!ks the wtidlow's friend in the costume dat
a kennelraker, and elbowing his way to cot
cotunter, diabs down upon it a brace of (HI
ig dead cats, vociferating at the same time smi~
h~e astoniished damsel in attendance. " Tell eld
3r master, my denir, as howv themi two his
ke six-and-thirty this week, and say I'll
rig the t'other four to-morrer afternoon." cce
th timt he swaggere4 out and went his his
y. So powverful was the prejtudice against p)1e
-mnuttoni among the population of that '20.
hborhood, that the shop wats clear in an hut
ant, and the was floor covered with has- a ft
abandoned sp)ecimens of every variety of ally
ment of a circle, Tihe spirit-shop at the opp
ncr of the street experienced an unusually gre
se demanid for "goes" ot brandy; and in- imp
ectional ejaculations, not purejy granm- his
tical, were not merely audible but visible of,
in the district. It is averted that the on
eninus pxpedlient of the widow's frietnd, ing
I1ded as it- was tupon iaprofound knowledge 'j
human prejudices, had the desired eff'ect nigh
restoring the " balance of trade." The "fath
ow recovered her commerce; ths resyint- tot
balger was done as brqwn as if hje hail saw
n shqt t up in his own oven ; and the friend wa
b rought about this measure of Justice Ene
divedl the hand of the lady as a reward for ver~
nterference-Cu riosities of London Life. mut
the
HEi Legislature of M~assachusetts has [~
to complimenting its spealsers with a is tF
ige of plale, Mr. Lord, Speaker of tihe borr
ise, is to receivo one costing $1,000. it Dul
ma~ke somc dliffeu~rence in tile public esti- stahl
ion of this conmplinmnt, whether it is Ene
e at the expense of' theo niemnbers' own has
keta, or that of the neonnia 3
Penitentiary,
Having witnessed the evil x*rkings of on
mode ol 'punishing criminals, we have beet
led to believe that we should adopt a differ
ent one. if none better can ie devised, thet
give -us a penitentiary.
t The object of human pubishment issani
to be to. prevent crime and reform the crimi
nal. The guilty are punishedjio briog about
their oun ref6rm, and to~ deter others from
the violation of the law by teaching them
that they will meet with the same fate'by its
non-observance. But does our commoni
mode of imprisonment have .the le'ndt tenden.
cy to reformation aniong the inmates of the
Jail ? All experience 'aid obstrsAtion give
the answer, Na.-'- What 'criminil, stained
with the blackness '9f gtilt has' ever been
ushered into jail who camer out with the least
intention of doing beter for the future !
We do not claim. that confinement in a peni
tentiary would have this reforming influence,
yet under a pilper administration, there is
no doubt but thatsomething in this way might
be effected.
When a conviet is put in jiil, he first by
some means procures a bottle of whiskey,
and if he has companions you will soon have
a drunken riot. And there is no possible
way of preventing his procuring this antidote
of grief, or rather riot making, peace-destroy.
ing fluid. lie always has some friend who
will contrive to get 'it to him by some trick
or other in spite df t'he vigilance of Jailors
to prevent it. So that to confine a man it,
jail where he is sarundcd by his clan who
would clandestinely furnish him with any.
thing he calls for, has about ns much effiect
towards reforming him as to lock him in a
grog shop with permission to drink as much
>f the wines therein as he might choose.
The advantage of a Penitentiary is, that
rou can compel the inmate to work and pay
xpenses. As it is now, they are housed up
vithout anything to do, and the State pays
or their pating. This is rather a Godsend
o some culprits, destitute of all that is cal
ulated to make it'e tolerable, than a punish
nent.
We would not-albolish capital punihminent,
or we believe there are crimes ot' sneh gtreat
normity that cannot be properly punished
xcept by death, such as cold blooded mur
er.
The penalty affixed to three fourths of the
rimes of oqr Spate, is fine and imprisonment
sonle fey putulic whipping is attached.
s about two thirds of the criminals of our
tate qre penniless, unable to pay a farthing
)Wards a pecuniary fine, so that part of the
enalty imposing a fine on'theni, is perflect
ullity-amounts to nothing, in fact it is no
inislment at all. Whereas, if we had a
nitentiary,. we could remove the peciiniary
i'e and increase the term of imprisonment,
ius in all cases make the penalty correspond
i the crime.-We have no statistics of sim
ir institutions before us, but let us proceed t
)on supposition to ascertain whether or not
would be a matter of economy upon the
irt of the State. Supposing that the buil. '
ng would cost S100,000, which tio doubt
small compared with similar buildiigs, but
? need not build on such an extensive scale;
ore would bc no sense in closing fomir or f
r
e acres fqr the purpose of the istitution. I
ic annual initerest on that amount would I
87,000. s
Then, on the other hand, suppose that we
ve ain average of' 100 culprits in onr jmil
-ongh the year. The board of these at
Scents per diem would amount to .313,GS2. tr
ich exceeds by -0,(;S2, the aunnuaul initerest ,i
the cost of the bnilding. Then it might
gaid that we would have to furnish oflicers tI
thme institution at a considerabile cost, but
meet that objection by saying, that it
uld be worse then absrb to say, that the P
iceeds or profits arising fromi the labor of tr
innmates, would not furnish an ample"
d for defraying all the necessary e xpenses hl
the institution. A bbeville Banner. t
respondence or the Newark Dai'y Adlveriiser. or
ASSaSSSination of Charles IjiI, Ti
ParMA, ITALv, March 18, 1851. efl
rlhe city is atithis moment in the grseatest ty
itement in consequence of the assassinia- e
of the Granid Duke, Charles 1l1. ile I
s stabbed in the bowels yesterday'afler. fi"
mn, about 6 o'clock, by sqnie unknown in'
d, while walking rsnagemled through the~ th
cious poqrt-yard .of ie palace. A pierc- .ri
cry attracted the guards at the doonrrs, ini
o imstantly removed him to his chianIber,
I cannot learn that the assassin was seen.
u Grand Duke lingered in *great dis'res ho
5.} o'clock this morning. Hlis wvife,a*
ghter of the late D~uke deC Berry, an, of teu
rse, a sister of the Dnke de Boirdvanx, lsi
mry I V., the Bourigon pretend~er,) hia~ as-h
ied the regency tentil the niajority of 1;er
ist son, a lad of rix years, who succeeds
fauther.hi
Jharles Il, was born in 1823, and suc
led to the throne on the abdication ohfT
father, (who is just, now sojouriiing for 'y
isure at Algiers,) in 1840, at thie age of
Ho was an accomplished young mian,al
too hond of pleasnre. He recently madter
reed loan from the people, ais is'genier- 'f6
said without just reason, and this act oh
ression, wvith his p~royerbiatl axtravaganc e,10
itly inicensed the -country, and it is not t
robable that some one, smarting under de
exactions, mna.y have perpetrated this act
'engeance. But there are many rumors an
he subject, and it is impossitnle for pass- i
strangers to discriniiniate between them.
'lie deceascd returned oinly atbout a tort
it since from a visit to Spain, where his
cr hams large family estntes~as ho beloigs
ie Spanish hranch .of the flourbons. II i)
him the day before the murder, when lie
in perfect health, and spoke to mc injan
'lish withi remarkable fluemgey. Hie wasj tan
fond of England, w"here he had passedth
h time, anid inquire4 iinterestedly about td'i
United States. u
is chief minister and friend, Bqron Ward, hi
e son of an English hostler, was himselt
in E&ngland, andi actnally servedi themi
e's father as the chief equerry of hisli
les. He is, in truth, an exceeding cleveri
hishma n, antd desenrves the promnion he.
*von, withF a cond era ble formtutne, t hough'
lmdly illiternoe. Tis ronl taking oriro A
his confiding chief, will doubtless bring a
change in his relations, for the fair regent ig
under the adverse influence of her brother's
clique. The princess of Italy lives in peril
of which this event will make them more pain.
fully conscious.
A German Reform Party,.
The - free Germans" of Louisville, Ky.,
have issued a platform for the orgvanization
of a Uerman Reform party, tl.e proposed
object of which appears to lie to instruct the
native population of the country in regard to
what is their duty towards other nations of
the world, and wherein our institutions need
amendinent. The fdrst section of their plat
form, oi- declaration of principles, demands
that slavery shall lie excluded from all new
territorg ; that the fugitive slave law shall be
repealed ; that steps shall be taken in the
several States for the gradual extinction of
Slavery. The second denounces the Sabbath
Laws, Thainksgiving-days, Prayers in Con
gress and Legislatures, the oath upon the Bi
ble, the introduction of the Bible into Free
Schools, the exclusion of " Atheisms" rron
legal acts, &c., as an open violation of hu.
innn rights as well as of the Constitution,
and requires their removal; demands that an
end shall be put to the exercise of the power I
of the Pope by the instrumentality of Bish
ops and. other agents within the U. States,
am1i that the Oder of Jesuits he treated as a
declared ene'mv of the Republic; and that
no individual shall be allowed to remain in
the United States over five years, without
taking an Oath to support the Constitution. I
The third demands tho. free cession of
public lands to actnal settlers, and that the
poor colonists shall he aided by pational
lunds ; that a special office of Colonizatiqn
and Emigration shall be created as a partic
ular department of the U. S. Government,
to provide for the various interests of emi
grants; that the State shall interfere to pre.
vent the oppression of the laboring clasies
by the capitalists; and that the judicial sys.
teni shall undergo a radical reform.
The Foirii demands the following modi.
fication of the Constitution of the United
States; that all elections shall issue directly
from the people ; that any eligible citizen of
my State may he elected a member of Con.
;ress by the citizens of any other State; any
-epresentative may' at any time he recalled
)y a majority of his constituents and re
laced by apother. The fifth endorses the
loirioes 0f free trade. The six advogat I
he Paciic Railroad as a natioaalpieas t
l'he seventh declares that negrality as re. 0
,ards foreign policy must cea-se to he-ag 4r- .
icle of our natiinnal creed. The ighth ad- I
netest woman's rights. The ninth "declares t,
hat free n-groes shall brve the saine rights 9
s white iI:). The tei'th cqndelns tie ti
eath penalty as irrational and harberous.-- 0
'he eleventh deiumtinds that military jurisdic. n
on shall he abilished in time of peace.' The a
velfth and last declares the temperance 0
tws tyranical encroachments upon individu. ft
I liberty, and narrow minded manifestations
f an entiro misconception of the legislative
Liies. Ia
We entirely agree with Ilt N: Y. Courier,
on which we copy the above. that it is cer
fin t na) party advocating such priiciples It,
im meet with the slightest sympathy out- b)
de of the German population. The extreme eI
dicalism of the embryo reformers Wvill ra
ive off manIy of the most intelligent and a
fluntmial Germans, whilst it will concen
ite ini liittr and de-term ined opposition to '"
eir schemes the entire native population
he more active they may lie in advancing d
eir purpies, the miore dletermined in ndvo.-t
ting their doctrine, thme timre overwhelning
dt certazin will be tlieir defoijt. Thoggh
litic-ians may truckle to them, and partial -
iimphis encourage their hopes, yet they a
yrest assured that in the end they wvill
ve to encounter the odium and suffer from
3 overthrow of principiles that never can,
der any circumstances, secure the respept n
the consideration of the A merican people. a
te revulsion of feeling produced by these jE
orts is already accemulating with rampidi
;every day is adding to its power, arid no
ery day is re-ndcerinig it more uincontrolabhle.
not arrested lby a course of conciliation d
d of acquiescence in the Conditutiqn aund dir
vs of the country, it will maifetst i tself in cul
rejection of everything that hans the sup- ert
rt or coutpnignpe oi the fAreign element :qf
the popuhation of tite couztry.-B~at
ire Aimerican.
Tuunn $nsiwtcxo.:eK-Shipwvreelk sand 9
s of lifei are reported to us from ail quar- a
5. Tihue-most mnehmoehiolv portion of this lv
I intelligence is the loss of the ship Pow- h
an, of Halt imore, from Ilavre, which in
mat ashore on Sundtay moninug lamst about b
en mule-s north of ,ijeg liarbor- Light, bom
'ing on board about 2t00 emigrants, and -
a soul was savedj. TIs:;eacounat in the tioi
raId says: deli
' About seven o'clock the ship's masts fi
ut by the hoardi, and abmost imniediately "
~rwgrds the hull buirsted in -two, and eve- rea
soul on board was latunced into eternity. gri
e sea presented a black ma~ss of *human
ds and floating pieces ot thie wreek, butth
t w momunents all had sunk to rise alivo den
more. The hench was strewn with the pi)5
d bodies oif wotmen ant. children, pieces .wi
the wreek, the ha-ggag-oe of passengers,
empty casks. Nothing remained to giot
-k the splot where the itl-fated ships had stat
it ashiore, .except surging waves beatizn nOi
ni a framgtment of the htll wvhich lay upon the
be'acth. oh
T1he eryitng of thec drowtning men atnd tirui
shrieking~ of tlie wvomen adci dre dr
hushed- all lay in 'the d nmhedredve
the deatd, while tlto wind wvailed loud qpo
mounfulyariingstill more horror to nr
awful catasitrophte. All had sutnk-cap- easi
othieers, crew and ptassengers;. of two
lreed and lifty persoins, nol rs soul tras Jon~
fo (c/i thec ld/c" the
urr~tun used2( to say, that " if twelve hsiy
wvere sutllient to estazblish Chiristianity, dw.
vas r-esdved to prove thatt one miight lie deel
lient to oiverthrow it." Valtairo is dead, thie
Christianit v " still lives.-'wa
contented ind is a firi frfrine. i ,
ICE ON THE AT-LA(VC.::ThP siamer
Sarah Sands, which arrived at Po$rknd on
on Tuesday from Liverpool, was, on the
Tuesday previous, surrounded by ice in the
middle of the Atlantic, and detained 24 hours.
One of the passengers turned the delay to'
the best account. Being something of an
artist, he went out upon the ice at a distance
from the ship, and there made a sketch of
her and the surrounding scene-a thing
probably never before accomplished in that
situation. The sketch is to be lithographel.
The passengers describe the passage
through the ice as fearful in the extreme.
As the ship came in contact with the imnonse
icebergs, she would tremble as ir striking
against u rock. The passengers represen;
these icebergs as being of unusual dimension,
some of them apparently more thjn a hun
dred feet high,
GVANo FOR SUGAR Cuops.-The applicat
tion of guano to the sugar.growing lands of
Louisiana has been attended with much
success. A correspondence appears in the
papers of that region, written Gly planterq
who have made the applicatinn of guano tq
their sugar crops, showing that the increased
product has been equal to 50 per cent.
DUELLING AND HANGING.-HagPfing haQ
proved, in one instance at least, a pretty ef
fectual discouragement of the practice of
duelling. In the Knickerbocker for April,
we finp this paragraph, forming a part qf
the " Editor's Table."
The following account of, the first an4
last duel in Illinois, is from Ford's- history
of that State,-just published'hy S. C. Griggs
& Co., Chieago; -" The year 1820 wag
signalized by the first and last duel whiclh
wvas ever fought in Illinois. This took place
n Beliville, St. Clair county between Al
>honso Stewart, and William Benliett, -two
)bscuio tien. The seconds had made it up
o-be a sham-duel, to throw rigcgle upop
Iennett, the challenging party.. Ste'warl
vas in the secrettbut, Bennet, his adversary,
vas left to believe it a reality. They were
o fight with rifles; the guns were loaded
vith bhuik catridges; and Bennett, some
vhat suspecting a trick, rolled a ball into
lis gun, without the knowledge of the se
onds, or of the other party. The word to
ire was given, an4 Stewvarl fell nertally
rounder.. Bene t niale his escape; bdJ
wo years, 4fterwvard he was arrested in Ar
anas, l4rought bapk tA tlio St41, indicte4,
ried an4 pQnvictecj of nIrcler. 4 great
ffort was made to procure his pardon, bup
lovernor Bond would.yield to no entreatie .
his favor, and Bennett suffieredethe yeiif
of law ly hanging, in the presence of a
reat multitg4e rf people. This was ths
rst and last duel ever in the State by 4ny
1* its citizens. The hanging or Bennett
ade duelling discreditable and unpopular,
id laid the foundation for that abhorrence
'the practice which has ever since beeq
It by the citizens of Illinois."
NOT A BAD PocraNE.-=Sonia pne whq
>pears to qnderstanid the su4ject has the
5! No nevspaper slonqd be sent on a cred.
Adv.4nce payri)ent is the only reasona
a plan, aid to'that it will sooner or later
me. If no &nan is allowed to travel on q
if car, steamboat, or a coach, or to -attend
concert room or other public exhibition,
thout first paying the stipulous price, how
ichi more should subscribers, scattered all
er the country, and owing one or two
lhars each for a paper, be required to pay
cash down,"
MORE RUNAwAY SIAvS.-Three more
ves, owned by Mr. Camp, Mr. Dairymple
d Mr. Growder of Norfolk,. escaped og
esday night. T'he frequent escape of
ves at Norfolk is creating much excite
*nt there and in Portsmouth. A town
eting has been held in the latter place
a committee appointed to recommen4
asurejs of protectibn.
xIEcUTIoN IN THE CREEK NATIox.-.
ro was recently executed by order of
chie'fs of the Creek nation; for the mnure
of two Creeks. Ho was executed accor
gto the forms of the Creek law-the
prit being seated on a log, his head cov
d wvith a blaniget, an~d the nearest rplatives
the deceased shooting him wvith rifles.
3;A TRANcE.-A n old lady who resides
~:andi~ych was taken ill a few" davs since,
I to all appearanco died. She had been
oig alone f or some time, and it was thought
had a good denr! of money stawved away
mne secret corner, as she had alwvays
n well to do in the world. The neigh
s attended her during hier illness, and
e'n she ceased to breathe, made prepara
is to perform the last .offices to tho
d. The body was measured for the cof
by the undertaker, whob wont about hie
k. The porpse was washed and mado
ly for the burnal. Yet, the ladies in per?
ning these duties, noticed that the body
unusually limber, and did not exhibit
rigidity of corp~se in general, after being
d for only half an hour. For the pur
a of obtaining some clean linen, whiol4
known to be locked up in a large trunhs
corner of the room, one qf thpe women
the keys and went to open it. The in
t the lid of the trunk wa~s heard to grate
ts hinges, up popped the old w"oman in
lbed, like the " rade ould Irish gentlemiaii"
the song, and screeched ont-" Let that
k alonw !" The lid of the trunk was
iped like a hot potato, and with. a uni
al cry of surprise the neighbors gazed
ri thei " live corpse" before them. The
ois twitching of the lips, and the angry
esa f rom the little gray eyes was suflict,
enee that their services w'ers not needed
er, and with merriment depicted upon
countenrances they Jeft. The under.
r wias reluetantly emrppelled to give up
b, and the funeral. was postpor~ed sine
The old wonman is alive and wvell, and
ures tihat slie was in a trance. But it is
;enc'ral opinion of the neighbors that she
only playing pose1 n.-Detroit Tribune.
v poll are out of the reach of slander.