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-? * ' Jb* * * $2 PER ANNUM, aA^?trahy^WAY,1v ! WE c,^vm^'V^5RBm IN ADVANCE. ] J_BIITML IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE, j VOLUME III. LANCASTER, C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MOKNLNU, FEBRUARY 22, 1851 NUMBER 2.- : THE LANCASTER I,KBCKR contained in those let- | lie felt anxious to Iuito Lis ntiviiiiim t ? ? 1 * ? mia*? ??? 8. 8. BAILEY, ' EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR From the New York Herald. ' Beminisoenoea of the late J. C. Calhoun, j BT UIS rRIVATl SECRETARY. 1 New York, Jan. 21, 1854. i Mr Dear Sir?Since my conversation * with you thin morning, the subject of it i has unceasingly occupied my thoughts, t You seemed so struck with what I told \ you were the solemn convictions ot Mr. ChIIiouii but a few days previous to his t death, as they appeared to my mind, that I cheerfully comply w ith your request to 1 remember and place upon naper my re c collections of ttiose days. lWore 1 pro- r ceed, however, I must state a few facts to ? which your own recollections must bear c witness. You know that with a few in- '] tennis*ions I was with Mr. Calhoun for a c constant period of eleven uninterrupted months. I joined hiui at his home in ii Fort Hill early in the year 1849, and sen- v rated from biin when his body left Washington for the South after the close of his e earthly career in 1850. My stay at Fort j llill is fraught with the most pleasant and ?j thrilling reminiscences of the great dead a My main occupation from day to day, t for several months, was in writing the s work?" A Disquisition on Government, f and a Discourse on the Constitution and a Government of the United States," which c has recently been published by D. Apple- v ton <k Co., of this city, as volume one of s the works of Calhoun, edited bv my per- t aoual friend, Richard K. Cralle, one of f the ablest men in the South, and one of s those that Mr. Calhoun honored with his t confidence for many years. Several hours i'i each day 1 was engaged with him upon it this interesting work. It ws? during this u Jtcriod that 1 received a request from you e to this effect: "NoIkmIv knows ai y hing t uuoutMr. V?lU??uii, v?herc-l,? u lie live*. wli.it lie says and does at home, a The American people know all alMjut the 1 liabita of Webster and Clay, hut nothing t about Mr. Calhoun. I w ml.I like to know y all about those things, and get Irs opinion v on a variety of subject*. The public know v nothing aliout him except when !.? is Iteord from in some great State patter, or v in a Senate debate." Of cmunc I allowed this letter to Mr. Calhoun, and it le ! to a a very singular result. Mr. Calhoun lieaila- u ted a in niieiil and then said, in his pleas- u ant vein, "There is but little known aliout a iny place or home habits. Mr. Bennett c has been a very sincere and devoted friend 11 of the South ; I would tie pleased to oblige it him in any way. You may write him a some private letters about inc if you choose ii to do so." 11 "but, Mr. Calhoun, it is quite evident c that M.. Bennett wants to have some- r thing about Fort ilill and you that he f can publish." ii "Well, you may write him a letter to v publish, but sign some name to it that c will not let people suppose you wrote it." s! I did write, and sent vou the letter which p appeared in thj Herald, beaded "A Visit h to Fort Hill," and signed, "A Traveller." d But I have to tell VOU some thinmi still ? more singular, and which were unknown li to you until now. Carrying out your a wishes, I would often, while with liiiu in ^ bis little study, take pen and paper, and, 11 after calling his attention to a particular k subject, would write it in the forin of an o editorial, lie would read the article in o manuscript, and band it back to rac, with the ^mark, "Theme are my ideas. You 1 hare them in a rery exact and concise n form." Those articles I enclosed to you a without remark, and if you refer to tile* it of the Herald, your leader on Friday, 1 Jsly 27, 1840, headed "The Kumpeau n News," was really Mr. Calhoun'*, as well t ss nauy other editorials that afterward* ii appeared in the liurald?such as "I'?wi ii lion of the North and South," "Ohjec.* of Ii the Administraiioii," "Acteon and his I iioumiK," "OiSo-iwhjkjiJg and it* Mi.vsion, y What is to he d- ne al.ont it" "Mann- t facture* of the North." When the Ilrr- ( aid reached Fort Hill, ho of course roio-i - ? Iced them. On oii? occasion he said to d roe, "Ha* Mr. Dennett nn idea how these d articles originate I" a "Not the slightest," was mv truthful reply, "lie probably ?up|?*cm Italic with b you about matter* and thing* in general, and that these conversations had suggest- c od the articles." About that liino you re- ii eeivel from me a great mnnv private let- t tors giving you Mr. Calhoun's views nImui t men aud measures. I read him thore lett t tern, and before 1 sent the first one, he c made me <40 up stairs and add a post- f script which, ns near as I can recollect, j was as follows: "Tell Mr. Dennett that * my private opinions ahout men and mat- i ten are not to be used by him in any way r publicly while I am alive, after I ain dead \ ne may make them public." The words c made an hnpression ujn>n my mind and I 1 wrote r<?u as he desired. I was a little 1 startled about a year aforwariia, when a seated iu the room in which be died, hie \ t-J- - -' ?.-?u 1 Jpv ? *mm ""wiw vim* near mm, 10 una i In a cop of the Herald of the day |?rovi- < owa, which ?m handed me by hi* eon, i largo eiiracta frotn theae identical leitera i attached, lie wae dead, hot a great many i L M k '?. .? -JA. 3?at ** flgtoi n,'^ Vifr" W. Jltffc bcio miii extracts. But I haveuot yet done with this preface. Previous to my leaving New York, at 1 Mr. Calhoun's written request to go to liim in the South, an authorized person I *sked me while away to write some let- I Lers about the South for the Times, in | London. I thought nothing more of the t matter unti1 I had been at Fort Hill a t month or more. Mr. Calhoun and ray- i ?elf were in a wagon, coming front the ] tillage of Pendleton, when 1 mentioned I ,he circumstance. "Why dont you do it 1" t >vas his sudden comment. 1 "Well, why should I } I don't know j vho would pay me for my trouble." I "Pay you J" was his rather sarcastic t tint. "Pay, why it would give you an i >pj?ortiinity of laying before the world the * eal position of the South?the real ad- ( 'antage that Europe would possess in a i lirect trade with us, and the London ? Times would publis . what you write," he t mntinued. c "Unquestionably they would. The party s it New York was authorized to get me to i vrito them." j "Then do you do it at once. Why, j iven VOlir frinnrt Mr n -- j ...v.v. m.>. j/vuucii. uarc villi mblish, in Now York, the probable future ?t the Suut; unconnected with the North, is I see it now, ami as all will see it within wonty years." Every day I wrote on a erics of letters, 1 wrote on a half sheet of oolscup turne<l down?and half I wrote, unl every night lie read them and made , orrectioiiH opposite. When I sometimes vould hesitate at what to me appeared ueb novel ideas as direct intercourse beween Europe and the South, I have seen dm shake his lieud gloomily and as if peaking to himself?"It will come so evenually. I see it. Corruption, unjust and inparlial legislation of a tiorlliein major Ly; the slow, sure ami steady increase f the liberty feeling in the N??rt11, will ventuall v open the eyes of the South, and lien they will see I was rio|,t. The exiteuvc "! tile South will depend upon a epnratioii, and (In n the Smith will reaeli ler true |Hi-itioii." The rough draft of bene letters was finished, ami I hold them et. I had n?? time to copy thein he-ore vo went to Washington ami onec only rere they allmled to in tho sick rooin. Ki-en thein carefully," said Mr. C., "you rill hud use for llieui at some future day." He knew thai I frequently made notes f conversations with him. He used to nakc me read them to him, and on one evasion, as if seeing into the future, he aid to me:?"Ho sure that you perfectly omprehend my idea, when you take a iota of it, and if you have any doubt about L, ask me, and never publish anything liout me that you are not perfectly clear i your own mimt that you understand ic." Since his death these words have omc hack vividly to my mind, and I have eligiouslv adhered to thein. I now come r i> mo nine wuen we uoin readied wash- !( igton, and from personal intercourse t rliicli you yourself have witnessed, you j: an safely vouch that the impression 1 j hall give of his own mind, I had the op- v ortunity of ascertaining as no one else (| ad, or could possibly have had. ltut a v ay liefore he died ho told me that he 'oilId give a world could he have but one a luiir of strength in the United States Sen- . te, so clear was his vision into the future. * Vhat he did say or think, I wrote, and auch that lie would have written was nown to me only, owing to circumstaum controlled by the sick and dying scene f his life. ii It was about the loth of February, g 860, that it liecanae evident to bis own I aind that it was doubtful whether lie t liould deliver a speech in the Senate, and 1 . was then he determined to write it. ? fou rememlier that when I went to Uich- ? iiond with Gen. Taylor to see him lay f he corner-stone of the Monument to Wash- t igton, on iny return, early on Sunday r uorniug, I met a messenger who was e Hinting for me, who stated that Mr. Cal- t iouii was very anxious to have me come ' ip home as soon as J got ashore from ihe f >oat. When I reached the room of Mr. i 'ullioun, lie told ine that lie did- not feel ? roll, and wanted to commence that verv lay with tho njiWi'li. lie did commence ; licuuing it tliHt cvuiiing; I sat on one aide " f tho table ami he on the other. < lie tu'ntnrncrl, and 1 wr te, MI have eticved, from the first, that the agitation i ?hero ho stooped, and, rising 'rein his f hair, said, "'lhis won't do, I must inmg- t ne tliat the Senators are around me." lie railed across tiie room once or twice, and hen came back to the table; (I noticed < hat his eye* were closed; and theo hi ? ommenced?"I have, Senators, believed i rotn the first that tho agitation of the sub- 4 ect of slavery would, if not prevented by 1 ponio timely and effective measures, end 1 u disunion;" and continued dictating for * icarly an hour, until he was tired, for he I *Kft very weak ; and during th ?j Mrenl ? lay* that he wok dictating that apecch to I lie, he would cough to aevrrelv fir a pe- t iod of a quarter of an hour, that I feared 1 MMiMtime* he would strangle. Yet when i rieitora called he aeemed to control three iposm*. It surprised ine oo that I once vilU'd hie attention to it. He aniilcd and Mid, "A man that canuot control ImboJy t u well aa hia mind i? not fit to live." I < u-h J to tend to him all the paper* every i lay, and ao engrossed woe hie mind upon I the great topic* before the country, that e*I to other suhjetts. I have road poetry, piosc and stories to him when we were alone, at hi* request, lor this special purpose, but frequently it would hoof no use; his mind would go hack to the critical institutions in which lie believed the interests of the South were perilled. 1 could not begin to remember the details of his conversation. At that time, and in his room, I wrote the "Patrick Henry" letters which appeared in the llsrald, and read most of them to him l?e* roro they were sent. In fact, they necessarily embodied some of his sentiments. How could it have been otherwise ! Hut ibove all details, I can remember that .here was one all pervading sentiment a* i .o the utter and entire u*e!essuiss of com jromi.se. lie scouted the very word. He kaid the South had no compromise to offer, and that unless the constitution was intended by introducing into it new dailies to protect the South against the coninual invasion of tho North, there never :ouid be peace and quiet between the two kections; that there would be year after rear more and more nuncio agitations, ind that it would be belter for the States K-accably to dissolve at once. People '.ailed, and lie would talk with tliem or islen and when they were gone, he would hake his head, and in reference to a sueessful settlement of the pending Oalifortia controversy, would say, "It is all use ess." 1 look forward with the deepest forebolings to ilie future. The South?the men >t the South ?don't see their real position. I here is nothing gained by a temporary olicy. Something must be done to reach he root of the evil. I see it, and the h>uth will see it ii: a few years. I have 10 hope from the generosity or justice of ho North. Tliere are some good and rue men there, but in a few years they lili be al<sorbed in the one all pervading eutiuienl which is gaining ground rap Jly. In ten years tbeeutiru North will ?e abohlioirzed. The love of plunder and tower fur the sake of otthe will absorb all ustice and right between the sections. L'his same spirit will grow in the South, readers in the South will go baud in glove villi the North for ollice and plunder. Cven in my own State there will lie found lieu as e g? r for spoils and oflicc from the general government as from any other hate. 1 feel gloomy when i look at the uture. My path might have been a very aisy one, bad 1 ?o chosen, but 1 have purued the right over a rugged road. It nay bo but a few years belore the South t ill be trampled upon, invaded, enslaved, lid destroyed bv uuc> nslitutional exneioii ami oppression, l inn the South will ise to one man. Then she will fully unlersiand me." 1 hoe are sentiments i hat filled his mind llitil he died. Could he have lived only jur years, lie would have seen with sorow these political leaders in his own State is great lickspittles to the throne l'residenial |?owers as in any other, lie would lave seen his prophecy nearly fulfilled. Iu would have seen a 1'resident in p jwor, rrapped iu a freo soil robe, one of the rioiialers w ho put afloat the Wilmnt proiso. lie would have seen abolitionists lid democrats band in glove to place such i man in power. He would have seen in tower as l'rimo Minister Marcy,ainan bo nice held up to scorn in the following language on the floor of the Senate: July 0, 1837. I then undertook to show that it would uerease, vas:ly increase, the power of the [overnincnt if they chose to exercise this latronaire for nolitical imrcoses- That hey would no use it wo had ample proof n the past conduct of the administration, iiid in the principles which had heen vowed hy his friends, A former Senator rom New York, high in the conti h-ncc ol l.o party, (Gov. Marry,) and now chief iiagistrate of that State, lord openly avow:d in his place on this floor that to the vieon* lielotig the Rjroils, for which lie was cprirnnndod at the lime bv the Senator rom Massachusetts, (Mr. Webster,) in a uanncr worthy of ins distinguished tai- , lilts. I can fancy the profound grief, as well is horror, with which Mr. Calhoun would n'O Governor Marcy regulating the atl'uirs if this government. There wns another nan front New York that he regarded sith perfect abhorrence. It was Senator 4-ward, lie was at the Senate for a short ime when Seward spoke, and ho would lot listen ton word. But ft few day* before ho died, he rc:eiv?*l a letter, which we insert. It made i profound impression ii|>oii him. "What tn unfortunate thing," said Mr. Calhoun, 'that Southern men are so blind?hut ere nany years they w ill see tliein as I do low." "Mr. Pillllilln* ?K.1? ^ewnrd rightly." "Mr. Paulding ought to mow Northern sentiment. I even doubt nvsclf whether even n constitutional intendment could protect the South against he arbitrary will of a Northern majority when once aholiiinnimt gets full strength, it it inust and will in that rcction." Livbc Pahk, Dntchoas Co., > March 10, lt50. ) My Dear Sir :?I have received and read your spe.vh with the deepest interest ; it traces the present erisi.a to its iour<6 and pointtout the moans of avoid ing it* consequences with perfect clear neat, without deviation and without pas? flK muu. 11 appeals to our reasons uikI ask3 j only justice. It will uot, perhaps, be so much prized as some others ; Hut hereafter, when its predictions shall be fulfilled ?and I foresee that they will be ere long, unless the spirit of fanaticism is effectually checked in its career?you will be quoled as one who foretold the danger and pointed out the only means by which it could bo avoided. I had proposed to publish a pamphlet on the same subject but could find no publisher. The literary, as well as the political press is equally enthralled in the North. If you will permit me I will suggest to you a doubt of the policy as well as cfli cieney of the guaranties you propose for the future safety ot the south, which will he equally denounced w ith the constitution as "violntiou of the laws of God and the rights of nature," by the fanatics. They will bo but burnt flax in their fiery furnace. 1 mention this because it would seem that several of the representatives of the South arc not prepared to go with you to that extent, and, as I formerly slated, 1 think "unanimity of the last consequence to the South.' It astonishes me to see the distinction of parties still kept up in that quarter, and that when such tnonsterous interests arc at stake, instead of embarking to a man in one bottom, each one seizes his own plank, and paddles away in different directions. I cannot express the contempt and disgust wiili which I have read the speech of our Senator Seward, though it is just what I had expected from him. He is one of tll?? mrwt iluiiirnrriiia incmvlj ?...? ... iu^vvw mm UVtT crawlwl about in the political atmosphere, for lie is held in such utter contempt by all honest men, that no notice is taken of liini until his sting is felt. He is only qualified to play the most despicable parts in the political drama, and the only jiossible way he can acquire distinction, is by becoming the tool of greater scoundrals than himself. Some years ago, after disgusting the State of New-York as chief magistrate, be touud his level in the lowest depths of insiur-dftcsuce and oblivion and was dropped by his own party. Hut the mud has been lately stirred at the very bottom of the pool, and he who went down a slimy tad pole has come up a lull-grown bull-frog more noisy and impudent than ever. This is very often the case among us here, when nothing is more common than to see a swindling rogue, nfter his crimes have heen a little rusted by time, suddenly become an object of popular fafor or executive patronage. The position taken and the principles asserted by this pettifoggering rogue to his speech would disgrace any man?but himself. 1 begin to fear that it will not bo long before we of the North become the tools of the descendants of the old Puritans, who bad not the most remote idea of the principles of civil liberty, with no conception of religious toleration, but the most unrelenting intolerance. The despotism of the parsons is taking the place of that the kings and the gown and the petticoat have conspired to usurp the breeches, our freedom is in great danger of being sacrificed to the texts of Scripture and fanatical dogmas. The twelve tables are becoming our law, and we shall be obliged to study the commands of Leviticus. 1 fear, too, you will be tempted to trespass too much on your strength in de fending yourself front your foes and your friends. Let me beg of you to bear in mind that at your age and mine, nature is not often strong enough to make more than one rally, and thatnny successive effort is productive, not of vigor but ovliouithrtn ttoinfmtlwtr that its oil J??bability th? future will require your exertions, as well a* the present. I rejoice to hear ilio favorable opinion of *'our physi cian. Don't ta?k yourself to reply. I am, dear sir, yours, very truly, J. K. PAULDING. Fkef. DkveiAiweiit or Mas.?If where to express in a line what constitutes the glory of a state, I should say it is the free and fall derflovmint nf human nature.? That country is the happiest and noblest whose institution and circumstance irive the largest range of action to the hu nan power* as affection, and call forth tnun in nil the variety of his f cullies and feelings. That is the happiest country where there is most intclligenc and freedom of thought most nfTection r-nd love, most imagination and taste, most, industry and enterprise most public spirit most domestic virtue, mosteoiisvieneo, most piety. Wealth is good only as it is the production and proof of the vigorous exercise of man's powers, and is a means of bringing out his affections and enlarging his faculties. Man is the only glory of his counta'y: and it is the advancement and unfolding of human nature which is the true iniamsf o f n bl-ifo __/)/* ( 'h/I M ?1 i ti tr A Tuouoiit iok Voujto Mkn.?There is no wreck so shocking lo behold, a* titht of h dissolute young man. On the person of a debauched inebriate, infamy is written. How Nature hangs label* over him, to testify her disgust at hit example. How she loosen* all his joii ta, sends tremors along hi* muscles, and bends forward his frame! Tho wreteh whose life-long pleasure it has been to debase himself, and to debauch others, whose heart lias been spotted with sin so that it is black all over, is an offence to the heart of the unblemished. "Hallo* mister! got grain to sel! f "No. Why do yon ask!" " liekass I see you're a wry face !* - . # I, AUTOBIOGRAPHY of an ACTRES! Mrs. Mowatt, in lier "Autobiography an Actress," gives a lively account of In dtbut: "Tin? day of my tlrbut was fixed, was in the month of June, 181.''. I ha three weeks only for preparation, luce sant study, training?discipline of a kin with which the actor alone can appreciat wore indispensable to perfect success, took fencing lessons, to gain firmness < position and freedom of limb. I use dumb bells, to overcome tho constitutioi al weakness of my arms r.nd chest. I e; ercised my voice during four hours ever day, to increase its power. 1 wore a vo uminous train for as many hours dail; to learn flu> irfnoofiil - H ' queenly or classic robes. The ?1 ny befoi my debut it was necessary that I shoul rehearse with the company. I found th a severer ordeal than performing befoi the public. There is always a half mal cious curiosity amongst actors to witne* the short comings of a novico. They ir variably experience strt ng inclinations t prophecy failure. No wonder; for the know best the nice subtleties of their ow art?the unexpected barriers that start u between the neophyte and his goal. Only those actors who are engaged i the scene rehearsed are permitted to occi py the stage. The play was the Lady < Lyons. Mrs. Vernon, as Madame Dei chappelles and I, as Pauline, took ov seats to open the first scone. The actoi crowded around the wings, eager to pa> judgement on the trembling debntante.Tlie stage manager, seated at his tabl< scanned her with cold and serutinizin eyes. The pale prompter laid his boo upon bis knee, that he might stare at he more deliberately. Even the sleepy lil tl3 call boy, regardless of the summons i his hand, put on the sapient look and al titudc of of a critic. ' If I could but shut out all these eyes, I saltl to myself. Hut, turn wlmtevt way I would, they met; hemmed mo i on all sides?girdled me with freezing it flucnces. After we had taken our seats, tliei was a moment of awful silence. It w: broken bv Mr. Barry's digniti d, (lie w: alarmingly dignified,) "commence if yo please." Mrs. Vernon spoke the fin lint s of the plav, I replied. I cannot tc why, but the sound of my own voice, di tinct and untremu!ou?, re assured me.Tho Rubicon was passed. I thought i more of the surrounding eyes, so full i "speculation*'?of the covert ill-wishesof lite secret condemnations. I gave in sell up to the part, and acted with ull tl abinaoH and intensity of which I was ci pable. During the rehearsal of the third ac I U'Uvi ufurflml Kti u au-1/l..n !??% ? ^ " plausc. It cauio from a crowd of aeto at th? side scenes?an involuntary an most unusual tribute. To say that it pr duced no elfect upon ine would be affect tion. For a moment my equanimity wj pie usttrably destroyed. I bad tast< the first diop in the honeyed cup of su cess. "Go on, if you please?go on," sai Mrs. Barry, noticing the pause?and went on. The play continued and ended witlioi further interruption. When it was ove the company gathered around me nit tokens of undisguised interest. Fro! many lips 1 received the delightful assi surance that, if I was not frightened t night, I should achieve a groat triumph. "I shall not be frightened," I auswcrc confidently. "Not he frightened!" reiterated M Skt-rrvf, (at that time tho low couiedia of the l'.trk Theatre,) "don't lay any sue fluttering unction to your soul. Who night comes you will be frightened ha out of your senses?you don't know win atatjt Jri'jht it /" "1 have a talisman to keep off stag fright?the motive that brings mo on tli stage." "We shall see!" was his increduloi answer. None hut actors can thoroughly co i prehend the meaning of the apaliiu " .1- ..!?1.? infill, tiiu llllfllfc-IIIWV the profession?a sensation of try tern to which no language can give adeqiia utterance. I have seen veteran acto who ha<l studied soldo new character in til every sylable of tlic author seemed i delibly written on their brains?who hti rehearsed their parts with the most tellir enthusiasm?who gloiicd in the prospc of making a "hit"?at la?t, when nigl came, and they stood before the foe lights to embody the ideal creation f the first time. I have seen them sciz< with a sudden tremor?their utleran choked?their eyes rolling a)>out, or fixi on vacancy?their limits shaking and e? rv faculty paralysed. 1 was not initiated into the horors "stage fright" on the first night of n performance. But 'ho dramatic incub visited me in its worst form on an equal important occasion. Nor was the attA the sole one in my professional life. I what magic the demon can be exerciM remains an undiscovered mm tore The morning of my debut wh* p*M with my ai?ter?. Scarcely en altuai was madn lo the trying event* whi must take place that evening. The ri appnrel apread out upon the bed, rw? % g- | 0(1 its finishing touching at their hands, I a - am 1 was consecrated l?y a few silent tears. ' u One of my sisters only, Julia, the young- b ur est, had courage to be present when that f< attire was worn. tl My costume was chosen by Mrs. Ver w not), almost the first actress with whom I v< becaino acquainted, a lady highly resnec- ol ted and beloved in the profession, ller n< d j name and that of her relatives have done pi honor to the stage for a long series of ai I years. &f As we drove to the theatre last niglr., T the carriage passed my father's house, n i* There was a group at the window watch- d c" ing for us. Handkerchiefs waved as long v as we were in sight. h 1' 1 cannot help wondering w hat sort of n )'i a place the world in general imagines the "star dressing-room" to be. In the days b "o of my nescience I presumed that it was e< <1 a sort of a boudoir, prettily and comfortnis bly furnished,to which the princesses of the it stage retired to take their luxurious ease. * But O, the difference I The "star dress- g M ing-rooin" is usually a closet like apart* ' meat with a few strips of well-woorn hi ? baize or carpet on the floor. A rude tli y wooden shelf runs along one side of the ai n wall, and serves as a dressing-table. A d; P dingy looking glass, a counle of suneran- se minted chairs,a ricketty wash-stand, these V n are, generally speaking, the riches luxuries si '* of the locality. Such was the "star dress- I ing-rootn" to which I v.aa introduced at pi *" the Park Theatre. Mr. Mo watt's request ci ir obtained for ine a lilliputiau sofa, so panic- lii ^ ularly hard that it was at once recognised tl iS a?theatrical "property"?a thing of sham te ~ designed for the deception of an audience. e< ?? I believe oven she demand for this delu- T sive accessory to comfort was considered to k very unreasonable. 'r I was just dressed when there canto a hi slight tap upon tho door, accompanied e? II by the words, "Pauline you are called." tl >" I opened the door. The call boy stood tc without?the inseparable long strip of pa- M per between his fingers. I enquire I who ci r' l?o wanted. w n "You, ma'am; y?u are called I" d l* "What a singular piece of familiarity I" U I thought to myself. "It is 1 whom he is 1; re addressing as 'Pauline!' " I did not sus- d ls pect it was customary to call the perfor- p w titers by the names of the characters they III assumed. a "Called for what ?" I inquired, in a li manner that was intended to impress > s" upon the daring offender a sense of the t ? respect duo to me. I 10 "Kor what I" he retorted, prolonging the f what widi an indescribable humorous cm- j ~ phasis, and thrusting his tongue against t V* liis cheek, "why, for the stage,-to be sure, u ,e Thai's what 1" i ,l" "(Jh!" was all I couhl say ; and ilu h little urchin ran down stairs, smothering o his laughter. Its echo, however, reached b I'* me front the green room, where after nia- b rs king his "call," he had probably related 1 my unsophisticated inquiry. tl At that moment Mr. Nlowntt came to li ** conduct me to the stage. Mrs. Vernon, v iS who played my mother, was already seat- c 0 ed at a small table in Madame Peschap- c c" elles' drawing room, I took my place on v the sofa opposite to her, holding in my a '' band a magnificent bouquet, Claude's tl 1 supposed offering to Pauline. a After a few whispered words of en- k couragement, Mr. Mowatt left me, to wit- I r' ness the performance from the front of the g house. Somebody spread my Pauline l? 11 scarfe on the chair beside me. Some- d I body else arranged the folds of my train tl II symmetrically. Somebody's lingers gath- tl ered into their place a few stray curls.? v 'I The stage manager gave the order of o "clear die stage, ladies and gentlemen," r- and 1 heard sound the little bell for the " raising of the curtain. il I' Until that moment 1 do not think u ii n pulse in my fratno had quickened its beat- tl n I ing. Hut then I was seized with a at!-. tl d ' lliug sensation, a-> tliongh I were choking, i I could only gasp out, " Not yet?1 can- i h I" not!" * j p Of coarse, thero was general confusion. | a Manager*, actors, prompters, all rushed . o w j on llio stage ; somu offered water, some j o scent bottles, some fanned inc. Every- I <| i- Itody seemed prepared to witness a faint- 1 ig I nig tit, or an attack of histories, or some- v ol thing equaMy ridiculous. I was arguing J ?f with myself the ahsurdity of this ungovt<! crnable emotion?this humiliating cxltibi- f< rs tlon; and making a desperate endeavor t n- to regain my self-possession, when Mr. Ii a- Skerrot thrust his comic face over vane- n id body's shoulder, lie looked at me with a ig an expression of quizzical exultation, and c ct exclaimed ; lit "Didn't I tell you so! Where's all * >t- the courage, ch !" J i?r The words recalled my (roast of the #d morning; or rattior, they reralled the ^ ce recollections u|H)n which that boast was ^ I'd founded. My composure returned as ( e- rapidly as it bad departed. 1 laughed , at my own weakness, of "Are you getting better!'' kindly en- < iv quired the stage manager. i US ''Let lliO Mirtsin cit*" ? il.? i ..^V, t* ma IIIC B141IV Ijr factory answer. ck Mr. Barry clapped his hands, a signal ty for the stage to be vacated,.?the crow d id, at onoe disappeared. Madame Descltspellea and Pauline sat alone, as beft>ro. ed The tinkling bell of warning rang, and on the curtain slowly ascended, disclosing ich first the foot lights, then the ocean of ich heads beyond them in the pit. then the ir- brilliant array of ladies in the foxes, tier -jsp for tier, and finally the thronged galler;s. I found those footlights an invaluale aid to the necessary allusion. They >rmcd a dazzling barrier, that separated 10 spectator from the ideal world in hich the actor dwelt. Their glare preen'.ed the eye from being distracted by hjucts without the precincts of that lumious semicircle. They were a friendly rotoction, a warm comfort, and idealizing uxiliary. The debutante was greeted warmly.?' his was but a matter-of-course coinplilent paid by a New York audience to the augtitcr of a well know citizen. "How ! bow 1" whispered a voice from' eliind the scenes. And I obediently bent if head. "liow to your right 1" said the Voice," etween the intervals of applause. I bowJ to the right. "Bow to the left!" 1 bowed to tho ft. "Bow again 1" I bowed again and aain, while the noisy welcome lasted. The play commenced, and, with the rst words I uttered I concentrated my loughts, and tried to forget that I had ly existence save that of the scornful lay of Lyons. When we roso from our sats and approached the footlights, Mrs. ernon gave my hand a reassuring preslre. It was a kindness scarcely needed, had lost all sensation of alarm. The lay progressed as smoothly as it had nnmcnced In the third act, where Panne first discovers the treachery of Claude, le powers of an actress begin to bo teaid. Every point told and was reward1 with an inspiring burst of applause.? he audience had determined to blow in i a flauie the faintest spark of merit. In the fourth act, I became greatly exlusted with the unusual excitement and tertion. There seemed a probability uit I would not have physical strength > enable me to finish the performance.? Irs. Vernon has oHen laughingly remind1 me how she shook and pinched me hen I win Ijing, to all appearances tenerly clasped in her arm*. She mainkius that, by these means, she constantf roused me to consciousness. I am her ebtor for the friendly pinches and oplortune shakes. In the fifi.li act, Pauline's emotion are I! of calm and abject grief?the faint, mpclcss struggling* of a broken heart. 'ly very weariness aided the personaion. The pallor of excessive fatigue, he worn out look, tottering walk, and L-eble voice suited Pauline's deep des>air. Tlie audience atlrbuted to an acor's consummate skill that which was iicrely a painful and acciilental reality. 'he play ended, the curtain fell. It would o impossible to describe my sensations f relief as 1 watched that welcome screen iize slowly unrolling itself and dropping etweeu the audience and the stage.? 'hen came the call before the curtain? lie crossing the stage in front of the footghts. Mr. C led me out. The diole house rose, even the ladiss,?a oinplimciit seldom paid. I think it raind tlowers; for bompiets, wreaths of ailer, and wreaths of laurel fell in showers round us. Cheer followed cheer, as % hey were gathered up and laid in ray rms. The hats of getiti.-meu and handerchTcfs of ladies waved on every side, courtesied my thanks and the welcome reel) curtain once more shut out the rilliant assemblage. Then came the' eeper, truer sense of thaukfulnee. The rial was over ; the debutante had stood lie test; she had not mistaken the course hicli had been clearly pointed out as the ue for which she was destined. C.NCOCKAOEMKNT FOR 1'PNCTVAl 1*ATs*o Scnscuirki<8.?The following local Hdenl furnishes a forcible illustration of ic* rewards of honest subscribers even in lis life. A young man who was desirous of orrowing a sum of money for the purose of cotmnecitig business, applied to n old (gentleman for the loan of it. The Id gentleman, with a remarkable degree f judgment and sagacity, replied by en* uiring if ho subscribed for a newspaper, he re;dy was that he did subscribe for n ery excellent newspaper?tho "E J ." In tl.e moan time the old gentleman mud the moans of satisfying himself that lie applicant for tho money had paid up lis newspaper hill punctually, and the icxt time the latter called, he politely, ske.l him to sit down, and said in an eftouraging tone. "You can have the money, Sir, on your tote." Hereby hangs a tale, a moral.? Vcenimj New*. "My Comsciescb!" ?Mrs. Fragcr,of 8t#rk bounty, O., last week gave birth to three >oys. two of which lived. She has preaentul hor husband with six children withiti a tear I?fir. Sevi ml vi'iira since wa learn from ? ?-. jonbted authority,a Indy ofthU town (Portsmouth, Vn..) prvwnM lirt huibitml with 1 children in ten month*. In the fimt inatnncn four, end in ten months thereafter thro# inor*. Portsmouth I* a gre.it jdueu fur ba* Itiro.?Cf/.4r, m m *< molality Ihi our only liajijunoM we ought to entry the bru ee; fur instinct / ; is ft sour, shorter, fWtfcrtfuiiln to such happitioM than roa*o???Col ton. ?3r IFiwOrtf?Ah bride who ? willing to begin hou?kne}?i|>x in the ftfttn* fMyle iti which Iter f?9MtU began. w - 3i f' - ^ I