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.V. V * * > *p' is, v * * ik $2 PER ANNUM. ?.,W?T. IN ADVANCE | NEUTRAL L\ POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. _ | VLUME III. LANCASTER, C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY .5,18-54. NUMBER 21 \ Snnnnm mil fin Anything, all??11?I could bear Any- raise to her pure, sorrowful face, fully at- I her resolute adherence U> one su ik so low I COMMUNICATION. I Tho tirst 'inestioii everv emuli.l ? "' 1 -1'1 ilU ilU 1 1 ALilJU lh'ng A)Ut tliis cruel, torturing suspence." tested the remorse of his heart, lint the I as Norman Ev?r?it- tl?*i ! !"f* 1 1 Snnnan Currrft. OR THE LOST RECLAIMEDThere are Indeed long shadows, and their teVening sunshine lies cold upon the earth ; but they all fainted toward the morning.?Jean Paul Rite her. Many, very many martyrs of our own day, hart been imbued with the true martyr spirit:?hare been as untiring in de votion to the singleness of thei. deep faith, an were any of that glorious. blooda a ncd band, who bare been ao embndiel in the world-reno wed martyrology of Fox'a far back memory. That the martyrdom of these is expressed by no sudden torture of the ruck, or bloody guillotine, or burning stake, but by the slow, patient, consuming, inch by inch, drop by drop of life, and all life's joy* oils heart-beats; its hopes, its health?all aaeriticed at the shrine of its devotion, for some dear one. child, wife, husband or mother, dearer than that life itaolf?make these none the let* recognized as martyrs of heaven. And if they find themselves emblazoned on no marble monument, or on no page of history, their sn< rifices are nevertheless iudclihy recorded in God's Book of Life. No two were ever made one, with greater promise if all earthly joy, than were Constance Vallory and Norman Kverett. Both were talented and accomplished, and both were singulnrly endowed with more than what would have acemcd to be their share of physical lieauty, and that l?*uty also which come* from the gifts of the soul. Their boues -moon had l*cn passed anihl sTT tllu tLawwwt sisf" Ofie ttgrt.* * that wealth cau pun base, In change of acene, festive entertainments, Ac. And now the married pair bad returned to the city and had taken possession of the elegant tnsnsion which the bride's father had fitted up as his daughter's bridal gift. And Constance had begun to srettt quite w ifely in her heed of domestic affairs. Norman, too, vas in the full tide of a successful, though not long established practice of his profession, which was that of the law. Of a sudden, Constance olisorved s marked change in her husband's ntarner. From liia usual cheerful, loving way, be had, within a few days, grown silent and abstracted, almost sullen. At first, Constance felt somewhat miffed?like an ovqr-petted child deniud ?ud denly its accustomed sugar-plums. a a i.l. ?. I 1 men *ne ncgan 10 i>? seriously manned, anil commenced rallying Norman on Lis lowni'M of spirit", and coldness of manner. Wa* lie ill! or wn? lie offended w ith Iter ? Or what irat the cause of his change of manner ! Norman laughed at her fears, ImiL hia * laugh, although loud, was a conntr lined one. lie declared again and again that he never loved her to well?that hia health never was better ; and a id that ?he must go out more and take the air ami nunshine, and not stay cooped nn at home, conjuring up all aorta of wild phantasms with which to terrify herself. Constance tried to tie satisfied with his Msurrancea, but she felt restless and ill at case all the morning. At diwoer time, although she had over aeeo Uia preparation of such a dinner aa aha knew would pleaae her hunhand, the was obliged to ait down to a solitary repeat without liia presence. Such a Uiing had never oocwrred before, and when at laat Norman Everett eame home, between twelve and cnc o'click at Wight, she had worried herself sick with suspense and with trying to account for liia atraage conduct " Why, Constance P* exclaimed he, *' am yow still up I Aad at this hour !? K etoected to find you in bed and asleep." "In bed nod asleep, and you not home, dear Norman I" replied Constance, laying her hand lovingly upon bia shoulders, and hjoking into his face with n glance of ten der inquiry. "Yea, it m rather late for me," said lie, hurriedly. * U afo re sen hoaineaa detained me. K oould not get away any sooner. Out my little bird must not waste the eeatfol hours of night in watting for her good for nothing husband. If she do, her wings will droop, and \he tweet joy will lenva her voice. And'the rich color will leamher young cite*)!*. My little bird must go to feed with the lark and not sit Wp for her aO-?y lark of a mate." Aad Nnwrn attempted to laugh, but his laugh grand hardily on the eaf of (Joustance, ad Ida wild, Cmtvimm manner, filled her with thousand torturing four*. Oeuaianm mated her clear blue eyas in HermanSe with a Inch that seen tad to aenroh bia most hidden soul " Norman," said aha, taking his feverah MM MMNM MfMlNM, MmoNp?M> few o???\?" Norma*, 1 mr rear wife. Wh?i <M Jafoad Mr ImhmU mI Mr tiMri*, it mm to ah?r? Mdti mWi )oji andaorrow*. AaiOod ban there h iMihmf In H?ny or Hi dHgrooo?th?r? la M ordeal, Kowtr l?y, (roM which t ?wM ihrioh, *bnj?? m Mmniid. ........ oi>kiii& u.Ttuusiy irom mai ear- t n -st, ap|>ealing gaze, lie drop|>ed his j eyes beneath hers, and at the conclusion I of her speech he buried his head convul- c sively in hts hands, and sinking on a chair, exclaimed : I " Good God 1 but this is too much ! I a cannot hear it." I " l>earest Norman, tell me our troubles, I and I will help you bear your burthen. 1 You do not know my strength until you have tried it! Constance spoke in a c calm, soft voice, full of deep, <juiet tender- s ness, but her agitation was so intense, that g the beatiig of her own heart, sounded to n her, like the beating of a near heavy n drum. " God knows, Constance, that I would h gladly shield you from all knowledge that e would distress you, and from every wind u that would blow too readily upon you, s< . Just (leaven !" exclaimed he,start- w ing wildlv from her, and pacing the floor p I uiil. i I - .....vu, uiirit-n Mrp. - ny 0:it) n not the earth nprn ami swallow muIi n wretch, aft I f" w " Dear Norman,"sail Constance, again I. approaching him, with a gentleness, la.rn h< of deepest Iovh, " you are feverish ami ill. cl For the love of Cod, tell me what ha* p happened so to disturb you V n "Suppose I were to tell you," exclaimed he with sudden Tehemence, " that I et have been tempted into a aerie* of cursed *|ie?.u!atioua, wliich have swallowed up e?ery cent I own, and every cent your m. fa1 her ow ns?tlint the very house over m our head* and all it contains, will have to In come under the stroke of the hammer !" er " Is that all f askinl C nstance, drawing a long bieath of relief. a> Norman looked up at his wife with a " audden, ask'iig glance of unfeigned aur- m pri e. y, *' All ?" said he. " Is it not enough tliat we are b' ggam f' |,, ' Dearest, you have vonr profession ? lit ilia'* ? ,<v "Yes; but my profession will not, for ? years to come, alford you tlie style of living 1o which you were boiu, and are ac- ?. customed." ?< "Then, darling, wo will adopt a hum- ?< hl? style." I "And your fa'her ?" inquired Nor- m man. ' It will be our caro and pleasure that \\ he shall never want." In * Vou are an angel, Constance," said Ji Nortnan, gazing at her with moist and *t admiring eye*.?u But I fear your father will not haik at thia dreadful calamity in if the same light with which you view it. Norman was right. Mr. Vallor*' did t| not view the sweeping loss of property r? just as hi* daughter did. He vras an old I i| man. 1L- I a i mirried l*te in life, and ot (Jnnatsncc was the child of hi* old age.? *? He had assisted and urged Norman into these ft|*c'jlations with what lie thought |v a certainty of realizing in ea>b four- K fohi the amount inve-leT. iu Miafort line* never come single, an J one ol nfter another of the stupendous bubble* H had burst ; each terrible lose treading N closely upon the heels of the other, un- * til in one short week all was gone. R Thus suddenly like the gourd of Jonah do worldly fortune* spring up on earth, <>, and thus suddenly do they fade an I van ij ish. b Mr. Vallory fell into a strange state of mental derangement. He wandered like H a lost spirit about the small house in n which In* daughter set-mod so cheerful and contented, declaring constant/ that o he knew that they should all starve to death. ti Finally, lie took to his bed from sheer * exhaustion, having refused all food, except M crackers and water and that in insufficient 0 quantity. And defying the skill of physicians and the entreaties of his daughter, * he actually, by siow degrees, starved him- p self to deaih. ii His death so affected Norman, whose v sensitive heart made him feel as though in some sort, he had been the murderer cj of his idolised wife's father, that he grew f, more and more gloomy and abstracted. lie seemed to look upon himself with c horror, accusing himself of having snatch- ? ed from the being he bad sworn to cher f I. -ii .1 i . I.:_L .L. I.- I 1*11, All ine Vlt-gHIKTMSI W> WHICH Dlin HAH % been aeotntomud t?l had doomed her to, wIihI he called, a life of slavery. In vain did Coostance protest that she did not miw the naeleM trapping* of fa*hi<?n and display, that the uuiet comfort about them, was dearer to her than all the gilded splendor that wealth could give, tier words of endearment and tier patient industry and cheerful resignation were all like ao many harlted arrows of reproach in his morbid thought and loving heart He waa growing more and more moody and fitful; at times he would lavish upon her a world of ten defeat lore, and then again at thnea be would seem to avoid her prnniw agd sink into n asoroaenees quite foreign to the aunniaeas of kit nature. One night Norman tame home late, and In a state ao lost to hie own aannhood thot Constance wan filled with apprvhenatom*, the whole of that slssplaaa night, , | moat painful nod poignant She had never Ix/ oe aoen kirn the i worse for thot coree of hf man it r?strong drink. And the repentant find hnmblod expression of hie btood-shuHnn rye the , next moruing, which he hardl/ dared to lame tiling happened 'again, and then p igain ; and so on, until the once gifted, n< jrillittnt Norman Everett had become a n: lontirmed inebriate. They were living now in email chant- n< >ers in n narrow court. And there Con- I* tatice gave birth to a fragile little l?oy. p< Vt tho very hour of its birth its father was s? ying in the next room in a stale of drun- to ten insensibility. The birth ol his son seemed to have no ui ffeet npon Norman, except to plunge him In till deeper into excesses, that lie might sa jet away from himself, and from the re- ly norse that haunted him like a night- so rmre. hi lie had fallen in with a low sett of fel- w jws and his business ?. ?? ? ?. ..w ,j Mr^irui <1. Constance cast alioiit for something as a do by which to feed her little l?oy, for cli runetimes for days together Norman lis could leave his wife and child, w ith no on rovisions in the house and without the; wi leans of getting any. co Constance swallowed her pride and eo cut to n lawyer who had been her has- it. and ? friend and askisl foi and obtained iw documents to copy. Slie wrote a th ear, rapid hand, anil ???on obtained em- w; loyment enough to make her little nar- st? >w home seem more comfortable. hii Norman had not been at home for sev- se al w eeks. He had net or la-lore been > long from her?when of a sudden he ea ood before her. Ilis dress was torn and sei a led, his lieaid unshaven and his Iihit up itcomhed. There was a savage, restless m< ok in his eyes that Constance had iiev- he seen in them before. 44 You seem to prosper while I am ?tn vay," said he, glancing around the room. dei What are ymHloiiig, if I may be per- bu it led to a?k the question, that yields in such profit I41 " th< Constance, with a ?upprcsse<l sigh, toiled him the papers upon which she Co <v; &>|"you -fia've ffirneu sawyer, excintm- M I ho with a bitter laugh. tin 44 Dear Norman, you are nvire disturle ha I than usual to night. Do nut speak wr ikindly to me. I have done the l?eat I tin add. You left baby and I *o abruptly, tin was compelled to go to Mr. Kingsley m* id seek f? r employment." coi ,4 Yes, the woman below stairs told Ned 'alters of your present employment, and tin p told me?and thus will I tr<-al this hei linty employment." And before Con- nc unci* could prevent him, he had snatch- tifi I both papers and copy and had cast he iein into the fire. ,n Normsn made several speeches alsnit fin ie kimh.it of Mr. Kingsley, and of the th ported intimacy between Constance and ist gentleman that made the pure soul tin F Constance shrink within itself. All she o? kid m explanation was: foi 44 Norman, dear, you have been cruel- *1 r and inalieiously misinformed. Mr. o\ .ingvley has not been once in these loilg- mi igs, and 1 have heen but twice to his [Hoe. lie has sent a boy diily back ny ad forth lor the manuscripts. Oh ! co foi mail, how could you susj?ect me?I ch ho love you so well, of si? base a betray- fir I of my marriage vows I" sa The earnest manner of Constance seem- hi d to "toft^n Norman, and after a little fe mo hey were talking sorrow tully enough, in tit wiin 111inu.iI tenderness ami love. uid Norman promised to break from | g1 II his evil habits and assert his own u| lanhood onco more. That night was one of the green oases 01 f Constance's sad life. rc Noriuan went out the next morning, af- so it Constance had improved his toilet w ritli a promise to go to Kingsley's office cs nd explaining the loss of the papers, and m f seeking employment for himself. a For one week Norman had abstained from tr II intoxicating drinks and had given auch si romise of reformation ar * industry as w Hied the heart of Constance full of the V rildeat hopes of the future. ol liut, alas! the short reformation was bi Iropped to plunge even deeper than be- Is ore into the reckless sin of dissipation. Constance hail discovered a buried tal- ft nt in herself, which she was making avail- hi tble as a means of furnishing warmth and ood for herself and little one, and often, a< rery often also for her husband. ei And this .alent was drawn from the 0, iving well of song that lay deep down in- n a her heart. She |toured forth its num- k >ers from her oltsctire corner, and the voice <,i >f the world approved. |, Norman would soraetiroee be sufficienty himeelf U> read her writings with much ^ eitereat, and although his love tor her f( teemed at time* to increase, his power p >ver himself seemed daily to decrease. ? About this time Haul Vallory a younger brother of Gonetanre's father, ought her out Hi her humble abode, and t offered to settle upon her and her son, a v louapetenee, if she would leave Norman Everett, " lie is my husband" was the quiet reply of Constance. ** He is ao hoal and who eaa give him- 0 uslf up to such degrading paaaiooa, leaving 1 hie wifo not only to support herself and child, but him aWx" ( Constance was firm ia her resolution, % end could not he persuaded to leave the rfVin the had promwed St the altar, to lore 1 and honor until death should part them. 1 Mr. Vallory was ao inoenaod at hi* I < niece's persisting refusal of his offers and 11 tilting u $100, note in her liaiul bade lie ever call upon Inrii in any trouble sh< tight have. Constance felt iiapelled to refuse tin etc, but one glance at her pale sleeping >y who needed freali air and other coin >rts, compelled her to retain the gift am till?"I w ill appropriate this, uncle Paul i my Imy." Constance told her husband of be ncle's visit, and showed liiin the bill; bu i seemed too stupid to take much cogai lice of it. She bad slept very nervous of late, but this night she had slept si undly that upon awaiking she fount ;r husband bad dressed himself and goni illiout disturbing her. After breakfast, while her bahy-wa; leep, she thought she would go out and isiige the note, and get some things six id long wanted, and had long done with it. Put the note was gone. As slit *s certain where she Sad put it, she uld only come to but one inference en ruing it?tli.it her husband had stolen Norman did not cotne home again /oi ree or four weeks, and when he did, lie is so altered in appearance that Conince, at first could scarcely recognize in. Pale, cadaverous, haggard, he eineci but the shadow of his former self. It was PJirlv !o lll? nini.l"-* " ' ? J ... w..v....g .Mini IIV me, and beset in a halt stuj.nl stale for >eral hours. About ten o'clock lie got , anci told Constance he must have some nicy. She gave him all she had, and w ent out. The next morning news came to Conine? that her husband, with several sparate follow*, had been taken up for rglery. Constance, with one or two others in ; house was aubpoeuied as witnesses. Any person present, who had known instance Vallory as a blooming girl, and .tririio* fia<Wveogti?ee?e*tV?vntseyfr. j disgr iceful tombs, with her little pale by in her arms, and herself but the eck of the beautiful Constance Vallory *t, two short years bolore, had stood at ) altar, with that (.Mai-forsaken looki. g in, who was before her, and who was it in it ted for common burglary. Constance seeuied outwardly calm, but re were tliosc in tint room who noted r ititel cctual face, and the deadly pale?s ot i , and the quivering of her beautlly formed mouth?the only part of r lli.it betrayed the deep onto Jon with ; who noted also the peenhar air of reeinent about her, that could be seen rough her worn and faded dross. Her testimony w is given in a h>w, disict voice, and, wiili the woman's who Ctipied the risuns next tier's it proved Norman Kierett an alibi; as the stort lioli w as robbed w as entered about nin? dock in the evening--just the time Noran happened to be home with her. Although he was found in the concpa' of the real burglers, yet, as nothing uld Improved against him, lie was disargod with a line. Constance paid the le with the money she had managed t?: ve, and lay by for the purpose of taking r little sick boy to the waterside for * w week*. That fortnight's conlinemenl the t< nibs, awaiting l.is trial, where jtistan-e came daily to see him, line veu Norman Everett time to nicdiuti Mtii the past. ' Constance," said he when they wert ice more aione together in their litth sun, -Constance, 1 have been too weeks >ber now, and if 1 have been sober tw< eeks I can l>e tor two months, and if ! in l>e f<>r two months I can be for ai any years, and so on while I live. Sucl patient, uncomplaining, long suffcrinj sill n _ I'niiea m/i uH Iiuvu ila rotvuril V? 1 o All Hllgol. 1 know VtliHt I Hill Hilt lint I haze bee i, mid what I din lie on shall never liave cause to complait r me again. I have been a mad man lit I will U* a man ; and one worthy tt u called your husband." And he kept liia renolution moat man illy, and love and peace and plenty cam ack t?) ilicm. He rone atop by ateji in hi* profeasior ad now lie i* living ui one of our weal rn ciiic* with hi* Coii'lance and thelittl lie* that have been l*>rn unto them ?i inn re*|>ectod ami loved by all, for h in.l heart and powerful brain, and i* on f the presiding judgeaof the place whei e live*. Constance now a happy matron, full < ealih and bloom, hat not much tim< roin her little ore* to devote to tl.e rouao lut she i* mIkhiI publishing a work c woman'* trve right*," whion wiM not * oril exactly with the sentiment* of tl >u.l swarm who have worn tluaadl.ai he subject of "womiu'i right*." II< rork will doubtloaaly lie hailed hy mo ritli pleasure. Norman Everett say* that it wa* on he per*e?ering constancy and devotk i< hie wife thnt saved him from d retro ion. i? ee Mi Tliat waa e aad mistake of the patriot md sentimental pilgrim to Mount Verno vbo mis taxing the ice-bouse for the aacn omb, poured oet her whole atock of tea here, and waa completely dry when seta >no corrected her mistake, and led her .be sepulchre. -it r For the Lancaster Lodger. Woman's Rights. Much his been said in all ages of the . world as to the comparative strength of male and female intellect. Hut at no age of I the world has the subject claimed so much attention as the present. It is agitated by every class condition and community; but r ! n< t so much south as north and west. L It is not only asserted that women are equal in mind and judgement, but have a right to exercise these powers when and j vthere it is proper and right for the oppo j site sex to do so, viz: at the ballot Ik>x, the , rostrum, the bar, the bench, and even in our legislative halls. , That the mind of woman is susceptible of high mental culture and luerary attain- | , motit I do not doubt; history alone furn- | ishea us with numerous instances and facts, , and every day's experience goto prove that , , they as seldom are in the a flairs of life as j man. Any man knows and can testify j ( to the same who has made his wile a con- | tidcul of his business and interest, thai ( Itliey can and do reason from cause to ef- | feet and arrive at us just conclusions as men ; and tor prudence and caution, as a ! , general rulo they ccriainly do excel tlie t opposite m*x. Hiat lliey chii govvrn witli credit to themselves, and happiness and ' , prosjHsrity to the governed, i> a well aullieniiCMted fact. History here furnishes us with the fuel, out ot numerous cases on record we give the following: When Wil- ' liaiu the (Jonqueior set out to invade England he invested his beautiful and lovely wife, Matilda, with the government of ' Normandy, in Frauce. The troublesome and distracted state of affairs in England caused William to be frequently and long ' absent from home. Matilda still continued to govern Normandy with consum- . mate skill and wisdom. She was not on- | ly able to suppress and quiet all internal _ broilh ?n il tlwllllt. a bill UkJraMtll all Umh, 1 . , fineinent. and tlie arts and sciences, and | won golden opinions from her subjects | tor her kindness and munificent liberality j in every department of State. Queen Elisabeth is another striking ex- J ainpleof the power and ability of woman t to govern. During Iter reign, peace, qui- t etude and plenty pervaded Iter dominions, ( and tlie affairs of England were never bet | ter or mote abl^ managed, than tliev , were during the regencv of this foiled wo- j man. It ?iimv be said she had an able , ministry, and the presumption is a wo- i m in of her sense would have no other; t but no King or Queen since or before her, ( except Iter imperious father, llenry the * viii, ever showed less obsequiousness to a | > ministry than did Queen Elizabeth. <>n i I the contrary she was independent in j s i thought, firm in decision and prompt in ' t action; eqnal'y mistress in lo r own fami- : ly and court. Hie never allowed her intimate asso iates to gain an undue a?eenlancy or intimacy over her, as the Earl of1 ; Essex found out, but when it was too late. No doubt she bad Iter failings, but i Iter good sense and sound judgement eni abled her to control them and her failing ; see me ) to lav a in.ark of atqierior endowi merit. England was never more respectt ed than when this mighty woman held i the sceptre in her hand. In addition to I those females who have showed such powj er to act, and skill in governing and con-1 ducting the affairs of State and Nation, I s we might add a long list of females, who i have nourished and done themselves no j ? less credit in the field of science ami liter- I i atiire. Madame* llolana and De Staelof I France, have evinced powers of mind and ? intellect sufficient to matter the most abi *iru?e science. Mademoiselle Ctirchod | t afterwards (he wife of the French minister j i Meeker although brought up in a seclu- I 1 I dotl village of 8witzerlnn<l, at an early j i. i age had acquired a know edge of inor-t of i ; the sciences and various languages. Wo i, have female historians who are htlle or | > none inferior to men, and have showed , great industry and r search, and have f brought to light and to the world valua ' e hie information from the musty archives ' of antiquity.' We havo feinale astrono,t mers and translators. It is said that one t of Herchel* sisters pursued with, hitn his I 0 favourite study, and arrived at no incon- ! a siderahle proficiency. We might add many * other celebrated American ami Europeo an females who who have evinced great | powers of mind anJ genius It now only remains to he shown that >f if the same care and attention was paid ^ to the training and the culture of the left, insU mind as it to the opposite sex, ?lieth,n er or not die could attain toHny eminence ,v in the province of mind that man might ,0 attain. Such as a Collegiate course of r?. education, ami three or four years spent ar in acquiring a profession ami the compa iiy and example of the learned and ilu* great, and all other circumstances that are I now thrown around the sterner aex an an many stepping atones to aid and facil tate c_ their progress to the pinnae'* of fame and renown. But notwithstanding all Uiia and a good deal mora that every student of hialic tory ia acquainted with; I am not an advocate of woman's rights in the common acgj ceptation of tlie term. If she should ever be so unfortunate aa to establish and r* maintain the position in the |>oiitical and ne commercial world that she ia now cooto tending for, with such mistaken seat, then I say her glorious sun has set. sensible woman should ask herself: win am I to gain il'I succeed in revolutionism these long cherished and established prii cipals, customs and usages. Will tli butfet with the word, chasten her feeling or elevate her God-like nature ? or will prepare her better 'or the discharge of h< domestic or social duties? Will it mak her a more affectionate wife or a more d< voted mother, or a truer friend, or will beimfit the human race in any respect ?On the contrary, it will bring down upo her devoted head innumerable evils sh would never cease to denlore. ller nrei ence at the ballot l>ox would produce a unhealthy action, and would have a d? moralizing influence, and we all know i proportion as she is degraded so is the o| posite sex. No woman cannot mix u freely with the exciting scenes that charai terize elective franchise of a free peopl without detracting from her purity am virtue. To my mind, women has wha *eems to be her proper sphere of action a is manifest from her peculiar mnstitutioi mind ami feelings. When wesecorhea nf women leading armies to the field c battle and bloodshed or even wielding legal sceptre, we are forced to say that i is rather out of the common order of things If any should ever live 'o see women tin sexmg herself and go out to mix in witl the popular and exciting scenes of Govern inent, taking part in litigations, assutn inj to control our national cabinet in her for ign policy of affairs, girding on the armo >t political warfare, they will see she wil loon loose her influence both at boine am tbroad. Men accustomed to meet be laily in the various avenues of poiitiea ind cjuimetciul life would soon cease ti >ay bcr that deference and lu-mage whicl s now acknowledged to be ber due am joes a long way to make up Iter sum u appiness. So cease your balling Mis Lucy Stone, home and the retired wa]k jf life are womens' province; there sh xi iove over nearis mra ireaus unnntiina light to honor her. Where would ma ind rest and encouragement alter his da y toil mentally and pnysically in tlie ou lour world, if women thus abandon home Home would then loose its delightfu Alarms and become a scene of strife am nisrule. It may not be out of place her o remark that the existence of a peculia unction alone makes it altogether im|H?s able for women to pursue the same avoca .ions and follow the same mode of life a nan. It makes her of necessity not so con biliously active, nor so capable of phybca .oil, while at the same time it causes he ,o vearn for sympathy and sup|)Oit fron mmc being that she feels is more jnjwer fill than herself. I do not countenanc the idea that women should no in peifec >uhiuission to the dictates of arrogant m<>r nor to consider herself his interior, but hi equal, going hand in hand with hitr. i the various vicisitudes of iife, rejoicing i his prosperity and sympathizing in li sorrow, in ? word to divide his cares an multiply Iiis joys. A word or two more ladies and w leave the subject with you. The chrii tian religion alone contemplates conjng; union in the order o* nature, evtry < tin religion oilers women to man as a slav and it is to this, and this alone, that . merienn and European women owe tl riglits and liberties they now enjoy. ^ they cannot do better, we tliink, than tab it lor their guide and heed its precepts an submit to its commands, among which ot will he foun I, bidding ihcin to obey the bus hands. HENRY. From the Spirit ofthcRouth. Should Capital Punishment be Abo ished. Tltts is the subject which lias been coi si erably agitated in our country, and i it is an all important one, it should I thoroughly investigated, llow stiaii w w hen men of the profoundest wisdom, at the highest order of intellect, have ni been able to answer this absorbing que lion. Many strong arguments have l>e? advanced both pro and con, and drawii our conclusion from these, we think tli c ipital puuishtnent .should be abolisliei a;.d we shall endeavor to advance sip proof, as we, in our humble judgenjej deem sufficient to substantiate our jk* tion. In the lirsi place let us consul the object of punishment. It is to dot men from offending against the comin< and established rule ot society. Now, tl question naturally suggests itself, will cm ital punishment do tins? We annw that it will not, at least not to well as sot other modes more leiiicut, which are vogue at the present time. Tor it is ?? that although capital punishment in appear very liornbie to the eve; yet it not the intensencss of the pain witieh 1 the greatest etl. t upon the mind, but I continuance of it; tor our sensibilities i more powerfully effected by weak but peated impressions, than by a violent I momentary impulse. TLe death of a criminal as I before s, is a terrible but momentary spectacle, a theiefore a lota atficacious mode of del ring others than the repealed sight c man deprived of that Messing second o to Nfc, liberty; ami forced by a*?ulu< labor to repair the injury done to so 4 ty. Ami it in nlao aai<l that |>unmhn> [ l>y death i* pernirioua to aoeiet'y from % ^A.w.ijMo ui uaruariiy, winch il affords, it | It lias been the custom from time img | tneinorial, to inflict capital punishment on i- j such subjects as were tnought deserving 1 is | of it; but shall we in this t ree and enligh;s tened age, keep up a custom so revolting it j to nature, merely, because it is an old itt;r stit ution ? No, but rather in this progres;e sive age, let us improve 011 this as well as on our other institutions. Next, let us it consider the right of this method of pun* - ishment, and whence it is derived. Somd n 1 dwell with peculiar stress on these words c i of (Jenesis, 'whoso slayeth man, by man s- shall be also be slain." If this command n ; bad been delivered in our day instead of v ; the time of Jewish laws, it might have n I been of some weight. >- It was also said at that time, 'an eye p for an eye, and a tooth lor a tooth,'?but the New Testam jnt expressly forbids both e the aliove commands, where it says, in il Crial's memorable sermon on the Mount, j t [ 'Ye have beard that it has been said, an 1 s eye for *n eye, and a tooth for a tootb, 11 I but 1 say unto you that ye resist not evil; r but whosoever smite thee on thy right j ,f cheek, turn to him the other side,' <kc. 4 a And again,'whesoever shall k'll and be it in danger of judgement.' For although i.. the end of punishment is to deter men i- fjom crime, it does not follow from, this 1 th. t it is lawful to deter them by any means, since there may be unlawful inethr oils of enforcing obedience even to the' < . most just laws. What riirht. we ncrain r j ask, lias one to snatch from his fellow that I life which it is not in his power to give? 1 I Certainly not a divine right, and no other ] r should be recognised in a christian land.?; 1 1 Will any one say that it is right to hurl > a man into eternity, without a momenta i warning or reflection, to stand thus pnpre1 pared before his G?>d to receive his final f judgement. We think that it should be s referred to a higher tribunal than matl, s because of the pronenesss of human na0 ture to err. llow many men, who have T- Uf Iimiu <n * tire occutivmn I iVilli ii capital punishment has often been inflici ted on mere circumstantial evidence, t which we consider one of the most unjust i. features in the law of our land. We are 1 asked, if we abolish it, what will he of1 er as a substitvte? We would say the e penitentiary, or solitary confinement, is r just as efficient, because if a man can work his feelings into such a state as to - murder his fellow, and his heart is so s callous to the promptings of his better na nature that the fear of hanging will not I ! deter him from the commission of any r deed. And we think, that if ninety-nine i years in the penitentiary is not enough to stay the hand of the murderer, hanging u will not. Let us consider the benefits rct | sil ting from our substitute. It appears i. i more rational and human to place a man is ! in the penitentiary, and let him serve out n 1 his life.?there reflecting on his past deeds n I and preparing to answer for his conduct is at the last tribunal, than to cut him off" d in the prime of life without the least hope of future peace. And moreover, it e brings a revenue to the State, n- Again we will ask what good will reiil sub from taking a man's life f Is anybody r benefitted by it I It has long since been e, observed, says Voltaire, that a man after t lie is banged is good for nothing, and that ie pun aliments invented f>r the good of solo cietv should he useful to society. Has it ;e not been tried here in our own country? d and does the Siatntes of those States preie sent a larger catalogue of crime than they ir did before it was abolished ? No. But their internal resources have been greater and more abundant. Was there any reign more prosperous than t int of Elizabeth, enpress of Russia, and history tells us that it wsa abolished by her. (n all countries where death is inflicted as a punishment, every example supposes some ii- r.ew crime to be committed, whereas in ?s imprisonment for life, every criminal af?e fords a continued and lasting example, e, i In conclusion we niiote from another, who id | says, "is it not absurd that laws which t>t 11 test ami punish homicide should, in er* dor to prevent murder publicly commit '# murder themselves!" Ig ?MM al Honest Lahok.?Labor, honest Ishpr, lj is right and beautiful. Activity is the rul )i ing element of life, and its highest relish. Hf Luxuries snd conquests are the result of si labor,?we can imagine nothing without c.r it. The noblest man of earth is he who ,.r puts his hands cheerfully and proudly to ,n honest labor. Labor is a business and or* he dinance of (iod. Suspend labor, and ,p- wbere is the glory and poinp of earth? er the fruit fie!ifi? and palaces and fashion* ne ings of matter for which men strive and in war!* Let the labor scoffer look arouqd iid him, look at himself, and learn what are ay the trophies of toil. From the crown of in bis head to the sole of his foot, unless he ins is a Osrib, made as (he beast, he is tj>6 the debtor and slave of toil. The labor which nre he scorns has tracked him into the attire. ure and appearance of otaa. Where gete jut be Ins garment* tod equipage f Let la- ^ bor answer. Labor makes innate in the aid mine, and U?e furrow, and at the forge, ?r" Italian provevbe offteo pees tee ranch point. l?k? mm following a* an aiant"1 -' pie: 'Tba nmilrt of beauty are t!<# t?*r? .,w of liie purBc." ciecnt Th? fir*t rear* of nan moot make | M the eUion* for th? la*t. ~ ^ ' jf *9f. l* ,*- jM " *>$mM