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^^2lPER A^NNUM "" ^ ??w.,. ' """" iS ADVANCE ' _ NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED ?*0 LTERARY, cfcRClALrlRlCULTURAL, SCIENTIP^gBENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. 1 v O I, U M K i V LANCASTER. C. H, SUOyH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MglfllNG, AUGUST 8, 1855 N I M 1', EII 26 ! ' = | - - ?-? ~?~T? ;?~ Is / nnr nnmnn m I T nn I interuatinir m?rt nf imr .tori; ?!,?? Ii,?l i.:.? k..? -i.~ I?1 -S? i ' " 1 - m SHiMbllU TAUio. . [Prom the Waverly Magazine. - "NOT AT HOME." \.y - gr . -vftf DY H. A. ACKER MAN. ' . ' All alone in the cosy little sitting-room she had occupied since morning, sat the admired belle of a dozen bull-roonis Mia* Sophia St. James. Had her admirers at that momeot beheld her, it is to be feared that many of them would have disowned the Appellation. A faded shawl, which iD-concealed the rents of a soi'cd dress, enveloped her figure; from her lie* I pro? jected an innumerable quantity of filthy - . curl pupefs, many of which, getting louse front .their fastenings, gave her much the appearance of a homed animal, and her .fate was Wan and smutty from the lack of its usual paint. Shu was buried in the eiahfraoe o? a huge rocking chair, which was wheeled close to the window, ' for the purpose of catching the last few Mams of daylight upon the pages of a romance she held in her hands. The furniture of tho room was in as much -disorder as the young lady herself; the fire iu the grate, alf unheeded, had burnt Out; the twilight of a December day threw its shadows deeper and deeper upon tho page before her ; hut still heed less of even the loud call of tho tea hell, Miss Sophia read on. At length, when d irknesa had rendered almost every object invisible, nearly upsetting herself through the la*y desire of keeping Iter seat, ?ho reached over her eliair and pulled the bell. In a moment Iter little servant maid appeared at tho door. " Bring up some coals, It rid get, Hnd mend tho fire," drawled the young lady -?"and U any one call-- to'-niglit, vanting to see roe, say I'm not at home,"? *' unless," alio added, after a short pause, " unless it might ho mint Sally ; ami il you tell her thai, she'll Ikj sure to come in and wait up here, until I come, if that were twelve o'clock to-night, confound her 1" " An* what is it I'll bo afiher tellin' her, ma'am I" quoth tlio maid, meekly. "Oh ! so sick that I cannot he disturbed ; dead, anything, I don't care what, so long as you keep her out of this room. I wouldn't have her come in here and 1ind mo in such a plight, for worlds. Hut I don't think it'a likely you'll he bothered with her, for she was here yesterday, and saw I was all right; it isu't likely she'll come this evening." Htidgct looked at her mistress for n moment with a sort of horriticd wonder, and then went about her mission of mending the fire. In due time, having performed this operation, and lighted a lamp, she closed the ourtains, wheeled tho rock- , ing chair up to the grate, and left Sophy ouce more to the luxury of her novel. "Ugh! how the wind howls!" exclaimed ou* heroine, dropping herself into the comfortable**! scat. "I'll have this evening to myself,any way; I must and will seo the end of this delightful story ; if any one cornea through this storm to pay ine a visit, they mast 4jpht to see we a wonderful deal more thai) Ida any one that I know of just now ;** and, op>ning her book, she was soon foal in utter forgetful ucsa of the outer world. A quarter of an lioor had scarcely passed, when there came a ring at the door bell, loud and terrible, as if the person outside were determined to be ad# milted, come what would of it. Drid-.'Sl'* clumsy shoos eaino quickly, slip, -slap, along the hall { the door was opened, and who should stand confronting the poor girl, but the ruthless, soul searching black eyes of Aunt dally. Here was a catastrophe that Bridget had not expected; she had comforted herself with the reflection of ber mistAse,that tho good lady would not com?. Bridget was n I conscientious girt, rery young, and not yet accustomed to offer with affronter) the "hot at homo,* with which Miss fo Sophia aueoetimes treated her visitors. & uSopbyV home to-night, of courser, X* queried the bustling auuSshutting down r L sbCjs^wiSSL I ^-the bull. In her b?*t? to My ?Of#rt*>ing nn-l pro vent Aunt Salty from going up stairs Bridge^ with a eonfSaad Teootlecti<.? of 1- SopbyV, pofda, M aiclf, dead, or anything." stammered out, M Miaa Sophy, ninv't I pleaao ye* honor, Miaa Sophy'a dead, (oa'amT **-,*. I "Dea^l" screamed the old lady? ? dead I how f what!' 4 *I matfe?I rnaoe?Mudfltfa toa'aqi, I dcm't manodaad?it'a sick aho baeV* ^ "Sick,eht sUyt u> or out every night lilt one o'etOelf, or so?hoW do# sWexpert to bo anything elae^. jfeV g?o can't come dowu stair*, ehf hevar mipd,' rtljust ttep up;" *n4 without >aititlfe i for any, answer, Sally sprang tip the j , stairs and made the beat of Be* jray u? wards 8npMajp?l?0jp? . * a ?' _> mJF&t*** had jmt eekolatedl AQ?L.? ? , O . ? J ""V"" "'V> tiara generally cotne in, alio had lain a down her book and was assiduously dry- b ing her eyes with the corner of her shawl, b when an uproarious " Well!" accompa- li nied by a similar stamp of the foot, from g some, ono close beside her, caused her to ei atart up in terror. Ir "So. so, miss!" began the intruder? si "dead, eh? sick abed,eh ? and this is the si way you're learning to keep house and d train up servants, learning 'eiu to tell lies a big enough to send both of you to perdi- h lion tit'iy times over. And what's this you've been crying over liko a great fool b as you arc! bah ! tl And picking the volume out of her si lap as if it iiad been a rattlesnake, Aunt a [Sally, who had a. pious horror of all ro- t< inances, deliberately walked to the grate, if and, scraping up the coals with apparent y glee, laid the book thereon. After watching for a few moments, with a malicious u triumph, the conflagration of the heroes si and heroine* of the tale, the worthy aunt turned round and delivered herself thus: li "And now, Miss Sophy St. J nines, as P my prerenee In this place, (glancing at ' the untidy rooin,) is in noway too agreeable to you, I will inform you of the obj ioct of my visit, and take my leave. I have just made up my mind to go to )" I Europe with the Johnson's in a few 1 mouths; and knowing the great desire ^ you have to visit l'aris, I thought I would just run over and tell you, thinking you s' would liko to go along " n 44 Oh ! Aunt Sally," interrupted the happy Sophy. P ' He <juict, I say and Aunt Sally, s' stamping her foot after her own peculiar fashion, continued : 44 Voting Johnson, who I know is a ? great favorite of yours, has just finished 11 his studies, and is going with us; so I ' thoU'/hI (there was a peculiar emphasis on the thought.) that vou would be do- . ligh'el." * 11 44 Tlmuk you, thank you. Aunt Sa " 8 Hut tin? old lady Inul stamped lior foot ? again, and Suphy'a thanks were abruptly '' cut short. u 4* As I said, I thought of all this ln.-A>re I came herb; but I don't think anything " of tho kind now. The lust five minutes 1 or so has changed my determination. I e am going to Eur ?po with the Johnson's, 11 | and young Johnson is going along, hut c tnitul this, you arc not to accompany us. ^ | I am going right straight over now to see little iJebby Townsend, who I know wants togjo to Europe as bad as you do; " and if her father and mother will let her v go, she goes in your place. 1 may die 11 one of these days," (said tho good old n lady, bridling up, as if that were an event * not to Ik? sneezed at,) 4,nnl of course I '' can't take my money with me; it must s' go to somebody; but mind, Miss Sophy 1 St. James, it wont goto you ; no,indeed; if you'd treated your old aunt with the ? common sense of a heathen, and not sent word that you wero sick, or dead,or out, e or soino other fol-de-rol of a lib, (I say w nothing of yotr untidy habits that I've 1 found out,) it might have been different; F but na it hr, so it is ;v and I'm glad I've found you out in time ; good night t'ye." I' So saying, aunt Sally descended tho 0 stairs with tho air of an injured sovereign, [' and tho violent slnmming of tho street! door, announced her departure. Overwhelmed with tho combined forco of surprise, anger, mortification, and regrot, Sophy forgot the fate of the lie- v roitics whom tho worthy aunt had consigned to the grate, and cried in real '' earnest over her own fresh troubles. ) Aunt Sally, be it known, was not a per t( son to bo slighted w ith impunity ; she z. was a maiden lady of vast possessions; " ft .il Ituvimr ??/* notif u its ?Iia u?i\wt<l except tho family of Sophy, whose fatlior was |?er own brother, it was naturally ex- !' pectoj that at her death, (Sophy's father and mother being dead, and sho being l< tlio only child,) Miss Sophy would bo 11 heiress to the estates. After tho death of X Sophy's father, her mother had married a fain, at which Aunt Sally taking mor tal offence, never went near tho house! J! but the mother herself dyirg shortly after, Aunt Sally f?l? a sort of motherly "J interest in Sophy, and made it a point of ^ conscience to call around every day, to ? see how the young lady prospered. Sophy could scarcely hope that her "J aunt would repent of her decision, for it * was n itoast of the old lady, that her word was like the law of the Meads and Persians, and altered not; and all of her ac- v quaint a noes could teitify that she had the unforgiving spirit of a Xorth Americnn ti Indian. While the poor girl wept and bewailed 0 her misfortune, aunt Sally, who aeemed ft to have a gift for haltlinft with the viemonta, ploughed her way through the sionu, to 1110 ti welling 01 iiilio UutiD7 vi Towneend. She had not Wen gone nioro C( then half an hour when there whs a g. n- (' tie, ledy-like pull at the door bell, that '' eaueed Sophy to spring up in alarm. She ci knew that ring, or ono jnet like It, well; j< it waa none of her ?.tep-father's visitors with their long clang; it was no lady ac- U piaintanco of her own, for no lady, except ft aunt Sally, would venture out in such a hi atorm; it must be he?Hubert ItoUud, 01 the talented, conscientious young clergy* p man, In whom alone, if in any one, her ei affections were really interested. For the s! [ world she would not kg|? missed seeing aj , uu-. mita unn jjiicii uer oruers, " not i triv tliouie; it would bo fully half an hour jng oforo she could put herself in a nresenta- whi le condition, and bv that time Bridget's to I b would bo spoken?llerbet would bo ' one?and what next? thought the mis- lv, rable Sophy, as, wringing her hands with the p'xatioh, she awaited, with her car to the her airway, the opening of the door. Slip, slui ap, again, went the clumsy shoes; the Mr oor was opened and a voice?that voice | sin sked pleasantly?"is Miss Su James at see onie?" S|K "Plazeycr honor, Miss Sophy bees out," grc lunted forth Bridget, determined to do ' 10 thing up handsomely and have no )lCi .uttering about it; but "murder will out," M nd the blush of conscious guilt that rose < > the girl's face would have said plainly, for blush could speak?"it's no such thing, 1 er honor." ] 44 (>ut ?" repeated the young gentleman, Hjg rith an enquiring look?44 out J are you ? ! ure ?" tol Bridget saw in a moment that it be- in? ooved her to bring some more convincing ' roof than her own word, to maintain nn< er position, she answered, huriiedlv? ?..i J . ? " I ml ode, sir, it's sure I am; and if ycr pt| on't b'lavo mo it is up slairs you may so o aft her goin' an' see if she won't toll Wo or so herself T' str This was t'.io most unluckie.t cut of n'l; w< opliy, at ibc head of tlie stairs, w aited to ,in( ear no more, but rushing into her room fori lie flung herself uj?on tho floor, in an r0\ gony of humiliation, pitiful to behold. wa "To tell Hubert tvatl" she exclaimed, w.< nmionately ; "Oh ! the wretched fool that ha lie is?that I am myself! what will he 0n< (link I what 'hall Idol*' the "In the meantime Hubert by the light wit f the hall lamp, was writing a few words nn, pon a card. lie expressed to Miss St. j,|u ames his regret at not seeing her, and Luted that ho w as to leave town the next die ay, and had taken a long walk through 0V| lie storm for tho purpose of bidding her cot ood bye. (living the card into tho hard* po f Bridget, with the request that she would thi oliver it to her mistress, ho took up his Cv< mbrella and depnried. w) 'i'litt aluritt out >luoi?, llllU bailtieil llie ||t, inbrelfas and heads of tho poor pedes- ;n linns was nothing to that which beset the c|,< ar.s of poor Bridget, upon the delivery of t0 lie card. For soino days afterwards tru- C01 es of the conflict were distinctly visible in a < opliy's haggard face and swollen eyes. j,e, Huburt Ibdand, the young geutleman a ( efore referred to, was a person of rare umtal as well as personal attractions; dio, for some months past, had certainly lanifcsted great interest in Sophy; and, ,5 s he wu tho ouly one of all her admirers, cjs rho seemed to regard her in any other (ja ght than a pretty butterfly, she bad felt aincthing like gratitude towards bim on j,j Ids account, and had taken some pains to isplay her better self when in his pres- rHj nee. The feeling with which she had jjj jarned to icgard liiin was different from ither admiration or respect, and one Sli rhich under tho present circumstances, ^ hrentened to l>e very dangerous to her ju toare of mind. j , Several weeks of intense anxiety to So- oJ) >hy passed awav,during which no tidings .lJ; f either aunt Sally or M'. Roland were ' j| cccived. Thus, in a continued round of ' . ^mentation on the part of our heroine tho r eason passed. The Johnsons went to Europe, and with them mint Sally ami j )ebby Townsend ; but the futeof Uoland ^ rns still enveloped in mystery. Doubtful as to whether she would ever |(j( ienr Iroin him again, Sophy's interest in j p oung Johnson, which was nearly equal tj( [> that she felt for Uoland, acquired a new ^ est, ami impatiently sho waited his return, etennineil upon a desperate siege of his useoptiblo heart. QW Hcfore the summer was over tho alwon- (Hj scs in Europe returned. Aunt Sally's t||( oalth had failed rapidly, and she began > talk of making her will. Sophy com- j lenced her attack upon tho heart ol ^ onng Johnson ; but the strong citadel ad been captured l?eyond all hope of re- ' every by little Debby Townsend. This ist hope crushed, Sophy began to turn jj( er attention to better tilings; ami in a [>irit of forgiveness, called once upon aunt ally, to enqniro after her health ; but the cj Id lady, formidable to the last, jumped jm om a sick bed and bellowed down the j [airway such a tremendous "not at home," (j|t tat the diteoin fitted Sophy never made t to attempt again. i,)i This was the last aet of annt Sally's fur alor; in a few week* death nut an end m( > her vengeance and Sophy s expecta Ac, Oil*. ?,j The old lady departed this lift*, leaving he lie half of her enormous wealth to Ira thi iven to charitable institutions, and the fri< ther half to be divided equally between tur oung Johnson and I tabby Townsend, in spi ise they married each otln r. Tiie young lor >nplo thus referred to, nothing loth, tra which aunt Sally was wise enough to >rcae<) were shortly after made ? up, and *?| nterod with thankful boarts, upon (he cu- Rlll lyment of their property. *4fl All this sad experience had, howerer, bin night Sophy a useful h-ason. The dire mc il consequences to herself (list had fob ber > wed a htllo fashionable fib, that every lie ae told with impunity,but which she had in aid with Hi severe a penalty, bad swak- hit i?d in her a train of thought to which cer le had formerly been a stranger, and Ui roused her ooua rial from licr untidy, J bu | .1 f * ' i clous habits, ami the fashion of *ni it to he sniil "not at homo," when *be j err s at tho head of iho stairway, listening I At the enquiries of cnllqp*. Hj> rineo yeart ftfter the death of aunt Sal- ga as Sophy was proininading one of the th< >rogh fares or tin- city, happening to east riv eyes in a particular direction, who an mid she see advancing towards her but ed . Hubert Uoland. She felt at first like ha king into the enrtli ; but tho article not ed, ming to receive her into its embrace ed made a virtue of necessity and stood eh mnd firmly. ,'? tin ' Where have you been so long?" was yo first query, with as mueWcotnposuro bh she eon Id in aster. ' th '<)h ! up and down, around and about th the last few weeks, in tho city." tin 'And why didn't you call to see mo?" tli Uoland looked at her -n moment very ch nificantly, sho thought, and remarked, ch called upon you l>eforo I left, but I was to J you \yerc not at home; you leceived sal ' card ?" sir The face of Sophy flashed crimson ; she pe Med a reply, hut dared nut trust lier- tr> f to speak; if sho had not been in a irn blie street, wliero it wottld not have rei interesting as in a drawing-room, she 1 >< uM have cried outright. Uoland ob- an ving her painful confusion, became alst as much embarrassed as herself; 1 bad it not been for tho timely inter- be tnec of a rude clown with a wheel-bar- pe v, who yelped to then) to "get out of the an iv. and not stand clustering up the side mi Ik," there is no telling when they would T1 ve recovered their senses. In obedi- th :e to the polite request made by him of be 5 wheelbarrow, they separated. Uoland lb a promise to call tha next evening, 1 Sophy with an earnest assurauce that i:, . .In i . i 3 VtWIIHI CVriNJIHY l?U ftL UOIIIU. According to his appointment, Roland j ^ i call. What was said or done that |n ming, or how the younggentleman was jlt iv iiiceil of Sophy's reformation, this dc .)n nent snith not. Suffice it to record J.|, it lie culled now more frequently than ^ sr. That Sophy is always "at homo" a| ien ho does and that on such occasions ^ ^re is aTwarV a*T>righi<'r hgto intttt usual Rl the eyes of both,and aglow on Sophy's n, eeks that owes none of its attraction t|( paint, as in old times. Moreover a n( lain dealer in brocades and laces, and jn certain dressmaker aliout town have t*n spreading very strange rumors about ?erta;n?but, ahem ! that's telling. (l THE BROTHERS. In'40, the principal *4 banking instituns of the chance kind," in San Franco, were the "Holla Union," 44Veran h," 44 Mine de Oin," " El Horado," and 2! barker Ilonse," all sitnsted about the |(1 aza, and each employed a hand of mulo lesson the tedious hours of that iny winter, and to drown the noise of j" igiing gold and silver and the cursing ' iculations of tho gamblers. Many a 1 scone, has taken place within those ! loons, tlint chilled 'lie Moot! of the be- 'V Idcrs, and is remembered with horror ! was once carelessly sauntering through 'H c of these places. My attention was I Imclcd towards a person who had large v: es of gohl before bim; the starting J'J ehalls, the swolleu veins upon bis fore- ;* ad, the cold sweat upon his face and incited hands, told of heavy losses; * nglod exclamations of horror and con- J*l npt would escape him, and he s'otned conscious of all else going on around !" in ; his gaze bent upon the cards as if 'H t life's blood was the stake at issue ; in * is case, his last dollar was put wi.hin u o dealer's hank, then, with the frenzy ul a maniac, he drew a long dirk knife J1' d plunged it tip to the hilt, into his rit body and sunk a corpse upon the as !?lo. a tew ru<le jeers followed tlio act; . u body was removed, and the game ai ml on as though nothing had happen- ro ?as though another victim Imd not en added to the page of tlio gambler's th inning record or another soul hod not HI no to its final account! fa 1 learned this much of his history ? hi 5 started with a largo stock of goods, hi rcn him by bis father, to sell on com- hi ssion, and tbo father's fortune depend- ex upon a sure return of the monoy so oh osted ; but as usual, witn young men, r<* indulged in the full liberty of uubri- tr; id license, and wbilo the ship stopped ,,?1 one of the South American ports, lie ra gendered the first seeds of M jilay," but <** a while after bis arrival, the excitesnt of trado and energy ncceaAAry to pi' :onip!ish a successful issue, kept his c? nd busy. One day hy appointment, c.t was to moot a mercantile friend at s house, anil, while waiting fur Mm ?'( iTtd, lie a'aked a few dollar* njv n the v' ning card*, when the latent dittwue ch wng into life, and it carried him head- ro ig over the precipice, and ended in the m gic manner related. ro The " Mine d? Oro," was a gambling win, siliiatod on Washington street, I opposite the " Kl Dorado,n and in # I, it wa* the prineiple resort of the diendcd aoldicrs of the California regi- ra nt?. and also of the soldiers who had ?d m engaged in the war with Mexico. hind one of the largest monk banks the room, sat a man who had won for lis ruolf, honorable mention, and nti offl- in 'a commission was j(ivci> him for his hi ivory at the storming of Monterey U uj t preferring the cHaiate of California bt - :^| *?. * A, ' Kb - [T Jfr * % ??. * w" cl its golden prospects to a more north- e< i home, he embarked for that country fc the closo of the war with Mexico, and on bis arrival, lie opened a bank for hi mbiing. The emigrants came in by >usands, and a few nights after his ar- h al, a young man entered the saloon a d seated himself at the bank and stakvarious sums upon the cards, until he 0 ] lost nearly all the monoy he possess a . Kxcited with the play and madden- ], by his losses, he accused the dealer of eating; the dealer replied sharply to 0 s accusation?the lie passed, when the s< ung man struck the dealer a severe C( t\\ upon his face ; as quick as thought, 0 sbarn'report of a pistol followed, and 1 e gamblei's clothing was covered with a o young man's blood?he had shot him a rough the right breast. The room was ared of the spectators present, the door >scd and medical attendance called in " aid the wounded man. The gambler t moodily over his bank, running the lall motile cards through his fingers, ami rhaps thinking of the deed just j erpe- ~ ited, when the wounded man gave a ?an of agony as tlio Doctor's probe ached the bottom of the wound. The h x;tor inquired what State he was from, v d the wounded man replied : t * From Vermont." t The gambler raised his head, for it had t en a long time since he had seen a ii rson from the homo of his childhood, v id Vermont being his native State, the a ere mention of the name interested him. v io Doctor next inquired the. name of t 0 place where his parents resided?if 1 1 had any. The wounded man replied : t " Montpclicr." Ii The candiler snranrr fn his fi-i-t Iiis v o 1 " J? """ nlis trembled, and his face was as pale v death, for Montpelier was the homo of ? youth, and perhaps the wounded man iglit have been his playmate in eliildkk!?perhaps a schoolmate?knew his ire.its. Ilia brothers and sisters, lie ting convulsively to the table, nn.l with c contending emotions of rapid thought id the weight of injury inflicted, lie >ukl cnrwlj kw]! UJWin lllS 'Wet. A imulant was given to the wounded man, id lie was momentarily relieved from at weakness the body is so subject to ter a severe wound?when the 1 )octor quired if there was any friend in the ty ho w ished to send for. " Yes," he replied, "my wife, alio is at ie City Hotel, on tho corner of Clay and earney streets?tell Mary to hasten, for am badly hurt." A man was sent to bring his wife. " Doctor," said the gambler, "save that an's life, and there is my hank, and 10,000 in Burgoylie's?and vou shall ivo it all." Tlie Doctor felt tho pulse of the man ul probed the wound anew. The gamer watched liiin with the greatest anxio' until his inspection was finished, wlien ie Doctor shook his head in token of ^possibility; the gambler sat by the ilo of the wounded man, bathed his jad with water, and staunched the flow blood from the wound, until the arriil of tlie wife ; she came, accompanied f a few friends, and as heroic women ;ar their misfortunes, she bore hers, ot a word of reproach escaped her? ords of cheerfulness only ratne from her s as the tears coursed down her cheeks. l> her inquiry as to the ehauccs of her Lishaud's recovery, tho Doctor assured jr that there was no hope; that the ound was mortal, and that in a few >urs, he would die. Slio sank down r?on her knees and invoked the mercy a forgiving Cod for her dying busuid and his murderer, 'the gambler .ked tho forgiveness of the wounded an for the wrong he had committed, id also that of the wife, which was adily granted. " This," said lie, " is for not olieying ie sacred injunctions of iny aged father id inothor?not to gamble. I have cod death a thousand times and still I ? ive escaped; the luilla of an enemv t . t J tve whistled past my cars as thick as 1 lit stones, and the bursting hoioh !ins >1 ploded at my feet; still I have lived? t i,God ! and for this! High al>ove the v d tide of battle, I have carried my cour.y's ensign?and that won for me a c one among men?when not one com- , do was left to tell of the battle, I es x ja^l unscathed. Why was i not killed t ith the rest? All that was prou<) and }l easing to man, I Imvo had ; ami if I t uhl recti) this !a-t ?c. by living upon | rrion, sleeping in a pauper's grave, and ^ noiincing every proud act of my life, I t juld do it. I was born in tlie same j Huge with this man : wo have b on ( tsa nta'es together in the snrno seliool; ^ reived instruction of the ?amo age) t an ; we were l>orn beneath the same , of, and oh.Ood ! tfiesame mother gavo hirth! lie must not die?he is inv otherr <1 And the gambler sank down in a j roon upon the floor. The wounded in n n ised himself upon his elbows; his glass- ( I eyes wandered about the room as if f arching for tome particular pemou, ? " Mary," Mid he,14 fe my brotlier Wil- rj nn here! I?and the words choke*l i his throat, the gurgling blood stopped s utterance, and he sank back a corpgfe j >on his pillow. Ths wife kuelt again, \ it it was beside a dead body, aad mtok^ Ft 1 the mercy of Gcd upon his sot.., and pic irgiveuess for the murderer. to The gambler awoke from his swoon, to ad staggeiod up to the wife and said : Ni " Mary, would it were otherwise, for I ne! avo nothing to live lor now : me dead Pe' nd dying do not want anything in this Pr< orld ; take this cortiticnto of deposit, to 101 ur aged father, and tell our parents we SJk ro both dead?but, oh ! do not tell them ow we died !" IJefore tho woman could reply or any ne interfere, the report of the pistol \V; winded again, and tho fra ieido had Wised to live. ?o; Oa tho hill near liincon Point, wore j|c ivo graves a few years ago, enclosed with w, picket fence, and ono tombstone stood m< t their head with the simple inscription : da " Duotiikrs." W1 MNMMMMMMMBWMMOTOTOTni '''' MISCELLANEOUS | What Folks Will Say. 1?' If, on the one hand people are too mor de fully sensitive to the opinions of others, ua re cannot but. acknowledge on the oilier, lint the sentiment projc.ly restrained, is he foundation of social and moral eleva- |,"t ion. A man is sadlv depraved when he p0 i content to forego the go~d will of the all rise and the good?when lie can fold his n>< inns in perfect indifference to what folks p*'? rill eav of him. The chances are, not hat he has overcome the fear of the world ?y a superior devotion to tho dictates of . lie still small voice within him, but that pr lis mind is besotted?that lie is self to rilled, obstinate, bigoted, and morally to icious. f<> Even that bubble of reputation which < so often a lie, and which is seldom or ,.11 icvor tho true exponent of the man's char- ^ letcr. keeps many a good man good, and nany a had one from becoming worse. w! 'ublic opinion is the compass by which w hey steer their bark. They wait for its w avoring gales, they float upon its incon- id itaut tide, and had rather die than sin a ar rainsl its behests. They arc honest, vir- af uons and patriotic, beoiuso public senti- w n-nt demands these things rather than p(i >ccause they arc good and worthy in them ;n iclves. ni Men who need such motives to keep at hem in the stra: ght line of duty, are kept h< >nt of the mire of vice by the terrors of svhat people will say of them. They lave no conscientious scruples against heating their neighbors, against robbing f11 lie widow and the orphan; but nature lt ins planted a sentiment in their hosotns ^ vhieh keeps them fearful of what their (.r neighbors will say about them. Pro- |,j >le go to Church on Sunday in obedience Li otitis sentiment, sit with covered faces in tli irayer time, put their sixpence in the con- d. rihntion box, and even make long prayers P' hemselvos, though tho devil himself may ar iave a dwelling place within their hearts. ' Woe unto you, hyjKJCrites 1 Woo unto f-ou when men shall speak well of you !" st This is tho morbid side oi'tlie question; xv ?ut reputation is not always a lie, and he .vlio honestly strives to win the good will jf his follow men?not to cheat them into H| \ favorable opinion of him: who are wiling to pay the full price of a good name xv ?lias done a noble work. Such a man as the courage to resist tho bid of hi vopular opinion when it conflicts v the r<: ligher law in the human soul. He dares o do right first, and loving his fellow bengs. he hath faith to btlicvo that they 1>( vill do him justice however the present tot may war against opinions and projuliees. Perhaps it would be an exceedingly lifticult matter for every man to sustain lis proper relation to what foiivs say. It 01 s worthy of serious attention, and probacy would more nearly affect the forma- hi ion of the character than almost any i'1 itlier matter in the whole range of ethics, hi f a man would ask iiims.df why he does cv iiv given mi?? nv ne is a wing, a dent- j ai erat, or a know nothing, whv lie put* ! tit lis money in tlie contribution U?\. for ex- b< nnplc?be wonU1 undoubtedly often find lint it wan done in reference to what folks rill say about him. d< Vox populi, vox Dei! AYe are fully hi >f the opinion that the majority of the >oople aro in the right?that no greit vrong enn bo tolerated in silence?that ot ho general voice is for what is true, just ev ind noble. Even a rich robber is despised us liongh weak men take off their hats to tim. The meanness of John .Jacob Astor, ho mousing littleness of Stephen Girnrd, ,,, he idleness of any wealthy sinner, receives he contempt of society. Deeds of clinriy, the Astor Library, Girnrd College,and j i score of Orphan Asylums cannot nave hem from the merited infamy which the ox populi awards to a small soul. A man, to be a popular man?popular, . ro mean, in no narrow sense?must be a . food man. If, ho is mean, decoitful, a n'J iar and a scoundrel, nton will find it out, mil they will aay so. And this makes ^ >ad men hypocritical. Folk* any it is in- ^ nut out to rob tho widow and lite orphan .f ind it takes a good deal of varnish, a [real deal ofi-hnreh poing and paalm-sing- <e uff to cover up the deeds. Aftvr all, this ijjiot half mi had a world u? many w&tthl niWe us beliefa. Villain# ;a lave to go fit clitjrch to hide their ains, to abilg the great physiognomy of the peo let -t '* V ' ** ''' * ! frown upon then). Mean men have send Bibles to the Indian Isles in order keep peace with a caveling community. ) doubt there is a great deal af wickedss abroad; but the great hen it of the oplc is all right, and men must keep Btty near straight in order to pass inus ?to avoid tho terrors of what folks will ,? y\ [Star Spangled Banner. A Beautiful Tribute to a Wife. Sir James Mackintosh, the historian, is married in early life, before he attained rtunc or fame, to Miss Catharine Stuart, young Scotch ladv, distinguished mora r the excellence of her character than .or r charms. After eight years of a happy dded life, during which she became tho % oilier of three children, she died. A few ys after her death, tho bereaved husband rote to a friend, depicting the character of s wife in the following terms: "I was guided (he observes) in my oiee ouly by tho blind atfeetion of my uth. I found an intelligent companion d a tender friend, n prudent monitrcss, a. most faithful of wives, and a mother as ider as children ever had the misfortune lose. 1 met a woman, who bv the tcnr management of my weaknesses, gradlly corrected the most pernicious of em. She became prudent from affection; d though of tho most generous nature, e was taught frugality and economy by sr love for me. During the most critical riod in my life, she preserved order in my fairs, from the cafe of which she relieved n Slio m-nflv r/wliiinr>/l mo from rtloor. -- * J ? - ? "? -.<>? lion; slie propped my weiik and irrcsole nature; she urged my indolence to nil u exertions that have been useful and credible to me; and she >vas perpetually at nd to admonish my heedlessness or iniovidenco. To her I otce whatever I am ; her whatever I shall be. In her solicitude r my interest alio never for a moment rgot my feelings or my character. Even Iter occasional resentment for which I it too often gave her cause, (would to id I could recall those moments!) she ,d no sullenness nor acrimony. Her fcelg* were warm and impetuous, but she is placable, tender, and constant. Sucb :is alio whom 1 lost; and I have lost her hen her excellent natural sense was reply improving, after eight years struggle id distress had bound us fast together, id moulded our tempers to each other; hen a knowledge of her worth had rof ii y youthful love into friendship, nnd here age had deprived it of much if its ori?Tal ardor. 1 lost her, alas! the chuic; of y youth, the partner of my misfortunes, a moment when I had the prospect of * ;r sharing my better days." [Home Journal. Lift..?Bestow thy Youth so that thou nyst have comfort to remember it. when hath forsaken thee, and not s'gh nnd V rieve at tire account thereof. Whilst ? 0 iou art young thou wilt think it will nev- 0 . end; but behold, the longest day hath s evening, and that thou shult enjoy it it once, that it never turns again; use it i. rcfore as the Spring-time, which soon partoth, and wherein thou oughtcst to ant and sow all provisions for a long id happy Life.?Sir Walter Raleigh. A minister having received a call to tile, was waited on by the committee, hen the following dialogue was heard: "Have you a family?" % "Yes; a wifo and four children, besides 1 aged mother." "How small a salary would you bo illing to work for ?" "I desire a competency for my support; nt as for that matter I am willing to ifer it to your ability and generosity." "What ?lo you say to $230?" "Well, it is not so large as I had exacted ; but I might manage to live comrtably with it. You furnish the parsonic, of course ?" " Oh, the parsonage is included in the birv, wo call the parsonage ^OO." "Surely you do not expect ine to live 1 $30 a year!" "Well, not exactly, but we won't bo ml oi you. ^on can make someiing outside, if y9&.)ik?, you can preach ^ r us half a day evert tin nd ay-?or you in preach th' whole mt>/ fur half a , . your convenience. 'Mia rest of ...j mo yon can have to yourself W#-wron't < i hard on you 1" A Yankee d??ctor has 'got up' a remeV for Hard Tim4s. It consist*? f ten nirs' labor well wrked in. ItabidToctotallor^Mr. Jo'tcr is so pig<ylly devoted to bis principles that ho en checks his wife when she has an unual How of spirits.' He who dooth everything he hath a iud to do, dooth not what lie, should do. lie who says all he has a mind to say / iurs what he has no inin I to hear. Ports.?MA pootg" "ay* Coleridge, jught not U> pick nature's pockef, Lei m borrow, and nn b r.wv us to repiy the vciy act of Sorrowing. Examine itore accara'e'y, hut wri e fr? iu reoolclion, and tru<*t more to rctir imagiim>ii than your memory." Thia advit* i< er more applicable to the painter, hut lie perha]*, in ita application to all artIf. Raphael and MiMsart were, in thia nun, great borrowers. The idea thnl to he jrrert, is to he happr, * one of the errora of the am. Wet, tiial he goodHs to he hnppy.le sometWPj io\vii,at lpaat, to the wipe and mtaou*. * *