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?jpt' # M H $2 PEIi 4NNUM ,?... ? ?,-. IN ADVANCE. 3 ,#iiuiili| noil .pnlilitnl >.'rui5|iii|irr Ptmilrt in iht .Iris, jtitntts, i'iltrnlarr, d-'iiarnlinn, jljjrirulfttrr, 3n!rrnnl 3iii|irnnrarii!5, .taigu nnii Jiniurslit jijtuis, anil flit JUnrkfts. VOLUME V. LANCASTER, C. II, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1350 NUMBER 4. 4u ^rjginn | Writh n TIIK INFLUENCE OH, AN OLD MAI 1 IS V "\\Ll'l <_i Oil . I am now nn oK| man. Tlio ?iic? vs i.f, I <! many winters have whileiidl mv hoa.l. I loo have ?"fn ol?l men around mo |?;i*s hwhj;; di't 1 linve teen the middle njfed |?;uw itwnr ; "If, l' liavo ?tii the youtijj of lioth soxe* alike iw?I d*M .awar?hut lam left. And jet. I tU) liive j?'i?AO'l throng's ?n my \ ieisdtudc*. my ISIiall I recount them to you reader I?I mu w?ll. i likt I too was young once. Well do I re- ler member when a little tViXfti-luiiits) l>ov use of six years, liovv my father would jump of nil- on hi* knees?my mother too?tio.1 nit |?!?sh lier ? would eti!| me her ?!.-irliii*_j child. j'?? Many n little would she with iho titmost j < fire rig me out in my best, arrange my wo plaited shirt collar, smooth my Mirlin^ ' a y h*k<, arrange every article o( my apparel wei with thegreitest nieetv, then she i W would place l{t$ itpfmi Im fb^e me, and after . ver with myself surveying the counterpart, oui situ Would press the original to lier layout, An and with rapture exclaim, 44 My dearest ' 1 child?may Hod bless yen." hoi Happy, thrice happy days. The bleak itv hiily winds of misfortune and wretched vor iie*_ found no plaee then in my innocent, happy little heart. f ?r< My fntlier was a plain honest farmer.' tin Scrupulously particular in all liU transac- ' lions, he i ever went indehf,yet we .always tail had what wo wanted. Ho tieVc-r would . >4>';* buy what was not absolutely needed.? I Ir.si V. F.?oli It," he would say, 44to purchase su w:l pcr!hiil:es." lie never talked mneli, and vvjlien necessity re.ptircd him to sneak, his 1 hor silences w.-re particularly rein irkablc for I'til ^heir liriril). Ho was a man of ilioutm >st . pos ettaetio ?s in everything. He cat at a cer- "ot ^*in hour. Neither before or nftor a cer- slip tain hour, would lie sit to the table? lie | "I ' retired to l>cd nt a certain time, and the " ' stlu never found him in hod?if he owed nov a man live huinlred dollars and llvocclit*, trai he was as particular to pay the live cent* j ' at the dollars, lie was an affectionate | "Id husband ami kind father. A cmui-dent , ptcmb* r of the church, he never partiei- ) pin piled in anything immoral, ami nvo'ded thn pilose who would endeavor to shake him . tcel in his purpose. Toasesaod <?f a strong ' mind, lin could not be coaxed or driven Wrtl (uto anything ho was oppowJ to: vet lie i j't l din; msl tlioso who were dissipated and I I I" wicked. 44 ltirda of a feather,'' lie would t>la say, "dock together,^ ami a decent, honest the man should not lie found in such com pa g-* lijr. lie would say,' "ar.lant spirits W4? J con tile lleiil's beverage," and rarely if ever ; l?ca ihl lie drink a drop of it. if he did I never *??' saw hint. Such was mv fuller, a kind, *?' ...... .. .. ..... .1...: ? . . I i ?. . j^- itviwh-t mill, urn wuiiju* ' ",ut 1 ww ?cnt t?? *eho? I hi jin A trly ? friv My father had but a plain, *??ry |*1i?iii istn- l?or cation, but a* uneducated fathers general- cue lv, lie <] -termini*! to do moro far hi* *?m -til than bin father ?li<l for him. Mr parent** for h&J but one other child. 8???t dear lit err; tl? Alice. Kven now, as 1 write tlii*, eafi I *00 Iter a* At that time, with her cherub A > face, A sweet *11010 evor playing nlmul her A I rosy lip*, naif with the deleruiiti ?ti..n ho i t<l reveal the faullle** pearls within. Alice ed. as 1 now paint her w*s eight year* old, , tlov and I wa* ton. Wo Urth w?nt to tho g-,r Mmo school. Sweet sister ! If He who .K.r tho universe? permits'tho recognition n c< of friend* in another world, how raptu- , ,h-f. rously will I clasp my dear ?i?lcr to my tcr bosom, forgetful of |>ast sorrows?revelling nn Altai iouuriating in untold, unearthly, ctcr- j -mil uni'Mis*! iitg iOur household was a happy one. True, I puli vra werj not free from petty annoyance*. I 1 A* legacy left us by our first father, wo all like M#Miue trouble. Still no www sorrow, ?t*i aei can renvosuber, ever befel our family her until-1 was fifUuh ?.and then indeed it ten was a sorrow, -AYo'werelcfi botn-lc** i a ' tr bouM took tfro, ami almost every ualliing within consumed. My poor mother ast? , wm awfully distressed. * My poor cltil- p?* \ drew," iha would cry, wringing her hands, K>e white the tears trickled down hsrchocks, dor M what wiU they do." Not *o with my he.* father# 41 flod's will by done," was all I Sh< heard hiiu arfy.' - r" . ma llr. J one*?John Jon**, was our near- I h eat neighbor. lie and his were on terms ?p?" of familiar intimacy with onr family. Ho alw waa a (rood sort of a man, hot not remark- * a-wi ahlo for any particular trait of character, cou Tho day after wo were loft homeloaa wo cor took up quarters with neighbor Jones.? I cidt About a mile from Mr. Jones lived Mr. j ton Fuller. Mr. Fuller's house was twice the &h< distance from our placo as it was from ovt Jones'. Wa nom knew much of thelw Fullers. Mr. Fuller bad but one child?a ry I son, soma thus years older than myself. I After wa want to Hea at Jonoa', young , in i Fuller frequently ea?Nr over. He may : bare been In tho ItnW* of doinf aobefoia ' ?; i "'BEOTpl^ 1* s?W."? * [ if?i_ J| Kxjtrcssly fur the Ar'yec. j any on OF LOVE; IS ] not rs STORY.^ I will _ j FhI i A. ; r I drd U. " ill) 1 <> not know. 1 '.chard ljulU < wis :i good * A WtfjJ V600;/ iflail. IIn was at wa\|,i s*0t| in good stylo; liia father was wolf l?,i| i ami its lio was tin* onlv yliiiil, he was |; ll'.lgcd in all los fancies. llichud ami <| < self became ijuitc intimate. t Mm day wi?| father called. mo to liim, and taking ovcl i ulTe Kide '* K Iwnnl," said lio, " I don't n|m i to soo \ oii >?? hiticlt with young Ful? full' ?hi is too fond of Imr- ! iacing f r toy i^im !?I "never ?aw a t$ciil1c!n!tn undo out : will a jockey.' I w i>!i you to do vote more j?;,y eliliou ttryour books, and less to ybur j,0". key friend, ' j ,ror Vly father, as soon as lie could, went to ^((>J ik to build :t i vv IiMiisc, and in about ear after 111.*! dreadful calamity, we xx|(j re oncd nloreslieltcied by our own roof. |( IX were again in our own house. A I , y bumble one true, much inferior to W |j) r old domieil, but it was our home.? t)) ( d truly there is no |?la *e like home. | , Itichurd Fuller visited us in om new s lie. I Could see my father did not like i ( He was courteous to Fuller, hut 1 was ^ y sure I w.'.s not mistaken in that tin- j takeahle frown which wrinkled his _ h: id when Fuller pttned rover the p . o-hold. " j f?r I'lie roughest' rock will sometimes con ^ ^ i tlio purest ffem. A very wicked man, ls ' i (ani ? <.?1icum s jkkmo-r some one good -i,,, it. Fuller though as far as we knew, ; , , . . ? . , L.1.1 s'uio veriest nrr>e-.-Hcer in tno country, ^ I though my f illier's opinion was a ' !J!'1 .se-nicev could not bun gentleman, yet, j 4 iter contrary to every one of his kind, j scssetl one peculiar trait, which if it did ; mark liiiu as a per.tleman, Certainly t j i **r induced tlio opinion, he was a man 'cl' "eliiiemeiit. lie was a great admirer 1 f 101 i a til re: ' lie was particularly fond of , r vers. To 'Us it proved a dangerous ! P"44 it. j ?i*> I'lie little boy of live wishes lie was as l4<*: as liis neighbor's sen of tell?tlio little of six, wishes ?!ie was old enough to j s.wo v the pi.inno?more enthusiasticallv j 1,4,11 n either, the Miss just entering her ' ",'4' us, wishes s'.ie was advanced to tlie six- i lo 1 nth or seventeenth period. My sister > sixteen, and the prettiest yot nir lady ' he neighborhood. Kvery body saiil so. j 1,1 ) old wouie i called her pretty Alice | ,u. 1 rke, and tlio house girl ni she swept ; '!!m diHir steps, would exclaim, 44 There 10 * the handsomest young lady in the j 'j01' ntry, and she is a* g<vod Ms she is } 4.e .utiiiil.** Kveiv one pronounced niy j1 1,1 cr heniriful, and every one said bh<? t good?and she was beautiful, mid "j ' was good. To the poor ?he was a 'J lid1?the si. k and distressed found in j a fiieiid and u comforter. Her pros- . e gave p'eastue to all. To us, sho was J4'?every tiling. ?xolmdy cot.Id ?<bubiistu the slik so we!I iii Alice, ami her j- j mis of benevolence knew no end. .j \ basket of (lowers IliaVConceal I'll asr> . , - ,- . lion t rat agent adopted l>) fcovpps t^ueon.? neV< innJ containing the cln'teeit ro*oft, may lho member of a W*ly shockingly wick ,rvi. My si?t?r Alice wiu very fond of j0" |, rcl*. Site cultivated a little llowur pUr| Jon before oiir rural residence, nnj so foct was !<cr taste in its arrangement, |,0? <nuoi?ure would hare errd to note a ot. I speak tooYaVombfy'Of my'wis forlt jKirliapi, but what 1 say is true, i am the old man now, accusations of vanity care I egotism, will notuyicrmo from speak* 1 what my mind, prompted by a scru- :,t %, Ac re;*nrd for truth, dictates. city, foung Fuller know my father did not mv i Imn ; wo learnt this from the ciivuui- j|,' > ice, that he never assisted my sister in my garden, only when my father was ah- futh t. ehai V peal of thundor sometimes astounds ) J -in a irmute it la over. I wnt as much I WOti imidud ono vluv, when * nnklou I'.isli p|:?i sod across my Yrain ?my sister loved s?.'o hard Vtiller ! Not so soon as the tliun- ,ptii ciap, did the shock leave?but I was prm > i Id cred, confounded. Wim it possible I rr.'i< i was too young, only seventeen, snd how y be I was mistaken?ynl how conl?l |<>r; o. (duld ! mistake Actions, which sooi sk louder ? l>id I not notice that she mo? ay* tended tlioso flower* with greater | u< Idnity that Fullor planted! ? How hire Id I be miaUket: ! And now tlio dis- f?l | cry oiioo made, I -'recalled a down in- evoi snts to prove I was right. I was as I 11 ished?I was potriftod with horror.? adn xild I tell my parents. I pondered tViei r bemtattcf n wock, and concluded I T nld not Alice %urel/ w.uld not mar- was FLichard Fuller. four diehard Fuller's father made his money ing some #t?y, l>ut nobody knew bow.? com be said he gambled, some said at bet froii j on horses, but not on cards; and boo ip not <|iiiieso charitabl", that he sio ll's son had It is own way, and as rw'ar Is discovered, he made mom way and every way. Ho could he: ijainester at any game of cards. II hi play billiards, and throw ace < [Mice whenever he chose to from tli box. SihIi was Richard Fuller who scovcrod my sister loved him, but I ?li know his character then, was delayed at school one nftornou r tli in usual, ar.d when within ahoi i hundred yards of our home, I hear ic oiu* t:iIki 11 or as if in convcrsatk i another and it sounded like yoiin lei's voices the second voice Convince it was my sister's I don't like eave ppers, hut I listened. Would yon m the same under similar circumstances lice if v??u love ino as you say )ou di ; not marry me. I have a plenty f< !i ot us, Alice, you do not love mo."chard ton know I do, but my fatlu s not. I low can I act contrary to li lies." " .Vice, thk old mail will e< r that. llo has heard a ureal de, ut mv father, and judges me wron; y. W hen we are uiairied, I will assi l so uiitcli on the farm ? 1 know I learn to liko me. Alice mv leant; the word to ho my wife, and w< i 10 loijipv," " Wait a little while lot " i plied my sister " and I will h know " ami then thev parted. M i went home, and after waiting Je I followed. 1 knew now I slum! e told my parents what I heard. In wishing to distress them, so confide! i I my sister would not act contraril ny father's wishes, 1 did not. I wi dwell on this portion of my hi*torv. ' Hue little while after this, I'll i? r di tinned his visits. ]Je was oiT. som le, nobody knew where. Mv sister 11h declined. I was jflad I'ulh r wj e, but I w as sad to see the rose fn? 11 mv sister's cheek. Was il from loi him ! I thoiiirht so. km ?1. IC tl[MI. ItS gl.ldu.dly, it CollM not I cdltfed. *********** Oc tiijiiths aflerwsir I found Edwar rko fatherless, motherless, sisterlf row corroding soirow ami afilietio rd the iiiat; si.iimv ii]K)ii sorrow killo second; hopeless hope, hcurtrcmliu uish killed tlic third, ami tho tmhor pring of a guilty hour perished wit , I buried 11iv father; when my ii!< r died, I opened tlie grave and place beside him ; when my sitter died, :ed her beside their ; and then 1 stoo u the tripph-d gravfc, ami caning 111 < above I saw no angiv face; 1 kne kissed the mound, and swore?ves re thai the desiioycr of a once hupp ily should atone for his crime, lo a vow, ami scaled il with n.v li; hi- red clay, thai I Wi t l.l? II \VK MY ItlivK.NUK. was nineteen. 1 had a pretty fa ration, hut not so perfect a one as in cr had intended, With his death, lei atid my Academical' duties. I w# heir of my father, ami after I place t hi r sister in Iter last resting place, 1 so! farm and every thing else, ami sa< j? one of the I est horses I could Hud, ted?not like J:tphcfh in' search of er?lint lo s?*ck fho life's hlootl of hit > had brought blight, shame, r.-mora dealli to a once happy family, w as at school uoteii for being a out . 1 wa> pretty cunning ami ingenious oon as I hacked me n. ! !.' - - J "v * my wi.s to woik us to how I >}> >11! my enemy. Ito city of C was some fifty mil* 1 where wo lived, and thither 1 join 1. 1 had in money some five Iiimi 1 dollar*. I 1 relieved I wan light ii "g l? punish 1''idler, and determine live nothing untried lo accomplish m pose. 1 was honest, hut ! would li "liesi if it facilitated mo in my pin i. lint ono object whs ever hefor ?tho deepest, direct trouh.o ar.d su ig to befall Kjchnrd Fuller. Thal'vva object of my life. thai was all d to live for. was pretty cert ain I would find Folio jino timS in U., so Hfler reaching th , I sold rtiy homo, which increase* pilo $130 more, and settling mvsel i comfortable boarding house, alure* wits how else to proceed. After m or's death 1 learned Richard'* tru racier. 1 intended to crush him, bu ctermined to torture him first, lid tairly dance with joy, when afte intng soinc of my operations, I jcoul liim in inv imflirhlation withering an raring under tint torture. Like a wo :ticcT gambler, I went to work t?? hi go mv cards. visited every gamblin so in the city, but ovil?l not tin.) l a but, I was not ready for liiin yet. i became intimate with some of tli t not*si gamblers. Among thorn a diced one particularly ?lio ha*i an or a hav k, and ho waa the most succc* gambler Id Og he always won, ht y body Said he plavod a fair gan.< i>lc*l litis man, and brought all m nines* into i?Ky, to mako him m id."; Filially 1 succeeded, om' It lack, ffor such was his nam* one or the hneat looking men to 1 id any where, lie was the finest loot man I ever saw. My desire to lx 10 acquainted with It lack, original*, a tho fact, that 1 t o. atly wished i war an a*lcpl in cards. For what pui !i? po., >, you will in timo find out. How ! eal :i I attained mv object was thus. 1 lia<l boon ' br?a y i in llio oily some three or lour weeks, ami I In it was ono day down on llio wharfadmit big | I lo llic shippit g, and w liilo there, saw I Mack, trial ! holding by llio hand a little girl of some i a?si?J ,e fourteen years, apparently booking the onus u sane* gralitieation. IMaok no doubt ro- j succ d cogni/i. l iue, but wo did not exchange ci- ' rcsei \ilitios, lor wo had never been favored bv 1 'ro' n a ceremonial introduction. The little girl field it j sccined to bo intently engaged observing ry a J . a small sail boat gliding down the stream, her >n whilst Hlack, letting go her liatpl, went let n g on board of a ship along side the pier. I Cuu d too looked at the little boat in the stream, who s with her white sails spread to the favoring llov #t | breeze, wending her way so gracefully to nova i ] i her destined port, A? 1 gazed at the It a,! little cial't, suddenly I heard a spla*h. ' who >r Cooking to where the litile giil stood, she live ? ; was tioi there. The splash was ocea ion- j a sei r | ed by her fall. Prompted bv an instinc , Mar is j live impulse, without a moment's relive- j see i it; lion, I jumped into the dock after her. I ( near d , succeeded in keeping I er head above wa- at tl ; J ter, although with ?iilli u'.lv, for my coat I lieni st and boots encumbered me no little. Uur and k* ' situation was very soon discovered by I and v. stiiiic laborer* on an adjoining wharf, to ] mo ; II I where ve ha I drifted ? a boat soon came j of fi t to our relief, and we were both rescued. I only t No on j could describe the look which no- lady v j com pa nh* 1 the a< tii ii of IMack. as he . me i u> tMiuro w?-<?i<>oti, :ini| M|ti<>c/-<l m\ i mcU, | ban I. " ! shall novel" I:\o long enough oils. ,t rnv ?.!fi\ro*t Sir to thank\oii, uml show- chat ,, : my gratitude I ?r your kimine**. My sis- on v lv u r would have drowned sirwoioit not for frien II ' \ on. 1 inu>t take lo-r homo now?hero n gl in mv card?pVino hand mo yours?1 , ugai 1 will call on you." I went homo and . trati <t changed my clothes, and no sooner hud 1 ! >'ty ,? done so, than I was favoiod with a vi>it i od t from Mr. I'duck. In the course of oonvcr- my ' saiioti, Wo touched on family matters, you, , ; which in ho long while led to a freer in- | ham j( I rc'iingc of sentiments, ami dually I was ham j gratified to hear t lV?rc?. % i Tit:-: Mi-crony in" Tims, n,.v< K. linn , J i give it in his own words, as ueailv a- I Tim 1 can. " I am a n itive of Kentucky. My i all \ ! father war a lawyer, and was wealthy.? j lane I . shtcr, you -awd tiii* evening, ami nil self heai 1 lii.s only children. 'i here i-? a great dis- i?ooii * | parity in our ages, she being onlv four- she , teen, while i ant twenty four. ltcforv ' her I ( j was twenty-otic, T was in partnership with ; dan; Jj my lather, hut I had not attained my j?ol j i twenty second, when he was taken from tie 1 I tis. In the town we resided was a beau- ! IliC I ' tifnl yim.g lad)?Iter name was Mary? ( my ' I loied M.IIV, and my love was returned, on t 'j My fitlmr's death prevent! d our marring ' (her hut in three month* time, 1 expected to J hard '. make her my wife. A hiother lawyer I' ooi , had be. u partial to M ify, hut meeting , I stt , with no success, I I.a i -v<*d 1m beeaino re- asln concih-d to hi- fate ; in this belief, how- It I . j ever, I was mistaken. " Hi About a mmitti after mv f.ttlmr's death, ash" - ' 1 celled one evening o.i Marv, am! was paid i surprised to note something distressed tier, i 1 * j After considerable effort, I was surprised, I mou ii rlignantly surprised, to I'm 1 reports had ' wha j readied her, detrimental to my character. j t' ? I I I was unable to trace these rc|>oiU to j uiise ^ , their proper *)urcc, hut from various cir- , threi nun-tames, wnn more than sure, tliey spec owed paternity to lawyer Hr??w:?. Im- my i ' pulse prompted ino lo confront liim, ntul mon license litin as the author?(ii-crotion sug- the ] the propriety <f waiting tor further I del j development*. I was in no enviahle state lurtl . of fiiiinl ! can assure you. An evening or j to h. two after, I again called on Mary. She m.-ul ! wore a s:nl face. She had rocicvod an with ^ anonymous letter, w hich at my urgent re- j plac< <iiie-l she showed me. In that letter, I ci v, 1 j was io'cu-i 1 of living a gun hh-r, anil a -he \ J sot. The writer said regnal for Mary and j woul her family, wn her motive for autioning , eliiM i her. The writing was a female's ; of that couh 11 had not the least douht, leit felt sure it -,he i , was Copied at the instigation of llrown. dav, J. I tohl M irv it was false?that I believed Sum ' ; 1/fpwn was at the bottom of it. She be J i.fuulicvcd what 1 told her you may bo sure, t you I had no good feeling for Mrown. to lit ! Somo two weeks after this 1 had ocea- end 1 -ion to go to Louisville t arrange for my not t .' marriage. I stopped at the flail house, |(,vcami while regi-teiing my uaino, noticed good j the names of llrown and also Mary's bro- mom ' titer. I was on terms of intimacy with blacl ' 1 the latter, as in ay l?o exported from our ihii.l ^ anticipated relationship. ILnry was a casic j 1 noble fellow, but vorv impetuous. I i If row n saw mo a time or two, ami the him j devil must have completely mastered him, VCi I for lie s.o managed as to brood a aarrel yOU II between Mary's I roller and myself. 1 I War> was in the bar room one cven'iig, cntidly ' as v< r smoking a aegar, when Henry very much ! thin; r . excited, partly by w ine as wed! as passion, j whk I ' abruptly confronted mc and abused tnc bow; I of being a coward. An assertion of tbis w|,? j| kind will stir any young man's hot blood, j and it did mino. Becoming excited my-u lf, I told hi i flatly he was a liar. I am man H | excitable myMilf, but lot the consequences whit l>?i <\ hut they may, I wm not g"ing to ?it ! down pAiaivcly under such n charge. I , \ had no sooner spoken than ho drew a fl ^ I sword from his cane, and thrusting it at on ^ ? mo, mado a wound in my breast, and had ; ' it gono an inch or so nearer 'ho centre, ' ? would hare finidtcd ma. Quick as thought, T drow a p'stol from my pocket, A and aiming at his head, fired. A ininulo ?tnh ' afterwards, I regretted the act,?it was al- ? r? I ready done. lie lid" t<> lite t1.K?r uu di Je?| i?i \% f?s at baud, but of no avail. l,^e a curse on my naiii.c uiul expired. I killed iny hit,eiidod tyife's brotlier! was imprisoned two inoutlis?my ? came on, and I was cleared. 1 now f luously endeavored to find out tlio # c of Henry's anger towards ine, and ceded. l'rown had made false rcj> I tat ions. 1 sent a challenge to ?, ivii?it was accepted?we met on the . J and I killed him. I did not sen Ma- i 1,1 II this time. lint my friend, I saw afterwards?yes 1 did sec her. Hut I ^ ue say I did not ucsirq to see her.? j cn Id I expect her to become my bride, I l'' n I was the nmrderer of her brother? j ?|] v could IJ It was belter tor both j r to see each other. sa , was a pleasant evening in October, j K' n while sitting in my uflicc in a rotlco- I mood, for I was far from being happy, i vaiit handed me a note. It was from *'r y's mother; the daughter wished to | 'r< no. < >, how miserable was 1, as 1 | cd the house. The mother met me J j'1 ie door, and asked me in. They had i d of Henry's conduct at Louisville, al i?is slanderous language towards me, could not attach so much blame to : 8" but, can a mother manifest feelings I ienddiip tosnrds the murderer of her , soi^' No I and I felt it so. The ?>ld j m sain .Mary wi.s upstairs, ami d?sired ; io walk up. 1 had heard she was | , I ut d>d imt suppose she was danger- j ol The o!? 1 lady opened her daughter'- ' 01 nber-door, and 1 approached the I nil ' 1" ihieli sin- lay. tlrucioiK tivill "My 1 ai I give nil- some wine." 1 handed him ; ass, ami af;cr recovering hiin-clf, he ) 'i>! n proceeded. Y.s, Mary was pros- t Cil on the bi-il?but only the shadow of j Mary. " Thomas," she said "1 wish- I t< o see you In-fore I died. You killed ' di own ami o-ilv brother, but I forgive s' ? i ...^ .i t ... -i. i . * i.* i - - I 11*4 IM?l >JHaUK. I IAHJR lllfr I 1 in niino, and the thought tli.il this ! ol 1 hail made her hrotheilcss, d'd not > n* her to withdraw it. "Yes," site Con- hi l?1 " ! forgive you, and o!i my dear i d< mas, mav this groat Cod forgive vou in our sins, indued y u to seek repoti* jot to insure vou a homo with sue in j "i in. 1 am dving, Thomas?1 will of bo gone." After some hesitation 1 w said, "Call my mother." 1 called I hi mother, who cam. with her two other hi ^liters. " My sister aint going to die di li no. Is she mother;" So spoke lit di Clara, the youngest. " Coiije near ,n mother," said the dying girl. "Come s'-i sisters, let me kbs you." They got *o he hed and she kissed them. " Mo- j gt I will soon ho gone. Mon't think hi lly of Thomas?he was not to blame. su 1 bye mother?t'ooj bye Thomas." j er ojied and imprinted a kiss on her now i vi< n lips. 1 kept her hand in mine.? j w< leeame cool?and cold, and coUlcr. Isli," said little Clara, "Sister is *?ti mi." 1'oor child' Her ignorance was J ta lOtiable. ' I th have but little more to add. For two . s^1 lh?, 1 hardly know where I was, or | X t 1 did. lleforo Mary's death, with ; w< Moid of two men on my hand, I was ch ruble; but now, 1 was the cause of a ? s fold murder. ! resorted to every J w' ies i.f excitement, to ease the pain of do nind. I gambled and drank. In six , th th* 1 had spent the greater portion of , :?l property left to my sister and myself, I oo lerminod I would not injure my sister j ? ier, ' ".t had the remainder made over j ? ir. I went to our old pastor, and | 0 arrangements i >r my sister to ooaru or him, ivs I determined to leave the ;. Wt.cn ! (<?K1 'Cjite, she began to na said >hc would never leave nn ; that he vould follow me any whore; that she c'> <1 die if I left her. The poor dear 'h 1 cried so, and hogged so hard, I 1 not in my heart leave her, and so ox s with me. iShe goes to school every v and I go to church with her every t"1 lay. Sometime* we walk at of an J?? noon, and were enjoy in one when d" saw us. For my part?i (*o not care ?e< re, and believe I would have put an H to my existence before this, but, I can- 'hi ivhcn I think of my sister Kate. She cx . mo, poor thii.g, and thinks mu very j I. Well, 1 am good to her. In j let cy matters I ant always easy. The j lc-legs got most of my foitunc, and I j < it no harm to get some of it hack oc- ' of utAlly." \ | it. fler I thick finished his history I told i in mine. >> lien i concluded, lie win I, It; ry 'veil, I know Fuller and can learn i m liow to th-occ liiin. Von may after- j on I , kill him if you like, or do with him j lei on phjaso, but my friend there m hoi no j en g that bi'.clh an'd tort in en the soul th h may render you miserable for life? I gr ureof remorse. I have felt and know j ag t it is." sit did not mind what lilaok said. My ' is d was hot, and I thought the laws of i yo and t?od would sanction nny act ; it :h would gratify my revenge. [ bo [roNCi.i Hio.N* xF.x'r WKKh.] or ? j m he HufTalo lief ubliean says that a felo!)cral!y Appears on the end of the finer thumb*. The lloston 1'ost rejoins, sometimes on the end of a rope!" chandler having had some candles n( n, one bid liim be of good eboer, " for n< I short time," sai I be, " 1 am confi- T< , lliey will cotnc to light." bi 99 "1 I' L $!isrellnmi. EETOTALLERS VERSUS PARTAKERS . In the last number of Blackwood's agaziuc, is an interesting article on 1 >iinkiiijjf and Smoking." There is truth the following extract: " \\ e like a sober man?who doea not? ut we are not prepared to admit in ail ses the incomparable moral eminence of o class called tcetollci*. One section ily of them can wo admire?those who, the belief that the cause is a good one, crilico their inclinations for the sake of ving us the benefit of his example. For e type of a far more numerous class? r the man who, having been a terrific unknrd, takes the vow to save himself Jin perdition, we have no respect, lie kos the measure of his elevation from e depths of his own previous degradation stead of the natural level ot humanity; ul, thus convinced of his own moral ajesty, totters along at teetotal processus under the weight of a stupendous inner, to the braying and banging o( ass band-. I till still, through nil the oral majesty of the sight, we seo the rase of the last tit of'delirium in the moan of his legs ; and the uneasy twinkle his eye suggests that the old love is not iliivlv deserted, and may soon again be essed to his lips. We cannot view liitn :wiy belter thin :i man morally diseasI, wlio is administering to himself a vio nl reined v, fortunately not needed by bis ode rate brethren. 15tit there is another member of the tee >t :il class?the man who constitution ally islikes liquid stimulants?who is made i k with a glass of champagne, and disivers and offensive odor in the bouquet ' his friend's best Mordoaux. Shall we >t give our meed of admiration to his ippv constitution f No. There is a ifoct in it, which his wile, or his partner business, or his servant, or soiqe ono or iier, has ki)Own but two well. Vfccaii>t say we entirely ipprove ofjtlie speech a worthy AWrdosian matron, who, hen her companions were complaining ttetly of the vices of thoir respective htismds, represented her ow n as 'ji'st a gutjtil, screet, co;;thv, canny, wcel principled, ucken body, w i' nae ill habits about him ra.1 1'lit the imin who has no taste for imulants in his constitution may have mcthiiig worse,and the natural teetotaller neially lias it. Some of them we have iowii men of dire inorosity of temper? lien, impracticable, and relentless. Otlis of then:, again, we have knpwn the L-tiins of continual excitement. as if they ere afflicted with a sort of chronic intoxition. Pride, vanity, and such like moral iinulants, provide them with a self-con* imsl gin-palace, furnishing them with <j temptations to many a fantastic folly, iprcine among this idass was Charles 11, of Sweden, one of iho few men the arid has seen who, with no cruelty of laracter, or other glaring vice, yet in ere self indulgence, and the pursuit of a liim or hobby, kept the world in disneace, sol a ted whole nations, ? I sacrificed ousaiylsof valuable lives. It is remark >10, on the other liaad?though not, of ursc, a matter to he made a precedent -that his illustrious rival, l'eter the CJreat -!;$ who, perhaps did more for civiliza>n than any other single man, was a hard inker. Rousseau was another type of a itural teetotaller. The mention of his inie is quite sufficient to conjure up a suficni array of compensatory' defects of aracter to make up for the absence of e con'.moil appetite. Such anomalies c oftyn seen on a smaller scale. \ our cited friend, who is like the very effersetnee of champagne, ever fizzing, sptirig, and threatening to discharge his cork, tting into unaccoiintnhlo scrapes every iv, and a nuisance to his friends from his I'cutnciiy and wrung-headednoss?ho is teetotaller; wherca : j our solemn friend ere, a very practical man, cautious to ce.vs in his walk, and sound and soleinr. his advice, takes his steady, stiff lumb ?perhaps too still"; in fact, he is getting to equivocal habits. If we take nations, or other large bodies men, we seo more conspicuously that o apelite for stimulant)* U an elomenl the best developed races of men. The nlian and the l/nitrucdoiisn are each ore sober than tliu Itriton ; hut w ill any le dare tosav that lie stands on the same /el as m man ? The most nncrm?tic nml torpri?in?* of our working ir.cn Are, at 0 Mine lime, often thn-o wlio are tho eate?t Jo voters of the lioille. So here ;ai? wo are brought hack to our old poion.that a certain' liking for stimulant* an elemonl in (no character of a fully doloped mail; that wo cannot amputate from hi? character as aomo enthusiast* Hove; ami ijctjt we innat try lotne othine'an# of neutralizing'the misdiief it r.y create." Seedy acntiiuental gent, ?erenading: i\'?ro my boWn r.a f*l*? m thought hiui'* it to be." tVafcebman.. "Cqine wo o' that 'ore; you know you hain't got > lioAom on nor ahirt neither. So atop >ur howling, away you go. Thj neigh1 rs say it** ?u? tliau cuts." HOW MR. PODKINS GOT HIS COAT MENDED. 44Pshaw ! h woitviQ kwp- ft secret Who ever ly"e\y ft woman to keep anytiling twonly-lbur hours!" 41 That's u libel upon the sex, Mr. Podkins, invented, I'll be bound, by some, thrice rejected old bachelor, who couldnot think of any other mode of revenge. Let any body put a secret in my poaseasion, and if 1 can't keep it until the day i judgment, then 1 wasn't christened ! Laura, that's all." 44<iuc?s 1 will try you some time," said Podkins, as he applied a match to liis cigar and walked out. Proceeding to a confectioner's, he purchased a mammoth,sugar heart and two smaller ones. These he took tq.his shop, and cut a piece of shingle the exact size, of tho large heart, and placed the wooden, counterfeit in the paper with tho small ones, that tho packages might look as near alike as possible. Nearly tea time Podkins entered,tpa. sitting room where Laura aud her friend! Mary were busily plying, thyir needles.? Sealing himself ^euY. by, he drew from his c<>at poykct two small bundles, and presenting ono to each of the girls, remarked that lie' had. long contemplated making them some present, but hoped as an especial favor to himself they would not tell each other what the paper contained.? Laura and Mary promised obedience? me saino time castihg uneasy glances at the mysterious gifts. " Kemuir.bcr, tlio first who breaks her, promisj will forfeit her claim to the title of secret keeper, and mend my coat in tho way of penalty," added 1'odkins, rising to exhibit more fully a most sorrowful looking gat met. t, so " tattered and torn" that a tailor would have been puzzled to dccido , what was its original shape. The girls considered themselves safe concerning tho coat, and chided the wearer for being so skeptical in regard to. jthoir ability to keep u secret. (furiosity was only half .sntii^d, however, after ascertaining that lVxlkins' generosity bestowed a heart. It was not long ero the donor overfyppd M ?rv and Laura in the kitchen, teasing one another to reveal bj* some I sign, at least, the forbidden fruit. Hut each stood their ground wonderfully, and 1'odkins feared his coat would remain tattered. The girls' sleeping apartment was contiguous to the one occupied by 1'odkins and his friend Harlow. As only a thin partition separated the two rooms, it was easy to hear ordinary conversation from one to the other without the folly of listening. The two men were snugly eusconced in bed, when Mary and Laura entered tho adjoining bod room. Tho door had scarce'be?^' closed, when tho former exclaimed : . "Now, Laura, do tell mo what was in your najwr. It looked just like mine, and I verily la-hove it is the same thing. 1 shall not sleep a w ink to nigh*if you don't. Come, do tell, thut's a good girl, and then 1 will tell you what was in mine." " Well," replied Laura, 41 there w ere two sugar hearts iu mine." " Ana there was only one in mine," said Mary, in a disappointed tone. At this point a respectable portion of . the bolster went into ltarlow's mouth I- * T 1 % * I - ? - VWII1U l'ouKins took retugc beneath tlia bed clothes, to smother his laughter ft* hot lie might. " At breakfast the next morning, while Laura was pouring out tho coffee, l'odkins turning toward* Harlow, said very gravely : . ,l Well, there wero two augur heart* in in in?." " And there was only one in mine," rc*ponded Harlow, so exactly imitating Man's* tono that she almost fau :icd herself speaking, The coffee pot dropped,, to tire great ^ confusion of sundry cups' and saucers, and then camo a burst of ia giitcr from tho four that fairly made tho dishes dance. " I will tako that coat after I weak fast, if you please, Mr. Hrxlkins,'' said Laura uuictly, after tho mirth had aoiucivhat subsidy.. ** A correspondent of the Cincinnati (?.v cette states that a clergyman in l'iltnhurg, l'^nnsylvania,'lately married n lady with whom he received the substantial dowry of ten thousand dollar*. ? for . - rrr?? I |?ect for toore. Shortly afterward, wliilc , occupying the ] ulpit,he gn\o out a hymn, read tlia first four verses, and was proceeding to read the fifth, commencing? 41 Forever let uiy gratefnl heart," when ho hcaita'cd. haulked, and exclaimed : M Ahem ! Tlio choir will omit the , fifth veise," and rat down. ^ Tho congregation, allracled hy his apparent confusion, road the verso for themselves and . smiled taypft audibly as thqy read : "FoKT^ Iftt my grateful ho^rt Ilia boonj^y?s grace adorc^ Which givq* t.'? thousand hlespinga now, - And bids pre hope for mor?v^ There ia a farmer down South,>wh(H l? apple picking season, hauls his niggers out to thevorel>aro? <u?d sets owe agaitoc x each tree. In a short time the chills ensno on an<l every apple in the ?>re4rard ia all". 1 ken oir tliej^rwcs yliJh> tV* ? ?