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I :' ;s;ri""" ''j ',: . C: 1 | ? , ?, , , , , , , i?! , ,j, "' ' ' _ _ ? - l? ? sm the Can raster f eager. ~ $2 PER ANNUM ?S3X7Z" IN ADVANCE Jl /aniilg nail "UiiiiiUnl ^riuspajier?Hm\ib ta tlje 3rts, ^riratra, jCitcratace, fiiocatiaii, Sgrirultnrr, 3ntminl Smpraormrats, .forrigit null Dniurstic jOrius, nail ttjc jfclarkrts. VOLUME VI. LANCASTER. C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEC. SB. 1857 N U MB Ell 45. /-* ,1.1 < - ' A (L ijnstiiios ttnrtjj [/VRirvK* ron Tin "UXCinil LIDOil."] LITTLE HELEN, ? OR ? llrncvolciicc liu* it* Howard. BY Bf>r. WHITE. "tl . On the banks of a very beautiful riv- ! er in the lower portion of South Carolina there stoo?l many \ ears ago, the mansion of Thomas Daiiver*, a very weaitliy, very teia b'e ?inl >>> ul"'" * ... V.VIJ "in lll'J' (Jl)llU | man. TliO house was largo?of tli?* baronical cant?ami lite mounds in front were tastefully laid out and decorated with | shrubbery of the two hemispheres. Every thing about the place bote evidence of an enlightened liberality and refined taste. Hut at the especial moment of the commencement tf my story, that which w?s most calculate I, to at real and detain the eye ol the passer on the highway, was a group near the gate on the gravel 1 ed walk, composed of two most lovely children, and a large water spaniel dog. 1 The former were brother and sister, the l elder T< imr\ and the youliger little Hoi- ( en. Tommy was very bus) trying to fit ! a small hoop in ti e mouth of bis stock ing, to bang up at mglit so that Santa Clans illicit the more easily slip therein his stole of go<?d things. Little Helen, was seated on the warm soil body of the * I I prostrate spaniel ; and though not specially occupiciI, was watching with at^ | sorting inteiest, the wotk of her broth>, - , i It was Christinas eve. lummy and little lleleu knew it tight well. For several weeks tin-y had heen looking forw ard ^ for this dat ; and although, to llietu, the wheels ol time had moved more (dowdy than ever hef >re ; it had Come, and their , little heart* w?-rv Itih of high anticipations I the good things old Santa Clans would bung a! ng at night, in basket's full, for aii the L?t>od chi'ilieu 111 the land M . lit itf\ yearna lor the j^oud old lime, v ln-u Oiirmlinm whi? h holiday indeed.? I Wii.-n the iifilit.?ri;tn ??!?>rit of litis i Mini lite iltiral for money il lias begotten, It.o| lint lirivV?i k'I eitj tyiUfUl from the ( land. When sociability tvsi knuvva It) j t-Xperiunce, and not l>y tr.n!:li<?n alone.? W io n |'e<>| !e lived lu ei joy liie, mid not h?'i? to jjrow rich. Mi heart lor this otiotj otd l ine again; hill I fear lite much, it is gone forever. The heart of mail aoetil# to he lev. adapted (o elite! lain lite kindlier passions of humanity, iI.hii formerly ; and continually In-coim* moiu Col)Iracted in it* daily peculation# ami in irigoe* tor place and pelt. Alas tliat it should bo so! Hill ill I lie tunc ol the opening of tuv story il was worth whim j to live till christmas coine. It was a time t wl<eli Old people and young, bond and I frse, enjoyed themselves to tbo lull; Hid : ! "\\ hen bliaa was every lieaiU employ." And tbi'tt all was innocence. Tbe black catalogue of crime, bas been mostly tilled ' up since tbal day. Ob, tlial it bad pleas ; ( ed kind Heaven to have let me live in tbo good time of my fathers ! liut my space forbid* a longer indul- , gence in those fruitless reveries ; and al- ! though fancy pleads for 'a moment Ion ger ;* I will r?sun>e tlio thread of my While Tommy and little Helen were ! busy h? 1 have represented, a covered < carl drawn by a single horse paused by < A man was leading the horse and a wo- 1 roan?the man's wife?was walking be i liir.d the cart. Sailor, the spaniel 1 have i mentioned, heard the passing noise, al- I though he was asleep, and forgetting his i Jittle mistress was seal.J on hint! jump. , *d up to baik, and tumbled her over in ' the dirt. I.itllo IL 'en, without being at i /all angry, got up, just in time to see two . fright (eyea looking at her through the i gate. Old Sailor looked tirsl at the bright eyes and then at his little mistrevs, arid | when ha saw that she looked kindlv, he I wag.ed hi* great sliaggy tail mid looked < kindly too. The two bright eves wenWn 1 the h< ad of a ragged little boy some ten i or twelve years old, who whs tlio son of the man leading lite horse. When pAM? i ing, he u? Tommy and little J Men, and i I hey And the pretty yard attracted hie | attention, and caused him to stop and I look in. I 'Croud meriting little boy! won't ><?u t come in,' said Tommy, with that spirit of true hospi'eltly of lha low country gen- ' thmsn, llisl n(tn? to deaceud from aire to tor, along will) tiio name. i 'No, thank you sir,/ aaid the little rag- < ge.J buy ; and he looked sad. lie thought, I how happy mutt Tommy anJ little Helen 1 be, ao well clothed, and with such a beau- I tiful borne, and with sj many pretty and i 4 comfortable things around them; and , I t lUtiii ho thought of hi* own condition, Rml Joit ho must trudge along on foot, many*n weary mile, to find i new homo in tlio great South-west,among stiaiigom. And he re I n en i he red too, that lie had left his old unsociale? over on the I'edee. The little ragged hoy had no playmates now and in sorrow he was turning awav,when a bright idea struck little Helen. 'Stop little hoy,' said she, 'stay till I coine hack.' And away she ran up the graveled walk nr.d into the house with ' Sailor by her side, and never stopped until she was in the presence of her mother > Little Helen told her Ma., as well as l she could in her hurry, about the little . I ragged hoy at the gate, and asked lor something to give him, as a Christina* I preset!t. Her Ma. gave her8<~,mo money and a mince j ic, hut liltle Helen wasj'ot < s itisfu d. Sin* know notliing of the val I uo of money, ami therefore atlixed none I to it. Pies, she was accustomed to every | 1 day, and thought tin in common tilings : i so, in her eye the money and |>ie, formed I a very poor gift. Hut there a as one i thing, that little lle'cn put a high vnlua- j lion upon. Hot a short time previously, i her father had given her one of the spell- I ing hoot s, then i". iiiiuou me; and now, i while it was still novel to lo r, and some i thing new, she ^gaoled a hook as one < ol the greatest tilings in the wotld.? ? W lien she left her Ma. with the money I ami pie, *h?? thought of Iter hook, arid .li-ti rinim d to . Id it, to the gift. Ac ord I . ? ingly she ran to get it. Hy the spelling hook hat | km ted to he the liia uf 11 I' "I I i f Chilli.tit., and her luilo heart hv it i? s iiiim' have mown a,moat to bursting with ^ood emotion*, without ;hnnjjht, *lie t u>k it loo, and haau-ned I "thuga'a, The li'lie ragged h<i*' took (hi* pie, and tiio two huok>, l>ii declined the nioiiev. 11 then shook hands with Toiiititi ami little lielBti and . !t. Tommy cMimed his work. 1'iit little Helen ga/.cd h lot iff time down the road, the way the hale r iggea l>o> w enu liy and t?y Totur?y avd hula IUW wi-recall..! to dinner, arm when in the dinner mo il little Helen told wh it she had done, -it d wli v ; for slot had te ?rne I to conceit' nothing from hur parent*. I j inut*t eotif. >* though, tli.it little Helen, hung Iter he o| and ex[ e.'led io he scold- ! rd. L?nt slo' was riot. Her liilher and , . mother weic proud to see such qualities . leveloping themselves in their child's ! heart ; nti ! who would not have been ' I The moth-r l<x>ke<i ;?t her, iili her eye* I grew Itijni i under tlie iiiflneti e of the de- I I _;hI fciu* f?-!t ; ami li.-r fuller rapturously | slr .ilit.iJ 11 r i > l.is lohoiii. Little* Helen i li.nl ilone wrong. 1.n .?.!? did ;t from sucli it goodness of he.llt, tlutl she was more tlivtit forgiven, thinly hnlrth <i tuulli < tilth' f>f A'!/'?. | t Tito ufti-rr. > >11 w ik .i lung olio to Tom- I 1 my ami lido Helen, lull hi ihsi it to a s succeeded 1 y the night; at ! it in turn 1 ' wore nwny too; and now : i i ' 'Tin Christina* morn, the cock ha* < rowed, ' And wake.) tmr hearts to joy? ! i The Lark of life we'tc gaily rowed And now one loiol alloy ! I hie loud altoy to joy aloud, To speed it on its way, , fine iotui ahoy to sorrow lh-d I To hid it long good-day. i la * urini:iimh morn I Then w ind the horn, Ami call the d<>g* away? We'll hHullun tho Dug, Then over the boo We'll chase llie fox to-day. Ami did S ?nt? Clans forget little Ilelon that ni.ht ? Oh, no! not lie. Sam a Clans never forget* good, kind hearted little children. In the morning, Iter slot-king was full as it could hold of all sorts, of nice and pretty things. K tils, canities, I toys, every thing in fact that little Helen coui'i w ish for, ?'** in and about her little it/H'kiog where it hung in the hack p< rcb. Hut better than all, between the two 1 iirings by which it was hung up, there were balanced a bran tie* spelling hook, and a large beautiful doll, ftanla Clans w as good to her. He knew what she had given (be little ragged boy and he paid L f 1? nor [or iu no gave nur more than he | Jill the Oilier children because slm v. hi | kind and gentle. Santa Ulaus loves audi j children. < It is lii? privilege of the story-teller to f ikip f*om one period of time to another. j at will, ntul I now avail myself of thai t privilege, i lie obliging reader will there- I fore, do mu the favor to pass over a long t lapse, of time; else my story will i-ecome ) loo long anfj tedious. Years had rolled by, and little Helen t ivaa grown to U n woman ; and such an r i>ne aa is rarely ip*l with?ao beautiful! I to inudi intelligence ; ao touch goodness 4 >f hea;t ! Jn appearance, she .van ujl, t flexible and ei^ui^itly pro|x>rtioi>ed.? ? ller bair was darker than the aloe, and 1 ooked like it. arses of richest ailk. ller ? were of the deepest loveli* 1 jet, aud f reamed npon you with a pure, gentio, ra | c + 4' . ' : >v . vw- ton ll In 11 lilitf.kai i.law ..W a ^ diance tliKt searched the lowermost depths of tlie heart, and eal edin'.o being strange ami unuefitted, but pleasant emotions.? Hut be who looked for something more than mere personal beauty, could find tilucli in her to admite. Nature had endowed her with rare intellectual powers which she had cultivated; and there beamed from every feature an almost pet feet nmiahlctiess. Such w as Helen l>.?nveis, the peeiless luunelteof the low country. Hut never did she !u..L- 1?.??? ? - i ?"? she did mi the evening she completed lier tweiit v-liist vear. IK accident, no doubt, l!ie gall ml young gentlemen, who were iissemb'eil in one of those Jelightlul, lit* tie, rural villages dotted here ami lltere over the. hciilthy pine ridges of the low Soimtry; ami where the gentry retiro from their estates, to spend the auiuuieis ; 11 in I gotten up a ipinilrillu party oil that ii-rv evening. It wan hi the ear'ier part I .Sove.. and that party was to he the last of the season ; I til all, both bean nut belie, were determined, in point of pleasantness it nltuii.il l>e the lirst. Never li'l Helen look s > love'y?never before hail ilie homage of tlie ru.ler sex been n >re entirety litim. But in that ballroom there \va* another personage, who uncrossed no .-.mail .-harp of the attention if both sexes. That person was Col Mowrv from a s'.-tcr S.ate ; ami lie was ii>linj?iii?he<I l-v marks of h's conntrv's avoir, for both civil nin] inllitarv services. !h:* was bis first visit to the nbiec, ami >e bail but jasl arrived that afternoon, > > that be was still a stringer, at night, ,o all except one hi ill?an ohl coin panon in arms. Hut it i ceded not that Job M iwry sbotihl 1 ? introduced. llis i.one was known to fanio, unit there true lone who til l not know him at least by rbarncter. liat a ?hort tone befi.ie the last -.vnr ivi.b vhe Knglihb, Col. Mowrv began the trraclice of the law, Htlil ro e rapiillv to li- tinclion. He was inte'.b etnallv gifted *4? lli** musv \ HUilt'il .o which lie Iui-1 a pleasing address, ami t brilliant oratory. 11o was voui.jf, amlitHiis. :i in I a student. V..|? may well motive thoi), that at tliiil time when neril was at a |>iemiti111, ho lose r.apidlv, uul lliat a I rit?ht futuic before liiin. Nevt'itildealien the bmoe .-ail to arm-, ippcaled to ll.e chivalry of the country, Mr. Moarry felt a strong desiie to enrol liniself among the defenders of his conrrv's honor. Iful his widowed mi l invaid mother, and fatherless sinters wero de tendent upon him, and that, ami that iloiie determine.! liiin to remain at home. I'o watcli over that mother and protect and educate hi* sisters, were paramount III tie*, and he tell them so ell. 1 el when . mo after time the news had ieai ii-d him )( the*almost disgraceful failures of the American arms, !iis pr:do of country was ituntj int. that deep iiioitification tl.at Maddens and blinds th ; sensitive spiiit; siici forgetting all prudential considers, ions lie accepted ;t captain's commission in I hastened to tlie tented Held. For six nontlis fortune gave no opportunity |r? listilignUh himself; and lie win Id have >een unnoticed, but for his activity and teal at the out posts; end a display of unities* and presence ol tnind in one or wo skirmishes lie happened to he engaged in. Hut the adverse commanders acre not idle; and it was apparent to .he ohtervant eye, that a great and de 'aive battle must shortly bo fought.? And accordingly they met. Capt. Mow'V with Ins company was at Lundv's lane inder the leadership of the gallant Kogli, ...u - ri.i ?uc "i ins captains on whom he nost relied. The But toll outnumbered lie Americans, but the little band of free nen was h'I chivahy. It is not my intenion to write the history of that battle, viftli'e it to say that it was ? well fungh ,en field, that victory was for a long time Joiibtful, that at one time she seemed to ra?ey the red cross of St. (??orgc, at an. >ther atleeled the star spangled banner : jut at last tired of VMscilMting perched irmly on the American eagle, and the ItriiUh lion find the field, Capt. M<>wrv 1 i.I liis duty well. Where the blows 'ell hardest and thickest, there was he. at lie head of his company ; now leading ,o the charge, now rallying his men when woken, and again bringing them into ac ion. Long will tlie liernM of Lundy'a ane l?e remembered by a grateful country. Capt. Mowry though in the fleld brougliou't the entire day, passed nil its langera unhurt. I<? toils and fatigues, towever, were loo much for hint, and the lay succeeding the battle found him proa rate with A fever, which had well nigh inded his life. Hut youthful nature, and i constitution, which though somewhat battered, w^ill retained the elemeula of its ormer vigojr u MWpheJ; and at the eud ?f a luonth he wae again ready for duty T r ? 1- ' ' * , I 1'ut his soldier life was over. intense application to study, before lie joined the army, had made serious inroads upon his health; and now he found the exposures of a life in eaiup loo much lor him. And ' j although, as a reward for his gallantly lie had been promoted, to a Colonelcy by breret ; acting under medical advice, be resigned bis commission and returned boinu to resume tbe practice of law. Iii an incredibly short lime, lie was re- j pnted the fiist man in lii.s own State;' and a proud constituency bad sent liim i t<? Uongre-s, soon to be numl>*-re?I nnu?n<; die first in that foody of great men. The i winter previous to the time I have introduced hint to your notice, lie had served his lint session; and was now oil his way to attend the second. Col. Mowrv entered tho ball-room in | company with the family of his acnijain- j tance and friend ? llaj. Denly. Helen! did not observe hiiu when he first enter- ! f?t ' ed, hut on hearing a Strange voice near Iter, the turned and hot eye met his. It ?.m Ollt II Millie glHIICC, let II WHS suttlcieiil to send the blood in haste to its f.niiiuin to return again the next iiioinent, mix] sulfuse Iter lace : "III blushes, more than ever bright." It whs liir h single glance, but it produce! a 111:11 ke.J change upon Helen Jj.mvera. I'ul a moment since and she was g 11 and ail aniinatioii ; now she is silent. I he eye that a inoiiienl before shone so bright, 1 la cow oust upon the floor 111 thoughtful mood. W by that single glance could effect so much in so shoit a lime, I cannot ti ll, unless :l he true as sung lo Knii's 1 1 sweetest hard t ' thoie are look*and tones licit dint An instant sunshine through the heart, As if the soul that ininntc caught Some n-essi.ie it thiough life had sought." Hut vou must not suppose that Helen was weak enough to fall in love at first sight. I'.ir from it. She was pleased, j That loured glance, was sufficient to tell her, that her ileal was before her, a t , ~t .? - j fancy. Having made this admission, 1 j must perfoice, acknowledge slie was, at | Once made susceptible to a passion, much resembling love; and which is often, too ' often, mistaken for i*. That passion may ' or not, ripen iiit love, us circumstance* ! iiiay taYor. She ??r he who is deceived , j i?y u, and acts upon it, under the impiess| iuii that a true Jove has taken up its aliode ill the heart ; is undeceived, lull ! i too late alas! when h'V* reality expose.- I, the tact, that the elieelol the imagination | has imposed itself iijshi the cheated one, l<>r ihnt noblest passion ol the hiiuian heart. Many are deceived bv it to their 1 | cost, llence the p ile and wall ami d?jec ' led faces, we meet so often as we j ?ur- i i iiey ihioiigh h!e. llence it is that domest ic bliss is a si ranger to so mailt family | circles. llence it i? that the husband, so ! I often tied* a more agreeable society at > his neighlors tire-iile, than at his own.? I llence it"i* that the inviug, devoted, self- j sacriBcii g wife, is left, neglected at h >tn<?, i wliile the luisbaiiil plays the loafer on tbe 1 street, morn ng, noon and night. Oh, let j I IV un I.I HH; KiiU'MI I > lllf voting people ul the land, lliai while it is ismlid, mean, to Iihvo uo aspiration save for gold and sil ' ver, it is foolish, extremely silly, lo foster I and yield to the morbid fantasies of an j excited iiiiinhgination ; and thai the gol- , ' den menu lies in tins?the exercise ul n : sound judgement and discretion, and obe dionee to the dictates of the heart, dis- | tingiiished from whims and fancy notions. ' it will do for the child lo chase the hut terflv, and foi the fool to seek a life ol pleasure an<l happiness.forgetful lliat they are superstructures erected on the foundation, that common sense lias builded, and no where else ; hut it w ill not do for the wise man ; else he shall find hie hopes j and expectations, stranded, c're he fairly begins the voyage of life. The heart of man, ay?, and of woman too for that matter, is a mystery; and most a mystery to linn in whose bosom it ; palpitates, is it possible that the soul within us knows more, than it can im- ! press upon the understanding of the cl?v tenement it inhabits I Is it liable to for- i gelfuiiu.-** I Mild do luimi Hiid fm'M and event* fad? from in memory and |<iim into oblivion ? In its knowledge of things restricted lo such hi affect tbt? sense* of the body ? or are it? powers of observe* tion confined within no limits f W'e know not. Man i* to bin.self n mystery thai no liuiDHii skill cnii uurnvel. lie fjels time alter time, emotion* within him but ho i* unable to explain them, or tell ! from whence they came. So was it with t Hele.i IVinvera when first her eye fell o^_ Col. Mowry. A sensation, as of realized ho|>e, pervaded her whole heart; distinct ' and pleasurable: and there seemed to be an indistinct memory?nay not a memory?a some thing more liks the tarewell tracts a forgotten dream lias left behind ? that shot into the rtiiml, but ere she couhl eatih it, or see what it was, :t was j gone, in vain Ji I she search the tablets ot her memory. There site could find no impression of Col. Mowry?all was blank, | a page unsullied by any recollection of. him. Can it be that the soul was loaded \ with memories of oilier days, and these ! strange sensations, were its efforts to com J mumcate us knowledge to the mortal ( part ? It may be so", but 1 know not.? j I only know, that again and again as j Helen's evo would fall on Col. Mowry, that same indistinct something, would dart athwart the if is c of her mciuoiy I but still eluding memory's grasp, and that | she grew agitated and uneasy, from which j she was not relieved until Col. Mowry ; was formally presented by his friend Maj. j Dciily. Cast thy bread on the waters: for tl.oil j shall find it alter many days. To do a charity disinterestedly is llio work of a \ noble mind, Such a charily is one of the highest qualities of the human lieirt, and one would suppose the exercise of such i an ennobling virtue a sutlicienl reward ; ! yet when enjoined upon man there is a , promise of indemnification, lie < ho casts1 his bread upon the waters shall find it j again, ami Ins gills to the poor are regar tied as loans to (he Lord, such hemg the case: we would supposo the poor would ineut with the helping hand of the rich at coerv corner of the street, hut nu'oriu nately, degenerate humanity 60 abhors virtue, that its exercise is irksome; vten ; though Oinnipoteiiots Himself promise ;?? I reward it. At the outset of the simy, ?? ! Iiave seen that Helen Da livers, th.iigh a very little girl, dul an act of (iioiitfrested 1 kindness to a ragged little h?o passing j along the highway. Let us iiuw huny along to tlie conclusion of our story, and see if she was rewarded for thai act. During the evening when all were eu joying themselves so muvh, Co!. M .wry ami Helen Dan vers frequently met ; and it ?'?? iu those wlio observed them, that they wete mutually very much pleased. Toward the close of the even, itije when all reserve whs gone, and when I all were a it is tied, and declared that this j parly was the pleasnnlest of the season. Helen D.liners, having for some time declined to dance, accepted the invitation of (Jul. Mown to take a few turns in the open piazza in front ol the house, for although it was November, in iliat low southern latitude, the evenings were more pleasant than they were in Juuu; and I the iiioou being in the zenith lending pro | fuselv her borrowed light to earth, con. i genial spirits were invited to stroli abroad. They were alone in the piazza, and that | utlorded to (Job Mowry an opportunity to I make an explanation he much desired, Said he! 'Mms Danver*, it is a long time since you and I fiist met, and yet to- i night we are as much strangers as ever. ' Vou surprise ine Col. Mowry, have we 1 ever met before I pardon ine if it be so, for forgeting what I would conceive to be an honor. Nay, nay, Miss L>anvers, I d'd not ex peel that you would remember me; but j tell me do you linvq^tny recollection that 1 on a Oiiristiiia.-eeve, a long w hile ago. and when you were a very little girl,) ou made ! a Chiieliiias present of tome books to a little boy passing on the highway, on his way to a new borne in the West i Oh yet! I remember it well. I don't think 1 ever could have forgotten it if left to iny own memory, for it made a great impression upon me, but I have heard it so often repeated in Haltering j terms, that the fact with all its details, is retained by me fresh and green, liut why (Jo you ask Col. Mowry } how did you hear of it ? *1 am that little boy.' 'You ? i* it possible !' 'I assure you it is true, I hid thai lit* tie boy, and for all that I am, 1 am to. debled to that Christmas gift. My saluted mother had seen better days in earlier life, an J taught me to spell and read your boo'is. The life of the Karl of C|tal? ham 1 read lime and again, until it was almost committed to memory. That book created within me a love of reading, and aroused within tun a spirit of ambition. An old gentleman in the neighborhood hearing of this, tendered tome the use of Ins library, and the means to obtain an education. Yes, M i*? Dancers ! all that I am I owe to you ; and it the future has in store for me any further honor, I must lay it at your feet, for to you it all be longs.* Col. Mowry what you tell me is so new, so strange, that I scarcely know what to say 1 bull do fee 1 excessively flftlered. and very proud of myself.' And well sbe might feel proud of herself, the fruits of ber first act of benevolence perhaps, were now fox the fuel lime wade known to her, ami they wore justly caicu i lated to make any noble soul very proud. | The fact that her act of benevolence had given lo the country one of its ablest and wisest sons, was sutlieie.nl reward to satisfy a noble soul, hut heaven doles not out its rewards for merit, but showers thorn down with profuse and bountiful hand ? heajwil up and overflowing Others j arriving in the piazza, the conversation between Col. Mowry and Helen was sus pended ; and they returned into the ball j room. Helen supposed herself the only recipient of the secret, and w i?a no little I surprised to find, when she entered the [ ball room, that every one there knew it before her. Two weeks afterwards Col. Mowry left that delightful neighborhood for Ins post in Washington, but he left with a light and buoyant heart, for lie was the accept ed lover of Helen D tnvers; and expected soon to return to take her will, him i?i iti? National Capita!, and accordingly at the , appointed time ?Christmas Eve following i he returned and led Helen Danvdrs to the altar?a bride. Col. Mowry lived to become one of the most distinguished i men of his time ; ami died a few years since regretted and mourned by the whole country. Mrs. Movvrv has led a happier life than falls to the lot of moat individuals, she < has been blessed in her worldly store, in her husband and her children. She is stiil living? a hale, hearty old woman ; ! and lakes L'reat deln/lit in tellim? the f. .r?? o o ' "" o ' ^ning s'.ory lo her liitlo grand children when she is endeavoring lo develope aud J cultivate the better feelings of nature. iler own children are around her, and [ are, all of them, respected and honored | fur their many virtues, aud uobie qualities ! of heart. Veiily, Mrs. Mowry has found that benevolence lias iis reward. I Fuom Kansas.?The St. Louis Demo i cruC has received letters from Kansas containing two proclamations from (Jen. Gal! houti, specifying the manner in which the I election on the first Monday iu Jauuaiy < ue*?. fv.r Omtc ;flicers are to be held ; al I I so, giving the names of the county coin- I ! tuisMonois for each county iu the lerritory. At a mass convention held at Leaven- 1 worth on the gTtli ultimo, a resolution was passed requesting the Territorial Leg islature to meet al Lecotnpton on the 3d ol December. The resolution was adopt ed under the belief llrat acting Governor Stanton would recognize the Legislature so convened. Gen. L ine, at ilie same meeting, offer ' ed a resolution, which was unanimously ! a<lo|>ted, pledging tire members of tlie I convention, in case the acting Governor, ! Mr. Stanton, declines to convene the Legislature as requested, to put the govern i inent, as prepared f?y the Topeka Convention, in motion, and to stand or fall by it. A Dciurcratic Convention was called to meet on the 24th inst. The Dnnocrat also learns from private sources that acting Governor Stanton had j issued a proclaim lion calling a special ses j sion of the Territorial Legislature to bo ! held on the 7ih of December. A Terrible AccidentWe board yesterday of a most terrible accident tbat tbo day belore occured on the plantation of -Mrs. arah DuBose.? | From the account we received, wnic.u is ! doubtless an autlientic one, it appears that threo boys, prime ploughmen went, into the room containing the ginned cot { '.on, and locked the door. One of them I thoughtlessly struck a match which in Stanlaneously ignited the inflammable material. Bt fore relief could be rendered everything was enveloped in flames. The door was lorced open as soon as possible, but too la'e, iwool the negroes weie burnt i iu ofHin. ana me mini, He who had 'gni- | led the inatcli, win taken ?>ut alive but in such a condition 'hat no hopes is enter lamed of his life. The gin house, some j twenty five or thirty l?ale?, and new screw | press were consumed by ilie flames. Vlrmnsboro Re [fitter. Ob'R C49K Kxactlj.?The Bditor of the Cleveland (Tenn) Manner lias adopted 1 the financial policy of the times, and suspended payments for the relief of his creditors, lie says: ? "Persons having claims against this office, are notified that after mature consideration, and at the urgent solicitations | of many friends, we have finally concluded ' to |*ostpone their payment until we gel the money to do it with. In doing tins, 1 we have bean actuated hy the purest motives, that of atfoidnig our creditors relief. , Tiiis is the policy adopted hy the banks to relieve the people, and if the argument ' holds good in hanking, it should also hear w ith ecj'iHl force upon printing." Eclipttt.?In the veer 1858 there will he four eclipses*?two of the nun end two of the moon, 1st. Kciipse of the moon, Feb. 27th, onlv pnrtmlly visible in the United Ktstm. 2d AnnnUr eclipse of the nun, March 16lh. In wiiu< phttn of the United Slmes the sun wili he partially eclipsed. 3d. Period eclipse of the moon, Aug. 24th. To trost pieces in the United i Steles the whole eclipse will lie visible. 4th. Toul eclipse of the sun, Sept. 7th. i This eclipse will he loud on the uuiuiiaa. I ' What i? the diferetiee betw ion a \ oung girl ami an old hal ? Merely one of time ?one lias feeling, ami ilie other has felt. "Llave you much fish in joui bag!"? asked a person ol ?? flslierinan, who was returning home. "Yes; a good ell," was the slippery 'reply. 'I'm living on hopes,' said a joung ptf rLr 'Capital idea, while provisions are so high, replied a young lady. Why is a lady putting on her corsets i like a man who drinks todr.twn his grief? Because in so lacing herself she's gctting tight. A man came into a printing otlice to beg a paper, "Because," says he, "we like to read newspaper* very much, but our neighbors are all loo stingy to take one." The l>e*t hank ever yet known is a bank of earth?it never refuses to discount to honest laboi. Aud the best, share is the plowshare?on which divii? ?...... ..i........ 1:1 .1 ? Tl....' u?uur r% i r* > o mTliii i iUHin BU? As a clergyman was burying a corpse, a woman came and pulled him by the alievo in tho'middle of ibe service. 'Sir, air, I must speak to you imtnedi* ately Well, then, what i? the matter?' 'Why, sir, you aie going to bury a man who died of the small-box near my poor husband, who never had it.' A pedagogue relates a laughable 6lory of one of bin scholars, a sou of the Emerald Isle, lie told him to spell hostility. '11 o r s-e horse,' commenced Pat. 'Not Aorsetilitv,' said the teacher,'but /mttiliiy.' 'Sure,' replied Pat, 'an' didn't ye tell ine the other day not to say hos ! He jabers, it's iron thing with yo one day, and another the next.' A good storv is told of a Michigan fariiivi wl.<> r>'cuntly Welti down into Indiana to huy a drove of horses, lie w as longer aoseut man lie uiiencleJ vO be, ami ho failed t<> meet a busine;** engagement.? On being rather reproached for not being home, be made due apology. 'I teil you how it is, Squire ; at every little darned town they wanted me to stop aud be President of a Dank.' At the time the cholera was so bad in Atague, Dr. It. was called oat suddenly to see a patient. At the time he entered the sick room the family physician did the same. The two doctors found their patient in a strange perspiration, and put both I heir hands under the bed clothes, in order to feel his pulse, but by accident got bold of each other's? lie has the clioiera !' cr ed Dr. X. 'No such tbiug,' said the other,' lie's only diunk. At an examination of the College of Suiceous, a candidate was asked bv A.wr hS'llV *\V11ht would you do, if a man whs blown up with powder!' Wait until he caiue down,' he coolly replied. True,' replied Aberne:hy,'and suppose I should kick you for such an impertinent reply, what muscles would 1 put ii) motion !' The flexors and extensors of my arm, for 1 would knock you down immediately, lie received a diploma. After the clone of the Revolution, King (ieorge ordered a day of thanksgiving throughout the British domains, Ilia J'nine Monster did u<?L understand the object of the order, and thus questioned * the King : 'Your Majesty, is this giving ol thanks for the recent loss of the thirteen A uteri* can Colonies!' 'liy no means,' said the King. ' Your Majesty, is it the loss of two hunuied thousand of your Highness' loy hi suitjecih ! , Not Ht nil,' said the King* Then, your Majesty, it mutt be for the two hundred million pounds sterling auu^ in the war V It it not that either,' said the King, hut to thank (rod that things are no worse !' ?- * Deatii or an Editor.-?The Fayette* villo Carolinian mention* the sudden death of ila editor, Wm. ?. Wightman, Esq., who wm found dead in hie bed.? The Wilmington Journal has the follow* it.g: ' A letter received here from Favetteville, states thai Mr. Wightman and % young man nr.tued Elliot, were both found dead in one bed, in the Shemwoll liouae, having left a note staling that they had taken Nitric Acid, for the purpose of committing suicide. With the motives that urged thein to this terrible act, we are wholly unacquainted. We can only fulfil the divine precept, which commands us to judge not 'eat we he j,ulged,'i [We suppose Prustic Acid was meant.] UltVRCH COLLKCUO\B.~ '1 hn Missionary collections of the South CnroiinH Conference f??r the past year reacheJ #24.000, the collections for the relief fund for Wi<| 1 own au4 Orpluum, #4,3id.