The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 21, 1858, Image 1
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\ ill-1 ME VII.
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On Prayer.
'.Go when tlie morning "diincth.
Go when the iiioon is bright ;
Go when l!u* eve decli"cth
Go .in .Ute hush of night. 1
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Go with pure mind and feeling, |
.Fling eiir'lilv thoughts away ;
JAnfl in ttiy Chamber kneeling,
J)o thou in secret pray. I ,
i
Remember all who love thee. ?
yVll who are loud i?y tlw, j >
I'rny too for those .who hate thee ; j ,j
:|f any such there be. | ,
Then for thyself, in meekness,
A blessing humbly claim ;
And link with each petition,
Thy great Redeemer's name. 1
rtr if.:- J?- J ?- ?
wi im v n vmiiru ruw, | ^
In solitude to j.r-iy;
Khmild holv thoughts cnmn o'er thee I
When fiiends nre round thy wny;
Oh ! not a jnv or hlc?*ing.
With thin enn be compared ; j \
The p<? ??*r th ?t he hnth givi n us. ! ^
To reach Iiiui with a word. | ;
Even the silent lire .thing 1
Of thv spirit ruined above ; t
Will re eh Ili? Throno of Glorv, t
Who is Mercy. Truth imd le>ve. i
Whene'r tlmu pincst in sadness,
Rrfnre i lis footstool fall;
And r,cno mher in tiir gladness, 1
His Grace, who grve thee till. 1
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(Eq. the l.nryaster !,<dg.r] j c
The Beauty and Excellency of the Sa- I
cred Sciipturei. ;
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N O . I I . I -
God made tb* juesent earth ha the j
home ot Mian *, hut Iih<1 he meruit it an a
mere plate to live and breathe in,a world
far inferior to this in general appearance
wou'd buve answered the purpose. Theia
was no need f< r the caip t of verdnie, or
the ceiling of blue; no need fur the n?ountaiu
and cataracts, and forests \ Ho need
for'.his rainbow, no need for t!-e flowers, 1
A big r..und island, half of i'. nimble and !
half of it pastime,w itli a clump of trees in
one corner, anil a magazine of fuel in
Htixher, ought of held and fed ten mil
lions of people J and a hundred islands,
nil made on the same pattern, migh' held
and fed the population of the globe.?
Nut man is something more than the
animal that wants lodging ami food. He
lias a spiritual nature, full of keen per
cepliuos, ami deep sympathies. He has
Hu e\? for the sublime and the lieautiful;
ami his Creator has provider! his abode
with different materials for their nub'e
tastes'. He has built Mount Wane, and
Motion the lake in which iis image sleeps,
lie has intoned Niagara's thunder, and I
has breathed the zephyr which sweeps
its spray, lie has shagged the steep
with its cedars, and hesponl the meadow
with its kilig cups and daisies. lie has
marie it a world of fragrance and music?
a IVfirU i.f ! !,<?? t nrl ii-iiimulri' u
" ? ? -f *" *V J f
world w litre tlie grand and llic grace fill, j
the awful and the lovely rejoice together, i
In f?bhioning the home of man the j
Creator had an eye to MJiiiething more
t)ian hie eailldy rxitlrncr, and theretoiw |
huilt bomelliiiig which i? not only coin- (
f.triable .tad aplendid, hut which bhould j v
in?piie the boul of it* inhabitant an'1 even
/draw forth the "'very good" of cuntpla- (
cent deity. (.#?mI nbo made the Wide a* ^
the guide ami oracle of man. Had he
jiitented no more than to reveal the fact of j
our degeneracy, and the offered alone ?
pient with an added coniinaiid to repent, (
;l might have heen of himplesi meaning, |
and biiiadmi me. But in giving the hi ,
hie, h? author had regard to the inino j
of iokii ( lima ui.king <1 111M1 net ive, at h
f rad ire, tine and enticing. lie tbh?J il j
<*ith nmrvcilviM incidrtiU hikJ engaging ?
httmry ; <m<Ii tunny pirinret from olil i
yrorld ?o|itry, ami atfcciiiig anecdote* t
from lltM palriaiub* timet. (
Jli'hiilmiiniittl il <* till alately argument ,
and thrilling ler'-e, and fi'lrd it with sen f
ImlinuH ?itdotn and proverbial pungency. |
He made il a l*e>k '<( lofty thought* t
Ami noble iiiiMLfC-A ; n Im?"W of heaVen!) t
doctrine, f'til wi'h'il uf earthly adaptation. |
In preparing n guide to immortality, li t (
finite wiadoin p?*e a book which in try
ing to cnteh the heart of man, should J
mp'ivMte ln? taste ; and which in trans- <
forming liia .-.flection*, should al?o expand i
)ii* in>ailed. The pe-?r| i? of greater I
price, but r-*en the carkei ia of exquisif I
beauty. The Sword it of etherial tem- |
per, and nothing cuti m? keen aa il* dou- i
ble eil|i?*, but tin re are jewe'aon the hill I
and exqn>iie Inlay mg on the x-abU-rtl ? I
The apple* are g> hi, hut eten the bucket i
|s silver. ,
In speaking of tL* literary Mctlfori I
* V. 4J
il inuiilg ana ^oliiicul ihiaspajin?Druntrii
imh
jf the Ho!} >cript tires, 1 am aware of ? loftier feaststwo
lnl<| <li?Hilvan'aite. tiome have never tense?i.o epi
looked on the Hihle as a readable Hook, they will find
l'liey remember how they got long task's Apostle to tli
Trout it at school and spelled their ardin historian is b<
jus way through its Chapters. Ami in that grey tra
later life they have only heard it soun- and athwart
led forth monotonous trout the drowsy of brightness
Jesk or freezing in the atmosphere of ; tlio patriarch
lohie sparse Hod winterv *atiettiHi.v. I .Mil.-..?
^ j - | 1*0 vuo
irksome ami insp re?I has every as- j day-;?there
locialion made it that were they shut up ; for ihe exploi
n m fount with ah old director}, ami an j ilia A|>ochI)
>1 I A uv'hmc. himI ami old iBilde. they i vlnlsl the sei
v..ul<| spenu tiie tiol hour uu tiio Alma- ' ness pa'pal.l
lac, h ii * I il?e second eti the Directory, i through its fi
uid would die with old aye Imfore the) lent ocroes dc
npened the Bible, lint, there are others | ring on the
a ho care only to keep the Bible in some j street*, ami
aking or tasteful edition, and thev would ^ planet .can i
lever dream of sitting down to read it as guzing on h
? recreation or an intellectnal treil. We holiness and I
an understand the feelings of each. the new, hut
But we trust that both will hare with righteousness
is a little, while we endeavor to show, But perha]
It at if no bock be so important as the lhble most ei
liihic, Bo none are more interesting, and ciiplinn of th
worthier to become the standard of the ter idea of th
rood ami true. The rhetorical and poet never given, t
cul beauties of Scripiure are merely in- cd it "the fie
iideiital. its authors wrote., not for glory tnro with otiri
ior display ; not to astonish or amuse tiofi of life, ai
heir brethren, hut to instruct them and expends his I
nuke them better. They w iote for God's around him ;
'lory, not their own ; they wrote for the the grass, the
world's advajitAii'j not to aggrandize if he stood or
hemselves. Demosthenes r.oiiq#m?e<l his lop, conversir
nosl splendid oration in order to win the It sporting wi
wowuof eloquence. How different the Viewed in tlii
ivniuai.niicc.t in which me speech on Ills Holy Spil
liars Hill was spoken ; ami the farewell sons clap liani
v/uvju m the upper chamber at Travis. and the valley
low opposite the circumstances in which earth ; beasts
he Seer of llorel penned his faithful sto- thing and flyi
y, and Isaiah ami Jeremiah pourd forth and all pcopl
heir fearless denunciations of popular maidens ; old
ins ; and the New Testament writers praise the nat
leciaring that these things are written : alone is excell
that ye might believe thai Jesus is the earth and lie
^hust, the Son of God " Lancaster,
K<-memhering then that the llible ''on *
hins no ornamental passages ; nothing
erttten for mere display, that its stead- This, llioui
, ? , , , ... street and wa
ist purpose is, glory to God in the high ||ure#! jt ,
st and the truasl blessedness to man. 1 H?j ol,|
epeal that the Bible abounds in passages h'v appin-d I
>f the purest beautv ami stateliest gram most luxuiian
leur; all the grander and the more beau* 'l c
., , , , almost all the
iful, because they are casual and un. wood us?d li?i
ought. The fire which tl isbes from the er?i artll8 of
run hoof of the Tartar Steed as lie scoun muriatic acid.
he midnight path is grander than all natural lood t
he artificial fiie-works, for it is the casu- 'l CHtl Us*
. ? . , an . concentrated
II effect of speed and power, lbe clang nilllHlin>, ,ee(|
if Ocean as be bounds his billows ovw |V BOwu brunt
hn rock, and the echoing caves giving is applied to I
horns, is more soul-filling and sublime faults. Poll
ban all the music of lbe Orchestra,?in "fL benefitted
. to a hogsheati
is sleep a melody. ?ud m its march a tIquid manurt
tately psalm. And in lbe bow which applied with
ainls the melting cloud, there is a beau* and wili pay
y wnich Hie stained gla*? and gorgeous sieves. lurnao
Irapery emulates in vain, fur it is the '1,r *",ler?
[lory which gilds bcniticctice, the bright- , *eUM Oi'ie"^
less which bespeaks double boon, '.he |,e i>NVed ?-?* !
lush which ruuuot but come toith when ly where woo
>oth the Sun and the showers are there, mcrfhe
style of 8crij?ture has all this glory. jjjf. ^|Mt!
t ha* the gracefulness of a high utility ; |,reakla?t om
t has the majesty of intrinsic power ; it comfortable o
las the charin of its own sanctity; it ^ ork, a fore
lever labors, never strives : but, instinct *'1'' V'1??^"
. ... . , . , , the middle. In
villi great realities, and bent on blessed- j ^ ^
n*ss?it has all the translucent beauty |,e l4M(j ^ol i0
ind iinstmlifd power, which you would mer, who lis
ixj.e--t from its inspired authors. against Moiisi
And again, VoU are aware of the op- brook the e?l
rosito turns,and the various temperaments, "I'? '
W hv. Sir,
ind unequal capacities of different minds. |jl)W "\JrK J
)ne has a logicians intellect ; another vHie 1'fHkfasl
ins the ideal faculty strongly developed ; "Vr," rep
* liile olheis are so abstract, that anil* ">?u vouMn i
, vo!k is de shit
nil rat ion is an interruption and an ex- , , ,
. r Am I to rnak
unpie a waste of tune. Some minds are qq1A fMrm?r
?n?iv?, home lire cheerful ; some Are ar
Irnt, Mini some are singularly phlegniMiic. obligii
\r?d hail an angel penned the Wil?Je,ev?ii l'"*1 a j'"7 H1
. . . .7 L ... being nimble
hough he coulu have conceded to the w),er<, n ma|
apacity of the loveliest readers, he $2 50 worth <
on'd not have foieseen the turn And were willing
hied the taste of every child of Adam.? l',e f
dut the Most High in his goodness yrRY Knc<
md mercy ; anil in using the sgei ted Si. Franci
y of men of like passions with ourselves, of using roug*
as secured for ibe Ilible universal adap . "^hv, sai
jeot to it, otlu
* 1?"',i .. |* . hold a middle
tor the pencive, toere is the dirge of
. . . ... . u? it on one
Jeremiah, and the cluud-shedowed Jrainit
>f Job. For the sanguine and hopeful, ^ w'
, ?... r.i . . who whs sonn
iheie sour.ds the blithe voice ; and there , .
lake a sea, oi
jeats the warm pulse of old Galilean eieigli.
IVter. Arid for the calm, the coiitem, |
[dative, the |M?ac?fellv~loving ; there afraid such at
u.read* like a molten melody the hound- w*lh me."
less page of J ?hn the pivuie. The inoit
Itomviv Uiav Hnd ihe matter of tract; the "Jury, Vaid
..... i i * g? ?ut and fii
in.varnished wwdom and plain sense in fji,*! osi? t?f y.
i ?i,i??, blunt reasoning" ; and the most jl(fy
M^IV Hu s.L uo higher buuUsfd, no , suicide iu the
W .. jpw. . * ? i
I ????
'an fasti
Turit to llic I'rcm-it* teeming S
Kttf Willi ;1w WMii<lrn of eucli p
!n the ilris, l-citatts, litrralatt, i'tuMtiou, Igrualta:
tSTER, C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNEf
-no consecration more in- p* I < N
iritualiiv more elherinl, limn
I in tlio epistles of the great
e Gentile-. And whilst the ; th# New Yo.k Sunday Dispt.
imte back to ages so remote _ - , _
ctition cannot recollect them, Kemember til? -POO.
obitveous cuinuries, nrnotrks
and in oasis of light, see. aflfobt or rkaXXTTk.
groups, clear, vivid and fahousehold
scenes of )ester- r'
is also a .picture sketched
rers of the future. <For whilst Von"en"e^
* l heti vou refuse, George F
pttc curtaiu slowly rises?I . *. - -
I in ten you what u is, my little
^en thunder* shakes it* dark iIuh cliMriiv business is ddvelish cxpei
e, and streak* of glory issue It's ostentation?all of it.'
ring of fie. the &ew Jerusa I 'But tl.ere is madxme Fume, n
.wu fioni Heaven ; and ga- m?i"e'le JMle H!'d ",l ?,ur sel
, , 'Of course ; the Academy wnl be <
pearly gates nod peacelul ded-jammed-eh, Ismd?d?d, wit
bowers uf sanctity ; our ^ elite?assembled in the name of Cli
' caroely believe that she is What care they for the poor V
eiself,?that this vision of 'ButGeorge what will people say
11 ? ? ,i .. said the little woman, as she quieth
Miss is nothing more than ,, . * . \
p . | one of her plump arms caressingly sir
ancient earth, in which |,er inlands ireok and placed her
dwelt. ops in tempting proximity to hia.
ps the beauty in which the 'Say,' he cried, as he snatched a
reels *11 other books, is des '??>' ll,al >ou Hro H COH*i"tf ? ?'*. ?'
, , , . , . mined to have your own way in e
e world arround us. A bet , . , J J
tlung.
0 poetic susceptibility wa* a dev. good soul,4 or:ei
ban wlieu John Foster call- fair pleader, as her eyes sparkled
1'iilty of pervading all na- pleasure; for she now felt fully ass
self, so as to have a rercep- ll,Ml Oeurge would go to the Calico
,, , . ? .. at the Academy with her.
1 Ngency m all things. JJe .Aud >ot< jj^rv; naid her husban
leing in a grand circle all |ie placed Ins arm around her alt
he feels as if he grow in waist, and drew her toward him, pu
flowers and the groves ; as a more sedate countenance than
i yonder distant mountain V" WOLl to "ear in .he presence o
. , . , , ... joyous, almost child hke wife, w
g with cKude and sublime- prule lt WHS lw 8Ur,OUIU] with even
ith their imaged precipices, j pljance of comfort and even luxury,
s light, and delineated bv | will excuse me for saying, it is all I
it, the mountains skip ; the ',u?* ^ou, nor perhaps one in uhun
Js; tU little bills rejoice; ?,f lhe,fiHy"^ l,,,oU?h;kM wh?wi
, _ * , * then-, dressed in calico, l?y way of n
r aing praise the Lord O. I . ?
was domfnunded, profited by the lessons they I
n - read. Look at that little one, Mary
?o Jcrv.?The story ia told be quietly aleepa in hucrad'e. Tlnn
Taunton, Mass., recently, * moment, if you can, the agony
o agree in a certain case would suffer, ware you and it oir<
i was accused of stealing atanced as are thousands in this cit
>f nails, reported that they You nor your little one have ever kn
to pay for the nails and let 'nay God preserve you
jo. from the dread experience; but then
? children as beautiful inspirit us i
)tHAGiNO.? A lady consul mothers as loving as you are, who
* of Sales on the lawfulness down supp,*rle?s last night on straw
? without covering save rags that you w
id he, "some pious men ob- hesitate to toucn, and who this inor
rrs see no harm in it; I will awoke chilled and exhausted, to go I
) course, and allow you to with hectic cheeks, hollow coughs
cheek " lustreless eyes into the great world ot
. , , , York ; and a* they stagger along,
is requested by a bachelor . . . '. .
, " . 7 , . inanition, not know ing nor caring wb
uwhal advance ! in years to ^ vsr . . i . . i i
, , , 7 , . they go. Would it not be folly in
ii Ins lap while in a crowded . . _ ' , .
r 10 prufano thoir toiim bv prnjing, ]
us no' into temptation," attaching
ik you," said she, "I am t|,e meaning the plethoric of the a
i old seat would break down ,j0. To tuc|1% ,iieft j, nol h orim4|
ture urgea them to live; and thay
?the same right to existence as we
I a Western judge, "you kin favored of tune, have.
id a verdict If r.m lun'i "U? ?l.n.l . VI.. -t.n.i - ??? -V -
.. j ? v~? . vhmu , Buy imiu . er-eu ina
?ur own, get the one the U*t lobbing mother, r? ?he left, with ? he
That returned a verdict of her htubnnd'e aide, end kneeling b'
niuib decree. uyucb of the liuie oae, emiliug iu iu<
? | iv, kiiow or perhaps e<?ie for the real
and ail cttllo; creeping j cry which, with so much o tentatii
ng foul ; king* of the earth [ pride ol purse, you will assemble to
e ; 'will young men ami i
men and children; let them . 'ba}> ?.? returned his wife
. , r , , ... thoughts slili upon ltie pleasures slu
neof the Lord, for U.a name , tici|)*e(1 Rl ?,e bn,|,Hnl' K?*e?blag,
ent ; ills glory is above the | very beautiful. Stewart hasn't a pr<
avena* 1\ calico in his establishment.'
April 17. 'H ang the calico,' replied George,
?m? a light shade of petulance in his i
Sjtre til# SooL ami hurt that his wife did not pay
.1. . ii. .1 . t attention to Ins homily?'confound ?
u generally thrown into the . . . i . to
.t?d. ott.of .1,. W,t n,? 1 >"u *b"1 " "
i'(it!"11'* U".^ ' A little wliite liHtui, witli long tjipi
y tilieen or twenty bus he ? .. i i .i t
-. i* i tliigers, upon which costly jewels spar
to tne acre, it induces the . i .i i . I
. , . was placed on the speakers month, n
t crops of wheat and other . , , . .. ,,
.... sweet voice added with a musical laut
tiiiaines, in small compass, .. ,, ,
i . < i i A marvellouslv proper man, *t?o
ingredients of the coal or , ' ' v '
, f. , |. , . everything in his power to gratitT
tuei. It also contains sev . . , 7 i i . ?
, tastes ot his ladv patrons,
ammonia, magnesia, and i ' v? ? . > n
i b ' , 1 hat may be, Marv, continued Ge
lis components are the ,i ,
i . i i . . but pay atteution one minute, *gi
. ktiiitulAtit. o pl.nu ; ttttd u,?drJ , >b0 . ?
i Jv.ni.g.,,. ( ?i|| |,.,?r; ... tl,,',^,
fertilizer, to stimulate ger- . .. , , .i . . . r
. . -.I , B meekly uttered by the ladv, a* sbe p
s in the drill. It is not on . 1 , , . \ , *., . \
. , , ., . , ed nearer her husband, and laid her I
least with the grain, but ? , . , , '
,, . . c i l on Ins great iiian'y breast,
the root crop with the best ,.i . .i i ii
* ... lieiu ; then ! Have you ever vn
iloea and carrots especially ,, .. , J
i . o ?, J the poor, Marv ; have vou ?verseen t
by it. bix quarts of soot , ,* *, i , ,
if. ,, wlio, uncomplaining, dunk deep ol
I ot water make no e*c? ent e .t i i
, f _ .. , . . cup of misery; those who, almost
'* ?Hr ,*n" .1 0,111 'e ked, shrink within themselves when
sa y o a gar en crop*. e?coullter t|,e U^en wintei's wind,
for sHVing. ? putting the .|ml|
'P f'V ,oord*r uUurrud H motl... .......
? H.IH IIIIIIU llinl soot IS / , ,,' T ~
will he wanted for Spring f*C* WHhl1,!M" Polled many a prs
ro, three or more barrels ran V"" "n,I,1k'e' M* "l,e ',a*M "l "P,ne !
r in nmsl fsniilie* e-pcial d"'nP cellar' ""I"0 gnriel? where,I
d is burnt-U Prairie Fur- "'V* ,l"' M'f ?' " n?l P,,1i90n",
noisome exhalations? her new born I
m Ml to her breast, but devoid of nourish m
ken asd Fkathkrs. At or? have your e? es ever looked upon i
u morning in that ouiet and C8,,e* a? wo? *g8 nud decrepitude |
Id inn, the White fcwan, in enl? without food, or depending i
igner made quick dispatch '^e ctnl ul>P??"rt which some sickly,<
. Thrusting his spoon into d?hl w't*> wt'arv step, bi
e drew out theyolk, cierour l,omw 1 1 le" >ou? Man, there are
sed on to the next. When ,,e* ? few minutes'walk I
hi* seventh egg an old far w!,cre >ou "land, amidst all >he app
d already been prejudiced fe* c*n bestow, that would,
i?iir by hi* mustaches, could -Vou CHll<f<l uI,on 10 inif,g|8 *"?ong tl
ravagiince no longer, and, mwke >'OUf bright, joyous eyes swii
laid ; ' tears, and your heart beat with syr
vou leave all the white!? vou k,,ow no1 of-'
Wkwood to offord to pro 'I have read of such, dear Geo
at that rate?" fplji as with a half supprt
lied Ilia outsido barbarian, "'W'1 Hn<1 ???r'?wful face,she clung nen
have me eat de rite f De 10 ',er husband,
cken; de vite de fedders.? *1 d*?ul t it not, Mary; ant, so
u one holster of mv h-ll.. i" hundieda like vou : but how v*rv
%
liceU unrt vy,
laxtiii;' ?lay.
rt, 3atrrunl Suipruncuitnta, /orngn anil Doairstii Undb, anil
;i)AY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1858.
and almost devoured it with caresses.? if you desire it not, hm
As she arose and approached her husband we came.'
bh? said? The young wife, wit
. "Dear George, with ail the nmery i ful gl-.nce, looked up
tch. which you sav is around it. it wm.M *? - 1
_ .?, .. wwim i/b i i??uc. 'i41"i injiiri mb
wruig to to tins bali." ' ance; and so, without
'&o, my dear,' he replied, smilingly, as ded unhidden into the t
lr? |>lkC"(l liia hand on her hair, and cavern followed by her
smoothed it down. 'No. Manv, it is right It whs some iiiomei
and proper '.hat you should patronize it. could distinguish each
The charily is ostentatious, it is true, but abode, but when they <
it will do good. There will be lhou?ands sight met their gaze !
there who, peihapx, will not give a The walls of stonr
thought beyoud ulierr selfi.-h selves^ btit damp, and the tiooriu
nevertheless good wll come of it. Many from ilecay liad given
wife, a naked one will he clothed, and hungry ; gerou* holes, in.o wlrto
usive. stomachs be made to njotco in conae- ' atutnble, he would be
(ptciice; but charity should not. stop at slimy water which 002
uade the rha>r of the A cade tin of Music. G-? or gathered by constan
an with your preparations and 1 will walls. On one side of
.'.row- gladly Hccoinpany you there?011 one coil- tire-place gaped ; and,
lithe dition, however." | all cheerfulness, a firearity.
*Nain? it, George,' said his wife, asihe j fuI of wood and coal,
pressed her lips to his cheek. 'I will do gallierecl from ash be
' f? anything you bid n.e.' streets?attempted to
f put 'Then come with me; and I will show combustion. Near to
otind you pictures of poverty, that you never j straw- shaken on the hi
rosj read of it) newspaper or book. Lfescrip- I cied bv an old cloak
lion takes in all sucli casas before stern pressed into many winl
kiss, reality. One may read ailVctmg tabs of woman apparently abo
leler- distress and our humanity be appealed to of age, in the last stage
very* w hile we sit coztly in our own warm | A broken pitcher ol con
bouse, with everything we can ask for at | stood near the head of
1 the ha-od?and -wir hearts may swell with ( emblem of her condit
with sympathy for those who are an hungered, with feeble tremble bar
iured atbirst or naked; but when we throw sasionally wet her pare
1 ball aside that which we have read, we forget after a violent fit ot
the scene ?? have beer, pondering, ami was nothing else in tin
d, ?s lock up our treasures. Our selfishness, the entrance of Georgt
sndtr Mary, which is an excellent sentiment was its soleoccupai t.
tting when properly directed, forbids our ex ed, Iter cadaverous fat
1 was tending that relief gwhuli, in holier mo and great eyes, lustro
f his | incnts, we feel should be oflVre.l to rl.? . wl.i.U. .r.? -t: .
| i'I uv vim ui.'ft'.MJ
hose really needy. Society is artificial?uii- of terror to llieir beam
' ?l? sound to the core?else we would not see j pity to tiieir hps.
'you wealth garnered to superfluity on the one In a moment 'he jot
lum hand, and gaunt want, naked and shiv- of self, forgetful of the i
dred ering on tlie other ; but until that hap- warmed her delicate I
ill i>6 pier day arrives when the laborer shall side of the dy log, and v
ovel be considered, in the fullest scene 'worthy instinct endeavored to t
mis- of hire,' it is our duly to go forth and re ' mgs. Uet husband w
9ti? iieve ttiose from whom we I.me gatliered heart tlii* exhibition of a
miti- our means?not, I am afraid, by toil hon to bim a lesson which i
est and hard, but by a *ystetn of chichunce the great love he chet
, her ry which society justifies, and pronounces panioti, which to hi ill
a an- lawful, l'ut on your hat and shawl, my wealth could bestow.
b, 'is sweet.' As be took tlie thin I
sttier The joyous snide left the fair face o( woman in his, he aske<
the young wife as she littened to I er hus had called on her as di
with baud. Never before had he spoken to There was a taint rej
mice, her in such tones. In Lis love she had live.
' due forgotten that there was such asocial dis- 'l)n you think you a
itew- e ise as poverty, lie had, indeed, read to be removed to there
rt is of misery, but it had never awakened feel to be prepared lor you
ings of emotion in her gentle breast. It At these words the e
?ring must not be understood thai she was Je wile filled with tears of
kled, void of these. From her childhood she at his ilioughlfiiluo* fo
ind a had b. en Carefully nurtured by those w ho apparently so forsaken.
>1. i i i ?
| iwvcu ner, anu wuen at length she left The woman attempt*
does her unlive home, with many h lingering fore she could couimam
llie i regret, it was only to step into one equal- lent fit of roughing ens
| ly splendid in decoration and appliance, some minutes ere the It
orge J Like thousands, she knew not ol llie ma away,
tidy- riv sisters around her who struggled dailv, And now, a strange
hourly, for a bare pittance. Strange, over the dying win
jnse, wearieJ, pallid faces she had met occa- clutched conclusively th
ress sioually in the broad streets; fragile forms his wife, as she raised
liead whom she distinctively fell were inddfer elhow. exhibiting to
eiitlv dressed, crossed her path, and her "pcjiators the almost
sited sympathies we.>t out to them ; but she lorin, wh'ch was, indt
hose had never hern brought into actual cou 'O e. Her voice had
the tact with the demon Poverty, and there s length, hi.d m hollow
na- fore knew little of the sad havoc it was sed ttie air.
they making in human souls, ller husband 'Yes, yes; I will go w
as it had awakened new thoughts in her; and to-night, Wdliam. N
ever in the sunny picture of her life she for the taxmg my health too i
ihful first time saw clouds, dark, dismal, threat- will biing on nte a til o
una ening clouds?at first on the horizon.? er's alwaysairaid for mi
lark Rapidly they approached thu zenith, and I am not! Father tell
low ere the last word died or. her ear she *e f while ! can. Let tl
d by stood, in a scene of horror which her vived me at eleven o'clock, i
babe imagination bad summoned before her pared. Ha!'she excla
eut; mental virion. were suddenly directed
such Taking her child in her arms site press- My child! save my <
pre* ed it closely to her bosom and kissed i ll ones will reach i.s ro<
j pon passionately?halt in terror, for the thought it wdl be cut off. Oh!
>ver that poverty ni'ght overtake that helpless ticaliy broke forth, hh
rings babe, entered her ltearl as if pierced by a eased the bands slie lie
see shaft of steel; had not her husband, w ho own on her face. *\\ u
from watched her movements, approached and ?my husband a murJi
lian- spoken soothingly, cheerfully to ht-r, she It is fa'se. lie woul
were would have gone in hysterics. His voice fant. What. Italic bin
?em, stayed, however, t lie violence of Iter new saved, saved! \ cs, W
in in gnef, and as alia threw herself with her limn, and you iny hab
np?- little one in his arms, she sobbed like a the devouring flames.
child. see, I am hasten ?
rge,' Soon, however, she was restored to raising she stretched fo
ssed tranquility. Kobmg herself, she went ' with a wild shriek ? tin
'Ous- forth into the chet-rlul street, and for the | piling nature?she feil
Hr?l time in her young life, on an errand a corpse,
have of mercy. 'Oh, George !' cried
few 1 low bravely the husband bore up his she clung nervously 10 I
liave yet trembling wife, as he sought to re- This is t:o place for
, as lieve her overcharged heart, and bring brought you here to ?y
k for her to that scene of tranquility which living?not to succor tl
you hitherto had never been disturbed Grad known that such a set
ruin unlly a scene of pleasure stole over as she have been enacted. 1
y.? began 10 experience the good she might invited you lo visit this
iown be instrumental in doing?the happinesa 1 of which came to my
both long los', she might resiore lo the aching , hour ago, Gome, darli
! are bosom?the sunshine of love she might the people of the poor
t is, bring with her where hope had long beeu of her liappy release
laid forgotten. sickness?Have her mo
beds Many was by nature a heroine, and room I rented for herouid
now did she feel how thoughtless she had home with you. Her I
ning been, mentally resolved to help her hns will defray myself.'
forth band in his good works, which, as they It was with the gres
and passed on, he informed her he at limes part that Marv could ?
i>ew | engaged in. to do her bidding. F?
from Turning into a narrow atreet, they pre when *he entered Br<
ilhcr tenlly approached h row of dilapidated was at once prof u red ,in
audi bonnet, from whote nhatteted window*, aa ed to their happy home
l<ead ll?ey passed on, peered face*, upon which Once there, the fl.?v
to it mitery, or want, or debauchery had left 1 child, then throwing
mrld aad tract, until they came to an open hutband't aril), the bo
Na> oeilar way, appoint e to which George , wept,
hare stopped. i 'lie calm my girl.
, the 'Dare you enter with me into thit placet' through a fearful orde
he inquired at he turned to hit wife. 'It I that all the pictured in
now is loHthaome, dark, and cold, down ijtere; ami lowly are not tod
mod, hut there it a mother, within, lying upon taw to d*y.'
p the ! a pallet of ttraw, tick and weary, almoatOh, Georgel it wn
ileep i naked end dyiog. I will not iu*>tt Mary, 'Much mitery ?u?l?
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i .ve will return <ts lion exists around us that we know not of
liwiiusf *3 care not to ntquire! l>ui let
li an earnest, hope* j lliis be a lesson to you ami me, Mary.?
in Iter husband's ' Remember, that we nre at heal hut u?w
too-full lor u'.ier- , atdsci the wealth we cuntii'.uiid, and that
a word, she desccu* without impoverishing ourselves, we may
seemingly yawning wj-e'y bestow g.ft a of money, food and
companion. eh.tlrng where they are actually needed,
its ere the visitors Now g.., and von.pose yi.is. lt, and perother
in the dreary ! haps,' lie added, with a smite, as 'lie "kisslid,
what a strange ed her marble like blow, Ml e diess vou
will wear at tlie Calico B ol is destined
> were green and to slii? 1.1 some fragile form from the wing
in many places I ter's blast 1'
way, leaving uaii } regret mt the lesson "George, jots
li, should any one have, un>viltinglv, taught tne. I shall
covered with the certawlv go 4o tire ball.; -but I shall -not
:ed trom the earth, fi.rgat that there are thousands whose
tdripping Iroin the charity it will not reach ; and now that I
the room a huge J have iisd an introduction to misery?uoas
if in mockery ol expected, though it was?may I t?r?t in
?scarcely a hand- j die future he jour help mate in doing
w hich had been ! good, in relieving without having it truinaps
and from the j p?>ted to the world, as far as in tne lies,
obey the law of I from the abundance (Jod has mercifully
the chimney, upon . showered on us, those brothers and sisue
Hoor, and cov- | ters who have not, as we have, hoflsce to
w hich iiad been shelter ihem from the elements, or food lo
eis' service, lay a strengthen them in the hour of adversiut
thirty five years j tv, for the battle of life!'
i of consumption. 'You are an angel, my Mary,* cried
itnon earthenware, | the generous husband, as he foi dlv folded
the patient?an his wife on Ins breast. 'Together wo
ion?from which I will, and teach our bttls one to Uemf.mid,
she would oc | her the 1'oor.'
bed, cracked lips,
coughing. There j ' .
: 3Li\nmUural.
As they approach j
^e, hollow cheeks j 7T i - -
, , i ii r tout the Cotton rianter mxi fxni.
lis will) that light
tion, sent a thrill | Bedding Sweet Potatoes.
i nod h prater ol j ]_)k Cloud?Dear Sir,? 1 observe in
the February numbel ol the Cotton J'lan
ing wife, forget/ill u-r, your uimle ol bedding out swei i pocostly
lola-s which | ialoo. From teveral ycuis exiierirlau, I
iinl.s, was at ilie ' am persuaded that I practice a superior
ivb a true woman's pUn to tbe one described by yoorsel/.
elieve ber sutler i instead ol plowing or digging tip the
niched with a full i soil, it should be scinped ott down even
ympiitliy. It was I and smooth to the clay, then lay down
vdded strength to i your potatoes on tbe lieaid clay as close
islied for bis com i as ihey can well he, covering them with
i was mote than , a coat ol due stable iiiannie to the depth
ot three incites with colt uioii garden soil,
hand of the dviug j lie caielul to locate Hie bed so as to ad1
it the physician , nnioi draining in ease of heavy rains,
lected? Having practiced the above plan for
>ly tu the athuia- three. years, 1 am fully persuaded that it
^ is decidedly pieferable to any Oilier mode
re strong enough I have ever seen, wlieu fairly tested.
>oiu i have caused As my letter will not reach you in
?' time Ibr you to give your numerous reaves
ol thegrnteful j ders the benefit of my plan during the
stirptise and joy , pieseiil year, you can favor them with it
r one so lowly and | iii \uur Anni number if v??
4 vmijfw prup
to do so.
'<1 n reply, but be- Respectfully,
1 her voice i?vio VV. T. O.
tuned and it was We publish the above article as ceroliow
echoes died taiuiy Oetahmg a novel process to us, at
least, of bedding sweet potatoes j of its
i expression came success, .ve have the assurance ot the wri*
tan. ller hands ?er. It strikes us, liuwe.'er, tliat the plan
ose oftteorge and is not of universally convenient appiica*
lier-e'd Upon het tun, which we always regard an imporli.e
sympathizing . ant feature in a<i vatiiable improvements
nudeiiesa <>' tier ; u, plantation economy. For instance, on
ed, hut skin and son> 1-, 15 and 18 niches in depth and
acquired iiiiu?uhI more. as we have frequently in tins c<?unloties
she addres tr\,it wotiM be quite a j >b to excavate ine
| soil to the clay lor a large potato bed.?
th you to the ball And then without some trouble in ditchlother
sa-s I am nig, the danger of drowning from Heavy
nucli, and that it rains in the spiing would be inevitable,
f si.-ktics. Moth ()nr principle, theory and practice are, to
y health ; hut, but have mother earth well dug up below
me to enjoy in v- what we lav down to vege ate. We
te carriage call toi ;,,e of th* number ?-f those who raise"our
and 1 will lie pre own com and potatoes," and we do it up
imed, as her eyes ut) H plan of universal application and
to another point, equally convenient for all.
....... ?in- \v? are glad our correspondent has
tin, ami presently broached tins subject ; it is one of great
horror,' she frail importance as hii Nljunoi to our bread
die suddenly rel- : crops. Tlie value of the sweet potato is
Id and placed lier : greatly underrated practicall/in lliiacouolliam,
my William | try. We liope this article will at?rer!
(treat God! trt.ct the attention and elicit some or any
d not liarm an in- additional information, that inny be in
i! No, no! He is the possession of any of our correspondilliam,
dearWi! ents.? Ed.
e that was lost in
I coitir, I come! .r .r
, . .. . 1 its UitAMBKKiiY.?V ery inanv persons
? And suddenly . , , , . .- .1 i
. . are deterred from cultivating the cramber*
rtb her arms, and , , . . , . a , .
.. ' ry, because they bad been influenced by
a last etliirt ot ex* I , .. . . ,
, the complicated and expensive processes
into Gc< rce a arms . . ' , . '
b supposed to be necessary, i nave ei.ten
. ., as handsome erainberrics the present winthe
young wife, as ler R? I ev,.r 8aw, which were raised in
Ins arm. ^ mHnner: A man obtained some
you. Mart . vines three >ear* old, in a neighboring
inpath.se will, the fow^ t<H>k ||U |llie prwivd(l, to a
lie <leu. an wet stiot in his grass held, stock m his
t-ne as tins woun f ^ -n a V|||<^ |nKj ^ Uown witlj ),,8
I should ii"t have ( L i
, , iuwi. kiki no (Ml, hixi lllfll SMIU to the grAn*
i den, the existence ^ ^ (Jo Vu||fbe#t f(,r t|ieni^tery
knowledge but un .|>u v|||M W(irit, ,1IM, or,m;W
,,g. will .worm >e? T|)(iujel| lh)? nut he
t lentuie * i.t Mt i (hu lw?l iDitluid, yd I be.ieve that they
roni inihttv >in. i )))HV rH,?C(j ||, thousand* of piece* iu
ved.removi Mo the .? . . e t t .l.
, Riirncinnt (liiHutiticH for fHinih u?e with*
-Mid then return 1 . . 1 <r . ? , ?.
, . . out. miiv pnr'tetltHr tiiuuu.lv. , iln ?. ifh
Itincral expense* I 7 , M f
1 : nome hi tour correspondent* would innwtn
n. , 1 in<* through your pnper about it.?JVVte
l?*t effort on her r J_ ' r
' , , . England J'urvur.
omnvtnd her lnnim I
irtiiPMtety lor her Economy in Brkap.?Twenty*!*
>H<|w iy h e?rri iue pottmli mid thirteen iniinri of gota! bread
which they return have I>c?mi made from font teen pound* of
, 1 fl.,ur nrul onn and m half pounds of rice,
v to embrace her |.y the following ntuthorl ?
herself upon hor Tie up the rce hi A thick linen bag, *iwed
Ik r head hik! lowing it ample rooin to swell; boil for
I three or four hour*, till it become* a
You panned oohly ' Bipooth pa*?e; mix till* while warn. wot.
hI Ibwt aaauiwd | the flour, n<ldi"? thu uuimI quantity of
the life of the poor 1 yeast and Bait; nllow die dough to rtae
nrk as fIte one you ' pear 1 l?e (T o, ami divide into luaree. It
( ia i<(Tinned on high authority that flour
i dreadful.' tints ireale<), will y'<eld fifty per rant mot?
tueudau; de^rada 1 bread than by tuo ordinary method.
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