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VOL.1. YOEKVILLE, 8. C., THURSDAY, NOYEMBEE S3.1855. NO. 46.
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Original |Wtrg. |
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE VISIT OF DEATH.
IIY MRS. M. W. RTltATTON.
This article was suggested bv an incident j
which, by many persons, would have been un- ,
noticed, but which affected the writer deeply, j
A family on their return to the West, recently
stopped for a few days at a Hotel in Columbia.
There were two men, their wives, five or
six children, and an aged woman; the latter
particularly arrested our attention. She had
evidently once possessed great beauty, and of
no ordinary kind, for her withered and generally
inanimate countenance bore the stamp
of intellect?uncultivated?unrefined ; a gift
m i * J aaii 1 rl Vio nf littln !
(ft 1*0(1 DCSIOWCU \\ nt'iu 11 tuuiu Uk V? ..v>.v ,
t worth where it had never been appreciated or
developed, but yet commanding from any refined
and thinking observer, an involuntary
respect, and interest which her humble station
in life, coarse apparel and abrupt manners i
would never have attracted. She had just
. K>st a husband, whose cherished companion
she had been for thirty years, and whom she
had loved with that devoteducss and uttn'- abnegation
of self, which only characters like
hers are capable of. That affection had hallowed
everything with which he was associated?the
cottage in which they had lived,
and which a taste similar to her own, or a love
which caught its reflection, had embellished
with fruit and flowers; the dog, the cat, and
other pet animals which he had loved and ten- j
ded, all sacred objects and, to her aged
and tottering mind, indispensable surroundings,
lie seemed not so entirely gouc while she was
ti,rwrt fnmiliar tinners: and probably if
Uliiuu- vitVt,v
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custom or ill-judged kindness had not rcnio- i
ved her suddenly to a strange land, a new *
home and scarcely understood ties, she might
have subsided into her usual course of life, and
filled out the measure of her days in peace and !
resignation. 7
Ike two men who accompanied her, and
whom she constantly regarded with looks of
wondering dread, were the sons of her husband
by a first wife; and it had so happened
that they had never lived with or even near
her. The estrangement was caused by cir-: ;
cumstances for which the parties were not to i ^
blame, but still it could have but one result: j]
they had no love for and little knowledge of. j,
each other. The step-mother had no children
^(wother near tics, and when the old man died, j L
.but n;?turdi and right that the sons i [j
should take possession ot the little property, i 0
and do the best they could with its iucum- (,
brauce, the desolate widow; so they sold eve-1 s)
iy thing, and iu spite of the feeble remon-1 0
strancc of the poor old woman, started with j
her for their owu Western home. Each ot s
their wives bad relatives in Carolina from ,
whom they had pecuniary expectations; they e<
had taken this opportunity to visit them, b 1 tl
were returning without their expcctutior
in?r realized, and were therefore not in ;e >est a(
humor to fiud themselves burthcue^' h ?j j tl
- * - ?bn brought little wit>*iC' b. i tl
- ? a?\\ ajmaw- ;
old WUU"1" " ~ , ??wl onfj'iltinui 1VO VI ?.
rcpiuings for hor ome ? ^ o]^ dog and i
,1,0 put. Her frettmg for ^ ^ , J
cat which they won 1 no ^?tjlc tenacity ; j.
with her, seemed 40 CBlttle 0[ J basket fill-! 1
with which she c ung j other flowers which _
ed with withered loses door, as she 1 j
she had torn h?ni ^ ]ast time, seemed 90 | f(
passed throug ltr^t?ey meant not to be uu- p
absurd, that, t Oi^ ,.<(j impatient with her. j.
^ kind, they were^^e ag sjie scemed, felt a
The old womc,|come intruder, and it was r,
herself aw ^ee ker tl.y to shrink into the 1 ^(*
Iinelanchohj^je compa8S) to keep out of the \ ?
smallest ^ tjjelllj to escape their notice as ,
way ?fne could. | h
much not strange that in one short month p
}\r arrival at her new home, she left it j
pother and a brighter one, having passed ! a
J " rily away; for, mercifully deprived of all tj
m 3Ciousues9 of realities, slie fancied herself at w
M.r accustomed home, and her last breath was Qj
Ipent in words spoken (as she believed} to the g(
husband she was about to rejoin. 0f
'Twas a cottage home, and its humble door 1
The wild rose and jessamine clambered o'er; j
And the lofty oak, and the lowly shrub
Were clustering round and tow'ring above, ! ^
I And the purple grape and the blushing peach ( y
I f Were waving and bending in childhood's reach: I *
i
f Scarce a sound was borne on the balmy air,
I Yet a potent Guest was visiting there. ,
1 > th
'Twas a summer eve', and the setting sun T
Shed beauty o'er all that he lingered on, m
And Nature had lavished her wealth of bloom m
Till theiair was laden with rich perfume, th
The clear pebbly brook flowed softly along, C3
And even the mocking-bird hushed his song; ai
But sadness seemed borne on that balmy air,
For a dark stern Guest was visiting there.
... o c
No voice broke silence, and all seemed as still As
the dozing cat on the window sill,
Save the quaint old clock, which sent forth a sound
Startling by loud, 'mid the stillness profound ;
For the clock ticks ever most loud and clear, ^
When sickness is present or Death is near,
And one sadly feels that 'twill still tick on, |"C
When his faint step from the green earth is gone. T
ni
And the old dog lay at the cottage door, 1 p]
Still watching for one he would see no more, !
The lone horse stood wistfully gazing through ^
The barn-yard gate, for a form that he knew,
One who had tended him kindly, and well? ^
Hands that upon him caressing fell:
? ? (I
They came not, for peacefully o'er a cold breast
Those kind hands were crossed in a first and last ^
rest.
d<
An aged wife sat in a darkened room, U
Unconscious of sprrow or sileuce or gloom, ei
And she bent her'beside the lowly bier,
-> With a stony gaze, and without a tear; ^
Her suu had gone out, uud her world was dark, r,
And reason was now but a glim'ring spark; f.
No wuilings were borne on the balmy air, ^
She knew not the Guest who was visiting there. r)
'Twas a lovely morn, and the rising Bun 8'
8hed brightnesss o'er all that he rested on, a
And Nature looked young in her morning dress, ,
rgTn-?u
All fresh ami uuwitlicrcd by Da^'s caress.
The neighbors had gathered from far and near,
And long-absent children stood round that bier;
i I
For ties seem to freshen when life's last breath '
Is going, or gone in the grasp of Death.
All earth looked glad, yet a funeral train
Was brushing the dew in the long green lane,
And a time-bowed frame, and a breaking heart
Was of the procession the saddest part;
For the others had ties and hopes in life,
But none had the second and childless wife,
She stood like a blasted tree, lonely and drear,
N<> Ivy clung round the trunk, withered and sere. .
Alas! for the changes that Death can make:
The homes ho can darken?hearts he can break :
The lips he uncloses?the lips that lie seal.-:
The wounds that lie make??and the wounds that
he heals.
Often Ik* comes like a ijuiek. crushing fate.
Ami often so slowly his aid is too late,
But hearts bruised ami worn with struggle* of life.
Still thank tardy Death when lie ends the wild strife.
The cottage still stands with its vine-wreathed
door:
But the widow's loved home is hor home no mere.
She prayed but to die where her head had grown
grey?
They frowned at her folly and bore her away.
Nor meant they utikindiicss ; but coarse, unrefined, |
Could th- i/ sound the depths of a loftier mind 7 |
Or know that sad memories, yearnings and cares.
Can wear the frame more than the ravage of years?
And they bore her away to a land as fair.
But nothing that knew her. or loved hot was then ?
'.Mid the cold, unfamiliar she wandered a day,
Ami the ln-t ray of reason parsed kindly away. |
Her spirit went back to the home of her youth.
And dreams came to her with tlio sweetne.** of
truth :
Soon happy as helpless, she vivid- 1 her breath,
4- ? ? '*1- - : 1 - v'wif.iv Ik- vrn
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C'OLl'MIilA. Oct. 29tll, ItS >"?.
|)olitical.
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GOV. JOHNSON'S LETTER.
Executive Ciiambf.ii,
Millkdgevili.e, Georgia, Oct. 17. i
(itntlmun : I have this day received your
ivitatiou 'do atteud and address a mass meetig
of the National Democratic party of tlie I
'ity and County of New Vork, to be held at
!ic Metropolitan Theatre, on Monday even]g,
the 22d instant, at 7 1-2 o'clock, for the
urpose of ratifying the proceedings of our
rour] late State and county conventions, and .
to tickets nominated hy them." T regret that |
(ficial engagements deny inc the honor of ac- 1
epting your invitation ; for there are circuin-1
tances connected with the political condition ,
four country, which would render it exceodngly
igreeable to mingle in the interesting j
epies of the occasion. As it is, I must lie 1
irmitted to substitute, in the form of a hasty 1
uuuiunication, a few of the many reflections
lat are suggested by the signs of the times. 1
As the result of the war with Mexico we
cquired extensive territorial possessions on I
ic I'aeific coast. The Southern States con-;
ributed their full proportion of blood and !
reasure, and consequently thought they were
tstly entitled to a fair participation in the !
uit.s of the contest. But they were denied
:. A Brigadier General of the United States 1
Li-my, without authority of law, assumed civil
ower in California, and constituting himself
'erritorial Executive, proclaimed an election
)ra Convention, and prescribed the time, I
lace and manner of holding the elections.? J
le ordered the Convention to form a State, j
ud conferred the elective franchise upon eve- ,
, .i T,?wl I
y lype anu bimuu ui pcupic nnv nuu oi|u.u- |
?d upon the public domain, to plunder its J
olden treasures. There were but few inliabi- |
ints from the Southern States. They had j
ccn detei red from emigration thither by the j
rcesoil counsels which prevailed in Congress. I
he Convention met, organized a State, with
constitution prohibiting slavery and against, j
ic protest of the slaveholding States California j
as admitted into the Union?the usurpation i
'the Brigadier Geueral was ratified?and the
outh deprived of all participation in a scope
' territory sufficient for ten States as large as
eorgia. Was that just ? This was one of
ie aggressive features of the ''Compromise
[ensures" of 1850.
There was another. It was necessary to or- i
inize Territorial Governments for Utah and j
ew Mexico. The latter lies adjacent to Tex- I
, a slaveholding State. Lynx-eyed Freeilism
discovered that fog and dust could be
irown over the question of bouudary between
exas and New Mexico. Its fiendish myridons
insisted that a large portion of the forer
property belonged to the latter; and,
icrefore, forty thousand square miles were
irved out of Texas, given to New Mexico,
)d converted into freesoil. And, as if to add
suit to injury, the public treasury was taxed
i the tune of 810,000,000, as a bonus to Tcx;
to bribe her into the arrangement. Was
mt just?
And what were the compensatory features
' the Compromise of 1850 ? The South ob
lined the enactment of the Fugitive Slave
aw," but she has, to a great extent, failed to
salize its peaceful and bona fide execution.?
his is one. The other consists in the recogition
of the principle, that hereafter the peole
of the tcrritoriesshould determiue the ques- {
on of slavery for themselves, independently
Congressional intervention.
Well, in 1850 the Southern States were put
i the test of acquiescence vcl non in these
Compromise measures," as a final settlement
: the slavery agitation. Georgia acted in
overign Convention, and for the sake of her
cvotion the Union?in consideration of the
icmoriesof the past, the fruitions /of thepresat,
and the hopes of the future?die solcmnr
resolved to acquiese. Can the non-slaveolding
States ask her to make further surmder?
Can it be possible thatithey will so
ir farget the claims of justice, aqd disregard
lie sacred guarantees of the Constijtution, as to
equirc her and her Southern sisters either to
ubmit to degradation, or to resort to the most
ppalling alternatives ?
Yes; Georgia acquiesced, but she did it
upon terms. She put the world in notice that
she had yielded the last inch to the encroachments
of Abolition fanaticism. The South was i
then, as now, threatened with the abolitiou of,
slavery in the District of Columbia, with the
inhabition of the inter-State slave trade, with ;
the extension of the Wilmot Proviso over the !
Territories? with the repeal of the "Fugitive :
Slave Law," and with the refusal to admit any
other slaveholding State into the Union. Still,
with these threats staring her in the face, she
acquiesced, but proudly defied the oxecution
of a single one of them. She solemnly announced,
"that the State of Georgia, in the 1
judgment of this Convention, will and ought
to resist, even ^as a last resort l to a disruption
of every tie which binds her to the Union,
any action of Congress upon the subject of
slavery in the District of Columbia, or in places
subject to the jurisdiction of Congress, in-I
compatible with the safety, domestic trauquili- j
ty, the rights and honor of the slaveholding
. .... ...... C-..1 mliiiif iiii .1 SsOitn niiv I
'Ian:."* y ui tiuv iriurui iv/ cnuuu u.i ?? ??..? >
Territory hereafter applying, because of the I
existence of slavery therein ; or any act prohibiting
the introduction of slaves into the '
Territories of I tali and New Mexico; or any
act repealing or materially modifying the laws
in force for the recovery of fugitive slaves."? ;
Such was the position she took in |S;jO. with
all the dignity that appertains to her inviolable
sovereignty and her unsullied honor. It iher
position to-day, re-announced and re-affirmed,
by the action of both political parties,
in their respective platforms : and true to her |
fame, her interest-and her rights, if she shall
he put to the tr<t, painful though it be. sli,will
maintain it at all hazards and to the last
extremity.''
* i
The last Coiiuie.-s organized Territorial (Jovcrnmcnts
fur Kausasand Nebraska. That act
repealed the .Missouri restriction, of which the ;
South has complained for more than thirty
years, and applied practically the principle of
the Compromise of IsV.t, that the people of:
the Territories should determine the question
if slavery for themselves. A large majority ;
in Kansas sretu to he in favor <d tvlci'.iiiug
slavery, and it is probable that at no distant
period, they will apply for admission ilito the
rnion as a slaveholding State. This brings
up the paramount question of the day. com par
od with which all others Mnk into insignilieauee.
On the oiic hand, the Abolitionists
and Froe-Soilers threaten the rejection of Kansas
as a slaveholding State ; on the other, Georgia,
in the lead of' her Southern confederates,
who have generally endorsed her position, ;
stands pledged, if rejected on that account, J
to re:.:.-:.1.? vcr. an a tart report, to a 'i.-rupt: n
of every tin that binds her to the Union."?
The question is how to secure her admission i
if she so apply, and at the same time preserve : ^
the integrity of the Union? The answer is 1
simple. The thing can he accomplished if pa' j
triotism shall rise superior : faction, ami passion
he silenced by the voice of Muth. The '
late elections in the Southern States demonstrate
that the great majority of their people '
are willing to operate with and stand by the
sound constitutional yien of the North and
West, if they, endo wing till affiliation with '
Abolitionists and Free toilers, wili reciprocate ' 1
with firmness and fidelity. The Union can be : 1
preserved in no other way. Hvents are pre- ' J
cipitating tiie crisis.
It is well that the North and South should i
understand each other, and look the issue full
in the face. I think I can speak for Georgia.
She does notiutend to submit to the rejection
of Kansds "on accouut of slavery therein."? ! ,
She loves the Union, she loves her rights, and ' .
she earnestly desires to preserve both. Hut I ,
she is immovably resolved to maintain her ! '
rights in the Union if she can, out of the Un-!
ion if she must. .She will not act rashly.? j'
She feels and knows that the tiuo men of
the North can save the Confederacy by
maintaining the constitutional rights of the
South, if they will come to the rescue. To ^
them she appeals?not to their tears by threats j .
nor to their sympathies by lachrymose suppli-' '
cation, but to their sense of justice and patri- ! '
otism, by the timely annouccmcnt of her stand- j '
ing ultimatum of 1850. There is hope that i .
the appeal will not be in vain. Georgia re- j '
members with gratitude the forty-four North- j*
em Democrats who voted for the Kansas-Ne- (
braska bill. >Shc is greatly encouraged by the
recent demonstrations of popular sentiment, as (
exhibited by the late elections in Pennsylvania
and other non-slavcholding States; while !
the resolutions adopted by the late Convention j (
of the National Democratic party of New York, j
are well calculated to strengthen her confi- j
dence. In a word, the beacon light of hope |
begins to throw its beams again over the poli- t
tical sea whose waves seemed to threaten with j
wreck and ruin the ship of State.
I cannot close this communication without <
inviting special attention to one other view sug- '
gcstcd by the result of the late Georgia elections.
In a popular government, political par- <
ties must need exist; it is inevitable. In ours
such parties, to be efficient, must not only be <
national, but to be safe and useful they must I
1 J - ? il.nl- viKirininlnc nnil CAlind (
be sound?sounu iu iuuu piu^.va..uu
in their component elements. The Whig par- t
ty, as a national organization, has passed away;
it is succeeded by the Know Nothing brother- <
hood, which possesses neither nationality nor 1
soundness. Hence it is impotent for good, '
aud, tested by its fruits, is prolific of evil.? i
The Democratic party remains. It is national; 1
it is sound iu political creed; but in its com- 1
position are to be found unsound element?.? j J
These are the Abolitionists and Freesoilers. | <
They must be exscinded. North and South )
let the uiotto of every true Democratic and 1
nnncnrvntivfi man be. utter and eternal non- j 1
fellowship with each and all, who will not re- i
cognize and maintain the rights of the State 1
?restrain the Federal Government within its i
legitimate sphere, and adhere to the Constitu-- <
tion according to a true, fair and houest iuter- 1
pretation. Thus purged, the National Demo- J
cracy will preserve the confederacy in its integrity,
for the simple reason that it will not
permit infringement upon the rights of the
States which compose it. It will move on with
harmony, "like the music of the sphere," and
work out the glorious mission assigned it by
Provideuce. Just such a purification of the
National party is expected and required by the ' pai
Democracy of (Joorgia?aye, by a large ma- j Nc
jority of the people of (Jcorgin. As evidence I tie
of this, I extract the following resolutions ! ini
from the platform upon which we entered in it
the late State canvass:
illiisolmlj In/ lltr (inurnl Atsci.ibli/ of the j uu
Stufr of (I'lotyi'i, That opposition to theprin- aui
ciplcsof the Nebraska bill, in relation to the ! eat
subject of slavery, is regarded by the people era
of (ieorgia as hostility to the people of the I
South, and that all persons who partake in the
such opposition arc unfit to be recognized a.s na
component parts of any party or o.ya . Ka
not hostile to the South. v ^ ' '? ."7(
' That in accordance with ?ho ...
tion, while we are willing to act in party as- j sin
sociation with all sound and reliable nun in | inj.
every section of the Cnion, we are not willing me
to ailillate with any party that shall not recog- , dn
ni/.e, approve and carry out the principles and tlit
provisions of the Nebraska-Kansas act; and 1 <pn
that the Democratic party of'dcorgia will cut J .
off all party connection with every man and
party at the North or elsewhere, that docs not 1 %
come up fully and fairly to this line of action." , ^
The lirst of these resolutions was liuani-;
inously passed hy both branches of our last ;
Legislature, and hotli have been aflirnicd hy ;
the people at the hallot box. The South in j
self-preservation, must make the principle on j
which they are hasrd. a test of party aliilia- >
tion. it will he welcomed hy all the s 'lind i
men of the uun-slavelmMing States, and drive ,
the Abolitionists and Frecsoih r? to their < . ns. ;
Lot the Democracy of every section endorse it,
and tiny will attract t<? their ranks all true
friends of the Constitution and the I nion.? \
The South will watch with deep -dicitudo the ;
reeention which it shall meet at the haul-of'
tlii* I Viimm rats nl tin* .North.
Nor i.* it innueh that the principle of] . 11 v
affiliation, laid down by Ceoitiiu. >hoiil* lie i
reeoirnivted in a lew convention* and eoi.wy
tneetini:*. It must find it* Way into the p-I
jiroaehitur National I *. mocratie Convent;* n,
and, bein.t: sanctioned there, constitute the inv! !*?
1 !?* !? ?i?d i!?*? entire ore-ini/atinn. It-'
this shall be done, the naiionalitv of the par- i
I * j
tv will In* preserved. and tin1 I ni'.n .caved;;
it'nut the 1'inner will certainly l?e destroyed. ;
and the latter more tha?u< vpardizod.
It the National Menmcracy int. nd to cot:- j
form, in lood faith, to the resolution of tin* \
Ihiltiiuoro platform, touehiiijr tin* subject. they ! '"Jl
will tn?t hesitate, at their next Convention in i l'.v<
('iucinnati, "to come up fully and fairly to the i
line of action proposed." in that resolution [ Pai
they declare that "they will ubi b by and ad- j
hero to a faithful ?v '*i;fio" ef ^ ./ ** J*r^ ? or*
is the eonipremi.*-e inensuri*pine of the [ die
principles established by those ii.ea.-inv*. as 1 '101
have previously remark. .!, is th .t the people l'n
if the # Territories, like those of ihe States.*
shall settle for tlieinsi*!v< s tin* it* -ti.-n ofi^"
davi-rv, and be adiuictcd intotlari' nioii. v/'tb
r without it. as they may deterio no. Its the i
Kan :--Nebraska a*, t this d<?c*trin ha.- re *<*iv- "
d a pr. thai apjdieation. The i* p? al of the 'l;lt
Missouri prohibition ojn-ns all t. ritoi-y of the l'Vl
I nioii to the iiieivs* of the slaveholder. with j !!1"
his property. untrammelled bv ( onuie>*ional | 'll>1
intervention, and under it-" open, ''-ii- Ken-as j "tn
may not become a -lavehoblingSrate. if n?*o, | l,,s
Iio National Domocr.it ie Convention ?>}' j the
!i:ivitiir endorsed lite principle. it will lie an j 1111
n.-y and reasonable duty li?r t! Convention j t'111
ii' !>?><? to lnak?- tlliit ( iidoiseiiic!.; cfvrtllal I?V j StH'
;-xscitiding- from party affiliation '-every man ::Ut;
)r party at the North or cl-ewboic." who will j --rrc
:,not recognize, approve and cairy it out.''? i W01
The Democracy of New York will nor hesitate. tho
it" they are true to the third resolution of their "I
hate Convention, as amended by Mr. J. Ii. ?di
Hnsken. Tine National Democrats of every j ,,ot
jcetion will cheerfully arid ?-?.?r?7Ia,ly . (-operate , u,-i
:tpon this line of policy. It is due to eonsis- j
teney. It is due to tlie South. h i< due to 1"?,
the Union. i me
J beg pardon, gentlemen, for su large a draft | Por
ipou your patience. My zeal ha. betrayed me ! hnt
into tiresome prolixity. T close by expressing :*IX
lie fervent hope that the perils which thoateu hir?
>ur Union may bring to the rescue the censor- tor
rative patriotism of all who love it, and save wlt
t, and save it from dissolution by upholding j ^ol
md maintaining the rights of the States that j
Mini pose it. j ma
X have the honor to be, respectfully, your j wir
>bedient servant. j a,u
IIERSOHEL V. JOHNSON. I ^
? ? ' . . T 11 / ! ! f-tlfl
Messrs. Alexander r. Morton, u. r. uiov-;
;r, E. W. Glover, Win. Sinclair, John King. ; lest
THE VALUE OF THE ON ION. j ^l!
The following, from the 'Newberry Mirror,' j me;
areathesthc right spirit and puts a ease which ehc
:he "Union praisers in South Carolina" will fits
indeed find it hard to get over. Washington's me;
Farewell Address may possibly clear away the j
lifficulty; but we must be allowed to doubt sup
antil the "Patriot" tells us how. the
The "Mirror" says: Some articles have re- cd
;ently appeared iu the New York Journal oj j niu
Commerce, upon the benefits of Jic Union to I her
the North and South, respective'v. The ar- cis<
tides arc republished in DeBow's Moview with j da)
the approbation of its editor. Is the following j bar
statement, which wo copy, correct ? Eu:
"The South has been burdened with an un- few
equal taxation for the support of the Federal dee
Government, which has been a source of thrift wh<
to the North, from which it woulu be measure- fixe
ably relieved (by separation.) l or example j he
from 1701 till 1845, the principal receipts of he
revenue at the Custom houses of the United I aw;
States amounted to 8027,050,067, of which | lie
the slave States paid S711,200,000, and the ant
free States 8215,850,007. We will take a pe- tha
riod of four years, from 1833 to 1*37, and the mo
figures of Mr. Woodbury, to explain in what! rus
manner the public money is expended rela- j per
lively in the two sections. The free States re- ' cit'
. AAA AAA 1a 1 t | J #
ceived $UO,UUU,WU, auu uie siavf stares oui) i sig
832,000,000, while the latter contributed 800,-! har
000,000 to the Treasury, and the former but no
817,500,000." ' | cce
From this it follows: that the South pays 1 car
to the support of the Government three or four : acc
times as much as the North, while it rcveirrs ! mij
in disbursements less than half of what the an<
North receives; and that the North receives poi
three or four times as much as it pays. The hir
burden of the Government therefore falls not pu
rtly but exclusivity upon the South, the
irth not only enjoying the benefits of the
ivcrimient, but being a elenr gainer, jieevn' ity,
to more than three times the amount j
pays. '
If these facts arc correct, and they stand !
contradicted in newspapers of the highest
thority in the country there was never upon
tli a huger swindling concern than the Fed
ii uovcrnmenr.
Wc invito the attention to these figures of
1. . ;
vociferous l.'uion praisers in South C'aroliTherc
is one Editor who refers to the
re well Address of Washington to prove the
sat benefits and blessings of the t'nion, in
ut every oth.cr number <>{' his paper. By
twing these figures to be false, or by cxplainC
them, he will make a more pertinent argunt
for the 1'nion, than by digging in the
f bones and fossil remains of antiquity, in
> shape of farewell addresses, or other antinted
documents.
Wisccllaiifous Jlcabmg.
Krtiln Household U > id-.
JUDGE NOT.
Judge if' : the working-<>f hishrain
And hi.- heart ilo>u canst not ee ;
What look- to th\ dim eyes a -tain.
In pure light may only he
A -i :ir : hi.night from s ine well-won field,
Where limn wosildst only taint and yield.
i
I i..- hi \. the air that lYels thy fight,
May he a token thai liclmv
The .-'Oil has eh>sed in deadly (light
AV i11; some internal, fiery On*,
\> !...-e glance Would scorch thy smiling grace,
\ ...: ?"l.l I I.... .till,I. It-. ! II.. :., | tliv
Tiic lull lln'U tl:ii(-t to ilc-pi-e?May
tlii* ( aiijjcl's hand
lit- iiUV-ifl it. that !ii? may rise
An*l take firmer. surer stuml:
??r. ti less to nrlliiy tliines,
May lu'iioetVo th learn to u-o lii- wing1.
A'el.iu 1'jre tiotu* !< ?t. but Wait, and sec
Willi imp Till pity, not disdain:
The depth oi' the abyss may he
The m< i-itront' the height >! pain.
And lov?* ami a'.o.'y that tuny raise
Tit:- ...Hi to Go 1 in alter uavs !
TIIE YOUNG BRIDE.
' wonder why Euioline is so sail to-night ?
0 would suppose that on thecvcuing iiunictely
preceding Iter hridal she would he hap-1
if ever."' Thus suliloijui/.ed Mrs. Pern- j
ton, as Eincline Barton passed through the |
lor. where she sat reading. As the reader j
; already interred, the day succeeding the j
nn which our narrative opens was to witness I
1 union of Knielinc with one to whom her !
trt's hesf affections had long heen given ; |
t one was Cyrus llordale.
At an early age Eincline was left an orphan.
the settlement of her father's estate it was
tid tl at there w:i- scarcely enough remainto
lif-tuw tip.hi his only child the rudiments
an English educati'jn. A maternal uncle
i i it., r.. t i i ?.,.i .... _.i,A
1 1.1! 111. \ imnni 1111 a unim-, iiim an -in- i
t treat- d with mi!form kind?)! -*, and the J
-t :uTri ii'Hiatr regard. .-lie felt less keenly 1
W.-s tluin -he would have done had it Wen !
orwi-o. Hut tlmugh uncle, aunt, and eons-'
were as kind as heart could wish, and ;
ugh alter a few years attemlanee at the dis-:
t school she was regarded as having more i
n ordinary accomplishments, \ et she posses- j
a mind that grasped alter still more lofty '
linments. She early learned that true i
atuess consisted mure in moral and mental ,
rth than in the possession of wealth, and |
ugh she was unfortunately denied the means j
defraying the expenses of an academical ;
nation, yet she determined that this should .
form an insuperable barrier of her ascend-1
the rugged hill of science. Not a moment i
her ici.-ure time was allowed to pass uiicm- j
yed ; but while others were seeking enjoy-'
nt from other sources, she fouud hers, in i
ing over some volume from which useful ;
uvlcdgc could be derived. At the age of!
tccn rhc saw an offer of one hundred dol- ,
by the publisher of a popular magazine, j
the In st c.-say 011 female education, and not I
hout many misgivings, it is true, but with a !
enuination to do her best, succeed or fail, j
set about the task, and though there were ;
ny competitors, she succeeded, not only to
i the prize, but to command the admiration
I spontaneous encomiums of all who read
production. Her name was not given to
public, and this fact we have mentioned,
any should come to the absurd conclusion
t becoming modesty, and firm fortitude and
-reliance arc uncongenial. Now wore the j
[ins placed 111 her lianas to grutiry ner long
:rished desire to avail herself of the bcncof
the female seminary, which was of no
an celebrity, in a neighboring village.
L'hrec years she passed in this classic hall,
plying her wants by the profit arising from
productions of her pen, which she employduring
the hours that many of her schooltes
devoted to trivial amusements. But
good sense prompted her to take the cxcri
requisite for her health. Examination
r came, and amoug many who had toiled
d, aud who were deserving of much credit,
icline bore the palm. There were not a
- amongst the delighted spectators who were
ply interested ; but there was one, who,
cn Eineliue came on the stage, kept his eyes
:d 011 her with the deepest interest, which
could uot avoid,betraying. And who was
? The reader shall know. In a city far
iy from the location of this city he lived.? j
was a young man of no mean endowments, J
1 literary accomplishments, and wealth?all
t heart could wish?was his. For several'
ntlis, with the deepest interest, had he peed
the articles in one of the most popular
iodicals in the country, published in this
jr, written by our heroine over an assumed
nature, but bearing evidence not only of
Mtirr Kf>r>n written hv a female, but one of /
?*"?- J
ordinary cast of mind. With eacli sucdiug
article his interest increased, and he
ue to the determination to form a personal
piaintance with the authoress, whoever she
ght be. But how to ascertain her real name
1 resideuce were questions more easily preluded
than decided. The only plan that to
u appeared feasible was to inquire at the
blication office of the publisher. It was
with difficulty that he induced the publisher to a
i disclose the secret confided to him by his cor- t<
[ respondent; but he finally succeeded, and imj
mediately set off to the seminary, and arrived o
there on the day of her examination. Our p
readers have doubtless, ere this, guessed that v
the personage last introduced was Cyrus Bor- t
dale; if so, they need not guess again. r
Of her circumstances, so fur as poverty or y
wealth was concerned, he knew nothing; and n
he had seen too much of the blind adoration v
paid to wealth, and the unhappy consequence^ fi
of giving it preference to real worth, to wish g
to be made a victim to selfishness. Andhede- c
termincd that whoever shared his wealth, t
| should do so not for that, but for him. v
Accordingly he passed in that village for an r
i itinerant artist, and was attired in indifferent a
apparel. In his assumed character he obtained
an introduction to, and acquaintance with
Kmclinc. If, from perusing the productions
of her pen, he had been induced to respect the
talents of the author, a personal acquaintance ~
produced in him emotions of a deeper, purer, *
j holier nature.
I \s he sat bv her side, and listened to the \
j >ublimc sentiments that fell from her lips ; as
| with her he walked beneath the moonlight's
['pale beams ; as her lingers swept skillfully a
j over the keys of the piano, and her wcll-culti- c
i rated voice accomplished their music ; and |
| above all, as he had evidence that she had giv:
en her affections to her Redeemer, he felt that
| she was, indeed, one with whom it would be ''
1 no ordinary blessing to journey through the J
rugged lane of life. The fact (which he learn- 1
ed from her) that she had, by dint of her own
perseverance and toil, cncouutercd difficulties
of 110 small moment to achieve what she had, 11
in his view shed a rich lustre over her charac- "
tor. lie wooed and won her. Months glided
by to the boundless ocean of eternity, and the 1
time when Einclinc was to leave the friends of [(
her youth was at hand. None but those who 11
have been uuderthe necessity of tearing themselves
away from the home and friends of their s|
childhood, can appreciate her feelings. Emotions
strange?painful and yet joyful?pervft- fl
ded her bosom, and tears came unbidden to ^
her eyes, as she reflected that this was the last "
night she would remain under the roof of her
endeared relatives; that on the morrow she '
was to go with him, on whose arm she was e
1iitli.ii.ts. ts. !s>on 1'ir f-ir ntrnv Vrt wntlflpr.
then, that she looked sad, no wonder that the
sadness of her countenance attracted the notice ^
of her affectionate aunt.
The morrow, the memorable morrow, came.
11
The king of day rose in all his loveliness and ^
grandeur, and sned a rich lustre over the va- f
ried hues of autumn, while thesoft September
wind gently waved the forest trees. A few .
among her many friends assembled to witness
the ceremony, and to give their parting bles- ,
>ing to the young bride who was now about to
leave them, perhaps forever. The sun was
sinking behind the western hills, and threw
lengthened shadows across the landscape, as
Mr. and Mrs. 1tardaIc stepped into a carriage j
which was to convey them to a steamboat some
half mile distant. On the third day they arrived
in the far-famed Empire City; their ear- j~
riage stopped before an elegant mansion. ]
' This," said Cyrus to his bride, "is your tj
future home. When you consented to become M
mine, you supposed you were uniting yourself ,
to honest poverty ; and this stratagem I used, jj
that 1 might be sure of winning one uniufluenccd
by considerations of a selfish nature !"
And here we will leave them, while we u
learn the lesson that obstacles maybe overcome , j.
by fortitude and energy of character, and that ' ^
virtuous perseverance will be sure to meet with j (i
a reward. '
I **
DO THE BEST YOU CAN. j e
Tt is a very usual and a very natural thing a
for men?and women too?to siuk dowu when j e
discouraged, when obstacles present themsel-; a
ves in the way of easy progress through life, j ii
The apprentice, the mechanic, the clerk, the ; t
merchant, and the professional man, will slur ; c
over what they find to be difficult or disagreca- ! p
blc in their rounds of duties, without once ?1
thinking of the wrong they do themselves and v
others, and the ever accruing evil which such tl
a habit engenders. A constant self-watching n
is needed by all who would do well in the w
world, and they cannot get along without it. p
The apprentice and the clerk injure themselves o
more than their employers, when they give I al
way to slothful feelings and become mere eye- , "
servants ; while on the other hand, by con- ta
stantly keeping in mind and practising upon ti
the motto, " Do the best you can," they earn to
the good will of all around them, and the sat- o.<
isfaction afforded only by an approving con- hi
science. Then, when time and opportunity ec
arrive for advancement, they rarely want a m
helping hand. sn
To "do the best you can,"young man, is not C
to plod on day by day, performing the allotted n<
vrmnrt nf dutv uncomDlainiu<rh\ without once at
V A U y '
thinking of better things or of independence
for yourself and for those in whose existence
yours is bound up. Neither is it on the other la
hand, to let the thought of your own superior in
worth, and the watchfulness for "chances" la
predominate in all you say and do, so that it fa
can only be said "you do" your duty?nothing fr
more. Nor yet is it to think of your work as 03
so much task to be rid of as quickly us possi- fu
lie, so that you may spend every other moment T
in idleness or mere amusement, without aim or to
object beyond passing pleasure. tli
To "do the best you can," is, so far as pos- ly
sible, to lay down a course of life iu your own lo
mind to which you will attain if possible, and
then keep your eye upon it, wherever you are, ol
whatever you do. If you are determined to iu
be a master mechanic, let every day of your
apprenticeship show that you have learned w
some new thiug or principle connected with y<
your trade?no matter how trifling the thing
may be. Strive to make the work which goes s*
through your hands just such as you would be 01
proud of if you had turned it out as an employ- h
er. Conuect yourself with some library, or in g
other ways obtain books descriptive of the art "
or trade iu which you are engaged. Lose no
opportunity to obtain information upon every
branch and minute detuil of it. Relaxation g
you must have, of oourse, but while you seek b
nd enjoy it, see if you cannot adapt even that
o the aim you have chosen.
Your first steps in such a course will be hard
ncs ; you may feel terribly discouraged, but
ersevere, and when you cannot do all you
rould, then do all you can, and be content
herewith. Hut do not give up the contest,
enew it day by day, and year by year. When
on ouce get fairly started, the progress you
nake will encourage you on, and difficulties
rill vanish like mist. Soon you will gain conidence
in your position. A superior intelligence
will manifest in your work, and as you
oiupare yourself with your fellow-workmen?
hose who work without thought or study, you
rill discover, little by little, that the secret of
eal success in life is perseverance and clo^e
?l.'? \r v e.,?
pjmL'UllUll. 1\. 4. AJU/I.
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.
Paris Oct. 9
Among the rumors which have circulated
?rather mysteriously, it is true?iu two or
hrec political circles, is one which I have rcraiucd
from noticing hitherto. Its revival
n a more general, if not a more consistent,
orm than before, makes me now allued to it.
'his rumor refers to an alleged matrimonial
lliance between Prince Napoleon and a Priucss
of the royal family of England. Wheher
there be any foundation for it I am unaIe
to say, aud only relate it as it is reported,
'he friends of the Imperial dynasty rcasou, it
ppcars, in this manner : "The old prejuiccs
which separated France and England
ave disappeared, like the smoke from the field
f battle. The glory won in common, the daners
shared by brothers in arms, the sentilcnts
of esteem and affection cemented by the
enerous blood which both have shed in comatting
the same enemy, the resistance they
ave shown together for two years, not only
) Russia, in arms against them, but to the
ltrigues of Germany, which looks on and waits
-all concur in uniting and linking each day
tronger and closer the two greatest nations of
be earth, and it would be rather with France
hat England should seek a mutrimonial al'ancr.
than with Prussia, ichose sympathies
nd whose wishes are well ltnown to be fur
lu'ssia, ami Russia alone." They add that
'rince Napoleon is also of royal race, and is
ven connected with the royal family of Engind
by his mother, the Princess Catherine of
fnrtnmhprrr. who herself was a daughter of it
'rinccss of Brunswick. But, Independently of
hat relationship, they look upon an alliance of
he kind as a combination far more suitable,
aore useful, more politic than the other, and
>ne which would he more in conformity with
he actual relations of the two countries. 1
ppeat that I cannot say whether the rumor
> ill or well founded, but this is the second or
hird time it has been in circulation, and with
he connneuts to which I have alluded.
NEWSPAPERS.
That able and excellent paper, the Kichlond
Enquirer, says: ''There is uo book so
ixtructive as a newspaper; no knowledge so
ecessary to be acquired as that which can be
leaned from its columns, aud acquired with
alf so much facility. It is not only the velii1c
of the cheapest and most useful inforniaou,
but it also affords the cheapest, luost inocent
and least cloying source of pleasure
nd happiness. A newspaper, in a large fainy,
is sure every day to be the means of iute.'sting,
informing or pleasing almost every
icmber of the family, especially where tbey
ve in the country, aud see and hear little that
T? nnnrai) nf <1 VPfllV a Well COtl?
J UCn lu uiv vvuiuv v m j ? ?. J *.
ucted paper conveys information on almost
very subject, or at least excites curiosity and
uquiry on all subjects. To know what is
learest to us in time and in space, is most necssary,
most pleasing and most instructive;
nd this kind of knowledge can only be obtaind
from newspapers. We would venture to
ffirui that there never was, and never will be,
11 a country situation, an ignorant family who
ook a newspaper. Let any parent teach his
hildren to read and then subscribe to a pa*
cr and, and it is impossible that his family
hould not in time become well-informed, pro.
ided they live sufficiently secluded to be
brown upon the paper as a source of amuscleut.
The dullest child who hates a book
rill, in rainy weather, steal up to a liewspaer,
read a maraiagc notice, an advertisement
r two and put it down. The next time, probIdy,
he will become bolder, and get through
A Horrible Murder." Soon he will read short
ties of fictiou ; then just before the election
me he begins to peep into politics and even
i read foreigu news. By this time his curiiity
on most subjects is excited, and overcomes
is aversion and fear of books, and he is lur.
1 on to become a reading and well informed
... T? .o otrnnr,o lion otiv fnmilu nu ? moo.
UIJ. XL to OliUll^V fcUUU UUJ J HI. H *?VUire
of economy, should be without a paper,
hildreo see the world cheaply at home, in a
jwspaper, without the danger of bad associion
or the expenses of travel."
Served Them Rigut.-A uumber of young
dies were out walking in the country, and
et a gipsy woman who offered, for half a dolr
a piece, to show them their future husbands ^
ces in a pool of water that was near. In their
olic they agreed to it, and paid her the monr,
the more readily as she promised to remd
it if she did not fulfil her engagement,
he girls were led to the water, each anxious
get a sight of her intended, but instead of
ie form and face they expected, they saw ontheir
own rosy cheeks and laughing eyes bew.
"Surely you'are mistaken, woman," said one
'them, "we see noting but our own faces
i the water."
"Very true, Miss," replied the gipsy, "but
ill not these be your husband's faces when
ju are married
There was uo disputing this, and the girls
iw they were neatly taken in, promised each
thcr not to tell of it, and in the course of an
our had laughed over the joke in half a dozen
ay circles, where they heard only this remark,
Good euough for you?served you right."
totT In Europe people take off their hats to
reat menj in America great men ta^e of their
ats to the people.