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BY HENRY S. KERR. ABBEVILLE, SOUTII-CAUOLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1851. VOL. VIII NO 5
SONG OF THE CAROLINA GIRL, j
BY A LADY.
Our hearts ore with our native land,
l Our song is for her glory :
There's many a gallant deed to tell
In Carolina's story ;
Iler valiant sous have won them names,
Among tho great of earth ;
And children, from tho cradle, learn
To lisp of Southern birth.
Our hearts are with our native land?
There's none on earth above her;
Iler nons are rare?her daughters fair?
And then they dearly love her !
Let -jlher* boast of what'they please,
To hoed them we're unwilling;
We'll have our "Southern rights" and caso,
And grudge them not a shilling.
We love our gallant barque of Stute,
And sadly should we mourn her,
If on her hnllow'd deck appeared
The eemblunce of dishonor;
But no! her bods are true as brave,
And full of native feeling ;
The festerings of a Southern SunWere
never fond of kneeling!
Our hearts are with our native land,
Our wing is for her glory ;
She liath many u namo thul'ti now unknown,
Win live in classic story:
Iler sages, and her poets too,
V Have lit tho sacred (ire ;
v * * And tho genius of a Southern sun
Will fan its blazes higher.
' . We love our rov'rend Futhers gray?
N We lovo our virtuous Mothers?
The raced of that angel.c grace,
fc We will not yield to others;
For chastity and modest worth,
And puro domestic bliss,
Have never worn u sweeter emilo
In any land than this!
Our hearts are with our native land,
Arid ncvrerahtHdt grade her?
Her flow'ry tshik tno mnnny hills
Are not for th? Intrader ;
And deurly uM^riie tbe charms
Which heaven has* kindly ncnt us,
We'll give them freely, heart and hand,
With lovo to her defenders.
The Montgomery Advertiser of the 1 oth
instant, makes tbe following remarks on the
Eolitical indications of this State. They j
ave a significance that cannot be too carefully
weighed. At the same time, we give !
u> our auie ana rospccted coteinporary the
assurance, Unit unless we have grossly misconceived
all tbe evidences of public feeling
and conviction, the spirit of South Carolina
is not sbaken; the Guard rccoils not; and
when the uilju for ucC!niV6 iOiiOn Ouiiivb, Jill
that has been promised will be faithfully and
fearlessly j>erforuied.? Charleston Mercury.
[From the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.]
South Carolina.
As the political position of the Palmetto !
State is one of peculiar interest and attraction
at this time, we insert below, nn nci'/mni I
of a speech delivered by one of her Senators
at Edgefield Court House, a few days ago?
tbc lion. A. P. Butler. We take it from the
Edgefield Advertiser, the editor of which is
a brother-in-law of the Senator?a staunch
jgjjjj':--',. advocate of separate secession. In connection
with this speech, wo would state that
aEr' Gen. Wallace and Mr. Orr, two Congressmen
Lv from the same State, are reported to have
???; made sj>eeche8 to their constituents lately,
85/- in which they took ground similar to that of
fej (Senator Butler. These things are not agreeV.
able to many of us who are 'prepared to
back South Carolina at any cost, but it is
important that thev should Kr> lrnmvr.
I it appears that there are serious divisions
even in that gallant little State, as to her
true policy in the present emergency. South
Carolina not united?but divided ! It strikes
oar ear with ominous forebodings?almost
with terror; something akin to that awful
Sound of "Le Garde recule" to the "grand
*nply" of the emperor on the field of Wa- I
terloo. When that noble State?now the
last hope of the South?shall have bowed
to Northern tyranny and oppression by a
quiet submission, then indeed mav the South i
spe?dily prepare for that terrible catastro>
pbe that sorely awaits her?the abolition of
slavery not only in the District of Columbia,
but in Uie States. May the Great Kuler of
nations nerve her sons to take that course
which is the only snlvation of herself or the
I. South. If the pusillanimity of the other
r. Southern States shall induce them to wither
' hold their co-operation, then let her net
tv alone; and her devoted sons, scattered far
and near over the whole South and West,
| will, if need be, rally to her stnndard and
r uphold her honor. She Inis children enough
without her borders to drive off every mer
, vcnmtj iiitiiucr linn may pollute her soil.
And where is the South Carolinian thnt
hHL would not respond to llie calls of his native
| PoSTHASTER AND PuBMSIJERB. Wo give
oelow an extract of a letter from the Post?
n*s(er General, in answer to a letter of in*
W$ ~ qu5*y whether postmasters hav? the privi\
le^e of franking letter* to publishers con.
laiuing a riwaHHmoe for subscription.
w&fj All poetnMtrt^rs whose compensation docs J
"-L not exce^JjfcOO ft year, are privileged to
send aaawwdve free, ail letters written hy '
r- wenMewupMUUi wni!?n communication*
on their own private business, not weighing
over half an ounce.
, Poatmast|r? who have the privilege of
}s thefe |>rivate wrilten^comnouiiicnj^^jg?pers,
wvering ^ or
The Contemplated Revolution iuCnba.
We stated in a previous article that the
signs of the times indicated a speedy denouement
of the projected revolution for Cuban j
liberty, that the Cubans wero ripe for the
conflict, and that tliere was no lack of sympathisers
in their cause in this country. In
confirmation of this opinion, we extract the
following paragraph from the Atlanta Intelligencer
of Thursday :
"JIo! Fon Cud a !?One hundred ami
twenty enterprising looking young men took
the Macon andt^.festern Cars from this city,
this morning, uoutlid professedly for California,
but it is well understood here, that their
intended destination ib the Island of Cuba.
Several young; men from Atlanta joined the
Company before it left. It is perhaps worthy
of notice, in tYiin connection, that half a
dozen boxes of llifles were yesterday morning
shipped on the Atlanta and West Point
Railroad from this place."
From what we can learn this premature
movement was occasioned by a rumor which
had reached the upper districts of this State,
that the revolt of the Cubans had already
taken place, and the men comprising the
company, among whom are some of the first
spirits of the Cherokee region, hastened to
Savannah to tender their services to Gen.
(Jonzalks, who is at present a resident of
this city. Sixty three of the party came
down as far as the Twenty Mile Station on
the Central Railroad, 011 Sat in day, from
which point they communicated with tlii?
city; mid learning that their movement was
premature, and also that they had mistaken
the rendezvous, they returned to their hoim-H
to await the proper time, when they will
again seek ho opportunity to give their aid
to Cuba. A friend who visited them inform*
us that he never saw collected together
a 6ner body e* high toned cliivalric men,
and that they .e in high spirits, eager for
the struggle .d sanguine of the success of
the cause in which they came to embark.?
The balance of the Company, which passed
through Atlanta, it is presumed, learned the
true state of the matter at Macou and turned
back.
It is very evident that an outbreak in Cuba
cannot be much longer deferred. From
the tenor of the accounts received from Ilavaua,
by the Georyia, at New York, it is,
notwithstanding the silence of the Cuban
press, very evident that the government thei e
is in a state of apprehension and alarm.?
The correspondent of the New York Express
who it will be seen is no friend of Cuba,
writing under date of March 31st, says:
Since my List, a thousand rumors have
boon afloat, of the disaffection of the troops
in the interior, of arrests, of tho expected
invasion, <fcc.. Arc. 1 am satisfied that there
have been no arrests made that may be attributed
to political motives. As to the disaffection
among the troops in the interior not
much cau be said, but here the troops are
faithful.
And now for tho "invasion." It is known
in town, and in fact, all over the Island, that
the Captain-General lias informed Commodore
Parker, of the Steamer Suranac, which
vessel is now lyinj? at anchor in our harbor,
that he had received positive information
that Lopez & Co. would make a descent upon
this island within thirty days; and us
about fifteen days have elapsed since the
Captain-General received this news, we mav
o?ni. l.? T... ?.?. f .~ il- u-.!-"- ? " I
ow?? vv> vu uir luuiiuub ?UI lilts
They are said to number from 2,000 to 2,500.
The Captain- General very uuwinely tnadu
this statement to Commodore Parker and
officers publicly, and the consequence is that
the whole island is in a great state of excitement
and alarm. That the CaptainGeneral
has received this information there
can be no doubt, but we do doubt its correctness
; the Captain-General, however, undoubtedly
places full reliance on the correctness
of the information, from the fart that
he has requested the captain of the French
war Steamer Maf/ador, who was about leaving
this port, to oblige him by remaining a
few days longer. It may he true that a party
is on its way to invade this island, and it
may effect a landing; but there is no one so
sanguine as to believe that such an invasion
will be successful. Uy the next steamnr, |
perhaps, I shall be able to give you a more
definite account of this jifFmr.
By this it will be seen that tlie government
is in daily expectation ot an outbreak,
and that tbe Island is "in a great slate of
alarm." The dates by the Georgia are to
3d inst., and yet the papers contain not one
word about the contemplated visit of Gen.
Lope^?on the contrary, "tbe greatest tranquility
appears to prevail." This is not singular,
when we consider thnt the pri"?s of
Cuba is und?-r the strictest surveilance c?f the
Government. The only wonder is how a
press, so restricted, is able to sustain itself?
valueless a* it is, ??ven its n news medium, to
iU own people. The following extract from
a letter of a Culwn editor, with whom we
proposed a commercial arid news correspo.i
deuce, will show how little freedom is en
joyed by the press of that beautiful island.
The editor says:
'f My pftp^r I shall !>e happy to exchange
with you, but the little liberty that js allowed
our pens here makes theiri of small in
terest. Thanking you for your kind offer of
riewa and corre*l>ondence, I can only say
thatsbould you writij, our Censor so cuts up
matter and! meaqirig, that yon woutel tiotJbe
$e to r^goiae jour own ch\\&?
Cab a government, tjiat .finds il necessary
tbU3 to suppress the freedom of the pros*,
long continue to nilo ono^of the richest ami
I S-mSKWaapBrrww-iww
Integrity of Character.
Faith or trustfulness lies at the foundation
of trade and commercial intercourse, and business
transactions of every kind. A community
of known swindlers and knaves would
try, in vain, to avail themselves of the ad- j
vantages of trailic, or to gain access to those j
circles where honor and honesty are indis-1
pensnble passports. The reason whv savage |
1 1 - ? 1 ? J -I -1 - -*? --
uvruv? ?i e u*|h,i,u,u aim smiiincu, is ueuiuse j
they arc deceitful and treacherous. We
have no in their professions, no confidence
in their promises, it they manifest
kindness mid friendship, we apprehend it is
for the sake of more successfully accomplishiiii;
their selfish and malicious purposes. So
of clients and knaves, under whatever circumstnnccs
we may meet them. However j
fair may be their exterior, we know they are
black at heart, mid wo shrink from them as
from the most deadly poison, llence the
value which is attached by all right minded ,
men, to purity of purpose and integrity of
character. A mnn may be unfortunate, he
may be poor and penniless, but if he is
known to possess unbending integrity, an
unwavering purpose to do what is honest
and just, he will have friends and patrons,
whatever may be the embarrassments and
exigencies into which he is thrown.
TIip ]>oor man may thus posscBs a capital,
of which none of the misfortunes and calaniities
of lift*- pnn flumira !?? * ? W- 1*'
known men who have suddenly been reduced
from iiffiuenee to penury, by some dispensation
of Providence, which tliey could
neither foresee nor prevent. A tire has
swept away the accumulation of years; or
misplaced confidence, or a Hood, or some of
the thousand cosUultie* to wli~?l? we are ex
posed, has stripped them of their possessions.
To-day iliey are prosperous; to-murrow,
every earthly prospect is blighted, and
everything in its aspcct. is dark and dismal, i
Their business is gone, their property is gone,
and they feel that all is gone. But they
have a rich treasure which the fire cannot
consume, which the floods cannot carry away. \
The}' have integrity of character, and this
gives them influence, and raises up friends,
and furnishes them with pecuniary aid.
Young men, especially, should be deeply
impressed with the vast importance of cherishing
those principles, and of cultivating !
those habits which will secure for them the
confidence and the esteem of the wise and 1
the good. Let it be borne in mind, ihiit 110
brilliancy of genius, 110 tact or talent in business,
and no amount of success will compensate
for duplicity, shuffling and trickery.
Thore may be apparent advantage in the art
v/. uisaiinuinuuii, hiiu in violating those great
principles which lio at the foundation of I
truth and duty. But it will at length be <
seen, that u pound was lost where a penny
was gained; that present successes .'ire out- j
weighed, a thousand fold, by the pains and
penalties which result from loss of confidence :
and loss of character. It cannot be too i
strongly impressed upon our young men to i
abstain from every course, from every act,
which shocks their moral sensibilities, wounds
their consciences, and has a tendency to i
weaken that nico sense of honor nnd iuteg- i
rity so iudispensuble to character. The habit i
of concealment, or dissimulation, of telling 1
' white lies," as Mrs. Opie calls them, is most |
disastrous in nil its influences and issues.?
How many have become confirmed liars, j
and been consigned to dishonor and iufamy. <
who began their career in this way ! Lau- '
guage is utterly inadequate to describe the i
amazing, the infinite importance to our young j
men, of forming their characters by the right <
?..-l ' "
iiiuvivmi auu m uucuiililllCU Willi IDC UllClUll)^- <
ing principles of trutli. Who lias not read j
with deep interest (he incident in the lite of
Washington, who, when he had injured n favorite
tree of his father, frankly confessed
his offence, because he "could not tell a lie."
Here was manifest one of those essential elements
of character which made Washington
"fir^L in war, lirst in peace, and first iu the i
hearts of his countrymen."
Integrity of Character! who ever possess- j
ed it, that did not d rive untold advantages
from it J It is better than tho gold of Ophir; ,
it is of more value than diamonds "and all
precious Btones." And yet, every man may
possess it. The poorest may have it, and no
IIOUAI* Pull Ufri.ul il ('-..in r,,~
, ?- ?.v..v ? iiwin iiiciii* j w young
men, we fiiiy with earnestness and emphasis,
look aL integrity of character with the blessings
it confer*, and imbibe such principles
and pursue such a course, that its benefits
may be yours. It is a prize so rich, that it
repays every sacrifice and every toil, necessary
to secure it. Suppose a mercantile community
could be found, whose every individual
was known and acknowledged to possess
strict and uncompromising integrity; the
representations of **ni'h one were in strict accordance
with truth ; "his word as good as
his bond!" Such a community would have
a monopoly of the trade, so far as they had
the means of supplying the demand. '"The
incus .01 iracie,' Whatever rimy be their ap
parent advantage, impair confidence, nnd in
liie cud, injure thoee who practice tbern far
more than (hey benefit them. It in a shortsighted.
K8 well 11* A guilty policy, to swerve,
under any circumstance^ from those great
principles which are of universal and everlasting
obligation.Let a man maintain bis
integrity at all times, and he. will be satisfied
there is a blessing in it, and a blessing flowing
from it, and a Ueeaiug all arouud it.
A Certvin Ccre for tab Whoopihc*
Copdu.?Piiwlve one scruple of salt of
tAr^r, aud ten grains of pulverized cochi
Early History of Amcrlca.
It lias ever boon to us a matter of surprise,
as well as regret, that no authentic account
should have been left of the expedition
of Di! Soto. It was begun on a large
scale, under distinguished chieftains, and consisted
of more than a thousand men, whose
martial renown, and complete equipments,
excited vast expectations. Still, we have
known little bevond the landing of DeSoto j
mcnt. We are most agreeably surprised,
therefore, in finditisr a letter in the New
York Herald, dated Rome, 4th March.
From that letter it uppears there have
been discovered a number of manuscripts
connected wilh the early history of our country,
which will throw much light upon what
has heretofore been buried in obscurity.?
Those manuscripts, so far, comprise twentylive
packages or volumes. Air. Cass, our
Minister, accidentally discovered one of these
volumes, and has followed up the examina
tion, which has resulted in tho above discovery.
The principal collection belongs to the :
nviniKnrint litirnrv I
~ vi ?'v
and is contained in well arranged parcel*,
sewed tip in vellum covers, probably about
the time they were written, each containing
materials for a large volume.
The result, thus far, has iuduced Mr. Cass
to extend the examination to the archives of
the Vatican, with hopes of making important
additions. Each volume has not been
thoroughly examined, but enough has beeu
ascertained to say, that they comprehend the
earl}' reports made by the missionaries of
tKe Spanish, French and Italian Nations, nnd
have r<'.forcnce to the Canadafi, the Valley, of
the Mississippi, and Florida?Indeed,' to
the whole territory which surrouuded the
thirteen original States of our Union. The
author of one of these volumes, or mnnu
scripts, accompanied De Soto for two years
in his memorable expedition through Florida,
and along the banks of the Mississippi, and
will no doubt furnish us, in the simple Ian
<ji <iu cvo Hiiuew, wiiu n wrreci uetiiil
of ilie discoveries and qdventures of ouc,
in relation to whom so much of the strange
and marvellous has been written. In other ]
volumes there is a series of letters by Padre
Vitellis, a priest attached to the band of La
Si-lle, lhat ehild of chivalry, as he was called, 1
who traversed the Canada* throughout their
entire extent, aud a portion of our North- 1
western country. In the researches and investigations
which have been made in Euro- 1
pean libraries by Irving, Fresco.t, Sparks
:ind others, no such important acquisitions *
lia> e been made for the elucidation of our 1
liistory as these manuscripts. It is to be 1
hoped that these manuscripts will be thor
[Highly examined and brought to light.? '
They will no doubt elucidate fully the long 1
period of sixty-five years, during which the *
French had possession of Mobile and the interior
of Alabama and Mississippi?a period
that is now involved in almost total dark- '
tiess.?JV. O. Crescent. I
The Blind.?By reference to an advertisement
in another column, it will be seen
that the Board of Directors of the North
Carolina Institution for the Deaf and Dumb,
have determined to introduco a department
for the Blind.
It wa3 the original intention of the Legislature
to afford facilities for the instruction
of the Blind as well as the Deaf and Dumb,
rim has been delayed heretofore, in ordar
Lliat ono depaitment might be fully organized
before tho other was introduced. This
department will be supplied with the most
competent teachers, both in the intellectual
mid musical courses of instruction. The
whole Institution, including the Deaf and
Dumb and the Blind, will be under the superintendence
of the piesent Principal, thus
having the advantage of b.it one head, who
will consult the interests of both alike.
The Session will commence on the fifteenth
day of July; and pa rents or guardians hav- ,
ing Blind children whom they wish to enter, ,
should apply as soon as possible to W. D.
Cooke, Principal of ihc Institution, who will {
give all the necessary information on the sub- ,
ject. Mnuy of those who hove blind or deaf {
and dumb children, not buving access to the
public papers, remain in ignorance of the
munificence of the State, in providing the ,
means of education for their unfortunate <
offspring, and are therefore deprived of the ,
blessings in store for them.
Render! do you know of any deaf nod (
dumb or blind person within the range of ,
your acquaintance? A very little exertion
on your part may poo tire to you the gratification
of having been instrumental in rescuing
a fellow being from the darkness and silence
that now encircles him!?Raleigh Dtaf
Mute.. ^^
New style or Hair Pressing.?The '
N. Y. Mirror says, that a large proportion
..t ).. i?j: e i 'j . ?
ui iiiu inuieu ui mimi? siijr iiavo aaopujn n
new style of wearing tbe hair. It is called
the Jenny L.iu.d Lift, and ia so arranged as to
lift the hair above the temples, thereby giv- i
ing the phrenologists a peep, a* 'twere, behind
tho curtain of some very interesting
localities. To a pertain cWs of faces, says
the Mirror, the style is quite becoming, but
to tbe majority of ladies, it is decidedly otherwise?giving
them a bold, barefaced look,
reminding one of obstinate " cowlicks'- upon
the side of tho forehand. If tlm it tl?? ?nm a
q,tjle that Iiuh been in vogue Uere.abpot a
year, and which, we Wlier^, origioMted l?ere,
we,quite agree with the Mirror'* estimate.?
jjffp.Pitayun*,
r -
Happiness.
Love, truly such, is itself not tho most
common thing in the world, and mutual
love still less so. lint that enduring personal
attachment, so beautifully delineated by
Erin's sweet medodist, and siill more touchingly,
perhaps, in tho well-known ballad,
"John Anderson, my Jo,John," in addition
to a depth and constancy of character of no
every-duy occurrence, supposes a peculiar
sensibility and tenderness of nature; a constitutional
communicativeness, and utUtraiicy
of heart and soul; a delight in tho detail
of sympathy, in the outward and \isihle
signs of the sacrament within, to count, as it
were, the pulses of the life of love. But
above all. it supposes a soul which, even in
the pride and summer-tide of life?even in
the lustihood of health and strength, and
felt oflenest and prized highest?that which
ago cannot take away, aud which, in all our
Iovinirs. is the love I mean that wiilitur
^ _ ^ " -"P I
souse of tho insufficiency of the self for itself
which predisposes a generous nature to
see, in total being of another, the supplement
und completion of its own: that quiet the perpetual
seeking which the presence of the
beloved modulates, not suspends, where the
heart momentarily finds, and finding, again
seeks on ; lastly, when " life's changeful orb
has passed tho full," a confirmed faith in the
nobleness of humanity, thus brought home
and pressed, as it were, to the very bosom
of hourly ex]M!ricuce, it supposes, 1 say, a
heartfelt reverence for worth not the lest,
deep because divested of its solemnity by
habit, by familiarity, by mutual infirmities,
and even by a feeling of modesty which
will arise in delicate minds, when thev are I
coniclaUfl cf poMPMil
respondent excclIencJi l*BA pnan ij gijM u|gi^
ters. In short, there must bo a mind which,
while it feels the beautiful and the excellent
in the beloved as its own, and by right of
love appropriate it, can call goodness its
playfellow, and dares make ejiort of time
und infirmity; while in the person of a
Lhonsand-fondly eudenred partner, we fuel
for aged virtue the caressing fondness that
belongs to the innocence of childhood ; and
repeat the same attentions and tender courtesies
as has been dictated by the same affection
to the same object, when attired in
feminine loveliness, or in manly beauty.
Those qualities which I have enumerated
ore rarely found united in a single individual.
IIow much more rare must it be, that
two such persons shouid get together in lins
wide world, under circumstances that admit
of their union as husband and wife. A
person may be highly estimable on the whole
nay, amiable as a neighbor, friend, housemate,
in short, in all the concentric circles
of attachment, savo only the last and inmost;
and yet from how many causes be
estranged from the highest perfection in this!
Pride, coldness, or fastidiousness of nature,
worldly cares, an anxious or ambitious disposition,
a passion for di?plny, a sullen temper,
one or the other, too often proves " the
lead fly in the compost of specie," and any
jne is enough to unfit it for the precious
balm of unction. For some might)' good
iort of people, too, there is not seldom a
?ort of snturiue. or if vou will. ur*iiie vanitv
llmt keepB itself alive by sucking the paws
)f its own self importance. Ami as this
high sense, or rather sensation of their own
value, is for the most part grounded on nog
stive qualities, so they have no better means
:>f preserving the sumo but by negatives,
that is by not doing or saying anything that
might be put down for fond, silly, or nonsensical.
or (to use their own phrase,) by
never forgetting themselves, which some of
their acquaintances are charitable enough to
think the most worthless object they ouuld
be employed in remembering. The same
affect is produced in thousands by the too
general insensibility to a very important
truth ; this, namely, that the misery of human
life Ik made up of large, masses, each
separated from the other by certain intervals.
One year, the death of a child; after,
failure in inule; after smother longer or
shorter interval, n (laughter may have married
unhappily ; fu all l?ut the singularly
unfortunate, the integral parts that compose
the t>um total of the unbnppineKS of man's
life, arc easily counted, distinctly remembered.
The happiness of life, on the coniniry,
is made up of minute fractions, the
l?4*1 . # ' - * * * *
nuie Boon-iorgoiien cnarmes ot a Kiss, n
smile, n kind louk, a heartfelt comj>linieut in
the dingutae of playful raillery, and the
countless other infiuilisimnls of pleasurable
and genial feeling.
The Riouts ok Fkmalkr.?AVe find tlio
following in one of our exchanges. We
agree with the Juiy and hope every man
that kisses a woman without her conscnt, will
loss nis nose, as a penalty Tor the offence :
MA curious trial was recently held at Middlesex
Sessions. l'liomas Sevorland, the
prosecutor, stated that he was in the taproom
whete the defendant, Caroline Newton,
and her sister, who had eoine from Birmingham,
were present. The latter jokingly obnerved
that she had promised her sweet-heart
that no mart slwiffld kite her while absent.?It
being hdKday time, Severland considered
thia? challenge, and caught hold of her and
SpMBA/1 lu*V li'lfltt ^KAflMiV iL'Wman *xvxW ?4 ?
nvt uv "wiimiF iwm niv n
joke, but her sister, the defendant, sakl ehe
would like aa little 6f that kind of fun m be
pleaaed. Severlnad told hvr if ebd * ? angry,
he would ki? her alto; he then tried to
do it, and they fell to the ground. On rie?
lag, the woman struck hi m, be again tried to
ki? W, and in the acwfflo abe bit off. bia
DOM, which. ?b* apU out of ber mouth. The
action tw? brougfrt *> woo^r 4*w?gw for
Ibe <W*D4??WmU*
11 ad no bucineu
had a fancy for
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A Dying Wife to her Husband,
The following most touching fragment of
a Letter from a dying Wife to her Jfusband
was found by him, some months after her
death, between the leaves of a religious volume,
which she was very fund of perusing.
The letter, which was literally dim with
tear-murks, was written long before the husband
was aware that the grasp of a fatal
disease had fastened upon the lovely form
of his wife, who died at the early ago of
iiiiitecn :
" When this shall meet your etc, deaf
G , some day when you are turning
over the relics of the past, I shall have passed
away forever, and the old white stone will
be keeping its lonely watch over the lips
you have so often pressed, mid the sod will
be growing green, that shall hide forever
from your sight the dust of one who has ha
often nestled close to your warm heart.
For many long and sleepless nights, when
all iny thoughts were at rest, I have wrestled
with the consciousness of approaching death,
until at last it has forced itself upon my
mind; and although to vou and to other*
il might uoiv seein but the nervous imaginations
of a girl, yet dear G , it is so!
Many weary hours have 1 passed in the endeavor
to reconcile myself to leaving yoft,
whom I love so well, and this bright world
of sunshine and beauty ; and hard, indeed,
is it to struggle on silently and alone, with
the sure conviction that 1 am about to leave
all forever and go down alone in the dark
valley ! 4 But 1 know in whom I have trusted,1
and, leaning iijhjii His arm, '1 fear no
evil.' Don't blame me for keeping even all
J&i&4fcm you. How-could 1 subject you, of
VrVrthcis, to such sorrows as I feel at parting
when time will so soon make it apparent
to you ? I could have wished to live, if only
to be at your side when your time shall
eome, and pillowing your head upon njy
breast, wipe the death damps from your
brow, and usher your departing spirit into
its Maker's presence, embalmed in woman'*
holiest prayer. But it is uot to be so?and
I submit.
x ours is tlie privilege of watching, through
long aud dreary nights, for the spirit's fiunl
flight, and of transferring my sinking head
from your breast to my Saviour's bosom J??
And you shall share my hist thought; the
last faint pressure of hand, aud the lost feeble
kiss shall be yours, and even wheu flesh
and heart shall have failed me, my eye shall
rest 011 yours until glazed by death?and
our spirits shall hold one hist fond comrotwiion,
until gently fading from my view?t&o
last of earth?you shall mingle with the
first bright glimpses of the unfading glories,
of that better world, where partings are unkuown.
Well do I know the spot, dear
G , where you will lay me; ofteu have
we stood bj' the place, and as we watched
the mellow sunset as it glanced in quivering
flashes through the leaves and the grassy
mounds around us with stripes of burnished
gold, each perhaps has thought that ouo of
us wouiu como aione; nua wmcnever it
might be, your name would be on the stone.
But you loved the spot; nnd I kiow you'll1
love me none the less when yon see tbesnine
quiet sunlight linger and play among
the grass that grovynover your Mary's grave,
?I know you'll ,go often alone there, when
I am laid there, and my spirit will bo with
you then, and whisper among the v/aving
branches, 41 am not lost, but gone before !?
Knickerbocker Magazine.
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Professional Luck.?The merest chance
will Sometimes bring a medical man into
practicu without his possessing talent, whilst
on the other hand, an able man frequently
sta: veson l.i? profession. It is well knowrr
that an cmiueiit |ihysician of London owes*
nil his success to his having been on a particular
occasion in a statu of intoxication.
Disappointed oh his first arrival in that cityf
hosougl.t comfort at a neighboring tavern,where
ihe servant of the liouae at which ho
lodged wont to fetch him one evening, after
a hearty boat, to see a certain countess. Tho
high-sounding title of this unexpected patient
tended not a little to increase the excitement
under which ho labored. Ho followed
the servant as steadily as ho coiriif,
and was ushered in silence into a noblo mansion,
whore hc-r ladyship's maid anxiously
waited to conduct him most discreetly to her
mistress' room?her agitation most probably
preventing her from perceiving tho doc
tor's state. He was introduced into a ftplen*
did bed-chnmber, and staggered toward*
the bed in which the lady lay. 11c went
through the routine practice of puke-foef*
ing, drc., and proceeded to the table to write
h prescription, which, in nil probability,
would have been mechanically correct; bttl
hero bis powers failed bim. In vaiu he
strove to trace the salutary characters, until
wearied in liu enduuvoiv. ha nnt ilntrn Kia
pen, and excl?imiug-r-" Drunk, by ti? V*
he mode h? way oat of the house, two
d?y* afterwards he wa? not a little surprised
by receiving a letter from the lady, enclosing
h chock for oue hundred pounds, and
promising him the patronnge of her fanirify
and friends, if he would observe the strictest
secrecy on the statu lie found her rftThe
fnet pimply wan, that the cotmteM ftnJ
been, indulging in brandy and water, and
wai* iu ilio very condition Whidh fTrp dofetof
had frankly npplWd to Wra&ff, but which
her&nscTeUoe told her h* hml detail*
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