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f I ? THE ABBEVILLE BANNER. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, "The Union of the South, for the sake of the Union." PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY HENRY S. KERR. ABBEVILLE, SOuTH-CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1851. VOL. VIII NO 6 ETERNAL JUSTICE. BT CHARLES MACKAY. 1- The man ia thought a knavo or fool, A bigot, plotting crime, Who, for the advancement of his kind, I* wiser than his time. For him the hemlock shall distill, For him the axe be bared, For him the gibbet shall be built, For liim the stake prepared; llim shall the storm and wrath of men Pursue with deadly aim ; And malice, envy, spite and lies, Shall desecrate his name. But truth shall conquer at the lost, For round and round we run, And ever the right cornea uppermost, And ever ia juatice done. * Pence through thy cell, old Socrates, Cheerily to and fro; Trust to the impulse of thy soul, And let the poison flow. They mny 'shatter to earth tho lamp of clay That holds a light divine, But they cannot quench tho fire of thought By any such deadly wine ; They cannot blot thy spoken words Fmm ihn mmnnrv of man. By all the poison e'er was browed Since timo its course begun. To-day abhorred; to-morrow adored, So round and round we run, i And ever tho truth comes uppermost. And ever is justice done. m Plod in thy cave, grey Anchorite, Be wiser than thy peers; Augment the range of human power, .Vnd trust to coming years. They may call thee wizard, and monk accursed, And load thee with dispraise ; Thou wert born five hundred years too soon iTcr the ccmforl of thy dnys, But not too soon for human kind: lime has reward in store ; And the demons of our siren become The Hunts that we adore. The blind can aeo the slave is lord; So round and round we run, Alia ever tne wrong is prova to dc wrong, And ever is justicc done. Keep, Galileo, to "thy thought, And nerve tliy soul to bear; They may gloat o'er the senseless words they wring From tho pongs of thy denpair; They may veil their eyes, but they cannot hide The aun's meridian glow ; The hoelof a priest may tread thee down, And a tyrant work thee woe, But never a truth hus been destroyed ; They may curse it and cull it crime? Pervert onu betray, or Blunder ana siay teachers for a time. "But the sunshine eye shall light the sky, ' Ab pxind snd round we run, -VAnd truth shall ever come uppermost, And justice shall be done. And livea there now such men as these? With thoughts like the great of old ? Many have died in their misery, ~r And left their thoughts untold ; And many live and are ranked as mud, And placed in the cold world's ban, v : >. For sending their bright, far-*eeing uoula ' ' Three centurica in the van. I' . They toil in penary and grief, Unknown, if not maligned, L" Forlorn, forlorn, bearing the scorn s|s> . Of the meanest of mankind. But yet the world goes round qnd round, Ug- And the genial seasons run, And ever the truth comes uppermost, And ever is justice done. ; Things that Cost Nothing. The evening shadows lengthen fast, the w. ouu av a(iow n?io ouu UI oi^iib) <UJU UIIVJ Kjy UlIC " the small bright stars pei*ped upon the in, ;? habitants of this sinful universe. The shin^ irig moon wrapt her head in silvery clouds, wSggi; rand moved in solemn silence through the vjt&kii '' i Spangled heavens. Struck with the grand,;y#cur of the scene, I sat down and mused on the movements and wonderful mechanism of planetary worlds. While I was thus ?^t^H>OCupied, a meteor dnrted through tho sky. which seemed only to enhance the beauty iBlSir/ ,'of the deep blue vaults. I inquired for :?.nd such magnificence .existed, and concluded that these bright luminaries sertinf hiamIO ?M-A ti/vU* I** ?VW? Hvnr.M*vi?iJ W c II^UVj UUb IV pit'OatS Mr\ ?nd instruct mankind; yet how valueless ?l?S!v f we hold them, merely because they cost "jf nothing. it. . Somnus called, and his summons inter' rapted the train of my reflections. I laid me <jo*n and slept J I awoke, for the Lord , *' sustained me. Refreshed by the night's repose, I proceeded to my daily employment, i. little thinking of tho necessity to invigorate the w^arjr frame, for it cost nothing. ; The morning sun arose in splendor. 'His beams pierccd the thick darkness, and clothed ?ii not.... :?k ti.? .<?> It v au iiavuig itiuj ???iiw *. ovaiOy iiufriinii^ " '^ger to exert their feeble strength, one by , had disappeared, leaving Phoebus alone ' ' iii'all his glory. But what are sunbeams ? gifts of God. They cost nothing: ' ijjly ih'few shonld we take account of them t i b goes forth and *o*s hisseed : s hbr .countenance is ruddy, his oye hopeful. [ ~ shower moistens the earth. He f -'^fhtastrtr with pleasure to the falling drops, - b6t^?S gratitude is awakened hi his bosom. 1 ' ''ll?The tefryr forests Bpeak the reiurtf Of spring. ^"The w^&ry traveler throws himself to rest *} ii 8^fl^e some old oak tree, and gciibiu wI'"J 1 inuo ins iv \3i ivii 11 nx*akingt>B?v?r onoe the seuses of creatures. Why aio tli? flowers clad in such variegated tints ? Why are the wings of the butterfly clad in such variegated colors? Do they render his flight easier, or his life longer? Why are our forests enlivened with the little songsters who warble forth#their ~ little notes from day to day ? Why are all these, unless to giv? pleasure, and to lead the mind to admire and adore the grt?at author of all. Verily no other reason can be given. " But wandering oft, with brute unconscious gaze. Mhu uiirks not thee, marks not the mighty haud, That, ever busy, wheels the sileat sphere." Melhinks if man had formed one-half these objects of nature, never would we look on them without referring to the originator, and in our hearts, feelings of grutitude would rise. How much more then should our Hearts be tilted with such emotions when we consider that the same erector is the "framer of our bodies and fashioners of I our spirits." Great in magnitude are the blessings a bove mentioned, but a greater gift than these is ours. Culvnry's brow was once a scene of tumult, and there upon the sacred cross, hung the creator of the universe. His disciples forsook him and fled, for man can do nothing. Yes, they left liim to tread the wine press of his father's wrath alone. Amid his groans were heard the words, 44 It is finished," and man's salvation was complete. But alas! some refuse to receive this precious gift, nnd we too often regard it with indifference, as it cost us nothing. Ciiristain, if there be left in your bosom i one snark of frratilude towards vnur Creator awl Saviour, 0! consider his goodness, dwell on Calvary's bloody summit, till your heart. glowR with love to the author of all I good, and never again think those things ] valueless which cost us nothing.?Prtsbytej rian Herald. Tbc Broken llearted. BY O. D. PRENTICE. I have seen the infant sinking down like | a stricken flower, to the grave?the strong man fiercely breathing out hi9 soul on the field of bailie?the miserable convict standing upon the scaffold with a deep carsoquiv ering upon his lips. I have viewed death in all its forms of darkness and vengeance with a tearlesB. eye?but I never could gaze upon woman, fading away from the world, with an uncomplaining melancholy, without feeling the very fountains of life turned into tears and dust. Death is always terrible? but when a form of angel beauty is passing off to the silent land of sleepers, the heart feels that something lovely is ceasing from Jinfl hrnn/Ic trifh a onnco r\f j- ?? w* desolation over the lonely thoughts that come up like spectres from the grave to haunt our midnight musings. Two year# ago, I took up my residence In a country village in the eastern part of New England. Soou after my arrival I became acquainted with a lovely girl, apparently about Keventeen years of age. She had lost5 the idol of her pure heart's purest love, and the shadow of deep and holy memories rested like the wing of death upon her brow.? I first met her in the presence of the mirthful?she was indeed a creature to be worshipped?her brow was garlanded by the young year's sweet flo-vers?her yellow locks were hanging beautifully and low upon her ...Tj ?I.~ u J UV3UUI, <iuu cue iijutcu uiiuu^ii lilt: truwu with such a flonting, unearthly grace, that the bewildered gazer looked almost to see her fade away in the air like the crention of some pleasani dream. She Bceuied cheerful and even gay, but I saw that hergayety was but the mockery of her feelings. She smiled, but there was something in that smilo which told that its mournful beauty was but the bright reflection of a tear?and her eyelids at limes closed heavily down as if struggling to repress the tide of agony that was bursting up from her heart's secret urn. She looked as if she could have left the scene of festivity and gone out beneath the quiet stars, and laid lier forehead down upon the fresh green earth, and poured her stricken soul, gush after gush, till it mingled with the otAvnal (aiinfnin lifn on/4 t\n?i4at denial ivuiimiu vi inv nuu |fui ihj Days and weeks passed, on, and . that sweet girl gave me her confidence, and I became to her as a brother. The smiler upon her lip-was faint, and the purple veins upon her neck grew- visible, and the cadence of her voice became daily more weak and tremulous. Co a quiet evening in June, I wandered out with her in the open air. It was then that she first told me the tale of her paMion, and; of the blight that/, came down like mildew upon ner Jiie; love had been a part of her existence. Iu tendrils had been etatwined around ber heart in .Ha earliest years; arrd wben tbey were rent away it left? wound which flowed till the apitisgs of her soul were blood. u I am paaeing.away," said she, u and it shmild. be-so.'< The winds have paased over my life, and the bright bud of hope and the aweet bloaaoma of.paaaion are scattered dowa and lia withering iu thc dost. And yetI cannotgo down among the tomb* without tenia, ftk hard totake Lf a *sM IKa frian/)a nitm Iavo* U ta ir'adht Iiq?/1 to bid ft fcrwwelj to those de*rseettee wjbich fmn dty to .day have eaught the color of rriy life, md eyropathiwd vitK itft joy* and orroife. J Tba light grove* where lihftvq *6 often- Grayed *mb -my horied lore, aod: wUere,etrtinH?,?ven bow, theeweeUstf tone* of.,hi? voice to ?*me e^fltag-MMJind whftto ?? ti . t^.. i ffWrei. r ^T'^ - AV- TLr>r> Tft3L'^ -ia^B I etrea*?g*f*k as tb?>oV^of?^ES '; '.." ' :<'. '""' ,: ' '' a |. | . ':-::?k: - that lingers fur a time around a bed of roses, and then dies an it were from very sweetness. It cannot be that earth is man's only resting place. It cannot be that our life is a bubble cast upon tho ocean of eternity to float a moment upon the naves, and then to sink into daikness and nothingness. Else why is it that the aspirations which leap like angels from the temple of our hearts, are forever wandering abroad unsatisfied! Why is it that the stars, which hold their festivity around the midnicht throne, nm ?sr? fur above the reach of our limited faculties? forever mocking us by their unapproachable glory ? Why is it that the rainbow and cloud come over us with a beauty that is uot of earth, and then pass off and leave us to muse on their faded loveliness f And finally, why is it that bright forms of human benuty are presented to our view and then taken from us, leaving the thousand streams of affection to flow back in cold and alpine torrents upon our hearts ? We are born to n higher destiny than that of earth. There is a realm where the rainbow never fades? where the stars will spread out before us like the islands that slumber in the ocean?and where the beautiful beings that here pass before us like visions, stay in our presence forever. Bright creature of my dreams! Even now thy lost image is sometimes with me. In the mysterious silence of midnight when the streams are glowing iu the light of the many stars, thy irange comes floating upon the dreams that linger around my pillow, and stands before me in its simple, dim loveliness, till its quiet spirit sinks like a spell from heaven upon my thoughts, and the grief of years is turned to dreams of blessedness and peace. The Useful akd the Beautiful.?The tomb of Moses is unknown ; but the traveler slakes his thirst at iue well or' Jacob.? The gorgeous palace of the wisest and wealthiest of monarchs, with the cedar, and gold, and ivory, and even thnt great temple I of Jerusalem, hallowed bv the visible clorv I of the Deity himself are gone; but Solomon's reservoirs are as perfect ns ever. Of the ancient architecture of the Holy City, not one stone is left upon another; but tho pool of Betbesda. commands the pilgrim's reverence at the present day. The columns of Persepolis are mouldering into dust; but its cisterns and aqueducts remain to challenge our admiration. The goiden house of Nero is a mass of ruins ; but Aqua Claudia (till pours into Rome its limpid stream.? The temple of the sun at Tudmor, in the wilderness, has fallen; but its fountain sparkles as freshly in his rays, ns when thousands of worshippers thronged its lofty colonades. It may be (hat London will share the fate of Babylon, and nothing be left to uiark its site pave mouncia 01 crumoung Dnctt worn.? The Tbatiu's will continue to flow as it does now. And if any work of art sbould still rise over the deep ocean of time, we may well believe tlint it will be ueilber a palace nor a temple, but some vast aqueduct or reservoir; and if any name should still flash through the mist of antiquity, it will probably be that , of the man who in his day Bought the . happiness of his fellow-men, rather than their glory, and linked bis memory to some great, work of national utility and benevolence. This is the true glory which outlives all others, and shiues with undying lustre, from generation to.generation ; imparting to Works something of its Atvn immnrlalift/ on/) in e/\ma /laivMA H .?MMiwikUii|ij| MUU iM ?UU4V ICOVU" in# them from the ruin which overtakes the ordinary monuments of historical tradition of mere magnificence.?Edenburgh Review. [From (he Daily Stater-Rights Republican.] Newspaper Agent to an Editor. BY R****. We would invite particular attention to the very graphic and humorous communication from our friend R****, entitled 'Newspaper agent to an editor.' We regret, however, to say that there is but too much truth in it, a fancy sketch though it be, and we are pretty confident that our brethren of the Press throughout this vast Republic, will be nrtnmmniulv r\f nnr Arv?nv?n ?II/1 no /l.vuki. vw-y w? vui vwiiiivu| MIIU oo uvuvr less their collectors have experienced at times, something very similar to tlio treatment so wittily described therein. Mv Dear Sir : T have just returned from a tour through this State, and proceed to furnish you with an account of my labors and their success. I bavo been gone for three months, and assure you, in allsinceri-' ty, that I am fully satisfied. ' You furnished tne with a list of 117 owing subscribers, as yon will recollect. I have calied upou 104 of them, and have the honor of paying over to your order $8.12 1-2 certti, being the amount to which you are entitled. I return yoo the list, numbered 1 to 117. and bow give you the reply of each. ; 'k l" '. No. l.^Isatnitrntet'. 'He says in the firit place, lie never tfot one "half ofthe nooibers, {a lie, According to tho account of the postmaster,) and in the taexi place, your joker1# column was too scurrilous He cant think of aiding to sustain a paper that advertises fcoHto 'rate* and g*od<* Beaidee, he kndws thie tono df; yout 'editorials, that you ditak: ftftd paying you, -would only be the tnfctm of aiding you end your days in the kennel, Hewooder* aftw publishing tho account^ of the .geeat prize "fight between Left Hnnded Smoke modt J&Utriag* to. do *?jtb. y/ww-rOe>T*r mat)U, t* &?*r front-you -hgrfu. :? ,.'i * J-'. i - ; /* . xN* jS?r,<l?bt. Ha b*v.pot Mn? bal(?{4o|t|irJw - ?*?* ttttift&r,-. prisonment fur debt, as lie tliinka it would be a very popular move with gentlemen in his situation. If you send him any more papers ho hopes you will see that the post- ! age is paid, as otherwise he would be una j ble to enjoy your lucubrations. Sends you his best respects. No. 3?Is a young doctor. Says your j paper is beneath the notice of a gentleman. 1 ?wouldn't give for a cart load, i Says you inserted an articlo reflecting on the profession. Only wishes lie could catch j vou here?would make you smell li II. is going to persuade every body that takes | your paper, to stop it.. Cuss'd your bill, j and says you may collect it tho best way ! you can. No. 4?Is an old maid. Says you are ! always taking a fling at single ladies of an | uncertain age. Wouldn't pay you if she I was rolling in wealth, and you liadn't cash I enough to buy a*"crust of bread. Sent all ; the papers she had back again a mouth ago, j and snvs now, that alio lias sent theni back, i she is even with you, and that she intends to keep so till the day of judgment. Asked mo not to forget to tell you that you aro no gentleman, or you wouldn(t undertake to slander a large aud respectable class of the female population of the country. Mo. 5?Is a gambler?a sporting gentleman. Says he got completely cleaned out last week at the' races. Couldn't accommodate his grand-mother with a half dime if she was starving. Likes your paper tol ernmv?woiU'J !?ke it better ;f ycu r.'culU j publish more ruces, and would occasionally j give an account of a cock-fight. Liked the description of the prize-fight amazingly? it redeemed a multitude of your faults. Hopes you wont think hard of liiin for not paying you now?but hna got a prospect of soon having some loose change, as lie is after a rich young green horn, who arrived here last week. Will pay your bill out of the pluckings. No. 6?Is an old drunkard. Ilasn'tgot anything, and never expects to have. Gath ered up all the papers that he had, and sold them for a pint of ruin, to the doggery keeper to wrap groceries in. Wishes you would send him a pile, as they cost hiin no postage, his broth?:r-in-law being postmaster, and permitting him to take out his papers for nothing. Winked at me when I presented your bill, and inquired if I wasn't a distant relation to the man that butted the bull off of the bridge. No. 7?-Is a magistrate. Swore ho never ow?>d you a cent, and told me I was a low rascal for trying to swindle him in such a manner. Advised mo to make tracks in a little less than no timii, or he would get out a warrant against me as a common cheat, and have itie Kent to priaen. Took his advice. Is, by all odds, the meanest mati I have seen yet. Never go near him again, 1 swear. No. 8?Is a politician. Says, although you profess to publish a neutral paper, it is notBo. Thinks he seen a considerable squinting towards the side to which he's opposed. ?Meant to have told you a year rgo to stop his paper, but forgot it. 'J'elb you to fjn KA now. nn/1 fliStiku VAii om rrothnrr , - ?~ 7 ?* very chtnply, in not losing any royre by him. LJelives you to be a rascal, and . is too honorable to have anything to do with you, as it might compromise him and injure bis prospects. No. 9?Paid up like a man. The only one. Likes your paper first rate, and means to take it and pay for. it long as you or he lives.?Asked me to dinner, and treated lue like a king. An oasis in adesertl A man tit for Heaven! No. 10?la a merchant. Expects to break shortly, so he mnstsaveall bis Bmall change. Offered me a pair of breeches and a cotton handkerchief for the debt. Refused with scorn. Told me to go to the devil?Longjaw. Threatened to break my head. Dared him to do it. Threw a hatchet at me.? Dodged it and put out No. 11' to 117.?Mean as rot Had no money?'Wouldn't pay?didn't owe. -I swore I'd sue. Snid I might sue and be hanged. Cursed all the little ones and hurried from the big. Never got the first red ceut from one <ot. them. * The foregoing is a true extract from my' note book. I have not succeeded a whit but er with the patrons of otber publication*, for which 1 am agent, aa it is impossible to collect from those who are determined not to pay. I have said-I have been away three months. I have expended irt that period $210 travelling, and my entire comnnwioos amount io $82*45.I am very willing to do my share towards the propagation of news, but more than that no reasonable -fn an eoyld ask. This* business don't exactly suit me?I cant stand it.' Please accept my resignation and strike off my name from yourMisJi' oF agents; j^admirej your paper- very much '.myself, but it. would be a qUeer looking'sortof a conoern itittw WMUIU cym? I WHY uy w uie rwmnmicuw of every biw/ One want*independence in an editor?another don't vtoht fmfi?One watitt jdf ?l?!Jg^anotHer ^odldo*i toach a journal j^af contained an ii^vtteot Ime'wiih n ton foot poieT ' Ono Wntimental, lackftdiuaacaf Mw? in pnotr.lettea wanted, nothing but I^iibetry in ft^^.^er^ i^ tbitqrbut the mhrrvi&ea.1 r' ",v f "\\f ? i\ebeniiah Fiufkins' Visit (o the City of Notions. n Y *?U N C L E TOBY. NehcniiitlwFlufkuis was one of those un fortunate Bpceimeus of the yemis homo, that seem by somo necidcnt to have bnrely escaped shooting up out of the ground in the torjn of a cabbage, and to have been horn with all the outward rc?einhlnnro of Immnn. ity. Spite of liis nwful greenness, Flufkins ! was an observant cliap, anxious to look about the world, and. to use his own words, be "some pumpkins." He came to Boston ono day to see the elephant, and innocently suffered all manner of tricks to be played upon him, such as paying twenty-live conts to ^o into the Common, a charge made by a cunning boy, who discovered that Flufliins had ' just come down." Another of the "b'hoys." who had received his cue from the lad who charged the entrance fee to the public Common, stopped Nehemiah as he came out and passed down Tremont street, and politely tapping him on the arm, said : "Fifty cents fine *ir," at the same time holding out his hand for the money. "Fifty cents! Creation, what fur?" "The mayor's house, sir." "Wot of that?" asked Flufkins, looking at tlic house designated by the other. "You parsed it }ust now, without taking off your hat!" "How yer talk. S'posin' I did ?" "Why that's fifty cents fine in Boston." "No!" "Certainly; and unless you pay it, I 6linll be obliged to take you to the police office." "Whew! Well, here's a half. Let's see which house it is," Baid Neheiniab, taking off his ha't. ' " That's itj sir, the next but oue to where we stand." " Wall, I won't gitcaughl agin, anyhow," said the innocent Flufkins, as he walked back aud forth before the house of a. green grocer, and fixed the spot in his mind ! Scarcely had Neheminh Flufkins turned another corner, before he was stopped by a third person, who had got the hiut from the other two operators. _t \!71 *1-- 1* ? <*** * * * wuiibs me niHiior now F asicei iNehomiah; I haven't passed anotfier Major's house, have XI" " No, hut you forgot your landin' fee." | "Landin'fee?what's that?" " Why, head money." " Head money ! Do yer have tu pay for kecpin' yor head on ?" asked Nehemiah innocently. ".No?you don't understand, my friend. I perceive that ypu must be a stranger to the city." ( " Wall, I guess I am." " You see the law is, that any person arriving iu town for the firbt time, shall pay seventy-five cepta head money." " Du tell!" "Yes." "..What route did you come by ?" " That's it!" exclaimed bis .proaccutor as though he had made a discovery.' 44 \y hat's it ?" asked Noheroiah. " Why you are- the fellow the police are after.'' 44 After me?what fur I" 44 For slipping away without paying your head money." 4Wall, look a' here, nabor, it's pretty expensive business, 'pears to me; .but there's . three quarters, will that fix it ?' 4Ye?, that is all right?yp.1 are free now to look about the towu,' said the other, walkiug away wjth a suppressed chucklc. 'Thank ye,' said Flutkins ; only to think of the perleece artermel .AVoll, that was an escape, auyhow.' .If there was one thing above another for which Nebemi.ab had a weakness, it was smoking. At hpine, his pipe was in his . mouth half the time, and seeing some cigars in a window, he felt,.the desire come 'oyer bim, and so be wal&d. in, purchased a long nine,V-lit it, aiid.^lked out into . tlie street, smoking, as he went along, looking into the shop.windows .in .Washington street. The fact. wm, Nehemiah was now breaking a city ordinance, find laying himself liable to a fine. It was not long before a policeman, with bfc .badge of office on his liof OAfwatoH him :. . . 'Sir, you muat put out that eigar and walk with me,' said the officer, wjtb ap air ofde,c?ion that (flJ^ggorcd- NehcmiflD. .-.!vWl?Ht. fur i' atnmered FJufkim. 'Smoking in the street.' 4 la there a fine for that tew !' 'Yea air.' .'IIow ranch f' Five dollafa.1 - ,,'Oration I-Five dollars. . X haven't got Jtat BbTlc-fu' ^ -.'Can'thflp it, you ran?t go with me.' * '?ook a here?hold on !' said Nehemiah ' I don't want to go np wbar.' ? - tBnt you ra tut,' ttara ttoe; oncer, al uie same t?in* looking about then *}yly? and seeing no one verynear, be added : a If you obodfeeio |Say?WMt> fcbjr tit/ Will save yoorbeing locked up.' 'ci. V; .?.? mayor's, lie pulled off his hat nud only ran the faster, until he was out of sight of it. At the licad of Hanover street, he wai partially stopped by some one who wishfcd to ask the way to some other part of the city, being like himself, a stranger?but Nehemiiih had eyes and eurs for only one thing, and misunderstanding the question, halloed out: "Can't help it, if Vis a fine to run ; I haven't got no money," and he dashed on like mad towards the railroad station.' Nehemiah didn't let on iuuch about hh visit to Boston, but merely said he didn't stay long, it was so pesky expensive. Capital Ghost Story. Dedicated, in an Especial Manner, to all jYcitWJUUir Readers ? A ti._? ? # vi?n/at.? lllUt Jtppari l ions do not always wander without sufficient cause, is proved by the well attested fact which wo give with tho endorsement of the Montereal Transcript. Last Tuesday fortnight, as Mrs. - , (a lady of literary taste and rather studious habits) sat reading in her drawing room, the clock on'the muntlepiece struck twelve ; as the last stroke reverberated through tho apartment*, the door was suddenly flung open. In the J|ct of raising her head to remove the intrusion (unrung for) of her servants, her eye rested on the form of her late husband; she screamed and fell senseless on the carpet. This brought up such members of the family'as . . hud liot V??t. rntirorl ? ? 1 - j .?... v ? vw i^nivrnin es were administered, and wlitn Mrs. hiid regained possession of her suspended facul- ? .3 ties, and being a woman of strong mind and # highly cultivated intellect, she felt disposed ^1 to consider the whole distress she had uudergone as tho result of certain associations between the melancholy tale 6he had been perusing and her late loss, operating ou a partially deranged liervous system. She, however, considered it advisable her maid servant should repose in her chamber lest any return of what she had determined to consider a nervous affection should distress herself and alarm the family. Last Tuesday night, feeling stronger aud in better spirits than she had been for-several months past, Mrs. dispensed with the presence of her attendant, retiring alone to her chamber, and went to bed a little before ten i??.1 - i > - . - v viuvn. . uAnvuy as (.lie CIOCK. StrUCK twelve she was awakened from sleep, aud distinctly beheld the apparition the had before seen, advancing front the table (on which stopd her night lamp) till it stood opposite to apd drow aside the curtains of her bed. A seriae of su(locating oppression deprived her of alt power to scream aloud. She describes her very blood retreating with icy chillriess to her heart from every vein. The countenance of her beloved in life wore not its benevolent aspect; the eyes, once beaming with affection, were now fixed iu stern regWrd on the trembling half dissolved being, who with the courage of desperation, thus adijured bim: "Charles! dear Charles! why are you come again ?" "Jessie," slowly and solemnly aspirated the shadowy form, waving in its hand a small. roll of writ, nancro " l""'" ?*'? ' ?" %y . - r-r?> - ' r-.v "*jr JVeiospaper accounts, ana let vie rest -in peace r?Quebec Gazette. Liability of Subscribers to Newspapers.?The liability of subscribers to newspapers is seldom considered, if understood, by those individuals who order a discontinuance, without paying up arrears. A case was recently decided, which may awaken attention on this subject. The editor of the Pennsylvania!)' Enquirer uot long since recovercd a large sum, (about $120.) from a sub scriber living in Rhode.IbIuiicI. The circumstances were these : The subscriber took the paper for some time, 'and then sent to the publisher a notice of discontinuance, without forw?rding the money for payment, lie publisher took no notice of thin, nor of sereral subsequent" notices of refusal to take the papers from the post-office,?The result was, that notwithstanding the iy?ode Islander did not receive the paper for several years, yet he was forced to pay the whole .amount up to the period claimed by the bill.' " Were the law enforced more frequently in cases to delinquent subscribers of long stauding suck hf>HVT IflMM ' tvnilM nn(. owiKiin nft/in newspaper publisher*.?Col. Telegraph^' Anecdote of Patrick iTenry.?Whep. the Celebrated Patrick Henry'of Virgioa Was near the cfose of lift and'ih feeble heallb^he l*1d hi* hand on'tbe Bible, and addressing an oH friend- who Wflsncarhhn?"Here a boOtf,"' Raid'he, "worth more than all othpra ever printed ; y'etiliimy mfefortuneritiver to haw rend with prop'er attention and feeWng tHl lately;*' Aboutlhe sametime he wrote his daughter?"I heir it is said the DUet* have cWmed mer 'The thoiight gW&'fne fiur more pain tbwn the appellation of Toiy ! For I ooT^er rellgkm- of inffhitely higher importance than politics: and I find'rtoch oairo to: reproach my?elf thfct I liave liVwi to Jong una givort no decidadr*hd public pyvof oftrty being * christian."?^-Ito?ton ^aunwi. ' y ">;J Ufa "'Manl^mlfijao^? Orepgft* of wh*o 4 vw ?Mf?urajBK