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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
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