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Tifr DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1857. VOL. Xnr.IZ.NO.?
> -From the JV<^i York Sunday DixpatcJu
SILENT LOVE.
BY WITCH IIAZETi.
Charles liorraine was a proud man, and
seemingly as cold (is lio was proud, lie
jpoved ahput tlie offices of his counting
house, giving orders to his employees in liis
quiet voice, with the same majestic,
forbidding, yet mild, even gentle air, that
lio ovor r\rAOnrt?A/1 ornAnr* K!t? ortrt!?l
v ?vv^ <lll|vllg 1119 OUV/KII
Rftd also.-toward Ins most intimate friends
f-if those existed who could claim the tiof
intimacy with him. An embodied
. 8h#& .From the world of spirits, among,
bat-not^efrthe embodied of enrth, could
seemed more passionless, less
of the forms and customs of social
:Jife, thajj Charles Lorraine. Ilis nearest
rela$rvest would have told you, had they
fgpofcen the* thought of their hearts, that
t^hajjes?they never called him Charlie?
-f?yaft as cotd 'as tho Northern Lights, but
upnght, andidownright, as inflexibly honorable
lihd juBt as he was cold.
,.s"-Charles Lorraine, in a worldly point of
viewy a man to be enried. Young, not
.yetibiirtyi be )iad. stepped into his father's
extensive business find property, the supreme
master, with the full knowledge and
Ability to carry on the former successfully,
and enjoy the.latter?if such negativo happiness
as he sought could . be called enjoyment
If Charles ^oraino over showed anything
like partiality, it waB toward Paul Moreton,
Rfje of bis junior clerks. He had actually
unbent from bis rigid hauteur or indifference
so far on one occasion as to accompany
Paul on a certain Christmas time to
his ova hoqje up in the country for a few
, weeks', enjoyment aud relaxation from the
weary rounds of business. And sinee that
time, his manner toward Paul had insensi- 1
* bly assumed a milder tone, at times even
a tenderness such ns an elder brother might <
manifest toward one younger, whose reliance
upon hira filled Jiim witli solicitude.
The family of Paul were of the better
class of fanners, well-to-do without ostcutation,
and living a life at once industrious,
frugal, and bountiful in all that constitutes
life's comforts.
A week or so before that Christmas,
wheu Charles Lorraine had, in his self imposed
solitary life, thus stepped out of his
usual custom of going nowhere, and taking
interest in nothing, ho had been indulging
- in one of his usual unsocial drives in his
-^one-horse covered sulky, and jvas on his re
' 'fifth, and within a short distanpg of his
onnntinnf rnnm wlmn nt. Qninn tinpnnflilv
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arranged cotton bales, his horse shied and
^ commenced plunging madly forward, unmindful
of r^sffaiijt, to the imminent danger
of the unruffled rider behind him. At
this moment, Paul Moreton, who was also
on his way to his daily task at the count- .
ing house, saw the light carriage with its
rifer dashing past. To think, to will, to
act, was tbo work of a moment. Just as ,
the terrified animal was about to rush
thfbugh a 'large plate glass show-window,
Paul's strong arm had grasped the check- ,
. __ rein, and the pating animal was brought to |
a sudden halt.
IL rpi _ -Li 1_ i * _ 1
- xiiib uiigiii nave oeen a serious dubiness
for both of us, Mr. Morton. You have
ray thanks for saving so fino a beast. It is j
liis first offence, and bis match for flectness
. is not easily to bo found. It would have
Tbeen all day- with him, however, had he ,
?.^gone.through that window. I thank you
Sincerely, Mr. Moreton. I am yours to
compo&Qd.. Ask any favor you will, and it
'* jft granted .before-hand."
ZFhie w&s ?pbken in the usual calm, un-;'
flitted man?4f of Jj|?_oxnployer, who seemed
never to be thrQiVto off bis balance'by any
QC^ftjtreqce, but there was an earnestness of
ton^fcytepth of ipcaning, that was now to
Paa^-and so forcibly wa/he iipgreased wit^
* ' " its sincerityhe caught both of Lorraine's
bands on j? sudden within bis own,
" "And shook (hem heartily
" "PW* at/an othor time wOnbL fiavo
rx.f6?tn?d:~t4'paui unwarrantable liberty,
'*" ' t*^;Kke goito Uie President of
thebaic of the Ru^
employer, be <yad
etfigma fobjin;, His very cold*
^ ' introverted, !m movable stoicism,
.."***n*n'? cnpoaity, while it
admiration. Lorraine was,
stady-tn, liim, as moit
. > " ^$fier?l!y uucht "w?pty undemonstrative natur&
are to,jiose oLsfti endiuaiaitic, qjtdept
the curl?
am sure 11
%Uinly tlinwed /out rrtbat
j ^^^'plidty^nd diree.tae^.'
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" She is liko me somewhat in disposition,
but in outward action has schooled herself
so severely that she might be taken for your
own sister, Mr. Lorraine."
" Older than yourself, is she, Paul ?" asked
Charles.
" Slio will be twenty-two on Christmas
day coining, replied Paul.
"Schooled herself severely, and only
twenty-two ! She must bo an anoinalay in
womankind," observed Lorraine.
" She has been mother to tlio family,
house-keeper and companion to papa these
ten years," responded Paul.
"You have no mother then f "
" I have no mother," and Paul sighed
deeply, as he seemed to ok back into the
years of his childhood, *ere lighted
by the 8iniles of the inotlu .ad lost.?
lie simply added:
" My mother was r}0 ordinary woman,
Mr. Lorraine. She was very beautiful, and
possessed in tho highest degree that uncom?
mon beauty?beauty of tho soul. My
father idolized her, and to us children, she
was an impersonation of excellence?ono
of God's angels."
Pan! had never spoken so freely to his
employer, nnd as he looked up into Lorraine's
face, lie saw there an expression ho
had never seen before, a softening of every
feature that made him appear beautiful.
" It needed only that," thought Paul, " a
warmth, a life, the light of human love in
his face, to make him glorious in human
beauty."
But, as Paul looked again, tho warmth
had passed away, nnd Lorraine's faco was
a&ain as cold as tliat of n Ink** nvpr wl>i<>li
the sun had glanced, and left again without
resting any of its geijial beams.
Lorraine and Taul had by this time arrived
at their rooms. The forrper gave his
horse into the hands of a Bervant, and the
latter went to his desk.
Charles Lorraine had been at the home
of Paul the few days he had promised, and
these few days had lengthened into a week
and tho week into two weeks, and still
Charles was lingering with Paul, at the
pleasant old homestead. lie had left his
business with safe and sure hands, and
simply remarking to Paul, " A little escape
from the drudgery of figures will be of benfit
to your eyes," he complied with the old
gentleman's renuest. and dav nft<>r #lnw ? !!!
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stayed on.
There was tlint indescribable charm of
homo in the old farm-house, which Charles
Lorraine had never before experienced, and
whether the bright, unfathomable eyes of
Blanche Morcton, and her graceful manners,
so easy and assured, and at the same time
modest and dignified, had anything to do
with the charming of Charles with the delight
of tho home circle around him, he did
not declare.
Blanche was well read, and could ably
support a conversation. Site was brilliant
and witty too, and Paul saw, for the first
tiiqo those qualities shining forth from his
employer. More than once ho though in ,
liis heart, " What an excellent match they
would make; both beautiful, both accomplished,
both highly intellectual, both brimful
of sparkling wit, and both possessing a
deep, earnest nature lying back of the impenetrable
mask they have each seen fit to
put on, to hide perhaps the too keenly sensitive
feelings of their own hearts."
But Paul saw them still cold toward each
other. Occasionally he detected a flash in
the eye of one and a gleam responsive in
that of the other, but like the meteor's
glow, it vns gone almost as soon as kin-,
died.
' At length the day came for Paul and
Lorraine to return to the city. Paul watched
liU-pmployer and his sister at the parting
moment, but to all appearance their nart
ing was as cold as their meeting.
t A year had jvwpcd by. The Christmas
time wns again at hflfid. Lorraine had, during
the year, manifested an unvarying
kindness towards Faui. But seldom did
they spcajp/of-'JManche?Paul, from motives
of delicacy, and Lorraine from motives
best known to himself, spoke on all subjects
but'tlie beautiful Blanche.
-Upon the mqrning before Christmas,
(Paul'came into the presence of Lorraine
abjrHptly, with a flushed face and agitated
manner?
" Mr. Lort-ine," said he, f* I mqst go )iopie.
Planche is dying."
Cliarlcs started, the blood rushed into his
?9)0 face until it was as red as Paul's But
in a calmj measured voice, he said?
" Certainly, Paul. Go' to yonr sister,
if there is anything I can do, remember,
do not hesitate in calling upon me. I speak
sincerely." ' *
Before night Paul was athis sistor's bedside.'
So wasted, so wan, so spiritually
beautiful she looked, it seemed, to eyes of
Paul, that she had already passed from
e?rtb?
That night Paal watched with Blanche.
r?dt at ner earnest request mat he would
retire to bed, be so Ut 'complied, a* t<? leave
Iter unaware of his preset)co-Jfo her room^
Blanche w<mld permit no one in her root*
at night. She wanted nothing, she always
declared, and to please her, she %??
alone. Her faithful nnreo, or her
however, hovered over and around^crTijipg
down by turns at Inttaf^k in the next
oorn within cal|. The disease of'JlWche
was o? that slow, wasting nature, for which
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the doctors have no nnmo, but which for
lack of nnrao thoy call n decline.
It was in t|ic silent watches of the deep
midnight, that Ulancho, awaking and deeming
herself alono, poured forth her heart in
prayor, and Paul, from the cushions of the
large, old fashioned easy chair, heard the
sweet tones of hor voice. Sho prayed for
mm, ior ner iauier, ana ujej} ner wenK voice
sinking almost to a whisper, she prayed iu
fervent tones for ono who she there confessed
to God and her own soul to be the dearest
of all to her. She prayed for his well
being, and that she might be permitted to
see him, once, only once more before she
died.
So much she revealed that Paul, in
breathless suspense, waited until her gentle
breathing announced that she was once
more asleep. lie then stole noiselessly
from the room. The first streaks of the
dawn were struggljng with the night, as ho
made his way through tho old-fashioned
hall and staircase to his own room. Sitting
down at a table he hastily scratched off the
following note:
Mr. Lorraine?Dear Friend : Come to
us at once. You told me to call upon you,
and I obey you. Blanche loves you. She
yearns to see you before she dies. She is
but the shadow of her former Belf. You
will be shocked to sec her. I discovered
her secret when she thought qo one was
near her but her God.
Sincerely yours,
Paul Moreton.
It was Christmas day?the birth day of
Blanche?her twenty-third birth day?and
there she lay, so pale, so wasted, that the
merest breath kept her bouI from wandering
away to its homo above.
A sleigh drove up in tho greatest haste
to the door. A step sounded on the sfajrs.
The sick girl bent her eyes toward tho door
wistfully and listened. The door opened,
her father entered, and closcly following
him was Charles Lorraine.
" God is good !" exclaimed Blanche, soft
ly, " my prayer is answered."
" My dear child, Mr. Lorraine would sec
you," said Mr. Moreton.
In a moment more, Charles was bending
over that shadowy form, end taking the
transparent hands of the dying Blanche, he
said, in tones heard only by her?
" Live, dearest! live for me !"
Those palo feature lighted up with a sudden
joy, and Paul, who had guessed at tho
good imports of the words breathed by
Lorraine, saw tho light of life gleam once
more in the eyes of the sister he so fondly
adored.
Il has been several years since then.?
Paul Moreton is now the partner of his
former employer; the firm being "Lorainc,
Moreton & Co." Blanche also is, and for
several years has been, tho partner of Lorraine?not
the partner of his countinghouse,
with all its business, but the partner
of his heart, and all its joys and sorrows.
The ice that hung around them so frostily
beforo their union, has been melted by tho
sun 01 love; ana tney livo now but to shed
tlio warmth of its gladness on all around
them.
PREPARATION FOB THE PASSOVER.
The annual observance of this institution,
(which the Bible reader need not bo told
dates back to the period the exodus of the
children of Israel from the land of tbe
Pharohs,) commences this year on "Wednesday,
the 8tb of April, and the Jewish
population of tlio world are already making
preparations for its celebration. The preliminary
requisite is to obtain the " unleavened
bread." Of thjs the Louisville
Journal says:
"This Matzot .cake is baked almost exclusively
in thocityof New York, and then
sent to all portions of the conntry. It iB
made eolely of the best wheat flour and
pure water. A certain auantitv of btaIot
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is addod to a certain weight of flour. It
is mixed up?not kneeded as tlie housewife
or ordinary baker does common doe,
with the hands; nor yet as the pilot bread
baker does, 'with his fee??bj|t broken
with a sojt of a lever, one end of which acta
upon a hinge, and the other end is raised
up and down very much as boys do who
play 'see saw.* The dough, after being
f>joben, undergoes a rolling procesg, between
two set of ro)lefB. It is then placed upon
the feed board of an apparatus similar to
a cracker machine, and it is thon subjected
to another rolling, after which jt falls upon
a linon duck apron, which carries it along
under the cutter. Here, it is at one opera^qo,
cut into round cakes, and at the same
'time it is perforated with small holes at
equal distances. After the cake is baked',
it is packed and Bont off in baskets.
w the nuUot is very good and ploasant
to the taste, but modern Ghriaiains could
liardly reconcile tbe#iscl*QS tp eating it alalmost
exclusively for the eight days ttfe
Feast of the Passover continues "
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It is beautiful to behold at a wedding the
sorrow stricken air,of the parent as he " givM
the, bride sway," when yon know thni for
tHe last ten yoajs fee has been tfyjnfc h>?
^ b^rods. ^
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From the Botlon Olive Jirnnch.
THE LAST TIME,
lie bade a pleasant good 'looming, and
went away with a smi'.e on his lips. Thero
was nothing unusual in his manner?he was
always tender and gentle, always respectful
and affectionate, lie galloped from the
door, his bright curls nodding, his fine form
ercct, and proud seemed the milk white
horse of his handsome burden. Alas! it
was his ride to death : that "good morning,"
that happy sunny smilo was the hist?and
who dreamed it might ho so ? Now. how
wc linger on tl:o rccolloction of that voiec !
IIow wo strive to think thcro was somo
look, somo tone more tender than usual.?
How wo press tho hot, throbbing temples,
. is we cry, " Oh ! that I had known I should
never seo him again." Hut vain tho wild
wish ; it jars ngainst the door of tho sepulchre.
Wo boo hor now, standing with a half
mournful, half wilderod look on the platforijj
of the crowded cars. Somebody jested
with her upon the possibility of her obtaining
a seat because she was young and
handsome. As she entered, she turned
oncc, and a smiio broko like a sunbeam
over her bright face. " May sho havo a
happy journey !" said one; " she is going
to her bridal; George waits for her a few
miles from here, and they will both be
homo to-morrow. What a bright, beautiful
glance sho gave us !?as if all the brightness
and l?P!?llfv of Imr mii.lonl.n~l
bined to make the last recollection of Mary,
glorious to remember." It was tbo last,
for a fearful sound shocked our ears?a
cloud of dust and cinders, fire and broken
wood?a heavy plunge?a cry of mortal
agony, and whore was Mary ? Dead, under
the ice of the river ; and when they brought
her forth, the strange, mournful, uncertain
look that first clouded her young face, rested
there now?but the smile! that is imperishable
while wo live, for it was her last.
IIg littcl linpn ii! lint wic IwiH/if
IIow glad you were as you took his cool
hand in yours and felt the temperato beat
of the pulse. Ilis smile was languid yet,
his spcech faint. The locks hung listless
over his brow, on which disease had traced
bluer veins and paler tints?but he was hotter.
The doctor said so, the nurse said so,
he himself murmured, "I am better." So
you parted from him with a light heart,
looking back before you closed the door to
add some word of advice. Tl>e white face
answered your glance eagerly ; the largo
eyes?you will never forgot their soul-language
while you livo?it recurs again and
again ; it is painted on the walls of night in
fadeless colon ; it was the last time?the
last loving, life-look?and how you will
treasure it! 1
That laugh ! It sounds orer the bridge
of death, till its.arches ring again. In that i
familiar attitude, lie stood, one hand on tho
marble frame of tho fire-place, one foot
crossed over the other, his head thrown
back, his brown locks shaken by the jubi- j
lant glee to which the whole frame danced; i
And you thought, what a happy, jovial, i
handsome, hearty fellow he was! full of ,
life and wit?roaring his jokes, telling his i
capital stories, making mother and sister :
and wife proud of his beauty, his goniality, <
his love. And you knew that beside that, i
he wns gentle as tho lamb, true as steel,
reveront towards all good, pure hearted ;
and your pleasure grow as you saw him in .
his young manhood, laughing the healthful i
laugh of innocent hilarity. You left him
still in the midst of his gay mirth?and
there came a sudden knell; he was dead. <
You eannot think of him pale, still, voice- <
less?you only see tho full, rounded throat, <
the shaking curls?you only hear the musi>
cat, ha I ha I ha f! Oh I how littlo you ,
thought it was the fast time.
Who docs not remember some last look !
Tho aged man pillowod in his chair, his
Aavnn Ion nla'rlln frvll Atlfin/V illA .C 1.!~
inuguiuijf luuvnni^ um vujctk ui llltt
dearest love?ibe mother wrestling with the
anguish of bidding her babes farewell?the
brother, unfolding new plans for life, even
till tho death-grasp is on his vitals?the sister,
frail as a beautiful flower and fading as
surely; the wife lingering long on tfie
brink, while the golden cord of earthly love
unwinds with every slow pulsation of the
<iving heart; tfce husband, with eyee fas#aha/1
Ia (Yia faoA tViaf lint Knnf avah 1*2m
fcV MIU IOW vvu V WfUl HI 111
with ceaseless solicitude, and whose tears
cool the hot fever of the brain?the little
babe, helpless aa the violet crashed by the
peasant?* Coot?we have all seen the last
.look of some of these, and for what would
we exchange the memory ? IIow we dyell
upon it I and tho eyes long closed and sealed
in the stumocr of the grave, beam with
fresh lustre as wo think. The lips press
ours again?tho smile brightens the lovely
face. Lightly rings tho laugh through on
soul's winding places } softly echo the words
of endearment, thrilling with the charm of
old, and we love to preface every mention
of ih&'ltai with the words, " the last time I
saw him."
The last timet Each time may be the
last. 'iHn gentle, be land, be laving, be for
toVfoff, md fbqrejt swf part wjtfc ?iiy
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A:.:^jiyib'^J.',iifaatom '!> " ? '"fr ""iY i- - ttesiy^
EGOS AND POULTRY.
The poultry value of tho United States
at this moment is not far from $25,000,000.
The poultry kept in the Stnto of New York
alone is probably about $3,000,000 ; tho
city of New York expends no less than
$2,000,000 per year for eggs. If every
individual in this city alono would abstain
from the use of eggs directly and in
directly for the space of one year, and those
nnrnrc ivnrn of A?mn ?>?! ?^* 1- ~ 1- - ? 1
.iv>v ow UHVV3 |'tlW iliiurr UK* JlUiltt JUKI
hatched, not far from $38,000,000 would
be added to the poultry value of those localities
which send eggs to the vast city.?
Think of that yo gourmands, who ask for
rich pastry and cake. If you who merely
visit, and you who icsido in the city of
New York, and order the eggs you consume
to bo placed in the hatching condition, this
great addition to the wealth of the country
would result.
One egg dealer in Philadelphia sends
100 barrels of eggs daily to tho New York
market. The sales in and about Quincy
market, lioston, and by merchants throughout
tho city, in 1848, were over $1,000,000.
The consumption of eggs in Paris is equal
to one hundred and forty por year lo each
itnliviiliml Itn# in Vnin !.?
, WMV A VIA ciio avcrayu is ,
about seventy to each person. At this rate
of consumption it would take nearly 173,- ,
000,000 of eggs to supply the city of London
for a single year.
We have alluded to the great poulterer ,
of Paris, M. de Sord, in a late number of ,
this journal. His yards furnish about 40,000
dozen of eggs per week. Ilis hens
are never allowed to set; tho eggs are
hatched by stoam, and every morning a
swarm of chickens is ushered into tho
world of the vast feathered tribes on his
premises. The Chinese are prosecuting
this hatching by stoam, or artificial heat,
at Shanghai. The process they adopt is
very simple but afficacious, and the heat j
employed is rarely over ninety-three dc- |
grees. At tho principal establishment tho
proprietor?according to the work of an j
Englishman, Mr. Sirr?affirms that he frc- (
quently liatchcs 5,000 egga per day. For '
some reason this artificial egg hatching has |
never succeeded in this country or Eng- <
land. I
Egg testing is an important branch of (
egg producing, and the duty the dealer ;
owes to the public should inako him an
adept in distinguishing a good egg from a '
poor one. There is no difficulty in discovering
good or poor eggs. Take them into J
a moderately dark room and hold them
between the eye and a lighted candlc. If j
the egg be good the light will shine through c
with a reddish c'ow. if otherwise- flm lr>r
will be opaque or dark. Pii:kled eggs aro |
excellent eating, tliey aro prepared by first
boiling hard, and then divestod of their ,
shells, placed in earthen jars, and scalded c
vinegar poured upon them, seasoned with
whole pepper, allspice, ginger and cloves.
When the picklo is cold, tho jars aro closed, ^
and the eggs are in capital eating order in ^
a month after, and will keep for b yo?r or
more. The farm house epicures hold this j
ilisli in high esteem, file egg comes into r
market in another shapo also, in England
nt this moment. It is called "condensed |
egg." It consists of the entire substances
of tho egg very delicately and finely gran c
ulated by patent process, after tho watorv
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property which tho egg contains has boon
completely exhausted and withdrawn, with- c
out any change in its remaining character.
All tho nutrition of tho egg is retained, t
ar.d in this state it is very valuable to shipowners,
emigrants and others. A single
ounce of this preparation is equal to three g
eggs. The Chemistry of Common Life, by c
Professor Johnson, gives an analysis of tho t
composition of tho 'egg. Ilonce wo loarn Q
that tho carbonate of lime 'of tho shell is ^
one-tenth of its weight, tho white, six tenths,
and tho yolk three-tenths. Tho egg losses r
three-fourths of it weight by the evaporation j
of its watery particles. That this depart- t
mont of rural' economy is capable of ex
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tension far beyond its present limits, and ;
may be exerted to a wide and profitable f
range, increasing wealth without any ap- ^
preciable cost, is self-evident, and whether e
conducted on a large or small scale, the t
profits are considerable, an'd ttae risk and ]
trouble comparatively small.?New York
Day Book.
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A sure Ctfre for the JBott.?In your pa- (
per of the 16th, I noticed an inquiry for a (
cure for the bote in hones. Here it is, sitn- ,
pie and as cheap as any one can ask. One ,
ounce of copperas, pounded and put into a ?
junk bott)e, sfrith one pint and a half of ,
warm water; shake it* until it is devolved, f
pour it down the horses throat, and the e
hone will be well in two minates. (
I havo used this modicino more than .
thirty yearfi; I have given it to more than f
one hundred horse9, and never have known t
but one case but what it cftred immediately; j
then it was not given until tlie third
after the. bots got hold; H mm then too late |
?tiioy had eaten through.- A hone that \
it apt to be troubled with" Che boU, should (
he fed one half a epoonful of fine copperas ,
in hi* feed, ortca iji tftf <x three week*.? ,
finery ijian that keep* a hewe, should jfoep H
copperas on hart^. ' ' f V , <
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SOMETHING ABOUT OYSTERS.
Look at nn oyster! In that soft an<l gelatinous
body lies a whole world of vitality
and quiet enjoyment. Somebody has
styled fossiliferous rooks "monuments of
the felicity of past agcR." An undisturbed
oyster-bed is a concentration of happiness
in tho present. 1 >ormant though the scvoral
creatures there congregated seem, each
individual is leading the beatified existence
of nn Epicurean god. Tho world without,
its cares and joys, its storms and calms, its
passions, evil and good?all arc indifferent
to the unhcedinir oyster. Unobservant even
of what passes in ils immediate vicinity, it3
whole soul is concentrated in itself, yet not
sluggishly and apathetically, for its body is
throbbing with life and enjoyment. The
mighty ocean is subservient to its pleasures.
Tho rolling waves waft fresh and choice
food within its reach, and the flow of the
current feeds it without requiring an effort.
Each atom of water that comas in contact
with its dclicato gills evolves its imprisoned
air, to freshen and invigorate tho creatures
pellucid blood.
Invisible to human eye, unless aided by
the wonderful inventions of human science,
countless millions of vibrating cilia are
moving incessantly with synchronic boat on
every fibre of cacli fringing leaflet. Well
might old Leuwenhook exclaim, when he
looked through his microscope at the hoard
of a shell-fish, "The motion I saw in the
small component parts of it was so incredibly
great that I could not he satisfied with
tho spectacle; and it is not in tho mind of
man to conccive all tho motions which I
beheld within the compass of a grain of
Rand." And yet tho Dutch naturalist, unaided
by tho liner instruments of our time,
beheld but a dim and misty indication of
the cxrpiisilc ciliary apparatus by which
those motions are effected. Now strange
to reflect that all this elaborate and inimitable
contrivance has been deyiscd for tho
well-being of a despised shell fish ! Nor is
it merely in tho working members of the
creature that we find its wonders comprised.
There are portions of its frame which seem
Lo Rorvc no essential purpose in its economy,
which might be omitted without disturbing
ihe coureo of its daily duties, and yet so
lonslant in tlieir presence and position that
ive cannot doubt their having had their
ilaccs in tho original plan according to
which the organization of the molluslc was
mt together. These aro symbols of organs
,o he developed in creatures higher in tho
icnle of heing?antitypes, it may bo, of
imbs, and anticipations of undeveloped
discs. These aro the first draughts of
wis to be made out in tlieir details elsevherc,
serving, however, an end byr their
ircscncc, for they arc badges of relationship
ind affinity between otic ereaturc and anchor.
In them tho oyster cator aud the
lyster may find some common bond of symlathy
and distant cousinhood. Had the
lisputntions nnd noedlo-wittcd schoolmen
:nown of those mysteries of vitality, how
ainly subtle would havo been their speculations
concerning tho solution of such enigr
11(13.
But tho life of a shell-fish is not one of
invarying rest. Observe tho phases of an
udividuat oyster from tho moment of its
nrlicst embryo-life, independent of material
tics, to tlio consummation of its destiny,
i'hcn tho knife of fato shall sever its musular
cords and doom it to entombment in
living sepulchre. Ifovv starts it forth into
ho world of waters ? Not, as unenlightned
pcoplo believe, in tho shape of a minite,
bivalved, protected, grave, fixed, and |
toady oysterling. No; it on tors upon its
aroer nil life and motion, flitting about in
lie Ben as gayly and Ijghtfy as ri butterfly
ir a swallow fikims through tlio air. Its
irst appoaranco is as a microscopic oystcrlierub,
with wing-like lobes Hanking a
nouth and shoulders, unincumbered with
nferior crural prolongations. It passes
hrough a joyous and vivacious juvinility,
kipping up and down as if in mockory of
ts hoavy and immovable paronts. It voyiges
from bed to bed, and, if in lijck, so as
o oscnpo the watchful voracity of the thou and
enemies that lie in wait or prowl about
o prey upon youth and inexperience, at
cn&th, Having sown its wild' 'oats, sej.tj<?
lown into a steady, solid, domestic oyster,
[t becomes the parent of fresh broods of
jystcr-cherubs. As such it would lire and
lie, leaving its shell, thickened through old
ige, to serve as its monument throughout
ill time?a contribution towards the contraction
of a fresh geological epoch and a
lew layer of the earth's crust?were it not
or tIio'gluttony of man, who, rending this
lober citizen of the sea from his native bod,
tarries him unresisting to busy cities and
)io hum of crowds. Jf a handsome, wellihnped
and well-flavored oyster, hoisintro
luced to the palacos of tho rich and noble,
ike a wit, or a philosopher, or a poet, id
jive additional relish to their snmptuotks
'easts; if a sturdy, thick-backed, strong.Asted
indiylduaU fate consigns him toihe
mpaciooa tub of tbe street-fishmonger, from
tvheDcc, dofced with' connw black pepper
^ pppgwrt>inogar, embalmed partly if
WESTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHERN INSTITUTIONS.
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A great mistake seems to prevail abroad,
in regard to the condition of fowling in
Western Toxas on tho .subject of Southern
institutions. A more reliable portion of the
Stale exists nowlicre in it, sis nil our experience
shows. According to the census of
i,l ?' 11 11 ?1
1850, tliero were more slaves in Woslcm'
than Kustern Texas, and the number has
steadily increased.
When the Know-Nothing party canvassed
Texas, they soncrht to maka minlfa! mil
of Rome freak of a few erratic and visionary
Germans of San Antonia, and to charge
their opposition to slavery against the wholo
German population. It happened, also,
that a German paper in San Antonia was
in the hands of a man imbued with t\ie
wild notions of the few freesoilors among
his countrymen. Yet lie did no more than
an American editor is now doing in Eastern
Texas?that is, claim the right to discuss
the slave institution. He was no sootier
engaged in it, however, than the mass of
the Germans were at work to counteract
his efforts, and tlioy succeeded in forcing
him to abandon his paper and transfer it to
II. Krod Oswald, Esq., the present worthy
proprietor, who suppressed the slavery agitation
and made the Gazette a National
Democratic paper.
The Germans of Western Texas
shown their fidelilv to Snnil?nm ?
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by a firin support of tho Democracy i
every issue involving tho prosperity an
perpetuity of slavery. They are a peapei
ble and inoffensive population ; and when .
as in Gonial county, they are found in larg >
numbers, we see them eiigngeu in indusir
ons pursuits, attending to their own bus
ncss and seeking the c-ducation and advance
mcnt of their children. In all Indian'en counters,
they have aided in the protetftio".
of the frontier; and in the war with Mexico,
not a few of them enlisted in our nr
mios and did good service under the flag c {
the United States.
We have been led to theso remarks fron
a perusal of a letter from an old and re
spected citizen of tho West, in which ho
says :
" There is one subject to which T would
call your cspecial attention. I founc^, in
conversing with various persons of botb
parties, that the letter of Col. Wilcox, published
in Mississippi nearly two years ago,
lias made an unfavorable impression against
our German citizens. Moat persons there
regard them as opposed to slavery, and the
impression is that we have some fifteen
thousand German voles."
"We commend this subject to the notice
of our Know-Nothing cotemporary of the
State Times. As the organ of his party lie
has clone as much, and perhaps more, than
any other Know-Nothing in Texas, to create
the impression abroad that Western Texas
is unsound upon the slavery question,
owing to the freesoil feelings of the Germans.
Now that the battle is over and before
the O. U. A- ptrdcr is established 'in nil
the towns of the State, let us sco if our cotemporary
will do the justice to the natu
! ranzcd citizens of Texas to say that, so far
, as liis experience goes, thoy have at all
I times discountenanced every attack made
by their countrymen or Americans in favor
of frocsoilism ?
It is due to tlie prosperity of Western
Texa-*, that this blight of Know-Nothingism
should be blotted out, and that tjietrue condition
of our beautiful country should be
correctly conveyed to the minds of tho
j thousands of citizens of other Southern
States who are ready and willing to bring
their property to our State and settle araon&
us, and only held back and led to settle^
perhaps, in Arkansas or tho Mississippi valley,
from unfounded prejudices which they
have formed against us by a perusal of tho
State Times and other Know-Nothing organs
in Texas.?Austin State Gazette.
Is there a Maelstrom t:?f lijs question
is thus answered by a cotcmporary :
"Every school-boy of the last century
has f>een taught to believe that there is 9
wonderful vq/tei oh tho coait of Norway^
with an eddy several miles in diameter, and
that ships, and even liu^e whales, were
sometimes dragged withfn (u terrible
coils, and forever " in ocean'sawful depth*."
A correspondent of the Scientific American
says:
'I have been informod by an European
acquaintance that the maelstrom has no existence.
A nautical andscientific cbmWV
soin went out and sailed all aroun^ ao<| all
over whero tbp. maelstrom was said to be*
but could not find it; the sea was aa smooth
whero the whirlpool ought to be as a^?
other part of the '(jfertrfan ocean.* "
; . - -
" Wq presumo the above is correct. Hie
latest geographers and gazetteers barely air
Mlt' lo the mnelstrom. Colton; in his Urge
litfoa, gives ijie site upon his mnp/hntdoca
not allude to it in hi? description of" JJor.'to!
s' . ?? 'y;'V ^
Gazetteer, m his article on
Nor^y, ';^aya that, 'among tie v numerous
islands on the wes( eoi?tt>-tl>)?J'0 ^*4
ar? Violent and irregular caimnlA,
render the Coast niivigfttion dAn^roos.?
Among tW fa
or Meskenaes Strom.
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