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E0ITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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v&VJ** vf Flt'tv*u<) upwards * I, Hie inonej
V?rm instance to accompany tiir order.
^ KBTIHl'IMKNTS hit<tt#il conspicuously nt
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? eenH for each miluM-qucnt tnortkm. Coxtrtlfi
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C. W. CARR, N. W. cr. Of Walnut And Third-st,
-?l*Hilnd*lpliia, Uonrauthvriiol .\?pnt.
W. W. WALKER, JR. , Columbia S. C.
fETfeR 8TRA0LEY, ESQ., Flat K.*k, N. c.
A. M. PEDEN, F.tirviow I*. O., drvftftlit l>i*t
WM. C. BAILEY, ttessant Crov*, ftrvrnvillci
CAft. R. Q. ANOERSON, Odar Fall*. Greenville
j&dtttrt ^ortnj.
done
now coldly fall* upon tlic liouit
The word8 'ht't gone astray !'
From those wli? shared willi itiin the joys
Of fortune* brighter day.
*Tie hgmim R?r tha soul to vrrt - j
Beguiled by visions fnir;
Then crurli it not with words of seatn.
Nor drive it to despair.
"When some frail son -f earth shall pass
Beneath misfortline's cloud. i
)h? thou a light to gild the gloom
Of orror'* sable ?hroud. 1
wtiwiint! if you tU-wri t hitn now,
Ihiauft W? gnuc a*tray,
No other friend may fling a smile
Of sumdtine o'er hi* way.
TWr'i IMIIT A heart thnt strays afar
hWi virtue* ben ten (rnck,
Which, like the dove uutotheaik,
Will ere Jong wander back.
One gentle word of kind rebuke,
May call the roniner home ;
No more in path* ofvice and nliamc,
11 is wayward feet mnv roam.
] tut, oh, one harsh, ill spoken word,
Msr clttll the erring sonl,
And diire the victim f.ir beyond
The limits of control.
To see the fiiends of happier days,
- In eoidnce* turn awny.
Oft pro res the bane that madly drives
The sin-sick soul Astray.
When you upbraid the faults of youth,
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Ki>r chilling tone*, like inched lead,
.Soon harden iu the mould.
Hut.speak in accents soft and kind)
Tito way ward to reclaim;
And thus you'll dry the turbid stream,
From whence his'errors cniiie. j
-Wipe off the penitential tear ? ** ? !
. That glisten on his cheek i ? owi < *?-?
And hid Uim turn to virtue's paths,
A?d there forgiveness seek.
Upon his conscience, sick with sin, "
The haini of comfort pour;
And, like the Savior of mankind,
P|d him "go, tin no more!"
a Itlrtt jphirij.
From the New York Sualay Despatch.
Ib.e 5tol< rj JeHer.
lit n small room of n neat and comfortable
house in one of the Western cities, a
yonug man and his wifo were seated at an
4 to s*y, the vitiods
were arranged upon the table.' l>al they re
jpiaiued almost untnstcd. Tins wife's oyes
Mere filled with tears, and sole choked her
w ?nv Viiucmwcu, wun n poof (
??inpt at cheerfulness, lo do tlie honor* of
Um repMt. Her bn*beti(l, too, looked grave,
but more hopeful. Tliero wax an expression
of energy in hi* face, which strougly contrasted
with the despondency of hi* wife'*
.Manner. They bed been sitting for *otne
Jninute* in dlence, when the young man
MArtid Ufa, after a hurried look at hie watch,
"I
^^owTfiaUie, I must be off. It is six
o'clock, already, and the car* leave at half
gpptifc. Keep up good spirit*, my lore,
ydu know that It n for vour benelit. and
that of lite children, thai f hare undertaken
W* yob, which eompek me to leave yon for
tCStM*. >% . V w
'Yea, Walter, 1 know your motive,' anss.t
hi* ami <fffcfrcii"J Iter. 'T inon >t ?v?..|I, but
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IJiilL UiLlU!-rJ 'L *"-'1 P.
il doe* not make this separation much easier.
Your wages are sufficient to procu/e uu every
comtbit here and leave ft surplus A>r the
future, Then why should you leave u?!?
Oli I you cauuot know how utterly lonely I
*1**11 Ikj w?lh uone but stranger* around me.'
4J fear you will be very loiu.lv, Malik*,' answered
the young man, but ry in ember you
will have the dear children with you, while
I shall Ire deprived of theui a* wellas of you. J
Take courage, my dear; six months will
soon pas# away, and then I shall return ncv
er to leave you again, bringing with ine, a*
( hope, a sum that, rig'. iTv invested, will \
place ine at once upon the high road to fortune.
Yon have sufficient iliobif Ivr present
necessities, and I w ill send yon enough, 1
from lime to time, to supply you with all
you want.' r- . **' 'w_ J
Oh, Walter,* wild (lie wif?," frantically
clinging to him, ns ho turned to depart, 4it is 1
not nionev that I want. I could toil for dally
bread ir' y.?u were here to cheer me, and
be happier far than if I were dwelling in
luxury without you. Oh ! do uot go. I fear
I shall neversee you again*
*1 in u?t, Mat tie; 1 must. Uneln^p vour M
hands, dailing, and let me go. I shall re- 1
turn, and the time will soon pass. One 1
more kiss, and one for each of the pets np
stairs, and now good-bye. Write often, and
take good enre ?>t* yourself and the children;'
and, though his voice faltered, there was a J
dismal attempt at cheerful lies* ns lie loosened
his wife's clinging hands, and seated her '
in her chair. In u moment more the street 1
door was closed, with a clang, and his poor
wife, spiinging to lite window, watched the 1
tail manly tiguro till lie disappeared round 1
tlufcorner of the street.
A little time was given to tears, and then
the voices of her children recalled her to the
duties which were, left her. A double care
and resjxmsibility had faUeti ujhui her.?
There w as no longer a strong arm to lean j
upon, no longer a strong heart to lighten
her burdens. The feeling of loneliness pressed
hard upon her, but activity lightened it
somewhat, and Matlie James found as many
a mother lias, that employment was the best
antidote to grief.
Walter James was n young mechanic,
who I. a J removed, a few years ueforc, from
New England to the Western city, where
our sketch opens. Hie skill and iiulw*tiv
enabled hint always to coinmnud high prices
for hie labor, and thus to eecuro to himself
a comfortable home and all the nccee-ariea
as well us many of the costly luxuries of i
life, llere ho had lived several years, con- !
tented with himself and happy in the enjoy- J
meut of the society of his pleasant, iutclli- I
gent, anil industrious wife atld their two
pretty children. Ilia increasing ex|K'ii**-v, j
however, nearly consumed his income and ,
the little fund he had been able to save, and >
he gladly accepted the offer of employment, |
which, though it would lake hint a long
distance from hi.s home, ami necessitate his
absence for rcvera! months, yet promised to
prove lucrative far beyond any tiling in the
ordinary line of his business. It was not
without many struggles that he had decided
: to go; but the prospect of such largo gain
at length induced him to nbandon home for
| n jieriod.
| Slowly and sadly the time passed on.? i
j Hut frequent letters were interchanged ami I
j broke the inonototpv of the quiet little house- !
| hold, where Mattie James endeavored cheer- I
| fully to fulfil her duties. Her letters to :
I Walter, too, nerved his arm and sweetened
his toil, while every dav lessened tho Miivl '
I of separation anil brought nearer the hour of1
reunion.
Walter from tiino to time had enclosed
small sum* of money in hU letters, the rociept
of which had always been promptly
acknowledged by bis wife. Some three
months after leaving home it became necessary
for him to leavo the place where he had
been employed, and on some business connected
with that employment, to penetrate
into the country. As ?i* absence might be
protracted for several weeks, he procured a
much larger sum of money than usual, and j
enclosed it to his wife; and with his heart {
lightened by the thought that the dear ones
at heme were thus secured against want, he '
set off upon his journey.
William Ellis was clerk in the post office ,
of L , the city where Waller James resided.
lie was what is sometimes called a
fast young man,' that is, he loved gambling,
drinking, and other vices, or pleasures, into
which these naturally lead; and indulged in
them to an extent, to say the least, not quite
warranted by his means. No one who knew
him and his habits would ltave been as ton
ished to hear that he was in debt and difH.
cully, but be Hill kept up his expet.diturev
and always had plenty of money, which fact
bo contrived adroitly to ascribe to his skill
and success in the various games of chance
in which be spent so much time. One evening
about the titue to which we have
brought our sketch, he (is welt as the other
; employers of the post cftbe were engaged in
vpvning and dWutluitingMhe evening mail.
It was e very largo ewe, and all were extremely
busy, but an oUeivant eye, had
there been oue, would hare noticed thai
Williuna Kills paused an Instant from time
u> time to stealthily examine n letter. Three
or four of thwe be n* stealthily slipped into
!i:- I 0 hut. while pretending to U aWehcd
foffc $i rill |4lt r*
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K, S. C..; THURSDAY
ill hi> hlHtnodS. At length the doots were i
ijienfj And the crowd of spectators tuwhed i
in. AH wa* bustle and confusion for a few 1
minute*, and then then the crowd thinned.
The stronger ami most impotiuiAte had re? j
wived their letter* Ami newspaper, or tlnirjl
disappointment lmd gone away ; and now 11
the weaker nnd more timid could bo served.! |
'I*, there ii letter for Martlin James ?" said j |
A plca?ntit voice at the Indie*' window, nnd \ <
the cheerful, yet anxious face of the young I
wife glanced at the clerk. .
'None,' \tm the nurlv reply, and il cloud 1
came over the blight face n* Martha turuetl i
dowly away. The tear* would ii.se to her j i
eye* n* she hurried homeward, for she was: j
deeply disappointed. But hope whispered j I
thnt to-morrow tho expected letter would j
coinc without fail. So, though her voice j i
was tremulous, when she stroke to her <-l.il. <.
drcn that night, and though she spent scve- (
ral wakeful hour*, yet she tried to l?e very ?
patient unit! the morrow. i
The post office w?* closed, and no one remained
in it but Wiliiain Ellis, who slept i
there. It was very late, and he had locked i
himself into the little den where lie slept, I
and seated nt his table, he was performing >
some mysterious operations upon n pile of t
letters which lay larfore him. Itv a process' I
which, from the losses which frequently oc- >
cur, we may safely infer is known to some <
ters. Several of them rewarded his skill bv
disclosing bank notes. Others were empty \
of aught no tangible, nnd these were cneefui ! t
ly roscnled. The batik notes he desposited ! j
in . huge pocket l/ook, a yd the letters which ' *
contained tliern ho carefully destroyed, re j I
moving every trace of the ashes which re 1 j
inuined after they were burned. Among j j
these letters the ono containing the largest \ \
sum was dii?*eted to Martha James. There J1
were enclosed in it two bank notes, one of * <
one hundred dollars, the other of fifty. and . i
William Ellis's eyes glcninnl as he thrust' i
ihcm into his pocket book. j <
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i lie nexi evening .Martha James wns'j
again waiting among the crowd at the jM>st i
office. Again she inquired for letters, and I
again the tint answer 'none/ brought the
cloud to her face nnd the pang of disappointment
to her heart. Another sleepless i
night wus passed haunted by fonrs of \V?I- <
tor's illness, and all the vague apprehensions I
which might lie stip]M>scd to fill the mind of
an attached wife, while laboring under such
a dis?p|a>iiitment. Another day wore slowly
on, tho hours drugging with leaden
weight. Almost wild with fear and anxiety.
?he visited the post office, for the third liuu* <
and received the same answer.
Still hope did not utterly die out. She
had constant occupation, and many home
cares. She tried to comfort herself with the
thought that one letter had miscarried.?
When the woek rollod round, at -the usual
day, she should get another letter. Meanwhile
she wrote us usual, ami tiied to wait
patiently. The week passed, but Ht the time
when the usual letter was ex|tectcd, she was
again disappointed, and inore deeply than
before. It must l>e retnembored that the
letter which contained the money also announced
Walter's departure into the inteii
or, where there were no Host Office*, mid it
would have prepared hor for the silence
whi.h followed. Hut that letterHiad been
destroyed, and Mattie could find no cause for
the unusual silence, except illness. She rcSCtlcPtl
lit unit nhiillia. ., ....1- --?-1 ?' ?
V* VVM| nam iHVII ?U gCI '
to the place where her husband wn? employed,
unless she should hear from him in the
interim.
This week, also, passed ; how, only those
can understand who have noted the slow
progress of time in the midst of a similar
anxtoty. Tho third Thursday, Iter usnal day
for receiving letters, caiue and passed, hut
brought the same disappointment. The
next morning Mattie and her children left
their home and went on board a steamboat
bound down the liver.
Several days passed, and oue morning the
I boot stopped at St. IjOUS. Matties eldest
child had been very ill for twenty-four hours!
previous, and, by the advice of the captain!
of the iKMtt, site resolved to stop for a day or !
two for medical advice, notwithstanding her!
terrible anxiety to proceed. Shu went a-'
shore.
Iler means w ore small, and she betook1
| herself to c. small, quiet hotel in the suburbs, I
where sue could live cheaply. A pkyriciab i
, was summoned, who pronounced thediseas*
a virulent fever. Again she wrote to Wab
tcr, and thun, hoping that he would soon
answer, she resigned herself 11 she might,
to her enforord delay boside the sick bed of
Iter child. None call know all the agony
and despair oCthat poor mother during her
long aud weary watches. Many days of
hope and tear, and anxious watching pasted, |
aud then the autVuriiig* of the little one were
Tl l.'.t.l -I? ? ? ? . s . I
wvi. tu? ciiiiu uicu himj w.-u outie<l l?y
strangers, and when the expenses of iu humble
funeral hod been pah), Mattie was almost,
peunilert. Hie jMK?j)ie of lite inn had
become interested in her sorrow*, mm! would
gladly have aided her to continue her journey,
but that very night she was attacked by
the fever.
It was many days before Mattie awoke to
coiiaeiouweais for U?r excited la am, h;td la
ken on deliiimn with the feverv Then she
found herself in the hospital. The landlord
the lu-toTTiar'l?d -hiring her L"uo;?, 4f
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I In* wiiiie fever, and she had l*?*n carried tin
I lie .hospital when it IxH-nine impossible for
hir family to care for her longer.
-ller first inquiry was for Iter babe? her
trcoiid for letters. The little una was
brought to her, lively and blooming, untouched
by tlio sickness and sorrow around ; j
l?ut theio vote no Utters. Malliu received !
Iter disappointment without a word. She
aily clapped her unconscious baby to her
1kmnn, mid feebly turned.hor face t'roin the!
lohl observant cyje* of the nurse. |'(
Mat tie had n good constitution and she'
rapidly recovered her strength,' sd that not j
many dAjf's cTiipsed l>cforo who wan dischar-1
yes! from the hoapital. With her infant in !
licr arms she went out alone?a sti anger, in '
i strange city, and penniless. All day ?hej
wandered through the street* and nought ;
employment. lint in vain. No one would
ruiploy a ?>ale, feeble wroman with an infant1
Jeiuandiug n portion of her time. And so'
light came, and she had no shelter.
Late at night, still with her baby sleeping | (
n her arm*, she wandered down beside the j
'iver. Fatigue and anxiety had cranw her 1
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CVUIC Olitlll. 1 HQ spinflllllg WaHTK pcriiap*
aiggested telicf, or tempted her to end heri
weary life. At any rate some passers l?y
tcaru n splash ami n smothered shriek, put
>ilenee!?o (piiekly followed, ami the dioknessj
was so intense, thut they fancied themselves i
mistaken and so moved on.
The next morning a crowd of people were I
:in.liu<r from one of the up river boats. A
all, athletic young man sprang on shore i
tmong the Hrst, and, after a few hurried in-:
piiries of a hackinau, hurried up tlio street.!
llo had gone hut a short distance when n sail
hoccsmou arrested his attention. Some no-! ]
poes were carrying upon a plank, the dripiing
laxly of a woman which they had just ,
ak.cn front the river, nud a crowd was gath- j,
:ring around. The young man stepped for-1
ward, too, to gaxo upon the drowned wouan
; but no sooner did he catch n gliut|?s*,
f those distorted .features than a terrible,,
jroan hurst from his heart, and pushing j j
It rough the crowd he cast hinuelf upon tlte 1 ,
Laaly, w ith the exclamation :
Mattie, my wife, do we meet thus.* j
Tlte tnnn was Walter James, and thus he
met his wife and child, for clasped to the
cold bosom of the mother was her dead in
fitftt. "Tears fell from eves nil iinn?Ml
weeping at this touching Ki^ht, aiwl many
nen llie proffer' of sympathy am! aid which
were poured into the bereaved kilobaud, bereaved
indeed, now, and utterly alone.?
Mat lie and her baby were laid beside the el-j
der child, and then Walter bought bis
home, to endeavor, ?f possible to trace out
the mystery of the lost letter, w hich had
caused so much suffering and so many
death*.
When ho hud returned f.oin the interior j
to the place where he had been employed,1
he found all Maltic'* letters awaiting him.? '
l?y them he learned the loss of the money
letter, and of her arrixal and the sickness of
her child in St. Louis. Without loss of 1
time he set out for St. Louis, and arrived .
there only to hark upon the drowned corpses'
of his wife and chihi. and to Hud his little1
household bund all broken up. And it was j
with a vow of vengeance on his lip*, that he
stalled for his home.
No sooner had he arrived there than investigation*
were instituted which ere long I
resulted in lire discovery of the systematic
thell* of William Ellis. lie was arrested
and, flndingghe evidence of his guilt over- !
whelming, at length made a full confession |
of his crimes ntul, among other things ofj
tYre robbery of Maitha James1* letter. He:
was scute need for a long term of years to!
11... ftlat*. I*.;- 1 .1 - : ? ? - ? '
v??v nwii, nu<i iiicic, wmi lite glllll j
of n murderer i?jwr, the heart,. lie expiate*
the fearful crime which lie committed.? J
Conscience thunders at his guilty voul, mid ,
in the darkue** of the night, in the dreary
cell where he lis-*, the pale, distorted feature*
of the drowned mother and her child haunt
his mental vision and the despairing gaze of
Martha James's dark eye* aceins forever fix*I
ed u;?on him. At times the fearful crie*
which burst f.om hi* lifts, in the sleep w hich
is haunted by these spectral visitants, arouse'
hi* keepers and drive repose from the guilty j
companions who surround him in the lit*
tie stone coffin like cell* of tho Prison. Des
pair and remorse are slowly doing their
woik of death and long before tho majesty
of the law xvjTI have been ra"d>8ed, he w ill
have met his victims in another world.
'1'ui; Uiatty of lady life constitute* the,
most eloquent and effective jrersuasivo to re- <
lifion which itn? liimimi 1
to another. We have many way* ot doing
good to our creMur**, but none so eflicaciou*
as Lending n vittuoiu, upright, nnd well or
dated life. There is an energy of moral suasion
in A good inan'? lite, passing lite higlieel
effort* Of tbu orator** genius. The seen, hut
silent beauty of holiness iqteak* more eloquently
of Ood, and duty, tlmn the tongue
ot men and angel*. Let parent* remember
thi*. The best inlieritanco pur eat* con bequeath
to a child is a virtuous example, a
legacy of hallowed remembrance and u*soei
iittou*.' The beauty of holiness, beaming
through the Itfe a tofed relative or friend C
more effectual to tren^tlum sudi aedo stand
in virtue** way and< raise up tboM? that are ;
bowed, than pro opt, command, e?treaty nml |
W#r* Wgl-nd - .''-M ' -wUrA. ja lfSt,
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fttfsrcllnurauji Jlfai>iug.
6qpq I{e?p qSeelrel?
"Pasiiaw! ? ?miui(> keep * secret! Who
ever knew one to kcrj? anything twenty-lour
hour* I"
That'* a libel upon the net, Mr. I'eilkiii*
?invented, I'll lx> bourn)* by *??me thrice rejected
bachelor, who couUI think of no other
mode of n>v?i?ge. LetanylxHly put a *eerc?
ill IIIV IKMHeuinn. imil if 1 i-mi'i 5# iS!l
the day of judgement. then ( watnl christened
Laura, that's nil."
"Gurtln I will try you sometime," ami Podkiu*
applied to match (i4 his cigar and walkid
out.
Proceeding to tlie confectioner'* lie purchased
a mammoth sugar heart, ntid two
smaller one*. These lie took to Til.-* niipp,
mid cut n piece of shingle lln> exact size of
rlt?? larger heart, and placed the wooden
counterfeit ill the j??|ier with the smaller one*,
that the p:\< kagct might look as n-ar alike
; w possible.
Nearly tea time Podkitu entered the sitting
room where Laura and her friend Mary
were bu-ily pUing their needles. Sealing himself
near by, lie drew from hi* eoiU-|*>cket
two small bundle*, and presenting one to
each of the girl*, remarked that he had long
contemplated making them some present*,
hut hoped as :ui especial favor to himself,
that they would not tell each other what
their papeis contained. Laura and Mar_\
promised obedience, the same lime casting
uneasy glances at the mysterious gifts.
Remember, the first w lie break* lict prom
isc wi'd forfeit her claim to the title- of secret
keejror and meud my coal by way of penally,"
udded Podkius, rising, to exhibit more fully
a most sorrowful looking garment, sotatteiL'd
and torn, that a tailor would have been
puzzled to decide what was its.original siiape.
The girls considered themselves safe concerning
the coat and eliidcd the wearer for
lauugso skeptical in regard to their abiiity
lo keep a secret. Curiosity was only half
niti.-fic I, however aftoi ascertaining that
Podkius* generosity h; d bestowed n heart.
It was not long ere the donor overheard
Mary and Laura in the kitchen, teasing one
another to reveal by some sign at least, the
forbidden fruit. Hut ?*?eh *t<n*d her ground
no sueh inurvt-ln of oratory. fhirino Mr
Oongh's Lii ifi?li tour lie Iihh tjxjken on an
average once h? every twenty four hour* ;
hn* addressed neatly a million of soul* ; ha.*
attracted the mo-t intellectual u? bit. vloqneiive;
niiJ has carried a knowledge of the
temperance movement up into the influential
utrmta of KirglUh ami Scotch society. Yet
lie look* more \ igorou* than when he lelj
n* en hi* ini>?ioii of triftli to the Old World ;
he m stronger in body ami mind. From tin
'tower or"le> Im ni^w an! complimentary
addreaae*?* t xilvrr cups and gold- n jjtihic
as?he hit* escaped to the tpiietof his rural
home ill MaeotchuaeLW to uateh a breat-'iili<<
upcll betbiu he ?>r?U iqpun fur bi? btW>
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wbndetfully, and Pmlkim feared In* coat
would remain (uttered. Tlio girl's sleeping
apartment wiw contiguous to the one occupied
by rodkin* and ltarlow. An only a
lliiu partition separated the rooms, it was
easy to bear ordinary ctmvernation from one
to the other without the tolly of listening.
The two men were snugly cunconccd in lied,
when Mary and Laura entered die adjoining
bed-room. The door had scarcely been elo*
cd when the former exclaimed :?
"Now, Laura, do tell me what was in
your paper. It looked just like mine, ami I
veiiiy believe it is the same thing. I shall
not sleepa wink tonight if you don't. Come,
do tell, that's a good girl, and then 1 will
tell ynu what was in mine.
"Well," replied Laura, "there were two
sugar heart* in mine."
"And there was only one in mine," saitl
Mary, in a d>nppointed tone.
At una |K>mt a res|?ectahU3 portion of tin
bolster went into Harlow's mouth, wliib
l'odkin* took refuge l?en<ntli the bedi-lother
to smother his laughter a* l>e>t he might
At breakfast the next motniug. while Jauir*
was {aiming out the coffee, l'odkin*, turning
toward* Harlow, said, very gravely "Well,
there were two sugar heart* ir
mine.'*
"An 1 there was only ono in mini4*'' re.ponded
Harlow, so exactly imitating Mary't
tone that she almost fancied herself speaking
The eoftee-pol dropped, to the great vonfu
sioa of sundry cup* and then enme a hurst oi
laughter from the four that fairly made tin
dishes dance.
"1 will take that coat after breakfast if yot
please, Mr. Pod kins,"san I Laura, quietly, nftei
the mirth had somewhat Mtlwided.
Join) S. Goucjb.
This roung Whitfield of Icmjieianee hai
returned' from Great Hiitain to his cottage
home in Hoylston, having achieved greatei
triumphs of popular eloquence than any mut
of his generation. To hsteu to an unpopu
iar theme, lie uas aitiacted, f?r seventy Us?
ferent evening*, in the single eity of London
crowds of auditors, too vast to las aecomnm
dated in the must spacious halls of the metro
polis. This, too, w iili a charge for .1411111-81011
Kdward Irving in his palmiest dars achieved
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NO. 39
Ah we write of Mr? <???u<jhVachievement*
on the {iluifiirni, wn recall the talliT. 4*7
tfli!vt*n year* ,t<;??, when we firnt hhw theJiand
I'iil |M.?ted ??n ?? dead wall in thin eity, nttnouiicing
that "Mr. John U. fitittuil. oCIb*T;
Uw," would <ii<ctm> the hm-Wyed theme of
tot mI uUriineiire. in the Broadway Tabernacles.
\V*? heartily pitied tho youthful tranjpwv
makingJ?rj? hchut in . thii overgrown dtyt?
(Slab tlmt time *ve have j??;icd MNt.^Thfr
| Taln'ruavl* *j>?-ecl> went oft' very well; ottfc.
nolrer-eided college "chum," who heard it, proI
now need liiiu "a prodigious fellow, hut some-,
what theatrical." At the fttwt opportunity .
wo went to hear the young adventurer from ?
Buxton. JU-Uro imnwal the lmu*e, it I
m maty jammed Willi an audience comprising
many vf the in??st intrlhntual citizens ci
1'????. C'uiii?iiy was oil ti|rtoe. Presently
there was a stir in the crowd*] aisle,
and a pale -liipling. appursnlly jn.>t out tA
\ his "icon*," luwlr his way to the rostrum.
| lie ca-t his daik eye oner ?nr tlio formidable
en?w?J, .!!'.! '!>*> IimiI his sad . thought*
fill-looking fne* timidly toward the floor. The
\ late Vfiieruhle l)r. Miller introduced him to
j the audience. A kw modest words wore utt
terod wiih some. .hesitation of tone; ,we
! wondered what we had all come there f?*? .
! Presently the young orator said, "My friends!
when the tciriperanee reform first originated,
it was among ihe middle classes, and, lika
amine exploded in the snud, it did its work
without violent concussion. Then came the
| Washiiigtonian movement, when the match
, was kindled in the solid granite of the lower
orders, ami the mighty upheaving, shook
, for a lime, flic nation. And now, to night,
I want to thrust a fusee into the upper atra!
tn." This happy geological simile wna re,
received with pleasant stiiprUe ; jieople be|
gan to exchange nods of approval; surprise
! quickened into wondering delight: tlis hour6"
| g?ew still as the grave ; and at the end of
i twenty minutes, the spell of enchantment-.
1 brought us all to (he orator!* foot. He did wiih-.
! u* a- he chose. lit* sho k us wiili langhtor,and**
i then melted u* into tears. Our ninthemati 1
c?l professor?who never cried without *
' reutou for it?snt before the pulpit with teamrolling
down his check*. A? Mr. < lough V
voice Mink into n thrilling whisper, the
house \v?i? painfully still; And ilicu it swelled
up into a trumpet blast that r?* unded to
the farther side of the street. 1 icin*itable as
was rftc mtiuterj itt?jrt?mf, s^nw dSotr*
eied that the orator's forte lay in his grapluc,"
terror-moving sketches of thrilling and path.--',
etie scenes. I lis descriptions of the boy aea-.
cued from" the burning house?of the slauf.
wiping Off the clotted hlood IrtHU her wounded
brotIter's brow?of the lean, pale wHa
\v|?? blesses Iter refmined husband At her
Utlside?<?f the infatiiAted man who gtrea
himself up to the rapids of Niagara, and
while on the awful verge?all those Wereeipiul
to the ntosl vivid touches of Charts*
Dickson*. As he brought before us Ids fearful
picture of the thlirium frrment, we actually
tiijfcred in sympathy with the victim
of rum. held up to our startled view,- and*
.*?? Iv to crv out with nngush. "I couhl noV
sl.*ep after that s|?erch last night,"- said a
i f ieiul to us next morning; "it absolutely
11 haunt, il inc."?Chr. Intei/igcuar.
jibe mou3mci>c qtff mioin
A WORD krou A LADY FUIEXD.
To the* Editors of the New York JSrprr$$i
I have at last, bv "moral su;v-ion," induced
' tnr bolter half to l-t his monstacha'
grow. It was only n very short time since,
hut a few vear* initmt ?!...? ?. ? -
i - - - rM-w'
were strong against countenancing ?uch a
vulgar taste, l>ut I did not think they would
? ever yield to any influence* whatever,
though lime Iiuh satisfied iny mind that it
wiM the prejudice and not the moustache
I that was vulgar. Any intelligent And think
ing intiivl linsonle to consult the history of the
! iiir.es that the A|? *?tlc* were upon the earth,i;
to satisfy them that the wearing of hair upon
f1 the face waa proverbial with nearly the whole
human family, lhit, without attempting Id
| odor any arguments in justification of such It
custom, ?ne has oti'.y to observe how
a proportion of the "solid and tlimiting me#
? of the proaetit dav are adopting it. Tlid*
! time wn*, when is vr.-w a??eilain defeat"* to &
r1 party to attempt to get a discount front Irol'
. old fogiu* in Wall utreet, if lie wore a
! t>u lie. 1 Itit a ?d?snig? linn taken place, am$"
. vflhemo*' hilfor iii their dennfu-Td1
, lion* again*!, arc now etrongly in favor of it.
( do mil ire any good reaaon* why fTrerd
- j should he any opposition to it. Public MWf?>
! timeut i* changing rapidly in favor of tfo
11 fashion, and time will very ??m dfaeipntn
j and neutralise what little prejudice tun* Bari
atill lurking in ihoae quartet a opposed "t<v?f.I
All) I not right, Meaara. I&iiturft, m irtjr*
j view*, and d?* you not think that a man can
; countenance the niomtnclic without auhject*
' j ing hiuiMilf to tho imputation of l*?i?ig a
bi anile** or ridiculoit* individual ? Inde;
p ndem-e imth in thought ami nct'on is what
-j I preaih up to my hu?l>:ind. and whiVfl
; would not Imre hint indifferent to pubMfe'
' opinion, I wonUl have him now join tl o
rank* of the unuiv intelligent mimU in ovem'
oomiug the popular prejudice, and of ?am--#
I tioiiing what hn* in nil ago* been rvgardeA
: I a* pro; e mi'I becoming. I make no fcpj
j |*eiU v ma o m sex f w tti. y will. wfWttlW,
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