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VOL 3. GREENVILLE, S. C>: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 31, W? NO. 125
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S>rlrrtrlt ^ortrtj,
? ?? %? ? ?* ?? ?* * ?* w*p *? ?? ** ** ** ** y>
^fjj Soog--"6toec1
itojiK."
How oft wc hear those simple words!
. We hear litem breuthcd ill luii^.
When music bursts from happy hearts
Thai still to juy belong!
When rosy la-am* of daylight dawn,
Or whuli the shadows fall,
We hear the ghubtotne eelioes tell
ITotne" hath charm* for all !
'J'h??~e simple woid?! 11ml pLiuli.c ai. I
.VI) toother wttig ihc Ml rain
111 day* b>u?r imst, in ha|?t#v day*
' that III-IV not Willi' Ugrftn f
bite rang i; by the household 1ku. th,
Uiii f.iilu-i sitting l?v.
Ami smiles were p!a\iug on his lips,
1 Jul U\u-drop- tilled Ills ey? !
* <*? earth there Is no place like home*
Site taught my lips (,? say,
J-mi all l ii.o mole om home so dear,
fy*iig since hatl| passed away !
A\ . loaf a*. Hioie her gentle ??>ice
At in'oiiiiiig or ui uvea;
him iih aw/1-Ta golden luirfi /
> 7/rr mmg ft heard in Jfcaem !
jt *i ? J/ ft*'.
1 hear it sung by other* now.
Ami o'er my soul the while
Steal mentoiie* sadly aw eel that bring
A tear-drop and a smile!
Ami oh ! 'tis sweet e'en now to hear
Tina* thrilling murmurs fall,
"//ofi4<,stpcrtJivt/te /]> 'I'm not a/mirth!
J I to era hilh a h-nne for ati !
}>*m? the New Vltrli Pull.
Mio rJRUJAW. M S3.r
A TAI.K *>IA ttflS.
pv mrj oii.Muiii: Hiu.Ms.
Jll late issue of tho edition published by
rid, u one of the best of Simm*' ievo
lutiunary romance-. Tbo following outline
tell* flio story in brief:
In cabin buried in the wild and gloom v
recesses of (Ho Cawcavr Swamp, in lire middle
oonntry of Sauth t'arolina, a party of
-ruffian lory adventurer , known iui Florida
ltefugees, was assembled. Tbev were lawJem
marauder*, committing robberies under
sanction of (be * ar, and serving either party
as suited their interests. Tlicy cutnc
hither not only to *up? but to fry for life and
death one,of their number*?Mat. Floyd?
for desertion; his brolhsr-ia-btur, 'Nat.
lihodes, having made off, with the money
iKNTtmanlyau of the wjuad. After a scene of
rec<Hmft?tion, in whiuii the prisoner viulentJy
anslxJ Welkins, the captain of the
gang, k? was led for execution to an old
jnUihstUe not far off, and strung up amid
abejes?ef kin enemies. 13ut unexpected
rescue was near. X cry?a tustltng sound
?n?4 a ?Mgbt isteftk form, afeeti in the
I down the victim by the stroke of her glitteriawkaifb,
and lamed to flash defiance
1 jmfl'aooiw en tlm leader, when* chief gradgt
/. Apunst Mat had been owing to his sistcr'i
'.fmming of his suit. ,5
TiM was Ilnwhwn JgeM.' or Wen Floyd,
* young girl of a wild spirit and strang?
ig^^^kfotyht up by the care of an
ootapsfUeakul bar pony, Ms^af'sfhs
tioa saw* ?ev reckless brother, whom tbs
had foitowed to ?*< This singular beiu?
was epdpwed ant only with youth and bean
swifi^em Of step, vigor of trame, and
oodertkl powers of endurance, but with s
B modern hplflisflflet* might call a kind o|
I
clairvoyance. She had seen in n vision her
brother on the gallows, nnil ever followed
him with a tierce anxiety.
While the girl spoke to tho villains, the
cnlprit taking advantage of the darkness
and confusion, dropped through ti hole in {>
tho flooring into the space below the mill
and escaped. Nell informed the infuriated
maraudent that their weapons had been seized
by her own armed paily, then dose at
band and watching them ; bade tlictn remain
motionless on peiil of their lives, till
the bugle sou ruled thrice.
On the return of the outlaws to the cabin
al the signal, they found their weapons and
I the money partnmiiteim restored by the in!
trepid Nell, in spite of the anger of Iter com- i
' panion*. Watkiiis ami liis gang started in
i pursuit early in (lie morning, but encounteri
ed n party of Marion's rioo|*?, who charged
; upon, cut lliein down, chased them toward*
Orangeburg, and were themselves attacked
by at) nrniv of HHtith soldier* immediately
afterwards. The squad of Uliodcs, now joined
by Mat Floyd, hastened to plunder a car;
riage left in the road by thetioop, and finding
in it two. Indies apparently woith a rich
ransom, seized them as prisoners, and coin
' |a:l!c?l the negro driver to take the carriage!
j tbrmigh the swamp.
i Nollv, who had returned to her home in I
tlia cottage of Mother Ford, hjr the invsteri- i
i Otis seership she possessed, became uneasy at j
i her hrolhcr's danger in tho company of old i
Kliod*** and learning from sotne of Marion's '
horsemen whoclianced to stopnt the cottage I
that two ladies left near the mill luid keen ,
probably captured by some outlaw, resolved
' to go iu search <>f them and Mat. These
' captives were Mrs. Travis ami her daughter
! 1 Wilis, with their feimtlo attendant, and negro
coachman, Cato. Tluir compulsory
, ..bode \\u? in one or two ludc huts in the
depths of a pine toic*t, close to an almost1
, impenetrable thickeU IIe:c Iliey wero iixi* j
p i.n.d and guarded, while others of the1
! gang wont and came on their expeditions? 1
Mat. baling heeir dispatched to demand the '
j ransom from Capt. Travis, of his wife and
I child.
The poor Captain meanwhile, was not in <
j hotter hands. lie mid his son had fallen
I into the |K?wer of hi* euemv?Inglchardt, a
J Captain irfloyalist titles. This unscrupulous
I villain wa* in love w ith ilertha Travis, whom
i lie w idled to m.-rrrv also fi;r (he miiiioso of I
I seeming hi* own safety in the event of the!
i patriot* success. A fatuous scout of Sinclair's I
brigade of **wump foxes'?oneJim I'mllou ? J
Int. I Leon sent to find Travis by Lis friends.!
These scouts arc n prominent fsctuie in any ,
. picture of the dines. There were several j
; skillful ones in lite Tory interest; two of
whom?"The Trailer,' nltd a tenil.ietie-pent- j
do called 'Hell tire l>ick,' or UickofTophet,' j
: in t lie pay of Iuglehardt, were characters of j
iiitluciice in this history.
Ihtllou traced the. prisoners to a hovel in i
the Four Holes' Swamp, where he heard1
Tiavis and his son Henry, hith handcuffed,
I in parley with their lu tit ill captor, luglchaidl.
The latter offered to release aud aid them j
to escape f.oiu tlie loyalists, on polidilion '
'filial (he captain would wiile to his daughter i
Bertha, cnuciit lief to collie lohiin, and j>er-1
I siin.le her to become tlm wife of his foe ? i
, Tne offer >ras scornti?l{\ i?jcclc*L Tiro
i wretched father then saw hi*son lorn from
j him, to go to a separate prison, under the
charge of 'Dick of i'nphel.' 1 billon, w ho had
climbed to the lop oj' the chimney spoke a
word of encouragement to him, and departed
to report his progtes* to Willie Sinclair,
a young American officer, to whom IJerihn
Travis was betrothed.
Thcgimidiau ?i*lcr, N'ellv, meanwhile fell
in with her recreant and drunken brollici
Mat, and failing to persuade him to leave
ltliodes' party, followed him to the den of
the outlaws. The cabin in which Mrs. Tra-1
vis and her daughter was imprisoned was
raised koiuq (bur feet from the ground, according
to the still prevalent custom in Carolina.
Kneeling under the Hoor, Nelly spoke
to the ladies to comfort and promise them
succor. Suddenly "ho was seised and dragged
out by old Khodes, furious ut her intrusion
it to his cabin to cross his designs; he
was about to stab her, when Mat Floyd,
summoned by her shrieks, rushed to tlio spot
in time to save her. 3>ui no danger could
quell her lion spirit She boldly demanded
the surrender of the captives, and warned
her brMlser of the murderous intentions of
1 old Khodes. HatHod in a second attempt
1 on the spy girl's life, the outlaw lesolvcd to
> make a bargain for ransom with his prison-!
' art and removed (hern.
1 This wms done the next day. Mrs. Travis
' promised to pay 100 guineas, if oouductod
1 in safety to Nelson's herry. Oa the road
they were joined by the indefatigable Nelly;
i Khodes enraged at tlio parley with the t>ns>
oners, ordered the carriage driven back to
1 the camp: Nelly opposed lain, but the strife
> was ended fcarlully for the outlaw*. Lord
I Hawdou and Lord Edward Fitigerald, with
> a mounted escort of 100 men. ou their way
' to the barony of Sinclair, encounterod and
* charged upon the gang. Rhodes fired at
I Nelly, who sank wounded among the
Kes;l?utin hi* flight he was brought
it by a pistol shot from the troopers, and
i in the last struggle paled up to the limb of
1 a tree : his son Mat. having his brains dash
' ??d out against a lice;?both, in the manlier
of ihcir dendi, fiilHiling the prophecies of the}
sight-seeing damsel.
The wounded girl was taken with the ,
others, to the 'barony' ofolr} Sinclair, a gouty
loyalist, though father to the whig officer,
Willie Sinclair. Mia. Travis and her daughter
proceeded on their journey, unwilling to
accept the baron's hospitality, while Kelly
remained under the care of Carrie Sinclair.
In the incaiitime, Ballon, finding voung Sin-1
chiir, informed him that Inglchatdt had taken
poisscskion of Brnm's cabin, and lield in
captivity the elder and younger Travis; add
ing tlie story of Lord Hnwdnn's rescue of
two ladies from u squad of outlaws. The
patriots speedily overhauled the cahin. hut j
the birds wcro tluvva ; Inglchurdl having removed
his prisoners some days before lhilluu
wan once more put on their hack.
The captives had been taken through the
country about the head ofCoojier Kiwr. into'
an almost inuccesilde fastness buried in the '
wilderness of the swamp lou sl?a lidge in a
dismal region of thicket and uttngiiiiic. A
den of solid logs received the boy, another (
tho father, lr.glchardt sought, again and
again, to break the stein resolution of the
latter by showing him his son nearly starved
to dentil, he himself having been given a
very scanty allowance of food ; hut the spir
it of the old patriot was still unsulalued.
Tho regular main bodies of the two anuics
were now in midsummer quarters ; the cavalry
of Sumter and Mai ion occasionally ma-!
king attempts on the iiiiiiah garrisons.?
Amidst the wild adventures of scouts and
marauders, hii aristocratic home picture was
presented in tho mansion of old Sinclair,
where Kswd'm and lie were discoursing on
the prospects of the country, while l-'itzgcr
aid was playing chess and making love to
the beautiful Cariie in the parlor. There
was a sudden alarm, a surprise, and a skir j
mi-h w ilk the enemy ; the soldiers uudcr the i
command of young Sinclair having a 'hack,'
at Uawdon's escort. The secret leaning of
tho family negroos towards the 'rebels.' was
involuntarily betrayed, and ltawdoucounsel
ed the removal of the household to Charleston
for safety.
V"hUg fonchtirparsovorod in his search for,
Sirs;Travis and her daughter. They, meanlime,
encountering the negro Uram?servant
to old Sinclair?on their drive to NelsonV
I'orrv. were warned by him of tho annroach i
of Dick of Toplict, aiul turning buck, sought
refuge at the house of the widow A ringer.
Within an hour the gallop of n horse was I
heard; the scout, hick, arrived ; and ignorant
that tho fugitives were theic, he asked the,
widow for one of her books. She gave him 1
the l'ilgiiin's Progress, tho well-thumbed
treasure of her bosom, a hoy murdered by
this same tory. She also explained the picture*
to him. hick's visit was followed Itjr I
a hot pursuit of himself and his party by the
squadron of young Sinclair, still prosecuting
his vain search.
The nuthoi's heroine, Nelly, domesticated
with Can ic Sinclair, in lief clairvoyance seeing
her brother suffering, forsook the refuge
ottered by her new friends to succor him.
The system of torture to the father's heart
devised by luglclinrdt was puisued almost
to the boy's death with >ut success, save in
the sufluring inflicted ; but unexpected mitigation
was afforded by the hirlf relenting of
Dick ofTopliul, who had charge of young|
Travis. lie visited him for the purjaise of
lieai ing the book read which he had received
from the widow ; and growing interested,
rewarded tlie U?v. w ith biscuits and slices of
bacon. Mat Floyd at this lime joined the
recruits in Ingleliardt's set \ ice, and was one
niarht discovered bv liis adventurous sister on
the floor, among oljier illuuketi ruffians, ho
fust asleep, her ctiurU failed to awaken him.
Hearing name one approach the door she
slipped iivviiy among the bushes, slept in the;
thicket, but returned to the camping ground
the next night, ami vainly cut rented her
brother to leave hit dangerous companions.
Hick paid another visit to his young captive,,
and falling in u drunken sleep during the,
reading, the boy obtained |>osc06*iou if his
knife: but, after the first impulse, recoiled
from gaining his liberty by shedding the
man's blood. At his waking, he restored the
knife, and told Dick how completely he had
been in his power.
Old Sinclair and his daughter, on 1 licit
journey to Clmrlesion, encountered Nelly j
Floyd, who warned them of the warlike gath -,
eriug at Monk's Corner, and again kfl tueiu.'
They found the llriiish camp in extreme con-;
fusion, surrounded by the whig*, whi!oalhu
leaders were devising the best way for ic-j
, ? 'I'l.- L x?.i iu>: .1. .I t u I
tiaiio iiiiuvu ui iiic ivriinti, iiikj ouiii*
tor's pursuit, were followed by thy skinnnge
at Quinby, of which the Siuclnini were witnesses.
The gouty old gentleman, enraged'
at interruptions to his progress, tired nt an
American otlieer through the window of his'
carriage but was horror struck nt recognizing
his own son. Willia was not hurt, how- j
over; and at his advice, the homes' heads
Were turned towards home, w hich they were
not to reach without further adventure*.?
The carriage was stopped by a party of Ue-;
setters, the horses stoleu, and the travellers
left in despair/ But the roll of another car-,
riage, and the voice of the faithful old Brain, i
esoorting Ut, Travis and her daughter to
Nelson's Forty?brought now hope ; and the I
whole party being accommodated in one ve*|
hiclo they returned to the hospitable hoino:
of the widow A ringer/' ; i
ntiuv vii on VA|HAiiin/n iu i vv? ?l?i vim jjmi ? ?
ilciiiiiii in the neighborhood. - li
The story now hastens t<> its conclusion, t
Ihdlou took Nelly Floyd prisuiiermid brought I c
her to Sinclair's cam]), ill tlio forest four I
miles fioui Eulaw. She denied being usso- 1
ciated with Inglchnidl's baud of outlaw's, *
though found near their camp, ami demand- J
cd lior instant release with such passion ale I
I eagerness that she was at once set free. Life j
and death, she said, weie on Iter speed ; 4the i
vision' had shown her the wic'.chod Mat. in <
I tnoiUil peril. i
Shiclnir visited his father and discovered '
the abduction of his lady lovejust on the eve *
of tlx* battle of Entaw. Ilia fiieiid St. Ju- i
lion saved liiin almost by fore* from Hying 11
in search of iicr in his fiantic anxiety, at the
cost of a soldier's honor. Nelly Floyd, mean- J i
while, sped like an anew through the forest j|
?Hying for titose tbau lifv? urginghei pan- |
! ting horso?crying aloud hi her Agony, as
. the sii] ernatural terror wrought oil her s??ul,
that she vas coining to save her brother.
| She was too late 1 i he steru seutetu-e of the j
military tribunal had Feett-c*wtUed wilhouL I !
' a pause for mercy ; the young lhitisli officer 11
i had turned away from the victim's luM plead- ''
, iug ; the spaik of life had th-d, when the '
young girl staggered blindly among tire i'
group of the hill, and recognized in the olli- r
eerShcirod Nelson ?'.lie son of her early
benefactress.
The intrigues of Inglohardt weic worked j
up to a melodramatic catastrophe. Itcrthn '.
Travis was delivered to liiiu l?v her captor; I,,
lie permitted the father and daughter to see , N
each other through a In?le in the log partition, 1 c
mid went to bring a cleigMium to pciforiu i ^
the ceremony, threatening the most horrible
I and tiendish vengeance in case of a refusal.
Nelly Flovd. in the iiieniitiine. muded Sin 1
! ctntr nml Lis men into the lahxiinih wl.ercij
the prisoners ueie concealed. Thcv peiwi-/
. tinted tin; ftialnoss, ami L>ick ? ! Toplict, who |
' guariT?iT the entrance, whs slain, liiorthllv
wounding tli? jHior girl whit Lis last shot.
I luglehardl hail lighted tip ihcdungeon ul'r
Travis for his expected biidul, ami sent the l (
'boy 10 inflict tgrtuic* ??u Liin llmt might I
wring consent from the biidc. The old
i titan's hair w as blanched to snowy whiteness. |
i and his mind had given w ay under tho tieatnienl
he liad -endnicd. lie was now a gib- i
! gliug inuiiiin*. l?ut the agony of lii> t ntured !{
boy, and the shrieks of his daughter roused .
liiui into fierce insanity. He ntshed upon i
Inglehardt, received his weapon in his body,''
and in hU last moments of life l>en( cut the :,
Tory's brains with his iron handcuffs. I
' Young SincLir entered at tho same mo- j
incut, despatched tlie Trailer, and rescued > ]
the prisoners. Xellv was home with tlieni |
and died at the AViilow Avinger's The story ! |
1 terminates in the approved manner; with the i
wedding and happiness of the lovers ;?the i |
British |a)wer iu Carolina having been bro- 11
ken at Kutaw. ?
J I) 0 ?| (| 1) \ S 0 f t* 0 0 .
" . j
Si ri'osK two persons eipially desirous to , j
gain your affections: one fyr distant, and not ,
expecting to see \V>h'for a foitg time; the ,
other always j?rc*etit with ydu, ttfnl at Hl?cr?"'
IV to lim* nil ineaHQlo will \our luVOT nhle to j
tin tier iiii'J gratify you ill a thousand ways. (
Still you prefer the absent one; and I hut J ?
you lliity hint in remembrance, you of ' j
ten retire l?y yourself to tliinlc of hi* lore to t
ton, and view, again and again, the me- .
memoes of bis afi'ci jion, to read his letters. '
and |)our out your heart in return. Such is
now" your ease; the world is always before
ypu to tlatter, promise, and please. Itut if
you rfcrtlly prefer to love1 Ood, 'tdrt will fix j
your thought* on Imn, often irtire for j |
ineditatiott wild grayer, and recount the j f
pleasant gifts of his providence, and o*pe- | (
dally his infinity mercy to your soul; you
will read frequently his holv Wotin, which ) (
is the letter be has sent you, a* really mi if (
it woro directed to you by name.?'PaymtH. i
4 -* i!< V 7 ' f
K.vtltto M at<"iins.-?A little girl, two mid I
u half years old, daughter, of Alfred . Van j t
Wyck, Esq, Fishkill, N. Y., dii?l la.-d week'a
bv eating <4f I ho ends of about sixty match h
wlrle the iirinerfiarp.irt' irf fhe f.imdy h
wetv at church. ? |h
. j " ? .
1I is painful to dwell on tlie cr?ielti*v? heap?l
by Jnglcfinrdt nn bis helpless piisbners,
and their woeful interview* d eMail ted by ?
biiunis, with bis accustomed iclisli for atrocities.
Suspecting Dick, the toy had placed ,
ibe bov wiui another goaler, but the scout
paid litin stolen visit*, to boar (fie 1mmik rend p
and brine him final. Nelly still hovered 0
around the encampment of Ingk-iiardt, ini- |
ploriug ber way wind brother in vain. Mra.
Tun is and lfertliu were unknown to the Sin |.
elntrV at their meeting ; but tlie secret of ber u
nutne and betrothal to Willie, was refolded 1
by Hertba, to Oilrie, llttie dreaming that 1 {,
the discourse waa overheatd. Dick of Topliel ) |,
was liio eavesdropper, and lie icaolvcd to ! j,
carry otf .diss Train knowing that her mar- |
riage to his captain would end the inisc-iies ,
of ber father and the boy, in win in be liad j.
bceotne interested. I bis nefarious desiirn i
lie accomplished, after Having captmvUj(
Brain, while lurking about the tavern, fre- [
qiiciiteil by hia comrades. Another coil was j j,
wound u]> l?y the capture ot* Mat. Floyd,11
U lillii <-kl> nn AvtuviViM.iit I .-v ?...!? *?. ..I I
3Mbrrllanrmuj Jlrniliag.
^ r i 31) 2 f o b e 1p 6 ?s.
"
Tim pjoverb, ns lias been well *uid, eniodies
the wisdom of ninny atul the wit of
lie. It i? the ijuintesseneo of a people's oxterience
ainl sagacity, colored by their wit
till imagination. it khits up a universal:
in a particular example, and forms an
nfailitlg argument in llie mouths of thel
eople. 1 'loveibs are coufim-d to no ago or ,
oiiiitry, but arc often common to different i
ingiiHgoa and nations. Thus we have been
utoi'ested in looking over a collection of
rish proverbs to see how many of them are
iniilar in language or spiiit to those used in
his country Thus among the people of
'l?tct a j?ly, knowing fellow is said to "know
lie buttheied side of Iiis bannock a rough
ml honest friend is said to be "belllier nor,
le's likely, like a swinged cat a good
i untieing with a shillelagh is disguised as a
iuhbing down with the oil of hazel of an ,
iicfHcietit man it is said "lie will never set
lie Lagan on tire ;"',ihcnt 'at gets the name !
if early ti.Mii' may lie all day." The oqniw
etits of these ate familiar to nil New 1-ngiti.dcrs.
1 hit there are othets which have,
i local coloring, and arc full of Irish wit.?
or iu-Umcc?"A Inry man is a beggerinau's ,
j.olbeiof otie who with good talents and !
rrospcots has throw n himself away in lite, it t
s oddly but expressively said, "he was em |
nit for a gentleman, but t|)C devil ran nutty I
i\itlt the pattliern nit eccentric poraon,'
ivheii lite eeeentrieity is not excessive, is,
aid,, oddly., enough, to "want n square of be- j'
u rounda tligTuy person is said to "have i
l oec in bis bonnet." The English maxim,'
llappy is the wife who is married to ?j
Motherless son," falls infinitely short in cx-,
uessivcucrs of the Ulster rhyme?
"Of all tlie ould women that ever I taw', !
Sweet bud luck to niv mother iirlnw."
A man who anticipates his iuc^mo is said '
"to eat the calf in the cow's belly." Of a j
liggiiuily, hard listed churl it is said that "it j
s as hard to draw a shilling out of bis pock- j
it, as to ding a cat out of a silk stocking ,
jy the tail." The I*!.-ter proverbs do not
pare the fair sex. "Do like the woman? !
ay no, mid take it," is a bad compliment to
I male sincerity. "Next after single, a good '
.vifo's host," i? also a very equivocal rccog-1
titbit of the charms of matrimony. There j
s much good feeling, however, conveyed in ,
inotlier of these popular sayings, "It's niv-j
r lost that st friend gets." There is a pro- j
ctbial phrase in use in Ulster, that has so'
in ions ti" origin lliat we we tempted to copy
lie story ?
-* n article in wU'eh the cost of acce^soies
fur ekcecda that of the article itself or its
nominal material, is snhl to l?c Hike the
limestone broth.* An ohl school farmer1
whoso family is just emerging into gentility J
will apply this phiase ;o the ribbons or
other tiiiKtuiuga of his .laughter's bonnets,
or to the furnishing of his wife's new pitrlor.
The limestone broth was the device employ '
i'd by a sly old boccatfk, or wandering men.Ib'aiit,
to secure h good supper without |
oeming to ask it. Making his way into a
lain but likely cottage, he begged the
roou-wifo to lend him a mdiiII pot, and to
uruiit Iii'iii to cook his slipper upon her1
ire. On her acceding to his request, lie '
troduceri from his wallet two substantial ,
[?ieccs of freshly cut limestone, which he laid
:nrefully in the pot, and just covering tliem
with water, placed the pot upon the fire to I
[>oil. Thy good woman could not help ?t?k- |
ng him what it was that he was going to'
make, and wasinfromed that it was limestone
i>rot!i. When tho ladling had proccedod |
W sometime, lliohegganuaii tasted the coii
cuts, and pronouncing the broth excellent, J
iregged for a little salt to season it. 11\ and v,
fic suggested that all it wanted was a
.poonful of meal to thicken it. Next came
i petition tor a slice or two of turnips and
ci ks. to give it a little substance; and the
hid a hint that it wouldn't be 'lie worse of
i "knuckle of bacon,'' just to give it the
:i*l litsto in the word of the flavor of the1
na!?\" Tliu good woman who watched
l.u proceeding nilli llio ut.nu.-st intorust,
hcotfulJy complied with till those success- j
re requisitions; uud when, at last, at the'
M.i.elti-joii of the ojioratiuii, she was invited'
o try the limestone broth, she pronounced '
: "quite as IfClod as any mate-broth she!
ver tasted in all her life!" The application;
d'the^toty will bo readily understood.
[_Portland Transcript. (
Tiib Ookos or Lore.?- Religion is the I
,'olilei. chain which hod let* down Iron. |
lOHveti, w ith a link for every pcrspn in this
Ooni, inviting each to tako l|old, thai you i
nav he drawn by it to Units elf. You can
eadilv perceive liow disagreeable it would be |
o l>e linked to one whotn you disliked ; and
Iraw uAv hlu: wliithrtteWl r he wills; but
ou SlflMkKaladitr fee drawn and guided in j
wlrytifcig by tire person you ardently loved.;
riwfe is the ditWence between the Chris j
ian and tlio sinner, l}omrfcv*t reluctant '
rid lull of hatred, still l!i?r sirvnei is Controlrd
by hod. 1 h?t Christian h equally in!
lh hands*, but he i-s drawn by the vofr^iKol!
, ; / -fh I
133WT
Tcel (joi? Spy ITowkvkh
highly glf.ed lie may itlterwise
l?o, it is a valid objection to n predeber,
that he'doe* not feel what lie say*; that
spoils innrc than in his oratory. An obscure *
man rose tip to address the French Conven-/*
tion. At the close of his oration, Mirabeau,
the giant genius of the devolution, turned
round to his neighbor and eagerly asked,
Who is that ? The other, tvho had been in
no way interested l?v the address, wondered
at Mira beau's curiosity ; whereupon the latter
said, "That man will yet act a great '
partand, asked to explain himself, added,
"lie speaks as one who believes every word
he says." Much of pulpit power, under
tiod, depends 011 that?admit* of that explanation,
or one allied to it. They tunke
?jt . ? A f il- 1 ?1
umrrs jcr< ir/i"jevi inrmcilits, now can
lie plead fur suit Is, who docs not know the
value ot' his own! How can he recommend
a Savior to others, who himself petsonnlly
despises and rej<-cts hiin ? Unhappy, indeed,
and doubly blind those whose lender
is aa blind as they are ; and unhnppiest of
all. the blind preacher; for while leader and
led shall fall into the ditch, he falP undermost?his
the heaviest condemns-ion, the
deepest and most dammed peidi.ior.. In
possession of such a man?of one w ho has
adopted the Church as other men the law,
or a; my, or navv as a more profession, and
goes thtoiigh the routine of its duties with
the coldness of an official?the pulpit eCcitM
tilled with the ghastly form ot a skeleton,
(hut in its cold and bony lingers holds a
burning lamp.
1 Guthrie's Gospel in Kzek'ul.
'it CWfical DijccOolc.
Souk thirty-five or foity years ago, a Mr?
Williams, a clergyman of the old school,
s .>mcwhat eccentric, came to Salem, from
the country, to exchange dots with one of
his brethren in the ministry. During the
Sabhatli noon intermission, he said to his
daughter, "I ain going to lie down ; if St.
Paul comes himself, don't you disturb me."
Mr. Bently, who preached in the Past
Church, who hail been very intimate with
Mr. Williams, hut had not seen him for several
years, heating he was in town, hurried
off after dinner to make Ids old friend a call.
'Where is brother Williams?' he inquired
its he met the daughter.
' lie can't be disturbed, sir, not cVeit if Kt.
Paul should call."
"1 must see him !" was the impatient rejoinder,
in the inimitable manner peculiar to
Mr. Hen tier.
llc.istance to *t:oh a must was out of the
question.
The room of the sleeper was designated.
With no gentle voice, nnd a corresponding
shake, Mr. Williams was aroused, lie waa
delighted to see his old friend Beulley, reiterating
in his fervency his gratification.
'1 think, Brother Williams," says Mr.
Bcnibn*. "that volt arc a little inconsistent."
"Mow co ! hoxv ro ! Brother Betitley."
"Pidn't you tell your daughter you was
not to he disturbed, even if St. Paul called If
yet you appeared very glad to see ine."
"No, no, Brother lieniley, not inconsistent
at all. I was?1 am glad to ?ce you. The
Apostle Paul! why I hope to s]kmu1 n hlessed
eternity with liim ; hut you, Brother
Bentley, 1 never expect to aee you again."
{Mintjham JouruuL
ErccOoh) fol* ll)e Ci)iiOr.M.
Tiik following aetisihle and much needed
paragraph is from Blackwood's Magazine ?
A child of three yearn of age, with a book
in its infant hands, is a fearful sight % it in
too often the death warrant, which the cult*
demned stupidly looks at?fatal, yet beyond
i s cotnprcheubi m. What should a child
three \ears Old he taught ? Stiong meals
for weak digestion make not bodily strength.
I.ct there he nursery tales and nursery
rhymes told thorn 1 would say to cVerv pa*
rent, esjictialiv every mother, sing to ytrftr
children, tell them pleasant stories; and if lit
the oountiy, he not too earet'ul lest thov rent
h little dirt upon ilioir hand* and clothe* ;
earth its vyry much akin to tw nil, and in
children's out of dooi play, soiis tlioin not ,
ii?wi?r*l ly. .
There is in it a kind of consanguinity \t- 4
tweyfi ail creature* ; by it fm'icii upon the
com moit sympathy of our first suLstauccy
ami begot a kindness for on, poor relations
the brute4. 1-ct children have a free, open
air sport, ami fear uot though they n>A\i ,
acquaintance* with the pigs die cows mid
the chickens?tKey mnv form woise friendship
w ith the wiser looking ones ; encourage
a familiarity with all who love to court
lhcni--duuih animals love children, nnd
children love them. 'There is n language
among them which the world'* language ofrliteialce
in the elders. It is of more IUhlM?
lancc that you should make your ehihlroH
loving, tlian that you should malfe IhelU
wise, that I* book wise. .AIsrve ah thitigs
tuakc iliom luting, then will tlrey l*o gentle
and obedient t and then, nhw*, parent*, if you
lieconie old ami poor, those will bo bet tor
than friends that will nevor tieglcct you. .?\
Childich brought up lovingly at \oiii hue**
will never shut their d-Tor, upon yoti. atfl
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