- IK' A REFLEX OF popular EVENTS.
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Denoted lo |)ro0i*c3S, il)c ttigljts of lljc Soutl), nut) lljc Diffusion of Useful Unotolrttgc among oil Classes of XDovlting iRrn.
VOLUME IV. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1857. NIJMftF.R ?
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AOENTS.
\V. W. Wai.keu, dr., Columbia, S. C.
1'ktku SraAt?Lt:v, Ksq., Flat lto<-k, N. C.
A. M. I'kuisx, Fairview I'. <>., Greenville Tflsfc.
W11.T.Iao 0. Bailey, l'lea*ant Grove, Greenville
Catt. It. Q Anderson, Knoree, Spartanburg.
jrrlrrtrli pnrtri|.
Near the Lake Where Drooped the Willow.
BY G BO HO K 1'. MOItKlf).
Near the Lake where drooped tlio willow,
Long time ago,
Where the rock threw back the billow,
Hiighwo- than snow?
l>w;-lt n maiil, beloved ntnl chciLhed,
lly high and low ;
Hut w ith autumn's leaf she perished
Long time ago!
Rock, and tree, nnd flowing water,
Long time ago?
Jtird, and bee, and blossom taught her
Love's spell to know.
vv title t<> my toiict words site listened,
Murmuring low,
*J6?nder'.V Iier dove eyes gILtcncd,
ix?ng time figo !
PW;.
Mingled were our hearts forever?
Long time ago !
Can 1 now forget her / N- vcr !
No, lust one. no !
To her grave these lea ? are given.
Ever to tlovv ?
She's t!ie star I missed fiotn Ileavcn
Long time ago !
Home they Brought Her Warrior Dead.
Home they brought her warrior dead ;
She ne'er swooned, nor iittcied cry ;
All her maidens, watching said,
* She must weep or she will die."
Then they piuLcd him, soft and low,
Called him worthy to Ik; loved,
Titiesi friend and oddest foe;
Vet she tie?er spoke nor moved.
Stole a maiden from her place.
Lightly to the wariior slept.
Took the face cloth front the tar e ;
Yet she never moved in r wept.
lloso, a nurse of ninety years,
Set his child upon her knee?
Like summer tempests cnino her tears?
"Sweet, my child, I live for thee."
51 'jirilling iittlr #tonj.
AN UNEXPECTED WITNESS.
A STARTLING COURT SCENE.
On my last visit lo Mississippi I arrived
one pleasant autumn evening at the village !
of Ueepwoods, having come in the stage
that tiny from Moody Creek. I found the
inn well filled, and learned that tV.e circuit
court was in session there. At the supper
table I found the judge and sotne half dozen
lawyers, l?e*ide? tne county oflicors, and numerous
visitors who had come to attend the
trials. 1 hnd some business to transact with
S merchant in the place, whose name was
I>?twlor Wallace, and 1 made up rny mind
to call upon him during the evening. I
knew whero his store was, and after ten
wiilked down to the place. The building
Mu-sll fiml hriU'M'fir nml I tiniw.il m?* ei?n.
toward* bis dwelling. 1 knocked at the:
* doo:\ and my summons was answered Lv a
l?lfwk woman. I asked her if Mr. Wallace |
was at home. She looked into my face a
few moments, and then burst into teurs.
** He's to hum, but lie's dead she sobbed,
with much effort.
1 managed to learn from the negroes that
Wallace had been murdered three days before,
and that his murderer would he tried
on the morrow. Under such circumstances
J could not disturb any other of the family,
and having learned particulars, 1 left tlie
door and returned to the inu. There I
learned some further matters touching the
murder, but those who uuderstood the subject
ftslly were busy, and I was forced to
wait until to-morrow for a clear knowledge
of the case. ^
Though the murder had been committed
so recently, tho body having not yet been
buried, yet a-. the court was in session, and
the accused and witnesses on band, the trial
was to lake place iiuineJiatcly.
On the following morning I entered the
court room with the crowd, and the first
case which caino was that of iho murderer
of Landor Wallace. The accused was a
young man, not over five and twenty, named
Edward l>einart?n. lie had been employed
for several years as Wallace's chief
c'eik and was one of the most capable j
yoiilliR in llie country. 1 had had some j
dealings with him ; and had learned to love
and respect him. lie was lightlv built, with
a native piido, which, while it gave him
[ tlrmncss .mm,| Ui^iiity, never made his manner
haughty or overbearing. lie was an
I orphan, of French descent, and had been!
born and reared in New Orleans. As lie
sat in the prisoners' box I could see him
| plainly, lie was very pale, and seemed to)
suffer much ; vet lie did not look like a guil- j
ty man. I could not believe that lie had
ever committed a murder. IIo was too
brave and lionotnble for that.
At length the trial commenced. The witnesses
came on and gave their testimony,
and my heart sank within me a* 1 found |
how strongly the tide of circumstances set j
against him. It was proved that he wished
to marry with Laudor Wallace's niece, a j
young girl named Isabel Wallace, ami that j
the uncle Inul objected. From this a onar !
rel bad ensued, and the youth had left \Val- I
lace's service. It was proved furthermore
that Demarton had challenged Wallace to |
tight him a duel, and that the merchant had !
refused on the ground that ho could not1
consent to meet one whom he still icgarded I
in the light of a son. Then it was proved I
that the youth was very wroth at this, and !
that he swore Mr. Wallace should "either,
fight or suffer the consequences." He \va?
determined to have satisfaction.
(->n the morning of the murder ilio met*
clinnt started on horseback for Dantonville
and in half an hour afterwards the prisoner
mounted his horse and started after him.
saving, as he leaped into the saddle, that lie'
* would easily overtake Mr. \N alloc And ]
then he added, in presence of three witnesses,
who swore to the words: " I can settle i
our trouble as well on the road to 1 >at tonville
as anywhere !" This was at six o'clock I
in the evening. At nine o'clock, a man I
named Ilarrold?Dunk llairold, lie was
called?whs coining from Dalitom ille, and |
in a small piece of wood through which the
road ran, lie came upon the b?dy of J.andm J
Wallace, and at the same time he saw Ed
ward Deniarton riding away from the spot.
The moon was shining brightly and he re*
cognised the prisoner very plainly. lie
leaped from his saddle, and found the mer
chant senseless, and bleeding f,?*e!y from
several deep wounds. Close by he found a
silver handled bowie-knife, which had been
proved to he the prisoner's piopertv. The
knife was covered with blood, and the physicians
had decided that the wounds had
been made with it. The murdered man
had also received a blow upon tho head
which was uea>ly suflicietit to kill.
This l>niik Ilarrold was a hard looking
customci. He was a stout, broad shouldered
limn, some where about forty years of age. j
null UHIK. CUHIM-, animal icalilies, JUKI lookeJ
the pet feet villain. In defence it was
proved that HarroM hud some diflle ully
with the prisoner, and that he had sworn to
have revenge, but this amounted to but little.
Surely the case seemed very clear against
the prisoner, lie had a diUicttlly with the
murdered man, challenged him to mortal {
combat?swore to. have revenge?followed j
him on the road to l>antonvillc with the
avowed purpose of settling the trouble?ban !
seen to flee, from the bleeding body, hi>j
knife found all bloody by tlic murdered
man's side?and, when he was apprehended,
his own bands and clothes v/ere bespattered
with blood. Were not these circum
stances conclusive ? At all events, 60 they
were generally received.
At length Edward Dcrnarton was permitted
to tell his stoiv. lie arose, and although
he was pale and wan, yet his voice
was firm, lie first called upon God to wit
ness that he spoke the truth, and then went
on. 11c said, on the afternoon before the
murder he had sp?-nt over two hours with
Mr. Wallace; and that all their difficulty
had been settled, and ihat the merchant had
explained to liiin that his only objection to
the marriage of I*abel liail l<ec? the fact
that he had promised her father on his dy|
ing bed, that she should not be married until
sho was twenty years of age.
j " We made our differences all up at that
I lime," continued Denrarum. "and Mr. Wallace
asked me if I would come back into his
service. He said if 1 liad been willing to
have asked the reason of his refusal of Isabel's
hand he would have given it, but I was
hot and impetuous, and lie was a little nettled
by it, so he resolved to tell mo nothing,
lie had just asked me if I would come back
into his service, when some ono entered the
store who wished to see him. I told him I
had planned to go to Dantonville that evening,
l>ut would call on him when I returned.
He said lra had to go to Dantonviilo too,
and bade me call on him in that place, at
the same time signifying that wo could ar*
ft
range mat tors there. After that I went ?
over by the lake, and when I came back I i
learned that Mr. Wallace hail been gone I
| half an hour. I g>t my horse ready at once, i
j and when about to start 1 made the re- i
( murks which have been sworn to; but I
i made them jokingly, in view of the friendly : '
, meeting we were to have, little thinking of; I
I what was to occur. I rode oil, and at the di*- I
, tanco of some ten miles, iu the little wood, <
I found Mr. Wallace's horse standing by the ?'
side of the road. A little further on I found <
the merchant weltering in hi* blood. 1 <
! leaped from my saddle and knelt down by '
I the side of the body. 1 turned his face up t
and called his name several times.?
The flesh was yet warm, but life seemed 1
extinct. I got my hands and clothes thus j I
1 liAcnatlAi'Ail * !?!. I '-" ' ' ? * I .1 ? -
...'pinmi nun uiwii, mil i mougiil not of J
tlint. When I found that life was gone, <
and that I could not well handle the body
alone, 1 re mounted my horse and started '
back for help. I
" It has been urged that if I had really 1
sought help I would have lidden on towards I
1 hmlonvillo, where I could have found it i
within half a mile, rather than towards n 1
point where llieie was no house for over six <
miles. I Jut I coulJ not stop to tlii?;k then. '
My first intent was towards home, and I fol- '
lowed it. I had gone four miles when inv I
horse fell. Ho was too lame to trot. Soon t
afterwards 1 was overtaken by Dunk liarrold
and another man, who arrested me for i
I the murder. With regard to the knife? I
the knife found was mine, and it had been '
stolen from me that day." I
The youth sat down as lie cea<ed speak i
ing and the judge shook his head.
" Any one can invent a story like that," i
he said, in the charge to the jury, " hut no I
one could have invented the circumstances I
which hear against the prisoner." I
In short, there seemed to he no hope for '
the youth. Though people pitied him, yet '
I could see they shook their heads dubiously
w hen he pleaded his innocence.
The judge had summoned the evidence all
up making it more strong against the
prisoner than before, if possible, and the jniv
were on the point of retiring, when a I '
sudden commotion was perceptible at thcl!
door, and in a moment in -re a young gill,! 1
or maiden, rushed into the court room with
her long che-nut hair floating wildlv in the 1
wind, her bosom heaving deeply and her j 1
eVOS fairly blllllilltr with intense I
It was Isabel Wallace. She was a beautiful I 1
girl ; tall, straight, ninl nobly proportioned ; i 1
with a face of striking loveliness, and a form 1 '
at once voluptuous and queenly. She cast I '
one quick glance of love upon tlie prisoner, '
full of love, eagerness and hope, ami then returning
to the judge, she crieu : '
" Is he tiicd yet, sir ??Is he found guil
l>' . . i '
" Not yet?hnt he soon will he," answerc<l
the judge, overcoming his astonishment
as quickly as possible for the benefit of bis .
dignity.
"Oh! he's innocent! lie's innocent!"!
the fair girl exclaimed. " He's not the innr- ! {
dcrer. llo ! officers aeizo upon Dunk liar-j
rohl, and see that he docs not escape! |
| Quick ! quick !"
Even as the maiden entered the room1
I ilarrold had moved nearer to the door, and j ,
as these last words uttered he made a rush j
1 fi*r l1?*? Ktroot lillt -i cfAttf liAntinnn % #1.a!
doorway held hint until the sheiitl came up. j
The follow struggled hard, but a pair of iron I
'cutis were soon placed upon his wrists, audi
ho was eariied back. | ]
" Now," continued the girl, turning to the j ,
judge, 44 will you send whom you please t?>j ,
take my uncle's word down ! lie in alive! * I |
i At these words Edward l?emarton started ,
to his feet and uttcre?l a cry of joy. lhit |
his feelings quickly overcame hint and he|,
| sank fainting hack. As soon as the first \ j
outburst of Astonishment consequent upon '
! this startling intelligence had passed, Isabel ,
explained what bad happened. She said,
two physicians were with her uncle, and j
j that he had revived from his letharie sleep, j ,
| and that he had his senses perfectly, and j |
| that he wished to give to the proper persons i ,
I an account <>f the assault which had been (
made upon hiiu.
The court was adjourned at onee, and |
then the judge himself, accompanied by .
three of the lawyers and the foreman of the (
jury, went to the merchant's house. They
found the wounded man very weak; and
the physicians said lie could not live long. ,
As soon'us the new-comers were arranged
about his bed, lie. related to them as follows;
? lie said that on the day be started for
Dantonviile, ho saw \oung Deinarton at his
store, and that all the difference between
them was there made up, and also he promised
to meet him in Dantonviile. lie started
alone on horseback, having first packed
i away five thousand dollars, which he was to
carry with him. It was dusk when he
started, and in half an hour when it was j
fairly night, only there was a bright moon, j
When he reached tho little wood, he was
overtaken l>y Dunk llurrold. lie fell a'
sudden fear that llarrold meant to rob him,
for he (llarrold) hail seen him packing the
money away in his pocketbook. So he made
a move for his pistol, but before he could
reach it, llarrold gave him a blow upon
the head with a short club, whioh knocked
him from his hor?e. He remembered well
jf the \illain stabbing liiin several time8,
untl knew, too, when lie look the money
from his pocket. Lie coukl remember nothing
more until lie came to his senses on the I
morning of the then present. day.
The physicians said that tlie sufferer had
joen in a sort of cataleptic state, induced i
>y one of the stabs, and partly aided by tire I
jiow on tlie head. His account was taken !
lowtr, word for word, by one of the lawyers
Hid duly witnessed; while the two physi-j
dans swore that the man was in possession
>f full sense and sound mind. With these
itlcsted documents, tho party returned to;
,he court room.
The court was quickly opened, and ore i
ong the jury leturued a verdict of acquittal i
por Edw.iid Demarton, and thereupon thol
|oy of the spectators burst forth in a shout,'
which tlie court tried not to stop.
Mr. Ihmk Harrold whs soon put upon'
trial for the murder, and duly convicted of
the crime. When he found that all was!
known he made a full confession, lie confessed
the deed, and that ho did it for the
money. He knew that young Demarton
was going on the same road, so lie eontrivid
to steal ti e youth's knife, meaning to fasten
the murder upon him ; and. hut for the
wonderful interposition of the l'ower which
liad held the murdered man for a witness,
the scheme would have succeeded.
Mr. Wallace lived until noon the next day,
ind before he died he placed the hand of his
ovely niece within the hand of Edward I>e
mnrton, and bade theni live together upon
liis bounty. lie had no family of his own.
#nd to Isabel be left all bis property ; but it
was the understanding that Edward should
manage it for her, anil be her companion foi
lite. Though the.e was deep sorrow in the
loss of so kind and generous nr. uncle, yet
there was joy in the thought that she had a
mble, loving husband.
JHisrrllnntutts lUnMng.
Pretty GirlsWe
see that Editors have commenced
v>ni!?!/in<? of the heautv of iln-h- ?ri I^ ? <!..
respectives localities. A North Carolina Editor
discourses thus:
' We've got the girls that can lick all
Danville in beauty?and being a married
man, we don't care how loud we sav it.?
We can beat the Danville girls in beauty, and
iheti we can hlutf them in smartness; no
mistake in that. And then we'll show
Hoops against them?we don't care if we
lid see a girl with hoops covering the circle
>f a meeting house."
And another North Carolina Editor takes
he subject lip, and, defying all comparison
>r competition, talks in the follow ing grandioqiient
strain to the Danville Editor:
'* Well, we don't doubt but tliore are
mine tolerably good looking girls in Danriile,
and a few that would 'pass inspection'
n Milton?hut, neighbor, if you really have
in eye for the beautiful, and wish to see]
^irls that are pretty, just come up into these
' diggins.' We can show you ' lots of girls'
in bibeitv whose beauty is as far above that
of those w hose praises you sing, as the heavens
are higher than the earth. The fact is,
sir, we have the pure, genuine, unadulterated
article, and the beauty of vour girls is no
more to he compared with our's. tlmn tli?>
dickering light of tlie glow worm is to the
"nil blaze of tlie meridian hiiii. Hut we
Jou't intend to brag?and we won't."
To all of which the gallant and fearless
knight of the Columbus, (la., Einjuirer thus
responds. We fear our South Carolina girls
would pale in the presence of such peerless
beauties, Ueauty like theirs, though, needs
no stic 11 extravagance of laudation ; it is suf
fteietilly apparent to every one. No one
thinks of praising the rose or telling you of
its beauty! Hear him: We fear that
Hanvilic aucj Liberty will have to try it
[tgaiti.
The Georgia Girls needs no eulogy.?
Here they are?behold and judge for yourselves
! The world knows their beauty by
heart! llere are the cross eyes and the
straight eyes, the blaek and the blue eyes,
the gray and hazel eyes, and eves of no par
tietilar color, and hcie they will remain, un
le-s persuaded to cross the .State lincti revei.
Rejuvenated old bachelors, fallen in the great
'.truggle between celibacy and matrimony,
men who were once known by their buttonless
shirts and long beards, attest the power
of their fascination from the Atlantic to
Raccoon mountain.
" NVe don't intend to brag?and we
won't," but we hojre we will be permitted in
all modesty to say, that the Georgia giilare
very pleasant and useful institutions,
? - ?
Hidden Tkf.apukk.?One or two weeks
ago, a valuable deposite of Spanish milled
dollars was found buried on the side of an
old dwelling house, on the farm ealled
' Warhill," in James City County, the family
seat of the late Dnniel Jones. The box
containing the silver treasure was exhumed
by the overseer, Mr. Avery. It is not gen
mally known what the amount is. but it is
supposed to be large, it is supposed that
this money was deposited by the late Daniel
Jones, the former proprietor, during the
late war with Great Britain, when the panic
oversproad this portion of the country.
[ Willinmalurp ( IV) (jqitttf.
American Ladies.
Mrs. Mcrkay, an English woman, who
visited the United States in 1854, pays the
following tribute to the pre-eminence of
three distinguished American ladies, She
says:
* 1 have seen three anointed Kings and
three inaugurated President*. I admire the
Presidents the in >st. I have seen three
Qucer.s and three ladies who have shared
the honors of the Presidency; and truly
among the Queens not one could compare
with the regal grace of Mrs. Madison, or the
feminine, distinguished personnel of Mrs.
Polk. Mrs. Polk, were it not for the same
defect in the teeth which characterizes
Queen Victoria, would be a very handsome
woman.
i! .. i. ! sis - -
im nair is very oiaeK. and her dark eve*
and complexion give lier a touch of the
Spanish dames. These American ladies are
highly cultivated and perfectly accomplished,
and practised in the most delicate and
relined tisago of distinguished soceitv. Mrs.
Polk is very well read, and has much talent
j for conversation ; she is highly popular ; her
I reception of all parties is that of a kind host
i ess and accomplished gentlewoman. She
i has excellent taste in dress, and both in the
. morning ?nd the evening preserves the subdued,
though elegant costume which characterizes
the lady. She is ready at reply,
I and preserves her position admirably.
I At a levee, a gentleman remarked, * Maj
dam, you have a very genteel assemblage
} to-night.' 4 Sir,' replied Mrs. Polk, with
I \ery good humor, hut very significantly, 41
I have never se?n it otherwise. One morn
; ing I found her reading. 4 I have many
! hooks presented to me by the authors,' said
j -lie, 4 and I try to read them all ; at present
that is impossible; but this evening tlie arI
thor of this hook dines with the President,
and I would not be m> unkind as to appear
wholly ignorant and unmindful of his gift.' "
The Barrel of Whiskey.?My father,
about forty years ago. was a nartner in n
linn which owned a distillery. On one occasioned
he loaded his wagon with ardent
spirits, and went to market at the town of
W , selling portions of his load here
and there on the way, as opportunity offered.
Returning homeward, he came to a cer
tain point where he had a few days before
sold a barrel of spirits to a retailer. Here
lie witnessed a most appalling scene.?
Ten or a dozen persons were collected together,
most of whom were intoxicated.?
Besides those who lay in the ditch or 011
the tloor, others were cursing and sweating
and lighting, presenting such a sceno of
loathsomeness and disgust, as alcohol only
can produce, and the hardened only can etij
dure to behold. That all this was occasioned
bv ardent spit its he had no doubt, but
be hoped it was not the same which lie had
(sold a short time before, lie inquired particularly,
and found that the spirits used 011
the occa ic;:, whs the very same he had sold
the retailer 011 his way to \V .
_ For days the picture of the scene caused
by his liquor passed and repassed before bis
mind, mid by this time lie reached home,
his mind was fully made up to abandon the
pernicious business, w liich he did without de
lay. Meanwhile his partner, haunted by
similar reflections, resolved to follow the
same example, and the fires of tlie distillery
i were tint out. to bo rekindled bv them no I
I more.
Cairo.?John Phoenix passed through
Cairo and thus describes his impressions:
" Cairo is a small hole at the junction of
ihe Ohio and Mississippi rivers, surrounded
| by an artificial hank to prevent inundation.
There ate here about thirteen inhabitants,
! hut the population is estimated at three
' thousand, that being a rough estimate of the
I number of people that oiico congregated
j theie, wjien u\o trains of cars arrived before'
a boat lef'. for New Orleans. They were)
enjoying the luxury of the small pox at Caii
in when we arrived ; they are always up to
j something of the kind ; a continued succes!
sion of amusements follow. The small pox j
having terminated its engagements, the
J choleia makes its appearance, and is then
' followed bv yellow fever for tlio season.
I o?m spot : i 'icKi'iis nas immortalized ill
umler tlie name of lulen. an evident nii-.noiner,
for no man worth as much as Adam
could remain there by any possibility."
Skli.ino a Man at Auction in Illinois.
l lie Sheiitf of St. Clair county advertises a
negro man for sale irt public auction, he be
ing guilty of the "high misdemeanor" of
I having come into the State of Illinois and re
inainiiig there for ten days, for which offence
! lie was fined ?50, as provided jy the I Mack
! Law of 1853, and in default of paying which
j tine, the Sheriff of the county in which he
1 was found isdireered to sell hint to anybody
: willing to pay the ?50.
Gbn. Cass, it is said, exhibits surprising
vigor, industry and endurance in his official
i labois. lie rises and commences work at
tive, and is continually engaged, with small
respite, till eight or nine at night. Ilis diet
is, however, very sparing, and he sticks still
to cold water. Now and then lie indulges
in a cup of coffee, the only exlnlirating bevi
erage which he can we.
1 : mf&Z
A Dktkrmikbd Pursuit.?A pi inoner
named Van (iordor daited past the jailor at
Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, the other
day, and madp for tho woods. A hoy of
sixteen years, named Austin Wier, the aon
of the jailor, gave chase, and soon cnrae up
to the prisoner. Tho Ohronicla says :
Young Wier struck him with a piece of
light board ho had picked up while running,
but did not stop him. He then picked up
a atone, ami as Van Oorder was climbing a
fence, hit him over the left eye, and brought;
him to the ground. He hied profusely, but
recovering himself, again started, having
now nearly reached the woods. When he
got to the last fence, ho was again overtax
ken by the bov, and having a sticlc in his
hand, showed light; but Wiertold him hewould
mark his other eye with a stone ho
had, if he attempted to cross the fence.
Bv this time several others camo up, and ho
was brought bach.
Our Brown says that "Thackeray's recent
dinner speech in Edinburgh, as reported
by the Scotch papers, is clever, ingenious,
witty and felicitious to a degree. Postprandial
oratory is a rare gift, and verv
charming when it is excellent, llenry Clay
1...1 ? j_ .1
mi iiu in mia kind ol speaking,
though S. S. Pientiss, of New Orleans, was
not far behind him. An exceedingly clever
man at a convivial speech was James K,
Polk, as all w ho heard him on such oeca.
sions will remember. No man onn succeed
in this kind of harauguc, without a fair
modicum of wit, taste, tact and good sense;
though very sonorous, magniloquent and
admired speeches in the parliamentary line
are made without any of those qualities."
[Boston Post.
The importance of privacy as a secret of
matrimonial happiness is thus beautifully
described :
" Preserve the privacies of your bouse,
marriage state, heart, from father, mother,
sifter, brother, mint, and all the world. You
two, with God's help, build your own quiet
woild ; every tbiid or fourth one whom you
draw into it w ith you w ill form a party, and
stand between you two. That should never
be. Promise this to each other. Renew the
vow at each temptation. You will find
your account in it. Your souls w II grow,
as it were, together, and at last they will become
as one. All, had many a young
pair, on their wedding day, known this
secret, how many niairiag?s were happier
than, alas i tliey arc."
A Notorious Uurgi.aii Arkkstkd,?A
notorious English burglar, named Walker,
was arrested in New York on the 25th ult.,
and a large quantity of stolen property, with
a variety of burglar's tools, found in his possession.
One of Walker's principal exploits
was the robbery of the Koxboroitgh Rank,
Mass., about twenty years ago. This operation
was performed in company with the
celebrated Pill l?evoe. Both were caught,
but Walker escaped by turning State's ev}.
1
ueneo. 1 revoe was sentenced to twelve years,
and served out the blithe term. After its
expiration he went to Charleston, S- C.,
where W alker was then staying, and ho
gave the latter a most tremendous thrashing
by way of settling the State's evidince business.
Parson* Dkownlow is holding np tlie
13th day of Jane, as a terror to his delinquent
subscribers, lie savs, "the civilized
portion of the world are growing more wicked,
and rebellious, and this inav he an tnducemcut
on the part of the Killer of the
Universe to wind up the atl'aiis of this life
abruptly," and intimates that the reckoning .
will be awful to those who are in arrears,
" lletter pay up, gentlerm n," says the Parson,
"before the awful day shall come. If
you want rest to your rouls, you can only
uiivl that enchanted bower in the clear receipt
of the printers'."
Most mext to a Negro.?The students
of Howard College, A in., on Sunday, the
lGth ult., inaugurated a monument to the
memory of Harry, a slave of the President
to the College, who, when the building
burned down, in 1855, refused to leave till
all the students had been gotten out, and
lost his life thereby.
A Painting.?Mr. 1 'owell, who painted
the l>e Soto 1'icture for Congress, lias been
appointed by the Ohio Legislature to paint
a representation of Perry's Victory on Lake
Eiie?tba price not to exwed $5,000. It
will be placed in one of the panels of ibe
rotunda of the new State House.
A simtcwn old gentleman once said to
bis daughter, " He sure, sny dear, tba! you
never marry a poor man ; but rememWr^
- i- -? "
nit jiwicnt uinii in inc world is the one that
11us money and nothing flue." There in
iiiiu'Ii truth in thin, and we commend it to
the ladiea.
Tiik State Penitentiary, at ilnnhvill^
Texas, is now turning out an average of
seventeen hundred yards of cloth per day.
I The Item thinks this equal to any product
of Northern tnilla, in pnq?ortior. to the lal>o.employed.