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[NE1V SERIES.] VOL. II. CAUDEI, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1841. ;;
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poetry]
FOR THE JOURNAL.
Mr. Editor: I send for insertion, my first mnsings;
if acceptable, others may follow:
Stop, stop, Father Time,
And tell me, I pray,
Say where art thou bounding,
And whither away?
Time held up his scythe,
And flapping his wing,
You'd have thought him a youngster,
So buoyant his spring.
Though mcthought as he passed,
He was oft heard to say,
My motto is onward,
My byeword away;
Then, say gentle lady,
Why wish my delay?
1 room uirougn uio roresi,
Through cottage and hall,
City and empire
Before mo shall fall;
, J My finger you'll sco,
On tho fair maiden's check,
And tho bright eyes of manhood
My powers bespeak.
I oft snatch tho babo
From tho fond inothor's breast,
And its cares and its mournings
Arc hushed into rest;
By my hand, the poorinan
Is deprived of l>is wife,
And all that 6ecms dear
In this valley of strife.
Nay, frown not; though Time
OfWracl appears,
Without mc you'd bavo
But a valley of tears;
For I heal up tho wounds
Of a Lover's despair,
TVlJen his fond hopes, Jong cherished.
Dissolve into air.
And the Lover whose falseness
lias paled some young cheek,
Old Timo can the rocreant
Bring bock to her feet;
Numerous foibles, Time's flight
Can cause man to forget,
That else would be lingering
And wrangling till yet.
E'en the Husband who deemed
That his heart was near broko,
"With speed that ia wondrous,
Time heals up the stroke;
So you see t'would be folly
And madness to slay,
Or accde to your wishes,
And linger a day.
Yet, lady, bewaro
How your time may bo spent,
Say not in old age,
You will haste to repent;
But now, while thy youth
Is in primchood and bloom,
Prepare, for old Timo
May cull you for the tomb. ELLA.
MISCELLANEOUS.
FATE OF THE APOSTLES.
St. Matthew?This Apostle and Evangelist
is supposed to have suffered martyrdom.
or was slain with a sword at the city
qf Ethiopia.
St. Mark?This Evangelist was dragfjd
through the streets of Alexandria, in
gypt, until he?expired.
St. Luke?This Evangelist was hanged
on an Olive tree in Greece.
St. John?This Apostle and Evangelist
was put into a caldron of boiling oil, at
Rome, and escaped death. He afterwards
died a natural death at Ephesus, in
Asia.
St. Peter?This Apostle was crucified
at Rome, with his head downwards, at his
own request, thinking himself unworthy to
die in the same position and manner as his
blessed master.
St. James the great?This Apostle was
beheaded at Jerusalem.
tnmpc thp lf>CC TK;=, Annoflo
K/v? vuiiavw * *UQ iipv/owiv " w
thrown from a pinnacle or wing of the
temple, and then beaten to death with a
fuller's club.
St. Phillip.?This Apostle was hanged
up against a pillar at Hieropoli?, a city of
Phrygia.
St. Bartholomew:?'This Apostle w&
flayed alive by the command of a barba
rotis king.
St. Andrew?This Apostle was bounc
to a cross whence he preached to the pco
pie until he expired.
St. Thomas.?This Apostle was rui
through the body with a lancet at Coro
mondel, in the East Indies.
St. Jude.-?This Apostle was shot t<
death with arrows.
St. Simeon?Zealot?This Apostle wai
crucified in Persia.
St. Matthias?This Apostle was firs
stoned and then beheaded.
St. Barnabas.?This Apostle of th<
Gentiles was stoned to death by the Jews
at Salonois.
St. Paul.?This Apostle was beheadec
at Borne, by the tyrant Nero.
From Chamber's Edinburg Journal.
a dturnr ti cimanir
j\ oiiru'Ljri OJiunl.
The following little story derives no interest
from any surprising entanglementir
the plot, or peculiar romance in the situations.
It will, however, we trust, be founc
striking as a series of actual and recent occurrences
in the life of an individual, while,
as it cliances, there is not wanting in its
conclusion a pretty strong inference in favor
of prudent and virtuous conduct.
In a small town, in a certain part of Stotland,
there lived sometime since a respectable
writer or agent, whom we shall call
Brydon, a widower, with a family of two
daughters and one son, all of them grown
up. Mr. Brydon, like many of his profession,
kept up a respectable appearance
in society, but in reality had nothing to depend
upon except the current proceeds ol
his business. At his death, which took
place rather unexpectedly, he left his
daughters entirelyjdepending upon the ex
ertions of their brother, who had beer
1 rained to the pursuit of their father's profession
But the son was not long in following
the father to the gra\c, and the
two girls were then without a friend or
guide in the world. Necessity compelled
them immediately to make an enaeavoi
to support themselves by the use of their
needles, and to do them justice, they set
about it activhly and ungrudgingly. The
elder Miss Biydon, however, was of a
weakly constitution, and subject to frequent
attacks of severe illness, so that the
whole burden, almost of the;r maintenance
fell on the youngest sister Margaret. She
toiled almost incessantly; yet let her do
what she might, she was barely able to
earn enough to procure the mere necessaries
of life, where its mere comforts were
almost indispensable to the poor invalid
Whether the issue would have been otherwise
or not under happier circumstances,
it is impossible to say; but, as it was, the
elder sister continued to decline until she
died.
Alone in the world, friendless and penniless,
with a heart weighed down by
these successive calamities in her once
happy family, Margaret Brydon, then only
eighteen years of age, struggled for
some time longer to maintain herself in her
native place. But she found it a difficult
task to live upon sympathy, of which she
received a sufficiency, although extremely
little real assistance came in her way.?
At length she bethought her of a female
relative in England, a cousin of her late
father, and a person usually reportedto be
in wealthy circumstances. With this individual
it is true, Mr. Brydon never kept
up any correspondence, and had never
mentioned her to his family but as a woman
of rude manners and of a hard heart.
Poor Margaret, nevertheless, thought hei
destitute condition might awaken pity even
in the bosom of such a being, supposing
her to prove all she had been represented.
A journey to Nottingham, where
.t i_.; J :j_j .i_ *
inis relative resiueu, was ineretore resolved
upon, and it was goon accomplished
as Margaret was not burdened with an\
great effects, to render her removal difficult.
For three months after her arrival at
Nottingham, did Miss Brydon reside with
her relative, whom she found to be all anc
more than her father had said. The ole
! lady, if such a name should be given her
had started in life as a housemaid, coarse
and uneducated, and had ended her ca
reer of service as housekeeper of a noble!
man, who at his death left her a consider
able annuity to subsist upon in her lattei
days. Her original rudeness of charactei
had only been aggravated by after-habit:
of petty domestic rule; and although sh(
had asked Margaret to stay with her, sh<
behaved subsequently with such unkindnesi
as to make life almost unsuppbrtable tc
the poor girl Finally a proposal mad(
by tne old woman who haa aaded a keer
love of money to her other qualities, tha
Miss Brydon should take upon herself th<
duties of house servant at the coming
term, brought matters to a point. " Hea
ven knows," said Margaret to herself, "
am not unwilling to work! But if I an
to maintain myself, I shall at least do i
s where I may have peace." The result
- was that another vicissitude took place in <
our heroine's condition. She sought one 1
1 of the great manufacturing establishments t
- of the town, and was fortunate enough to i
obtain employment in executing a partic- 1
i ular kind of needlework. She would fain <
. have had it her power to work in private, <
but this could not be allowed in the cir- 1
> cumstances. A considerable number of *
other girls were engaged in the same oc- 1
s cupation in the establishment, and to their y
number Margaret joined herself. Happi- I
t ly, the remuneration for that variety of '<
work was respectable in amount, and she 1
? was enabled to take a little lodging, and to *
s keep herself above all fear of want. \
For some time Miss Brydon pursued <
I her humble occupation without having her
fate chequered by any incident of impor- t
tance. At length some circumstances oc- i
curred, which at first gave her a consider- r
able degree of uneasiness. One of the t
numerous Dartners of the establishment, a 1
t gentleman in the prime of life, who chan- k
ced to come on business errands to the c
room where Margaret wrought, began to *
take particular and unpleasing notice of f
her. She bore it in silence for a long time, s
trusting that the fancy would be a passing h
one; but when, on one occasion, he began t
to praise her in a way which females in 2
good society are not accustomed to, she t
gently but firmly told him that "such lan- f
[ guage was disagreeable to her," and beg- e
i gcd him, as he was a gentleman, to desist; 5
i Mr. Middleton, for such was the merch- g
ant'sname, started and stammered out an *
apology. He had never before heard the e
sound of Miss Brydon's voice, except in a
mere monosyllables, and he was surprised h
at the grace and breeding apparent in her h
mariners and expression. "I?I beg pardon,"
he stuttered for the third or fourth S
i time, as he retired. Margaret made no J1
. other reply than by a gentle inclination of h
her head. 5
Mr. Middleton did not however, give up ?
his visit to the room of Margaret and her 1
I companions. On the contrary, flic came o
thither more frequently than ever, and it 1]
was still to the young Scotswoman that n
; he directed his attention, though in a very 0
i different style from that used on former v
i occasions. Still he found it very difficult b
to induce Miss Brydon to enter into con- t
: versation, or lay aside the rctirine coldness v
: which she had at first assumed. But his u
respectful manner and address prevailed ?
i ultimately to a certain extent and so far "
broke down the barrier of honorabie and s
maidenly reserve, as to make him aware *
that she was of good parentage and well F
educated as well as sensible and intelli- c
gent. Things were m this state when Mr. g
Middleton became suddenly ill. He was ^
subject to inflammatory attacks in the v
chest, and the recurrence of that com- g
plaint on this occasion made his friends ti
alarmed, lest consumption shouM fallow. 1
On this account he was ordered off, as s
soon as he could be moved, to Devon- 1'
shire. Before he went thither, however, 1
he showed how deep was the impression a
Miss Brvdon had made on his mind, by \
; sending a note to her in the following *
terms:?
'Dear Miss Brydon, you will be aware i
that I have been ill. I should be the last s
person to desire that sorrow of any kind e
should fall to your lot, yet I confess that it ?
would give me pleasure to know that you c
were sorry for me. I am advised to go J
for a time to the south of England. Will I
you permit me to write to vou while I am 1
absent? Grant me but this; I do not ask I
you at present to write to me again. \ {
am, &c. >
Margaret returned an answer consent- i
ing to his request, and briefly expressing <
her regret for his illness. (
While in Devonshire, Mr. Middleton 1
wrote once or twice according to his pro- ?
, position. He described the beautiful see- f
? A M? * rtf 4 kn in k?i) orvnl' O /\f 1
iiui^ Ui mu jl/c?uii in ma ibiiuis) 3jiuiiu ui
the excellent effect produced on his health J
and expressed a warm wish to be home t
t again, hinting plainly at his resolution to [
i "ask a peculiar favor" from the reader of f
1 his epistles. But foreknowledge is a thing i
I unknown to man. Before Middleton re- 1
, turned to Nottingham, jWargaret had left t
5 it. Her close application to work had in- <
jured her health, and she found it absolute- 1
ly necessary to allow some relaxation.? ?
Fortunately, an invitation came to her a- 1
- - * - r _/* ii r r i P
r oout trus ume irom one or ine iew menus s
r with whom she maintained a correspon- ?
> dence in her native place. Margaret took f
j advantage of the opportunity, and was in ^
} Scotland when Mr. Middleton arrived in
3 Nottingham. He resolved to follow her, 1
) and assigning a desire for change of scene t
; as the cause, took upon himself the com- t
l mercial journey to the north which had c
t usually been performed for the house by a 1
i traveller. '
I In the course of this route he came to ?
- the native town of Miss Brydon. But he J
I knew not the name of the friend with I
i whom she resided, nor could the people 1
t of the inn answer his inquiries on the point 1
He could only hope that chance might n
cast her in his way. An hour had scarce- i
ly elapsed before he saw her pass. He v
jprang up and followed her. She was E
surprised to see him. He walked with i
ler a little way, and then entreated her f<
;o enter the inn with him. as he could not 8
communicate to her in the street that he si
wished to do. " My dear Miss Brydon," u
said the gentleman, "do not refuse me o
his, I will ask the landlady to be present
with me. Your delicacy of feeling is too E
jfecious to me to be trenched upon by 1}
my act of mine." The young Jady at c<
ength consented, and in the course of as
i few minutes longer she had giveb her E
>roraise to become the wife of Mr. Mid- la
lletoa . v
The accepted lover of our heroine had tE
o complete his commercial rounds, and ol
t was settled that immediately after his hi
eturn to Nottingham, he should send for d]
lis bride and present her to his friends.? th
Jut Mr. MiddJeton only reached Notting- pi
lam to suffer another attack of iiis former di
omplaint, and the first tidings which poor d<
dargaret received from him were dated pi
rom Devonshire, whither he had been <
ent. Instead of being summoned to a di
lappy marriage, Miss Brydon was called cz
iv her betrothed to come instantly to En- of
Jand, that he might see her once a sain, n(
teforc he died. " Take any conveyance; ly
our horses if necessary; think not of the at
xpense; but come?come with speed." h<
Such was the close of the letter. Mar- fo
;aret hesitated not a moment to comply
vith its demands. But the journey, how- a
vcr speedily performed, was a long one, ra
md she did not arrive thereuntil two ne
lours after Mr. Middleton had breathed ec
lis last! , b(
This was a serious trial for the poorgrrl. be
5hc was a being alone in the world; and
ust as the hope was held out to her of
laving a strong support to lean upon?a oj
trong arm to guide her for life?her pros- ne
iects were at once mostpainfully blighted, to
ler affection for Mr. Middleton haa been ill
?f a temperate kind, founded upon friend- as
y and grateful esteem, but the regiet was fr
tot the less sincere. She was, however, lit
>f that gentle and patient temperament, T
vhich makes no violent display of feeling, th
tutby bending; perhaps escapes in part w
he force of the blast. Her deceased lo-.gt
er had left a small sum to be delivered j fr
in to her?all that his hurried illness left1 al
t his command?under the plea of pay- to
ng her expenses in coming to him*, and al
he received also an open letter, which it h<
vas his wish that she should present in bi
erson to his mother* This paper des- w
ribed the situation in which he and Mds- y<
;aret had stood, and requested that Mrs. si
Hiddleton would be kind to her. After th
vetting with a tear her lover's new made
;ravc, Margaret slowly returned to Notingham,
ill at ease both in body and mind.
Hie old lady did speak kindly to her when jn
he presented the letter, and desired to see m
ier a?rain. But Miss Brvdon had resolved:
o go back for a time, to her native place,1
md there remain in quiet, till her mind had i
ecovered from the late shock, and her | js
ramc had renewed its exhausted strength.! p.
She fulfilled her intention, and stayed j ^
n Scotland for several monthi Both her! fr
trenth and spirits were gradually recruit- v
;d; and well it was that the case stood so, ^
is she saw no course before her but that ^
>f returning to the daily toil. She was jj
ust hesitating in what field to resume her
loncst endeavors, when she met accidenty
at a friend's house a lady from Nottlng- .
iam, who, on learning her wish to get cm- .
doyment for her needle, pressed her anx- JJ;
ously to return to that town. " I know "
rarious establishments where I am sure I
;an procure you good employment at j*
\noo " MflrMppf tnlrl thfi InrIv of hfir ^
. fc j --
laving been there before, but disclosed D
lothing further, as well from sensitive- ?
less of feeling as from the' prudence*'' The n
ssue was, that she accompanied the lady d;
;oon after to England, " I am certain," b
bought Margaret, u of making there a 11
icaceable living. Few can know my ^
listoiyj nor could tiiey extract from it h
f they did, any thing to my disadvantage ei
With these thoughts Margaret again en- C1
ered Nottingham, and her friend immoliately
set about getting an engagement n
or her-. Jt has just been mentioned that
ihe did not relate the particulars of her f
ormcr stay in town to the lady, nor had
:he told the name of her former employ- ,
:rs. Strange to say, these were the very ^
>arties to whom the lady went, and from
vhom she obtained a promise of ample ?
smployment for the young Scotswoman. ?
LVtion chn nnrwp tn Miss Brvdnn. nnrl la
old her that she would have for lier mas- *c
cr the house of Boyle, Midd'eton & co., w
>ur poor heroine was startled and stunned. P1
3ut she soon regained her composure.?
' Why should I be unwilling to go there
igain?" she reasoned internally: i4 to be jj;
>ure I might have borne a very different .
jlace?but it is silly to recall such,
hougltts. These people can know noihing
of whioh I have reason to be asha- 3
ncd. liThey will perhaps, even be kinder
o. me than others might be. Yes, it
vould be weakness to refuse the offer.?
ly exerting this quiet firmness.of .mind,
largaret gained the victory ovqr. thc
ielings at first awakened in her breast,-*Ihe
.returned to work in the place < where
lehad formerly been. In doing so, she
.'as little aware of the happy consequenes
which were to follow therefrom. '
"Phe lady who brought Margaret to
ingfand did not rest satisfied with toerer
pi*ocuring work for her. She introdi!2u
her young protege to all her friends,
(id among others, caused her to incet the
fiddletont, mother and brothers of ihp?.
te Mr. Middleton.
Previously to this, TOaigaret hail seen
le necessity of informing the. kind lady
f her whole history; or rather gratitude
id prompted the disclosure. The midletons
were very kind to the object of
teir late relative's affection. They even
ressed her to gome and reside with them,
it Margeret preferred her honorable inspendence;
and the only request she
referred to them was, that she should
3 allowed to work in private. Her contct
did not go unrewarded.?It was the
liise of attracting t< Jher thejespccial roth e
' the younger Mr. Boyle, a junior partir
of the house. He met her occasiqnalin
the evenings,, when her toil was ditoe,
the house of her friend, and ultimately
5 made her an offer of his hand and
rtune. It was accepted.
We are not now speaking of things of
musty date. Margaret Brydorfs marge
was seen by us in the columns of a
swspaper but a few days ago. We
irnestly trust that her future career will
; as happy as its commencement has
ien discreet, prudent, and honorable.'
Boardixg Hocse?ioox out for bariiiys.?A
considerable of a wag in a
iighboring city agreed with a landlord
board and lodge him for one year at
e rate of three dollars per week?and
> he was in the habit of dining with his
iends, he in return proposed to give the
ce encouragement for good dinners.?
he covenants in the agreement were
at in all invitations, fifty cents a head
ere to be paid to tbe landlord for soch .
' ? i 1 A.nnf
jests, ana wnen me uoaruer was wki?
ora dinner the same amount should be
lowed him! He took good care never
i bring any friend but in all cases was
jsent from dinner! The result was, that
j got his board and lbdging gratis, and
rought his landlord in debt to him every
eek fifty cents, and at the end of the
jar paid nothing, but demanded twenty'
x dollars as his just dues in virt'ure of
ie cunning contract.?N. Y. Sun.
Benjamin Franklin says:?''Printers'
^counts, though small, are a very good
dex of character. Let me look over
iy books and I will tell you the characr
of every person whose names is
:erc."
To whicli a cotemporary adds: "This
Upon the '-principle that a man, who is
rompt and honest in small matters, will
2 in large ones. For he, who would de aud
an editor of a year's subcription,
rould steal a horse or rob a church, and
eserves to be published among tflfeves
nd robbers. Hence the printer's black
st, whichDr. Franklin first invented."
Knoxville Argus
~A Good Joke.?I have heard a first rale
?ke about John Turman, late of Athens,
leo. He was stopping at a tavern up
Duntry, and used to lounge about the
ar, and come it over other peoples liquor.
Pot a'gktss could be left for a moment
ut he would slyly slip up and drink its
ontents. One day a stage driver came
U and called for a stiff horn of brandy tody.
John immediately shuffled up to the
ar. The driver knew his man, and imlediately
played possum by leaving his
randy while he steped to the'door. The
ait took; on returning, he saw the glass
mpty, and exclamed, with all the diaoolial
horror he could effect:
" Brandy and opium enough to kill forty
len! who drank that pizen?"
"I" stammered John, ready to yield up
ie ghost with affright
" You're a dead man," said the driver.
"[What shall I do?" beseeched John,
rho thought himself a "gone sucker."
" Down with a pint of lamp oil, or you
re a dead man in three minutes," answerd
the wicked driver. And down -went the
imp oil, up come the brandy and opium,
*" T 1 TKo inlfta
getiior Wltn jonil 5 ua-anmsi, * 1 iv/ j
as told, and he has never drank other
eoples liquor since.
A\Fatnib/ burned toJdeulIi.?The chvol112
house of Mr. Jesse Smith, in .Berklire
county, N. Y., was consumed on
ic 22d u:'t., and Mr. Smith, his wife and
children, perished in the flames.