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A S3 VOL. 10. CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 29, 1849. NUMBER 35. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL, rriiMSIIKI) WKKKLY, HV T. W. PF.di; F'?r the C mxl 'ii Journal. TO ? ADA." Oil! lei me reir within my heart, Some brighter temple to enshrine The memory of th it angel one, Who will not?has not yet been mine. For 1 would Imild of glittering thought, A Pil.icc gummed with ideas rare? A l!irune of fancy's coroa'Iines, And lore should place vou ruling there. Well, thai soft p ilacc is llic soul, Which never owned anotl^-r queen. And through whose spirit lulls no smile Kill thine, fair seraph, shall be seen. Unrirallcd shall thy sceptre swayAll thought? of love which then arise, Then, in my soul's Adgta slirincd, Be thou, sweet flower ol Paradise. Lancaster C. H. Coxstancv, | aSi .1 IB Ji A STORY OF T11E PRESS GANG. TIIE WUONCS OF A WIFE AND THE KEVKNCE I I OF A HUSBAND. | Henry Mason had married Eslhcr Wo d- ! ford, the widow of Jnbez Woodford, who was killed by on accidental fall in the J'lvmouili dockyard, of which he was foreman. Henry had loved Esther when she was a girl, bul she had, in a jealous hiqtiOj married Woodford. After Ihe death of her husband, she went to live with her brother-in-law, taking with her an only child, Willy, a sweet boy. but of weak intellect. Here the old love was revived, and Ilenry Mason, who had hccoine a mate of a lirsi-class merchant-1 man, belonging to the respectable house of j Messrs. Roberts of London, married the widow Esther. The events of their subsequent life are thus related in the "notes of I a distinguished Barrister:" it was about eight months after his mar- j liage?though lie had been profitably enough employed in the interim?that Henry A/nson, in consequence of the Welcome announcement that the now brig was at la?t 1 ready for her captain and cargo arrived in ' Loudon to^cnter upon lis new appoint- { inent. J The c Lodgings, Esther,' said he, as lie ; was preparing to go out, soon after breakfast, i . - *' Cm 1 * I . 1 -I. l.... I l,i /i o/.n r,./,_ I (id uie tnoniiu^ iimri m.-. . ly the thing; and as I. like yon. am a strati- ! ' per in Cockney-land, I lia.l holier consult j 1 some of the firm upon the subject bo/ore we i j decide upon permanent ones, in the mean- i time, you and Wiilv inns' mind and keep in j doors when 1 a:n not with you, or I si all ' have one or the other of you Inst in ihs! great wilderness of a city. 1 shall rnnrn !ii! j two or three hours. 1 will order something j for dinner as I go I have your purse. Good-bv: Cod bless you both.' Inquiring his wav every two or throe m n- i utes, Mason presently found himself in the ; the vicinity of Tower Stairs. A scuffle in i front of a public house attracted his alien- , lion; and his ren v sympathies were in an ' inslant enlisted in India f of n young sailor,1 j vaiolv struggling in the grasp of several ath ' letic men, and crying lustily on the g..,?ing bystanders for help. Mason sprung fin ward; j ( caught one of the assailants bv the collar. ( arid hurled him with some violence against ; i the Wall. A fierce outcry greeted litis an- I dacious interference with gentlemen who,in i - t _? . I < those good okl tunes, were nm uiraum; ihe law in a remarkably wood old manner, j , Lieut, Donnagheu, a somewhat celebrated < j snap|>er up of Inns? innriners; emerged up-m i | the scene; and in a few minutes was enabled to exult in the secure possession of an additional pr'ze in the unfortunate Henry Ma- r son. who, too late, discovered that he had ... C embroiled himself with a prcsagang! Desperate, frenzied with the elf wis he made In j extricate himself from the peril in which lie I rashly involved himself. In vain' His pro- r testations that he was a mate, a < iptam, in : ( the merchant service, wcie unheeded or | mo'-ked at. To nil his remonstrances he ou'y got t!ie ' professional answer?'His majesty wants ! j you, and that is enough; so come along, and ; no more about it,* j Bruised exhausted, almost ma !. he was I 1 borne off in triumph ton boat, into which he j ^ was thurst with several others, and swiltlv : ( rowed off to a receiving ship in the river. ( Even there his assertions and protestations j . were of no avail. Nothing but an Admiral j ity order, the officer in command candidly 1 , told him, should effect In* liberation. 11 is I - - > i I majesty was in need o! seamen: an j m: was . evidently ton smart none to lie deprived ofj theglory of serving his country. 'Von must ' ' therefore, concluded the oliiccr, as he turn-' ed laughingly upon his heel, 'do as thousands 1 j of?iher line fellows have been compelled to j do?"grin and bea' it." In about three weeks from the date of his imprisonment j ] Mason found himself serving in the .Med iter-1 ( rancan on hoard the 'Active' frigate Captain , Alexander Gordon, without having been , perinitled one opportunity of eommunica. | ling with the shore. This was certainly ! ( very sharp, hut it was not the less very com ! rnon practice in those great days ot triumph ' * Uu/I mi/1 <r?n. | Sill lim i u;5 u> )( ( ? Very drearily passed the time with the J | bereaved wife. Her husband had promised ' < to send home s nncthing for dinner, and va- ' rious groceries; yet hour after hour went I ; past, and nothing arrived. Morning flash ed into noon, day faded to twilight, and still { < the vve'l known and always eager step sound- j ed not upon the stairs! What could have j i detained him Iroin his wife, shut up, inipris- [ < oned, as it were, in that hot, hurrying, si if. j i ling city? She feared to listen to the sug-1 gestions of her boding heart; and with feverish restlessness ran out upon the landing, and peered over the stairs every time a knock or a ring was heard at the street door. This strange behaviour was, it seems, noticed by the landlady of the lodging-house, and inju rioitsly interpreted. A knock came lo the door, and ilia! person entered to know at what time Mrs. , she had forgotten the vniina woman's name. expected the dinner, slie. ilie landlady, had undertaken to conk. Esther timidly replied that her husband ha I promised to return i:i two or three hours at latest; and that she did not comprehend his continued absence?was indeed quite alarmed about it 'Your bmbnnd!' said the woman, i?lancin?i insolently sit Esther's figure. 'Arc you sure he is your husband?'' The hot blood sulhiscd the temples of the indienaul wife as she said. 'This anarl ment. madam I bcl eve is mine?' *0;i certainly, as long as vein can pay fur, it;'ami rudely s'nmming the door, the landlady departed. Tlie lung wretcke I night at iast over, Es. \ thor rose wit!i the light; and giving son his break last from the remains of that of the day helmc. set off with Inm to the place of business of the Messrs. Roberts. It was ear- j Iv, and one clerk only had as yet ariived at the office. lie informed her th-t Mr. j Henry M-ison ha i not been seen, and that j the partners were greatly annoyed about it.' as his immediate presence was absolutely j necessary. A tinned, Icriifiel. bewildered by the frightful calamity which she believed had: lx fallen her, she felt ronvinced that Iter litis j band had been cntraped and murder- ! I - .1 ?C ! I.~ l.?,l ..I I CO IMf III* SilKC Ol I m; mono in: ||<1U ill/0111 I liidi: tlie wretched woman tottered hack to j Iter lodgings, and threw herself on the hed in wild despair. What was to he done for1 food even for her hoy/ Her husband had not only his pocket-book with him containing! his: larger money hut had taken her purse! She ' was alone tiiid penniless in a strange citv! The hnngrv waillings of her witless elnld J towards evening til month aroused her from j the stupor of despair into which she had fallen. The miserable resource of pawning occured t<? Inn: she could at lea.-t, bv pledging a part of her wardrobe, procure sustenance for her clnld till she could hear from j her sister; and with trembling hands she I began arranging a bundle of such things as she could be.-l spare, when the landlady ah. ruplly entered t h mom, wit It a peremptory j demand?as her h.mbaud was not returned, I and did not appear likely to do so; for a 1 month's rent iii advance, that being the term1 Ihc apartments were engaged |br. The j [ears, entreaties, expostulations of the miser- j side wife were of no avail. Not one article, ihe woman declared, should leave her house | [ill the claim was settled. She affected to loubt, perhaps realty did so, that Hsthor j ivas ma tried, and hinted coarsely at an enr.?rcement of the laws against persons who' lad no means '.i suii.-isicn-o. in a1 ias'ox sim r, tin; unhappy woman rush.; ;tl out 1 f (lie house; nnd accompanied by lit-r ijejji\* child, n?*.nn ?!,? ci#usiti:i?? |OU -C <|{" Use McsslS. ]i? ilhil'I?. low as uracil too late as she had l?een loo' ally in the morning: the partners and clerks* iad eone, and she appears to linen treated .villi some rudeness hy the porter, who was losing the pieinises \\ hen she arrived. i'usably the vvildues.s of her looks, and the in-: Mhercncc of her speech and manner, pro- ( luced an impression unfavorable to her. Ret raring iter step.-?penniless. hiiiiiii v, sink it heart?she thought. as she. afterwards dedared, that she recognised my wife in one if the numerous ladies seated before the :oiinters ol a lasliinnab e shop in one of the itisiest thoroughfares. Sfie entered, and j lot tii! she approached close t > the la Iv dis- , .overed her mistake. She turned disapair 1 n?dv away: when a piece of rieh lace. I\ in^r j lpparenilv uiiliee I 'd on tin; counter, mei mrcve, and a dreadful stij^stion crossed 1 icr fever::.I brain; here al lea-t wasilie! ueans of procuring food f >r !ier eliild. She Itinrod hastilv an I fearfu'lv round. No we. she thought. observed ln-r; and, horrorj if horrors! a moment afterwards she ha I joncealed the la<*<; hcncaih her shawl, and . A'illi t<?tloriiij? foot was hastily leaving the I ihop. Shu ha I n >i taken half a d >zen slops ivlien a heavy hand was laid upon her s ioiiIk*r, and a voice, as ol a serpen! hissing in 1 icr oar, coni uan led her to r -.store tho I ice , :|jc had stolen. Tra:i?li\ed with sham -and error, s!m stood m ited I > the spot, and the j ace ell on the ll > r. retell an olIi.fr,' said the harsh voice.! iddrcs.sing one of tho shopmen \o? no?screamed the wretclicd voman billing on her k ocs in wild suppli-, :atiu:i. 'For my child's sake?in nicicvofj he innocent babe as yet unborn?have pity ind forgive niel' The harsli order was reiterated; and lis- j her Mason tanilinir Willi shnsno and agoiiv, i vas conveyed to the pns m in Cldtspur Si. j I'll.: next day slie was lu!!v committed to Newgate on the cap lal charge of privatelv 1 ilealing in a simp to the value of live pounds. \ few hours alter iier incarceration wnhiii i hose ter.i:b!c w ills, she was prematurely } lelivered of a I'.Miiaii: child. I have IK> moral doiiht whatever, I never invc had,(hut at the time of the rnmmitial ' >f the feloiii >'is a?'t, the intellect ui Esther Mason was disordered. Any other conclusion is inconsistent with the whole tenor of aer previous life and character. 'Lead us lot into tcuip'.ati >n' is indeed (lie holiest because the humblest prayer. Three weeks had elapsed before the first intimation of these events reached me. in a note from the chaplain of Newgate, an excellent, kind hearted man, to whom Mrs. Mason confided her sad storv. I immedi - - - *... ? i Itcly linslCUCU to til!! prison; ?(!>>I III U |..I.^ | interview will) Iter, i:licile<l tin: foregoing statement. I readily assured Ivr lliat all which legal skill could do to extricate lu:r from the awful position i:t which she stood, the gravity of which I did not a fleet lo conceal, should he done. The offence with which she was charged had supplied the scaffold with numberless victims; and tradesmen were mure than ever clamorous for the stern execution of a law which, spite of experience, they still regarded as the only safeguard of their properly. My wife was overwhelmed with grief; and her nux ietv in save her unhappy instcr-sisicr,soup without my knowledge, an interview w ihe prosecutor. 'I10 hope of inducing h not to press the charge. IJer efforts vvt uiiavailiiij!. He had suffered much, he sa from such practices, and was 'upon prin pie'determined h? make an example of< crv offender lie could rntcli. At; to the p! that her husband had heen forcibly rani offbv a prcssgang, n was absurd; for wi would become of ihe properly of tiadesm if the wife of i very sailor so entrapped wr to he allowed to plunder shops with impui 1 v? This majimlieent reasoning w as of com onanswerahle; an I the relinked petition abandoned h r bootless errand in despa Messrs. Roberts I should have tncntiom had bv tome accident discovered the natu of the misfortune which had hcfallcu the < ficer, and had already made uriicnt applie li'MI 11 > IIH' ;>llllll| iJIII > IWI IIIS I I..I >1.-1. Tin: Oid Uai'cy Mission did not come < for sonic time : !, however, look care to > cine at once, as 1 did not my sell practice, that court, the li><*Ia**>t talent v. Inch its!) afforded. \V:!lv, who had liccn placed m woiklioiise hv t!ie antliontics, we had j.r perly taken care ol nil lie could lie restore to Ins mother ; or. in the event ot her en vict it hi, to his relatives in i'cvonshire. The sessions win: at last on; a Inn: h against Ksther Mason for shopliltm^. as was [lopuiniiv trinicd, was unhcs;talin? found and with a heavy heart I wendi d n wnv to the court to watch the procecilitii A few minutes after I entered Mr. Jnsli ha IJIanc and ;Mr. i.arou \> oou. \\no n; assisted at an important case of storkjobh i conspiracy, just over, left the bench ; tl learned recorder being doubtless consider) quite equal to tlie triui on u mere capii charge of theft. The prisorici was placed in the dock ; In try as 1 might, I could not look at her. happened to he a calm bright summer dav the air, as il in mockery o[ tiiose death ssions, humming uiili lm<y, lustyhfe : so tin; sitting with niv hack to the prison! I could, as it were, tend Iter demeanor the shadow thrown by her figure on the oj ptisile sun-lighted wa'l. 'i'licre she stei during the href mo-neuts which sealed 'u earthly do mi, witli downcast eves and u tel ly d? jectcd posture ; her (hin fingers |/hv ing iiu'cliatiicaily wiili the flowers and ?wei scented herbs spread scantily before lier.The trial was \en brief: the ? videine, en phatically conclusive, was confidently give and vainlv cross examined. Nothing r maincd but an elaborate rt<! mist iirotdia excusative d.'fence, which had been prepa ed bv mo. and which the prisoner licgge her colitis1*! might be alowed to read. Th was of course refused ; the recorder r< mar1 ing. they inigiit as well all' w coiinsi for felons to address juries, as read defence and //'/,7/, every praelieal man knew. w*oul be tllti r!y su'n usou i f the due r.dmiuisjr: would read the paper, -f the prisoner fe too agitated to do so. if his was done ; an verv \ ! .;!v done. The clerk. I dare sir !i< iv. l! n< In; was able : but oi l, lie: sie'i'.ed :ci I |) !- <I of anything Ihi' <:!i*:u* elimination, what <* >ti!<I I> cxpee.lei i he delenrij, si lead, pro hired ! r> t l!i sinjhtes! rllerl either u:i the court or jui'V.i'iie recorder bncilv cumineuerd <>n i! (Mlic'ti ?i\eness ol' I in: ?;vtfJoii>-0 for I lie pros rutin:!; and ilif; jury, in tiio same brief. li: snessl.ke maimer, a verdict i Ciil.il V. *\V!i:?t |nv? voil to siv." ?!t;nia:nl'-?l lii clerk, whv ill- .soutruer ol" death should n lit; pro:! iimccd upon vi!i. ae.rorilini? to law the sua lo .v started convulsively as i! trrriMf! words feii I'r. ?:n the niau's lips; an I saw tlitt i!i.; sudd *:i itpr.iis>*?l ryes ?r tprisoner were lastcuird on the tan: ol il fearful questioner. The lips too. appuare to move; hut no s mud reached my res. Speak, woman.' said the recorder, ul yhave anv;liiii?r t.i ur^e belae sentence pronounced.' I started up. and Inramu to tin: pris me bus in.'1;: her in hurried accents to speak.'Ileurnd them o|"die infant at voiir brenstyour husband'? W'iiois llrr conl'.-rivii: with I lis: prisonei deiuau I - I t!i j i Ij : io a i au^.y vmrr. I turned, a id confronted h:m wiih :i Ion a? eo! I ;i:id hiij'iiv as ins own lie di not Ih'uk pr ijier in pursue lit-* inquiry lii ! 1 .111' ' i 11 nr <i?i!:|.|! III1 > * :il):i| 111'"! , .1.1 I -I.P.I ^ _ the nvcessitv of not interrupt;!." the |>n ccedui^s of the court, ajaui adccd the j?ri: oiu.'i' if s!i?' had anvtiiifi^; Id urno. 'N il fi)i- mvscil?:i a It my sake.' at l.i: faintly intiroii)i>'(I tin: trembling woman ; In for ili,-it of my poor dear infant?my |>o< '.vii less Imv ! I <lo not thai!:. si;'. 1 was i my riidit mind. 1 was starving. ! w; fri aidless. Mv lindnad too, wlio.n y-i have heard' Sli -! = .j.,).-!! abruptly :an a ci? iking struggled jn her throat : an bill lor the supporting arm ?l" one ol !l turnkeys,-ho would have lalicn to li nfoUU I. 'I oihappv. g iilly woman," said the reoori or. Willi tin- i;o ilucss ol a detn >n. 'Ilie pl< of insanity voa would s -t up is utterly u tenable. Yoni husband.it seen us. is sen ii his majesty in the royal uavv : defending Ii country, whilst his wife was breaking i laws, t?v the eoiumission of a crime wliio but lor the sten: repiessmus id the la> would sap the foundations of tlie secuntv e "j, 1 could endure no more. Tin.* atmospho ol the: <:<>iii i seemed to sidle uu:; and I hicd lor lelicl into the open ail'. Ilcloi however. I had reached (lie street, a Ion piercing scream informed mo thai the Sear ed judge /ntd dune Ins duty. No ell" el was spared during t!ic interv which elapsed previous to the recorder pr senling his report to the pr.vy council ? peculiar privilege at that time attached the ollicc?to procure a mitigation of ll sentence. A petition, selling forth the p cnliar circumstancesoftho ease, was car fully prepared ; and l>v the indefatigable < cri.ons of an excellent Quaker genilcmai whom, as he is still alive, and might n choose to have his name blazoned to tl lit.1 wot Id, 1 will call William Friend?was soon j 1 ith i very numerously signed. The prosecutor. f im I however, obstinately refused to attach his s ;rc name to the document ; and the absence of 11 id, his signature , so strangely did men reason ' ei- on such matters in those days?would, it *' :v- was feared, weigh heavily against the sue- " ea j cess of the petition. The amiable and en- (: ed ; lightened Sir Samuel Romillv not only atlal taehed his name, but aided us zealously by " en his advice and influence. In short, nothing '' :rc was omitted that appeared likely to attain '' iii- the desired object. Sl >e Two days in:lore the petition was to be a er forwarded to the proper quarter, llenrv I' ir Mason arrived in JCngland. the exertions of j i! his employers having procured nis discharge. | re j The 'active' was one of Capt Hosier's noa- I if-1 men, which obtained the celebrated victory | u a- oft' I.issa, over the Franco Venetian fleet ' j commanded bv Admiral Doboiirdien.? ; ui I llenrv .Mason, it appeared by the tcstimoni-' j, I ; Is of the captain and officers of his ship had , ?| in 1 greatly distinguished hmiwtf m tlie action i-Oar ! We enclosed ihcse naocrs wilfi the oetilion: i ;> , and then, having done all in our power, > th o- awaited with anxiou-. impatience lhe result ' la j of the rue. minis report, it was announced ! ii u- ! to mo,as I was sitting somewhat later than usual at eh a m hers, hy Mr. William Friend. ni ill; 'i lie judgement to die was confirmed ! All V( i' our representations had not sufficed to conn- ':i A lei balance the supposed necessity of exhibit- ! is ; in" terrible examples of the fate awaiting the perpetrators of an nficiice said to lie r..1 j Locally on the increase. Excellent William ii i Friend wept like a child as he made the : anrioiinccmcnt. ! . , i .... .. . , i h' le | i iu.'ic arc many persons alive who rcol- i ^ <l | led I Ins In?i rible tragcdy-tliis national (lis- I |, al jgrace?this act of gross barbarity on the |, i part <>l tin: great personage, who, first hav. j w ii! j :og carried oil" the poor woman's husband,! It left her to die lor an act the very conse- o : i queiico of that robbery. Who among the ' d s- J spectators can ever forget that heartrending li it. ' seem:?the hangman taking the baby from d tr, J the breast of the wretched creature just bein lore lie put her In death ! But us let led rake ai [>- up these terrible reminiscences Let us '' d hope that the tni'ij guilty are forgiven.? 1 r | And let ns lake consolation from reflecting " t- that this event led the great Romillv to en* r- | ter on li s celebrated career as a reformer of f,' at j the criminal law. (i ? | T!i" remains of Esther Masm were ob. a) i- , mined from the Newgate officials, and (jiii. i u :n 1 et'y interred in St. Sepulchre's churchyard. | e. . A peti11 slab. wliilli her name only plainly 1 v< m clrs i!ed upon it, was some time alierwards sc r- placed above the grave. A few years ago I V d attended a funeral in the churchyard; and af- ! y< is ter a .slight search, discovered the spot.? .* The inscription, though of course much t,J ::) | worn, w as st JI quite legible. 11,! s. j ! had not seen i.eury .Masnti smoc h:s re- 11 ?i i turn : but i was g ad to hear Irom Mr. Wil. r* ? i i* i . in m ; 'r:i2<' a rib'unci li:nl su^/siili/iTl, "iui !iad, f . Ii ' .|rcri111 y a; K-nsi, thanks to ilic tender and c d i pious cxpostuhi ions o| his \vif?:?with whom I y. hy tin: Knid intervention of the sheriffs, lie ; ir was permitted hug a id frequent interviews, ; a >?-ti:i;?! d ?\vsi into calmness and resignation, p. I. One tiling only lie w?uSJ n ?l hear to hear ,|, ie even Irom her. and that was any admission |,; ? ih.it she had heen guilty of even the slightest , j,: ?e : nflence. A hint of the Kind, however nn- ! I intentional, would throw liini into a paroxi vs ii of fury ; and tlie sn'>j< ct was consc-| In ?l qncntlv in his presence studiously avoided. A lew days aftei the execution, Mr. Win. ie I-Yicnd cal'ed on me just after hreaklast, ft' a accompaui' d hy the hereaved hnshand. I ( ii ver saw s > changed a man. Ail the warm ! n- i Kindness of his nature had vanished, and was , w d reolaee.l hv a gloomy, liieree aiistecritv, al- i ie i tgcther fiauifn! to contemplate, i "Well, sir." said he as Ii: hardy touched j d miv proffered hand. Mliey have killed her, ! vo'i sec, in sp'le ol ail you could say or do. n ll mijeii availed me loo, lhat I had helped to ' is win their hnastcd victories,' and he laughed ; a SI] wiih savage hitlnrness. I r, "II my?Henry !'exclaimed Win. Friend J ;u ? in ? i-<miniv11iff 1 .i Ill ?? .. (.............. f l(] - *\\ ell. well, sir,' rejoined Mason impatient- I j(, Iv. you arc a good man. and have of course I rf your own nations ?m these matters: I also (|i have mine. Or perhaps you think it is onlv ai h the hlood o| l!ie rich and great whieh, shed tli I unjustly, brings fir '.he iron harvest ? 'For- g; r- give me,' he ad led, cheeking himself. 'I ai it re-pi-i't you both ; but my heart is turned to <" ' stone. You do not know; none ever knew . " s- hut I; 11- v\ kind, h iw living,how gentle was u? that poor long-sulf ring girl.' si lie turned from us to lude (he terrible ago- j 1 it 11 v which convulsed him. ?r 'ileiiry, and Mr. Friend. taking him kind i j n , !y l>y tin; had, *wo ply I lice sincerely, as | Y ?s j ih.hi kuowest but thy bitter, revengeful exit pres>ious are uuelitistian, sinful. The till- ! Vl d tiiorities whom l.'iou. not for the first lime, jj I raiiest on so wild y, aelod. he sure of it, from ' te a sense of duty; a mistaken one, in my j m ie opinion, doubtless ; still." ! i!i IS.iy n > more, sir," interrupted Mason.? !- j 'Wo difft in opinion upon the subject. And , li: a now, genlieuicu farewell. I wish to see j n | vou sir, before 1 leave this country fewer. ? tg | to thank you Ibr your kind, though fruitless j d< is j exertions. Mr. Friend has promised to be | Sl ts j -toward I u' poor \V illy Ibr all I can remit ^ I). I to his use. Farewell, (bid b'ess you bolh ! 11 >v. i lie was none! I id War soon after war. Is broke out with the i lrnitcd State-sol' America, and .Mr. ITiend re discovered that otii- of lite most active and h- ilurini: olliecis in I!i>; Republican navy was j i', Henry .Mason, who nad entered the Aineri- ; ran service in the maiden name of his wife; ii- and that lite larjie sums lie had rcmillcii : trout tune to tune for the use of \\ illy, were al the produce of his successful depredations on e- the; British commorec. The instant Mr. ; a i Friend made the discovery, lit! declined all j to further agency in the matter. Mason, how- j i tc ever, contrived to remit through some other e- channel to the Mavie's with wltotn the hoy e- had hoett placed ; and a rapid improvement x. in their eircmstances was soon visible.? i- These remittances ceased about the middle t! ot of 1811; and a twelvemonths after the peace h he with America, wc ascertained that Ilcnry a Mason had been killed in llie battle of Lake .'hamplain, where lie had distinguished himelf, as eveiy where else by the reckless dar- J ::g and furious hale willi which he fought 1 lie country which he accused of the murIcr of his wife, lie was recognized by one C his former messmates in the 'Active who o'lveyed a prisoner on board the Amerian commander Macdonongh's ship, rcoogiscd him as he lay strlched on the deck, in lie uniform fit an American naval officer ; | is countenance, even in death, wearing the , time storiuful, defiant expression which it i ssumed on the day that his beloved Esther ( erished on the scaffold. < ( A CONTRAST. In a luxurious furnished parlor sat a lady, i ho had been subject to the best of teachers, i ill. a fond father ever ready to encourage and ) ) assist her in the path of science. Neither ad fond lirotheis or loving sisters been tardy 1 i tins discharge of tln-ir rhry. to make her what t ?e ought to he ; and with pride lliey called her t rr-4??;_toP nf ux'onijsu'iJJ listen to those I r\ri L? /S ofHwIt/tn f nnf nnctt fnnco VfTrrtr *?_ / t? icn judge if they do justice to teachers who I live toiled year after year, to train her ripen r ig intellect aright, or not. i " My dear father, you can never imagine how / inch I grieve over your misfortunes. It is so / ?ry hard, that you in your declining years must r thor tor your bread, and that of your children, si ?li ! it is so sad that you must wear your life I jt thus; you who have known naught hut af- f tience from your youth." a The lady who thus lamented the misfortune i f her liither was richly attired, and sat trifling I illi the petals of a newly blown rose. Before I er was a chess hoard and chess men arranged I ir a frame. Hour after hour she thus wasted a lt time, and while her father toiled to earn her I read, she raised not her hand, hut to spend hat her lather had waisled his strength to earn. Within another parlor sits a fair young girl s f scarce sixteen summers, upon whose brow i iere is no irnee of core or sorrow. We will t sten to what she is saying to her aged sire, and i len judge what has made her thus happy a Father, dear lather, I am very happy to day; 1. ltd this has been the most iinpcitant day of my ( fe." " 1 " Will you explain yourself my child," asked i er father. e The happy girl held up the skirt of a dress ?j mhroidered in a most elegant style, saying, Is it not perfectly beautiful ?" For a moment it; lofty brow of her parent was contracted, ml lie seemed absorbed in sad reflections, but 'ith kindness replied : " Yes, it is beautiful, and must have been i*ry expensive. I am not a little surprised to ><? you in possession of so rich an e.iticle.? fill you tell me how you came by it, and what hi intend to do with it ?" I "Father, I embroidered it, and have sold it i .Mrs. (i , and with the money I in'end to \y my expenses of term at S . Now as is I lie fir>t day I ever completed an imdertaing of the least importance, 1 must call it 'he iosI import int." . ti iiId this must not he ; the only child of 'a m<?:. ho could once command ins ihoiHanas niusi a >t labor." ti " Dear father, do not ia!k thus," said the fair ii rl, as she [ilaced her liny finger upon lhe e irted lips of her parent, "why should I not n something todighten the weight of care that is fallen upon my father? Although my path is hern strewed with blessings, until this day n knew not ilie meaning of happiness." ts Her father pressed her to his breast, proud of ? ?r noble mind and heart. 0 This lovely girl said naught of the misfortunes c her father; but did not that act of kindness > farther to prove her affections for her parent 8 inn ail the wor s she could have spoken ? j One has spoken, the other has acted. We v ill leave our readers to judge of their worth. c t TREATMENT OF SCHOLARS. a IIV I?K. S. B. WOODWARD. (i Children under eight years of age, should I it usually he confined to the school room more s an four hours iri a day. These hours should 'I Ibrd considerable diversity of employments, ? i as to enable the child to change his posture a imueiitly, and be more or less upon bis feet ; e id, also, to change the subject of thought, so c at the mind shall not be occupied by one sub- p ct too long or too intensely. u Intensity shon'd be carefully avoided ; it leads rectlv to disease of the brain, which probahly ise.s from this cause. Precocity is generally _ e result of this organ?either functional or or ? inic ; the latter exhibits itself in epilepsy, or e i imbecility of mind, or proves fatal by the currence of inflamation or convulsions.? jj I'atohfulness cannot lit>g:n too early to guard .i ?vi!c Ir*iin,lit tviili !n the future. j ... 11*a child exhibits any symptoms of precocit v, should I)*' immediately taken from hooks and (j rmi.'ted to ramhle and play in the open air, or y gage in manual lahor, and such amusements v ; will <:ive rest to the min i, and health and gor to the hnily, (j The recess of school, for children of eight j, ars and younger, s!i?u!d he long, the play nc- t( ve, and even noisy?(for the Jung> require c length l:y exercise, as well as the muscles.) id every child should he required to unite in ., e sports of playtime. j Fifteen minutes is a short time Ibr recess ; ill an hour is heller, particular in summer. During the recess, the school room ought to thrown open in warm weather, and the win s >ws dropped a l ltle ways in the cold weather, 11 ? as to thoroughly ventilate the apartment. s i'c have hardly learned yet that pure air is h juallv important to lieahh and life, as good t iiurishmet.t an I pure water. p In school regulations, regard is usually paid ...,-..,1..I nml mural imorovement oulv. We rget llmt wf liiivo bodies, tIn* pieservation s id training: of which are not loss necessary to |, ic voting than the acqn-ithm of knowledge. s I'ilhont health we can have hut litllfc enjoy, j lent: with it we ran learn all that is neressa. | i with eas?>?if we are not in loo grrat ha?te. 10 limit is given to the age, in which the vig. rous ami healthy can acquire useful know due. * It is of little u<e to make great acquirements, t in doing so. we sow the seeds of disease, | hii-h will destroy the happiness and usefulness | f life.?(to lry\s I) illur Xctccpapcv Young people fall in h?vo now whether f icy wish to or cot. The weather is so c nt they molt and run together,' in spile of ? 11 exertions to the contrary. t " Answer a Fool according to wis Follv .'"-?During the month of November, 1843, the writer was travelling in one ol the nighttrains from Albany to Ulira. The weather being very cold, the passengers gathered as close, ly as possible around the stoVe. Among the numbers thus brought into jifxtafmsiiion, were a clergyman and an atheist; and as the latter whs very loquacious, he soon engaged the minister in a controversy touching the relative merits of their respective systems. They soon became much excited, and thus continued to tlispute, to the great annoyance of all presffif, until long nfier midnight, although often reguested to desist, and though it bod been espe-ially urged upon the clergyman that ire "was trusting pearls before swine." In answer to an inquiry of the reverend gen. 4 Icinan, as to what would he man's condition ifter death, the atheist replied, "Man is like a jig ; when he dies, that is the end of him I" -t the minister was about to reply, a red-faced [ri>,li woman at the end of the car sprang up, he natural red of her face glowing inortf in. enscly with passion, and the light of the lamp ailing directly upon it, and addressing the tumorous from*T&?Ympffsiu!i?u \ iehness of its brogue, exclaimed,* Arrah, note, rill yr. not let the baste alone ; has he not said ic's a IMG ? and the more you pull his leg, the oudcrlw.ll squale !" The effect upon all was dectric; the clergyman was humbled, and .... i . i r _ .i I..I r,.Ilv lor His I uuu^lllicn^licvo MUM, awa.jm ftutupon (be atheist it was perfectly slunning | ie had been 44 answered according to his folly," ind confounded with bis.own argument by ffri liberate Irish woman. (Jod had evidently used he 44 foolish to confound the wise and while ic remained in lb** car he was literally speech* ess, and he seized the first opportunity and left, tit hough he had paid bis passage through to Jlioa*?American Messenger. A Sly tip of- tub Cbbaturb.-?One rj oof ubscribcrs, (says the Rhode Island Repabli. an,) woo happered to be in Newport last sumner, got down into the bar-room at a very eaf- "^j y hour, when there was nobody but a boy i* I .ttendance; when In! who should come m first ) iut a tall, well-dressed, very solemn- jooking Quaker gentleman (it was a yearly meeting.) io looked about for a moment, and then turnng to the boy?44 Boy," said be, "dues thee ver make any lemonade ?" " Certainly, sit, a :reat deal every day," 44 Well, make <ne a ;lass, take that largest sized tumbler"?bof nixes ingredients, and pours in water about lalf full. Stop?leave a vacancy. "Mas thee ny old French brandy ?" 44 Yes sir.";. " Well, our till I tell (bee to stop." Boy poors.? Stop! Has thee any good Jamaica rum?" 1 None sir." uAny Santa CrttzT" " les." Well pour till I tell thee tostop.'*- Boy pours n the brim. "Stop!"?Boy Mtirts. And hen our Quaker friend, setting the .brim-full, . ell seasoned breaker to his tips, poured down ii one continuous stream, the whole draughty rithout the interruption of a breath. Then ritli that look ?f satisfaction to (he inner mafr,rhich. on such occasions, is teenbut not de> crihcd, he set down t?gbs*_o^J-eaBed whai'a i pav ? fie paid, and turned to go away, out v-'-d as it he had forgotten something, just a he reaenrrrtm, ^ casting lack an eye d the fountain of refreshment, where We had rnbibed the exhilerating beverage, be exclaimd? ' Lad, thee's a small boy, but thee doth take a great lemonade !" Incidents of tiie Cholera.?The Cincirf. ati Commercial, of the 14th inst., says:?Cap. \in Kendrick, of the steamer Cambria, give* s the facts relative to a circumstance which ccurred on that boat on her last trip from this lily to St. Louis. A German passenger was aken with Cholera, passed rapidly through the >vpral stages, and finally died, as was supposed. in was laid out, his coilin was made, and he vould bare, been buried in tba course of two >r three hot/rs, had not Capf. Kendrick ordered hat the body should be kept until it got cold, ,nd the fact of death established* After a lapse if about eight hours, Copt. Kendridt examined lie body, ancf foitnd it cold, and >*as therefore atisfied that the man could be safely buried. The boat was lauded near HawestiMje, and thtf rave was dug; but as the lid of the coffin was bout being screwed dow, (be mau opened his yes, gave a gasp or two, and actually recor* j red. He is now alive and well! The car* enter that made lite coffin was buried in N the iext day. A Parting Scbnk bp.twekn two Irishmen. ? 'Well Jimmy 1 understand the Doctors has ;iven you up." I Jim.?"Yes Pat, it's most over wid me." Pat. after a pause.?"Well, Jimmy, ye hav'nt teen a great sinner?ye'll go to the good place.' Jim.?Oh, yes Pat?to be sure I stole some overn incut timber." ' * - Pat, taking Jimmy s nana ana swniiiuiv ? . iplomatic air. "Well, farewell lo jp, when c reaches the good place, (ell fhem jroa'ra j ell acquainted wid Tat McGarlin," j Here Pat started fur the door, but, fts if sud. only thinking of Jemmy's dishonesty in steal. :ig the government timber, he wheeled around > his friend and seriously and earnestly exlaimed : "Rut, Jimmy, if any thing happens to ye that c should go to the ilher place, jist fell them ye ou t know a devil a word about mc." A Good Hit.?The Washington Uniotl ays that the Democratic party were never i better health than at present." "May he o," says l'rentice "exercise ofi foot is said i) be favorable to health and we perceive hat some of the most prominent men of lite iarty are walking out every day." What we Dike to See.?We like to eo a young lady walk as though a flea was liting her on each hip?it h so fascinating! >he is just the match for a dandy, who steps ike an open-winged turkey travelling over KM U5IIC3: Alcibiades remarked to Socralcs that his vifo, Xautippo, nil the time scolding, was lot to he endured. WlntT rejoined the )hiloso|>hcr, "can you not endure the cack. ing of geese?" The Connecticut dame, the mother of a largo amily. was one day asked the onmber ofhpr liildren. "La me!" she replied, rock ing her elf to and fro, "I've got f/urteen; tnoslly boys inrf girls!"