The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, January 19, 1850, Image 1
A r'
v. > - V
%
VOTTTL CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 19, 1850, " MMBElH.
. -ij v :
Poetical Department.
IF TIIOU IIAST CRUSHED A FLOWER.
* PV MRS. JtF.MANS.
Tfthou hast crushed a flower.
The root may not be blighted;
If thou lias quenched a lamp,
Once more it maybe lighted:
But on thv harp or on thy lute.
The string that thou has broken,
Shall never in sweet Found again,
Give to thy touch a token !
Il thou has loosed a bird,
Whose voi c of song could cheer thee
Still, still, lie may he von,
m ,u_ ..i.:?
r ruin i lie fiviwi wmmc i;vu> tuv ,
Cut if upon the troubled s/>a
Thou hast thrown a pom unheeded,
Hope not that wind or wave will bring
The treasure back when needed.
If thou hast bruised a vine,
The summer's breath is healing,
Antfits clusters yet may glow,
Through the leaves their bloom revealing;
But if thou hast a cup o'crthrown,
With a bright draught filled?oh! never
Shall earth give back that lavished wealth
To cool thy parched lips' fever.
The heart is like that cup,
If thou waste the love it bore thee;
A r?r1 f lv.it intvM rrnno. I
* MltV l,l .% JV? ? . n *
Which the deep will not restore thee:
Ami like the string of harp or lute.
Whence sweet sound is scattered?
Gently, oh1 gen'ly, touch the chords,
So soon forever scattered.
Sl)t Olio.
A NEGRO SERMON AGAINST VANITY.
published BY RKQrr.sT.
t am going to giv-e^vou a part of a negrosep
mm. which was preached by a good man in Jamaica.
Hundreds of the people hear this tnin
Ister; and some hf them have been made wiser
?nd hotter hv what thev have heard. The
words are spelt jiwl as ho spoke them ; hut they
were sounded in sm*h strange tones n? made
the peon'e attend to what he said, and feel ji
too. Fie thus began : " Fust Timotv, sixth
chapter, seventeen verse. 'Charge dem dat
he rich in dis world, dat dem lie not highminded.'
"
Then he stooped and looked upon the cnngrcgafion
; and after this, in a complaining
tone, n? if co!????hody was finding fault with him,
he said : 44 What for him ?:iv, ' cha rge d-m dat
he rich, dat dem he not high-minded ! ]Ve. no
rirh. Wc poor nigger. De hnehra (white
man) trim rieh. Niirger make c|e sugar; huekrn
???L-n d. mnnev what lor him sav charire dem
flat hr rirli ?"
Then chanjinjr hi* voice, lie thus answered
he supposed objector: " Y??u no rich, oh ?
Make I show vo'i, yu rioh. You free niojrT
now. So \'ou sav, ' Mo no like round jacket
aflain.' Hon yon no to one 'fore (store.) Yon
Imy one rout, one tail oont. You put him on.
You look yotirselfin o'nss. Yon liko him. Pen
yon go to one toder 'tore. You buy one hliirk
t'owser. You no want Trash Irnwspr nJ5.1:??.
Wash trowser,' you snv. ' hitn good fir slave
ttipffcr. lie free ni^eer. him must hah black
trowser, like Inirkra.' Pen you go to one toiler
'tore. You buy one smart shirt. Now you no
like rheek shirt. Him good for (1p wk nicCer,
hut free nigger must hah smart shirt Detl
you go to one toiler 'tore. You huy one black j
hat. 4 De s!rav ha', voti say, 1 no good for
Irec niggT.' Pen yon go to one toder 'tore.
You buy one hoots. IV, slave nigger, him go
barefoot. De free n'iTII0 *, him tnu?thab boots,
likp btickra. Don you wail till Sunday rome !
You put 'em on. You 'lay till fie people nil
rome. Dem sit quite quiet. No make noise.
Or minister him come. I Jim sit flown. De
people rh-n wait for de minister to begin. IIim
begin. Den you come ? You wnlkee up de
aisle! Creak?ereak?creak! What for you
make dnt poise, eh ? Creak?creak? creak !!
Don't dat pride ? Don't dat say, 41 See me new
tailcoat!?see me new black hat!?sec mc
fine shirt! See me good trowscr! Hear me
new bor?t?! Don't me one fin,-, gentletnan!?
Don't mo rich! Don't tint ]>riifr! 'Charge do in
flat he rich, eharee dem Hat he rich, dat dem
be not high-minded.?Juv. Miss. Mag.
When yott have anything to do, ?*> ahead
and do it. A man who has the option of two
roads, either of which will fake him to his journey's
end. mu?t not stand too long in considering
which to fake.
AN ADDRESS.
COMPOSED FOB A TRMPEKANCF. MEETING.
Ye friends of moderation, who think a reformation,
or moral renovation, wotijd benefit our
nation, who deem intoxication, with all itsdis
sipation, in every rank atid station, the cau?eof
degradation : of which vonr observation irives
"~r> ' r,
daily demonstration, ? who sec I lie ruination,
distress and desolation, th" open violation of
moral obligation, the wretched habitation with
/ yt jceotpnjodaiion of any regulation for common
sustrntation, a scene of depravation one.quailed
in creation ; the frequent desecration of
Sabbath ordination ; the crime and depredation,
delving legislation ; the awful profanation
of common conversation, the mental aberration
a-nd dire infatuation, with every sad gradation
to maniac desperation ; ye who with eonster.nation
behold its devastation, and utter condemnation
/mi all inebriation ; why sanetion its do
ration? <>r show disapprobation of any corr?t?|. i
nation,"tor its extermination? Without preva.
rication, wo deem a declaration, that offers no
temptation, by any palliation of this nbominaihe.only
ship foundation lor total oittirpa.
Jjon ; and under persuasion, hold no communication,
with noxious emanation ol brewer'sPermentation,
of poisonous preparation, ol spirit
k.
mnlation. To liiis determination, wo rail consideratior,
and without hesitation invito ro.opo.
ration ; not doubting invitation, and high ripprohution,
without provocation, will raise your
estimation and by rontinuafinn, afTiirrl yon consolation
that in participation with this association,
von may 1?y nieditation, ensure the preservation
of a future generation from all contamination.?and
may each indication, of such re.
generation, he the theme of exultation, till its
final consummation.
Rextarkart.e Rtvri??The Florida Sentinel
contains an account of the examination, by a
enmmi'tee of scientific gentlemen, of the river
Wncissa, in Floridjk, with a view of testing its
- c . f r. f
capacity lor a water power for manumciui m;r
purpmps, and the practicability of connecting it
it with the St. .Mark's by a canal. They found
water at the h %r?rl of the river thirty two feet
above high wa'er in the St. Marks at Newport.
The Sentinel describes the Wncissti as
one of the natural curiosities almost peculiar
to Florida. It takes its rise, like the Wakulla,
in spring? of tremendous volume, forming an
ii'itli lirtf/l clinrnd frrtm U'Kir'lt if
UUIIM'IIM* nun rw-.x ^ III. ? ..
pins in a S. S. B. direction, in a dorp and
broad sfronm. about fuurtci n miles to a swamp
where tnn?f of it disappears llifoiijh a S'd'tnr.
tanoan oliannol hy avi*j<*?} it i* fli^'"hnr^orj into
the (inlf. The river is said to contain a groator
volume of water t!?m the Potomac or James
river, and like all rivers having a similar ri?e
in Florida, it is ?fleeted neither l?y drought or
fre<h. affording one steady, uniform and unvarying
enrront all the year. Any enneejvatde
amount of water power ran hp nhtainod by
tneans ofthe canal proposed, and it will not on.
!y ho unfiilino, hut unvarying. The commit
ipp are ofopinion that mor? than ten times the
water power of" Lowell can he found there at a
small expense,
Tjik Sp.itrr.NT?A correspondent inquires of
Major Noah?"h there any authentic descrip"i
hi of the serpent which tempted Kve in Paradise
to eat (tie forbidden ii nil/" .... To which
i,o replies in the New Yotk Suinlav Times?
Nolhiin? Iievotid what naintintr has nivrtt us of
the representations r?f* the serpent. W* have
a'aimiant conjectures of ancient and modern
philosophers, I nit only conjectures, and of little
value. The impression is that the serpent had
the power ofchanging i,s appearance,complex*
ion, and rliaraeter. l)e Lyra indulged in the
idle conceit that it assumed the face of a fair
virgin. Kngnliinos thinks that the serpent was
a hasalisk; lieiro. a viper; IVlrus Cotnesfiis
contended that the serpent walked upright like
a man; and Dr. Adam Clark considered the
serpent to have been a creature of the npe or
oran owning species. iiur impression i>, uon
there wa< no outward visible fortn present when
the forbidden frtiit was eaten. The serpent
whieh tempted Kve to do wrong is the sante
serpent whieh tenipts its al| at this tjmo to ?b>
what is not right?that it was the inward wig
ge?.iion of a rebellions spirit which leads us all
into temptation, and that the passage in the f?ib'e
is to be interpreted figuratively, and not literally.
The serpent was cursed as we curse
the workings of an evil spirit within us when
wfl begin to feel its efieets, and it in this evi!
spirit whjch puts enmity bet ween eaeh oh-r.
A COQUETTE CONQUERED,
OK TI1K TKJAI.S OF A J1KAKT OF I'KIHE.
IJV JA.MKS Si. WAT.I.ACE.
CHAPTER III.
Though cacli y"iitig (lower had ?lii ?!,
There was the root?strong, living not the less
Thai all il viehhd nosv was biUvriiuPs;
Yet still such love as rjtiiln not tnisrr_\'s side,
Nor drops front vie" its ivy-like embrace,
Nor turns away from death's, its pale heroic face.
Muss. IIi:mans,
Another four years pas=c<l away ! The
whirlwind wrecked many :\ tail commercial
house., ami strangled mariyin long aceumulnled
(orlune, had passed over Philadelphia
carrying dismay, desolation and anguish.?
The firm ot which Mr. Laverty was the
head, hunt, hni did not break. Confidence
hi him was not impaired for he was an unoxAcptionablc
business man; hut it was well
known that he had sacrificed more tlinn lialf
his fortune to secure, the remainderAnd
who that visited, during the summer
of l*v>7, the various liishiotrblc wateringplaces,
does not rememher that pale g'ni,
who attended hy a dnntiug father, sought a
restoration of impaired health. Amv was
lovely still, true, the sunny smile was gone
bu', in the place of that garish splendor of
radiance, which was \yonl "to hum like the
mines of sulphur," there remained the calm
and dreamy beauty o( the mo >nliglit-skv.?
The rose had fl?'d her check, but the lily, in
all its purity, shone, from her l'ariau.brow,
She had fell, at last, that she possessed a
heart. She was no longer "a lump of ice
in the clear, cold morn." lint her heart was
an unwritten srrall, upon which none of late
flnrorl I,, iMomrit Id I'l I ti 11 u> word "Intm "
Many admired, some adored,?hut her
name had gone forth, as of a heartless co.
quelle. To win her love, would have hccii
ineffably sweet; hut, like the French gallant,
no one thought it reasonable to thrust h:s
hr.nl into n hive in search of honcv !
"Amy Lavertv looks hotter to-night, anrt
begins to heain radically again, Walton,"
said a gnv lounger to his Irieii'J.
"Yes.' was the reply, "chaste as the icicle
and every whit as cold! Like the henchman
of Harold the Dauntless, she has, or had, the
faculty of chilling all who ventured within
her influence ?"
"Oh ! you speak feelingly." laughed Withers,
"for I remember now that she had you
'within her influence,' some years since,
when voti held a clerkship at Washington,
and then she placed her icv lingers upon you!
A frozen child dreads the frost, I perceive,
as much as a burned child does the fire!"
' Rail awav, Tom! With honest G rum in, 'I
confess the cttpc I" "replied our old friend
Stanton, who, at the Jackson Inaugural Rail
had heen the subject of Pennant's remarks
to Amy, during the flirtations of the dance.
"The undeniable fact is, I was jilted." lit
those few words are embodied the history of
Amy's life. "Van Btiren never had so*many
applications for office, since he was inaugurated,
in March last, as she has had proposals.
and the disappointed applicants have
been about as numerous under one administration
as the other. 1 was deeply, desperately,
madly in love with her, but site cured
nm?chilled mo off I"
"lias she a heart, think von, -ctanlon V
continued Withers, with mock solemnity.
I <-l liii-o r\f n FVnrwIi cnmnrin ivlut #li.s_
" ' ?"r*
! sorted a man, and found him without thai
organ. Do you no| think that Mho Lnvcrty
might l)c coupled with him in this Noah's ark
of a world, as the two of a kind V
' Nay, hardly as had as that ! Amy has
1)0011 thoughtless, ambitious, and possessed
j of the pride of hucifer?like him she is a
I I alien nng'-h fallen from the oflects of that
prtflo, uiil J sincerely holicve she has been
humbled in a measure-thai. ?!lC !) ?? (t heart,
and lh.it it has been touched. I have seen
much of hoi; for mv dismissal of her love,
never iritcri opted our friendly relations; and
she has been an altered woman ever since
Frank Pennant married Kate Stanton;?hut
the change came too late.and she now stands
a fair chance to "h ad apes," for I know not
llm mnn ivlm vvrilllrl vnitnrr* Iri nr! dross lirr'
The days of vonr JVlrtieios and Duke Aran7.ns
arc past, and live but in the drama.?
And so she attained the reputation of a coquette,
and therefore?"
"Yes, I understand," interrupted Wither?;
'hut see. yonder pnes Mr. Stanton, another
of her discarded ones. 1 am told she passed
some bitter slight on him."
'Yes, she made, no secret of her seorn at
the humble lot of his parents. Hut she little
knew the brilliant career which destiny and
persevcrenre had marked out for him.?
; Henry ?<?tat,ton goes to Cm^rcss. this win!
tei: and no in.i;i of his nee was ever elected
mulct' stioli brilliant auguries of success,
lie lias never married and ! Iiave reason to
believe (lint lior conduct has had a marked
influence upon his whole past life."
"flow so V
"Shortly after his rrjer.ti tn by her Ins father
died. A frugal life had done as mnoh
as all I he stock speenlaiinn at the Exchange
could have efleclcd, an.d lie was found to be
extreme v rich ; a round hundred thousand
at the least. Manton could have lived at
ease and independence; but his honorable
pride was slung, and he seemed determined j
to win his way to eminence, that tfie proud
beauty might see that mind, not money, was
1 tli/> ctmiii ird rif iinliirr'i mitntilv "
j "And do they ever meet now V
"Oli, yes; as c>ld friends. I have sntnelimes
llionuhf; ami were it. anv oilier man
than Henry Stanton, 1 should he certain; j
lliat lie. loves her still. I have watched him
gaze upon her, when lie thought hitnsjll unobserved,
and having known myself what if
Was to feel an mirequittcd passion, have been
almost convinced that the old flame was onlv
smothered or concealed, hut not burned out.'
This conversation details what "the world'
|hn?n?lit upon the person in whose fate our
sforv is interested. And how was it with
Amy i'i<iycrtv? YYras I lie proud, impel mus
brail IV 1'1 fuel lliO n"5I!!?i?j:?"5:5 "1* J'fide when I
it would shift out from t!ic heart the plead,
iugs of youth, talent, and high rhivalric. honor.
jlad a miracle hern wrought? It had,
indeed;*she whold now have exchanged the
world's wealth f<?r the love of Henry .StanIon'.
She had watehed his hrillianl career,
at first with iudillbrenco, but at length the
j thought would intrude itself, that he, upon
whose eloquence admiring listeners .hung en.
raptured; whoso fame was ringing through
the land, and whose smiles was courted bv
i all, might have bi.eii heis. At such times the
I monitor within would say, what a noble
! pride it would have been to call such a man
I all licr own. J?y almost imperceptible do-1
I greets the "imperious girl was changed to an j
I humbled and deep loving woman.
This rhnn<:o of fooling, from one extreme j
lo ilit*, other most opposite, is n curious eon!
stituti<>11 ofiuimnn nature: It is only in t!??* J
; mysterious workings of Providence, nm! its
various applications I >r the benefit of mankind,
that we can trace the solution of this
apparent paradox, that actions or feelings
frequently produce c Herts tlit; verv reverse i
of those which wo would have, expected.
Thus joyous sensations olien leave a tini?0 <>i
pain, ami sorrows lirinir a rordial halm to tlie
jilllieled heart. Tell the mother who weeps
the ruin ol her hopes and joys over the grave
of lier darling child, that her ollsspinw is now
! reaping the IVtiits of an innocent life in a
I world of ncver-endiitir hliss. and her risin? j
[sobs will show that these eonsolihir rellecI
lions strongly augment her grief. Tho angrv
man is more deeply incensed at cverv
mark of favor, a1"' "ie 'linnet o| Hie lover
:isstin < us tlint "fears and sorsows fan the
lire of |'iv."
The inll'icncc of this converted passion, if
the term may he allowed, is co-cxistent Willi
all our thoughts ami actions, and occurs
when (lie mind is occupied !?v some powerful
leelinjj, whose commanding influence;
seems to suhihie every inferior emotion. J
i The patriot forgets individual wrongs in It is j
I love of country: the soldier knows not fear. |
anxiety or hope, when the *'!nix war" makes j
, "ambition virtue." Jilvcn religion itself is I
not uninfluenced hv lliis principle. The
apostles, we arc told, when confined in the
prisons of Thyfttirnpsang praises to God a!
midnight; as if the darkness and "loom of
their dungeon, and the aggravated circumstances
oftheir confinement, hcijjfircned the
triumph of their devotion, and enfablcu litem.
notwithstanding the fearful earthquake
which shook the foundation oftheir prison,
to conduct with moderation and fortitude.
Tito flames of pcrsceusion, while consuming
the bodies of suffering martyrs, seem to have
given new energy to the pious emotions of
their minds.nnd enabled the fervency oftheir
devotions to rise superior to every eternal
object. The design of such constitution of
our nature is easily seen; it is thus the powers
nt the human mind arc made tocorros.
_ I *4 - I * _ I * 1 A t
pnnn wnti me occasion on which mey rie i
excited. It is a principle salutary Jin its el" |
fects upon ourselves, an illustrtivc of His i
eliarnrter who tins established all things in
benevolence and wisdom.
Tims we may see how the chastening
hand ran convert the proudest scorn to the
timidity of love, feeling itself hopelessly unrequited:
and by tracing tlie arena of the
heart's mysteries, discover how natural was
the process, or rather the retribution, which
turned the pride of Amy, and made her rc
coil from the contemplation of her former
self.
chapter iv.
I vowed Clint I would dedicate my powers
To lliro and lliiiiy; have not I kept tlio vo;v?
With heating hrarl 9111I streaming eyes, oven now, j
I en 11 the phantoms itf a thousand I,outs,
Each from tin? voice'esc grave.
The lady's heart IwaJs fast
As half in jov, and half agftast,
On those high domes her looks she east.?Frttu.v, J
i^pain turn wo lo Washington?that j
jnijrlry capita!, that groat political heart ol'j
r>ttr Union, frona whose pulsations are sup. j
plied the entire arteries of our l>ody politic.
It was the memorable session of 1810, when
the halls of legislation were turned inlo a
lit) tinffs. and Whiff and. Demnrral broke
f (into I n rm A ^ t n /IaIoiwa m( I (nooi enn a i? \ n t?
Huron, a.s thc.r p??Iiiica! predilections dictated:
thai session, when grave legislators
lonk an inventory of the furniture oftho
presidential' mans on, from the "gold spoons"
down to the napkins oftho pantry; when the
horrors of a standing nrrny were so vividly
displayed, and puns, liayonets. and bnnrdipgpikes
bristled out from every line of .Mr.
Secretary Poinsett's annual report fiom the j
War Dupaitment, when the conqueror of j
Proetor. and t!ie victor at 'J'ippeeauoe was :
proved a "granny" and a "'coward," by men ;
who had never smelt gunpowder in their
lives, save in the homoeopathic compounds
oft heir boyish squibs and India crackers; j
when !)oilt parlies succeeded, by most over- .
whelming arguments, id convincing their j
friends that'he eonntrv would "go to the'
b'uv W 'Ws," if their antagonists succeeded; |
wltcnlhe balls of legislation were stripped |
of every leaf, branch and limb, of tie i- \
design, an 1 the hickory and the buckeye |
were formed in fantastic garlands around '
t r l
"the stump" which alone remained; when
bloodlioiinds and conscience keepers, tabourets
and petticoats, British gold and bank
bribes; were household and familliar words;
w'nen every man. woman and child, was
possessed of the devil of partisan malign ly,
and we staid United Staters, sang songs, j
drank hard eider, held conventions,got up
|orr;i*u<r;ii |)i"iii:ir!i.s;ini:i, iinu n.i'mih.u ii>r our
candidates :is if MoiIIdiii had Ijccm keeping
hn-y'J'iy, Willi its inmates all out electioneering.
U :C morning, in early spring, the calla- i
ries of the House of Representatives were I
thronged id sullhcation, long hrlhre the nn1- j
let of llie .Speaker. railed the members fo j
()' i!cr, l>y a quasi "///ri/v a n<i// htrevihr I
process'" Time never seemed to lair so ,
tardily, as did the !ia:ids of the clock, nppn. ;
site it. ]\J. T. Hunter's chair?it appeared j
as jflhey would never point zenith-ward to |
the InMij* ofhigh noon! Had it heen the last j
night of a session when those hands iiavc a j
in? 1*1 nr? i f Id " hasten slow I v" Id the .
I'l * "" VI'" ' v" 'rt . i
wilchinir Hunch-yard hour lest in the hurry j
of |lie i:|osin<> scene, ??>nu*lIsinir r.i'elit In; i
omitted, which Ilk' law makers li:u! no time j
to thin!; of(lui'innr ||jt; seven or eirfit nrece.
dinjj month*?had it l?r?c*J the eloso n| :i i
sion, wo affirm thru "tarn/ pace-1 hands'
WfinM have acquitted themselves' 1? adinira- :
lion?hut now, never did Juliet she!
had "bought the mansion of a love bur ,not :
|ti>s?ess'd it** wisli tlifs " fiery footed steeds'";
to " gallop apace" with more intonsitv of ex- !
nnnfi.tn tlifindid the .lllotidinnr oir.i',1 Inner !
for the hour oftwcl'-c. Al last it came?tin; i
hum Irum voice. of an assistant clerk was J
heard reading "yesterday's minutes" as .
inonotonouslv as tlx; sounds of a woo ! .
pecker tapping the hollow he.och tree!" I
When Convin of Ohio rose and moved that i
the further reading of the minutes he dis- 1
penscd with, bright eyes in the gaketv voted j
him thanks, and when the " morning hour" ;
wasoveraml the Speaker called the ''orders I
of tin* dav"?then, "mute expectation spread j
its anxious hush" over the e ntire auditors1! j
' When tho House adjourned with this j
hill under consideration, the gentleman from j
Pennsylvania was entitled to the floor,"said
the Speaker.
And llenrv Stanton rose to: the 'jeostion.
He, who hut a lew years he I ore. had "no j
jointure hut a green vegetable stall in I'm;
market" to oiler the vie!) and proud \mv ,
f.averly in exchange l ?i her love' ahn. ;
dignified and self possessed he rose, though
a thousand we hen; (ixedlv upon
Ifrn. This was the cnlrrfnest? of*' confident
mastery of Ins subject?the 'iflgrufjyof conscious
inicilecttinl greatness. .Slowly, emphatically
nod unnstentniiousfy ho pronounced
(lis exordium?ti.cn with consummate
skill, he cominWlcd all the arguments of his
.(ppnnents nun. fortified his own position.
Affirmed with' his subject " rnnt. inspired,"
lieco ..tQeucCd'his peroration. Efillinnl as
the l:^htWH)f,5(feph; glowing as die lav.a How;
hold, dnshitig'.W^fc^ions asthe mighty mountain
torrent was fne^e^jKacJcr of h.is eloeuenre!
.Scarce! v rnn:<jTfl^?Jistonin;i crowd
restrain them.ve'ves from opi^^nplanse and
many rising indications of an ^Biop^irro:
prcssthle movement were silqi?eed -Kctlie
Speaker's hammer. ? t 7
Eilward Stanton surt ' ??ed "even ?j!l his
former briliiatu efforts! Was it caused hv
tl?rv r?v/MlMiir?ttt r\l thn cnlnnot fl\/% inf?l!o/?.
tnal intoxication of sttrccss? No:?his hour
of'iriumjjli had arrived, the goal ho. had striiop
L'lci! f r.vunrs to attain was won!?for in
the findies' (-nl!ory, immediately over tin?
Speaker's chair, and directly in front of the
orator, snt Amy Lnvenv; she who. in onrlv
youth, had sn cruelly scorned him: s!:c who
had withered the freshness ofhis heart, and
dried up the gushing fountains of love in his
sop!! I?o snv-' pot the crowd nroun'i him?
lie heard not the murmurs of applause?lie
liecdcfj not t!io triumphant glance of poliiical
friends nor the gloomy looks of dismmfitted
opponents?his soul was on his tongue,
arid as the jewels of rhetoric, the brilliant
/ i ? ? i i*. P
jjrrns oi oratory, ami ino rnamonn suawsoi
- >
sn'iro lb!! from hie lips?he poured llie.m nil,
prodigally, and with a fooling of snpernnturn!
power, as an offering I mi fore t!.o shrine
o* iiis young, Id'ghlod and cruelly rrushed
love.!
At length he closed amid the plaudits of
llio privileged n few on t!:e floor of'th" house,
and t he \tyiving of snnwv 'kerchiefs from die
gallery. In the midst a stilled so!> was
heard, then a piercing shriek! "A* ladv in
the gallery had fainted?from the lioni!*
Strange, inexplicable mystery of the human
heart! Two wells of pass:on, long seal
od up and apparently dried, had burst tMeir
con!in"s!
0!i fame! o!i popular applause' how little
knew any in t!?at Hail, why the young ora:t>r
was so trnnseendanl'v !?r?!!ia:il that (Mv!
I low little divined t!,e companions of Amy
what was the muse of that sudden fainting
fit!
The hospitable mansion of Secretary
W todlturv was thrown open that evening.
(Jay forms crowded every room and silvery
voices resounded through every hall. !n a
remote cornerofono apartment, within the
reee-s of a window, stood Henrv Stonlon
and Amy,J/wu-ty. Tfieir hands were interwined.
Ins eyes beamed with pride and
hers with happiness. Wo have have hut a
few words of their conversation to c!irr?nir!t\
' 1V!iy?why, as!; me if I loveyen?" said
Amy.
Why?" rcsnonded Stanton in that deep
voire and choking utterance. which arc only
n^sinn*<1 \v!io!? (he heart speaks nmlihly:
"why? that I may iV'ul that my dat dreams
arc now reality: that i may know llint Mine,
has worn away those fnnils of oarlv education,
\v!iieh clouded the bright noss of your
native excellence: that i may ho assured
!11ai we have !>oth eorno out , unt.sai worn
tlic crucible of sullcrini; (ho fuo! to which
has h'T!i supplied from our vei v hearts ! 1
would l;ijf)\v that you Jove too, that J may !>o
supremely happy."
" !)e Jtnnpv then, r.it* n?5 die knowledge
of my love can ir?n!;e von < >," frankly replied
Am v?" In-? r.Jj JJefirv, in our after life, i
J ear nv\ ] s!:.j li often have occasion to vo?i-t
'ho (-.under r.v.jius! which yoo have this
dav warped oto. r.nd ?o wI?o.c:e power over
me, time. more than vour word? .had opened
niv eves' i l?:ei thr.l while i have lee 3 mast
.1"
I?;i\ I ?l :
4. * . r?
A l!l V
Ifnrryr?:i> tTirr?i"
V.V !:*jvo fo Itui
t^rrrpr?r <>f f'ov, if N:?vv Yor1; fir ; iis v)
(jihv.tir.'*. S;c is fvMJrteoHt '"5 A\l-\ aMV'.ior
fio v.-ei r.!. ,.? { ??J M'.c V of t!:>' KrV.'irj
v*1i;c!j >vc !;-ivo rojii(?i! alicvo, M! Vf* vr In
>*n v i" f' i *? * if J1'* N\n'!irrn p?i p'r h.i w ciii'
l!l.? ('cliM'njilVlt i'1'1 f'l'f!" Tffl (jV .V.V, !\-ih. !'"!
titoro sirs'! !n? no mor?* H!:ivp S'-.iuvi nr'triiffrW
in'o r!i" !'?s?ot!, \vi? nrr prcprirrd ;;t mi'T f~ - >
!i<i?soln,f?tii fif' llvit I'fiir.p. Vf.? i'./i an! in!: .nf
?n {jprii,. !ir> i!.i? ii" ;'k> S'.Mi'h i.~ to
bo (.'? djci.' rnial r:;v'i!s:.tsr! |>:' tho " ii'or!,
(j.j! OiH* J;i'lii'rs CfJuli'ifh; :t?j Innjror
lie! J
T!:'- .'.Mowiiif; c-orr. C-rj
? p pn?*i:'*n! of* 'TriafXi]'' pV'.f
t!'iro[?v
r.t r \ r.tc'.c.vr. ? r. \ .V
nmp !:rv j'-.irr in ?'}:. ? :
e:e! ?"I *? ! ?? Vs-xt* \ c.'.nri! ,
<Vii; n inf.! '! '?! *vn ?b"r!'v r !*oin!f?
t!m .Stnt<? co::tr:srv law*. !?is ?i*io mid
i vnv ?>T 1 '' A ' Va
Hrn:iMr:p:i;i(?*i >:?.' he v: that
rMy. T?::t ramo !i v '< ri r? (! '" i'v B. t
was nipibi eninmj'.trii to prisua. whom ho '.'HI
remains, (e be ?oM shortly into s'nrerv for
fi'.ar.i violating the l.iws of this P'ate. ? '
not si'i"n! ir. f!i v. H'i n In)* 'uiow'.-'ifce t the
h?v ::i MIOIi ra?"*, he shy:'I .1.1 :* ? ?n
b ' ll ive rnjin ' :::! I r ??.
e'.erer illh' -" owtl u ?fib, {t,? -< > * ?;.s
1! <w;; in 1 ho of !^!ii' ?(_* ' >hjr?, v. H'irvn
MI'I'oos or :: .Vli'ine !/? 0:11, 1 'jno
wo;!;, nn?! t'irivl..;<?' 11 ?;?'?!.
(' my 1:. t!n ;o*.\ .