The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, March 08, 1850, Image 1
VOLUME 11. ~~ CAMDEN, ^OTH-CAltOLINA,"MARCH 8,1850. ~ NUMBER 19.
JJoctiral Department.
THE S ONG MY MOTHER SUNG.
It is the song my mother sings,
And gladly do I list the strain,
I never hear it hut it brings
The wish to hear it sung again.
She breathed it to me long ago,
To lull me to my baby rest,
And as she murmured soft and low,
I slept in peace upon her breast.
Oh, gentle song, tlicu hast a throng
Ol angels tones within thy sju II;
I feel that ] shnli love thee long,
And tear I love thee far too well.
For though I turn to hear thee now.
With doatiic. gianre of warm de!i?ht, ,
* i
Iii alter years 1 know not.now .
Thy plantive toues may dim my sight.
That mother's voice wilUthen bo still, ^
1 hear it fojter day by davit
sou tide th like a fountain rill,
That trembles ere it ceases play.
And then this heart, thou penile song,
Will find an anguish in thy spell,
'Twill wish it could not love so long, i
Or that it-had not loved so well.
| imwi i nm iih-mw 1
She Olio. . '
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The Telegraph and the Speculators.--\ let- !
ter from New York, in the Charleston News,'!
contains the following timely caution :
" It cannot In* two well known in the Southern
States for at least two or three (lavs previ"
ons to the expected arrival of the English steamers,
holders and dealers in cotton ought to suspend
operations until tire foreign news is received.
As the Eastern telegraph is now managed,
the public are completely at the mercy
of a fey speculators, and the only way to escape
imposition is for holders and dealers to snsjierid
ojreratiousasI have already Si.id.".
ycte Church Edifice at Charleston ?-The
congregation of the Third I'resbyturian Church
(Rev. Mr. Dana's,) in tliis city, have just completed
a new house of worship, the most beautiful
in the place. It was dedicated with appropriate
services Sabbath before last. It is situa- :
ted iu Meeting street, just above Society, ar.d i
lias received the new name of the "Cent al I
* " - - n r% t _r I
Church." The architect, lur. c?, v,. juucs, 01 i
this city, who designed it, and superintended its
erection, has, by this effort- of his talent,, largely
increased his growiug reputation for taste
id skill in his profession.?South I'resby'crinn.
A dreadful tradgedy occurred at Wellesley,
La., 011 the 23d ult The collector of taxes
was compelled to leave his \\ ife and young family
alone over night, while absent on business.
The ludv, knowing that there was considerable
money in the house, sent for some of the family
of a neighboring blneksniitli to stay at the house, j
Her request was gruHy refused, hut a pedlar,
t e . : 1
who passed l?y in the Uusk 01 me i-vnimg, eonseated
to allow his dog to remain as a protector.
In the night the lady was awakened by a distui ba
nee, and on enteiiug the room where the dog
was left, she fomul the uiiinial drawing a man
by the throat through the window. 'J he neighbors
were alarmed, and on on examination it
was found that the robber was her neighbor, the
blacksmith, quite dead.
A Western Editor appeals thus to bis subscribers
:
(). You tanial sap-heads, yon green tailed
lizards, why don't you count .'dung ;ukI j ay
for your paper? Do \on suspect that I am such
a consummate blo.k-heud su hath rt ighkd
white-livered numscull, as to stay here to print,
right in the oiidst of a swamp country, where
the air is so dense with ague that you have to
cut your way through it with a brond-axc?j
where it shakes the hair off the hack, and the !
teeth out of the mouth of the wild hog itsel'",
unless you pay for it (
Perhaps they won't pay localise were they
to do so, it would give him means to leave them.
What teat it ??The Cherokee Advocate of
the 11th ult., says t "Quite a phenomenon appeared
in the Southern part of the heavens on
Friday night, 8th ult., between 8 and t) o'elock.
It had a luminous appearance, resembling the
tail of a eomrnet, some three or four feet long.At
times it would seem to increase in brilliancy
so as to cast considerable light upon the earth,
and then diiuinshagain,nnd so on until itdisapjK'ared
about 9 o'clock, or little after.
Amount of Conversation Calculated.?The
Rev. Mr. ( annet, of Boston, reckons that each
?iv<>rn?n>K three Jionrs conversation
daily, at tlie rate of a hundred words a minute,
or twenty pages of ail octavo volume in an
hour. At this rate we talk a volume of 100 octavo
pffgog pi .*} week, :jr|d jiftv-two volumes in a
vonr. ' ,
4
Life has been compared to a fox chase; the
pleasure consists in chasing, not in overtaking
vour object; mid when von have caught the
"frame-, fortune or rank, whatever you were hunting,
you have the gratification of being at the
tfleath of your own enjoyment, unless you start
H fresh <juarrv.
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A young inuy, ocsoi a H " <u 11
.chicken at it laMe, said she woul! take that part
* which ought lobe dressed in yuu'ttlellsr!' A !
young gentleman opposite imni 'i itfly called
fur that part which usually iccar\ he bustle! i
Iktkrbsting Ankcuotk, 'JVo young
Americans, after the completion of their edaea.
* tion in Europe^ were travelling with the view of
perfecting themselves in their classic studies.
Thus engaged, they were sojourning for n sliort j
time in Vienna. Oneday, while crossing one of
the streets. nn Austrian officer of high military I
rank rami* dashing along at a furious rate on
horseback. One of these Americans, apprehende
I that the horse would run against liirn, raised j
a small cane, with the view of turning the horse's i
head; whereupon the o'lheer struck him with i
Ids whip. Upon ascertaining the address ofthe '
officer, he demanded satisfaction of him ; which ;
demand the officer treated with contempt, ridiculing
the idea of responding to an unknown i
American hoy. In this strait the two voting ,
gentlemen laid theirgricvauce before the Ameri- |
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i*<ui representative at tuat conn, v/ur euarge j
immediately addressed the oilieer, and, after re- ;
capitulating tlio facts, infornicd liiin that he must
either apologize or give the sntislactivii required, i
and that, in the event of his failing to do so lie
would, over his own signature, as the represen- '
tative of the American government, publish
him in every leading paper on the continent as a
paltroon. It is needless to add that his do-*
maud was immediately followed hy ail unqdc
apology of the Austrian o'lieer. lint it is pro-'
per to add that this government was then lion- ;
ored with the person af .Mr. fc'tiles.
" The poliey xihich strikes only while the
iron is hot, in tiie i ti.l can he exceeded hy the
perseverance wl.L-li makes the i on hot hy
* i si n.i._ ii?"
bTriKiug. ?rnr" ayruwur..
CA Selected ?alc.
From the Philadelphia Sat rxliv Courier.
THE JIISJJIl'S DR?A7I.
BV HER : VOX INKS PA NOT.
CHAPTER I.
" Only a f. w pence, sir, only a few pence, to
1 uiv a loaf of bread." lint the thoughtless
crowd passed the poor supplicant hv, unheeded.
Still l>a f 11 i f Kiict* inif/tcit in cffMiwro omi.
lliuv lllltl U ,H ?I<7V y Jll * Wl|trait
to tin1'merry .shout and joyous laugh of
gayety, that piteous appeal, only "a few pence,
to buy a loaf of bread." And among that multitude
of heating hearts, was there not one to
throb in pity'for the friendless, sutlering boy I
Not one witiiiu whose breast were touched the
chords of sympathy-for the starving child ol
poverty ? -Vo, no! one !
Again and again, with faltering voice and
s .hhing :.e -eats, ha made his little petition?
i...< : /' .1 1 1. .i :...i
Mui in t?iiu. i/uiu, imiut cuiu \> i'i L me \*nm>
that swept through his tattered garments, and
his trembling limhs and blanched click tohl
the sad tale which his lips refused to utter.-?
For many a weary hour, not a morsel of food
had entered his mouth, and miserable indeed
was the fate that tlircateued him. The shades
of night now gathered apace, the crowd every
moment Ih'cuiim less and less, and the pavement,
that so lately echoed to the buoyant tread
of youth or the measured step of ago, was almost
deserted. And unnoticed were the tears
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mat uMii.nu \iuu ij mi* |?i!iv.* rnvnv ??i uir iM-ggur
boy, unheard the lust sad appeal o'starving Ji?.
inanity/ Oli, a shame on the, Mian, that ye
c in thus behold a brother mortal dying before
thy very eyes, for the lack ol'th. t which ye are
hourly wasting!
" I shall die, 1 shall, I shall. Mother, dear
mother, 1 will soon meet you, whore"- hut
he did not finish his sentence, for nature, overtasked.
nave wav. and he fell, exhausted. And.
was tin*iv none to rescue liim from his sad, sad
o' I No eye to pit v?no hand to saw { Talo
courage, poor child, guardian spirits arc around
t! e.', to pity and to save. A light, buoyant lit
tie being, one f th >so angels in lminan f rni
with whom oar \v< rid issom .'times Messed, urn
wh <s \va::ii heart had not yet become sleiled
t? the sight of misery, had been gazing upon the
scene, and the tear of pity that stole down her
fair young cheek, though, perchance, heeded by
11 me else, was gazed upon with joy by angels
in Heaven. Clod bless line for that tear, sweet
child,and may the warm fountains of thy heart
be never chilled to scenes of suffering and want.
" Dear mother,you will not let him die in the
cold, cold streets?"
The appeal was not in vain; the senseless
hoy was conveyed into a inausioii near at hand,
and there, for hours, was lie walehed over with
anxious care. Restoratives were applied, and
every attention that kind hearts and ready hands
could desire, was best >wcd upon hint. For a
long time hi* reenverv reeined doulitful, hut at
length their labors were rewarded by returning
consciousness?and the tear of gratitude that
moistened the eyes of the little sufferer, amply
repaid them for all of their exertions
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A SIIOIT lUIlO MlilICC.l lit UCipiUllil 1110111 Will
liis brief hi t ? y. !t was omyila", too eommon.
lie had lost liis father in Oarly childhood, ami
fur a low years tlio little Gustavo, (ldr that was
his name,) had been supported hy the exertions
of his mother. Hut now, she too liad died, and
he was left to the mercies of a hard hearted
world. For a few days after the death of his
mother, lie had Iteen supported hy a poor neighbor,
hat at length was turned forth to beg his
tl..> Ai-mt Ll^tole M'linrfi H'li fulfill I I mil
m l'?lW in 11 v rinvi.-', ? i<\ \ ? v i<>?l(V? * <?
.'it the commencement of our tall*.
In liis new ho.'iie lie met with everv attention
that the kind heart-; of his benefactors could
dictate. Mi', and Mrs. Marvin, though not what
the world calls rich, still hud enough to enable
t.. liv.i i-..<ri..i-i.-i!ile jind coitifoi tablv. and
also to minister to the wants of those around
them. Possessed of hearts overflowing with
benevolence, it was their'delight to do all in
their power |o relieve the destitute and assist the
deserving poor. In the exercise of this beiievojenee,
they sought ?un<l found?a degree of
enjoyment that fortune alone, however ample,
seldom brings to its possessor. Their only
child was a daughter, whom we have already
introduced to the reader, and in whom centred
all the affection of her fond parents. And Kill
Marvin was indeed such a child as parents
miirlit well be proud of, Koyutiful in mind as
well as person, slie rendered herself nn object
of attachment to all who knew her.
In such a family was cast the lot of the young
(ii^lnve. It was at onee resolved that the orphan
hoy whom Providence had thus thrown in
their way, should bo brought up and educated,
lie was accordingly sent to school, and hy his
diligence and assiduity endeavored to repay j
them for their kindness. He early developed
talents of no ordinary degree, and as Mr. and
Mrs. M. gazed upon his bright and intelligent i
countenance, they pictured to themselves a life i
of usefulness and honor for their little pi otege.
CIIAl'TKU H.
" Yes, I must leave you. Too long-"have I !
Wen dependent upon t!ic kindness of your gen- :
crons father; nnd now I cannot but avail myself
ol the liWral offer \\ Inch lias been made
to me." Thus spoke (J ustave Gray, as, ton
years subsequent to the commencement of our I
tale, he stood in the plainly fnniished parlor qI" |
his Wnefactor, pressing in his, the small fair <
hand cf Ella Marvin. And as lie looked so 1
-fondly into her deep blue eyes, bis giniicc told
the pain tlnit lie felt at parting with the sweet
object of his affections. An intercourse of years
had only served to strengthen an attachment
formed in early childhood--their vows had been
plighted, and Klla's fond parents looked for- .
ward with joy to the union of two such noble
hearts.
. .Ten years had elapsed. Time, that cverhastenetli
on its course, leaving its impress on the J
face of all created things, silvering the hair and
furrowing the brow of age, and imprinting eve- t
ry where visible marks ot decay, luiu not passed
lightly over the head of.Mr. Marvin. By sever- 1
nl heavy losses in business, added to the frauds 1
of dishonest debtors, he had in that time become
reduced from comparative aHhicncc to poverty, i
" It is no .doubt all for the best," said he, as s
cheerfully yielding up the last rnniinnts of his |
fortune to satisfy the demands of his creditors, t
he accepted a clerkship, which, though it gave 1
liini but a moderate salary, still sntHced to pro- y
vide for the wants of his family. But now, his >
ilealtli began to fail, and it was feared that by {
too close attention to business, lie was hastening
himself to the grave. It was with great anx- !
iety, therefore, that his wife gazed rtpon the pale
cheek and wasted form of her husband, and nl- }
though ho would often attempt to soothe her *
tears by saying that lie would soon he well and 1
Mrong, learlul forebodings lor the future would 5
sometimes Hit across her mind. '
Such were the circumstances of the family, 5
when (instave received from a friend the offer .1
of a lucrative situation in India. As he looked <
upon his own strong arms, and from tliemglanc- 1
ed at the grey hairs sprinkling the head of Mr, I
Marvin, he resolved that he would work his way
to fortune?not tor his own sake, but for the <
lake of his dear friends, and more than all, of her *
.vho was dearer to him than life. Pressing to j
.lis heai t, the lovely Ella, he promised to write 1
:o her very, very often, and then bidding them
all an affectionate adieu, be embarked upon Ids 1
voyage. After a prosperous passage, he arriv- 1
.'d safely at the place of his destination, when
io applied himself at once to business, and by <
lis unremitting care and attention, seemed in a 1
.air way for the realization of his most cherished I
lopes, lie wrote frequently to his friends, and
i"ilia was rejoiced to lind that, though in a far
distant elinre, his letters ever Invathed the same '
o'.id spirit as when at home?and that his do- 1
rote I affection still remained unchanged. Oh, 1
little did they dream that that nohle heart would t
yet become the prey to the vilest of passions? <"
that a sordid love tor gold would shed its blight 11
orer his soul, easting ruin and devastation upon j r
very generous feeling of his nature. And if j I
their bright dreams of the future had ever Ikjimi i |
darkened by the picture of a miser gloating over t
iiis hoarded treasures ?every tender emotion of .*
liis soul, even Ids love lor one of the brightest of t
earth's livings, absorbed in the base passion for
gain?how would they have shrunk I'roin the 1
frarfnl scene! '
Hut umlitnmed by thoughts of the sterifreali
v that awaiteil them, were their bright visions <e
of futurity. Very often they heard Irom (Jus- t
tave, and their fond hearts-readily joined in the t
glowing anticipations of happiness that he pie- j i
tared to his own ardent imagination. Hut when I
iiis letters began to grow colder and less fro- j '
ipient, they would chock the painful suspicions | J
which,despite of themselves, would sometimes j
liit across their minds, and strive to account for j t
is neglect by an unusual press of business.? j r
Talis tar tw> had realized nrolils 111111-11 lievniid r
hi ; tr.ot sanguine e\pi'etati<)ns--a:i?l his time I
lU'j.-l, necessarily, have hccu much engrossed in
earn ing out his many plans. It was not, then, |
until his letters had ceased altogether, that his I
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1JII'!11I?> <l\YII|\U ill I III" IIII It'r II 11 LI I* HIIM
anxiously they waited, in the hope Unit time ;
would prove their sail forebodings unfounded. 1
Hnl tliey waited in vain. Tlf"V wrote letter after
letter?and the almost broken-hearted Ella s
entreated hint, abjured him 1?y his love for her, 1
whose afleetioii still remained unchanged?to i
tell them the reasons ot his neglect?and at >
once relieve them from their wretched suspense I
?hut they never received an answer. She <
learned from others that (iiistave was still well t
and prosperous, hut no tidings of him ever reach- t
ed her from his own pen. '
Hut now a" more heavy alllietion hurst upon 1
them in the death of Mr. Marvin. For a long ;
time he had heen declining, and all who hulked 1
upon his sunken cheek and form, saw that his i
life was rapidly chhing away. Possessed of a i
constitution naturally delicate, the additional I
cares that had cumo upon his old age, though he 1
strove to bear tliem manfully, at last weighed I
him down, and lie sank beneath their pressure.
<i.i i < ...... it 1 1
Although I or many months hiswiioauuuaugu- i
ter kad been looking forward to this mournful' |
event as almost certain, yet it was long before <
they could recover from the shock. At last. I
however, thev found it ticee>?iirv to look about '
them for means of support. In consequence of
liis feeble health for the past year, Mr. M. had
received hut a very small salary, which, with
tin1 most rigid economy, barely sufficed for the
wants of his family, and he left them almost penniless.
11}T the assistauce of some friends they
soon succeeded in establishing a small school,
and mother and daughter applied themselves
closely to their new occupation.
Hut the cheek of Ella Marvin grew pale, and
though none others suspected the cause of her
illness, licr fond mother knew that the canker
was at her heart, consuming, drop by drop, her
eery life's blood?and she gazed upon her with
fearful apprehension, as she thought that, ere
long, the only being on earth for whose sake
she cared to live, must be rent from her side.
CIIAI'TKBIII.
Ten years more have passed away?and in
Hat brief period, what sad scenes have transpired?what
fond hopes been blighted?how
nany bright dreams been changed to a cold, a
titter reality! In a mean edifice, in the city of
\"\v ^ nrli tin* siiIm n<M?nn;int of ail ill-furnish
. d room, sils the miser, fondly gazing, and you
ivould think that his whole soul was thrown
irto that gaze, upon shining heaps of gold, ar*ayed
before him. The miser! Who, as he
. oiiteinplates that furrowed brow, that carcivorn
face, prematurely gTown old, would re- .
:ognize in its hard lineaments the countenance
)f(Justave (irey, the frank and open-hearted
>eing of former days! Yet he it is. 1
But why does he stait so suddenly, as with i
'tiger care he counts over his hoarded treasures? i
Why, hi that hurried, vestless manner, draw his ?
land across his brow, while lias face settles |
lown into the expression of'afend ?
" Strange, unaccountably strange," he says, i
11 a musing tone, "that that spectral form i
should so often cross my path with its sad, re- irouchful
look. VVHiidor where I will, even in
lie most unfrequented streets, she appears bebre
me, with that pale, anguished expression,
.vhich, Ijke-the pall of Death, seems to have o erspread
her features. And yet I loved her
>ucc?oh, how fondly!"
There are moments when visions of a bright
tiul happy past will come over the soul, and, as
r i i i u_ .1 i _
i iiv u suuui'u iuisii, au aKi'ii emuuous ut juj
uid of happiness that have long slumbered there,
?when an extacy, to which the heart has long
>een a stranger, lightens over it, and, like a
train of remembered music, breathes through .
wr very being. A smile?a smile of happiness,
Mich as it was wont to wear in his days of
fouth and innocence,?beamed upon the face
Gustavo. Memory was at work, and, reclining
lis head upon his hands, he gave way to the
iood of recollections that overpowered him,
\guin appeared his loved Ella; not as the pale
md emaciated being whom he hud met in his
laily walks,but the Ella of former days?bright,
oyous, and happy; happy in the love of him
ivho was now a prey to the vilest of passions.
(Gradually his meditations assumed the lorm
>f a dream. The scene was changed. Again
le was a hojiuar boy?and the chill winds
swept pitilessly through his ragged garments,
is he sat, stretching forth his thin attenuated
lauds, while there uprose from his quivering
ips, a sad appeal to the passers by?
"Only a few pence, to buy a loaf of bread."
The man of wealth, the giddy son of pleasire,
the votary of fashion?all passed by, uniceded.
Soon there approached a bright, lovey
little being, whose deep blue eyes portrayed
lie soul of sympathy, and at the sight of whom
i tide of contending emotions rushed over the
le.urt of (iustavo. It was Ella. To her he
stretched out his trembling hands, and begged
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or IHVatl? lireuo. nun III vain.?o uv win
mssed on, and left him to his And now
he poor hoy filt that he was dying, unpitied
ind uncared for by the world around; he fell
lie death chills gatheiing oil his brow. He
(aspcd for breath?then, with an imploring
ink toward Heaven?he feebly breathed the
mine of "Mother!" and knew no more.
lie awoke. From the agony of that dying
jttsp?lie awoke. The candle was burniitg
limly in its socket, and as his eyes rested upon
he table before liim-lie knew he had beendreiWtng.
He started from his seat and paced the
loor. A shudder ran through his whole frame
is he recalled the bitter dream, and that dvinj^
jasp. seemed still to ring in his ears.
" And such was I?and such would have heen
nv fate, but for her whom I have so cruelly
vrongcd! Oh, my ungrateful heart, that as
iiitli a pen of lire that sweet image was not
brevet* impressed upon thee!"
This time he did not refuse to listen to the
leadings of hia better nature. The morni: g
liftif -;ill found him pacinji the (loor, and al
lioujfli his brow was knit as wit!i deep thought,
ret tilt* calm and tranquil look tiiat overspread
lis features, .told of a heart improved.
He now thought no more ofliis gold, and his
sole object was to gain an interview with Elh.
ivhen he would freely, frankly tell her sill, and
diploi c her forgiveness. Affections which had
f i Inn" slumbered in his soul, were revived with
en-fold power, ami he spent tlio day in wanloritu;
through the streets, seeking wiili eager
vc, I'm' that form which of Into In* had so ofen
trii'il in vain to avoid. At length they met
lie bogged her by their tormer love, and if she
Lvoiild save fioin despair a repentant soul, to
;rant him hut a moment's conversation; after
tvhieli?it she willed it?he would leave liei
orever. A tear rose in her eve as their glances
i ? - :. I
net?lint sue sinivc naru mi repress 11, aim
unied away. When, however, she saw the
look nl anguish with which he followed her re:reatiivt?
form, she returned. Arm in arm they
talked slowly along, and (Instave poured into
lu'r oars a confession of his past career?im|ilnring
her not to east him from her. With
lownenst 03*0 and averted look she listened to
Instate, and her heart throhhed violently as,
when he had finished the storv of his life, he
earnestly entreated her to forget the past, and
again receive liim as her own Gdsfave. She
assured him of her forgiveness, and of her af'
fcetion still unbroken, thongh it had.been so
severely tried. For a long while they conversed
together, and when they parted, each
felt that a heavy load had been taken front their
hearts.
After the lapse of a few weeks, they were
married: and as Gustave clasped in his arms
lL - I I l.Ml 1-- 3 1 . I '
un- Kivt'iv jc.na, 11c wonuvreu uiai jus neart
could ever have pccome cold to such a Wing,
Again he liecamc a happy man. Ills fortune,
which was now immense, he used as a means
of carrying out the many plans of benevolence
which himself and his wife devised, and lin
strove, by acts of kindness and charity, to efface
the stain of his passed career. The color returned
to Ella's cheek and the light to her eye,
and although she had passsod through scenes
of bitter trial, she became once the joyous,
happy l?eing of former days.'
ENGLAND.
If one were to see nothing in England but the
splendidly cultivated grain and fruit lields, the
picturesque hedge-rows; the noble p;irks; the
game preserv. r -, the cathedrals and palaces,
where pastoral, bells chime over tlu? hennfifnl
landscape, and the voice of feasting aud revelry
in high wassail; if this were all of the outer
view ofthc picture, with such fillings in as Javn*,- .
trellised vines and flowers; and if jicoplcd till this
fairv-like, yet suhstantial realm, there were only
to l>e seen Kings and Queens, lords and gentry,
each with gilded equipage, with race horses, and
dogs for the chase, and sumptuous palaees.for
game, banquet, and converse in the quieter
hours, with plentiful of well-fed, happ^ and obedient
lackeys, to answer their ever}' want, one
might call England a Paradise?a semi-Para*
-i i ^
IIISV ill/ IfU&l. k
Such is the England seen, by many, who,
visiting her with wealth, and introductions ti>
aristocratic circles, wlurl through that delightful
gilded sphere of lords and gentry who, lapped
in luxury, look out upon their broad fields
inherited from Norman swords; upon their thrift
and profusion which has cost them no treasure,
nor sweat, nor hlood, and rioting in the glory
of the vision, cry, "Is not this a goodly land,
and are not its rivers better than all the rivers
of Abana and Pharphar?" Yes, England is a
glorious country seen through :i medium like
this?glorious in her soil, her products, her
wealth her ^intelligence, and her pastimes.?
There is no cloud of wo over all that scene, jio
voice of agony breaking flic harmony of its
music.
Ihit as Mr. Emerson confesses, th'ere are two
Englands in England. A praj>Ie constitute a
nation, and of an English people, the crowded,
suffering, and almost despairing fourteen millions
who have come to curse national debts; to cry
"bread or blood," and whose most mocking
monument is thcevery-recurring work-house, or
pauper kennel, how few enter into the glowing
picture of the England of the lords and gentry.
The inquiring eye pierces the Uimsy surface of
the picture. It sees England in the coudition of
her masses?in the rights anil enjoyments of
those whose sweat in the mines and factories,
or at the furrow, lias made those fields so bcautifi.l,
has reared those palaces, and planted hedges
and parks, on v. hich they inay gaze, but over
and into whtch they must not penetrate, and
whose blood has scattered the seeds^of British
Empire to the four quarters of the globe.
Ah! here is an England, as pitable and terrible,
as the other is lovely and beautiful. And
this wasted, squalid, and despairing England is
the great England, the England which produces
witlvout enjoying, which compasses glory by
land and sea which it may never share, and
which forges its own chains of that which
should be its bread and jov, and wails its deep
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HgUIIV III UlU UiC ICSUil III lllitll Y VVIUVS, ? llllil
the world hear afar oH' as lbitain's jubilee.?
Looking al this Lngland, hardly so kindly to ite
nu'i) of poverty and toil, as when Cinrth was the
horn thrall of ('cdricthe Saxon, with his collar
on his neck, and the Shixon was the dependant
of the Norman, how black and ugly becomes
that landscape of parksandpalaces of racehorses
and fox hounds, of spotting bishops and revelling
nobles, of game laws and poor rates, which
hang like a leaden curse upon the necks of the
mass.
England may be full of the elements of
strength and beauty, but they are not developed
in the national stature, if the people constitute
the nation. Splendid shoots indeed spring from
Iter gilde 1 misery and corruption, but they only
llotiiish when transplanted in colonies which
soon shake off the parent soil. Kngland is the
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]>iai:i*r ' eii'iiu nu iik' ? uir wiim u ocjr
ulohic, foil of dead men's hones.'* Delve into
1 <<>ii(l )ii, amid the thirty thonsaiul thieves, praying
to lie transport -d to where they can live hy
honest labor? delve into Manchester, where
want now and tin n bares its swaithy arm to
strike for broa!?delve into the mines which
harrow under all mid-cngland, filled with bcinga
who shall stare with wonder at the name of
Christ,initl whose thoughts have no part in the
millennium. 'J'here yon shall tindcreative Difg.
la id?the hone and sinew from which all that
empire springs, whica rolls its dram heat around
tliewoil i. l<ei those who eau, call it a heautifnl
counln.?.V. ). Sun.
Willlinm Hunt, formerly ?>i' Pliilmlelpliia, l?nt
the most extensive suj;nr planter in (lie Island
of ( Von, recently (lied. 11 is will was opened
on tlio INtli in PiiilisiL^i'ii i. \\!u'ii his nephew,
William Ifurit St.?w;irt. wits loii i l to lie tJu? solo
Iti'ir to hi- immense po*si;.->i>i!s, whi-.'li hist your
yielded ?1 !t),00(), ini'l ntnv safely lie sot down
as annually worth $00,00;). 'i'lii-; di'viso is
cliargnl wit!i t!io p:?vitioui oi'$'200,000 in K-gacivs,
mill iivv yo irs giv.-u for that
Mr. Sti'wart is ijaiti* young, :n<l probably m:iv
be tin- richest :n in </. his a;.".' jn ??;.? (>Hi'>;:.