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MICH AEL AILJUOT ; -On TIIE N:::^T I. TaIil. A STORY OF MARION'S MEN. BY J. W. Efl-VIN. el'A'Tt:R I. "Our fortress is I Ito good greenwood, Our tent the eypress tree We know the forest 'round us, As semnen know the sea." " Never ttr for tne, captain !" was the light ant careless reply of' Michael Allseot, as he reined in fr a moment hlis noble steed on the banks of the Black lRiver. a few mniles below the sptt where hintg tice now stands, for a parting word with iis Conpanion : Never fear ftr tme ; a fortniglit amgong any old friends at.d I will return tO our eat up inl the greeiwood sale, ouldl and ready for (l!y. 'True, it an ugly time fer a rebel like i yset:t .as the ejaulettel mtniottnif Nit i George call me-to venture out of' outl lfstness in the swatitp. 'I lie eraven hearted tories are swartnig through the country, and that last blow we strucik themt at illack M~ iig has by no0 llneans fiapesed their raige ; hut if It 'sog attin, a eati ktis head and a, lme to cotne Oltt safelv." "MAike, I kntow yotu too well," re. plied his comrade, in thte satme gay tone. " You ate thie gi eatest dart'. devil in thie brigade. Trust, you ? Ott iniy life, I woutld as soon trust a cal low gosling to manke its way itn the wtorldh w"ithiout the safe wvatehtful ness of motith er' goose. I give y'ou tip, Mlke, to your mfanifest destitny, amd will repti I at the camp in du timite thait you have beent swutng up ini the uisual aty he by the rascaly toriaes." " WellI, be it so, capttaini, sinice yoti will,' responided Mike laughting, ''bit pr'ay Godi that it maliy be ill anty other than the tusuatl stylec. I have exceedl. ingly nice senisibiiities, and tr'ust I maty ''~ot, like p)oor C2ahwert, and( tianiy oth ck~ ourti comra'ides, be hun~ig upon a rou rae'ine. It truist, hiowever', tol fidl in(& gent[er hanids thiani those of the tories< "Wel, Mike,~ op i IUptain Cen yers, his coimman: ar :mu r. 1 ' n:1 loth to loose .9 dci ive a Lc'>t but sinice yotu will -, ..twt . our see; in dlanger', the fare fae ami1 ri;.;b Jyes of' Dora Sinagleton defend you "A men !" r'espotnded Miehtae light Jy. "Whlat wotuld I not give,' lhe coil titnued in a graver tone, " to see the end of this bloody and harassintg war ! Were yout ever ini love, captain,' lie asked ini a lighter tonec. "Ay', Michael, but the grave is be tw~eent us flow,' aniswered C2onyers, in It grave anid saddented tonte, while a cloud camne ovcir his browv. "Two short years of' wedd~ed hatp pmness, spetit mostly in the p~ri vationis atnd lhmd(ships of thle camp, with brief and stolen initerviews withI one of' the loveliest antd best of het' sex. anid I was left alotne, heart less, hopeless and comftortless as now. You have kntown mie long, Mike ; you have't lain by my side in the bivouaic, and gone shoulder' to shoulder with mec to the chlarge', but you litte kniow~ what wasting anid cotn. .sunnoig thoughts go wi ithile wherever I go. You knowv me too w'ell to doubt my courage or' liy honor, yet there have been! momnetnts when I would hatve bartered awvar al-ay, even (lie hiope of my13 cotuntry's independence for peace, and thie bjlessingr of imy own loved firtesidle. It is a painful, ay, it. is a heart-rending sacrilicet, to turn away as{have frotm the domuestic hearth, Iallowed and endeared by fetid and 4tlininit sacied aiaions of' the camtlp paid endurl e thie pangs of absence, w ithi thie litopi of miak in g our cotunmry free. Godan gr'anit that, thot~se who comjle after us Itmy l'htf'ully defentd that indepenid. egueArwhish, i'$ botyget at the p'rice of' Ulhi ets *Yuu know notye, MOiozie ht uhwsewo lre wedded ezui Rijuw-the r'a >tures gi meeting iafter lV , :dassto - nof cain vou :kine 'how TO SOUTHERN RI PitOPRIETIORS. bitter it is to turn away frorn the fair Lhee of a loving witf, and undergo the agony of a long separaon, perhaps an everlasting one. The last tie I visit ed my home, oh ! how the memory of it clings to me now ! The very sun. light as it caie down friom heaven seemed to fall around my homestead with a softer light than elsewhere. My life was like a dream of boyhood realized. But the suniunonIs came to part, and more reluetantly than ever I tore myself away. Sad and gloomy presentiments tilled the heart 1.f both of us. Alas ! we met no more on earth ! Three months fiom that time havig solicited a furlough, I sped homewards with joyful antieipations. I ftitnd Imly house in ashes, my children riotherless, my fund, my gentle wife slept the long sleep that knows no waking ! Driven from her burning house on a cold night of rain and wir ter, after having given birth to inmy youngest child, she was seized with a lever that carried her to her grave. She died-died calling upon my name -died clinging to the last to a hope ttt I would hi yet stand beside he.r and hear her last prayer and close her eyes in peace. I libund ilny children-toon young to know their loss-houseless, dependants, up ithe ebari ty of stran gers. Think you that I can forgive those wrungs--that they can be blot. ted tromt my brain, (r cease ot) burn or rankle in Iny heart ! Think von that a wife so kind, so gentle, wlhose love was the world in which I delight ed to d well, can so sooni le forgotten ? As tid heais me, I will not, rest until my sword is led with the blood of her destroyer !" Never before had Allscot sc.in Con. yers so completely master, d lv fierce and vindictive passion. Hi is bosonm heaved with tu muln ious emotions, and his la.:e tecame livid with rage, while his dark eye glea hed like a diamond. uis voice grewg hoarse :inid nollow, and his utterance w:a ihibked by I ie e;..a' tle's wirh l 'ib panie~d'fi ,Ce le . Allseotloked upon him wit h seati ments appn it acliiig to awe while the -inornm of passion shook his frane and lixed its iInpression uon lii h features. (Ji diarily as play ful ini tei er as a chiild, andi of' a gay and chteerfimId dio sition that aproxi mated to levity, one wonhl! searelyv htave d reatned that be ieathi sit uniiet. anid gentle an exterior' tere siUllbeed deep and vilcaie I 'as~ionis. Usualily his featur'es wore -n1 ahiilosL feiiinte sufliness amid getn tliees of expressioni. FEven in the wild andI blooda mlelee, where the most in ho nnan passionis aire cal led in to exer eise, his featur tes bore ito traice of' erni eor vindictive feelings. i s dark, bobl, histrons eves, ItrinIged by I:-,ng sheltering lashes2, mnight, iniduci flash withI a sominewhat intenser l ighit ini tioll view oif the confliet. but his line!ly clti. eled ftiere were as inexplre's5ive tif tltroeity, anud as nmoved by an-y eitoii)Its, as the eahnt miarble fresIh ftronm i e hands of' the sculptor. Cap~t. Jatmes (imy ets, to whose 'ompiiatny of d1ragi ons Michael All!sett was at tachied, wva one of' that bandl oh partismi Ieaiders lby whose skill, energy was rceeemed i-om thle v oke of the intvader'. llis gener'istanmd kiminess iof heart, w itht his tecle.'s andi abw i' dtz-jcratei exiuitioins iof courta -. hL Brigade - noew Ih u. a i. to thme bh. 4 n - , e W. u larti. san, whether u~ iheir nonemrs amuomiited to ten or a thtousanud ineci. In those wh'len the sultleingi~s and destitution, of theirt thii ites, jinted to thieir own pri. heatts oft the soldiers to1 sitik itt (1ismnavy lie stoodl forth as the mtinistetinig atngel of' the camtp, ad infuised inito theirt de sptiildent souls the coumragti andt thle invimeible firmness aid spiit which shone on his own unclouded brow A bold and dashing soldier, shriink ing f'romt no0 danger or toil, coiuldnt, aind sangumte whent othiers ar'ountd him were a!bmost d ri ven to dlespairi, cver foremost mt tile fray and last in the r'etre'at, he wonit the hteart oif every so! dier in the "brigade," antd was regard ed~ als the right hanid of the atrmy. A dlextromns and fearless htorsemtan,. scar'ee. ly eqtualled intdeed~ hby the sanlgninar'y Tariton in this mnanily accomplishmiient, his position as captain of' the dr'agoons gavec h mn amriple opportunity to display to the brigade" his qualities to the best advanitage ; anid often when de. feat. seemned inievitablo, anid the battle appeatred lost beyond redeimptin, f'rom soiamtexpected quarter of' the field lhe bur'st in view with his troop f'ollowimtg tt his heels, and bor'e down withm his unidaunted trooper's Jike- a hutrr'icane upon the enmemy, and by am sml gle ireckl ess and ipetuous chazrge btroke their serried ranks, and, in a nio min t tretrieved the f'ortunes of the day. WVell known amrong the minions of the Briitisht Kinig as "the hlandsome horse. mant" 1118 terrible daring caused the enemy' to qutake at wvhatever pOint ho mado his appeaance. The Bdgard of GHTS. DEMOCRACY SUMTERV' the partisan brigade, his heart was a stranger to fear, and his reputation to reproach. Such was the man whose lips had just uttered a solemn (L bt to the death ofan enemy who had wrorg. ed hirn beyond forgiveness. " And who is he, captain,' asked f Allseot in astonishment. "As I live, i I will labor with you unceasingly to I hunt him from the face of the earth." t SlIave you not heard of him ?' ask ed Conyers, while his voice grew yet < more hoarse with emotion. ".llave you i not heard of that bloody renegade, a [Robert Harrison, whose name is a by- . word of cruel and hellish deeds ! But t leave him to mue. Should you ever a behold himi, spare him for that certain c hour ot reckoning with me which shall a. surely come. My heart tells ie that a I have not long to live, that I must It soon gloriously fall in the service of t my country ; but I feel a preseiitiment L) with me, strong and unshaken, that I c sl'all not sink into that welcome rest v to which I go, betere my hand has e struck down that fiend in human forimi, L who has made me the heartless mourn- s or that I am. Twice have I sought r him out in, battle, and twice has lie escaped ny sword; but when we meet again, there is something in my heart d that tells inc he shall die. The hope C of that hour has sustained ime until I now. But for this, and the tender it years of my children, that claim a L father's ca :id pm 'tut ion, I would li long sie: have I i-1 down a li .' wlch i is but. a baurdcn. ti ca.nugl. of thI:. b Mike. I shall detain you no longer.: e Uod guard you, and restore you safelv ?e to the camp. Blewary, be vigilant, and t' throw not yourself into the way of o danlger. Farewell, my brave boy, 1 shall feel ill at ease until you retui-n.' ic l'ressing the hand of his comrade, W lion; ers turned his horse's head and 0 departed. \ichacl paused and gazed % tter him as lie rode away, bearing ' hot:uselt promly on his bounding char. ti ger, :s . ouih ino ravening sorrow flev: d with Lim n I his course. : Alas! pour tmyers, nu'tered he ' as lie tunic'! to leave the spet. "As si gentle ast the dove, but as h ave as the o I ion; tI ie smile I of' Eden is ever upon " his browv, while its serpeint. is gnawing c' at his hea~rt "'.' hus soliloi quizing, lie 0 turnred away with a saddened browv I) ad m i rceded at an quie psee1 uintil li s had cl ea red the crazy bridge that spannmed the~ river, and picked his warv al 'mg t-he rot tena andI broken causeway Ih w hich led throug.h ithe oiozy swaimp-l h and then giving lhe rein to hiis horse1 l lie ph iiged inito thle long dlense fbrest a through which his route lay. g lt, was already past the houri of nooni h when lie separated fron Convers, andl S feariung lI st night should mvertake himi r* lectore hue reached thle end of his jiour i ney, lie permitted his noble steed t~o measure over the ground wi th rapidl I strides, lie had not gone far, hio-:evert befosre thle heavens g!ave tokens of ap proaeillun g st ormn, by signs whlich might ' indeed haive paLseJ unnioticed by a careless observer, bit which oiin attenitive as Michael could not but C in:urk an intii merpret airight. The wiiid which had slept for the last tweiitv. fouir hoiuis, began to spin g up) frommi lie east ini die'rt titruil puffs, and east in i his' tam' I the westward, a dull h:. ~ a' -p*h.re just upon thle horizon. uighem ere nimny hours should Ii ie to look fur (ne of t hose violent t' galeis to whuich thle southern country is so sublject abouint the incoming' of au touiim. Meaniitimin the declining sun g was k intd Iing tuy one.hialf' thle he:avens, "N t s ini nor tin cljniim Je b :rely briigt, that ini one clomiiteui~ ltazi of gtorious light.' *i liut $ceiustomted as lie was to all the hi signs of the heavens, the deceit ful glare C of the bu rning sun did not lead hint to a err ini his prnognostications. Aiixious t to reatch his journey's cud before the I* anticipated storii should burst upon1 him, he checked not the speed of his s willinig homec but suffered Ih'i, uncehi.ek. v ed by the rein noiselessly enl fleetly to Ii send along the narrow bridle path that a' wound through the forest.t Th'le eye of the brave young trooper ~ grew brighmt, and~ pheasamnt fancies nies tIed around his heart. as he hastened i away froii thle toil anid coininemtent C of the camp, to meet, or~ce more thme a beautiful and idolized DoraSingleton. Lovely indeed wans the maiden whose t hteart followed the younig soldier to the camp, rand whose joyful simileo welcomi- ~ ed him glad returnings. A dark-hairedt black-eyed creature, of' scarcely the miedium height, with a conmplexion pale ~ yet wondrously fair and transparent, and a form ofittore thani ordinary grace and of exquisite plroportionis, site was the very being to bring a host of lovers a to hr fet.Cordial in hter manners, e proud, vivacious, and with that, dashi of coqtuetry in her nature from which no really beautiful woman is wholly I exemspt, the sphere in which she mo1v ed wats a delightful, yet a dI.utgerous centre of attraction. Hecr father- dying when she was a I mere child, her mother contracted a I secon~d matrimonial aUience, ,which I Was sooni terminntna b-e dath,. 7 , *, LITERAT Saut our 3?tt IL T . C., AUGUR nd at the age of twelve years Dora vas left to the guardianship of a moo ly and unsocial step-father, with whorn he continued to reside ip to the date f our story. Inheriting from her itther an amaple and even a silendid orttnie, yet without relatives or friends it whose sy l.illthy she could confide, he beautiful woman, now in her tnen ieth year, felt all that utte,'r isolation .id loneliness 1)f heart so painful to ven the mianly afi' set'dependent, ut especially so to '.. ar hearted lid symnpatlising va: whose heart 'vat'ne.d for the fi-i. o1 -d afe. ionate coinpanionslii r sex. even s the dying gazel1 the sultry esert longs ihr the I fountaii nd the grateful she ''he rmode id circumstauntces o' lilfe had, owever, iipiressed 11, :n her ebarac r sonewhat of the nohb- and gener us traits of the heroine. Naturally f a proud, though gentle spirit, her cry habits of seelnsionu, '. hieh in an ther inight have pitnduceld painful illi'lenee and timidity, had added Lretgth and self-reliance to her cha ateer. lcr sorrows, poor creature, had of ite been greatly mltiplied by the1 istraetiois which ensuUd froin the >ntest with the nother country. :ntering with all the ardor ofi a hero ie into the feeliiigs and sentiments of te patriotic and bold defenders of be! ty, so s' on as she' cotnh I Colli Pie end tile principles upo'n which they ased their resistetnee to the mother .try, she unfortuathtel eneotiliter. 1 the bittlr oipposjfio j. ,i famae W1lhar. >n1, her step-i th ;t'" 1 '. , . , ,h"-ir. Ls of renaininig neu: : : :: ,.. et at heart fivered the la ~e of ti': >yalists, and ridi -deuh-d and deniouii. hat he cusidei ed the 1dly and cr itne f the whgs inl eatering inlto a maIlte. t ith the mother counitry. The undis list l se iii Ienlt-i ~' his fair step. ugaler. wil> oIpelly 1 }I a 'Lci at Cver IV iSConifhture of the, l;riti,:- ar !,;. b'it Irts i l' I-i , l. 1 A'. .t ta e ierease. his digiem an-l' t:in- . to the tUSe 41 imdep'i! Iene.4. 'Jn :1 occa (Oins, even in tlh.' pIresencei of i;ritii licers themiselv.' she 1earles.ly aind aIuly eipoused the caui- e il' her >uintry men, to the great Inor ti 1i,.tion l Isaa hation, itn mperious andu l rerbeain g inanli, whoi 44oul d 11not'1 ienr ich iniileibeleOpposition ;: a nemnber, Sis owni houtisehold T1he visits of Michael to his hlouse *td lon41g since been Iorbiiddlen, and tterly he hadte met hi~s betro)thedl oliy. y steal th, sonie4.tIi ines at the bon)ISe of1 tf'iitld, anid at othlers in the 4en~ reenw.Vood--always appii n'.lg her of1 5 preseln mI the nel.ighb.>rh14 oed byv line preco ncerted tsign al whlit'h shie ~adily r'ec'gniseud. -\laniy a stol en tcrvie'w had taken Idace betweent enm, little sulspected byv her ungia- e Otis sltepa'athler, who li ttle d reatiied of I e at4 Liflices to) whicllhtovers wil n-s45ert' chide thle 't igilanice of those who ) 'uld sunder thienm forev~'er. .\ilielmeh w~eell knew hlow anI xiouly - 1ra loniged( fter his ctiiing, and4 wh:t. $ er danigera be(set. hisi w av, he seldomit Iled to hasteni to) her sid-, w hen the uiblie servie permli tted is ablsent4.e '-om the calnly. Sotinw~i1s hisi si4 Ill greeted1 her eat's from1 thle fore~t vatr her dwel4'h lig, when-I tuie Stu hi ut a few hoturs conllnuence its mlornl icourse, and a1gainl whlen it hlad sunk i rest, and the stars of h0L'en were lining brightly ini the il.imita~: b le ut ille 114te C ttered from1 ala r, une arded andl l IL unecgi .ed save byi erseiiW would1 caulse her v'ounig heart Sflutter with that stranlge senlsationtt I delight, onlIy felt by thlose W 114 are. loved ptassiuunately, and onuly to be xpetrienedt by t hem whenci after a loin' bsenlce a1 hutsbandit o.r a 144vetr retu ris, repay them for the lonug vig'il of Tlhe sunl wasI wi itini an hour of his Atinlg, wheni the lite o)f htary vapjor hieh had lonlg lain mlotionmless onl the orizolt began to glow d ark and dense s it loomed. up~ fearfully ill the dis meeC, an~d the winad, whtich had lulledl >r niearly an htoitr, atga in spr'ang tip t. this inne fromt the thunder cloud ithe west, iln litful bhauts, now stir batrged witht vapor, andt no0w hlot and ulphu~rous ats thle reekinig breath of a olcano. 'Te mutttered thunder begatn 'goa and()4 i gitrowvl in the west featful y and deep, and with its wings wide pr'ead, the cloud rode wildly dlown poin the gale, turnring day into tight s its black shadow rolled over the arth,. In ain instant all nature was *dngled inl confusion. The sheeted ighttnings glimmifered aud flashed Llessantly; the deep toned. thunider hook the earth with its terrific tongute, nd the tall trees (of the forest bent, hi vered and snapped in the gale-the rash of thteir tall swallowed upI and st in the louder Llhunders of the bel cLwing stormn. As accustomed as Michael h'ad icen to scenes of' pet ii and danger, a 'eeling of superstitious awe came over aim, and he felt like a frail ared help. ese creaturie of the dust, in: the con etnplatitin of' so imnloslna ad t.:rti URE, AGRICULTU] ST 2, 1S546 a scene. The narrow pathway along which he rode stretched away through a dense pine forest, and on every side the tail trees were broken and scatter. ed around him like stubble before the wind. (To DE COKIN\UEI)) Fron the Star Spangled Banner. III'00CIlNDIllS01: A NOVEL CURE FOR IT. Dr K. M. CARLETON. " Good miorniug, friend Carter, how s your wife, this morning?" " Bad as ever. I am most discour tged. I assure you." "o you still have a physician?" Yes, but he can do nothing fior her." But what dces he say?" le says that it is the most awk vard case of hypochondriacism hg ever net with. I am completely worn out. >he insists that she is going to die to lay, and besought me in the most )ite'ous accents ;,u remain with her, but have neglected my business too much ately, and can no longer indulge her %ith my presence., which only Inakes er appear worse." ' A hard case indeed, particularly or yon, but what do you intend to do?" " Do ! I can't imagine what, friend ush1, unless I become insane and take efuiige in a mad-house." Do not despai; such cases are by 1o means hopeless." " I have done with hope." I at no physicial, Carter, but I ave a p'lan in my head which I h1:41 "m 4 f.id to cure her." '-OU with ib at ~'n: . I am ready o grajs, a straw if' it points out thi lightest hope." I lave you a good sharp :..xe I believe so." " If you have not, purchase (ane by 11 neans. \Wihen yon return at noon, ay as little as 1ossib!e to her, but "ceed de'iberatcly to cut down the 'I ebt'a'I upon which she la vs.'' " I did not think von waold mllake ny~ aillietions a sublject ('f irth1." "I never wVas more ..eriouis in myi ife. D~o thlis, anid leave the rest witI: ne; but if' you do not, agree to it, I vaishi my hlands of' tile matter." "'Since you are serious 1 will agree 0 anlythmig, haowever ridiculous." "It is a bargain, thlen?" "it. is." The frienads parted. Carter pro0 eeded to his store, whlile hush hasit. nied to the residenace of' his friend. is he was ani inatitiate aegnlailltance, C waIs at on1ce aldmlitted, ie senlt *'(rd to tile ill val id that he had' somec. ting uf tihe utmo~st importance to OmlInonlcte to lher, and miust see er. withaout delay. u"lch a maessage roused the curiosity I tile dymigi wonimal as sh~e termed er'self, and1 shle (con~sented to see him. hle nurse*. had ev iden tly g' ' her ene, .r she ma Ic ana excuse f'or letaving in, anti at on1ce proceeded down " ( od morning, Mrs. Carter, how " 1 ami .ly ing," site said, inthy. "i Then I w ill noCt distur'b y0o."~ I e ni) ed towvards the door as if' about 0 1leaive. tile room i .~ "lionot leave me, Mr. BushI, to lbe alone; besides, you gave me o unlden-tanld youii had somluethting mllportanat to say to mc.'" - rule ! but it, is an untpleasant task o be the mtUeseger of evil tiding-." "Evil tidings ! What do you mlean, r. fiushl?" " To distrcss a feeble, fond wife v'itha the irregularities of' her' husband s mlost r'epaugnant to my feelings. v'isha I had no(t Colle.'" "Speak," said Mrs. Carter, proping Ier hlead with ~an additittnal pillow, let me1 kno1w alhl.'' " When y'our hlusband left you this nortn~ng, where did he tell you he v.as goiing?" "'To his store, of' course. Where ;hould lhe got'" " llljured womlan-heC deceived you; ~'r he called at the house of' the young Wido-w Smith, where lhe is a conIstant 'isitor." *Y oul amaze meW, Mr. B3ush !" TIhe nivalid had hastily thlrust a shawvl ibout heCr and w~as fairly sitting up. " Take care not to excite yourself', ny~ dear malldamf. I will not shloek your feeling~s any further. I was abou' LO say,-but I cannot, dare not do it." " Proceed-tell me any thing rather Lhnan tallow me to remain in thlis cruel suspense. Conceal nothing, as yo. vtaue lmy friendship." " I believe you an injured woman, and I will frankly tell you all, at though it will surely cost me Carter's frienldship. ie is actually engaged to hera. They will be mlar''ed some six mionths alter your death, which thley have calculated.wvill soon occur,." The monster fuL: 1-ill .ald hin.; and thaMi f'Mea oug *Wdow-Mo'tellI 1' 4N E, SCIENCE AND since, that she should never marry again. I'll soon put a stop to these fme doings." "But this is not all, Mrs. Carter, they have actually consulted )r. Iloback, or soino other humbugging astrologer, to learn how long you will live, and he informed them if your husband could succeed in cutting down all four posts of your bedstead, while you renmained in bed, you would not live four days." " Monstrous ! but this tale is in. credible. I cannot believe it." " You shall have proof, for your husband will coumeuce operations this noon, however foo!ish it may seen." " But I will not remain in the house to be thus used. Ift I were not so ill I wou!d return at once to my father's." "Take my advice, inadaain. .Iest quietly until he returns, but partake of all the nourishment you possih% can, and when he begins his vile work, leave , our bed at once and thus put an efl'eetual stop to his villanous in tentions. I really cannot, remain another moment." Ile left the lady in a terrilio rmr,' who, while reflecting uponm her w.,* . entirely forgot htetr ilIne-ss. 'Ihe u concious Carter returned, aid without wrasting words began vigorously hack ing at the elegant riiahogany bed-posts. The witi, with the fury of a tigress, leaped from the bed and completely overwhelmed the astonished inan with bitter and vindictive character. Ile thinking her inane, tied from the apartment, but she followed from room - to room, giving her rage fiil scope and denouncing him and the Widow Smith as the vilest and most crimitsal .f mankind. After a long and most ludicrous of ab:d I 0-ti m (:oilnotion, matters were satistaAurik t :spl:ined by both parties. The lady was . t.nohi t' cured of her umcies and been m. , exceltut, wife, but it was a lung tis.: before sh. forgave Bush. For the Banner. AN ADDhRESS Delivered by thec Rev. Roblert WV. Bur. yiess, b#:fore thec " Lone Star- J)ivis. ionl," of ,Sons of T'emperunecc at on wagboro, S. C., on t/che Fouths <f July, 1854. FaL.ow -Crrizi-Ns :---Yo 'im ve as= semblled yourselves here to-day for an object trnly praiseworthly, no less a one than that of celebrating the Ainni. versary of A merican Independence ; of' preservin~g the~ mnemrory of those do panrted ones who so gallantly achieved those liberties that we now enjoy ; and of promot ing the Temperance cause, the cause of all mnaukind. You have a great work before you in resisting the current of intemperance which has set in Iikhe a flo od -tide upon01 our other wise happijy land, Every christianm should give this subiject serious con. sideration. Every true patriot should give it that thought which its impor. tancee demands. It is atn awvful fact to, contemplate, that in the eity of New Orleans, $20,000,000 arec atnnually ex pended in ardent spirits. The liquors antd wines produced annually in the United States amount to 412,1l;3,955 gallons. You see I have only glanced at the imnportation into, and the pro. duce of liqturs in the United States; now let me give you a brief sketch ot' the results. Ina the first p~hice, pauper ism mi the year- 1850, cost the State of Now York 61,200,0001; an av-erage of the other States wvould give the vast amiount of 612,000,000. The cause is mitetlnperance with a few exceptions. " eor the drunkard und the glutton shall conmc to poverty, and dr-owsiness shall clothe a manu with rags," Prov'. 23 (hap., 21 v-erse. Look at the tax that is thus thr-own upon the sob~er and in dustrious part of the community. The support of paopers costs Sotuth Caroli na alone anrnually 6-18,337, The ef fects who (-an tell ? llow mauny die the death of' the drunkard it is almost inmpossible to ascertain, owitng to triendis beimg unwilling to ascribe drutkenness as tihe cause. It is sup p~osed however that about 30,000 men annually fall into a dlrur~kai dl's grave, and thei r souls is~to a drmunkard's hell. But fellowv citizens, muaking pauper-s is not, all of' the evil. The following statemfent speaks strongly in fhvor of' the tetmperne cause. 1st, Intemper ance hasa cost the nation a direct ex. pense of $10,000,000, and indirect ex pen Ne of $600,000,000. 2d, It. hats de str-oyed 400,000 lives. 3d, It has sent 100,000 children to the poor- house. 4tht, It has consigned 150,000 to pris. on. 5th. It has made at least 100,0100 maniacs. 6th, It has been the Cause of 100,500 murders. 7th, It has caused 2000 persons to commit suicide. 8th, It has burned or otherwise destroyed property to the amount of $10,000,000. 9tih, It has made 200,000 widows- nd orphans.. -These tre starzifg 'A, and arpgif rWm g ar THE ARTS. 'ER MS-$2 IN ADVANCE o . retail system has been the prime mo. ver in all this mischief we believe it to be the duty ofall good citizens to join heart and hand against this common enemy and to cont:due these exertions until our land is freed from this noi some pestilence. Whatever the ulti mate object, of temperance men ma t be in carrying on the great principle of reform, their present one is to pm down the retail system, to put tte!ta tion out c the reach of the rid , eration, as we daily see our boos !b! coining druikards and falliur into drunkard's graves. The next corind cration is to remove ardent spirits beyon'd the reach of our slave pioe -ii i tion, as it is evidea.t to :il the evi them is a very urea;. or . ,t thiei r rntaster s. Iia this . Ltt perancc mnen, whetl her - Ietance" or not. should p n Put down tie evil. IL th 0 uL duty as we.!as intere : to suppress tratlic iii dior.et wh-n they cotside. their re and : 'counta~bilit <<t tiht: well-being (t' .;ve, perally " nd -t: :"t::;y. S'- the lio.Ver ot iheir fie c lairnl a fIr. n l t tt i* 'titttj be do n /f ttli 'i t vii be e it-jjcmt d lr iit iiut:ut 'e. the se-ab. loved luid. Biut sl: is to bee rne it the - distilled : To suti ! thrillingquestio;n. Am e you will e fn4 t. of your niamiurtal soul Iit if there has ever been any grounds for such an objection as that, it ccrtai u ot help you now. Look at LRurope and Asia in a blaze of war. V Lie.. 1i they expect, to get food for t :. i from America. 'T'hen v I:, resciue every grain of produce f;, stills and send it to fied the hunicry old.ers. In all probability before t ie te.ueorIe is over, you will see two in -. diers 1 look ingr to rn "" , li t-am 2 - thera was iii, d enmud abroac, is t hon 111111 nret i'pplied Are the J^5 titute T What but sheexr avarice in duces the vender to deal out death by the halfpint to his ll~ow ereatures when lie sees daily what an etfeet it has upon ,the com~mu nity. He sees the orphlan as rags, lie hears the widow's waif as thle chords of her alfections are eut one by one, until at last all. that shte once loved, is laid in the silent tomib, uinloved aind Unwept, save by that heart that has elung to himr as-the ivy to the oak. It is against the 'en der, that we now would direct the thunoder of our artillery and tell-hirn with an unblushii-g front, that he is the cause of nine-tenths of thme crimes~ that are committed in the laind. The cotn sumner COmes next, and again.: hin some have been very bitter, an: it is true that hie will have an awtii accournt to reinder at the juidgiment seat 5)t'~ Christ, whether he be the drunk00, wretch that dies in the ditch, or the millionaire that sips his costly wines ini lordly palaces. There is one class h->iwever im favor of whom my symp~a thies have beeni, aund I hope ever abhall be en!isted-i he unfortuntate youth who has fallen a victim to the fell destroy. er. It. is to him that you, fellow citi zens, should exstend your sympathies. And let it, be of the right sort. Bring - it to the ballot-box ; let freemen have a freeman'a right ; let reform be thei watchiward until the widow's heart beat for joy over her reclaimed son. Let your mot to lie " to the rescue " Laet us test the right of th-- liqioir seller; as it is inidep.endceince day. Let us observe that we do not t reasfs ui . Sn any moral. civil, rehmgioums, oi pohit cal righits. But as we have amadet sum. dry sore thrusts at the trade oif a c-er taif class ot mnen, let uis see if we c-an vindicate ouir chetaracter as lovers of A nrucn freedom'n. EIvery inan owes soehlgto society in returnt fr the protection thttelwtrw aroiund him -. Thei Farmne-r, the .\[ceehane, and the Meurc-hanit. allI coin iibute- somiethingr 9 to the good of so citet . N. w ob1ste vS the bearing the rmn i t rauhi lets no .on** society. Could youo -ee w ith aniiannel' you would say, "put itdw.ai says.- the ruum.eller wtiit iht ii government to iinterferei w tith a an ;-rwate business. A gr eat right it nad wvhen that busimess intesriers with pub hie good. And pray has not the court terkeiter anl I smbler a right to the **~ sameo plee itt suppose(Y.. templ~t to carry on their operations pni the lignt of the noonday sung hee~ soom would they be hurl, d fr-oii. tidifr sn-t - pl o; ment, and their effeets~confiscated4 And why this procedure1 inso, preservation, the good pf sge)V~ nmands it. Tihen wvhy doband6 Io~ demand the suppression ofithk l~ ii trafilic? Not because the~y beievoilt vender to be less gi Iw because hir pm~deirs n.iich-tWei rn are o~~tit p99ulhco.. Ut o ' o ES att(on of