Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A TALI OF TH1 BBVCTLUTION. * >i !)ti*rtrJ hy lK? ??o?T * .1 When ritn ^roelUM * if Si's chnriH* noon f Ou towtr, tort, or tented ground. g The sentry walks Lis vwrjr uundL-?Old Song. j It was winter, and the pur.: know l*y ' glittering upon tke bosom of the frosdi u earth, in nil iu spgtlew beaufv, ?pd the ^ bright brink ling ?Un looked duwu fratu M ttfo srolra acload1{S4#ky- TUeWeetops, loaded with their white burthen, bent their brsuehek like the fertu of wmc Aged t| matt, whe plods alnwg tbrougfv the reed jj of life frieudles* end uioue, nod (he air was crisp and Lrariag. la the neighbor- w bopd of Fort l'otoam, in the Ibighlanchi yy of the Hudson, a aolitary seetinel waa UJ pacing to aed fre, the bright barrel of a , hia musket gleaming bgoestb the light m of the stars, and hi* rugged for? wrap- ^ pc?l in a blanket overcoat, aacti a? were '|L thcu becoming common among th? Bel- {ei diers of the American army. _ He was a man of some forty-&ro years j __ . . . , ? ? r I on vi ?g?, wuh > atMuifly iiuliMi and not #|| very agreeable physiognomy, and there 1 c~t was a sinister expression of the eye wben B]| he addressed any person, which would U)|| Lave been likely to excite suspicion as ... ?i.- : ' 1 ' wu .41 luc ininacunvt: purilj OI DIM CfiaraC- | C()J tor lie had joined the earn sou at the ! ^0| 'I'oiut, ouly three days prior to the night ip wbieh we Lava introduced him to our j QQ< readers, and this was his first tour on i p< at at the pickets. As he ooUtitiued to paee briskly to aed fro in the little JT_j enow-path which he had hiatjc for biro-i,^~ elf, and which by this tUne had become x?c pretty well beaten, there vii a look of ttatiafectina upon bis features, as if We bad perfbruied eome act upon wbich he congratulated himself; for the stnile which curled hie thick lip, wi? one. of ?oitiplacenej. ' - _ -| .'WeH,' rauttorad be to himself, in a tone so low that it scarcely rose above a 1 whisper, 'the worse part ti the talk is * f ^ over. 1 have eplistcd an a soldier, ai^ I ^ acquainted with the peculiarities pf the fArtreae, end een notr impart any infer- | ^ uiat?on that ho may desire. And if I t should succeed, tlin? the ten thousand dollars which has- been promised me will ^ tj buy me a tine farm oo the banks of the y Schuylkill. I have been a lory ?that's a uim fact; but it was to forwejd my own rt vlewe that I joined their party. Abd 1ft . 1 only aueoped in this stratagem, then { goodbye to all war, and I will Hve in peace. It is a oonfooodud poor buslneaa, ii_ j uuy bow. But I thought I heard the sound of footseph. thiak if must be j . ho?it is time that be whs here. Who :__j them! ^^Jriend 1' answered the vole* of u * ^^^^^(^atrawge fignro advanced, aod vbitpered aotuething in a low low*, and then paueed'Oountereigii'e not eorreot I Faun where jtm are?f*u are uif prteoner ?' and than, afhar the Japee of a iw ?6ateata, dariog winch (ha two exchanged MpfMiiw laoka With aaoh other, Ut up a* their facet- war* by tbe noeabeeaa, the eontiiMl ailed oat in % loud, thrill tone, 'Corporal of tha guard number ? - one r It ta cnetomary wbeo a MoUuai ia upon a poet, and any peraoo approaehea, who can not give the eountereiun or ' watchword, Co detain bim, and oaU for tha aorporei or aoa* other oftacr of the caard, who alone has power to paaa hiw. In tbk mm, however, tha matter eeemed fto ha wait uoiieratood ; for tha Jew comer plood there Wear the aaiioeL apparently leeoneilod to (ft fata, while awaiting the coining of the corporal. 'Wan, what We hawe 16 ay, theuld ha 1 eaid qaiehly/wMapeiwdlha prieeeer'in i n low tone ?. *tk? (do* of tha anoiU will be iloaf la a fur nooaati, an2 then # >1 hall have no time to mature air flaoo. < Ton aro* lira Chit Oloaet Lambert'i i ijuartir* ire m the left wiog/ x i r* ? . . / 9* <rr t pW but I ahodder to lU?C tbjj^j JBto should pby ?,#Wj|J J hSloald be aay &U^V 2J '4T Hut here coujos Hho mq^i^ guard, with my relief. lo? iraW taken to U(b |?rd rood u a afjrua euspceted^ person, bod'I'shall bs ft?| you. 8ua4 off % little further, to a* not to ^eiu euepiefcma that we bare baeu aooTerMtQg.tOgpther.' % w. thyiog tkia, the sentinel brought bee musket to a 'ugerge' upon the stranger, aa if he tredfclra si hi* endeavoring to eeoap*. Iu the meantime, the corporal um! bir party egme up, a?d balled., wear iWapoK Z * '*'<%! 'Well, Rudolph, whom hgYo we here?' nqirtr?d tbe'eorpoawi of t^e seotiuai, as w pointed-to the prisoner. 'Somebody who attempted -to pWM vitliout knowing the countersign : so I eade him kj prisoner, and oaTled out or grou, eodaat y<m might take him in hasge. If saspeet he is* a epy, or-eovae ,' iad or aaaoret eoemy." *. f Vecjr Ub??very like! But *o4U J ike hiatlQ tl*? guard hopse, end tojAo* iui until t?> morifcw aiohdug, aod tuen tf what Colonel Lambert wir of kii ' The Mitlaol^tfhoai We bare fret ia- I oduc^d to the tender, (feting been ate-, j need hj another, wbtxame ep. with ' H'eorposnl, the* f*Wjr alerted bonk to* I arda Fort 1'utuaoi,, vhoee dusky rat- I ne* loomed ap grandly thcough ?h^. 1 oon light iky As tL*y proeaeded ] s onac the raiow-path, the sentinel whom to b shall henceforth know aa Kudolph, <3 apaged to slip a atrip of paper into b o bands of the prisoner, which the l?t? u r (juiokly thrust into his pocket The tl ecuiiou of tuia was ao tjuick, that^no e, aarc the parties interested, saw iTp d w limy UoMg iilial Jl iug auapirioes, an til they came to thi^H kin gate of the fortress. There the | & nal ehalleoging took place, tho wat<Jk- i < rd was gitcn and tue prisoner was I hi hi 11 PWl (<v nno r\f I * *? ? 1 ? vmw ?# miv wvun vi iui; guuru I w tree, where, having been looked in, he led himself upon ? sort of buok in fc s Comer of the room, drew (he paper ? al toil Rudolph had given him, from his i of (let, and hastily examined it by Ike ' in at of a roll tar j lamp thai was burning jo au uupaiuUd piue tiblc. With | *n pertuieeion of the reader, Wo will or re him there, and go back a few year* jr to the breaking out of the war of rfj Revohitiuti, and introduce him W> h ax personages, who however, are deo- <u< d to take a part in our drama au n the vicinity of the city of Philadal- rai t, joat prior to the affair ef-Leiing- dm I there dWcit agentlomawbytbe name do Tbomae Lambert, whe had emigrated i of u the north of Eoglppd about the bet r 1770. He waa a man poanaaaed of am rge fortune, an unbounded boapitaH- far ed aooinl qualities, whioh made Wa wit pany much aoogbt after by the elite the V neighboring ctyp . r ? F& lr. Lambert had ladha wife?a gen- "fed i apeoiweu of fittgnab beauty?eoioe tor i before leafing the old couatrr, and Ian Bdocatiaa of hu onli aUM m i*n?K ? I j-;/ 1 - ? -B"" lu^ devolved up mi Myself. And well (be be perform Ike task assigned bim ? oat bed hiotlplf received a Qui*bed rdQ egg to at Ike university of Cambridge, yon bed e most heppy faculty of Import- poo bit knowledge to others, and the djai g Udy ooold not have hod e more wit! joiie instructor, bad eke searched fhrt ighout the colonics for a -Tbi l this time, Fjonn^fl n i o e tee our own day, an^UM| wont of oleoma la was the softd, buxom. |mH 9 h^aiy?e bright bUe, langM^^H ctftsks in whioh the red blood seemed rnihiwg p? if upon n wager, e-peoiasion of dark brown trmn, enrol lips, ejmflj [ moyldod form, and* n*pao light wd elastic ae that " a ynbmg fown wppu tfcr dewy La. She ?m b*??.k* bMI; aOoompliehed pod atoiaMe, qpd ftw fide bod qiom mqmm end dtrKtd irjsnds thoo she. ,, " >t. Mr, bomber t, ao o matter of ooursf, wee proud of bio rosy daughterSad doaired to mm bar well mated with some one who won.worthy of IWr; bat, though many visfted hia bouse, and many seemed attracted h/ bat beoutm Ihsr? waa but eae upon whom tbe faker could look wilhJtpy. degree of lktfr. Allen Simpson waa o young pbyaioian v)U kui oItm. a> i? ia.fL dahdna, aad ?b? bad afoeody Mfitird sbiiUMir. p*acifc?. If a waa iodaat ud awifbH and y amid of <aient**f a b%h codarj and ?o m? aooaar appoooiaM baa naiftb tbta )id Ur? Unkittt, |o oimac nwllr; faai.be era* a ^nflf ruiter. l*?rUpf Floraooa ain^ppreeia tod tho jonng doe tor; at aay into, aba d _jm JB^ji |^H mH I J J ^K yij a. c^Z-irHiT^S ! *?jrS^"^r J| S^bMWtaite IK eaesipe ! The tnH ; ^',^ia en that. although tb* r ioO^?g booij LHBBg bat liule principle, saff JS Vf hie wAy in everything he fl ^?*i * *11 harards. The b<-aun^Hnf Florence oeptisated his ae&ses, W J* Tb darned his passions; Mid he resoL| II o ohtatQ bcr band, lei the consoquelg ?t be wbat thej might. But be for X, \y W wilb s crtf.1 rebuff, when he bro, I he ,ib? K> Miss U?berCM i ? ho cfl?^y toldhjm that he did not auit *' eu i 1 *b# ^ noi 'hqpj h a, go l4^ ** '?thor*erB, there was *4 W ha tUSh*J5?ti sk1' did* fw*7. ? ? bh woeld jffofe.bly at no very distant < t! co, been me her husband. ' - ' I -l We eMfapt \mut to tbeiuaagia^tieaht the reader the im?'?nd'fue* that to4f oil possession of the breast of Parker on M-* cciviog this cool 4?* bit oonoloded that &hc wpeJd.baidhM ontfi *1* accented of bin offer ; Tor ho eflko g'?ol mi looking fellow, and, tik*-?ll 'Pre(*y'9?l|li 1 |M Apt V> bo o little rain. And JrheM the be .Foond that eke not only did j*Si earl 1 en* i straw for Ma?that all hie jaU&a, hi Jobt honeyed word#, apd hie (Mm had becpJdur rtea awav, ald,>tet %m worse, thi [for actualIjtarefcrred another, be roare I era ike a raanpi, aweariog vengeance tb [tool aoet diiBk (gainst her, and evcrj one ill 1 id) ^bgeonaectcd with her. Am, unpleasant night, oca By oither the father all >ut Ice neighbors asserted (hit the figure erei fa nan might often ha Men flittinf alig fore the windows of the mansion el on I MM unreasonable hows, and warned P*** be inmates to be on their guard, Jest iron and against them. ^ ttflH II iM^h ihn men* nan ewait.neg givn|| and spread over t^HW^ 0P i the red fire rushes. ofWme dtrflRnwi le of a western prairie. Mr. Lambert I *\ as one of tbe first to espouse the tea" tueo of his adopted eenntrj?which he o*t| It had becu deeply injured-Hind was *1 >poloted to the command of a regiment poee the oontiuental troops. Through hfc ' flucnoe, young Simpson obtained ipoiuttftnnt of surgeon to his regimctn, the < d st oace joined tbe force whieh wu her. dcrcd to ao sotire service in the field, Ti Many were the battles in which thii ??tnr gimeut was enga^d. At Trentoai "OUD incctoo and the bloody field of Mom . en iutb their muskets scatter*# deal! | >0f * toiig tbe enemy's line ; and among thfi *M! Ifani ur_??.;? . - ? ?? auiugiou, TO Ml 1 "t*1w rkeat hou?a of our country's hiatoru j *"*'? 1 one more nobly auataieed the spirit ihe great chief than did Colonel L?r? , rt- At leugtb, after many cban/Mi | ? J Ticiaitudaaincidaoul taaatatoef w? I 4ueat e, the bravo Larobert found himself j :b his command stationed aa a part cf i permanent fbrco that garnsonei fi?lmlit k Ituloftia, whiuli Ai Jfeitlwcoosidofby the enemy atTHbe key or the Hufi,' and a poet of the utnioct iuiporce. Aa the Colonel iraa now ia pw- 0,0,10 B?bt and comfortable quarters ^ " first; time since , the breakiig I K*rr>* of the unnatural war of a paroit j I*?b inat ite children, he diapatrhed ho I l',c P4 a surgeon of bis regiment, aoc<lfi. by a strong escort, to convey m ghter Florence; who bad bceu ?ta^^B^?<lVJ' b a relative in Philadelphia, , where ahc could bo with her a service Simpson perfonu^^^^^^bA"' refusal from F1 oran oe B if poeeible, grown even more mdfl B be bed been before, and used ofl 1 about the etreele of the city, moB ' to bimeelf, eod scowling like some B or Vftmpirc. Uin ulieots one by^B ( dropped away from e into *o une^SB ' tod di*?grc#Mble, and be wee quicklylB (Hstreaetyr fcceqe with which to iiqn^P dele beery debte that he had oontracled. .Al Uegd, wktotbe ?*t of the Kcvola- J . line bp ret oner the lead, he euddenly die- ' topeered 'between two days,' leaving ] h?e eredkore to obtain their daaa io the ' maimer they deemed beet, end proceeding, ae moot people supposed, to Sew 4 Yotk, to ;oib the tory force, which 0 formed en integral pert of the llritiah 1 nay stationed there. 1 The oiweene of PhiUdelpia were net ^ rotatakeo In eapaoaiog tbet Parker bed gone to New Torn. Thai wee the very ? plane L iiwi atafted for, end ca eltiv- b teg, to wide him?If known to 9kn oom-, meoderHu-ebief, end capreeaid a deeins I } U-. k. i i.. - * * eoiiBt ill lojan.si corpa, wbicL bad I U juat boon nrgaaurd A# It wit qaicklj I m discovered that U* tai an educated and a' A . V | -"v ? I ..! gg qua uiwr vkzoh in airs, 1 i1.. ii ? >AY MORNM MPfaeehmel bmv?<xI tbere mi a tmidk for a lieutaoeot in tba lory compaoj, Hjtrr itae at oooe appoiated to it, and, Bju?| off bit.bw*r/< garb, be I Bdf tba blue frock coat and gotd Hta of hia grade, and at pace feau of aata.' K^t beaa'for tba aeaory of ^bert, added l?b^|| Rround, rauMaringtobi^P ?Strode rapid I j to aod fro. ny boom or other, the How tuteUDt, after the Iidm of two or throe on, become very familiar with Sir enry Clio too-, the commander-in-chief the British fbroea. He waa frequentbeheld entering the mansion in which reaided, where he #ould remain for art, and sometime* he would be ao- ' id panted by'Otte of the coldier*, d rugd and vilfsmdua looking fellow, who 1 d eontisued to make himself odious to t i whole company. As a matter of | irw. these things, itrango fh them- ) v/a, attracted considerable botacv, and I rioua were the coin men In, which they I sited. The toUler wag ausHloand i his comrades as to the object of his t its to the house of Sir Henry, but rays returned uncivil and ebwrtuh I iwera ; and one morning at roll call, t pa (bund thatr he had dcaestod during t ) night, and gone, no one knew wkilh- ( A few days later, and Parker "1 aioodncr mission from the oomman- ) -in chief to J>c accent from the. city a month, and, mounting his steed, "T sod the rirer on itc bridge of ice, and ? k his way op its wentegp bank. t t is uow time that we ah /aid return hie "prisoner," who had MM thrown * MMpfthe cells of the pnl house t fort Putnam?a rircumsUne% bow- u r, wuica aa> uol Jeon! to git? Ibl the *< htest uaeasiees* W? have said ths^jhI being left aioae, he had taken the "*? ? of paper |lv*Q him by Rudolph b a hi* pocket, and commenced exam- V g it very carefully. And well he paper contained a mioutfr 4 HPB^BH55?nwii|iBPBWKs ofiVell this will do/ said the prisoner, m og the paper in small pieces, and * ' rriug the fragments about hie tall now be^enablcd to effect my per- !M O, revenge ! dear, sweet reran ?vu my mi ot il I' Saying |hi?, he ! 1,1 W himself upoo his bed, extinguish*! | ''r -audio, mud was soon buried in slum wc 10 next xnoming there wan a great ^C: notion at Fort l*ntnam. It wm an- ^r' ced in general orders that a spy had j al arrested io the eery act of attempt- We S p*M the American Finos, and it f*^14 bid that in the oourao of a few days, ^ bold be brought before a court mar- l,r' tnd would prohpbLy be htuged.?dph requested that bo might be per- ar . d to atteud upon l*hu, and as he was '* ' bo that had aioppcd him. the re- mr WM granted ?* ng mutWcurM took pUcc boiwecn ; * d ttoodant and thf prisoner, hot the I ff ,/of the soldierboinp unquestioned,rea wore taken but Kttie nottee of. ma a wild, stormy fight, and the shrieked through the gorges of the tains lile tl^ voice of one io pain. ^ as quiet withiu tbo fortress t the mel on had retired to rest, and Colonel two ert, the then commanding offitfer of tat, had also songht his oouch. *?d front of the guard h?u*c for acnti- *"T a* .pacing to and fro, wrapped io A blanket coat, and with hi ninaket 'J n caroteaely over his sbt aider.? le rest of the guard were buried in P ind slumber upon tbe benches in J Mrd room. Hie sentinel, whowwm^~ il " ? ^^HHKg window, which^W ^Be^Meawl, and may ho easily Wm She ia aouud aaleep before thie, H^oor way ia clear. H*t& you got Kng in your pocket?' R^ci, indeed. I would not bo likely |e forget th?t.' 'Wall, go a Load, thou, but be oautieua. >t?e take atop would rUm ua. Hera ia wiy jajonet/ taking it fnim h?* UMaket; Hbe rate b word k 'Liberty !' 1 obtained tt 'mm the oergoanl uot an fcour *go.?iVith it you qm paeu the sentinel at the K, and then tin* vast, untrodden wtT aaa of ti*e highland* ?? before yott.? , aball scale the ram part a, and make the at of my way to New York, aa toon aa ou are off.' Floraaoe ljambort xaa sleeping in bar ooin when ake was suddenly awakened y some owe who uood beanie bar both { 'Get up/ said a harsh voice, 'put on owr drese, and follow ma. If you make. kp elightest noke, or offer to speak, you re dupd upon the tuetaui!' #' , 'Bll, juat at this moment, a glare of . > ?-? ! i. JIOXJ-' II! H I. -JJ! AK XHTHHOKIB XONAHCH.' 3"G, MAY 9, 1 ligbLskooe into tbs room, and a bodj , y ad aw headed by Rudolph in | aua, marched up lid surrounded Betrayed t betrayed !' cried be villain, wbj bare tou dona ibis V To gratify an old grodg*,' answc Rudolph. 'Wbeo you were practir d^^W^b^dulphia, you were the me BMuLiiclr whipped at A^^wcUkne |^^TeBgea?oe. I *35 ^^*Wncly haaged, as you hi BBF^publiclj whipped, and 1 ska ^ To-morrow, you will be tried by military commission and haag as a ap and t sbaU get teu thousand dollars fi jour villainy to (be oooHnai der in-chief- Ynn T i m - % w. mm/ m. vmu won in cards both ways.' , . Parker, for ha it waa, wbo was the ?p' would hare teiirtcd, but be pas quid ly aorround^d, tied* aod takm back ( tys old quarters. .Foiled, disappoint** duped, ba waa oow on tha uargu of ruii TM next oraipf, be Waa brougl before a .military ogmmiauioa, foun guilty of befog a apjf, and aeateooed t be banged forthwith. RAdoJph aote^i provost marsbsd upon the' oeeaaiuo, b Liaowa requeat; and, aa be plaaad tb aooae about the neok of the miaarabl aretcbj le whispered : 'Yuu were vory anxiouc that I sbouh >a appointed 10 attend upon you in tb< *11, eo 1 thotighfywa might like to bpf* rve tfttcod upon you in the ppon. air ? )ood-bve! The pain qont leal long*? no lalf so Toag aa the sting of tho flaggiuf rou obtained* for me. -Hal ba! ba !' Saving which, ho knocked the Jroj rom beneath the wy, and, without' * iuch as a struggle, he waa UftBubcd iutc ternity. . After the conclusion of the war then >as a woddiog at the house of Colonel ambcrt, near Philadelphia. There, p<>n a bright May aqpruing. the lovely nd now matured Florence bestowed hei and upon Doctor Simpson, who had >ng possessed her heart, and who found er one of the best wives, and oue of the indest mothers. At. for Rudolph, he >taincd tho promised reward, nettled )wn upon tho bauks of the Schuylkill, id wsim^H ashamed to own that he had The 1!y.mknkae Dance.?At a moent when a Prince of llcsae it wooing daughter of Kngland, we may fittingly Rice the fashion of the close of the oupit ceremony, when, at Ilesso Cusacl, o Princess Mary (daughter of George c Seomid) was married t<J the unwortliv ince, who bad, without much wooing, >n that ha plea* lady 'They supped in public. When the ?wrt WMtakcD off, tbev stood up to ink the King of Great IfriUiu'o healthy which the cauDou frota the rampart* cw hriui. The King of* Sweden's auti1 ? bride and bridegroom's health* were ink in rhe tame untune;. Then the j nee end princes#, sod the great officers the Court, danced the tuysiiefd dance, hymeneal dance, the maimer of whieh this : All tb? nobility, and great oftf* * of the court and arruy, with whit* sbctux lighted in *!???? t-"-4- 1 ? - ? u.ixrv, ovarm aur? (o a very solemn tnue, ami the ncess and bridegroom bring up the r ; after which the rest of the diucen themselves iuto a eire'e, the bride4 I bridegroma Wing in tW middle; n they divided into 4wq lines, the iefroom leads the*Wide to her apart, at, the dancers following her two and , with dheir torches, to the door tf Wed-cii umber, w here they aU stopped, . put out their flags beaux with great ?r extinguishers' fiw *I*ugh pod grow fttt," i^ an |e so old that it is ahuoei denied a < * in tbe meidbry. But it should not | orgoUea them is a well of philosophy i psychological truth in its wisdom, i ^^es aot know that the frttpt and < ^j^^re always susceptible of a i ^NHj^uraffectlons as if wo Wore in keeping of & dark thought. 'A i may smile aud mile, ami (till bo a lain ; bat H it hard for a |>im ti la ami laugh, and till be a viHaiu, laogh, Id fiaoif, itnplm* something gc and kind end gee* r< mis, and 'lie he %ho dark-hearted pCreoo does not bar asj thing hko a 'loud smile.' I wp ? e ^ - ? Ka?it?.?Like taken of -enow t Ad I uapprccived upou the earth, MemiiT^Tjt unimportant event* of 1 suooeea one another. As the snetr p era U>Kotk*r, so,our kabite arc formed, No single take that is added to the p produces a sstaible change.' No siu aqtion ores to a, however it exhibit, man's character^ bat as the. temp aria un MtitMM rtowa tha roouuta and ovarwbatim #he inhabitant and I babilatbm, m puwion, aatinfc upon | clamant# of miaohiaf wfcioh parniek baLila bate br<jk(ht togatbrr bjr imp I oopdtla accumulation, mmy ovarth* tbe adifiea of truth aad virtue. * lu , . % . * 861. ' nsro. 10r of i ThbOooumt Tgino on Racoau.? Mr- As iioewl 8eott'a army wm marching the triumphantly iuto the city of Mexico, a ' prooeeeioa of awoltt emerged from the *0, gate of a oomit liiiirtoi on' u etniaeace to the right, advanced with alow red eod measured tread until they ott the^^^ log army at right ogltfcThnaflM|^^ ana loader of ing bis iMMHH bestow, the Id princl poMrf step TOHnirt!^^^ I, and bold bio bos to Motive too donaot ?ion. *' & i- UliiMltolj, there came along a tall, rj nuat, limbec aidad, gander-look ing Yankee, who on seeing the old priest, thrust f, bit bands into the Tory depths of bis t- breaches pockets, as if in search of s to dune -? something of the kind. Tbe 1, priest, 'obesrriag this movement, ad? rsnoed, as usual, while Jonathan holding >i forth a greasy looking roll of paper, <t coaitneooed rery deliberately unfolding 0 it Tbe old priest anticipated a liberal donation, and put on an air of tbe most y exquisite satisfaction. Jonathan eontine ued to unroll piece after piece of dirty e paper, until at length be (bund fc piece of tri-twilicd smoking tebneoo. lie next 1 thrust kit hands Into another pooket, and drew tbub a hlay pipe, wkiob, r with the utmost deliberation be proceed ed to fill by pinching off small particles t of tbe tohaooo. 'When this was done, \ baring replaced bis tobadgo in his breeches pocket, he stooped forward and > lighted his pipe by tha old priest's oan * die, ud making ?u awkward inclination > of the head, (intended perhaps, for a bow,}, he said, 'Much obliged to ye, * : Squire/ and proceeded on. , Admhow's I)katii-bed.?The ls?t ' momenta of Addison were perfectly * sereno. Ills interview with his stepson 1 is universally known. 'See/ he said, "'how a Christian can die !' Tbo piety of Addison was, in truth, of a singularly cheerful character. Tho feeling which predominates iu all his devotional writings, ia gratitude. God was to liim the all-wise aud all-powerful friend, who had i liiiti n^1 t"i nii'i mri r'?i a maternal tenderness; who had listened to bis orics before th^y oould form thena selves in prayer; who had preserved bis I youth from tbc anaers of vice; who had made bis eup run oscr with worldly ' blessings; who had doubled the value of ; thnwe blessings by bestowing a thankful ' heart to partake them; who had rebuked I the waves of the Ugurian gulf, had ' purified the autumnal air of the Cam[ pagaa, and had restrained the avalanches of Mount Ceuis. Of the l't-alms, his I favorite was that which represents the ruler of all things under the endearing ' image of a shepherd, whose crook nudes the flock safe, through gloomy sod dea, olate glens, to meadows well watered and rich with barbate. On that goodness, to which he ascribes allHhe happiness of his life, to relied in the hour of death with the lovo which oaatetb out fear ? ... -.v? v? " ? 11 id in juue, j / t'J. lie had just entered oq hii 48th year. A Gwod Man's Wish.?1 freely oonfcM to you that I wooid rather, when I aiu laid in the grave, some one in his mauhood would at# id oter Die and My, There. Hoa oae who en a real friend to mo, dad privately warned inc of the deh^ere of the young; no one know it, betne aided me in the time of need. I 0*c what I mm, to him.' Of I would 'ra\her btrc some widow, with choking aittrtDM, telling her children, There ia your friend and mine. He visited me in tny aflkotioo, nod found you, my eon, an itnoloyer, mud yon, my daughter, a happy home in % virtuous family.' V aay I would rather that aueh pereone should rtand at my grave, than to hare erected ver the H men nil in, tjfnNSHH vil reeled up iu front Ir^lii^HcvAc^^l Ckgh be iteedtad bimnelf end ImW. The A apeakev wo* eerimei id proving thet there >ad- w no hell, nod urged the Hnirereeliet i - - ' ? dm uoetnuo who great etoqaeooe, tit! the bor poor deuOkard Mow cried out to hiin : That's it, Kidwoll, my friend I Mako tuem words Uue, for if you don't I'm & bat goner/ - the This brought the sermon to a oloae. lif? ' ? lb. Few thiifg*i#llits world trouble peo ( pie mora than poverty, or tho fear of pn?. tie eriT > M(^ iudeed it in a anre affliction ; but lib* all other ilia that leak ia heir to, a it baa iu antidote, itl reliable remedy.? e4t The judieioa* application of industry, m prudence and taiaperanee is a oertain bis ??"> foe ius The Lantern tails na of the sad case of at- a ntan who was sbipwreohed, and cast >w upon an muinlubitnd island, without a shilling ia bin pocket.