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MISCELLANY.
The Late Secretary Marcy.
The Uow York Evening Post 1ms an article
under this head) in which it sajs:
" "Very few ev?n of Mr. Marcy's most intiinntc
friends suspcctcd the existcnec of iho disorder
which proved fatal to him. Yet for thirty years
he had suffered occasionally from what he called
a atitcli in his side, and during the two last
-.years of his officinl life lie was several times
suddenly .t^ken iU.-in his ollice with an affecv*t!on
'which appered to alarm him consylocaWy
during the few.minutes while it lusted. At
sucliperiojds he would turn pale and complain
of nausea; bat as soon as tliey were overlie <
woald forget all nLout thuiti-nnd become out" wardly
ab cheerful as ever, lie, however, was
evidently impressed, by the recurrence of these
attacked/with the fragility of his hold on life,
and on^Che $pndny before his death, when app'nredtly
enjoying perfect health and indulging
in pleasan^auticipations of his European tour,
* he observed to a fricod wlio spoke to him of his
Presidential prAipects in 1SC0. "Do not speak
o?tnat etobjeot; I shall not live to seo the election
another President." These forebodings
. 'Tie is remembered toliavo uttered once bofore
during the last few months of his Secretaryship,
but the gentleman who heard them, not knowing
the jgrounda of Bffft Marcy's impression,
-sstftl angttred a pleasant continuance of lus days.
, "It fa-Well tbo.wnthat Mr. Marcy had declnr?d
at least a year before the end of his tenn in
the State department, even if President Pierce
werS"re-elected, ttfretire from public life."
c. & The'Poetsavs:
* IfMr. Maroy had lived longer lie would
prqbiCbly h>ve left the country Additional evidences
crfnT&.wondorful controversial ability,
at feast on one of the eubjccta which had engaged
his attention in his official correspondence
with'GrtSat Britain. Itwill.be remembered
* ihat whoa hia masterly lottor in raply to the propositions
of the European powers relative to
Jhe.lbolishment of privateanng appeared, the
Jritiab,jftfid "feouiq of thl continental journals,
>di90^eSe?l 'the'subject adversely to his vjewe,
and tlioij: articles were osa^lly - copicd by llie
j>reag?#f country witliont comment, and were
? ug.wljere coVnbatted"with tho ability and skill
rchuU-cS by th?j discussion."
?* Sn aocordance with liii request, bis brotlierjt
(teotyje^Newell, had collected in a t
, boolf ivll-tlic articles adverse to Mr. Marcy's
-iSctrino. extracts Mr. vMfflray had in
j^seesaift'n.^pfA^lrarposq^jl.1 preparing a re
- Hew or the ??Ading obicrtiongfeo liis nrguincnls,
"an $(pt1 ng and j reasserting-his fori tier
copelasiq&s^r It .is not pVobable, however, that
"r vho ha4 ikt^ho time Cf hw progrdhiedlar
iithi?^ndirt*feing; -U/.y* * '
>*jfl A* SoaWf^^Mtojv
It on? '(|f" his <notrcen of, the
IkinkcrjBtilj'ftolebratiop, thu?e)te(ches Seuabor,
^ m awMfJpf Virginia* 'i estfroto' of the Vithi#
hosmq^BMoro theaudienceof Heven *tbou~*&y
w?rJy at atf% odd#, .'political - and
^jwSqpto ?ix thousand nine htiradyejli
v Wnd ?i4^(S?k%?*ingj)no of father formida'
^bl^eiomM^iWmn(^He \aroae *?<1 stepped
_ ti?wi>MMbthoUble. Snd^ift v?Jn goruiinUea
a " tIH? fettwree, fitting vcty Jfcar 4cMfr>aa I did,
ibr nty tCMe eiiher wDlijmiinM or -do
type undeniable. Diqnity so absolutely faultless,
both of raicii pnd tone?fine as it would
bo with tho most Elaborate study and preparation?-was,
in this critical impromptu of the
Virginian Sou ft tor, very romarKablc."
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American Hotel Life.
A Saratov correspondent of tho Now York
Tribune thus speaks of a hotel life in America :
Here in Saratoga, the immense caravansoras
arc still more lifeless, and the peculiar Saratoga
hotel life hns scarcely began to bud.
Iu American customs, manners and habits, hotel
life stands alone in its completeness, forming
a distinct world, with features different
from those of all other countries. As such it
deserves to form an object of special study and
observation, and offers a rich field for a novel
writer. Hotel life has many variegated characteristics
; it embraces all the ages, from the
mnvlimr in tho cradle to the individual bending
under tho pressure of years and winters.
Few, however, if any of these characteristic*
are laudable ; few, ifany, but arc of a baneful
influence upon dojnestie life, oil its real
comfort, on morality, and on true, ens3* sociality.
Hotel life, as carried on in America generally.
and in large proportions, is tlio caricature,
the perversion of association. Jtosides,
ti sin!)"!", traveller does not thai in Amcric.i ho- I '
lels ail tlnjeoniforls of repose. Their only superiority
over Ktiropean hotels consists in the
possession of wntor and of baths in the rooms
nji the floor, or nt nuy rate in the same building.
lint the gorgeous, gaudy, overcharged
Irawing rooinsnna hri<lal chambers are less, if
nt all, desirable. In fact, a room possessing 1""'
simple l>ut comfortable furniture, a clock on the 1,0
mantle piece, a bureau with] drawer*, accom- f"
rnoilations for writing?a luxury which is to be 111
round in tin; smallest Kuropean hotel, and c<'
nowhere, not in the moat celebrated hotels of ""
mi}- eit.y in the I'nited States. Here among Pi-1
the etngcres, round tables, there is not even
a special tabic on which t.? put comfortably UP
one's own writing-ense. The ladies who live 00
in hotels generally write on their knees, and co:
the travelling males run forth to the oflicoor to
the common parlor. This, however/^forins
one of the minor miseries for one obliged to c a
stop at an American hotel. Every male or ^ ,
female inhabitant of a room seems to consider |
it as a duty toward liinisclf toward his neigh- 'ai
l>or, toward those occupying a room below Pr
him, and toward society in general, to make as
much noise as possible. Kvery one handles as H1'
roughly os he can everything within his reach l"
?doors, key6, locks, blinds, windows, sashes, n"
stools, tables and his trunks. Neither travellers
nor waiters refuse themselves the pleasure
of treading on the floor as rudely and as heavily
as possible, far outdoing shod elephants?
if elephants can be shod. Slippers are out of
use, and the traveller retiring to his r?om enjoys
the luxury of tramping as long as possible 110
with his heavy boots o*Cr the head of the vietint
trying to sleep in the room below. The ra
rooms of European hotels are generally provi- ??
ded with slippers, and the hotel keepers ob- mi
lige the waiters and servants to use shoes and
to walk noiselessly in the halls. Here neither
gentleman, master nor servant softly plmts
any door, but all of them habitually slain them mi
with their might. Add to this tho thin-walIfd,
pasteboard American houses, in every- 7"'
thing shakes and vacillates. In one of the J1-''
great firstelass hotels. 1 counted once, du- w'
ring'ft sleepless night, 1-10 explosions of slaminetl
doors. Tlie custom of doing this is corn- "l
inon in hotels, ns it is in private houses and ?
mansions. Undoubtedly so American parent "
or tutor ever told his children or pupils that
the slamming of doors, instead of shutting Ju
tlieni gently, forms one of the coarsest and '1
most striikng evidence of vulgarity and of ill "
breeding, flow,then, can. waiters and ser- r?
' vants be expected to know itf Neither do
hotel keepers and stewards drill their subor
<lumtes in good habit* otherwise. In one 11
word, travellers and servants vie with each
other in noble rivalry as to which can make A
the greatest noise and interrupt the slumber of ai
the greatest uuuber of occupants. Genuine
Americans are, to be sure, endowed by nature
with a sleep which can stand all suoli (lis- B
turbanccs. CI
As Americans not only travel, but all times fe
and always do everything in haste, they HfcV- in
cr finish in their bedrooms their ablutions and
their toilette. So they continually practice tc
the most vulgar and distrusting habit, next to 111
that of chewing and expectorating, of uuiuter- bl
ruptedly, the whole day through, pearing their ai
nails with their pocket-knives. Generally the tt
whole piazza of a hotel serves for this manual no
exercise?for the completion of their bodily gi
toilette; the scratching sound of knives, the ic
filthy occupation being indulged pricipally af- o
ter dinner, obliges one to run away to avoid the ai
danger of sea-sickness. si
Such arc some of the hotel experiences of a s]
rambling life of some years in America. I may is
however, add the observation that hotels witn 1
coiorcu waiters arc a shade nicer ami have a b
tint of quietness superior to those filled with tl
rcspcctablc paddies. d
Saratoga, besides the curative or refreshing ii
action of its springs, ought to be a desirable
summer resort on account of its shadowy parks 7.<
and alleys, which prompt to beneficial and ex- f<
hilarating exercise. But I have been told that ti
nil this overturned, destroyed, discolored by g
tlic topsy-turvcy, heedless peculiarities of the I
Saratoga life?a compound of excitement, show, Li
stupidity and .recklcss fashion. Should this 1
prove so in reality, then llou.sseau's worse than o
paradox were at least partly justified here? t
"all is good a* it issues from the baud of na- d
Uuvjvail degenerates in the hands of men." c
Uut BtfjQj Saratogan fashionables arc happily t
not uieh-T-only caricature or diminutives of o
men. * v
A Foimtii ok Jui.y Lbttek.?Among tlic many x
applications to O. W, P. Custjs rcccntly for c
scraps j>f handwriting from the treasures of tlio ^
old tmnii-of Washington, was a truly remar- x
*kablAone from a liUlc Boy of Boston. Tl^c c
flatter that formed tnc little fellow's applies- ;
$ion Ib as follows: ^ r
; v "Boston, February 16,1857. |
, ~ '"Sir ^*H>havc read the Life of Washington (
'and wjslil could be liko him. I shall try to j
'tXi live to be a good a man as ho was. My t
father $ays yon are his adopted son'and do- e
BCendDO from him, (>nd noblo and honorable. (
I am i(bw in roy tenth year and dont know, that .
, yon will lftte fcYiyjiotice of a little fellow like (
me.-1 bIhjuTci liko 4o sfle yoO, for I should lovo t
you. my gronuiapncr was* sojaier in tire old (
; wgr. I erliould like tohave A letter from you.
y?n write to mean<\ ten^me no'ipe.tning' ,
that Washington lilts done ot^on lh'*ve\ you" '1
got a pieoe of his h ? nrd w tjti na Star joa-?yUK
tcnfriw4.< A t?hWWl|gk5od- '
1 wifWlways lore you M (Mb.
the lojgeat letter. efflrafipte ;
butX aon'tjorfSTWyou lmv#?; ?Cgoo3yye.
.^atew. ivcd^SR?*
famo andirffciaory of,th?r*t4ir-P*- i
to* niiwtbe rife in the.hearta of hi*', ooantrt'- j
to . *p? -
*/-^> "- *"* V ^V' i "ifl? *
That Man Deserves Your Praise.
Kuow you a man whoso early life
Had little promise but of ?aro ;
Whose prospecta in tho witlc world's etrifo
Wore anything but fair ;
Who has as yet, Btep by etcp, uproso
Above the dreams of early days,
And smiles uf$on his youthful woes f
That mail deserves your praise.
Know you a niau whose soul outpours
Wild music to melodious spheres ;
Who moves mankind's hall hidden stores
Of joyfulness and tears ;
Who sings of what is good and fair,
And wishes strife and warlike frays
Had celised to cause mankind despair I
That man deserves your praise.
Know you a man of wealth and fame,
Who kindly lendctli to the poor,
Not set-king to blaze forth his nniuc,
At every rich mail's door,
Who daily doeth good by stealth,
Jn many different kindly ways,
That man has lofty moral health?
That man deserves your praise.
| From the Newberry Miror.]
Laying of the Corner Stotio.
In pursuance of the published intention, t.lio
noession to witness tlio Laying of the Corr
Stone of Newberry College, was formed by
e Marshall of the Pay, Gen. II. II. Kitmrd,
front of the Court House, and thence marehto
the College llill. The interesting ccreinics
on the occasion were inaugurated by a
aver from the Ilcv. Ai.D. Montgomery. Mr.
:nrv Summer then addressed the audience
on the general nature and necessity of edu
lion, nnd its particular application to this
[nmunity and time. IIo beautifully rcprcited
the whole intelligent race of men, as
:e the great Goethe when dying ; earnestly
lling for "more light." It was lie soid, hy
o establishment of such institution!! as this
lose Corner Stone was now about to be
d, that the universal want so beautifully oxessed
by the Great I'oct, could be apprecii;d
and supplied. The Corner Stone was
on luid with prayer and the ceremonies fitm
the occasion. It is as tokens of the zeal
d purpose, and the character of those who
gaged in the ceremony, were deposited the
lowing articles :
A Bible; copy Lutheran Hymns; T>iscip
j of Syuoil, S. C., Augsburg Confession ;
un. Evan. Lutli. Synod and its institutions ;
inutes of Synods, '54, '55 '57 ; Seal of Syd
; Annual of Scientific Discoveries, for
57 i the name of the President elect; Luthen
Observer, List of Resolutions : Act of Inrp
oration ; Carolina Times : South Carolinii;
Mirror, Tri-Weekly and Weekly; Rising
n ; Am. Bible Record ; Almanac, 1857 ; a
stofTowu OlHcere of Newberry; Building
imniitttce Contractors ; Architect; Program
I.
After this cercmony, the Rev. J. J. IJrantly
ns culled upon, lie discussed too the sub:t
of education, taking of it that higher view
liich i3 tlie characteristic of the earnest
liolar. Not tlic mere accumulation of fact-",
it the acquisition of lofty truths by the poas}ion
of which the soul is elevated and refined,
is practical renmrks upon tho occasion are
orthy to be treasured up by those who heard
m, as a sure guide to the ground over which
! passed. Addresses were expected from the
ev. Bachman, and Geo. A. C Garlington, but
in ensuing immediately after tho conclusion
Mr. Brantly'tt address, the ceremonies were
ruptly suspended but resumed at the Court
ouse in the evening, whore very able addresswere
delivered by Dr. Bachman and Gen.
. C. Garlington, before a large and attentive
idienco.
Bishop Morris ou Political Clergymen.
ishon Morris, of the Methodist Episcopal
liuscli, nt the rccent session of the Maiue Conrcnce,
delivered nu address to the monibera,
t the course of which he said:
I doom it not uu important or out of place
> address a few words to you, ray brethren,
pon a subject which is attracting considerate
attention at the present time, naineta :?
) to how far a minister of the gospel ought to
ike part in the politics of the day. "Vf hen a
fmister goes into his pulpit, he finds his conregation
composed ef men of different politial
views, of men zealously and conscienti
usly attached to different political parties ;
ud if he publicly becomes tho partisan of onede
or the other, there will of necessity
wrings una coldness forwards him to diminih
his influence. I feel convinced from what
have observed that tho only result that can
e expccted from a minister taking part in
le political contests and discussions of the
ay will be engendered strife and hard feeling
1 his congregation.
But ?oino may uslc, whether wo are not eiticnslikc
other men, and have not duties to pcr>rin
ns such! Most certai nly we aro, and I
rust I have not proved recreant to the oblintlons
resting upon mo as a citizen, although
have not, for the forty years that 1 have
ecu iu the ministry' ever entered a political
nccting, or spent above five minutes at any
iv citvHvu. i iiu>c m? ajs iiiuue 11 a point
a go to the polls at the most quiet time of the
ay, when there was likely to be the least exitement?to
deposit rny ballot in nn unostcnntious
manner, and return koine. I have nevr
seen the time when 1 thought 1 was called
ipon as a citizen to do more than this. I know
lot how it may be with others, but I have alvays
found enough to do in the duties of wy
ailing. I am willing to "let the potsherds, 'j
nitprefor myself to attend to the duties dereiving
upon me-as a minister of Christ. I re*
idlect an aneedq^e of a Methodist brother
vho was stationed to preach' the gospel to the
teople in "Fountain Head' Circuit,'r near the
lermitage of the late President Jackson, in the
ixciting political times of his second election.,
'arty wad just then at its height, and each par-*
y wanted every one to be on ite aide. They
louglit out the* newly - arrived minister, and.
lagpny mquireu oiuim wnoso siUe be was on t
'lam on trie side of the Lord and the Foon-?
?in Head Circuit," was his reply. Whio#f*of
he candidate# do y?u vote for I" "1 trust
shall bo foundyjpon my knees, praying
to 4><#T?ar the con version idfasinners And tlm
tpbuQffng of Zion in Fountain Head Circuit,"
lo*0rer they might question the devoted mint
ster lie would wiMlv answer that bfemeant to
lo his duty fa;thfully as a Minister of Christ in
"Fountain Head Circuit" In oonolurfofi, let
ne say, coy brethren, go. ye and do lHfftHse.
, JtaomwE Hurr to LACiS nf rna 'CAiuC-^-tte
writ to ladiesii^'tbe oars," which some lime
igo found ito^pay into ike newspaper*, reoeiv|u
?ui appropriate counterpart in the foliowtif
^ \ r?iU8h ^
The Pulpit and the Kolfe.
a huntrd fke aciikic.
In the winter of 1^30, tho population of
Howard county, Missouri, were thrown into
a state of extraordinary excitement by a
causc that seemed wholly inadequate to the
production of such cfFccte, especially in a
latitude situated so far towards tho* setting
sun. The phenomenon which attracted
universal attention was neither more or lessthan
the appcaranco of a new Methodist
preacher?a circuit rider, as tho nnrno goes
in the west., but one of a remarkable person,
and of powors that tho superstitious
deemed almost supernatural.
Ho was a youth who had not scon more
thnn flvnnlir cnmmnm -1 1.
-j uu....jiv-id . v/i .iuuiii, mo medium
height, although he looked much tailor,
from tlie slightness of his make, apparently
feeble and delicately moulded as tlie
form of a woman, l'.utall his movements
oven to tho llasli of his eye or tho wafturo of
his finger is gesticulation, wore ineffably
quick. lie was possessed of many of tho
graces which are usually supposed to constitute
feminine beauty. His slender figure
was a model for the arts of sculpture
and painting, llis face was an admirable
oval, soft andsweeetin its expression while
in a state of repose, although, when aroused
by any strong emotion, it could assume a
look of sternness or of passion absolutely
appalling, llis eyes were large, beaming
and piercing, so that wlien on tiro with sudden
wrath, not many of even tho bravest
would feel at case while encountering their
fierce flashes of inexpressible defiance, for
they plainly dared all things, not leaving
out doath itself. One drawback must be,
made from tho PYnilisif/* nf JiJc
portrait; its complexion altogether lacked
color, wlien not illuminated by some excitement
capable of pouring the blood from theheart
in boiling torrents. His features, it is
true, did not have the unnatural and subdued
hue of ill-health, but rather that transparent
paleness, so rare and delicate, which
indicates lofty thoughts, such as "wander
through eternity," persevering and studious
vigils over the rays of the midnight lamp,
and infinite longings, such as no human
language can hope to express, for the ideal
of all, the immense, the unknown, the fathomless
mystery which wo seek for ever, but
never find.
I shall never forget, even should my life
be protracted for ages, the first time that I
had an opportunity of seeing and hearing
this western prodigy. It was at the town
of Fayette, in the county previously mentioned.
The largo court house was used as
a place of temporary worship, and long before
tho appointed hour it had been crowded
to its utmost capacity, whilo hundreds,
unable to gain admission, hung around the
doors and windows, determining to got a
glimpse, or catch at least a tone of tho wonderful
orator, whose fame was on every body's
tongue.
Several preachers were on tho platform,
and among the dense throng arose the low
murmur, made up of a thousand eager whispers?.."Which
is Ellis?" "Which is tho
now Whitfield ? " "Which is he ??which
is he? " And the general conclusion of
those who had never seen the object of their
curiosity appeared to be that a finely formed,
middle aged person, with a ruddy complexion
and shining bald head, was ttiivman.
This inference grew stronger when the inditft/lliat
si A IxA/J AMMMA " ? ---A ? ^
f iuuhi utnvnucu itlUOU) gUTU Oiu A IlJfUJO,
and kneeling, uttered an extemporaneous
prayer of considerable fluency and unbounded
fervor. However, upon the whole, the
congregation felt a keen disappointment.
The effort did not in any degree correspond
with the grandour of their preconceived
idea. Nor was this at all strange, as the
performer in this caso happened to be oDly
the elder in charge of the district; and such
clerical officers in the Methodist denomination
are commonly chosen with reference to
their steady and solid talents for government,
and their unimpeachable orthodoxy,
rnoro than from any manifestations of logical
acutcneas or political genius.
The petition to heaven was ended. Thoso
who had bowed to tho earth in real or sim
i ? i .?
ukiluu uuuruuuu resumcu incir scats, ana
for fivo ininotes afterwaYds there prevailed
a solemn silence, thff profound calm of expectation.
Then suddenly a slender figure,
that nobody had observed before, ascended
the platform, and a pale yet luminous face,
shining witji two earnent, starry eyes, glanced
slowly around the %%st assemblage, as if
silontly measuring theih capacity for the
reception of the truths about to be enun
" i$IIe did not open the Bible?ho did not
formally take any text; but all at once he
oried out, jp -trumpet tones, which caused
every hearer ia-start on hi* seat. "Behold 1
I m^ke afl^ibigs new I" .And then he
spread >11 Mils of. iftiilgination/ and
launohed-boldly forth into ?o. illimitable
odtfen of jfeloquencc. The burden of-fcs discourse,
in it* first division, was the susceptibility
of the material molecules composing
the visible . and tangible k universe for
endless transformntions-Of utility and transcendental
beauty .throughout the endless
ages of"eternity. He.!,demonstrated. * from
the latest discoveries of :obemi8tryl and* the
best established; truths of a]f physical s&enoe,
that matter is nofethf| cross, disgusting
thftlg which the atheistic 'philosophers and
some superstitious ih&Rogians would bare
us to belieye.it, but .that, all ita^peels ol
repulaivonefis, of 8Weetn?|j?f sublimity tad
of terror, depend opon the arrangements ji
its atoms and the. composition of.ita?elements.
; I '< ' '
should be made * new, there was no intimation
that all persont should be mado
new, but that an opposite inference mi^ht
well bo deduced from the Iatt&Killnd spirit
of the text." And notwithstanding, as overy
intelligent reader will at once perceive,
that this construction waa a-fanciful and farfetched
play upon mere words, the orator
made it a foundation for tho most appalling
.d^nuuoi&tioii against sinners perhaps
ever heard from the pulpit._ lie painted
the different offenders agaiilSt' Iho divine
law in colors so black as to justify, without
a figure, the epithet of infernal. Aud here
all his eloquence proved a failure, or worse;
for instead of wooing sinners and heretics
iuto tho arms of orthodoxy, his bitter ->invcctives
filled their hearts with hostilities
and revenge. He made that day at least
five huudicd implacable encm ies. *
Afterwards. travelling around the circuit,
he pursued tho smog unwavering course,
throwing the whole country into a ferment,
and creating with every sermon a host of
friends nud enemies?tho latter, however,
usually predominating both in vchomencc
and numbers.
At length ho gave mortal offence to one
Jonas Sliced, a wealthy planter of Howard
county, a man of great personal popularity,
although it was well known that his wrath
was as deadly as the poison of the rattlesnako.
Tho difficulty arose in this manner:
Major Sneed, notwithstanding his many
virtues, and ho really possessed many, was
an occasional gambler?as indeed might be
said of the majority of tho irreligious in
that section of tho country. He was also
a duelist, whenever the code of honor, as
currently recogniz <cfln that region, called
upon him, with its imperious rules to proffer
or accept the gage of bloody battle. He
had been engaged in several encounters of
the kind, and fortune always had declared
in his favor.
The young preacher, Seaborn Ellis, was
in the habit of denouncing all games of
of chance, as well as the players who participated
in them, in a most savage way,
while bis abuse of duelling and duellists
was terrible, if not actually fiendish in its
ferocity. Maj. Snecd had been long writhinr?
under thcso. lacerations, wlion mm Sun
[ day he attended church in the town of an
old Franklin, situated on the bank of the
Missouri river nearly opposite - to 13oonville.
While the sermon was being delivered,
goSded to desperation by some
withering sarcasm against his peculiar vices,
ho ejaculated ono word of involuntary retort.
This brought down upon his devoted
head a rebuke, the most terrible ever fulminated
from tho pulpit?at least in the
Protestant land.
The infuriate duolist instantly left the
assembly, and waitintr at the door till tho
minister came out, he attempted to vindicate
his honor by inflicting personal
chastisements on the other. But the bystanders
interfered and prevented any serious
combat at that time.
On the next day, which happened to be
Christmas, Seaborn Ellis had an appointment
to hold forth at a place in the county,
about six miles from the town of Frnnk:
lin, and directly on the road to the county
seat. The exorcises commenced at four
o'clock in the V$$rnoon, and did not close
till nearly suifeef.' As soon as the service
was ended the preacher left the house,
with the intention of riding on to Fayette
thatjiight. - His surprise and astonishment,
then may well-be imagined, when, on
passing through the door, he found Maj
Sneed, and about one hundred of his friends
waiting to receive him in a most ungracious
manner,
"I demanded a 'full apology," said 11k
major, in a stern, overbearing totfe, "foi
?n ?i? : ii_ ?i._? i a .1 ?
an tuu luouiio uiat jruli uava vfeuajuu iuc?
Ellis answered without changing countenance,
or showing any external syroptoms
of unusual emotionAiJ^If Ihave really
iusulted yoj^I will apologise in the wos
satisfactory manner.
"Did you not, on yesterday, proclainr
me a gambler and a murderer, even frotr
the pulpit ? Artd do you not term tha
an insult of the grossest character?" asket
Snced, in accents tremulous with suppressec
racrft. ?
- - (3 - *'I
do not call tlio truth an insult," exclaimed
Ellis, with flashing eyes,; and i
slight ncrvons motion of tho right hand, a
ifhe too was becoming excited.
"Then you will not apologjjj?4" shonte<
Sneed, almost deranged with passton.
"I have no^tjg to apologize for," an
swcred the preacher,,as bis nght hand wa
raised slowlyf^^feto all appearanco invd!
untarily m4 urf3er his vest.
Then Pwill takfe an apology out of you
bide 1" thundered the major, as he d(pw i
horsewhip from his boot, and began Ah<
l (.1 i?e ii-i:?
uniuti wui& ui ua^tjimiiuu*
But theduellist had only.time to ?trik
one blow ; for, Wore he could aooontylifei
the second, Ellis drew from bis boajtoj
double-edged daggar, and plugged it Uj
' to the handle ih his enemwfe heart, -w
latter fcil and expired without utterifigj
groan.
"Seize -the raacal I Shoot the hypo
Mute 1" with various qtlier menaajpg e*
Cremations, cried the friends of^Sneet
[ jAnd a do*e6 knives flew fro?n their ?cab
Sards, and the young minister ^Beard tlx
clicking of a score of pistol locks nearly al
L 'around Ilia*?
- Not a^-inetoo't was to tx*>k>3U Wit
L-JL-lUjL^.- k
unfortunately wm open, and bia~ pursuers
coining in sight, although it ?rda' growing
dark, descried him, and, giving a trturddrous
shout, hurried forward to satiato thoir 1
tfengance in his blood. JIo had but ono al- '
ternativc?jto stand andbe shot down like 1
a wolf, or tako to the water; but even
this latter choico was horrible, on nccount
of the tremendous rapidity of that fiercely
ungovernablo stream, which in addition to.
its ordinary tefrorfl,nt that time was thick
with floating ice, so that after dark even
boats dared not venture across.
Tlnwnvpr ?n nflini* racAvf 1*/*
goaded liis horse to tlio desperate leap, and
in a moment the latter was struggling with
the powerful wintry current, j lis disappointed
enemies oame up the instant afterward,
and watched him moving forward
slowly, hut floating downwards l>y the violence
ot'the stream, with fatal rapidity, until
man and annimal dwindled to a mere
Mack speck, hardly vissiblo on the water,
and soon were swallowed up and totally
disappeared in the darkening night. Not
a beholder jinot one person who subsequently
hoard tnfe occurrence related, doubted
that Seaborn Ellis had gone to tho bottom
of the swift-tolling Missouri.
Nothing more was said concerning him
for vears. and wlion his fjimo nrr.-iin hnrrnn
--- j - ? ; - "to ?to""
to fill men's mouths, it was not as a preacher,
but as a most influential member of the
Texan Congress, and an especial friend of
General Houston's ; and he is now, and has
been for several j'cars^-in the Senate of the
Suite, lie is almost universally admired
and esteemed for many excellent quullities;
and the only fault which can bo. alleged in
his character is that his wrath, wbeavarouscd,
is terrible as a tornado. It j*CQismon- .
Iv so with persons who have once shed hu
man blood. Their hands wanctef '(^foluntarily
to their knives on the instant, nnd they
can never endure toseo their-beloved"fcc.i--pons
removed beyond their readb.* They
sleep with the cold steel under their beads,
wear it in their bosoms. Can it be possible
then that there is intoxication, a mentalwitchery
more powerful than wine, th&
crimson cup of murder? Oh! what tfell
infatuation?is that which blinds tbe-^eyes of
the bravest to the agonies of the torn ah<?
bleeding heart that quivers beneath their
dagger points for the last time, and which
shuts up their ears against the mounrnful
cries and wild wailing lamentations of fathers
and mothcj^, of wives and children,
the bereaved relatives of the vanquished foe.
New York Sunday Times.
. ? ??<
? j ~ -C
jciaucaiion ok Jioys.
A merchant ^lately had occasion for a
young lad as a clerk. lie advertised, and.
several presented themselves, among them a
well-dressed, handsome youth, who favorably
impressed him,.and whom he thought
oftaking.on trial. But what* ho aske<l the
lad to write, tho awkward clUrography convinced
him that, however else tho boy might
suit; Tiis penmanship would not answer, lie
[- then called up another, whoso appearance
likewise betokened comparatively wealthy
parentage and gave liim a calculation to
make. But tho fractions were too much,
for the aspirant. At last;l>epicked oat a'
> neat, but economically dressed lad, who said
i he bad been educated at the High School,
i and who was evidently tbechildof parents
in Kilt mnrfrrflU r?iW!nrn?f?nrA*?' Thia-Knw
^promptly passed tlio ordeal. The merchant
has now had'tlieydtrth in,his 'employment
i for a considerable period, and aayn, jif com.
meeting on tbo occurrence, "be wjjjl pfcpba-.
i bly, in ten years, be on ihe high i*6do totitirr
tuue, while those two other lads, with their
originall^iliperior advantages, will be gets
ting-poorer and poorer oontinnally
Now whom) is the fault? To aqn^exteal,
doubtless, it is that of" the ladS^ but their
parents are not entirely blftmelett either.
Man is naturally a vagrant animal. Not:
* ?oi#out of five loves work, in tne-ftrat place,
t for work's sake merely. It is necessary to,
take the child, almost as soon-as he ceases to
i be an infant; and begin to educate him for.
i the part ho has to play in lifo. Parent?
t cannot inculcate on their offspring too early,
1 that, if they would be prosperous and happy,
1 they must, loam to depend on their own
exertions for making or even retaining a
fortune. Tlio boy who grows ti\V' petted,
i and. indulged; who thinks thnt his fathor is
s so rich that he need not work like other
lo.-lc uilin So nnt ilic/'i nil IIP/1 tn nhulv In In
,,,ua? ,,,,w --r ? j i ? ?
J- bor, to self-denial generally; euch a boy,
o matter what hia advantages of capital or
connection, will run the greatest risk of
a final bankruptcy, if he does not, as too mauy
^ do,-turn out utterly worthless, even before
he is old enough to begin business Thero
r is an ancient proverb, iMkfo make a genEi
tleman, you mus* begin to the c|?^ro.' Tito
i adage would be truer and Jnore useful, it
was that?to make a businessman, you must
e begin with the hoy.* .
\ Of the three candidates for the clcrtcship,
k who^thc AcrcUont examined, two had start>.
'-e<f life* with every advantage. They had
e Been sent t^choice schools, Ifcey had been
i fcrnishediBpraUy with books, they had been
abte to give their undivided attention to
>- study. But not feeling thd necessity of ex'
ertioq, and not having it impress&<MW-tfc?w
I. by^ their parents, tb^ trifled5""ftWay their
>- privileges. The other ladrfrofti child hoo$
3 nad bad fa itruggl o. It w??' only ^ greai
11 self-denial, probably, that bis foth^fbrtd
%eetfable lo^^he him decehtIy Si#igJp 6
*?rotn thoErs^li^^ad^?eaH?od
A ilom?noo of real Mfc, ropfefe ' *- :;*
ieraws au<ft|K>OTy,iiw?i*ju?fcl*?iv t&Xfh *-^
end tQ-by an untoward ^ ' ->vT
terminnlion. .Tllte regular * *? ." '--'4
ttalian Upfl^ ^ijl caRl^ mind jyd; EqgiiiU^-^^'c i-V"*
lady, still young, iffiotfe ?egpty^turcajS$f 'V.. .
OYhfACCl ira l/mtr?oa/l an/) /y/\?? ?^(L"fciViuhA ^ ?:+
were rendcrod rcniarkaWo /"wrffifpr- ' > . .V<
dinary palendfc-which
n paleness so unusujd tliat tbis %dy ,fb%Lt'" hwe.bceo
tajion for^be ligitfino / . j.'*'
gcnd 'or thc^nd bndo.. Imtnc|js6!y v ^
and always exquisitely elegant, slig> coti1 ?.
stantly occupied tho.front seat,';quite ntdoe, i *? ^
in tho box above the Y Emperor's.\v.6hV' * -. , "3
came to die at i'ark- in co'nscqucnob of # ' *. ' *
frightful accidctft Which, alftsjf has tl/itcfly . *
been often reported1 . ^ * % -%* * ,
Some years ago this young ^irK.had v
conceived a platonic-igvo for Marioj, not I
ho less impassioned orJass preserving* fqj . ^
that. One night, in A dream, a handsome ,
man appeared-to--her, <6iTd as lcyd nefar
comes but to those who feet it, Miss 1?
became deeply diiamored, And o^fC. .being ' ,f;
she^tily dreamt^Bf. She saw" incessant!/ ~"">i " .jj
tho imago of her drcaq).; sho . cqrtterapla- ? * f **- . ^
ted it in ecstacy, spoke To it withofft vrorcUj. -\
? JJI. ? i :? ?t.- "n* >' *
, uubicoouu lb vwm mo-. IUIIIUJH.UO _ * *'-4
imagination, the heart, ?o vwell" was^Bhe*.".
persuaded her dreams had been jrefon* ^ . k
from heaven, that the boing'fche had^thu?v ** * .<*
seen existed, and that she sficuld find it <*
cro long. * ;-* *
In fact, one day at London, slio -recb^/. *
nized her ideal in- Mari<ft It was hej tno
being, she-had seon every' night in lief
dreams. *. ' * * V?
She was struck"^ the hear! at seeing "
IlilVv* it SfUi-inilBul tli*
?:? i - "*wvvw oiivj imu bu
long lcrtf?ft* She hcati^jfitm sing ana' wqs
inebriated bjfjtlie sympathetic
a voice which-shook llio^om -ro iu fljaodfctions,
aftd lent an'indefiuablo cuarovto tfre'
music. EVom tlijlKnioftftut'hcp *
fixedj but seeing ligfAr>ra%a. loVo^'vyithout hope,
sheenshVjnibdifc 1p Bier own bOftoro/ m r\.,
.IJp.to this time* she ha^'-lived -ja ^jreat * - In*
simplicity, but now lioriifb changed. She- ~ <
.-(Saw the world, ftnd was loved and admiredv ^
She was one of those beings *vrh<ygi Qbd ? * .lias
chosen tor servo as- acentrfy orpaint^f
designation for society ; one*of .those beings,
gifted with the power^ofj^aympHtbyj / a
who group and unite, attract/and fix, Mho
appease rivalries, soften the ' pateione-t-tlnft , .
magnetism so often refused to gemaBj al*,. ?
most always to celebrity. " " '
From the day when she took. Abo .r&p-^-.
lution to live aiono, she beoaffifl Nflingdlfijpi'v
ly pale, it seemed as if all the bXpo<f"*. - *
fled to the heart, that it might beat- the warmer
fer Mario. She bad ftefcafr at-'
dressed a word to hiiru, but ^Aca,/Mario" *
dopjjrtwl for any couul|y, Misf^rr*-*-* de- \c >
parted aJdo^ Arrived at St. Peterebvirg,
iho first person be rocognized in the first m
rank was MiU . At. Madrid ?ho ~.'i~ - 7*
was th'ere to greet-him. Whence
America, Miss? emb'arko3 also, *$d - '
arrived time enough to her present at-hij . *- 1
first.xeprafentRtion. At London, at *, * V*
at,$rerjrwbere, tho youhg TEngjiak . vpman
' was seen J^n a box near ^he atAg6.' Mario*
had never spoken -to her, bufc he know- hex ; * c
.pne acted..mftgnoticaTJ^ Opon him, tho epark
atruqkfrona Ker eaugUtialiim^^whaps
ho dia "not lore Iter, Btit ho vtRwy\iastinctivelv
draWn towards h?r. nMbtKmr * * '
ch^ took from^.the . -4
pale Woman, lent bun. sonfctTroes 9eutfmoot
and genius '?&. 2: & &\&" * *>
:v Thb4?I on wLioh^Mano toot .llif benefit *. ?- K
at tbo Italian Opera, ^sas for "V ;
Miss ?. At tjje bour. of the tHeatre she . *>
was dressed and ?^dy d%arl? - : [
better to judge theeffect of Let d3r(Ss8, Ae, ; V?J
placed? candle on ?*~ footstool ftear the ' *"T . ? ' >j
Jjlas* t on turnip roond, her drew J>f- iiglit* & "
1^cri?ivcaughtp^9jaftd alio'' was ihstantan- . . '
cously enveloped iri the llatncs.^She how- ?* '4
ever, did nbjS'loae bar presence 'of n^iod^ - j.
but threw herself On tier bod *itt order, to * ' 1
wrap the blanket round fewr an8"* tfndt' *<
tingdish tfie flpmefc. The. Vrajt|ipg werjan . <
had unfortunately placed,A?ce now liSim
lin dresses, just~ broiignt'upon4.Hlyi "
l,?.l 4? 41.? ?1 ' * - ?. <
UUU| \AJ vviqiuit W?v uniuuo vw>ui|iuuiwwo
with a frightful rapidily, ho Uiat, tlfo unlj^|)-' --4
py May w?y as it.wcre, on a pile, a**' *' '* ~ ]
sistanco arrivld too latotto3>e ofracy<?usfllft * .* _ :
nfR - ? * - &i *?*&'&?. "'\'i
Burnt in ftp mpst liorribb mmrt^.iMp \ I
suffering horriblo torlurfeV. " * "V ' *
courageously rofusc<l th<y ahl of /' . :v ' *"
"Veil knowing *be -was lost. Sb?
help which could Ijave no other rjauft tftani, -hi
-to, prolong dxoruciaiing pain.' She ~ "3?r~:~ J
few days 'afc&, pressing to ber "Hips ,* fed ;' '** ] ^
colored letter. It ftas a letter of ihujOi
lie bad WTUt^onceto h#, nofra lb*iTwt* .]
Wr, but respectfully.to thani l^er former . " J
applause and*a Kiwqiffet Imd tJfroWmie %-*- ' J
oight when jj* s5f? * net|- j^rt 1^0% - m ^
biur been.J^AdfcArWaMtfo Ip* imBaobe - - ' ' J>
full of i
a sto^fith'kt wlftn Fer^ltkand^If^J^j^^ < r "
.death, was broi^i^i^Q <X)mnrt{ri*6P'>* '' vgj