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Tlic Marlboro' Southerner. A FamIy Fireside anU Political Newspaper riMLlSHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING By CHARLES BIGGS. ja.ues g. Charles. WILLIAM BIGGS. The Southerner is one of ilie oldest and largest Journals in North Carolina, and as meol'lhe institutions of the Country, and ll;e organ ol Edgecombe County, its conduc tors will strive to direct it in the interest of 1 he Slate and Country nl lartre, and they will spare no pains to make it a tit representative of t lie section from which it emanates. The subscription price is Three Dollars a year ; Two Dollars for Six Months, and must be paid invariably iv advance. Money may n all cases be seal by mail, at the risk of the Publishers. 1'ROFESSIOXAL. L. 1). l'ESDER, ATTORNEY, ETTAS KKMOVKD.niS OFFICE. HE now. occupies an Office in the new building of Messrs. Shaw iV McCabe, (up siairs) opposite the Court House. . Those desiring his, services will find him t lie rent all hours iu the dty aud until y o'clock at niirht. , In tb'.k connection, he would respectfully fe j'icst as county solicitor, that the magis trates of the Cpuijty, would return all Stale warrants to the Clerk as noon as they conve niently can, after a- ttirj ub'oa them, jan !? ' G-tf ASA BICUS. J. EDWIS SIOOBE BIGGS & MOORE, IvTTOllNKYS AT L,AW Tarboro', N. C, WILL attend the Courts in the Coun ties of Martin, Kel tic, Pitt, Edge combe, Halifax, Nash, AYitson and Wayne, :md also the Federal, Dankrupt and feu prcme Courts. Strict attention paid to the collection and adjustment of claims, and to cases in bankruptcy. August 1, 1S07. 3-3 tf ZJOSStlT ISA'JTTJLtt, Attorney an:! Counsellor at Lair, EOCKY UOUKT, IT. C. Collect ions tuade if -possible. ontcuiT, Nasi), Ilalifax, Wilson and Egscombo Counties. Jan. 10. 6-tf BR. R. F. K0BERTS0X, DEN TfST, TAUJ.!OKO', N. C, Office .it ..teco;n'ie House, where l.e can be found ou Monday and Tuesday of each week. May 18i',7. 22-tf KCTU'E. A. E. RICKS, D. D. L , would respect fully say to the Citizens of Tarboro' aud it? vicinity, that lie is again in the practice .f his 1'iofession aud will in the future hS in the past endeavor to discharge his t'uty faithfully for all those who require Lis service Address, I'.ocky Mount, N. C. Feb. 3, ISo'j 10 tf DAXCY, HYMAX & CO., General Commission Merchants. No. 21 1'xchaage Place, NEW YOlllv. September 'M. lsti7. M-ly WJI. BRYCE & CO., COTTON 1'ACTOllS, 20 Chambers ami 5 Reade Streets, FECIAL ATTENTION' PAID TO V' he sal.' of Ct'tt'i'i in this Market, on which l'.heval a !v:.nc's will be made and T X PAID on application to It. Chapman. Sept. l.i. -11-ly llich'd . Conner. Chat. 11. liichardson J AS. II. McCUT.lt, of N. C, Ji. J. 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To do this has required considerable outlay and we trust (hv Mends wW IuWy Appreciate the Fact and govern themselves accordingly. SECOXD IIAXT) LAW AND Mis cellaneous HOOliS on Consignment Many old books can be sold with advantage to the owners and to our customers. Send 011 the consignments to Ell AX SON & JONES, Successors to Branson, Farrar & Co., Kaleig1. , X. C. Tat Korth Carolina Business Di rectory fer J867-68. IS NOW IN PRESS AND WILL BE issued soon. It will bJ by far the larg est collection of North Carolina Statistics ever published, representing all the Counties. Directories like Rail Roads, shorten time and siace and facilitate business. Price $2. BRANSON 3c JONES, Raleigh, N. C. L BRA NSON. Ag't J. S. JONES. N. C Busings Directory. mar 19 l1? 3li I Am a Southern Man, of Southern Principlea."-rfiSIl3"i Datis. The Tarboro' Southerner. THURSDAY, - JULY 2, 1868. Leaves from an old Magazine The Bequest. A TALE OF TI1E LAST CENTURY. "Is he coming V A lamp dimly burntne upon one of those curiously can el oak tables so com mon in the times of our ancestors, dis played, as the words were spoken- an intense anxiety in the countenance of an ared man, evidently "sick unto death," and who seemed to fear that life would not hold out until the ob ject of his wish had been attained. The nurse, to whom the enquiry was directed, who stood leaning against the post of the antique bed, holding back with lur ht.nd its thickly figured arras hangings, turned a listeuiug ear to the half-open door for a moment, and then, reverting to the paie features of the invalid, answered, in that low hesitat ing voice so affectingly assumed by al most a!! attendants towards the dying as if afraid to dlse'pate the slightest hope that couid he formed at s'jeh a time "I don't hear him yet, but he'll : be here this moment; lie can t be lar off." i; I hope not I hope not," said the patient, closing his eyes in the very intenpitv of his feelings " My George cannot sure be so lost as to avoid the dvina- ted of his father." ' No, no, sir, indeed not," answered the nurse in an earnest tone, aud again turning anxiously to tho door. " I am sure he will be here Stay," and slie listened a moment lon?er " There lie comes I hear his step below." As she spoke the distant sound of a foot step could indeed be distinguished. It became more distinct ; and an evident satisfaction in the certainty of accom plished hope, lightened up the stiffen. i'ig features of the acred man : his eyes w?re closed, but his lips moved in the utterance of a grateful devction. An other moment, and a young man his face flushed from the midnight revel, and his whole appearance highly indi catinsr the excitement of intemperance rushed hurriedly into the room. There is something in the silence in the gloom in the unworldlike seclu sion of the sick apartment, which stern and callous must be the heart of which it will not instantly and deeply solem nize the feelings. Thus immediate was the change in the deportment of the reveller : the hasty, almost boisterous step with which he had ascended the stairs was instant!-, even consciously, hushed into tho stc'thiest pace ; aud the features, inflamed with prolonged excitemeut, assumed at once an expres iou of seriousness as tender as if the heart alone had caused the difference. Kveu his very air seemed to loose the uiidnes which excitement and disnr d red dress h id imparted to it; and after he softly and with downcast eyes ap proached the bed where his suffering parent lay his expressive features in. ilicating the deep sorrow of a disposi tion naturally affectionate he locked more like a pcuiteut, coming to receive a deserved aud promised blessing, than a r-ke, scarce conceding to the solemn and oft repeated message of the dying the few moments reluctantly snatched from Lis absorbing pleasures. When hy reached the bedside of his father, a id tjok the clammy hand which was in silence cxtjnded to him, aud saw, by the faint light of the solitary lamp so strongly contrasting with the ;lare and brilliance he had left, the damp dew oi approaching death gathering upon those features' which iu the unwarped impulse of his better nature, he had loed the last remnant of hardened ejliug at once gave way, and was com pletely overcome by the sight into tears. The old imtti was evideutlv gratified bv the exhibition of a tenderness be had scarce expected. ''George,'' said he in a voiei tremlous between pain aud desire, ''1 knew you would not disap point the last wish of your lather.' The young mau as if awakened fully though too late, to the value ot a par cut's love he had lost, auswered ouly by more convulsive sobbiug. 'I feci 1 shall not be long with you," he continue!, "aud what little I have got to say, I must say quick." As he spoke, he motioned the attendant out of the room. When they were alone, he desired his son to hand him some papers from the drawer of a neighboring secretary. The father watched him narrowly, as the young man laid a large bundle of parchments aud sealed writiugs upou the bed; but his features betrayed no sentiment incompatible with the deep emotion of the time. The invalid as he took the documents iu his hand, made an effort to raise himself iu the bed, and, with his voice strengthened to the utmost of his power for the oc casion, addressed his weeping son. "George," said he, "here are the title deeds of a noble property, which you will inherit, unimpaired, from a long line of ancestors. There was a time when your talents and your disposition alike made me look forward to the pros pect of your succession with pleasure, in the hape that, while you enjoyed and improved it, you would be, like them, a blessing to your country, and reflect credit upon ao ancient name. That hope is gone; aud, while I make over to you an estate which the whole object of my life has been to .cultivate aud embellish, I do it with the jaelans choly preseutiment that, in a few years if not less time, it will pass from your hands to some of the profligate associ ates with whom you have connected yourself. The hopeless infatuation which characterizes your conduct can tend to do other course; an-d the mel ancholy reflect ion is aggrataLed by the consciousness that your conduct is tbe result of criminal aud disgraceful fol- - 9 TARBORO', EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NORTI1 CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY Here the venerable man, overcome by his feelings, sank back upon the pillow, and remained silent for a mo ment; daring which, his sod, as if con scious of the justice of his reflections continued only to sob with increasing bitterness. When the invalid had re covered sufficient strength, he again proceeded : "My perfect conviction of the hope lessness of your conduct has caused me to make over to you my hereditary cas tle and estate, with one reservation, to the observance of which I will bind you by the most solemn promise you can give." Here the old man was interrupted by the earnest and half-choked voice of his son. "Dearest father!" said he, "you crush me to the ground with your bounty. I am quite undeserving of even the smallest kindness. 1 now see how atrocious, how unpardonable, have been my crimes." "That consciousness on your part, my son," resumed the dying, "awakens hope which soothes me in my. last mo-, meuts ; but the long trial I have given you will not allow me to swerve l'rom my reso ution. I leave you all the prop -rty of which I am possessed, with thii. single reservation that, so 1 jog as you, yoursvlj remain master of the estate ana 'J-'stleot Jjuilalnn,wnereyo ir ancestors have resided in honor for six centuries, so long you icill alloie fhc small chamber beneath the tower, in the left wing to remain UNOPENED." 'lhe young man started with invol untary suprise. The testator, without manifesting any emotion, continued: "If as I am withouc hope the feelings of the present time may streng then your heart to a life of virtuous and mauly resolve, then, as at present, that chamber is to remain during your life consigued to obscurity and neglect. Sufficient for yourself and for me, that you nave become retormea : in that event, you will never seek to unveil a secret iutended ouly for the last and most abandoned state of depravity to which human nature could arrive." Surprise and astonishment contended with coutrition in the repenting son, as he heard the simple, but singular, con dition anuexed to such a munificent bequest. Self abased, and deeply af fected, he had thought to cut from him two thirds of his estate had not been a punishment equal to his deserts; aud there was deep sincerity in his heart when he solemuly and earnestly assured his dyiug parent that hi i first act would be to build up the door he had alluded to aud so let it remain for ever. Writh energy aud full determination, he in wardly resolved, indeed, to abandon a caurc of life which he regretted, with gMiy. tliat Le had Dot awoke to its euormity sooner. ' Father," said he, in a voice which while it faltered with deep distress was still strengthened with the firmness of a settled purpose, "I will from this day reform. If I have hurt your best feel, iags while living, I will not disgrace your memory when dead, by a continu ance iu conduct so abandoned. O that I had resolved so earliet !" "Had you, my child." resumed the evidently much suffering invalid, "you would not have broken your father's heart you would luve been spared the paia of witnessing a deathbed which however soon it might have been ex. pected in the course of nature, has nevertheless been the premature result oi' the profligacy which I could not stem. However, could I be but certaiu of the durability, as I am of the siu cerity, of your present determination, I should die happy iu having witnessed such a change which I now solemnly pray may be lasting." " Indeed indeed, father, indeed it will," sobbed the deeply affected son. "In that case, ueorge, you w ill ins herit this estate with your father's bless ing; and long and happy may your enjoyment of it be. But if, on the contrary," aud here his features re lapsed into that unmoved solemnity, which, at such a time, indicates incre dulity, "if you should disappoint my preseut hopes if, coutrary to my exs pectations, you will desecrate the wish es of your parent iu the grave if you return to your present practices, and coutinue in them until your profligacy has ruiued yourself, dishonored me, and disgraced your ancestors if, lost to every sense of virtue and of shame, you go on till you have dissipated, by your reckless extravagance, the splen did inheritance that I leave you, then when you have squandered all, when you are completely destitute, and have cousigned away that ancieut castle and its wide domains then, and tnen ouly, will the unusual condition with which my painful impression as regards your conduct has induced me to clog your inheritance, become operative. When, therefore aad not before you shall shall have squandered away the estate on which your ancestors have lived for so many centuries, and you shall have been reduced., byyour misconduct, to ho peless and absolute beggary lIIENjVtHt not till then, you are to open the cham ber I have mentioned ; which otherwise you are to keep etcrtial'y and sacredly closed." Here the old man stopped for a mo meot, as if to observe the effect which & communication so siugular would have upon his agitated son ; but he seemed too entirely absorbed in grief to attend to anything else. He pro ceeded : "I have now done. You must give your promise to'a dying man that you will adhere to these couditious." There was evident ttuth iu the voice aud the manner of that young man, as I he knelt by the bedside of his depart : iug pareut, and solemnly promised a I reformation of his ways; and there was i satisfaction, even happiness, iu the look of the aged father, as he witnessed his sincerity of purpose, and heard him in the deep stilluess of night his I voice only broken by sobs of penitence ! give atteraace to the aaruncc that his profligate son would throughout life, direct his conduct by the resolu tion of that moment, and ever after live so as to justify the hopes and disappoint the fears of a dying father. However, though in pleased approval he put his hand upon the head of the kneeling and contrite youth, the old and now fast sinking man did not speak again: perhaps he could not. In the long effort which be had made, he had evidently collected and exhausted the last energies of siukiug nature; and now that the great object of his heart, and of so many years, aud sighs, aud tears, had been accouiplisheu when he heard that vow of reform breathed by his apostate son as if he had nos thing further for which to live, and as if nature had seconded his wish with his hands scarce yet removed from the head of which it had blessed, he fell back gently jnd expired. So softly had the good old man yiel ded up his breath, that for some mo ments, the young heir remained stil iu the attitude of the penitent, waiting for an expected response: but it came not; and the awful stillness of the apartmeat, brokcu by his own sLib like breathings, arresting his atteution, he raised bis eyes and they rested upou the dead! He was deeply shocked. The lamp, now flickering iu its socket, diffused a fitful light throughout the apartmeat; and there, with its rays now dim, now unnaturally bright, play ing upoii the repnlsive features of re cent, death, lay for ever still, tho ven erable man, whose heart had been too surely broken by him who now sur vived totraze unon the ruin he had wrought The first, impulse of a dis- I position far from naturally profligate, was to fling himseli upon the bed, be side the corpse of his pareut and ben elactor, asd give way, without restaiut, to the bitterness of the grief which op pressed him. There the nurse fouud him; and there such is sympathy ever felt for such emotion the good woman left him, with touching cousids eratioo for his sorrow; and she softly closed the door upon the dead father aud the mourning son, with feelings considerably changed towards the youth since as a hardened and almost heart less youth, he had entered the apart ment, reluctantly ' beying the earnest and oft-repeated summons of his pars ent. The next morning, his eyes still swolleu with copious weeping, and his counteuance bearing strong tracs of his penitence and sorrow, George Lo Veze sat in a lower apartment of his resi dence, while his attendants were busied in rendering the offices to the deceased. He had scarce yet recovered from the shock wh.jsh the solemn event he had witnessed had given to his feelings, aud hud completely given way to the deepest regret, mingled with projects of future amendment, when the door suddenly opened and a young man dressed iu the extreme fashion of the time, catered the apartmant. A laced hat, borne under his left arm, displayed to advantage an elaborately curled and powdered peruke, while his richly em broidered dress vas arranged wini trie nicest taste, and the sword, then uni versally worn, rested in an affected manner upon his left arm : he advan ced rapidly towards the weeping, sors row-stricken Youth, and before he had time to say a word, had seized him by the hand ; "Ha my dear George ! How d'ye do, my fine fellow, I wish you joy from the bottom of iny heart seven thous and a year unencumbered a town res idence, aud fifty thousand in the fuuds aud laT-t, and not least, yoar old croakingi'ather got rid of. 'j'y G , you ought to be a happy fellow. What weeping! Poll, this is too bad be fore me. Unit may dc verv well for the fusty old aunts and uncles, but it is too good a joke for Phil ltichter. Get up my boy aud give me au heir's shake of the hand." So saying he slapped him on the back, and before he could reply to his disgusting volubility, the overjoyed rake, as if anticipating the first pluck from the full feathered heir, hurried him out of the room. Dissipated, reckless, profligate as young De Veze had been, he was uot heart less; and iu the unhealed soreness of his sorrow and his contrition, there was au openness of depravity iu the couduet of one who had been till now his most intimate associate that struck hitu with horror and iadignatiou. Forcibly disengaging himself from his grasp, he rebuked him in a manner that abashed the licentious fop; and still further coufirmcd in his iutention to reform, by the uufeeling levity he had witnessed, he retired to spend the remainder of the day, aud to fortify his resolutions, in the chamber of the dead. However afflicted he was iu truth, the heir of so large a fortune could not be left long to sorrow in retirement. The death of his father occurred at his town residence in Dublin, which, in the begiuuing of the last century, was oue of the gayest cities of Europe. Enlivened by the presence of a court little iuferior at all times, and uuder some viceroys eveu superior in brillian cy to that of St. James, then scarce existing under the formal and repulsive auspices of the First George, aud the residence, for half the year, of the munificent nobility of Ireland besides the members of its old aristocratic pair liament, aud of the numbers of. the young nobility of England employed iu the public offices, there was no species of refined or profligate pleasure that was uot to be found within its limits. While ever remarkable for the social and hospitable qualities of its inhabit ants, it was the continual resort of those gay and happy spirits, who are ever anxious to seek iu society a relief from care. la such a place, aud among such circles, it was not to be expected that the heir of a property so large, or the son of a man so much respected as 1 was his deceased father, would be al- 2, 1863. lowed to spend the days of his mourn ing in solitude and silence. Visits of condolence from many, and of congra tulation from more, were to be received; and though George De Veze celebrated his father's obsequies with far more of real grief than is generally found amid similar pompous ceremonials, yet the continual repetition of such visits, with the habit of finding himself master of a splendid residence and almost unlim ited wealth, gradually wore off the first severity of his grief, and with it the rigid sincerity of his penitence. George De Veze took possession of the noble estate of which ho had be come the master. In one of the wes tern couuties, on a bluff that overlooked the wide Atlantic, stood the lofty barouial castle of his fathers. Its turrets, that had often echoed to the trumpet of thj times of chivalry, over looked a demesne aud grounds of wide extent aud unrivalled beauty; and as the young lord of that feudal heritage stood on oue of its towers, aud beheld the fields aud woods and lawns stretch ing iuto distance, which had come down 10 uiai uuimpaireu rrom so long a 1 Lie of ancestors, he could uot help honour ing the care aud anxiety which his venerated father had takeu to preserve it, and he vowed more atdeutly than ever to adhere to his resolution of never again indulging in a course of profliga cy which might possibly endanger its possession. He weut dowu to view the apartment which had been lefi to him under such a singular restriction. At the end of a low aud heavy arched way, he stood before the door, secured wim triple ioch.s auu uars, wincn cto sed out the dread secret which his dy uz Utner nad so strangely yet so aw fully surrendered to his uisoretion, and which, iu his then feelings, he could uot help wishing might never be divul ged. "Yes," said he with solemnity, as he gazed upon the strong fastenings of the door, "remaiu forever shut upou the dark knowledge, the attainment ol which is to be horribly inseparable from the last and the basest state of depravity. The object of my father was wise; but what he hns stored for chamber shall these doors, so me iu that forbidden never be revealed, and strongly closed, shall remain iuviola Full of this re ble as his own tomb solution, aud chastened by unavoidable refleetious, he turned away, aud gave immediate orders to have the doorway built up with the strongest masonry, that the apartment might remaiu for ever coacea.cd, and alter his death be forgotten. Fair fell the light of a hundred lamps upou a brilliant scene: walls old and fantastic, but wreathed with fresh flow ers oi many a. varied hue,drcs5es stiff and cumbersome, but decking fair aud happy dames aud gallant and cour tly men. The heir had taken posses sion of his estate. George De Veze had mourned in decency for his father, and the world had rumoured that, like Henry the Fifth, he had forsaken his former practices and companions, aud, with better opportunities and better means, had resolved to become a better man. The old castile was alive with visiters. Its nan ow windows poured forth a stream of brilliance on "the dusk' air," which, to anxious visiters continually pressing through Us dark avenues of oak, made it seem like the illuminated palace of a fairy king aud music echoed from its walls, aud the soug aud the dance lent wings of plea sure to the uight. All, all, were haps py; aud elated was the gentleman, aud proud was the lady, who attracted the notice of the young lord iu whose hon our was this festal mirth. It may seem strange to the reader that a dis tinguished individual among the throug was the courtly ltichter, whose un seemly congratulations ou the morning of his father's death were so offensive to the fresh grief of young De Veze1.. Yet so it was. That heartless rake was one of the most cmiueut leaders of the city ton. Oue of those common characters iu luropcan fashionable life, who, without rank and destitute of fortune, often mysteriously contrive, by meaus uukuowu to the world at large, to support a brilliant appear auce, and by a specious plausibility to render themselves arbiters of taste, aud make eveu their vices glitter to the public. Iter ulsed in tbe first sinceri ty of his foraier companion's sorrow and repeuta ice, he had too niuca sag acity uot to comport his future de meanour to a state of feeling which he dare not ridicule, aud his designs upou the facile disposition of tho wealthiest heir of the day were far toa important to himself to be abaudoned without an effort towards their attainment. The accomplished libertine had not reckoued without his host; the easy and generous disposition of George, for ever leading astray a mind natur ally noble aid inclined to virtue, the force of long continued dissipation aud of uueradicatcd habits, alike disposed a young man easy of temptatiou, aud with unbounded means to gratify his desires, to liatou to the insidious coun sel of advisers such as Kichter, ever ou the looksout for similar objects as their I rjj. The guests had departed ; the gala days of festivity and rejoicing were over, aud ouly the more favoured iuti mates of its owner remained to share the quiet aud elegant hospitality of Buliafriu Castle. Tbe evening of one of thosu lovely autumnal days, that sometime diffuse the beauty of a bright er climate through the moist but in, vigoratiug atmosphere of Irelaud, had shed its own peculiar purple and trans parent light over the rich landscape which the noble residence of De Veze commanded. Near a rustic seat, be neath a clump of magnificent oak, on the lawn stood the young heir and lit friend ; ur readers, we presume, can already guess the iadividual who stood to oar hero ia that sacred character. NUMBER 31. Both were admiring the superb, ap pearance which, the imposing castle before them gave to the view; Based upon a high and abrupt eminence in their immediate front, "stood the noble fabric, in full relief against the glories of the setting sun, while a patch of water half filled the valley, glowing with gold and purple, caught the full beauty of its massive shadow, and mir rored the whole edifice iu its breezelcss surface. A conspicuous feature in that first object of a landscape which Claude Lorraine would have loved to sketch, was the great western tower of the castle, which, proudly towering over the rest of the buildiug, and sur mounted by the drooping 'folds of bis family ensign, seemed an object to catch and fix the atteution where there was so much beside to interest it. The mysterious secret locked up within its silence, heightened as it was by busy rumour and exaggerating conjecture, was, however the spell which fixed upou it the eager eye of curiosity, and none could gaze upou its noble aud time-worn outline without feeliug the strongest auxiety to know what could it cotitain of woudorful or momentous, the disclosure of which would cause the forfeiture of the lordly domains arouud. Such weie the feelings that actuated llichter, and most probably its owner as they stood gazing upou the tower. The leeliugs of the former were in tensely excited "George," said he, after a pause iu which the e3'es of both bad been directed to the same object; "there must be au astouudiutr sum buried in that chamber by your ec centric father; his expenses were trifl ing, and the ready cash he has left is not by any means so much as might have been expected from a mau of his wealth; besides, what became of that immense fortune which was left him in India niauy years ago. I would not be surprised f he has uot withheld it from your enjoyment by that singular aud insidious clause. If it were me, now, 1 would say such a provision would be better broken than kept." "Acre-," was the emphatic auswer which the young mau returned. His mind was yet too lull of tho receut feelings to permit another The cau tious querist chauged his course, aud to itiiiucd : "At all events, my dear fellow, there is reason why you should waste your self aii'l your income here in obscurity. Come with me to the city; your ap pearance there will be hailed with joy, and with your advantages you may be come with ease the undisputed leader of fashion and fashiouablos. The wily speaker had well calculat ed on tho latent propensities of the bearer. 1 he Jove of dueu UttiuucMoM wits orirarjizod ia the heart oi' Da Veze , and he, who wouid have started iu hor ror from a more open attack of vice, fouud himself listening with complac ency to the glowing pictures of oue who only drew them to destroy him. His compauion marked well the effect of his word-, aud continued: "There can be destiny, my dear George, more glorious thau to find yourself acknowl edged by the best aud the greatest m the land as the paragon of taste, and the mirror of accomplishments ; to be looked up to ; to be envied by your superiors iu rink; to find yourself the idol of the fair, and the orb round which every votary of pleasure must circle or be dim. What say you, my dear fellow ail this is in your power : come with me to the city aud fulfil your late. How easily are the weakly virtuous misled from good. Young De Veze had once beeu the gayest of the gay ; he had quailed the intoxicating cup of enjoyment so often, that the pure aud simple delights of a good life had lost their relish ; aud though a miud not naturally vicious would have started at the idea of again plunging iuto the depths of dissipation from which he had beeu recalled, and a return to which by him would be deepest infamy yet the prospect of indulgiug iu his favorite gaiety, without breaking his proposed amendment, was too dazzliug a temptatiou for a character whose good resolves were not tho etfjct ol couvic tiou, but of feeling ; besides he had so ion;r been in the habit of looking to the prospect of his inheritance as s means of new and unattainable pleas ures, that eveu had his virtue been o: a stonier cast, it would have eudared many trials, ere such cherished ineiiua- ti'ins could have beeu sacrificed to it, With such fecliutrs and such a state ol mind, the conversation and company of tlie most veteran and designing rake of his time could not bat produce an adequate effect. Alter the departure of Kichter. voting George De Veze might have been seeu thoughtfully naeic''. with folded arms, along the walk where thev had been trtiudiosr Iu his conversation with his dying father, he had not been insincere; but there was a kindling flash in his eye. aud high excitement on his cheek, with a wreath of triumph ou his lip, which told that his thoughts aud his determi nations were far different from tLose watered by his rcpeutaut tears. The last lingering objection of virtuous inclination answered or overcome, bow very soon the passions and the disposition be come sacred to the .warning voice that ever rises in the breast. Da Vc.e rein y;l to town; tbe comnnajious residence ol his f. t'a er suited not the elegance of his taste, nor the ambition of bis heart ; the iu st splen did mansion in the city accommodated "is magnificent fetes, and ccued night after night with t- e most brilliant revelry of the season ; the useful equipages of bis parent gave way to every vaiietyand luxurious vehicle, and the most bigli-bved racers t.f tbe tun'. In every refinement of. an ex pensive era he indulged, an 1 iu every fas tidious taste be was a model. George D- Veze was admired by all, and was talked of by all : he saw himself at the head of fashion's throng, and he was content, nor cast a single thought in tbe fubies-s of his enjoyment towards either the deep muni'i ries of the past, or the dirk probabilities of the future. Nut s, however, was tbo bosoni IVieud, wiio, it was observed, was The Tarboro' Southerner. 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The gambling table hitherto had Da Veze avoided ; but a time when I.abits that would have shocked the nicer morality of a later period were customary, even with the sober and respectable, could uot fail iq ways by w hich one disposed to sitiauler could scatter amazing wealth. Thus two seasons of continual dissipation had already ciippled the great resources of the wealth iest young mau of the day, and De Veze found himself considerably embarrassed at a time when he would have needed all bi$ unencumbered resource to support the. character which was his ambition, and which lie had already acquired. A young monarch had ascended the throne of Eng land at a time when all the subjects of the empire were excited by the successes of a glorious war, and the pageautaries of a new succession afforded an opportunity for ono. of De Veze's habits to dislingukh hhuself, which he was eager to embrace. Uy the aid of usurers, the large stuns be required were speedily raised, and, transplanted to tbe gay court of Lond.m, a new aud. a high er circle of pleasures were opened to tho grasp of him who so shortly before had sworn to renounce them, and in the acquit sit ion of which he supn proved himself to be one of tho aptest of scholars. As the means of the growing profligate, however, diminished, his appetites increased, and in, a short time be resorted to the dice-box, both for its precarious chances of better fortune, and for the excitement, without which ho could not live At first he was sparing of his money, aud uot very prodi gal of his time ; but tn habit grows like that of gambling, and it soon became the whole employment of his life. This was the state to which the friend to whose guidance he bad committed his destiny had longed to brina- Lim, aftd that insidious de signer soon foi-ud his profit in the facility ot his victim, and the magnanimity with which he sacrificed enormous sums and a credit unimpaired, llow terrible is the intoxication of the soul ; how deep, deep must be the draught of excitement which can bury reason, and conscience, -and fear iu the dreadful desire of more, more, more. George De Veze soon found himself in, volvcd in stupendous embarrassments ; but fieir weight seemed ouly to impart a more feverish anxiety for indulgence in their cause, and imt -ad of endeavoring to ex tricate himself by the strenuous exertions of self-denial and resolution, he only sought to destroy them by the same means by which they were created, and fea-sted him self w ith the deadly hope of a sudden dis enthiulmcut by deeper indulgence iu thtt couise which had brought them on. CONCLUDED IN OCR XEXT. Billings Closes Our Ills Liarri? Wares. If you want tew buy repent ance at the highest market price, in vest iu tite boots. I had rather be a receiver ov stolen goods than the keeper ov other folkes' sckrets. . Everybody ought tew be ofcliged tew rite hiz owu cpitaff, and then, if he fid-, ed the bill while liviug, hiz tombstuq indorsed with it alter he was d.-ad. I never knew a very hausutu woman (' ingaged in tlie "womau s rites oiii niss; they kaj play the kards they al ready play tew beticr advantage.. lrue happiness seems tew consist in being filled with wants and pashions,. aud keeping the wants and pashions on a milk diet. Instinct tells the ani mals how tew supply their wauts, and that iz all reason kau du for us hu mans. ... When d iy fcreaks the assets are al ways light. Alter awl the philosophy 1 kan kram up. I sumtimes nt disgusted with lifo it se ns to be but an uncertain vick tory over base pashious that eveu a mule don t ha v. . Men are perfecktly deFited in being cheated, and then they are disgusted uot with the fraud but the loss or novelty. It is a kurious fact that with a world full ov pleasure, our priuciple enjoyment iz in hope. Thers iz wun uiortiucation (that I kau remember now) iu being rich, and that iz yu are flattered before yure face, aud abused behind it. I have always konsidered abstract dogs a good th ug, but I kould never appreciate the utter necessity ov keep-, isig a woodcock dow in a thickly set tled city exclusively , on porterhouse steak, when there wazu't a live wood cock within 230 miles ov nve; but there iz pleuty ok folks who kan, which shows how little I know about it. I am loudly iu favor ov new things,, but I am opposed tu euoy man. eveu wun ov our colored associates, thinkiu he has diskovered a new truth jist bo-, cause he haz, for tbe fust time ia his life, s:umb!ed ootu au old wun. 1 should be ashamed ov iuiself to say a harsh word against the noble animal the l.o s; but I haven't been able tew see that it is best tew let the breed ov nia'ikiud run out jist for the sake ov geUin a boss that kan trot iu 2-ltj. I hav noticed that those persjns who ha the keeuest sense ov misery, hav also the brightest yisious of joy; but there iz sum folks whom even molasses kaudy won t make happy, njr even muskecters worry: . c . I don't think there iz enny more ex cuse for keepiu a Shanhigh rooster than there iz iu kecpin a . boss tliit you've got tew buck up to a fccju 1 story wiudow tew put the crooper ou. It iz astouishin how very small they ware their pautilunes iu Broadway; but I notice the pautilunes are plenty big enulf for the legs. When 1 see an old mizer iu the. midst oy hiz wealth, I kousider him. just about as happy as a fly who haz fell iutu a quart bowl ov molasses and kaut git out. A priest asked a tipsy fellow leaning against the feuce, where ho expectel to go wheu he died. "If. I can't get along any better than now," said he, " I shan't go nowhere." An old lady once said that her idea of a great man wa a ''man who was kecrful of his clothes, Uida't drink spirits, kin read tho Bible without spaliiug the Words, aud kia et a Cold. diuuer oa wash day to 6ave the wiui iuIm. folka tie LfoL'Ic of choking."