Herald of the times. [volume], February 13, 1845, Image 2

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hey shonld soon be able 1o pay all these
debts, and that, though while they were
‘huried’ in the smull housa they could do
#n they pleased, it was now politie to
make a respectable nppearance. Mary
tried to be convineed, and argued with
herself that they were surely jushiticd in
obtaining any thing for which they were
certain of paying by and by, especially
ns it had been explained to the trades
men who supplied these articles that theis
demands conld not be sausfied ull a cer
ain time should have elapsed. But stll
there was a lurking feching in her nund
that they were beginning on a wrong prin
ciple, and that lurking feeling had more
truth in it than the most specious argu
ment. Al beginnings of evil habits are
dangerous, and the habit of going into
debt most so—the most likely to gather
strength as it grows: The fatal facility
thus afiorded for supplying not only the
real, but fancied want or whim of the mo
meot, rivels link after hink to its enslav
ing chain, until care and anxiety, and
mental and bodily disease, at length be
gin to make their futal inroads on the
seif-doomed victun, A faint phantasm
of such misery arose for a moment 1
Mrs. Grainger's mind, but on her hus
band’s it cast no shadow ; new hopes
had awakened new ambitions i his heart,
and, strong in the consciousness of Lis
awn cleverness, and the good opinion
of those with whom he was connected in
Lbusiness, he had no lears for the futuie,
The eloud hind been hited up from hLis
path ; he considered that he had patient
ty abided his time ; and, now the gate ol
worldly prosperity was opening to hiun,
he looked eagerly forward for betier prose
pects, stll. It was in vainthat Mary
geotly attempted to check the growih ol
the gulden visions that floated too vivid
iy betore the sanguine mind of her once
contented husband, He was fuily per
suaded that he was born (o be a rich and
great merchant ; and in s fondoess for
gazing on that distant prospect, he over
looked in a great degrre the present
means of happineas around him. {tis the
eommon history of hife ; we are ever look
ing forward, and neglecting the attaina
ble enjoyments around vs. Thus thrd’
youth and manhood : and in nge, a re
gretiul looking back to times and oppor
tonities when we might hnve been hap
pier and more useful, Do we not uil,
more or less, pursue the shadow at the
expense of the substance ?
The birth of a son only increased Wil
binm Grainger’s desire for niehes and ad
vancement, Tmmediately alter this event,
a !rgacy of five hundred pounds was
st unespectedly bhequeathed to Mrs
Grainger by a digtant velniion, of whose
earthly existence she hud acarcely been
aware uniil it had terminated. She was
bat just recovering (rom her confine
ment, and was bathed in tears of grat
wade at these glad tidings, while 10 her
sinpheity sbe thanked the good God who,
1 #ending her helplegs bube into the
world, had given her something (0 agaist
mim o his sirogele through it for he
wfectionate and motherly heart at once
dedicated this acguisition to the purpo
ses of his educntion, shoyld be live to re
quire it, and without hiesitotion she nn
med her wish to her hushand, He did
not reply to her for same moments, and
when he did it was not with the read,
sympathy in her [eelings on the subjeet
which she had expected. e thought
the money could be benter applied, The
command of a few hundreds just then
would aflord him the appoitanity of em
barking in a coneern in which he was
convinesd monev mizll be mude rapidly
He did ant require 11 resign his situation
= ouly to advance a small sun ; and
would it not be foolish to lose such ap ex
collent opportunity 7 There was some
thing plavsible enough i the statement,
snd thaugh Mary feltit rather hard to
grve up her first intention, she did not
hemitute fong 5 tor what will not woman
do to gratily the man she loveg 2 The
money, therefore, was placed at bis dig
posnl, though Mary much wished that,
before nsking it in business, they should
be frecd fiom their lately-contrueted
debte. Great was her digappointmen:
when she found her earnest entreaty had
not heen comphied with, “The bils ]
have given for these things,”” Grainger,
waid, “are not yet due, and where is the!
gond of paving beforehand, sud losing !
the use of the mouey lor so long ¢ l)q,;
dearest Mary, leave all these things to!
my judgement ; you know [ alwaysact!
for the best, and what do women know!
of business 17 Mary thought in her
heart that, if <he kuew nothing of Lusi-|
ness, she at least knew something of jus. |
tice and prudence ; but she was timid in|
spirit, and said no more tiying to comfont |
herself with the hope that ali would be!
well. From that time she asked no
questions ; but as the time drew on when |
the first bl for filty pounds would fall’
due, she grew anvious and uneasy, and
her delicate cheek grew paler and thin- ||
ner than ever. Two days, however, he-|
fore the payment must be made, Grain-!
ger entered the diniug-room so much |
Nished ana excited, that all her fears
wonld have been aroused afiesh, Lad
tot his countenance been so redolent of
J Y.
*Now, Mary,” he eried, “pow nwnl
that D was vight! Your five hundred |
porinds Lave heen a lucky legaev, for it
has produced wimost fifteen hundred. | |
was vather alarmed for the result of my
spwenlntion o week ago ; but ‘all’s well
thnt encs well 7 and there s nothing more
todenr. Pve lodgad the amount of the
bl thnt 1o v e Leen thinking
of {0 come ta Bold Sueet, and choose |
the beat sillom W Csdhop s you want a
pew diess b know, aid now is your time
fer get n »
S, Walliam " wid Mary anxiougly,
“ihere weomothing | ust sny to you |
betore we go ‘.’ Yy hive hionared o vvpdc !
0t was wone, datlioyg, was ttn 27 She N
fnltered as she sav the <mle fnding from
his tare, {
SO eonree it was vones " e replied
h":‘-"ly C'whatl wote have vou to say | o
nwout o " : ’ |
CWhy, dear, don't e displepsed Lyt
endy that 1 owould ke tive hondred
pounds put into some bank or eofe plues
to pay for hinle Clement's education |
won't you oblige me love 2" ghe contin |«
vwed more tumdly assheobserved o cloye
guthermg on los hrow
Cinderd, Mary,” he answered, ) |
gey te Ao ong Yo ek, o did ooy
Ruiow fde bettor D v that B oobomd w
Hf five hundred pounds can be multiplied
‘in a shart time, as you mast be convin
leed it ¢an, would it not bo a pity to let
'so much lie idlo & a auscrable bank in
‘tcre-t, for apurpose for which it ennnot
ibu wanted for years to come, if at all "
o 0 . ’
i I'he quick tears gushed o Mary's
jeyen at the conelusion of this speech
Was he, then, alieady caleulating, the
'clmm’en of that dear ehild’s life or death
!us a matter of business 7 Tle po-rc«ivefl
"her emotion, and hustened o amend his
Leror
‘ 1 did not mean, my love, to fret you,
l',!whcve me,” said he 5 “hut you musl
‘fiknuw there are such chances as that |
‘ alluded to, and should our heloved boy
Cbe spared to us, | hope we shall not lack
"a paltry five hundred pounds to educate
Chim.”
I «You thought it a loge sum just now,
L Willam
| % Aud oit is, Mary, to us at present |
Ido but speak comparatively, A few
Chealthy grains of wheat are pnpoitant ul
seed-tune, but how do they stand when
the barns are full after hurvest 2 Ay
Mary onee more sutivied hersell to he
persuaded, if not convineed, sothat Wil
Atam Granger eould now commence bus
iess with & cuptial of more than four
teen hundred ponnds. It secmed an ans.
picious begimairg, nt more than this--
cmore even than patural cleverness ang
Jndugtry =3 required to make a prosper
jous ending. Mary comforted hergel
with the ideathat he sill veiained his sit
uation, wineh, producing thewm o certan
Ancome, promised the suoply of their ac
(al wauts, whatever might be the fate o
her asbhund’s wpeculations. But Grain
[7u(~r was analtered man. Wiuth his at
(tention divided between Lis own aflan
.‘:md those of his employvers, he becam
I less punctual, less cheerful, and less re
depeetlul in his manners, and Messra
U Patehett and Adams at fength felt them
:fsrlw'n obliged o timate that the
Cthought it hetter that ther business shoul
[ be conducted by some one who had few
Ler puvate matters to attend to. The hin
| was sufficient ; Gratnger immediniel
Lthirew wphis situation, took an otlice o
Clas owny and did not antorm his wife o
! the step he had taken until the arrange
;’;.’I.I‘H( was completed. The announce
Cweint of this change smote upon Mary’
"! beart hike the koell of pence and coniforn
[ Wihnie her hushand was tejoicing in i
l!iru!«]).':a.’!crr:'c', ahe hnd lost all sense «
i;hhen)’. It was i vain that he gave he
(permission to order what she would |
Hthe way of dress and farnitnee ; an
lwhen khe deelined to obtain such thing
llon credity poured money into her pars
o that purpose, She felt us il she ha
(o longer a vight to <pend a shilling with
Jout an absolute neceanity, as il the un
cerlaindy of their fortunes onght to cheel
them in all needless expenditore, A
caer enrnest entrenaty, however, the debt
feontracted when they firet come to resid
in their pew bhouse were paid off, an
her mind was elieved fiom one grea
anxiety 5 thongh Gratnger suid somethin
Labout the folly of pasing Awav moae
‘which might be better employed, an
Juughed ot her fears, which he impute
o Lier utter ignorance of business, /
tew months went by, and William Grain
Lger began to be spoken of gs a man o
'some note in the commercial world, 4
Hew years passed, and he rated amon,
[the wealthiiest merchants in Liverpoo
(e had removed long since toa mor
fashiionable part of the town. and lattes
Ay 10 a beautital villa three o four maite
from ity where, sarrounded by every lny
ury that eould be devised, Mary Grain
per dived a guiet and secluded Wiy
UThere were many reasong for this, e
Chealth was notrobust 5 shie had no lov
Hor show and company, and seldom aj
peared at the magnificent dinner partie
which her hushand frequently gave, an
#he had a continued e to home in th
lcare requined by her second child,
heautfut bat very dehicate girl of this
teen. Feeble from lLer infancy, an
possessivg at ance the beauty and th
fragility of a lower, Ellen Grammger ha
dvedaa aperpetunl atmosphere of ten
der carcs and gentle nursing, withoy
which her sickly constitution must lon,
since huve failed. She wus now threat
cned with disease of the spine, snd need
ed a doubls porien of the nofailing at
tention her wother Lestowed on he
Mis G s thoughts, indeed, seldom ran
ged beyond that sick room, execept whe
they took flight to the pullie school
where Lei other teasure, her darlin
Clement; wus already winning such lau
rels as way theie be gathered. Busi
ness was a subject on which she noy
seldom spakie or thought, Vears of eon
tinued prosperity had given her a sort o
quiet confidence that all was well ; an
her hushand nevertroubled Ler with de
tails of Los utfairs, She did not knov
anything of his gams aad losses, his dar
ing specuiations, lus hair-breadth escnpey
or her wind would have Leenin a per
petual fever of apprehension. She wa
ke one vho travelling in the dark, pass
es fearlessly by precipices and pit-fulls
which, hud the journey been performes
by day, would have produced extrem
terror, But there was one day in th
yeor when her thonghts returned N
and again to a comemplation of wordi
things, thongh pediaps less vividly tha
mlormer yenrs 3 it was on the auniver
sty of the day when her hushand 14
srought to their lntle cottage the pew;
o s hoped-lor prowmotion, - She b
sver consudered this day sacred, an
sept it soand she could have no mor
orgotten i, thai she ecould ave censeg
o recall to mind the anniversary of he
narvmge or the dates of her elnldien’s
meths, The 19th of July always wit.
wessed hier devating some hours ia the
conement of her own chamber to ivilee.
y lo prayer, nnd sometimes to tears,
\nd there were yegrets top <ot painiul
mt gentie and pensive ones—mingli g
vth her meocy of the pust, Prosper.
s ws thewr eonrse had been, it ever
eemed 1o herthat all the long yenrs of
g wealth end importagce Lnd brought
e no snch pure and unmixed hajpiness
@ the [ow shont moniha immedialedy sne
coeding to by wonrringe which she had
pent o that gmeall eotinga. §t wns diili
ot tobihieve that she was the gume
e who hind gone so mee kiy und cheer
Wy nbout her Livasehinid tonls, and el
veonterted o Ler comparative poverly.
Woas even noore diffienl v identiy her
pefiand wath the saung onan hq'nr!od
‘o ! YL Tt am v gueinriy g that
HERALD OF THE TIMES.
little dwelling, and, casting by the cares
ol the day, as things he could throw aside
ut will, wud ready to sing, or talk, or
walle with her, makiog her the spring of
'ull his simple pleasures. Now, he was
ln carelul, cautious man, hoarding up se
crets which were not for her, but which,
it his lips were silent about them, spoke
['uf their nuture in the irmly closed mouth,
lthe lines furrowing the once smooth brow,
(land the gray already spriokling the dark
’ilmir. So that anniversary ever brought
with it a strange mingling of pleasure
g’nud pain ; aad never did she so complete
ly feel the force of the Leautiful petition.
“)"ln all tine of cur wealth, Good Lord
’.dc-hver us " as un ihese occasions,
1t was on the sixteenih of these anni
[versaries that Mary was sitting alone,
Caccording 1o her wont, having stden ao
Chour from bei attendance on her invalid
Cebadd) that her custom might vot be bro
' ken. Her hushand returned home some
what cwrlier thaw usual, and knocking
at the door of hier dressing room, vequest:
ed admission. She had that morming
remnded him that this was *‘the memo-
Crable day 37 but she had scarcely ex:
pected that he would remember it for ¢
'Emmm'm alter quitiing the hoase, stll
“ess that he would recur to it in the eve
ning. But Le catered on the subject
Jonce, and kissing her allectionately
Ctold her, that having this day eoncluded
Ca ostnet examination of his afluirs, he
U Hound that, free of every engagement, hie
was master of fifty thousand pounds,
O The few grains, Mary, the five hun
o dred you were sa alvaid 1o risk, have
[deed produced a golden harvest,” sai
~ ke 5 ‘i so small a sum has been thu
< huttuly what may not be done wiih
i large one 7 Who can say what shal
sbe the Ninit of the luture wealth and
sheonsequence of Williim Grainger
But Mary had less extensive views fo)
Labe luture, She enrnesily wished tha
o her husband shonld secure this well-wor
iowealth fiom future risk, and, wihdraw
ing drom busiaess, or only following it o
| moderate seale, allow them to enjo)
s e happimess as they might during
fithew ives. Granger scouted the ver
[ dea of such a theory, “What ! In ti
- prime of my lile tarn clod-hopper ! h
- the very flush of success shut mysell oq
g Hrom aill active vmplc‘o_\'nwnl, or drom
1 along inoa beaten path, whilst those wh
w are now lengues behind me shall out
{1 stip me en wings of enterprise !
e B my deavest Willinin, vou nee
vionol e idle, Thiok how much you migh
lomprove this place if you would atiem
s toat and whnt good vou might do i
» neighborhood hke thiy”
o “Time enongh for that, my dear, it
<tanother twenty years, or when the fifh
.I;,h..uuuml is tiebled. You women hav,
¢ such queer notions about happiness.”
tr O, William ! surely you canno
sl have lorgotten the cottage, and how rer
» happy we were there 37
lfll “The cottage !ah yes ; it was al
tivery well then, bt scarcely goad enongl
gj;:'ur OUr pri-slye naw ;wnpln muat v
punecording 1o their menns, mv dear.
Vidon’t think, Mary, you would like gucl
1w mean hinde hole yowsell now.™
v Mary did not reply, but a flood o
- strange fecling rushed over her wid
I adoving regret far that Little cottage —1
v feeiing asil a fviend had been lightl
r spoken of who should have been had &
Creverence,
+1 Another year passed away, and no
- without many changes. Mary’s saffer
s Ing ehild; her beloved Ellen, had bhee
- removed to a better world, and Clemen
- was prepanng for coillege, being by I
Lown desire designed (or the chureh,
rolie was agentle, thoughtful youth, wit
el more of the temper of his mothier tha
- his father, partaking tao, of her delicac
s of eonstitution : and though Gratuge
I sighed over the disappointed hopes e
» ! had formed respecting his son—who, h
v had trusted, would be Lis nssistant an
- surcessor—he yielded to the boy’s ear
| 'nest destre, fiom a conviction that b
vowas not fitted fov business. He had nov
I embarked 1n sowe speculations whicel
- ess daring soivits would have deemer
t extremely penlous ; but his gains ane
r those of the adyenturcus fpw who hac
- Jaed himy would be immense in the
- eveut of success, and Grainger coul
- noty dared not think of any other end
his experiment. Hisbiow grew gloomy
- his manner, especially to Marv, no
v harsh, but reserved @ and she poor thing
y nlter one or two inefleetual wilcmpts
¢ peneteate the secret that was evidently
- pressing on his mind, was compelled 1o
wail patiently for sueh revelation as the
rocourse of eveats might make to hep,—
- They came at las!, and came with tre
[ mendous, almost erashing power, Tha
Pospeculalion on winen e had nished s
- much had completely failed, and Wil
¢ hiam Grainger was o rained man, Not
« only had he ta bear the loss of the al
. whaen e had been go many vears toiling
o o, but to histen 1o the raproaches of
i those who had cast in their Jot with him,
coded by s adviee and example, Wil
hame Grainger had wishied to acouire
I wealth, but still he was not a merely
voavancions man. He hnd a proud, high
CoApint and deep feehnga, and these were
o keenly wounded by the imputationg
- owhich many failed not to east on Lim
v He was made a bankrapt 3 but long be.
ctore b alluivs were settied, e was Iying
- heipiessty on s bed, the victim ol brain
i olevery,
For weeks poor Mary watehod over
C i with the tenderest solic tnde, toa
e absorhed o gret for his tlness 1o
think much on their Josses or 1o speculute
as 1o what wasto hecome of them for 14
coremmnder of their dave, One of Gram.
cer’s erediors wae g Mer. Fuolwood, an
elderly man ui'gmul property, ond a men-
Cher of the mediesl profession. He had
some years ngo wssisted Grainger with
money, which had aever yet been re.
pad, nor, considered it salvly dgvested,
had he urged the repaviment, For Man
he had ever entertained a high re gard
Her gentieness, hier freedom from pride,
her motherly devotion to hier invalid ¢hild,
whom he had attended, had 01l worn on
his esteem, and he represented her case
1o the other ereditors so feelingly, that
he obtained a promise that the uve hun
dred pounds which had origially been
hers wionla Lo seturned 1o her from the
assets, and that she should he permitted
Mo take what furniture ghe pleased from
the willa before the sale taok place.
" Fheao hdnv'“! fell gratelully on .“-",¥"F
care, for that day hed wlready Voo
marked with joyfl news. The doc(ou'?
had told her that her husband mighl,li
probably would, recover ; and in the hight
of the happiness this announcement lmd”
diffused around her, the compnrutivclyi%
small sum allotted to her seemed like a |
idirect gift (rom Ileaven, They had,‘l
however, forborne to name one circum- |
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‘stance, which would have formed a
‘dreadful drawback to her delight—the“
(fact that the restoration of his body to|
health was not ikely to be accompanied |
):l»y that of his mind. Very sopn, ulas !
(that sorrowful truth dawned on her.-—!
1 \William Grainger was himself no more. |
| He sat up, he walked about, he leguinodl;
‘his strengih, he even seemed to recog- ||
nize his wife, but on al) other points his |
memory was a blank. Ile stll spoke |
fondly to her, and smiled on her with a |
kind of emldish smile, but (!
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’!.' Gurearesr Discoveny ar rne Ace—
i The Eleetro Megnetic Light. Messrs
(b Milton Sanders aud Jobn Stare, have
' atlast succeeded wiih their Light 5 and
|f,h|‘i|linnt alfare itis. We have had the
v pleasure of frequently witnessing thei
’!;ex;)cxum'n!s with ditferently formed ma
,.;.-hi.ws, having for their objects the pro
{iduction of this wenderful hght. Yester.
L day we were inviied to attend the last
[ one to be made in the West. It proved
sueeessful. The apparatus with which
Hheir light is made is small, to allow of
Cvasy transportation. But it may be in-
Jereased to anindefinite extent, and with
Jits enlargement s the increase of the
| size of the light. From our own ohser
‘lv.-n:inn we shovld suppose the power of
the light could not be increased. We
‘never could conceive a hght more bl
Jiant. Fhicoeh but the size of a pea, it
S sefliciens o illeminate quite a larga
room, and forbida the steady glance of
the eyer The blaze of o cqndip pwenty
SMeet distans Jom the apparatus, and three
ll'flm from it easts wpon the wall a thiek
Cghadow—=go much more brihiant js “the
Jight)? though not one twentieti ihe size
of the candle’s flame, What will be Ihe
'pn\\'!'f of this hight when wereassd 1o
(e size ofa gas-light 2 We cannot
conceve, .'
Ata distance the light looks unlike
Cother dlunionations < throwing ot most
beantiful rays which, finely colored,
Cspread wmagoificently fiom the Lright
wcentre, The inventms say they ey
pake the light of diferent eolors, and
leven nlternately change from one colo
toanother. The apparatas lor producing
dhis llumination display s great ingenuy
candoa thoroug b knowledge of that portion
'l Fscience which relates 1o the poinciples
they have so suecessiully npphed,
| Wihile w itnessing that portion of its
coperation visshle tothe eye, we perceived
ahar ofivon revolving rapidly, The
;j1...r was tolerably heavy, and nearly o
oot long —and can be made to revalve ‘
Twith a swiftness suflicient to Mg itsell,
Cmspite of all workmanship to the eon-
Srary, B its pivets. I will go weeks
(it undiminished velocity ; and withow
nssistance, onee started, romman. Plhis |
we faney . is nn wpproach o perpelual
(motion. Cannat it be apphed 1o loconio-
Mives, Ke, The inventors say, without |
(donbt, it can ! Truly this is the age ol‘;
dnveutions, They say also, that this lar
ter witl supereede many other nitifieisd
g <what neat ¢ Onen started the 'l
| ‘Nhe saw in the dim and fitfol ray,
| That the light of the soul had gone away.'
Vainly did she hope and pray, and use
evaery eflort to arouse his mental ener
gies. My, Fulwood told her it was use
less ; and as weeks went by, and brought
no change, she was obliged (0 believe
him, One plan was stili dear to her al
‘most broken hieart, and she rested not till
it was execnied, She had ascertained
that the eottage where she had <pent the
first. months of her married lile was
vacant, and she wished to reside there
again. She consulted with Mr. Ful
wood, who appraved of her wish, e
bad already applicd to gome distant re-|
lations both of her and her husband, and
had wrung from them a promise of such’
a moderate weekly allowance as should
protect her and that unfortunnte husband
trom want, The five hundied pounds, at
lier enrnest request, were kept apart for
the purpose for which she had originally
wished her legacy 1o be reserved —the
cducation—the eduecation of her son ;
and tearg of gratitude rolled down her
cheeks asshe reflected on the merey of
Providence in providing for thal purpose,
She avaled herselt no further of the kind
ness of the creditors respecting the furni
ture, than by taking awayv those articles
which had formerly belonged to her litle
CUll.'lp_P, !
- Though they hiad long been for the most
:p:m banished to the dwober-room, she
S them sl for she cherished an indi
vidaal affeetion for every ehair and table,
pand had always declined parting with
Ahem ;and now when they were arraaged
i her wew old dwelhng, os nearly as
Cpossible b their former order, she felt as
' beavy feverish dream hiad passed
faway, and that, but for one sad ('il’l‘u!ll-‘
Istance, she could alinost refuiin to old,
tiwes and old happiness, 'r
- Another vear<had rolled by, and again’
:u change. William Grainger, the en-|
devpnsing trader, the great merchant,!
the last year's hankvapt, the fever strick
en adiot, had been carnied o Lis lowly!
grave, the viettim of a paralytie attaek 5
and shoy whose heart had elung so faith- |
Hully in jov and sorrow, dared nt -do
otherwise than dinnk God for s release, |
;“.Ilnwiqpp,y. w@ mighit Le,” she 'wnu:ch
'len 8 ~,s“” we ?uuld,t:n‘ny the nl«sg.'
angs aronnd us, instend of looking for
ward so anxiously to ihe futuee, liny |
poor Willlam had done so—il he had
heen content in thia cottage, all would!
have heen well ; yet no one could blame
hun when he took the first opportunity of
getting into a saperior situation, 1t had|
been well stll if he had been contented .
with that execllent employment —well!
even when he left it and beeame rich
and anfluential, ifhe had stopped in time;
hot the fever of speculation came upon |
him, and thai beonght ruin. Yet Ido |
not murmur. Al hus been wisely order
ed:and ) have mueh to be thankful lhr!F
—most, that wy dear child has chosen a||
professfon where he will not enter into
thes temptation tiint beset bis poor father. ||
Thaok God that my Clement wiil have ||
nothing to sllure him to gnit the Sub- |
stance of happiness and parsue jts
shadow ! (Bemainder next week.l ||
light may be suid thereafter to be of no
expense. 2
The apparatus will not cost a very
greai amount. It may he kept in one
part of the city and the light produced
by connection wires in any other part,.—
Or it may be stowea away in the cellar
or garre!, as it is not affected by damp
ness, and wires be carried to different
rooms, Lo the neighboring sts. What it
cannot do in any way of illuminations,
remains yet to be discovered ; what it
can do, we may partinlly conceive, The
inventors start immediately to Greal
Britain to secure their patentg. [ Cincin
nalt Mechanie.
IHevaly of the Times.
WEWPDPORW
VHURSDAY MORNING, Feb, 13, 1846,
REHODE ISLAND PROX.
FOR GOVERNOR,
SAMEKS FENNER,
Of Providence.
FOR LIEUT, GOVERNOR,
BYROCN DIMAN,
Of Bristol,
FOR BECRETARY O STATL,
BIENEY FPOWEN,
O/ Providence.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
JOSEPIH M. BLAKE,
Of I‘l'ib‘l('l.
FOR GENERAL TREASURER,
STEPHEN CAHOONE,
Q/' .Vcll'l:url.
BF'or Mambers of Congress.
EASTERN DISTRICT,
HENRY Y. CRANSTON.
WESTERN DISTRICT,
ELISHA R. POTTER.
Tue loLas —By veference o our ad
vertising columns, it will be seen that
the stewmer lolas, Capt. B. F. Wool
sey, again commences her trips between
Providence and this place, this aay,
Hdeaving Provideace on Tuesdays, Thurs
‘days and Saturdays at -2 past 10 A, M,
‘and this place on Monduys, Wednesdays
and Frdays, at 10 A M. until further
jnolica,
? Bbe will be noticed by referring
Lo the Congressional uews, thai the
(il reducing the rates of Postage, &ec.
has passed the Senate by a large wajori
flly. There is good reason.to believe
:lhat the bill will also pass the THouse
;fll)(] become a law, public sentiment be
‘!ing decidedly in favor of the experiment.
Congressicnal,
In the Sexate, Wednesduy, Feb 5,
Mr Benton withdiew his bill for the an.
nexation of Texas, and substituted anoth
ev, providing for the admission of Texas
as a State into the Union 5 and for the
appointment of live commissionersto treat
with Tegas, as to the terms, and appro
priating $lOO,OOO for the purpose. Mr.
. pointed out the objections to the
House measore; which would he said,
" lrender it unaceeptable to Texas ; and
- ?'lo-xpresi('d his willingness to trust the
=.f"r.uhjm-l 1o Mr. PPolk’s administration.
el Mr. Berrieo moved that the bill be re
“.: ferred to the committee on loreign rela
e tions. Mr. Merrick advocated its rel
rierence Lo that conuittee, and Mr. Ben
."'aun opposed i,
-" Mr. \\'nlkcr went into an argument in
-:'f«x\'nr_ of the Lill, »ud was epposed (o
tisending it to a committee which had al
! ;re-ndy decided that Texas could not con-
Vi stitutionally be admitted us a State,
'i, Mr. Barrow was iu favor ol ihe coin
- mitment, |
| The mation to refer to the comuittee
©{on foreign relutions was rejected, yeas,
|22, nays 23, | i
l” The House, was principally occupied
{with the Land Bill. 1
! Un Thuraday, in the Sennte, the Post
iage Bill was under congideration and
{good progress made. The Senate agreed,
!hy n vote of 33 to 14, to estabhish a uni-
Jorm rate of postage atprve cexrs. The
Aranking privilege was abolished, and the
cluuse probibiting private expresses strock |
lont, Without finally disposing of the |
i, the Senate went into execuative aes-i
sion and soon wfter adjonined, |
- Lo the House, there was one of the
most disgracetul scenes ever witnessed
cn that bear garden, as the tollowing ae
» |
count from the New Yok Expressand
Com. Adv, will show, T'he subject un-.
Jder debate was the Indian Appropriation
AL My Giddings made some vemarks
fu,mn n provision of the il which hmko-dl
tothe payment for the use of the services
for staves, He spoke against the wstitn
ion ol slavery with his usual earne neas,
and partientarly wgninst the applieation
jof publie money, us connected with
lslaves, in any manner whatever. Ny,
Rinck of Georgia, took great otfence ot
these remarks, and commenced a |wr-'
wonal wttack wpon Meo Gudding«e, e
«aid the menber from Olio Lad been so
fullo-n kieked nhovt the Honae by almost
every member i iy that b was haedly
waoith winde for anybody to reply to him
| The speccl he bad jusi made wys
(made four years ago, and had not there-
Hore, even the ment of onginalny. He
‘wished now to know of the meMgen -
emphasizing the word with groat fogce,!
tomake the msult the more Striking, =il
thera was n particlo of prool that one
man or one district, or any part or portion
nf t.n .“-3,.“) o ‘l.'llnu;u‘ Was G so; (o
slavery 2 Mre Goreplied that he was
'-.»,,t here fura Very diterem purpose than
1o reply to the low and dirty tirnde of
thase who made such assaults on him.
. Mr. Giddings was now called to order
by Mz Black, and great confusion pre
vailed in the Hall,
~ Mr. Black then went on with the most
personal remarks ever heard in the hall.
He called Mr. Giddings a ‘slandcrer,’l
a ‘libeller,” ‘a member with whom his
(ellow members would not associate,’ a
j‘cn-luhurfl of Vorrey the thief)’ ‘a com
panion of the KFairbankses, and the Miss
Websters,” ‘one wlo should be in the
Penitentiary himself.> This was not all,
nor tha warst pait of the assault., Look
ing n the gallery, it was seen that no
ladies were piesent, whereupon Mr.
Black said, observing the fact, that if the
member from Ohio was in the State of‘
Georgia, Louisiana, S. Carolina, or any
other State, he would be hung up by the
heels, and———, The rest was not
heard. “
Mr. Black was standing in the midst
of a coterie of noxoraßLEs of his own
stamp, wha were prompting and crum-{
ming him with their delectable morsels
You might hear across the House such
suggestions as these from Yancey, Sli
defl and others :—**Now Black, givv}
him the calico frock story” —*“Give him
the story of the nigger wagon,” &e. &c.l
The committee arose and an attempt
was made to adjourn the House, but tlm'
House refused to adjourn. It was deci
ded, however, that the debate should:
stop in half an hour, and the House
went info committee of the whole ugnin.l
The attack had Leen so gross that eyen
the Locofocos recognized the pmprit-lyl
of allowing Mr. Giddings the floor for!
the remander of the time, and uvvcral:
of them endeavored to restrain Black in
his remarks, but MeConnell objected to
Mr Giddings being heard in reply,
M, MeKay said a few words in re-
gard to the amendment upon which the
diseussion commenced, and yielded 1o
M. Giddings, whom o great majority of
the members thought ought 1o he heard,
[When Mr. Giddings rose, Mr. Black
stood alinost mmedmtely at lns side, with
a heavy cane in s hand, He was
leamng one hand upon the railing that pur-
'immmln the outer seats and u member sal
between himand Mre. Giddings. ] Winle
| Me Coddings was spealing, Dawsong ol
| Lowsiana, (who, two years ngo, threat
pened to cut the *damned threea® of My,
CArnoid op the foor of the House) was
! secn to start from his seat i considerable
Cof a passion, and was heard by many to
" say, ‘daan him, 'l shoot him.” He
was prevented by Mre, Shaell und others
cof dos frieads, from canying iptg efivet
his amaable purpose.
L Mr. G. commenced by saying that he
held s geat here by the right of an n-
Jdeliigent constituency, and b been e
turned by them to the Honse. e had
geen many such scenes ns the present on
the floor. He had been threatenpd pvr!
Csonally and o bowie kmfe had once been
{drawy upon him, at he never should be
Sntumidated by such assaolis, The mem.
l‘lm'r from Georgin belore this had made
"‘;un aseanlt upon lim, and upon ane occa
(ston threatened to knock him down,
E: Mo Biack canld resteain hueself no ton
ceery and ranaing tovward Me, (G be said,
il yop repeat to me out of doors, what |
“you have repeated on this floor, | willi
knock you down’ Mr. Hammett, of
‘Miss. interposed and crowded Mr. Black }
loff and behind the Speaker’s chair. |
” Mr. Giddings said, it was these scenes,
‘i:m the everlasting disgrace of the house
(he had seen belore, and wenton to close
“his remarks in a mild way in delence of
himself.
f Mr. Black in » word or two then
rapologized to the house for the threat
fupun Mr. G. and ended by saying, that
the would wotize nothing furiher fiom
|such a source,.
- Sexare, Friday, Fel. 7.—A joint res
;(»ltntion was reported, fixing the 12th of
February, at one o'clock, for the Senate
to join the House, and superiniend the
counting of the votes, by teilers, and re
porting the same. The bill for reducing
the rates of postage and limiing the
franking privilege was then taken up,
discussed and amended, and finally or
dered to be engressed —its main features
jbeing as follows : '
1. Al single letters, without regard to
distance, shall pay the uodorm rate of
postage of five cents.
% Bvery leiter weighing more than
hall'an ounce «hall be deemeda single
leiter, no matter how many pieces it may
contain, apd ifweighing one ounce, shall
be deemed double, and so on.
3. Members of Congress to receive
and send letters free, all the year round,
4. No c¢ne else to frank, except Ex-
Presidents and their widows,
5. All letters and packets, &e., which
pass free through the mail, and all Gov.
ernment postage to be paid for out of the
Treasury,
6. Newspapersto go outof the mail,
without subjecting the senders or carri
eis to any penalty,
7. Private posts for carrying newspa
pers to be allowed,
8. All deficiencies between the reve
nue of the Departmert and tite expenses
(hmited to four and w hall millions,) to
Le paid out of the public i rcasury,
~ Hovse.—The time of the House was
chiefly vecupied in private husiness, The
committee on foreign relations, to whieh
had been reteried the bill to provide for
the adjustment coa settlement of the
claims of American citizens on the re
public «f Mexico, reported the sume
withont amendment § and it wasrelerred
to the committee of the whole on Ihcf
state of the Uwnion. |
- Sexare, Saturdav, Feb, 8. —<The bili
[nilowing nppeals in cases of hankiuptey
lw:m tuken up, but not ncted on.—The
Wast OfFice bill was read a third time
lund ihe questicn buing on its ';:'.sgxn":-,‘
CMr. MeDuoilie made a strong speech in
'up’mnililm, which wne answered by Me
‘Simmons and Me, Merrick, and the Ll
thew passed —veas 39, navs 12, The!
Sepate thea hald a short excentive we s -
lon , und the nomination of Judge Wi’
of Con, to the consulship at Liverpool,
was rejected by an almost unanimous
vole.
House.—The principal business of
the day, was the consideration of private
bills.
Mg. Eviror :—Will you please give
the following article a place in your pa
per; it is well to chronicle important
matters as fust aa they are known, so
that the public may be enlightened upon
all subjects of such inomentous interest.
Reronten.
LIBERATION TICKET.
We do not profess to be prophets, but
we will wager a emall sum that the fol_
lowing Ticket, ora large portion of it,
will be put in nomination by the Dorrites,
at the ensuing election ; we may be mis
taken, but mark our word, there is some
thing of truth in this prophecy. Recol
lect, the wise ones bave recently held a
secret and preparatory caucus at South
Kingstown. Of course the candidate
named for the Eastern Congressional
District will not be run by the party nom
inating him. Here is the ticket:
Aathony B. JArnold, of Providence,
Governor.
Robert Hazzard, of W. Greenwich,
Lt. Governor, !
Benjamin B. Thurston, of Hopkinton,
Sec’y of State.
Hezckiah Willard, of Providence,
Gen'l Treas.
Charles 8. Bradley, of Proyidence,
A’y G
'y Gen,
Eastern €Congressional District —Sunw
vel Ames, of Piovidence,
Western Congressionnl District—E
manuel Rico, of Warwick,
It was the opigion ol the ‘““wise ones,"”
by late advices from Congress, that the
Texas bill would pass the Senale, by a
decidgd majority. Gentlemen, when you
hold another ¢aucus, be ecuareful that
there is no reporter from the eunemy’s
camp, present,
=7 Woe are indebted to R. Stevens,
Esq. for a late paper from Apalachicola,
obtained from Capt. Tyler of the ship
H. W. Tyler. E
. Tue Revesve Cyrrern Jacrsow,
‘|(.'up:. Michael Conner, has done good
service on our const during the present
iwinlc'r. Capt. Connor and his aclive
cand faithful officers have been extreme
y vigilant nnd very suceessful in ren-
Idering sufficient aid in saving the prop
(erty on hoard of several vessels which
‘have Leen driven op shore during the
Iwinter. The poney expended in this
service, o important to the hves and
‘property of those who are engnged in
(our foreign and const wise navigation,
wlt men of all parties, we are happy to
say, concur o adjundging to be well
spents And to officers who endure the
thard but important and humane service
of cruising on our coast during this
‘most spyvere and inclement season, and
especially to those to whom we have
alloded, who so well and #o ‘faithfully
perform their dutics, too much commen
dation cannot be awarded. Prov, Jour
Humas Frairy —No political paity
Lor religious sect should be held responsi
ole for the errors or vices of its individual
Cmembers; unless such vices be matured
‘or countenanced by the associntions
to which such individuals are alhed.
I'he charges against an Avery, n Fair
child, an Ounderdonk or a Fay,winle they
shaw that no standing can secure n man
from suspicion or even from the coinmis
ston of a erime, should 10 no respect be
brought reproachfully against the sects
to which they are severally allied, -~
‘Arvound the founder of the Christinn reli
gion in the small circle ot twelve, wae
found one of the basest ol his age-~and
another who was guilty of denying his
master with cursing,—but on necount of
their frailty the great principles of the
gospe] were of no less value to mankind,
nor will any one on account of the failure
ol his disciples,think less of the character
and sentuments of their master.
Sects and parties may mourn aver the
fall of those in whom their confidence has
been placed but while they regret their
fralty it brings no distrust of the sound
ness of their cause. So long as the
pilar staris stalionary, comets may shine
and disappear without driving the mari
ner from s track, or destroying his as
surance that if the magnet 18 true, the
course 1s right, through vessels with false
colors may have passed it.—Portsmouth
N H. Gazelle, .
- The poor house in Salem W, J, was
consumed by fire on Saturday morning
of last week. When the conflagration
took place there were more thap one
hand ed iomates. Many of them were
lunatics and chained in their cells, and
had it not been for the lum»m»ily and
cournge of some of the keepers, who
rushed wito the eelis and hiberated these
untortunate persons at the nisk of theie
hves, the tule told ot this conflagration
would have been most pitiable,
Oue lunatic who hoJ besa chnined for
twenty years, started back with alarm,
when his rescvers entered his eell, On
learniog s danger, his exeitement wad
beyond bounds und when he was freed
from his ehams, he dashed off with the
utimost speed and hos not heen retaken,
Fhe other lnnaties have bheen retuken
and dodged temporarily i juil,— Prow,
Jowrnal.
Tihe cteam ship New York, Capt,
Woght, arrived 8t N, Odlenns 26th ult]
40 hours from Galveston, Maj. Donel
son, U 0 S eharge to Texas was passen
ger. Nothing appenrs 1o have been
done 18 reconcile the difficuly bitween
ten Dl Creern ard President Jones