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Mil itP'O fli 1 h n 7 -a tu- fa-- ft ! . IS I. H . h . LI WIM' WJLLLLN 1 A. A. EAKLE. PUBLISHER.! THo Moro Corapro3R2.S.rao -vcritlx Dlnvor ITER MS, Nlr IX ADVAXn:. XI MIH-R L VOLUME 1. IRASBURGII, VERMONT, F1HDAY, JAKUARY 4, i851. Poclical Selections. From the Horn Journal. TEEEUK3 CHILD. ' ' She is my ouir girl. j I asied for her as soice most precious thins ; Tor all unfinished was Lore jewelled rins, Till set with this soft pear! ! T! e ?hife that time brought f'rtli I could not sje. Iloa- r-ur?- how perfect, seeded the gift to ma ! U l Dany a soft old time ' I u 1 to sir.g nn-o that deadened ear, Aadf'-ucrei net the s-:;;';test fwutep near, L-t fie as'ht wake to on ; " A-i'TLr.r ? !:cr T'r-rhc,- Jattshter whi'.ishe lay. Ah, ttcsu;-i cars ! I at-glit Lava let th-tci play. 'Tiras long ere I believc-i Ta:.t tats o:.e dau.j'it-T eUj; uot speak to me ; CUclac-i wat:iv.l-God knows how r;ony! How willing'y deceived. Vain Leva was lor. 5 the i;r.t;r:r.g nnrse of Faith, .And Uuiliu U;pe uctii it starved to liwitii. ' Oh ! if she could but hear For one short hour, till 1 her tongue mi-fat Vacs To caii me mother, iu the broke:; speech That thrills she mother' ear! Alas! those sealed lips never may be stirred To the deep mnsic of that b-ty -ari! My heart it -re'.y tri, To soe her kacel witU jucli a reverent air lieside her brothers a: t'lir eveniuj prayer ; Or lift these earnest eyes To watch our lips, as though our words she knew, TLea move her own, as she were speaking, too. I've watched her locking op To ".he bright wonder of a sunset sky, V.'hh such a depth of meaning in her eye, That 1 could sdtnost hope Piie sime-iliag so'.ti would hurst its binding cords. And the L-rg-tx-ut-tip thoughts flow f. rth in words. The song of bird and bee, The chorus of the breeze?, streams and groves, A.l the grand music to w hich X-iture moves, Are wasted melody To hrr; the world of sooad a tar.jless void; While even silen -e Lat-i Its ch.irrn de-,trcved. Iler face is very fair : Her blue eye beautiful ; of finest mould The soft white brow, o'er which, in waves of gold, Ki t pies her during hair. Alas! this lovely temple closed must be, Fr Lie who male it keeps the master-key. Wills He ttia rolad wv.'-ua S louid from earth's Bahci-cla-Ji-.-r be kept fres, E'wa that Hi? still, small voice and step might be Ecard, at its i:::;er shrlr.e, Though that deep lata of mO, with clearer fit! 21? Ten should I grieve? 0, retjmnring heart, be still 1 She seems to have a quiet sense 0: quiet glrac, in tier &o:eless play, 6!;s hath a pleasant srnile. a c.-n'.le way, Who-e voiceless cImmlcs Taaehes all hearts, though 1 had once il: f:ar 4-viia iter utaer wou.- Tl.e.k G -A it is not sol Ar. J, when his sons are playing merrily, C'..:r.":? an i leans her head upon his knee. O at such times. I know, By his fu" ye, and tones subdued ana ml!d, How s heirt yearns over his silent chiid. Xct of all gifts bereft. Ever. cow. Eos- ecu! i I say she did not speak' YVLa: r:-al Itngunge lights her eye and cheek, Aid renders tharks to Him who left Unto her s ul, yet open avenues lr'ur jcy to 'Uter, and &,r lore to use ! Arl God in love doth give To her defet a beiaty of its own; Ar.d we a iveper tenderness have known Tii ougb. that f jt which we gri';ve. Tet shall th: seal be melted from her ear, Y:a; ar.inr voice shall fill it but not here. WUn that new sense is given, Vfhit raptrre will its first experience be, That n-cv;T veke to meaner mc-io-ly Th.n the rich sosgs of heaven Tu ho-.r the;ull-tor.ed tntheni swelling rouud, Vihile cc.rel, teach the eotacic; of sound! HOPE. Dcsolat; and dreary would the world' lw v, i-hou hope. 'Tis a sweet soothing j -pint that ministers to tae comfort ot atlj r.ro!ir,.!. :t comes in our lonely hours, m.I 'ihe n angel of mercy points us to! ra::,V-.v v.-tons beyond the dark clouds j that surro nd us. When duty calls us troa th h.aies of our childhood and the frfends ii ire love wha the sad idien is lingerim on our Ups, hope softly whis- Pc, s , slkri meet again, u sarclr I a ... t.,v.,,c-Ter win rcrsase w in any j ....a-.u.jB.fciure. m ukj cat boars ot j viversitr, vi eti ail appears cheerless and V00'' Uli ?CTtIe vislUuit C0?ne5 10 j tare r answcrU the man, frowning. Vt' -ry-ene. When the heart is j He looked at me for a few moments, t:Av sijikii- in despondency, it gives evidently to gee whether I meant to in coasoIatioD ai 1 enlivens us with its pres-j salt Lim by the question, and he turned, rif-e. It V;e a bright star which ari-j muttering something that I could not ses to light a j tie dark future. The mar-j make out, and left the bar room. .:-. f,r f.-om .t, l19a,3 and the land of hU j No good blood in him for Judge Wil- .'uouooJ. u ' It f-r3 the gWoy j captive and caeers lu Up' I' M rays of surLinei aW ni03 t-'i erc-o olauitys butnUestl j - 5 vc-r-: earth's fonret j Death cot ties, IcavLij bj l--bitter sorrows: L.ut nope huver g- u (,Ver the lx.-d of j Judge Williams? There's something siekncis and hc2 u 3 r liiov, of the j wrong about him, is there not ?" uymg.' Ti boj e that r. -riders txUu nee J The man shrugged his shoulders. As '.esirable the leof a blest re-uon ! be was about n plying some one called w:yw.-i the fckies. Gohlrailrtwia'Jldm. He left me. l" UlJ ta"k' aiid k'f "a k! J it t!.en a boy came in and scattered thot hLak U- it to .-i tirou3: the j half a dozen fcmaU printed handbUU thro' -t-'-c ..-Liud, il-at cl :-.-c thy a.h way, a,.d ; the bar. ffc"u':f lu' owe bright drcau ofj WLal are them 'f gruhly aked the iterarn Selections. THE OLD MAST. AN ARGUMENT FOR THE MAINE LAW. BY X. S. ARTHUR. Passing a few days in the village of P , my observation was attracted by the air of neglect apparent iu and around a tastefully bnilt cottage, that seemed oce to have been the pride and plea sure f its owner. Choice roses and fragrant honey-suetles clambered up the waste columns of the porch, ' prodigal of sweetness : but the ysorous eliocU of the one, and the long twining branches of the other, swayed in the air, or droop ed towards the ground, vainly seeking for support. Evidently not for months had the pruning-knife or training hand been busy there. Near by the entrance gate stood two cone like cedars, tall and cleanly cut but dead ! their brown nee dle shaped leaves shivering down under the touch of every passing breeze, "and covering the verdureless ground beneath. Grass was springing up in all the plea sant walks, and' the untrimmed box-borders were ragged and neglected. Vine trellises had broken pannels here and there. All over the garden were seen weeds and tangled undergrowth. Only a single shutter in front of the cottage was unfastened, and that stood always open, early or late. Twice I had gone by without seeing any evidence of life about the neglected dwelling; but in passing the third time, I observed a white haired old man, walking with his hands behind him and his eyes upon the ground, backward and forward, slowly, in one of the grass-grown walks. There was some thing in his appearance that was inex pressibly sad. I looked at him for a few moments, and then kept on ; but so fixed was his image in my mind in that brief period, that the vivid impression still re mains. P numbered one thousand inhab itants, ail told, had three tayerns, or pla ces of " entertainment for man and beast," and twelve shops for the retail of liquor. These last were all kept by Irish men and Germans. At one of the tav erns the best in the place, and that isn't saying much in its favor I was staying. The bar was well furnished with bad li- j Cpors, and the bar room never free from ldiers and tavern loungers, mostly be longing to the village, as could be readily inferred from the tenor of their conver sation. I did not fail to remark tliat scarcely one of those persons spoke half a dozen words without an oath or pro fane expression ; and I also noted the fact that they were never so animated in conversation as when . referring to some thing obscene, vile, or crueL At tem perance virtue they scouted, and even went so far as to allege scandals against a clergyman in the village, w hom I know to be one of the purest of men. "Worst of all was the presence of two or three lads in the bar room, who listened to cor rupt conversation eagerly, and drank in all that was said with too evident plea sure. " IVho lives in the brown cottage at the upper end of the street, on this side 'f I asked of the landlord- u Judge Williams," he answered coldly, as be turned away. Whoia Judge Williams?" I enquired, as soon as I got the landlord's ear again. He's one of the Judges," was curtly replied, and again he turned from me. This only piqued my curiosity, J0U know Judge Williams ?" I led of a rough looking man whom I had observed lounging about the tavern ever sSnce mj arrival there,and who had ja,t tarned kom tLe bar whcre he j di-inking. I ought to know Lim, curse his pic- ham.-," said a man who bad overheard mv mu-atum. " Why not?" was my natural inquiry. "The Judge gave him a year in the State Prison, for biting off hi? brother's car in a drunken quarreL" "Eh! that exnlains it. Cut what of landlord. "There's to be a Maine Law meeting at the Lyceum Hall to-night," replied the boy, looking sideways at the landlord r.s he spoke. u Won't you come ? Judge Williams is going to speak.'' There was impertinance sis well as hu mor in the boy's manner. The landlord, hot with uncontrollable anger, on the in stant uttered a wicked imprecation, and hurled an empty glass at his head. The missile passed him within an inch. at;d striking the wall, was shattered into a hundred fragments. As the frightened lad scampered away, some of the bar room inmates laughed, some looked grave, and one or two rebuked the passionate man for an act which might have resulted in murder. " Give me them bills," said the land lord, coming hastily from behind the bar. Gathering up as many of the printed slips of paper as he could get his hands upon, he tore them into shreds, wLli vio lent gestures and oaths, and then threw them into the street. Two or three re mained in possession of those who, like myself, declined yielding them up to the licensed individual who considered him self particularly insulted by the intrusion on his premise Next came, as a very natural result, a discussion, among the bar room loungers, on the Maine Law question. The land lord was too much excited to think clear ly or talk coherently ; so he only used profane expletives. Some ridiculed the whole movement as preposterous. Some cursed the leaders ; and some made themselves merry at the expense of cold water men. Nearly all present had in dulged their particular humor on the subject, and conversation was beginning to flag, when a youug man whom I had noticed as sadly fallen, yet retaining tra ces of better condition and higher intel ligence than any around him, arose by a table at which he had been half crouch ing, and extending one hand in an ener getic manner, said " You may all talk as you please, but I see no hope but in the Maine Law." " There, now, Dick Thomas ! do you just hush up. Nobody asked for your opinion, and nobody wants it." The man turned quickly to the land lord, who had thus roughly interrupted him ; and after fixing his eyes sh;u-p!y Upon nim for some moments, retorted " Yoa niaj rob us of reason and vir- I tue; but of free speech never! You have all had your say, and now I am going to have mine. If you don't wish to listen, you can retire." , "You've got to retire, young man '" exclaimed the landlord, his face again hot with anger ; and a3 he said this, he came hastily from behind the bar, and advancing towards the object of his wrath, assumed a menacing attitude. " Go this instant, or I will patch you head foremost into the street." " I wish you would put a hand on me," said the other, in a hissing voice. There was murder in his eyes, and an iron res olution in LLs tone. For several mo ments the two men glanced savagely at each other. Then the landlord retired behind the bar. "JJe content with your, place there, trembled slightly, "I meet you thi. and your work there, old fellow !" said j evening i:i a public tisscmblage, for the the young man, with a bitter sneer, but ; H:-t time hi many months. I iliav never don't attempt what is beyond your abil- . itv lhen turning to the company, he : repeated the words spoken a little while j ueiore, ana m tue earnest impressive ; manner, at first apparent. " You may all talk as you please," he said, " but I see no hope but in the r T .1 . jiiiine i-aw. iiuu mere is 110 oiner 1 bop tor such as me. A en times have 1 1 taken the pledge, and God knows it was taken in all sincerity ! Kut with vitia- j ted appetite, and temptation ever in my path, how was I to stand ? Keep liquor out of my sight, and I can do well enough ; but with a tavern or grogg';ry at every corner, the case is hopeless. I voted for the Maine Law at last election. My oauot snan oe cast on tue ,.-; ot virtue, order and" sobriety. What a cur- sed infatuation what a blinding fully r , ... 1 it 1 . , .1 - j. 1 this drinking is! Are you, or you, you, any the better lor it." turning quie-K- ly lrom one to another, as he uttered ( jor a j.aHxir when I saw the storm gath these words. " I wiU not pause for your eng ; but there was none ia which we negative; but your whole appearance responds, trumpet-tongued, 4 No no.' Ah, my friends ! I know how it is with you. While this man trap is ever iu the year:,, fcucb of you as rui i .;eaii 4;ve.U way, our feet must stumble. What bopejfir m long a period. Pi 1 1 not (Lea eay for us Is there here? None none. jw ym (bat lk-e.fis.ed driakhig hoii.-s'. T-,.m citii ti. rr(-u tiw sr.ider. bi.. tt-eb : auuv .w j -1 7 nicely spread abroad, and we, poor v ie-, tims, cannot j.a-s without getting hope- I..-.,.dy ctiUngled. All over the laud are j theie fpidtra and their web-, and ll.eic ; is no broom to sweep thexn asi'le. Give sis the Maine law, aiid we have the brcom tlutt will ib the work cnbetnnlly. I go for this law, gentlemen. And I wn going to tie westing to-ui-ht. Judge WiUisms is to speak. Poor man '. He will not speak in vain, for all the good (-speaking will do'Jiim; but if he does liot stir all hearts to their lowest depths, call Dick Thomas a iL"' r . "You'll givc'e.'a a speech, too, won't you?" said tl3 hiptllord, in impotent contempt. ! ? .". " If you're th'4'. X;--jjR" retorted Thom as. 44 1 could inve a'i-.oUot subject than the spider and il-irjly. " . --. A'shout of raijt!auie frcnMiKM?ute in mates of the bar room answered the cut ting speech, and under the governing im pulse of the moment, it was voted to at tend the Maiae Law meeting in a Lody. " You'd belter drink all round to bol ster up good resolution," said the land lord, forcing a smile. He had sense enough to see the folly of quarreling with his customers, and so repressed his irri tation. " Not a bad idea," quickly answered one of the company ; and hi a moment the fickle crew were at the counter, ar.d the landlord as busy as lie could be iu ' mixing the tempting poisons lor their h"is. I turned off, sad at the sight, and left the bar room. At an early hour in the evening, I was at Lyceum HalL The room was nearly filled on my arrival, but I managed to get a place near the speaker's stand. " Judge Williams is to speak," I heard whispered behind me. This seemed the ieauing attraction of the evening. Who Judge Williams was, or what particular interest attaching to him, I had net yet learned. That a blight was on him in his old age, was plain ; but where and what the blight was, I could only infer but vaguely. The meeting was organised in due form, and resolutions offered approving the Maine Law, and calling upon the Legislature of the State to enact one similar iu its provisions. Then came a pause -of expectation. The old man I had thought to see on the stand was not there. 1 looked around the roo;u, but faihsd to recognise him. Others seemed iu like expectation with myself. There was now a movement near the door. 1 turned with the rest of the audience, and the pule, thin, intelligent face of the old maa I had noticed at the brown cot tage. " There is Judge Williams," I heard parsing from lip to lip. He moved slowly along the aisle until he reached the platform, which he ascended, and took a chair near the President of the meeting. " The Secretary will read the resolu tions again," said the chairman. The resolutions were accordingly read. A brief silence followed, anil Judge Wil liams arose in a slow, dignified manner. A little while he stood ; his fine eyes that seemed to light up his whole face, wandering over the audience. All was still as if there had not been a living soul j in tue room. " My friend.-.," his oice was low and I meet you again. A lonely old mart, with j a!! hope fri life ..-one I a!K liV-ercr jif:rc 0!;iy ft.r a iitt;c wbile. Soon, the f:tcC;, that have seen me will see me no more. J fhaiJ p-.ss trie l;otir::e from which no traveler returns aiiu jkis.s it, I feel, right early. I Lae been atnvng you many yea and in all my public life-, have m the f ;ar of God, sought to judge ri-htl bctweeu ny fi.I'ov,- iu ,. To err is Lttraan ; tLerefoiv I have not been free from error ; but the merit of good intention, I must in justice claim. " My friends, look at me as I at and be fore you to-night;" and he advanced a' tew paces 0:1 tue put t Jot m. " Ibis head j is whiter than it was a year a-'o ibi.-i , hai,(1 llt hl) steady tbi pwr UAy Iess j fim a:wi t n:;t. j a ,iull a.r(. j W1.ecj. L tb.s sea ef lifetbe lat fmil vessel of ra?00,ir (h.et that went down in th phi-' j1(.ss l:njiwt. jow Vfl;Hjy 1 might ride in safely. " Fellow eiiizens ."' his form was now more erect, and .' tone firmer and deep er 44 turn your thought back for twenty ...... .1.1 1,.. .. . . - ..:i ..0 1 t . ! w - .uisij vjuar vumk: iia 1 j uot then urge, warn, implore you on the I subjeei, and with all the little cjoq.u.j.ty,. j I po- ;::-.-ed. Did I not then d.x;Lr.t it j a,; my belief thu, a, fe b.,I of . U'.n .-, j i.n.UnJ i.j corpoj-ut..- fvi-a to ..eiutc. taf i tv to guard the weak and the youthful from j the f.iH'iuaiion of drit.k, by pr-thibltsugj the sale of intoxicating drinks in v.v vil lage? We had as uvk-h the right to do this, ns the right to restrain or prohibit the ale of poison. It was a measure of self-protection as legitimate as any ether. Who was "to be wronged by it ? Tle man who, too idle to work, soagU to live! by corrupting his neighbors, and sowing broadea-st the seeds of vice, crime, de pravity : and ctcrrml death? - No not even he was to suffer wrong, T'ettr fat, even for Lira, that he should be com pelled to do service in society in-ordr to get his bread. In every view therefore,'! the restriction I thenurg'.-d wast lie right one. But you, my fellow citizens, called my reasoning fallacious, and me vistoi.t'.ry or tyranieal. "Well, in the twenty, years which have passed since I first advocated an en tire restriction of the sale here, I have seen more than twenty of our most prom ising young men some of their gray haired fathers are here to-night thrust down into drunkards' graves. Why, my friends," he spoke now with a sudden, indignant energy, "one of those young men, with his intellect tmdimmcd, would have been worth a thousand of the mis erable wretches who destroyed them, and for whose maintenance you so generous ly provided the trade of dram-selling. How my heart swells and throbs, and al most sutTocatcs me with indignation at the very thought. Put ah, how impotenily." Mournfully, very mournfully and low, were these la-t words. "Well, my friends," he resumed after a pause, " to support the idle, vicious dram-seller, you sacrifice the rising hope of "your village. Unto the bloody Mo loch you brought your sons. For twenty years I have set on the bench, and I will say now before God and man, that in nine cases out of ten, every crime and outrage which has taken place within that period, iu this county, was tracta ble, directly or indirectly, to the u?e of intoxicating drinks. And the history of crime all over our land gives but a parallel testimony. And yet die rum-seller is protected in his rccursed trtUBe is regularly licer.coJ to destroy the bodies and souls of your, neighbors aad children ; and if we aii, whose hopes ir life are blactod by the j evil, lift- our voices against if, and a-k for its suppression by the firm hand of the law, we are branded with coarse epithets, and called visionary and fcuitiertl dis turbers of settled order, &.c. " Show me any good that has been dode in P , by dram-drinking. Show me a man made more, thrifty and virtuous a better bu.-band, father and citizen. Prieg hiia here to-niht an'! let us look upon him. Whore is he? Alas, he is not to be found. You cannot show the good, but ti e evil. God help us it is everywhere. "My friend.;, you all know that I and mine have been cursed with this curse; but how deeply, few have imagined. Let me lift the curtain for you to-ti-ht lift it for a moment, rnd th'-n let it fall fe.rcvcr. uww no to man- Tiue; h'T.rled, eh'ar mii.di'd, i..ey were,. and full of promi- One studied law, one i , it.,,. .1 e the lif's of a farmer. I us-' ! . C " j 11b uitoxicatmi' Ii-hiks m my l.ou'--, and ; vet these three odiy soi. 1 i-l- ep hi ! drunkards' crave-'. J5evon 1 rnv o-.e ; house I could not protect them. Temp.i latiou was. on every hand teiii;it;ti' n nanctioiicd by law, and madrs re ;T!ab'. throiitrh the blind fa. or of meii whoe; - 1 position gave iitflucace to their pre and e-iutiipdc. Like other young men, they had their weakness.; like other young ineu they moved pleasantly nl it: 7 lathe smooth current of the wot Id, i.ll unheeding the dacger by which they v, ere. euirou:.dt J, un ii t,.d,.:ai.eo to the dowi.wurd co:ir.-o was Lo:.eic... 'Throe years ago the el lest was thru -.t from one of our tavern at a nt.o:! te., hour in the- ni;:h:, arid fallin pavement reeeived a v;.u..d on the Lead , ........ .. ,jlut Jir( teed iiianity. He is.dnce de-ad. j The second after six mom lis' ubslifiei.ee, ! was enticed into the mm.: den of c il, ,y some wi :-;ea men v.i.o i. -hw i .m v. ness. Ho f'-li re-vcr toii-e-aalu. fi.-ijii-y yonn; it, ji ! How hart he,; 'i'A v.ilh his app. iio-. (Jo, Itotv biii 1 h.- V e ' 11 Li. 1 . j . !... .. . . , have heard Lai I '-ty i ill.e h,.,i !v t VSJlSelt, for Miejieih. ,:; ,: . ; I'o-j , e.'-; e i-i'ylr V'-t , , ... tins UiaaieVeroi into i.-in .oa v.aa .u L.t hr;A. "The thlid, my yoa.,;;. i Li moihur' id..! ., u.,, tl.e tf .l wy ..1 Ti... pe;eo ; !, fvi. !...': v woiu... wu muUs-.d wcll-bc'in?, it was he 1 ht av. ay fu i't 1 ' warm nest, o gir.ee end bt:r-!;leu our house-bold. We bad no davghter t-f ,'" own ; and so all thu love in c ur heart., n daughter . would have tjalVJ f.sth, was lavished upon thin 'Uautiiai doc. 1 need not describe bvr to you, for you have seen ber, and many of ji.u lewd her, but she ii at rot." ' The old man's voice choked. For a little while he t-leod hi'u nt, unable from irrcpresi-ibb (motion, to proceed. At last he said in a husky whi.-pcr 'SI; is at rest now. Let me -as calmly as possible tell you how she pass ed away. It was not peaecfi.Ily, uid j5wiivj as en infant finfcs to rest in its mother's arms. Ali,ro no! H'vrdealTi was violent." Wbat a thrill pa-sed through the as White faces bent forward eagerly, and breaths were held in uppnlleJ expecia tion. " Site was murdered by her husband." The old man sank into a chair, while a groan arose from the assembly. "No good end is to be gained by con caahnent," resumed Judge Williams, as he arose and iu a (Inner voice went on "if the revelation spurs you to act ion, all I desire is accomplished. My son came home one nie'ht less than a year niro, in toxieated, alter a longer period of sobri ety than usual. lie had never treated his wife with personal unkindaess. If she remonstrated with him, lie showed no irritation ; and often, through her influ ence, would make temporary eifoifs at reformation. He had passed to her dinr 1 room only a short time, when I heard a of his hemic acts ; d his client the momentary shuttling of feet, and a sino- Duke of Orb-tin iu the thn.ne; elui tltered exclamation. There was some- ! tcieJ him "Lou;- Iliiiijipo, ibe fort k'n;2 thing in the sound that caused mo to start and listen. But nothing more was heard for at least five minutes, when I was aroused by the falling of a heavy body in the chamber. I repaired thither on the instant. Sight cf horror! My son lay dying in his own bhw-d, on the floor the fatal razor with which the deed was done, clutched in his hand. You all remember this dreadful tragedy. Put. there was something more dreadful still, of which yiu have never been told. Ere. turning bis Land upon himself", my son Mnoihcrcd will, pillows the ' The old man staggered back and sat down tigaiu. " Go. I hel,i mc!" he resumed after a moment cr two. "I cannot i ay more t o ntineu tueiii siue i.y sate ; Mit we wera broken-hearted. A few we ks more and my poor wife followed them, leaving me a lonely old man, all the green branches of my tree wi hered, aad left the root nearly .-:(V'css and dead. " "Wliat need is there for me to sav more?" be added after a pause. "I have shown you the bitter fruits of the traffic. Lookatthcuu Reason of them among yourselveti, and make our own decision. If you continue to sow the seeds you are now sowing, you must ex pect no better harve. is. On me I .he evil has done its worst. Put for the cake oi your children and ie .-i-hbor, let me im plore you to turn a ide from your ! e:tu iu'ul viihige tlii i torrent of viec th 1! is yearly r,',vcr';)ii:g its ji-ore., to di.rfrueliuu." 1 li.-iu V,. fwW'di v es 1 -.i I t iIimI fertile future. ,-embly wlen he down; i-iid it 1 ;niK ieine.and tlie!U(.(,j j., t ,!.., rt-" l:ie re.-'. w.t.. r,;.. .v !..,.....: ... a, ... . I t-i..- p-i--e-i i y ai:ciiii.iai;,ii. At 111 aeeiaiiUL:...!. A t i- !t til' .1.,, 1, , . brr-'vn cotin"-! id i'otied a-Inun-we ,rd. ii.er t.wne-r, and the hwly ' ej.h'g in the i,!:ii'e rnm - Xrvit.l, Aud.-eiv Dup'ii wt.s luru ca il.e tWti i,oi J'ebruafr, Mr. 1, a' Var ,-. lioh: I ... ... ..... mil vuiuiy.T !-.( It r.S t 1. 1, it.!, ie.'il as a N'leaf.ne man t'.e uiu-r. a I.twvi ri1 of s ji.-i - eminenef. 'J'ht: thr-.j ! im:1i 1, received au t-v!Iet:t el. mi .,'nry !: i lion at home, under t .-:.- la! I..--! V 1,., ;, a... ; ti'Hl. At the " of r'V! (;l' e.j Ale!;' . '" 1 " 1 l.e.t! ! . 1!,. !;.-', t t. e ..,, came t I'uris to. uli-n! the la el;r(,! of! tij, is I h.in and coox-. nitd he we o toliehel. 'I hie,- th,,..., tt vv.V;lt he allele!. h"ly th i' . Ho Li- b..."K- hum ed the hi.v 1 '--!,i-e ,, nod the iet of the ' o farm. 1 , an I we !.; t'i-e',ii.: tii!:e he was .-fudviri .' in a '..in of.i.v. lie! bis ii!u-(r;o I e. .i:t;.!.-f the pr.ltiitUr ti i d l be; i it! Witk; m.d hone of thv amiifeiiie. its of Paris eotill turn him iroi 1 ! bis labors. Wkii !ei Lid iml'.-iiAis pels'. - veranee, !., eoal 1 m.; hue. t ed ia tiny j P ids le.i-iltj 1 liie hifi ! .is. Ill i ..j a 1. la. I v ar lie J , a I...., liii P.. tie '- . I a! i l-i V. re u nil . J it..;.: ii.e V. a , n-i: t ti e (! !- L- I W i.a-o W e," ' a . ire. I'tr. h a a M.e:,i of ill. il .. ui 1 j b.,r li e U'ivC lh Wi !!-! ;-. .! tif t. ! ..... !.t-' U -v h, ;;, iii.c anf one : '.;. u can biaititi hi:;i. pa;n;-b;ty l,.;n I - t;-: devJock ct-cs that iiowtl.tr Siwir i-;:' have ar j,iu d Ur : i rini r hi i'.. ' u. lihxp.H ai . r'.r!s hcic fell of t; 1 .l'.:!: '' .. t. Till nwrt n:ii:;T t ti l.im -xee rivt! popularity, lie s, ; t .! in tk'ffiice f itiiiry i!lu .tri.Mu ftih ,i; , and was the x.w-rful advocate f i-.i -Kf v fditors in many mil tifiiir; $'. pret. Put d e nut .-" tr.i!;-s !'.' ti.-hress and siubifion iiiailt'.n ? U.--.-M. lH inghandM.nstdy nmimlcdb tin n'y.txt rne-i and el:!-r?,l.? ."!.; i-h '. over France. Surely that was i.ut i-rie inal J Talent is n ver too r'n-l.Iy ivwan' td! V"e areorry to tel! our n.:i;. ;s th. -Dupin was not always consiciii in !.'. principles. Art r ha iug n.i. -i De rangi r twice, be rcfii-ed to be his coutut 1 ina third prosecution ! And can you ue: s why? The court forbid the pre;s to pu!, Iish the j'roeerj'ngs in rcaner's ! Dupin would thus he-p bi.s chance of puL licity in the newst(iicr ! Ti.o Dukf i Orleans (Louis l'hilij pe) cb-i.-e b'u t fur his nttornc) and cutis 1'u-, in 124, wi'' an annual salary t,f tifieen thees.aii! francs. Iu 1'62$ be ti ihet.d to t!ie Legislature fr,llicVt'Coiid time. Dm v'g the revolution he bid in the cellar, a!t-r having'urged t'se pf-pii!a e to int i c .-tree!s w-d'fijtbt. The o!;th ei Jul", be crept otic ti las liutu ;-plaee I .... .,.! of tlieFri -ii'-b ;" rtiiived the efiiee of Attoniey-Geiier.-il, and n-sted IWui eh labirs ! Truly, wc are in fue ju-j-ence of extraordinary 5ndi Idual ! Our riath :s may le surprised to see u.-'pass from prui. c to blame; but Jatius is rep: evented wiJ, two faeeo ! Ilupin is correct in the duties of hi office. He i-; a j rofoi.t.d lawyer, and i.i delt:tn Is every .hiug'apperiuiuiTig to Li busiaeM?. lie is a .ieiu'K-; of the Freia b At-ideii y. Dui i.,i. 1 he 'a t revolution hi house was attacked by the mob, and he would have peri bed in it- demolition but for the i'ltert vntion of the soldiery. He has several times bi-ei. olfered u i-inee in the Call net, tuid always r-fu.-el the hon or. During the r br. of Louis riiiTpp.' he was th eU 1 eight tit.ie.. Pn rideiit of the Hou.,eof P preseldatives. Hest.v-' it i the ino.-d !nui T.ibl.5 s!;iiiii, next I throne, in a coititu.ieiutl nionarehv. Dupin hits the manner.-, of a count! v seh'xd-ma-ler. Ills hoarse MIeeisfeni bly dictatorial and '.) agreeable 1 lleua-i a.4.ed what ej.iUiph he would Imvo for his mother's tomb ; he replied, "Let them engrave en the nitu bl.- the.-e siuiplewonU : Hero r- o.es ti e mother of the ti.r-.-o lJtij.iie;! Let C'enielia ami tho Gra-vf.i hide their dimimd.ed 1). a i I" Genual Chiu-el, the born of iMvrl' rs, c'lidleup-d him for an insuttioe, ". II , wo ,' I n-. I I eye-w it -s t' 1! . ;ht hi t tif' the foJIo'via ed! An redotrof our t .e it i; -tr : 1 ; P '. I a : : i !'" ; of tl toe j !.: "e I' fehle ; t! jH.rtruiU S.gl-er. to 1 lor r. .:pineoo- .t. J nn d thai he choiitd -c. The be t; a i.i t'ie pr 1, i,;1h1 eli.eir. r- , ! hi.;: -hat She P ., did not iu'io.u 11 t il the k. all D;i, i i ! '"l li iiv it It al tiH! ,i. ,1 t ,o t-.'in 1 r ! tii t," '1 l.e ie .i d,,y -.i a r, lo hi.te U pietiiru lalv' o u the j J i-jt 11 j ;o e Tor ;i . ii.j, -S ii on l.t, , a 1 e.-( lie J-.i .-. .. 1-; m! u d Li, pii,, pa ,11 1. - 11' ', i."i i t.tu .' v v. lot h they lie ' ''" "" er'a.eo.' i.'..t,'i ev. n; !. 1 . Kl - i i i . 1,1 I, i 1 . I. -',lt C fetui a, il pome- n d h t- iaeliiiiutun, ii will find him 1.1 ii pUi-hl D ,-. if e V- !K I t! i' I . )) U f ' .- . ' t il I I t I "fit i t : .!. a. ti t o-