The Hillsborough recorder. [volume], May 24, 1848, Image 1

About The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879

Image provided by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC

                
on
0'
1
rl
UdUb
0
IMI
UNION. THE CONSTITUTION AMTI1E L4WSTI1K GUAKDINS OF OUR LIBERTY.
Vol. XXIX.
U CDKSD.lVf MAY SI, ISIS.
.o. U31.
1 1
I
rl K
HI JLlin
'
Mat your rick o3.
Estdmraat, Btturr a better Unufi pour
tl America Tvmet.
THE
&STEAD AND THECASDEX.
It is not sufficient that a termer or plan
U t hodd be attentive to the ru'tivatioa
of hit fields that he should pi o vide for
tUcni ample supplies of manure, are ihat j liter the rererte; and lie who regards the
hit pl-vighing, Iiarrwing, and hi rolling j source of knowledge at having been ex
it well done, kiid hi rmpt well tended. ! hauited in bit forefathers' day, will ne
Ile may hae d-me all thrte things, and , reti-ady retrograde rather than advance,
nuccess" may hare emwued hit efforts lo In gHling in your mre important field
fci tdae his rablelndt, increase the qtian-.cropt, tee that eteiy thing is performed
my an I qaality of hit crop, and add to! timely, and in die most peifert msnncr.
hi pecuniary wealth t till, if he stall j The proper preparation of the soil for a
h ive orai'led to adorn hit dwellin wiih crop, it a very estf nlial requisilr. and one
shade and hrubbery. and provide a food!
girden fur hit liouxt-liiil.l comfort and con-j
vcmence. lie will luve railed in the uit
t-hiire of hit duty. A hou-e in the coun-1
try without trees hnd thrubhery, to relieve!
the eye and ensure protection, is among
the mot! 'cheeriest tightt which cm be
prekented lo human t ition, and nerer failt
lo impress the stranger with nn unf4vora;grntli. I'lougli well and deep, harrow
ble opinion of its owner, with regaid to
th"te enjoy meiitt of tente which so es
npiuially enter into, and are commingled
with, tl e outw arJ tourcet of the happi
nets of one' family. Well convinced
are we, that appointment of the kind
around one's home, heiidct endearing that
home in itt pmeor, by til the ties of
rtieein, give hitn additional claims to the
love of his family, and i nsures the rerpert
of all; as while' it prove that hit heart
ha not been indifferent to domestic ym
pathiet, nnr turned a deaf ear to the olIi
galions of duty at home, it is alto evin
cive of that respect for public opinion
w hich the virtuous and good ever cherish,
and whoe possession and disphy, so
commend one to the kindly icgardt of his
fellow men.
Independently, however, of these con
siderations, which, of themselves, should
exert potential influence upon all well re
gulated minds, and find a response in eve
ry generous heart.-as a mere matter of
profitable part of a farmer's estate ; for be
sides furnishing daily supplies of vegeta
bles for his table, it may be a source of tin
inconsiderable emolument, through itt sur.
Iut pi oducts, disposed of at market, or
if, pen nance, he is too remotely tituatcu
to avail himself of this advantage its ofl;d!
and aurplus produce, will enable him the'
belter to feed his stock, and thus find his
r .1.-1 i-i. . i ::.
ri iiiiiiiriauun lur inc tauur uitiuniu m 113
culture.
When we speak of the garden, we
would not be considered as looking to it
solely An its edibles, for its many com
fortsfor alihouch we would have its ap
pointments, in that respect, to embrace all !
the vegetable tribes that hae been con
. .- i . i: -
rr.ru m cuiiiihi iims. ti our
trther and embrace a wider held than;
these.
We
would have its borders adorned
with shrubbery and flowers of every tint
and hue. from the Kose, the queen of all,
the Dahlia, the gorgeous favorite, the Id
ly of the Valley immortalized in holy
song, to the tiniest blossom that challen
ges admiration or warms into being grati
tude for the mighty works of the Creator.
i .. .. , , , I
has so munificently bestowed, to sweeten.
i.. .1 k- ci:. :. .-..i - .I.-'
ic luiflll, liaill ifi filer, i lima, iinin, tut;
k . u iieu . i u .... - '
husband and father, not only better con-'
t 1 ...... . . a . -,u
tented with his home, but till bun with
. . f 1 1 ' .1 ,c ,:
love for all around hnn, as the gratification
,f.. .. , ... e.i . . 1 .
lit the ralinnal annnlifps of Innee we rlipr-
ish in the warmth of our affection, should
ever, and must be, foremost in our thoughts.
Everything connected with rural life all
its duties would imply, besides rendering
such a home tributary to our wants, it
should be so improved, that its embellish-,
incnts should lell that it was the abode ofj
refinement and that its in-dwellcrs were:
n piiiul'ii, wiin BiK'ii uuoriiiiiciiip, i Kkiir-,. , , , .
t i. .i . e ..:.. the window to examine it, when she sen-
lul to the matronly pride of our wives, ... .... , ii.r .
, , , . , , 1 ... , - cd hun by the arm, and pretended to faint,
and awaken kindiedeinoitrtns in the munis , J . , . .' , .
, , ,. , , , , at the same lime knocking the spoon with
of our daughters; and unless he be insen- ... . e s, . . ...
equally alive to the elegancies, and to the hitherto been very violently opposed to
necessaries of life. Never in our travels Gen. Taylor, seeing the old Hero's last
through the country, have we seen the letter says :
woodbine or the honeysuckle, twining a-1 "Thus the Whigs now have before
round the porch of the farm house and them, in their National Convention, the
its small court filled with shrubbery two most distinguished and leading Ge
w ithout indulging, without knowing them, nerals of the Mexican War, viz., Scott and
profound respect for its inmates, and some- Taylor, and their long well known and
times, when such attention to the external weil beloved leader, Henry Clay. Our
appearances have been so isolated as al- own personal preferences, out wishes, qur
most to partake of the character qf Oases hopes, are too well known to need any re
in ihe desert, we have felt our heart yearn- iteration of them, Uul it is gratifying to
ing to become the familiar of t))e oeeu- feel, nqy, that we cannot well go amiss
pants, that we might offer up otir4poor as to principles in the Convention; that
thanks to them, and thus bear i pleasing, there is to be no leap in the dark, or play
though humble testimonial of the anccpla- ( of blind man's buff there. To that Con
hie service they had peiformed, in relicv- vention, then, we commit ourselves, with
ing the eye of thr traveller from the dull the conviction that they will do what is
monotony of cheerless homes, of quick- j for the best, and that having done it, the
ening iui freshness ihosc feelings w hich people will carry m their proposals,"
riff front high appreciation of the
merits of lhe bo way be tLt subject
AT our l3ooghu, ho-e tsstre bid rbaiiea
ge J our aduuraiion tod won out cetera.
Hirti far Spring.
With eery year, sye ilie Hallowe!!
(lie.) Gtzette, ihe farmer should (row
wirr, awl improve opon past system and
wsage in the management oi his affair.
At iliU day, aucb result it by no mean
difficult, tod it inrontestibly demonstrat
ed by the experience of thousand, who
liar rati aside tl e old systems and gray
beard notions of the past, and adopted
siew Dior h accordance wiih the ie
quirrioenta of naiuial laws aod wisdom
of the timet in which they lire.
Fanners who do not read cannot make
uiuth progress in improvements, but ra-
that exercises a mighty influence through
the uliMqornt nigra of its growili.
Io termer wnld thiuk of punting one
bean or one kernel of corn in a hill ; yet
he might as well do this as lo plant the
proper number, and neglect to protide a
tuflicient medium, or the nutriment re
quinte lo secure their development and
! thoroughly, manute liberally, and with
proper attention and care in after culture,
there wilt be tittle doubt of your obtain
ing a good crop.
This is a season when every economi
cal rulturitt w ill be found attending to his
own business. There is much to demand
his persona! snd undivided attention; tr
ho who relies upon the discrimination, fi
delity and judgment of helps," without
according hit own attention lo the detailt
of the farm, w ill necessarily lose much
that he might have saved. In the barn, in
the sublet, snd in the fields, he should be
recognized a the " commander-in-chief."
Remember lh.tt,
" Ht who bv the plough would thrive,
llimwll must either hold or drne. j
Procure the best seeds. Never plant
or tow grains that have run out," or in
anir way become deteriorated, even though j
you should be compelled lo pay douNe!
price for other and better kinds. Make J
experiments, and notice carefully the re-!
suits; in this way an observing farmer!
will acquire much important information,
that will be of practical benefit to him
through life. In cross ploughing, never
permit the plough to run deep enough the j
t-crond time lo disturb the inverted swmd
This is a practice subversive of all good
farming, nnd ought therefore by no means
to be indulged.
Horrible Affair. A shocking affair
was brought to light in Shelby Co. Ky.
last week. Dr. Mitchison, a popular phy
Mcian, and a profesror of religion, seduced
the wife of a wenlthy and respectable
i citizen named Guthrie, whose family phy
I sician he wms. Mitchison then agreed
, . -,. f, - ... ,
, . . . . i- u -i .
I iiiiiruci ncr un ii iiiiMmnu, iu m iiicii nc
' finally assented. Mr. II. a few days af-
i terwards. was taken unwell, when Dr. M.
was eailcil in, who left a prescription
w ith Mrt.C. with secret instructions how
to administer it. She complied with the
instructions, but as Mr. (. was about to
lake it, he observed it looked different
from the medicine he had taken on former
occasions; this induced htm to walk to
He immediately raised her up, and on loos-
. , . , .c ' - ,
eni"8 ,,er l,ress was horrified to findseve-
, e L '
is' papers more of ihe same suspicious
.. 1 ci .1 1 rut
medicine. She then made a full confes-
, , .... ,. .... C!,
sion, and produced Mitchison s letters fill-
. .. 1 . . . r ......
ed with protestations of love, and detailing
.' . . . ' .. .
their plans. Mitchison immediately tie
e.unppd, and Mrs. G. was senl home to
her friends, who are all wealthy. An effort
was made to gel her pardoned, in order
that she might appear against Dr. M. but
the G over nor refused to grant it.
The New York Express," which has
V IIIVIIVIIIV ! Iivn llirill 1119 lidllVS
THE BCII1SG SIIC.
IT J. O. VBITT1EB.
Heap blb lbs ftnatt't wintry fetid!
Heap kis lbs guUra eon !
Its richer gift fcas A a ft ma poer'4
Frosa ant her lavish bora.
Let ether lands exulting gWa
Tbs spphr front tat pins,
Tbt or rig fx out iu glossy green,
The cluster fir oca the vine.
We better love lb hardy gift
Our ruffed vales bMow,
Tt cheer at when the stnrm shall drift
Our aarvevt field with mow.
Wbea spring esme with flower snd bud
And grasses greea snd young.
And merry Dutliuka, in tbt wood,
Like mad muiicUus sgng;
Wt dropp'd the seed o'er bill and plain
Beneath the sun of May :
And frigbteu'd fioui our sprouting grain
The rolib.r crows away.
All through the long bright days of June,
It leaves grew green and for.
And waved in her midsummer's noon
Iu toft and yelluw hair.
AnI now, with Autumn's moonlight eyes,
Its harvest time has come,
Wt pluck away th frosted leaves,
And bear the tressure home.
There, richer than the fabled gift
Of golden shower of old.
Fair hands the broken grsins shall .ift,
And knead its meal of gold.
Let vapid idlers lull in silk
Around thrir costly board;
Give us the bowl of corn and milk
By homespun beauty pour'd.
Where's the wide old kitchen hearth
Bends up its smoky curls.
Who will not thank the kindly earth,
And tles our corn-field girls!
Then shame on all the proud and vain,
Whoe folly loughs to scorn
The blessings of the Yankee's grain.
His wealth of golden coin.
tm ttmtt nrrtoM Her gnorfty root.
Let mildew blight the rye.
Give to the worm the o. chard's fruit.
The wheat-field to the fly.
But let the good did crop adorn
The hills our father trod ;
Still let us for his golden corn
Send up our thanks to God !
(From the New York Tribune.)
LETTERS
From the Hon. Jobn J. Adams
to lilt son:
ON THE BIBLE AND ITS TEACHINGS.
LETTER V.
Iu the promise with which my last let-;
ter lo you upon ihe Bible was concluded,'
I undertook a Uk from the performance -
of which 1 have been hitherto detetrcd by j
its very magnitude and importance. The
more 1 reflected upon the subject, the more j
sensibly did I fee) my incompetency to do
it justice, and by a weakness so common:
in the worldffrom the apprehension of in-
ability to accomplish as much as I ought,
I have hitherto been withheld from ihe at
tempt to accomplish any thing at all.
Thus more than a year lias elapsed, leav
ing me still burdened with the load of my
promise ; and in now undertaking to dis
charge it, 1 must promise that you are on
ly to expect the desultory and indigested
thoughts which I have not the means of.
combining inlo a regular and systematic , serves that these laws have been pre
work. I shall not entangle myself in the scribed by God himself: the merely hit
controversy which has sometimes been man laws of o'her cotemporary nations
discussed with a temper not very cong- 'ca.'iaof bear any comparison with them,
nial cither lo the nature of the question il- But my motive in forming ihe compari
self, or the undoubted principles of Chris- j son, U to present to your reflections as a
lianity, whether the Bible, like all other j proof and to my mind a very strong
systems of morality, lays the ultimate ba-j ptoof of the reality of their divine origin,
sis of all human duties in self-love, or - For how is it that the whole system of
whether it enjoins duties on the principle 1 government and administration, the mu-
of perfect and disinterested benevolence, j
Whether the obligations are sanctioned by
k promise of reward or a menace of pun
ishment, the ultimate motive for its fulfil
ment may justly be attributed to ihe self
ish considerations. But if obedience lo
the will of God be the universal and only
foundation of all moral duty, special in
junctions may be binding upon the con
sciences of men, although their perform
ance should not be secured either by the
impulse of hope 01 fear. The law given
from Sinai was a civil and municipal as
well as a moral and religious code; it con
tained many statutes adapted lo that time
only, and to the particular -circumstances
of the nation to whom it was given ; they
could of course be binding upon them,
and only upon them, until abrogated by
lha same authority which enacted them,
ns they afterward were by the Christian
dispensation; but many others were of
universal application, laws essential to
the existence of m"ii in society, and most
of vvhioh have been enacted by every na-
i'khi which eer possessed any rode of
lavs. . Cut the Levi tral was given by
God himstlf; it extended to a great vari
ety of objects of itifiaiie importance In the
wrifart of men. but hkh could not come
wiil.in the reach cf human IcgTslation ; it
rottbioed the temporal and spiriial as
thoritie geiher( and regulated not only
tlio sciions but the fusions of these to
bora it was given.
Human legislators ran unJeruke only
to precrib the actions of men ; they ac
tnowlci'ge their inability to govern and di
rect the sentiments of ihe heart t die my
law itself is a rule of rit U conduct, not of
interna principles, and iheie is no nime
in the powei of an individual t-i perpe
irtte whieft be may not design, pnject,
ami fully intend, w ithout imurrtng guilt
in' the eye of human law. It in one of
the greatest marks of divine favor bestow,
ed upon the children of Intel, that the
legislator gave ihrm rules nt only of ac
tion, but for the government of the heart j
There were occasionally a few short sen
tentious principles of morality issued from (
the oracles of Ureece ; among them, and
undoubtedly the mot excellent of them.
; wat thai of sclf-knowlcdire. whieh one of!
the purest nvialists and finest poet of
Rome expressly says pame from beaten,
j Dut if you would remark the distinguish
1 ing characteristics between true and false
'j-t-ligion, compare the manner in which j
I the ten cninmindim'nts were proclaimed
j by the voice of the Almighty God, from
Mount Sinai, with thunder and lightning.
j and earthquake, by the sound of the I rum-1
) pet and in the hearing of six hundred ,
thousand souls, with the studied sertecy j
- and mystery and mummery, with which
the Delphic and other oracles of the (Jre-1
; cian gods were delivered. The miracu-,
lus interpositions of divine pawer rcror- j
ued in every part of the Uible, were iiiva-(
riably marked wiih grandeur and subliini-1
ty worthy of the Creator of the world,;
and before which, the gtvls of Homer, not,
excepting hit Jupiter, dwindle into the;
mott contemptible pigmiee; but on no
occasion, was the manifestation of Dety
so solemn, so awful, so calculated to make ,
indelible impressions upon the iinng.ua-1
lions and souls of the mortals to whom Ho ;
revealed himself, as when He appealed,
in the character of their Lawgiver.
The lave thus dispensed was, however,'
imperfect ; it was destined to be partly j
periection many ages afterward, by the
appearance of Jesus Christ upon the earth,
lint to judge of its excellence as a system
of laws, it must be compared with human
codes which existed, or were promulgated
at nearly the same age of the world in
: other nations. Remember, that the law ,
j was given 1,490 years before Christ was ,
i born, at the time the Assyrian and Kgyp
j linn monarchies existed ; hut of their go
j vertiuient and laws we know scarcely any ,
j thing, save what is collected from the Bi- i
' ble. Of the Phrygian, J.ydinn and Tro- j
Jan states at the same period, little more
! is known. The President Garget, in a
very elaborate and ingenious work on the
origin of letters, art and science among
the ancient nations, says that " the max
ims, the civil and political laws of thee
people are absolutely unknown; that not
even an idea of them can he formed, with
the single exception of the Lydians, of
whom Herodotus asserts, that their laws ,
were the same as the Greeks." The,
same author contrasts the total darkness
and oblivion into which all the institu
lions of those mighty empires have fallen, ;
with the fullness, and clearness, and ad
mirable composition of the Hebrew code,
which has not only descended to us en
tire, but still continues the national code i
of ihe Jews, (scattered as they are over
the whole face of the earth,) and enters so
largely into the legislation of almoM every
civilized nation upon the globe. He ob
nicipal, political, ecclesiastical, military
and moral laws nnd institutions which
bound in society the numberless myriads
of hitman beings who formed for many
successive ages the stupendous monar
chies of Africa and Asia should have
perished entirely, and been obliterated
from the memory of mankind, while the
la.ws of a paltry tribe of shepherds, cha
racterized by Tacitus, and the sneering
infidelity of Gibbon, as " the most despis
ed portion of their slaves," should not on
ly have survived the wreck f 'hse em
pires, but remain to this day rules oi faith
and practice to every enlightened nation
of the wo.tJd, and perish only with it 1
The roason is obvious : it is their intrin
sic excellence which has preserved them
from the destruction which befals all the
works of mortal man. The precepts of
the decalogue alone, (says Gorget,) dis
close more sublime truths, more maxims
essentially suited to the happiness of man,
than all the writing.- of profane antiquity
put together can furnish. The mure you
meditate oa the law t of Moeee. the new 1
strikirg and brigtiter does their wisdom
appear. It vmdd hr a liboros but sot
an unproCuM iaestlgaioa. to reJuce
into a regular elasstCeaiioa, Lk that of
le lastitutee 4 Jostintsa or the Com.
otcntvriet of B!acktoae. the whole code
of More, whirh rmbrsces not only ij.e
ordinary subjeet of legislation, together
with the principles of edition and moral
ity, but laws or eeclcsusueal directions
concerning the minutest actions and dress
of individuals. This, however, wosld
lead roe loo far from my present Purpose,
w nirb ts merely to ronider tbe Uible as
i svstera of morality; 1 shall ihcrrTore :
- . r.L.t
nuc iimsc par a in m law mntrn may
be referred particularly to that class, and
at present must confine myself to a few
remarks upon the decalogue ttse'.f, whieh,
having been spoken by the voice, and
I wire vnnen upon inc sionr larue uy mm
finger of God. may be considered as the
foundation of the whole system of the
ten commandment, emphatically so call
ed, for the extraordinary and miraculous
list met ion by which they were promul-
gned.
The first four are religious laws. The
fifth and tenth are properly and peculiar -
ly moral and d.nnoiie rules. The other
four are of the criminal department of mu -
nlcipattaws. The unity of the Godhead,
ihe prohibition of making graven images
to worship, that of taking lishtly, (or in
vain, as the English translation expresses
it,) the name of the Deity, and the injunc
tion to observe the Sabbath as a day sane
lined and set apart for his worship, weie
all intended lo inculcate the reverence for
the one only and true God that profound
and penetrating sentiment pf piety, which,
in a former letter, I urged as ihe great and
only immovable foundation of human vir-
tue, Next to the duties toward the Cre -
aor, that of honoring the earthly parent
it enjoined. It is to ihetn that every in-
individual owes the greatest obligations,
and lo them that be is consequendy hound
by the first arul strongest of all earthly
lies. The following commands applying
lo the relations between man and his tVt-
low mortals, are all lief alive . as their sp.
plication, tyaa universal to every human
hems : i. e. it whs not renuired that any
poulite acts of beneficence towards ihem
should be pet formed, but only to abstain
from wronging thorn, either, 1st. in theit
person : 2d. in their property i 8d. in
Itieir conjugal rights; fin. in tnerr good
name; after which, all the essential en-
joy menu of life being thus gnatded from
voluntary injury, the tenth and closing
commandment goes to the very source of
all human actions the heart and posi-
lively forbids all those desires which first
prompt and lead to every transgression
.1. I i.. r ! ..M
upon the property and right of our fellow
creatures. Vain indeed would he the
search among the writings of profane an
tiquity, (not merely of that remote anti
quity, but even in the most refined and
philosophical ages of Greece and Rome.)
In find so broad, so complete and so solid
a basis for morality as this decalogue lays
down. Yet I have said it was impetfert
i ta sanctions, its rewards, its punish
ments, had reference only to the present
life, and it had no injunctions of positive
beneficence toward our neighbors. Of!
these, the law was not entirely destitute
in other parts ; but, both in this respect
and in the other, it was to be periecteu by
Him who brought life and immortality lo
light in the gospel. Upon which subject
you shall hear more.
From yo'ir affeetinnate father,
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
A TOUCHING STOUY.
BV PROFESSOR WILSON.
The coffin was let down to the bottom
of ihe grave, the planks were removed
from the heaped up hrink, the first rattling
clods had struck their knell, the quick
shovelling was over, and the long, broad,
skillfully cut pieces of turf were aptlv
joined together,
and trimly laid by the
beating sp-ule, so that the newest mound
!.i it.a fin mil vuril u-na Bpnriplv ilistin.
T.iicho.l fmm thrvsft that were rmicn over,
hv ihe undisturbed irrass and daisies oft
a luxuriant spring. The burial was soon
over, and ihe parly with one consent
ing motion, having uncovered their heads
in decent reverence of the place and oc
casion, were beginning to seperate and
about to leave the churchyard. Here some
acquaintances from distant parts of the
parih, who had not had an opportunity of
addressing each other in the house that
had belonged lo the tleces.sed, nor in the
course of the hundred yards that the little
procession had to move from his bed to
his grave, were shaking hands quietly but
cheeifullv, and inquiring after the welfare .
of each other's families. There a knot j
of neighbors were speaking without exag
geration, of the res pectable character which
the deceased had borne, and mentioning
to one another the little incidents of his
life, some of ihem so remote as to be
known only to the grey-headed persons of
the group. Whde a lew yarns lurtner,
removed from the snot, were standing
together parties who discussed ordinary
concerns, altogether unconnected with the
funeral; such as the state 01 the market
the promise of the season, or change of
let an is; bt sull wiih a sobriety of naaner
aod voiee that was iaaewaibly produced
by the iflSuence of th simple ceremony
sow cloted, by the quiet grate around,
aod the tbkdow of tbt spire tad gry
arl!s of the house of God.
Two ccea yet stood tfreiher at the It id
of the grave with severe and noiai passion
fed grief. The were brothers the oclr
sons of hira who l ad beea boried; and
there wts soaethingT ta their sitoaiioa
that catursily kept the eyes of many di
rected vpott then for a long time, end
more intently than would hive beea the
rase htd there beea nothing more ebser-
vahle than the common symptoms to coos.
n. .a. . . .a
tmu aormw. ua ineae iwo Browers wno
were standing at the bead of their fsther'e
grave, bad lor some years beea totally
jesttsnged from each other, and tbt only
! srords that had passed between thera dur-
ing au snai muc oau veen vuerea wurun
a few dtye past, during the necessary pre
pirations for the old msn's funeral.
No deep and deadly quarrel was be
tween these brothers, and neither of them
could distinctly tell ihe cause of ibis anna
! turn! estrangement Perhaps dim jealousies
or their inhere favor: seia.h thoughts
: that will scuneiimrs force themselves into
? poor men's hearts, respecting temporal
j expectations; unaconimodating manners
on both tides; taunting words that mean
little when uttered but which rankle and
! fetter in remembrance: imagined oppoti
;tkin oX ir,teresis, that, duly considered.
would have been one and the same; these
and many other causes, slight when single
but strong when rising up together in one
baneful band, had gradually and fatally
j infected iheir hearts, till at last they who
in youth had been seldom seperate, and
truly attached, now met at market, and
miserable lo say, at church, with dark and
; averted fares, like different clansmen dur
J ing a feud.
Surely if anything could have softened
' their hearts towards each other, it must
have been to stand silently side by side,
! while the earth, stones, and clods were
falling down upon their Other's coffin,
i Aud doubtless their hearts were so soAen
j ed. But pride, though it cannot prevent
j the holy affections of nature from being
felt, may prevent them from being shown;
and these two brothers stood there togeth
' er, determined not to let each other know
the lautual tenderness that in spile of them
w-hs gu-drng up in their hearts and teach-
mi ineui ine uncontested folly and wick
edness of their causeless quarrel,
A head-stone had been prepared, and a
person came forwaid to plant it a jdaio
J alone, with a sand-glass, scull and eXoss
bones, chiselled, not rudely, and a few
' words inscribed. The vounirer brother re-
garded the operation wiih a troubled eye.
I a - a ' . . . . "
and said, loudly enough to be heard by
several of the bystanders" William, this
is uot kind in you yon should have told
me this. I loved rriy father as well an
you could have loved him. Yon were
the elder, and jt may be, the favorite son;
but I hid a right in nature to have joined
you iu ordering this head-stone, had 1 not?"
During these words the itoue was sink
ing into the earth, and many persons who
were on their way from the grave, return
ed. For a while the elder btother said
nothing, for he had a consciousness in his
heatt that he ought to have conulted his
father's son in designating this last mark
of affection and respect to his memory:
the stone was planted in silence, and now
stood erect, decently and simple, among
the other unostentatious memorials of the
humble dead.
The inscription merely gave the name
and age of the deceased, and told that the
stone had been erected by his "affection
ate sons." The sight of these words
seemed to soften the angry man, and he
said somewhat more mildly : " Yes, we
are his affectionate sons, and since my
name it on the stone, I am satisfied,
brother. . We have not drawn together
kindly of late years, and perhaps never
may, but I acknowledge and respect your
worth; and here before our friends and be
fore the friends of our father, with my
foot above his head, I express my willing.
ess to be on better and other terms with
you, and if we cannot command our
hearts, lei us at least bar out all unkind
ness." The minister, who attended the funeral,
and had something entrusted to hitn to say
publicly before he left the church yard,
now came forward, and asked, the elder
brother, why he spake not regarding this
matter, lie saw that theje was some
thing of a cold and sullen pride rising up
in his heart, but not easily may any man
hope to dismiss from the chamber of his
heart even the vilest guest, if once cherish
ed there. With a solemn and almost
severe air, he looked upon the relenting
man, and then, changing his countenance
into serenity, said gently
" Behold how good a thing it is.
And how becoming well,
Together such a brethren are
In unit; to dwell."
The time, the place, and this beautiful
expression of a natural sentiment, quite
overcame a heart in which many kind, if
not warm sffectiona dwell; and the man
thus appealed to, bowed down his head
and wept