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j I M., , I 4 A.. Ms 'j-ti -. ' ' . .Vw- txs. ,i t-mlj itt ft 5 . t -.. ' - ; - ': , . ....... ........ . rto - -v. I volume n:i.,;,i;;j'. '"RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, .OCTOBER 4, 1850. ' f! THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE ' I rOBI48HED ITIST fEIDAY, BY ALEXANDER M. GORMAN," . , , EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ! - " -tt a aia v To tingle Subscriber, 91 50 per nnura. ' To Clubs of fire ind upwards, 91 each ) Payable in aO com trvadcance. , AdreriiaeiDWiU iotaned it the moal rates. , All Lattera to the Ediut morki post paid. Legislature such information as mar be of unportaoea to the -public and themselves learing the' propriety, of passiii necessarj laws afterwards, where the people have repo sed that power. . . ; 10th. We do not oronose to chaaee the objects nor the means of our institution. We have thus glanced at the arguments oil oar respected brother. We may still be mista- takea.. Uur rem&rfcs are snomrttea wun aii fidence, becaase we know the brother, and we know the soundness of his judgment But as our first article, by its signature, was intended to draw upon the right person any odium it Original papers. at prohibition, may hart to regret, in some fu ture case, that philantaroputt, working By mor al means, could not orercome a law-fed power ; that the sons of Temperance were subdued by a system, constantly diminishing their ranks, and preventing others from joining, by hold ing around them in enchanting spell, or afford- injj them an easy, and as they thought, innocent enjuTmeni. We believe much in the power of our Or der: bat we believe- more in the power of temptation over the wayward heart of man. Many a man who would, to-morrow, vote to put down grog shops, will drink as long as there ui one in db counxy. we will xne vuiunjary might incur, we cannot be expected to retire I retailer, and he may roll it under his torume as from any positions we have assirmed, unless a sweet morsel, there is a chance of his over compelled to do so by the force of argument I coming us. To prevent such a calamity, we Xhe following extracts occur in outerent pro-1 are. willing to receive aid irom any respecta ceedings of the National Division. I ble quarter. Suppose the Legislature imposes " w he ex as, xne xnationat uiviaon oi me penalties upon us, that the church prohibit her United States is dearly of opinio that the members from joining our Order, that schools liquor traffic, licensed and unlicensed, is the and colleges, benevolent and other associations, great hindrance in the way of the Temper- the frowns of society, and all the institutions ance reform, therefore, with a view to brine the of onranised society, are turned aeainst us. entire influence of the Order to bear against! We would soon go by the board. These pow this tremendous evil. " - ' ' " I era. so able to overthrow, are able to establish. Rooked, That every Suhordinato Division They and we have the good of man in vifcWaa under this jurisdiction be and is hereby recom- a common cause. In many cases, the accom mended to appoint committees to collect facts plishment of our objects could be of service in and statistics showing the tendency of such I accomplishing this. In all such, we avow, on traffic upon the pecuniary, social, moral and I our part, a willingness to receive assistance religious interests or those engaged in it, as t from any power awe to give it r CJrnue trittrattire. , t ; fOK TH SPIRrr OF THK AGE, The writer of an article on " Legislative lasststance," which recently appeared in the Snirit of the- Asro." is induced aeain to trespass upon the attention of the publ ic The last number or the " uonununicator contained over the signature of " X. a pro duction on the same subject, worthy of con sideration. ' Though we agree with many of the general reflections contained in it, yet, when Its author goes on to enumerate to the number of ten, his chief objections to our propositions, we are compelled, because not UreU as upon society at large, and also to hold vet convinced, to enter a modest dissent at a public meeting on the third Division of each least to some of those objections. quarter,' beginning with July, to bring such The 1st objection is, that we (the Sons tacts before the people. Nat Division 6th irtf TmiiuMHii. An nnf. nuul ftctnatftnpA IWim Session. 1849. ' ,e stVonir arm of the law." I "Thebquor fraternity, rf ot in thernajon- 4, m X : -i. ,t, . . ty, are umiea, ana nave ras sacceeaeu ta m-i : oaraanm uouew vaau book. Jt JiJaa ?e httr hi J?Z!!!S. 5!T vk hold not th7 CUP TO thy " ZL That it is contrary to our Order to earrui deairet are generaUy most potent over K ; " BROTHERS LIP. intonem with leirifilahon.. . s Ism ramed man. We must be united in our 1 .rtMr nAi ka.i 4th. By taking steps to put down grog- determination to expel the enemy nomniste-l, lh useless in the moral wnrM shop, by U, we make enemCof the IU.iasten -daUhopo of gaining them M1ffiSSK which oi-iw , v . . . .i:- u otion beginning to be manuested by many ot enioaira in prouueuous. onouiu uie i ' 5th. If we begin to move in this matter, legiatures, induces us to hope the day is moral intended to be conveyed be instru andidstes will endeavor to secure our uaflo- not fer u the future when the liquor seller will mental in doing good, in even cne solita- ence, and we Will become a political party, cease to be regarded as a cml fmettotmrg ere- r. instance, the unpreteoded author will '6th. The people have not yet complained ated for the public good. The agitation of this fejthathe bat not written in vain. of the lieense law and if others can bear subject by the Order is slowly but I think m-drOTder wnt thou lend t thine it, itu not to rreat a .pieramea to up ns to ?,rS.r,,Tf'JV '"l ear . . whUat 1 tell th ft tate ofsQiemn require the rat ot our great enterprise, in r :i7.i -at a;-v .1-1 woee? T0HI?U1?lrit'v " x.l 1. : r. every thing incorporated into oursystem of op- Edward McJDonough, the only chUd of ..wi. iu guv u eration should oe subordinate to the one ereat hi parents, was a native ot Scotland, what taws are burdensome to them, and pe- object, and that in aU that we do as an Order and graduated at -one of her time-hon-tition for their repeal, for the sake of others, we should haveour eye fixed upon the rtnpen- ored institutions with the highest dis while the laws do not oppress u. - Aw dous, god-tike enterprise of ridding thb earth tinction,r When twenty-one yeari had 8thl If the license kw is art evil, public of distilleries, dramshops, and dronkardft . The jBgt YesUd him in the righU of a free opuiion will soon be enhghUmed on the wb- gTe T'ZZl 3 Inconsequence of some nnhappy t, ..nd the matter wUl regulato itself. kS!. W d.ssensions, Edward', lather V ? 9th A. individuahi and as .body. never seek ?or pcrularity or success at the ex- Urmined to alienat - the ancestral do-. . ought to have confidence in the wisdom and ,,8. vth.. strong hands at4 main and seek a home and quietude on patnousm 01 we Migisiauu, aiuuuien w leave nrn, TOWaverine purposes, we must unitedly America's thrice nappy shores, . in a public concerns to its care. '' " s attack the fortresses of the enemy.and batter few weeks, our Scottish fiieods were 10th. Any change in our Objects and the down his walls, regardless as to who of us shall readv for emigration. With tearful eves means we employe wui ue uiaasirous. He was enraptured with the scene nr. 1 The paradisiacal beauty of Toccoa, . the sublimity ot lallulah, and .the magnifi cence of Whitewater, were mirrored in the chambers of his soul, thence ,to be sketched and reproduced in' miniature by bis own pencil. His social suscepti bilities were most favorably educed by the chivalrous tone and the courteous de meanor of the southrons. In short, he was enamored of his adopted' couotiy ; and bis mind, at once brilliant - and pro found, was soon threading the maze of pontics as a stepping stone to preferment. He was among the number of those who. Dy their eloquence, assisted in elevating Generaf Jackson to the presidential chair in 105. Alter the election, be was ad mitted by special permission to the prac tice of law. In a few rears, he was lead ing, hi circuit; for lejal lore and his nro- tessioa oecame nis " padulum vitas;." me matters about wnica bis mind was sorely and intensely occupied. His speeches were distinguished tor argu ment close, metaphysical reasoning. His logic, however, was illuminated and softened by thet belles letters of both continents. Fame and success were his. But in the very nature of things, it was impossible that the law should always remain mistress of his heart At a ball in Savannah, Ed ward first saw Julia Stan ley. Before the presentation, which took place directly after his entrte, he remarked to a Iriend that he bad lust bad a glimpse of paradise had, at last, seen the bright ideal ol hie be art, and the alizatiou of his fondest dreams. .Julia was indeed, a " rare and radiant" crea ture. . .... 1 perish m the conflict- vwwnctoryMwesim. and ,ad hearts, they saw the rocky "Intemperance hai 1 entered the halh of l- snorM 0f the glcioui old father land .fZr in the haze of tion of th law tW anmnentinff it rnehtfull distance, as the vessel bore them swift- - - . J 0 V .. I I ... 41. a a-i a lft 1 - nower and matins the State a partner in the iy over -me waste 01 waters. uui guilt" Public Dedication Ceremony submit-1 night and the mild splendors of the moon ess. lBou. , , . 1 , 1 tnrowiner " a veil ot silver neni over ould suppose, from the above extracts I lh tvvuim nf tlw ilun. annn v a r korr. fon which wew.ll not comment) thatour Or- fu, tone to ir thoughts and allayed the In our last we arsued. thoucrh not tier- haps so forcibly as to strike the brother's at tention, that " Legislative assistance " is ne cessary to perfect die Temperance Reform. - Ihosrh our Order may be able to stand without that assistance yet, if given to the 1 ted 7th extent we ask, it will accelerate our progress l One An A make ear nosition more secure. . ' Our Jrtde was intended mainly to show, er was engagoo, witn we retaiung syswm, in excegf of nm xna peimunug iot sucn sssisuince wouiu nm : r v, to -jt,. It seemed, however, thai trouble was " interfere with legislation at least,, not 'tVTTZZ'. tZtl never to be Usent from the breast of the an a manner "emir an to our Order, or j. .nd tU interests of society reauire elder McDonoogh.. Now it so happened to the rights f ethers. ' I it, m we should argue with the various organi-j that he had been, haunted by a feeling ine Mil eujeeaem ie inciuaea in our no-i zbons of society wnoee interests are at staxel 0t superstition Irom bis early youth.- tice of the 1st. . :- f h ' 1 inthe same mMtr.t It would still be but thel Hia fafhpr. mnlhpr. and a loved and onlv As for the Mtailers, there are many who! employment of moral means, . If there were 1 gstt bad all died when he was abroad think themselves drivem to the husineas to D. fws against stealing ana muraer, uie cnurcn . arniT, . Whilst death was stalkinz tSttlStm; through 4e; home of his. ddUhJ ell II they did net Against them we en- . va ranM dreams of woful import conjoined with tertain ao malice. They are willing for the chllref, to invoke " leoislative assistance": in a strange, unaccountoble depression of license Jaw to be repealed. But the rest (he matter (0K us. V'ho could hesitate to spirits, made him WttA and yet dread toJ inusawnu giua-over hh aeawucaow wnicu persuade a tatm.'r not to let his son retail ar- bear Irom ocotland. I DO immediate they mk.-who fawa upon the inebriate I dent spirits? An9 why shall we, or any other intelligence of his irreparable loss , not until his last cent is gone, and then kick body interested to do so, fear to ask of the Le-I onjy gffr a pang 0f grlef jo (Jje heart, him besotted out of doers My profession pulature, for those counties which might desire but;confirlned rfor ever the superstitious cf lriendship from them k bypoensy and a j LVJTtriTir: bias of his mind. What wonder is it. lie, ,, We would as soon think of making a "4 15 , then. that , he already began to regard omprriuse with hellJ ' 1 Ffn Attorney, Generoles. The Justicts'qf GuO- Edward's future as darkened and blasted .We hope the brother w mistaken in his fad, flredeti's Law voL V,; CUef Justice Euf- when, for three consecutive nights after 5th, obiectiow. Such a result might be a tin remarks : " There are good persons, who embarkiner for America, he should dream think it would be conducive to the happiness that he saw him with clothes all tatteied of men to retrain trom the use spintuous and torn rmTin ike m nj Aneelic was ber form her voice he ihoucrht Poured more than nomas accents on the ear." death blow to our. cause. - If it would hap rn in the ease supposed, we fear it would happen, in any eass. - But we again refer to our last, : where we anticipate "fears that might arise in the minds of some. ru tL. Ctk . ,k.t 1 one .(if we remember aright) any body could re tail without a license. The present restric itioa was then enacted J and in some coun ties) though no petitions have been gotten npv the people, we believe, desire further restrictions. As an evidence of it, the mag- istcaey have several times shown a disposi tion to imaose them. ' As for our Order, its existence is due to the fact that we cannot endure trievaaces to which others submit amone which, to remove the retailing system (we will after' show) is a chief part of Our great enterprise. " ' 7th We inform others of what customs burden them, whenever wa persuade men to join our ranks. PetitioB for repeal ?' we drrnks? and bo one can fJe shocking brandi8Dng a over lhe head of , evils often produced by the excessive use ot . 0 , , , ... ,., tiem. Therefore, it is very fit that benevolent pale, woman-ber body bendinglike nmnnB wttn ntprtXLin tliat nntninn. shnnlil bv I Some trail floweret before the wintry persuasion, example, forming associations and blast." , During bis collegiate course, other moral means, enoeavor to induce men to cuwaru s aiuem ana excitaoie tempera renounce it, and m that au may wish them ment bad, more man once, drawn him snccAML however much manv may desnair of it"l Sntn IKa maHinin(r VArtv nf inAKriatinn Mow, if the supreme uwrt,m deciding a Hig father rememWed this circumstance quesuon ot jw. ccmswp w comment .vn and thought of his own nightly visions . . ' - . . . . . ..I mit k lk,.ll iwH tnrnAun M M h.mi.m punon that uieir success is to he oesrred oy au, r . f . i" . " surely the Legislature might well cast upon he resolved to banwn those gloomy bode' them a favorable eve. and enouire whether menu oi evil irom ms mina, auu woo institations which prevent so much evil, and the kindly ministrations of hope.. Yet, effect so much good, are not worthy of itsfos-1 at times, the old superstitious dread tenng care are not wormy 01 some consider-1 would creep over 'him and freeze the .rejiHinucuB w vuovuwuio ua" 1 yery lile-Wood in nis neart. to render cAer stisutobons more benefiaal tol jht (avoring soon wafted the no- uro puuuu. .., ;.. .. i..T.r 1 J.r III ... r If it ,M W HhkKU tWWtlu! wnvnnl uie vessel iu iuo J.uu vi nuciiy. wu- of mrfaun orbuW nnriM. ivniiivn nnntmi. tain McDonoush fixed his abode in " the nave noticed.. One' Order is established I-we could remedv tbrevereverv evil sDrinsdnir sunnv south," where flourished the or .. . . . . , . t . . ...,... r P. F -.. , , , r. j njr uia nkn ot nuuini as weu as oi our-!Trom intemperance : that .etnsiature. wuicnianee. ine paim, ana trie ma?auna. jua- selves ; and the lirroof law does oppress us. I would refuse to remove such obstacles, would ward straightway applied himself to the V. AW KUUI HHuUUa HUUD SUUM I IV IT 1 ' nstaaee,a natters esnneeted with the pub ie weltsif.,tHow: does Bro. T, TecoB cile with Uteonadenee iav- Law-makers, or putung uowa by moral means what has been ncensea by theaT..The feet is, it is the duty of aU Reformers, as Miss Dix has done m the case of the huaae, to convey to the Her wit and. intelligence gave to the enchanting beauty of her person a charm of perenniat freshness and spiritual im mortality, in conversing with her, Jfid- ward lelt that, with such a woman as she for a wife, the decay of beauty would tot be the death of admiration and love. As to Edward's appearance, of which we nave 'till sow neglected to speak, it was trulv noble and imiKxin?. He was tall in stature; and bis face was of fine Grecian mould. The dignity of thought sat enthroned upon his brow, an in his eye snone the light soul and refined sen sibility. The two were harmonious coun terparts in taste, genius, -and education. Alter tne ball, c.dward abandoned eve- ry thing else to the dear society of Julia. Could such spirits be indifferent to each other?. Had any of our readers been present on the bridal eve.snd seen Julia's cheeks, rosy witn the "celestial blush" of love, and likewise, seen the look ol unutterable tenderness with which Ed ward regarded her, a negative answer to our question could not have been given. Edward and Julia were happy, and tbey luougui ineir Happiness couiu terminate only with life itself. B'4 the brightest skies are often obscured by the darkest storms. Edward's doom was fixed. Dark, inexorable fate had interwoven gloom and shadow,. murder- and suicide in the web of his destiny. Another presidential election was be ginning to interest and excite the popu lar mind. Edward again took a consoic- ious part in the canvass, and advocated the claims of the hero of New Orleans with distinguished ability and signal sue cess. But what was remarable for those times, he neither drank himself nor in duced others to gulp the liquid fire ! cut a tempter was at nana ib tne per son of his own brother-in-law Dr. Dun- lap, who bad married Julia's. sister.T This sapient disciple of Esculapius was one of those contemptible, self-annoying creatures, in whose breast envy has a place and a lodgement. It has often oc curred to the writer that, if any one pass ion or feeling bearing the semblance ot evil be more hateful or more unaccoun tably strange than another, it is envy. Base envy that withers another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. excited, but-thagrined at the march his competitors had stolen on him; by I their peculiarly stem of electionering. ''The demons were swooping and whirling about his "-fated head. ; Whilst Edward was lost in a painful reverie, Dr.; Dun- I .' ' :.L V; 'l.lj . : .. iaj wn . .up wiw iiia uiuuuesi srniie, and pressed bim to go and treat the crowd.. lie refused to do so; but with apparently some slight hesitation; At this juncture, -old Mr." Stanley ap proached the two, and clapping Edward on the shoulders, said, with a sort of good uaiuicu, Buinorauvr tone, Come, old fellow, voir must go and take a horn with your feUow-citiaerra, or the effects of all your fine speeches for Jackson will be lost eptirely." ,. x.0. wara louowed him with relutance ; tor his good common sense told him that he was leaving the path of safety. The tiae oi. popular lavor was turned in his favor by the tide of infuriating poison let loose upon the topers. From that day till the election was concluded, he drank more and treated more than any body else. Andrew Jackson was dulv elected president The reaction conse quent upon all undue excitement r.u . on Edward's spirits with a leaden weight. T : r- l, ,1 i . :, .... , . . . uuc ii au iuoi us udiurai and simple charms, end the "steep or fame" seem ed rugged and thorny. . , i ne once uooie .coward was soon a confirmed drunkard a harsh, cruel hns band. - His father was in despair. The mute agony of his stricken wife was un heeded. The very furies seemed to have unsurped the place of reason. His downward course to ruin was marked by every species oi cruelty, in less than three years, fortune health and reputa tion were all wrecked and gone forever The catastrophe of his life was awful in tne extreme. " ft was the wild midnight,. A storm was in the sky , Tbetighlning gave its light And the thunder echoed try." Cheating gamesters were chuckling with ncnuisu giee over tne proceeds ol tbeir crart and fraud. Dunlap wins Edward McDonough's last thousand dollars in bank stock. Heated by brandy and made desperate by the losses he had sustained. Edward was slung to madness by some tannting expressions that fell from . the lips ot . Dunlap. , Seizing an iron bar woicn lay in the room, he clove the head of the tempter in' twain. Edward rushed from the horrible scene. The murderous pistol is applied to his own aching feverish bead a sudden crash and the pale ghost, with a shriek, takes us nignt irom- earth. ' - ! captain McDoaoaeh sank into the tomb, broken-hearted and desolate, refu sing to be comforted. The lovely Julia never spoke nor smiled again. - Upon the soul of Stanley there rested a shad ow. He saw that his influence had kn on the side of the infernal towers, and nis soui snranK irom the contemplation oi tne mischief it had wrought. Our holy religion and temperance total ab stinence from that time till the davof u: j .t . . iu oenn, received nis most earnest and undivided attention. In the mean time, he retired to the country ind built a fine mansion, whither he invited the pious and the intelligent He was public-spirted and charitable he was much ven to hospitality. But the social glass was banished from his board, and over the aoorot me principal entrance to his house were written, in large capitals, these significant words : ' hold jot THE CUP TO THY BROf Hir's LIP." and Af- ' down to posterity. Ut nrf nf remrtU the. license, law as an eviL and we P" T?FaI .J" oar peculiar southern i lw , -jffl study and sober refleo wguWe itself," Uthoseecus) joined with observation, he Was constitution, our laws, institutions. iWi. It ig eur eoafidenee i the Lecisla-I imnmnnv n. convinced that their legitimate and car- tore that makes as call en that body for as-t facts and arguments, establishing the necessity 1 tain tendency was to develop all the ele of assutanoe f . imenlsol nauonal creatness.. ueiore ap- CUef Justice Kaflin remarks, thafmaav nlvinff for admission to the bar. he scent despatfof asncesss-te .be.wished for by UL wh0ie summer, in rambling 'miofthe WfW"???-" uuTvizU ind spurs of the Blue. Ridge,., He ounaiowiesigm 101 Jleewraf saw mouhtaihs, crags, f ales steeps, and favor a cause so highly, promoting its own obv , . , h "w' wr" iects. the Chief Justice, becaule tie Law watet-faUs presenting every feature and compelled him to refuse to Magistrates power "nge lbe sublime ap,d tjie besutiful. The doctor, envious of Edward's fame and 'distinction, by which his own con sequence in the family of the wealthy and respected father-in-law was sensibly diminished, had vowed in his base heart that this rival this bright lumin ary of the family and of the state should suffer an eclipse.- Having heard of Ed ward's early tendency to drink to ex cess, and knowing old Mr. Stanley's fondness for his morning dram, his plans were quickly and artfuly formed. He determined to make Edward a drunkard and that their mutual father-in-law should be the sub-agent jo the consummation of the crime. He resorted to the. most in genious sophisms to- convince the old gentleman that. Ed ward's popularity, and consequently his usefulness, depen ded opon the moderate and judicious use of ardent spirits, both in drinking and in treating.,, Nor was. an opportunity favorable to the accomplishment , oX bis . . r ' j i ' . neianuus iie&itrua luug m .presenting w self. ., A(ter ft keen and exciting debate before a large concourse ol. people, to ward and toe other candidates rmngreo with the crowd but it was. evideat! to ail'that bis.ioppoaents Werer getting the advsntaga of him, inasmuch as ha stood aloof from the ." whiskey barrels. .- bd- THE TIFF; ' ! OR, JEREMY SHORT GIVING IN HIS XX' , w . . . P,EBISRC.E -, As thistles wear the softest down. To hide their prickles till they're gseern, And then declare themselves, and tear, . Whatever ventures to come near. ' ' ' HunrBRAS. " How are you, my dear fellow ? John. a chair for Mr. Graham excuse my ris ing, you see I'm gouty -beefstakes and bumpers have done it at last ; and onlv sixty-seven, I'm really begining to feel old." What and yet reading a novel I" Yes : I was reading of a young vira go, who, with the appearance of an an gel, bad the temper ot a demon. I felt the more interested in toe subject be cause she reminds me of the heroine of that picture (he one over the mantle- piece The Tirr," I call it." " I have often, heard you sav, Jeremy that there was a story connected with it Tel! me the tale." - - " ; Well stir op. the- fire take a che. root. John, retire till you're called and now, my dear lad, we'll be as cosy for the rest of the evening as if we'd just eaten a Thanksgiving. dinner,, and had .had our nil ot boiled turkey , and oyster sauce, , ' Blessed.be the man,' as Sancbo r anza says ot , sleep, that -first invented turkeys though to my, taste, it 'would be better if fliey all ran , about. ready 'boiled, 'Wimmtng. in gravy and orslers. ' But t my tale. - 1 1 '. ' When I Was about twenty fhat was in ; the year lHUa cotemporaneons, believe, with your grand-father's riage I knew as pretty a girl as ward was not only thirsty and greatly I sewed a sampler on week-days, or car ried, her prayer-book, on,, Sundays, to cnurcn. -. 7., , , . , i . ". Bella Belgrave was the beauty of the district. Her step Was such as a dryad's might, be supposed tq be ; Jier eyes were as oazzlmg as tbe sun at nooa- day ; ber lips were.mgrant as strawber ries, and twice as sweet ; and her voice sir, it you could have beard it,, you would have fancied that a mghleogale had nestled in her throat, or that St. Ce cilia herself was coma down from, heav en., At twenty, a man falls in love as naturally as he takes to smoking; and be does both, I suppose, to prove him self full-grown. Well, I soon lost; my heart to Bella. Nor wis my suit , hope less. I am handsome yet, as you see don't laugh at me you young scapegrace and, of course,, I was handsome ,: at twenty. . I wrote poetry, too, which won gul a hearts then just as. moustache does now; and I had a pre ,ty , little for tune ;, so . I was soon the accepted lover ot Bella. .,' ,J! Bella possessed but one faults-she had a deuce of a temper. . .Now, . a little sharpness in a wife may occasionally be very excellent, just to spice tne mono tony of matrimony, as mustard spicet beef; but too much of it is as bad as spilling the contents of a whole; peper box in your plate, when, you had just is ken the last wt ot what was nice oi the table.. Nof that Bella was what is call ed quick-tempered -I often wish -she had been for it is better to blow ff etv peiabundantateam ftow and then, than to keep it screwed stubbornly down, tilk. some day, a grand cxploeioa takes place, that sends every thirtg t kingdom come. Uulortunately, Bella took clients easily, and then ' nursed her. wrath to keep it warm.' She bad been so moch. petted that nothing short ot abject slavery, oft the part of a lover would, suit her ; and i'faitb, I grew tired at last, as you shall hear. . . 'One day I had been srngihs to her a ballad she had asked me to write to some of ber music, when one of her friends came in a dashing little crea ture she was since a great grandmoth er, my lad, with three hundred and fifty iineai aescenaanis. egaa ana L, as in duty bound, did my best to'be agreeable. Scarcely, however, had the visiter gone. wnen tseiia, witn a lace like a thnnder- crond, began, Mighty sociable yoc and Alice Green are V she said,. ' I suppose you're half in love with he'r rtillf I al ways heard yoa were her devoted d Mi rer.' '" - ' - Now Bella,' I saiff, dbli't ; be jeal-' ous : S ' ' ; ,' ' "' I "'Jealous!' she exclaimed, stafhrJinj;' her little foot,. while ber: eyes flashed fire; ! it is time to be jealous, sir, when -every pretty face you meet tempts yOa to neglect me.: But I'm not jealous--I'm only ashamed of yoa, sir.' ; 'Myriear, lovely creature,' I began i again,, trying to take her band. But she jerked it pettishly away. . T Don t dear me,' she Broke forth ' you: know you don't love-. me; yoa never. come here more than once a day, while Harrv Saville, whom i dismissed for voa more fool I used to be here three times a day, and always dined with as on Sundays.' . -.i '1 began to grow red in the face, I assure you, at being thus talked to ; bat mastered mv raze you know I'm a meek man, it's because of that I was chosen president of the Peace Society and said meekly, 'Bella, dear don't be loolish! 1 love you better than all the' rest of your sex put together; but yoa . musn t expect me to neglect, nay,.jssult by my rudeness, every other' woman 1 1 meet Once foi all let this be understood . between us. . . . a vn t , .i. " Woman's rights were not Vet thought' of my boy, and wives were expected . t obey their husbands, as bature and scrip-! ture command.-! 1 deemed it high- time for asserting ray prerogatives, and spoke accordingly.., 'Yesf I repeated, yoit are unjust; you ask too. much my dear. Bella.' : . -, . . -.-. i " She made no answer, but tat sullenv sulky. I again attempted to take bar band, and, thinking I had spoken too. harshly, used a tone of mild persuasion. - But she only replied by "jerking her hand, away, and removing her chair from me. : I expostulated with her; I told her how, idle was her jealousy; but, the- more earnestly I defended myself, the faither she hitched her chair round, until she - brought its back directly against that of mine. - . - - : . " I now gave up explanations and sat silent. 'rler pettishness began to open my eyes- She bad always bees unrea sonably exacting; Her vanity iot aver ran a head of possible atteatioos; and' the jealousy, thus uojitsthr entertained, ! yet continually smothered by ber sullen temper, was now finally come to a crisis. As I atom an occasional, glance at her o ver my shoulder, I saw no longer any' beauty in that sulky face. ; My love was fast changing into- anger. I asked my self why I had so long submitted to her tyranny. 1 '.' ' - ; Yet, fearing thai I might be also in the wrong, though unconscious bow,' I made a last effort, after we had sat for some time in silence, to conciliate her. Fur this purpose 1 threw my hand o mar- ever