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BY ROB'T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, APRIL <>, 1851). VOL. X. NO. 37.
SELIEOVEE) .POETRY
crri::.. . . . -:
A Voice from Honveii"
1 tfliitiQ iii tlie light of Go'!,
11 i.i likeness stump* my brow. [trod
Through t lie slmdow of ilvut h my feet liuvo
Ami I reign in K'orJ" now.
No breaking heart is, hero,
No keen and thrilling pain,
K<? wast ?d check, where the frequent tdnr
Ilntli roiled and lelt Its ftain.
1 have found the joy of Heaven,
I tun one of the angel hand,
To my iieiid n crown is given,
.iiiu ii iuir]> in 111 my iinnil ;
I h?v? Icm-neil tho fong Hioy xlng
Wliolil JccllH It lit 11 llMl'to I'VtfO.
Ami the glorious Imlls of Meiivon still ring
.Will* my now-born melody.
Jso ?iu, no grief. no pnin,
iSal'c in my liniipy homo ;
My fours uro tl?i|, my doubts nil slain,
My hour of triumph conic.
Oh! tricntla ol' inv moYtnl vcirfH,
Tlift Irn-itetl uiul the true.
Sonus walking mill in tlio villa of lours, I
1 vrult to woluoini! you.
Do t forget T oh no!
Kor memory's poUen chain
Rl.till I.I...I ..." ...LI ...
>. ??< w.m-i ih,i iiv-<>>- iu iiic ueuris uclow,
Till Ilicy meet an<l touch itgniu*
i linl; is hIlong nnd bright,
Anil love's clcotrlc ttumo
Flows freely down, like n river of light,
To tins worl 1 from whcnce I einne.
l)o vo\l mourn when another star
Hliines out in (lie glittering sky ?
Do yoil w<?oj? when tlio voice of will"
AmLtlie rage of conflict die?
Tlitm why do yotir tears roll ilown
Anil your hearts lie sorely riven,
l\ir another gem in ilie Saviour's crown
Anil ntiother soul in lleuven ?"
t 1 .'J'l1..1 - '.I 1 1 11 ! - -U
??]30?!L!LA'K!V.
THE THREE BRIDES.
A T11KM.UNO SToltY.
" !"><> you sec," said (lie Sexton, " those
three hilh yks yonder, vide by side? Tlicre
sleeps threo Ijrides, whose history I am
about to relate, I^iok there, sir?on yonder
hill you may observe a little desolate
[t with a little struggling fence in fp Kf
and a few stunted apple trees on the ascent ;
behind it. It is. sadly out of repair now, j
and the garden is overirrown witli I
iiuil brambles, nnd the whole place has a I
desolate oppeuraute. It' the winds were I
high now, you might hear their crazy shut- I
torn flapping agniiiht tlicir hides, and the !
vim! tearing the grey shingles oft' the r<x>f. j
Muuy years ago there lived in that house
un old man who cultivated the few nc^ea of
ground that belonged to it.
" Tho father was a jnnn, deeply
versed in the mysteries of science, and
us lie could tell the name of cyery flower
that hlo.-somed in the wood or grew in tho
garden, and usOd to sit up late at night at
hi# hooks', or reading the mystic story of j
tho 8tarry heavens, men thought ho was
jcruzed or bewitched, and avoided hiiu as
the ignorant ever shun the gifted and the
enlightened. A few there were, and among
others, the minister, the lawyer, and the
physician of the place, who showed a willingness
to afford hiiu couiiUtmuicc/ hut
they soon dropped his acquaintance, for
they found the old man somewhat reserved
nnd morose, and moreover their vanity was
ilfAlllMIAft rw?* iIIui.a.'.au!..-- lL* -----
.... uiovvvvnilg UIO CXIOIIl Ot lll? j
knowlcd^.
"To tho minister lie would quote the
fathers and tho script ures in the original
tongue; ntid showed himself well untied with
tho won pons of polemic controversy, lie
astonished the lawyer with his profound acquaintance
with jurisprudence, and the
physician was surprised at the extent of
his medical knowledge. So nil of them de,..i
* -?
mtvu mm, una tne minister, troin whom
ho differed in some trifling point of doctrirtu,
spoke very lightly of hi in, and by
tind by looked on the self-educated farmer
With eyes of aversion,
" Ifc instructed his son in all his lore-?
the language, history, sc-vipture, philosophy
and Kuienee. wore unfolded one by
one, to the enthusiastic son of the solitary.
" Years rolled away and the old man
died. He died when a storm convulsed
the faco of nature"; when the wind howled
nrmmrl (lin jlmlt.M'A.111 ' '* 1 '
mu snyllO) vt i u VI l.l I I 11 , i I 1111 II1 (! 11^ 111"
i)ing plnyod above tJio roof, and though bo
went to heavun in fnithnnd purity, the vulStrtr
tliouglrt, mid fluid that the Kvil.One
md claimed hi? own in tlfe elements. 1
cannot paint to you the gr'n:f of Ins son at
thin bereavement. He wnij tor ft nidhient
onto distracted. Tbo minister oftine uiid
muttered u few hollow phranofl in his ear,
nnd u fawneigh boritfri in polled by eu.vjeity,
to see tho interior of it? dwellihi?. auhu> ?n
tho fuaor.tl. With n proud nod lofty look,
the Hon stood ub'?vo tho diist and the dend(
in tho midat of tliq btiiol of hH?Otvitieai
mouruorfl) wli'n u pr,pg r.l V.is h&irtjp but
foronlty upon hi? focnv Ho thanked his
friends for their kinduwM, ?<sknoAvl*?dj:0(J
their eourto.sy, and then H+4K>d ?\rny 'from .
the gruve, to bury IviA irrief ill tho nrlvnn*
? r /
of Ip.h (lofiortej
O&k ' lie t'ound, lit hint, tlic milituilo of the
trfanniori almost itiHUpportiiblo, and l?o pne- ;
t-jl tlio ebouy floor, froi?! yirruinp tiil io^K*
iu nil iho ugoiiy of*.wed ami (Isolation,
V s-aiuly importuning hoavoii fur I(
?iiino to him in tlio guise of fioci'm iuHpinfr '
turn, lie wrote wUb^woncjQffM pow^r.r^Pu<i*n
nf#
_ _T p?aw vodiviivin tap J>n?|lDO poll,
jilnuwt'Avithv^l effort, >;nd there W?b u tiitc
Vrl.ff.i ho dreamed (vain fool) of iuunortflU
ity. $o>no of hU production*) onmo bofovo
the Worlqj 'l'h^y wor? prulaod and circu.
luted, nud inquiries sot on foot irt tho^ope
I 1 ' < *%t' ? ? t V - IJf /? ? , . / . 0-1 * .1
VI ai?COV?llMJJ tuv ftuiuvr. **v; tTMJijjiEli
< ir'
m *
iii the veil of iiupcHetmOlo obscurity, Ijs
toned to tin; voiev of npu'luufie ; more doli
eious because it wiis obtained by stijiiltll.?
From the obscurity of .yonder lone tnnn
H*lon, and from that region, to send l'nrtl
lays which netouislied the world, was in
deed " triumph to the viaionury bard.
" H'ir thirst for fame had boon gratifies
and lie now began tv> yearn for the com
|>:inioiisliip of sonic sweet being of the sof
Icriifllt. Inslmro I.I ? *1.?. 1 1- - L
v m * ma vuv itiin i-in ur inn
won, and to wh'mper coiiKolatioii in his 0:1
in the moment* of dispondency, and t
supply tl?" Void which the death of a fiith
cp had occasioned! lie would piciitro t
hinn- 't'tho felicity of a refined intercours
with aiiiiihlv intellectual and beautiful Wc
man, ami as he had chosen for hirf mott<
' Whatever has been dotiC may bo done,'
lie diil aot donnair of success.
' In the village lived three sisters. ?1
j beautiful and accomplished. Thcit ntiiuc
i were Mufy, (Adelaide and Madeline. I ar
faV enough past the sigedf enthusiasm, bu
j I neVor can fur get tin; beauty of thes
j young fjirls. Mitry was the youngest, an
a fairer haired, more laughing damsel ne\
er danced upon the green. Adelaide, wh
was a few years older, wag dark-haired am
pensive; but of the three, Madeline, Hi
eldest, possessed the most fire, spirit, eu
(iviiti'in, and intellectuality. Their fathei
a inn. >f taste and education, and boih
Somewhat above the vulvar prejudices, pel
milted the visits of the hero of my ston
Still, he did not enoourage the affection h
found springing tip between Mary and th
poet. When, hoNvewr, ho found that he
t affection was engaged he did not withhol
his consent from tlieir marriage, and th
recluse bore to his mansion the young brid
of hit; uft'cotionw, 0, sir the housj presente
a new appearance within and without.
''Hoses bloomed in the garden, jess:
mines peeped through the lattices, and tli
Uvlds about it smiled with the effects ?.
careful cultivation. Lights were seen i
the parlor in tho evening ; uud many
tjtitc would the passenger pause by th
g;ite to listen to strains (if the sweetest mu>
ic Ureuthcd by choral voice? from the c-??t
tag?. If the uiynlcrious Htudont and hi
wife had been neglectod by the uoi^liboir
what cared tlu'y? Their enduring uiutu;i
affection made their home a little fturndinc
Hut death entile to Kden. Mary sudden!
fell sick, and after a few hours' illness, diet
in the nrms of her husband and her siste
Madeline-. Thin was the student's seeoii'
i.mi ai: ?
ivin y cinilUilVni*
" Uays, tnontltn rolled oil. and the sobie
of the bereaved' Was to sit with the sister
of the deceased and talk of the lost one.1To
Adelaide ho offered his widowed heart
The bridal waft not one of revelry and ntlrth
Vet they lived happily, and the rose a?j;aii
blossomed in the gffltden. Hut it sooniei
as if fatality pursued this singular 111:111.Wlien
the rose withered and the leaf fel)
in the mellow autumn of the year, Adelnid
tookielccned and died, like her sister, ii
the arms of her husband and Madeline.
" Perhaps ?isu will think it strange
young man, that after all, the wretched sin
vivdr stood Again at the idtAf. Madeline
I well remember her. She was a bfenut
in the Iruo tfeiMe of the world?she tl'iigh
have sat upon a thrOfie, and the most loyn
subject, the pvpudest peer would hav
sworn the blood in her veins descendc*
from a lmndred kin^s. J?ho loved the wid
owed fur his fame, and she Wedded him.
" They were married in that church-r-i
was on a (jiimiuer afternoon-?I recollect i
wiill. During the ceremony, the blaekci
cloud I evel- saw overspread the hojiyen
and thy moment this bride pjronflilinccd he
vow, a olap of thunder shook the buildin
to its centro.' All tlio females shrieked
but tho bride' herself inado tlie respons
with a stt?n<lv nml liff <?v?a
- -j -r~i -%>v" hy"r"v'
with a wild tire as she <^azed upon lier bride
groom. When they arrived at Ins bouse
she sunk upon the threshold; but this wa
tlic timidity of the maiden.
, When they wore ulonc, lie clasped lie
litnid, nnd it was cold as ioe ! llo louket
into her fao.&> Maiden," soys ho, "yrhu
mean* this.'( Your cheek in an pale as you
iveduinjjj;owi?." The bride uttered a i'run
tic shriek. " .My wedding gown !'r ex
claimed ?ho; " no, no? this is my sister'
shroud ! The hour of contusion has ar
rived, J is (Sod that impels mo to speak
To win you, 1 lost mv own soul. Yes. ve
V 7 'J J
-~I am a murdorew ! She smiled on in
in tlio joyous affection of )?nr young licnr
?ljufc 1 her the 'fatal drug. Ado
laide twined her white utfng around in:
iieok, but I administered the pofsou ! Tak
me to v0ur arms; 1 huvo lost my soul fo
you, and tmueyou must be!"*
u And than," continued hevhi a holloa
vuirw, " HI llllll llKIUIUIlt vain^ the Liiitiidc.'
iinU the frnufy wonum full daul on th
floor !" Tlirt tounlcuaiioo of th& nftrruto
nil lio folt.
" ;Vnd tho fo'Htfefctooln!" nsked I, " tli
httxbuiul of the dontVoycr au'?l the vivthpy?
what hocftiiic V?f them V
' " ffc ftamh In jure, i/ouwas tho' thril
lific artswer.
^ < v /r ,
A Wkstkrk orator bavin $ deHVoml him
tlic fnllotriri^t "'1'lirt glorious Ai*?ri
CitVi Kngle.'^wliivh -ivith onf? timCon-thi
AtJnntic and tlio lather on the l'aciffo ?otuta,'
lio wii" uoaMn to proccej liny further. }
tiywndffrL ^oitie toltolliidefOT no
hhrtoinl tb?c cmcHy'OoniiwdUd to "wjretH
bilnwelf," oxekimt*!, "My foetid, if yo<
don't mUVvcy<M*pajfa prottj e<>on he'H
?
m
t
i-i Hoc lutorvsatioa \
- 1 We published yesterday. an article from t
- tlie Charleston Kveninjj; News, adverse to 1
- our position in favovof uo further iiitovven- 1
It tion on flic part of Congress with thelites- t
* tion of slavery in the Territories. The
News aecopts the po!Uic;d, hut not the pro
i perty aspect of nonintervention. This, wc '
. believe, lias already been amply provided
- for. Slaves are. r6eo?jni'/.ed as property (]
:l in the Territories, and is there entitled to (
r the same protection givflii to other property
i) by an appeal to the judicial tribunal. In I
- j the event ot' any effort tocqnfiseate property. >
i) the owner could at onee in. .it '.'.te action for j 1
e , recovery under the fugitive slave law ; the I '
A?f,Jl ? ..e ...i :' 1 -ii .. > ? 1
vuiin v;viin"ni tu miiicii v ougrcss lias aireariv i
?, provided tor, and thus supplied whatever ;
ofHcuoy (here way be in :i Congressional :
law. Or if the case he carried to the courts, |
II iitid subjected to the course supposed by the j
s News, the execution of the decision would j
n rot with the I'nited States Marshall of that !
I . District, and, if his authority were resisted
c ; Congress has already provided for such a
d | contingency hy authorizing the President
- i to call out the military, as was done in the
o | fugitive slave ease in Huston and in the
il Kansas rebellion. An additional Congrese
sional act cuvild do no more?why urge ,
I- j it f Congress does not possess executive I ,
J power. Wo deny any right on the pari 1 t
: of si territorial government to pass laws
i> excluding or prohibiting shivery; still we
f. beliovo the constitutionality of all questions
o that may arise, must be determined by
c the courts. That was the purport of the
:r Clayton Compromise, for which Mr. (JhI-j
d houn and Jud-jce lbitlor both voted; and
o #!,.,? ..i ? ' * '
v. | vmiv| n/V) wv-n.il v; niil > U JTUJUTl \ 11?L * I T.' 'v I |
e additional Congrt..s-io;inl protection oi (!>< 1
tl fugitive slave law, which extends to the ;
Territories as well as to the States. That 1
i- was also tho purport of the Nebraska-Kiine
i sas hill, for which the South voted. Such, j
if too, was the understanding of our South- I
n ; ern men when they voted for it. Mr. j
a ! JJreekenridge used the following language:
c J "The rights of property under the Con- |
)- j stitution, as well as legislative action, is j
- j property left to the decision of the Feders
i al Judiciary." Col. Orr, Mr. Stehpons, 1
i, and Mr. lionjaniin, who used the strong i
il I language that a (lainirig sword was to guard ?
>. 1 nil access of this question to Congress, all 11
y j regarded the. question as having heou re- j
J . furred to the people of the Territory, subr
j jcet to appeal to the'oourts. Senator Ma- f
s.i j ewu very juituy rcnuii'Koa, that from tlio (.
I experience t lit; Southern people hud, he s
c ; did not know that wc fuijiht not quite an 1
s [ ??fuly trust tlio pcopld am (Vingrcft*. #Judge
- ! Hntler said ho was willing that the people "
. } should he deputed to pa.-.s such laws ax 0
. , may bo within their constitutional coiupe- j
n tcney. .Senator Hunter reaiarked that the J
J | bill proposed to leave differences that may (]
? ! :irisi> tn flu? !?** *?/?* ?.*_ u'l1..
... V/I lliw WUIIO, J u J S
, , that fviburtal," Ho sayn, ' f am willing to i 1
e j leave tliis, ii,s it wim unyc bofprc proposed t
u ty bo loft by the celebrated compromise of J
the Senator from Delaware."
, Mr. lirown, from Mississippi, who now
.. calls for Congrc.<winu?l intervention, then [
said, " my frioqd from Michiclttl and my- tl
y sulf, differ very widely as to what are the u
t powers of u. Territorial Ijogislaturo?but x
,] both of us concurring in the opinion tluit 1
e it is a question to bo decided by the ^purta j
j and not by Congress." Ho wo might go
[. on quoting, but wo have already givon c
enough. i
^ \Yc hoe from tho above thflt tlio Kansas i
t act wius a eomn^oniikc, itt which both par- ?
t tictf agreed to ictwe ell question*, involving 1
s alnvery, to judicial arbitrament. For ourgulf
we are perfectly willing to abide by c
t the romilt; knowing that wliatevcv addi- *
I t ion id law OongrosB m:iy enact, would after ^
^ ali be left to the people for enforcement? |
j and is therefore flimply tbip'crerogant, so ^
fur ah any practical good. in concerned.? x
Ho satisfied ore wc on this poilit, thi\t \f*i v
^ cannot but believe that Senators Brown c
and Davis both understood it, and were ?
practicing n trick very common with our V
r tlolitic.illllR of vmn intr unlit I v
, _ ^ - l/?l?| j J,
first to one Hide unci then to the other, fo | j
* it.H to rveorw ile both Hides. Those gentle-| ,,
r men were fearful lent tlioir hint HumfaiWi *
speochca tuny have Injured Ihcm in tho c
confidencei of the ultra Southern party, nnd "
* therefore thought it necessary for thorn to u
" i veer n little. Wo would not give tho, H
* ' pnfohmeut upon which It was written for ft.
M j Congressional slavery code for the 'J erri(:
( tories. Its only effort would he to enkiu- {
( [ die that repugnance to force, which lmrnn ^
!* j it\. the bosom of everjf AmericiUi, and thus, ,f
' 11.) insure roiufliii ut mat protection, wlnoli, | I
0 I under a peaceful inhabitation, was accord- ?
1 | ed to it in Illinois, Oregon, Culifovnio, und d
j recently in 2tfcw Mexico. It is ft remark- J
v : able fact Unit, with the exception of Khih o
. j Mis, h"?' Territories h?v? '?Kvnv.s exnibitod I ?
o , conservatism, in. reference. tho iu?titu- v
r , tions of the South. And Kansas only for- i
j mcd the exception bcoansc of this very faot c
u : that tho Northern agitator# studiously nnd >'
- zimIdIIhIv fiii'uitMih'il tKfl llm) tlifl I'
-j ?-mhv vv ? j.
crul Government was .trying jbo forcc slave- *
ry into that Territory- v
,, The att^mjpf to )wm fluc}i a la^r would 0
revive agitation and emigrant aid sooietiu*, o
both of wliic^t arc dying <>ut?would give )j
" additional strength to the ltepublioan.H, ?
J iimi would place tiu: iSoutli in the jXwution
' ,t?f rpeoilir.g lYtuu a principle to whioU hIic y,
I has fufly coiMiuitUul licrnolf. If wo uV>klc ?'
" W iilmigNMnional mHi-intorvontion* thhi ?
* #fovery <jHe.stlon would disappftnr from Con- v
* Ijrww, and1 ?}?? Territories would Ik* ?cttlod ?
tf|? lty ?muict aitft Jfcrfoofttl yrtputotion, iu s
* r /
rhoni w.e would place iniinitcly inure reliance j
1ihii in Congress?and wherever the soil and
:li;n:?te w.;re suitable, there slavery Would j
>o established. Just such a state of ?|uiet
he Abolitionists are dreadfully afraid of.
( South Oi rot in in ii.
loquainted, Wooed and Won in Only j
tr '
uiA nvursA
Cincinnati paper gets up the following, i
mil.it* alone responsible I?all the dainitgc !
Iij?t may attach to its publication :
An irieident occurred on the Little Miami i
'ail road yesterday morniuj*. which outstrip*, |
n poiitt of spoed ami enterprise, although in i
i somewhat dificicnt Held, the lightning ex- I
jrtj!i.s, fifty eoniK n mile," special achieve-!
nc.lt wllil'll 111 lOITlll'll dill lilitivnrr ill' ?!..? -
;ent fanning ticfatCtltion "rnport" in 11 >is ? it v. !
I'l.C fact!* uro about tluia: A holy Miniow liiit <
Unit period of life which the worbl
Vollhl 1?! rm " youii^"?although she nrj;lit i
lifter with tliuni? wiih on Iter wny to llii? j
ty. l'ur purpose* connected wi h active in- ,
lu>trv. At iv punt on tin? rond. a traveler j
nok tli's train, who happened to enter the '
;ar in which tlic voting lady occupied a vent. '
After walking up and down between tin?
units, tl 10 guntloimvn found no unocc.upicd ,
seat, exeept tlie one ball'of that upon which i
,1ns holy had deposited her predion h nelf ami
uinoline?the latter very modestly oxpan- '
live. Making n virtue of nocosnitv? \ <
lee!' berth or a litllcselfusMiraneo?In: nunl- '
)?<tly Inquired if tlio lady had a follow trav- '
ilor, and took a f^ont. i
As tile train How along with exprosR ?pccd, i
ho twu utrangers entered into eo/.y cjjnvur>ation,
ami mutual i xpla nation*. The genhnunn
was (denied, ami the la(l\ eortninly
Jill not jiout. After ulhor sulijeut* had been
liaiHiHs-cvl, niul worn threadbare, tlio hnlv \
nade inquiries as to the prieo of a mowing
midline, ami wlieiOHiu h an articlo oouh he
mrchased in thUoity* The gontlon)jin vonurod
the opinion that she had hottm- socuro I
t husband first?" This opened the way for
mother brunch of conversation, and tlio broten
field was industriously cultivated.
]Jy the tinio the train arrived at the depot I
n (his city, the gentleman had proposed and |
)ecn accented, although the lady afnrwards |
tcelared sue regarded St all as a pood joke.? !
I'he parties separated, the gentleman all in ;
;ood earnest ..started ibv a license, ami tiio J
ady made her way to a hoarding house, on 1
Jroadway, ahove Third .street, for her dinner i
Vt two o'clock the gentleman returned with u |
icoiiHO anil a Justice, to tho great astonish- j
uciit of tho fair one, ami afto.- a fmv tearsj
ina hnlf reinonstrativo oxpresnion^, tdie sub- j
liltted'with bec<in>inginodp?ty, and the Squire i
lorfomicil the liulo ceremony in a twiuk- |
inft. i
Last evening tho happy couple departed j
iir Louisville en route for Now Orleans* ami j
J aliform a. It thin in not a fast country, a j
catch warrant would hardly succeed 111 find- 1
n J5 one.
Eveuktt'sopinion ok rr,: ik \ v i?nf rnv I
' lit; litis given t'? Franco tin; strongest govrmncnt?equivlilotit,
1 four, in that enunry
to the best government?wlticli she lias !
md since tlio downfall of his uncle, lio has I
omph'.ted publie works. beneath which the
ungnificent profusion of Iiouis the Fourteenth |
taggorod. Ilo has decorated and improved
'uris boyond all his predecessors on tlio j
hrone, ami projected and accomplished the j
mist gigantic undertakings throughout the
ntdfior aud along the Const of Frnnce.-^broad
ho has consolidated the conquest of
Vli;eria?maintained an undoubtful niniM'inr. !
IV f'>r LVance over the urnres of Kn^htnd
ss.Otsinted with Iter in the Crimen ; formed
i lirrn alliance with Mroivt Uiitiiln, against
I'hmn his unclo wrtgoil an iiitcrnceino war
or twenty years ; and has restored his counry
to hor lurinor rank iu'thft polities of Kuope.
In accomplishing those objects, tlio
jrctm has been fotter&d and tlio tribune allmeed,
and those liberties, which the Anglo>a.xon
mind regards a? thy final cause of the
iidtlfoal societies *?f men, h?i\c been jrriov
i !> -? - i - ? >
.-c.j Huuuzuii, uiii ATimcts ims yni 10 snow
hut uheiscnp.ibloofonjoying them in peucp.''
A FrtKJiiTt'L i.Sc'KNK.-^Ycftonlrty luofrtjng,
in the roof of a thr<?e tdory hotifo on Water
treet, "n .young man was (standing lin the
omb of tliv roof, repairing a chimney, wlion, >
lie shingles being wet and slippery, lie lost I
lis foothold, and ?Jid slowly down, feet fore? j
nost. to tlift oaves. T>v?> or three persons j
vlio witnessed tlie newident, turned away nick j
rith terror. Although tho man nude.every I
tt'ort to gain a hold, no moved slowly down, j
.wl wna only ohftdkod from falling on thu
mvomotlt bctow by u wafer spnot
t'hjeh his'foot onme in contact. lint fur thin
mil obstruction, lie n)ii*t luivc been (Incited
nto n slmnclew nni??. (tyith<>]U uttering ty
iy Tor npljVj thto yoV)ng ninn kicked off liis.
Iio0?, ntld proeeodod to ascend, whioti u6i?itc-.
ceded i; doiog and wont to work at bitvcliihv
icyrt^ain, appium tly uinjHiicerne.d nbmit an
cciaeiit which had made tin? oye-witnepsc*
ick wit!) ton or.'? Wheeling ^ f ?.) ptij er.
A WiVhtNiv,, 1>.M "X,, Tr.A.1 i* ?i:
-- '?? ? 1
miriieyinnn printer, died nt iJftioit ii*w\r
ays ago. ufiar wtindoring over n largo portion
f tlrj world. According l? tljo Ohio StateHtup,
lio was bauisluul from liudcu, Gcrjnany/
?r participating in the rovolutitm of IHHS.-tle
reached the United Stntcsjuijt in tinio to
wlnnu'or in tho Mextunn wnr. nnd wns wanned
nnd dii*fifgaift: lor Hl'o at tlie hnttlc of
Jncna Vista. After, the war h? traveled
k-oiu .Hume to I<ouiMuim, and tolhe t; ?>ntici"f*
f eivilisttioti, n* ti jdurn^yiiiiiii printer ; tfomthe
? ?? Onrm'Hii pupor ovorpublisli(I
in Sim Franutvoo; unin<e<pieiitly joined ft
lien tribal cmnpanv in Ujnci>innti, ami ?n?
forvwhoro kw>iv^ a* a aoliolar. pout, nuM'ctin
and wit. Ilo never Kt?\y?>d rtt one plueo
>?i^ enough h?*enH it hi? b'm?e, but
r;Tie wont he loft friends \v|h> admirod l?Js
. vtn0j)liimrv Intent* and his cluraeteristic
agarie*. llo uoulil i*pii\ u Varn, wfino ft p<?m,
make a t?pf?ch, tort;* a "oiig. brtoij^n moldy
from a guitar, or tif> a ula:*# ot?-In^or
eer with iineuimind aniirit nii.l r.,isinuinilitun I
? I ? " ' ; |
lojmnco. ,
7 * ' T? - ,y, .1
A acimiblo colored iuuu> ?m " cori- |
cntioii yf liia brethren in New Vvrlc, gave j
lie following cut dirput" Their, hay Wn |
?r?|t do;d <>f capital sheared froiu ouv |
roo), but wn have got none of the profit* I
nd trfc should hot he ?raiim hyfuve the
lusters any longor./ *' : I
} :, *Bt, - *
The Bearing tff Farming Tfpdil HealthThis
view lit' agricultural pursuits is almost
wliolly overlooked hy tin- young when
they are deciding upon their course for life.
Tl}? chief tiling thought of, is the pecuniary
aspect of h profession or calling. That
business is 'chosen which promises the l?rgest
and ijuiekust returns. " Let the golden
stream be (illicit ami violent" is the
prayer of the multitude, a prayer often an- f
* 1 1 ? * . \
> wrreu, Ulllf ill ino expense Ol llC;:]tll UUlt"
life. Tbo full} of such it choice is appa- t
tent enough to all who are not personally '
interested in it, ami tbcmiserable victims
themselves bitterly lament it, when too lute
to retrieve their :-t< ps.
Massaebusetts pays ? gootl (leal of attention
to vital statistics, anil, in the Kleventli |
Report of the registrations of mortality,
im.dl! 11V till! Sl'C.l-lf:ll V III' Svl-'ll/i lll.l l-n^illl
of the bills tor eighty years, uncling with
arc. made out. It is assumed that
every man's business affects. to some degree
his health and ohniiees of life, and that the
average age of the mouiher.s of any profession
or e:111 i11^ is tl?o proper measure of its
healthfuluess. Whether we admit this or
not, it is, probably, the host measure we
have. From these statistics, covering a
period i f eighty years, it appears that agriculturalists
live to the average age of 02.- ,
Oo years; while blacksmiths live only to
the average age of 51. 44, and shoemakers <
to that of 1:5.12, which stands lowest in the '
scale of mechanical employments. Taking j
the whole of these employments, and the '
average age to which they attain is only i
4U years. This gives to the farmer an advantago
of 12 years over the average of
mechanical employments and pursuits ear
rieu on in close rooms.
These results, we think, give funning .1 i
greater advantage over other pursuits than j
is ooininotily supposed. Young men, especially,
who arc deeided upon their busi- !
1 less fur life, do not consider that in turn- j
iug away from the farm, they are virtually ]
deciding to throw away seventeen years from '<
the most civ* >y?ble and useful part of life? ,
a hale old age. | 1
Yet the longevity of life upon the farm 1
is what any competent physiologist would ' 1
predict, knowing the cir? -umstuuees of far- I I
mors and those who follow other pursuits. I !
Fanners, take them us a class, have a bet- j 1
tor stock of health to besrin with than those i ;
who follow a sedentary life. That son ia !
selected to fill his fathers'* place, and occupy
the homestead, who is physically able
to endure the toil of the. field. If there is
a Weak one in the Hook, he is, quite likely,
kept at school steadily in boyhood, and in 1
the gi'cenuesB of his youth sent to college
to become a teacher, or to enter oue of the
learned professions.
if there he u lame oue, or otherwise de* |
formed, ho becomes a tailor or shoemaker,
whero the organs of locomotion are le.:}> '
essential. The Scripture proverb, ''to him
that hath shall he given," is fulfilled in
farm life. The stout and ublij-bodicd son 1
its hujcuicu ior tniu. pursuit wmeh is best
calculated to discipline the physical pow- '
ois and keep them in their normal coiuli- '
tion. (jood health and long life are, in
soinc measure, dependent upon constitutional
vigor. In this respect, farmers are
u picked class of men, and it is not strange
that a selection for this calling, based upon j
this principle for a succession of genera- !
tions should result in tinner health, and |
longer 11to, than wo tiiul in other callings.
When the life that they lead is calculated
to make the nio.t of this advantage,
all the organs of the body r.ro frequent
and varied exeroifre, so that every part is
Ayninietrically developed. This exercise
i# mainly taken in the open ap*, yo that ho |
has the lull benefit of plenty of oxygen for j
h'is litngrt, and ,?unli^ht for his skin, upon
which animal health i--? quite aa dependent J
of vegetal.1j. Their food ia more +situ|>!e ;
and nutritious, and s/enerallv taken into tliu !
iiVdtcin in a fioaher coudition, and their ;
Sleep in more seasonable aud reiVcahing; |
early lioiii'B being everywhere prevalent in
the nihil districts. So liir as the iniu<\
afl'octs health, tH>y still have t)ic advantage
over thfc met chants atid mechanics.
Tuov haVe their funds im'ested in wtint is
deomod tborsutiuc#t. farm. The syil and j
their products are of very uniform price,
ho that they have lit tlo ailxicty, about citlmr-oapitnl
or interest.. With industry,
and the ordinary blessirtg of Providence,
they expect tij acliicve a conpotcnce, and1
educate their children fov podtious n't' ysefulness;
Thoy know little of the business
excitements and lion it burning rivalries,
tlio frivolous amusements and 'corrupting
pleasures of the city. I'Vrornblo ns those '
Waturtics are to the agriculturist, we hove .
ik1) doubt that thoso of the ten yoara fol- -4
l/vii'j iim #lir? rilivfii) rtf Ik^l . tirtll c)w?\ir I i
"y %"n -v.| t,-.- ,
this averse term uf the farmer's life hag. I
boon lengthened several fears,' Tho tort-' <
poranco ryfwrm and improvement in tl<o. j
stylo of living, and in tlio tone of publu:. j
moral*, must liavo hrtd ?n important bear- ,
injr upon the longevity of the husbanduvut; 1
Thoso tacts ou^ht tu h?vo Wfigl\t with
the.>nuUitudeH who arc now debuting the
riuc^tjon of rprfttfYjff tho farm for other
puta\ti<*. These art?" nearly ?H ovnrcrowd- j
od. Tito farm has always had too- few la-1
borers. It in this that makes all favtu pro- i
ducts fohigh. It is a romunVr itiVw call- J
iflg, Willi the round certainty of seventeen i
luilo anil licufty years added to t!io avor- \
<t j*A t?>rm of life aiuon^ nicvul^anlfl anu nm- <
cluinu?. Woulth nuty be ptircUu$C& ut too (
diar c^ctc.--J\r. J'. J '/rub. I i
. %, ft
.p. ilc
A Picturc of New York LifeA
letter writer of New Yuik reUtcH tin
following touching incident :
n.c next diy wcaeeoinpnnicd ii friend oil
board oiib of the Southern steamers. After
seeing hint comfortably located, for his
sdioft toynire, and bidding him "Clod
speed," we hastened on shore among tl??5
last linyorin^ leavctakors. but uftuf the
lafyl hawser waw c?\st ???!', to the eottKternB*
tiou ut' every one, u woman pprangfroni tin!
boat. A <ju/wn hun?ls Were oxtcnaoj, ami
landed her 'safely on the dock. She wan
perfectly calm, and with a how ot'
11)o11Vch to her deliverer*, turned nround for
a ItiBtlook at iIn-now fast reccdinjr vesseh
In an instant alio-was overwhelmed with
uncontrollable ^rief, the most ajtonizitiir,
passionate j;rief. Sympathy was offered,
and we soon learned her history. In her
, . ~
uwn is<iitiuniiuiuo civ<]Uciit hy griot, 8lin
said?" 1 mil a htftinger, and alone. My
husband hni< gone .ScTitli ; he can never,
never return. Th?y will mnko his gravo
tar nwny, and 1 bIhiII not bo there." And
with tears and si'ls, she turned away. A
gentleman near me said?" Madame, why
did you allow it, in his feeble health '{ ?
Why did not you go with him V
With a dignity of sorrow that silonccd
all eomments, sb.e said?*' Sir, I had not
thi means." What a world of moaning
was conveyod in that short sentiment. At.
one glnnoc yon saw tho whole. The trite*
heroine, fitting out lier husband for his
last voyage, with tho undying hope that
lusts with life; the privation, you could
sec it in her scanty robe and pinched look,
that had evidently known of happier days,
and the despair that followed, sts her last
sad duties accomplished, she looked at tho
insatiable ocean, bearing on its restless bosom
one for whose quiet and comfort sho
had sacrificed all. Here was u scene frotii
a drama, nlore powerfully uortraved than
" Zi'ilinn," but the foot-lights wore missing,
and the gay decorations gone ; the onIv
music, the requiem of the wind through
tlie ocbfiu's leafless forest, and tho careless
<ulgi"gH of (he waves. No entranced auJience,
roijdy to,crown tho queen of this
lumr with t hornless roses, but a group of
laborers, oach witli their own cares and
sorrows. Such is New York ltfV? ; the sod
\nr' joyous so blended as to form tho'light
:ind shadow of the picture, that otherwise
would be incomplete. God help the poor
lUifojL'tuuutvu that form the shadows.
DeSCIITPTION* (IV nl'U SU?\-irii? rl'l.?
_y- ^ V ) IV 'II. .1 IIO
TMstbii .T'hinutl says that the following
cp>s(le was taken by Napoleon from tlio
public records of Homo, when lie deprived
that city of so many \nluabl?: manuscripts.
It was written at the time and on the .spot
where Jcans Christ commenced his ministry,
by Publius'Centnllus, Governor of J vidua,
to the Senate of Home?Ciesar, Emperor.
Tt ws s the custom in those days for
the Governor to write anv event of iinnnr
. r~"
lance which transpired while he held oHice.
Conscript Fathers :?There appeared in
:mr days a man named .Testis Christ, whir
is yet living among us, and of the Gentiles
is accepted as a prophet of great truth ;
but his own disciples call him the Son of
God. He liat!i raised the dead, curod all
manner of diseases. Ile'is a iukii of stature,
tall and comely, with a very ruddy
countenance, such as the beholder may lovo
and fear. His hair ih the color of the filb
rt when fully ripe, plain to hi* cars.
\ruuiiw uvw.uwuru n is most oruet in color,
curling nTid "waving nbout his shoulders ;
in the middle of hid head i>? a seam or partition
of long hair, after t lit* nianuer of the
Naziir'.tfH. His forard if plain nnd dcliente,
hin face without spot or wrinkle,
beautiful, with a comely red?his nose and
mouth are exactly formed?heard the color'
of his hair, and thick, not of any great
height, but forked. Tii rcpfoving ho is
terrible; in ndinonisliiug, -eourteoua; iu
speaking, very modest and wise; in proportion
ofbody, well shaped. None, havu
ever seen him laugh, but many have seen
11im weep. A mnn, for his surpassing beauty,
excelling the ohftdren of men.
PitiMC'lNO aMo.no Yooxo TllO Pliil(idclpliia
Sum ?iiy? truly tlmt indtacruiuitnie
drinking among our young men cwntuully
makes its mark upon the population of
our citien. We oun suu.it already betraying
itself iu tho rising generation. It is inip.iwni?
ble for any man i<> drink even pure Hijuorif
six or ??von times a day without fuUkting
ki? v?>ta1 v ii? ir i?i i?*?? A k- ?
... w<iu?mits
thisimpaired constitution U> hia mur,
who in turn impuirii it still further by the*
srtine ctiursu. i' roquivos littlt>. foresight lo ftco
lii.u vvoj?v?j prpparinjr ft population fur our
uili^s ihut will not, in physical frnino, he
imich bettor tlniii the wretched .Aztec*.?
rlii? h.'vo of drink nnd bur-rooms is evwry
InV increasing. Kvervduv *ews onr yi?n?K
>?K*inriing more nnrt nwie the victim* of thirf
??h)Cl foV -wrt reuHy tliink it ntoro n
tfi*n k pn*.?h?n. I t in nit love of joviality
PRW tempi" iIn:111. ? sco.p.f in few ouse*.?
ft i* Mot tho hot exubernneo of the youth ;
it is not the ovRnescent imimlso of th?? truv
i . 0"V
rfiung fellow who i>* Hawing Ill* wild out*.?
It l*. ;i? hi?N Imhiii h?kI. ii <l?lfb*ruto?
joriffhitod N'> Mtui.wplM-rc tvr?-??'fcleM.v10*11
Kiirrountlx tho fliinkinjr grtmjm.
>rt spavin! ticcufionrf; fciut ? ? perl* "(morii men t
\tono th? not M proviail intuit
inusuol, A Ki'iin and nic'.?f?!uilv ?jr por*
ijiifo.s t'tich 0"?intf!nuin'??. Tin1 urw
y>rtiV?l <Mil,tht? are raised :ti?f ti?n?rhcf
iritli .1 itmtlwmn air" of nml ?aol*
uMi kwhIIow* lii* portion with the nnio i?'?
}HA|?Jvp ttoliutliimnrn b? w..nB ........ !f ' ?
/foro (Inuring rt p;l a?n of plain Water. A'l
the rtiiieoinitnntu ?hut pi?rthillv redl'^ni op
vtcuse (1 rin kinp;. ?h i'ariiK U ohii bo redeemed
>r excused, ur<? wanting in <hi* n?d n?i4 fo?*
mul cojcinouj.
F :% Br'
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