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From t'-e South Western Ospiis-t.
A ROUND IN KANSAS-
Ha*biß'wville. Ma, June 30,185 G.
J losers. Editor^: —Having written short
fugitive articles for several papers, since
this, my secoffd visit to these regions, I
occupy it moment cf leisure in jotting
dowxi an account of, ■•bsarvations mr your
readers in Alabama. Ami certainly, con
trary to my fondly cherished expectations,
I found Kansas Territory in a much worse
condition than 1 had'supposed. Anarchy
.—unmistakable anarchy—prevails in all
‘of its inhabited parts*. Two partied are
cou tea ding to? the mastery, neither of
which, W3 it •gnaw* ‘
with -becoming discretion.’ Sometimes the
pro-ftiavery party is in the ase&ndant; some
times the fret-soil,, or abolition party; but
in either ease, as opportunity affords, re
taliation b inflicted. From all cite facts,
hutfev'er, I that I could gather, the abolition
ists have been the in these deeds
of crnejtrt ! Let me'g.v.f a flint illnstrs)-
tion of the terrible reality of ‘the state of
ajffiirs by what *ny own eyes have seen :
I arlived afc Westport, on the line, live
day sag \ Col. Sumner had just dispersed
the various volunteer companies, and driv
en them, by military authority, into the
States. A” vast promiscuous crowd was
moving about ia groups before the princi
pal hotel- As some would depart for
awhile, others wouid c<>mo in; none seem
ing to have any particular employment or j
object in .view. A few of these were gen j
teeliy dressed young men—several of them j
from Alabama —but must of them appear |
ed rather coarse and woe-bt-gui.e. Ac i !
entered the office of the bdteq I found tlic j
coffipaffy so uncongenial to niiy taste, that >
I at once requester! to be shown to my j
room; but all the best rooms were oecu j
pied, and I had to be con ten f with one in I
ths attic story. It.'hir'd just been vacated j
by ail animal that, T presume,” lias i>e*
classed with, the human sptfgios,'tn;t from |
the remains of lie lyingabout j
the room, I should judge it to belong pith; j
or to a peculiar k'rid *Jf Jheraoe whose tip- |
petites and liabit| are neither the most re- j
fined nor deani v! The “floor w:rt covered t
wikh dust, and the heavy grains of sand j
that had fallen from trie shoes of itsoecu- •
pier. In front oi’ the bed was a large err-y
cular black spot, a deep biaek in the ecu- j
tre, but relieving itself into a-light brown
a tte concentric waves enlarged its cir- j.
camfereuce, till its’ periphery was com pie- j
ted by *m* astral border of yellow spots, f
After a careful examination of its‘'rela,tiyc : ]
p>6>tin with ilie head ■? • . and a
lull induction of its. j
size and color, I'caiue to the r 1 con- |
elusion that iny worthy predecessor
tobacco-chewer, and one who did notare- j
quire a spittoon. Ah exhausted deni’jqhn
in one corner, and an empty brandy keg j
in another, showed that the room had befiTT
his winter quarters, only mov- i
ed when the “good enhityr’’ had vauisheoTf.
X, of course, petitioned for new sheets, a j_
removal of superfluous articles, and such
oft^courings aarthe condition of the roorr.
demanded. A few kind words to a colur- 1
ed servant put the ball in motioh, and 4n j’
less than two hours 1 was as well provided i
for as I could iiave (without ‘being very p
particular) desired. ’ . J ' v 1
These preparatory matters settled, I be-- |
gan to make inquiries iu regard to the Ter- |
ritoiy, with its distnrnances. “\V r a# sorry j
to hear the report confirmed that Mr. Gay-.,
Indian Agent, hail been murdered but •
three nights before, and within *a mile of
Westport, f examined the lock on tny
door, and felt for my jx>ekeH>ook. Felt u
littitr queer on reflecting that I would
the yvry spot Hie next day wiiere this
murder was giiflged that
those murderers would not be there to mo-
me, and in aii probability no others
tile Cfjrisfan 3mVx
| would. So the next afternoon, in a two
> horse wagon, I took my
j DEPARTURE FROM WESSPORT.
.In about half an hour we- came to the
spot where poor Gay There, i.r<
the sand, were the* marts ofrthe death
scuffle. There was the depression rn the
earth that served as Jiis dying pillow.—-
There he met with his sad fate! Yonder,
in that white cottage, sits the widow with
her orphan children ! heart-broken and dis
consolate!! O! God, how very cruel is
man to Ids fuilctwJU £-*. mm <u yßf 2
ofTlic ffiouoTits ffiat swept through my
soul as I gazed on this bloody spot of
earth, i My heart sickened and 1 turned
from the place to pursue my journey. There
are various reports in regard to this mur
der. The .first rumor was, that Gay was
killed for his money, but it is more gene
rally believed that he was stricken down
by pro-slavery men, us an act of retaliation
for the horrid butcheries committed on
the Osawatomie Creek, by the- abolition
ists. Gay had been a violent and indis
creet “free State man,” and had acted un
justly towards Southern settlers.
As we passed on, the encampment of a
detachment of the United Statta Dragoons
came into view. We stopped our wagon j
at a house ou the road side and went up |
to the camp. Were admitted readily !
within the lines, where I inquired for Col. [
Sumner. He wa9 not there, but Major j
Sagget, the officer in comm md, gave me !
all the information I had sought. He as j
serted that, v to*the best of his knowledge, j
quiet had been restored. Rat he was mis- !
taken. True, tile Missouri and Alabama !
companies had by command of Col. Sum* j
ner been compelled to disband, but they j
regarded Col. Sumner as partial —favor- j
iiig the abolitionists whenever he could—- !
and they are tarrying just outside of the I
Territory, where they can re-organze iu a !
few hours. There exists a deep hatred •
against Sumner—Jiis acts are so manifest i
ly partial, that lie will be shot by the \
Southerners on the very first convenient |
opportunity. I would not approve of such j
a rath act, but only state what I believe j
wTu take place. The Cojonel, however, !
seems to be aware of his danger, since be !
never ventures out without a strong body
guard. Gov. Shannon i also unpopular;
’hut he, Ii -.n n, resigned: *
At the end of the first day, t arrived at |
the Wea Mission, ami on the next
Miami School. Let me give yon anpdea !
of the preparations which are in exist- j
euee for v i
WAR. j
Every person I met bad one or more j
pistols ou his penson. A large yellow j
bftckle just under the waistcoat indicates J
-a Strap around the body, in which is a :
.brace of fine shooters.. No man goes tar j
I‘rom iiis house without at least ten shots i
at hand, if need should be to use a revolv- j
tr. And .besides pistols, in many cases I
there are collateral instruments of death, !
such as .dirks ami knives. In the house!
where I slept three nights ago, 1 counted |
six loaded muskets with fixed bayonets in j
the reception room. On retiring to rest, I I
saw two of the same articles at the head j
of the -stab’s; a<t, on drawing up to a J
small tabled he next morning to write a
mte, I lbund a five barrelled revolver ‘on j
each one of its corners, so that I punned j
my note in the centre of fifteen pistol !
shots. To add to the horror of this state
of affairs, I was assured, that what I saw
in ‘.flat house, I might see in almost every
other bouse. I frankly confess that that
as petit of things looked a little too much
like war for tny weak Serves, and I began
to i'col- that the Territory, notwithstand
ing its unquestionable topographical at
tractions, had loot many of its charms.
It is the most varied, and in some respects
the most bewitching landscape scenery my
eyes ever beheld ■ but what of this when
4fiood- stains its verdant prairies, and the
midnight assassin draws his reeking knife j
from the hearts of inoffensive and defeuce- j
ic tfimtttes, whose only crime has been a
desire todind a home and to protect their
property from spoliation? Rather let me
dwell upon a sterile rock, or where “the
cfelSi’f is my dwelling place,” among sava
tges an i wild beasts, tiian to bc Tialde to
l the civilized (?) barbarities “of my breth
freu” —my ‘kinsmen according to the flesh. !
fl’he North'aud the South, who ought to
ffraternize -with and love each other, have
Become each other’s murderers ou one off
.stJio ftirest spots of earth a kind Provi
jaaouce has ever created! Why, oh! why
ts this so? Jlas reason forsaken her throne?
ia than a devil bicarnatd Are geographi
cal lines and local institutions good cause
for filling the land with heart-stricken
widows, and our poor-botraes with helpless,
friendless, and wailing orphans? Wee],
weep ye philanthropists over ihe miseries
©6ttpar race. Ye Ghriatiaus. pray; yes,
aqpm scalding tears, pray that G.od may
restrain the cruel wrath of man that vents
its v'engeiuice Tu the Kansas Territory.
But you aak ‘'what
CRUELTIES
nave been committed? I cannot name
all. It is supposed that many per
sons have been slain on both sides of whom
nothing is kuown. On Putawatomie creek,
and In the region of Gsanatomie, terrible
-deeirs of blood lmve been enacted. 4 The
abofitiomsts dragged n hmiiarfH from the
anus of his sick and weeping wife, and
slew ki%ik They took her ouly sod, for
FeaMd, Georgia, Tiwrffay, Angost 21, 1856
‘ whom she begged inert piteously, and
J slew Itim. They took out Mr. Wilkinson
| —literally taro bim from his family—and
| chopped his head into three pice s. They
j ent off the heads, the hands and arms of’
j others! These filings are fact;:. I spent,
i two days in the neighborhood where
they occurred, and do not think that the
reports were exaggerated. They were
such deeds as these thal maddened theprd
alavery party and caused them to ky vio
lent hands on Gav, the. Agent. And* these
Jtui.l-., T 0,... , ui ilfcT'a Q’l cot ti
sides t fall-! r Tis a sad state of ihinog.
UNITED STATES TROOPS. °
These troops, are of no benefit whatever
to the settlers in the Territory. All they
attempt is to disband companies and keep
belligerent parties asunder. They do not
pretend to guard families or avert mur
ders. The officers plead the absence"of_
a civil process. Captain Brown, the lead
er of the band that committed the murder
on* Putawatomie Creek and took Gapt.
Tate, is at large, though he could be arrest
ed by Col. Sumner. It is said that he was
once iu the hands of that offi.:er r but Was
.released. Indeed I heard Major Sagget
say that such was the fact The reason
assigned was the want of a civil process.
In the name of reason, wfiat are the troops
there for? I hope, sincerely hope, that
Congress will send Gen. Scott out. lie
ought to be sent at once. Many in the
Territory want him, because they believe
he could act justly to all concerned, and
restore peace.
PRESENT STATE OF THINGS.
When I left Tfea, on the 27th of Juue,
the abolitionists had the ascendency at
Putawatarnie Creek. They warned ten
pro slavery families to leave, under the ;
threat of having their houses burned.’—
They were leaving when I left. . And this
is taking place within a mile, perhaps, of,
a detachment of United States dragoons ‘
This shows Col. Sumner's Impartiality and
what; use there is for soiub-rs! , j
• ’ * GEN. LANE.
It has reported that this officer ht\s
arrived iu the Territory by way of lona
and Nebrazge, with Sbi) men. liis object
is to guard the Topeka Lcg ; slatu*’e ? .timy
meets on the 4th of July. We shall see
if Oof. iS’-mWW will twke ;> aos 0 BmMPRI
his men, as he'did the M : ssouri compa
nies, and the company of Moj. Bnf >ri.
THE RIGHT KIND OF SETTLERS.
Kansas must, in the nature of things,
become a free State unless a different class
of persons emigrate there, from those who
have gone heretofore Companies of young
men:—some of them mere adventurers—
without property or influence, will never
maku Kansas a Southern-State. She must
receive a population of slave owners—of
families bringing their servants with them
—-in order to make her a slave State.—
From all the facts I can gather, there are
not a hundred slaves in the Territory.—
Some of the oldest settlers own a few, and
a few of the Indians own some, but very
few persons who have recently gone to
Kansas, own any at all. Now then, it is
useless to attempt to Southernize Kansas
merely in theory, if it be not done in real -
ity. In other words, it would be sheer
folly to have a constitution to guarantee
and protect Southern interests, if there be
no -tuck interests to protect. Let the
Southern people movp to Kansas with
their property in any considerable num
bers, and they can yet make ir, a slave
State. They would have nearly all the
Indians on their side. If they will not do
this, they had as well gi&e up the contest:
It is a dinned by sbine knowing persons,
that Missouri is about todo this very thing.
That some four or five counties will con
tributfu£ach one its hundred families,
which will move over with their property.
Should tliey do this, Kansas will yet be a
slave State.
OUR MISSION SCHOOLS.
These schools brought me to the Terri
tory a second time.. They have been re
lieved entirely of their pecuniary embar
rassment and I am now paying off all
their old claims. They will be at. ;:o ex
pense to the Board, as the United States
Government will supply the funds to car
ry them on; but I now fully believe that
the Domestic Mission Board ‘cannot retain
them much longer. The Wea premises
were guarded for nearly three weeks to
keep the Abolitionist* from burning them
down, The Miama only ten miles
off; and may share a similar f te; and the
Putawatomie school is in the very hot-bed
of Freesoilers. The government as yet,
has given no reason to believe that it will
discontinue its patronage because the
schools are under the patronage of a pro
slavery Board, and conducted,bv pro-slave
ry superintendents; but if the North gai
the ascendency there, my opinion is, that
we, the Democratic Board —cannot hold
the schools. And under such circum- ,
stances, I would say, let them go. For |
one T shall have nothing to do with ultra ;
Abolitionists, under any circumstances. I j
-can respect man hiding antfskvery sen j
timents, if they are conscientious— bukgl !
can have avo respect for the wild, senseJ.tPt j
prating of a hair-brained fanatic* who in ,
sists on uuchrislianizing siave-lioiders, and !
the slaves under circumstances j
that, must make their condition intolerable, j
aniflU the land with blood, “Out on” i
su.'h I want none #f their !
* Aft
THE TBUfllm LOVE
rt tn pan y th- ac If these schools should
b from .tue South, as I believe
t! fy will be,'the Board wii have an am
i* 1 and more promising field among the
0 seks, Ohoetaws, Cherokees and other
b’ all of which are Southern, both in
tk 4r'feelings, and interests.
i CONCLUSION,
am tarrying in this town, ITarrisville,
off; tlie border of the Territory, far
aohited superintendent, who will
. Tjien I aUali leave.,
when, after a few
trfvßL I may have to tarry liyrthe
\v4v, ere I can return to Marion. I impe,
iie|d i am sure, that matters in the Board
w|l uiove on well. I know tiie brethren
wfl do the liest they can, and that will be
dijfng a great deal, to advance the cause
| afjnissions.
|lhshali try to be home during ibe/month
• ‘tyJalyr This trip will haw: served to
-‘l^^, Up the Indian mission diflieultks,
with an open sea and a fair breeze, the
itßseiun ship will <>iiue easily and beauli
filliy into port. There will be no necessi
ty Tor running in debt.again.
But, my dear breth re u, I am imj>osing
upon your goodnature by the unreasona
:h length of this article. Forgive me
ills wrong, it will be the last I shall write
during this trip. As it was written under
tie direct ion, unfortunately, of but one
eye, a critic, I knowq might detect many
imperfections, but your readers have it, as
iyje, fresh bo in my heari, with a strong
affectlbn for Alabama and Alabama Asao
ddtiott-s atid acquaiiirauees. Adieu U
’ ’ JOS. WALKER.
) Fr>n fT.yTv_ -v i .vA. Eximincr.
THAT DEAR OLD SOUL. y
j “Taerij are thice. classes into which all the wo-,
snen past seventy tlna. ever I kaow weie to be di
rtied : !. Tivat drtt'r a’u sou’; 2k That old wo
3d-. That old
h* “Tijat old soul ! f> The very words
ajahgffp vividly yiu the mhad’a . eye one
to her re&t, to wiiose naiiis they were
■pears iryweefc When first
of those wiiiters had been succeeded by a
balmy spring, each sorrow by a sanctified
joy. Never till then did ago seem beauti
ful. I had regarded one advanced in years
like a tree.in autumn—stripped of its
fruit—-and standing only for the mad
winds and the Wild storms to whistle
through and beat against. Bat in “Moth
er 4-Uen” I saw the leaves only nipt and
faded—the tree stood firm and strong,
with its boughs still bending beneath their
weight of golden fruit.
Her abundant bair was soft and silvery
white—daubed with no vile dye, and hid
den beneath no tres* stolen from the brow
of youth. It was combed plainly over
that calm, pure brow, which even time
had not the power to wrinkle. Beautiful
the could never have been even in sunny
girlhood, for her features were large and
iMvgnlar; but lovely she was—even to the
eyes of strangers who had yet to learn her
worth. Iter eyes were deeply set, giving
an earnest, thoughtful expression lo her
f ice, while the calm smile on her lips told
of the perfect p£aee which dwelt in her
bosom. In her face one might have found
a fulfillment of the promise, “He shall
have perfect peace, whoso mind is stayed
on thee.” *
Mother Allen was no lady of leisure,
with nothing to disturb, her mind or inter
fere with her tranquility. In early life,
while tier children were with her, she was
called to drink the hup of poverty and irtß
requited love to the very dregs. MaffyUn
hour of^ anguish did she pass, in compar
ing the happy days of her maidenhood
with her then present cruel desolation.—
Many a night, w&le the tempest roared
among the trees which surrounded her eom
ibriless while he who had sworn to
protect her was a wanderer in thy hjpPms
of vice, didishe kneel beside her sleeping
babe, and plead with her mothers God
that he would shield the defenseless stran
ger and her darling little ones, How oft
en in solemn midnight did her plaintive
voice mingle with the murmuring of the
pines, while she plead with Him why
‘•heareth the young ravens when
cry,’! that He would send bread in the
desert to those who,, were of more vallTe |
than ’ they. Iu irer agony for her husband,
she would someti njes^ulmost forget the
temporal wants of hey family, and cry un
to Him who came to seek the lost, that he
would instore the beloved, deluded wan
derer, back to purity, to home and to duty.
And she brought her vase before the
throne, as if she expected an answer of
mercy. - ruing broke upon
the heaflN&f thfe weary. And- for these
the, ,offered heartfelt praise. Some per
son:, when- in anguish of spirt,-almost/e- i
sf)roaObjmt.ure/or its calm, j>yous bourse. \
/Fu ejgHB|AS if ft heightened rtheir sorrow j
to urn an around them'—they |
ieel that nature should castoff her mantKj
of green and rtabe herself in Backctbfli-J‘|
tfiat the flowers should wither, the stars ‘
fMe, the sun hide its faee, and the birds.!
change their warbles iuto walling dirges, 1
all because one son! is in heaviness. But
not so was it with the pure-hearted, the re
fined Ruth Allen. She thanked Heaven
that when all was darkness and desolation
within, she could look abroad upon a world
i of light and beauty; that when earthly
love had deceived her, she could cast her
self still on the bosom of on) whose love,
and compassion-are infinite. She saw the
lily that without care or labor was so rich
ly clothed —the wanton birds wlio were so
rtvi-rtriy bin-Hercd amistßtmnM—th
ing herds trampling duwntJpiA , u :
_UjjyMi, iai hirrr~"~- —and raU
XSrnmmfT. e *
,in childlike faith, “Father,- wilt tlion not
; much more care lor me and mint#* Anfl
think you tliat thwyoting witj and uoi.iier
plead in .Vain? Mover, ye, being evil
know haw to give good gifts unto your
children,’ how nuu-h. mure shull your Fa
ther which is in heaven, give good tilings’
unto them that ask Him?”
While Ruth Allen was yet speaking,
her prayer was heard and answered. A
solemn providence wflich deprived an evil
associate of life in a nioment, roused (lie
sleeping conscience of her husband. Go l
spoke, end he was reclaimed. As an hum
ble penitent, Be sought mercy of
and forgiveness of her whose young hopes
he had so .cruelly blighted. Old things
with him were passed away, arid ail ihjitgs
become new. God smiled abundantly on
the labor of their harids. The showers fell
freely, arid the sun lay long upon their
meadows—their flocks multiplied in the
pasture, and their cattle in the stall. They
now h*ad bread eifodgli and to spare; and
she whose eyes had faded by stitching
wearily overtbedtill midnight lamp, patch
ing tire rags of her children, had now the
‘joy of seeing them comfortably’ and u\>
eeniry clothed. Iler grateful heart was j
sass to overflowing. God had given her
. more of temporal good tiian her humble
spirit had ever craved. Ho alone know
eth. iiow much of this earthly good was
g’ven iff approbation of uer affectimiate
trust in Him.
“But. shall a man receive good at the 1
band of the Lord, and not evil?” No; for
“the (Fry o? prosperity and the day*of ad
versity are set one over against the other/’
While ihe tod home was batrin-
Ming-rblHKl^■
angel of doath sped thither, and over shad
owed iheir-dwelling with hie dark wing.
The first-born, who had been his mother 1 *
stay, who had sympathized in her anguish, j
kissed away her tears, and whispered,— j
“Wait awhile, mother-- in thirteen short ,
ye p's I’ll be a man, and. thiju you shall
never suffer any more” —he, the child of
her love and her sorrow was taken away,
and his place left vacant in the littlu bed,
at the board, and the hearthstone. She
had then no time for tears—her care was
all for the other two, who, while their bro
ther slept in peace, were tossing in burn
ing fevers on their bed of pain. The sec
ond, and then the third, in one short week
were laid beside birr, ir: the little grave
yard of the new settlement; and the home
ot Ruth Allen, which so lately had rung
with the merry laughter of three noble
boy’s, was left unto her desolate. How
desolate, bereaved mothers only can know.
Did she not “wrap herself in deep gloom,
and weep as one who would not bo com
forted,'.when this worst of all evils befell
her? No, site gave her sons to God—they
were not torn from her. So far from
charging God foolishly, she even thanked
him, that while many wretched mothers
were weeping over ruined sons, she had
the assurance that her whole family were
folded turevei’ in the bosom of Infinite
Lose —secure from hunger, neglect; temp
tathm and pain. Then when this free-wili
offering had been made to Heaven, did she
with a chastened mien go abroad among
the poor and vicioffs, seeking for children
to fill tuff pi aces thus made vacant? Da
ring the ten years that followed, four
nameless Hale ones were received into her
family and her heart. What had once
been a forest s*rttLenient, was fast chang
ing into the metropolis of a growing State.
Wealth flowed in upon farmer Allen, by
the sale of his rich lands. Servants and
laborers tiffed their house and grounds,
and to them all his wile was a mother.
She addressed each dependent & “chiLi,”
and they were constrained to
in all her dealings she had their interest at
heart. Then she began to lie called “Our
mistfiress, dear sow),” and then the neigh
bors and friends, and finally everybody
called ber “Mother Allen, dear soul.” A
rude emigrant, all unused to such gentle
tones, exclaimed, after beingpi w-mk or
two beneath her roof, “SureT J I bought
afoor I coom to this boose that Protestants
were all like wild bastes. I was taught by
my mother—rest her sowl—that not a
of (him hmtics could iver inter luveti, un
less they first coom into tbb booty moodier
chooreh. But, faith, if that same is thrue,
it’s nieself would rather be alter living for
ever with the likes) of ,inv offsthress,'dear
sowl. than iff heaven itself among my own
copnthry folk; for it’s drinking arid fight
ing they be forever, when there lie so
many of thems fogit'uer, and not a Prot
estant at all there to separate thun and
make pace. Ooh, oehpbut tiiero’e hiven
ip her eyes my uiisthress, dear sowl.”
Mother Alien had her trials, among the
many working people her husband em
ployed. Her confidence was often abused,
’ and her disinterested bv® repaid with black
J. T. BLAIN, Printer,
j Ingratitude. But through all she remain
jed the same. No ear ever heard her taunt
tbesa rude children of oppression with
their foreign hirtliy +heir early poverty,
their false- religion. She reasoned with
them as human beings, she entreated them
for their own sakes , and wooed their, back
u> duty by her patient efforts. Mmy a
lady, reared in a home of elegance, might
have learned less ms ot dignity and pro
priety fro ill Mother Allen in imr inter*
course■Utffr.ffwui’ ffftg tflP*
•ewwiU.--”- n"tfb Wy is ‘Tie true lady more
readily discingi;:ohc<L(Cfc n \ i6 counteiteit,
fuan'uer tend deaiingi with
these humble rrrsmbevS*of her family.
Tiie iov,e of this dear woman began at
* iiomc, but it did not end there. The suf
ferer everywhere .tband in her a friend, the
erring and iaffen child a mother and an
j encorirag'hig counee 1 ! >r. Iff her closet, at
Her over iier work, among her
neighbors,- in the church, everywhere, it
was evident that she'Jived not unto her
self. The most hardened scoffer was fore
-0 l to admit that she was a brigiit and ahi
ning light—a beautiful example for the
wives, mothers, and mistresses around her.
Hie law of kindness was ever on her
tongue, and the gentlest and tonderest re
nbuke ready on her lip. Many* a youth
who ii ad scorn ell a father’s eouneel, and
despised a mother’s enlreaties^w on by the
ultbctionate i iff crest Aqd sweet tones of
Mother Alien,- has listened respectfully to
Her earnest Warning, and been drawn by
her efforts to forsake iWs?tt cf the scorn*
er, and seek God's house.
I But the place where ibis good woman’s
| influence was tbo ino9t deeply felt—and ic
j was a place, she coveted—was at the bed
■ of pain. The young, who, having been
often reprbved, had hardened their hearts,
| when they found sudden destruction com
ing upon them, would call for her in the
IjoSt of their souls’extremity. /O,” cried
cue sych, “I cannot look upon my afflict
ed father —I cannot see the pastffr; h’s face
would only remind me of the many warn
ings 1 have” received unheeded’ irons Ims
i?pa—but bring Mother Allan to me—-loan
almost see ‘’hope” now in tlie -memory .of
her float face. Let her come and teach
, me} let her come, and with her faith pray
ibr me.’-’ . “ _
infirmities bound her fast, so that she could
.no longer go about doing good But when
aha could not go out to her work, tfac
j work came in to her. The winter of her
life had no-long dark days, no listless mel
ancholy, no fretful murmuring?. She
moved around her bouse in A wheel chair,
demanding iff tie care, but receiving much
—the object of a thousand little acts ■ f
delicate love, which money could never
purchase. A domestic being asked if she
were not weary, replied, “No, I'm never
weary in waiting upon her, for her pa
tience would shame me if I wore.”
Mother Alien had learned the most
beautiful lesson for woman—how to “grow
old gracefully.” She was not only borne
with, but she was really admired for her
age, and the charms that- clustered around
it. Life’s sun, which had been so often
concealed by clouds, had’ its setting in a
csti m bright sky. YYe may almost say of
her that she never died, her going was so
like sinking into a quiet sleep It was
one cold bright day in winter, that 6be en
tered into her rest. Her chair had been
drawn to tbo western window, that sho
might use the last of daylight in finishing
one of several .little gar rents fora suffer
ing family. The last stitch was sei; the
last button sewed on ; her thimble was
placed on the window seat, and the specta
cles lay in her hand. She noticed
gazing at the gorgeous reflecting
its splendor upon snow and ico-clolhed
trees,’ making the whole scene like a wotld
of tHiyffenJo. The cheerful teTl rang for
lea; her aged companion and her attend
ant came io dray ber chair into ihe dining
room. Each took an arm cf it, when her
husband said, “Sac is asleep, dear soul.”
It was tbo sleep that knows no waking.
She was not, for God had taken her.
Four strong men, whom she had savad
in childhood tVoui miserable poverty, ga
thered around her bier. They were not
ashamed to weep for sne co dear to their
hearts. A bereaved iconvuunity mourned
her loss, while many poor and friendless
turned from hci grave to trust in her God.
Whenever her name is mentioned, or her
words quoted, it is as “Mother Allen, that
1 dear old soui.” Sho was a most beautiful
! example of the first class’ of women re
ferred to by the poet. J. D. C.
THE
It is strange that the experience of so
many ages should not make us judgetnore
solidly of the- present and of the future,
| so as to take proper measures in the one
(The other. We dote upon this world
ic were never to have an enu, and we
neglect (he nexr, as, it ii were never to
havo a beginning.— Froelon.
jjQgT’The wheat crop in Virg'nia is gen
erally larger than was expected. The
Winchester Virgi flan s i ys lure is a good
yield in that country, and the quality of
the graiu has rarely been better.
Poole murder, it is estimated,
i will cast tbo city of New York something
| like SIOO,OOO. The cost of summoning
I c\tra jurors on the attempt to bring on
I the second trial was 82,000.
Number 34.