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MINERS
VOL IL
An Independent Republican Newspaper, Published
at Auraria, Lumpkin County, Georgia, devoted to the
preservation of the Union, and Sovereignty of the
•States. The sycophant of no Party the slanderer
us no Individual —the fi fend of Jackson.
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EXECU TORS AND ADMINISTRATORS’ DUTY
Notice to Debtors and Creditors to he publishep
six weeks. Prince’s Digest, page 157.
Ail intended Sales of goods and chatties, belonging
to testators or intestates goods and ( battles, shall I
published in two or more public places iu the parish
icouit/y ] w here such effects are to be sold, and in the
gazette, at least fortx days before (he day of such in
tended sale.— ibid 151.
All sales to be between the hours of ten andfont
o’clock, and if continued from day to day. notice to
be given thereof on the first day nt sale — ibid IG7.
Sales of real property to be on the first Tuesday in
the mouth, at the place of public sales,alter sixty days
publicat ion.— ibid 171.
Application for Letters of Dismission published six
months.—ii/d IGB.
ESTR \YS.
To be advertised by (he Clerk of the inferior Court
szJßßirriS
That advertise with us arc notified that to make
their sales legal, those for April must appear on the
j'p st day of March.
For May, by the fifth of \p:il.
For June, 1 y the third day oi May.
1 or July, by the thirty-first day of May.
For August, by the fifth day ol July.
For September, by tin 1 second day of August.
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•.hat we will receive in payment. Bills oi any’ denomi
nation on anyofthe solvent Banks of this State.
P&OPOSAi 8
i\>r publishing a new weekly Ncw-pnper, at Auraria
(rtorgi.t, to hr ent Hit d
THE HIAEKS REC'OBDER
AN l>
SPY IX Till. M I.ST.
Li t'.ic publication ofthi« P iper, the Editor will from
time to time, fiirniih the public with all the informa
tion lie may be enabled to procure, in relation to the
,>i- ; ye.-s of the Mines In addition to which, lie will
shortly be furnished with a series of Essays, written
by Literary Gentlemen, who baxc taken a Geological
x ieW of this count iy . inxxiinh will be shewn the com
plete arrangement of the dilferent Strata of earths and
forks, forming this inf‘-re-ting section ot country, and
in wh it kind Gohl is most usually f, mid. The Edi
-1 >r will endeavor at all t.ones to proem c from Mine
r dogiils, Eli rary men and practical observers, such
inf.irnation, as will keep up a constant investigation
>f the x at i-m-minerals toned in this <aimitry.
In the x\ . x I Miscellaneous matter, he w ill make
the best select ion • in his pi,wer both of a dome-tic
indtoieign nature
As regards the polil’Cnl course of tills paper, the
Editor xx id en f- ax or to pursue a liberal course keep
tig at al times hi-coluuiiis open to the discussion o
politic'.d subjects, whii h are or may he of interest to
the cmiiilry
fii relition to his oxx n political opinions, he con
siit rs th. m to be such as hax e been maintained in the
.Southern State;, troin the adoption of the Federal
t' insti’ution iloxx nto tliepirseut lime. lie believes
that Federal etii roachim nts, should be guarded
against xvi h x igi'enee ami repelled with promptness
■o Yet. however, in C’O’tendiug for the Rights of the
s. iti-s, he <■ ninot go jot he extraordinary and danger
ous extent <>t some ot the politicians in a sister State :
becan-e lie beliex es it xx >u I.f ultimalelv end in the de
srruclion of tin- goxi-rmii.-nt and all its rights
k IBs opinions h*>w , x er he i on -iders ns mulling more
huti the opinions ot any other individual, he xxill
therefore end axortu ar! the part of a faithful Lur
nsH't without bang s’lhserx ivni to the views d nnv
paity, leax iuj his pi per open to the inx estimation ot
truth, mill nil interest in*' - i' j.-< ts f.y all.
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weeks.
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MILTON 11. GA TIIRIt.iIT.
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Prospectus
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BY U* >I.T A J< »\|S
sms t,x.». ;ir li.ixing been irmsferrcd by pur-
’i-e to iite undersigned, will in Inim-v be conducted
*-v tiirm. oi .infix Editor- and Proprietors. The
.'U,. ms w b.il h have impelled them jr, nuderlak
-I’tnt .. -<•<• > > lab ms „< u i re-p. iisibl.s, as i|„.
•’ irl a pubhe Journal,in i wnnreti n w i;h their tro
. Ssil-ti; . Voca'i-ms, tu iv l-r ce it in 0,,> p; esent low
. Mspcct of the p>di!i< d hoi:- n produced bx
• ' etearoii prevalence of lio» I'lw ti im- f| 3e
..i ll's lii st.u.-.-d Pl ,< ; Oil ui.m ilei-tiiii,-. at v ,r n hli
the genh.s and spirit of otic <>'overi>tnenf—in their
* S . c ■
-•iUci.il- io i,. i hnnivli-r a> a i <>nt» -.'erat üblir.
<•; on i-s.-ab g th' r.ghts and «-iveivigti v i<f the
it< xx o , moo r mu! in their f: •n! etui and
1 ct, I ,i» tai to the li’uertiiof the t ! > , ' , pb'.
1 o Cool: »!-ii<e our ft'i I 'e aid in v ,» t s M
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< i. iej <’ ms:- u’:,i d (uni’s; in ni r lord, Ct-H-roue
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SPY IN THE WEST*.
“LET THERE BE HARMONY IN THINGS ESSENTIA L — l. IBERALITY IN THINGS NOT ESSENTIAL CHARITY I AlL’’
AURARIA, LUMPKIA COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL 5, 1831.
in its primitive purity, strength and beauty, nutram-
- melted with the conditions, restrictions, limitations
I and refinements of the political weather-cocks of the
- present day—these may be numbered among the ob
jects, to the accomplishment of which, our humble
. exertions shall be Uevoted, with a zeal and we trust
< a sincerity not unbecoming their importance.
Nurtured and brought upas we have been, in the
. admonition ot the Republican State Rights doctrine
—-in a contest in which their preservation is sought
on ti e one hand by the lovers ot Constitutional Lib
erty, and threatened on the other by the renewed as
saults of re-animated Federalism, it may be easily
. conjectured on which side we are to be found. We
; aspire to belong to the Republican Stale Rights Party,
I prirfessing such principles as sustained the Fathers of
| that faiili in '93 and ’99—as bore that party in Geor-’
j gia triumphant, through the political conflicts of’2s
j and 2G. and to which it has not proved recreant in
| ’32 and’33 We claim to be disciples of the School
i of Jctrersou, as taught in the Kentucky and Virginia
llcsnlutions. But professions of republicanism have
i become mere cant, when every party lays claims to
’ ihat title, from (he Union Democratic liepublican par-
I (y ol Georgia, up to the great National Republican
j party ot the Union, and back to the remnant of the
| party which rejoiced in the subsequent election o* a
I Sedition law Judge, as the triumph ot the Democratic
j Republican party of New England! Equally vague is I
• the pretence to belong to the State Rights Parly, since
j many of those who profess to be Stale Rights adher-1
j cuts, deny tothe Statesali other rights, but those of I
j remonstrance and subniimiou. Still more uncertain !
j >» the profession of belonging to the Ji ti’ersonian
I School, since many' who pretend la tie followers of,
j that Patriot, publish to the world, the preposterous,!
| the humiliating notion, that the labours of his whole
life were intended to prove that the. States Lavi- only
(he i iglit ot pe.tdioiiiug for a redress of gi ievaiices--of
ri moustratiiig against unconstitutional Federal Legis
lation, and finally ’•when all other remedies fail” of
protesting !! ! To prove that our profes
sions are not of this character, let the cokininsof the
Herald ne our witness.
The ears ot the people have of late been drummed
almost to deafness with the continued and popular
cry of Union! Union ! ! Union!!! \Ve too profess,
not emptily, to love and venerate the L'nior , and to
boas highly sensible of its incalculable value and im
portance, as those who are most loudiand boistersous
in their clamours. Butxveseekto have Union iti
truth and indeed; a Union of States in its pristine,
beauty and simplicity; in its original heulihlul vigour
am! purity We would be spared to pan ofvievxiug
our own native Georgia, in vx hose bosom we have
been cherished; upon the fruits ot whose soil we have
lieen reared; in whose bountiful institutiors, we have
be.-n educated ; a mere spot k upon tin map ofa gieat
consolidated empire, stripped ot her ancient lights,
and disrobed ot her premeva! sovereignty’, by tiia. a
geiit she had helped to create; pioud as we arc, and
as we have reason to be of her name and of her peo
ple- ardent as are our aifections tor her, sooner let it
be written that “she xxas, but is no more.” We
would have her as of light she should oe. asoverejgn
member—an integral part ot a great contedvdatcd Re
public, xx hich shall continue the pride ol the world---
the hope of Freedom— living principle shall
manifest itself, not in the pomp and splendour oi an
immense and ail controlling central power; but in fin,
happiness and prosperity oi every one, even the
least oi its members.
It shall he out' purpose to make the Ilmi d w<»r
tliv the perusal of all classes oi renders— oi those who
delight in the pleasure of romance and the "Music ot
Poe: ry host who prefer to pursue the delightful |
paths , historic or of scientific research," of those j
whose business it is to delve in ‘ itiother earth,” in
pm-nit of her glitteiing treasures, as well as of those'
who arc connected, either through choice of nice ssi
fy, v, i'h the agitating political centre verities ofltie i
day. (flhe increase of patronage which we seek. I
( w til justify the measure, the Herald will be enlarged I
so soon as the minerals for that purpose, can Le. pro- (
cu'ed.
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ing .>;tlltl per annum in advance, or .* -tut), at t!.«• end !
| ot the y ear.
<)m press and t.iaterals arc oi that description, that
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University oi Georgia*
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STUDIES or THE FRESHMAN j
Ixt. Term, Aua to Nov.— Livy. Majora, Ist
vol commenced and the French Language.
2d Tenn, from Jan. to April— Livy, Grncca, Majo
rs, Ist vol and Freni h Continued.
3d Term. April to Ji/g—Livy and Graeca Majora,
Ist vol coticiuoed. French continued, and Day’s, Al
gebra, through Ratio and Proportion.
STUDIES OF THE SOPHOMORE CLASS.
Is/ Term, Aug. to Nov — Horace and Giaeca Ma
jora, 2d vol commenced Algebra concluded, and
three books of Geometry. (Playfair’s Euclid.)
2d Term Jan to April.— Graeca Majora, 2d vol.
continued; Horace and Geometry concluded, and
Jamieson’s Rhetoric.
3d Term. April, to Aitg.—Gvnec.n Majora. 2d vol.
concluded; Modern Language-. Plain Trigonometry,
Mensuration. Surveying, Botany, and 1 yler’s His
tory.
The present Junior Class have studied in addition
to the. above, the first book (d Cicero de Oratore, the
first book of Homer’s Ilia.l, Blair's Lectures, and
Olmsteads Mechanic’s in part.
Though the classes regularly attend to Freni h ut
ringthe I’ieshinaii and Sophomore years, yet it is no
made an indispensable requisite tor admission into any
of the classes Provision is made forthose, who en
ter without a knowledge of French, to study that
language, for which there is no additional charge ol
I’lrtion.
’Those who desire it will have opportunity of study
mg Hebrew. Spanish. German, and Italian withou
any adoitional charges.
The rates of tuition are S3B per annum, payable
kali yearly in advance.
Board can be obtained in respectable families at I
(rem $8 to $lO per moi.th.
By order ot the facultv.
W.M. L. MITCHELL, Sec’ry |
November IG. I >33—42.
li ...a .mm
EkOt-CitJ.’-
MEMORY
An xx and'ring, 1 f mid "n my ruinous walk,
By the dial stone aged and green,
Ono rose of the w ilderness b it on its stalk
To mark xx heie a gai den Ind been ;
Like a tnotheilv h< rmit, the last ot its race,
Ail xx ild in die silence of nature it grexx 1 ;
From each xx anderiug sun hi am a lonely embrace, .
Fm the night weed and thorn oxershadowi d the place i
W here the flow er of my fort.fathers grexv.
Sweet bud ot tire wilderness! emblem of all
Thnt survives iu the desolate heart s
Though the fabric of (>!iss to its centre mav fall,
Yet memorv shall never depart.
’
On being REr.unsTF.D to dePine the word
FRIENDSHIP.
THERE arc a the.imird nameless ties
W hich only, such as feel them know;
Os liindrcdiiivmehts, de> p sympathies,
And miiofii fam v spells, xx hi. h throw
O'er indent mind- and faithful hearts
\ chain, w hose chi'imd 'inks -o blend,
That the light eir< let but im;,>i
Its fore-.-. ;n or se t'md \\uids~v>yfriend '
It is a m's :c xvrcalh, which twines
At mm d two souls its : end d> bright,
W i.o.u* sacri d, son. s’ tmich r< fim.s
And p.t ilies. —< th I ’.is i
Which brighte.-t shim son I il<’s dull stream,
\m! smooths onr rough. s> vox age here ;
Add- bistre to I lopi *s oil Icd.-treum,
lud yields a solace to D. -pair!
It i -a compact, pure, high, lm|v ;
lull, u t i x I. it .1. ep:v binding,
De tents I lie f < tfl.ci). =<>b « ’ !<e I IXX Iv,
\ <1 amid s.-vldesi thmigl.ta, ..ft winding
Its g.’titb- i,,lluei.ee-, v lii dt-’-< 1.
i>a:k shadow r from t he brow of care,
Andcimj re up from ni rmirv’s c< 11
T ur images, x- fitch se’tle therr.
It isthc coven i it of surds—-
\ hen ven in.-pir< d bond fi-clttm,
W Im h neither lime or place controls,
And ex n .Ibseiice, all else stealing
I.caxts within trksofj -suer mmi.M
T- nt radtant’fia nc, enduring cv.-r; --
Pas-ion and I‘ancv. Hope grow col I
Bit (h.ixc.j taught J t< : n<.-never, m vci ! S.
thi: s t:r,T< b y.
r.Y J M. WIf.SOX.
Sivi \ or etg’i! v<■ i t>nge, Iwaslt -o < II:ng he
iwt’t n l»< t wn k .n d 'elkirk; an<J r having start
ed i»l the crow mg ol the cot k, i had left Mel
r«.>e before four m the afternoon. On arriving
it \bbot~!. rd, I p- rceivt d "i Highland >oldier.
apparently latigui d as leaning upon a
walking >’ti k. and gaging intensely nn (be lai
rv palace of the in gt< i m, whose w.md jg since
brokt n, but magic st*H remnir s. lam
;»• pariH-uhir disciple of Lavater, yet the man
; cained hi-soul upon his fare, and we w< r«-
friends ;.l the gl.tnr< . lie wore a plain
Highland bonnet, at d a coarse grey coat, but
toned to the ibru.it. Ils-dress bespoke him
tn belong only to the ranks; but there was a
dtgn.ly in I.i- mantier, and a ‘ire, a glow mg lan
gu in I.is eyes, word vof a chieftain. H:>
la gut m g!.t i .',cct d ,ve fee’ nine, ami lus age
1 e about il tr • . Ihe tract sid manly beauty
•* •. ’C '• l.;s t’r '1» ; 1 .it tbe sun of a
I western hemisphere had tinned them with a ■
sulloxv hue, and imprinted untimely furrows.
Our conversation related chiefly to the scene
ry around us; and we had pleasantly journeyed
together for txvo or three miles, when we ar
rived at a little sequestered burying ground by
the way side, near which there was neither
' church nor dwelling. Its low wall was thinly
covered with turf, and we sat down upon it to
■ rest. My companion became silent and mel
i ancholy, and his eyes wandered anxiously
I among f be graves.
i “ Here,” said he, “ sleep some of my father’s
children, who died iu infancy.”
He picked up a small stone from the ground,
and throwing it genl ly about ten yaid J , ‘‘ That,”
addt d he, “is the very spot. Thank God! no
grave stone has been raised during tny absence!
It is a token I shall find my parents living—
and,” continued he, wsfb a sigh, “may I also
find their love ! It is bard, sir, when the heart
of a parent is turned against his own child ”
He dropped his head upon his breast fora
few moments, and was silent; and, hastily rais
ing Ins forefinger to his eyes, seemed to dash j
axvay a solitary tear Then, turning to me, he
continued, “You tt.iy think, sir, this is weak
ness in a soldier, but human hearts beat be
neath a red coat. My father, whose name a
Campbell, and who was brought from Argyle
shire while young, is a wealthy farmer iu tins
neighborhood. Twelve years ago, 1 loved a
being, gentle as U>e light of a summer moon.
We were < hildren together—and sho grew in
beauty on my s-iglit, as the star of evening
steals into glory through die twilight-. But
she wns poor and portionless, the daughter ol i
a mean sheplx rd. Our attachment oife ded
my father; he commanded me to leave her for
ever; I eould not, and he turned tne from his
house; I wandered, t knexv not, and I cared
not whither. But I will not detain you with
my history. In tny utmost need I met a ser
i grant of the forty second, who was then upon
I die recruiting service, and tn a few weeks I
joined (he regiment of proud hearts. I was at
Brussels when the Invitation to the wolf and
i the raven rang at midnight through the streets.
’ It was the herald ofa day of glory and of death. !
There were three Highland regiments of us {
three joined in one—joined in rivalry, ini
love, ami in purpose; and, thank Fate ! I was
present when till then the invincible legions of 1
emrassed Gauls rushed, with their war horses!
neighing destruction, upon a kneeling phalanx ,
ot Scottish hearts, shielded only by the plaid ,
ami the bare bayonet from the unsheathed sa-1
bres of the united glory of Franco, as they |
poured (he torrents of death on the waving i
plumes of our devoted band, to extirpate our |
mime from the annals of Scottish heroism. .
Then, then, in the hour of peril and of death,
the genius ol co titiy burst forth through the
darkness of despair, like the first flash ot the
young sun upon the earth when God said “ let
there be light!”—as the Scots Greys flying to|
our aid raised the electric shout, “Scotland'
, (brevet!—“ Scotland forever!” returned our tar
i taned clansmen; “Scotland forever!” reverbe
rated as from the hearts we had left behind us;
and “Scotland forever!” re-echoed ‘ Vi< lory !’
It was a moment of inspiration and triumph.
Forward dashed our Highland heroes, fearless
j as their fathers, resistless as our mountain ca
j tatacfs ! The proud steed and its mailed rt-
J(h r quailed at the shout. Horne and its world
( of unutterable joys—yes, home and the fair
- bosom tiiat would weh ome t’s hero —glory ;
! Hid the, spirit of our fathers —all rushed upon ,
, our imacmaimu at tite sound. It was a mo
i ment of poetry, of pa’rio i>m, ami of inspira
tion al the s .tmd. He iveu-’” ad led lie, start
ing to Ins feet, and gra-pmg his slid!, as lite
j enthusiasm < fthe past gushed back upon his I
soul, “to have joined m that shout was to have |
lived an derm y tn the vibration of a pendti- ■
’ him!”
! In a few momcntfi the animated soul that
gave (-loqnet.ee to his tongue drexv itself back
mto the cl.umbers of humanity, and resinning
1 Ins seat upon the wall, continued; “i left my
regiinci.i widi t' e prospe<!t ol promo ton, and
have since served tn (he West Indies; but I
iiave heard i, ehing of :ny fattier —nothing ol
my inotlu r—nothing of her 1 love !’’
While i.e was yet spe.iking, the grave dtg
ge r , with i pickaxe and spade <>ver his sboiil
i dur, enti-rcJ* the gr<»nid. H<- appro tei.cd
.vr.hm a few vard> oi where we sat. He mca-
Niired i ts a nairo'-v pteee of earth —it enctreled
the little stone which Hie sokher had thrown to
I mm k out the burial pla< eol the Lumly. < <»n
vulston rn.-tw I ov< r the features ol my co n
punion ;Jtie shivered—tie giasped my iirm —h s
Ims nmverrd—lns breai img became snoii ami
> •
loml--t!it coid sweet trickled r m hl< temples.
He sprang over tie wad, and rustled towards
; the spot.
“ M iu!’’ be « ’id .imed in an agony, “whose
grave is th it
“H iot! a ' i wi‘ye,” uiid the grave digg'r.
starting ba< k at I t- mairnei; whmiia away is
that to g'.lFa body ? arc je dai'i
•• \usaer mi-,” crie I t ;e soidier, fie z.mj his
hand, “whose grave .s t i .1 !”
“Mercy on me!' r< plied the min oi death,
I “y e are surely on l o'your head; n’> an anid *'»
■dv they ca'd Vital 1 ’ami tell’s grave: e.TJ.f
l ye uny thing Hie wiser I’of spierin’?”
i “My father !” cried my comrade, as 1 ap
proached him; and clasping his hands together,
lie bent his head upon my shoulder, and wept
aloud.
I will rmt dxv ell upon the painful scene. Du
ring ms abs nee, adversity had given the for
tunes of the father tothe wind; and he had
d.ed m an nimble collage,• unlamented and ua
noit’ ed by the friends of his prosperity.
At the request of tny fellow traveller I ac
companied. him to the house of mourning.
Two or three poor cottagers sat around the
fire. The coffin, with the lid open, lay across
a take, near the window, A few white hairs
fell over the whiter face of the deceased, which
seemed to indicate that he died from sorrow ra
ther than from age. The son pressed his lios to
his fattier’s cheek. He groaned in spirit and
was troubled. He raised his head in agony,
and witn a voice almost inucticulate with grief,
exclaimed inquiringly, “My mother?”
The vvonduring peasants started to their feet
and in silence pointed to a lowly bed. He has
tened forward—he fell upon ins knees by the
bedside.
“My mother!” 0, my mother he exclaimed,
“ do mu you, too, leave me ! look at me—speak
to me! 1 am your own sou—your own Willie;
h ive you too forgot me, mother ?”
She, too, lay upon her death-bed', and the
tide ot hie was fast ebbing; but the remember
ed voice O' her beloved son drove it back fora
moment. She opened her eyes—she attempt
ed to raise her feeble band, and it fell upon his
head. She spoke, but he alone knew the
words that she uttored; they seemed accents of
mingled anguish, of joy, and of blessing. For
.-everal minutes, lie bent over the bed and wej t
bitterly. He held her withered hand in his;
he started;, und as we apprviK h< d him, the
hand that he held’was lifeless! Hu wept no
longer; he gazed irom the dead body of his fa
ttier to that of Ans mother—his eyes wandered
xvddly from one to the other—ho smote hts
hand upon his brow, and threw himself on a
chair, while misery tran-iixed him, as if a thun
derbolt had entered his soul.
1 will not give a description of the melan
choly fum-rals and solitary mourner. The fa
thers obsequies were delayed, and the son
laid both his parents tn the same grave.
Several motitli.-s passed uw ay before I gained
infoitnaiton respecting the sequel of my littlo
story. After ins parents were laid in the dust,
William Campbell, 'vnh a sad and anxious
heait rnude inquiries afier Jeanie Leslie, the
object of his earliest uHections, to whom we
have already alluded. For several weeks his
search was fruitless; but at length he learned
that considerable property h .d been left to her
father by a Jistant relative, and that ho now re ;
sided some where in I hitnfrteshire.
In the f.ume garb which I have altendy
senbed, the soldier set out upon his journ y.
With litile dillb ulty he discovered the house.
It resembled s ch as are occupied, by tho
higher class of farmers. The h unt door stood
open. He knocked, but no or:o answered. He
proceeded along the passage —he heard voi
ces itj an apartment on his right; again ha
knocked but was unheeded. He entered un
invited. A group were standing in the middle
ofthe floor, and among them a minister, com
mem itig the marriage service of the church of
Scoilairi The bride hung her head sorrow
fully, and tears vwcre stealing, down her cheeks
she was his own Jeanie Leslie. The cler
gyman paused. The bride’s lather stepped
lorward angrily, and inquired, “what do you
want Sir?” bus nysiuriily recognising his fea
tures, h » seized him by the breast, and in a
voice I.alf choked wuh passion, continued
“Sorrow tak’ ye for a e-'omidrr-l! what’s
brought von here —and *im m iir especially at
a lime like this? Cel out o’ rny. house sir I say,
Will.h Campbcl'r, get oat o r my house and ne’-
er d >rken mv door again vvt’ your tie’er-dowel!
countenance!”
A sudden shriek follows I Hie nnmfion ofhis
name, and Jeame Le .Im lei!' mlo the hands of
ht r nridemnid.
i “Peace, Mr. Le-dic sael’he soldier push
ing the oi l man aside; “Since matters ar ’ thus,
i will only stop lo say farewell—b>r .ml 1 lang
-yiie —you cannot d my mu that.”
fie passed tovvauL lire object of his young
love. She srioke nn; she moved not; he took
her hand. L it she seemed uncoil-cions of what
hr- did; and a-: !:>* g >7. d u|hhi her beautiful
r-omii*'n :nee absence bec.rrne as a dream upon
her I !■'•«!. I'fie very i inguage he had acquired
'during their i-epm mon was laid a-ide. Na
lure triumphed ov r art anU he a Idressed her
in the a< emits in which he had mi st breathed
love and won her heart.
“ Jc.mie!” said he, pressing her baud be
tween his, “its a sair thing to farewtll. but
’at present I inaun say it. Tins is a scene I
m ver expected to see; for oh, Jcnme ! I cgu! !
have trusted l<» your ir ilh and to your lovo. a-,
(he farmer .rusis to h:s -ecd lime ati'L harvest
and is not disappointed. I thought it was ill
when hoping fu ii'• imv I pliers I >rgivc
: oessfl (mind H.-ni digging Ins.grave; cr when
( reached Thy mother's hed-sid ■• an I bl ind l .er
1 ocly able to sin tch o it h'-r ham], an] say
> t:s rnv am ba;r:i!— it’s my am bairn I but .
NO. 7.