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VOLUME X. (Original Portu). Written for the Visitor. LAMENT OF THE OUTCAST. Oil God! in this deep, midnight hour, Low on my trembling knee, In the dark sternness of niv guilt, Again I kneel to thee; Wild is the night, and fearfully The bleak wind howls around, Swaying the strong boughs of the trees, To its drear and angry sound. Bright gleams of light quick come and go, And the loud thunders peal; And blinding drops sweep o’er me, As bow’d to thee 1 kneel. It is not love, or fame, or jmwer, That sways my soul to prayer— Those early hopes of youth and light No longer linger here. “Dark is my night, and night my day”— Oh! fearful was tho sin Tint drew from out the heights of heaven A eursc so withering: The good and beautiful of earth, In horror turn aside; And hearts that loved me once, forget Their early hope and pride. Oh! Father! I am all alone, No friend or resting-place To shield my weary soul from shame— An exile from tin/ face ; Vet I was once all pure and bright, And, nightly, to thy throne Rose the sweet prayer of innocence, From out my girlhood’s home. But now, with sin upon my soul, 1 curse the dulcet tone, That falsely won my heart’s wild love, And lured it from a home Os happiness, to one of shame, And left it in its fall:— The heart that only erred for him, A common a'j't/or all. The careless smile now wreaths his lip, And he hath all forgot Tin* wreck of woe his sin hath left— An trriivj woman » lot; A lovely form stands by his side, In beauty’s winning grace. And love, in nil its holy light, Beams in her fair young face. F ither! Thou art all merciful— Say! can 1 be forgiven? All thought of earthly joy is fled, Oh let me hope for heaven; And in that holy prayer, revoke The wish inscrib’d above: No! no, 1 may not curse the heart My own once dearly loved. Tho’ I shall never hear his voice, So softly sweet—untrue— Trembling I ask one pardon more— Father! fan/ice him too: And when this “dust to dust returns,” My spirit’s voice shall sing, “0 grave,where is thy victory? Ch death, where is thy sting?” Shana. A wjusta, Oeo. FAIRY FOOTED ALLIE. Where the rose-leaves, softly stirred, With the breezes dally, There are jaittering footsteps heard, — In and out they sally; Flitting like a humming-bird; Fairy-footed Allie. O’er the violet, nzure-cyed, Softly she is bending; At the honeysuckle’s side, Fair buds gently tending— For the lily’s glorious pride Hear her song ascending. Ob! she lives among the flowers— With her touch they dally; For her love, the shrubs and bowers All their beauties rally, Joying with this joy of ours, Fairy-footed Allie. Dyed with radiance from the sun, Arc brr golden tresses; Zephyrs lift them, one by one, In their fond caresses; Life’s best light for us ye’ve won, Sweet, breeze-braided tresses. Threading softly, all day long, Each bright garden alley; Following far the robin’s song Dpwn the shaded valley; Npne, ejan harm or do her wrong, footed Allie. Mourning o’er each young flower’s blight, (.Shield her heaven forever;) Dancing, with anew delight, Where the rose-leaves quiver; Breathing for each bliss, at night, Thanks to God, the giver. Oh! our hearts with joy are stirred, All their love they rally; When with tripping foot and word, ’Mongst the flowers to dally, Comes our clip-winged humming-bird, Fairy footed Allie. Mrs. 11. E. G. Arev. KNOWLEDGE. he holds ten thousand wonders to the sight, prompt inquiry and inspire delight; 'Nations, properties, proportions, ends, “rst into light as her research extends, ’util unnumbered sparks around him fall, the great source of light, and life, and all. Gl Scuttlp'vn XUfrliltj Citcranj ant) ITUsccUamous Sotmtal, fur the ijomr Circle. j Cl (Saoxr Sion), THE DIAMOND MERCHANT. AN KAST KR N STO RV. [fONCIXUED.] CHAPTER V. In a short time all was silence in that house of mystery. The Defter-dar, greatly to his satisfaction, found him self lodged in a mean apartment open ing beside the door of entrance: and having narrowly searched his chamber to ascertain that lie could not be in truded upon from any other outlet, threw himself upon bis bed to think over the occurrences of the evening. That he was still in considerable danger lie was fully aware : for lie comprehended at once that he was indebted to the cu pidity of his hostess for even the ques tionablc chance of esca|>o which offered itself. lie had marked the sparkle of her eye when she first detected the jew el : tie had observed her inward strug gle, ere, in the hope of greater gain, she had compelled herself to permit his de parture; even yet she might repent! And, as this last fearful reflection cross ed his mind, tlie Defter-dar became un easy and restless—fearing be knew not what ; and at intervals imagining that lie detected through tho deep stillness tlie stealthy tread of feet and the rust ling of drapery. Hours passed over him thus —hours which appeared to his excited imagination as interminable : when suddenly lie become aware that his fancy no longer cheated him, but that seme one was beside him, whose deep and hurried breathing came hot and troubled to bis brow. The Defter dar sprang instantly into a sitting posture, and would hare spok on : but a small soft band was pressed i heavily upon his mouth, as the voice of Felec.h-so murmured in his ear: “ Khosh-biilditk !—well found ! Be calm —be silent—or you are lost— Ihissuii is lost—and 1 shall myself be come tlie sacrifice of your own indis cretion. We have no time to lose— listen to me then attentively. llhsshii is here, bowed by chains in a loathsome dungeon, where lie will be suffered to exist until iiis friend the Deftcr-dar, to whom lie lias been compelled to apply for vast sums, refuses faillier to assist him. When tlie slave who bears his letters first returns empty-handed, Saduk and lii-s comrades will at once end his sorrows with tlie bow-string: and I need not tell you, Eft’endinr, that tlie • grave betrays no secret. 11(3 is one of i many who arc wasting away their bright 1 youth not a hundred feet beneath the | spot where I now stand. Thrice have I! saved the life of llnssan, when his hours | were numbered by bis refusal to write j those letters to bis friend. The accurs ed love of gold is the impulse of the i vile mistress of this impious house, j We, her slaves, the creatures whom she ! has bought at a price, and tutored in her wickedness, are taught to make our miserable beauty tlie means of wiling to tier roof the young and tlie wealthy; and here they are compelled to drag on a despairing existence, so long as their prayers for gold arc answered by their friends. But Ilassan ! can yon not save him from this living death ? I have watched over his existence as though my own liong upon its duration, for 1 have learnt to love him in his misery, lit was who wiled him hither; but now, now,” site continued, as her voice stifled with agony : “ now 1 would glad ly lay down my blighted and unhappy life, to know that lie was once more free.” “ Tchapouk, tchapouk—Haste! haste! let me know all,” urged the Defter-dar. “ I trembled for you a ftw hours back,” pursued Felech-so, struggling to con trol her anguish ; “ I know not why, but, from the moment of your entrance here, a strange wild hope grew in my heart that you were fated to save Has san—and I trembled lest your own tale should destroy you. But you acted wisely, and for the moment you are MADISON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1850. saved. Think not, however, that lam duped by your fiction of tlie false dia mond—trust not that Ilemdoune Ilan oum, when in tlie solitude of her cham ber her fiendish avarice yields to her fear of detection and exposure, will not also awaken to a conviction of its false hood; and suspicious of your motive, place you at once beyond all power of treachery. ait not for the dawn, or you will never see tlie rise of another sun. I have drugged tlie sherbet of Saduk wit.li opium ; lie should keep tlie door, but even now lie sleeps a sleep as deep as that of the grave. Take tlie key from his girdle, and fly—return speedily, but be it with help and arms— away, I dare not linger another mo ment—fsicwell, mid remember Felech so.” As tlie last words passed her lips, tlie Defter-dar was conscious that she had left his side ; and an instant' afterwards a cold stream of air, entering through a concealed opening in (lie wall of his apartment, assured him of her depart ure. Not a moment was to be lo t, and, hastily seizing tlie turban and pelisse which lay beside his bed, tlie excited courtier strode silently into the hull. An expiring lamp still flung a dim and uncertain light on tho surrounding ob jects, and bv its assistance ho at once distinguished tlie form of Saduk, stretch ed on a mat in a heavy sleep. For one instant, and but one, tlie Deftcr-dar hes itated. Should this nocturnal visit lie only a part of the plot, to induce him to exhibit suspicion, and thus afford a plausible pretext for violence ? but im mediately came the reflection that, if violence were indeed' intended, no ac tion of his own would be required as an apology for ils exercise—ami bad not Felech-so told hint that Ilassan yet lived —in misery, and suffering, and chains ? The Defter-dar despised himself ll at lie Irul yielded even momentarily to tlie promptings of his cowardice; and, bend ing over Saduk for an instant lo assure himself that his slumber was not feign ed, lie possessed himself of tlie huge key t hat. was hidden amid tlie folds of the shawl which bound his waist, and ere long found himself beneath tlie broad moonlight in tho open street. Tlie Deftcr-dar stopped not to admire tlie beautiful effects of light and shade which presented themselves ns lie hurri ed on, but hastily pursued -bis way to his own habitation ; feeling as though lie had been absent from his home for months; so much had lie been impress ed by' tlie rapid and extraordinary events of tlie evening. Morning was just beginning to break over the Asian hills when lie reached his own door, and beat loudly for ad mittance : and he had traversed his ac customed chamber more than once, and examined minutely tlie rieli pelisse, and tlie costly caehemirc that composed his turban, ere lie could convince himself that be had not just awakened from a troublous dream. As his thoughts un raveled themselves slowly from tlie cha os of memories in which they were in volved, tlie Defter-dar was glad that lie had retained these vouchers for his sto ry, for tlie more lie mused upon the night’s adventure, tlie more lie felt its apparent improbability and romance! and, conscious of tlie imperative neces sity of speedy and powerful measures, in order to preserve the life of ilassan, lie knew that he had but one line of conduct to pursue; and that painful and humiliating as it was, lie could not hope for success through any other means. Never since his dismiss! >n from office had the ex courtier sought tlie presence of the Sultan ; lie felt that lie had been wronged for anew favorite, and lie bad too mucii self-respect b) expostulate, where lie was conscious that expostula tion would avail him nothing. And now when years had gone by, and it mi "lit be, that his very name was for gotten by Mound, lie was about to pre. sent himself at the foot of the throne as ] a suppliant—as an actor in a wild and questionable drama—as a mad and fool hardy adventurer. The resolution of tlie Defter-dar did not falter for an instant but his pride re volted, and lie sickened under his task, as lie bent his w ay to tlie Sublime Porte lo supplicate an audience of tho Sul tan. Well was it for him that lie came in a fortunate hour; for tlie court as trologer had predicted that every under taking of his Imperial master during this auspicious moon should prosper to his heart’s content; and, as it chanced that it had hitherto ottered little save satiety to tlie high-hearted monarch, lie at once consented to receive liis discard ed courtier, and to lend a favorable ear to his petition, be it what it might. But Sultan Mourad, when lie so gra ciously signitied his pleasure, looked not to be repaid by a tale so wild and strange as that of tho Ex-Treasurer: and lie had scarcely heard it to an end ere lie ex claimed earnestly : —“ Be hey }—what's this ? Why, 1t stuq Misses our most san guine hopes! There is still adventure to be found in our good city ! Why have you been so long absent from our presence, my lord Ex-Treasurer ? We have always respected the man though wo dismissed tho minister. And you are to return to tlie haunts of theso young I louri, said you not so i and your friend is to be admitted on your responsibility!’’ “ Light of tlie World !” replied tho Defter-dar, as lie still remained prostrate before tlie Sultan: “I was compelled to tlie promise in order to save my life for myself, I have resolved to keep my word ; and it is to crave your sublime approval and assistance that 1 am now a suppliant in tlie dust before you—but tho fable is at an end : the rest of tho adventure must l>o achieved bv force ; for none would venture to share with me tlie risk of further deception.” “ Baknlum—we shall see. You for get to whom you speak,” said die excit ed Mourad ; “you shall yet pinv your part, ovei to Iho end—you sluill still lie Ibrahim Kflendi, and I will personate Mechmed Cadi re Ishmael, the manuftic lurcr of diamonds ! Mashallali, it is a good trade, and one that were well worth the learning! We shall pave our palaces with gold dust when we have mastered tlie mystery ! And now, withdraw, Eileudim : we have of lute had some defalcations in our public treasury, and you bring tts a secret so unlooked for and so welcome, that, we owe you an instant demonstration of our gratitude: retire then, Defter-dar, and at sunset return hither, for we shall look for you, and be prepared to start upon our expedition.” The Minister, reinstated at once in favor of tlie Sultan and in his long-for feited dignities, kissed the hem of tlie sacred garment, and withdrew from tlie presence to muse over his unexpected good fortune. It was to Nefzi-Sabah that lie first confided it.; but gradually' (lie happy intelligence spread through tlie household, and thence to tlie world beyond ; and long ere tho setting sun warned the restored favorite that the hour had arrived when lie was once more to set forth in pursuance of an adventure which had already so deeply benefited his fortunes, his ante-room was filled with long-oblivious friends,! who were suddenly seized with eager! and earnest anxiety for his social and j bodily welfare ! On arriving at tlie palace, tho Defter-j dar was immediately ushered with much ; ceremony to a private apartment, which lie had scarcely entered when ho per ceived an individual, plainly clad in the common garb of a merchant, advancing towards him ; and lie had barely time to bend bis forehead to tlie earth, when tlie Sultan exclaimed gaily :—“ Rise, Ibrahim, my brother; with this coarse and somewhat inconvenient garb I have for a time doffed tlie Padishah. We should now lie on our way ; and l can acquaint you as wo traverse the city with tlie plans which I have formed to ensure success of our undertaking. To our task, then, Ibrahim ! Tho sun will set ero long ; and you were pledged to return to tlie hospitable halls of Ilem douno Ilanoum ere nightfall.” Tho word of Mourad was law ; and tlie god of day had scarcely dipped his golden hair in tlie blue waters of tlie Bosphorus, when (lie two disguised merchants be,-it upon the door of llas san’s prison-house. CHARTER VI. They were evidently not expected ; for, tis on tlie occasion of tlie Defter dar’s foimcr visit, they were detained for a considerable time ere the door was cautiously opened ; but, at sight of tho well-remembered faco of tlie merchant Ibrahim, tlie slave hastily bade them en ter, and as hastily closed the door be hind them. The words of his greeting were courteous, but its manner struck both tlie Sultan and his companion, ns dark and threatening; and it was with out regret that they obeyed his bidding, and remained alone together in the hall while he hastened to apprise his mis tress of their arrival. If they had been detained in tlie streets, they had no cause to complain of delay on the part of tlie old woman- Only a few seconds had elapsed, ero tlie rapid shuttling of her slippers was heard in the distance, and tlie two merchants bent low before her, as she emerged from the long gallery, and stood beside them. “ Kliosli geldin—you arc welcome;’ she exclaimed hastily. “ Kliosli hithltik— well found,” was tlie ready reply of her visitors, as tliev repeated tlie snhim alcikurn. “ Why, tliis is well, Ibrahim, my son;” she said, with a smile whose fierceness she could not wholly conceal; “after having played tlie truant in such un seemly st) le, as to give us room to doubt at once yo.ir truth and your honesty, von re-appear, according to your promise, when we had abandoned till hope of again receiving you as a guest. And this, then, is the honorable merchant your friend, Mechmed (kidire Ishmael ? lie is welcome to my house; and tlie more so that you are his companion. But come, come;” sin; added, somewhat impatiently ; “tlie hull is chilly, ami we waste time.” Then, as she moved slow ly on before, them, attended by tlie slave bearing a lamp, slio muttered in a low voice, which distinctly reached the ear of the Sultan, who was immediately behind her : “ And lam lo select a | score of stones—a score ? poor fools, j poor fools—arc they not all mine— ullf'' and a fiendish chuckle and a clenching j of tlie thin bony bands filled up tlie j measure of her meaning. “ But tell mo, Etfeiidim, tell me,” she i said, a moment afterwards ; “you Ibra him, my friend, it is to you I speak, and ! tlie excellent merchant, your associate, will pardon me that I neglect him for a while—tell me, I pray you, wherefore you fled from my dwelling last night, like one who apprehended evil i Did any offer you insult or annoyance? Did any wild suspicion, or weak alarm, prompt your flight i Tell me honestly, for I hate mystery.” “Surely tho Ilanoum Effendi jests with her slave ;” was tlie reply of tlie Defter-dar; “ the cause was too simple to need long seeking. I had an ill dream, which somewhat ruffled me, and, to rid myself of its effects, I passed from my chamber into tlie ball, that I might breathe more freely, when I was attracted by the sight of tlie slothful Saduk. I knew at onco that he should keep tho door, and I remembered that the safety of Ilemdoune Ilanoum and her whole household depended on tlie vigilance of this snoring slave, I did not awaken him, for the.thought struck me that I could teach him a lesson more likely to produce amendment than any reproaches ; and accordingly, i resolved, even at seme inconvenience to myself,! to depart without his assistance, in or- j der to prove to him that his sluggish ness, might, under some circumstances, have been tlie cause of mischief. If T did wrong, the Ilanoum Effendi will pardon me—as to the slaves who slum ber when they should watch, what are they ? hiiivaii der—they are animals !” “ ’Tuns shrewdly done,” said tlie old crone; “a deed after my own heart. I have myself finished tlie work which you began so bravely; and there is now no fear that tlie slave Saduk will ever sleep upon his post again.” As she uttered these words, tho party emerged from the dark passage along whic.li they had been slowly advancing, and found themselves in a superb saloon, brilliantly lighted, and occupied by half a score of young beauties, among whom the Deftcr-dar instantly recognized Fe lech-so. But ere he made his salutation to tlie bright band, lie gave one hurried glance tit tlie old woman, and marked with satisfaction that every shade of suspicion had vanished from her hag gard countenance. The guests were soon seated on the sumptuous divan beside their hostess, and supplied with chibouques and coffee by tlie fair hands of her attendant maid ens ; and then tlie impatience ot Ilcm doune llaticiini became uncontrollable, and she abruptly desired the merchant Mechmed Cadiru Ishmael to display his diamonds. Tiio Sultan bowed low, and thrust liis hand amid tho folds of liis girdle, but suddenly withdrew it, and pressed it upon liis brow with an expression of acute pain. “Air! air;” be exclaimed convulsively, “ Ibrahim, air, or I faint!’’ “ Quick ! quick !” shouted the hostess in her turn ; “ look that tlie lattice be firm, and throw up the casement; see ye not that the Effendi labors for breath.” Felech-so was tlie first to obey tlie bidding ; she sprang upon the divan with tlie rapidity of lightning, and flung the wide casement back to its fullest extent; and, as tlie sweet breath of evening came softly into tlie apartment, the mer chant slowly revived, A goblet of water, tendered to him by ono of the ladies, completed his recovery, and he lost no time in gratifying tho curiosity of iiis hostess. The joy of Ilemdoune Ilanoum amounted almost to insanity, .as her guest spread before her some of the costliest jewels of the Imperial Treasury. Her wasted fingers opened and shut, as though she were already clutching them in spirit; and her eager eyes fastened on them as if she feared their instant disappearance, ami would thrall them with a look. “ Oulu*—Zembrutf —MaifapJ—Fe lech-so—” she exclaimed, addressing the individuals on whom her glance chanced to fall ; “wo have made a precious harvest tonight! Tlie rail some of an emperor! And now wo will waste no more time upon tlicso simple idiots, who have brought their own necks to tlie bow-string ;” and she was about to clap her hands, to summon some ono without, when the Defter-dar seized her forcibly by tho arm, as she .shouted, “Fools! Maniacs! close tlie casement, if you would not have tlie city police upon us, and call hither Memisli and Feriiat; are we to bo fright ened by tho im|K>tent violence of two hair brained madmen ?” One of (lie maidens sprang to the window, but she was held back by Fe lech so, who bad already stationed her self beside it; and the progress of the others towards tlie door was arrested by the sultan, who, as ho. flung himself .across their path, drew a pistol from his g’ldle, and fired it through tho open casement. Tlie report of tlie shot was answered by a shrill cry from tho mina ret of a neighboring mosque ; and tlie Sultan bad scarcely wrenched from the band of tho fiendish old woman a dag ger which she bail aimed at him, ere the room was full of armed*men.— Thick and fast they poured in through tlie shivered casements on all sides of the dwelling ; and the clatter of their anas, and their shrill cries, as they pur vßose. } Emerald. * Moonlight. NUMBER 38. sued each oilier through the iiitrioato passage’, of the house sounded fearfully through the silence of the night. The saloon in which the Sultan stood in this dwelling of darkness presented a singular spectacle as the JanissafrCß prostrated themselves before him.—, Strewn over the rich Persian carpet wore the costly jewels which had been' scattered during the stiugolo of the I tester dar with the old woman ; in tho centre of the floor stood the Riiltan, ‘fifs brow dark, and his eve blight with a terrible meaning. Tti one corner of tho, apartment were clustered together a group of lovely girls, splendidly attired, and wan with fear ; while on the rich sofa of gold and azure, lay the grace-, fill form of Felcch-so, one round white arm falling over the edge of tho divan, and a slender stream of blood flowing from her bosom to the floor. The signal shot of the Sultan had been fired in haste, and the ball had. terminated the life of tho fair and gen tle Feleeh-so, My tale is almost told. The wretch-' cd Ilomdoune Ilnnoum was how-strung by two of her own slaves, who had been, made captive by the Janissaries. Cold ly and sternly, Mourad, as they wore brought trembling before him, inq» tired ol each his name \ and then, selecting, from their number, Me midi and Forhat, 1 who had been destined to the honor of terminating his own existence, ho stood by to see his will accomplished. The victim littered no cry—made no suppli cation—but submitted to her fate with a recklessness worthy of her impious life ; and, ns her quivering body was thing down by her executioners, the Sul tan bade them conduct him to the pris on of ilassan. The repoit of Feloch so to the Def ter-dar was true in every particular. I lie vaults beneath the house had been converted into dungeons j where sur-' rounded by squalor, filth, and wretched ness, loaded with chains, and attenuated by hunger, the Sultan found not only Ilassan, hut a score of other victims, all young men of wealth or rank, tinny of whom had been lost to their families for years. 1 lie joy 01 tho miserable prisoners may he imagined, when they recognized their deliverers. Ilassan fell on the neck o" the Defter dar and wept, and, as his chains w-re struck olf, he mingled with' his gratitude an inquiry for Folech-so; and his tears only flowed tho fastor when lie learnt that she had perished in* tli'6* service of her afl’uction. Os the fate ot her companions there is no record ; but, as they were Eastern women who had come'under the ban of the law, it is not difficult to imagine it * while it is certain that in many of tha : state documents subsequent to this ad venture, mention is made of a certain Ilassan Pasha, who held a high office of State during the latter part of the reign of Sultan Monrad the Second. A Happy Uomk.-Wo fear there are but few happy homes in this world.—' e do know, that, if any connection bo formed on nny oilier basis than that of Christianity, there can bo no permanent enjoyment. A happy home! llowmuch is embraced in that sentence ? how glori ous and instructive ? Alas, how rarely do wo find one! We enter family-circles’ daily where there seems to he mutual love and happiness. How little of it is real! It has been said that there is a-, skeleton in every house. How easy it is to destroy the peace and unanimity of homo! One unquiet spirit may trans form the calmest circle into a place of torment. A family-circle resembles an electrical one:' while all are similar in disposition, and governed by the fatno motives ot mutual love, tho current of love will flow free and undisturbed. Let there be introduced- one foreign nature, and tho circle is broken and, where all was harmony before, there is now chaos and confusion. OLV There are many who praise vir tue, but do no more titan prai e it.