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COLUMBUS, GEOllGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1873.
GEORGIA.
O ONE l*
i prayer
i»y
liito from tho furnace-dungeon of di
l,at wrought now Oruce, from battle's clmos
mould.
ml retired now slit lues from ushos uot yet cold I
ot cold! from flames tho strangest that lmvo
given
rout all this world, an altar-smokef to llenvon!
rowned—on the cross! al«o
hev sniilo on liuto with Lo
•Tho coal and the diamond ! the gloom and tho
lory.
tTocumsoh's way.
•Such (loorgiaiis ns II Stephons, T. R. 11.
i.l,It, und many others, Uluu.iuMo this text.
[Southern thrill and llmne.
louis"hacon !
A STOllY OF THE
CREEKS AND SEMINDIES
IS THE
EARLY DAYS OF GEORGIA.
YOL. XY—NO. BOS.
11Y
AUTnor. op “puncan m’intobii.”
Written lor the Sunday Enquirer.
[copy main.’ secured.]
CHAPTER XII.
VIlTOKIOirg.
Tho dogs, with lunging tongues end
bloodshot eyes, dashed straight for Her-
(llok Wilson, nnd thin, accompanied l»y
the flashing of the rifle, destroyed forlho
moment "lift presence of mind, aud left
him without a particle of his nover snpe-
ir courage.
Black Nod, though as meau a desperado,
is a different order of brute from his
aster. Whon driven to bay bo could
light like a lion, and held in light osteorn
his worthless life whon a common danger
threatened. Ho beard tho dogB and the
cracking of tho rifles, nnd sprang to liis
dusky burden close to where his master
had placed the thoroughly astonished
Miriam.
Batty had long had a tender feeling for
the liand-mniden iu question, who, by the
way, was n sister of Phil; but neither
mastor nor man had now an opportunity
to make explanations, for Herdick Wil
son, like all cowards who suddonly Bee
the odds are in his favor, became terribly
bold, and, with hia reloadod rifle, culled
on his men and led in tho direction from
which the attack had come.
Lonis Macon, before starting on this
unexpected expedition, had bad no time
to train bis men, but had he drilled them
for years they could not have acted more
in accord with thoir loader’s will, or
obeyed his unexpressed wishes bettor
than on thiH occasion. Every man- of
them, tho moment Wilson lod tho attack,
sought tho friendly shelter of a troe, os
all good soldiers of every color have
when they had a good chance, and, like
all good Boldiors, their weapons wore
ready, and they met the assault by a well
directed, withering fire, which sont tho
Iudians and white men back in dismay
beyond the fire they had kindled them
selves, und which now only served as a
hotter moons for directing tho Bhots of
their most determined foes.
This attack satisfled Wilson, for he
called his men about him and hastily with
drew to plan attack, or lay plaus for the
foe that had so unexpectedly risen up be
fore him.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE POOH OLD HAN.
Ilonry Troup was an old man, a brave
oue it is true, but an old man who,having
seen but little of the world, considered
that all ho hnd not Been was unworthy of
his uotico. IIo was a mau of education, but,
afior all,there are no men in the world so
easily deceived as the so-called “educated
men” who imagine they learn all that is
worth knowing from the musty pages of
antiquity, tho,exact rules of mathematics,
or tho equally precise deductions of
science. Those, aftor all, are but the
tools of true scholars; but Henry Troup
possessing the tools mistook them for tho
skill, and he thought, because he knew
the books written by men distinguished
for their learuiug and ability, and whom
the world called great, that ho having
mastered nil that they had given mankind,
was therefore great, and knew tho world.
Just, my yonng friend, as if you imagined
you were cottou, because you happened
to be made np of the stuff* that constitutes
tho hoops and bagging.
Henry Troup was an honest
had a punctilious idea of honor—a very
good failing, by the way, and one almost
feet to see Herdick Wilson fleeing into obsolete in this day. lie belioved in pay-
the darkness for refuge, while the Indians j j U g (jobts, and, like a true man, he
and white men, who had boon sleeping in
r.uch fancied security a few minutes be
fore, now loapod from their sleep in
amazement-.
Louis Macon saw the men rising bo-
foro him by scores, and he knew that
hesitation would bo ruin. Iu the indis
tinct light lie recognized the forms of
Miriam and her servant, and for that
point ho pressed at once, followed by
Hatty and Phil, tho latter individual be-
iud guided altogether by tho course the
course the dogs had taken.
Miriam heard tho baying of tho dogs,
and turning she saw them, at first with
fear, bounding toward her; but as they
approached sho recognized them, and,
forgottiug her fear and fatigue, she rose
to her feet and called their names. She
hoard the banging of the rifles and tho
piercing sound of the bullets, that cut
tho twigs abovo her Load till they fell in
a showor about her, und then she heard
her own name called. At first she doubted
this most palpable evidencoof her senses,
but again she heard her name shouted iu
tho unmistakable voice of Louis Macon,
with the additional words,
“Lie down, Miriam! Wo will save
you!”
“Yea! Brass do Lor’, Miss Miriam,
dar’s Mauss Louis. Lie down heah,
honey, or yor friends mout hurt ye.”
Acting on this sage advice, Miriam,
about whom ihe dogs were now fawning,
lny down, and she had scarce pone so
when Wilson’s companions, lod by Black
Nod, rallied and threw themselves directly
in the path of Louis Macon and his fol
lowers.
“Uonie back, Wilson ! Curse them, we
outnumber them three to one, and can
whip them !” shouted NeJ, and, stimu
lated by his words, Wilson turned and,
with clubbed rifle, came running back.
Before ho could join his companions,
however, at the point of attack, the
blood-hounds, by some mysterious in
stinct divined his position nnd intention,
and, leaving Miriam, they lied with white-
dishing teeth nnd open mouths for tho
dosporado.
"Cull ofl* tho dogs!” shouted Wilson.
“Shoot them!” replied Black Nod, as
he fired in the direction of Louis Macon,
felt himself to be the slave of the
whom he owed.
Henry *Troup had two children. Hia
oldest was a sou, aud lie educated the lad,
and rejoiced when ho returned from the
*North with a Harvard diploma iu hia
pocket. Even in that early day, Harvard
was a groat soliool; aud Southern men,
though then antagonistic to the rapidly
increasing feeling of opposition in New
England, took a pride in having their
boys educated there. Human nature, my
dear frionds, is a very curious thing when
you como to analyze it, and after all
Henry Troup was only a man, just like you
and mo, only a little more candid and
honest. You aud I, friend*, are accus
tomed to disguise our feelings, and we
suspect men os naturally as wo eat; but
before we were born, our fathers had the
absurd notion of supposing men to be
honest till they proved tliomsolves knaves.
Now we very wisely think all men knaves
till they show themselves to be houost.
Of course, you applaud this sontiment ;
and the author, who always agrees with
the people for whom ho writes, says
“bravo!” or “bully!”—tho latter ia tho
American word, and the author is an
awful American.
Henry Troup meant right; that is he
thought himself always right. If you
want to find tho man who is always
“lighter," nnd more correct thnn anybody
else, hunt tho most ignoraut, positive aud
aggrossivo man in your neighborhood; tho
fellow who thinks in his coarseway he is
rendering God a service by making every
body ho comes in contact with wretched,
nnd every timo he is opposed who makes
himself n martyr, and runs ubout showing
how viloly he was treated. Heury Troup
was not ignorant, yot ho belonged to that
hateful bull-headed class who are always
right—in thoir own opinion.
Mr. Troup, after his servants had taken
him away, and explained to him that
Louis Macon had saved him, ohoosed to
consider tho servants wrong, and, iu or
der to do this effectually, he threw the
whole biamo of his recent misfortune on
the unoffending young mar, and having
done so, he belioved what ho thought,
and the more he thought the strongor he
believed. He had an iudistiuot idea that
“Things ain’t so bad as they might be.
I could get your daughter back if I had
only a right to. I triod to save her before,
but you drovo mo off and would not let
me. Now I am willing to forget the past,
and not think of your trying to push me
out of your room the night of the attack,
if you say that Miriam shall bo mine
when I recover her from this thief and
robber.”
“I am willing. Bring her bnok to me
agaiu, and promiso you will live so as to
keep her near mo, and I will agree ; but I
cannot part from my child. She is all
that I have, all that I have!” The old
mau groaned and swayed his body back
and forth while Herdick Wilson watched
tu with his red eyes.
“I know whore they arc now Mr.
Troup,” ho said looking into the old
man’s face.
“And my people, my hands are with
him.
“Yes, nnd they hovo been conspiring
;aiust you for months and should be
hung up.”
“How many are there?"
“Well, niggers and Injuns, thero’s a
groat many, but I can get a force together
and gobble him up before ho knows it,
and if I onco lay my hands on him I will
hnug him.”
“Yes, hang him! Let tho last of his
hated race dio! I loath them with my
soul. Catch him aud hang him, and my
daughter shall bo yours,” said tho old
mau rising excitedly, aud shakiug his
thin hands.
CHAPTER XIV.
MS 1>AXUE1I.
Tho moment that Louis Macon found
ho could move without the danger of
an attack, ho gathered his poople about
him, and picking up Mariam as if sho had
been the lightest and most precious bur
den that over man bore—as sho was to
him—he started back through tho dark
ness to the bunk.) of tho stream down
which Patsy hud struggled with her mis
tress.
The sun was rising when they camo to
a halt, and as they stopped Phil, who had
left tho party at the first peep of day, ap
peared bearing ouJiis stalwart shoulders
a magnificent buck. Fires wero lit now
without four, though Lonis wisely had his
camp picketed, aud scon the luscious
stakes wero broiling on tho hot coals, und
iu tho pleasure and sense of freedom of
tho timo, Miriam forgot her aches aud
fatiguo, and even tho troubles to her fath
er's home. In moments of great
dospondcucy when tho clouds me
dark, we are upt to hail tho first
ray of light, tho first crumb
of comfort as a panacea for all our evils,
and wo imagine that because ono cloud
has been dispelled that tho sky is tbero-
foro clear. And so wo foolishly imagine
that uno cloud obscures tho sun nnd sky
of our happiness. Wo aro as wretched
with a tooth ache us if all the body wore
diseased, aud often ns happy with a trivial
joy as if all th6 future paths of life wero
marked with the suushino of continued
bliss. Perhaps it is well that wo aro so
oouHtitued; that we aro so constituted is
true, and we should therefore moke the
best of it,
Louis, tho morning repast over, insist
ed uu Miriam’s taking a rest, which sho
and Patsy did, and duriug tho timo Louis
himself nud all his companions hnd an
opportunity to take the roposo of which
all stood so much iu need.
Tho afternoon was woll advanced when
Louis, aftor consulting with Miriam, de
cided to begin thoir roturu to tho Ch.itta-
hoochoo, hoping by taking a rost at night
to got there by sunrise iu the morniDg.
They travelled on till about midnight,
when Louis called a halt for rest, aud the
party stopped und st.rted a firo.
They had now no four of an attack, for
Wilson aud his men had withdrawn tho
morning before, and thero was no sign of
them iu the advance so fur.
Miriam was happy, that is if ono in her
uncortuiu position could be said to be
happy, for though Louis hnd apprised
that it was tho murmur of tho wind in tho
trees, but he walked on quietly and cau
tiously, fascinated by the low indistinct
sound that soemed to cmeuato from a
point just before him.
He was on tho point of turning back,
for the fooling of confidence suddenly
gave place to foar, as tho sound changed
from his front to his roar. Ho looked cau
tiously about him, hut saw no object only
tho long shadows tho trees cost from tho
fire. The dogs, as ho roturued, bogan to
bark more fiercely than ever,and ho shout
ed to Phil to keep them quiet. Ho oould
see tho black mau holding tho dogs near
tho fire. Before he could repeat bis or
der or appreciate his position,he was borno
to the grouud aud a gag fastened securely
in his mouth.
Louis Macon was a powerful man, but
now his strength availed him nothiug.
His hands wero bound with marvellous
quickness, and two men raised him to his
feet and hurried him away from tho firo.
Ho hoard his companions cnlliug his
uamo. Ho hoard the ileepor baying of
the dogs, but he was forced to keep on
till the light of tho firo died out, and tho
sound of tho barking became an indistiuct
echo.
[to be continued. J
within ten paces. But the some one had saved him from tho fire,
who i
i-hot missed its mark, nnd in another in-
Htant Louis and hin dusky frionds wero in
a hand-to-hand conflict with Nod aud his
Indians.
It was tho impetuosity of tho onset,
not the superior courage or force, that
broke tho dosporado band iu a moment,
and sent thorn fleeing iu alarm into tho
darkness.
Louis did not give them timo to rally.
Ho know that everything depended on
celerity of action ; so ho sprang at onco
to tho spot where Miriam lay trembling
"ii the ground, nud, clasping hor in bis
ttrius, ho iftoutod to his companions to
follow him, and ran back to tho shelter of
the darkuohk, iu tho direction from which
ho had como.
Patsy was oven moro exhausted than
her luiritroHs, and she rose iu ainuzouieut,
scarce comprehending what was trans-
p-riug around her, aud her amazement
v ’as increased a thousand times when a
tall negro sprang to her side aud, seizing
her in his strong arms, carriod her off.
‘‘Why, bross me, who’s you?” she de
manded, as sho rnado an ineffectual effort
herself.
n’t you kuow, honey ?” asked the
i he continued to run with his by
ns easy burden.
Is you Butty ?’’
nobody else, honey; and heah
but with a wonderful adherence to tho
tendoncies of human nature, he consid
ered the actual good a dream, and Macon s
imaginod injuries a reality.
It was two days after tho fire, and tho
old man was moping about the ruins of
his house, aud bemoaning tho loss of the
daughter whom be loved, when iu from
tho woods came Ilerdick Wilsou and somo
of his followers.
it was not curious that llordick Wilson
should bavo hit on the pluu best calulated
to strengthen tho old mau’s suspicion. He
had informed him tho night of tho attnek
the Iudians were advancing against him.
And to show now that those Indians were
under tho leadership of Louis Macon was
an easy matter, for Wilsou could assert
with truth that Miriam was at that mo
ment in the hands of Maoou, whom ho
accused of being her captor and tho orig
inator of the old mau’s present troubles.
“You never would take my advice,
’cause ye thought I wasn’t yer friend,”
said Wilson, in talking to Mr. Troup the
day of his return. “You refused me tho
girl, aud yon see sho is now with Louis
Macon, the very man you most hate;
whon she might have been the wife of
your'best friend.”
“I wish sho was dead and I lying in the
grave k by her Bide,” said tho old man,
bowing his head aud pushing his long
said Batty, rb ho deposited bin j thin fingers through his white hair.
For tho Kmiuirer.
THE CREEKS-—THEIR RELIGION.
BY MRS. 8. M. CHANDLER.
Civilization seems to rcqniro a separa
tion of Church and State, nud progress is
not satisfied till all religious rites, ovon
that of prayers, are banished from civil
and military records. But in the patri
archal form of government religious eoro-
mouies precede all civil and warlike acts,
and often tho priest# had greatest weight
in council, or dict..tod the plan of batilo;
banco wo find among tho Indians religious
rites mixed up with councils, war, mar
riage aud festivals.
Those who go to war pray frequently.
They think to pray insincerely will* bring
bad luck. Their public prayers, wo sup
pose, uro made standing up, facing the
sun. In private they aie also made stand
ing, and silently. So far ns wo cun learn,
the American Indian never kneels in pe
tition, noithor in prayer, nor to ask for
mercy from a foe. Tho East Indian
always kneels in prayer and for personal
mercy, or even favor.
Their seeming ferocity is not always
the effect of blood-thirstiness, but often
the raid is made and tho scalp taken iu
order lo fulfil a dream or satisfy an omen,
which coming, as they suppose, from tho
Groat Spirit, like u commaud, requires au
obedience from which there is no osonpo.
They sometimes oflor victims to uppoaso
tho evil spirit ns well as the good. Thus,
whon wo find their religion, dreams and
superstitions require them to bo men of
blood, we should not judge ; for when we
think them most fiendish, they may be
more devout than ourselves, and trying
most to pleaso Deily. That they should
take long marches, onduro toils, priva
tions, and risk their lives to secure fnvor
with thoir Creator, will, with all their san
guinary bloodshed, win them moro re
ward than those will find who live within
the sonud of tho church bells, yet who
will uot go to worship on Sabbath in the
temples dedicated to llis serrico.
They rival Abraham in faith and obedi
ence, aud will sacrifice their only child or
dearest friend to tho imagined desires of
Deity as readily and devoutly ns ho ; nnd
thoir soemiug callousness arises from de
votion to their faith, which yields implicit
acquiescence to any demaud required by
their religion.
Doubtless tho modern parent, who be
moans with vain lamentations the dear
child culled unexpectedly to God, if they
had seen Abraham calmly prepare tho
altar for his only son, would hnvo called
him “a savage,” “au unfeeling barba
rian ;" biu God called him “tho father of
tho faithful,” “His friend," saying, “Shall
1 hide from Abraham the thing that 1
do;" und to him was given power as u
her of her father’s safety sho still felt tho prince with God in prayer concerning tho
blow that had befallen hor home. i sovon cities of tho plain. If tho rebol-
“Oh, if I could only got my father to ! lions would lay down their own wills, like
leave this country ami return to his j Abraham, at tho very feet of Jehovah,
home,” she said to Louis as they a,it to- J thou more of tho faith of Abraham would
gether near the firo. bo given thorn ; more knowledge of tho
“This is his homo, Miriam, nml ho j secret counsels of tho Most High ; moro
could bo happy hero,” said Louis, “if ho : power iu prayer!
but rid hiiusclf of that bad man, Wilsou." j The callousness of tho Indian is but
“Rid himself of Wilson, Louis ? Why \ the stern firmuoss of Abraham’s faith, aud
that man holds my father undor a yoko of nothing moro. If they suffer, they do
obligation ; some of it is the dabt—n
gambling debt, 1 beliovo of my brother,
but my father left the Savannah an much
to oscapo him us ho did to got away from
you.”
“And his doing so has rid him of neith
er,” said Louis, solemnly.
“No, I thank God that ono of them
is here. But why should ho hate you
Louis? You, who aro so good and bravo
nml kiud. You, to whom ho owes his own
lifo and his daughter’s freedom."
“I cannot tell Miriam ; 1 only know
ho is visiting tho hate ho boro my father
on my head, aud I believe ho thinks now
that I am responsible for nil his presout 1 call a race
trouble.” cause they
night hideous with thoir cries,
nor cull heaven aud earth to witness thoir
want of manhood aud submissive grace,
nor put ou tho historic or poetic page
their agouy, that ull succeeding ages
might kuow they had a heart-ache, illy
borno. They simply hiJe it away in thoir
heurts, aud look to tho Great Spirit to
heal it iu bright hunting grouuds of
Aiden.
“Wo” arc among tho noisy mourners,
aud we hnvo a pain, mental or pbysicul,
wo call upon our friends for sympathy :
but us heart answers to heart, us face to
faco in tho glass, fur, far bo it from us to
lions” or “unfeeling” be-
ako no sign and leave no
Tho Modocs and othor Indians (we
know not whotber it is common to ull) be
lieve it a sin to sell or lnavo the lands
givon them by the Great Spirit, and that
if they do, they shall nover enter the
ploasunt hunting grounds where he
dwells, but they will bo bunished to those
lonesome, far off places, whore, without
game, thoy will wnudffr with those unfor
tunates who endure tho frowns and neg
lect of the Groat Father. ICn passant,
we cannot but speculate on the eternal
futuro of Captain Juck nnd his small
band, who piltod thoiusolvos against a
great nation and fought to secure “their
happy land,” as compared with thoso iu
this fair city who lose “tho happy land”
for tho small excitement of gambling,
drinking nnd swenritig all night, till tho
early Sulibath sun drives them from thoir
narrow dons. Yet wo call tho first “a
savage,” aud turn his corpse over to the
crows. Tho latter wo call “civilized,”
nnd give admittance to the best iu tho
land.
We dwell thus ou the religious senti
ments of tho Indian to lilt him from that
low of-taJo where tho ignorance of his
conquerors has placed him, and io which
ho hath degraded himself by tho vices of
civilization; for wo will bo temptod to
consider with ridiou’e, as trite and chi’d-
ish, thoir simplo manners and customs,
unless thoy symbolize to ns tho brother
hood of man und show themselves the
types of higu nud ho!y thiugs. Then wo
will look with reverence upon every effort
made by untutored mortals to approach
nearer to the God revealed by nature,
nnd to adore Ilimiu spirit and in truth.
Wo bow in hero worship before Boo-
rates, Plato, and the scholars of classio
Groeco and Romo, yot the IndinuH com
prehended Deity bettor than they; for
no idols polluted the land, before which
thoy, stupid, bent the knee. Heart to
heart, faco to face, they worshiped God
even ns we.
General Taylor, who fought thorn many
years iu Florida, says of tho Creeks aud
the Somiuolcs, “that their battles present
sumo of the most brilliant deeds on the
historic page, as with n hnndful they kept
the army of tho United States at bay lor
many years, nnd cost the country
$20,000,000; that such daring valor as
that of the Creek tribes and the Seiui-
uoles; such unyielding love of country:
such endurance and reckless desperation,
can find no brighter illustration iu the an
nals of tho world.” Such bravery and
such character hath made tho Highlander,
the Cossack and the Arab familiar in ro
mance nud song; but the poor Indian, for
want of scribes, bids fair to dc.sceud iu
history shorn of halt his virtues and
glory, os his acts uro only recorded by
a prejudiced und uusympathizing rival
and enemy.
From the great number of Indians in
habiting this country, and th» strength
and power of thoir tribes, ii is not rea
sonable to suppose thoy fought each other
as often nud ferociously befure thoir con
tact with tho white races n» they have
since, for there was not tho same induce
ment. Thoy laid up no pelf of cuttle,
anus, blankets aud whiskey, to tempt tho
raid “for spoils,' as now ; whilo much of
the deceit, treachery and aggression which
they at present practice toward ouch other
is learned from their conquerors, who pit
them against each other, and never could
have outered thoir heads iu their simple,
savage Htato.
In order proporly to conceive tho t
character of (ho Indians, we iuiist divest
them of ull tho vices acquired from civili
zation aud whiskey, and remember they
bavo always treated the whit os better
thun tho wbitos treated them, in every in
stance giving n cordial welcome und sup
plying them from their mongro stores,
nnd never resorted to treachery or war
until tho whites hud hhjwu themselves
blood-thirsty, cheat*, nud oppressors.
Tho histories, romnuees and stories
written by thoir enemies lmvo seldom
done justice to tho courage and military
skill of tho red mau, or, if grudgingly
acknowledged, it was done the moro to
glorify those that were able to couq
them, than from admiration of thoir foe-
man's gruutucs*. If the Indian displayed
indomitable courage aud tact, skillful sur
prise, or u rockless disregard of life in his
warfare, the mildest epitbois wore "re
devils,” “wolves,’ “fiends, * i-tc., und tl
braver und moro persevering ibo Indian:
tho more tho degrading epithets wero a]
plied; while the white freebooter, wL
was wrosting from him In - lamia, was
patriot, endowed with nil tJio virtues of
heroes aud deuii-gods. The red met
col even the Spartans iu stoicism, nud
were, perhaps, quite us pleasant neigh
bors, and when all fear of the scalping
knife has disappeared from our bolder;
wo may, perhaps, bo willing to do then
justico.
‘ F r these Creike of uure wero grave, bet’iite, am
A rnro of Roman mould, her d.:, I nivo ;
THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
A STORY OF RURAL LIFE.
PART I.
Around tho old homestead autumnal
winds chanted a solemn dirge, as they
showered upon tho aged roof myriads of
golden-hued leaves fnjm trees that had
sheltered it from the burning rays o!
many a summer sun. It was a grand old
place, with huge forest oaks entwining
their sturdy arms proteotingly over the
eaves of a large, irregular building, which
had been the happy home of several gene
rations of Middletons. Iu the back
ground, beyond broad fields of emerald,
rose a succession of hills tinted by tho
frosty breath of tho dying year with gor
geous hues of crimson, orange and gold,
together with tho most delioalo colors
that ever adorned tho cauvns of Claude
Lorraine.
Tho funeral-like dirge of the moaning
winds but echoed the feelings of and
hearts within Ihe silent house; for the
lifoless form of a beloved husband and
father had n few days previous boon borne
from thence to its last resting place in tho
inlet valley. Now tho louoly, bereaved
widow, with nu aching void in her heart,
nnd a feeling of litter desolation, has
striven to arouse herself for tho sako of
the dour ones who aro spared her. With
an elbow npou tho table by which shesat.
and bowed head resting within the palms
of hor fair, dedicate bauds, she awaits tho
coming of her sons, who are to decide
what avocation aud path of life they wiil
pursue in future.
As a brilliant panorama, the scones of
her happy wedded life have boon pnsutig
.•iow, but now the curtain falls, and
darkness anil impenetrable gloom.
Iu unite agony she hows her head, until,
like a hidden gem suddenly revealed,
God’s mercy and a Saviour's lender love
illumined the prospect. A llnim of hope
gs anew from the ashes of dospair,
aud tears, sweet tears, sorrow’s only Imlm,
the first sho had shed siuce her great be-
“I will disabuse his mind, Louis, when 1 written record of their grief. Eveu the
wo return. With all his failings, ho loves horrid blasphemies of tho Wicked are uot
mo dearly, and, excepting you, he is the ' always a sign of hardness, but oftener
ono object for which I live. Bo oharita- j uro tho evidence of a soul goaded to mad-
ble, Louis, to mj father for my sake.” r.ess by the torture of its lost condition.
“For your sake! You, Mariam, I j Therefore pity the pain oven an you break
would dio to show him thoro is no cause . their necks ou tho gallows,
for his hate.” j Look at Oceula in prison, entrapped by
Louis might have said moro, but at this treachery of tho whites. JIo pined bl*o
moment the bloodhounds began to bark, nu eugle in a cage, aud though ho gave uo
aud the mou who wero sleeping about tho sign of agony, wo know ho suffered, be-
fires sprang to thoir fu:;t, rifles iu hand, cause his heart broke, and he diojl from
and looked in tho direoiiou from which it. If his heart ached ovon unto death,
the danger seemed to come. i why uuy not the hearts of other Indians,
“Do you hour oiiything, Phil?” asked whom we call callous? Verily, verily,
Louis of tho black man who was peering i tho blood of tho rod man is as warm und
Kv.uly off* rod fir HU
Wore detuned l.y Ilia
Of the ■oul/wiili art
—At a parly, while a young huly
playing with peculiar brilliuuoy of to
a by-Htauder bachelor exclaimed,
give tho world for those fingers!” “
haps you might get the whole ham
asking,” said tho young lady’s obsor
mamma.
‘ i «!<*|>t Iti nu ed
Wlirii no uJitm
D«l I tllOUK
ii,
How canity editors lie
into tho darkness.
“I thought I did, Mauss.”
What was it like ?
rod us ours, nnd his heart, of the snmo
shape, must ache aud throb to the same
joys nnd woes. Yet he is more roligious
“Like somebody steppin on dry sticks." | and devout thun his so-called Christian
“Keop tho dogs quiet. I will go out ; conquerors. Ills wars, raids, aud the
and examine," said Louis. ' spoliation of his enemies by skillful cuu-
Miriani saw him, ami iu her anxiotyske ning, a re dictated and demanded hy his
culled to him to come back, but ho did religion and tho Great Spirit whom ho
uot hear her, or ho would have oboyed 1 calls “Father." Our wars, raids and rob-
hor request. Claspiug his ready rifle he Lories are in direct violation of tho com
peted in tho direction which, had thoy mauds of that Great Spirit whom wo cull
boon moving, thoy would bavo taken. ; father, and through whaoo mercy wo
Uo hoard, and ho thought as ho hoard it, j hope to be saved.
Rice Flour Cookies.— ()u«-half p
of ground rice, one Iu If pound . 1 i!
dried and silled; one pound of powd
sugar, one-hnlf pound ol butter,
eggs, juice and half tho grated rind of a
lemon, ono tablespoouful of orange-
flower wator. Boat yolks and whites very
light ; then put the sugar with tho yolks.
Beat ten minutes, add the orungo-fh
water aud lomou lastly, the flour aud
whites alternately.
Crust of Pastry.—Ono aud a half
pounds of flour, twelve ounces of butt
threo eggs, suit, and ice water.
—A littlo child died near Riley Gonti
Mioh., a fow days ago from the effects of
poison extracted from a cork which it
chewing. Tho cork had boon mod
bottle containing tho deadly drug.
ng brain,
1-1'.
itli that
ti my heart
help
clioved hor l
nud she softly murmured,
“(), God, Thy will bo done,
The door opened gently,
haudsomo youth of ninetoor
years of ago entered tho rooi
noiseless, cautious step adopted in a bon.'
of mourning and observed from foice <•
habit long after tho beloved body h.i
boon consigned to its lonely sepulchre
His faco assumed a moio pnlid hue ns 1:
discovered tho bowed, grief-stricken fig
ure, and, approaching, he threw his a
tenderly around her, and, falling upon
knees, drew hor houd gently to his hoi
and said,
“Mother, dear molhor, for your c
(lion’s sake be comforted."
Sho responded silently to his nffooti
ate embrace, nnd allowed her throbbing
head to remain for somo timo
ith resting place. In a vote*
with omotiou tho youth added
“O, mother! I would buv
uiy lifo chcorfully if tho act
averted thin dreadful blow, which has
crushed your dear heart and blighted th
happiness of our household; but, as
could uot alter the decree of an uintiipu
tent God, I solemnly vow to devote my
self to your comfort so long ns wo both
shall live. Como what may, my moth'
happiness and interest shall ho dem
ine thun that of all others, and
hbnll over reign supremo, r
God."
Sho raised her head, and with tearful
eyes bout tenderly upon him, calmly said,
“My dear Arthur, i fully appreciate tho
motive which prompts your n/fcct/onnto
heart, but am not so thoroughly selfiih uh
to require or accept a vow id* that nahiro
from my sou, who has never boon di fi-
cient in filial lovo or obedience. Your
gonerous, thoughtful consideration of my
comfort merits duo recompense, and,
with God’s help, I will
duo nil selfish, rebellious feelings, and
livo hereafter for the interest und fulu
welfare of my children. I uow rocognij
tim hand that uuoto mo, and bow in hum
ble submission lo tho rod. ‘The L
gave, nnd the Lord hath taken aw
blessed be the name of the Lord.' Iu the
language of Israel's sweet psalmist, God
favored ono, I can now say with faith, ‘1
-hall go to my husband, but ho shall not
return to me. Therefore, I will dry
• yo*, and strivo to bo worthy of the
blessings which n merciful Benefactor has
bos'owed upon mo. Wbatover I belie
is for tho happiness and interost of my
children 1 will accept, rognrdless of all
pomonal considerations. Therefore, ii
tho ndjuHtmcut of your affairs and nr
rangemonls for tho future, 1 beg that you
own happiness may be tho primary ob
ject. "
Tho door again opened, mid a young
man of tine, prepossessing appearance
several years Arthur's senior, entered th
room and approached tho table with a
businoHH-Iiko air. I (is woll arranged toilet
indicated a more thorough knowledge of
/(.’ beau month', than that displayed hy If
brother; whilo u certain quick, restlo
muunor proclaimed him n frequenter
tho busy hauuto of life.
As he observed bis mot
nonce, over which lmpo ant
had cast a tender, radiant b<
first soft rays of sunlight npi
euod earth, his own bright
remarked pleasantly,
“I am rejoiced to ,.eo that
iug hotter, mother. Indeed
ing almost yourself again, ami I sincerely
hope tho improvement in your uppeflr-
uuco may he lho harbinger of a bright
and happy future. SVo have paid the L»st
respect possible to the dour departed one,
aud our duty is now to tho living ; there
fore, uftor a careful examination into
father's affairs, i hnvo como to consult
with you as to the.ir final settlement. ’
As ho concluded, ho seated himself at
Ihe table. With u smothered sigh she
motionod Arthur to take a chair by her
side, and replied,
“You have spi k«
wisely in making tho
coming to mo. Now i am prepared to
hear all that you wish to say."
Thus encouraged, after a moment's
hesitation, he ob-orvi d,
“I regret to say wo find the ist.d. in u
much more embarrassed condition than I
expected. Tho low price of cotton last
fall, and tho payment of Ih it enormous
security debt for Aunt Julia's husband,
bus lull us a moro pittance beside tin
lundod istato and legacies left to Arthur
and myself by our grandmother. And iu
older to make a division aud enable mo to
inter tho mercantile house of Cn le
-billion, as fat h r intended, 1 propose to
dispose of the homestead and land t->
Colonel Weston, who offers a liberal
sum.”
A sudden exclamation from bis mother
and the death like pallor of her face ar
rested his speech, nod brought hath of
the young men to hor side. Waving then,
back, sho cried in unnatural tones,
“<>, William! 1 was not prepared for
tico will not be
i h rounto
re.signal joi
in, like tlu
the (lurk
ed, and ho
: look-
proach to our manhood should wo, two
strong, healthy youug men, with liberal
educations, voluntarily dose tho doors of
this noble old homostoad, which has shel
tered so many generations of high-toned
gentlemen nnd lovely women, against our
mother, for the purposo of dividing a
paltry sum of money. It shall never bo
done so long ns I lmvo an arm to strugulo
for my childhood's home."
llis clenched hand was brought down
with such force upon tho table that it
throutoueil to slmttet a flower vase stand
ing norr. William's face crimsoned with
anger aud mortification at the rebuke of
his younger brothor, whilo his mother
trembled with alarm at tho unexpected
ebullition cf temper in her gentle boy
and its effect upon her more impulsive
son. Wishing to calm tho rising storm,
sho remarked with forced composure,
“Arthur, my dear boy, restrain your
self ; this excitement is altogether un
necessary. Your brother h-m only sug
gested a plan ; but I dill hope ii is op.
tionnry with me whether the nroposiliou
will bo accepted. Of course ho could not
appreciate my feelings in this matter un
til I lmd givon ex; reunion to them, or that
ggestinn would never have boon nude.”
"Certainly not, mother; I am glad that
u understand uiu. Indeed, it was liist
proposed by Uncle James, who, knowing
ly intention to loculo iu the city, and
opposing that Arthur would object to
planting, and carry out his intoution to
travel in Europe after leaving college,
ncludod it best for you to make your
one with him for the present. That ar
rangement met with my approval, even
before uu investigation of father’s affairs
showed us the impracticability of bolding
the eatato. ”
The woary, hoart-siek wimiun bowed
her head and pressed her trembling lin
gers to the aching brow, to arrest its
Ihrobbings while sho viewed tho case in
its new nnd strange aspect
Arthur gazed for a niomc
compHKsiou upon her
brother, said sternly,
“William, l ennnu
you should persist iti
this manner. If | understand correctly
the estate) is but slightly involved, and
yon only wish lo dispose of it to in d;
another investment. ’
William replied,
“Glide James thinks that prmloui i -
m md.i it, since wo have but littlo h. hide,
and neither you nor 1 intend t«. adopt
planting as a profession.”
"Does ho wish to wreck his Hister'shap-
pi ness and bring lior prematurely to the
grave, beenuso her willful hums »cfuse to
follow tho honorable occupation of thoir
father ? Neither of you have the right to
dictate or force hor into measures against
her v ill, and I will use my influence t;»
prevent soiling the properly as long as I
cun honorably do so. 'J ake my legacy and
appropriate it. as you think proper : that,
together with tho proceeds of th : crop
on lmnd, will enable you to put into exc-
cu'ion your plan. But leave our home in
peace to mother and myself, as 1 shall not
return to collego nor g > abroad f
nt with lovin
id, turning to I.,
iwuprchf
mug m
ns to
i Iu r
and cultivate tho lauds that l.avn 1
foro yielded an ample support fur f}•<
family.”
A gentle light broke through tho storm-
clouds, and the stone was rolling from
the mother’s heart, nu she raised her hood
and in tones that Ihrillid her youngi r non
with ocstacy cxduiniod,
“God biosi you, Arthur! Your gen
erous conduct has raised your mother
from tho depths of despair. God bless
your self-denial nnd thoughtful kiudue: s
toward mo! But, in justico to you, is it
right for wo to permit Ihe micritico of
your long-cherished l,M>|e? God forbid
that 1 should wrong you! But Ho who
knows my heart rum.! sou that 1
entiously believe it in for your inltrost to
retain the estate.”
“Mother, I bug that you will tu t allow
any unpleasant thoughts to disturb you.
It is no sacrifice, but simply a delightful
duty. Tho plcasuro aud excitement of
foreign travel would nover compensate
me for tho loss of home and mother.”
Turning 11 his brother, ho asked,
“Does that arrangement meet with yom
approbation, William? Will you transfer
your interest in the t stato to us upon the
terms I proposed t"
“Oertuinly 1 will, .since you both aro so
reluctant to have it full into othor hands.
Yot, believe ire, it was for our mutual
bouefit that I advised selling tho propoily,
which will rapidly deciodsc in value every
year, nnd iuvesti g tho proceeds
city, which would afford a huudsu
come for uh, nnd allow mother to spend
her futuro life in ouso and luxury.”
She replied: “William, au aged Ire
will not Hourith when removed lrum it
forest borne; it is only tho tender shoot
that will bear transplanting into foreigt
soil; therefore, it would be a sad ciror-
a mistaken kindness- -to introduce me t
the giddy whirlpool of fashion. I regret
that you onuuol bo content with the <|
etude of country life, instead of origngi
in the perplexing c nos of tuorchnndu
However, 1 will not endeavor to all
deto
• purpoh
i minatii
I f<
already Aril..
cstigatiou bofo
that!
Ve.p.i
olask )
onU
spot
uhhil home, t
earth where lifo would I
Jioro your father brought me, a happy
bride ; by Lis hands it was hi nutifU’d for
nn*, with a desire that our days should
end beneath its auciont roof, it is tho
hirth-plaoe of my children, and is on-
dearea to mo by u thousand recollections
of tho purest happiness tho human heart
can ever know. Tako from mo all Ielnini
beside, but leave, oh leave u.o still my
children and my home."
Arthur rose to hie foot, and with flushed
faco nnd flashing eyes confronted his
brother, saying,
“William, how dare you insult mother
nnd tho memory of our futlior by making
such u sordid, Leartless proposal? It
would be au everlasting stigma und rc-
o his studies, •-
passionately fond, wil
source of n grot lo him
Arthur remarked: “Mother, you
unjust to mo, and torture
unnecessary fears. I'lidci
cumstauecH I should not
any other situation than th
fullv decided to occupy,
when father was iu hoult!
and reputed to l
If with
content
me 1 have
is truo that
d strength,
with, l
t course for
piutod pursuing u diff
several yoavs to come, but expected still
to end my pilgrimage here. You have all
misjudgod me in supposing that a fond
ness for study would prevent my buvinf
a due apple: iation of agriculture, thi
most anoioot. and certninly tho most itn
porlnnt of all arts. On tho contrary, h
has taught me to venerate tho science uf
highly as it whs done hy the nations ol
antiquity, w bo t unsidered it a gift froti
tl.eir gods. Tin* wealth nud power ol
Egypt, whose splendid cities und wonder
fill monuments arc unpurallelul in tin
hi '-i\ ol tho world, was derived fron
the cultivation of ll.c fertile delta rl tin
Nile. From tint country Greece b .
rowed the r.rt. The Chaldeans we.< i
w mdeii.’ig tr.be until tho scii-iKo was in
id treed
the
• hereby fmcinj.
to adopt settled habitations to p
. ere a sure and permanent support; and
thou arose the great city of Babylon, with
it i magnificent hanging g miens and splen
did palaces and temples. Tho Carl b e
niuus bold agriculture in high ostn.
aud carried it to grant perfection,
ciont Humana venerated the plow, nt d J
tho palmiest days of tlm great Kopubl
L illus
• to bi
tile. 1 skillful husbiiiidnm
for this, every inlcllige
lory of Cim
his plow t
1m v
ny fomln
nun
stances in our own country of emiim
men wiio combined tLo two with pro:
and pleasure.”
William observed : “I wiil no long
urgo any objection to your plan, as it w
bo useless; but before a trausfer of the
property is made, I must inform jou that
tho most rigid economy will Lo necessary
iu tho management of tho estate iu order
to cnablo you to retaiu it for a’iy
length of timo. 1 regret that mother
should be denied any of tho com
forts aud luxuries to which sho s
accustomed, and to avoid that, l hop.-d
she might bo induced to booomo a no m-
bor of I'liclo James' household until J
could prepare a suituido homo for her.
My son, tho comforts and lux.ni.^ 1. ,t
I shall orijoy hereafter will me tight. u
our purses. A palatial risiihm •• with
gilded surroundings could m-v.-i l. ■ o !.?->
like home, sweet home. NevertLml' I
thank you for your uffectionat. .■ .nsifioi
fiion. Let mo remain heio iu pern-- and
juiet. Arthur and I will prepare t..»•
threatened evils, and with faith and trust
a merciful Benefactor, our h,.mi/*ul of
meal aud littlo oru.oof oil v.iii la .t until
winter hnsgono and harvest <■ .mesngam.
“I will submit lo your wi dir s. mother,
ilthough my fours ns to the propriety of
your remaining hero aro by no means
quieted; nnd after ^consulting an at tor
ney about tho legality of tho proposed nr
angomont, I will accept Aribur's prop.,
sition without further delay. Tim only
liflioulty wo shall have to eonltfiul with,
and one that has been entirely overlooked
in tho discussion, is his inability to ncl
for himself, ns he is n minor.
The sudden discharge of a pi-tol fn
ho speaker s baud* could
lis companions more ihar
and truthful
hopes ,
body would 1
xplosion of that deadly w
startled
cit'd
Hnpiol y
SCIENTIFIC iti:. 1
i Ed
-Dr.
rko,
littlo volume upo
pointed out in u very improsuv .v Hi -
bearings of soienceupon a .jm :.on {.he
lms been hitherto haudlod with .. Inti.,
eference to scientific principh.s li--
ays that tho endurance of worn, u .; m -.
iqaal to that of ineu, whieh ov
claimed to kuow before ; but ho hi.( . Hi.u
this inequality of onduraueo must’ ..hit,..
school policy, which has not Lithe; . .
admitted, and ho furthermore disci.. •-
tho mischievous and fatal eoimquence .
that follow in our schools from practi
cally disregarding the phj
of sex. Tho effects of expo. \g girls L.
tho sumo school method mid di.u iplino as
hoys arc injurious, and <Uou ta\d t». 4
health, but from thoir j
studiously concealed, and in tho present
tempor of public feeling upon the ques
tion aro often persistently denied. The
Doctor, however, has studied tho ques
tion as a physician, andtho-lmok abounds
with painful evidences that ho lm < studied
it to somo purpose. lie shows what must
be tho inevitable consequence.; ■ 1 tho co
education of tho sexes, carried out as a
system, and maintains that wlu.t reioiico
prodicts experience verifies, tl says
“A philanthropist and an intelligent ob
server, who lias for a long time taken m.
active part in promoting the bust educa
tion of tho soxes, and win. 'ill holds
some sort of official connection with a
college occupied with identical co-educa
tion, told tho writer a fow mouths ag-»
that ho had endeavored to tiaee tho post
nolingo history of the female n.i'.e.s of
the institution ho w«.s iutoiesb.d in. Hi.;
object was to ascertain how I In ir ;>/ / /</' -
behaved under tho stress--ll.c wear and
tear of woman’s work in life. Tho eon
1 lusion that resulted from his inquiry h
formulated in tho statement that *tho co
education of the sexes is intellectually a
success, physically a fuilun.
Alpaca.—This useful mnte:;al, ;•» much
in demand ot tho present d . . . m manu
factured from tho wool of thoalpi.e;. -at,
a species uf tho llama, whoso homo is iu
tho mountain region.-: of Forii. it lives
on the coarsest fare, tho scan' / horhug.i
that springs up iu the 1 . !m . of Ilia
rocks; but it has a beautiful, wavy coat
of light, chestnut-brown wool, which is
uearly a foot in length, very soft and olas.
tic, and nearly as lino ns tl.nl of lho Cash
mere goat. This in sheared olf every
year or two, and sent in littlo b iles or
ballots to England or Finn ... wherover
it is to bo manufactured. I! is-then
washed, dried, combed, and fin.diy sorted,
preparatory to being maun!';.Hared into
tho yarn Irani which is made ihe doth,
tho material undergoing thirl, cn or four
toon different processes in i 1 .. < 1 ' o of
its preparation. LndiiH will admit that
it is worth tho trouble, however. Half u
oontury ago this durable fifi.rie was un
known to us. But about that tiuio somo
sacks of a quoer, fibrous material, which
looked like “superannuated L>»r:.o hair,
wero landed ou Liverpool <.• G. . Thero
they lay a long lime unsold, li I one day
a young man of an inqu.i. turn of
mind, in peering about, noln . , somo of
their contents sticking ou! uf a hole in
ono of them. JIo look'd curiously at it,
rubbed it in his Angara, and filially pock-
oted it and walked off. Tin result was-
'dpaca. JIo had discovered Ibo “horse
hair” to bo tho wool of tho alpaca goat,
and was ingenious enough toemceivo tho
idea of weaving it into dress goods, and
enterprising enough to carry Ins idea out.
—What sort of people th- ic aro in
London it is hard to know, ihtiior tho
• load thero become all alike, <1 the living
become dazed when they • a corpse.
Some lime ago tho bo
female, fo
the Tin
id by -ID purs.
of the
who
Londoners’ memories w«
faithful, as ull tho ladle - 1
corpse wero found to bo
oently an old man dlod <
in Khoroilileh, and nine
him as a follow-laborer
himsolf camo to look at 1
soqnontly the old astray
i.h •» pauper by 1! wo-klin
the pauper's daughter.-;
But the body was again 1
poor officials, as tiio oh
pealed and his son-iu-Jn
funeral expenses.
id h.
Ihizo with her
ho refused,
enough to lonr
as another, i
retorted tho
lived long eiioi
just us bud
—A gentler
house, consist
tho ground ilo
Ho
id tin
who replied; "M y d
and a litu
i- your wii
rtab!
that paper don't he
*o ehrumos to koe]
maximum point, h
tyrant man is a p >v
.-It is not generally k
is in California a Slut-: (
the tuition is absolutely
students, yo
11 i<
it ate
aigber education, lit
>f tho youth of our
mil tho Pacific C • :
adopted !
It is
Majesty'.