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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
AUGUSTUS R. WRIGHT,
CAS8Y1LLH, OA.,
Will practice Law in the several courts
of Law and Equity in the Cherokee circuit.
April 24.12 ~ly-
CHASTAIN & YOUNG,
ATTOltlSrUXS AT LAW,
EltLZJAY, OA.,
Will practice in the counties of the Cher
okee circuit.
April 24. 12—ly.
ROBERT H. TATUM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TRENTON, GEO.
Bosiness entrusted to his care in any of
the Counties of the Cherokee Circuit, will
meet with prompt attention
Nov. 21.
43—tf
DANIEL S. PRINTUP,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ROME, OEO.
Also Agent lor the Bank of the State of
South Carolina, and will make advances on
Cotton shipped to Cliarleston, only charging
legalintcrcstforthc time the advance is made
Sept. 5, 1830.—tf.
JAMES MILNER.
MI XJST3
Attori
March, 4,1W2.
JOHN H. GLENN
& (ii,x3rjxr,
fit La^V _
[,LE, ga.
I—tf.
MARCUS A. HIGGS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, OA.
Will attend promptly to all business con
fided to his care.
May 29, 1851. 17—tf.
J. D. PHILLIPS.
•ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, GEO.
Feb. 19. 2-ly.
W M. T r W O F FORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILI.E, OEO.
March 15 tf
E. 1). CHISOLM,
attorney at law,
VAN WERT, OA.
Will practice in the Cherokee circuit,and
will transact any business entrusted to his
care.
Jan. 29, 1852. 51—!ly
DAWSON A. WALKER,
ATTORNEY and counsellor at law,
Spring Place, Geo.
Refers to Kehks & Hope, Augusta, Ga.,
Wiley, Banks, & co., Charleston, 15. C.
A. Wells & co., Savannah, Ga.
April 24.' 12-1 y.
COME AND TRY MAC.
AT ADAIRSVILLE. GA.
D. n. HOOD,
W OULD most respectfully inform the
citizens of Adairsville, the surround
ing country, the people in “gineral”—and
the Ladies more especially, that he is now-
receiving and opening a very neat and care
fully selected stock of
Spring and Summer Goods,
Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Bonnets, Boots,
Shoes, Hardware, Cutlery, Drugs and Med
icines, Crockery and Glass-ware, Nails,
Groceries, &c., all of which he most respect
fully and emphatically offers at' prices rea
sonable, and to suit the times, which all
will agree must be low.
He does not pretend to say that he sells
Goods cheaper than anybody in town—but
there’s one thing he ttriU say,—that if you
will only try him onrx, you will be certain
to come back and trade with him •' some
more.” His motto is, and always has been,
“Live and let live.”
He would earnestly request the Ladies
and Gentlemen who trade at Adairsville, to
give him a call and examine his Goods, and
ask the prices, as he considers it no trouble,
but a pleasure to wait on all, whether they
buy or not.
Joe and Ben are always ready, and ex-
tremelyrKMaows to wait on you at all times,
and under any circumstances, and the truth
is, these Boys,—Joe and Ben are mighty
hard to beat; and when Joe is not other
wise employed, he is what can do up your
Tooth Carpentering’ * for you. He can
“pull out'’, your Teeth, or fill them up
cither.
Adairsville, Ga., April Id, 1852.
NEW
Plain and Ornamental
BUGGIES FOR SALE!
T HE undersigned having permanently lo
cated himself in Cassville, and engaged
the services of Mr. Robert Melson, who is
well known as a first rate wood workman,
and having procured a good stock of well
seasoned timber, and good fashionable trim
ming, lie is prepared to make or repair all
kinds of Buggies, Carriages, &c., in neat
Northern style. All orders will be prompt
ly, attended to, and no disappointment will
be made to any who may patronize him un-
, less in case of sickness. Please call and see
- viddad&c for yourselves.
r WM. BRADLEY.
N. B. He is also prepared for Glass cut
ting. Gilding and painting signs, both plain
and ornamental, and other ornamental work,
such as Gilding, Bronzing, Painting. &c.
His shop is near the north-east corner of
the square, where he will do work low for
cash; and produce will be taken at the
market prices. May 6,1352.
^netrij.
HIV GOODS-
PATTON & TRIMBLE,
ADAIRSVILLE, GA.
H AVE the pleasure of announcing to their
customers and the public generally,
that they arc now receiving a large and
handsome stock of Spring 'and Summer
Goods, selected with great care by one of
the firm in New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore,, which they are offering at unu
sually low prices. Thankful for the liberal
patronage heretofore extended to them, they
weald ask a continuance of the same, and
think they can make it the interest of All to
give them a call before buying elsewhere.
We still continue to take in exchange for
Goods, Com, Wheat, Peas, Bacon, Lard,
Feathers, Beeswax, Tallow and Rags.
Adairsville, April 14th, 1852.
JAMES G. LOiNGSTREET,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CALHOUN, OA.,
Will practice in the several courts of the
Cherokee circuit.
Refer to Hon. John P. Kino, ) Augusta,
R. F. Poe, J Ga.
Richard Peters, Esq., Atlanta, Ga.
W. Akin,Esq., Cassville, Ga.
April 24. 12—ly.
JONES & CRAWFORD;
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CALHOUN, GA.
April 24. 12—ly.
JULIUS M. PATTON. ABDA JOHNSON.
PATTON & JOHNSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cnssvilte, Geo.
Will practice in the counties of Cass.
Cobb, jChattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray,
Whitfield and Walker. [Feb 12.
JOHN A. PRAWF0RD. F. C. SHROPSHIRE.
CRAWFORD & SHROPSHIRE,
ATTORNEYS AT IAW,
CASSVILLE, CEO.
Businnss entrusted to their care in any of
ihe counties of the Cherokee circuit, -will
meet with faffhful attention. April 8.
ATLANTA CHEAP BOOK AND
MT7SJ6 ST03RE.
\T71LLIAM KAY, Wholesele and Retail
W Dealer in all kinds of BOOKS, Sta
tionary, Music, Musical Instruments, Fancy
Goods, &c. Ac., Atlanta and Newnan, Geo.
Merchants, Teaceers and others who buy
in quantities will do well to give us a call,
my arrangements being such as to enable
me at all times to keep a stock bn hand suf
ficient to meet the demand, the same prices
at both Stores, and those extremely low.—
Call and see for yourselves.
Particular attention paid to country
orders, and forwarded per return mail, Ex
press, Stage, or Railroad as directed.
Atlanta, March 25,1852.—ly.
J. B. PARROTT,
ATTORNEY AT "LAW,
March 11. 5—»y.
no m. mi,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, GEO.
Is engaged in the pnetioe of the Law in
the counties of Casa, Floyd, Gordon, Whit-
Add and Walker, in. th* Cherokee Circuit,
andinCobb. Cherokee and Gilmer of the
V- Blue Ridge Circuit.
Pmrtieular attention mu A the eeOeetM§
business. [Stays, W®k
BRICK HOTEL,
By Wm. Lat|mer f
CASSYILLE, GEO.
O'?” A comfortable hack always in readi
ness to convey passengers to and from the
gtate Road Depot. Jan. 29.
“ tIegKobe HOTEL.”
CASSVILLE, GA.
i rTtHE undersigned would in-
JL form, the public that he has
taken charge of this large and
commodious House, situated on
the south-east comer of the pub
lic square, and by his attention
and care hope to merit a liberal patronage
by the Public. His Tabic will be the best
that the country affords No ns ins will be
spared to make all comfortable that mav call.
S. J. HIGGS.
Cassville, Geo. Sept. 25,1851.34*tf.
HOWARD HOUSE,
MARIETTA, GA.
J OHN F. ARNOLD, formerly of the Ma
rietta Hotel, R now at the Howard
Rouse, where he will be glad to entertain
ids former friends and patrons, and at many
new friends as may favor him with a calk
Breakfast always ready for the up train of
Cam on arrival »
Marietta, Geo., May 6th, 1852.
Experience.
BY MAJ. PATTEN, U, S. A.
About the world I've journeyed much,
I've travelled far and near,
And my experience is such
As you shall shortly hear—
I’ve seen the worst—I've seen the best,
Of ^so-called) human kind,
Where all are busily in quest
Of what they never find.
I’ve known a man who robbed the poor,
And yet was rich himself,
And drove the beggar from his door,
With plate upon the shelf.
I’ve seen a judge who justice sold,
Have heard a gamester pray,
And known a wife that did. not scold
« Upon a washing day.”
I've known a lawyer-plead a cause,
Who never sent his bill,
And known a doctor, (not of laws,)
Jake his prescription pill.
I’ve knowu a tradesman speak the truth,
I’ve heard a. parson swear,
And kuew a hackman once, in sooth,
Who charged but lawful fare.
I've known a person play at whist,
Who would not play at loo;
And known an abolitionist
Who did a slave pursue :
To lavish on his offspring wild,
A miser hoard his gold,
And seen a mother leave her child,
For stranger's bauds to hold.
I've seen a maiden who had slid,
Who had a modest air,
And seen a belle who (seeming) did
Not know that she was fair.
Once on a rail it was my lot
To get a « passage” free,
And on a steamer once I got
A decent cup of tea.
And I have seen, once in my life,
A husband—be it known—
Who did not treat his neighbor's wife
Some better than his own:
And also seen—I'll be. (don't wink!)
As gentle as I can—
Some time ago it was, I think,
I saw an honest man !
JOHN A. O r 8HISLD8,
TAILOR,
«b the 8. W. Comer Pohlie.Sqnara.
1,1*52 &&
€\je ftnnj-follrr.
Howard, the Apprentice Boy.
A TRADITION OF HARVARD COLLEGE.
BY CAROLINE LEE HENTZ.
When the Almighty placed the progenitor
of mankind in the Garden of Eden, and
gave him command over the beasts of the
field and the fowls of the air, and all. the
works of His hand, it is not supposed lie
maJe known to him the various powers of
the things, animate and inanimate, over
which he was appointed ruler. These were
to be gradually learned- by the exercise of
that immortal intelligence—that breath of
the Deity—which animated his new-born
manhood.
After the transgression, when our first pa
rents were .exiled from those fair bounds
which sin had dared to enter, they were
thrown, by the divine displeasure, on their
own resources for subsistence ; and urged
by necessity, they explored the bidden treas
ures of the earth, which drank for the first
time the dew from, the brow of industry—
that moisture by which man was henceforth
to earn his daily bread. Labor thus became
the heritage of our race. The glebe was
upturned, and the deep furrows-traced, be-
before the harvest produced its golden' grain,
or nature yielded its increase.
Is it not With the intellectual os with tlie
moral world? Must not man go down into
the depths of his mind to discover its richest
gems—and is not necessity the task master
who rules and directs his operations? If this
be true, it is not amid scenes where - this
stern moralist is unknown, we are to look
for the most indefatigable laborers in the un
fathomable mine of the human intellect—
True, there are many whe, bom to opulence
and rank, and bettering themselves only the
treasurers of Heaven, have girded them
selves for the task—have wrought nobly and
faithfully, sustained the heat and burthen
of the dayjmd aided and strengthened those
who were toiling on with feebler hands and
wearier footsteps. But there are rnore who,
struggling with a morose and wayward des
tiny .wrestling with penury and neglect, with
the sinews of the unshorn giant, have tram
pled them under foot, and made them the
very stepping stones of their elevation.
I will not bring, as examples, individuals
whom histories are identified with the first
impressions and studies of childhood—such
as dm great coamographer and world-dis
coverer of Genoa—of the philosopher who
laid his hand upon the «lightning's mane,”
and directed*!* gory eoune. I will turn to
Isas frequented ground, and sketch the char
acter of one .whose name, though not widely
known, is eonsecratei in the regions where
he dwelt.
Is the vicinity of tha metropolis of New
anted hfoparentage without ana acknowl
edged relation—he was thrown for care and
protection upon the fondly of a tanner.—
Fortunately for him, this family was kind
and good; and the delicate and lonely child
was cherished with parental tenderness.—
But his benefactors were poor, and the wants
of-a growing family impeded the exercise of
their loving kindness and Christian charity.
The sensitive boy often felt as if he were a
burden on their care, and sought by every
means in his power to prove his gratitude
and devotion. As he was of slender frame,
no rough manual labor was im£fecd upon
him; but with most mistaken tendetness,
the office of nurse was allotted to him, as
congenial to his strength and loving disposi
tion. Howard—(the friends of the name
less hoy had given him a name which every
lover of mankind cherishes with reverence)
—used to wander abroad with the infant, his
foster sister, in his arms, and a book in his
pocket, and seeking the shade of some nat
ural arbor, seat the infant gently on the
grass, and taking his book in his hand, al
ternately scan the well thumbed page and
caress the gentle child—who would gaze up
into the deep blue sky, or down into the clear
blue stream, with smiling earnestness, as if
holding communion with kindred cherubs
there. His extraordinary powers of mind,
and exquisite tenderness of heart, were thus
early and simultaneously developed.
One beautiful summer afternoon, he thus
sat in a little bower, near the tannery and
not far from the road-side. It was one of
the most wildlybcautiful,picturesque spots in
New England, and the young dreamer drank
in draughts of beauty and sublimity almost
maddening, for he had no one to whom he
could breathe his enthusiastic emotions—his
aspirings after the destiny to which, even
then, he felt conscious that he was born.
This evening he was ronsed from his rever
ies, by the approach of a gentleman on bare
back. The gentleman rode leisurely, with
the reins hanging loosely on the horse’s neck,
as if he were taking in the whole 'loveliless
of a landscape shining with the glory-hues
of meridian summer.
He was attracted by the student boy, and
the quiet, musing infant at his feet. Dis
mounting and suffering his weary horse to
browse on the grass of the way-side, he walk
ed towards the boy, who threw his book on
the ground and rose with natural politeness,
as the distinguished looking stranger ap
proached. He had never seen a man with so
imposing an appearance. He was richly and
elegantly dressed, and the unmistakeable
stamp of a proud intellect was on his brow
He fixed upon the boy an eye keen as a fal
con s, and gazed upon him a few moments
without speaking. There was something
magnetic in the glance, and Howard felt its
influence to his spirit’s core. Why should
the stranger look on him so steadfastly ? He
was not a beautiful boy, though thought and
sensibility often made him appear so. He
was dressed in a suit of brown homespun,
and his shirt-collar, though white, was of
the coarsest domestic.
.What is your name, my hoy?” asked
the stranger.
Howard, sir!”
n Docs your father live here, at the tan
nery ?”
«* No, sir—I never had any father.” The
stranger smiled.
««And your mother—where does she live?”
She's dead; she died when I was a baby.
Mrs. Mason took me home, and I’ve lived
with her ever since.”
The gentleman kept his unreceding gaze
upon the boy, whose naturally pale cheeks
at length grew crimson under his scrutiny.
Are you fond of reading ?” he asked,
pointing to the book lying on the grass.
« Yes, sir—I love it better than any thing
else in the world.”
i< What book is that ?”
« It is the Life of Franklin, sir. I almost
know it by heart. I love to read of great
men who were once poor boys; because* ■”
he stopped and blushed, and began to pall
the leaves from the low branches sweeping
over him.
Because what, my boy ? Do not be a-
fraid to speak.”
tc Because, though I am a poor boy now, I
think I could be a great man some day, if 1
tried hard.”
<4 Do you go to school ?”
No, sir.”
44 Why not?”
441 hare to stay at home and take care of
the baby.”
A scornful smile played for a moment on
the lips vf the stranger, followed almost in
stantaneously by a dark frown.-
44 A pretty employment for a boy like you.”
Howard shrank from the expression of that
haughty, handsom face looking down upon
him. An irresistible repulsion made him
draw back as far as possible from him.
«It’s all lean do for them
.the boy-r—«* and if it hadn't been for there,
I should have been a beggar.”
j 4. Well, I shall be back in a few days, and
1 will call and see Mr. Mason—perhaps I can
do something for you. You are too smart n
boy to spend your time watching mfi bttle
brats as these.”
The gentle little baby, who had apparent
ly listened with quiet interest to the con
versation thus for, here suddenly put its
chuoby, ana-browned arms round one of the
etraagw's ankles, and looked up smilingly
in his foes.
44 Let go,” he exclaimed, in a *ter* voice,
drawing back so suddenly th*t the little erea-
tdre, rudely loosened from its hold, win
thrown upon the ground, to the great indig
nation of Howard, and probably “
its own astonishment. Howard sprang for
ward, raised his protege in his arms, and
giving a rebuking glance at the stranger,
exclaimed—
44 You are not a kind gentleman, sir, or
you wouldn’t hurt a baby. I don’t wish you
to do any thing for me, I thank yon, sir.”
The stranger laughed, touched the boy's
head lightly with his whip handle, told him
he was a boy of spirit and bid fair to be a
hero; then sauntering back to his horse,
mounted him and rode away.
441 do not like him,” said the boy; 44 he is
not good; he is cruel and wicked, I know.
If I cannot be a great man without his help,
I don’t want to be one at all. Poor little
Alice!” continued he, kissing away the tears
that stood on the baby’s velvet cheeks.—
4< How could he call you a brat, when you
are so sweet!”
About a week after this incident, the
stranger called on Mr. Mason, and had a
long conversation respecting the boy, the re
sult of which was communicated to him af
ter his departure.
44 Come here, Howard,” said Mr. Mason,
taking the boy's hand and drawing him be
tween his knees. 44 There's been a gentle
man here, who says he has taken a fancy to
yon. He’s going to take you home, send
you to-school, and make a man of you.”
Is he ?” cried Howard, an expression of
unconquerable repugnance settling on his
countenance.
Yon are to leave us,” continued Mr. Ma
son, his Toice growing rather husky in its
tone, 44 and forget that yon have ever been
with ns. He is a rich, proud man, and it
would be a disgrace to him to have it known
that a tanner’s boy was in his house.”
I'll never live with him—I’ll never leave
you for him, sir,” answered Howard emphati
cally ; 441 cannot tell the reason, but I hate
him.”
It was strange to hear so gentle a boy
speak in snch bitter terms, especially of one
who had made him so munificent an offer.—
But an unconquerable aversion to the stran
ger, made him recoil with loathing from a
proposition which promised him all the in
tellectual advantages for which his young
and ardent mind was earnestly panting.
The moral principle triumphed over ambi
tious desire, and he resolutely refused to
leave his benefactor, for the protection of
the haughty stranger.
44 He refuses !” ezclamied the gentleman,
when informed by Mr. Season of the boy's
obstinate determination. 44 The ungrateful
little wretch ! well, let him stay and be a
tanner, if he will. I would have done some
thing for him, bnt now ”
Here he uttered a blistering oath, and de
parted.
Years passed on. The self-education of
Howard continued, marked by the most as
tonishing results. The little Alice was
grown to be a loTely, affectionate child, no
longer requiring of him the cares of a
nnrse, though still clinging to him with more
than sisterly affection. Nothing more was
heard of the stranger, who had so singular
ly crosed his path. There were times when
the boy felt the 44 strong necessity” of ac
quiring knowledge urging him so powerful
ly, that he looked back with keen regret,
upon the unaccountable moral antipathy,
which had led him to reject an offer which
would have placed him in that station of
life, an inner voice told him he was born to
fill- As he grew older, the difference be
tween his own nature and those around him
became more and more apparent, and dis-
content, which he deemed ingratitude, preyed
upon his heart. He assisted Mr. Mason in
the labors of the tannery, with aU the zeal
of which he was possessed, but his frame
was slender, and what tittle strength he had
was consumed by an insatiable thirst for
knowledge—a mental fever, that - became
more and more burning and "intense. A
number of literary gentlemen, who heard of
the extratordinary apprentice boy of the
tanner, at length came to sec him, and.
through their influence, he obtained admis
sion info one of the collegiate institutions of
New England.
He left the humble home, where he had
been so kindly sheltered, with many tears,
but kindling hopes. Alice, the pretty and
affectionate Alice, was inconsolable at his
vacation and teach her aH he learned.
' Poor, poor boy ! how tittle he knew the
future which stretched out before him, a
green, enchanted land. The home he left
was a Paradise to the one which now received
him. He knew not the conditions on which
he was permitted to receive the droppings of
this' sanctuary of learning, where he hailed
with rapture the dawn pf his literary Mil
lennium. He was compelled to perform the
moat servile offlees for the other students, as
the wages of his own instruction. He car
ried wood and water ap the high and wind
ing stain, usually fonnd in snch buildings,
till his frame, which, as we have said before,
was any thing hut robust, bowed beneath
the burden, and hie spirit groaad under the
Egyptian bondage of kti destiny. Still he
toiled over Ua scholastic duties, till he dis
tanced aU hie nqreprtitnrn in the literary
career on Whieh he had entered with such
soaring ambition.
At last, in an suspicions moment, he be
came acquainted with some students of Har
vard University, and learned with rapture,
that he might there be received into the
cherishing arme ef the Alma Mater, finely
end —conditionally, withent any at thane
depressing circumstancee which weighed him
down with a bo—riiwunmn of degradation.
Be sought thorn grown sacred to saenee, end
he was welcomed—as the. child of genius and
want is ever welcomed—there as a son and
a brother. Here his heart was warmed, his
mind expanded, his views elevated.
He became the candidate for the highest
collegiate honors, and so great was the love
and admiration of his classmates, they would
gladly have woven with their own hands,
the laurels which were soon to decorate his
brow.
But while thus gaining friends and admi
rers among the wealthy and noble, he did
not forget his early benefactors, his sweet
foster sister. Most of his vacations were
passed at the humble home of his childhood,
and he fulfilled his promise to Alice of im
parting to her, as far as possible, the infor
mation he acquired. In summer, he would
lead her to the green bowers, where he used
to sit with her, when, an unconscious infant,
she lay upon the grass or nestled in his
arms, and read with her the. pages where
genius had impressed its burning tines.—
Child as she was, he never looked forward
into life, without associating her with all its
hopes and all its joys. Should he become
distinguished in any of the great paths
opened to the sons of ambition, she should
be his companion, sister, or something dear
er still—and the child, though she dreamed
not of his future visions, read, studied,
thought and felt, with reference only to him.
But poor Howard did not always find his
path strewed with roses. In spite of the
most rigid economy, he could not help run
ning in debt. He bad no means to meet the
demands against him, and he knew not
where to turn for assistance. He could not
drain the purse of the good tanner, the fath
er of Alice. He shrank from the thought of
taxing the kindness of his classmates—for
he was proud—because he was poor.
One evening he sat down in the loneliness
of his. chamber, with a heavy heart. His
head ached with the burden of great
thoughts, his spirit with the burden of desti
ny.
He thought of the post with bitterness, of
the feture with despair. He remembered
the apparently munificent, but haughty
stranger. As he had grown older, some
thing had whispered to him the secret of the
stranger's interest. He had an instinctive
conviction that he was his own father, who,
having left his infancy in destitution, re
fusing him even the dignity of » name, per
haps urged by an importunate conscience,
was willing to receive as a dependent on his
bounty, one whom shame prevented from ac
knowledging as his son. Never had he felt
•o deeply the wrong and injustice inflicted
upon him—by being defrauded of the holi
est rights of nature; never had he felt such
inappeasablc heart-yearnings.
Oh! for a mother's bosom on which to
pillow his aching heart—a sister’s fond arms
to twine him with one dear caress! What
was literature, fame, honor, to him ? Who
would exult in his success, or glory in his
renown ? A gentle child appeared to glide
before him; a child in the first tender
bloom of girlhood; and fixing on him her
soft, loving eyes, seemed to say—*4 Have
you forgotten Alice ?”
At the remeniberance of Alice, his pover-
erty pressed upon him with a crushing
weight. He tried to banish her from his
thoughts.
At length he remembered Him, who feed-
eth the young ravens when they cry, and
took up his Bible, which lay before him, and
on which lie had just pillowed his aching tem
ples. lie turned to the forty-second Psalm;
and when he came to the fifth verse,
44 Why art thou cast down, O my Soul ?
and why art thou disquieted within me ?—
Hope thou in God! for I shall yet praise
Him, who is the help of my countenance and
my God!” he read aloud, in devout and trem
bling accents.
44 Forgive me, 0 my God,” he cried, lifting
the Bible upward, as if he would make it
the wings of his soul, when a shower of bank
notes fell from the fluttering leaves, as if
the divine pages were suddenly animated by
a living spirit of benevolence. The eollegi
ans, conscious of his necessities, and know
ing too his evening custom of reading the
word of God, had adopted this method of
relieving his wants, without wounding his
departure, but he promised to return every pride. Sinking on his knees, in -an ecstacy
of gratitude, he accepted the bounty as from
the hand of Providence, and the dark eloud
of despondency passed away from his soul.
So onward he urged his course—upward
and onward—cheered by friendship, inspired
by hope, warmed by zeal, lifted by ambition,
and more than all, sustained and sanctified
by religion. From the bright promises of
snch a youth, what a ..glorious manhood
might not be anticipated! But alas! the
scourge of New-England came on the wings
of the chill eastern blast, and marked bim
as its victim. The eyes, which had been the
lamps of science, now burned with consump
tion’s wasting fire—its dry, hectic cough
checked the clear, impassioned utterance,
and its slow agonies arrested the elastic mid
buoyonant step. It was bard to die thus in
th* dsy-spring of his fame. He had just
reached that height from which he could
look down and back upon the rough ascent
he had climed, and see the green fields and
magnifiicent plains stretching beyond. He
could hear the music of the distant waters
as they gushed and sparkled in the tun.—
At Mores gazed from the summit of Manat
Pisgah, on that promised land be must never
he permitted to enter, he east his yearning
eyes upon the some, over which the curtain
of death wm slowly, darkly
Still he hewed hie head end
<4 Even so, Father; for so it seemeth good in
thy sight.”
He was borne to his early hone. Alice,
his child-love, sat by him, as of oM, and he
talked to her of heaven and heavenly things.
Just before he died, he learned that 1 rich
and proud gentleman of the city of Boston,
hod left him the heir of all his fortune, ac
knowledging him to be his son, with his last
breath.
«‘ It is too late,” cried the dying yonth.—
44 Wliat are riches and honors to one on the
threshold of the eternal world ?”
Yes, it was too late for him bnt the child
of his benefactor was made the recipient of
his wealth, and he was thus enabled to pay
the debt of gratitude. His spirit still walked
the earth in the gentle form of Alice, who
was indeed one of the ministering angels
sent by God, to let mankind see of whom the
kingdom of Heaven is made.
Howard died—but his memory is immor
tal. His name is hallowed in Harvard’s ven
erable walls. It is associated with all that
is best and brightest and most worthy of
emulation. His monument is a shrine where
pale genius comes to worship and gather
strength, from example, to struggle with the
ills of destiny and the trill—to be victor in
the conflict. For Howard was victorious,
though he died, at last a victim to the life-
battle which be had undauntedly fought.
He gained immortality—he left a name—s
pare, a glorious name—and the great pur
poses of his being were accomplished.
’Tis not where wealth uprears its pillared
dome,
That pilgrim genius finds its favorite home—
’Tis not where grandenre dwells, rolls the
deep tide
By which the spriugsof science are supplied.
The mind, on its subHmest pinions soars,
When clouds are heaviest, and the tempest
low're;
And from its eagle eyrie, in the skies.
Smiles on the dark storms that below it rise.
Crodtjr Killed by Kiidieu.
A young woman in Vermont married a
poor but worthy man against her farther *
wish. He drove them from his house, and
closed his door and heart against them.—
They came down near Boston, and went te
work, and prospered. After many years
the father had occasion to come to Boston.—
He concluded to go and see his daughter, ex
pecting a cold reception. His daughter and
her husband received him most kindly and
lovingly. After staying with there awhile,
he went back to Vermont.
One of his neighbosr, hearing where he
had been, asked him how his daughter and
husband had treated him.
41 never was so treated before in my life.*
said the weeping and broken hearted father.
They have broken my heart; they have
killed me; I don’t feel as though I could
live under it.
4 What did they do to you P asked the
neighbor, 4 Did they abase you F
They loved me to death and killed me
with kindness,’ said he, 41 can never forgive
myself for treating them so cruelly. I feel
as if I should die t* think how 1 grieved the
precious child when I spurned her from my
door. Heaven bless them, and forgive are my
cruelty and injustice to them.’
Who does not see in this an infallible cure
for difficulties between man and man ?—
There is not a child nor a man on earth, who
would not feel and say that that daughter,
though so deeply wronged and outraged ly
her angry father, did right in treating him
as she did. That father was her enemy, bnt
she was net bis. He' hated her while she
loved him.
Laagevity,
In these days, we are very rarely walled
upon to notice the death 01 one who has
lived a century. Though such are like An
gel’s visits, 14 few and for between yet
they do occur sometimes. Such a ease wm
brought to our knowledge a few day* ago.
A negroe woman named Nan, died at the
residence of Henry Britain, Esq. in Ogle
thorpe County, on the 15th of May, 1852, at
the advanced age of 108 years. She was born
in the State of Maryland, and carried from
thence to Virginia, when a small girl; she
was brought to Georgia about the year 1800,
and has resided in Ogleihotpe County, from
that time till her death. Nan wm the prop
erty of the same family sod the descendants
of the same family daring her life. 9m wm
for a half century a consistent member of
the Baptist Church.
Such length of days rarely occur, and
when they do, whether in the person of mas
ter or servant, we should notice the foot.—
Temperance Banner,
.. Bit Yk Can’t Vote.”—Great was the
amazement and dismay among the Irish la
borers when the steam shovehe were first
put into operation on a certain seetiouof the
Vermont Central railroad, and owe of the
sturdiest of the Hibernians, after gazing at
his huge rival for a few moments thus apos-
trophised the eneaty: 4* Well, foitb.ye are
a lag divil of a haste, and mighty strong in
the arms : may he, now, ye think yereelf as
good M an Irish man, bnt (with a look of in
effable eontemf t) d n jour sowl, ye can't
vote!”
pm- The constabulary force of Ireland is
over twelve tbonaend persons, who east the
gaarenmani over two millions and a hnlf 01
umiullj.
Sunday, Jua»~20th, wm the 15th
~ kantaurearj of Queen Victoria's aceeretos th
jfenBritiah throne.