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CUTHBERT
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BY SAWTELL & JONES.
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1870.
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X RTMB ABOUT DOU.ARS AND SEN'SR.
Br Ed. P. Ackeiwix.
•Sages may t'nink. aad authors majr write,
May coo by day and uwl by night
On tbe folly of m m an«I tbe cmninunitij’s plight.
Oil the •maltne** of hi* 5ins, t?*- lh*.*R houeity
flight,
But, <1 ) they e’er think ^
It’s tbe clink clink, clink,
Of tbe magic chink
WWbh carries tbe day—let come wb xt m.iy ?
Book* have, been writtth , aad volutfee been
read.
DiucuJwions been hoi Ash and everything said
Tk*t coiill hi. bat still tbe world goes ahead
With tbe same old-fashioned, the mbj meas
ured tread,
While we don’t stop to think
That tbe clink clink, cliuk,
Of the magic chink
Is what rules tbe day—let cotnj what may
Ton may prate about principle, theorize aboat
fate,
You may wbine over charity and weep over
hate ;
You may call enemies cowacjs, call them mean
and ingrate, ■
Aad with your own celf-coneeit try T»“ r h*‘ a l n
to elate.
But yon don't stop to think
That lb<* cliuk. clink, clink,
Of the magic chink
4R]1 carry the day—come o’er yon wha
may.
Think a mao e'er so bad. think him worse than
“Old Nick
Call him all that’s outrageous, while at him
you stick
The finger of scorn, but, should he be quick
In paying'yott. kill you'd think him a brick !
For. you'd soon stop and think
That tbe clink, clink, clink,
Of the magic chink
Had carried the day—It’s always the way •
If a maiden's as homely as nature could make
Ikt,
And so pond'rous and heavy that a gale
wouldn’t sh »ke her ;
If she had nougb dimes —aud a Check wouldn't
break her.
You’d think her a Venus, and, straightway
would take her
When you'd once stopped to think
Tb it the clink, cliuk. dink.
Of her in.igic chink
Would carry you ^through, wbate’er you
might do!
feut, be she as handsome as nature could mould
her,
So lovely, in fact, as to entrance her beholder.
If she was minus the rocks you will, no doOhi.
have told her
’“That the thing wouldn’t do’'—yon would
•‘torn the cold shoulder.”
For you'd soo.i I *ari» to Ihink
That the clink, cliuk. clink,
Ot tier magic chink
Was all you w »s inter -and to Had<*s you'd
waft her!
a beggar have brains--to tbe world they’re
all stuff;
Let him sparkle with genius—“he’s not up to
•naff ;**
But, h« b • a fool--worse-a regular rough —
If ke’i got copper certlS he’ll be foudl.nl enough.
Fur the community think
More of the clink, cliuk. cliuk
Of tbe m «gic chink
Than they do of the talents -motley straight
ens the balance!
The dimes make their mark even with the good
preacher,
(And this, in my mind's the ta<St remarkable
feature);
Mankind, when in tfaht of a spiritual t-achcr
S Mottcome down with the cash—look at Rea
lty Ward BodChor
Just give a sly wink
With the clink, clink, clink
Of the magic Chink
And you’ll surely succeed—bul your pocket
must bleed!
:llow gets «ick, or is hiangled, or mash'd,
into the depths of a dfawbrUUs is dashed^
under the cars aad into min.emeat is hash
ed.
by some coward’s knife is mo3t terribly
dashed.
Ifh^ can't give tbe wink.
Or his pockets don’t clink
With the magic chick
Je*s about sure to die—ao phys'.ciana are
nigh !
yon take a r«ch chap with his diamond pin,
ith his massive gold ring, and his purse fall
Of tin ;
dm slip, and, falling, chance to damage his
skin
id a dozen M. D's will come tumbling iu !
They won’t stop to think,
For the clink, clink, clink
Of b« magiC Chink
Will hasten their puce—they like such a
base.
$#••****
shell lire is over, when Diith takes com.
mand,
i before tbe great Judgment simple man*
kind must stand,
he money he earned, nor the diamonds he
wore
11 pass him to Hearon—he must have some*
; bing thore !
Will be then stop to thiuk
That tbe clink, clink, clink
Of his magic chink
bad its lull day! It will sure be the
way!
i«g the nse, then, of riches. If not to do
Jyftlie nse of a million ot gold!
un should lire rich, be will surely die
daaoot (hr bis ntraey’s h::en sold I
We will then stop tn think
That the clink, clink, clink
0f the magic chink
1 m*answer there! -tweaU be a piuEt
18T).
From Aitbor’s Home M-en-nger.]
Crowns For Your Brows.
BY MARY HARTWELL.
ciiAi-rsa I.
A great many women (I am thankful
to know) i.ave earned Imln* in their
time. Some we have heard of, and
s-mwi we know nothing about. Wo
men’* faces with the auieolc shine out
of history, hut ftencr they shine out «f
human hearts, wherein they were pho
tographed long after tlu-ir materia ity
bad passed away.
There are men who profess they ‘do
not believe in women.’ Am! they do
not lack sentime.oal IfMtntors, devoid
of llieir vices because devoid of their
fibre, to cry the fallen sentiment. The
two hands of a man’s spiritual body
seem to me to he faith in riml and faith
in woman If lie is inYiined of these,
where si ih shall he work strongly aud
worthily through hw duration - I
know some women are coarse, hut I
know (and again render tliaisss (or it)
that wane rise up and ear* halos—wo
men of warm Hilo,si. and tried fl -sh, and
many faults, whose aureoles sere via
ble within die doors of their homes be
fore they were set to shine on the doors
of their tombs.
Margaret Ainyri lis did not know
she was earning "tie—it is a rein irk-r-
hie fact ttmt those who are thus ilium -
Hated seldom know it—she wss so «c
sullied wit I doing her rluly and grow
ing lovely thereat. To grow lovely Ht
duty, to make war actions-n-boiiud upon
ourselves, is the hardest, but the noblest
part of all.
The western wind blew, und the
western sun shone upon her prairie
home; but potent as are euch wintl.-
unil still, they never could spoil her luce
that set itself trravely to them as it set
itself bravely to 1 do. She had been
i...rii in England. Air. Amyrillis was a
gentleman. He could trace back his
ancestry through generayniis. Marga~
ret had been au heiress. Hut Mr. Am
yrillis was weak. He bowed under
mistortunrs, and tlie tide swept him, al
most destitute, t-. America. He t. rough!
his delicate wife and daughter to the
prairie; aud rearing such a bran* as he
c<mid afford, imd which he would not
have considered fit for a tenant ill Eng
land, he began—not to toil manfully,
like many another ruined foreigner, up
the free terraces of American promo
tion, bat—to vegetate. And besides
him. a woman who refused to be com
forieri, like Rachel, for tne loss of her
fi st bor'd ambitious, vegetated also.—
lie grew like cypress, |«a>r man, breath
ing and nonrislntig himself, but always
sighing; while Mrs, Amyri'lis, like
ivy, clung tenaciously to all the ugly
*ind disagoec'ahje parts of their situa
tion, and luxuriated solemnly over the
whole.
Between two aucb parents, with her
tastes put behind her aud her fate to
face, Margaret Minyrtllis lived and toil
cd. Su often had ugly thoughts in
that closet which Mrs. Stowe places
behind the human intellect, and which
she says is ollen filled with mean guests,
while ihe brain's limit parlor is more
properly occupied. But biassed is the
soul who can keep llio-e thoughts in
ttie closet. There is more liopo of ex
pehiug them by the way they came in.
The Amyrilim home was a wooden
building, with one room below and a
loll above. These Margaret wrought
skillful with. Thwy oould not afford
•help;’ besides ‘help’ was not ► asily
( >uu l. I he girl studied to become a
Cever I tile housekeeper- She made
Ik* rooms us pretty and convenient as
po-sihie Site planned aud helped hrr
latber to make a folding screen, which
at night separated tier mother's lied cor
ner into a chamber by itself. She cur
tuined the walls w ith some «4d ta;a s
iry, aud hung her own pictures here and
thcl'e. And in 5 little shed behind their
Imi, she ilid the meaner drudging, w-.th
hands you would have- shuddered to
see in rcialions to dlslura'.er and Sn*|>-
suds, though yen read in the plab.d
foiuhead above tliem a conviction lhai
tins was appointed, and, tlierefora, cun
sedating work.
Margaret was not a lieanly Sin-
had shapely hands and right hair; her
eyes were blue and dear; she was
small, aud bad a sweet dignity. In
the sphere to which she was led, she
became a sainted presence. Y >11 and I
might develop thus through our vexa
tions, sister. We have j i-t as much
cauital to begin with ns Mad Margaret
Amyrillia And she is not a phantom
of tile brain, but to day exists a Iiv ng
land among God’s luOEous. Her win.
ters were cold, and her Riiittuleia hot,
aud her toil wearying, like ours. She
hungered for society, and received a
stone; she thirsted tor tenderness, and
had vin**gnr to drink from her lerinent
iug parents. She almost suff rested in
her tile, and used to look through the
loft window at the tints, tier bosom
bursting with its throes. And tome-
liuiOM the selfish question fi led her, ‘Why
must nil this eome upon me ? 1 would
rather be blotted out tlian live so !—
Why, I wasn’t made for this t’ the in
there is |io d gradation in my trying to
comfort my father and mother.’
•ft's poor cort!f.irt,' fretted Mrs. Atn-
yrillis, ‘to see oilr daughter toiling and
coarsening, with no hopes before her.’
Margaret had ‘ho|ies,’ hut her mother
would have regarded them as simply
•religious feelings,’ which were made
for use iu the temple, like tiie precious
thereof, and with reverence only to be
spoken of elsewhere.
The ereuui hud not yet yielded its
rich secret, lmt was foaming amj swel
ling therewith. Mrs. Amyrillis, cry
mg behind her cervous hahJs, Was n ,t
likely ever to yield a secret that would
enrich unylsidy. Margaret applied
herself more energetically to both cases.
Sue hastened io a low her mother an
amusing article in tbe one newspaper
lln-y affoideJ; she kissed the lady’s
heated temples, and eioooed u pretty
air to give her reading a pleasant un
dertone. Then she dashed the eburn-
h. -tndie with firmer bunds. Ig her neat
dress, w lately banded at neck and
wrists, with h. r hair smoothly arranged,
and her noble eyes shining, she did not
look like a coarsening woman.
The paper dropped, by and by, into
Mis. AuiyrUhss lap, und site slept
tamugh the Uugj.d no a is lilt Mirga
let's Hand was laid oil her iorehoad at
11-mil.
‘Lhuuer is ready, yon see, mother
dear. 1 have carried yours u.> into my
room. Tlie men are coinoig tVuiu their
tin eshing to toe table. Wutyoa gi up
.stairs uow T*
•Yes, Ugu ! those dreadful wretches 1
-What customs do not the Americans
nave! And you have to serve them,
Margaret V
■ Yv«. Father wohIJ be but a bung
ling waiter, you know.’
*y,,ur tatlier, or you either, serving a
lot ot reeking hours at ottr own table I
Oil I what is the world coming to ?’
‘To dinner, my mother. At least, a
sufficient part of the world to demand
my attention at once. 1 do not mold
it, und fattier does not serve. Be sits
down with them, you know.’
‘Yes, lie sits down with them,’ fumed
Mrs. Autyrillis. ‘The representative
of a house who no more allowed their
dependants to sit above the salt than
they allowed tbe dogs !'
‘But these men ai e not dependants,
mother. They are free boru American
citizens.’
Mrs. Amyrillis put out her hand in
scoi ii to re|Hrt the free* born Americau
citizens. Her daughter an-auged her
scat, and found a hide shawl to keep
her irom the draught.
•1 wd. bring your dessert as soon as
they have begun eating,’ then promised
the girk Miming to go down stairs.
‘1 supjsise,’ queried the mother, with
some mJefiuile qualms, ‘I hope they
aie—not insolent-*-toward you? Per
haps I ouglit to stay down there V
‘Oil! no,' replied Margaret, her sweet
dignity becoming apparent,’ they are
very respectful ; they cOlibl uoL booth,
erwieo.’
Thu threshers crowded from out-door
world upou her white ti >or, just as her
own foot, de sending from tne last step,
pre.-sed It. bile nouded quietly to Itiuae
wiiuni she knew. They all recognized
her presence, rioinc of tliem were
nuLi.ig letlowa, wno had never before
licen ’so courteous to a woman. Thus
■perceptibly she broite the Ice between
tlieiu and a sex tliey dreaded. For
having greeted a woman properly once,
they would ,-XfairiCuce le.**s terror at the
next trial. Their burnished l'ac-s, just
punfied from Margaret's bowls ot crol
a,.u,r and fresii towels, eucirded the
label. Mr Amyrillis sat pile >Usly at
tue head trying to assimilate Imn-cll to
i. 8 coiupall.ons. U.s luce was a . omicul
mixture of uorror at western inscdom
and a -ei vile-desire to c-mciliale. He
suudderetl, cypress'like, to hear his old
and gentle name maimed u .til it was
Ariiimss.'^ And lie was obliged to Led
tiie very hacking lips that maimed it I
He looked stupidly at the men taking
their cups ot coffee from his daughters
Ingbbreu hands, and wondered II they
knew she came of s line three times us
old as their monstrous government!
Poor man; there was leas beef aud
wiue, aud more pastry and bile, in his
inaKu-up than lortu* r-y | he c*»uld hot
he come healthfully Americanized. He
,ou.d uot see, as his daUguter S-rw,
men and brothers’ m ti ose stalwart
•peeuucus. ‘Men and biothers they
Uni i.idesd prove Uiemselvt-s u t loug
alter in the war against the Rebellion.
•Is Mi-s Armless uuweb to-day !' ask
ed one neighbor, handing back tirs cup
for the fourth ti-ue. ‘I don’t see her
knockin' rotiud.'
Mr. Amyrillis stared fiercely, bat re<
covered himselt in u piteriis griu.
The lady—my wile—yes, she is
quite wel., luauk yott. Her lieallh has
never been poor.’ (
‘The heat oppresses my mother, put
in Mafgarel q detly oVer her lather’s
blunder. ‘1 am afraid she will have to-
vcr.’
•Sho 1’ said the neighbor, gntglmg
at bis cup. ‘Now, this here’s slappm
coffee i‘ he exclaimed gnllantiy. ‘I
reckon you luarued to make it in the
Why, 1 WMSu t matie i«»r uiu* i uie in- a ? »
digua,.I nuture would add, till she re- old country, did., t ^
ineinbered that the servant is not but- ‘Nr>. I hate only
ter than her lord ; and believing herself
over-brooded by love, this devout little
woman would turn back front rebellion,
confident that her being would yei
teach its symmetry, and find its an
swers. God never made a germ to
grew hideous tor wuut of its proper
fund.
One hot J uly morning, she stood
churning her butter io tha shed, and
soothing her mother in the house. The
churn gave forth a pleasant sound, but
Mrs. Amyrillis uttered moat dolorous
ones. Sue lay in a rockiug chair, fao
ning herself with one languid hand.
‘Oh I I can't stand this,’ said the
pool- laoy; ‘these things are wearing
Iny life uut. I wonder what your fath
er ever intends to do. My health has
been sacrificed ; all yonr prospects have
been sacrificed- I do nut see how any
worse things can befall us. It, would
be well if we could ail die io a heap
(low. Margaret, you are growing to.
look.like a milkmaid ?
•Do you really thin* it is not worth
our while to live, since no worse things
cau befall U-S '“Y “lotirer !’ .
‘«on seen* to enjoy degradation ; I
do wish, Margaret, you would remem
ber you are a lady. Uow large your
hundn are becoming V *
‘They arc not s i large as to be im-
nieldy, dear mother,' bpi^t'lied Mats'*
ret. ‘J do think, *b*» added softly, wuh
emphasis iu her lambent eyes, ‘that
then.—
since 1 came to America.
4 W ulh you while to come,
Girls allays ort !o know bow to work
0cleft'l they Armless !’
M.r. Amyrillis whimpered, but finally
came out with triumph in bis sicaly
grin. ‘Exercise was healthy,’ be cam
ceiled. , .
‘To be 6ure it is,' said tbe stolid farm
er. ‘Have you bail any agur feeliu s
since you come here ?' he inquired.
The brukvn-dowu gentleman hesita
ted. He was almost tempted t» a sol
emn pen. ‘Givn me not poverty, had
ofttfii bean in his nrtuil, but Give
not riches,’ never. He thought ns
agur reelin'* had ooly t«en partial —
True to bis cypress deVeloyme.it, how
ever, he sighed and answered literal y
tllnt lie had had one or two chills.
Margarets eyes were drawn up
riug a jargon of talk to find une man
reverently watching her. Ub , W1U |
lanre aud brmized. She remuinbercd
to have heard him called Jack w a. l ’ r «*
There was »une breeding beneath
du-
and (adored, exclaiming at once with
w *@teru frankness, T beg y*mr pard
Mis. M irgaret. I am ashamed of that,
and I'll try never to do it again.
‘Thank yon,’ said the girl gratefully.
Her look, he told the men afterward
-‘that haik of her eyes went deeper
into him than any Birman that any
preach -r ever poumie-i out of a pulpit.’
Tnenoefurwnrd J ick W ir-en, west
ern farmer, 1 ved the little English lady,
and beg in to see the halo round her
head, which is yet to him a star leading
upward.
rnugUuesa. Seeing bis g !Ule
bis
was no-
ticed. be begged fver for am.tlier glass
of mdk. She gave it and finding a
•rap in her .lccupaUon, hastened to carry
up her mother's des. rt, innocent •»
having made »tt impression, so com
pletely Itad duty token the place ot *=•»
cofts> mskiuess bv her. _
As she acturmsf, a merry orrtfi burst
from this man’s lips. He met her eyea
cHvpraa it.
In this community, Sabbuth was a
more day of pause—a period at the end
of the week, which tliey often ran over
and rendered q lite as bu-y as any com
in i prece.l out 11. Tuere was no church
to attend. 0 ice in tlire-i mouths an iti.
nerant minister oallod a Tew worshippers
together in the seho >1 house. c
Marg.iret missed so sttrely the chindk
>•( bolls, her seat iu the old cliu.ch, and
the beautiful lessons and service ; she
missed the light falling fro n stained
windows, her fathers tenants with their
respectful look-s til..* sweet thrills of the
organ; she missed everything hut til.*
spirit of devotion in her own heart.—
Tuis she carried up to her chamber af
ter tuc Sunday morning work was don.*
—alter the house was made trim, and
her mother c<> iilbrtabiy settled in the
easychair, with Bible, Prayer liook,
smelling hott.c, fan and George Her
bert’s Ioanns- and ner father brushed
und tidied like tlie infant Ibul fin was — •
And h iving carried it up, she turned
the attic into a little chapel and wor
shipped. She had curtained in one side
of the attic, and garnished it as prettily
as she could. Without the folds tire
family stores were arranged : within
was tbe maiden's bower Hereot stood
by the square hole known as the win
dow, watch she Covered with mnsquilo-
liars in lire summer. Pictures in fanci
ful frames of leaves or biinshnng about,
Here Margaret saton Sabbath m .ruing,
and tried to believe herself in the old
church. She read the prayers and the
Psalter, and hummed the old organ
notes, till el! the former peace would
come and encompass her. H *re, also,
uc this diy, she Open -d a lock id draw
cr, and looked at the pictured (ace of u
young man. She was careful on every
such occasion to admonish herselt con-
never kissed it and fondled upon it, us
most girls do, but beilips and hands
trembled
■•Now, Mirgiret Amyrillis,’ ran her
seriucn, ‘*l»*ok at Mr. Walter Ghevelier
if you must, hut re-ine-ntier he no lunger
cares for you. He will come back from
India to marry some beauiilul woman,
and live in London, lie is rich, and tal
ented and good. You are a (nor far
mers duugntcr in tne (Jailed Stales,
with nothing to distinguish yon, and are
often exceeding siuhll. Bat there ran
be no harm in yonr trying to become
such a woman us be would approve of
Be careful, however, that you do not
make an hrt .ge of this little miniature,
and plap tu : pquat, f< then it wid have
to be d :sir iy e l, an t you Will see the
frlen l who helps you a > in >re.’
Too Amyriliis family were not troub
led with Sabbath visitors, tliougn ull
their neighbors went visiting on that
day. Early in tbetr e< jouru, Mr*. Amy
rillis ha I set tiie ueig.iiiarho.il on fire
by her oj toliou of a g-t**J Wife ail-1 bro nl
who came to spend tlie day with her.
Disturbed and exasperate I, she resen
ted tne Ultra*loti energetically, to the
pi-tress of uer daughter auJ Lue horr.ir
Of her husband, g.viug ‘ my g > k| vj
man” quite as sound a piece ot advice as
if *‘my g'.od Woman” quite us sound a
piece Of advice us if *my good woman’
liad been oue ol tier colt-.geis, iustea-i
nl bar Am .-rican eq lal. Mo garet fol
lowed tlieli* m-i.gu ••It neigiibui out, aud
begged she w mid u >1 bu deeply ofieu-
ded at wuat Mrs. A nynlln lit I sai l,
aud til at sue w . lid let njr little children
com * some tune to be formed into a
Sabbath class. But, without a word,
the ueigib.r drove off, ail l O.ild ioug
after, the Amynllis-ms were not troublevl
with vis.luis on any day,
•Ithmkyuu were a'lit.le s'i irp, my
dear,’ rein i.istr tied Mr. A n/nihs- ” To
be sure, we respect oil a it tine-honored
ooatu ns bat «e ougilt t > try to Cjncili-
aU ’
‘Yes, yes, Mr Amyriliis,’ replied tbe
acid lady, n.Kl.hng, ‘til.it’s Jour policy,
I know. It really seems to be V "iv
mission in this worl J u> m ike way with
old and time bun .red tilings !'
Upon which Mr. Amynliis l.kiked
around for hi* hat and sun-umbrella, re
marking—‘I believe I will go out am.mg
the sheep-, my dear;’ wUleh Very appro
priate thing ne did.
CHAPTER- 111.
So they lived on, a dull, same, life its
only jreafc being an occasional visit to ihe
nearest viisge fur supplies. Margaret
seized on l.llle things, and threw joy
from them. A bird song would make
her happy for a day. Some pleasant
tidings m the newspaper from the old
land would unlock volumes of sweet
thoughts for her. She saw all tilt! tints
of the landscape. And when Jack
Warren brought her rare wi d flowers,
she was so delighted with that ha never
afterward saw their delicate [aces wi.b-
out being reminded of her delicate face.
This seemed tire most languid sum
mer Margaret had ever known. Her
outer weariness was wearing in, and her
inner weakness was wearing out j *<> the
two were likely to strike hands aud firm
an alliance over her slight body. B it
she was young and brave. Bhe fought
diseases oft herself, and wrought hard
to cast it out <>f the house. Early rains
on luxuriant vegetation made the au
turn'd a sickly one. Mr. Amyvillis took
the fever, uud bis wife groaned beside
him in ague fits. The sloughs, whose
growth of Ull, dai-kgtuss had been the
uuly tiling to distinguish them during
August days, turned to noisiine
and through them the doctor's horse ot*
ten tiplasbtfi.
Mr. AinyriUis wg^hed and meekly
fluuribbed osr Ilia sick bed btf i»«d
t*lglied and meekly flourished u* health
and cow hide hoois. Hut Mrs. Amy**
riHw, aliasing tnrottgh all her ivy leave*,
became suclt a dolefai reminder «»t
eburchyarde aud grave stouea, was a«)
qileruioo* and exacting, that she wea**
Tied Ii**f patient child m*»re tlnwx any
oilier trkak
Many ttt*igti5ork, wher h':irf less sick
ne*» at home, came and elf ;re»l their
services to Margaret—weatern people
«io n«»t carry their hearts in a lough per
icardiurn—and she was grateful.
Margaret’s head grew large and her
neck thin ; her eyes took vivid lights;
time became t*» her a lony drawn crisis.
Tue sky and earth looked so solemn
th «t autnain Ii r cat stalked about
with a gaunt and solemn air; the very
cocks in the barnyard crowed with u
solemn cadence. She had a fancy of
calling herself the * An 1 dent Manner,*
lmt shuddered lest herftther and moth
er should becom ? tire d *ad upon the
deck of her motionless ship on that mo
tionless pr.irie sea.
8he told th** q<i:tint story to Jack
Warren • me October morning, as he
• Imve her from the villag* with her
in sillily sup,,he*. Economy was then
so important in the family, that she could
not tru-t this mis-i m to auniher
‘An I if father an<t mother should die!’
-he troubled. ‘That image of the ‘An-
cient Mnrriner’ *v..ul*l not be a more
-iesolste thing than I. And I have
committed worse sins in my life than
killing an albatross.
‘He prayeth test who lovetfe beat.
All things, both si e.it sad small,
For tbe Oreut God who lovetb ns,
He made end tovt-.h all-’
I’m nfr.iid it h.is a!w lys been my fault
•o-lore s.»me persons ami things very
mil h, to the exi-lu.-i* in of other*.’
Jack sh.sik the fine- and whistled
aiftly. He could not tell her in deli
cate sentences all that was chtlraing in
his i*.uBiuin«d bos un, hut he lay and by
ati>! by brought lorth the product of th t
commotion in a compact and manly pro
po»ul.
* I don't think there's uny danger of
your father and mother dying; but if
they do, no family on this panirie will
ever see you shelterless, Margaret Am
yrillis. Aud there’s more boys than this
one would be glad to offer you a hams
of your own whenever you’d take it.’
Margaret recoiled, as women are apt
to do when an unwelcome hand dunes
knocking at the inner guest cnamber,
and tier recoil Was greater because the
man who hud s|sikeu fir a place already
occupied, was of what her English sense
still denominaleit * the people.’
Bhe had always placed him beneath
her, and regarded him with much the
same dinfiJcnce and affection that she
hud given to tire respectful laborers
among her lather’s tenantry.
B it * a m m's a 'iiau for a’ that,’ and
when he com.-s with his heart in his
hand, is not to be disp sod, though lie
weie mealier than u landholdio' Amor'
ican voter, with the way to American
kiugship open before him.
‘ 1 know I'm nut y.iur equal,’ contin
ued Jack, 'i haven't the education and
the manners, blit I'll take care of you
as the apple of my eye Tin well off,
ami lixely to be rich; and you could
make sucli a mall of me as a woman
needn’t be ash oiled of.’
As Margaret looked at the glowing
face and clear, simple eyes, her heart
Was moved toward him.
‘1 cuuT many you, Jake,* fhfi said
with kiud directness. ‘I love you a
great ileal fo. your goodness ’
‘M-y goislue.-e I 1 haven't any, except
wliat you lauget me, Margaret Amy
rillis,’ he attested ‘I never saw auuih
or won* in like you !’
* But l cannot be your wife. Some
on* I Ritter adapted will fill the place
you offar me. And I ain ulway* your
iri.-nd.’
‘Which is altout as much as a fellow
like me might to ask ’ resigned Jack
sadly ; ‘but I'll rattler have you for my
friend than any other one I ve seen lor
niy wife,’ he concluded, unoonsc otisly
repeating a compli ueiii that men have
open [laid tn excellent women.
As tliey rode on through the black
ening twilight, lie looked at her by
tiirus, though m >re in reverence than
regret. Au earnestly good woman is
not mst to every mail el opting the one
that win* her wedlo-k.
When I think of those two, drawn
thmngh'the sunless prarie .air together
—M irgaret's pale face looking on and
at the stars, Jack’s turned aside to here
—an I reinemlre ed the struggle set be-
fore each, I wonder how any soul can
irn igine We came into this iife for ease,
and can evade our tasks iike cruel chi I
dreo,
CltAPTEfi it.
Ill Ihe late October days, Mnrgan-t
fell sick. When Mrs. Amyrillis grew
conscious ”f the fact—and she had to
grow into, ronsciousoeas of it—great
was her i milling an.I wailin '. In vain
Margaret assured her she was il.lt Very
ill—that she was only lired, and must
rest The lady felt sure the time had
C”ine for them‘to die in a heap’ and,
from her manner, it did not ,-eem the
best thing that ciiuhl happen after ull.
Margaret saw, through her lofty win
dow, tire scregr.iwii prarie*; ho amber,
and gold, and crimson Irost bitten re
lieved tlieir dullness; and tier brain
grew dull aS the prospect. Day and
night went rapidly by, leaving bor weak
and spiritless.
Bat one afternoon, in a time when
October was about to give over bis
gleanings to tlie hand* of November,
Margaret staggered from her cot, dress
ed aud -rapped herself, and sat down
iu her low rocker. The woman whom
it had required both love aud money to
procure us her substitute htisekeeper,
come dp, anj lifted her hands iu asloc-
ismrrent.
‘If you wanted anything, why didn t
you call me V cried Maltha reproach
fully.
■I do not want anything.’ replied Mar
garet weakly, ‘except from that rnonut.
ketch me restin’till my work’sjdune.
ain’t tired !’
So Maths clattered down stairs, with
light heart though heavy shoes, snd the
invalid turned her face to watch the
dull square of prarie her window gave
her. Suddenly a horse neigired, and di
recttly across the dull eqnre ha car
ried his rider, • large man, with abuu*
dant whiskers.
‘Dear me !’ tlrenght Margaret weari
ly, ‘I hope it isn’t one of those cattle'
buyers again. He will certainly work
father up into a high fever.’
She heard the stranger, after a little
space knock at the d iur; but she heard
hIso her mother utter a little cry that
shot through her nerves, and shook her
brain from its lethargy to the keenest
sensibility.
She bent forward and I islet)-d, living
a longer tune in th d. su-pan-e, so far as
activity of the mind is concerned, tbuy
the last months hid seemed.
She was not trembled with surprise,
therefore, lmt rather with th* effort of
Kelf control, when through the gap in
the curtains that her handmaid had left
she saw Walter Clevelier'* head and
snoulilejr* appearing up the stairs
Margaret tried to rise but he put her
gently hack, and kissed reverently tbe
white finger* she give him. He then
placed a chair for lum-slf near by.
‘You do not know how it quins me
to find you thus,’ h* said, turniug his
dark tender eyes upon her.
Margaret curtain, d her own from tlie
glance. ‘I must not let you see how
utterly weak I am,’ she thought.—
Though if he knew, he would be too
generous to use his power. He was
always noble.
‘I shall soon be well again,’ she re
plied. ‘You see 1 sin obliged to make
baste in my recovery, lor father and
mother need me m> much You are
making tbe tour of America ?’
‘Yes, and I could not forbear intruding
on my old friends.’
‘You are heartily wMooine, Mr. Chev
alier, as my mother has no duu it a-'
cured you.’ (‘I will give him loom, and
1 will go down to the settee, decided
the provident little maiden, noiselessly.;
‘And now, what tiding* for exiles do
you bring from England ?’
‘I have ait seen England since I last
saw you? 1 replied the geulleiii.iii.
Margaret hstkenl up in aatouiahment.
‘Circumstance* were such that I have
not found it ueeessury to visit England
for nearly three years.’
‘It was nearly three years ago that
father was obliged to emigrate,’ said
Margaret imuRrenlly. ‘I urn afraid
these years have told on my parents.’
‘I do not think,’said M. C.livelier,
‘that Mrs. Amyrillis is marly us much
changed as you are, M.ss Margaret.’
Tire woman in her overmastered tire
woman. Pain at the loss of his admi
ration throttled fear that he sh .uld
learn her secret; she lifted her suffering
eye* with u look that made this man s
next words decided.
‘1 have something to confide to yon,
my old playmate. L hare lound a wire.’
Now the climax of all Margaret Amy
tal is'* triuls was reached. She turned
cokl as st..ne. Some women will un
derstand wlmt a volcano surged lit*'
neath her immovable crust. For, true
to fetn.nine instincts, sho gave him su.-h
a ealin aud frank ‘I am glad, for you
■niist be happy,’ »uj »Ueh a Jeeidedly
platonic touch from her cold hand, Hint
lie was disconcerted, but citing to tbe
remembrance of that look.
‘Is she beautiful ?’ asked Margaret,
with brilliant sputa springing to her
cheeks; ‘and will you return to Eugland
after your marriage ?’
‘aho is very beautiful,’ replied the
gentleman reverently ; ‘and whether we
return to England will, of course, de.
[rend eniirely upou h.-rself.*
‘Oh 1 she is an Eastern lady, then !
And of high rank, i« sire Out?'
‘Its*, she wears a coronet.’
■Ahi I am glad you will have such
a position,’ said Margaret, her eyes spark
ing • >fily
•D will be a fine thing filf me, who
have three great brothers between thy
self and the paternal estates,’ laughed
Me. Chevalier. ‘I ain glad it pleases
you, too. Eveybody loves the lady 1
have CluiSen.’
•But you haven't told wo her name,’
said the voUng sufferer, leaning her
weary check against her chair.
•It is—my httle limb! iny Margne'
rite! my little patient saint, whom I
have sought *o far and found so wor
thy I’
The reader, who cannot see Ihe pan-
liniime in an author's bnin, is respect
f tlyiafonaei that during this rhapso
dy Mr. C.ievelier held Miss Margaret
Arttyrillis in his arms, whether she found
herself with her midnight world inver
ted and turned to the sun a great deal
quicker than each changes occur in S a
tore.
‘But you said, trembled Margaret,
ulittost absorbed into bint, sli closely
did the ardent loVer hold hi* little saint,
‘that that ’he—had—a coronet!’
‘And *o she has, replied Walter, res
ting one hand. ‘I have learned that
every eye on this prarie sees a holo of
goodness around her forehead.’
‘Butthey love me —they are partial—
they are my friends, aoblied Margaret,
quivering with exciteiQen.
‘And whom do we want td hafe par
tial to us but frieuds we lute?’ asked
Wallar, with * great deal of accompa-
uiiu .ut of liatk and lip pressure.
Martha’s head appeared oil the Stairs
at that instant; aud was suddenly bob
bed ■lirti’St into the bowl she carried.
Tlie carduI and busy damsel went lit-
KRius bed.’" tering down. ‘‘That’S ’cuff sight Uet-
I'll make it up,’said Martha, going -ter for her than chicken broth, she an
. * ... i l„_l .a tn >1,., allot.tail llllW . tltterUliF
at it vigorously. ‘If your bed was oil
ci iiiforlabl ', you orto have told me/
‘O.i ! don't mind it/ pleaded Marga
ret, ‘I do uot need any attention now at
all, and you must be tired.’
‘And when I’Ve done it,’ proceeded
Martha, who worked all the harder for
being asked not to, aud was secretly
pleased wuh Margaret’s solicitude, ‘l’ui
a goiu to bring you up some chicken
broth; y mr mother’* had some, mid
she likes it. It’s prarie chicken, and
the broth's good, and I'll fry you some
of tne meat, if you’ll eat it.’
‘1 know your broth is good,' smiled
the sick girl, ‘and I shall like a little,
hut I do uot want the try; and, Martua,
when you come back, I am going to
at ike you mt down in that chair and
uut nmve until I have finished eating.-
‘He! he!' liUerHrg Martha, her
pleasure outshining the good nature in'
tier face, ‘and l «X|*»et you d take all
the afternoon to eat in No, you don’t
New York Letter.
A gentleman, born and reared at the
Norih, aad wno is known to thousands
ut the South, ha* ».*nt us the following
letter from New York. We will keep
it on fi’e in our office :
Dear Sir : — I extract the following
from Harper's Bazaar of Feb. 12. Ii
will doubtless be appreciated by the
readers of the Southern Home :
‘A I'ttle girl, nine years old, attending
a public school iu- Manchester, Connec
ticut, having failed to recite her geog
raphy less in perfectly on a Thursday,
was required on Friday to repeat the
lesson lor that day and the day before.
She tailed again, and, as a punishment,
was required to stand on the floor in a
passage- a ay, where there was a draft
ol cold air, while she learned it. She
stood there for an hour, aud afterward
was compelled to stand iu tiie school
room five hours longer, till she learned
riiu.sday's lesson, and for an hour more,
trying t-i learn Friday 's, and was not
released until sometime after the other
scholars had been sent home. She is
said to have been full of health mid
spirits gu Friday morning; but on Sat
urday her leg* began to swell, and she
suffered intensely, s.H.n IreMtniug deliri-
ous, trying to learn Friday’s lesson
which was the occasion of her ponish
ruent, and begging of her teacher leave
to take irer Heat After a few days ol
agony sire died. Ail investigation was
made, and the teacher found guilty ol
•error iu judgment.' The error was a
very great and serious one.’
These are the gis*d, pious (?) kind-
hearted philanthropists wli • neut their
inissi na y teachers to enlighten the be
nig.iied slaveholders, and raise tlie poor
•hiwn-tro Iden. negro to his ti ne |xiaiti<>n
in society, viz : political and social
equality with tbe white race ; and it
perchance the negro, in asserting his
claims to equality, should accident./liv
remove his white neighbor to make
room fir himself, it will Ire accounted to
him an 'error in judjmen!' and his char
itable while teacher wtii tell him to ex
ercise a little forbearance. 1 Would
suggest th* propriety of our Northern
Journals, in their daily record of mur
dera, su-Ctdes, assassination*, Ac., head
ing the lial with * Error* in Judgment.'
When the faithful Northern historian
sha I record the valorous deeds of G ant,
Sherman & Co, tbe hum me butchers,
anil But er, the Beast’ (who did rob
the tombs of New Orleans, and appro*
priate certain tabie ware belonging to
helpless w.nn n, and who did not'take
Fort Fisher, but who did take a half
gallon or loss of B lorbon ad«y.) they
will do well to einlswly all un *er one
head of ‘Errors iu judgment.’ If our
Southern friends will insist on using
Northern school books and taking N.n*
them [reriodicals, let them not be off.ni'
ded at the contents bnt s t down^very*
thing that is objectionable (even though
it white Washes the negro, or filicides
the gentleman) as 'Errort in Jnajmatl'
Yours Truly,
—Southern Homo.
The attssiion or the people is
ju<t now attracted toward the flnclua
non* In tlie gold market, and the down
ward tendency of a few days past ex
cites much comment. The toiling s rug.
gliilg. tsx paying million* have been
promised by the administration engin
eer Cheap goodss and less tax.-s An I
now they look upon all commodities as
high in price, witti gold at llfi, as on
the “black Friday” when it reached 1G0,
and have a ten fo d increase in taxes.—
Tue workingmen pay just as high a
price for every household necessity as
they did six months ago —tint a cent
reduction, and they marvel at it. Bat
when they live hmger they * ill le«rn what
faith i* to be [>(it in Radical promises,
sail do wbat vile subteriug.w and tri.-ks
their oppressors are susceptible, to fil 1
their own pockets When gold takes
its inevitable leap upward, and the ad
ministration pets have by this trick fill*
ed their empty pockets, tire toihag la
borers will comprehend tire extent ol
this little sensational comedy in VYall
Street.—Ifew York Democrat.
CoTroN Receipts .—The receipts of the
staple at New Urleans up to the 1st in
stant amounted to 873,003 bale*, about
equal to the entire receipts of last year,
wliich proves that they will amount to
ov r a million the present season.
Tire receipts ut Cinvatldah Up to the
present lime are, in round numbers,
387,000 bales, or nearly 40 000 bales
more Ilian were received for the entire
season last year.
These reports from tiie two largest
cotton ports of the South will aff.ird
s.nne data for estimates of tbe crop of
I860.—Sav. Reputticarl.
Hundreds snd thousands and
millions and billion* of robins *re perch
ed on the tree* slung Shaw's Creek,
four miles fruin Hillsboro, N C. Tlieir
roost extends over hundred# of acres,
aud they are picked off by thousands,
by person* Who travel a great many
miles to fill tlieir bags upou “poor robin
red-breast.*’— StMinH.
VOL. IV--N0. 18.
ArPREctsno.v of REii. Estate is S
vaxxaii —At the City Marshal’* sa
yesterday, lot No 61, Forsyth tVard,
the southern portion of tho city, w
gold for K ,575, being an increase ovt
the city valuation of $2,075, said 1
having been only recently valued by tl
the City Assessors at 2,500. We d
rent attention to this sale as indicatin
the rapid appreciation of real estate
Savannah. The lot of ground nbo
mentioned is unimproved, and ia locat
in a part of tiie city whicn, but a fe
months ago, was a waste common, nve
grown with weeds und wild »h ubbe
It is, however, in a portion of the ci
domuin which is fast being occupied
improvements, and which must, in
short lime, become one of I he most pop
ous and elegant quarters of the city.-
The lots on the l ight and left of Fo
syth Park, extending South, ocyupyin
the ridge of the water shed between th
eastern and western slopes, arc eligib
in every reapest for privute residunc
the street railway, present and pr-
peotive, making that section conveuien
ly accessible from the business centre
Those desirous of investing in city re
estate will do well to give this local it
attention before the lots appreciate* I
beyond their present estimated value.
Savannah Hominy Newt.
mmocod to lire Blighted bowl, tittering
over its very face as she set it on a cup
bord shelf.
i.
Do you see the pVtilre ? Do you iert-
agiue the rtlptdre of heart melting pure
ly i to heart 7
But I say reverently that Is dot »or
thy to be a figure of tbe joy that shall
crown those who do (tell m faith, when
they sr# pissed behind tbe Veil 1
jgT’It frequently occurs in the
spring when tire fanners ar« feeding
their cows upou rutabagas, or turnips,
that the mnlk tnsccnrt s so strongly un
pregnaled by their disagreeable taste
uud odor us to be unfit lor butler ma
king. To obviate tiiis, put > pinch of
finely piwderod saltpetre into every
gallon ol cream.
ISf At the last count there were 1,
288,000,000 human beings on the face
of the globe.
StlRIVKAaS ix Slacgut XKtXC.—Til®
shrinkage of hog* in butchering varies
ll’nirt due eights to one fourths o r the
gross weight. A well fattened bog that
|IU# not been fed for sixteen or twenty-
four hours before slaughtering sod will
weigli 300 pounds grossi will weigh
ubo-Jt 260 piunds dressed. It is be
lieved that hogsrthat have attained ma
turity, or almut twenty mouths old,
when fattened, will shrink less than
those that are from nine to twelve
months old. Beef cattle will, on the
average, shrink about 40 per cent, in
slaughtering i. e. the inoat will equal
nearly GO p .-r cent, of tbe gross weight.
In the case of both cattle and sheep,
much depends upon whether they are
well fattened, and some breeds, as Short-
horns and sooth downs; show less
shrinkage than Other.
10. Ia Great Britain and Ireland,
and also in various parts of the conti
nent of Europe, weeding tings, made of
wins! or iron, shaped like laige pincers
and provided with grooves or tenth to
li'ltd the plants, are used Ly farmers for
pu ling thistles out of ullage and past
ure laud.
Milton Merrifi .-Id, of l>ovidenee,
caught fi.ty-two ruts in oue night, by
exchanging a barrel of outs that hud
been oil n visited by rats for one of wa
ter, covering lire surface with- chaff.—
Tbe varmints unsuspectingly pitched
and. met a watory grave..
ToWitat We are Com sa.—ffn
dell Fh Hips in a lecture before • B<
ton audience, recently said :
“If you need an amendment to th
Constitution, make it; but I do not b
lieve it. The XIVtIi Amendment co
era it. If necessary plant a squad
Soldiers in every voting district ia th
thirty eight States, bnt lot the flag
the Union protect its own citizens whet
ever it floats. [Applause.] Aunuunn
the principle that whenever a Slat
neglects its duty, whenever forty house
holders ,n any district call upon ti.
Union to protect its own ballot box, tb*
it shall be the duty of the President
tire United States to send a compauy
or regiment, into that section, anJ, se
that the polls are kept peacefully open
Disousrixa.—A Yankee school-marm
wire has been engaged in teaching
colored school in this city for aever.i
months, was arrested yesterday upon
warrant issued by a Justice ot' Peace
charging her with seducing a c ilore
man, the husband of the colored w.nna
at whose instance the warrant was ii
sued. The testimony tended to prov
that the partiei were found in the earn
bed at tiie Name time. Tbe school
tnarin appealed to tire magnanimity o
the colored lady, with many tears, an
promised her that in cats she wool
withdraw the prosecution she (th
school-marm) would never aednee th
cullnd gentleman again, whereupon th
cnilud lady relented, and tbe case w-
amicably settled.
Tire school-marm is fair, fat and for
ty, and the cullnd gentleman, who wa
se I need by her charms, is between fill
a id sixty years of age-—Sac. Republican
As IxTEKEsrixn Calculation-—Th
Portsmouth (.V. H ) States and Unio
makes the following statement and cal
eolation, which al.ii 'St every trsosao
lion in United sia es bonds will verify
It says : We know a man—and tiler
are thousands of just »0ch Cases—who
in 1862, had $lUJU in go'd. He sold i
for $2103 in greenback* in 1863.
With tuose greenback* he bought $240
in bonds. These bonds, of course, co-.
him just $1333 in gold. For seVc
years he has drawn six per cent, an
uually, also in gold, on the face of bi
builds. Six per cent, simple interest
on $2400, is $144 per aouum. For th
seveu years, it has amounted to $1033
or eight doilurs more than he invests
ic tlie first place, reckoning only simp'
interest. Now, tire Mirror says : pa
him the face ot his bonds in gold, or, i
other words, pay him $2403 in gold fo
what cost bun oaiy $1333. So now, a
tire end ot seven yeirs, be receives:
Principal, $2430; interest, $1008; t<
tai $3438 in gold, for what Cost him oi
ly $1333. It ia a net profit of mot
than 240 per cent.
A Siaa ritoH the Gold Room.—.
New York correspondent of a Pmlade
phia paper writes :
“ To prov# how little confidence th
operators themselves have in the perm
nency of the gold room, 1 need morel
to mention that where Lal year the
asked a bonus of $2 500 for a Gold E
change membership there, they ask to
day only $1300, aud $600 is all that i
costs to become a member of the Gui
Boom.”
A Remarkable Case oi tiie Scsrt.
sion or Life.—A daughter of Joslu
King, brother ol ex-Gorernor King
Kirede Island, now lies dead ia titoi
mgtun, Connecticut, yet such is the r
markable preservation of her fcatur
and complexion, auJ such tha retenti
of warmth in the body, that tbe bes
medical men are iu doubt os to wbelb
er tbe caac ia one of actual death or ot
ly temporarily euapeuded animation.
All the ordinary tests of life and deat
lead to tbe iuterence tiiat sho is reall
dead, while nbseuce of other pbenom
ua of death leads to a counter cooci
sion. Tlie case is o >nu lerd one of th
most reularkable on record. It will no
only start new discussions in the scie
litl: world, but it will biiug into imp
tauce the inventions for protecting th
buried against tlie dangers of the crav
or vault, where inanimation is in aimb
Chinese Coiiinq.—A corfesponde
writes to tha S .varmali Repub iain
follows: “I learri from a friend in Hon
Kong, under date of the .1th Janua
that two Southern gentlemen, Mc-sai
Gift aad Williams, were then the
ma ting arrauge-uents t) send one tho
s.iod Cbine. e laborers to Savannah an
New 0, leans. My correspondent ad
loat ting- gentlemen found no difficult
io engaging the Chinese. He do-.s no
however specify the forms of their co
raets.’’
A Good Thi\q.— I'M Caven'.iou
the .Methodist Church, at Syracuse,
Y., tlie head quarters of Spirituali
and Abolitionism has resolved to ma
no effort# ai re-union with tbe Meth
dust Church South. This was tbe rig
thing in the right ploeo,—Exchcungo,
Down on tbe Dalkay.—After- ma'
foe everlasting nigger a stepping*
to fame and- lortune, G^efey J.ve,
T- T\°"^ bi;tter Al
ttior r !»,•. LiviutfS'OQ’—a contineo
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