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MILLEDGEYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, M A Y 10, 1864.
NUMBER 51.
RftmiHTtlN NISBET.BAK-NES&MUORE) (* e love8 ’ and he feels reinvigoipted.—-( necessary to restore what is lost in
KUJuU * . . ! Feels that death would be sweet, were the first.
Publishers and Proprietors.
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| Editor*.
(b!;c Confcbcrate Union
j
u published Weekly, in MilledgevUle, Ga.,
Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson bts.,
(opposite Court House.)
At $ 10 a year in Advance.
OI K NEW TERTIS.
Terns of Sub-
Feels that death would be swee
the reward a smile. Oh ! women,
I little do some of you know the impor-
i tance of the part you are silently
playing in this great struggle. Your
J influence is holy and ennobling. If you
would help to avert the dreadful ca
lamities that may befall us and save
! yourselves from a fate worse than'
death, be true, be constant to your
soldier lover. Turn a deaf
those at home who have dod^
I duties of a man, and who have made
We made this Revolution upon the
doctrine of State Rights and State
Sovereignty, with a Constitution* and
form of government, confederating
the several sovereignties for the com
mon good; and whenever we depart
from that doctrine; and that Constitu
tion, we give the lie to the revolution,
and acknowledge before the world,
ear to | that we broke* up the old government
3d the j upon false issues.
intervals between tbe gusts, the father
and son conversed together, &nd Kenneth
was pouring forth some of the feelings
which the day’s service had excited in his
pious and serious young heart In these
sweet communings they beguiled the wea
ry way.
They had proceeded more than three
miles of the waj 7 , and had entered a deep
defile in the mountains, at
which ran a rapid stream.
which visited them in their afflic-
tbe bottom of j tion.
I Ids nver, at j Towards morning, poor Lilias,exhausted
ad times considerable, now swollen by tne ; by sorrow, had sunk into a deep sleep,
melting of the snows, roared along its j w ; t b }, er bead resting on her mother’s
of the awful bereavement they had sus-j lowed by several of the boys and younger
tamed, and endeavor, in his turn, to com- men . ■'
fort the stricken hearts of his wife and
daughter. A family of sorrow, they sat
by the dying embers of their hearth that
long and bitter night, but an unskilled pen
may, not dare to describe their feelings,
nor the power of the consolation from on
high,
[ rocky channel. It entered tbe defile
about a mile and a half higher up over a
On anil after March 2d, 18t>4, the
soription to the Confederate Union, arc Ien DuL
laks, invaribly in advance. All l
enbaeription t<> this paper, previous to June 1st, I8W,
is at tbe rate of Three Dollars per year.
ami other distinguished
advocates of
fortunes out of the necessities of the
aii imhhtednessjor 1 people. 1 hough they throw their
I ill gotten wealth at your feet and ask
you to share it, touch it not. A curse
advertising. | is upon it. Spnrn them from you.—
Transient.—Two Dollars per square of ten They would desert you ill the hour of
lines for each insertion. . .
Tributes of respect. Resolutions by Societies, (Obit
Maries exoeediiig six lines.) Nominations for office,
£e*nefirc.^ ! dall S er ® and privations that are now { consent to any change in our form
i.rti<inc Being undergone by dear relatives of j of government that tends to consoli-
Shariffg sales ^"levy of Clines ,* or less, §5 oo m *ny of you, and pfhaps, their honors. dation ou a building up of a scrub ar-
“ Mortgage fi fa sales, per square, jo ooi News from the North is very en-| istocracy
f»oo couraging. A bitterness of feeling, a
5 00 spirit of hatred and contradiction is
5410 fast possessing them, and will, no
, . 1* F V tire pi^pai ed for ; tremendous precipice, forming one of tbe
a llictatoisliip, ora Monarchy; and ; wildest and most terrific cataracts in tbe
while the land marks of free govern- j Highlands, which was known in the couri-
ment are held up by such patriots and j try by the name of Black Linn. Tbe wa-
Statesmen as Governor Brown, Vice ! ter was precipitated into a deep, dark
President Stephens, Governor Vance I chasm, where it boiled and wheeled with
danger. Force them, by your unani- j the rights of the States and the liber
mous voice, to the field, to share in the | ties of the people, they never will
consent to
Tax Collector’s Sale*, per square,
Citations for Letters of Administration,
.« •• “ Guardianship,
Letters of application for dism’n. from Adm’n 8 CO j ere l onCj ] ea( J to results often
<* «* *• “ tiuard n 8 0*1
predicted by our press
Ay noii'c nf imnAi4nnno f
2 CO
5 00
2 00
Appl'n for leave to sell land and negroes,
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
Sales ot land or negroes, per square,
« perishable property. 10 days, per sq.
Estray Notices, 30 days,
Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square,
legal advertisements.
Sales of Land and NegVocs.by Administrators Ex
ecutors or Guardians, are required by law to l»e held
on the tirst Tuesday in tbe month : between tbe hours
of 10 in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the
Court bouse in the county in which tbe property is
terrifying impetuosity, and then broke
away with fury through rents and channels
in tbe rocks, which the force of the stream
had in tbe lapse of ages worn. -
. This scene of awful sublimity was sur
rounded by abrupt walls of rock two hun
dred feet in height, gray and bare, and
But passing events clearly j overshadowing the depths below, so that
pot tray the aim and object ofacer- tlie ra 7 s of the bright sun could never
tain class of our public men; and I P ei,etrate farther than to paint •a rainbow
with the lullabies of “conflict,” “war
upon the Administration,” “whip the
on the spray of the fall about midway of
its descent, A narrow and unprotected
v . , mountain road led up tbe defile, past the
8 00 “J F 1 co °* lankees and then fight for the Consti-; cataract, to the village of Linnhead, which
6 00 j news of importance from the j tution and State Rights, “a strong j on such a night, would have been far from
goo front, at the writing of this. Gener- government is necessary to our sue-!safe to less experienced travellers than
al Lee’s Army is in fine trim for march- j cess,” and a hundred other stereotyped these who were now toiling along it. They
ing or fighting. The men are conti-J cajoling opiates, they hope to put * Avere wet ; c< dd> and weary ; and the force
den t of a successful termination of the; vigilance to sleep, and accomplish by ! l ] ie pouring down the glen, the
with this next campaign. And | indirect, what they dare not attempt! “a '*"•“»«»? ■? tl,e ’ r face3 '
by open and di ect means.
war
though they know full well that, ere
many more months, thousands of them
will be sleeping their* last long sleep,
they look'forward to the coming strug-
witli perfect indifference. Their
■ ituated. , ... ,
Xoticeof these sales must be given in a public ga-; gle
^NottcM^^Mffie^ate^rf'pereonal^property^ must be j Spit it of tmdurailCe is truly astoilish-
fiven in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. j lJ£ r t Their patriotism imOflUaled ill
mast also be punished io days. , the annals of the world. After three;
Notice that application will be made l_o_1be eonrt m years of bloody War, CXCCSSive fatigues'
and horrible exposures, they stand j
Ordinary for leave to-sell Land or Negroes, ini\st be
published for two months. _ '
Citation* for icttersof Administration Guardmralnp,
Slc., must be published 30 days—for dismission Iron)
Administration, monthbj *i-i motUhx—for dismission
from Guardianship, 40 days
Rales for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
month! v fir four months—for estaHis.iiug p.qa-rs,
for the full apace of three month*— for■conipeJlligtltles
from Executors or Administrators, w here bon«l Ij.ts been
rivet) by tbe deceased the Ml space of three months.
Publications will always be continued nccornn £ to
these, the le^al requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
however, is wide awake, and will not
sleep. Her votaries have discovered j
the hand writing on the wall, and a
Daniel has come to l ead it.
VERITAS. I
The Black Linn.
It was a Sabbath afternoon early in the
year, and a crowded congregation were
attempt and t ] ie pj^chey darkness of the night, be-
\ lgilance j g an almost to bewilder tbem. They ceas-
uow in solid column, a living wall a-
gaiiist invasions and tyranny, stronger
ami more determined than ever, hurl
ing defiance ill the face of a haughty j day, which had attracted, as is usual m
and insolent foe. They fear him not, Scotland, great numbers of persons even
seen leaving a small kirk in the mountains
of Perthshire. The annual celebration of
the sacrament had taken place there that
Gp= When a subscriber finds a cross mark on
his paper he will know-that his subscription has
expired, or is about to expire, and must be renew
ed if he wishes the paper continued.
Gr" We do not send receipts to new subscri
bers. If they receive the paper they may know-
that we have received the money.
C3P Subscribers wishing their papers changed
from one post-office to another must state the-
name of the post-office Ircm which they wish it
changed.
To Tm Receiver*.
The Comptroller General furnishes each Receiver
of Tax Returns with three Books. If any Receiver ,
wishes an Extra book, or sheets for a blotter, we will
furnish him at the rate of 50 cents a sueet. One dollar
•xtra if the sheets are bound.
Correspondence Confederate Union,
Hampton’s Cavalry Division, Va. )
April 25th, 1804. ji
Messrs. Editors : Spring, with its
balmy breezes has at last broken full
upon us. April showers have ceased,
and May, with her genial sunshine
will come soon to gladden nature.—
Upon the summits of the blue capped
though he comes superior in numbers
and the appliances of w r ar.
Many things I could tell you that
would interest your readers, but might
bo detrimental to the cause. Suffice
it, General Lee is himself still, and
likely to remain so. No fear need be
entertained in regard to the result of
events. Mayhap, ere this reaches
you,' the “opening chorus” will have
been played and the shouts of victory
resound throughout our Sunny South.
God grant that such may soon be the
case.
I shall try and keep your readers,
as far as I am able, posted with im
portant events.
Yours,
EOU.
from parishes at many miles distance.—
Tbe services of the day were now over, !
and the people separated into different
groups as they took their respective r^ads
homewards ; all, even the youngest and j
most thoughtless, walking on with a quiet-
ness and seriousness of deportment befitting j
tbe holy day, and tbe solemnity of the !
occasion which had called them together.
A numerous party set out together to 1
the eastward, conversing as they walked j
along, some on the more worldly topics ;
of country discourse,the state of the weath- ;
cr, the crops, and the markets ; others on
tbe various services they had that day i
heard, and the gifts and graces of their
respective ministers. Their numbers grad
ually diminished as one party after anotb-
>• branched off up the glens, or over the
ling to their distant farms
a la f only four per-
T n-T> Mac 1
Correspondence Cc . Uriuu v .atm-
The Habeas Corpus Commissioner
for Georgia.
Messrs. Editors : lit is announced
that the Hon. E. A. Nisbet has been
appointed to administer the Act sus
pending the Habeas Corpus in Geor-
mountains, and in the once fertile val- iri a} an cl the Savannah Republican ap-
lies of this glorious old State, you sec plauds the'selection,
that the influence of Spring is already Straws show the direction of the
felt. Among our brave and noble wind. The Editor of the Savannah
soldiery, the influence is not lost: Republican favors a ‘strong Government,’
journeying along, may be seen the in-' or in plainer words, a “Dictatorship,”
fantry soldiers with weary footsteps,; arid was rewarded with the Collector-
but light and gladdened hearts, en ship at Richmond. His partner, Mr.
route to re-join his comrades. Then Sims, doubtless concurring in senti-
again, may he seen one of Stuart’s ment with the Editor, received the
‘gay cavaliers,’ in all the pride of appointment of Superintendent of
manhood, sitting erect upon his war Railroad Transportation. Judge A is-
steed, conscious of his strength, aud i -bet is understood to be favorable to a
the part he is to play in the great dra- Monarchy, or some other kind of
ma of war, soon to be enacted upon “strong Government,” and the Iresi-
thc soil of the “Old Dominion.” ! (,4 ‘ nt reward s hira by placing in his
. ,, , j hands the very weapon most desired
As they thus, now and then, meet |)y Cou30 |i dat f 0 „i s te and Monarchists.
the eye of the observer, they present These are small sttaws, but they in-
a picture of happiness and content- , Jjcate the tenddticy of things at llich-
ment, unexpected to one not fully ac- { mond. *
nuainted with the different phases of If there be no wish or intention to
resort to other forms than those ot
eel to speak, but struggled on in silence.
At length by the increased roar of wa
ters, they perceived that they were ap
proaching tbe Linn. “Courage ! my boy,
we shall soon reach home now,” said
Angus. A fresh and more violent gust
of wind, bringing a heavy hail shower,
obliged them to turn from its fury. Again
they groped their way forward. “Father,”
said Kenneth, in a voice whose tremulous
tones were almost drowned by the fury of
the elements, “we have missed the path—
we are on the wrong side of tbe oak tree—
we are on the top of the crag, over the
lbaek Boiler, I am sure—take care of
yourself—I am trying to find ” A
piercing cry of agony, beard above the
rushing of the winds and waters, froze the
father’s heart, within him. “Kenneth!”
he cried in a voice of horror, “my child,
my child ! where are you ?” There was
no answer.
The unhappy father called again and
again.. Tbe torrent rushed on in its re
sistless might, and tbe wind howled past
lifnr, tilt-bts brain was almost maddened
by its roar, and the solid rock beneath, him
seemed to tremble, as if an earthquake were
shaking the globe to its foundations. He
flung himself on tbe ground, and dragging
himself along felt, wi'h outstretched arms,
for the edge of the precipice. His band
at length reached it, where tbe broken
earth, and some tufts of grass hanging
by their slight fibrus roots, showed the
very spot where it had yielded under,
Kenneth’s tread. He looked over and
•rahied his eyes in the vain endeavor to
i3 thick darkness beneath. All
~ep gloom, except where a
j,. 0 ht marked the broken,
h.u.j edges c the falling waters far
below.
A sickness, like death, fell upon the
shoulder. Angus kept walking continu
ally to the little window, to watch for tbe
first streaks of light in the east, intending,
as soon as the day dawned, to take some of
his neighbors with him, to assist in finding
all that was left to him of his beloved child.
At length the gray of morning broke over
the hills—he took his hat and went out
leaving Marion supporting her daughter’s
head—her lips moved in inward prayer as
he left the house. The melancholy news
soon spread through the village : for Ken
neth was as much loved by all who know
bim as bis father was respected, and all
♦he neighbors and friends were soon col
lected to go with Angus to find the body ;
while some of the women went in to Ma
rion to console and support her during this
trying time.
In the meantime, he for whose loss all
were thus sorrowing, was yet living. He
had been saved from destruction by the
stenjs of three or four saplings of mountain
ash and weeping-birch, which had taken
root in a fissure of the almost perpendicular
crag, and hung their light elegant foliage,
neaily horizontally, over the black whirl
pool below. The slight stems baa bowed
fearfully under the pressure of Kenneth’s
falling weight, but springing up again by
their elasticity, they now held him sus
pended and rocking with every blast, over
the yawning chasm. He lay unconscious
for a long time from tbe stunning effects
of the fall, and of a severe blow which his
head had received against tbe rock ; but
his senses gradually returned, and be
awoke to an acute sense of pain both bodi-.
ly and mental.
When he understood his awful and pre- j
carious situation, an overpowering terror ;
came over his mind, and he wreathed his j
arms round the branches of tbe trees, with
the convulsive instinct of self preservation. , , . , . .
Hi. calls lor help were piercing auil eon-; retarned presence of mrnd
tinoal; bnt they reached no human ear.-; sufficient to direct what was best to be
Ao.i.i, ... ; ' * done, “borne one must be lowered to las
men.
Angus gazed at this sudden nurremecV
with a bewildered eye, till some of the
others, who had also looked down* camo •
to tell him that his sojn was indeed there,
and. they hoped, alive, though they could
hardly distinguish whether the slight
trembling of the trees were caused by tbe
breeze or by an endeavor to make a sig
nal. The father’s eyes were again bless
ed by the sight of bis child; but the agony
and suspense of hope tried him, if possible,
moie severely than the certainty of cala
mity He kneeled down, covering his
face with his hands, during the minutes,
which to him seemed hours, that elapsed
before the return of Malcolm and the
ropes. *-
It was some little time after they were
got back, before they bad lashed together
strong cords sufficient to reach Kenneth’s
resting place; but, at length, having secur
ed one end of them strongly round the
oak tree, they gradually lowered the other
over the face of the crag. Kenneth saw it
descending, like the argel of his rescue,
and watched its gradual piogress, till it
reached the level at which he lay:—and
after swinging to and fro, finally rested
upon bis body. But when be tried to un
twine bis benumbed arms from the branch
es round which they had so long been
clinging.be felt, almost with despair, tbat
he could uot stir.
Those above, tried with shonts to
encourage him, and to tie the rope round
his waist. He could not. Neither could
he raise his hoarse and feeble voice to
make them hear. They began to be quite
at a loss what to do, and almost to doubt
whether life had not fled. In this emer^
gency, Mr. Cameron, the minister of Linn
head, was seen coming up the road, moun
ted on his rough little Shetland pony.—•
He had been assisting in the celebration
of the sacrament the preceding day, and
having remained to spend the evening
with his fellow ministers, win m that occa
sion had collected together, was returning,
at this early hour, to his home and his du
ties, principally to be in readiness for his
beloved and favorite pupil Kenneth.
He wondered to see so many of his par
ishioners ashembled, but a few words ex
plained tbe whole; and, surprised and agi
tated as lie was by the suddenness of the
app»^ Ui.-g, broihci .
with Lis son Kenneth, a boy of b,.t
come that morning from i.inn-head about
five miles further.
A February evening was closing in,
dark and cold, with every appearance of a j heart of poor Angus, and the conviction
stormy, wet night, when the lights in the forced itself on him, that bis child was
casements of the farm at Burnieside appear- ; indeed gone—lost to him for ever. He
ed flickering in tbe distance, cheering the i tried again to eall, but his voice refused
hearts ofDoaaldand his wife with thoughts ! to give utterance to a sound, and having
of tbe comfort of their own warm hearth, J groped his way back to the oak tree, the
and their children’s hearty welcome, after J land-mark already mentioned, he leaned
the fatigue and weariness of their day’s ! against it for some moments as it to col-
journey. Angus and Kenneth entered with ! strength, and then, making a desper-
tbem to rest and refresh themselves before
they proceeded onwards; and, as they j
were much beloved by their young rela- j
tives, they met a welcome, only second j
in cordiality and delight to that given to
a soldier’s life. “When this cruel war
is over,” “Dear Annie of the vale” or
smiles haunt me still,”
tbe parents. The large and happy party
were soon seated comfortably round a
glowing peat fire ; and cheerfully partak
ing,after thanks bad reverently been paid to
the Giver of all good, of an excellent aud
substantial supper.
When it was over, Angus summoned liis
son to depart. "Come, Kenuetb, my boy,
] it is getting late, and we have five miles
to go yet.” Donald, who had . risen to
look out into the night, now endeavored to
persuade his brother and his nephew to
remain where they were till morning.—
“The wind is rising, and driving the hail
and rain before it, and it is pitch dark. I
cannot let you leave this warm hearth on
such a night.” “Nay, Donald, we must
go indeed. What would Marion and poor
the
‘Her
Constitution, why this senseless
cry of “conflict” and “war upon the
General Government V* And above
are universal favorites and continually I a ||, wliy are men selected to carry out j ^ Uanheaii acd , good bedi will
the very lawsi that are subversive o a jj t ^ e more welcome after it. So,
bright
little lilly say if we did not come home ?— j beating against the
We know our road well, so we need not be '
afraid of tbe darkness, and as to the wind
and rain,we are used to tbat, and tbe warm
»jund upon the ear when gathered a
round the camp fires, after the duties the Cor.stititution, and threaten the
of the day. Then it is, that “tond ; overthrow of civil liberty and self
memory brings tbe light of or her days government, who are known to be in
around,” and we revel in dreams of favor of centralisng all the power of
by-gone happiness, and build airy oas-j the government ? It requires the ut-
tles for the future, which alas ! few of; most vigilance in times of profound
us may ever inhabit. There is no peace, for a people_to presen c their
time more appropriate for musing than j liberties ; and in great and protracted
in the soft twilight of a Spring even revolutions, if that vigilance is not
ing. Then it is that the soldier joins j doubly intensified, military ideas an
hand and heart with loved friends and j training so influences the'minds o
relatives in the sociaj chat, the fire- rulers as to lead them irresistably into
side re-union, or the enlivening dance.
She, to whom his vows are plighted
and his faith is constant, shares his
thoughts by day and his dreams by
nighc. He then casts a hasty glance
along the doubtful future and averts
his thoughts in sorrow.
Then comes again the image of her
the wildest thories and most dangerous
experiments - of usurpation, and ulti
mately to disregard altogether, the
chart of their power, and the rights
of the citizen. When this is the case,
despotism, in some’ form or other,
takes the place of Constitutional lib
erty, a second revolution becomes
goodnight Donald; good night, Janet;
good night, children.”
“Well,” replied Donald, “a wilful man
must have his way; but mind when you
come by tbe Black Linn. It is a very
fearful path along there on a da»k night.”
—“As to that, Donald, I do not think
either Kenneth or I would fear to pass the
Linn on the darkest night in the year ; we
know every rock and stone so well. We are
almost at home when we get there.”—
ADgus then taking up his thick walking
staff, and Kenneth slinging over his shoul
der the little wallet in which he had car
ried their simple dinner, they ventured
out into the storm, and the hospitable door
of Burnieside was reluctantly closed be
hind them.
* For some time they trudged on without
much difficulty, though the wind and rain
beat directly in their faces, and were
gradually becoming more violent. In the
ate effort to move forward, he reach the
village. All the lights in the cottages
were by this time extinguished for the
night, except those which gleamed from
his own windows, whose brightness showed
ibat those within were still waking aDd
watching for their absent ones.
Marion and Lilly had just heaped tlie
fire with fresh wood and peat, which threw
a bright, cheerful light all round the cot
tage. Tbe kettle hanging on the hook
o^er fhe fire, sent its light clouds of curl
ing vapor up the wide chimney. Before
the fire was a small table with the great
family Bible lying on it, in which Lilias
had been reading to her mother, till tbe
increasing storm, and tbe growing lateness
of the hour, began.to awaken their anxiety
for Angus and Kenneth’s reurn, and pre
vented their giving to the word of God
that undivided attention, without which
they thought it but a mockery to read.
They sat listening to the wind and rain
cottage, sometimes
expressing their anxieties to each other,
then striving to forget for a time the senso
of tbem, by busying themselves in all the
little arrangements t^ey could devise for
the comfort of the wet and Weary wander
ers. At length a hand touched the outer
latch. “Here they are !”‘they exclaimed.
But almost a minute elapsed before that
hand found courage again to try and open
the door. When it did open, and the
pale and horror-struck figure of Angus
entered, a sense of awful calamity in an
instant struck both Manon and Lilias.—
He closed the door, and leaned- against it,
as if he could neither speak nor move.
“Kenneth !” they both exclaimed.—
“The Lion—the Linn—lost 1”—was all
that the unhappy father could utter.—
Then, staggering to his chair, he burst into
a passionate flood of grief, so unlike any
thing his wife and daughter bad before
witnessed in bis steady composed character,
that, for the moment, they lost all thought
of everything else in the endeavor to
soothe him. But the relief of tears seemed
to take the heavy load off bis heart, and
soon he could with greater calmness tell
assistance.” Malcolm immediately volun
teered himself; and while tbe active young
Highlander-drew up the rope, and fasten
ed it round his own waist, Mr. Cameron
went to support Angu6.
All tbe strength present assisted in low-
•j ! ering Malcolm, who guided himself by a
! long stick which he held in his band, and
At this trying moment the words which
Ire had been dwelling on all the day.-j jttwcolm .mntear.lely voiub-
••The Lord is a very present help in ! leered himself; and while ihe acnvoyouog
trouble, recurred to his thoughts like oil
upon the stormy waves, calming them in
to peaceful tranquility. “Yea,” he men
tally exclaimed, “even in the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear
His^ mindin'rapidly gTanced at all *fce ! ^^ ic f> b E nse,f from
circumstances of his situation. He was n foDer station Jib* nlan°
. , - i ii •,» | proper oo p J ah ted one foot finnW
instantly aware that he could neither make ^ J gl ; ht projec tioD, and. steadying him-
any exertions to release himself, nor hope w]f with hl ^ 8tick> this active a £ d ® ower _
ful young man stooped down, loosed Ken-
aioeu roi miu : ne t k ’ g kfccc ls, and grasping the poor ex-
quie^ness, an hausted boy with his strong muscular arm,
gave the signal to be drawn"up. As they
for any assistance till the morning dawn
ed; and that nothing remained for him
but to rest where tie was in
reliance upon his Almighty Father, till
day-light. Though the violence of the
storm gradually abated, his sufferings from
wet and cold were extreme, during that
apparently endless night. He endeavor
ed to beguile tbe time by repeating pas
sages of Scripture, and when these failed to
divert bis mind from tbe oppressive
weight of pain and dread; or when thoughts
slowly ascended, be beld his drooping
charge firmly, yet tenderly, and with sur
prising skill and dexterity, guided their
course, till with great exertion, and
some little difficulty, they safely reached
the top.
Mr. Cameron no sooner saw Kenneth
safely laid in his father’s arms, and had
of his dear home and all whom be loved asce / tained ^'though fainting, life
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there, would force themselves upon his re
collection, he poured out his soul at the
throne of mercy, and was strengthened.
not extinct, *than leaving all the rest to
follow slowly, he mounted his pony and
rode briskly forward to break the joyful ti-
But the vigor of his mind began gradu- di to Marion. When he entered tbe
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ally to yield to the anguish of his frame;
and before morning, the powers of life
seemed to be ebbing fast away, leaving !
him in a state of almost insensibility. He !
closed his eyes and consciousness grew!
fainter and fainter. When he again raised 1
tbeir lids, they rested', as he lay with his j
cottage, which tbe care of her kind neigh
bors bad restored to its wonted look of
comfort, she rose to meet him with calm
ness and composure, but with a face on
which one night seemed to have done the
work of years.
Mr. Cameron, yon are come indeed to
tacc upturned towards heaven, on lightly-: to the houge of mourniB g. have you heard
tinged rose-colored clouds, the forerun- i allr _.. Ye3 . my good Marion, I have seen
nets of he rising sun sailing slowly and : —“And have they found ”
one could say no more: her tears choked
.“Yes, they have, Marion^’ said tbe
peacefully over the abyss. Tbe sight
seemed to revive tbe dying spark witliiu,
and sent a thrill of hope and joy through
his stiffening limbs. But as the increasing
light showed the height, and the inacces
siblesteepness of precipice above bim, and
lie felt his own incapacity to move, his
heart again sunk within him. “Yet, sure
ly,” thought be, “they will come to seek
me.” and, for tbe first time, a movement
of restless impatience began to agitate
him. *
By this time the villagefs being collec
ted together, were proceeding to the fall.
Angus in vain attempted to maintain his
steadiness of demeanor. At one time he
hurried ou, as if impelled forward by ah
irresistible power; and then, as if nature
recoiled with dread from the sight of his
beautiful child changed to-a pale and disfig
ured corpse, he lingered in the rear.—
Wheu they reached the oak tree before
mentioned, he remained motionless, while
tbe rest advanced on to the crag, more
from a desire to see the very spot of Ken
neth’s fall, than from an expectation of
finding his remains, which they doubted
hot the stream had, by that time, carried
farther down the country.
Malcolm, a young blacksmith of the vil
lage, of remarkably active and enterpris
ing character, was first. He advanced
close to the edge of the cliff, which his
steady bead enabled him to look over
without fear. -Tbe others remonstrated
with him on his rashness, but Malcolm had
caught a glimpse of something which made
him thoughtless of himself; and in order
to be certain tbkt it was what his hopes
fyul suggested, before he mentioned them
to any one, he lay down on the ground,
and stretched bis body half over the brink
to obtain a distinct view'. “It is, it is,” be
exclaimed/ “What?” cried 'man/ voices.
‘Himself,’ cried Malcolm, springing up;—
‘fetch ropes/ and be ran off instantly to
tbe village to execute his own orders* fol-
her.
good pastor, hardly knowing how to break
it to her: “your sop shall live .again,”—“I
know tbat he shall rise again in the resur
rection at the last day. Ob! Mr* Cameron,
our hearts’ desire for bim was, that he
should serve the Lord in his courts here
below, and if he calls bim so soon to stand
in the holy of holies, what are we. that we
should gainsay his will? and yet it is hard
J to say, Thy will be done!”
Mr. Cameron was so mnch affected, that
it was sometime before he could say, “Ma
rion, the Lord’s arm is not shortened tbat
he cannot save: and what is impossible
with God.” Marion lifted up her eye with
an expression of wild doubt. Lilias sprung
forward, and seized his hand, and tbe
neighbors drew round inquiringly. “Yes!
my friends, he has been worderfally de
livered, and he is yet living; but Marion,”
be added, observing that she turned dead
ly pale, “you must command yourself.—
He has suffered severely, and his life may
depend on your composure, and ability to
do all that may be required for bim.—
Now, my good friends, prepare a warm
bed and get all things in readiness.”
While the other women were busying
themselves according to their minister’s
desire, the mother and daughter, with
their arms round each other, were standing
ou the threshbold looking out lor the first ~
sight of him who had been lost, but was
found, while Mr. Cameron gently related to
to them the history of his wonderful es
cape, mingling with his relation, words of
religious comfort and exhortation, which
fell like balm upon their hearts. At last,
the party came slowly up, bearing Ken
neth on a rude litter, which they baa hast
ily put together. As be crossed tbe
threehhold of his home once again, his
mothqr and sister quietly kissed his cold
and pallid cheek, and he opened his eyes
on them with a look of love,