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UV I.AYIER & SOY, . ’
BATHING ROOMS ATTACHED.
- Macon Oct. 2 1861.
[». B. A IK WEED,
Importers and DealerslnHardware.Natla io.
Rroughtan Street Savannnh Ga
, Nov, 14. 1851i , ly
R.ARCUER&CO.
, Hcgla Iren Murks, Richmond, Va
' ' MANUPACTURERS OP
!**• And Edge Tools, of llie hfit Charcoal
** Iron and fast Steel.
Ala, Manufacturers ofRail Road amt Mer-
Soid At Merchant's Prices and Warranted.
: Nov, 11 1861. 3m
r BUTTER I TO CHEESE ERMRIIJI,
«Y SEABORN QOODALL SAVANNAH.
WIIm.KBAI.r. npAl.KR IN
B liter and Cheese, Direct from Goshen.
Sew York.
■ Nov. 14 1851
r.mnciiN Savn'nmriiT
IIEIIY k FOSTER,
Taotors end Commission Merchants,
Siiranuai Ga,
nepEnENijp.—.T. Knowles.
Nov. M. 1851. 1y*
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VOLUME 7.
HOME, GA.. THURSDAY MORiVTNG' APRIL I, mi
^ or tr tj.
LYOX& RtiKD,
..... • W'utr.xnl*-.D alert tn-
R eady-flidc Clothing, Huts, Cniis, nnd Gen.
tlemens' Furnishing Goods.
.Vw.lofl Co 11. in*! “5 ,S" J linn S s. Sir nil na\.
Nov. II 1851. . ly
E. F. WOOD k CO.
WIIOLESAI.r. A,VI. Ri'.TA'I. t'EAt.KOS IN
BOOTS AND SHOES.
.V‘S.,91 ant'152, G‘bhon.% Suit 'ing near the
MirkrtiSignafthc Large Boot Sarannah Ga.
Nov; II 1851. _ lv
.IDIIY I. HAVER,
Tub Fagan i.ui.BUun)ng Death.• ■'
The Outward Darkness and the Inward Light.
0 mist of night nhd blindness that mast bang
Before the lllb to come 1 .
0 tomb I that closes nncu wltb iron
And is forever dumb.
Ships which go forth upon thi&dundii
And perish far at sea,
Are tossed in fragments to the lathi again
But nauglit returns from thee.
No whisper comes from nil the generations,
Thiutigli thy dark |Hirtals thrust;
No breath of life among the burl. (I uatlunn,
Oil.' nfubieut stirs their dust.
No souls beneath, o’er struggling into sight,
lb-uvo-up thu silent ground ;
Tbuuglithu green sod.abnvi them, I. soligb-—
So frail the crumbling mound.
I listen by Hie sea to .catch some tune
From spirits that are find;
There is no voice in itii ctcrunl moan—
No vol.u of alt its’dead.
The stars look coldly down when man is dying
The moon still holds it»sway;
Flowers breathe thoirperftime round up; wind,
keep sighing;
Naught scans to pause or slay.
Yes! blindly on—o'er nil that Ihluksond feels
The universe mfl*£ roll;
151 ll.ua > Street.
Niv. 11 1851.
■ .J
Sara una.il (la,
ly
Though nt each turns Its lulumnntlne wheels p lllllim heaved with a wild tempest of
S. B. KTAPI*,
Wllni.ssXV: AVn retaii. nEALES IN
RADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNEBS, tto,
Market Sj.m r e Savannah Ga.
Nov. 11 1851, fim
Toward yon bright vault of heaven I dare .not tortured soul wero struggling to UNapto
The cry of.my despnlr. [raise i l 18 leuement of clay
W.A, CARSWKI,I< j T.J.HOlKRrt* | SAM.I1. HUUAT.
CARSWELL, ROHEUTS & CO.
Taotors and ^onoraLPommi salon Merchants.
Hravlon and Bay Streets, Savannah, (in.
Hoe. 14.1851.
iy
PETER G. TIIOHAS,
Dealer In Wladow-s >■ tes, Blinds and Panel
Doors.
An/155 -Buy St. Savannah, Ga.
. t </~ Onlors from the country promptly at
tend-dto. 'If' Terms; Cash.
Nfiy. 14.1851'. ly.
CUTS. II. CAtlPFIELD,
171 Dan S'irrf, Savannah
Venlerln Agrlrullnrnl Implements of ever)’
. kind, Burr 51)11 Stones, Cotton Gins kti
Nov. 14.1851. fim*
YOYGE k ODRIV,
Faotors and Commission Merchants.
^ ■ Ns !) I. 11 'll Sheet, Savannah
■ Will attend promptly to whatever business
may bo confided to thum.
, Nov. 7 1851. ly
war. yonob.
ROBERT FIDYLAY,
MANUFACTURER OP
... , ANO IIKAI.ER
’ Ml Lti STONES of nverv description. Slenm
(jaw Mills. Circulnr and Straight, put up in
•njs-rior stvlo.
■ Mnbnn August 21 1751,
■uWrto-Houbo and Commission Business.
K. OVSEEV k SOY,
Ma. iii., lie.
GODFREY, OV8KF.Y k CO.,
Sarannah Ga.
. nnnpnEV v. rinar.EY n. p. ■nnar.rv.
R. 5V ROSS.
awrrjr
Rome, Georgia.
over Y. J. Omherg’s Clothing Store
Hi 1851.
FlttTCIS n. ALLEY,
WHOI.ESAI.E ANP RETAII. OPAI.En
aitle nnd Fnnry Dry Goods k Groceries,
iolvos new goods every week,
na Ga. .Tan. 2 1851,
P5TTOY t PATTOY,
/TORYTiYS AT LAW,
Roma, Georgia,
i in nil the counties nf Hip Char-
- 1060';
notice i
SDtTH,
.TTOUNEV AT LAW
Rome. Georgia.
[ ’i ,• iUnl.N X, Hotohins Teawrenretflh
UqorTn j jj INR , Hoi.t. Columbus Ga
„Dee. 25 tffij
DtYIEI. S. PniYTt’P,
Agent for the Southern Hatnal Insurance
IV ■ Comniny of Rome, Go.
Iiwiros'flgnlnstlos. bv Vi-,'. Also -Lives of
,t.,Pnrsons snd Servnnls.
(Ihncks on Charleston nnd New Ve-k for sale
tty D. S. PRINTDP
•Oe.ti'10 1850,
wtiWRV. wt'.nvn * Jjffif
ni ;Paot.0rs and Commission MarobsntR,-
iri Agents nf the Brig Line of Yew York
'j'ci'JS. '.j Savannah Ga.
'Will make llheral adynaO"* on nroduee eo
i for rain. Office 11 1 Rnv Hlreet enst of
^fRtehnnve.
Jtefer to Maior .Tnhn 8. Rowlond floss en.
ns, WAsnnenv ! jno. r. w'.per | r. a «an
‘lira 15 1«5I n ”*
Y. .t, ipieric,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
Idt^now on hand a well sai.'cted -toM,
.• ( fVa«lararas end Vasins., of
tO'ft'tll**
v«tb
>1 lmvi
York.
Ani Ammon s wealth. Its pleusuivs and Its
prido,
His heart with Joy Ills car with music fill;
His plough he follows with a quicker sttldo—
Nor heeds the winter lingering on the hill;
Lillis to tliu Christian;—Wheresoe’er ho roam
Painting, the Orient Able or the Isles
Or tliu frost-fettered fields alas nf iiumo:
A promised harvest 'mid the Winter smiles,
Spring coy- and cold, the laborers faint and
few;
Thu hard, rough glebe unyielding to tlm
share ,-
The thrill blast shrieks the leafless forest
through;
But from on high, a voice dispels des|ialr.
Buiuru him the redeemed—Christ’s harvest—
stand;
And hosts with hymns of praise Ills besom
■' thrill- '
His plough Im'sclses »ilh a vtreiigthened hand
No heel- lhe WlHfeJ* Hue'ring on the hill!
31! i art lluii t a ii 3.
Fr<nn lhr Onp
THE BETROTHAL RING.
BY PALL CH- YtON.
I. -UaNDER A cloud.
Oil, Gol l um 1 nut ilri-uiiiiug I Can thin
bu real i Have 1 hcusu, thought uu tnovy
still
Uttering tliuau passitinate words tin*
er pressed her thin hands t» her brow, while
Crush out a haumu soul!
grief und her whole frame quivered and shook
Lest I should hear the echo which betruya
That all is empty there.
Yet lyw my soul within the girt of soelng.
Beyond this eaith and sky;
I fctlMw immortal instinct of my being—
I know I cannot die!
Reuben and Phebe—A Pathetio Ballad.
BY .Mil. K. K. Di.IPK1.N8.
In Manchesteru maiden dwelt,.
Her name was Fhcbu Brown, %
HerGlieeks were red her hair was black,
Aud she was considered i»y good judge* to
he by odds the best looking girl in town.
Her nge was nearly seventeen,
Her eyes wore sjtarkling bright,
A very lovely girl she was,
And for about n year and a half there had
boon a young man paying attention to her by
the imme ofReuben Wright.
Now Reuben was a nice young man,
Ah any in the town,
And Phebe loved him very dear,
Rut on 4U mount nil* liiR-lmiug-uhliimd-to-wmk
ti'eV ununli
• flits Hftnd Tti*»
hvMiinunlf oi
fpnd nartieiil'vr rof^r^nr
ir'.F.aihionY. TT>» I•>
*»tMiffi*r jn a m-u
to h« •u»*’Sn««» , d in oiir lnra^kjyv'
j^t’,(iL'«Mnuaht 0 . r.liles.
1 O r J ‘5'iT.
JQTRS,
. i,vnnYT"ii oc AVH MC*A». r a »V
V- VB.OOJCCVV AND GLASS WARE,
p ' W*rovt« flmfflflii.
V AMinnlifirbrnt ihat I rnn innke.lt to the
Ua.4nter'»«f ot* Merchant.’* to hnv tlx^tr ®m>*
Bif* or Crnekrv in Maeoo.'if ‘hov "'ill irive
Jl eh dime ‘ Call and «'«»» for vonrselve*. , .
A«opf/»fl prate* n»*'«i» sire* ni ways on hand
I^VT^in'on.-Tni v % 1 R'l
immt.w Pi
and
!■* nr^pa'-ed to r urhiph 11
r ’o*/ , 'arri». Tv’v'mr
a*iiartnv*nt o r n 'tle'-n* of ibe
and moat a.nrf-av*»d kinds Cent iron
Mtr. of r?vi»p»1 n'tterns, of « chnr-
«r tied will suit nil «»ltna*hn«. t
fha Oe^tiliroa Wniv»d"V
OntHn 4n*nn+,ni>*rfhr Ma r oh
PMe..Has n *ej|'iar. ndvaaf-vrea in (ildnt nn
fit Sw V/'F.y, the P nnrietar hnv : na had
LiS^Ptrlenc in that hadne«*V Many itf
Idls • in use in th’s “fate. jr
nnaatant^tionly oAfl'n ftenrlnc
i ,PpU«*v*Y V.c . kept on Hand.—
i nf fin ! «hed Machinery
IJ8t*?1.1«1
for d li\ ing, he never could make himself
agreeable to old Mr. and Mrs. Brown.
Her cruel parents were resolved;
Another she should wed,
A rich old miser iu the place,
And old Brown frequently declan d that
rather than have his daughter marry Reuben
Wright he’d sooner knock him in the head.
B.ut Phcbe’s heart was bravo and'strong,
She feared not parent’s frowns,
An ! (or Rfubcn Wright, so bold,
I’Ve heafd him* say more than fifty (lines
that (with the exeepth n of Phebe) he did
not eare a d—n for the w hole race of Browus
do Phebe Brow n.and Ueubep Wright
. Determined they would marry ;
Three weeks ago, last Tuesday night,
They started for old parson 'N heeler's de
termined tube united iu the lady bupds
matrimony, though it was treuieudious dark,
anil ruiuea like the via Hui-»y.
But Captain Brown was wide awake ;
lie loaded up Ids gun,
Aud then pursued the loving pair ;
He overtook ’em when they had got abot.t
half way to tiio Purfcon s find , then Reuben
uiiii Phebe started ott'-on a run.'
Old Brown then took deudly aim
Towards young Re ubens head;
But oh it w as a blee ing shame
He made a mistake and shot. his only
ilapglitv-r, and had the unspcukublo auguisir
of seeing her drop right down stone deuu.
Then anguish filled young Reubens heart,.
And -vengeance craavu ms bifiln,
Ho drew an awl ill jack knife out
Alai plungeAdl mioold Brown about fifty
or sixty times, m» that iu very doubtiulaboui
nis ever enmmg -Wo again.
The hi iiicy drops from Reuben’s eyes.
Iu torrents pou’r-etidown,
lie yeildcd up the ghost un i «Ued,
Aud iu this liu luiwiioly and in ari-ri u lu.g
umtuier teiniiuwU/d tlm history of R utieii
and Pin be ami likewise old Cuptaiu Brown.
— Cut pi t iiuif.
Tho .Lingering; Winter.
a? a. T. OiJNUAD.
•* He that gorth forth und wcejk th bearing
precious seed shull doubtless come again -with
rejoicing bringing Ids sheaves with hiiu.’^—
[Psalm exxvi fi. - • 1
The snow-flakes kis».thu ploughmans crim-
* soltd lace;
He guides the share and turns the furrow
still •
With manly patience and with measured pace.
Nor heeds the White* lingering on the lift!.
The foamy flood roars, sullen thr ugh tho
vale;
The crow flocks flap the blast with laboring
wings; V
The bar*- oak shivers iu the Northern gale:
. But on its topmost bough the bluc-Urd
sihg*.
It sings of Spring—the ploughman hears the
song—
Of bridal April and of blooming May:
And os lie treads, with sturdy step along,
Hope,mu his bosom, slugs tho self-same lay.
All ! she was a * onng creature to havo en
dured so much sorrow ! Not more than twen
ty-eight ifMhe was so old; pale, care-worn
clad fu poor lwUUitn nta, yet strangely beau
tiful !
No wonder she orled in the agony of her
soul Can this be realT’ No wonder she
doubted her own sanity, aud pressed her brew
a** if co aid her sick aud wavering btuinlu the
Up*k of realization.
PorU;rrihlo Indeed was the contrast be
tween the {uist and present; the sunshine of
yesterday and the cloud of to-day ; the hap
py scene to which her ‘bewildered memory
traveled hack, and the wretchedness around
her and the bitturneps of grief into which her
soul was plunged.
She was sit ting upon n broken chair in a
miserable garret. Her work had fallen (Vom
her bauds upon tho hare, cold floor. By her
side two children were sleeping under the
thin; tattered covering of her poor bed.
It was midnight. Tho winter wind howled
through tht dreary streets ; the storm lashed
the low roof and narrow window o( tho deso-
mnnd*l|-*
ibvlUHulvua. wh» hail a beautiful child,
and loved It aiul lost lt, and mourned for It
with broken hpnrta.
The young’ jvlfe leans towards her husband
who presses lior tn hl4 bosom ; aud both rise
together, and .enter a falry-llko chamber,
where, nestled in tho midst of luxury an In
fant Is sweetly sleeping. They giro at It with
overflowing hearts; tt awakes, looks up
laughing—
Our clairvoyant utters a stifled scream and
springs to.the miserable bed, wherethn chil
dren are si uplng. She gases at the eldest—
a t»lo sufl'erlng boy, nf.porliaps seven or
eight years. Hu wakes, os that Infant woke;
he looks up Into Ids mother’s feco and smiles
sadlv; not as that Infant, smiled—she clasps
hint in her arms sobbing awl weeping, and
ho) I. him there until he is again asleep and
his Ihlr locks are moist with hpr tears, "Then
she gently remivos his arms from her nock
and Discing them around that of the youngor
child, learns them to their repose.
Again on hor wrotohod ohalr her neglected
work lying upon tho floor and tho storm lash
ing tliu window, she gases at the dull ashes of
the grate.
What does she sea 7
Tim same parlor tho same woman sitting
them alone; silling and watching.
Yet can It be the samel This woman is
unhappy. 8he has boon weeping. That nun
n vershed tears—except tears of liaoplnefs.
Ah I there has been a sad change In this
fair young creature's life I Yon can hardly ro-
nll/.o it—hat her husband tho youth into
whose keeping she gave her destiny—the
man whom she solnred that she (hrgot the
world—tho beloved Ik the r of her beloved
child—
Can It hi> she Is watching for him 1 Can It
he his (bntston* she strains her anxious car lo
lintr.l -Onn tt tic 11m. niStlrahMHld-cra.lv
who leaves her. at this desolate hour nf night,
to wnteli and weep awaiting his return ?
Alas that tho truth should lie told! some
thing has ailed her husband of late. Trou
ble welghsupnn him by day 1 ; ho grows hsg-
gnrd nnd morse.
At length tho lonely woman hears the
wellknown Ihotstcps. Ho enters ; she raises
her anxious eyes lo his flushed flute nnd shud.
dors. He speaks tn her unkindly, and she
weeps Ho throws himself upoh a chair and
gases savagely at the floor Forgetting for
giving his unkindness—feeling only that
lie is unhappy and that It is her duty tn con
sole him, comfort him she folds her arms
around his neck, she kisses Iris fevered brow.
Sho endeavors to express her lovn and tells
him It Is killing her to see trim snlfer so much;
nnd thon his heart is softened. Ho weeps
like a child. He cot fusses all. Tho truth
Ihlls upon her sensitive heart coldly as the
sho saw'that a sacrifice sho had hoped and
prayed might be tqiared her must ho made.
She must part with the last memento of her
lost husband's affection, the betrothed ring I
It was this resolution which cost her so
much on tho ulght nf agony 1 havo attempted
•to describe.
Scarcely had the widow, as sho was called
awoke Ihira troubled dreams and arose from
her couch, on the following morning whun
sho heard a knock at the duor.
Smoothing back her disheveled hair, sho
proceeded with some hesitation to open It,—
Mr. Billing bowed and hoped he didn't In
trude, and said necessity alone could have
compelled him to such a step; but he liad a
large sum of money to make out and If she
could managu to. pay him—”
, I- now receivin'/ n frill
'■ Goods iin.1 Gr n .e | ’ r!M -
"e ottentlcn of
generally, ns
*»»y ‘
to nj, nnu —TOC
The scanty flro in tile grate was smoulder
ing into dull and desolate ashes, and the
apartment was cold cold and comfortless;
and the |Htor woman’s shawl had Ihllen from
hor shoulders, unobserved, aud sho sat there
still.
. It would have chilled your blood to look at
her, so while, so motionless, so like a statute
of speechless grief!
Her hands tell one by her side, the other
upon Iter lap. Her largo eyes became fixed
gutting at the flying embers; yet not so ntueli
at tho dying embers as ai something beyond.
S'lmething afar off In tho embers of the past.
And not of those ciphers she saw nrho
visions bright nnd beautiful scenes of sun
shine which qwlntod with a golden glow even
tho dark and-heavy .cloud of sorrow which
overhung her present—a fhlry-lnnd of bliss
you would have call'd It , which filled all the
cold and cninfnrtleps iiniirlment and In which
she ivns lost a clairvoyant.'exploring tho realm
of deni-nnd tender memories.
Leftis question her to know whnt she secs,
not with thnselarge (oitchlngly hearinBl eyes,
but with the eyes of her spirit of which thoso
are but tho tvpn.
A vnung girl Just budding Into wopinn
hood ts thy most prominent figure. Sho Is
so beautiful that the heart feels a pang nf
pleasure looking, at her t so happy Hint you
soil'd any the da k st trouble that ever throw
its shndo-e over her youth, was no more a
trouble then the golden fleece which floatn
above the glory nfn sunset Isa cloud I
She is In the midst of a garflon. She , Is
bending over a lowly 'flmver nod- blushing
for a Imndonme vootlf is bending over her
and miking eloquently of love
She mbits tier head now, With a smile of
buitninesr on her lip and a b ar nf. hnnnincss
In hi'revo. sho glen, tlm youth hor hand.
- nis flee (lice Is all alive with, tlm love nnd
devotion of his heart, lb- cannot utter Iris
Inink - fir tin si 1 attvxpresriltliiif.xfentltpidlf
the gift of the Jimiri. which has pmrio hint
happy lie il.nws her gently t n the
shadow,sof an aibor then fondly,lo.his heart
and u kirshas yeali'd tlmlr betrothal.
fit'Ve |sk slightclinnge'of seenOne or
two dy< upp tnj to hov e parsed. The youth
is dice tnorc.wilh tlm maiden. Ill'bolds her
flieaittlftil.lmnd. There is the sapte smile on
hoi-dips—the sapie tear hi her eye—ns she
suffers him to cncjrclu bet delicate taticr Au
ger .with a ring.
Uttering a cry of n-nny our clairvoyant
starts from Iter sent. She raises her train!
She gazes eurg . rly at a glittering bauble that
nicircles one of iter own thin fingers. The
flnnje of horohntuher lamp la feeble and dull;
t.-nrs swell beneath her eyelids; and aha
seesthe ring but dimly. Prcasing it to her
li|Mh a sob she fitlls again upon her chair.
Awn her largo eyes prefixed gazinga'lhe
ontberaofrhe grate; again the eyes of her
spirit are looking into llie embers of tht- past,
What do they sat!
— I liosomo figures the youth and the
maiden, tie has grown more manly—not less
fond ; she more womanly—not less bennlifnl.
Both itavo grown mure thoughtful—not loss
hnnnv^ra.
Oh. I ltTTVv they loro each other I They are
sitting It sOems In a .little parlor of tlmlr
own. She has becn-reading to hint a. toucli
shuddered to think sho was undur obligations . And Clarence, excusing himself lo Ins eon
to such a man. Toescapo Iris persecutions | science with the ncsolutlnh to play only small
slakes and ftilsely reasoning that It wn< right
to seek relief from 'Ills oppressing cares in a
little oxelfemdnt consented to Indulge fhrhalf
nn hour or so. with a stranger tto whom ho was
Introduced.
. Tho person who yields tine ste-> to tempta
tion In not salb. If ho yields no mom. It Is
because the devil Is grown careless of his In
terests and forgets to follow np his . advanta
ges. '
Ckiren-o did yield more. Tn half an hour
he was plunged deeply Into the excitement of
play. Fortune seemed to fhvtor him. Largo
stakes were played, and orery. time he Swept
the board. Ills adversary grew desperate;
both were nutd—emphatically mad 1'
Snddenly’the loser of ImmiTso srims Cla
rence hud swept into a pile on Iris side nf the
'•You know I havo no money I" exclaimed tablrif batik' back In hls-cltalr' httd'wl|K'fl )ltb
the young woman, her bosom heaving and cold sweat of agony from hls hrow. Ills face
eyes flashlug through gathorlng tears. "But j was gliastiy white; Iris lips colorless. ‘ :
bo ;iat lent, you shall bo paid to-day, overy "Thu devil (splaying for you "ho width'
cent” " J Clarence/'with a forced smile. '• You havo
Thu sharp Mr. Silling pressed through tho | won all—but" lie add d quickly.’a ftlltlbray
doorway; he S|Htkcln a sof tnno; he told her of ho|te illumining tlto des|talr' of fils features
there was no necessity (hr her to make the " here Is one more chane*—and pcahaps"Uo
saorifles she contemplated, and so went on muttered throngh Iris closed teeth, “tliu devil
nntll emboldened by her speochlussness ho will come over on my sldo I"
let fall a word, which dropped like a burning
coal Into her heart. Sho wrlthod with an
guish a moment then all her woman’s prido,
He drew front his flngor a diamond ring/
“I paid thirty dollars flir thli to-day,"'bo
said. "Examine it, and c 11 it what yon
and indignation and anger seemed concen- like."
teated In one look of Intenso loathing and With trembling Angers Clarence Ellory look
hatred. He the sharp Mr. Silling quailed ‘ ,1B f'ng A deathly palor overspread his
before It. She s|mke not a word ; bnt he features. aBf y of *> n re"r»'»««« to
crawled away abashed ashamed conquered hlslbot nnd staggered Into the arms of Ids
He hears thu Bunnher rnstling in his corn;
Cloud flhatgflSgj^ his Udlttg grain: ^ ^ ^ -
The mower’s scyHre-sMOg greets the EuMeo,.^ ^ , a „ uil u . nlk . rnow , A
W ° rni welcome, heme the loaded ;
' ful narration ol a young, fond couple, like
his ruin l
The sceno changes. That same ynnng
wife—now the mother of two children is
onco more Beneath the paternal roof.- Hu
tho husband, the father la not with her I
Alas whore Is ho i His reiamtanee; bis
desire to ntnne for his errors, came too late.
His property was swept-from him., To draw
his remorse nnd despair he resorted again to
the fatal clip One night ho reeled Into the
pntemnl nhodo. whither ho and his wife had
taken refuge. Ho was Intoxicated ; ho had
broken his promise to his wife nnd In her
Hither. The latter was a stern resolute man
nod his wrath was terrible. He banished the
fallen Wretched husband from his house
and closed his door against him.
The young wifb. loving him still ready to
die for him would have followed to share Ills
degradation nnd distress, but hu loved her
bio well to permit It.
And now sheds here alone with , her two
children—tho hoy and his linby sister—hero
In liar father’s house. She is in deep mnimn
log. She has Inst Iter mother; but her great
grlefls not for her. Oh, no, not she knows
that the good "ho die are happy and all her
sorrow is for him—the a’andorer, the outcast
tholnst I l
Our clairvoyant starts from her musing as
"bofbre. She kls.es tliu ring site bathes It
wllji her tears sho throws her arms around
hursloeplng children and prays to God ibr
liolp,
, Thp last ember has expired. The sickly
flame oftho lainp Is dying. Tho rain anl
sleet no longer lash the window; only tie
manning of the wind is heard without. Tho
wretched mother is sleeping.
II—THE SACRIFIOE.
Mr Silling was cntisldared a sharp man
Ho prided himself in his shrewdness and was
not the least ashamed of a less comnienriublo
quality which Is snmutimes called avarice.-
Nobody Mr. Silling was accustomed tosne--
noliodv ever got the start of hint Ins bargain
or cheated him out hf a penny.
How then, Mr. Silling came to commit so. h
it blander cm the lotting of otto of th'e attics o
lib house lo "that poor young woman with
two helpless brats" nobody could under
stand
l’erhltps M". Silling could not complain
this in himself. He might have known such
poverty could not enrich him. Perhaps lhe
pltlftil looks of the applicant, coupled with
her modest henuty touched h;m
PshAwl Mr. Silling was above such weak
ness. We may therefbro snpjiose that Mrs,
Silling helngnn Invalid hcrafli'ctlnnalehas
hand thought she would be pleAscfl to brim
somebody In tho house lo keep her dohlptlny,
during his absence. Yet the pnnt woman
scarcely saw Mrs. S. Once a W'ook I
‘Well, things trtrned oht As might (intro berq
expected. The poof woman nnablv to sup
port her little ones with her'needle; alas
that prlnftri toll sllonld be so wretrh dty
paid for! fell Into Mi. Billing's debt. Weidf
after week'this debtTncrcasid. Why did
not tho sharp Mr, ft. look to his own Intcfestsl
Poor man I he must have been Insafle I
^ But he did la-gin to comn tn his senses
when he found that’ the poor young woman
wna o'flhg him tho enormous sum of twelve
dollars i He did not ask Her for this debt in
plain words, but ho talked very strangely pnd
and humbled by a woman's truth I
tt was easier then for her to make the
sacrifice, yet It seemed that her heart whnld
break when she gave the ringn tufting kiss
-U— *t,IMtvri-. Wtl'MlKO aconrvnnml -w -twr.
Wars clung to her In terror, wooplng flrom
very sympathy and wondering what now cal
amity had helkllon them
And now that the ring was sacrificed —her
last resource nnd only hope taken from her—
whnt was the ponrmothertodo tn clothe her
children nnd stlfl their cries for hrerdl What
light was there—whnt gl'mmerlngstnr In tho
stormy sky of her ftitnrc I
III—THE GAMING TABLE. ,
Ho waa a toll handsnmo man with futures
bronzed by exposure in tropic climes, a
thqughtftri brow and a mild melancholy eve
You would havo tit Id some mortal gi I,-flsy
heavy u|»n hi* heart. His bosom, concealed
In tho folds of a 8pani»h cloak swelled with
dghsnf anguish. His lips compressed with
passion.
A well-dressed man of light and elegan'
figure and Ibaturen bronz.ed tike his, took
him bv tho arm, and addressed him gnyly.
— nhll ;m* iicui:u T# U1U lmivuT inur juu
morn;
Tliu soft nvo \
wain.
AGEVTS FOR TDE COIRIER.
II. P, Woottkn Dirt Town.
J, T. Finley Oisttongavllle.
Diniei. Hicks Summerville,
W. M Pkepi.es Culhonn.
F,. It. Sashekn LiiFavettc.
Post Masters generally,"arc ri-nncsleil tenet
as Agents abn t- glv- n- Infliwriliitn notice o
any oiler not reki-n f, m the cilice.
Mitot'y.Kent l.v mall at rnr. ritk.
Letters- t, In titv nt'entlcn meat he d|."
reet. d (jtiyt-ioidl to 'J. KNOWl.ES.
N. B. Onr Ag'nt* a-fl others’v.hil f..,.| si,
interest in the ctrcu’ntlon of our | s;vr wilt
ennf-r a ftvnr by anting ntHin tlo-lr fl lids
tli • Inlllru-tanc ,-f -nitjintpgn tta;a r at h< nte.
shall endeavor to tnak,' tie Cm aica rror-
t.hr of't... natmfuign ef tnipv, k,'- Georgia.
tliq tiff etlo into g in "rolls f ther ia again oni-
lutl with Iris fimtllv 1
It tens not until the Ellerys were settled In
n new nnd Itnpny homo surrounded by com
forts—forgetting llie sorrows nnd misfortunes
of the pa t, lit tho Joys nnd blessings of ths
present—that Clnronco once more placed upon
Clarissa’s finger the beloved betrothal ring.
Her happiness in kissing tho priceless gem
again was In proportion lo the bittor pangs
it had cost her tn part with It, when ruthles*
necessity tore It from her possession.
—And thus was tho mission nf that talis
man fulfilled. Ah would that such happl-
ness nnd virtue might slrine at least over ova
ry pathway that sorrow and sin have clouded
—would that such love, and Joy, and peace,
with fewer, trials, might always crown the
hearts nnd hnnds that giro and hands that re
ceive such pledges ns this shnplo batrotbnl
ring!. , . . . .
4'ditirnl-
Clarence 1 Throe days ago you lauded In this
city frill of courago, cheerfulness and hope;
now——”
My friend " replied Clarence, with emo
tion If yon will listen to me I will tell you
my trouble. I must tell it to seme one. II l<
burning my heart—gnawing it like the worm
that never dies.
First ” pursued Clarence. 1 1 should ex
plain wliat lt"was when I landed here I was
so high in hope—so frill ofjoy.
It was because I left tills city four years
Ago the most wretched, the pinst depraved
of men. I left behind mo a wife—do not be
surprised at what I say—a wife nnd her lw„
children. I went abroad to atone fir my er
tor here—to show my friends that I was not
Inst—to accomplish wliat conscience told me
It was my duly to do for my children.
" Well, fttrlune Ikvored me. I have return-
od with a’sufficiency to make my (hinlly com
fortable—but —” Clarence selz.ed Ills frl, nil’s
arm and the wurds seemed torn from a tor
tured heart—" my fUmlly Is not to be found I
"I left m.v wife and children with hurfu-
t,,cr. The moment nfmy arrival hero, I Ira •
retted to Iris liouso. Judge of.my eonstemu
thin and dismay when I learned that'lie had
died insolvent nil his pra;ierty been seized by
creditors nnd my wife nnd children turned
out of doors poor nnd friendless I
" For in theiliadow of adversity old friend-
knew Iter and Jtersno more. I have inquired
ofher most hitimute acquaintances, and they
upiiear scarcely to remeinhor that such a |tcr-
sun eyor lived. They Snow nothing about
Pur now; and during two days 1 have s|H.-ut
in auxious and persevering search, 1 have
been ulilu to obtain no trace ofliur.
"Anri wliatadds tuiny trouble Isaslrang,
terrible bupresslvu riream 1 huvo ari. 1
lioug(it 1 saw uty wife anti chilriren starving
,n u garret—I sbuilder with horror when 1
think of tho rest of my-dream, which has up-
jwared ut nip twic^hu same."
Clarence seemed deeply affected and M
vbbott. Ids frh-iHl exerted lrimself to dis;s I
rill' glcH.m in which lie was plunged.
Come,” said he do not think any mnr,
,,f tiles.' Idle dreams They were .brongh
nlHiut by your anxious slate of mlt.d. Aud I
t'l-g of you not to gi™ " a y ,l1 'lesiwir. Your
iiiniily must and shall ho found; nod if yon
will give you^ilf up to my direction to-night,
l promise to devote myself to your cause t. -
mor;ow.^.
“ Anil pray wliat do you propose to do with
mo to-night 1” asked Clareitoe. with a fain
mile.
My (tear friend I tlrinkalitlleexcltcmenl
is needed to dlsitel these cares, You kn««
1 urn opi*os--d to thu profession of gauril1£ ln k
on occasions l havo ho objections to lt os^-
amusement; nnd as I have ndlplssiun ton
genteel estnblhhmetit, Stlppose wo pay It s
vls.lt—If only to look on.”
Clarencu mode objections I hut Mf.great
fault was that h#was too easily Influenced:
and his friend bail not much difficulty in
leading hltn .Iptn one of those places whiijli:
with Ills experience in their dangers And sit -
fulness, heshnnid have avoided ns hu would
have shunned tlto eternal pAngs of cottsclens,.
It was Ibr from the unhappy man's intention
to engage In any game when he entered that
noRt nl ruin and remorse. Hut old assucla-
.. I r. - , s ti.i.. *..1., ! i if., ei t
friend, oxclaimhig—
“Good Gndl my dreamt my dreamt
"Be calm; what Is the' matter 1" asked
Mr. Abbott, leading hlm nsldo. “
TB*arlesf.!. r*r. draiV"- e,'-'-'ee.LB. j—
renco hoarsely, “the hand of God Is In It.”
"Bnt compose yourself," mid hi*.friend,
" rememlicr you an- tn t tio midst ofstrangors.”
"I will "reptlod Clarence.
Arid rotnruhig to tho tablo he addressed
hu astonished adversary In a low. earnest tone:
• I wish tn know where nnd how yon ob
tained this ring." ' •
The stranger replied that he had bnnghl It
that day from a Jeweler, whose, address He
gave to Clarence.
And tht* Is all you know about It 1" asked
thu latter, earnestly.
" All."
'■My friend." then said Clarence, “tlinvo
p'nyofl with yon my last gnmo of hazard*.*-
But I have not- played with yon bi win your
money. Here,” sweeping his winnings across
the tablo “ tako all till' hack again It Is
yours and I would not touch a dollar of II (hr
tho world. Afl that t ask Is that yon wiU'aell
" s'lr'" , nqiHed , thons|ntinded player Inking
. Whig State Convention,
Tho following-Resolution* were adopted at
tho late Whig Convention hf Louisiana:
1, Resulted, That tho Whigs of Ln'ulslann,
now as over flrmiy afllicro to that great body
of Repnhliean principles which has guided
thorn through all thu trials of their country
tn tho. past, and that. they bellevo gs ever In
tho cniiae.ity of tho people nf solfrgnvcrnmont.
2. R-ealied, That tho Staid Govcrnme'nt
should he held scenro In their reserved rights,
and the General Government sustained In its
Constitutional powers and that tho Union
should , ho revered and watched over 11 li
the palladium nf nttrJIbertMt."
8. Resulted. That the great Interest of com
merce agriculture and manufactures are le
gitimate nnd pmpor subjects for tho foslcrlng,
w-*n--ttre-tirttwin- wimwiirni1I1M in*
prosperity of our country depends on their
common progress; and that It I* tho duty of
the National-Congress to promnto the com
mon Interest of the merchant nnd (hrmor by
aiding-' those great works of internal tin-
prnvmcnt Which will bring them In close con
nection. and to fouler tho prosperity ol the
manufacturer he a wire and llhoral system of
protecting tho home labor of tho free Ameri
can nrtbnn and mechanic against ruinous
compotltlnn nf the hall-paid and half-fed la
bor of tho foreign pauper.
4'. Resulted. That nur mission ns a Repub
lic Is not to pfopognto nor opinion or Impose
on other cnnnlrlesnur form of government by
artifice .or force but tn teach by- example
nnd show by nnr success, moderation and
Justice tho blessings nfselfgovernment.and
the advantsgesof free Institutions, *
6. Risnmdi That wo regard lhe series of*
measures kriown'ns the Cntnnromlso measure*
Utn'm-o "n/ifieV'XdTing ■iriifi’cts"to which fhoy
F ,«.u MR „„ WIWM ., _ ‘fen" t>rlnfe'"e ferelhly tohb hflnd the'ftsd-.
throw out 8omoinsinualion.4ftvl.ich frightened nations of play Joined to the perst.Aslons of
j. er Ills well-meaning hut misguided friend, turn*
her.
Indignant, alarmed, tht yoflH
Clarence Ellery’s hAnd. 'I tieg that 'you will
do mo tho favor tn accept it asa token of my
regard. .1 can afliird to glvu It awnv Ibr I
have been taught a lossmi which I shall never
forget. This Is the last nf mV gaming."
The late antagonists shook hands nnd Cln-
rmce hastily leaving tho establishment with
his friend related tn him as they passed down
thto street together how twlceln tlm A* nte
night ho had dreamed that while Ills family
wns starving he played high, stakes at the
gaming table and won that same Jewel—k >
own btrothat ring t '
Ahltott tin nglri him Insane nntll xnn In-
lag tho ring ni their hotel ho trad to Ills ns
tonl Imicnt tl o lettering on the Inner sorfuco—
Clarence to Clarissa I"
' IV. -THE MI8SI0N OF THE RING.
The |moi' wenvih, who occupied with her
two children the garret tn Mr. SllllogsJnms-
had just snUlclent money remninlg. after sa
crificing her lirtfnthal rlrtg nnd settling with
the s-iiil Mr. Silling to enable her to move b,
another house in the same street aud pay u
mouth’s rent In advance.
Sho had been nearly a week In her new
lodglbgs working hard to earn bread for her
children when, happening one day to look
over tho columns of a newspaper in which
she had brought home some sewing her cyos
fell upon an advertisement that filled her
with surprise. - To bo brief tho lady who. at'
a time designated disposed of a diamond ring
at a shop named lo tho advertisement, was
notified that it would bo greatly to her ad-
vantage to send the jeweler her address.
Wondering whnt could bo -tho mean! tg of
all litis bat supposing the Jeweler might have
concluded to pay her something more for the
.log. she lost no time in complying with his
request.
Tlto jeweler was very polite to her bnt he
.lid no more than to note down her address
promising that she should hear more about
tliu matter soon. Somewhat disappointed
she returned home to hor children to muku
up for tho time she had lost, by increased ex
ertions.
In less titan nn hour, however, a servant
came to her chamber to announce that a g n
tinman below wished to see her; and tbRt ns
lie appeared to have private business nl im
portance thu lady of the bouse had kindly
shown him into her parlor,
Leaving her boy to take care of his little
istcr the young woman strongly'impressed
that some grAdiaogu in her. fortune was
all- ut Inking plac^bncceded' in somo agita
tion hi meet her vls!^^^
Sho entered the paw. The domestic,
rvhu closed the door after her, heard a flint
cfy of surprise, followed by a multitude of
obs nnd a few snatches of wild, ball- uditok
lOC'iberent expressions.
(The young womAn, According to tho curious
domestic's calculation, was shut np with her
Visitur bull ail lidur; at the end of which tima
she came out of the parlor so changed on-
would hardly have known hor. Her eyes
■vena wot but a heavqgly joy illumined her
i,irie beautiful features: Sho wont to her
ehHmher and re-appeAred In n few minutes
" Hh.both her children whom sho led Into the
■-orior S* if to show them to tho stranger.
To the puzzled domestic, this was all a
mystery. It Is hot so. however, with the rea
der. Has he not discovered the seeretl Does
he not know that the poor Cl
refer nod that ns soeli thay should be flrith-
fttllvadhered t» ntid '-xi'cnted
B Rsilrrl ThnOIlLLARD FILLMORE
Is tho decided clnrice fifth'- Whigs of Louisia
na for lliu next Presidency.
7. R salved That we lierehv recommend
the Hon. JOHN J. CRITTENDEN of K. n-
tu-.-ky fir thu office of Vice Presldont of tho
United States.
8. R suited That ns wn have nn abiding
Confidence that tin- Whlir national Convention
W|t| nominate fir the Pre«jd"ncy nnd Vico
.Presidency candidates who are sound on ths
Union and Compromise m insure* and In fa
vor of maintaining t’iclr finality In nrindpta
nod enbstnnce wo therefore appoint delegate*
tn Raid Convent »n tn nld In niaklne said no
minatin'"' In neeordnnce with the abqvp views,
Mr N R, T -nnlni* evfN.01"nn* sirimlt-
ted the f .flowing additional rcsnluttans, which
wore rend mid ndnntud ;
1 R t ired Thnt notwithstanding lhe
Wltlgs of Louisiana declare that Millard Fill
more is their flr-t clinic fir. 'rosldont. they
fia'l.a loftv pride In the conviction that they
have in (heir ranks nthoralrio and distinguish
ed men under whoso banner Ihoy would do
battle with equal zeal and energy.
2. R’solcen, That the name of HENRY
CLAY.Is nne which has often been associated
with the great straggles of the Whig party—
thnt Itnught not to bo omitted how nnd that
while we deeply mourn the sad pruspectof a
near termination of his earthly career, wo are
con mled by the reflection', that only that of
him which Is mortal can perish, and that his
pure patriotism noble courago. splendid elo
quence/ pr ifonnd wlsdani and wlso counsels,
will live (braver in tlto hearts aud minds of
his countrymen, a< monuments for their ad
miration and as lessons for their instructlob
an l guidance.
Second and only second to the illustrious
Clay in^heustimatlon of tho Wltlgs of Lou
isiana, In his connection with the past strug-
;lcs of their party and with those Compromlsa
Resolutions, stands the name of DANIEL
WEBSTER whose futno (Ills the Union';
whose patriotism embraces the length and
breadth of the lund; wjioso pure self-devotion,
on a recent memorable occasion proved that-
lie knew nn South no North; who will. In all
tlmes.be named with praise on every sea and
In evory land in which the Banner of tho Un
ion may bo unfurled.
Confident that onr Delegates will bd guided
by tho well, known wishes of the party in se
lecting men of well tried natlonal patriotism,
'wo pledge ourselvc* to the cordial support
of the nominees qf the National Convention-.
The Right Spirit.
The LaOrango R porter makes the follow-
ingjudiclou retra ks, which wo beg leave to
ondnrso and adopt ns onr own:
We are greatly at fault If tho hatred ofeere
tain presses and polltlrbns to Democracy ar
Whiggery does not exceed their zeal for Co*
stltuthmal Unionism. They are warmly I
aver of the Inst provided it issplied and Ol
v .-e-l with Wliiggcry or Democracy «■ "
ca o may be, and served tip hy the right pi
i s. Need we insist that a tpirltoftl
is irretrievable fatal to onr pres-nt «
linn nnd must ensure Us •
Tho Union Party of Georgia A
for the attainment of a f
altogether i
