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Newspaper Page TextHOME COURIER. J8HED EVERVTniRSDAV 9IOUYLYG, BY J. K N >WLEM. C'E3»L9»Kaai« Tnc Courier will bu published at Two Dol- r RRRum if paid in ndvanco i Two Dol- id Fifty Cents If paid within six months, of Three Dollars at the end of the year. Jieqm. . Advertisements will bo inserted with strict attention to the requirements of the j’ ** hilsctMatoOus advertisements will bo insert ed ml One Dollar per square ofl2 lines or less, for the first, and Fifty Ceuta for each subse quent insertion. Libofni deductions will be made in Ihvor o those who advertise liv the von". L A NIETRTR OUS’ET” 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* -i-r* 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

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Rome courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1849-18??, April 01, 1852, Image 1