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words with ideas, and ideas, as much as the
nature of the subject will allow of, with objects.
If we instruct children orally while visiting
nature, words, ideas and objects will naturally
be more in connection with each other than
the school-room lesson can make them. And
the teacher should take occasion to instruct
in the fields, in ship yards, in the crow de 1
streets, and in tiie pathway ot canals and rail
roads. “
He should talk on all these subjects, and
elicit from the children their own impressioi s,
inquires, and reflections. He should talk and
walk, and let the children talk and walk more,
in the process of education, than has been the
practice with the majority of instructors.
[Com. S- Assist.
THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER IN PARIS.
There was something calm and melancholy
in Alexander. He used to go about Paris on
horseback or on foot, without attendants and
without ostentation. He appeared to be as
tonished at his own triumph ; he gazed almost
with an air of compassion on a population
which he seemed to regard as superior to him
self. He seemed to feel that he was a barba
rian in the midst of us, just as a Roman might
be supposed to have felt ashamed in Athens.
Perhaps, too, he thought that these same French
soldiers had been in the ill-fatod capital—that
his troops in their turn had become masters of
Paris, where lie might find some of the torches
extinguished bv those who had at once deli
vered and destroyed Moscow. This destiny
—this changing fortune —this misery, alike
common to subjects and kings, could riot fail
to make a profound impression on a mind so
religi >usly disposed as that of Alexander.
Tiie Czar considered himself as merely an in
strument in the hands of Providence, and he
arrogated no merit to himself. Madame de
Stuel complimented him on the happiness which
his subjects enjoyed in being governed by him,
though deprived of a constitution. Alexander
replied, “ 1 am merely a fortunate accident.” j
A young man in the streets of Paris expressed
his admiration of the Emperor’s demeanor ]
even to the humblest persons. “Is it not the
duty of Sovereigns to behave so ?” was Alex- j
ander’s answer. lie declined residing in the
Tuilleries,recollecting that Bonaparte had been
pleased to fix his quarters in the palaces of
Vienna, Berlin, and Moscow. Looking up
to the statue of Bonaparte on the column of
the Place Vendotne, he said, “ If I were eleva
ted so high, I fear my head would he turned.” j
When he vi-sited the Tuilleries he was shown j
the Salon of Peace. “What use,” said he,
smiling, “ had Bonaparte for such an apart
ment ?” Chateaubriand.
Colonel Maceroni, who has lately made him
self known in England by publishing an ac
count of his lif<% has recently inserted a letter
in the London Spectator, in which he pretends
that he has solved the problem that has puzzled
the world since the time ofDadalus. He has
invented, he tells the public, the art of flying.
It is absurd, according to Colonel Maceroni,
to attempt flying by means of wings like a
bird. Look at the pigeon, observe the swift
and strong motion of its wings. When we
come to examine, the source of this power and
movement, *e find that it lies in a prodigious
apparatus of muscle. The pigeon has muscles
for the play of its wings that are seven times
Pie mass of a the other muscles in its body.
The human arms are comparatively weak,
a- I incompetent to sustain the body by means
of wings. “ Had we, says Colonel Macaroni,
“attempted to cross the Atlantic after the
manner of a fish, by plunging into the water
and wagging our tails, I fear we should have
tired long before getting to New-York. Had
we endeavored to construct a machine to carry
goods by imitating the reciprocating, jerking,
action of an ox’s or a horse’s legs, how far
should we have succeeded ?”
XVhat then is Colonel Macaroni’s plan?
Simply an application of the wheel and axis.
After six months assiduous labor he is, he says,
ready to convince the world of the fact that he
has discovered the art of travelling through the
air by pureK mechanical means without the
aid of balloons of any description, which can
not lie directed against even a breath of wind.
All that Colonel Maceroni wants is to “raise
the wind.” lie has no money to execute his
enterprise and take out a patent, and promises
to any one who will advance a couple of thou
sand pounds “ a share in the glory and emolu
ment ui giving to mankind anew and porten
tous facility.” N . y. rost .
TIIE SLIDE OF ALPANACII.
It is a fact that there is a rail road in Europe
where the speed of two hundred and sixteen
miles an hour is ordinarily obtained—not in
deed for passengers, hut for timber! It is the
celebrated .Slide of Alpanach, in the Alps, con
structed for the purpose of conveying trees
from the mountains to the Lake of Lucerne.
The following is a description of the famious
Slide.
‘ This rail road, which was completed in the
year 1818, is formed entirely of about 250,000
large pine trees, deprived of the bark and uni
ted together in a very ingenious manner, with
out the aid of iron. It occupied 169 work
men during 18 months and the cost 100,000
lanes, or X4,2.>0. It is about 3 leagues, or
44,000 English feet long. It has a trough
abeut 6 feet broad and fro n3to G deep. Its
bottom is formed of three trees, the middle one
of which has a groove cut in the direction ofthe
length, for receiving small rills of water which
are conducted into it from various places, for
the purpose ofdiminishing the friction. The
whole Slide is sustained by about two theu
sand supporters; and in many places it is at
tached in a very ingenious manner to the rug.
ged precipices of granite. Tic direction of
the slide is sometimes straight, sometimes zig
zag, with an inclination of from ten to eighteen
degrees. It is often carried along the sides of
hills, and flanks of precipitous rocks, and some
times over their summits. Occasionally it
goes under ground, and at other times it is
conducted over the deep gorges by scaffolding
120 feet in height. The large pines which
were 100 feet in length, and 10 inches thick
at their smaller extremities, ran thro’ the space
of three leagues, or nearly nine miles, in two
mimiteß and a half.”
JOHN BMITH.
An industrious explorer after derivatives,
and nominal roots, would find in this name a
world of ingenious mystery, requiring much
research, and curious speculation. An inde
fatigable philosogist has endeavored to enligh
ten the public, through the Providence Jour
nal, on tle subject—yet, as it is exhaustless,
we trust he will not rest satisfied with what
he has unfolded, but continue his discoveries.
The name he contends, is one of great anti
quity, and may be found in all the languages
of Europe, nay. of the world. 11 is plan, is
that each individual who holds this distinguish
ed cognomen, shall adopt tlx; ancient method
of affixing to his own name, that of his lather.
It is not deemed necessary that he should use
th ; English word, in all cases ; and say, John
son of John Smith, but employ words convey
ing the same meaning—all ol which mean son
of or of. Thus, the Israelite would «ay, John
beti John Smith ; the Dutchman, John von
John Smith; the Welshman, John ap John
Smith • the irishman, John O’-iohn Smiih ; the
Scotchman, John Mac John Smith, Ac.; all
of which mean the same. Another plan is
suggested, for variety’s sake, which may prove
more acceptable to this great formidable fami
ly, who are descendants in a direct line from
Shorn the son of Noah, called thc*Shemitish
tribe : t. e., tribe of Shorn—Shcmit —Shmit—
Smith.
The second method is to employ the foreign
pronunciation of the same name. In Hebrew
there were no Christian names, consequently
the John did not then form a part. It was
then simply.
SHEMIT.
Latin—Johannes Smithius.
Greek—lon Skmiton.
Italian—Giovanni Smithi.
Spanish—Juan Smithas.
Dutch—Hans Schmidt.
English—John Smith.
French—Jean Smeets.
Russian—Jonlotf Schrnittowski.
Chinese—Tahn Smim-mit.
Icelandic—Tahne Smithson.
Welch—Gawn Smyddhhw.
Tuscaiora—Ton Qa Smittla.
Mexican—Jontli F’Smith.
This list might be extended much farther,
but it is, perhaps, superfluous. Oir savan ob
serves, that among the cartouches, decyphcred
by Rassellini.on the temple of Osiris, in Egypt,
was found the name of Pharaoh Smithosis,
being the 9th in the 18th dynasty of the The
ban kings. He was the founder of the cele
brated temple at Smithopolis Magna.
If, as is conjectured, a learned professor in
the exploring expedition, shall turn bis attention
to this subject in the South Seas, we may hope
to detail to the universe the honors of a dis
covery which shall push far into the shade the
dwindling lame of Columbus or the Northmen.
Philadelphia Gazette.
Fit OGRESS OF TEF. WEST.
The value of the agricultural products which
annually descend the river Mississippi, is esti
mated at seventy millions of dollars. It appears
from official documents that the value of the
property annually transported on the Erie
Canal of New York is sixty-seven millions of
dollars, paying in tolls to the state treasury
$1,614,000 ; but we presume this an ount
comprehends the value of all the goods trans
ported each way.
In the year 1798, when an assessment was
made with a view to the levying of direct taxes
by the general government, the property west
of the Alleghany mountains in states and ter
ritories of the American union, was valued at
only twenty-six millions ; the same district is
estimated at the present day to contain pro
perty of the value of twelve hundred millions.
The state of Indiana has 6000 men at work
on her rail-ways and canals. The works of
internal improvement, already begun and pro
ceeding towards completion with unexampled
rapidity, in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and Michigan, will cost forty eight millions
when finished : a wonderful amount, if we re
flect on the recent settlement of that part of
the union, and the comparatively feeble num
ber of the inhabitants. New Orleans Dee.
AN ATTEMPT TO EXAMINE THE DEAD SEA.
The following is an extract from a letter from
Syria, in the Southern Religious Telegraph,
dated Beyroot, March 15, 1838 :
“ I mentioned on a former occasion, that
an attempt had been made by an Irish gentle
man to explore the Dead Sea, but he was taken
sick and died. The attempt had been renew
ed by a Mr. Moore. He applied to the go
vernment of Jerusalem for leave and protec
tion—not getting what he wished he applied to
still higher authority and as I understand to
the Viceroy of Egypt. After waiting andt ry
ingforsix or eight months, and perhaps more,
in vain, he had to abandon the attempt. The
Tuiks have a strange unwillingness to grant
such requests. They make a kind of merit in
refusing permission in such cases. It is much
to be regretted that this last effort has failed,
as a full account of said sea would have a pe
culiar interest to the Christian world at large.
MUSICAL TEST OF THE FEMALE VOICE.
The influence of the temper upon tone de
serves much consideration. Habits of querul
ousness or ill-nature will communicate a cat
like quality to the singing, as infallibly as they
give a peculiar quality to the speaking voice.
Thatthere really exist amiable tones is not' an
unfounded opinion. In the voice there is" no
deception, it is to many the index of the mind,
denoting moral qualities ; and it may be re
marked, that the slow soft tones of gentle and
amiable beings, whatever their musical endow
ments may be, seldom fail to please ; besides
which, t le singing of ladies indicates the culti
vation of their taste generally and the embel
lishment of the mind. For an instant com
pare tie vulgarity of a ballad singer, her re
pulsive tone of voice and hideous graces, to
the manner of an equally cultivated singer in
good society; or watch the treatment of a
pretty melody from the concert room, until it
reaches the ears from under the parlor win
dow, and observe how it gains something new
of vulgarity with every fresh degradation.
From th« Southern Patriot.
THE DIRECT TRADE.
We have endavored to show that a gen
erous rivalry between the Southern Cities
should alone animate their endeavours to ob
tain that portion of the direct trade to which
they are respectively entitled. As South Car
olina and Georgia mature their plans of inter
nal improvements, so will Charleston and Sa
vannah enjoy, in friendly competition and not
in adverse opposition, as large a portion of that
trade as will satisfy the wishes and wants of
both. The supply of a boundless interior will
be opened to them, and it will depend upon the
nature of their arrangements whether their
commerce languishes, or is invigorated with
new principles of activity.
We have alluded to the necessity of organ
izing a system of credit for the purpose of ef
fecting direct importations. It is by such
agency that New York has engrossed the di
rect trade. It is by giving activity to this
credit that she has been able by borrowing
capital in Europe and rendering it immediate
ly available, that the current of her trade has
never been suffered to stagnate in any one of
its various channels. The New York Impor
ter obtains a letter of credit on some monied
establishment in Liverpool or Manchester, and
thence acquires funds with which his pure ha
ses are made on the lowest terms for cash.
This importation is sold to Western and South
ern Merchants, for paper at 6 and 0 months.
This does not lie dormant in tl e drawer or
chest of the importer or jobber, in the form of
unavailable capital, but it is immediately cash
ed at one ofthe numerous New-York Banks,
and the proceeds, in the shape of a bill, remit
ted in payment of the British advance, in less
than 90 days from the period of purchase. It
will be obvious, therefore, that this operation
depends Ist, on the agency of British Capital,
obtained through letters ot credit, and 2d on
the facility of obtaining Bank credits in the
United States by means of advances on long
paper. These are the two elements which
constitute an organized system of credit. The
first would enable the Charleston, to complete
with the New-York Importer in purchasing
for cash, and the second would permit him in
selling, to give the same extent of credit. The
quick conversion ofthe notes of country mer
chants into active funds by the importers is
then essential to the completion of this chain
of credit. If the wholesale dealer is compelled
to lock up his capital for 6 or 9 months in the
year, in the notes of his customers, his credit
or command of funds in Europe will be of no
advantage to him. If he can make that capi
tal immediately available he can keep his busi
ness in a state of constant activity. This is
the simple magic by which the New York Im
porter and. Jobber have worked their miracles
of credit and no other.
This operation requires, of course, a large
capital in banking, in the discount of long pa
per. Without this appliance it is useless to
attempt to acquire the direct trade. Charles
ton has perceived the necessity of increasing
its bank capital. A laige part of this will be
employed in the purchase of Exchange. This
will open a market for the sale of a portion of
the bills which have hitherto found their way
to New-York The extension of this branch
of business with the local discounts of Char
leston, will absorb all the bank capital of the
place, if we except that of the Rail Road Bank.
It is to this source, therefore, we must look for
the discount of the pape , at long dates, taken
by our wholesale merchants from their coun
try correspondents. This is the only means,
through credit, of nourishing and vivifying the
direct tride of Charleston. The paper given
out in exchange for these notes will be kept in
circulation at a distance from the source of
issue, by the credit and confidence it will ob
tain in the South and West, owing to the am
ple resources and judicious management of the
bank. If it displace the currency of country
banks, of various and fluctuating value, in be
coming a general medium of circulation, it
will have answered one of the beneficial ends
of a National Establishment, while by branches
or agencies, the standing of parties entitled to
credit whose paper is offered for discount at
the parent institution, will be ascertained from
their neighbourhood to those minor establish,
ments. It is by such bank agency, and such
alone, we can hope to recover and retain the
Direct Trade. We must keep the circulation
of credit active in the whole course of its cur
rent. If it is allowed to stagnate in any of its
channels, it may impoverish, but cannot enrich
the country.
If it be true that men of strong imaginations
are usually dogmatists, and I am inclined to
think it is so, it ought to follow that men of
weak imaginations are the reverse ; in which
case, we should have some compensation for
stupidity. But it unfortunately happens that
no dogmatist is more obstinate or less open to
conviction, than a fool.
STATUE OF LOUD BYRON.
A petition was presented to the House of
Lords, a short time since by Lord Brougham,
complaining that a statue of Lord Byron, by
Thorwalden. had been refused by the Dean ad
mission into Westminster Abbey. The statue
is said to be the greater work of that great
master, and has been lying for nearly fifteen
years unpacked in the Custom House, because
the Dean had doubts respecting the orthodoxy
of Lord Byron’s religious opinions. But the
Dean was obstinate and would not allow the
statue to be placed over the ashes of the illus
trious dead. The petition asked that the
House would take steps to cause the admis
sion of the statue.
Mayor's Office, {Charleston) Oct. 12.
The subscriber acknowledges the receipt
from the Hon. Nicholas Biddle, Chairman of
the late public meeting in Philadelphia, of the
sum of $2,460 47, which, in addition to the
sum of $7,000 previously received from the
same source, completes the contribution of
the citizens of Philadelphia for the relief of the
sufferers by the late conflagration in tins city.
The whole amount collected in Philadelphia is
80,461 47, which in addition to the munifi.
cent donation of $20,000 by the Bank ofthe
United States, makes the whole amount receiv
ed from Philadelphia, the very handsome and
generous donation ot $29,461 47
H. L. PINCKNEY, Mayor.
PUBLISH YOUR DISSOLUTIONS.
A suit was tried in the N. Y. Circuit Court,
recently brought by a Mr. Bugler against
Corning & Spence, to recover SI3OO, the
amount of a bill of goods sold by plaintiff, to
Spence and charged to the firm two months
after its dissolution. As no positive evidence
was adduced to show the dissolution had been
published, the jury gave verdict for plaintiff to
the amount claimed with interest and cast.
Chronicle &, Sentinel.
Expense of thought is the rarest prodigality,
and to dare to live alone the rarest courage ;
since there are many who had rather meet
their bitterest enemy in the field than their
own hearts in the closet. He that has no re
sources of mind, is more to be pitied than he
who is in want of necessaries for the body ;
and to be obliged to beg our daily happiness
from others, bespeaks a more lamentable po
verty than that of him who begs his daily
bread.
ORIGINAL.
For the Southern Post.
Mr. Editor : The following is an effusion from the
pen of one of the youthful daughters of Parnassus. It
was handed me by the authoress, for my inspection,
though she modestly refused her assent to its publica
tion. But few of either sex, at the tender age of fifteen,
has ranged so high the Aonian heights as she has evi
dently done. I hope you will publish it as a rare spe
cimen of native precocious talent, and one which can
but confer the just meed of poetic praise upon its youth
ful authoress. A little more experience with men and
things, connected with a maturer judgment, will evi
dently bring from this fruitful source many a heavenly
tone of sweetness, to charm our spirits in this dull
waste of life. E. M. P.
On the Death of my Father.
WRITTEN BV A GIRL OF FIFTEEN.
Father ! why have you left me hero
To wander thus, all, all alone,
Without thy genial voice to cheer
My weary steps where’er I roam 7
Oh, thou art gone! oh, thou art gone !
Far, far from all who holds thee dear ;
And I, a wanderer here forlorn,
Must weep for one I think so near.
When sickness siezed that form’of thine
I little thought’t was death’s cold hand,
Sent by the power of God, divine,
To call thee to an unknown land.
And when thou saw’st thine end was near,
Thou call’st me to thy couch and said :
“ Farewell, farewell, my daughter dear,
Soon in the cold tomb, I'll be laid.
“I leave thee in thy infant years,
The youngest of my little band;
God will soon dry up all thy tears,
And help thee to His happy land.
“Trust in Him, he’ll be your friend,
And succour you in death’s cold hour ;
And when on earth your race shall end,
He’ll take you to his resting bower.
“O, thou,* who hast so long been dear,
When I shall cease to look on thee,
I know that thou wilt linger near
With pensive soul to weep for me.”
Then, Father, did the big tear roll
Dawn, down that pallid cheek of thine,
Like things of grief, from thy full soul.
When thinking of this doom of mine.
But, oh ! the wing of death war there.
Fanning the soul which I had loved,
Into tlu cold and desert air,
Far from its happy home removed.
0, God ! it is a fearful thing
To gaze upon the fluttering heart,
And vL w the human roul take wing.
And with it ever, ever part. VaLEUIA.
JVurrenlon, October 10,183d.
• My Mother.
Fcr the Southern Post.
Oh ! doubt mc not. --- To Ella.
Oh ! doubt me not: I’ll think of thee
When pleasure trembles o’er my soul —
Or Music in her minstrelsey,
Wild o’er the deep blue waters roll.
Oh ! doubt me not: I’ll think of thee
When mem’ry, with creative pow’r,
Recalls again the bird’s sweet glee
That carol’d near thy woodbine bow'r.
Oh ! doubt me not: I’ll think of thee
When dear bewitching beauties smile;
And true my soul shall ever be
Tho’ tempted e’en by Eden’s guile.
Oh ! doubt me not: I’ll think of thee
Mid dark Ambition’s wildest trance.
Should Fame with her bright destiny
Allure me by her meteor glance.
Then doubt me not: thou art te me
The altar where my spirit flows;
And melts in sweet idolatry
To all of earth this heart adores!
Vineville. October 19, 1838.
I'd rather be a toad
And feed upon the vapor of a dungeon,
Than keep a corner in the thing I love
For other’s use. othello.
Many persons were promenading up and down our
beautiful bay-street, and the most distinguished of no
bility, in open carriages were enjoying the gaiety of the
summer evening, and the refreshing air that breathed
gently from the river. I had seated myself on a rustic
bench beneath the spreading branches of a china tree,
enjoying the active and cheerful scene, when a friend
of mine took a place beside me.
He appeared dejected, and looked like one whom
adversity had touched with no gentle hand. I requested
to know why he appeared so gloomy, and after a
momentary pause he began his story:
“ Being tired of the noise and bustle of the town, I
sailed on board of a small sloop, accompanied by several
gentlemen, for one of the Sea Islands in search of plea
sure, hunting, fishing, See. It was on a delightful morn
ing, the wind was fair, and our little vessel glided swiftly
onward to her destined place.
“For ten days I enjoyed myself much, but on the
eleventh I was irresistibly depressed, and refused to
join my companions in any sport whatever ; they de
sired to’learn the cause, and in answer I could only tel|
that some unaccountable burden weighed upon my
spirits and would not be shaken off by any resolution.
“,N ight came on and I was lying on the deck ofthe
sloop, watching the thousands of stars as they silently
pursued their appointed paths through the blue heavens
and thinking of my wife and prattling children, when all
of a sudden I waa aroused from my deep thoughts by
tiie row ing of a boat, and in a few minutea she cams
up and anchored quite near us. She contained a jolly
set of fellows who after taking a drink or two, lit a cigar
and entered into conversation. All was as still as if
creation slept upon the bosom of serenity, the sea waa
calm, and the winds only breathed gentle zephyrs, sol
could distinctly hear every word they said. They
described the pleasures of childhood, the many walks
they had through the umbrageous vista’s of their fathers
gardens, and when not at school how they would roam
the woods, with hearts as light and free as the forest stag.
They spoke of their many exploits of manhood and
among other things, one of them mentioned that the
cause of his leaving town, was an intreague in which
he had been engaged with a married lady. It had been
discovered by her mother, who threatened to .disclose
the whole affair to the friends of her paramour. The
name of the lady he did not disclose, indeed refused
but boasted of his success, and the long time that this
guilty intercourse had continued.
“This story attracted my particular attention, I could
but think of the art and craft of the lady w hich he
described, with contempt and derision, as the result of
her experience in deception.
“The description he gave of her size, shape, &c.,bore
a striking similitude to that of my wife and the fact of
her mother living with us, caused it suddenly and fear
fully to flash across my mind there was something
extraordinary at home. In a word I was wounded with
a pang of jealousy, and shook for a little time like an
aspen, and yet my heart acknowledged that never was
a woman more simple in all her ways than Sarah,
more pure in heart and spirit—more enthusiastic in her
affections. The thoughts crossed my imagination, was
as a black demon passing between me and the heavens,
eclipsing the unclouded sun ; still I could not reason
with myself from the horror of the suspicion, which like
an envenomed dart rankled in my bosom. It seem
ed as if the augury which had previously darkened my
spirit, was confirmed, I arose and traversed the deck
in distraction, and abandonsd myself without reason to
the wildest imaginations.
“When I had for some time given scope to the full
force of the dreadful passion which had so demoniacally
possessed me, the cloud passed from my understanding
and I became more calm. I felt even repugnance at
myself for having done such injury to my wife in thoughts
and remorse like drops of molten sulpher, from the in
justice, dropped in greater anguish than fire upon my
heart. I soon after again grew more rational, and com
posed myself, and on the next day sailed for home. I
was met by a relative on the wharf who informed me
that one of my children had been very sick, and much
neglected by my wife, as she was seldom at home, and
had been seen to visit a house in the neighborhood
more than a dozen times in one day, and that the in
habitant of said house was an unmarried man by the
name of Mr. S , and he was seen repeatedly to
visit her at late hours of the night and had attracted no
small share of her attention; consequently my child was
but little attended to, yet nevertheless was much better,
and concluded by saying that Mr. S. had made a very
sudden disappearance, as he lived but a few doors from
him and had not seen him for the last two or three days.
“This sentence was as a shower of bullets in my
bosom. Tiie paroxysm of jealousy returned with a
hateful possibility. 1 walked up to my house, and the
reception I met with by Sarah was with all the flutter
andfondnessofpureand fervent affection. Oh heavens)
but her blandishments were as the foldings of a serpent,
my anguish no idea can convey, but I stifled my dis
gust. She spoke of her children with the admiration of
a mother; she brought them to me with delight; she
told me how sick the youngest had been, and how sha
had watched over its pillow with maternal affection.
Innocence was in all h r gestures; but once I saw her
turn her head to conceal a sudden gush of tears. After
this could I doubt 7 I flung my love to the winds. I
immediately called for her mother, and told her that I
had reason to believe that her daughter had crimina
conversation with a certain man of the place, and de.
rnanded from her what course of conduct she had pur
sued during my absence, and in reply, was informed
that a Mr. S , had been detected by her in my bed
room twelve o’clock at night.
“I then addressed Sarah with a stern voice, but my
heart wept blood at every pore.
“Madam, answer tne a few questions,”
She made no reply, but I coatimted :
“ When did you become acquainted with that villain,
and how long have X been the dupe of your most dis
graceful caprice.”
She made no reply.
“ Are you not aware that if a woman once overleaps
the modesty of nature, once fixes a stain upon her
character, that nothing can obliterate it.
“ Woman," said I, “your situation is a deplorable one
you have lost all the respect and affection that I once
cherished for you; you have brought everlastiag dis
grace upon yourself. Your children you shall never
again behold as long as I live, and I trust that you may
be totally blotted out from their memory.”
She then threw herself at my feet and exclaimed,
“ Oh, forgive me ! by the God of mercy 1 pray you par
don me.” “Adulteress !” I said indignantly, “ God may
pardon, but it is not in the nature of man to pardon
wrongs like mine. “ Woman,” said I, “ you have
steeled the heart that loved you, you have turned my
humane nature to gall.”
She arose and observed, that Mr. S—, was, in her
opinion, a very handsome man, that she loved him, and
that her feelings for him knew no barrier.
“Adulteress!” 1 exclaimed, (interrupting her) in a
voice like thunder, “ leave my house and never dare
profane it with your hateful presence, or pollute my
atmosphere with your contaminated breath, and ifever
I forgive you, may heaven’s curses fall upon me.”
Thus ended the conversation of this unhappy man.
I am told that she now says she is like Eve, having
cat of the forbidden fruit, her eyes are opened, and now
knows good from evil, and that the contrast between
her husband and S——-, seems as that of light and dark
ness. She can now understand and appreciate the
quiet virtues ofthe one, and detest the heartlessness and
vanity of the other.
Oh, God! never let the child of integrity be seduced
from the plain and undeviating path of sincerity. Oh
never let him hope by illicit means to attain a real
pleasure; the hope of attaining any good through such
means will like a meteor of the night allure but to de
ceive.
The indulgence of one gulity desire involves ruin.
mise»l ,imutating properrui. , S. P.
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“ Cibi, pot us, somni, venus,
Omnia moderata sint."
Sip not, my friend, the beauteous draught
Which sparkles luscious to.the eye;
For though the wine is ruby red,
’Tis false as faithless woman's sigh:
There is a devil in the bowl—.
A poison withering to the soul.
Beware the maid’s enchanting smile !
Beware love’s flowery paths of pleasure !
For though as fragrant as the rose,
As beauteous as the heavenly azure,
They veil the bitterest anguish from the eye,
And all their blessings end in disappointment’s sigh !
BLONDEL.
Irwinton, Alabama.
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