Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VOLUME 11.
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W. S. LAWTON & CO.,
Warehouse & Commission Merchants,
MACON, GEORGIA.
LAWTON & DOWELL,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
No. 210 Hay Sr. Savannah, Ga.
Tender their Services to their Friends and the
Public nov 2
W. S. WILLIFORD,
Auction Commission Merchant ,
MACON, GA.
JU* All kinds of Merchandise and Produce
[except Liquor-] received on Consignment.or Pur
chased to Order. 1 vr nov 2
CLASSICAL & ENGLISH SCHOOL.
No. 159 Bronghton-St.
BERNARD MALLON, Principal.
J. H. LUTHER, A. M., Classical Teacher.
MISS V. JONES, Assistant. nov 9
GEO. M. WILLETT & CO.,
DEALERS IN
GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS,
TOBACCO, SEGARS, FRUIT, PICKLES,
Preserves , Confectionary , Garden Seeds.
All kinds of Fish and Oysters, when in season.
No. 68 St. Julian and 101 Bryan Streets.
J P. A. Dupon, ? (Waring’s Building.)
John R. Tebeau, ) nov 9
IjOOK AND JOB PRINTING.
GEO. N. NICHOLS,
(Owens’ Building, opposite the Pulaski House,)
SAVANNAH, GA.
Is prepared to execute all work in his line, with
neatness and despatch, and in a style
not to be surpassed.
Prices as reasonable as any other establishment
in ihe city. ly sept 2S
• G. BUTLER,
MASTER BUILDER,
DEALER IN WHITE PINE LUMBER,
York Street, Oglethorpe Square.
N. B.—lie is prepared to put in Iron fronts
in Stores, &,c. ly . oct 19
T. R. CLARKE,
FASHIONABLE BOOT MAKER,
Next door to corner Bull and Broughton-sts.
•ctlo ly
SAM L. L. SPEIS3EGGER,
TUNER Sr REPAIRER PIANO FORTES,
# HAVING been engaged in the above busi
ness for the last 35 years, Mr S. trusts that
special references are unnecessary.
Orders left with Mr H. S. Bogardus, Bull-st.,
Messrs F. Zogbaum & Cos., or Messrs I. VV. Mor
rell & Cos., will be attended to with promptness
and fidelity. lm out 12
A. PONCE,
Importer and Manufacturer of Scgars,
No. 13 Whitaker Street,
Keeps on hand a well selected stock of impoited
Segars; also Manufactured Tobacco. Snuff, Pipes,
and all other articles usu dly kept i 1 his line 01
business, which he offers on the most reasonable
terms. ly orl 1®
W. A. J. WYLLY,
CABINET MAKER 4- UNDERTAKER,
Corner of Broughton and Bull Streets,
Under the Lyceum Hall.
Coffins of all kinds made of the best materials, and
furnished at the shortest notice.
Also, uew and sec ond hand Fu niture bought
and sold, and repaired with dispatch.
oct 12 ~ m
N. ELLS,
FASHIONABLE BOOT MAKER,
No. 104 Broughton-*'., near the corner of Bull-st.
oct 12 |£_
J. S. SOLOMONS
WILL contract to execute Plastering, of all kinds
aud style's, at the shortest notice.
Residence, President Street, next door to Mr- B .
Snider s. 2m >ct 12
JOHN F. SHEEN, *
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
Over J. M. Hnvwood’s Hair Dressing Saloon,
OPPOSITE THE PULASKI HOUSE.
Cutting, Mending and Cleanina done with neatness
and despatch. Work made up as cheap as at any
other establishment in the city. se P t - 21
J DE MARTIN,
DEALER in
Fruits, Wines, Liquors, Segars.
PICKLES, PRESERVES and GARDEN SEEDS.
—: also: —
APPLES, ONIONS A- POTATOES,
When in season, received fresh by every vessel.
—: also :
Oysters put up to order in from Ito 10 gallon kegs.
Corner of Bay and Whitaker Streets,
JOHN OLIVER,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER,
GILDER, GLAZIER, &c.,
No. 121 Broughton Street, a fete doors east of
Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga.
TW AH kinds of Paints —Paint Oil, Turpentine,
Varnish, Glass, Putty, &c., for sale. july 20
EDWARD G. WILSON,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Conveyancer, Collector, Accountant Copyist,
Office under J. M. Haywood’s.
fS’” Return Day Wednesday, December 25th.
Irnatfii to Titrrnlim>, i>nnw anil Art, tjje s,ms nf jfmpmnrr, <Dhit JfrllutnsJji)i, ftlasonnj mill tli? 31pum nf tlje Dnq
McARTHOR & MORSE,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
PLAIN, JAPANNED & BLOCK TIN WARE,
HOLLOW At ENAMELLED WARE,
STOVES AND COOKING RANGES,
Lead Pipe, Sheet Lead. Copper and Zinc,
STORE, |.*| BARNARD STREET.
All kinds of Copper, Tin and Sheet Iron Work,
done in ihe best manner, at the shortest notice.
BP P 21 lyr
ALLEN & BALL,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 112 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
J. M. BALL & CO.,
Commission Merchants,
MACON, GEORGIA.
ROBERT A. ALLEN, JAMES M. BALL,
sept 20 jy
JONES & FAPOT,
Shipwrights, Spar Makers,
AND CAULKERS.
Yard opposite R. &J. Lachlison’s Foundry.
R. H. DARBY,
r JT ML MM „
Corner Broughton and Whitaker Streets,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
R. H. D. is prepared to execute all orders for
Making or Cutting on reasonable terms,
mar 9 ly
J. S. STURTEVANT,
MASTER BUILDER,
Corner Montgomery and Liberty Sts.
All orders in his line will be promptly attended
to, and faithfully executed. ly june 1
JOHN V. TARVER,
FACTOR 4. COMMISSION MERCHANT
EXCHANGE WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA.
RABUN & FULTON,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 207 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
J. W. RABUN, R. L. FULTON, I. P. WHITEHEAD.
LANIER HOUSE,
BY LANIER & SOX,
june 22 Macon, Georgia.
J. HASBROUCK & CO.,
\N holesale and Retail Dealers in
CHINA, GLASS AND EAR THEN WARE,
sept 21 BROUGHTON STREET. SAVANNAH.
S. Y. LEVY,
ATTO RN E Y A T LAW,
Office, No. ISS Bay-Street.
E. T. SHEFTALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
may 25 Dublin, Georgia.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
DOCTOR MOREL. Office No. 157 Brough
ton Street. ts mar 23
FRANCIS WAVER,
IMPORTING & COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No 107 Bay Street, Savannah, Geo.
PHILIP KEAN.
DRAPER AND TAILOR,
AND DEALER IN
READY MADE CLOTHING.
Penfield’s Range, No. 98 Bryan Street,
Store formerly occupied by J. Southwell &. Cos
G. W HEDRICK,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER,
Gilder, Glazier, Grainer & Paper Hanger.
iNo. 12 Barnard Street, South of the Market,
IS always ready to execute all orders in his line
with dispatch, and at the lowest prices. All
kinds of mixed Paints, Glass and Putty kept
tor sale. lyr Dec 22
J. T. JONES,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
Double & Single Guns, Rifles, &€.,
West Side of Monument Square.
SAMUEL S. MILLER,
MANUFACTURER OK
CARRIAGES AND WAGONS,
DCALBK IN IIOIIS, SPOKES, FELI.OES, Jtc.
No. 140 Broughton St., Savannah.
A SHORT,
MASTER BUILDER,
Will Like contracts for Building and Work in
Masonry of every description. Cornet of South
Broad and Whitaker streets. may 26
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
The subscriber is prepared to execute with
neatness and despatch all work in the above line.
142 Broughton St. Two Doors West ot I. \V.
MORRELL’S Furniture Store,
june 1 ly I. SOLOMONS, Agent.
CLOTHING,
PIERSON &lIEIDT offer for sale CLOTHING,
Wholesale and Retail, at New York prices, No,
10 Whitaker Street. apl 26
DR. J. DENNIS,
BOTANIC DRUGGIST
Next door above L. C. Warren &. Cos,
Augusta, Ga.
Keeps constantly on hand a choice assortment,
selected from the best establishments in the United
States, consisting of Emetics, Cathartic*, Diapho
retics, Diuretics, Expectorants, Emtnenagoeues,
Stimulants, Tonics, Astringents, Nervines, Alka
lies, Alteratives, Rubefacients, and Compounds
for family use. Composition Powder, No. Six,
Lobelia in its various preparations, &c., also
Medical Books. may 4
ALFRED HAYWOOD,
CORNER BRYAN AND BARNARD STREETS,
Market Square, Savannah,
Dealer in Choice FRUITS, CANDIES. NUTS,
ORANGES, LEMONS, APPLES, AND PO
TATOES, Wholesale and Retail.
First quality Thunderbolt Oysters, Fi*h, fcc.
Newark refined Champaigne Cider, and Albany
Cream Alt', by the bbl.
Jjp* Orders from the Country, accompanied
by the cash orCiiy reference, punctually attended
to ang 9
GAS PIPES AND FIXTURES.
STRATTON & DOBSON,
Having received an assortment of Chandeliers.
Pendants, Brackets and Portable Gas Burners,
respectfully invite the citizens of Savannah to
call at their store. No. 72 St. Julian street, and
examine the same 4t june 1
G. M. GRIFFEN,
jg|L HAVING purchased the stock in trade of
jb thelate M. Eastman, would solicits the co n *
inued patronage of all the friend of the
establishment. All customers shall be pleased
with goods and satisfied with prices. .
GEO. M. GRIFFEN.
N. B. —Watches and Chrometers will receive
the personal at'.enijon of Mr. G. as usual.,
sept 12
TO JENNY LIND.
BY ANNIE LEE.
And thou art with us, charmer,
With thy ecstacy of song,
And thrilling tones, which only
To thee and birds belong.
And whence such inspiration,
Is’t caught from Angel notes,
And echoed to us mortals.
As the music round us floats?
Far sweeter than the night-bird,
Or soft -Eoliim glee,
Enchanting, all bewitching,
Thy heaven-born minstrelsy.
The wide world’s gaze is on thee,
As on some holy shrine,
Impassioned hearts are bowing,
f # O’
Inspired by strains divine.
Tis not thy voice alone, dear,
Which makes us love thee so,
.But thy good and noble deeds,
J liy worth we’ve learnt to know.
Oh, may thy sky be cloudless,
Thou star of dazzling rav,
And only fade to waken.
In brighter beams of day.
A welcome here we five thee,
in this happy land of ours,
W here we’ll strew thy pathway over,
W ith Columbia’s fairest flowers.
Savannah, Nov. ’ZSth, 1850.
Irlrrfeii Cnlr.
THREE HUNDRED A YEAR.
BY T. S. ARTHUR.
THE CALL.
* How much salary do ihey offer ?’
asked Mrs. Carroll of her husband,
who was sitting near her with a let
ter in his hand. He had just com
municated the fact that a Parish
was tendered him in the village of
Y , distant a little over a hun
dred and fifty miles.
‘ The money is your first thought,
Edith,’ said Mr. Carroll, half chi
dmgly, yet with an affectionate
smile.
This remark caused a slight flush
to pass over the face of Mrs. Car
roll. She replied, glancing as she
did so towards a bed on which lay
three children,
‘ Is it wrong to think of the little
ones whom God has given to us ? ’
‘Oh, no! But we must believe
that God who calls us to labor in
his vineyard, will feed both us and
our children.’
‘ How are we to know that HE
calls us, Edward ? ’ inquired Mrs.
Carrolf
4 1 hold the evidence in my hand.
This letter from the vestry of Y
Parish contains the call.’
4 It may be only the call of man.’
4 Edith !—Edith !—Your faith is
weak ; weak almost as the expiring
flame.’
4 What do they say in that letter ?
Will you read it to me ? ’
* Oh, yes,’ and Mr. Carroll read—
-4 Rev. and Dear Sir :—Our Par
ish has been for some months with
out a minister. On the recommenda
tion of Bishop , we have been
led to make you an offer of the va
cant place. The members of the
church, generally, are in moderate
circumstances, and we cannot there
fore, offer anything more than a
moderate living. There is a neat
little parsonage, to which is attached
a small garden, for the use of the
minister. The salary is three hun
dred dollars. You will find the peo
ple kind and intelligent, and like
wise pre-possessed in>>our favor.—
The Bishop has spoken of you
warmly. We should like to hear
from you as early as convenient.
Very affectionately, &c, &c.’
4 Three hundred dollars!* said
Mrs. Carroll in a disappointed tone.
4 And the parsonage,’ added Mr.
Carroll, quickly. •
4 Equivalent to sixty or seventy
more.’
4 Equivalent to a hundred dollars
more, at least.’
4 We are doing much better here,
Edward.’
‘True! But are we to look to
worldly advantage alone?’
4 We have a duty to discharge to
our children, which it seems to me,
comes before all other duties.’
4 God will take care of these
tender lambs, Edith, do not fear.—
He has called me to preach hisever
lasting Gospel, and 1 have heard
and answered. Now he points to
the field of labor, and shall I hold
back because the wages seem small?
I have not so learned my duty.—
Though lions stood in the way, 1
would walk in it with a fearless
heart. Be not afraid. The - sal
vation of souls is a precious work,
and they who are called to the la
bor will not lack for bread.’
4 But Edward,’ said the wife in a
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 30, 1850,
serious voice, 4 will it be right for
us to enter any path of life blind
fold, as it were ? God has given
us reason fora guide; and should
we not be governed by its plain dic
tate ? ’
4 We must walk by faith, Edith,
and not bv sight,’ replied Mr. Car
roll, in a tone that indicated some
small measure of impatience.
4 A true faith, dear husband ! ’
said Mrs. Carroll tenderly ; while a
slight suffusion appeared about her
e3’es. 4 A true faith is ever en
lightened and guided by reason.—
When reason plainly points the
way, faith bids us walk on with un
faltering steps.’
4 And does not reason now point
the way ? ’ asked Mr. Carroll.
4 1 think not. From our school
we receive nearly seven hundred
dollars ; and we have not found
that sum too large for our support.
I know that I work very hard, and
that I find it as much as I can do to
keep all things comfortable.’
4 But remember that we have
rent to pay.’
4 I know. Still a little over five
hundred dollars remain. And the
present offer is only three hundred.
Edward we cannot live on this sum.
Think of our three children. And
my health you know is not good.—
lam not so strong as I was, and 1
cannot go through as much.’
The wife’s voice trembled.
4 Poor weak doubter! ’ said Mr.
Carroll, in a tender, yet reproving
voice. 4 Does not He who calls us
to this labor know our wants?—
And is not He able to supply them ?
Have you forgotten that the earth
is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof.
Whose are the cattle upon a thous
and hills ? Did not God feed Eli
jah by ravens? Did the widow’s
oil fail ? Be not doubtful but be
lieving Edith ! And what if we
do have to meet a few hardships,
and endure many privations ? Are
these to be counted against the sal
vation of even one precious soul?
The harvest is great, but the labo
rers are few.’
Mrs. Carroll knew her husband
well enough to be assured that if
he believed it to be bis duty to ac
cept a call from Lapland or the In
dian Ocean, he would go. Yet, so
strongly did both reason and feeling
oppose the contemplated change,
that she could not help still speak
ing out what was in her mind.
4 The day of Miracles is past,’
she replied. 4 We must not expect
God to send us bread from heaven
if we go into a wilderness, nor wa
ter from a rock, if we wander
away to some barren desert. This
Parish of Y cannot afford a liv
ing to any but a single man, and,
therefore, it seems to me that none
but a single man should accept
their call. Wait longer, Edward.
We have every comfort for our chil
dren, and you are engaged in a
highly useful employment. When
the right field for ministerial labor
offers, God will call you in a man
m/
ner so clear that you need not feel a
doubt on the subject.’
4 1 feel no doubt now,’ said Mr.
Carroll. ‘ I recognise the voice of
my Master, and must* obey. And
I will obey without fear. Our
bread will be given and our water
sure. Ah ! Edith. If } t ou could
only see with me, eye to eye. If
you could only take up your cross
hopefully, and walk by m3 7 side,
how light would seem all the bur
den l have to bear! ’
Mrs. Carroll felt the words of her
husband as a rebuke. This silenced
all opposition.
4 1 know that I am weak and
fearful,* she murmured, leaning
her head upon her husband, and
concealing her face. 4 But I will
try to have courage. If you feel it
to be your duty to accept this call, I
will go with you ; and, come what
may, will not vex 3’our ears by a
complaining word, it was only for
our little ones that I felt troubled.’
4 The Lord will provide, Edith.
He never sends any one upon a
journey at his own cost. Fear not;
vve have the God of harvests on
our side.’
The will of Mr. Carroll decided
in this, as in almost everything else.
He saw reason to accept the call,
and did not, therefore, perceive any
force in his wife’s objections.
The school, from which a com
fortable living had been obtained,
was given up ; an old home and old
friends abandoned. Prompt as Mr.
Carroll had been to accept the call
to Y , the process of breaking
up did not take place without some
natural feelings coming in to disturb
him. How he was to support his
wife and children on three hundred
dollars did not exactly appear. It
had cost him annually, the sum ol
five hundred, exclusive of rent;
and no one could affirm that he
bad lived extravagantly. But he
dismissed such unpleasant thoughts
by saying mentally—
-4 Away with these sinful doubts !
I will not be faithless but believing.’
As for Mrs. Carroll, who felt, in
view of the coming trials and labor,
that she had but little strength ;
the parting from the old place where
she had known so many happy
hours, gave her deeper pain than
she had ever experienced. Strive
as she would, she could not keep
up her spirits. She could not feel
any assurance for the future—could
not put her entire trust in Heaven.
To her the hopeful spirit of her
husband seemed a blind confidence,
and not a rational faith. But, even
while she felt thus, she condemned
herself for the feeling; and strove
—with how little effect!—to walk
sustainingly b3 r the side of her hus
band.
THE CHANGE.
Six months have elapsed since
Mr. Carroll accepted the call to
V . He has preached faithfully
and labored diligently. That was
his p rt. And he has received,
q ar erly, on the da3 r it became due,
his salary. That was according to
the contract on the other side. His
conscience is clear on the score of
duty ; and his parishioners are
quite as well satisfied that they have
done all that is required of them.
They offered him three hundred a
3 r ear and the parsonage. He ac
cepted the offer; and, by that act,
declared the living to be adequate
to his wants. If he was satisfied
they were.
4 1 don’t know how he gets along
ou three hundred dollars,’ someone
more thoughtful about such matters,
would occasionally say. 4 lt costs
me double that sum and my famity
is not larger than his.’
4 They get a great many pres
ents,’ would in all probability, be
replied to this. 4 Mr. A—-- I
know, sent them a load of wood
sometime ago ; a Mr. B told
me that he had sent them a quarter
of lamb and a bushel of apples.—
And I have two or three times, fur
nished one little mutter and another.
I’m sure what is given to them
will amount to half as much as Mr.
Carroll’s salary.’
4 This makes a difference of
course,’ is the satisfied answer.—
And yet, all told, the presents re
ceived by the whole famih 7 , in use
ful articles, has not reached the val
ue of twenty-five dollars during six
months. And this has been more
than abstracted from them by the
kind ladies of the parish, who must
needs visit and take lea with the
minister as often as convenient.
Six months had passed since the
Rev. Mr. Carroll removed to Y .
It was mid-winter, and a stornu’
day closed in with as stormy a night
The ra3 ? s which came through the
minister’s little study window grew
faint in the pervading shadows, and
he could no longer see with suffi
cient clearness to continue writing.
So he went down stairs to the room
in which were his wife and chil
dren. The eldest child was a
daughter, six years of age, named
Edith from her mother. Edward,
between thiee and four years old,
and Agg} 7 the baby, made up the
number of Mr. Carroll’s household
treasures. They were all just of
an age to'require their mother’s at
tention in everything. As her hus
band entered the room, Mrs. Car
roll said—
“l’m glad 3 r ou’ve come down,
dear. 1 can’t get Aggy out of my
arms a minute. It’s nearly supper
time, and I hav’n’t been able even
to put the kettle on the fire. She’s
very fretful.’
Mr. Carroll took the baby. His
wife threw a shawl over her head,
and taking an empty bucket from
the dresser, was passing to the door,
when her husband said—
-4 Stop stop, Edith ! You mus’n’t
go for water in this storm. Here,
take the baby.’
4 1 can go well enough,’ replied
Mrs. Carroll, and before her hus
band could prevent her, she was
out in the blustering air, with the
snowflakes driving in her face.
4 Oh, Edith ! Edith ! Why will
you do so ?’ said her husband, as
soon as she came back.
4 It’s as easy for me to go as for
3 7 0u,’ she replied.
4 No, it isn’t, Edith. lam strong
to what you are. If you expose
vourself in this way, it will be the
death of you.’
Mrs. Carroll shook the snow
from her shawl and dress, and
brushed it from her shoes, saying,
as she did so —
‘Oh no! a little matter like this
won’t hurt me.*
She then filled the tea-kettle and
placed it over the fire. After which
she set out the table, and busied
herself in ge.tinjr ready t heir eyen
ing meal. Meanwhile, Mr. Car
roll walked the floor with Aggy in
his arms, both looking and feeling
serious; while the two older child
ren amused themselves with a pic
ture-book.
As the reader has probably anti
cipated, the 4 living’ (?) at Y -prov
ed altogether inadequate to the
warjjs of Mr. Carroll’s fatnilv ; and
faith, confidence, and an abstract
trust in Providence by no means
sufficed for its increase. At first,
Mrs. Carroll had a servant girl to
help her in her household duties, as
usual. But she soon found that
this would not do. A dollar and a
quarter a week, and the cost of
boarding the girl took just about
one-third of their entire income.
So, after the first three months,
‘help’ was dispensed with. The
washing had to be put out ; which
cost half a dollar, weekly. To get
same one in the house to iron, would
cost as much more. So Mrs. Car
roll took upon herself the task of
ironing all the clothes, in addition to
the entire work of the house and
care of her three children.
For three months this hard labor
was performed ; but not without a
visible effect. The face of Mrs.
Carroll grew thinner; her step lost
its lightness ; and her voice its
cheerful tone All this her husband
saw’, wiih and intense pain. But,
there was no remely. His income
was but three hundred dollars a
year; and out of that small sum it
was impossible to pay one hundred
for the wages and board of a girl,
and have enough left for the plainest
fcod and clothing. There was,
therefore no alternative. All that
it w’as in his power to do, was done
by Mr. Carroll to lighten the heav3 7
burden under which his wife was
sinking; but it w’as only a little, in
reality, that he could do; and he
was doomed to see her daily w as
ting away, and her strength depart
ing from her.
At the time we have introduced
them, Mrs. Carroll had begun to
show some S3 7 mptoms of failing
health, that alarmed her husband
seriously. Blie had taken cold,
which was followed by a dry, fati
guing cough, and a more than usual
prostration of strength. On com
ing in with her bucket of water from
the well, as just mentioned, she did
not take off her shoes, and brush
away the snow that had been press
ed in around the tops against her
stockings but suffered it to lie there
and melt, thus wetting her feet. It
was nearly an hour from the time Mr
Carroll came down from his room,
before supper was ready.—x\ggy
was, by this time, asleep ; so that
the mother could pour out the tea
without having, as was usually the
case, to holdnhe baby in her arms.
4 Ain’t you going to eat auv thing?’
asked Mr. Carroll, seeing that his
wife, whose face looked flushed,
only sipped a little tea.
‘I don’t fell any appetite,’ replied
Mrs. Carroll.
4 But you’d better try to eat
something, dear.’
Just then there was a knock at
the door. On opening it, Mr. Car
roll found a messenger with a re
quest for him to go and see a par
ishioner who was ill.
4 You can't go away there in this
storm/ said his wife, as soon as the
messenger had retired. 4 It’s full a
m le off.’
4 I must go, Edith,* replied the
minister. ‘lf the distance were ma
ny miles instead of one, it would be
all the same. Duty calls,’
And out into the driving storm
the minister went, and toiled on his
lonely way through the deep snow 7
to reach the bedside of a suffering
fellow man, who sought spiritual
consolation in the hour of sickness,
from one whose temporal wants he
had, while in health, shown but lit
tle inclination to supply. That
consolation offered, he turned his
face homeward again, and again
breasted the unabated storm. He
found his w r ife in bed—something
unusual for her at ten o’clock —and
on laying his hand upon her face,
discovered that she was in a hi_*h
fever. In alarm, he went for the
doctor, who declined going out, but
sent medicine, and promised to
come over in the morning.
In the morning Mrs. Carroll was
much worse, aud unable to rise.
To dress the children and get break
fast, Mr. Carroll found to be tasks
of no very easy performance for
him ; and as soon as they were
completed, he called in a neighbor
to sta3’ with his wife while he went
in search of someone to come and
take her place in the family until
she was able to go about again as
usual.
That time. bow r ever, did not soon
come. Weeks passed before she
could even sit up, and then she was
so susceptible of cold that even the
slightest draft of air into the room
affected her; and so weak, that in at
tempting to mend a garment for one
of her children, the exertion caused
her to faint a wav.
When Mrs. Carroll was taken
sick, they had only fifteen dollars
of their quarter’s salary left. It
was but two weeks since they had
received it, yet nearly all was gone,
for twenty-five dollars, borrowed to
meet expenses during the last
month of the quarter, had to be
paid according to promise: shoes
for nearly .every member of the
family had to be purchased, beside,
warmer clothing for themselves and
children ; and several little hills un
avoidably contracted, had to be set
tled. The extra expense of sick
ness, added to the regular demand,
soon melted away the trifling bal
ance, and Mr. Carroll found him
self with bis wife still unable to leave
her room —in fact, scarcely able to
sit up—penniless and almost hope
less.—His faith had grown weak
his confidence was gone—his spir
its were broken. Daily he prayed
for strength to hear up ; for a high
er trust in Providence ; for light up
on his dark pathway.— But no
strength came, no confidence was
created, no light shone upon his
pathway. And for this we need not
wonder. It was no day of miracles,
as his wife had forewarned him.
He had, as too many do, hoped for
sustenance in a field of labor w here
reason could find no well-grounded
hope. He knew that he could not
live on three hundred a year ; vet
he had accepted the ofler, in the
vain hope that all would come out
well!
The last shilling left the hand of
the unhappy minister, and at least
six weeks remained before another
quarter’s salary became due. JHe
couid not let his family starve ; so,
after much thought, he finally deter
mined to call the vestry together,
frankly state his case, and tell his
brethren that it was impossible for
him to live on the small sum they
allowed.
A graver meeting of the vestry
of Y parish had not for a long
time taken place. As for an in
crease of salary, that was declared
to be out of the question entirely.
They had never paid anyone over
three hundred dollars, which, w'ith
the parsonage, had always been
considered a very liberal compen
sation. They were very sorry for
Mr. Carroll, and would advance
him a quarter’s salary. But all in
crease was out ot the question.
They knew the people would not
hear to it. The meeting then broke
up, and the official members of the
church w alked gravely away, w r hile
Mr. Carroll went home, feeling so
sad and dispirited, that he almost
wished that he could die.
The Parish of Y was not
rich ; though six hundred dollars
could have been paid to a minister
with as little inconvenience to the
members as three hundred. But
the latter sum was considered am
ple ; and much surprise was mani
fested when it was f>und that
the new minister askeJ for an in
crease, even before the first year of
his engagement had expired.
The face of his wife had never
looked so pale, her cheeks so thin,
nor her eyes so sunken, to the min
ister, as when he came home from
this mortifying and disheartening
meeting of the vestry. One of
those present was the very person
he had gone a mile to visit on the
night of the snowstorm ; and he
had more to say that hurt him than
any of the rest.
‘ Edith,’ said Mr. Carroll, tak
ing the thin hand of his wife, as he
sat down by her and looked sadly
into her face, 4 we must leave here.’
4 Must we ? Why V she asked,
without evincing very marked sur
prise.
4 We cannot live on three hun
dred a year.’
4 Where will we go ?’
4 Heaven only knows? But we
cannot remain here !*
And as the minister said this, he
bowed his head until his face rested
upon the arm of his wife. He tri
ed to hide his emotion, but Edith
knew that tears were upon the
cheeks of her husband.
THE SEQUEL.
Justone year has elapsed since
Mr. Carroll has accept cl the call
from Y . It has been a year of
trouble, ending in deep affliction.
When the health of Mrs. Carroll
yielded under her too heavy burdens,
it did not come back again. Steadi
ly she continued to sink, after the
first brief rallying of her system,
until it became hopelessly apparent
that the time of her departure was
near at hand. She was too Iragile
a creature to be thrown into the po
sition she occupied. Inheriting a
NUMBER 39.