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8 (Srantlcy Panov. BY LADY GEORGIAN A FULLERTON. [Continued.] lie taught her tiiatseli- leuial practiced in secret, an 1 pangs endured in silence for conscience’ sake, no loss deserve the palm of martyrdom than the courage that carries a man to the. scaffold or the stake. He illustrated his meaning hy various examples; he called her attention to those heroic actions which are sometimes performed by the poor with such sublime simplicity, such unconscious magnanim ity. For instance, he made her read and compare the historical record of the noble answer of Louis XII of France, when, in the presence of an applauding court, he pronounced that sentence which has been handed down to an admiring pos-. terity, “ It is not for the King of France to avenge the* injuries of the Duke of Orleans with the police reports of an obscure trial in the newspaper of the day, in which a poor collier, bruised and dis figured by a cruel assault, begged off his brutal enemy all punishment, and refused all pecuniary compensation, pimply urg ing that the man had a wife and chil dren, and could not well spare the money, and that he would himself take it as a great favor if the magistrate would pass if over; and he asked her if the monarch’s deed was not of those that have indeed their own reward on earth, and the col lier’s did not number among those which are laid up as treasure in Heaven —there, where the rust of human applause does not dim, and the moth of human vanity does not consume their merits, and fore stall their recompense ? The virtues of the poor!—Their countless trials! —'Their patient toil! —Their sublime because un known and unrequited sacrifices! History does not record them. Multitudes do not applaud them. ‘ The doers of such ddeds travel on their weary journey through life, and go down to their graves, unknown, unnoticed, though perchance not unwept by some obscure sufferers like themselves; but a crown is laid up for them, there—where mafly first shall be last, and many last shall be first! Wearied creatures who after working all day with aching heads perhaps, ora low fever consuming them, creep out at night to attend on some neighbor more wretch ed than themselves, and carry to them a share of their own scanty meal. Mothers who toil all day, and nurse at night sickly and peevish children. Men, who with the racking cough of con sumption, and the deadly languor of disease upon them, work on, and strive and struggle and toil, till life gives way. Parents whose children cry to them for food when they have none to give. Be ings tempted on every side, starved into guilt, baited into crime ; who still resist, who do not kill, who do not steal, who do not take the wages of iniquity, who do not curse arid slander—and who, if they do not covet, are indeed of those of whom “ the world is not worthy.” And we—we the self-indulgent—we the very slaves of luxury ami ease —we who can hardly bear a toothache or a sleep less night; we go among the poftr, and (if they are that , to be which must re quire a higher stretch of virtue than we have ever contemplated) give them a nod of approval, or utter a cold expres sion of approbatiofi. They have done their duty; and had they not done it, had they fallen into the thousand snares which poverty presents, had the pale mother snatched for the famishing child a morsel of food, had the sorely tempted and starving girl pawned for one day the shirt in her keeping, stern Justice would have overtaken them, and Mercy closed her ears to their cries. And if they have not transgressed the law of the land, but for a while given over the struggle in despair, and sat down in their miserable garrets with fixed eyes and folded arms,, and resorted to the temporary madness of gin, or thqdeadly stupor of laudanum, then we (who into our very homes often admit men whose whole lives are a course of idleness and selfish excess) turn from them in all the severity of qur self-right eousness ; and on the wretched beings who, perhaps after years of secret strug gles, yield at last—not to»passion, not to vanity, but to hunger , —with despair in their heart and madness in their brain,— we direct a glance, which we dare not cast on guilt and depravity when it meefs U3 in our crowded drawing-rooms, in all the pomp and circumstance of guilty prosperity! Such were Walter’s thoughts, such were his sympathies, and though he sel dom declaimed on the subject, he felt deeply, and acted accordingly. His in fluence over Margaret was great, but it affected her way of thinking more than her mode of life. He could inspire her with a love for what was great and good, but it is only by a course of patient and diligent training bestowed on a child, or resolutely practiced in after life by our selves, that we learn not merely to feel, but to do; not only to admire, but to ! imitate. It is not to be imagined that because • THE PACIFICATOR —A. CATHOLIC JOURNAL. Margaret’s mind was naturally formed to admire what was heroic, and had been trained by Walter to appreciate the true heroism of patience and self denial, that at the present time of her life she was either a heroine or a model of self-control. His lessons and his example were so far useful to her, that they presented to her mind an ideal standard, which prevented her from looking upon her own character and habits with the complacency which she would otherwise* have indulged ; for it must be confessed, that whereas at times her heart beat high at the ideal glories of Joan of Arc or the Maid of Saragos sa, at others it beat with a very hurried pulsation at the least appearance of danger threatening the pretty Mistress of Grantley. It must he owned, that though her eyes would fill with tears at the account of two Sisters of Charity setting out on foot.from Paris, in one of the coldest winters of this century, to go and nurse the sick at Barcelona, and never leaving the afflicted town till the plague had passed away, she was apt to shut herself up for days together in her comfortable boudoir, with her little feet on the tender, and her graceful figure reclining in the softest and most luxu rious arm-chair, because it was too cold, or too wet, to venture out to the cottages or the school, and that Mrs. Dalton go ing alone would do just as well, espe cially as her grandmamma was so afraid of her catching cold. I wish that it was not on record that Margaret had been heard to declare on other occasions, that there never was such nonsense as her grandmother's fancies about ber Catch ing cold. It is true that she read with enthusi asm the lives of St. Elizabeth of Hun gary, and St. Margaret of Scotland— those loveliest of women, those gentlest of saints, daughters of a royal race, and the brides of heroes—who with their own hands attended upon lepers, and nursed with a mother's tenderness those from whom their own mothers turned with disgust; but it is unfortunately equally true that she could hardly bring herself to visit Mrs.. Jones, an old wo man in the village whom Walter had particularly recommended to her notice, because her room was intolerably close, and that she was apt to show her the wound in her leg. It is true, that as she heard the ac count of Mrs. Fry's first visit to New gate, when, quietly shutting the door behind her, she advanced alone, the Bible in ber hand, among the fierce and reckless women who at that time were controlled only by armed men, and ad dressed them as sisters and as friends, in those tones and with that expression which none can conceive who have not heard her, and which those who have can never forget—it is true, that, as she listened,her heart burned within her and she longed to go and do likewise ; but at the next opportunity of exercising courage, of conquering disinclination, of enduring pain, or overcoming weari ness, these high resolves and noble pro jects were apt to vanish into air, or to swell that amount of “ good intention ” with which St. Bernard tells us Hell is paved. The fact must be confessed, Margaret was a. spoiled child. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton, who were per fectly unlike each other in every other respect, concurred in one line of con duct, that of indulging and flattering her to the utmost extent. He was one of those gentle, kind-hearted persons, who can see no imperfections in those they love, and though not himself deficient in understanding, would praise his wife’s singular good sense, and Margaret's ex traordinary docility, in a way which se verely tried the patience of his old friend, Mr. Sidney, Walter’s father. Mrs. Thornton was a good woman— nobody could deny If tat ; but to her goodness she joined a profound convic tion of her own wisdom ; a steady, sim ple-minded conceit, which carried her through every circumstance of life with an amount of seif-gratulation, and through every conversation with a de gree of authoritative folly, that was in expressibly amusing. She was un boundedly credulous, and had a habit of adopting opinions put forward by others as her own, and of maintaining them dogmatically, in happy uncon sciousness of their incompatibility with those she had herself advanced a quar ter of an hour before. She was never startled at anything, never surprised, never puzzled by the grossest inconsis tencies, or embarrassed by the most direct evidence. Between her and Mr. Sydney there was a close alliance, joined to a little tacit enmity. She kept him in a state of mingled irritation and amusement. There never was any oc casion of meeting, whether at dinner, luncheon, picnic, or party, that she was not by his side, pouring into his ear oracular sayings, political axioms, mys terious predictions, theological denuncia tions, and scientific discoveries, to all of which he responded by a short, and den laugh, or if she looked for further i encouragement, by an assenting growl. On the subject of education, Mrs. Thorn ton adopted in turn the most contradic j tory theories, but they succeeded each other so rapidly that they usually evapo rated in talk, and as nothing insures ! success so much as fixity of purpose, Margaret’s very fixed determination not j to be managed, outlived all the systems of management which tier grandmother successively adopted. Mrs. Dalton, when-she first came into power, had made an effort to establish her authority, but the attempt had so signally failed, owing to the steady re sistance of her pupil, seconded by ber grandmother’s unequivocal support, that poor Mrs. Dalton was forced to strike j her colors, and abandon the unequal contest, contenting herself in future with a display of power, which was rather agreeable than otherwise to Margaret, who treated her governess somewhat as the subjects of a constitutional monar chy treat their sovereigns, professing humbly to obey them, as long, and just as long, as their will is in perfect accor dance with their own. Having thus attempted to give some notion of our heroine’s character, educa tion and position- in life, we will now turn to the library whfere, after some hours of vain expectation, the party as sembled to welcome Colonel Leslie’s arrival were about to break up for that night. “ Another day of expectation ! another day of disappointment!’’ exclaimed Mar garet, as she held out her hand for the candlestick which Walter was lighting for her on her way to the door. “Is it not extraordinary that my father -does not come or write?” “It is indeed,” answered Walter. “ When you left him in town he told you positively that he would be here yester day. Did he not?” “ Yes, to be sure he did, and actually held out his finger to me at jmrting. Do not look angry, Walter! You know how anxious I had been to see my Hither ; with what joy I heard the news of his arrival alter his long absence, and with what impatience, what emotion, 1 hastened to meet him in London. During the tedious hours of the journey I had but that one thought. During the night we stopped at Newbury I never closed my eyes —listened to the striking of each hour, and longed for daylight; and when we reached London, when we dashed the streets, 1 could hardly sit still; and when I arrived—(l shall always hate that hotel) —‘ Colonel Leslie was out!’ ‘ Gone out for a walk !' I sal down alone in that square, oifious drawing-room, and waited—waited two hours! and then he came in—’J “ And was not his manner kind then V” “Oh dear, yes! very kind. Nobody is ever unkind to me. Dr. Bartlett, or Lord Donnington, when they call here, are very kind. Come, Walter, do not let us deceive ourselves. I have never had a thought 1 have not told you, and 1 must e’en out with it. My father does not care a straw about me, and the sooner 1 make up my mind to it the better. I shall be a dutiful daughter to him, at least I’ll try,” she said, quoting the bur den of an Irish song she had just been practicing, and smiling, though two big tears were rolling down her cheek. “ This is unreasonable, dear Marga ret,” said Walter. “l r ou had worked yourself up into a state of romantic ex citement about your lather’s arrival, and pictured in your own imagination a scene that was not realized; and be cause poor Leslie’s manner is naturally quiet—” “Is yours so very vivacious?” inter rupted Margaret, with rather a saucy expression. “ Oh, mine ! Mine is the manner of an old dog, who cannot help wagging his tail when he sees those he loves.” “0 Walter! dearest Old Walter! I wish you were my father.” A strange expression passed over Walter’s face, but he answered— “ Well, I cannot say I do, for I should then deprive Leslie of a treasure which lam sure lie valfres; and you do not know Margaret how much I love your father.” “Not more than me?” Walter looked as if he could not very well love anything more than the beau tiful little creature before him, but be shook his head and said— “ Come, come, Margaret, you must be contented to give way to others. You are too fond of the first place every where.” Mrs. Thornton joined them while Walter was speaking, and instantly took up the cudgels for Margaret: [To he contimicd.~\ J. J. BROOM. W. C. JOSHS. imooM & co„ COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 23S Broad Street. Oot. 15 Augusta, G«* J. C. MILNER. C. R. KEEN. T. COLEMAN. !tIELSI!R, KEEN & CO., Auction and general commis sion MERCHANTS, 274 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Negroes, Real Estate. Stock, Furniture and everything, bought and sold on commission. Consignments solicited and prompt returns made. Oct. 15—3 m New Tailoring' incut. "JOHN KENNY, LONG AND FAVOR • » ABLY known in connection with the House of .1. VI. Newby A Cos., J. K. Ilora A Cos. and Horn, Wise A Cos., lias commenced business on bis own account, at the store of Charles Catlin, opposite the Southern States Hotel, where he hopes to receive a share of the public patronage heretofore so liberally extended to him. Oct. 15 ARCADE. MM. CAYCE A CO., AUCTIONEERS « and Commission Merchants, General Agents. Negro and Real Estate Brokers, former!}' of Memphis, Tenn.. late of Atlan ta, (la., can now he found in Augusta, Ha, Broad street, opposite the Planters’ Hotel. Furniture, Merchandise and Stock of all kinds receive -due attention. Our success for thirty years past in the trade induces us to trust the future for success. Remember the Arcade When you wish to trade. Oct. 15 W. A. IIA9I SKY & t 0., A UCTION AND GENERAL COMMIS ii. SION MERCHANTS, No. 308 Broad Street, opposite Union Bank, Augusta, Ga. G. A. Parker, Auctioneer. References. —Edward Thomas, Hon. R. 11. May, Alfred Baker, .T. 11. Taylor, Flem ing A Robinson, Henry Edmondson, Au gusta; H. C- Goodrich A Cos., Lawhorn A ltossett, David Hudson, Columbus; E. Winsblp, Saulsbury A Pease, Macon ; IV. 11. Stark. Savannah; C. N. Hubert, W. T. Burge, J. Purcell, Charleston; J. S. Lin ton, R. L. Bloomfield, Athens: J. D. Pois son, Geo. Myers. Wilmington; B. 11. Micou, H. D. Browder, J. E. IJukill, Montgomery ; George E. W. Nelson, D. Omahundra, John A. Bowen, Richmond, Ya. Oct. 15—3 m NOTICE. The undersigned has this day associated with him in the General Commission Business, Mr. W. C. JONES. The business will be conducted in the name of BROOM A CO., at the old stand. 238 Broad Street. J. J. BROOM. Augusta, October 4,1564 —12 t ATKINSON & SIIECUT, AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Augusta, Ga., will givo prompt attention to all business en trusted to them. Consignments respectfully solicited. References. —Jackson A Miller, Augus ta, Ga., J. T. Paterson A Cos., Augusta, Ga., Stockton A Cos., Augusta, Ga., Chichester A Cos., Augusta, Ga., Walsh A Blome, Au gusta, Ga., Geo. E. W. Nelson, Richmond, Ya., T. D. Wagner, Esq., Charleston. S. C., Maj. E. Willis, Charleston, S. C., W. H. Stark, Esq., Savannah, Ga., Burke, Boykin A Cos., Macon, Ga. Oct. B—4t NEAL & WHITLOCK, GENERAL AGENTS AND COMMIS SION MERCHANTS, for the sale of Manufactured Tobacco, or any kind of Pro duce, at No. 183 Broad Street, two doors above the Express Office. References.- —Edward Thomas, Prcsi- Union Bank, Jno. Bones, President Augusta Bank, S. Wyatt, Merchant, Wilcox A Hand, Merchants, Alfred Baker, Merchant, James 11. Taylor, Merchant, Lamback A Cooper. Oct. S—Bt THE MAGNOLIA WEEKLY. 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Specimen numbers sent free of charge where desired. A limited space will be devoted to adver tisements, paid for in advance. All correspondents will please address SMITH A ROBERTSON, Proprietors, Oct. 8 Richmond, V». NEW MUSIC STORE, No. 200 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. T H. HEWITT HAS ALWAYS ON • hand a largo selection of tho newest Musical Publications, comprising \ ocal and Instrumental Pieces of the most popular kind. Besides, all kinds of Musical Mer chandize and Stationery. The Trade and Academies furnished at the usual discount. Music sent by mail to any part of the Southern Confederacy, on receipt of the pi ice of the piece or pieces ordered. Oct. B—3m M. O’DOWW, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 273 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga . HAS FOR SALE—SIXTY SACKS SU GAR, 21 boxes Sugar, 10 bids. Apple Brandy, 20 bbls. Corn Whiskey, 600 pairs Cotton Cards, 600 boxes Tobacco, assorted brands, 6,000 lbs. Sweed Iron, SO tierces Salt, 100 half tierces Salt, 5 bales Hickory Stripes, 1.000 lbs. Sole Leather, 200 setts Knives and Forks. Pet. 8 M. O’DOWD. AUGUSTA HOTEL. rpilE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RES JL PECTFULLY inform their old friends, patrons and tho travelling public, Shat they have leased the above named Hotel, and having had it thoroughly refitted trad reno vated, can confidently promise to give all who may favor them with their patronage, entire satisfaction. JONES A WHITAKER, Late of Washington llall, Atlanta. S. M. JONES, Late of Commercial Hotel, Memphis, Tenn, Oct. B—4t Prospectus* of IJ»e St. Mary’s College, COLUMBIA, S. C. This institution, undertaken with the sanction of the Right ltev. Bishop, and already so favorably known to the public, is situated in the most healthy town of the Confederate States, and affords young men all the advantages of a sound and moral education. Respectable children of every denomination are received, without distinction, and the strictest attention paid to tlicir moral and physical well-being: their Professors being not only the directors of their studies, but also tho companions of their recreations. Accessions have been mnde to the Mathe matical and Scientific Departments, which greatly facilitates these studies. A mild and paternal system of govern ment is observed, as far as may be compati ble with the strictest attention to established discipline: the diet of the students is whole some and abundnnt: the strictest attention is paid to their well-being in every respect. The collegiate year consists of two ses sions, of five mouths each—tho first com mencing in September, and the second to February, and closing with a public exami nation and exhibition. The various departments of a Classical, Scientific and English Education are already filled hy able and competent Professors- Students will ho received at ali times; on entering, each will be examined and placed in tho Classes for which his previous attain ments qualify him. The educational system is the same which is pursued in many of the leading colleges in Europe. It embraces three courses : 1. The preparatory, lasting usually one year, and comprising Reading, Penmanship, Arithmetic, Grammar, Modern Geography, and the elements of such branches as are afterward to be pursued. 2. The Commercial, which lasts three years, and comprises the elements of Phi losophy, of Geometry and Algebra, Book keeping, History, the English asd French languages. 3. The Classical, which lasts six yotrs, and corny rises Literature, Ancient Geogra phy, the higher branches of Mathematics, Astronomy, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Logic, Metaphysics, Ethics, the Greek and Latin languages. Having been incorporated as a College, we are authorised to confer Degrees,and do such other acts as a College rightfully may do in its corporate capacity. Tho liberal patronage ox tended to thia institution is the surest warrant of the fidelity with which our engagements have been fulfilled; and wo again renew them with much pleasure to the patrons of the College. Terms —For Board and Tuition, per session of 5 months, iu advance - - $7,000 00 Doctor’s fees, in case of sickness, the jfostage of letters, washing, with bod and bedding, will form extra charges. terms for day scholars per sbssiox op FIVE MONTHS. 1. English, including Grammar, Modern Geography, Arithmetic, Writing, History, the elements of Philosophy, etc., - S7O 00 2. Book-Keeping, Algebra, Geometry, Eng lish Composition, Astronomy, Elocution, Philosophy, Ancient Geography, Ancient History, Mensuration and Surveying, with all, or any of the branches mention ed above - - SSO 00 3. Latin and Greek, with all, or any of the above mentioned branches - - $75 00 The German, Spanish, French, Italian and Hebrew Languages form each an extra charge of S2O 00 per session. Payment in all cases invariably in ad vance. No allowance for absence except in eases of sickness or expulsion. Pupils will bo received only between the ages of 9 and 15 years, as boarders. Vacation if spent at College - SIOO 00 No advance in money is made for clothing or other expenses, unless a sum ib deposited for that purpose. Rev. J. P. O’CONNELL, D. D , Oct. 8 Secretary. Printed for the Proprietors at the Office of J. T. PATERSON & CO., Book, Job and News paper Printers and Lithographers, corner of Mclntosh and Broad Streets, Augusta, Ga.