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* WILLIAM E. JOiHES. AUGUSTA, «EO., SATURDAY Ifl€)Rl¥i:v« MAY US, SBJJS. [Trj-wcckSy.j-VoJ. 11.-No 57.
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CMRONICU'-; AND SENTINEL.
All*.! SI S’s'A.
Friday Morning) ftlwy ll*
In a publication by Iho Mayor of Charleston,
in the Courier of that city, on Wednesday, anil
copied into the Mercury of yesterday, it is stated
that (ho sum of “two thousand four hundred and
fourteen dollars” had been forwarded from this
place, collected in contributions by the dozens.
This is an error. It should be FOUR thousand
four hundred and fourteen dollars. We trust
that a proper correction will he made by tho
Editors of those papers.
The intelligence, conveyed in the following ar
ticle Irorn the express mail slip of the New Or
leans Picayune of May Glli (Sunday last) is of
the most cheering and gs Uifying character. Mis
sissippi has been true to hcrscll—she has signal
ly rebuked the parasites of power who attempted
to dictate to her who should be her represents l
lives in Congress, and nobly vindicated her vio
lated rights ! PRENTISS, the fearless, inde
pendent, and eloquent champion of her constitu
tion, laws, and sovereignty, is returned by a tri
umphant majority. So is his colleague, Mr.
Word. How small Mr Speaker Polk will feel
when ho. sees the faces of these two gentlemen,
whom he, for jioor party purposes, voted out of
their lawful seats in Congress ! And what
will the Globe and the Administiation papers
in the South say I All the recent victories of
Iho opposition in the Northern and Eastern
Stales have'bccn attributed lo a coalition of the
Whigs and Abolitionists. What will they say
to Mississippi I Is she too infected wilb aboli
tionism I What olsb of Virginia! Look at the
tremendous change there ! Have the Whigs of
Vi r gi n iu too, had assistance from the Abolition
ists:’ Wd hope wo shall have a Chapter from
the “Book-m ’kcr” 011 this subject, and a solution
of these difficulties from the Constitutionalist
and Federal Union !
The following is the article from the Picayune
’'•alluded to.
“Phestiss A»n Wonn Er.ECTEi).—We Icirn.
from passengers who left Natchez on I riday,
that all the counties except four had been heard
f rorn —and that Prentiss and Word were ebout
2000 ahead. Mississippi is therefore safe.”
We are indebted lo the politeness of the Editors
of the Constitutionalist for the following Slip
from the office of the Brunswick Advertiser or
the 7lh inst. ; being the only one received in this
City.
LATE FROM FLORIDA.
By the Revenue Cutter Madison, Capt. How, !
.ard from Havana 24 h, Key West 28lh uft. and
Key Biscaync 3*l inst. arrived al this port on
Sunday last, we learn that Col. Harney of Fort
King, having capluied a squaw, from whom he j
obtained the necessary intelligence,has gone with I
a detachment of 160 dragoons and artillery, to at- !
tack Sam Jones, who it will te remember, d was i
driven to tho pass along tho Southern point ot 1
Florida, about Key Largo. This expedition left :
Key Biscayne on Thursday the 3d inst.
The latest intelligence at Key Biscayune was
(hat Aleck Ilajo, ihc Seminole Chief, who nc-
i —.. . i ~ ...mil ■—■ ■■.
gociatcd wi'h Gen. Jcsup.and suncndcrcd to him,
had brcn shot with all his immediate followers,
hy order of Sam Jones, the Chief of the Ninka,
sukies. This assassination is said very much to
have exasperated the Soininoles, and vve are told
that many of them now beg our troops to allow
them to remain and assist in exterminating their
late allies, Sam Jones and the Niekasukics.
The naval detachment, late engaged in
Lieut. Powell’s expedition, have gone to Pen
F3cola to join our squadron for Vera Cruz. —
This squadron is detached to protect our
commence from the consequences of the
French Blockade.
Lt. Magurder and his company came on
in the Madison from Key West to Key Bis
cayno and thence shipped in the Campbell for
■ St. Augustine.
On Sunday, 22d ult. Governor Tacon left
Havana, being recalled hy his government.—
lie left amid every demonstration of regret of
the inhabitants of Havana. Ho appoints Es~
pclata his successor, under whom, it is thought
the admirable and efficient system of police
introduced by Tacon will he continued, and
an orderly and quiet government maintained.
Pay op Congiikss.—The Madisonian stales
that the pay of all the members of both
ncliuling the Vice President, who receives ?5;-
0t)0 per annum, and the Speaker of the House,
who receives SIG per diem, amounts to 53,181 i
GT pet day.
The Exchange Bank of Pittsburg, fa. iian do.
dared a dividend of seven per cat lor the last
year.
[mom oua coitttEsx’oxiuiJiT.]
WASHINGTON, May 7, 1838.
Congress reassembled to-day, after a brief re
cess. The weather has been so unfavorable that
there could bo but little or no out of doors enjoy
ment : but time lias been afforded for case and
recreation, and the membcis have consequently
corhe together in hotter temper for business. The
last week was a season of festivity and gaiety.—
Mat Day was duly celebrated by juvenile feats,
and a great many private parties. The French
Minister, M. Pontois, gave a splendid ball in the
evening, at which all the most distinguished
people in the city were present. The noble and
unbounded hospitality of this gentleman, his kind
and cordial manners, the intelligence and spirit
of his conversation, have made him very popular
;r, soc iety here. The races on the Washington
course wore well attended, and festivity of differ
ent kinds gave light wings and sunshine to the
hours.
The House of Representatives, this
presented a tight and pleasant appearance. The
winter carpets had been'removed, and their pla
ces supplied hy a neat and beautiful straw-mat
ting. The Hall had been thoroughly cleansed
ventilated, and the furniture and tapestry put in
proper order. Every thing is in readiness for
warm work.
After some miscellaneous business of an un
important character, Mr Cambreling rose and
moved a suspension of the rules, for the purpose
I ol taking up T" 1 acting 0,1 llie public bills which
had heed furred to the Committee of the
| Whole.
Mr MENEFEE wished to give his reasons
agnins the motion, but it was nut of order.
Mr GRAVES protested against the proceed
ings on the report of tho Duel Committee being
arrested before that subject should bo properly
disposed of. The motion required u vole of two
thirds. The vote was ayes 112, nays f)7. Not
enough, so the House refused to suspend.
Mr CAMBEULINO then moved to suspend
for the purpose of considering tire Treasury Note
Bill. This motion was lost—the ayes 103, the
f nays 77.
Mr SAWYERofN C.thcn rose, and made a
motion to test whether tire friends of the Admin
istration were really so anxious to proceed with
the public business as they professed to be. He
moved to lay the whole subject connected with
the proceedings of the Duel Committee on the
table. This motion was rejected—ayes 48,
nays 131.
The House then proceeded to a wearisome
discussion of this everlasting subject with which
the country appears to be as much disgusted as
1 is Congress. Tho question was on the motion
to recommit the reports of tho Committee, and
the motion to print to the Select Committee with
instructions to report the facts and the evidence
without comment or argument, and to refer the
memorials relating to this subject, with instruc
tions to report on them. An amendment was
proposed so as to insert after the words “comment
or argument” the words "except as relates to the
question of a breach of privilege.” Mr Reed
moved funher to amend hy « proposition that if
a member or members should be found to be in
volved, there should boa special report made to
the House of the fact.
Mr RIVES moved to postpone the considcra.
lion of the matter till tho first Monday in June,
for the purpose, he said, of going on with the pub
lic business. Mr Mencfec eloquently opposed
any delay, and showed conclusively that if it
was put off till June, there could not he the
slightest probability cf the public business being,
by (bat time, brought to such a slate, as to allow
any hope to ho indulged that this tiial could
then go on. Mr Rives afterwards withdrew his
motion, and the discussion proceeded on the mo
tion of re-commitment. The question was then
taken on Mr Rives’ amendment and negative,!. '
Mr Dawson, of Geo. moved to print the e
1 and the journal ' and then 1.
j subject on the table, it was rrjt ; ,--:b- I
[ Icy then moved an additional instruction that the
] Committee report the names of any other mem
bers implicated in this matter, ami that they re
port without delay. This railed out two very
noisy lunrarigues from those worthies Bynum
and Duncan. After they finished, Mr Thomas
I of Maryland moved to Icy tho whole subject on
the table, and print the documents. This (being
! the third motion made to day for laying on th c
j tablcl was rejected of course.
The subject was still under discussion when
this packed was dosed.
The forgeries which have been recently com
mitted on the Treasury notes have engaged the
attention of the Government. Mr. Grundy offer*
ed, in the Senate to-day, a resolution to instruct
the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into
the expediency of providing hy additional legisla
tive enactments for preventing the forgery of
Treasury Notes. The resolution was adopted :
Mr. WEBSTER presented scweral memorials,
remonstrating against the execution of the Treaty
ofJVVw Ec/iola wjth the Cherokee Indians. They
, were ordered to bo printed, and committed.
The Senate then proceeded to the considera
tion of the Bill for increasing the salary of the
Commissioner of the General Land Office; and
after some discussion chiefly confined to Messrs.
Buchanan of Pa., and Clay of Alabama. The
1 bill was rejected, ayes 6 nays “9.
The principal ground of opposition was the
I condition of the Treasury and the necessity for a
rigid economy in every depaitmcnt of the public
service.
The bill authorizing the erection of a Hospital
in the City of Washington was next taken up
and considered. The Hospital is intended for
I the reception and accommodation of the insane
Tthe District of Columbia, and of sick, disabled,
I _ '
j imd infirm seamen, soldiers and others, such as
may, by competent authority, bo deemed proper
to be received therein. The bill was ordered lo
be engrossed and read a third lime.
On motion of Mr. Wright, the bill authorizing
the sale of bonds belonging to the United Buies
was taken up.
Mr. WE US PER expressed bis derided oppo
sitionto this mode of raising t even tie. Rethought
instead of scllingout their stock the United Slates
would act with moro dignity and also with more
prudence, cither to issue Treasury Notes, or ne
gociato a loan to the amount required.
Mr. WRIGHT advocated the mcasu/e : He
said that if the bonds should ho sold, they would
supersede the necessity for Treasury N olcs to a
corresponding amount: and if they should not be
sold, things would be no worse than they now
arc. The Bill was ordered lu be engrossed and
read a third time.
The Bill to revoke the charters of certain banks
in the District of Columbia which will not re
sume specie payments was laid on the tabic. The
charters expite by their own limitation in July.
The Senate then went into Executive session^
| MkHMHHMHpljournt d. jjfZj
-.*5
The Populaii writ anii the Buii-Tueast;-
iiy.—The present attiiudo of Mr. Van Uurcr.’s
administration may well he designated ns a “pe
culiar position.” With a nominal majority in
both branches of Congress, (hero can be no longer
any reasonable doubt that tho leading financial
measure of the Government, one that has been so
long and so strenuously urged as an indispensa
ble reform of our system, will bo signally and for
ever defeated. The truth is, that the people have
every where entirely lost confidence in the mise
rable charlatans and empirics who have been so
long experimentalizing upon the body politic,
i Thro realize the truth ot Air. Cullu'in’somuhutic I
declaration in tho debates of the iccent Bank
vention—that the ei-tir financial policy of tne
late and present administrations is founded in
error: They realize in their daily suli’odilgs ma
nifold evils. They know that a sound converti
ble, redeemable, uniform, currency has been de
stroyed—and that in lieu of it we have nothing
but the issues of local institutions, and the irre
deemable paper, the assignats, the revived cunti
ncntial issues of the Government.
When Mr. Van Buren came before the people
with his first annual message, nfior a full dmil
opernent of bis views on lire Bub lie
concluded his comments on the subject in tiro fol
lowing emphatic language; “These are my views
upon this important subject, formed after careful
reflection, and with no desire hut to arrive at
what is most likely lo promote the public inter
est. They are now, as they were before, submit
ted with unfeigned deference Joy the opinions us
others. It was hardly lo bo hoped that changes
so important on a subject so interesting, could be
made without producing a serious diversity of
opinion; but so long as these conflicting views
are kept above lire influence of individual or local
interests; so long as they pursue only the general
goed, and are discussed with moderation and can
dor, such diversity is a benefit, not an injniy. II
a majority of Congress see the public welfare in a
different light, and more especially il they should
ho satisfied that theineasuic proposed would not
be acceptable to the people, I shall look lo their
wisdom lo substitute such as may lie more con
ducive to the one. and more satisfactory lo the
other. In any event, they may confidently roly
on my hearty cooperation to the fullest extent
which my views ol the constitution and my sense
of duty will permit.”
Bnicu Mr. Van Buren expresses such “un
feigned deference to the opinions of others,” and
desires the members of Congress to render their
legislation acceptable to (ho people, wo desire to
call bis attention in this con..celion to the follow
ing tabular statement of popular elections, for
which we are indebted to the accurate editor of
the New Yorker
783 G 2837—8.
States. Adminisl’n Opposition Admin’ Oppos’n.
Maine 22,900 15,239 33,879 34,350
A. Hampshire 18,722 6,22(4 27,678 25,221
Vermont 11,039 26,900 17,730 22,269
Ala. saehuselta 33,237 41,699 32.9-D 50,595
Rhode Island t |.',964 2,710 about 3,6txV 43)00
Connecticut 1f,284 18,719 21,1.42 At,096
Mew York 168,415 139,543 110,400 li^H3
New Jersey 26,592 26,137 25*56 2?\i)
Pennsylvania 91,475 87,111 91,142 85,8\t .
Maryland 22,168 25,852 ab’t 23,000 25,009 j
N. Carolina 26,910 23,308 3.1,000 35,000
Georgia 22,101 24,786 33,417 34,179 ‘
Kentucky 33,435 36,955 23,955 47,(15 I
Indiana 32,478 41,281 28,125 53,867 j
Tennessee 26,120 35,96 2 33,606 53.479 i !
Alabama 20,506 15,6(2 21,440 17,753 j
Mississippi 9,974 9,688 (2,823 J 3,621 !
1 Arkansas 2,(00 1,238 2,715 1,784
Instates,s9l,l2B 571,518 C 01,325 711,8(3
■' R mnj. Nov. '36, 19,610—W. nj.j. Just elec
tions, 110,4148. I
Thc-o are the Stales in which there have been ‘
tangible demonstrations of the will of the people, 1
on (he great scheme of the Sub Treasury. With 1
the exception of New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, I
Alabama, and Arkansas, each of tbe.-o eighteen f
commonwealths exhibit a majority against the t
administration; and tho aggregate opposition ma- <
jerky exceeds 110,000! fn every State there has I
been a vast accession of opposition strength — and i
every where, the issue presented lo tire people has i
I been the great question of Bub Treasury or r.o j .
Bub Treasury. To be «orc, much of this change 1 (
may bo attributed to the daily growing popular j ,
conviction ol' Iho general ignorance, imbecility
and madness of tint cabal which now misgoverns
this once flourishing ami happy republic; bulliio
ilircct issue uniformly presented by tho Govern*
ment parly, has been (ho very measure which
Mr. Van Jiuren subihlllcd with such eminent
“deference to the opinions of others,” and with so
sincere a desire that it should be rejected by Com
gross in the event of its not proving ‘'acceptable
to the people.”
The recent results in Maine, Maryland, and
oven in Virginia, must alTbrd Mr. Van Huron mid
bis instruments in both Houses of Congress, nd
diiiutial evidence of the will of the people in re
ference to bis darling measure. lie must have
become convinced by this time that his deferential
regard to l ho opinions of others, and "especially”
to the wiil of the people, has enjoyed ample op
portunity of display and exercise. It remains to
be seen if l ho servants of the people will profit by
tlie leaching of ilteir masters —and if the "deforen.
tial” regard j rofessed by our chief magistrate is
any thing morn titan a profession—the insincere
and unmeaning promise of a demagogue and hy
pocrite.—,V i Cour <y- Enq.
From ihe Georgia Journol
The following is extracted from a letler
from a gemleraiii! ofTalbot county to a friend
m I his city. 11 is views ami seiilimcnls vve
deem worthy the public eye, ami regret that
men asoniiglitoiu'd as the writer in the true
interests ol the Stale, do not compose u ma
jority in our legislative councils.
“Permit me to congratulate you and the
friends o( Internal Improvement, upon the
cheering and animating prospects offending
the clloiti of tli iso patriotic individun s engag
ed in Iho rail road projects in Georgia.—
Enough has already been done to seal convic
tion upon the mmdoftlio most bigoted and
sceptical, to demonstnie the practicabiliuty
of uniting onr cities ami towns of Iho interior
with our Atlantic seaports through the me,
dium of rail roads, and bring the commerce
of the West through our Stale. This is tlie
great prize to contend for. 1 pray God the
Central Hail Road and its branches may first
form a union with the great Western Trunk.
How it would delight my heart to see the
pork, the flour, the llacon, nil the surplus
productions ot the fertile regions of the West
pouring their commerce into your growing
City, thereby obviating the deficienecs of na
ture, in your navigable stream, and affording
to art and cotorprize a proud friendship. I be*
gin to anticipate Iho day when certain poli
ticians, who denounced all our rail road
schemes nsUlopian & vsionai y.tipon tho floor
of the legislature, and boasted ol'tboir oppoain
tion to all works of Internal Improvement,
wlien they will no longer bo regarded as the
exclusive f lends ot tlie people. 1 trust lliero
is iuleil gence enough among the people of
Georgia, to enable them to see that a judi
cious system ol Internal Improvements, con .
> no independent syslrsfNmf onm-
by establishing iNbrect
Europe, cormot fail lo elevate \n;
character ot our State, and render her citizens
prosperous mid happy, it is most marvellous
to think that the Southern people with their
great resources, growing the most valtible
staple it; the world for exportation,should he
under Hie necessity of employing Northern
agents, aliens in feeling and setimen', to ship
their produce and import all Iho merchan
dise used in the south. It is surely time to
abandon a policy so absurd and ruinous.”
From the Randolph (Venn. Whip )
Muiuiku tiik must Foci..—The following
pnnicuiais were given lo us by a gcndeifl/i who
was no eyo witness lo Iho Horrid scene, which it
falls to cur l“t to record among the numerous
outrages that occur almost daily in tho valley ol
the Mississippi.
At Mill’s J’oint, Kentucky, about 120 miles
from this place, Hr. Thomas Rivers was shot one
day last week, from out of a window by Lawyer
Ferguson, both citizens of ihat place, and both
parlies are represented to have sloocl liigb in the
estimation of the community in which they lived.
The vve understand lo havo out
of a law suit at issue between them. Tlmwpenc
is represented to have been ullecting and coward
ly, as the assassin appeals lo havo selected a lime
lot ihe perpetration of his,dark and fiendish pur
pose, dial would oven shock the monster who
had imbrued his band in Iho blood of bis fellow
man. At the lime Mr. Lives was shot, be bad by
the hand his Int/e son, and was within view id
the partner of his bosom who was looking after
him with anxious eyes when he fell. J|j s w if.,
upon seeing him fall, immediately made her way
to the lifeless body, but the spectacle presen cd
proved too much for her wound- d spirits, un d she
swooned away. Upon her recovery from the
shock, she repaired again to tho spot to which the
body had been removed, tillering lire most feeling
exclamation-,; i:lowing lii.-Jbead upon her bosom,
a scene that w ould have sof.ened a heart of ada
mant. How strong are the wife’s affections—
they are like the rose blooming in lire arid desert,
spicalling its rays over the barren plain of tho
InWßffi heart—and while all around is black and
desolate, she is still the same confiding friend,
even amid pain and peril.
Ferguson vvgs immediately t ikon into custody;
and we forbear saying any thing more on the
subject, as licit retributive justice which the laws
of Hod and man imperatively demand will no
doubt be impartially exercised Inward-- ibo unfor
tunate man, who lias at an unguaiderl moment
wbirlrd a fellow being into eternity, laid wasie
an affectionate heart, and loft for himself tiro re
morse of a guilly conscience, and in all proba
bility an ignominious death.
.lust as our pupor was going lo press, we learn
from a gentleman from the Point, ibat the broth
er ol Hr. Rivers, who had been sent f ir, had ar
rived, and immediately shot Lawyer Ferguson.
Ho at first shot him wilb a shot gon, upon bis
retreat, which rial not prove fatal; he llii-oJtrp.
proached him immediately with a pistol, ajjfkill
ed him on t iiisp-i'. VVe arc sorry that lJr tragi
cal occurrence terminated thus. We respect the
laws ol the laud, however far die public mind
may go to miliga'o this course In a broil.i r, whose
poignancy of feeling cannot bo arrived at except
by those whoso misfortune It has been lo lie
similarly situaled.
The following beautiful extract is (join an
excliango paper.
Onus ’tloTinai,—Around the idea of one’s
mother, the mind of man clings wiili loud
alleclion. It is the first (Icm r thought stump,
cd upon cur infant hearts, when yet noli and
capable of receiving tho most profound nn
pn.Tsions, and al! tin- after I'eclinos arc more
or less light in companion. o !ir pii,s H , ons
ami onr wilfulnces may lead us far Irmr the
object ofonr final Love, we may heroine wild,
bead n ng, and angry at nor cin srls or I
opp.r.-; ni; but when d -ath has stilled ber I
monitory voice, and nothin*,'but calm memory !
remains io recapitulate her virtues anti good |
deeds, affection, like a flower beaten to the
ground by a rudo storm, risen up her head and
»■ .ix.uu«■ mm ■ i nin'ifiimiim n ■wi—n.iwiw’
smiles amidst liar learn. Hound ihut idca,ns we
liavii said, the mind clings with fund nltl-c
-lion; and even when the earlier period of our
lens forces memory to be rilont, fancy taken
the place of remembrance, and twines the
imago of our departed parent, will a garland
of graces, and beauties, and virtues, which wc
doubt not that she possessed.
A gem of old Kuglisli Poetry.
•Shall I, wasting in despair,
Dio, because another's fair?
Or make pale my cheeks with care,
Cause anal bar's rosy nrc?
Bo she fairer than die day,
Or die flowery meads in May,
If she ho not so to mo,
Vv hat care 1 how fair she he?
Should my heart he griev’d or [lin’d
’Cause I sec a woman kind,
Or a well disposed nature,
Joined with a lovely feature?
Be she meeker, kinder diau
Turtle dove or pelican,
It she he not so to mo,
What earn 1 how kind she ho ?
Khali a woman's virtue move
Me to perish for her love;
I If tier well dcservings known,
Make mo quite forget my own?
Be she with that goodness blest,
M liioh may gain her name of best;
If she lie not so to me,
What care I how good she he?
’Cause her fortune seems (no high,
Shall 1 play the fool and die ?
Those that hear a noble mind,
Where they want of riches find,
Think vvlint with them they would do,
That ■ without them dare to woe;
And, unless that mind 1 see,
What cure 1 though great she ho?
Croat or good, or kind or fair,
1 will ne’er (ho more despair;
If she love mo, litis believe,
I will die cio she shall grieve;
If she slight me when 1 woo,
1 can scorn and let her go;
For if she ho not for me,
Wliul care I for whom she ho ?
The Curate’s Daughter.
A Liverpool Talc.
At sweet sixteen, she was a lovely maid.
At seventeen, she wi n templed ami miulod,
Ami aoon disease on tier system prey'd
Tout on her nineteenth birth day aho lay—dead.
, Ala very short distance, in a south west di
■ rectioi), Aom the now Custom House of Liver
! pool, there formerly was a cluster of old, mean*
f looking buildings. Through the centre of that
. cluster, n thoroughfare, called Bridge street, led
front Kallhouse Dock to the bridge over the pan
. sago or entrance into the Old Dock, which dien
f occupied the site, of the present Custom house.
. Bridge street was a den of infamy, and in that
R place, when I was a young man, a heart rending
s scene of misery occurred, which never can ho
r obliterated from my memory. But, to let the
, reader have a clear idea of the scene I will give
‘ a preliminary narrative of the cause and events
that led to it,
In the autumn of Iho year 1569, two young
gentlemen, the heirs ami hopes of certain aristo
cratic families ol Liverpool, were on a shooting
’ excursion in (ho adjoining county of Chester,
when by some act ol imprudence of one of (he
party his fowling piece was iovolunlaiily dis
charged, and most unfortunately, in a direction
(hat caused its contents to dangerously wound
Ids companion. A substitute for u tourniquet
was constructed with a handkerchief; hut previ
. ous to its application, the effusion of blood had
I been so immoderate, that the unfortunate youth
fainted several times before his companion aoulil
. convey him to the neatest dwelling. But at
, length, with much difficulty, they reached the re
. sideline of one of the Church's true ornaments, a
! worthy, pious, pains taking country curate, where
. assistance was promptly rendered to the wounded
youth, surgical aid procured, and every attention
offered and bestowed that hunniuify, henovolenco
and hospitality could suggest.
It. being deemed dangerous to attempt an im
mediate removal of the youth, a couch was pre
pared, and lie became domicile in llm humble, hut
happy dwelling of the worthy pastor, than whom
no bishop in the land could, or would have acted
the part of a good Samaritan; —though the ex
oniplnry son of die Church received not liio fif
teenth part annual income of the bishop of his
diocese.
Some wise man lias said, that, of all remedies,
the host is a good nurse,’ and, In this respect, it
happened most fortunately for the wounded youth,
an angel (in Ids estimation at least) hovered about
lii» sick couch. Her movements were noiseless,
her attentions incessant, anil taken for nil in all,
she appeared to Ire a lining who had borrowed pi
ly’s blandest attribute g and had been taught by
charily how to administer kind aid in a million
dothing ways. In personal appearance she was
beautiful and elegant, her age was tiixlecn—the
vary May'of woman’s life. An-!—if ever inno
cence hud a temple on earth, it might at that
time have been found In the bosom of Louisa
Maysoii, who young, beautiful, checifui and Imp
ly, revelled in all the joys of health, ami inno
cence, was llm delight and admiration of her
friends, and the idolized oljectol her dealing la
ther’s earthly adoration. To her the world sue.,
med a perfect Paradise, and, so far aa her own
knowledge of it went, its inhabitants were all as
guilele s ns angels.
The youth soon recovered, and prepared to de
part, hut during the intimacy that had I con es
tablished in the short period oflds confinement
at Ihe parsonage, l.ovc had planted one of Ids
sharpest darts in I.nuisiA’s bosom ; what passion
predominated in the breast of the youth the se
quel of this narrative will discio-c.
Koine twep c months aher the [erind at which
the above occnricnee look place, 1 was induced
to visit rny worthy friend, the I{ov. Mr. Mayson,
and it so chanced, that I arrived at his parson
age at a most rcioaikalde epoch of tin; old man’s
hie. I stood on such terms of intimacy w ith my
Irtend us to render ceremony unnecessary, and,
therefore, finding the outward porch door open, 1
at once entered the place, and proceeded, unush
cted, into the, good man’s little study, hut net
finding him there, I proceeded to several other
apartments in the Innn e, all of which were vacant
and indeed, on clo.-er investigation, I discovered
that the house was aUAgythei tenant less, though
there were many things that indicated the late
occupants had not very recently quitted the
place.
1 le d taken tny station at the dining room
window, and was deeply abstracted in a painful
fit of musing on what could have caused die fami
ly toj quit the house, whoa my attention was
; drawn to a group of pcoplo advancing toward-
I the parsonage, in as solemn a manner as though
they formed a funeral procession. In the midst
lof iho crowd I perceived my reverend triced
j home in the arms of his servants and parishion
ers, who earned him to his study and carefully
, scaled him in Ids arm chair. I parccived that tire
good old man was in a grievous siale ol deep dis
< t
tress, and soon gathered from one of the crowd,
that Miss May son hud eloped with liic youth, who
when wounded had teen so hospitably received,
and kindly treated during bin sojourn at the par
sonage. 1 afterward* learnt that Miss May son
had been inveigled from homo under a basely do
eepliou* promise of marriage. I’onr Louisa!
Ihine was indeed n sad lull, from the highest pin
nacle nl pence, innocence and happiness, to the
low cst dcptli of sorrow, sin and shame.
il is unnecessary to continue a description of
the shameful scones that occurred on this occa
sion at the parsonage er to proceed on other mat
ters connected wiih this narrative, step hy atep
with time, hut overtake him some two years after
Louisa's elopement.
At tiro last mentioned peiiod, the Rev. Mr.
Msyson visited Liverpool—lint how changed! his
shrunken is dy, and melancholy mind, allowed
that lie had become a mere wreck of the happy
man I had known in former times.
When the business which culled Mr May
son to Liverpool was completed, I accompa
nied him tow it rfl a the hank of the river Mer
sey, where Let intended la embark for Chesh
ire’; hut. us wo worn proceeding nloncj the
sotithsideof the Old Dock, my reverend
friend was neensted hy an aged female, who
urged him, fur liio love of Heaven! if he was
a clergyman, to accompany her in a house
1 nearby, to perform the last ninja; of religion
j to the living, to n poor dying, penitent, sinful
1 creature, who lay mosleurm s ly imploring to
have her last, i'*.oinv'm« cheered with spiritual
aid. Tic; house (o which the old woman
pointed was in Bridge slrest, but no I'astidi-
I uns scruples could ever deter my worthy
friend from the performance of Ins duty to
sick, or dying mortals —1 le thorclore prompt
ly obeyed the old Woman's call, hy (allowing
her to a mean dwelling, on entering which,
we worn led, hy our ancient guide, until wo
reached u wretched apartment, the vciilnblo
abode nirq'.ialitl poverty and disease. The
chamber wo hud entered was without table,
chair, or hod, hut in a remote corner of the
place; there was spread a truss of straw, over
which sumo ragged female garments were
i-'irp'vcii, whilst a tattered sheet (as an apolo
gy lor a curtain) screened the light's gl. ro
from some poor distressed creatine, whose
presence was betokened only hy deep, low
and hollow moans, for the sufferer's body wan
buried in straw, and the visage hid from si Jit
t hy a course rug, nr covering—a blanket, of
the foulest description. Never shall I out,
live the remembrance of that wretched scone
of want, woe, misery and disease ! Tims
far, not a word had been uttered by any one
of llie party in the apartment, hut at length
the old woman who had brought us to the
place, said. ‘There she is,sir, lying at her
last gasp. <) ! pray for her salvation, sir
1 and may Heaven reward your labor !' Then
pointing tn the bed of straw, sho continued,
, ‘Kneel down by her, sir, and speak comfort to
, her in the last hour. Thus called on my
t worthy friend made the needful preparations
; to enter on his spiritual duties, hut the old,
‘ woman hastily 101 l us. Alas! 1 fear her
• soul was too much soared hy sin, to permit it
’ to have any yearnings lo join us in prayer,
s We knelt, and there was that in the scene
which would also have brought the sneering
t sceptic, and the most hardened sinner to u
■ suppliant posture.
' My pious liicnd—aver so prepared—drew from
' Ids pocket the hook of Common Prayer, ami
turned to the service of the sick. By this tirmi
the loud imams of lh« nfliclcd one laid ceased,
hut her breathing* continued quick and gutlur*
al, ami she iillcmplcd lo utter some sounds which
1 interpreted into pious thanks, ul having been
indulged hy Heaven sanding her a holy minister
of the Church to give her the last consolations of
religion.
The good old man began lo read, ku t had no
sooner pronounced “ Peace lie to this house ami
all that dwell ihercin"—when a learlully wild,
and nppalliilg slunk, burst from the lips of tiin
sick woman, but when that shrill and heart ren
ding sound subsided, all became again a* silent
as death; the guttural gasping of die breah had
ceased, the. rustle of a feather might have been
heaid, the silence of the sepulchre prevailed, or
rather was exceeded, lor the incessant crawling
of the maggots, to mid from thoir feasts, disturbs
the regin of silence in the tomb. When iho
transient shudder, with which the sufl’urer’a
shriek had shaken nur frames, hod [raised a vay.
I raised the homely covering, and behckl a sad
object of departing beauty : 1 saw death’s elligy
strikingly impressed on the feuluies of a young,
and, but too evidently, a once lovely female.
I made a sign to my old Iricrnl lo aunounen
that de'iiU had relieved the sufferer from her
wordly woes, but with the movement of rny
unrip, iho temporary curtain was thrown lo the
ground, h iving a strong gleam of I ght lo fill on
llie lived features of die emp-c end lluis ncro they
to (ho vi"\v of the pious clergyman, as he uroso
from hi* praying posture. The sight greatly
agitated him—-he bent forward and drained the
organs of vision until they had well nigh hurst
from their soi kei-— another, and rrtill another
glance, be east at the deported object, ovgr which
he leaned, unwilling to believe, yet Unnhlo to
doubt, until at length llie sad trutli became tn
deliby impressed upon his mind, and again ho
sank (,i. his knees, and made an olio it topny,
hut Ids longue uliable lo peiform its duly, ho
llirew himself on the dead body, and In convul
sive agony, exclaimed ‘ rny child !—my Goo,
thy w ill ho done !” and then with one of grief’s
most hi ter sighs, he also gave up the ghost.—
Again all was silenl as the tomb, I remained
awe struck ul having witnessed two vital sparks
thus suddenly summoned from this world of woe.
Tim budios of a broken hearted father and sinful
daughti r lay before me, sail moment* of the un
certainly ol life, and, alas !—of the depraviry of
human nature.
I caused the birdies to bn removed, and in a
brief space of time the remains of the once lovely
LouLa May son, and those of he meek, benevo
lent, and truly pious fadier, were consigned to (ho
same grave. May a hotter lot ho their’s in u bet
ter woild !
/Anis adrlrcxn-il In Mr. Dempnter, the. Vocal ill, hy a
jjidj o/ Tim,'mini no, Ala.
O Stranger, when (or listening bands
Thou eharm’st the evening hours,
Among thy ‘ lays ol many lands,”
Then sing one song ot ours;
And u hen afir thy loolsti ps roam.
beyond the dark blue sou,
Or res I, ill thy "Green Island" home,
We will “remember thee.”
We have no ancient minstrel lays,
To sing in Princely halls—
W<* hove no ancient warriors bays,
To hang on feudal walls
But we have (lowers oi lov-lmst, hue,
Born nth <air “old oak tree
And we huvu beam., n> f.-eliog true,
’I ’ will‘‘remember tin o.”
And o’er our broad extended plains,
And dee ll ninjutrc streams,
W here run mo ur bor gram our reigns.
The elur ol freedom he.,ms ;
O, Stranger ! bail with songs ol Ihine,
This birtlr-plaee ol rhe irr-o ;
And where earrh's ransom'd thousands shine.
May wo ‘ re.liionifKir tone I"