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BY WM. WILSON.
VOLUME V
THE WILKES KEPCBLiLAN.
AT TWO DOLLARS a YEAR, IX AD
VANCE. /
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WM. WILSOL JF
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ecu otner business men, whnns.y wish tntpeertrseof
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JACK FRONT Aad BIN HOtOR.
Jack Frost he lived in a fine new h.iose,
White, and light and tall;
And what was the name of Jack’s new house T
t.h, he called it Icicle Hall.
Did Jack live all alone i.. his house T
Oh, no! for you must know
He had a neat little wife with h m there,
And her name was Jenny Snow.
You may think they 1 veil upon cooltsh terms
lip there in their Icicle Hall;
But Frost and Snow were sure to agree,
The never fell out at all.
The gave their parties and saw their frieuds.
With Sequent feast -nd treat ;
There was young Mr. Rain and ar-.aitMiss Hail,
And tattling old Mrs. Sleet.
Sometimes when dull Mr. Fog dropped in,
They were not so gay a, before ;
He would hang about the live-long day.
And was voted a dismal bore.
One day Jack Frost and his wife resolved
To be giand in Icicle Hall;
For it would have l<een stmnge if Jenny Snow
Coauld not get up a call.
The party waa large, and gay, and fine,
And chande.'crs of nght
With frosted crvstul’ spa.kisd anJ shins.
In rainbow colors Origin.
Festoons ol white, and „■ i oaths of snow.
Hung round each glittering wall;
And tec snow cd ore. tanned the door
Ol the rooms in Icicle Hall,
But while they waltaed and danced ab rut.
The walls began to stream ;
The floor w..s flooded, tne tar-f IV! is, ,
Outs.l.ing likeu dreiia-
Who ha 1 performed this marvelous feat T
It wns one whum 800 .c saw ;
Aided above by the envious Son,
it was misihievi us old Mother Th w!
SITSIS OF THE SEASONS. ,
■T 801-M-G.
The heavenly spheres to Thee, O God,
Atlu.no thair evening hymn;
All-wise,alt-holy, Thoa art |>ia : sd
In song f sernfhiin.
I’nnuml'cied systems, suusauJ worlds.
Unite to worsnip Thee,
While thy majestic greatness fills
Space, lituc, eternity.
Nature, a temple worthy Thee,
Iteains with thy light and love;
Whose flowers so sweetly bloom below,
Whose stars rejoice liboi e;
Whose altars are the mount > in cli'l’a
That rise along the shore ,
Whose anthems, tne sublime u cold
Os storm aud ocean roar.
Her song of gratitude is sung
By .Spring's awakening hours ;
Her Summer ofleus at thv spline
Its earliest, loveliest flowers,
Her Autumn brings its golden fruits,
Iu glorious luxury given ;
While Winter’s silver heights reflect
Thy brightness hack to Heaven.
y A correspondent witting from B;nj
hampton, N. Y.. gives the so lowing as att in
cidertt of tlint section, atiolher cpis ulc of Cal j
ifornia adv. nt ure:
A gentleman by the uame of Driggs, left hi
family—constating of a wife and five children
(girls) —iuihrec untry. about fourteen years
s nee. He, Griggs. went to California Aus j
trailia. Saudwieb Islands, nud many oteer pla
CCS. Ho arrived last wek in this place, and
■after a little search found bis daughters,
of wboui wore married. ’Angelina,’ said In
to one of them, ‘where is your uiuiner ?’ ** *!
0!0! dear me! she was marrieJ two week
ago, to • Mr. Avers/"a farmer with fourteen |
children, who lives iu the country,’ To which
the father replied, ’Xe.ver mind, my ..e.ur |
child. I hope she will l are the comfort ti : s j
wo.idtiku give. I oil} uever trouble her ati
made ibe girls var! us presents aud set; ma
ny to their mother. He staled that he had of
ten written home, but never receive * an answer
to bis letters’ He is a noble looking man. fif
ty y earn ol age. and baa ’a poek-t tail of recks
-11- wife is forty-nin , and ber present unsound
fifty-three. Ue loo* an aiTec’ lunate larewtli
leave of bis and .tight ers. and is to return in two
mouths. Thu is uo fiction.
—
A Negro Sold at A icUon in Boston.— The
B >stou coutter, of the li-ilb uit-, has tac M
lowing :
M. .srs. Barbour A hou sold at a iclion yes-
ItPby lue uni suou i Lu.iotug at tne cot me r
of J*udb i ty and I*, il.*.w tocoo. tJ ni e
n. ju. lor improv. jieuU. Ibe ajctioii er rta
te i that in sh. aid sc.l to the nig heat tuo.ei,
tb : b “ : ‘diiiga and their titv-i. s.” wtt.i tne
ex .eption of It bn. vs •no s.onc, out va- q**--
surpri.ed. if not laruieo ‘ ’ “mg * -bse
q„ntiy iui.u-ueU sal -..c *>f tins n-.using-, cou
tuined a negto t-uai.t. at the .im- ol i- ■ aai.
Thco.axß U 1 in, It IS aaixl, was onet aOoUlb
tru (Lre altiwug a free nun at tins pre-eot
time. Thta little in. idem created cous.-Ic-blmc
merumt- it. as tne auctioneer is kuwu to o<
tome-vas t uitrtin hts auti-s'ascrj views.
Anderson nd l£i,u*.u., iau i.u utaxuiers.
b#c been hang at Lancaster, P
Ihe Jplbes tfpttblifai.
(Capital
THEINTEMPERATE
••Coaae along.” said James Harwood to his
wife.wbo.burdened with two children, followed
iu her steps- Her heart was foil aui she
’ ” Welirbefirilcn if you cho.we. but make
haste you shah, or I will leave you in the
woods.”
Then, as if vexed because hi* ill humor failed
to irritate its object be added iu a higher
J *• Put down lint boy. Have uc: T told v-u
j tvTT .Jy Inse. tV\t rts ,os. gcia , -,c t
]it ,\u ujnbtir otto to carry j Been xr.ua as
well ns ! can ”
” Hr is sick ” said his mother; “te- i how his
head throbs. Pray take him iu your arms.”
- I tell you, Jane Harwood, once tor sll.that
yo j are f-pciliug the child by your fbolistueas.
He is uo more sick than I mas. You are only
trying to make him lazy. Get down 1 tell
you. and walk,” addressing *’ ; iatisuid boy.
He would have jiroceedct 13 rat ire i-beJi.
enre, but the repo t of a g..a arrest.- • h s at
truliou. He entered a thicke; tr. ‘ reovei
whence it jnvoee-lrd, .* r sod sad
heartened ->h sal down opo>. the g xs.
Hitter were her reflections dolingtaat interval
of rs’ among Hr* wii 1 of O -ui. 1 * pleasant
New E igland village fivau which st.e bad just
etni-rrated, and the (H-aceful homo of but birth
rox- up t.i bervew —where, but a few years
bes re. she had given ii. r uan I to one whose
uuki idness uow strewed it with tho.ua. Ity
constant and rudearin • att- nti.uex be had wuu
her youthful love, aud the two first years us
their union pr-wr : sed hap; iuess. IV>l h w.-r--
industri. us and ail ctiona'e, an 1 the snub-sol
their infant in hts owning sports or a. -mbers.
more than repaid the laoors cfa day.
Bat a change became visible. Tire husband
grew inattentive to his ‘ asitress. an I tudlff-r
----ent to h s firewide. He permitted debts to ac
cumulate, in spite of the economy of Ids wife,
aud became mor se and- ff’itded at her re~
mouatranece. She strove to hide, ex < n from
Her own heart. th vice that was gaining the
ascendancy ever Mm. end redouble I he - n*r>
two* to reader nis homo agreeable. But t<
Crftunfih’ her efforts were of av> avail. r com
i. mMSMbIv reje,*te,l. Tne death of h-r le
tnth, £, a.id the hi'tn of a srontl
I'tirtheed hex Aha’ uciift.'f lit ■ rr > v uor s .a
r.ras ciutd ai.s expect sympathy f..t Ivu. •
win,m she had ,;iwn her n--arl. i, t’re >-.ty -
faith of retif.itiai affccliou. TI.’V b-c*.
tt.tserao'v ja*k,aotHb<’ eausy was evident to
-very obsrrver. 1 lu thmdts.rvss .1 h-tter was
received from ‘.irot.ief, oho ii,,d beeu fr
s-vernl years a tvrioi-jp. iu Ohio. TO.-uiioroug
that he wa* induced to rem >c furthßlr w.-ai
wal'd and olfrring theuAllie use ol a iortai J
~ii... ’ .. ■cApr'-tTN" I t. ‘ avcfSSSWJ
s Bait p r*i -it nv.tn ibey .: _...t
tv able lo bex-ome purchaser,.
poor Jaue listened l'> t..is prwlib
gr.ititude. fib,- tjieu ft ht sh * saw in u’• * I
vaiiati of her husbaml. fsbx* ’ cUevctl tliat ;t n
- divided fr.un Ids inu-mperat c comp*, t .
Iv would return to his early tisli.ts of ’udustry
and virtue. The trial of leaving Uat;ve amt
ei dtMitid scenes, from which sb.- would nave
ouce sbru-ik, aeeUK'd as uo:!iig in comparia u
with the pros cct of his re’ ruutrioo aud re
turning happiness. Yet wtreti ail their few
cltects were convertod ia'.o the wagon aud
iters which wore to convey them to a far laud,
and the scant and ’.tumble necessaries which
were to sust.viu I hern eu their way thither,
when she look leave of her brother aud sisters,
u tih their househo'ds; when she shook hands
itl the frit ii is she had loved fivrn her cradle.
j r nu-mberval tuat it might b ;.r the last
time; aud xvheii t e hths tnat ...irclcd her
native vill.gr faded into the faint, blue outline
of the hoiiaou, there cam,- ox.-r her such a des
olation of spirit, such a foreboding of evil, as
she bad never bet. re experienced. She blamed
herself for these feelings, and repressed their
tudclg.ucc.
The journey was slow and toilsome. The
autumnal rains and the state of the reads were
against them. The few uleusilaand comforts
which they carried wi’h them were gradually
abstracted and sold. The obj -ct of this traffic
couid not Ire doubled. Tue effects were but
too visible in his couduet. She reasoned; sh.
endeavored to persuade him lo a different
course, lint anger w..s lite only result. When
he w not too far stoj ihed to comprenen-i
her rent.ok* hi* Ueportmeut was ezccediugly
overbearing ami aroitrary. Uu felt that she
hot no frieud to protect her from iasolenre.
an wi, entirely in his own power; xul sire
I. ompel'e • i- realize that it ” a power *nh
; on. gc::.realty, aud that the. t is no t. ranuy
j so perfect a* that of a capricious aud an al
ienated husband.
I As they approa.-hed Ihe *e of their dis
: Iresstug journey, tire ro. is ,:nc w rse. ai.il
their hone att rly foiled. He bad b-'-oku
s< aaiily provided for, as the in - o petanco oj
his owner had I otii ands o sued * very
t ing for its own support, daae •-pt as ..e
looked on toe dy.ng a. i.i ai ;nd r .uembered
! las lab-irioo* a..,i id repoio ervic, s
“Whar *i..dl t do with toe oru'c,” exclaimed
i.is master. * be has died in such -n out of the
| nm place, mat l camel even ii.i I c.-.e to buy
| his skm. ’
j Under the shelter cf tb-'r miserab-y b ok< n
i wagon, they passed . noln.-r night, and ear.y
iu the morning pursued tbeir way on toot, it
ibeir slender -.s. a ft m-n-eis of brea >
were ad Ilia- remained. Bat James knl ab ort
his person a bottle, which be no longer made a
secret of using. At every abdication of it t ,
bis lips, bis temper seemed to acquire new vi
olence. They were wii n a few mi <-s of the
teriuin*ii.m of tbeir journey, and ibeir dircc
Units aad been very cl-* r au.l precise. But his
ntiud oecauM- Vi 1,.**ii...• i*;u and pc. vprxi-, ilia)
he persotei m co.wing by pa'.hsot 0n,,-r
j wood and tangled weed-, i-n ier the pieieure
! it seck..i b a*“ iter mule. F'iis in r--as.-d.ia..
i prwi.mge-l tlieir laligoe: out no entreaty ot in*
> wca.ied wile sa, regarded. The little bij ol
iorr , eaiso.d whose const nation had b*---n fe—
-1 ok loss hn intauer. became so leveiisa and
| olslrcsscU. as lo b< u -aote to proceed. Ine
j mot bar, after in mu ••u-itiug ai-1 sue c-*ui
j pi.so.on trout her li i.fimo took liim i.i te r
I arm*, while It a; ycuag si. wlimn she had (ire
i v.oUs!y c* led, and wuo was Olia jl-- Iu walk.
’ ..-lung to her sboi.l J-.is. Thus burdened, her
i j.rogicss was tedi-m and paiufui. liim she
was enabled to go li; f r toe eiieugth that
i-err-s a motlier’a aim. toi u-g for tier sick
1 ci.iid. is frou. Goo. rs-.e c.cu *u tcavored *o
; pretk on in .re r-pidiy than usual, rearing tht
\if she feb ben-n I ntr busoand w.ui l tear the
mffcrrr from b.T *rm. in a [roHMB A
WASHINGTON. GEORGIA FRIDAV XPUIL 16, ißss.
bmaavage iutemperance.
Their read .luring the day, though approach
iag the small settlement where they were to
reside, lay throagh a solitary part of the coun
try. Fhe child rr- were faint and hungry ;
and as the exhausted mother sat upon the
crass, trying to nurse hex infant, she drew
from her bxiaom the last piece of bread, and
heM it to the parched lips of the feeble child.
But he turned away his Bead, aud with a
scarcely audible moan, asked for water. Feel
ingly might she sympathise in the distress ot
the ‘poor oat cast from the teat of Abrahxm
who laid her famished son amoug the slifuhs.
and sat down a good way off. saying: Let iu -
not see the death of the child.* But tui* Chris
tian mother, was not iu the desert, nor iu xies 1
I- -r. She lookc I up-tarj to Ilia, *! i* ifcx
; v ii'c’ -f si.e forsaken sad .he courfoxter ,
those whose spirits are cast down.
The sou was drawing to war! the west, as
the voice xf Jam s Harwood was heard issuing
from lire forest, attended by another man witu
a gun and some b rda at Ilia girdle.
‘Wife, wiily ou get up now. and cone along?
—We are not a mile trv.u home. H re is
John Williams, who weut from our part of tin
country, aud say* ue i* our neat door neigh
bor.’
Jane received this hearty welcome with a
ihaualul spnt. and row to accompany them. —
The kind neighbor took the sick boy iu uis
Alls, saying—
•Harw.oo. take the babe from your wife ;
we do not let our wcuieu bear ail the bur
’ ns here iu Ohio.’
James was ns.iamed to refuse, and reactvd
Ilia h g|| twoards tbe child. But accu.t.lined
lo ucgtect or uuktnduess, it hid ita face, cry
iupi the maternal besom.
”ou see how it is. She makes the children
so cross, that 1 never have any comfort of
them. She chooses to carry them herse.f, and
always will uax* her owif way.’
•You have eomeloaucw settled country,
frieu-t V said Jouu Williams; but it i* gun I
couulr, to get a living in. Crops of corn
aud wheal are such as you never saw iu New
E-iglaud. Our cattle ‘ire iu clover, aud the
,-uwe give cream i .stead ot uolk. There is
pnflßy of gaoi.- to employ our leisure, and
v mx>u aud wild lur&cy do uot coins amiss
uo* and I eiioa* faruvrs table. Here is a
shortcut I ,au show you; though there t a
1- nee oi two to climb. James Harwood, I
siiad like to talk with you about 0.,l t-eiesan I
t<lee. I, xi -w.i east. War and *i'i nil blp yuUs
-He over the 1,‘0v.0 Vila Ihc- uaoy **
Sj i auai-i. oit ,0’- an aa.ar. S h hi*
•i a, owe a*ntiu tu - to-ckxy. Ia *a- *in
l i sue . U* lake care of them* axes ti l th k
mwl .i i* oxer.’
A cluster of fog cabins uow mot tlieir viuw
Jthrougu an opening iu the forest. They were
pieosau; !y situated iu tbe m. Ist nfau erea of
cailivated land. Afi aeriver. sar mounted by
It akko brpgouf the tmuk of trees, east a
l ‘licit we live,’ said their guide. *a hard
working. contented people. This is yonr
h nise which has no smoke cur ing up from Ihe
c .miaey. It uiay not be q-nte so gi-.rteel
.< s >m ■ yo” have It-fi la-hind m >he ol I Sia es.
but it is ab-nit as g-n- i as a v in tne neigh
it, ho nl. i'ii go and x-a-i ,u rif* t.V w, fonMl-.’
>oU{ right glad wi t ‘*e b,- I.s > ~ f„r -In
sets great |ur.* by t las troai Ne v Ungl.ii I.’
Tbe inside of a ‘eg cabin, to those not habit
ualed H* it. presents but a cheerless aspect.
The eve n-exis time to acous*om itself lo the
rude walls and do rs, the absence of gla*s win
dows. au<l doira 10-ely hung upou leather
binges. The es niuste-1 woman entered and
sank down wit.i li -r bah*. There was no eh nr
to receive her. I■ a Corner of the room stood
a rough board table, and a low frame reseui
tiling a bedstead. Other furniture there was
none. Glad kind rote-s of her own sex re
called her from Iter stupor- Three or four
ma’rons and several blooming young faces,
webmnexi ber with smiles. The war-nth of re
ception in anew rolony. and the substantial
kindness hv wh'ch it is manifested ( put to
shame the ceremonious and heartless profes
eons, whi -h in a more artificial state of socie
ty. are digm-i-al with the name of friendship.
As if by magic, what had seemed almost a
prison, assume Ia different asnect under tin
ministry of active benevolence. A cheerful
flame rose from the ample fireplace; several
chairs and a In-ncli fur the chit- ren appeared ;
a bed with comfortable coverings concealed
the shapelessness of the b Mislead, and viands
to which they had long b-en stranger* were
heaped up >u tbe table. Art old lady held the
sick buy tenderly in In-r arms, who seemed to
revive a* he saw his mother s face brighten,
autl the iufaut. after a draught of refreshing
milk fell into a sweet anil profound slumb -r.
One by one ihe neighbors departed, that ill
wearied ones might have an opportunity of re
|tose. John wi hams, who was the las; to bid
good b>. lingered a moment as be closed the
dor and stud—
-Fvi.-nd Harwood, here is a fine, gentle cow
feeding at your door ; and f- r old aeqn tintmice
lib-, verily von aud y- u.- faflti'y are w, I
reme to the use of her for the present, or uot 1
you can make out belter ’
When they were left ai-inr. June poured
out her gratitude to her Ahuight-’ Protector in
a flood of joy ful tears. Km-ln ss, to which she
h*,l rsN-cutry beeu a stranger, f-li as a balm of
Gilead tip-,u ber wounded spirit.
-tlusband.* she exclaimed in the fullness of
her heart, -we in ry yet be happy.*
Hr answered not. and site pureerveff that he
heard nut. He had thrown h.msell upon the
h-M *n-l iu a deep and stupid seep was dis*
p iluig me furies of intoxication.
I'ii v new t nnilr of emigrants, though iu the
mi Ist „f poverty, xc ,r>- •-■-isrbte of a degree ol
-mtisfaoti-o- to which they had long b- n slrau
gers. iu- d-lfi ulty of procur.ng aruem
spirits in th-s snail and is latexf io.ii ■ unity .
iir.- is.-i i.< sic the me in* ->i estab.asomg tlieir
pe..c<:. i U-- mother nusieu I terse.f in in iking
iii-irliunitn- teueiaenl next a,id e-uniortai.le.
Wuikstier iiUsbaad. as It aiuhlti-iUS lo earn til
new resideuee. the repula im, Ue had .oat in
tue old. . * oored ii.ig-otly to ass!st in* u. igh
•r.rs iu gaUtering tit tbeir harvest, recriviug ‘
his p tyiie-Ht iu su u anteies *s *en- u e-leu |
: (ur tue sithstsumee ol ms lansebOil. Jane:
•Hi-.mtasly gisr thanks u er pia.ers t>r tin*
j gicai btesuug; i*d tne hope site permitted
i o-isr.t t<> iuUaige of um p imsucut ici-rina
K hi, imparted uowouted c.eeriuluet, to her
bus 01,1 aeinczuir. Tne inv.ffid toy scented
atsa to gather bta.: agf n hi* in other's stniles.
tor to great was ber powi r over him, since
sickness bad render u Lit dependence com
plete. lust ius com! rt, aud ev c u bis counte
nance, were a faithful reflection t s her own.
Perceiring tbe degree of ber mflucnce. she en
uenrored to use it. as every religious parent
should, for bis spiritual benefit Sne suppli-
cate ; t v . the pencil which was to write upon
his sop aigut be gutxied from aho'’-'. S e
spoke vj, him ill the tenderest troumer of his
Fathe . t Heaven, and of his will respecting
little c's.-lren. She pointed out His goodness
in t!>e -i; y gifts that sustain life; in th gm
rioits, v> us it eamo forth rejoicing in the rust;
iu the i,*- -fly falling raiu; the frail plant, and
the dcHi that nourish it. He loved even the
storm I'l the lofty thuu ler, bocau-e they
eu-1 e b%!i ’tod. Sue repeated to hni passa
ge* at Fiipture. with which her metnor, wns
stored. •’ id smg hymns, until she perceived
:bit if 4 was m uai’i. be complained uot. if
it-- uii r li'iut h< ar bur • c-e. She mode him
;tju. a'/, nth the lit- if the compassiciate
1 diuisAx Js,’ how be x-alied youug ePildreu
c- .•■ESti; i. fl tne discinu-s forbade tlieui.
At:.i , a* if a vote* front heaven urged
, her desist from chcria ing ibis tender
and and -A - ..tel piety, because tike the flower
of gras- .e mist s-.n fade away. Yet. though
it was c . cut that the seeds of disease were
.n hi# *~ ’ ‘ b.s health at intervols ao.mied
to be -‘e- aod the hull- household, par
took. Jb a little time, the blessings of trail*
q;n ity I c.-iiUut.
• But I .tone flutter himself that the domin
ion of v- -is su-idenly or easily broken. It
mgy ice;’ o retax its grasp, and to slumber,
but tue - tint who has long wore its chain, if
he would tterly escape, and triumph at last,
must do ,' in the strength of Omnipotence.
This Jat. s Harwood never sought, lie ban
begun tt vperieucc that prostrmiou of spir
its which’ i.teni • the abstraction of a habitual
stimulai t His resolution to recover bis lost
cbaractr v as uot proof agaiust this physical
He dolcruiiued at all hazards
to gratit\ his depraved appetite. He laid
liispl-tus i- iberately, and with the pretext of
makings >•- a arrangenrenta about the wagon,
which hu. jikA left broken on the roan, de
parted fT'Trua homo. His stay was pro
traded h.-:- oud the appointed limit, aud at bis
return, L sut was written on his brow, iu
character - ot to be mistaken. That ho bad
also brou. : with him some hoard of intoxica
ting poise .to whi h to resnrt, liu-re remained
uo room w- doubt. D y after day did hi*
shrinking >. i-tsehold witness tho alterations of
cause lew i-ger and brutal tyranny- To lay
Wi;Msa|be i frt f bis wife. seemed to bo Ins i
profflw-n uj-v\ By constant contradiction
and tnisc- -tiu.-fliou, be at rot ato distress her.
an t then • ,<itod ber seusibtlitie* upou her a*
sin* tin; she been more . btuse by imture.
or mor.- is r t rout tu Ids weifar-. she hi ght
with gr v. • ss<- base bi ne the cross lint
ber xuo h ,s mtttund in , -nleruer,. niuod
u,-a i.-n i --d 1., i -istbi! i. *. b->tu of
p ensure a bi ‘ lain. She eould not fn’gt
the l.oe he ‘prd once lnauifosied fur In-r, u--r
prevent ti ‘ cbidn. v cuutri.st from tilling tier
xxtthaugu! 3. 3 b. cutr ! d not resign tho h pi
th it to* b win, liu-t early evinced eurreev
foe hugs arl .■ hie principle of aciiun. inigid
*v.t # w, fiy,! 4ire>'* ti.,,1 irn. •
TB'lMU'lUpWlrex ‘ r r -i-'i*alfoT'Troln,’ rrt”. rids
hope deferred was sickiiess mid sorrow to the
heart. Sste I..un-l tbe n -cesaity of a- living
consolation, ami tb- power of endurance wl-ol
iy from above. The tender invitation by the
mulith of a pr-ip .at, wns a bt-n to her w,,und
id s-ui.—’’a* woman ful's., -n mi l grieved in
*pird. arid us a wife .if youth, when thud
suit refused, utvo 1 culled thee, ant li thy
Go I.”
Ho faitiiful Wii* she in the discharge 0 the
difficult duties that devolved upon her—so
eareful not to irritate her husband by reproach
or gloom —th ,t tu a canal observer she might
have appeared t -be continuing the doctrine of
the micivnt phib soplii-r. that happiness is iu
exact proportion to virtue. Jlad lie asserted
tb it vntue i* the S"dr, oof all tlmt h ip,-i ess
w rtch defftils ujion ourselves, none could have
controverted bis position. But. to u woman, a
wife, a mother, how small i the portion of ii
dependent happiness ! She Ims woven the ten
drils of her heart around innny prop* Each
re'’olving.-fcar render tlieir support more
necessary They cannot waver, or warp o,
bri- k. but sue mu t tremble anil bleed.
There was but ono modification of ner Iris
bsud s pusneati-m wbiuh tli-* fullest un-usure
of her pi t/ eoubl riot enable her tu It- ni mi
nt v -d. Tuis was uckiudness to her feeble,
sulf-ring bgy. It wns fi st eomincnced as the
snre.-t mor!s <-f ilis!re*ing her. it opened u
direct avCi'Ue to her he >r ’rings. What be
gnu in perverseness seem—t to end in hatred,
as evn Imh ts suin -liines create perverted priu
elides. Tie wnsied aui wi'd eyed invalid
shrank from his fither s glance and footst-p
us from t o approach of a toe. More than
once had he taken him from the little I) and
which uisttt'ua! care had provided for him.
and forced him to go forth iu tbe cold of the
vvin-er stum.
- I m.'rti <> harden hi in, said he. All the
ti-i. bor* air w tout you make such a foul of
i.im t lat be will never oe able to get a living.
Fur mi part. 1 w.sli 1 had nover been called
to ilie ina ol supporting a useless boy. who
pretends to-bti s ex i my that he may be coaxed
try a siby n-wider.”
On susb swwrsifiirs it was in vain that the
uother -Tdiipied to protoct her child. Hie
-i.igm neitUsr stuffier him iu lior bosom, no,
control tbs frantic violence ot the father. —
Harshness, and the agitatiou of fear, deepened
a disease whii h else might huvu yielded. The
timid boy, in terror of his natural protector,
withered away like a blighted flower. It war,
of no arailrthat friends remonstrated with the
unfeeling’ parent, or that hc-ary headed men
warned him solemnly of his sins. Intemper
ance) bad d**royed his respect for ninu .unJ hit
fear fur God.
Spring at length emerged from the shades of
that heavy and hitter wiutcr. But its smile
brought uo g.a lui-ss tu tue declining child.—
Consumption feu upon its viials.and his nights
were restless aud full of pain.
*• Mothur. 1 wi.,u I could smell the violets
that grew upon the green hank ot me old dear
h >uie.’’
“It is too eariy for violets rtiy child. But
the grass is bc.ult.luliy green ur oud us. and
the birds s.ng saeeliy, as if thur h-.arts were
IU.I of prawe. ’
•• lu my drea-n* Inst iri-lit I mw tbec.ear
Waters otiWtw nro'j* -I .I tan ,i the bultoiirot
my little g, - .eu. 1 wish I :< uid ixotc them
ouce un. u. ok id and ii. m n-ic. too hi
used to int t -ini tnat w te c urcU uiiMirg
tl;e tree*, wre - ery Uoday the nappy pe *
pie meet to *- r- Gmi.”
Tue notlier saw t.iat the licetic fever had
been long inert* o ng, and knew there was
su. li au uucarthl* hngbtness m bis eye. that
she feared his intellect wandered. .She sealed
herself on his low bed, and bent over linn to
sootb aud coin (rose him. ido lay sii- nt for
some time.
- Du you think my father will come ?”
Dresdmgtbe agooir-Dg agitation which re
his paroxysms of cougliinaand pain he evinced
i.t ‘lie s mini of his father's well knu-vu foot
step. she answered—
“ I think not, love. You had better try to
seep.”
•• .Mother. I wish he wott’d come. I do not
f. el afraid now. I'crlmps he would let me
lay ui. cheek to his mice more, ns In- used to
do wii. u I wns a babe in my grainlni -tlier'*
i,Mis. I should lie glad to s iy good by to him
before I go to my Saviour.”
Qnling iutenty in his fu-e, sh - saw tho work
of the destroyer, in linos too strung to be
mist nkeii.
” .My son—my dear son—say Lord Jesu*
rcceivu my mu.a.”
•• .Mother.’’ he ren.ied, with * sw.-ct smile
upon hiagastlv f aturors, “he is ready. Ido
sireto go to Him. Hold tho b tby to me. tlmt
i may kiss her. That is all. Sow sing to
me, and. oh! wrap mo close iu your arms, for
1 shiver with cold,”
He clung, with a death grasp, to that bosom
which had long been his sole enrtuly refuge.
“ Hinir louder, dear mother, a little loudor.
I cannot hear you.”
A tremulous tone, ns if from a broke > harp,
rose ab-ivo lu*r grief, (to*comfort her dying
child. One sigh of icy breath was upon her
click, as she joined it to his—one shudder—
and all was over. She held inobo Iy long in
ber arms, as if fondly hopinir to warm an I re
vivify it with her breath. Tneu she stretched
it upon its had, and kneeling hcsnle it, hid
her face in that grief which none but mothers
feel. It vvus a deep mid sacred solitude, alone
with the dead. Nothing save the soft breath
ings of the sleeping bubo fell upon that
solemn pause. Then the silence was broken
by a wail of piercing agonv. It censed, and
a voice arose, a voice oi supplication, for
strength to endure, as “seeing Him who is in
visible.” Faith closed what was begun iu
wi-nk-’ess. It became a prayer of thanksgiv
ing to him who had released tho dovo like
spirit from the prison Ikusu of pain, that it
might taste the peace and iniugloin tho uiclo
uv of Heaven.
She arose from the orison, and bent calmly
over the dead, ihe thin, placid features were
a smile, ns when he had spoken of J-.-su*. She
cotn;iused tho shiniug nicks around the pare
forehead, uml gaz-u long on what w ia to her
s > Leaut ful. Tear* had vanished from her
i-ycs. mi l m their stead was nil expression
ulni-ist subli’iie. ns of ouo wlm had given an
angel buck to G i.
I’m father cut, re 1 carelessly. She pointed
to t e p Hi It in movable hr w,—
“.ice, in- suffers n ng
He drew near ad gaz-:-i on the dead with
s uprise nnd nnd e*. A far natural teais
fmeed tlieir way. and fe 1 ou the face of the
u, l>otn’wli - was ouce Ins pride. The memo
ri *of that moment were hitter, lie wpoku
tenderly to tho emaciated inoth.r: "<d •bo
nne a short time bt-fufix raised above tho
ancitiminti- tone* tout lied the sealed foßutatu*
of othoi years. Neighbor* and friends visited
them, desirous t-> console their so row. mid at
tend them when they committed die body lo
the earth. There was a slindy mid a-cm led
spot, which t ey linn couseci'aleii by the tiu
lialof their few d< wd. i lutliel ill it ivlrole lit
tle colony turn gathered, and scaled on the
springing grain, ‘isl-un-d In the lioly, lu-uliiig
wo ds oi t i ‘ii*|in,'fl ,ni one. Il ivas I an
by the olie l m;.n in iln-cooiv. who It id him
self often inoiirued. A* n- bent rover-urly
over ihe * eied page, t-ier-* was that on Ills
brow n lneli seemed to siy •• this as b • n m >
comfnrt iu uillieti.'ii.” .Silver hails thinly
covered his temples, and his 10-v voice wi,*
modulated by feeling, as li - rend of I lie frail,y
of man wi-hermg like Hi - flower “f grass, be
fore it groweth up; and of His majesty in
whose si ;ht “ a thoiisa id years are a* yi-stcr
day when it i* iinst, inn] as a watch iu the
nglit.” II i selected from the words - t ill
t!ompan*-o.n atk Onk, who “ gathered the
Inndjs with liis arm, tt-n* carrielli th” 11 in his
bo-nin;” win-, pointing out an example of the
nuiin ilv of little cliildri'ii. sai l. •• Except ye
Oi com -as one of tn so. ve eminnl elder into
the kingdom of llenveit.” mil wlioealletb all
(lie weary laden to crime unto him. that h
inny give them rst The se- iu! railed fid'll,
sy in pat hv, even ton inmilv 10. en.. Tin
mother, won with watching miff weariness,
bowel her head tlovii i-i Ihe clay that roll
ni-nled her child. Ami it Was oliserved wi-n
->r.iiiniffe bv thatfri- ndty group, ih .t the has
b ind supported her in his arms, and mingled
h * tears with hers.
lie retnr led from the funeral in much in n
id distress. Hissiiis wer ihr eigh r t < r-in -a
----b-i'RUCO ati-l iII -ctioil was oiiserv. For inaliv
nights his sleep we* disturb-'I by visi lis of
his negl cted hoy. Honietmes e imagine I
tlmt he li nr 1 him coughing tr nit his low bed
and felt urn laine I tn go lo him in a strang,-
-nap -si e nos kindii s. but his limbs were no*
able to obey the dictate* of hi* will. Tlien
lie wou 1 1— Inin pointing with n min de-i
■ mud to h” dirkg ive,, or baek-nli’ig him t
ioim W o ton aii-ren w rid. Conscience tiuiint
el linn Vita I enrol*, a. and ti,-.ny pi’ll I-I - emit
nous liaarts arose that be might now bo fob
lo repentance. The vencral/e man who bud
read tl-e bible at tbe funeral of bis boy, ex
horted him to yield to the warning v--i <• from
above, mid to “break off bis sins bv righte
ousness. mid in his iniquities by turning unto
ihe Lord.”
Tin-re was a change in his habits and con
versation. and his friend* trusted it Wouh. be
permanent, fihe win:, above ali others, whs
intern led in the result, spared no exertion to
win him back to tbe way of truth, and sooth
his in-ait into peace with itself and obedience
lo ids Maker. Yet was she doomed to wii
ness the full force of grief and of remorse upon
iniemperancc. only to see them utterly ever
lino xii at last. Th* reviving virtue, with
v. MitiicatinrM sne had solaced herself mid
exen gave thanks that her b'-lovi-d sou ad
not died in vain, was transient as li.e ire,, n
gd-.-w. Habits of in iiwtry. w nch had be
gun lo spring up, proved tliemsenes so be
witn-ut loot. Ine dead, an i jins cruelty to
tile deal, we * ui.ke t-,rg-,u,-n. 1 Jl.ilffi-i tion
i.iil.e cha-i'-no l being, who ogainst hope s'di
imped lot Ins s-.lvalioo, r sum-d its dominion,
l ire trien-is who h id altoroteiy reproved and
•a i:0 .raged i.im. w-.. convinced that tlreir
>dfo 1* had been of ao avail, intemperance.
-- dice the strong inau armed.’ took pusses
u hi of a soul Ilia’ Kited uo cry fur aid to llie
. lay .Spirit, and girded ou no weapon to re
sist tue destroyer.
.'summer passed away, and the anniversary
us tni-ir arrival at the colony returned, it was
to .iaiie Uarwo .ff a period of sad and solemn
retrospection. The joys of other days, aud
: the sorrows of maturity, pa*ed in r view be
i fore ber, aud while she wept, she questioned
1 her b“*rt what bid h* cn i’• g'r. fioin a Fa’.b-
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,-r’s discipline, or whether it had custained
that greatest of all losses —the toss if its i.Jfcc
lions. .i Ii
She was alono nt this season of self commu
nion* The absence of hor husband lmd bocome
more fr, qin-nt aid protracted A storm, which
le linffly reminded her of those which had
iifien beat upon them when homeless and
weary travelers, had boon raging for nearly
two day*. To this cause she. imputed the usu
all, lung s’ay of her husband. Through the
tlnrj night us his absence she lay sleepless,
liwteuiitg to his footsteps. Sometimes she fan
cied she heard shouts of laughter, for the mooil
in which he returned from hi* revels was vari
ous. But it was only the shriek of the temp
est. Tlmn she thought soma eb Tlition of hia
frenzied anger rang in her ear*. It ws the
roar of the hoarse wind through tho forest.—
All night lung the listened to those souuds, and
hushed and sang to her affrighted babo. Un
roireahed, situ uroso aud resumed her morning
labors.
Suddenly her eyes were attracted by a group
if neighbors, coining up from tho river A
lurk mid terrible foreboding oppressed her.
vlt.- hastened out to meet them. Coming tow
,r is her hnuso was it female friend, agitated
miff fearful, who. passing her arm around hor,
would llnvu spoken.
” OU! you come to bring me evil tidings; I
pray you let me know the worst.
Tho object was, indeed, to prepare hor mind
for a fearful calamity. Tho body of her hus
band l a 1 boon found drowned, as was suppos
ed during tho darkness of tho proceeding
night, in attempting to cross tho bridge of
logs, which had boon partially broken by tho
swollen wuters. Utter prostration of spirit
came over tho desolato mourner. Her ener
gies were broken, and her heart withered. She
lmd sustained the privation of poverty and
emigration, aud the burdens of unceasing labor
and unrequited care, without murmuring. She
hail.laid ber first-bom in the grave with resig
nation, for faith had heard Iter Snvior saying,
“Suffer the little child to come unto me."—
She lmd seen him, iu whom her heart’s young
affections were garnered up, become a perse
eulor and ininrer, a prey *o T,co I' l * most dis
tnil-live. Vet she had borno up under all.
One hope remained with her as an •* anchor or
tho s-ml “—the hope that ho might yot repent
and be reclaimed. She had persevered in In r
complicated uml aslf denying duties with that
charily which bearetii nil things.—bcliovcth all
thing,—endureth nil things. But now he had
died ill his sin. The deadly leprosy which had
Stolen over Ids heart, could uo more be “purged
by sacrifice or offering for over.” She know
tlmt not u single prayer for mercy had prece
ded tlui soul ou its passage to the High Judge’s
bar. There were hitter dregs in this crlef,
which sho had never before wrung out.
Again the sad hearted community assem
bled In tlieir humble cemetery. A funeral in
an bis-int colony nwakyns sympathies of an
>iiuP’o‘,*~l-)vx*t"l.)■ a srSte'acToki f-'• lu ffisffJtt -Atgff
family suffered. Tu lumr along tho corpse of
at long mull, tliroigfh the fields which lie ha<s,
a -mi, nu t to cover motionless iu the gravri
ihat arm whirl) trusted to have reaped the
ripening harvest, li waken* a thrill deep and
Miar'ling iu the hr--,ast of iliohu who lmd
wrought by bis side during tbe burden and
heat us the day—To lay the mother ou her
pillow ol clay, whose last struggle with life
was, perchance, to resign the hope of ouo
more br.ef visit to the land of her fathers,—-
whose henrt's last pulsation might have been a
prayer that her children might return and
grow up iu the shadow of n school house and
the church of Goil, is grief in which none,
save emigrants, may participate’ To con
sign to tlieir narrow, motionless abode both
young and old, the infant mid him of lionry
liaiis, without tlm solemn knell, the sable
train, tho hallowed voice of tho man ot Godt
givin - back in the name of It’s fellow christ
iuiis, the most precious roses of tlieir pilgrim
palli. and speaking with divine authority of
Hun who is the “resurrection and the life.”
adds desolation to tlmt weeping with which
mail goeth downward to-the. dust.
But with heaviness of an unspoken and pe*
collar mi lire whs tips victim of vico borne
from the home tlmt lie troubled, and laid by
ilu- *i le of ins sou. to whoso tender years lie
Inn! hen mi unnatural enemy ‘There waa
sorrow among till who atooff around hi* grave,
and ii Imre features of that sorrow which is
winiuut hope.
The widowed mourner was not able to raise
ber le-H 1 from the bed when the bloated re
imp sot i>er unfortunate husband were com
mitted to the earth. Long nnd severe sick*
ires* ensued, and in tier convalescence a let ter
was received from her brother, inviting her
uid tier child to an asylum under his roof, and
appointing a time to come and conduct them
11 tlieir homeward journey.
With her little daughter, the solo remnant
>f her wrecked heart’s wealth, sho returned
io her kindred. It was w-itli emotions of deep
oiff painful gratitude, tlmt she bade farewell
to the inhabitants of that infant settlement,
whose kindness, through nil Iter adversities,
had never faded. Aim when they remember*
nl the example of uniform patience and piety
which she bad exhibited, and tbe saint-like
manner in which she had sustained her bar
itcos, and cherished tlieir sympathies, they*
fe.t us it a tutelary spirit bat] departed from
among them.
lu the home of her brother, she educated
her daughter iu industry, aud that content
ment which virtue teaches. Restored to
those friends with whom the morning of life
had passed, she shared with humble cheerful
ness* the comforts tlmt earth had yet in store
for tier; hut in the cherished sadness of her
perpetual widowhood, iu the bursting sigh* of
tier mighty orison, might be traced a sacred
and (deep rooted sorrow—the memory of ber
erring husband, aud the miseries of uureciuim
cd ibiciimeraucc.
t. A. S.
■ ■ —.♦. -
Gocjoh ijs Exuua.-xo. — On a recent occasion.
- H oming, Spurga-ou, ar.d Gough, all famous
orat-.r*. addressed mum-use audiences in Brigb
t ott. she brigiitou Herald says Gough took
the 1 .ad in point ot oratory
—o
Elective Judiciary —A gentleman speaking
of J - dges to tbe Courts, made one sentence a
significant one J
- There is but one step more,” said be, “to
take ; that is— to elect the jury.”
Political. —We arc iudebted to Mr*. Pan
die for tbe following:
.Men brandy drink, and never thinks
That girls at all c*- teii it;
They don’t suppose th*t woman’s not*
Wgp yvut made to small it
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