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BY WM. WILSON. VOLUME V THE WILKES KEPCBLiLAN. AT TWO DOLLARS a YEAR, IX AD VANCE. / n WM. WILSOL JF Term *r Adr tgfsi*- dvertlsements will be xcjdKpa^ SepuMienn at One Hollar ct Itm less, for the first insertion, aai 50 cents tor (Mli4 equent insertion. . LEGAL.DVERTISF.|pt.VT3 inserted *t thecas tomarv rates of the eonatoy. ~ ~ > Advertisements not liwgedwglhe canimoeo untu ordered out and Literal armfieeinrnt* fiK • made cti jercpanM ecu otner business men, whnns.y wish tntpeertrseof <**"*■ , .M'-Sfr. i v isL .'i, j w.I! be i haigrf Fn ,x ~ f ‘ $M r - 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- TERMB-S2 PER ANNUM ,-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 NUMBER 29