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VOL. I---NO/1. THK soiTH|a| ymics», T.y <;. A. fcditor. ; >u I >.-< •ri|>l i< • i » Yen r, j St i*ict 1 A YEAR IN HEAVEN. A year unealendered; for what Jk Hast thou totlo with mortal lime? It - dole «.r moments cntoretU not jAjfcii That, i ir< le my? Li. and suMliue, >.\ i,.*.-*.* iii.f :!. Inal i-eiiHv is the tlifoit® i ,j.| Os him •wfunt whose awftil brow, 'M Mo lino eternities arc know n As hut an everlasting now. , j 9 The thought removes Owe far away. : t| To. far—beyourf my kwe nmt bars; Oil, h-t iiw hold this: as I may, ‘ 7 Ami count thy time l>y oartkljyreiu-s. A y*%r of i.l. ss.'ihicw! wkerriu , Not mw dim thy snih Ko sigh of No '. * "** ‘ v ‘- • Noi'oo. i- hang v \or < :yh, . J'.ut rapture, s mnlpl!npt>t* I lath I'.mitd no language for, U tli'mei.,,'.. Made gtrfert at thy {waning, who fail sum thy added glories now, 1 As on, amt onward, upward through i Jj'he tuig/fl ranks that lowly how. Ascending still from height U> height, IT. lido Ting, where wrapt spirit# trod! K«r |Miisiiig 'mid cindes t*rlgl*t, u jThou tcudest upward unto lied! A year of -fB«V;RK#s in the lore 'i'lmt's only learned In henviMi; thy wind V in-logged of clay and lr»*e tosoar, *l - lelt the realm* of dgwhi U-htpri; 3 And wondrous things, which In v;tru (Swayed to solvit Hjipear *6- To thy nntasfcvd inquiri**, fraught W ith explanation xtrawgtdy clear. ,a>y reason own* no UHQM control, " .As held it here in mudfll* thrall; Hp Gal's mysteries court' tFiy.quertiomn|f soul. And thou mayVt search atnl know them ail. A yeansnote! thy yearning heart j Mas always tender, eVn to tears* ’ j tV itii synijwthieaj'wlMteie sa* red art ! Maile holy all thy rhcrtoht^bMyJ^. Mot love, whose sptwchhss# Had I.vn-lmrue the liidte, now * • For Uno} those ha ml’ dear clasp has ,eh. M here still the tuM tNtafe aiti And lluAi, M»lt> that fa**- has knelt,; • Which weursttie. scars:the thornslhavc uiade. nliiii! A year Wit hunt thee! I had tlmngUt My (O’fdialieil heart w.mlil break nwdiNc Kre tilin' leal meek quiescence 1-TOUgW,',, . ,<p yw,,rlie.l the tears it eoukl nut dry Ai.dytia tliveto faint ami quail, Jtcthtieftyw human grief 1 bear, "tCv T'Mtliss.t.lawSO, then drown the wail ' •jpfcg. M> nftttkr mi tay Ups in prayer. '[ ' 'i law^sidsing,#hUe 1 vainly pirn-, ; srhlle 1 meekly thiTa:| And thus Wanes* khy Imart aisl mlue '*■ Che distance mar ttftfcvtiug still. ";[ /*?. A year to Ann - ~4;’ |»nd«itton's •w'ik*, -d , sihe ao-hwaj- to eternity, j" Thi' pyrkil of imnewtal Itk*: *' ‘ . To me ntU,l«dl, the bier, the sod; ’■* TANARUS« thoerflte ptdm of vh-t-ery given; - Enough, my ta,-pft; tlmnk Gml! thank God! That tiiou lust haup aptear In Iwvw. The Fdlow eiwlw. _ . “ Have, you deejdjed about taking i .igiitiVrt .t, , * oioe some one. {iptirtuu'-nt *9" i :• 'The aptirtnienA ? r. ov.Utl wTth ritc appHanoee g.f baeholorftaden. in one tWcr a from rteh cprtafiw, gi.mitergaw? Cf I *y g ' ,| NK> i CN W re, " a.{-«;**■taHftaAll jg m v. rf.-rwA- Tr tecrx in gilt a, .4 i'oucliee and <•#«y itatn V in profiiswn; & rhi* rJiling-tedtllfe fIH i in ty corper; gloves aoddfoUe in eil aroupd. It urge cvUlentiy o room ii $ )*a»4 isu\ kite or ftW 7 rai?gi#g— ter £rm. fab fiz *2B sfes.sSj ■>- tbiy :wy&Wiakrti tJ gather iu strgnge e4MtW^JES%&2 Tin- young i«n« was a slight youth, scarce jioaranee. His dark h waves over his rea-iu-e^^ggß 1 his black, snake-like eye, tliat wgmld ; ' have taught one versed in hmnajn na-; ! tiMp to avoid the owner, had it not! i lmeii for an air of thoughtless gaiety j I Hpdi was well assumed and sustain . were dressed in the height of j and wore their habiliments in 1 unconcerned and careless as if always to and yet, had one eared to these young men t<» tlieir real pknm-r. rh' .' hpoiiM kavv V.IITlil only ppipnoiiest and plainest i ;vle of living, as liefita people who barely obtain »subrnstene* Rhr.the pres.-nt and per "Rapa a daeeut coinpataaee..for old ; »p«*. I Tlie father of flcorge Rlaudon was a -^utechanie —mueli to his son's rnortiii contrived to keep the fact oat. of sight as much as, jiOssi .We frwn his associates. CWirgc had entered.-some five years before, a* elerkun ia mercantile establish a* an assistant only, but ' lattcrly.ow*xf the chief clerks. His ready talents ami quick tact, had thus ! raised him above older and hetteCmon,, who looked uj>««n this witlr some, bitterness, hut whose |Kisition : forbade any complaint., -Wltkrthe fpcifiTies t.iins sown hroad cast before Mpif and with his aspiring tastes andNdinbrts. no wonder tliat George Wlandon should yield to athe of appropriating large minis to liis own as thefts, let us do him the justice to say. but with - vicW fd' repaying tiiert xvlta'ifis sal ary as it Increased. (Ihiercjjltf?' ’<Mcr men than t»<*Arg«- Illan-hm l«-elv’ wrecked on the same rock round wii'u-h he was so i4«eb->slx playing, As.one e.xjieiisive taste after luSbtliyr dcrdiipl Itself, his passion for rtioiiey imwowusi, and the luxiiry of liis chain bcvwwitint Vuviliott was doubhd and itntil it reached a princely: iMWMtHO'. While his <-mploroih ! ItHftttjenMhat Ills home was at the |dMK tiiftd modest resideni-e of hi# father, lie j wa# inhabiting • m»v moivgorgi-oiis'fliaii i the pHten of the firm ever dreamt#! I Ilf .HMSlMniier. •!.> I Charles Rentoti-was his chosen tdktar .Mmifarjty- of tastes aint.jmrsdfts Ismnd them togiTjuw. Renton j*<w j. however, a passion fi>r piny whjch Hlanib.n did not indulge, and i bmjlml his friend lam: minis j of taohejr, which • IKambin w.ts j>\ptfib!\ ,d|r l o row tana lids en»i*lovers t«V t£r* . ‘ ‘ ••ttqsiy. * '% , liana Itlandon, liis sjstei, was a jfcdbdy unit Interesting girl. brotig(*k~jrp ’ fii 4t»e utmost simplicity, and loving j her pleasaut home with an attaelimenf* *h» >M«« of a grander Or loftier GuMrCoetd alwte. .She and her fiddlier WeVwGie otily children of Mr. Blaitdon. tVho ivac an unpretending nicftianic |xfh»««nifct merely to make h« family ' etiiatottaMe _ and happy, without the ’ Mil nil firr~» pleawsl, a# was natural «kk Ms aon's sdvaiieeinent, little her wyis i&vo] veil in error i —(ieofgfe'*#*lc )trcterisc in leaving the hottsntaiiajkwjttfAiM abode in other i qn#ite»WagtleU hi# home was too ■ Trustiag wholly to but asf* iiitegri, *JY**d belWving that jbe only' roomed 1 with'Charles tor ebnvenwtiw | cheap hadMMrj ■i the appoiutmen tsoHiisaonT mokroii sLMWmw, January i->. m ‘“llow could you l>e so impiiuhuit'r j Tliey will Jlsk questions, soon, tliat jxjtj, cannot answer." “Let them. They gTnq jßßrj' a' low to a mere pittance, and • thj i ex (.-cel him to live honestly nui F-ut mine let us go •> ”X", Chars' ~ ‘-i -! :ii; i iigJß ;F- V '-'r iiT,’: Of* >- lii.-uji i IB ' xx i- uhi y'lg;T- I" ■ ii i - 1 : ■ '{S ' Fr« • -ub -l »lu max ! likes me?" “Ueeanse my father uta rrying a yo{ui|f , boarde-l iu our fa. niiy, ; .aii tbe,lov. -sJjjß 1 daughter too well to trtat leg,' (tfl you." . “Hush,- (leorge! Tlii.s is cuHnH wirh an ill grace from you, who hira| t drawn me into so many ,-^rrfpes.' “Well, perhaps yiui are right; biitd' not ask imx* t »take you'tiWic'wilttfltll: “As you like. 1 d-!l%Wt vifigile tJt; laws of hospitality xvilh \Vu'i."""l '- J '\jji * I “I know it.'i'haih-s. V i think lietU-r of you,*|' \ouiHd‘i gl tisew! ' admit me to the pr- si-uee Ary oiirf»elit|: ' til'ul sister." j ' ' ■'“W.-11, well, w- wid talk lior.-s-. (.Joodrielf 'does not, want ftx i-a-W him, but lu-i-short of 'iim'is. sneh a splendid animal, tliat’ it too bad uot to gi-t. lliin at.iSueh, a ba. {’ 'gaiii;- 31 . 1 * *•;!., : ; ‘ HrH HilglfOih?’|ii <l>l'h'e’ -Was bough - Wi't'li diflfJey''iii l >Vhyif«st , Ti-tVn the safe 'of ‘Vhi-lE. einphiVl-rs.' utdl^fmt but’ b ■ j* el A gv T.AW's Afanih-,'^tl£|ygg| TYidi>Vdi’4iit-iin.whothe ntijjmm. ■■ eil I o'; and fit at liigTiff Vdlßx-- ■h -. vf-il-d diiliana KlambM RHi - bj,‘> eTs ab.i-iii-c. and «'• .nti 'JF’f Iu himself, 'I 1 . i'.sijß# «;» 1 ei-iK- coa-.-uling. ■ r.-Vs ■ m.„'s e—;, tft.i-'.-x i-1 for tlicii dfitt.-.p - ; trustlhat Jd alt- -I. l’l was si\ years t., I'.laad- -D- were I • • :-•■««{; ' 'in t!n-ir h'uiii-lv 'w ■ j 1 * i.Ah'- v' outskirts "f I lie g; ; Monsoil, l-'atln#, mothSHp ''<•'& » to.r~weio ill I and aud bngbef xi'as wanting. iu the.nsiiiiAvhere they s.-rt IH-tofilni«p cx-fWi'-uWwfuid all Jprtji* 1 MTiipnfouftly n<-at and 3ifHK and Juliana were braiding straw.- ffiid Blandoni f]M#t bis labor—not from :tjaf* lei 1, from-, sorrow and ill health —WfM splitting th<- mati-riiil a* fast as tlnß it. The face of each w«/*'|| sad but patient look,, as if grief Ittlt? long Is.-en tugging at the heart-strings and xvould soon break them dowil alto gether. / Few were the ijsrken words, but each knew Well of xvtiiit the others wen < thinking. They were dwelling upon the of the past—of the uncertainty of the beloved son m 4 brother—of the many changes tlmrwP which he might be col hallo pass, ; dee<l he wtre y«ta dweller on Nothing'liad 4we« heard of him siAcoj tlie time in wiiich a had [hMbl ] committed on the Parker s, six yjSßg ilmfoiv; and t'li.-ules Renton had diwOjj ' j u « ! ' [a„ who was surely as guilty, as j ■\ ours has Wen ?’ ’•* J '" j sft.lilandon wi|)ed away the tears; [tfijrarere now falling fast over his! work. i. “Bo no let us talk of this, my daugh tter. ( t\'o must bide God’s time. If lie my prxsligal back l<y me, chang ißhutyj knoxvs that he d*, V !!-;Rj>rtelied I'e.-liic;- I" HpciUt then, dear lath : through herj the father 1 i\ dreaming! jPHiPom Sweet thoughts, like those; |whioh he had often iadulged in the, i-hihllMHMl—for Mr. Rfaudon, al - man, was not. dcstituti ur*T)Jtiyated and e\ea strongly jiocti eaFJPoHM —uinis over his sleeping hout#. Again the ehild was ii liis arms, a bright, laughing, gol-h-n haircd ls#v;,aiid he was clasping him to hi« NhMii xvitll aH a father’s intense, ove.r hex# for his first bom lio|h-. ; t-fiswinu was rudely broken, and he clasping arms of his child dis and fall away from about Ids vjSl’ake. husband, wakes said the x'oQh of his wife; aud with a strong es fori, he rtiised himself in bed and look :.si|ildlv around the tlim ehamlH-r, iigmed only l*y the lev.hte light of a night laidji. “I lieaol a knock on the outside d<«»r. I>.« see who It is.— Something tells we h> < Ceg ,or i brg. some news of him is at hand.— OjS‘n the window, «ud Speuk." ifeTyemWing still from the excitement : ilkta-am, Mr. Itlaud-m xveut slow tft-tj*Stoi-low, and throxxiug ii up. :st xx tl.ere. I.r ,ht!x. and :h-- e '. Ritip tin- Voice. Mi. I Li:i In !< oi *s3m have reei >gn ./ed as In ,Ey g ~ i -iijjc.ii - .c father bad often |»i* f " 'i»» iL!ito!l'~iWti« own mind, but sH-niic xxiih the bearing of a " b *' i ,< s**r • ’ „{•!# gHbudKa-eix-ed ami Welcomed. sounded on tin- -till i.mffßpil hastily throwing mi .i&jp and calling Juliana from tl*e parent - descended d<M>r. Gctirge xtuteretl, and clas(«-d them alt a'untely in his units. He had just *i rived in the cars, and his auxiety | l.ottld not permit him to •!<:.■{> until he lutd seen them all. He told them oi nis lliglit, #lter tin-crime of which He ( ry v f%L>B ymiltv—of the anguish oft which he had undergone, in eon I of his wanderings amidst! old and hunger and privations to the istan* West, to which he had walked curly the whole wav—of his lalsir. mrd and nnremitted, by which lie lu.d teen able to pure base a small pirtiou of rich soil, and had increased hisjio - noxious, until m»w lie was free of the ' y m id. and could count broad acres of Ue told them, too, that when far . a.vay. tvitb Nature for liis only witness, •SjuJiad looked btH-k to the miserable whieV lie had Imrtcrod his in and haxl found how poor and looked to him at tliat distance ■Him: ami place. He told them, too. ri’paratiixn tc | Let him conic to our home and our i hearts again.” A bright look overspread the face of jjuiiaua— such as had not been seen there for the la?t six years; and whim (ieorge xveut out aud returned with Charles Renton, she xxeleoincil him xvitll tears aud blushes—for it was not the slight, show . effeminate. xoMh, who loft her iu such misery, liijgf' strong, hardy, yet gentle lookiiij^^H, ; will*s.* hal'd h:lii<U showed l!iat|H hu-i | laliored !o hring. himself into [ilt* I'cajteotubility n an>l virtue PH'-‘ I more. Ah her eirly affection for himV|HH <>l at oim; nor did the father Tier to nestmx it on one w hose youtli ful guilt, though miserable to remen.- • mt, xvits evidently blotted out by the liigber resdve of his mauliiwsl. Accompanied by the whole family, ! Charles xveut-, on the next day, to the ! town when? his father resided, and a similar scene took place when they ar- I rived. Air. Renton was a gentle, for- I giving man. lie took liis *; ' to Ids Im.-irt, forgetting that .ever done wrong, in the great JBfßpiy-' j s|H-:tknble joy of seeing liibi once I more. -And now." said Ceorge, “liow stsui will you all Is* ready to go home with •us to the West? We have sullleient ftu* all. No more braiding straw, at I your age, dearest mother—no more ! sad teal# for you, my sister—luff all s’aall be happy and peaceful for you.— You will not find me. father, in sueli a luxurious room as that in which I part ed from you on that last miserable . night, w hen 1 was obliged to lice IVom ' justice—but yon will find comfort and; plenty for your declining years, and a soli whose whole life xvill be too short to make up what you have suffered. “We will go!" responded every voice in the group; aud before a month had gone by, the travelers were on their wav. I'Cioieiuiv t*> v •' - l '-' Power which roaki-s crooketl paths straight, aud turncth the hearts id’ men from continuing in evil. In the pleasant clearing of a West era forest, stand tour log houses clus tered together by the side of a spark ,ling river. Broad lands, cultivated to {•erfectiou, and yielding a thousand fold, are spread Indore the eye; while lieyond, maguitieeut forests, dejff.h af ter depth, invite the wanderer to peue tratc their recesses. Here, dwell four families, secure in eatlier's affeetioii, and enjoying all that life rail give, with the exception of t-lut oat* rtww- I bra nee of youthful error, without I which, jierhaps, tv* lif,: is xvholly ami I entirely fr»*e. s i To their children they relate the tale as a warning against temptation; and the little ones listen in woasler ‘ ami'Twia/.cment that fattier# aud.|H*i fi*ct as theirs, could ever have | l»ecn led astray, > The Buried Beys. Ho von hi*e those ffsiPp®*«>jJbojr» o ver yonder? They under that shelve mg lm»k.«f sand; lsaveing no doubt, a good time* But now there is |»nly ffno, and he almost hidden froijm sight. Where is the other? O! the bank has caved in, covering entirely, and burying the othejapaß waist. This iii- i,-. win $2 A YEAR. loss, aiul almost dead, butiipii}/. lie is taken homo, kindly eared for by his mother, and soon recovers. Viewing this incident as a little book, let ns turn over the leaves and see what less ons it contains. On page first we , fiMthat the mother of this hoy Jfad him not to expose himself to danger: there was maternal kindness and so 'licilude. On. page second we see that Ifedid ex|*ose himself to danger. In •SgLii ng he violated two laws—first, IHfanw of prudence or earefuluess; ■fl second the law n •pdriugfiliul r.t.e- MHfapWßht t.aOeUard we learn that patuHni. mm without wnrnfWfPß!Rige tomMielm sthat nei ther ignorace u«r inmelief of danger furnishes su)raauptynijtrito|fi£ Tlp‘-e hoys did notrlHMUrvwjljipxhev exposed themselves tu t|tmnMHcrer timt sand bank. I'age i»c ideates the doe- a as seen in tile auj| in the pOTtlJPwufial of one of the liedfs. The next page of our little, jaook is on the importance of prompt .assistance ity times of danger. If this puU'her had lingered, both the chil dren might iiave perished. The im penitent are in jeopardy every hour, •inline to their h-sciic at once. In like manner, from-the other pages we see that those who need it should cry aloud for help as B irtimeus the blind man, the lejMirs. the dcciples when sinking in thesea, “Lord, save* or wo perish.” A True and Touching Incident. * A young nifn and his wife were pie paritig Mawt a Christmas party at the house of a friend some miles distant. “Henry, my dear husband, don't drink too much at the party today; you will promise me., w<m#t tony' said she. putting her hand npotjL his brow and.ynbMeywr to his face with a ply mV may trust tne,”fili»J she wrapt her in ti lit in a bfjMrkei and they dost ended. The horses were soon prancing on r the turf, arid a pleasant conversation beguiled the way. “.Vow, don't you forget your pr< in ise,” whispered the young wife,-as they passed up the steps. Poor thing? She was the wife <f a man who loved to look lipoii the wine When rtjd. The party passed pleasant ly; the time fijf departure drew near, the wife, descended from the upper chamber to join her husband. A pang shot through her beating heart as she met him, for lie was iutoxicated; he had broken his promis. Silently they rode. homeward, save when the drunk on man Woke into the snatches of a song or unmeaning laughter. But. the ' wife rode on. her babe pressed closely to her grieved heart. |*„(«iAe me the baby, Millie; 1 emit trust you said, as they appro:u - htsidHHMfa)t mid swollen: 5 After resigned her first bor*B||jjJ||ifjing babe close Ivwrapped in a prewf blanket—to his i.-frihs. Over the pkivk ujtHttbr nobly 1 steads safely bore tlieniplid, when j they reached the bank, the mother as her child, with much care he placed the bundle but when she elaspelMt