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*• The powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the People of the United States, may be resumed by them ichcnever perverted to their injury or oppression."—Madison.
VOLUME 4.
CHARLOTTE, IVORTH-CAROLmA, APRIL. 35, 1845.
1 NUMBER SOS.
Medleubiirg Jefl'ei'sonian,
EDITED AXD PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
jrSSlPK W^AMFTQl.
T E R la s.
The '■Jeffersonian'* will be furnished to subscribers
at TWO DOLLARS a year, if paid in advance
or within one month from the commencement of tht
year, or THRF^F^ DOLTjARS, if 7wt thus paid.
Subsc7'iptions may be sent by mail at the Editor's
risk, provided the postage is paid.
Advertisements will be inserted at One Dollar j^er
square (15 lines) for the. first time, and Twenty-five
cents for cach continuance. A considerable reduc
tion will be made to those who advertise by the year.
Cancliclates tor
We arc authorized to announce CHARLES T. ALEX-
aSDEU, Jr., a cnndidatc' at the lu xt Ausfusi election, tor rc-
(lectioa to the oiliee of Clerk of ihc Jluckleuburg County
>:^ourt.
January ‘JD, ISlo. 95-le
We arc nuthori/i'd to announce BRAI.EV OATES as
a candidate at the next Auiiust election for the office of Clerk
)f Mockkiihur*: Couniy Court.
January -9, 1S15. 95-te
13^ We Tire authorized toannoniico. ALEXANDER GRA-
IIA.M, Esq., a candidate c.i me next Au^^ust flection for the
.)ffice of c;>-tk ot .'uccklcnburg County Court.
Jsnuary 20, 1343. 93-te
|;%’Wearc authoriz 'd to announce HUGH P. rJ'KXlGHT,
Es^, a candidate at the next August election for the oflice ol
V’ouiity Court Clirk uf ?>Ieci:!enburg County.
Eebrun:y 7, ■' i3.
93-le
“ -Wcri- ' nii 'iov z i to riMi'runi'O W. ICEHR REID, a
luauiafe at liiu n«“.\t August elecuoii for the Oliice ol Clerk
vi .Mt'clslcn'.'i’.r^ ('oin^.’y Court.
iUivy i i, , 9?-ie
\V- r.r to announce Wr»I. II. SIMPSOX
Esq., a t-nndi'late for the OtVice oi clerk of the tJupenor court
01 I ii.'Mi iMuiit}’, 'lij n. xt Aa^u::t
3I-uch 7, 15-13.
V. c ar.; r;u ’iori,u-] to unnounc;' T.ilLAS^
MU.NIJS, a caiidklate lor the* OliV e ot t lerk ot the Superior
^ Vi r-..j;rv, al H-.-M Au^ut: election,
Mdivh 7, 1>15. “
. v.r■' 'luilior'i.: d to announ JOSFTIT. DRAFi'IX,
Es'i., a candidate at the next August elecuon, for the oirico
1 ( \. ik of Union t'uperiur Court.
202, tC
POST_WFICE.
riMIE Post OlTi.'C in Chnrlotte has Ijeen removed
-I- to iny dwel ing 11 ai.'^rt. t'.early opposite the new
Ci'uri Muu.'e. It uill be kept open cnnstantly tor
tlic delivery of letters arul papers, froni G o'clock in
the iiioriiing lo 9 o clock in the evening exce{>t on
'-" ul -v^, ' J.cn it v.i'l [f kept oj)* ii ior one- linnr :if
ter t!ie arrivai ot ihc ncrihern and southern ^laiis.
AMZl McGlNN. i\ m.
April 17, 1315. 2^5-
rOJST W
CIIAULO r I’E. APliiL 17. 13i3.
S lierrt' lore, llie :ikii!s at ii.io O’l.icc w.ii arri\e
and he clt;vt-(l : ^ ^
'I'he \orihTii .''iiiil elu.'e.i iit 1 u clock p. iii., on
'Vc.ii;e.«ilny. aiul Friday.
1 i;e ^roiiihern Mnil clost. d ui 5 o clock p. in., Sun-
■ V. 'i'\ and I'l i iay.
l.iiioi III Mai! due at -i p. ni., Tuesiiay and Friday
• '•! .'e,! ne.Nt inr^rninfr-^ at G a. ni.
L'arntlen Mail due at 7 p. in.. TiiCi-day and Fri-
riv—clotcd Nfonday and Thursday at G a. ni.
l’rividi lice Mail due 7 p. tn., iSaiu:day—cloeed ai
.*• !'tiday.
:Sleel I'reek M il!, ilue Thursiliy 6 p. rn..—closed
Tu-tuiiV a. rn.
»Statesvil!i Mail, due Friday 7 p. ni.—closes Sal-
■ ■■! y ' a. m.
JioLiity’c: Ford Mail, due S p. rn. Friday—closes
‘ ni. Saturuav.
Wadcsborougi! Miii!, due Friday C p. ni.—closes
I’no^ ’iiy 2 p. ni.
Liicsier Ma.i, uuii \‘v t ii.i ndi.y 0 p. i;i. closes
ri ur=ilay 4 a. in.
Lciic.'i; intended fur those Ma.ls wl.ic.h arc closed
i-el'orc tj o’c'.ocli ill the morning t;hould he deposited
in lilt »ilioe l'» i ■: 'j '.I'clock tlie })revious evenin'^.
For the otl.i r Mails they should he placed in the o!-
hair an !;our before the ch'sinsi ol tlie Mai'..s.
AMZl McGl^^^ p. .'I.
AND A
SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
SPRII^O & SUMMER
’ipuHniuiifi] ~
%
mil
CHaEIlS i. MOSS
EGS leave to inlbnn hip friends and the public
that he is now receiving and opening, at the
old stand of Morrison & Harris, in Charlotte, a
Splendid Stocls of
SB.E: •
ilHalSSSiiSS'ISaiS HiaffiSIWSS'IS
WOULD inform his friends and custom ere, that
he has removed his shop to the room one door
south of J. B. Kerr’s Hotel—formerly kept as the
office of tiie Superior Court Clerk, where he will
be gratified to receive a call from such as may want
flits service. Having received his Fall and Winter
FASHIONS for 1845, he takes pleasure in an
nouncing to his friends and the public that he con
tinues to carry on the
TAILORING BiSTNESS
Of past favors he is not torgc ful ;—and, from the
satisfaction which has been nicinifested with his ef
forts to please, he flatters himoelj that he is able to
give general eatisfaction.
Charlotte, Jan. 10, 1S45. 92::::f.
Of the latest fasliions and importations,
which were selocteil bv himself in the northern
markets and purchased on the most lavorable terms.
'I’he 8tock is full ami embraces ev^ery article usually
iinind in the interior country.
He respectfully invites purchasers to call and ex
unine his stock, as he feels confiilent that he will,
for cash, st 11 Goods lower than any other house in
>Iiis place.
Charlotte, Arril IS. 1S45. 205-
Charlotte Drug Store.
■ " ■’ \
-e-—^ fUT RECEIVED, the he s t assorted
tl supply of DKUGS, MEDICINES
PAINTS, OILS. DYE STUFFS
Jj^m SPICES, SURGEONS INSTRU
MENTS. VIALS. BOT'l'LES. SHOP
FURMTUUE. BRUSHES, SOAPS, CONFEC
TIONARY, PERFUMERY. S.c.&c.. ever otlered
in this place. Also, a great* v^ariety of Patent Medi
cines. Country Merchants, Pysirians. and other
dealers are respectfully invited lo call and examine
our stock, as we are prepared ’o oiler inducements
to purchase for Cash, or lo prompt dealers on the
usual time.
Orders from a distance will receive proni]>i
attention. B. OA I Lb,
Drugijist.
May. 3,1541 5'^-f
?«cvji'oc.s Waiitid.
Ftili.';criher will give the highest cat^h prices
■I- tor able tiodied ucgroes, to I’ire till 1st Jntiuary
iip.xt. J. n. KENNED\.
Sharon. ?s. C. Ajiril, .115 i) I
Kotscc.
Having h-ft n.y books, accounts. &0.. in the
hands of (‘ol. M. VV. Alexander, al the Char
lotte Hotel, I rerpifst all those inilehted lo me in any
way, ?o call on (.’ol A. and make settlement. I am
coinpelled to close inv business without delav.
THO.MAS F. HAMPTON.
March 7, IS 15 99 f
OTICC is hereby triven. that I have left all niy
1.^ i>ote. and accimnfs in tl'ie hands ot’N. B. lay
lor. in Cliarloitc. aiul reqnesi all persons iiulebted to
me 'n any manner, to call on hitn and make setile-
ment. I am compelleil lo close my businej«. ami
thoS'* who do not call on Mr. Taylor and seitle their
dues previous to the next April County court, can
not blame me for the consequences,
Mr. Taylor may at all times be found at the ofTice
of thcCounty Court Clerk, in Charlotte.
R. G. ALLISOX.
March 7, 1SI5 06:-:tac.
Schools for iSoys.
'ft’HE undersigned having established his resi
fi. dence in Caldwell county, will he prepard abcut
the first of .May next,, to recive into his tamily a fet\
hoys to eilucate in company with his own sons.—
The course of instruction will be the usual and pre
paratory to the University ol the State. The
Charge, S125 per atmum covering all expenses
e:^cep| books and stationary. For further particu
lars address the undersiirned at Belevoir, near
Lenoir, Caldwell couniy. N. Carolina.
THOMAS W. MOTT.
Feb. 4th, 1845. 200 3t—afterwards Imtf.
'Trust Sale.
Y virtue of a Deed of Trust made to me by T.
GoQfilake, and for the purposes therein speci
fied. I will sell at the Court House in Chariultej on
the 28lh inst.. a
SE,GK-.^ WOMAN
named MILLY, and her cliild 7 years old. Terms
made known on the dav ol’ sale.
CHARLES T. MEANS, Trustee.
April I. 1845. 203-ts.
MTHE Subscriber has taken possession of the
M ANION HOUSE in the village of Char
lotte, N. C., and intends to accommodate all who
may call on him as well as he possibly can. It is
so cmmon in similar adverlisments to profess to do
nmny ihings—particularly about the table & bar, that
I shall merely say, that every exertion shall be
used to promote the comfort and convenience of
boarders and travellers during their stay. A real
improvement in many resnects is contemplated,
* \v’M. S. NORM ENT.
Charlotte. Jan. 2, 1S45. 91.f
medicines”
PAINTS, PERFUMEBY & FANCY
I
■>HE subscriber has received direc t from Phila
delphia, an extensive assortment of
and other articles, comprisin^i new and fashionable
all of which are Frcsll and Gcuililir, and
will be sold as low as can be alTorded. Physicians,
prescriptions put up with particular care. Every
article sold warranted to be as represented. Pur
chasers will here find all the new and approved
Medicines.
Mr. J.L. Henderson, late of Salisbury, who has
considerable experience as an apothecary, will be in
the shop at all times to attend to the business. All
orders w ill receive the mosi prompt attention.
VVM. S. NOUMENT.
Charlotte, March 26, 1845. i^02 ir
aJws# to Hand!
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
JEWELLEKF
EMBRACING Ladies’ and Gentle
mens’ Gold and Silver LEVER
WA TCHES; gold Guards and Fob
Chains and Keys; Breast Pins; Fin-1
ger Rings; gold and silver Pencils;
genuitie silvtT tab;e and tea Spoons—German silver i
do.; fine pocket and pen Knives; Butler and Fruit
do.; and various other ariicles in my line, which will
be sold extremely low' for cash. Call ;ind see. j
iX^ All kinds ol Repairing in the silversmith line
done neatly, expeditiously, and on moderate terms.
THOMAS T
March 28. IS 15.
'ROTTER.
202 F
iiii.
Wiley & George W. Suggs inform
the citizens of Charlotie and its vicini
ty, that they have opened a shop on
main street, 3 squares south of the
Courthouse, where they intend to carry
on the BLACKSMITHING BUSl
NESS in all ifs various branches. Their work
shall be done in the very best and most substantial
manner, and at reduced prices. They will shoe
horses al! round for 75 cents, cash, and all other work
in propotion. All kinds of country produce will be
taken at the market price in exchange for work.
Charlotte, Jan. 10, 1845. 92:::ly.
f -
The OiTice of the "Mecklenburg Jeffersonian."’
is now supplied with a hancsome assortment of
plain and fancy Job Type, and we are prepared to
execute all descriptions of
In a very superior siyh* and at short notice....cheap
Orders for printing
€^ircnlars, Elanidbill^, Labels, Pauipliletsi)
Cards, Blanks, Ball Tickets,
Will be carefully and correctly executed without
‘ c'^y, «nd lorwarded to order. No charge will be
in ule if (he work is not correctly done.
■ ^-arlolte. N. April 19. IS 13.
Notice.
All those indebted to the estate o Dr. Stephen
Fox deceased, are requested to come forward
immediately and make settlement with the adminis
trators or their notes or account will be found in the
hands of an officer. Prompt attention to this w^ill
save cost.
C. T. ALEXANDER,
JOSEPH W. ROSS,
May 27, 1844. G2
.xecTs,
ItfSi
RESPECTFULLY announ
ces to ihe citizens of Charlotte
and its vicinity, that he has
opened a shop in the room
latel}’^ occupied by A. Beth-
une. He intends to conduct the
TAILORi:S!G BUSINESS
i*i nil its various branches, and
will execute orders promptly
and in the very best style ol
workmanship. He will receive
regularly the FASHIONS as they aie issued in the
northern cities, and will warrant his work to fit.—
Cutting garments ol all kinds will he attended to
prompUy, and fits warranted, when the making up is
correctly done. He respectfully solicits a portion of
the public patronage. His terms sliall be moderate,
lo suit the times, and country produce taken in ex
change lor work, at the market price.
Orders for work from a distance W'ill be
promptly and correctly executed, and forwarded to
order.
Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 10, 1845. 92::.‘F.
Main Stueet, Charlotte, N. C.
r|iHE und ersisined inlorms his friends and the
J- travellinir public generally, that he has again
taken the above well known
PUBLIC HOUSE;
And that he intends to keep it up in style for com
fort and convenience surpassed by no house in the
Southern country. He has been long in the b^^^i-
ness, anil plediies every possible exertion lo afiord
entire satisfaction to all his guests. His charges
shall be moderate, to suit the times. He solicits a
share ol the public patronage.
M- VV. ALEXANDER.
Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 1, 1845. 191-tf.
RRMOVAL,
Dr. THOMAS C. CALDWELL has removed
his residence to Mr. William Morris’s. 10 miles
east of Charlotte, where he will be fouYid at all limes,
unless abisenton professional business.
Persons not acquainted with Dr. C., are referred
to the community of Rocky River, where he has
hitherto practiced.
April 4, 1845. 204 lycar
Removal.
Dr. D. T. CALDWELL lias removed his shop
to the house lately occupied by Mr. Watson, on
second square south of the courthouse.
As heretolore, all cases committed to his care shall
recrive pimctual and failhful attention.
March 28. 1845 202 f
From the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette.
THE EDITOR SAT L\ HIS SANCTUM.
EY TAM.
The editor sat in his sanctum,
In a hapless plight was he;
Fain would he fall in a thinking fit.
For he was at the extreme of his wit,
As to whaihis leader should be.
He had reap’d his brain so often,
The soil seemed barren grown;
The forest of wit was fell’d to the slump,
The flowrers of fancy were gone, save a clump
Where the seed had but lately been sown
He fish’d in the river of knowledtre.
But his anglitig-line was short;
“ Surely there’s plenty of tlsli in the sca^
But it is plain as a whale, quoth he,
“ In deep waters they’re caught.
He dived to the bed of his ocean.
Where the pearls did erst abound ;
He raked and silted the briny mud
That lies below the emerald flood,
Bui not an o}sterhe found.
“Ah! what shall I do?” !ie murmured,
“The devil will be here soon:
Mf^ihinks his tones on my tympanum stir,
‘•The men are all waiting lor copy, sir,
And now it is after noon.
“ It hath been quoted often.
With a full inei’d ol credit,
The maxim wise Witherspoon sp;ike in his
“Never ti» speak till you’ve sf)meihingto say,
And to stop when yoj have said it.
“ Ah! good advice to a pr*rson,”
He sadly went on to s.»y ;
But I would -tsk, w!u) evrr said it. or
Hinted such thing to a Ivur brained e»litor,
From his birlh to ins dyioij day?”
He rose in hia mental anguish.
Atid turn’d tl.te i-. \ \ door;
The de\i! *-(.v>n cat;'-, a: i ' U'Hy did knock,
But the editor sal as still as a stock.
And il'.e lievil then knocked the more.
The editor leaned on his patience,
As on a cushioned chair;
And he sat him down, and he rocked away,
While fancy began in his mind to play,
And thoughts lo lu.'stle there.
lie neither sw'ore nor cursed,
He despised a word profane ;
(And, verily, he who curses and swears,
But adds to liis sins, and adds to his cares—
And the vice is mean and vain.)
The devil and the editor long
Maintained the battle and strife;
For the inky imp kept sturdily knocking.
And the editor kept unconsciously rocking,
And thinking as lor his life.
His fancies came like a morning
In the beautiful time ot May ;
And thoughts like the rays of light shot out,
And iremidn^gly glimmer’d and twinkle*! about,
Till hi> mind was .as clear as day.
The devil was drumming and drumming
A rat a tat on the door ;
The editor cared not a whit for his thumps.
But quietly rubh’ti his iileal Itutnps,
Till the flood began to pour.
Down to the tips of his fingers.
When he caught the paper and pen,
And beautiful things from thebodih'ss air
Were call’l into being, and w’rilten down there,
A blessing to true hcaried men.
Truth st.one on the face of the paper,
And the editor’s heart was light;
For noble the man among noble men.
Who fears not to ply a truth-telling pen
For God and for human right.
He sprang to the door of his sanctum,
As s*vift as a Grecian winner,
Who reaches the goal in Olympian race,
Arid the copy he push’d in the ink devil’s lace
And Miankfully went to his dinner.
t-r ? People who can’t feel for their own children
ought never to be fathers.
Rut I know’ w’hy you lent the umbrella. Oh, yes,
I know very well. I was going out lo lea nt dear
mother’s to-morrow,—you knew that; and you did
it on purpose. Don’t tell me; you hale me lo go
there, and lake every mean advantage to hinder me.
But don’t you think it. Mr. Caudie. No sir; if it
c e lown in buckets full. I’ll go all the more.-;;—
Nv>; and I wotj’i have a rub 1 V»-here do you thinlc
ihn n^onfy’s to corne from? You’ve got nice high
nr.iions at that club of yonrs! A .cab. indeed! —
Cost me sixteen pence at least—sixteen pence!—
two and eight pence, for there’s back again! Cab?,
indeed! 1 should like to know* who’s to pay for
’em ? I can’t pay for ’em; and I’m sure you can-t
if you go on as you do; throwing away your pro
perty anJ beggarmg your children—buying urn-
brelias !
Do you hrar the rain. Mr. Caudle? I say, do
you hear it? But I don’i care—I’il goto mother’s
{ to morrow: I vvill; an 1 whai’s rr.ore, I’ll walk eve
ry step of the way,—and you know that w'ili give
me my death. Don’t call me a foolish woman—
It’s you that’s the Abolish nian. You know I can’t
I wear clogs; and with no umbrella, the w’ei’s sure
j to give me a cold — it always dors. But whal do
I vou care for that? Noihirig at all. 1 may belaid
up for whal you care, as I dare say I shall—anJ a
pretty doctor's bill there’ll be. I fiope there wil! 1
It will teach you to lend your umbrtllas again. I
should’nt wonder if I caught my dralh ; y‘s; and
ihat’s what you lent the umbrella for. Of course!
Nice clothes I shall get, too trapesing through
vvrather like this. My gown and bonnet will bo
spoilt quite. Nudn’t I wear’em? Indeed, Mr.
Caudb . I shall wear ’em. No, sir. I’m not going
out a dowdy to ph ase you or anybody else. Gra
cious knows 1 it i?n’t often that I step over the thres.-
hnld ; indeed. 1 might as well be a slave at once—
b' tter. I should say. But w’htn I do go out, IMr.
Candle. I chose to go as n lady. Oh ! that rain—
tl it isn’t t nough to brt ak in the windows.
Uiih! I do look forwaid with dread for to mor-
>t) \ ! H )\v am I to go lo mother’s I’m sure I cap.’t
ti ll Bo? if I die, i’ll do It. No, (with great em-
phasis) M Caudle, if you banj home another utn-
i)if Ila. IMl throw' it in the sticct. I’ll have my oun
umhrrlla. or nnne al all
R.i! and it w’as only lasl week I had a new’ noz-
zli . put to that umbndla I’m sure, if I’d have
known as much as 1 do now, li might iiave gone
' nhcut one for me. Paying for new nozzles, for
oilj‘_r p'opU- to laugh al you Oh, it’s all very
well lor you—you can go to sler p. You have no
ihonnhl for your poor wife, and your own dearchil-
lii n Vou th'nk of nolh'-ng but h ‘.ding umbrellas!
M n, indeed I—call ihfn-s«lves loiJs ot' the cfea-
ti.in — pretty lords, when they can’t even lake care
(»f an umbrella !
I know that walk to morrow’ will be the deaih of
me But that’s what you want—then you may go
lo your club, and do as you like; and then, nicely
my poor dear childrtn will be used — but then, sir,
th n vou’il h» happy! Oh,don’l tell me I I know
vou vvill. Elie you’d never liave lonl the arnbrcl-
la !
You have to go on Thursday about lhat sum-
nrons; and, of course, you can’t go. No. indeed,
you don’i go without an umbrelia. You may lose
the debt for what I care—it won’t be so much as
spoiling your clothes—better lose; it people dcicrve
to lose debts who lend umbrellas!
And I should like lo know how I’m to go to mo
thers without the umbrella? Oh, dont tell me that
1 said I would go—that’s nothing to do with it ;
nothing at all She’J! think I’m neglecting her,
iMid tli'^ little money we were lo have, we shan’t
have at all—because we’ve no umbrella..
Thecliildrrn; too! Dear things! 'J’hey’ll be
s ibbing wcl; t"or they shan’t slop home—ihey shan’t
loose their learning; il’s all iheii lather wil! leave
'em I’m sure. Cut they shall go lo school. Don’t
tell me I said they should’nt; you are so aggravating,
I’auJle; you’d spoil the lempcc of an angel. They
shall go to school; mark that. And if they get
their deaths of cold, li’s not my fault—I didn’t lend
the umbrella.
Fl'-re,” says Caudle in his MS , “ I iVll asleep,
ind dreampl that ihe sky 'vas turned in'.o green ca
lico. with whalebone ribs; that, in fact the whole
world revolved under a tremendous umbrella.”
From thii London Punch.
MRS. CAUDLE’S CURTAIN LECTURE.
Mr. Caudle has lent an acquaintance the family
Umbrella—Mrs. Caudle lecturcs thereon.
Bah ! That’s the iniid umbrella gone since Chi i.'-l
mas. W^ha'. were you lo do? Why, let them go
home in itie rat.i. to be sure. I’m very certain ih»*r«
was nothing about him that could .'poil 'i’ ikecoM,
indeed ! doei>’nt look like otie of ihi' sort to
take cold. B sidts, he’d have b» Her takt n coM than
taken our only umbiella. Do you hear the rain,
Mr. Catidle? I say, do you hear the ram ? And
as I’m alive, il il isn’t Sumt Swithin's day ! Do
you hear the rain against the windows? Non
sence; you don’t impose upon me You cant bt-
nsleep with such a show’er as that! D» you hear
it. I say? Oh, you do h^ar it! \V’« II, that’s a prel-
IV flood. 1 ibink, to last for six wei ks; and no stirr.
ins all the time out of the house Pooh! don’t
think oie a fool, IMr C.iudle. D >n’t msnli me.—
He return the umbrella? Anybody would think
you were born ytslerday As if anybody evt r did
r*iurn an umbrella? 'I’here—do you h* ;n it ?—
VV’orse and wors- ! Cats and dogs, and lor si' w» ♦ ks
—alvvavs six w'eeks. And no utnbrt lla!
1 should like 10 know how the children areio g-i
to school to morrow : They shan’t go thiongh such
weather, I ni determined No; they shall stop ai
hom^' and never learn anything—Ih--bli ss, d crea.
inr*s! — sooner than goaridgti wet. And h* n
ihey grow up, 1 won ler who they’ll havi* to thank
for kn>wmg nothing — whOj indeed, but their fath-
7'h'’ Scr^ca?it'^ Wife.—Il was r.igi;!. The so!«
diers in both the hostile armies were hushed inqui.
»-i slumbers, and no sound was heard, save the sen-
imHl’s measured tread, and the occasional cry,
Wcll '^ A muffled form approached. “ W'ho comes
thiTf'?” demanded ihe sentinel. ‘ A lrit nd,”an*
swered a limid voice, softly. •* A Ivar.ce,” said the
smimel, “ar;d give the parole,” 'i\»esame soft and
tiinid voice said, “ Love.” “Love'J” replied the
sf ntint'I. ‘ Love is not the parole—you cannot pass
— it would be more than my li'e is v.orth to let you
p:iss ” ‘Indeed!” cxclatmed the stranger,it’s
C’Ui I ncl lo let a Sergcar^t's Wife pajs. lotake, per
haps, a iast fart wrll ol her ht:sband 1 beseech you,
sir, hi m« pass ^i'he battle, you know, is exprci-
rd to morrow — it may be t!ie ias! ni:ht 1 can tver
spend in tny husb.ind’s company; and I have tiav-
♦ Ihd foity rnih s to s« t him.” “ No more, I caii't
hi you [;iS5.” '• N.iy, sir, bul hear me one iv.o-
mt nt ll ive j^'ou a wife that loves you with all her
heart? If ^h^ ?hould have her babes, and walk
foily rnihs jnsi lo st > yc>u the night bt fore a lattle,
and =:” •• Pa.'S, friend—all’:' wtli! ’
Follow UitHlfond. devott J heart to her Jiuslarui’s
pillow on Iht jpold oround. lie starts to find her
there, IjuI prt^i^es her trndeily to his bosom, and in-
quTts an.vioubly for thi* litih* rnis she has it ft be
hind. 'I'hey talk of thi ft vv llt etini; yuirs they bad
spent to^ither jn w»dd«d lov«', before war had
diaggid him from fits fioine; and the wife weers
bitt»T|y. as she thinks of tne morrow.
'i'll' bouts of ni;;lit sttal hastily away. 'I’he
dawn foic«> l.^'Uia lo hid fi* r husband farewell; an.’,
ii. she reti:» s wi h his foi dt st m* isages foi the hult*
on»s al home, ilie signal is L’iven (or the soldiers lo
pre pare fur battle.
It was. n\d«'*d. her laJt (aievv« 11. She withdrew,
but lingeied n ar the scene, and watched bom ;»
IK io|libt)rmg hi 1 » very movt inenl of the iwoarinits,
tj|l the ban'e c*a>»d and all was (|uiot once more.—
I’h* sh.ttbs of nli^hl hang in gloom over ihe ball»e
giound. and fost'id all seaich far Ih" wounded, tho