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PATRIOT GEEBNSBOEOTJGH, -2.' C, NOVEMBER 90, 3.863. Volume XXV. dumber 1,276, TIE' G-EEENSBORO Written lor the Patriot. Mutta, fjts Bnatl (Cousin; oa, THE SWEETEST MEMOBY OF THE PAST. HY HARRY HALL. Sb wat like A dream of poetry, that may not be Written or told exceeding lovely. Willis. I.EMf.alKI) TO A JlitllKl IEIISD. Ti a serene, golden afternoon in the mild beau tiful Indian Hummer. The "greater light," tbat mirth the day, is rapidly nearing the western hori zon, anl the blare of r orgeout sunlit beauty is fad ing along the clouds which fringe the iky, and loos ing itnelf in the hexineM which curtained tha earth. " All thir a aolrtnn stillness hoW'save, now and then, U. wild, frolicking laugh of childrea ring uj. fr.K. the deep dale, which lies between the old brick n'.ion-houne that stand in the oak giove on the hill and the idow. winding watera of tha Reedy F'.rk Edgar and t ril l, though akin, had ne?er before met. They were in the midst of the season of youth "when every pathway led to flowers;" Ed par wai a light-haired, blue eyed boy of thirteen, full of gayrty and frolickaomenesa, and Urilda lad j.i-t j.nki her le?nth year, "grace - wea in all her kfj i " th lily utrore witchingly with the roseate lute whirh hluhl out in ber cheek, her eya spar kl 1 like that of a gaielle, her little lips were ruby a the cherry, and her hair waved black at night, around her anowy neck. She f all perfections ; All that tho blooming earth can send forth fair; All that the gaudy heavens could drop down glorious !" Kind fortune had brought two congenial nature! to gether, and their tender child hearta wera quickly and .tronjly intertwined in the holieet cousinly af f.rtion. Ilis father was nephew of her mother, hm I ry weio both visiting at the house on the hill. Tin kii.-hip readily dispelled all embarrassment, .in I th. youthful coins, after the interchange of oth -ly glances, stole otf ii.to the rale where we jmt imiw h ar l their voice and sported at freely and iitirrtrainedly aa if Ihcy had grown up together b-nih the earns roof. K'lgar, though he was Wn near Qodsey's Springs in another county, was reared on the banka of the r!nMt AUrnanc, far distant from the cottage-home ..f I'riMa. Both were young, yet they were thought ful an I caeh wa a subject of ktudy and reflection to tli-other. To Edgar their meeting was a precious t.fing. Sitd thought ! A hid no titter f This, t.e felt, wa a blight upon hislifo; and though his eye IukI looked upon only thirteen springs, the tear t regret had often trickled down his soft check at the thought he had no boautiful, pure-hearted, an gi be itrr. The rich Saxon word Swotter, which i luiirh more musical and expressive than our sweet I- $uirr, had derp, inexhaustible charms far him which h could only rralize in his brightest childish iiu'iginiiig. When he gamboled with his twobroth i'it u the plain, he fc't he had no slater ; when he i ui' ri I tin- ki hool-roiim or romped and frisked on thr p!y ground with hi. fallows whose sisters were their In- .li.' I that he had no sitter ; when he tr illc 1 I, on, mar 1 through the woods and fields, he f iin it-1 that those boys, who were all attention to J i o mtiMotii that were blced with sis'ers, cast u" ii him a look of indifference, because he had no -irr. wSrn he sat in his father's pew in tha old Al iviance church and saw other little boys worship ing by tho Md of their itrrs, his heart was sadden v I, ilnti he had no sister; and when he was build in.' pjid peopling tho cplendid air castles of hisboy h "il 'i Ho hour, he grieved that ho had no sweet dwi'.iiifr t. whom he could depict them in til t!iir lovrlinc- an 1 brillince. He had dreamed, I. th in hi lM'pinj-and waking moments, of a crea ture, pur" iind lovely, who could til! that Toi l in his mmuI .N ow, he had found her in the person of the l ewitelnng I rilda. She, stainless as the snow wli'n h wliifrns the heights of I'ri whence she took hT iriine, iilir,ly "it by the firc.i le of his heart, Fvedini; it tlumo." liin ci, I'f returni'd to his lather's house with his r'lrncni ait 1 impi!iuned longings entirely satisfied. Though widely erated, they met, ever and anon, .in I always with tho effect of heightening and mii ii -it) ing thai holy and dixiiitf retted attachment w'n.-li In I been - suddenly but agreeably formed. ' muA receive its polish and that only hard rubbing Kranl-liip and rvenlove not s.l.!om have their dross; j win bring out its superb brilliance to perfection; I iMhi. brother and. s.ster affection is neither the bear in mind, that upon an industrious, constantly ui. to.r the other. Its divincness raises it above occupied mind the blandishments of the Evil One ,!!,.. -if ii akin to that sacred pasion which tUc lose all their witchery ; bear in mind, that applica h'lr.lde and -iu.v,p penitent beareth to Him who tion is the best protection from the cup of intcn.per lo I nt;,.. ero for fallen man., tloldsmith, who anco when tho v, ina is red in it ; bear in uiind, that ' iroin sharp and bitter experience, sung, that ti ii.ti l-liip i but a name, s'eep ; i ii'irni that lull t. N ll' Itlllt foliW4 t'l!ll fir f-ln n I l.-uv. the wretch to weep ;" M ..n'oi.ieiy, who wat taught iu the name school, '' I t!:1- i !',: in his Wanderer of Switi. r.aii i !o '. ivoiy. moil :oiiii in i 11... r i i idie ver i 'i w ,. y re'i -inm - T'l.t, t;,e ,U'ir ,!ecrier ,' M.r.-'v he undone : tm n beauty iriumph. ah beware '. II. unit-1- ii,q,. lirr Irown daspnir '." N ' H, ,!, Hm il,..r j.urrr and nobler attach -to :.:, i; j i.i itirth. te l bnghteneth. and blcsseth, i.;id w hen tin. obieet of it i ai, beneath the sod, t... i,o in rv ot I'er . h.. i with ' thejust aiade per ! . iiireth ihe sorrow -tricken ouet on earth te her l,"tu. in llrtveri Aii,.u, tli wheel of Fori une no turned at tobrin t leui lienor tyeiier. Urilda, ahe was budding vei.. t girilio,..!, oiiterod at a pupil into that ex. v.lri.i and wetl-dn.-ipiirud Female Seminary W-w I iif i.itonc name f n e elrbrati-ri Irish m. and l'..!jrar wn placed behind the counter of . u u!i!c vatablinhmeiilin the same village. i; ird among the flowers of filteen sum- ii.i t,.C II I' i.' was highly cultivated; and. though li" 'lulu' IiiV lin.t bn a . n mi,! Va .......... .... '- . IUIU UV ''lr' ''l ' i.-',v ,,t' tho ei'unirj her manners -,i ;. i ... i. , .f,-mt. nil such was the natuial l u-.ve grace nr eharacter, that -he b..re herself I'ly ca it, BTalk S. -ei.tly . thai the l.fl.t l, nt -U ral! v itt i!f y bud." l al oft her dear old mother and the sweetsof c life, that shem.ght curich,and polish her miud h y n a.liiijf ar.,J iu!ytng. The grief of parting with t:., ei .leariueiit of the ant i jue homestead was ome whT augcdby the thought, that her cousin-broth-fr us olteiiir to be the companion of her way. New, thy -iw each i ther almost daily. Edgar was to her '' ; 1 1' -voted elder brother, and ahe confided ... , iiLq rec..i.- secret, of her little - o tru.uu in nupvnor judgment ai.dlarg- t,Meneiic lr that cwuoeel and guidance which o inekrvinead rirt. in euch a situation, eo nwen needs. The place of his business was eitnate on the street that led to ber brdi-ig-hoase ; and, nearly tvery day, the callad, either in going to or returning from school, to while a few momsnts with him in conTersation. Her little girlish wants were freely made known to him, and he promptly supplied them. She was fond of the society of those whom she loved. Her manner wal bewitching, and her style of eonyerf ation, for oe of such tender years, was surpassingly troooth tnd graceful. Merriment danced and skipped in her eyes and frolicked in her sunny smile ; but like most highly gifted mir.ds, hera had a slight tinge of Badness. Occasionally, her beautiful face wu "sicklied o'er with the pale catt of pensivcnerBi ; and " When pentire, it seemed as if that Tery grace, That charm of all others, was born with her ftoe." At such moments, her thoughts soared from their wonted simplicity and childliksnest to a higher and loreliar grandieur, ahe talked like one who had communed with the angels, as if she had dreasaed of an early transit to that glorious home where " the pure in heart see God." Dut Fortune, whom the poets have graced with the pretty epithet of rosey-iingercd, but whom Edgar, then, thought cruel-hearted and iron haudod again turned hr wheal and carried him to a distant Uni versity, that he might walk its shaded groves, learn the languages of thegreat sages of antiquiTy, wander amongst the maxes and intricacies of hard and dry mathematics, imbibe the spirit of genuine poesy, catch the ethereal fire of Grecian and Uoman elo quence, and prepare his mind to appreciate the rich and splendid learning which adorns and diguifics the pages of the most eminent English writers. That wat all important, all greatly needed, all not a little fas cinating ; atill it tore him from the society of Urilda arl left his heart filled with the ashes of hundreds of anticipated pleasures. He knew not then, however, what was bit for his happiness. Experience taught him wisdom, and separation acquainted him with the richest and rarest graces of her noble hoart. Before, they had talked face to face; now, they commenced that silent conversation on paper which is so improv ing and so delighting. Blessed bo letters '"ex claimed Ik Marvel, "they are the monitors, they are also the comforters, aud they are the only true heart talkers "' With her guitar in her lap and a cheering smile breaking out through her dark, lus cious eyes and playing upon her pouting lips, she sang to her cousin-brother "liver Lr joyout" with a sweetness, that would have abashed and confounded the mermaid as the lirth in the scoop of the wave singing her dulcet musio. Thus she bid him joyful speed to that seat of the arts and sciences, and thus the enticud him into the ways of hopelulncss, checr fulness and li. How thankful, how grateful, was he, that he had a darling sister, adopted but not the lets dear on that a;count to cheer him on in an swering tho stern call of duty .' Yes, blessed be letters! they are tho monitors, they are tho eomfortcrs, they are the only trne heart talkrs. Ik. Marvel immortalized his name when he penned these words. Letters aro the-impressions of the heart on paper. They introduce the writer? to the deepest aud most hidden whimperings 3f their sou! a. There yon can study the thought, criticise the garb in which it appears, hosrd it up in your mind, furn it over and over, weave the traits of characKr it por trays intoawhtde, anddraw, in your , fancy, the in viriblf, spiritual, heaven-born part of nun which animates his clay-tcnemcnt, far better than when the words drop from the'lips anf melt into air. When Edgar, from his corcpeTidence with Uril U, began to realize this pleasing advantage, he thrice blessed the goddess, that had sent him thither. All, who have passed a few years at College, know how many flowers of temptation to evil lie in the walks of the student; and every one, thus circum stanced, ought to have a guardian angel, in tho shape of a good and wise tister, to haunt his vra!k, to point him to the shrub where lurks the serpent, to lead him by the bush where the thorn is hid beneath the blossom, and to woo him forward into tho strait gate, and the narrow way, that passeth through the green pastures and by the still waters of earthly fe licity and terminateth in the New Jerusalem of the blessed. Such a sister, such an all-present spirit, was Urilda to Edgar. Though absent to him in per son, the was, frequently, present to him in her written epistles. Ever whcti she thus came, tha was radiant with the most benign expressions of hope and encouragement. Hear in mind, an you toil and sweat over your dry, abstruse, perplexing, not unfrcquently uninteresting le?bOiu, that the diamond hnbits early lornied cling closest an 1 longest, and. therefore, they should be carefully and discreetly contracted; and bear in mind, that the severest in tellectual discipline is essential to prepare the mind for the highest and noblest duties of lite. Thus she charmed ever so wisely. Her gentle letter society not only engraved such prieelets truths upon his memory, but was as cheer ing to him in his secluded and solitary tdtuation as the cweling brook, wjiich he nieeteth far out in the desert-wild, to the toil-worn and dust-covered trav eler. He ro?e from it refreshed, with the burden of the past week removed from his shoulder, ny, even wiser und better. All the news at home was rracc- fu'.ly laid upon his table; sketches, true to nature ot his female acquaintances were written out in her simple and graphic stylo ;, her own troubles with her studies Vicre told that he might sympathize with her; the ph asurcs she enjoyed wi'.h her guitar, as she sang "Thou art goto fiom my gae," but "I will t ften think of thee," were sipped fr-;n t?i'o flowers she scattered upon her sheet , aud the boa" uet of good wishes, wiih which elu- invariably closed her letters, w placed i:i the V4se which ever carried in Lu irauginaiien. Hd Tom. Camp bell liv lin her ti-.iii, he u.iglit truly have said of her, as he did of unoihei : 'Le is A gem, reflecting t.ature";? purest light; And with hrr graceful wit, there is inwrought A wildly sweet utiianhline- of thought." "With the exception of one tiaie. at the jetting in of v.v ation. Edgar bounded home to greet Urilda wh, ever anxiously awaited his cominj and "looked brighter when he came." Thoe were halcvonian days. Proudly did he sit at her feet, not, however. that hc mi?Qt ucar ,be bickly entimentality of ft love gossiper, but tbat he might enjoy the rich ban quet of high intellectual entertainment. The stories of the by-gone session were recited with the enchant ingnf? of a pietty fairy ; the stroll, "When the last sunshine of expiring day In summer's twilight weeps itself away," revived recollections oi the wild r ranks and rnmr,. of their childhood; the cozy chat, on the severe win- Ur evening-, was enjoyed with a group of n.c,rv friends around the- glowing Arc , and as Makeufe no gemiy cnapiev iuhwwwu, . da's Brwitch'd the chords they pase'd along, And her lips aeem'-i to kiss the aoul of song." Eat not all ber moments were eo gladsome anil joy ons. She Bkng some lively and gay pieces of trasir, yet most of her selections were somewhat sad and mournful ; and the enchantment of ber Toiew often raised in the mind of Edgar the sad thought, that UrQa was soon to be an angel in a higher and Lcli er sphere. Sometimes, -when her heart was healy, she hertelf said, that all her plans for earth -would end when her education was completed. Her letters which were generally so cheerful and hopeful, occa sionally discovered, though darkly, each a presenti ment. "Alas! this time one year hence we will all be separated, tckert ice will bt vt know ." Ard, at another time, when asked what she was going to do w hen ahe graduated, while others were langbing and talking around her, she calmly and serionaly remarked : "1 hate no plan for the future I cm going to die .'" Nor was it other than gain for Urilda to die, for she had hope in Jesus. The third year of their correspondence and oWw student-life was closing. Ho was looking forward to another meeting of Urilda, Urilda in all t5e prime and matchlessness of young educated woman hood. A letter came and told him she had taken her diploma ; and arfother, that she would be pres ent at his Junior commencement. He had sp&n for a room for her and her lady-friend who was to accompany her. But when the day was at hand on which she was expected, she came not ; she had sickened on tho road ; the vat gt$ to die .' And before Edgar had quitted the scene of the Universi ty, the spirit, gentle, lovely, pure, undefiled, of his cousin-sister had passed to the skies and joined the choir ot sweet singers around the great white Throne. She died on the fourth day of the new opening sum mer and the last day of the first week after her grad uation, bhe was in the Tery summer-bloom or ex istence ! .he was the object of admiration and hope to all her friends ! . In life, " Ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a naiad, or a grace. Of finer form, or lovlier tace ! she was as delicate and lovely as the light hare bell, that fairest flower which adorns jthe blue hills of Scotland, and in death she was enchantingly beau tiful ! When she was deposited in the graveyard at Buffalo, so natural and exquisitely charming was her white forehead and her slightly flushed face, that those, who looked upon tercould scarcely believe tbat she would not arise again as from a sweet sleep, but alas ! it was the sleep which He giveth his be loved. She died alone, neither her aged mother, nor her sisters, nor her own brother, or cousin- brother, was present, but her Heavenly Father was with her and took her softly and lovingly to his own bosom. Edgar's heart sunk within him when he learned that Urilda waS not of tho earth. Indeed, tiis grief had been madness, could he have realized that he was to see her no more. Te him it seemed like an unsubstantial dream, that she would yet smile him s welcome home, and this curious, strange, doubt ing, inexplicable state of mind half assuage ! his deep and poignant grief. But when ho returned whenjie entered the hall where he was wont to meet her, he heard not her elastic fool falls coining down the stairs, nor greeted she him with her soraphic smile, but her friends met him draped in mourning and sorrowing that Urilda was not. Thus was tho awful reality lorced upon him. Srra in caluin re dent was his ardent, earnest hope, still it was only cherished to be lost in the blackness of despair! Nothing is created without design. The least in sect, the smallest ler.fict, the tiniest grain of sand, the aroma tfiat is emitted by Oowers, the miasm thnt striket'n down the robust, the mis which tioats through the atmosphere, -the light emanating from the sun, th; raia-drop out of the cloud, the frost that tints the lace of ail nature, the star that twink les farthest away in the uni-'rse of God, each, and everything, has an end to subserve in His grand and magnificent scheme on earth. So some noblo and beneficent purpose was accomplished by Urilla's living. Herlovely and upright walk blessed her friends ; her sisterly attachment to Edgar kindled a flame of inexpressible happiness in his melanehol- ic bosom which will burn on into eternity; the early loosing of the silver-cord of her life illustrates the transitoriness of all enblinary things : her tiust in Him who expired on the cross and her calmnesi in the hour of her dissolution, while she was yet in the flower of ycuth, bespeak the wisdom ana safety . of such a faith ; and the unexpected extinguishment of all her hope admonishes us, that nothing is orth living for except Ileaven. Perchance, much more was accomplished by her beautiful life, that human, sagacity hat!i not and cannof comprehend. j In sooth, she lived for a purpose, she was an j almost faultless model of female excellence. All the most winning and liveable traits of human charac- ' ter to clustered in this pure child of the fcky as to conceal the defects which lay underneath. She had a form as exquisitely moulded as that of the goddess of Love ; a clear, beautilul mind had its temple in that well-chiseled head ; her purity ef heart beamed out in her own and reflected itself from every face that basked in her smile; her disposition, mild and unexacting, ever engratiated her with those who met her and never repelled them coldly or gruffly ; her fidelity ever adhered her to those whom she ljvcd with the liithfullncss ofthc wall-flower, no matter how dark was the adversity which had set ia upon tbcm ; her open-hearted, unostentatious charity scat- ttrcd iu hr way the small, blessed courtesies of life; her very Toice, in converse, or in the fonj, witched and enchained the most listless with its urtlcM and melting sweetness;' her -iucenliness of manner excited in all the most adoring admiration ; her sunnv sociableness threw a bright halo of hap- " -r r . : , , , , . w .i . j sho moved : her uiodcstv. meek as the mountain dai- sy, hucd 11 these virtues with its blushing and uild ly brightcnii.g oaaufica ; and her trembling hope in the Rcdteuitr, which she scarce ever expressed, crowned the whole with was Urilda, w'ueu the celestial radience. Such "Whitc-vring'd angels met her On the vestibule of life," and took her to be with them. I'riida, thou child of his morn, thou illumination of his darkened way, "thou art gone from his gaze," yet thy bewilderingly beautiful image still lingered in the casket of his"miud where Edgar hath his rarest treasures! Not thy image only, gentle Urilda, is treasured there, but the superlative loveliness of thr character still pleasantly haunts wherever thy J " ----41 .f r idolizing cousin-brother'lreads the rugged path of life ! Thy reign will be eternal in bis remembrauce thou sweetest memory the past ? The scrgbum crop in Georgia, says tho Atlanta Intelligencer, ha. been unexampled in her history Molase from that per.ic. of sugar cane brhs only Z ' and 3 per gailoH in mo.t parts ot the Stae. THE WARNING The belief in signs, di earns, omens, and warnings, which has in our day, almost entirely disappeared, was once so preva lent that il was a raro thing for a death to take placo in'a family 'wit bout some mem bor of it having been warned of the com ing event in some supernatural way. My rcvored grandmother was no exception to this ancient belief; ori the contrary, she could relate numerous instances of unnat ural visitations, and strange appearances, which had occurred in bor own family. But her particular forte lay in warnings. None of her kith or kin wore ever called to pass through tho dark valley of the shadows without her receiving some supernatural intimation, or, as she called it "being warned" of their decease. I will hero stato that my gramlmotbor had been a widow for many years, and re sided with my mother, as did her two youngest clfildren, Balph and flice. Ralph, a spirited lad of seventeen, assisted my rtkr in his business, and Alice, dear aunt Alice's time, was mostly engrossed by "us children." For several months she had been trou bled with a hacking cough, which was in itsoU warning enough that the time was soon coming when we should be obliged to part with our kind and careful nurse. After awhile she became unable to sit ui nil .l I .1 .. . in uay,uiiu men my moiDer movoa aunt Alice's bed from her chamber into the par lor, an she was no longer able to go up and down tho stairs, and it was more convenii cnt to take care of her there my grand mother slept in a chamber directly over this, th j stov-i-pipefrom the parlor passing up Ihrcwgh the floor into the chimney thus making hor room warm and comfortable. The night after aunt Alice was removed into tho parlor, graudmothcr receired a very decided warning of her death. She said that, after she had been in bed a short time, she was aroused by a light shining upon her facs, and opening her eyes, she beheld tho form of a new moon arise from ono corner, slowly sail across the room and finally disappear behind her bed. She was so sure that she had soon this, and becamo so nervous and excitod about it, my mother thought best to havo some one sleep with be'r the following night ; so my sistor Mary, a girl of fourteen, shared my grandmoth er's bed. Bat, strange to say, they had hardly relirsd to rest before we wero star tled by a loud scream from .Mary. She, too, had soen the mysterious appearance, just as it came the evening before a half moon, rising in one corner, passing diagon ally across the room, and disappearing be hind the bed. The room was left vacant, every body in the house believing it to bo haunted. When this cams to the ears of my uncle Ralph, he expressed his decided contempt for the whole affair. It was socond naturo for. grandmother, he na:.d, to igUts. and Mary had no doubt, been so scared at the thought ot passing the night in a room whore grandmother had seen something, that she had fancicdshe saw it too. lie would sleep in tho room himself, and was not at all afraid of being troubled with new moona or old ones either, so he took up his quarters in the haunted chamber. Ho made no alarm during the night; but at the breakfast table he declined answoring any questions. The truth was, ho had seen exactly tho same tning that bad so alarmed bis grandmothor and-Alary ; but he was a bold, determined fellow, and had made up his mind to find out tho cause of this sin gular appsaraace; and, besides he did not like to confess that ho had witnossod the same thiu that ho had scoffed at as a de- lusion in ethers Six nicrhts in succession he sleet in the j haunted room, and every night Uo same tjng occurred. On the seventh night, be j Wa lying a tfake, about midnight, thinking of the Strange circumstanco, and trying in ! vain to arrive at a solution of tho mystery, when he heard Alice begin to cough in the room below. Immediately, he heard my ' mother's footsteps coming into Alice's room, as was her custom whenovor she had a paroxysm of coughing. At tho same time, the supernatural light appeared in , the corner, floated slowly across the room, 1 and went down behind big" bed. A thought itruck b'm. "oarau, uu cuucu, - uavc yuu gut u light?'" uYcs," sho answered. "Are yon standing by Alice's bed 7" "Yes," aain. 'Vcll," uid ho, "walk from her bod to tke door with tho light in your hand." At once, the half-moeh aroe from behind his bed, and movod steadily across toward the opposite cornor. . 'Now come back again," ho6aid. She did so, and, as if following the sound of her footsteps, ba:k sailed the mysterious li-rht. ilo sprr out of bed with a hearty mvsterv was tolvcd. The Iauih. The oarihen pot through which the stovepipo passed from the lower into tha upper room was too lar;e for tho pipojand a light, passing from the door to the bed in the lower room, cast its reflection through this aperture, and, as it showed on the wall above, was exactly the sh:;pe of a new moon. My mother's repeated visits from her room to aunt Alice a bedside. With a !i -lit i n her hand, had been the cause of tny iTindTiot her s supernatural warning ; anil, kia"u-UUL,,' . . , but lor tbo boldness and perseverance oi her son, would no doubt, have been hanelsd down to successive generations of grand children as a sulemn warning of aunt Alice's death, which took place same weeks alter. Probably all supernatural appearances mi"ht bo explained as the effect of some natural cause, if people were not too super, si'.titus to ril: the trial. Cautious Men. Some men use words as riflemen do bullet. They say little. The '..v-r wnn! IlS;d 0 TlCUt tO tUC mark. They lot you talk, and guide with their eye aud faco, on and on, till what you say can bo answered in a word or two, and 1 , then tney if to oat u sentence, pierce tue 1 t nnicLv und. are clone. 1 ou . iu ritl rwrpr ivtlOW vvuero ycu siauu nuu them. Yeu-conversation falls into their n iat.S mto ..! - mindn, as rivers fall into deep chasms, ana are loat in from s.gnt by its ueptn . u darknrss. They will someumcs , iurpr se yo.i wi-.h a few v.-orJ, that go right through to the nui k iiLe a gun shot, and Ji uro.aiieut again, as it they wero reloading. B C-rxaFux There i ho greaUr era). rj-aay Yirtu tho cheerfolneti. Thb qvality of man amongmen is like sunshine to the day, the gentle renewing moiUre to parched herbe.. The light of a cheerful face diffuses itself, and communicates the happy spirit that inspire it." The sourest temper must sweeten in the atmosphere of continuous good humor. As well micht roc;, and cloud, and rapor hope to clinr to the sun illumined landscape, as the blues and morosooess to combat joTial speech and exhilarating laughter. Be cheerful always. There is no path but will be easier traveled no load but will be lighter, no shadow on heart or brain tut will lift sooner in presence of a determined cheerfulness. It may at times seem difficult for the hap piest tempered to keep the countenance of peace ancl content ; but the difficulty wiU anish when we truly consider that sullen gloom and passionate despair do nothing -but multiply thorns aud thicken sorrows. Ill conies U us as providentially as good and is a good, if we rightly apply its ler sons. Why not, then, cheerfully accept the ill, and thus blunt its apparent, stine? Cheerfulness ought to bo the fruit of Chris tianity. The bad, tho vicious, may be botstcrously gay, and vulgarly humorous, but seldom or never trultr cheerful. r,Anu. ine cheerfulness is an almost certain index a aPPy aQd pure hwart. V' The Power op Silixce.-A rrnnd man in Sersey was sadly annoyed bva ter- wo- .uoSuv Hwignoor, wno often visited her and provoked a quarrel. She at last sought the counsel of her pastor, who added sound common sense to bis other good qualities. Having heard tho story of her wrongs, he advised her to seat herself quietly in the chiraney corner when next visited, take tho tongs in her band, look steadily -into tho fire, and whenever a hard word - camo from her neighbor's lips,-gently snap the tones, without unerring a word. A day or two afterwards, the woman came again to ber pastor, with a bright and laughing face, to communicate the ef fect of this new antidote for scolding. Her troubler had visited hor, and, as usual, commenced her tirade. Snap wont the tongs. Another volley. Snap. Another still. Snap. . " Yhy don't you speak 7" said the ter magant, more enraged. Snap. ' Do speak ; I. shall die if you don't speak," and away she went, cured of her malady by the magic of silence. It is poor work scolding a deaf man, it is profitless boating tho air. One-sided con troversies do not last lonar. and ircnir.illv end in victory for tho silent party. Dead ykt LiviNa.Tho cedar is most useful when dead. It is the most produc tive;whsn its place knows it no more Tuere in uo UtuVi. i:u. ; x; grain, and capable of the finest polish, the tooth of no insect will not touch it, and Titnp himself can hardly destroy it. Diffusing a perpetual fragrance tieroiigh the chambers which it ceila, tho worm will not corrode the book which it protects, nor the moth corrupt the garment which it guards ; all but immortal itself, it transfuses its ama ranthine qualitios to the objects around it. Every Christian is useful in his life, but the goodly cedars are the most useful af terwards. Luther is dead, but the Refor mation lives. Knox, JSToivillo, and Hon derson aro dead, but Scotland still retains a Sabbath and a Christian peasantry, a Bible in every house, and a Bchool in every par ish. Bunyan is dead, but his bright spirit still walks tho earth in its "Pilgrim's Progress." Baxter is dead- but souls are still quickening by tho "Saints' Rest." Cowper is dead, but tho "golden apples" aro still as fresh as when newly gathered in tho "silver basket"of Olney Hymns. Eliot is dead, but the missionary enter prise is Young. Henry Martyn is dead, but who can count the apostolic spirits who phcenix-hke have startea from the funeral pilo 7 Howard is dead but inodorn philanthropy is only commencing its ca recr. Raikes is dead, but the Sabbath Bcbools go on. The Japanese posses the art of dwarBng and magnifying vegetablo products in an extraordinary manner. A recent traveler states that ho saw a plum tree, a cherry treo, and a fig treo growing in a small box not more than six inches long, the plum tree being in blossom ; whilst on tho other hand, cabbages are grown of such a size that ono is as much as a man can lift. IVotlce or Removal! DAVID WELSH, PJIA CTICAL U'A TCH-MA KER ASH REPAIRER, of TWEftTY-SEVFJS' YEARS' EXPERIENCE, South east corner of Public Square, at the sign of the LARGE WATCH. Greensborough, N. C, Thankful for the Tery liberal patronage re ceived at his former stand, has removed to tke more "central location on public square where he will be happy to wait on all of his former patrons and as many new ones as may plens to patronire him. A splendid stock of all kinds of material on hand, such as jewels, hands, mainsprings, watch glasses, guards and keys. All work warranted lz months janliy 34-1 y Insurance Office, (Jreensborouph, N. C. Sept. 10th, 180::. At a meeting of the Directors of thia company an assessment of ttn per cent, was made and order- d to be collected on all premium notes outstanding on the 1st day of March, ISC.'i. C.;-4w PETER ADAMS. Sec. Musical Instruction. Prof. W. S. IJ Mathews will remain in Greensborough and givST'rivate lessons in Music, until further notice. Very particular attention will be given to the in struction of beginners. TERMS REASONABLE. C7-3m Ijurs Wanted We wish to purchase any quantity of Furs, for w hich we will pay 5 cents each lor RabBit: lb cents for Coon, Fox and Musk rat ; anl 40 cents each iur Mink." 4i-tf J. & F. OABRETT. t ll'acon for Sale ! One 3 Horse Wa;;on tt Apply to A. A. WILL ARD, 68-td Greensboroogh, N. C ATotlce to Overseer of Roads. j3( This is to no'ify the overseers of the road be tween Grceasborongh and Salem, and between Greensboroush and Yanceyville, that it they !o not I ra,AT ihe aail roids. and Put them in condition " . ' 1 -.,.mrTrr ir afo f.,r th rktfl linir nuhl 10 rendcrinz it safe fur the travelling public, tbat legal di jn be institdtea compelling thern to , di!,cbar e their dulic9 m. jop.daX, Mail Contractor. I, or Sale. One f 3e four year old MA KE COLT, . well brokc-i to harnes- lor sale, perfe 'tly soaud. Apply to jy-4w CHKLL R. KINO, Graham, N. C. Written for tie Patriot. AN OFFERING laanosoaTor sax TBoareoir. Spirit lyre !I strike thy Miiaem, And lend my feeble breath. To spread the halo glory flings Around a martyr's death. Haahed within a lonely grave, Bailie sleeps in a stranger land He aied, our struggling South, to iTf From a tyrant's bloody hand. He haa crossed death's watera o'er In answer to the angel's call ; .'"nf,td threshold never more Will echo feet-fell. Loved ones look tin the Tacant chair, beaide the stricken hearth, w.!?J? t0now a there with hi. gleeful song and mirth. Within hiachild-hood'a home Fond hearta his treasured image keep la memory's sacred dome. wV hTX' 0QUid Pl Ur kindred's circle dear, F elt a pang and gave a waU Above Jtua ill-timed bier. The cannon's roar nor drum'a lone roll' Will disturb him never more, War', ragings cannot reach hia soul Upon Eternity's vast ahore. When our glorious South is free, We'll twine a garland for the slain, Ana mong the heroes there shall be In richest buds. lot h jii.'. i bv st assauifj. Fasxib. Written for the Patriot. TIME. There is something solemn in the roarin wind. it wakes the dormant scenes that are left behind A pleasant melancholy steals the mind ' And makes it sad. ' The acenes in which we lon2 had found delight Had lent remotest rapture to the sight, But now we sink beneath the sweeping blieht In sorrow clad. Yet timerelia on destroying as it roes vur pieasures with our woes Our dearest friends, and most malignant foes, And nothing leaves. Though pleasures spring again like budding flowers As soon are swept away by passing hours ; And ere we raise again our drooping power A ffdi n if err a mm ' 0 what is there on earth that's worth our hearts, where pleasures come no soon and sooner parts, Where all whe are dear and lo?ely lesve such smarts, When they arc gone ? Where scenes are passing, ouicklr fmm ih i.w And hopes are failing, never to renew ; 11' 1 "1 v . - ..... m nne nopes ana joys ana mends are few, iu rest upon. Before the course of time's ingathering sweep No pleasure ia secure, nor can w tn . 1 Ourselves from failing, ajoon we fall asleep Ana are no more. As life is surely waning, auickly take The precious, boon, which time can never break That which at last, will you most glorious make fir i:r. - t ucu me J3 o er. ij, yy Gekessboro' N. C. T.flP llavie lall ----- ' not to shoot so many oi his men. on We wish somebody would order him not to shoot so manjr of ours. Louisville Journal. Valuable Land Tor Sale Tor Cob federate MONET. I offer for sale a val uable tract of laud, containing two hundred acres. w a - - v situated on the headwaters of Little Buffalo, six miles south of Greensborough, known as the Fisher tract. It is well improved, containing ail necessary buildings in good repair, with a good orchard. W. S. ULAKfv, 72-tf Greensborough, N. C. Ne ros for litre- I will hire privately, on or before the 1st day of Jan. 1864, (for the year 1804.) The following named negroes, two men, three plough boys, five woman, and one nurse. The men and boys are splendid tobacco rolleis, and alio good farm hands. The women are number ono cooks, washeis and ironers. hcan be found at Capt. J. N. Hooper's near Summer's Mill, Guilford county, N. C. J.. ALBERT HOOPER. oct2 r2-Gwh.rr Af Mules at Auction. On Saturday the W) 24th of October, I will sell to the highest bidder at public auction, 10 mules before the Court House in Greensborough, sale to begin at 12 o'clock. Terms cash. GEORGE WHITFIELD. ocU2 72-lwn.rr . WANTED AT THR Manassas Gap Rail Road Shops, near the Depot Greensborough, N. C. : KITCHKN GREASE, LARD, TALLOW, SPOILED BACON, OLD BRASS, OLD COPPER, CAST STEEL, BACON, PORK, CORN, AND CORN MEAL, for which the highesi CASH PRICES will be paid. Oct 22 (2-lra Latent Schedule ! The Greensborough Steam Mills will run as follows until further notice. Saw Mill on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, Grist Mill, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. 72-2w JOHN SLOAIv, l'ropnetor. North Carolina, Alamance Co. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Sept. Term, ;bC:i. Mary Rippy vs. Sidney Albert and others. PETITION FOR DOW Eli. In this case it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that William Jons and wife Eliza are not in habitants of this State, It is therefore ordered by the Court, thai publication be made in the Greensboro' Patriot a paper published in the tow n of oreensbo rough, N. C, for six succesiive weeks notifying said defendants to appear at next Court, of Pleaa and Quarter Sesaions, to be held for the county of Alamance at the Court Houe in Graham on the first Monday after the fourth Monday of November next. 1 . 1 1 .L ;in'i snow cause U uD7 tney nave, wu? ine prajer 01 the petitioner should not be granted, or otherwise the case will be heard cxparte as to them. Witness, John Faucett. clerk of said Court at of fice in Graham, on the Srst Monday after the fojrth Monday in August, 180'J. 7a-6w advflO J. FAUCETT, C. C. C. Boot and Shoe Maker Wanted. Liberal prices will be paid. Apply immedirte y to L. L. THOMAS & Co., 71-Gw Tbomasville, N. C. CtountT Salt A large lot of salt is now on ) hand ready for delivery to the distributing agents in the several district" of the county. A mee ting of the agents will be held in the Court House at IV. o'clock on Tuesday of our Superior Court to at tend to businc pertaining to their office. - jfoft- ALL the Magistrates ot tha County are ear nestly requested to be in attendance on the same occa-iun. a mutteri of the utmost importance will be brought befoic them. JED H. LINDSAY, ' 70-2w Chairman, G. C. C. alem l!ack. I am now running a HACK O between Greensborough and Salem, leaving Greenkboronb Tuesdays and Fridays, and leaving Salem Wednesdays and Saturdays. Persons wish ing conveyance between these points will find this a comfortable and expeditious line making the tripa by day-light. . M. JORDAN. scpl7 lzll Writing Ink. The be-t made in the Con federacy, and warranted cual to any ever brought from the North. For sale at the Patriot 1 ofiice.