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UNION. TUB CONSTITUTION IMr
niE L4T8 THE OUASDUN3 OP OUR LIBERTY.
Vil. VAII.
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Confcctionarics, &c
n nr. TAfSccn
Dm jotre
;
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ry large aJ
weB srloeJed
article i
ber fine T
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I which
w 14 re-
prctfallv
eH aUen'ic. of ber fiie&Ja and the pubi
geamur. Aasoog the ar th MJowlog, via:
AtsvttJ CANDIES, assorted NIT8, Ctwa,
Xtmt, Currants, iUisins, Fig, Dslcs, Lemons,
rrane. urape. &r.
Ht;r, Tuiucro, Sauff. ami Pi pee.
BukfU, Mwni Hasp, weirtfii, sad Ph.
ing Cream. Perfumed H.Ustwe band Balls t
T-r. O.Hk. raacy soJ Work-Dotes, of all kiada
an J price ; imprtJ f ink ragcer.
Preserved (stater. Cocoa Note, Lemon Syrup,
rcrfamerw. or aU lioda. Marbles, aaaottcd, and
lafca-rtishcr SUle.
Essence of a ry superior quality, tit i Paul
4 j Vera & Ca'o Coueentraied Eitrart of fUUfia,
Tatar. Aliamds, Cayenne, Tkvaae, aV.
8erh Herring, BUckins, Candlr, Jtjne'a
tiairioiie,tte.
Ska ka tho pleasure of statin that San'a
fh. m hit laot annual vasit, eipresard kis on.
uro af probatM of nee good thingi. and carried
off a large qauiitt fcr ki favorites among the
ebilJren. ..- ,
Jaauary 1. , II
: The Gnefentog Compiny
II'
CEKDY give BOiica. that thetr Ccseral
An for the Ktiie f CarouMT U
Cspt. WH.I.IAM JONES,
of baiibar?, FranVlia f oantr, North Cartllaa.
Bl IXETIX No. I.
Tka Cmefcnbrrj Cmrny Wnif been wt4
corned in evarj aociirto af tho LnHe4 Blaloa ttb
tKa nv4 unparallelej enlhiwiaain, and theii mr.
diditea hinj reackaJ an enormou circulation,
will kenceforwanl feme Montblr Dullrtin. that
ihny mty tho mora imfectty inform the public of
ina pnneiiea or tna Avtatea-uaitrcaatao
SrTi, aa4 of tha t ruperimity of their Me
dicinea over any otkart ever pmented to the
world. Each Bulletin will contain awnrlhing of
uie mte imporUnca to tin nealih of the conv
mnnity ; and all cUowa of rcatcra, tho clerfy,
jurist, aUteamen, anl privala InJivMuaU, ahonU
not fail of rtidi; them, la aay tha let. One
inal alone of tho metlicinro wilt eonvinca tha
nX keptical of their eitraonlinaiy eflicacy.
In the prewnt Bulletin wo will only eay lbt
X. The UraeCrnbert Medicine ara'pately Ve
frtalde. ' r
S. They hive been tetfed in tcntof ihrninmU
of naeo viJi peraVctanrca. .
J. Of Ota vrrrUbU Pill alone, MflQO Vote
ara aoU each ami every week !
4. Tha denun! U eonctantly inn.inj.
Tty niintw mi.ii.i in cmi nmiiaiy
any of it A cent u ttyrrranlrd. and if it doe not
givo oatinfaetion tho money wilt be refunded.
The Crjefmhcr j VeetaMo PILI.S poaM al
mtt maf ieal power in preventing and curing tho
ordinary liseae which aflect huminily, (re
eiitly hilioii.) There are urns firt connected
with their preparation ami ue, which the limit
of the present notice firhiJ ua to name. Puftrf
it to ty. that they are the product of tho moat
et tenwva and philosophic reacarcb, aided by all
the light of OHklem acience. All ether patent
pill are made from tha recipe of lea enliahten
e l age ; thee from the cornier ed wiadom of an
cient and moilern acience. In bet they am a
raaracr rut! worthy of the age ami' of the
country. .
The Graelenherg Company ia per pared to how
to tho public the nvwt unqueetion.hle evklenr
that theo celehraiad Pill are every day curing
aH difordeta of the I.iver. Stomach. Bowel. Dy
pepwa. Jaundice, Eryipela, Green Sickneva,
am all dieaae to which Female are aubject,
Nenralgta, Rheuhiulioin. Headache, drc, all Bi
Ik'u tomplnint, itK Their wonderful effica
cy arise from their power to open the pore ; to
cleanse and atrengthrti the tomch and bowel;
to make the urine and monthlv diarhanre flow
healthily ; and to give tone and vigor to the eye
tern. Price 35 cent a boi.
No family should be without them. If they do
not give utUfaction, the money will be promptly
refunded ; and every agent ia hereby instructed
to that effect.
The Grarftnkrg Health Bitten,
Xj Entirely Vegetable, .3 warranted to make
wa ooiru of incomparable Bitter, Thev are
Tk .1. Ti
skilfully and elegantly prepared by this Compa- both abundantly : I cannot say, because
ny from a number of the mo purifying invigo-! j ol knoW j, ig necefsary ,0 make
rating and healing Roots, Barks. Herb, and ,....
Vine, leathered on the wide domain of nature u , " ' . ' , .
in both hemispheres. Tho use of theso Bittera' I arn Tarmer upon t small scale, . 1
will prevent sickness at all aeasons. and in every work but a few hands, superintend my
expoHire. They will restore strength and vigor own business, put down at night in mr
or body, give clearnes to the most tallow com-
pletinn,an.lcretea
who are afflicted with occasional ill health, low
mi with occasional ill health, low .'. t r u. iri
of appetite, ahoukl procure ihem fperiencad or good farmer, bit a I fol
S5 eenU a package. i 1 ')' busmest M COM morf , 1 indulge
spirit, and loo
at once. , Pries
The Grarfmbcrs Few and Agnc Pills.
Thia Pill i. the great conqueror of Fever and
Ague, and Fever of all other type and forma. ..
n. awMtai wi. taqwri.
l hi i now tho standard Sarsapanlla Prepara-
Uon ofthedy far .urpaing all other, before
tho public.
In addition to' the princely SarsaparUla, thia
prepamtion contain. Guiaccum, M.indrnke, Bur-
dock, EMor, Yellow Dork, Queen' Delight, and
, . Im un,, , u, t Ul) ,
thT, siring J".tkin7,t!l!pln7uf !!
taar Sarsapariltas, and ahoukl be tried bv all
rho wish to uso any thing of the kind. Price
1:00 a bottle, which will make two quarta of tho
nine
who
ri:uu a twine, wnicn will make twaousrts
retost possible strength.
Too other Medicines aie. Tho Grnefcnbers
Eve bot.on.Th.ChilW.I.nsee. The Green
Mmntnin Ointment, The Consumptive' Balm.'
Tho Dysentery Syrup. " 1
03 It i intended that there shall be a Graef-i
onberg Depot in every neighborhood in the TJnit-1
l States, at which the Companv'a Medicinea
Ha 4 mm m. r . I
wj m lounu
EDWARD BARTON, Secretary,
fJVgtaa. Tho above Medicinea arc for sale by
liAr I.onr. Webb tt Co.. Hillsborough; and
by Alexander Webb fc Ct, Clover Gardoa, .,
Jvrtwjty I, -. . 1 1-
ojaawanaonaaBaewafa
Kay Tour rick ao.1,
EtKbora&t. Mtart Utter bkotier rou
O'rr twj land."
From tha 8duihera Cultivator.
PEAS AN D PEA CtXTCEEL
Mr. EJitor: .A grfit ileal Laa been
ff-oUit anJ written epoa the auhjrct of
jirae anJ pet culture much, prrliapMhat
liaj a well netrr have been. Sine tlit
ntlrrtit i.f Mr. lUfHn into South Can4Qa,
it ha ben the faliimi to tatk mu"h about
ilie pet being the rlorer of tht Spoilt
tbc feat acrnt Ut rrnaf alinf our worn
nt IbU, improtinf our atock. atJ rero.
luiioni3if our ay firm M ajncUiurf.
Many enats havt been written, rmnvi
peechea have hern apnken. anl yn ni
thing practical ha been dune... No roan
ha a yet atrertained by. analyia the
eonelitgent elr meula of the pea why it cnongh for reed, and to put my baron hog
W not imp4irerih tl.eai-il.or injure the I in fineeondition.. In 1840, 1 plant d pea
cmwth of roiniirumia plant. , Every among all my n-rn. One field tleteirea
laimer ho lu tried it, know that land. ! particular attention It waa a field of fif-
hereiin peaa havt beta grown, alnava, teen acre, whirli had been in part roamir
will afTiud a letu-r )ld of wheat yet I'd in 1H45, and p'anied in cotton. K field
few frmrit Lnw why.. Many will tt-ll . ey liaMe to ruU I aowrd pea, one
you thai the pea i the beat food for aiork 1 Prrk to the arte at the laat pl-wiig,(13ih
the be t winter pasture that ran be June;) the yield was a amst abundant
grown w ith hiUt titer will a-sure ' It rntt pannrcd ; I p rkrd some
yon ihut they are death on hng, eowa. 25 or 30 huhrl for teed fim it, and
and horse. S me ay it in the vine that! turned vine and all under when sowed in
kills others ihat .it i the injured or irn.' w heat, between the 20th of November and
nature pea othcra the season, and oih- 5th of December. 'I he wheat was bar
rra the want of proper care and attention seated about the lt of June, 1817 vield
in ailinii'iterin the die ret nbn!T 20l bushela. The het arre yit-ldeti 3fl
knows why it li.I or whaut ia of the btishrfs, which by the by, had not been in
pea that kill. , ' peas, but had been supplied with ten loads
Agrieuliural Societies have awarded (wagon) stable manure in 1845 for cot
premium at every meeting for the fat est ton. The best three acres of the pea por
liog. cows and sheep, yet no instance it tion yielded (i3 hushi-ls of wheat.' And
on record of a premium fur the beet anal throughout the field wherever the peaa had
yi of the pea. : I'rcnuums have been a been thickest, the wheat was the best,
warded, ti'ne and again, for the larzest! I had, by thia time, become convinced,
Lyietdofroro, cotton, wheat. the beet mode
of culture, &r.t but nothing hat been said nt or a pea crop, by not pasturing it.
about the pea. Very few experiment. And at I had found out the most impor
after all the talk had about it, barc'liecn m of all maxims was M1ead us not into
made whh the pea, and really very little ' temptation, I planted eotton and coni
it knnwn about it, for evidence of which,
one might be referred to the variety of o- temptation. After the wnea
ptntons exprewrt or irr.-mmtpt ani1wea,a rnost fortirianx rro
other writrrt of the Cultivator. Intruth.
the pea is never planted and cultivated tng over it in Angnrt, t lounu tne vines in Iters the necessity that existed for. their mmseii iiveo at ease t nut imtti tne nreast or the attorney as he how
and relied on as a part of the crop, but many plac.ee, three feet high, rovering the seeking to maintain themselves, ai d thus : PwterfieM still traveled the streets in ed his head, and with h ind Hasped tight
lv aasortofdjunct,whichifithil,,, earth, and an abundant crop of peas al- relieving their father. Their, education ! hca""ni' 0,J; aml 'netl tha bread he ly logeiher tat rebuked Iwfiir the mnn he
well and good, if not, no matter. If a niost matured. In a few days after, I was .being defective, they could not undertake ! dIy3 weal of his brow. From had so deeply injured. He thought of the
fanner ha ea enough to secure his seed, prostrated by a fever, and unable tn look t,e teaching of any thing. All that was ! I11 win,,ow wner "tired attorney sat murdered son, ami shuddered. That deep
and stave hi boga oflT the cm crib till info my pet ficbV until ihe 20th of Sep-, eft for them was to acquire tome skill, i "l''ey chair, he daily taw lite bent form est of all wrongs he e uld not confess.
Chntma, he i perfectly satisfied. Now,
I am free to admit, that even this it doin?
a great deal. Yrt It is but a tithe of what feeding on my peas during my illness.
the pea would do for u. if wa weie to 'I hey were eaten. I had them turned out,
turn our attention to the cultivation of it. and notwithstanding the injury done the
n-t as a crop to he eaen. but to he re nes a heavy crop has matured since, and
turned to the sil. I have heard g d ihete is enough now on the gmuml to
ratmers asert, that pea would restore keep my hogs fat for months to come,
land, if not pattured ; and still I hate seen I he earth is now black with the decayed
the same men, the m-roem their rorn was food and vines, and I think in fine condi
gathered, mm every living thing they tion to make good corn nexl year. K
could muster into service upon it. This word or two more, kind reader, and I'll
would not be i bad, if they had penned let you off. My bacon hogs were put up
their stock, and stond up ail the manure in the pen, fat, upon peas gleaned front
made therefrom. But the cows still stood ; my corn fields this fall. My stock hogs
in the lane, to regale the olfactoriea of; now Christmat as H isare fat and
the passer by, or wandered at latge over ; have had no corn,
the country. I hate heard some argue j I have never lost a hog, old or young,
that the pea injured corn when planted , by eating pea. The only fatality I ever
npir it nibrrs that it iliil not. f bare had amOMF hoffS. beillff in 1845, which I
planted alternate rows, with and without
an a aa".
pea, ami nave oeen unable to-perceive
any difference in the corn. The land.
perhaps, was rood enough to produce
journal the daily operations of the past.
, rt ..,,., . lnv-if D .
h hor.e' th" '",e V' nm ".CP.n,"ry
,,re be only practical, but
1 cienufie one.
I ivr..X"o'nVh.utin:
... ... t . M.k:-k l,,.
'he fi,r'1 ar,,r,c; fron m Pen which, ha!
fo'ind us way into the newspapers on tins
!jljri-t. I have been inclined to write
this, by some remarks on the pea, hy the
veteran Skinner, in those capital letters,
veteran ck inner, m mose capital letters,
published in the Carolinian last fall, and
! , . ' e .u
h.v f 'rad.ctory opinions of the wri-
tcra of the Southern Cullivatot. My de
i sire is to draw attention to tha culture of
the pea, ami to correct prejudices against
U,0 prove that h is a vanable foml for
n . i i
'M, and not a dangerous one to
Prove ,hal ,l mY 08 m an rnp'r'an
agent in reclaiming land, and that it is a
good manure for wheat. And here, a the
very outset, let mo say, I know nothing
about the cow pea, never having one on
mv farm. When I commenced farming.
I selected fiom the different varieties of
poa uraroon to the country, tha, 'Blatk
rra. Il ! a rnaH pea, bat beM
ft, try banlr. ana ta rra early. 1Q temain
ia the fnaiMi iM wimtt, anJ - put in
tbt a priii;. ami ill not kilt atorh of any
kind. Is I9C, planted a bnahcJ on a
tea arre CeU, Uipppinj Ua pea ia the
furrow next to the rora, at the aeronJ
plowme ia Slay. 1 bad aa abundant crop.
picked orta aeeea or eif ht boa hda tor
teed, and tornevj open, the fielJ, areordinf
to rertora. errry ilurf I bad, four botaea.
aerea bead of rattle, twenty bora of all
tizf, and a lew aheep. .la the fail I aow
a -a
ru rye tpoa me aria tor .winter paator.
1 be rye waa harrrtted, and a conciuVn
b!e rmp of feat earoo ap and matared,
aSbnliag ray bnft a food pieling next
CalL Is 1913. 1 plat ted peaa amonj ail
roy corn ia lika manrter, and paaiured
then. I will remark, on a twelve arre
field. I towed wheat in October. When
tha wheil w,ta harveatrtl, a a:od ata-vl of
peaa eame up, and entered the ground.
In 1841. 1 plitnted rn in a field of forty
arret, (trap toil.) and at the laat plow ing,
towed peaa at the rat of a perk tn the
acre wpon it. Thry rame tip beautifully,
maimed, and gave oi a most abundant
crop ; picked teed and tuned all liiingt
on it in the winter aeaann. In 1815. the
year of famine. I tnada terv few peat
hat I could only derive the greatest bene-
in the tame field to guard me against the
against the
p oi vtnea
soon spread over the whole field. In nd-
tember. when to my great sorrow I found
eorne 20 of my neighbor! hogs had been
' A... am! m-ms Ia Kas a I ai Kul Aal mora tft ill
BMcryi;i vv at tu Atuiuiiau iiivii mv
want of them. I have never lost a cow
or horse, and I always turn them in to go
it al libitum. It has been but a few
weeks since a boy, through mistake, turn
ed 15 head of cattle, (b g and little.) and ; given up all hope of ever recovering him
one colt, into a field where !8 hamperjseir and getting once more ahead in ihe
baskets full of peas (unshelled) were irt a world, he felt thankful and contented,
pile. They eat np every pod at one stand-J " It is not thf external condition so
ing, and were none the worse for it All'nuieb, as the internal slate,", he remarked
of which is most respectfully submitted fo his wife, after all things around ihem
to tny consiueraie n-aucrs ny uiinc oumi-
ble friend, PETER PROGRESS.
Harden. The poet Cornani once ask-
ed his friend Ilayden, " How it happen -
ed that his church music was always ol ;havo enough to give us contentment, and
an animating, cheerful, and even gay dc- Jit is truly said, that a contented mind is a
scriptionl" jcontinut.1 feast.' ,
To this, Hayden'e answer was: "Ij " It grieves me sometimes to see our
cannot make it otherwise, I write accord- j daughters reduced to the necessity of earn
ing to the thoughts which I feel when j ing a support by their daily labor. It is
I think upon God, my heart is so full of so different From what they were raised
iov. mat tne notes nance nnu lean, ua
were, Irom my prn, ami since oou naa
given me a clicerful heart, it will be easi
ly forgiven me that 1 serve him with' a
cheerful spirit."
A Good Blovement A bill hat been
introduced into the New Jersey Legisla
ture "for the preservation of newspapers,"
which authoriieV the clerksof counties
to subscribe and preserve in abound form
all the newspapers published in them.
No belter general or local history enh be
found than the newspapers, and in" future
years' as maUcrs'of reference ihey are in
valuable. ... - ...
a a a
COODTEMPER.
TVre t jt a cheaper tUsg ta ieanK, .
V Nyrteweta!faaVty, . : .
.'TW worth aaar than dderukh'd Wnh,
' Or theuaaaJ gai'J a year.
. tt Wad tk dy a aew itht, '
' Tia iiW. finatat aLleUt
Asj adda more beaaty to the nigit
- Tbaa aS the atara eaa y WLL
ft rnsketh poverty raatrnt,
Te eocrow whirprra Ic
,'ItisagiafreaHeTearnt
t, r aaortal te Ibcreaae.
k & awet yon with a saute at mora,
y . ' It lu'J y on to repaat , -v
A flower lor peer or peaaaat bora,
f Aa evorbetiiig rose. j
A charm to baniab grfef away, '
Tt enatch tha (rowa from ear; '
Turns tear to smile, nuke 4u"ars fry,
y Spreao gladneoa averjwtar
. A nl yet tia cheap a umtner'a Jew
t That gem tha lily 'a brMt
.A taUaanaa (or low, aa trot
i Aa ever man poaaras'd.
' As emilea the rain-bow throagk the cloud,
' When threatening eturaa begin
At music 'mid the tempest load,
- That atia ita sweet way wins
At spiing an arch acroaa the tide,
1 vbere waves conCicting foam,
6o cornea the aerapb to our aide,
. ..Thia angel of our home.
What may this woodcrou apirk be,
s With power unheard before -This
charm, thia bright divinity 1
. Good temper nothing more I
Good temper 'tia tht choicest gift
That woman homeward bring '
And can tha poorest peasant lift "
Ta bliaa Unknown to kings.
From the Saturday Evening Post.
SXXD TIME AND IIARTEST.
by T. t. aaTiira.
" Whataoever a man aoweth, that shall he also
reap.
Concluded.
Thim-a rresentine thisasneetof affiirs.
intimated, waa a woman of decided cha
meter, represented to her two oldest daiteh
by the exercise of which money could be
earned. The apparent cheerfulness with;
which Mrs. Porterfield bore their M(Hy
altered cin nmstanccs. and the wise words
...... . i
sne ottered in relation thereto, gave strength
. t . . , , i B ...i 7
ana patience to ner nangiiters. i ney ap
plied themselves, diligently, to the duties
they natf assumed, and in the course of a
few months, were ready to go out into!
families to sew, one as a tailorrss and the
other as a dress-maker, and to cam regu
larly their three dollars each a week,
which, added to what their father receiv
ed for collecting, made the income of the fa
mily approximate more nearly to its wants.
Cast down from the world's high places,
and afflicted as they had been, the family
of Mr. Porterfield were better contented
and more chrerful than was imagined by
those of their old friends, w ho occasion
ajjy thought of them. After a year or
two the collection of accounts paid belter,
and enabled Mr. Pnrterlield to supply his
home with more comfort, though it yield
ed nothing over a support. But as he had
nan assumed tne aspect oi permanence,
I ,Wt know but we are as happy now
ppy
as we were when we
had
our thousands
j at command.
1 ".We may be quite' at happy ; for we
iiii i-aik-vi. i rannoi nui icci mut i uriu
it must be irksome and disheartening.'
MThj?y think and feel right on the suh
ieet," replied Mrs, Porterfield. "It is
their iHity, and they enter upon and per
- s.'
form it cheerfully. 1 bey do not appear
to be unhappy." , r.
"No. ' ...
" Anil, thev' are not unhappy." .
This conversation , look place about a
year after the daughters of Mr Por(er:
field had commenced going out into fami
lies to ew." Ori the same day Mr. Wi-
ny biu in nis wuc, . .
"Thai it a very lady-lifee n.nd interest
Ing. yourfg jir j ou h.se sewi.ngoryou.
-H CfTtjInfy iJ. repweJ Mrs, ITi.
ley, I sa w bar at work at Mm TeWt
and Hied ber to well, that I engaged Iter
to coma and tew for ca a to?? of
weeka, ,
, Do yoa Inow w ho shi it V
( tier aaiat It Mtaa'PonerfielJ.'
"Not tha danghtet of PonerfieU, the
merchant, who tailed a few vrart agwl
The tame. Mrs. Todd waa telling
rat about ber. bhe tare that bee fatlter
waa broken sp lwantequence of ooe
hit rmlitors refusing ft give him any time,
and driving hint into a genera asigiunenl
and abandonment of business. Since that
time they liave been very poor, and the
danghtrr, who were hised amid fashion j
an J eknre, have beta compelled to team
traJrr a ad to go out into familiet tn tew
fur m p port. Doesn't h seem hard f If
that imSreung creditor knows of all this
wiut mt bt. hit rcsecltonsl 1
would
not ha vf thrra for the world.
' Wiley tamed hit head so far away that
hit wife could not tee bit fare. He bad
ihal A j tern Poner field, his clothes Worn
inrea.inare, DPtrying aiong ma ttrrets,
wiih a tired and siTtious look, lie knew ;
hi busiorsa, fof Je had eorieried mre '
than one small account avea frorn hiw. I
In nayinf therd he haf aol remurrd to
took the ruined anrrrhsnt in the fac, i
The tawrer tant nwhinf mora to hit I
wifo about Uie fort! field. For two!
weeks he met ber daily at hit table, and
felt her presence as a smiting rebuke. In '
that lime he noticed that her temper waa
grntle and sweet, her deportment modest,
yet easy and lady-like, and her whole
character one of ununual excellence.
When the left the house on completing
her engagement, Wiley felt a strong sense
of relief. Hid he prayed that she might
never cross hit threshold egain. Bui,
year after year she eame at the desire of
hit wife, and year after year her presence
was felt as a stem rebuke. She waa
worthy to fill a higher ephere. and proha-'
bly would have filled it but foi him.
-Time passed. Poi let field continued in
pursue the business of collector, and Y
ley grew richer from bia practice and bis
speculations 1 he heads of both grxtlii
ally lost their jieiiy hue, "hut that of Por-
tetfield whitened moet rapidly. The two
yonnger daughters of the latter grew up
and were married to worthy Voung men
in the humbler walks of life, but the two
eldest remained single, and rear afier rear
patiently
alked in Hie paths that opened
-
- . - - . -
"I" ' ""'no ... im two men,
w'lfy wa" wh'and jpive tip l, pnrlice
m ",e :lr,,m m maure am cP'"y
?' hy, his step teeming to grow feebler
nd feebler, and his hotly to ben.l lower
a,,d ler towanlt the earth into which it
must in . bia a-u... ainb I fi.a "
"I , . " yn
j Fnrlprnelil niorpil mm a small nnrl tn
rorterhrid moved into a small, and. to
Wiley, it aeemed most comfortlest h.use
that stood opposite his own, and he had
h,m n still more direct aspect, ad saw him
from a nearer point of view. It teemed
lo him as if PopcrhVhl had moved there
with the intention of disturbing his peace.
. . . i " . .
.u.uwuV ..w sthouiuwhi ...
go out beneath li.a burden of years and
care, and at night he dreamed of him, and
of the aon whom, in a moment of ungo
vernable anger, he had killed.
The haunting ghosts of wrong and pas
sion had indeed arisen in his old age, and
he had no power to lay them,
At last his unhappiness became so great
as to force from his selfish heart a consent
to make restitution of some kind, and he " w,,l repair, in some small decree,
sent for Poterfield. The old innn came thp wrong I have done,. hi Mr. Wiley
and sal down in the luxurious mmiaioo of lfr f'"w moments of thoiitrhiful silence. '
the lawyer. . He sal firm ami composed. Your last thys shall be made more romV
while the lawyer felt a strong internal agi- fortable. I will immediately settle npni
lation ; and could not look steadily into ',,u a l'f nntijiy of a thousand" dollars ;
the face of the man he had wronged. . (yea "
Mr. Potcrfield," said Wiley, speaking A br'ght "P0 slowed in the old n'rt ,
with as much corrfptisure as he could as? vheek, as he replied
tu me. M Ho you remember it it now at'. M' Wiley, I cannot accept of
leail forty years ago our meeting in New i. I hsve still health and a portion of
York ala h.nel in Broadway, whither we ''renath sufficient for my daily duties,
had both gone on business r. i These yield me all I require. I ajSk for
Porterfield bent his head and thought no more. If vou hnre done evil in nv
for a moment. Pr ol your hi-, re(ent hefore God. It
" Yes, very well," he replied. 1N hoiween ll-ni and you ; r..r what )
"I was tlien a young lawyer, just join- 7m ''"' from me, H? restored as I had,
mencing the world, and you a merchant n"edM " v ' v
who could already count rotir thousand-." . Il wa in vain that the attorney urged, ;
Well t Porterfield hmked wonder. Porterfield was firm, lie would have
ingly at the attorney, whose disturbance of touched fife Koonrr thau he would have
mind was too great to bo concealed. j touched hia money,
"As a man of. influence and some'. In the hnmhje dwelling that stood op
wealth, who could aid me in the. world, I posite the splendid mansion of Wiley,
desired to make your more intimate ac-i there was more happiness than he had
qttaintaoce, and thought this a most fitting supposed. The bent form of the old col
opportunity. I, therefore, immediately . lector was not s- ptessetl down with the
on your arrival at the. hotel.. where I had ; heavy burtlens of labor and care as he had ,
heen for tome days, met you with more
than usuul frankness of manner, bill wat
coldly repuled. .1 thought, perhaps, that
yu might have been in an absent or pre
occupied etate, of mind, at my first ap
proach, and trietl it again, but. was met
in , the tame frigid manner ; ?
.Wvaa Lruda to yout asked portr-
I i3 not tsy that. Ya
taa'J poiate. I could eot leeent yotag
raaaser, but I fo!t it at a deep persoaal la.
alt,"
Tht old rata booed but beaj and tigh
ed. .
That insult, resumed the attocney,
I neither forgot nor (wgavt. Wboa I
came borne I met yoa. aa yoa well know,
often. Tow were to me aa yoa bad been
before I saw yoa ia New York, pidite and
afljuSle when we happened to meet, .Iluf
I shunned roo, and hated you. Whs a
you built tin elegant house oppoaito t
where I lived. I could not divest mvself
of the idea that you had rhonra that par
ticular siie in order that your wealth and
my povertr, to to epeak, might be con
trasted. It seemed a me that those wht
went by, made the rontrat. But my time
lor retaliation eame at last, and I aa wick-
I'd enough to obtain and use power over
yoa. When you foiled. I porrhased yocr
paper at'a discount, ami placed myself in
the way of an amirabb arrangement with
yonr rrediinrt, - Yo were broken ap,
and I bad my triumph at vnot downfall.
But I hart never been bappy about it
since. - " - -
"- YoB bated mef said Porierfie'tf,
looking ratmly into the distarhed Cee of
bit enemi . aa the tatter cea-ed speakingr.
I dt."
Yon hated ma without a ranse. I
writ remember my viait to New York on
the occasion tn which yon refer. If I had
met my brother, at the time, I should have
treated him aa I treated yon. Tha nature
of my business I will not flow state, It
will he snSicient to say that it wat one
reusing great affiirtionof mind If I wat
cold and reserved towards yoa, I wat to'
towards my best friend." t ;
A deep silence followed thtt decfar
lion. The law yet had no words in w hichV
to respond. . In a few motocata Porter
field said ' - ;'"'' 11 '
m A gentleman railed apoa yoa f few
dya after my arrival in New York to eny
gage yon to attend to some business in
Philadelphia?'' - - '
YeB. ' ' a.
Uid he say ny horn he bad been re '
rominend d to you I' '
M He did not. , He merely said that he
had been advised to employ me in tha
case by a friend - from Philatlrlphia. whrt
happeni! to know that I Wat ia tha ct
ty." ' . -" ' "'
4JI it pavey orfuf to yoa that I ought
, . . . .
oe tne rpnn w wniira flP reierw r
, i
was.
A half suppressed groan eirnggled up
mamipning eecret must sii! lie in hit
heart hidden like gnuwiug worm.
..4Mr. Porterfiel!. he at fonih oi.f
,ow rej)air ,,,, j , h
... J ".i.uuira
yonr"
r .. .
l. :. u ..... . , 5
Icclor, calmly. The past ,s frever nas
Thn ..f ..e iWi. i i :t
ly fnU ami cannot be wri Hen over again.
ttod overrulee all for grunl. To Him I
look as 1 draw war my end. and patient
w
ly await my cnange. I have suffered
Inurr, Jrl ,ne wearisome journey I have
come, but snfierinir has iMurl.i L mn!'
1 ...w-st .
lessons of wisdom. do imi complain.
But you are poor. Ymir cliil.lren nrc"
poor. You are all doomed to lhor early
and late for food and raiment." '
" We lalmr cheerfully. Ad eisiiy ! baa
taught us cotitentiiiept 'and Inist in Provi
dence. We know thai our bread will ha '
?'Ten a"J our water is sure." "
thought.' But still, as he daily saw him
going lonn in an weatners,. steauy as a
clock to his appointed duties, while ha
sat in his easy chair, in his elegantly at
tired parlors, his heart would smite him.
nd he would turn, his eyes away to shut
out tho sight. Bui the tighter he cloetI.
hi! organ of bodily vis on the more ditV
tinct before him. waj the siooptnr figure,
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