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fin rc If ID 11 i m UNION, Til E CONSTITUTION iND THE UffS-TllE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY. Vol. XXX. W&DXEMD.tY, FEDRVAKV C, 1810. iwniriT-rrr.'rHTi -vt ni, 7- o. 1318. Ttri no w p dm 1 1 MM jtlb i-ant, astart's better Ideating pur s 0" ewy UixL" From tb Waiehoua and Olerrr. Greenhouse Hants and Zb grafting ' Seedling from fruit-bearing plants, when planted 19 jara or a mall vessels, a el J.tm blown or bear there are some rare exception to ihie general rule. T in urt re-production, ingraft from a bearing taut r a seeding mi the aame germ, and 11 a few rears it will produce blooms and fruit in jars or boxe. Cuttings rrombear ing tree when they lake, will succeed near r as well a grafts. Cuttings from barren serdlings of the orange tribe, four teen year rdd, growing in boxes, hare liken and Mo-med in four years, while the parent tree remains barren and will pre'.ably remain so, until it is plai.led in the grot.iid in a green-house, or in the open air in enngenial climate. Take any common pear or apple tree when nearly in bearing, or the first year after ii bear saw off all the limbs to within 10 or 1? inches of the main trunk. iheo ingraft each limb or four or fire of them, with rhotre pear or apple eions. If the gn.fis are well protected from the weather by a remcnt composed of three parts beeswax and one part tallow bind ing the graft with a rg on the cement they ill readily take taking care to rut off the shoots that may put out from the original trie, and in three or four years ii will wooin ana Dear., as a matter 01 cu riosity several varieties may be ingrafted on one stock-for orchards, however, it i belter to ingraft all of one sort on each Block. Choice applt s may be ingrafted on the indigenous erabtree, in the woods, by saw ing off the trunk of young tree near the ground, ingraft and cover the grafts with the rornjvnuition above deeribd, binding A J AM im ..MtAnl tiff Atj ririfT II Ittllll lg vil uv inuviii VW"....,j "I" earth drive stakes to protect the graft . trnplTtt them the second year when you want then to grow, placing thero deep enough to cover the graft where it is in serted into the original stock it wilt then put out succors which can be transplanted and bear equal fruit with the graft. The apricot has been successfully ingrafted on the wild Cherokee plum. The foregoing remaiks ait from actual experiments. D. P. DOQESTIO BUSS vs. DINNERS. raox ma ioBo rexca. From Mr. Mary A to Mrt. Eliza Oa. sit own Eliza J For the first time in a married life of many years some lime, perhaps, a little tsdioua but never decidedly unhappy I write to yon with tear in my eyes: so please excuse my biota. You know what a sweet temper ed, easily satisfied creature A used to be, ihe best of husbands ; never looked at a bill twice; and content wit) cold mutton when convenient, and nothing bel ter for dinner. If he was a little soft, I ' felt that it was a mercy that he was not particular, especially in the way of din, neis. But, my love, all this is at an end ! j 1 am in a fair way to be driven to become J a desperate woman, or a cook in my own house I I You have heard, I dare say. of one Soyer cook, I understand, at one of those pdiotis club, where he spend his time in inventing new dishes, and has a kitchen, ) am told, like a drawing ro- m, with a chemical apparatus, and unlimited credit at ihn hnt(hfr'a. Mr mierv lie at that man's door. You will naturally ask how A came home the other day. Poor, little Maria had the hooping cough, and had been to the Zoological Gardens, and l.n. M k Ar m .1 n . kill nllllA IIIUIC WilBIl I lll'llll VI UII1IICI Ulll as good as nwny 1 hae seen A j thankful for. It was a cold joint with pickles I noticed A didn't eat as! heartily as usual. In the middle of his dinner he laid down his knife and fork, and inquired in a solemn way if I didn't think there was a sameness about cold meat f I couldn't believe my ears, and I am sure I don't know what I said ; when lis went on and asked, in a confuted, but still vonfidenl way, if I knew how to make'. Atf-ati-Feu or Croquette. I .thought he meant crotchet work; but it appears he alluded to a dish a French Uhh. . I I said t was astonished at his conduct, when hp bogan and gave me a recipe about rutting cold beef into dice, and putting it into a stew pin with finely chopped on ionsnnd bred crumbs, and fried parsley, and gracious know what! You may .conceive what I looked like, when he: went on about a g od dinner being no more expensive than a bad one, if you knew j hnw a iiuiuge it,.aml about the bet( economybciifj good "cookery, and how, attractive borne might U -sad fey good dinners ai.d ihea at lt the murder ram out, 111 lh shape of a hut blu eovered book, railed tit Modern IIouewife, which be begged rat to study. And 1 assure yoo, ray dear, that book contain enough to piaon die peace of all families that can't keer a professed cook, and gies recipe for 11 sort of nice things, and bill of fare tW all size of parties, and all in a series of letters between Mrs, , and Mrs. 1) , wlo I don't believe ever existed. Oh, my love, if you wih to he happy in future, don't let 0 get bold of this book. I hope Soyer is a miserable man, who wrote ii, a he ought to be. I reuikiii your aohappy friend, n 5 Mam A . i From 3Iru Elizm B to ilr. Uarf A. Mr PtiiErr Mart: Don't make yonrneif uneasy on my acconnu A fort night before I got your letter, I purchased Soyer' BiM.k, without D ' know ledge; studied it, sod worked from it. H - has been an alteicA man evei since. Ftr 1 remember how he used to dine from home being detained by b:si ness, as he said. But since I've tried some little dinners, be hasn't missed a meal. It was only yesterday that in re turn for a shoulder of mutton a la Pro veneale, (which didn't cost umie than six pence to do, beyond what the plain roast would have done.) he took me into Ma dame Crinoliue'e and presented me with a love of a bonnet. 1 want a shawl to match it, and am going to make an attack to-morrow with a Iruban de Corquetlet a P Epigram. Dou't be frightened at the name. It isn't near so difSsuIt to make as to read, and from the recipe, I think will prove irresistible. What a pity it is that A found out the book first. I'd recommend you to make the best or a bad bargain, however, and submit to lie book. I agree with you that plain dinners are' done for, and that cold meat two days running will soon be con sidered good ground for a separation a menta. at leact. Youis, very faithfully. . -- : . -' Eliza B- . " From th Jjomlon Quarterly Review. - PAIX OP DYING. 5 The act of dying is technically termed "the sgony;' but the pain of dying must be distinguished from the psin of the pre vious disease, for when life ebls sensibili ty declines. As death is the final extinc tion of corporal feeling, so numbness in creases as death comes on. The prostra tion of disease, 1 ke healthful fatigue, en gender a growing stupoi a sensation of subsiding sofdy into a coveted repose. The transition resembles what may be seen in those lofty mountains whose sides ex hibit every climate in regular gradation; vegetation luxuriate at their base and dwindles in the approach to the regions of snow till its feeblest manifestation is rpnrpficeti n v inn rinu. i b ii-caiieui - I ! .L - .11 ll. airnnv nn never be mora formidable than when the brain is the last to go, and the mind preserves "to the end a ra tional cognizance of the state of the body. Yet persons thus situated commonly at test that there are few things in life less painful than the close. " If 1 had strength enough to hold a pen," said William Hunter, " I would write how easy and delightful it is to die." " If this be dy ing," said the niece ol Newton of Olney, it is a pleasnnt thing to die;" the very ex pre-sion," adds her uncle, " which an j other friend of mine made use of on her , death bed a few years ago." I lie same words have frequently been uttered under similar circumstances. A second and common condition of the dying is to be lost to themselves and all around them in utiei unconsciousness. Countenance and gestures might in many cases suggest that, however dead to the ex tenia world, an interior sensibility still fixion is the master piece. Other pains icmained. But we have the evidence of j are sharper for a time, but none are at those whom diea-e has left at the eleventh i once so agonizing and so long. One ag hour, that w hile their supposed sufferings gravation, however, was wanting, which were pitied bv their frends, existence was lowing to the want of knowledge in pain a blank. Wherever there is sensibility, ters, is Still, we believe, commonly sup virtual death precedes death itself, and io posed to have belonged to the punish die is to awake in another world. The faculties survive, though averse to even the faintest effort, and ihey badly testify in languid and broken phrases that, the torpor of the body more than keeps pace with the inertness of the mind. The same report is given by those who have advanced to ihe very border ol the country from whence no traveller returns. Mon- taigne after his accident passed for ajquisite torment, and yet worse in what enrnae nml ih firat feeble indications of; ensued than in ihe actual infliction. The cornse. and the first feeble indication returning life resembled some if the commonest symptoms of death. But hia own feelings were those of a man who is dropping into the sweets of slum ber, and his longing was towards blank rest, and not for recovery. " Methought," he says, my life only hung upon my lips; and I shut my eyes to help to thrust il mil unit J.. nil a tllpnClirA in 1.1 11 (Til ishin!of anfftiish. only served to drag the la and letlin? myell go." In many of these instances, as in the case of stupefaction. there are appearances which we have learnt to associate with suffering, because constantly conjoined with iuA cold pee pi ration bedesa the'skin. the treailir is harsh a.d bboied. and somciiu.rs. erculiy in delicate frame. death is ash- ercd labv roaulive moveeaecu which louk like the wreniing ih aaoppresme enemy. But they are sign of debility fad a failiog system, which have no rela tion to pain. There is not any sitnalion in which steady minds and sweet dispositions evince greater superiority over the hasty ,nd it has not been accustomed to measuie its strettgih, the firmest nerve and the sunniest temper are ovricome br die sudden vio lence of the aault. Unless the under statding is afft-cted, irritability and way. waruness constantly uiiuini.ii when expe rience has shown ihe wisdom and dutv of , . . patience, and there soon springs up, iih ' ii i i 1 . , wrll-oideicd minds, a generout rivalry c ., .i between submission on the one hand, and forbearance on the o.her. From the hur that .in and death entered into the world.!" it was mercy , ha, disease and decay should enter too. A sirk-rooin i a schorl of viitue, whether we are spectator f the mortality of our dearest connections or are expriencuig our own. I o be shot is the easiest mode of ter- drowning, tha a.ntggle. a, the euueln a, prompted by teno no, by p.m; " ! W.!n"jr:,,nnC" 'ra succeeds, without any aense i f suffoca tion. , That to be frozen to death must be frightful torture, many . would consider certain from their own experience of the effect of cold. But here we fall into the ' error of supposing that the suffering will inciease with the energy of the. gen,.! wnicu coiiiti oniy oe me rase ii sensioii- ity remained tne aame. intense coiai brings on speedy sleep, winch fascinstes the senses, and fairly beguiles men out of their lives. The most curious example of th se ductive power of cold is to be found in Ill I . ! the adventures of the botanical party, w : f t.. ... ' l. i. ,,. . . ! in took first voyage, were caught In 11 snow-stormon Terra, del Fuego. Di. Solander, by birth a Swede, and well ac v f, . : v ' quainted widi the de.truclive deceits of rigorous climate, admonitdied ihe com pany, in defiance of lassitude, to keep moving on. Whoever," said he, "sits down will sleep and whoeverrheps will perish." The doctor spoke as a sage, but he felt as a man. In spite of the re mostrancrs of those whom he had instruc ted and alarmed, he was the first to lie is me nrsiio 'J repeated a thou down. The same was sand times in the retreat from Moscow. Worse than the halter, axe, or wheel, was the fire which, as typical of the flames of hell. w as employed in the blindness ol theological fury to consume the foremost of the pilgrims to heaven. The legs of Bishop Hooper were charred, and his bo dy scorched, before he was fully envelop ed in the fire, which a wind blew aside; ' not was it till the pile had been twice re J plenished that he bowed his head and gave up the ghost. A similar misfortune attended Ridley. An excess of fagots hindered ihe flames ascending, and his ex tremities were in ashes when his b dy was unsinged. Ridley yielded slightly to the dictates of nature, and struggled at the height of his protracted anguish. Hooper remained immovable as the stake to which he was chained. For three quarters of an hour his patience was proof against the fury of the flames, and he died at length as quietly as a child in its bed. But the pain of burning is of fearful in tensity, and the meek endurance of these heroes at the stake whs the triumph of mind over the tortures or the flesh. The Head, the Hope, the Supporter of those who gave their bodies to be burnt, drank himself of a bitterer cup. Of all the devices of cruel imngination, cruet ment. Ihe weight of the body was boine by a ledge which projected from the middle of the upright beam, and not by the hands and feet, which were pro- jhably found unequal to the strain.. The ; frailly of man's frame comes at last to be jits own defence; but enough remained to preserve the pre-eminence of torture to the cross. The process of nailing was ex- spikes rankled, ihe wounds inflamed, the local injury produced a general fever, the fever a most intolerable thirst; but the misery of miseries to the sufferer was, while racked with agony, to be fastened in a position which did not permit him even to writhe. Every attempt to relieve the muscles, every instinctive movement cerated flesh, and wake up new and acuter ' i.ir..... ...u:.k I . pangs; anu mis loriure, which nm uc been continually aggravated, until advanc ing death began to lay it to sleep, last ed on an average two or three d.iys. initiating life; yet rapid as it is, the M!',,! hasleUuretofUandtliemindtoreflccf .U rieid In drowning, the airuggles at the outsell, ,ll.WV 0B " LCVE AJZD LAW. Lloyd Tomlinn wa a Yirgiaia gea lleaaaa) of the old sehocd. sod held high notions on ih kindred saljert of ocU raiik and family iititM-uou. Hi sn retioreweie roanccted with Enrlith fa milies of some renowa, sod bad figared in hi lory, as Cavaliers, during the iron blcsome litnes of Charles I. Portraits of I . it -r r 1 i i ...i r.t I...... ,7 l" i l L ' " r .egret & the ad detrrioration ihst were ! f'W ft f U ,,a ,,0P going on in this country , he cUrret of her love would run smooth. i . . i ... .' . rtiisomvcd to le no idle fear. When A man like that, he would sometimes'., 'n . u ' , f , , , i Henry Denton ventured to approach Mr. af, pointing to the picture of a atern old . ., . .. . r n.l i; - - i -r . l I rrolinson on t;a subject tf hi love for Cavalier. M i resrelv if ever met wih. and' c.,-. . : . k:i- .t " :n l . I I ... m i.iiir wuiir-. tiirtv will vw w ll.lllf if f . presentaiivroleneh attest not in America, h. . . j,.,,.,,:,,,,. . r. J !nere an social distinctions are rapnue ,unn-:um i ftt,, ! .Pf ? UJ feUV "7 UuJm .hi, . ,tl T '5 ... , . . ... ... i this new invention t.f il.e-c d-greiaie . f .. i . limes I fal being adopted even here, in; .. k.. r . -. r i the UId Dominion. But it won l do . ZZZ '7. VZ.? 7 'd- . UT.' Wf d reitefated. with added em a .a. It.-!. i phasis, that only he that was born i.fgen . i i a 1. m I a he family of Mr. I omlinson. which livift niiii!alail I.Ta exat'aa m a aitiu Ami lur lUll.K,-r.. ... ., (.. ... . ! , . ...: , ,f f. vnun. pj;,,, , her ninfteeni', DmUi iaj uken e - . , c.v..u l l , ' ... Mtn , ' a high value opon the distinction, and at ! last actually refused to receive the ad i t jurrnr. i n jnunj mill wm. raum on. i i n t it I i .1 S2ttA73ZZ J KriltlClllilll III .iic -J . "t f . . ,he ,ik(1(j nei,hf r hl-, prjnPip!e., "nl rt h.,.rtP hiU .fc.it-M- iWM witn lavor upon tne advances i a mttntnmv 'a n.nf -A . m ft m ! 6 -'" father, a small farmer in Essex county. h9.l ..a.i.;.,. hii,p ,h, iw.n... manly independence of v, hich to bo.st. The vounf irentleman of mire blood was named Allison. He was the lasi ie- presenlative of an old family, and had come into possession, on attaining his ma jori,y, of, areaM(!ed estate immediately uKniamg lhal ownP( ,y Mr. T,nlinson. The rfueal of Edith to receive his ad dresses srouscd in him an unhappy spirit, which he cherUhed until it inspired him with thoughts of retaliation. The means were j hi, hand. There existed an old. but not legally adjusted qnestion about the title to a thousand sere of land, lying between the estate of Mr. Tomlinson - 1 . . .." L I- I , . I ana air. Aiiion. wnicn nnu. more innti..'. fifty year before, been settled by the principal parties thereto on the basis of a division, without the delay, vexation, ex pense and bitterness, of a prolonged law suit. By this division the father of Mr. Tomlinson retained possesion of five hundred acres, and the grandfather of Mr. Allison of the other five hundred. The former had greatly improved the portion into Ihe full possession of which he had come, as it was by far the most beautiful and fertile nart of his eMate. His old re-1 sideneii n lorn down, and a anlemlid mansion erected on a commanding emi nence within the limits of this old dispu ted land, at a cot of nearly eight thou sand dollars; and the whole of the five hundred acres gradually brought into a high stale of cultivation. To meet the heavy outlay for all this, other and less de sirable portions of the estate were sold, until, finally, only about three hundred acres of ihe original Tomlinson property remained. Mr. Idoyd Tomlinson, a he advanced in years, and felt ihe paralyzing effects of the 6ever afflict on he had suffered, lost much of the energy he had possessed in his younger days. There was a gra dual diminution in ihe number of his hogs heads of tobacco, and bushels of corn and wheat, that went to Richmond from his plantation annually; and there was also a steady decrease in the slave population with which he was immediately surround ed. From a hundred and fifty, hi slaves had decreased, until he only owned thirty, and with them did lilt'e mo.e than make his yearly expense. Field after field had been abandoned, and left to a fertile un dergrowth of pines or scrubby oaks, until there were few signs of cultivation except within the limits of two or three hundred acress of the rich lands contiguous to his dwelling. Henry Demon, the young attorney to whom allusion has been made, had be come deeply enamored with Edith Tom linson, who was often met by him in her unarislocralic intercourse with several ex cellent and highly intelligent families in the neighborhood1. To see her. was for him to love her. But the pride if her father was two well known by him ta leave mora rora for kep that th Ue of lts paes'oa wu!4 be sttrresful, even if si fortunate as t win t heart of the matJco. lie was inspired wHb nnirage. ho ever, by the evident favor wi.b which s!e regarded bint, saJ evea tempted tn address her in langutg that woman's ear could cnUtale out fr the Urging of Ioe. Edith hsieaed with a Lean full ct hope and fear. Sh had great respect for the chaiarter of Dentoa. which she saw was bhsed epoa viituous principles; ami this respect eaady rkangrd into love that was true and fervent But she knew too h" fsdr' deeply tooted prejudices tunn, m win rrnueinau ixrncu Him . . with grest dtscourtef y. ,7,. . , . , U'bo are yoo. sirr he asked, draw ,. . himself proudly up. -I hardly think you need ..k that question." the young m.n replied. -1 am in vour neichborhooU. . ! But who are roit, sirl I hat is what v t . l i,,L . r I ask to know. ho is your raihcrl . . ' , .... An honest msn, sir. I he young , i , "Humphl There are ,,! 8b"uU could marry my 'd, honcl man any day 1 liked. umu rjniki wiiii ihiii:ic ami tiigni.j . ilenty of tuem daughter to an " V?' Dill son iUelllW Wllt .VV9HII J,"u,,ft Hrel 1 mn',m mv r launvi twuuvvt j wuivi si wi ItA ihUa t ta, i t V lli alt si t 111 a Jf aTKitlkal -v ffiiik we tan ii naviiiii a wa bvvsmw hrtnMl -, . vntlr fulll But the lover was no, to be driven off by even snch a rude repule. He tried to argue the case, but Mr. I omlinson cut by starting from his scat in great oteennipoure oi minu, ann poini- int- with a tremb in liana to a grim pie- lure on the wall, while he thus addressed ,he ?"MnC man. , rhU wr. w th twit r Sir I Tomlinaoaw-lto,tiT tnternosing hi Edgar bodv tm u'al -, .,, i :. vrtnrri tic vi'Cdi ui m nvu lunrnu enu - -rsH hi,;:rc 't; inn tick nr liia nwn. Inr tvliiih oallanl was kuighted and afterward pre- semed, by royal hands, with a noble bride. When you have done as great a deed, y ung man, you will be worthy to claim i ih hand of my daiij-hter. not before. s!nr rather turned wiBUodt from the room. leaving "rn,nn ""'nay i qutca anu nope r- . ... i it ic M-riiiiiiauiiil l lili" runiricurr. . On the next day, the young attorney, who was known 10 possets fine talents, acuteness, and extenshe legal knowledge, was waited upon by Mr. Allison. I wish your seivices, Mr. Denton," he said, M in a suit of great importance that I am about commencing. Here is your retaining fee," and he laid upon ilte table of the lawyer a check for two t hun-lred dollar. If you gain my cause lyut entire fe will bo five thousand dol- ' I... I, Allison then went on to slate, that Mr. Tomlmson's claim to the five bundled acres next adjoining hia (Allison's) plan tation, ami upon which his mansion stood, was a very doubtful one. That, ii in fart belonged io the Allison estate, and he was going to hare the question of rightful ownership fully tested. He friiihed ihe young attorney with documents, data, j nd everything required for commencing i the suit. Denton asked a week for an examina- i lion of the whole matter. At the end of tins lime, Allison again waned on nun. " Well, air 1 what do yu think of my case?' he said. " I think it a doubtful one," wa the re ply. Suit, it is possible you might gain it, as there are one or iwo strong points in your favor." M 1 have not the least doubt of it. At any rate, I am going to gi e the matter a fair trial. Five hundred acres or such land is worth an eff irl to gain.". " But you must not forget, that, a you will open ihe question of ownership on the whde tract of one thousand acres, you run the risk oflosing the half of which you are now in possesion." I'm willing to run He risk of losing five hundred acres of uncultivated land, in the effort to acquire possession of as large a quantity, in a high state of improve ment," returned the uncompromising gen tleman born and bred.' " So you will forthwith, make a beginning in the mid- ter." The young attorney was grave and si lent for some time. Then opening a drawer, he took out the check which had been given hitn as a retaining fee, and handing il to Allison said I believe, sir, I must decline this case." Why so!" quickly asked the young man, a deep flush passing over hi brow. I do it from principle," was replied. u I find, on examining the whole matter, that your grandfather, and the father of Mr. Tomlinson, while in possession of their respective estates, in viewol thedif ficulty there was in settling the precise ti de of the tract of land, agreed to an equal division of it, which was done in honor and good failh, suJ. I do not diiuk. their heirs, oa either si-'e, have any rgM to Jts tttib ihe arrangement then n.ade. 1 did not ak yon to judge ti e tw, but to pioeat it for judgment." .Jd A lit son, gready (.Traded. YuU may, per hps, be sorry for lh"i. - Another rnen.ber of the bar lets scnipa- lotis about the principle invoked in a case, readily irjdrnooli ihe matter ; and a th fee, if !. proved ureesfal, was to be a large one. opened it imuiediately. ; When Mr. Toalinson received notice of th fact that this long settled depute a gain to be revived, he wae throw a into a fever of alarm and indignation. The beat counsel that could be employed wa ob tained, and his right to the who! thous and acre igvrouly maintained. After a year of delay. craioned by demurrer, allegation, and all tt of legal hindes saee. made and provided f -r the vexation uf client, the question came fairly befor the court, where it wa mot ably argued on both aide, for some days. When ihe dieision at length came, it was adveise to Tomlinson. An appeal was entered upon, and pre parations made for a mr vigorous con let! in a higher court. Here the matter remained for oer a year, when ihe deci sion of the first tribunal wasronfitmed.1 ' f . .- a i wo year oi litigation na.i maue Bad work with old Mr. Tom!inon. The signs of decay appeared in every thing sround him. Ilts fields remained uncul tivated, the fences were broken down, and cattle strayed where once were acree of grain, or other rich products. Slaves and storks had been sold to meet the heavy expenses to which this suit had subjected mm, and every Hung seemed fat tending towards ruin. ; Once or twice during the period, Dcuton again approached him on the Kuljcrt of Edith, but the proud old aris tocrat threw him off even nit re impatient ly than at first. , Edith, too. had changed during this lime of trouble. She was rarely seen abroad, and received but fw vUiiora at home. No one aaw her smile, unless when her father was present; and then her manner wns cheerful, though subdued. It was rlesr that she was struggling against her own feelings, in the effort to sustain his. Her father had extorted from her a promise never to marry without his consent ; this settled the matter for tha time, between her and Denton, although both runained faithful to each other. They had not met for over a year. Mea. time the raue was carried up still hither, where it remained for Iwo years longer, and then another adverse decision was made. Mr. Tomlinson was in despair. What with court charges, counsel fees, and lot from the diminich. ed producti6ns of his farm, he had sunk in ihe last four years oVer fifteen thousand dollar, a portion of which had been iais ed by mortgge on that part of his estate to which he hail an undisputed title, al most equal to the full value of the find. To the Supreme Court the matter came at last. But the old man had but little hope. In three court., after a long and patient hearing, the derision had been against him. If it should again be ad verse. h would be totally ruined. A il was, so greatly had his mean become re. duced, it was with great difficulty he could raise sufficient money to ray off ihe hea vy expenses of the last court. The fees of his two t!nroies were yet unsettled, and he feared, greatly, that he should not be able to induce more than one of them to attend at the Supreme Court. On the other side, money was expended freely, and the most energetic cnmiFel that money could command, enlisted. The (act was, the principal reason why Mr. Tomlinson had failed in each of the three trial ihut had Ukeu place, lay in the snperiot tact, activity, and ability of the adverse coun sel. The anxiously looked for period at length came, and Mr. Tomlinson made preparations for leaving home, to meet the timd issue, after nearly five years of the most cruel litigation. "Dear father." said Edith, as they were about to separate. She spoke witii forced calmness, while a faint smile of en couragement played, about her lips. Her voice was low and lender. Dear fath er! Do not let this matter press too hea vily upon you. I have a hope that all will come out right. I do not know why, but I feel as if this dreadful blow will not be permitted to fall. Be calm, be brave, dear father. Even the worst can be borne." The maid '. 's voice began to quiver, even while uttered hopeful words. Mr.Tomlins in whose own heart was full, bent down and kissed her hurriedly. When she looked up he was gone. How fast the tears flowed, as she stood alone oa the spot where they had just parted. A lew hours after the father bad left, a gentleman called and asked to see Edith. On entering ihe room where he had been shown by the servant, she found a young man whose countenance she had nevii seen before. He made known his busi ness after a few embarrassing prelimina ries, which proved to be an overture of peace from Allison, if she would accept the offer of marriage he had made five years preriouly, Aftsr hsaring th y(.wg
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Feb. 6, 1850, edition 1
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