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' i it Vt . . ''lt hildupoil can n eyer die Wrecks of the jiast J 'Float bhtlie memory f . I a E'en to the, last; r Many a happy tliiiij? Many .a1 d:ixied spring FJow, on time's ceaseless wing, Far, far away, diildliood c?tttuever die, ' , Haiti ray pltilosophy, : : -( -Wrecks, of onr infancy a s t Iive on for.ayc. - t .-, 7 JSwet fancies never die,;. . ; ? Thev. leave ltehiud s Hmie fairy legacy 1 ' ; 5 ? t Stored iti the uiihd. ti ? , ij .mie lnippy thougUt or dreAia, ( liire. as 'tLiy.V earliest beam, s f" Kissiiig the gentle stream, ' ; j.n.um lone giaue;: : ntmi j ri l Yet. though these things pass liy. Kiith my philbihy : " lfJ It right things can never die, i? i .f la :tlia lone iIAjiei Yet lUriffbt . 1 wve3rMfriii ;.?r.iii 1 1nez-Lazelle;: i J : i i i :-' nii i 'i : v; YCo,if!f1f;) ' If any one should, doubt t the ; truth of ,05 strange fact that ; Raymond , was false tO .he woman ho loved deaily, r I answer, I am simply telling the truth human nature is fiilj of . just such contradictions. This is "au o yer true taletf t Theru are uo fabulous phanvc ters here, nt angels nor ideal nothings, who dwell unseen, fike echoes, in the hollow heads of would , be dagnereo tynists ofT humanity, j Is not this stran-, Inez and her .children wn home again, and peace aud happiness , once m ore blessed the hear its of llaymond iicvregor apci uisi'wue..r' '- 3 scar. what areybu $iuingabout , VCHirKpowsijoiir ueeu tney lie- ft .w.. .,4J"' l-u j"ieu. ..... t. . - i : 'h. vil h ''Then; aWerecl Inez, Like CliihlhnfNrkimri!"rlivni'? Uit1. - i . RtinW irrtt ,i , c t .! 1 f?oblet of obliviou, and make aid Inez to meon evening (ifther rf1?!!! WrlKe? Q iius .1 f..!.:! heart.f f Bodif and mmdiboth weaken len upon i our nnVconversation.) ' - J I ;was thinking just . then,1 said I how deeply i-oo ted lovi re fpryourhus-f band must her i u onr heart, f or . jnoth ingcan destroy it u vVa ,n Who- told yon,aid she, 'that I love Jaymohd? ; , 'T' ns, Iftnswered,-of Inez ' jMcG . nd they speak louder than words. , i'arjioii iny rranknessJ FhaVe7 peveF seeU'ln any wife s6lmdch deo- txojVte ou havHalayi fehownJ I Mvei nyeif heard youay singlff ttn-1 kind or eveu peevisfi - word of;1 or1 16. Rajrmibnd-noreven'tb show1 weari ness at his sometimes unreasonable TtSquests. ' ' - " j 3i .1 iAnd yet, Oscar saiil sho,lsadly." I feel that P ila nt t lote my husband 1 'ais oncp lorretl him.1 -OTien r found lte golden idol of my eep devotion was 0 false thing o clayV the fire of love in my bosom flickered out,- Oscar ! " It is Ar bitter thought,' but the love of exfif. days has fadedfadedfaded. J pify Raymohd,riow.! Jk ' -r ' ; WjrjftSli lady 1 wdM pilyme; if tir tlieWrd bid - deii only half Vybxi prenent devb- , VI sometimes, 1 'said 1 he; 'thirst 4or the old feelin'g.Ulmdst pant lor 'itJ to come ;DacJcgnm ut 'duty and J pity the unknown futurei'and say the mad htre tdkeiints place The thought ( man was not pardbned ? ' When death 2 . . THE OFFICIAL OKGANOF THE .ORDER OR THE FRIENDS SI Olk' Ilf; ' r'BALEIGIL -Ni G.;1 SEPT. 18, that Haymond once f teirayed me nannts me, I want to trnst lum again. J His intemperance omj made me IoTe una iae more me cieeper it snDE uiu). the closer I clung to.nnn: untmy loVe "J."' i , , sl: J fi 4 J, '-,! wiiuerea ana aiea.wuen it wiio trast- edfc was betrayedl ' ' l 'v V . .'ineZrf saiu 1, 'llaymonu was crazy; are you not narsn in yon judgment npon the drunken acts of a rum -maniac 7 1 YYoii know tuat your liusbaud lias ' tJ f 5i' ' '''ILI -I f t ' ,ci ,iHtiiV '.I'T i ' been mad. "I appeal to Ibe generosity of your "noble, nature. Itaymond loves you more man ae uoes nis. own soul. fl -;Ti '' W on are nntust to your husband un- ive me i the me forcret .'Let the past "be buried in, the past replied.," , f , v -il ' rt - , !, j, h ' I have r thouglit a thousand, times since of ihistrange con versa tionl For many things I have a mjist minute and everlasting memory. repeat; bar verv words. . - . 1 Several years rolled' by, and Ray mond and his noble wif lived happy, contented, and prosperous. The pain ful passages in their lives were almost forgotten in present cares And joys, or only remembered to mak their spirits cling closer tbgeth A child died, and tlgemutual sorrow was i saiictified by... love,"; ,tp 'knit their sonls. still' closer.' f v' A cliild was )brn, and another gold eii'lihlw was added io the chiuii of af tectiou., ' '". ... " i '-''Raymond 'was taken sickl I called 10 see. mm.". u.-jcar, do shall die ? he tisked! you think I t Xb, ; Riym md,i.repuet d. fI am not afraid of dej ith, said he: IaYiug his hanu upon J13 is ieace here. . ' - i I !ifj 1J, - it., -.. J his b jsom, 'all ti U' 7 i 'Cheer up, R.ivmbrid,! ; . : . ' give up the ship. r . said I, . dout 'I want to Jive, Oscrir, said he, 'not for inyself, 'but to pay a jdebt I owe to Inez, it win take 1110 a r ' . t . 1 1 . "! ixmg time, to pay it oil. H ive vou for rgot'en, Oscar, that Inez nursed liie i for jitsiys in a den of iitfamj', .when t was lob sick to V be taken awa v,1 aiiiV did not know her ii my niad deliriuni?; Inez is niy guard ian angel. .May Heaveii bless my no ble wife!' : -rV1' V " On Raymond's convalpscnce, which was sio w, in an eyil hoiir, his physi cian, against the most urgent appeals of Inez, ordered porter as j a , t st im nla-;. ting ionic. It lymond drank a ; single glass the first for years- Like a vbla- zing brand flung into a powdafi maga- zine, it flashed 1 up the? smouldering La?o tujrst,, tnat puce tin tied nnpyer life - sn l i'!11 mon oC the bowl, swept own all before it, like4prairie gras3 cut .-... if. . -. down by the iuown to Inez, red pinions of fire. yyUnl he left.his sick bed, tottered like a fee ble child down the street, and,, oh, damning shamel found law licensed liquor shops in vitinglyopeu all round. .He ilranl. and drank, and drank, un til his shallefeo'dyjvo3 wSy.and the victim of the Lqu6r License Law the rum-murdered maniac was carried home frantic witli mnhia pota!:i "bhbscaf I Inez l ; screamed 1 the dying man. "save me -save-r-thb bla zing waves of;, hell roll oyer me I Snakes are'twsting all j around me tate them off-take them off!" AViitei; 4water--water my bed is "on. fire 4 my neari is in names ineretnere kill itkiil it ihat scorpionV Look at the devils moctung me drive them and the name of her ha lovpd so vell died on his lips, and, with. horror star ing in his strong eyes, he fell back on his pillowand the wrestling soul of Raymond 3IcGregor was in the spirit Who dare lift the .shadowy veil of . I 0 . t r away keep them off! Save me 'from this hell, Oscar! It's getting daft I cannot see. Wife ! "liiez! dear Inez !' -mr- in merc set liis icy seal on liis bead ed brbw.'.and Ibe wild delirium of his 1 , .... . . the poor, sick, helpless and deranged suicide down into a drunkard's 'irrave tie alone who, always tempers, jus tice with mercy, can judge in pity, and pardon aud save. Judge not,, O man, j'onr erring brother, lest in the day of your calamity temptaiion meets yorfl and with the temptation . the. , fall! XV hat is done we, pasily my com pute, but knoyTjiot wliafc isresisted.' Well do I knowlhat 'yearly,'s'montlilyi daily, hourlyi; bravely the desperate fight went on.b3tw33n Raymond and the tempters appointed by law to' (log and slay him., Wiib wonders that, "like a standard baarer fainting J in battle,; ha feirat last first made a rum-maddened drunkard by the law, and ; th mam iniac m'-irderod by, its hellish poisoners "Iic3n33'l according to law." - Many and bitter were the manly tears that fell when dust to , dust and ashes to ashes hid the last remains of ihe ru ii-wreckad Riymonl from the hearts tint loved him, who still ' cher ish with moarnful recollections the sad fate of him wh , died-16 ubl y died, in that ho died so young. Peace to his ashes, and rest to his souL' , Autumn's liectic "blushes" tinged r the forest leaves;! the mallow radiance of the evening sun lit up the folds of the live oak and the magnolia. s The even ing breeze. was tossing the funeral fes toons an I b innars of gray m jiss, when a-' noble looki ng lady i a d :3p i m -Jtira ing, by my-side; stooby the grave iof the victim otthallcsnsQUAi? I turn ed away in anguish, f jr j I cpald.f not bear tq see tile ,higlitear that fell S: so f ist ari:tsUeiitlv dojn jrfa ledT fci( Oh i how; much they sail -how elo quent are silent' tears at tho 'grave of the dear departed! ,.-,4 !.,' '. . Inez oalyjpity'; Raymond? If ever worn in's true love lived in - a loving breast, its home wits in the soul of luez McGregor, who was -t so t cruelly widowed.: .. Au 1. v, !?'?-. : " Oscar," sail Inez, suddenly, look at this tree we piaiifeel over . him -all broken by his friends, to carry away mementos of my poor husband's grave. There are co3tly marble . monuments all around us, but the noblest monu ment amongst themi all is this ; muti lated tree, f He is indeed a blasted, broken tree, aud I am a trolden viue !" She took my arm, and in silence and. sorrow we slowly walked away. - Inez was left j perfectly penniless. She and her children lived with a dis tant relative, i , . . . . .t i. ; Several years had .t rolled by,, when one evening I called, as .. was. my con stant habit, to'eee Inez aud jher . chil- ' Tell me, Inez," said I, ' "are you really going, to niarry Lefevre, the "old millionaire L ? t-if ,-t -, v. j "I am," she answered. v r ; 5 V I " Inez, do you lore him V I asked. .j''lSr'sUe a teen sarcasnc ouierness iua& was perfectly appalling ' "Is not Mr. -Le-fevre1 good enough for Inez, the proud tinu penuuess paupci r - 4 - ' 'You are not a pauper, InezI said. '.My children and' myself,' said ; she, ? eat in poverty tho bitter bread -bf charity, and it chokes my heart. "I am made to feel my dependence as the chained slaTe feels the iron fetters bi ting his festering flesh. I once had a host of friendsOscar, you alone have been mostfaithful when my dark days come. If you were as rich in gold aud 8il ver as you are. , in, the treasures of the soul, Raymond's friend should he my brother; nnd freely f Ii wbuld I de pend 1 on you ; but you ;are almost as rxKn? as I am..; , 4;, : i- , - .' - it My little allsaid I, shall ever be at your service; Inez.' -, ' , - 'I know it. Oscar said she and you know, although I have never said it, that I feel my thanks. For myself I do not care; forTC amrccklcss; bat I creat agon v was over, tie alone who knew how much, of madnesi hurnea OF, TEMPERANCE. 186-S, NO. 21 . live , in myRaymond's-childrem To-day I am Inez, the proud pauper; to -morrow thousands gild my misery To-day the. J aws of the poor house yawn "for .my ,chfldren; to-morrow iney nave a . t nomp, comfort, luxury; i education anl high position. And yet it is an awful sacrifice marriage nn sanctified.by love.' .' y : ' ' ' ' l": ; 1 'Then, said I, 'don't4 make it.'." ' " 1 'Osc-ir,V8lid: she, ' phantom fears about my qhUdreiiaunt' me daily I sacrificeniyseU for their sake. 1 I wish it wiis a funeral i-pyre.i Don't blame me but those who, ruined andj killed my protector and support,' mado( me a penniless widow and my' cliildrenl' de pendent orphans, cursed us all with poverty and drove me to1 this hated marriage,' ' "( ;,; ::' And "dashing back ihe wild luxuri ance of her fallen " tfesses she tossed her majestic form; like a1 billow beaten barque, in the. tempest of her soul.- Suddenly, as if a whirlwind had pass ed and left sunshine iii its path, the agony of her spirit was outwardly over; and a thrilling, electric smile broke over the glorious beauty of her face. The change fairly startled me. f ' What do you think I -sold' for?'- she asked, abruptly. f ' ' ' 1 " " ' I don't know I answered. . ; ' Four hundred ; thousand dollars ! said she, laughing bitterly, ' ' ; It was trueV Lfe vre had settle d that amount upon ' her, in her ' own right, on condition that she married him. A woman is a jrreat mysterv. r Inez literally sold herself for her children. - Most faithfully she fulfilled all the duties of a wife. Old Lefevre knew as much about the1 f gems that shine in the bottom of the 'sea and the hiddcii fires of Hecla, as he didj about the priceless gem? and lava-tides that 4VMJU Kr W U 11 AU: WUW m. VV V K - his beautiful wife. , y ' ' J r Inez had ever after two characters the real under tho artificial. She had two natures the outward and the ia ward. '' ' To me alone,' ( her husband not excepted,) she was' free, frank and confidingji I was the link - between the living and the dead the secret shrine of her joy, grief sorrow and sympathy. I brought brck to her as frbm R lyinonlVs grave and; the f spirit land the memories! of the" past. i My presence fed the flame of affection for him thatlike a Sipulchral lamp, still burnt in her bsom- Sho ever fondly cherished the imge of Raymond 'JMcj Gregor,- the rum-deranged maniac and mstrderod victim of the Liquor Iiicense Law; '' ' . - f Ji:' -1 '' r-i . Advantages of Public : , Worship. I am fully satisfied that there is a pecu liar jresence of God, in , his public" ofj- dinanccs; that the devotion of gopda men does mutually inflame and kindle class of minds U being gathered one another; that there is a holy awj into theQrder that will t give . perma and revere nee seizes tho mind of gqodj 'uency and strength to it. .;). .; r .t men when 4 they draw jiear j to ?God in . - With Faith, ;Te inperanco 4 and Chaj publio worship j finallyj that if thjeofE . ityon ..thbanneri their iratehword ees of our litu lS r r f,i hearts, it is becausq they . are Tery- 4 1 l '...'.'., - .',.-. 2 much indisposed and very poorly qual-1 v i S fKf; AJr?1 t?VSTrY TrW?r tfied for the tme and spiritual worshinl 'Lrw'! i . ' f ? ;The true mbthcT ;sh6tvrlovc more by what she ?iihholds than'ttjieV0'1 territory :ijn wiiii bjuc iuwcu; l..lf rt 41.. 1 lv.. nrlmt ' chil D.HtD herself to bd than bVwhat' shesays and does: HerBpifitlike thefirefin the stove, : though i ' uriscenf f makes self felt, arid communicates' itself' to thpse who come within its r range. 1 ' . .... -'J f A great many people mistake good-?! ishness for goodness; they have all of sugar biit its sweetness and all of salt but its saline virtues. : If you cannot be what youavbrild, be something . VJ'-lr Give your daughtc the art of pleas ing others and she will win their love; give herthearnbition to be wise and useful and true, and she will keep the j love she wins. ' . : ' The hidden Jhand Snjith's, f when buried in his lirccches packet. . j . Si 00 For each subsequent insertion. J0 ir Eigbt lines or less constitute n nquare. ''-$'-l.ku;m -'m. 'Mll.'tt -w-px 4TiI,- ' ' r Liberal arranemenU will h mal irifli par lies wkLinj; to adrertise by the uionth wryear ; friends; of texveraxce. . This branch otlhe Temperance fam ily is now the largest of auy organiza tion of the kind iii the Southern' States. r It came into exist ence.as a society sincd'tbecloso bf 'tho"wkr, . i - . but it has . spread with considerable rapidly,' until Councils" now; exist iri seven' &fferei t States ? i: Kortlr 8 'Caro-' . Una has taken the;leiid,'s Dut;Yirgihiaf w close behind lien' The 41th Cdun-S cil iri" Virginia".-Ji?s been cV'mI, this week to be located at Winchester A' State Council,- it is ' hoped, will b 0 ui"uuui;u . ure loug m - . est lrinn- ; All enquires in-reference to thC now organization, will be answered5 bv ' ad dressing the Editor of 1 thii ? paper, : br Maj'. D. S. Hill, at Louisburg, K. C. or RevI JohnNI 1 Andrews atVilming ton; NC.! ;J .Zixit :-ii -h -in The next session of the State Coun cil of Virginia will convene at ' Staun ton. on the 3rd Tuesday in October next. The next session of "; the StateV Council of North Carolina,' will con-' vene in Raleigh, sometime iri Novem ber. ' ' '-'.' j:t : : :.;U- li-i'-nti ; The Friend of 2c tn France, jmblish by lie v; R. ! H. Whitaker, at; Raleigh N. C, is the Organ of the Order. F The paper is published weekly ?at $li r 50 per year, or when, taken ? mclub": of twenty is put at the low price of $1 per year. - '.,' if.: j A. P. Abell of Charlottesville is the President of the State Council of Vir ginia. ' , .' 't ;- -r Gen. Ro. B. Vanco of Ashevillo i'.iai the President of the State Council ; of ' North Carolina rVr )Jj Kii,.- Ariiongthe Clergy in Virginia; wha are prominent members of the 'Order. may be mentioned, Rev. Dr. iDame bf Danville, Rev. C. J. Gibson i and 1 Row J. G. Granberry of Petcreburgi Rov: Thomas Hume: of t Portsmouth Rev. John Win. Jones of Lexington, lie Vi L. ,B. Madison ofNatural Bridge, Rev, Mr. Dudley of Harrisonburg, Ray. Win. ' T.( Richardson of: layMesb3ro, Rev. IU Mcll waiue of IbJarjaviUe and othgr4 equally prominent in' 1 the several sxo ligious denominations of the State, ;.- v J i- a In North Carolina, we may mention Rev. H. T. Hudson and'Rev. Tbos. H: Pnlciiard D. D, of Raleigh, "Rev. r Df. itcid 0 Salisbury Eley: J. W.Wellons of Faukliuton, Rev.' Ira T. Wyche.-of i Henderson, with Rev. Mr; Cohen ; and Rev. Mr Willis of Newborn; and'Rev! Mr. Bjbbitt of Beaufort, ?Reir.! A.R. Itaven of Smithfield, Rev. R. N, Price of Ashville, Rev. Tbos. W; Babbr of Gatesville, Revj N.;A.- Hooker of Hook er ton, Rev. L.1C. Vass of f Kewbern,. Rev. J. T. Rollins of 3Iarshall, Rev. A. Cunninggim of Louisbnrg, ondtna ny others;. UhI :inkn.mt VxitirX.- anshon ; says of the Americans: ll lThey take, wbnderful pride in -the if bisrness of every thing;,arid"they ijlbw Wjjlcn. -iToviucnce, nas, oruameti j iuem ! .. -r , , ' ' 1.1 ' - II to live endfng their every Bpeech, or thereabouts, with the inevitable "W o are a great country,", which seems, to come oi course iixe a.noxoiogy4 l b Cost .1 for hquor in tlie Tjriited Spates m the year 1SG7, istimat ? 000, while the amount' given for ' edu cation $22,0CN),000,'br" U. 1 'wce given for hquor, for every dollar for education. The amount spent annu ally for religious purposes is about $30,000,000) or $1 for reh'gibri and $93 Cominent is nrinecessarv1 1U1 A UUwI. All the Justices of the r peaces Iplect cd in jShelby ; County, r Alabama,, are;, netrroes, and not one of them can read' or write 4 f 'f One snitare. oHd insertion V- r ''1 J'l 5 - . ; . v 1 k ; : ; . . j ' : ' ""'.-: ' ' V ; :' .'. '-" ' " 'v ' V V - ':',- T-.- ' '. .' '; .'.
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