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.- H ' "' ! ':'' ; " V A : ..""' i ' : ' ' i : : ; 1 - - ' - ' " " : . ' ' : : 1 - - . ' : . i : : ; , i Mr v ; l THE FRIEND OF TEMPERANCE; - , IS PUBLISHED BVEBT FUlDAT, At No. 1, Fayetteville SL Raltygh, N. ft. II. WinTAKER, Editor. ZT Qfice over the N. C. Book-Store. Single cojv, (cash in advance). . .j. .. 1 "0 Five conic-, , .-. ...V;...V. G 50 Tw fi 14 ......... 20 00 ?;iH!BIaprtt for. the Lost. ... .. . . . . . f- 't,fxiTonria for llic tlidiUatrcls jualnV-.! t u'-i-TJ yqufhfiil and'tbe - stroug; :7 t ; :j JilQUtO for the wine-cup8 i earful reign. , Aiid the deluded' throng ! .. .r;. u 7 m t -Axirii for the tarnished f&ml vi . fiinbhca fi-om the BotVFsIifrht disdeni V f :jVhcrc God had bid it slime; , 1 Etprnrii life nnd liglit, ;.v .; N ! . , V Lost by the fif ry, mailtlenin txwl, , ? An. turned tp bopeless night " iMourn for the lostbnt call, Call to the strong, the free;' ; Ilonsc, them to bIiub that dreadful fall . , And to tharefno flee. sv Mourn" for the Iost-but pray Pray to our God above, ; ' H To break the fell destroyer' away, And show his savinsr love. . ' 1 1 5 " ' - , TEMPERANCE STORY. BY THE AUTHOR OF "TEN XtGHT.S IN A BAK- 'Observe Mra. Gordon I , heard a lady near .me say in a low voice to her companion. ' ' - , , t 'What of her ?" was returned. 'Follow the directions of her eves. I did so as well as the (ladies near me, and saNvhatMrsi 0ordoq L was looking anxiously at one 1 of her sons, who was filling his glass for, it might be, the second or third time. T 'It is "no place for that young man on? of them remarked. 'I pity his rmocr;' filcBoW .at heart and lias a bright mind; but he is fall ing into habits that will, I fear destroy liitn. I think he has too much self respect to visit bar-rooms frequently; but an occasion like this gjves hi m a liberty that is freely used to his hurt. It is all very respectable; and the lest people set an example he ib too readv to follow."1. ' ' I heard no more but that was quile enough to give my nerves a new shock, and fill ray heart with a new disquie tude. A few minutes afterward, I found myself at the side of Mrs. Gor don. To a remark that I made, she answered in an absent kind of a way, as hOugh the meaning of what I said did not reach her thought. She look ed past me; I followed her ej-es with mine, "and saw her- 3'oungest boy, no t yot eighteen, with a" glass of- chani paigne to his lips. He was drinking with a too apparent sense of enjoy ment. -.The sigh that passed the mo thois lins-smnt.fi mv ears ; ivifh neen- sation. ' ' I 'Mrs. Carletou l' A frank, cheery TOice dropped into my ear. It was that of Alfred Martindale, the son of my friend. He was handsome,' and had a free, winning manuer. I saw by thoflnsh in - his cheeks, and the gleam in:his eyes that wine had al ready quickened the flow of blood in his veins. . I ' 'You ; are enjoying yourself I fOh, splendidly !'- then bending to ray ear, he added -'You've given the finest .entertainment of the sea son ; :X : . JJIush !' I whispered, raising my fin ger. , Then added, in a warning tone r 'Enjoy it in moderation, Alfred His brows knit slightly. The crowd parted us, and we did not meet again during the evening. ' - By twelve o'clock, most of the ladies had withdrawn from the supper room; put the enticement of wine held too niany of the men there young and old. Bursts of coarse laughter, loud exclamations, and snatches of song 'rang out from the company. in strange confusion. It was difficult ' .to realize that the actors in this scene of revelry were gentlemen, and gentlemen's sons so called, and not the coarse frequen ters of a corner tavern. Guests now began to withdraw qui etly.) It was about- half past twelve when Mrs. -Martindale came down from the dressing room, with her daughter, and joined Mr. Martindale in the ball where he had been wait ing for them. rl: Where is Albert ?' I heard the mo ther ask. -In' the supper-room. I presume ; Tve looked for him in the. parlors Mr. Martindale answered. " ' ' Ill, ! ' ?- i" 1 I II ' i'i. i;- fi- t:' I ' i" I 1 : 1 ilTn7TPPfiTTi fFiTRi rTnrruTiinirfii a mtim ft nil nl 11 Li ui;uir -u b V 0) nJill' V 11 If vi??SS.ji..:.:;.' .iiPU'iillffliliJ HJii L . : -: ii, rU iJU Jl v iJI Ji JiQtilAll llD Lfl ci -'rVf:w:::'::i-- ; ' 1 ' :' "y . ' " ' " - .-:.(,. ,..::,., One sqiure.dne insertion,. ....... Iv !' THE OFFICIAL ORGAN It II. l ,3filljU;him for you I said com ingiorwarU j, f r ; . s ,'Ob ftbjf ou please my i friend re- Plkrc .i??lP.fP Fas a husky tremor in her voiqc - I wen o thesnppep-room. 4 All the ladies I- retired, apd 'the door 'was shut:i tnJat n, scene for n frentlemau'a house pnsentedf itself J:' Cigars had been lighted, and the airjvvas1 Ihick mtM smole. , ;As I piphed open the door my earwas !fairly 1 strtnned-by' the bopfUsion of; sonuds. rhere ?as a- hnsbfosL-'ftim 'U.aw bottles fropa many ?bands s4 uxctly, ;pbtil.lw' x- uie iauie, ana glasses remoTca irom jips. already too deeply- stained "with" wine? "IVith three or four 1 exceptions,' allo this company werft 'yoang men andsboys. Kear, the 1 door; was j the person 1 sought. j . 'Albert !' I called, and the young man came forward. His face : was darkly flushed, and his eVes red and -a:al : . . . ' I " . ., Albert, your mother ; is going X j said. ; 'Give her my compliments he an swered, with an air of 'mock courtesy, and tell her that she has my gracious permission.' , 'Come !M urged; 'she is waitiiig for?, you.' ; - ; . , - ,' : ; -'V He shook his head resolutely. 'Fed not, going for an hour, Mrs. Carleton. Tell mother not to troble herself. I'll be home in good time.1 i , r I urged him, but in vain. Tell him .that he must come ! Mrs. Martindale tnrued on her husband an appealing look of distress, when I gave her Alfred's reply. I ; . But the' father did not care to assert an authority which might-not be heed ed, and answered 'Ltt Jifm enioy himself with the rest. Young.' blood beasts quicker than ol .' The flush of exeitedf teling went out of Mrs. Martindale V face. I saw it but '-i . rt. .'.i.inr.l nf. 1 t' ,J her husband; but,-like'i sun-painting, its whole exmessiou whs transferred! to a leaf of memory, where it is, as pamfmiy to-be -forgotten, evening. It was : pale and convulsed and theieve's full of de spair. A dark .presentiment of some thing. terrible had fal-ln upon her--the shadow of .an approaching woe that was to burden all jher life. ; My.frie'nd passed onifrom my door and left mo so wretched that I coilld y. ith difiiculty rally my feelings to give other parting guests a pleasant " word. Mrs.' Gordon-had 'to leave in her car riage without her sons who gave no heed to the repeated message she sent to them. At last all the. ladies were gone; but mere stiIJ remained a- dozen young men in the supper-room, from whence came to my ears a sickening sound of carousal. I sought myj chamber, and partly disrobing, threw myself ou bed. Here I remained! in a state of wretchedness impossible to describe, for an hour, when my husband came in. ' Are they all gone ? I asked, lis- lug. All, thank God!1 he answered1, with a . siirli of .relief. Then! aftera ruo--If I live a, the scene of merit's pause he said thousand years, Agnes, to-night shall never bo repeated in my honse ! I feel not onlv a sense of dis grace, but -.'worse a sbnso of guilt! V.bnf ImTA'wfi lwp.n dfimrr ? Giving our influence and our ihoney. to help refining in the work of. elevating and society ? or in the work,. of corrupting and debasinsr t ? Am the young men who left our house a litte Awhile ago; as strong for good as when they came in? Alas! alas! that we must answer, No! What if Alfred Martindale were our son?' This last sentence pierced me as if it had been a knife; ' Ho went out just now continued Mr. Carleton, "so much intoxicated that he walked straight only by an ef fort 1 I . . ' Why did yoir let him go ?' I asked, fear laying suddenly its; cold hand on my heart. 'What if harm should come to him?' i . v : r - The worst harm willjbo a night at the Station House, should he hap pen to get into " a drunken brawl on his way home, ' my husband re plied.. I j -"-; ' : - 1 shivered as I murmured 'His poor mother !' , I thought of her replied Mr. Carle ton, 'as I saw him depart just now, and said to myself bitterly--To think of sending home from my house to his mother, a son in thatj condition !' And he was not the only one !' We were silent after- -that Our hearts were so heavy that we could not talk.' '' It was near daylight before I slept, and then my dreams were of so wild and strange a Character that OP THE ORDER Of THE FRIENDS RAIEIGH K. ;CQCT. 2, slumber was brief . andt nnrefresh- The light came dimly : iu through half-drawn curtains the next morning, when it sertailt knocked at my door. 'What is wanted ?! Isked. J ..' -'Did Mr. jLlfredi-.Martindale : sleep here last night ?; -. ; .. I sprang from, be&y strangely agita ted, and partlyopemi)gl)j(l' chamber door; ! said in a Tpicehosc'nnsteadi- ness Idould'fiot cAr I -Why .wants yon Mrs. Martindale has '-ent to in quire. . .Thefglrl says hV'"didn't come home last night " . r- 'Tell her that he left Sour -house about two o'clock 1 replied ; 4nd sliutr t;ng the chamber door, staggered back to the bed and fell ' across i all my strength gone for the moment" ' A ? ; 'Send her word to inquire it one of the police stations, said my kiisband, - bitterly. I did not answer, but lav in a half stupor, under the. influence of j benum bing mental pain. After awhile,' I arose, and, looking out, saw everything clothed in a white mantle, and . the enow falling iu large flakes, heavily . bnt silently, through the air. .How ,ihe sight chilled me. . That the air ,'was piercing cold, I knew by the 'delicate frost-penciling all 'over the window panes. . - ... -. j . . - After breakfast,! sent to' Mfis. Mar tindale a note of inquiry about Albert. 1 A verbal answer came from, the dis tracted mother, saying that, he was still abseJnt, and .that' inquiry;! of the police had failed to bring any intelli gence in -regard to him. It - was still hoped that' lie had "' gone home with some friend, and would return during the day. ' - . ; . v 'Steadily the snow continued to fall. the wind had risen si nee morn- l'ifT if rl i i ( fori Ii a i trll tr "Rtt ton r'! r lr was many inches-deep; and" there was no siffh' of abatement. Mt suspense an learwere so .oppressing.nai, in nna wens out to can on1 my menu. louna ner m ner cnamoer, looking ve ry pale, and c.dmer than I had hoped to find her. But the calmness! soon sav to be a congelation", oi feeling. Fear of, the worst had frozen the wild waves into stillness. V 'God knows best 'she said, in a voice so sad that- its tones ached all iu through my heart.-- 'We are His hands. Pray for me, Agnes, that I may have strength. If He does hot give me strength, I shall die I shivered ; for both in voice and look were signs of wavering reason. I tried to comfort her with suggestions as to where Albert ' might be. "No doubt," I said, "he went home with a friend, and we may look any moment for his return. Why should the ab sence of a few hours so alarm yO?' : : ' r ' . There was a tormy glare in her Qyes as she shook her head silently. She aroseand walking to the window, stood for several minutes looking out upon the snow. I watched her close ly. She Was motionless as marble. After awhile I saw a quick shudder run through her frame. Then she turned and came slowly back to the lounge from which she had risen,, and lay down quietly, shutting her eyes. Oh the still anguish of that pale, pinch ed face ! Shall 1 ever be able to draw a veil over its image in my mind ? Suddenly she started up. ' Her ear had caught the sound of the street bell, which had just been'rnng. jShV went hurriedly to the chamber dooropeued it anol stood out in the upper half, listen- insr. Who is it ?' she asked, in a hoarse, eager undertone, as a servant came up after answering the belL ; . 'Mrs. Gordon's man. He called to ask if we'd heard anything from Mr. Al fred yet.' . ': -...: i"-. , Mr?. Martiudale came back into her chamber with a whiter face and un steady steps, not replying. The servant stood looking after her with a counten ance in which doubt and pity: were mingled; then turned and went; down stairs. ' I did not cro home until evening. All day the snow fell drearily, and .the wind sighed and moaned along tne streets, or shrieked painfully across sharp angles, or rattled with wild, im patience the loOse shutters that ob structed its way. Every hour had its breathless suspense or nervous excite ment. Messengers came and went perpetually. t As the news of Albert's prolonged absence spread among his friends, and the friends of the family, the circle of search and inquiry became larger, and. the suspense greater. To prevent tne almost continual ring 01 the bell, it was muffled, and a servant An Of" TE5IPERAN0E 1868. 23; stationed by the door to receive or an swer all who came. 1 ; f Kigbt dropped J down, shutting in with'ajstrange snddenness, as some heavier clouds darkened the west. Up to this period not a single item of intelligence from ihe absent one had been gained since as , related by . one pi IU way do wh,one oX t the streets, u not far Closer questioning pi itheAyoun man reveaiea me iacc mat Alfrea ' Martin dale was, at that timegb much into icated that he could not walk steadi-1 i' - ,. - . :.. z jr i : 4' T looked after him, said Gordon, as he left -me. and - aw ljihtrt stagger from side to side J biitl ina few mo ments the snow and darkness hid . him fro m sight . He , - was not f iir r from' nome, ana. would, i nad no doubt, find hjs vay there" I f Nothing bevond this Svas ' ascertain ed on the first day of his absence. . went home r soon after - dark, leaving Mrs. Martindale with other j friends. The anguish I was suffering no words can tell.' ' Not such anguish: as pierced the mother's heart; bjUt, in pne degrej sharper, in that guilt and tesponsibilif ty.were on my conscience - J Three days went by. He had -van ished and left no sign The whole po lice "of the city sought for him, but in vain. Their theory was that he had missed his home, and wandered on to ward the docks, where , he J had been rouoefi anci murdered and ; nis body., thrown into the' river. " He had on his, person a valuableg6H tatch,Bfand ra diamond pin worth over two i hundred' dojlars ; sufjacient temptation for rob-t bery and murder, if his .unsteady feet bad chanced to bear him into that part oi xue city iying near tne river. .; All hope of finding Alfred alive wasi abandoned xifter a week's agonizing;! SUSnen.andMr..JtindAlft? nflfcrndl for, tjie recovery of his son's body. Stim ulated by .this offer, hundreds of boat men began the search up and down the rivers and along the shores of the; bay, leaving no point un visited where the body might have been borne by the tides. But over large : portions of this field, ice had formed on the sur face, closing up many small bays and indentations of the land. There were hundreds of places, into any one of which the body might have floated, and where it must rexiain until the warm airs of spring set the water free again. The search was fruitless. Mrs.; Martindale had lapsed . into a state of dull indifference to everything but her great sorrow. That absorbed her whole mental life. Itj was , the house in which hei soul dwelt, the chamber of affliction wherein she liv ed, and moved, and had her being so darkly draped that no light came in through the windows. Very still and passionless she sat hero, refusing to be comforted. . Forced by duty, yet dreading al-j ways to look into her face, tliat seem ed full, of accusations, I went often to see my friend. It was very plain that in her mind,. I was an accessory to her son's death. Not after the first fewj days did I venture to offer a word of comfort; for such words from my lips seemed as mockery. They faltered on ; One day I called and the .servant took op toy name; On returning to the parlor, she said that Mrs. Martin dale did not feel very well, and wished to be excused. (The servant's manner confirmed my instant suspicion. I had looked for this; yet was not the pang it gave me les acute for the, anticipa tion? Was I; not the instrumental cause of a great calamity j that had wrecked her dearest hope in life? And how could she bear to see my face ? ! went home verv heavv-hearted Mv husband tried to comfort me with words mat -nan 110 uaiia ior eituer mj e Yoansr vxoroons. he rjarf ti fmm liiitf between two and tlilree; o'clock in the morniiSg, and s aw him " take - his in m "1S "Pfr lQadirg to theiriverl troubled heart or mine. The great :A unuacn Diu.l Yp?" fact of our having put the cup of con-. We are informed by .Mr. tfpff fusion to that young man's lips -and Brown, of the firm of Brown k Bier, sent him forth at midnight in no con- contractors for building the largo dition to find his way home,! stood ontCatnouc Church in this city, that ev too sharply defined for any self-delu- ery bricfc jn this mammoth ' building sion. . i contains a quantity of fine gold.. This I did not venture to the house of my fi edifice probably. 4 contains more fnentt again. . She had dropped- a cur-ij tain between us, and I said It shall, DC a WaU Ol ESCamiiuu. j J Knt until snrins? ODened was ' the j body of Alfred Martindale recovered. It was found floating in the dock; at the end of the street down which young Gordon saw him , go with! unsteady steps, in the darkness and storm on that night of sorrow. - nis waicn was ; bi nnetet. the hands pointing to half-past two, the time, in all proba One sqoare, one insertion, . , t. . t ivr catu siiosctjHCin inscnion.. i , , , ; . . . t no 3r Eiglit liac or lew constitute, sqnare. Liberal arranjremcnUwil be nwcje with par ties wishing t lvcrtis? by tlie teohtfc or tfef. bility, When he fell into, the water.--The diamond pin was in his scarf, and his pocket-book in his pocket, unrifled. He had not been robbed, and murder ed. So much was certain. 1 To all it was plain tbat th6 rjeildered young man, left to himself, had ;phinged! on blindly through the storm, going-, he knew riotwhither, nntillie reached tho whnrf. r The white sheet of snow, lying over everything, hid from eves Ukohi3 the tn&?ben)U8.iiiaiiiiniTjU9Atc -I e unheeding, , to liis death t j tjwas conjectured that his body had floated, -by an incoming tide, under the wharf, 4MbM?mmm Uh$Jm&$Ui'J : logs and held it there for: ,so, long a tune.; :r .'.r.X irrV I - Certainty- is alwnysr bettor. , thasi doubt. On the Sunday after-the ffadf destfaneral it has ever been my left attend, MraMartindalei aprred for thafirst time in church; u did notice her face, for she kept her heavy black 1 veil c!o3ely drawn. On the f following Sunday she was in ;the .-'family . pew again, but still kept her face hidden. Fi-om friends who visited her, I--dUV not call again after my first; denial) I learned that she had become cUm and resigned. :i . . -i -jl nm-v: hi To one of these friends: she' nflaid " It is better that ho should have died, than live to be . what I too. sadly .fear Our good society -would have made him a social burden nd disgrace. -But custom and example were all against him. It. was nt the house ol one of my oldest and dearest frjends that wine enticed him The t sister of my heart put madness in his bfain; and then Sent him forth to ineat '" a death he had no skill left' tcf av0idi &r ;Oh, how these sentences cn.t, aand bruised, and paiucd niy heart already too sore to bear my own thoughts with out agony ! . . , r- o''1-'-.:; f r What' more- - shall I write ? Isfnol this unadorned story Sad enough, and full enough of xjunsel. and warning? Far sooner would I let it sleep, and go farther and fartheraway into the 4 bb- livion of oast events: but the times de J" ' , inA so, out of the dai'k depths of the sad dest experience of my life, I have brought this grief, and shame,, and agony to the light and let it stand shivering in the face of all men. m ;-. . What Breaks Don a Young Men. It is a commonly received notion that hard study is the unhealthy ele ment of college life. But from tables of the mortality of Harvard ' Universi ty, collected by Professor Pierce from the last triennial catalogue, it is clear ly demonstrated that the excess of deaths, for the first ton ears , after graduation, is found in that portion of each class inferior in scholarship. Every one who has been through the curriculum knows that where jEschyr lus and political economy injure one, late hours and rum punches use up a dozen; and that the two little fingers of Morpheuare heavier than the loins of Euclid. " v '! jV- .. r:,;t i. i-. Dissipation is a sft and .sure do; stroyer, and every young man who follows it is as the early flower expo sed to untimely frost. Those who have been inveigled into the " path of vice are named "Iiegion fdr they are many enough to convince every nor vitiate that he has no security that hq shall escape a similar fate, "A few hburs of sleep each night, high living and plenty of - "smashes," make t irar npon every fonctioh in the; human body. .Thebrains, lungs, the liver, the sprne,thenajs, the bones, the flesh every part and faculty are over-taxed, worn- and weakened by 4 the terrific ' energy, of passion and appetite loosed from, re straint, until, like a dilapidated man- .Kinn the "earthlv house of his taoer- nacle" talis into ruinous uecay. i - young men, right about i-s t T, nMT bri u tuan auy block in the city. For a joaf, time tbe workmen and bncIOay- ers have noticed smau species in wo bricks resembling gold, but which -of course, they little thought was m real ity the precious metal. Yesterday Mr." Hempler.ythe. architect, .having pulverized several of the Jaricks, ascer tained beyond a doubt, by the aid of chemicals, that tbey really 'contained 'A -i
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