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Ani quidnipcJ hi cattla. ! 1 :Wa rlrwk more nnncttwUy went. ; WiaJt;liiU biouc4ii it. . "i :' ' i r"'' " ' -I Ilia vLif wn nVr denied ; I' .4 ',;IIia' tRUtlitS 'it Diiiit and iinwr ; AllMUrU IIV iH4JBUirua.-iril( IIii iwaja diaol at dluuur; ! JIa ner by any lut-V wivf griVftl, . By any caw jK rjiluxl-l ' N ftUSo ho, tbonKh wIk ii Ihj prcai J, Uraiwaya 'took? text. . t A faJiliful chnractrfg h dri-w; , ! Aa moral erpr aaw : . ., '"tjj But ' ak Ipoor pr;n! '.when b 'dh-d: DJa breath b ipouia not uraw : , , SKKIXO A GII0ST. ' A 6TKANQE SToAY. V ' Header: do you believe in g lOStS? ypttUhink 1 disembodiedj3)irits, troubled in their graves, can re-vis it; this earthy haunt m the. Hlead ght," i-thly most faith Y Svasto, knd' middle .of tho ni I fcho troubled scenes of their at J lives? Mostililcoly youdo not; I likolv vou 8cbffrati the idea : 'in -the "bupcrnatural obsolete jn ' S thil rapid age f of jteam andl te:lc-i j graphs J and yet tliere 'truly are; .fl, more 'things in; heaven and earth' I thin are dreamed of in philosopli'y' la 'A f)rio year ngo,"I was "U Skeptic 1 insetf -a most decided unbeliever: . ill who would have-: walkod iiito a vwA.'frit ni. milmrh with a' stout H "1 J .- . -j- Uieart, and' snapped my fingers at all, 1 Li w , . ii ' I : il . JL'i ; ho. ghosts this Side th'o-jStyx ; but bt n0 : u eil: I thinlcil liaU cr tell you the wiiolc' story. !:Ih tho'autumn of hwityear.ln gay . .. . party Irom tlio town ot- -were 'S-iroihif to spend u week or two' in a . la Jiosnitable old farm housoiiiione of j the! prettiest villages in the1- world. f I was invited to accompany them, V ;f but (he town of. -Wiw gayer - ; i tlian; the country' just then; and j.Y;,besidcsyT had other engagement; V W my fricTids Avould not tako no' . if lbr Jan answpr. T '''a ' li'W&mr t.'a nn nan f n.TU-inrr " Knifl myj Impatient cousin, 'Jennie!: "you must "come.. AVe arb goiiig to have Buch .fun, 4is Tom says, and yon majst be there ' jt's real ly .'-selfish cf you ;to refuse, when you kuow wo. all want you so badly." . "BeyidesJ" clujned' her sister Jii- liaj Vyou will mcej. an old achool-fpiSnd-vhom Vou have not seen ! for.tho last two years' I mean Ma- 1 Mary :Dismdro pre tty j Mary Dismore.l" I erred ouc delightedty ;: "will , she bethero? Oh, then, I i shall go most willingly I Dear, lov- ing,;blu obeyed Mary; how 1 do long to see her again 1 lias she changed, much sincel saw her last ?n ) Y'fNot a great dcak The slight, ! deUcalo, fragile:looking girl" of six-! teeh has been transformed into the rounder, fuller, taller, and more dignified young lady of eighteen -rthatis,all. , The palei golden curls tiro snowy skin with its soft, roso Ato flush-7-tho bluo, beautiful eyes, and" daiutily .small baud and feet, aro the same wo all useu to admire so much." . .11' . ' Y . AhV those wcro the' days !" said I, half laughing antl" half 1 sighing.: MM "I! wish, with all my heart, I was a nappy bcuuui gui giiiu7 wiiu Jj.it y Dismore, and - " f' .ell, bo ready to start with us nghi and early to-morrow, and you ahdMary eain talk over these good old -times at your leisure. iSho is, just as anxious id sco you; y asypucan possibly .be to meet lien" X h(l then, after a mutual cx Ylfchaiigo of kissesV according to the V;S fashion prevalent among girls, wei Y Bcjparatedj and I set t6 packing up' Ji.with my head full of the dear oic. v ji school, and Mary Dimbrcr and all Vm I tho'res until 1 went to bed and ' i v'.11 t6'fleop.-;7KvS-':pleasan.t hours in the railway train brought us to the .f villagc, and a carriage was waiting ;Ra't tho ;station to take us up to the old larm-houso. As l sj)rung out; at the gate somo. one camo living 5 down the ayenuo, and I was encir-; "i.. - A 1 , L '.' ' j cteu py.a par oi wuiio anus, ano undergoing u stangulating amount; of kissing from so rosy, a .pair 6$ Hps, that .all tho gentlemen of our party ' looked! On in undisguised envy. :'." .. ; Y"Yliv, Mary dear Mary' lex, claimed, "is "this really you ? ; Ah, l am so glad t see yu !. What a A j 1 YOL. long; long time sinpojwe parted last !" i - '. I I" Yh n I "Two whoI.ocn'dlcsycapa.rVsaifib Iary, laughing and frying togeth er; "and you itcvcr;)DYcn wrote to Ijjo all tbiit time. Abi Mary I JI Wouldn't have arcatbd you so. II tvrbte you two ieucrs,nna you nev er ereh answered-; tlkum. But you arc you arc 7' : v ; I "One of tho .rnost aggnvyatjng young ladies tbat CvOr atliictcd tho 4arth," said bj impudent cousin i'om, coming up at It ho. moment. 'fThero'rt hot witole character in a, uut-pheJt for .Qjt i J5b-trlirfs bavo yon heard tu BtartUfig btory Jclia lias iustVen telling .IS I' . ' ' asked Mavy OK J "SoA What is it? and T together. . "Well, thereby hangs a tale" tard Tom, slapping hi3canoYou see, this morning, I'l Jhxon and 1 wjsnt! on,trout fishihg, about three mjilesfrom here to.-a stream we knowj of ; and after catching as many-of the finny tribe a& wo wanted we started off on an exploring expedition, land kept po king oSiir noses fnto! every thing we met generally until we came to -f VVhat do you think wo came to?"-said Tom, in. a tone of sterri iiivcstigation. i , j " " : "How hhpuld we 'knojw ? A slpoping-beauty in thej woods' said .! 1 . ' hi; ' "Xo yt) had no such good luclw ATe came to an old riiinad -cottage, "buried away in the loncspmest cor-; npr of the lonesomcstj old woods such a scene of desolation 'and de cay as I never saw out of a romance bolpre. It was a jolly place for nuts! and blackberries, though !; and Will arid I sat down and" eat till wc could eat no more,, and then ve started for home. ""As5 there were lots more there I proposed to Jullia we should all go there ih a body, And secure them. But when I spoke of it to J Ulia, instead of viewing matters in a Reasonable lights-she nearly went into, fits at the thought o(it." "Why, how was tbt ?? said Ma ry. '"J ulia is jiot generally averse to an'3'thing that. promises fun." -."Wyll, it seems it's hprrbr and sacrilege to go tliere; and she went and told mu a most terrifying hair-.on-end : story that . shattered my nervous system, and will give me no end to nightmares.! Julia seem ed surprised not to say disap pointed that tho eartlu did not open and swallow Will and me up, for presuming to set our unconse cRated feet within ! the siado of those blackberry buslJes.," " "Well, but the storythelegend? demanded Mary and I, our curiosi ty strongly excited. ; ! . " ' "Olv the. legend !j Well, let's see 1 Ypu needa't expect it so dra- maticauy', ana elaborately told as Julia related it; but the substance of .the whole thins; was . " "Now, Tom, don't ; condense it; lets have the original as nearly a possible," said I eoaxinIy. "Well, then, to bogin; , Once up on a time there was an Old fellow lived up there wlio like ai' fathers (for ho was a father,) ! considered it his duty to be as intensely disagree able"as possible. Tlo was the sole Pvncrs and proprietor pf ne daugh ter, .a'"'. remarkably ! nice-looking young woman, whoso hotfons didn't always coincide withithbse of her sire, for she considered itj perfectly right and proper she should have a beau-i a ilass of men he looked upon as direct emissaries of Old ! "And. Very properly, Mary. - . j too," said "i "Don't put me out, Miss Dismoro Well, the young wontaiji.did have a beau, and the old hTjan! flared up ! iu ii uwiui cAit'iii uuujii u. o.ne daughter -cried and I to!ok on as young women always do in these cases, as I am given to Understand but tlie hard hearted -parent was inflexible. So shcwrote to her lover to come and bid-her an everlasting tare well, itnd then takje Ihis last leap into the arms pi' sionie other crinoline, while she would consid er the ''advisability; of dyingof a brc- i ken' heart. IIow .her father came to 1 nnd out Taoout uie; proposed meeting, Julia and tradition saith not but find : it but- he did; that lie saw them burieTllin nfiiiction in the garden; and wllat do you sup pose the old rascal did?" "Hushed out and confronted them suggested Mary." j . "Xo. Ho took a -shorter way of settling the matter He deliberate ly loadad his pistol, ; took aim, and fired at the young man." "The. old monster hushes ! It friehtened even the old viper, and ho wentpout to look at I l" - tfcj ; . his, handiwork; and W mt 1q j'Ou hink, but ho found he hud shot FAMILY XEWSPAPER-DEVOTED ; TO LIT EPdTUBE, GEXEPRTELUGEaCE, his own daughter instead of the yoiing man, which should bp a yaming sad to all. old gentlemen, either not to attempt shooting, or else practico before trying it;" "What a tragic end ! ; What did he do then?" said Jilaryj "But, Tom, is this really true? It is quite dreadful' said I. '! " True ? I think so. Consider ably truer than love-songs. Well .they turned out a precious pair of fools, both of 'em ; .for tho ? young man, went stark, stai'ing mad.nd fthe oklbne went and gve hiniself up totha autho"ritc and fbrrhed a pretty Subject for the Law, shortly, after. That's the story, aiid now for the sequel. It seems that the young woman returns to earth eve Yy night, and frightens respectable parties out of their wits. Two or three families tried to live in tho old cottage, but the spirit of tho defunct young lady gavt) thc?n a quiet hint that their room was bet ter than their company ind so they went. Since then it has been deserted. There's the story for you a real, uiood-emiiing 1 1 1 1 rhost story. - 1 ' "'And what's more, perfectly5, 4 rue; said Julia, who'carae up with her sister Jenny at the moment.- "True ? l'ooh ! I thought you had more sense " than to believe in ghosts, Julia," suid I., " .Sense or not," , replied Julia, resolutely, : ' tl. I knov , uneartlrly sights and sounds such as make 'night hideous,' are hoatd there and. seen there. And what's more,' I do believe in ghosts, and so did the great Dr. Johnson.' And you may sneer if you like ; but I always will' believe in them." " There's firmness for you," said Julia, laughing. ., . "Do you believe-in this ghost le gend, Jennie?" said I. "Well, rcally;Mary, 1 don't know what' to say about it. I never, did see those spectral visitors myself, but it is the current Relief in the neighborhood; and certainly the old housGas poorY-l.Iood, sing, is , Un.'cr some prfidigicms ban ' , Of I'XCuiiiiuuiiication.' " The arrival of the rest of the par ty now changed the discourse ; but all the rest, of the afternoon my s thoughts rah on the dark tragedy so flippantly related by Tom, and 1 felt intensely curious to see the scene of it: Old houses always had an interest for me ; but one with a story connected had a per i feet fascination; iuitl when, after dinner,, the whole party dispersed in various directions through the I various grounds surrounding tho ' old'f arm-house, and I found" my i self alone with Jennie and Mary, I said, "Jennie, I want to see that. !old haunted-honse. Suppose we three go oft' by ourselves and look at it!" . : "But it is three miles distant' said Jennie ; "and it will be nearly dark when we get there". Let us wait untiLto-morrow." "To morrow n nscnse ! I can walk three miles, and wo shall have light enough to see it. What do you say, Mary ?" "I say yes. I want to sec it too." ; , Jennie looked grave. !- "Well, we cannot go alone. Let us get some of the gentlemen to go witti us." v ' ""Xow, Jennie, be sensible," said I; "J can't be bothered with gen tlemen makingnonsensical remark's and-laughing at the romantic old place, like our Tom. Let us go by ourselves ; we are not in the town, J and a walk in the evening will be delightful' ' , Jennie demurred, but Alary and i insisted, and began to laugh "at her superstitious fears, until she consented. An hour's walk along the lonesome forest-road brought us to the place ; and after passing through a wilderness of tall, rank grass and blaekberry bushes laden with fruity ; we pushed open tho front door of tho ruinous looking old cottage, and entered the house. It was a bleak, deserted place as ever you saw, smelling damp, and earthly ; and in the silence and gloom of tho deepening night, look ed a fit place for the spectre revels said to bo Rightly held there. A sprt of awo came over us, and we trod on tip-toe through the bare, empty rooms, and up the winding stair case, holding our breath and hushing our very footfalls. From room to room wo wandered, until I Jennie, who since our entrance had Uojoked pale and terrified, suggested ifY a whisper that it was getting dark, and we had better go. Keeping close together, wo si iMChtly passed from the house and U r - 1 -a n 4- I. nVMAU f Mllf. 1 stpod in the porch. And there we stood appalled. Com' ng along we hqd not observed the darkening sky j and now e saw itjone cense," inky pall, from" which glcanled Sk blinding -eheet of light. A, the samp moment, two great, heavy drops plashed oil.lha stono a,t our fee!;., ;,'! ' 'f-v 'ii-;.. . ". I, "Oh, the storm !-,tho storm !". cricu Jennie, ju tonsiprnatipu. "AVhat shall we dor Oh, feirlal wlfat shall we do : Mary looked in afenna't me before I could" reply, a ' deafeni rash of thrunder rtverbersitcd tlimi tho air followed 1yi another krlaro of Uw,i bHndipffJ:kl4iatJio another deluge., . v Jennie shrieked ahd burie:. her t f " "i '' ! r -! " t laco in neri nanus, anaraary sprang back in deadly tear. ' ' "We cannot venthre out in a dreadful storm as this." such There was no help for it ;both saw. that. To venture through tho slippery forest road in-a stormt like that would! be sheer madness. So, pale and trembling, we entered what, had once bean the parlor,! and crouched down together in tho mid dle of tht fioor!" Tho HfrhtninfT- blazed in th6urh tho uncurtained windows the 'thunder :fiiiriy shook the"Tioufee i-the rain fell' in torrents and the night deepened and deep ened. Oh,j would the stoi'm never cease? I ihinj I h&yc sa-d T was not superstitious. I have strong nerves, au4 never was timideven as a' child; but I am Tree to confess I felt a chilr strika. to my heart as the hours woreonr aaid the storm' seemed'stili toinereaso.. Theston' I had heard that afternoon, and ill the other f-iglitful ghost stories I' had 'ever" read or hearr, came with painlul vividness to my memory. With ears preternatural ly sharpen ed, L listened fur the beginning of the ghostly . revels ;. but no sound was to. be heard,, save the howling of the storm -without Of my two companions, Jennie crouched at my feet,, her arms twined tightly round my waist, her face buried in my hip. Mary, with her eyes tight ly shut and her fingers in her ears, cowered beside Jennie, perfectly stiff with superstitious dread. I strove to do as they did to shut " " i i my ears to all sounds, but I conild not. A sort of fascination held them open--a vague, a terrible pre sentiment of something to comei I knew not What kept every serise sharpened, i . ' . It must now have been after mid night looking back, now, I am sure it", was when came a sudden lull ih the storm, and an appal ting sound rent the night air. . It was a shriek -a cry so full of horror and unutterable anguish-, "-that the very air seemed Shuddering with its bur then of despair. !No earthly voice could havejuttered that cry that blood-chilling, awful cry that rings in my ears even as I write. And reader, ere j the last horrible echo had died away, T .heard a rustlirjig tread, and as plainly as yon 3ee this uow, I beheld a woman's form flit ting past me a woman's face turn ed towards! me a face that on this earth I will never forget, Such a face such j a white, rigid, corpse like face, with hollow, sunken eyes glaring at me out of their- rayless depths like! balls of living fire. I did not faint or scream in that awfiil moment. I never fainted in all my life but I btood up as stark,;coljl, and rigid as the ghost" apparition before me, (but I made a -step to wards it, and held outtny arms to clasp the awful spectre. I clasped the air ;-it; was gone I knew npt how, nJrwhen, nor where j and 1 stood wfali outstretched .arms, jVcU zen in theimiddlc of the floor, g:i zing with fixed, moveless eyes straight out into .the darkness bo fore me. j e IIow long Istoodin that position without moving, I do not know ; it must' have been some time-; and then camejthe sounds of many foot steps,the tnurmer of many voices!, the flashing of many lights, and a crowd of people entered the room'. I turned slowly around, .and I bc lieve they took me for a ghost jjfor all recoiled for a monipnt in terror; But the next moment, the voice ojf Torncousin Torn fell on my ear as he sprang forward and caugh me, crying1 out in alarm, "My dear cousin, yhat is it ? What has hap; pened? Have you gone crazy! Good heavens! do not look so ! One wonld think you had gopc mad !"' ! t His voice, his touch, the clasp of his strong iarms, broke the spell. As I turned my eyes froifi his face, they fell oh the stilt lorins of Mary and Jennie, and that sight restored me completely to myself. I bent over them ; both had.fainted. 1 scarcely remember how I got home that night ; but 1 know thev POLfflCS, IMHTLTCRE, were carried, and itsvasjonc leforC they could bo restored t6consc!ous ness. - They LadC-lvpard Ithat- un eaTthly cry, and it4je3ot$ on their overstrung nerves -may ha bettor imagined, tha described, 'they tad fainted. i JT . 1 I A' I related what'IdYaeeh": ii siglit sion. fExjpIaln it r-l'ijhnptrij can- not; but iisawjtha tmectr womiSti ,of an excited imagiuationi a lantd- b) ui uie urain, u iick oi iancy, an allusionauythiiyou like ; but I know better: That houio is pulled down now; the spot: is "ac cursed ; no one coutd live there ; and las for the romance, -it has been turned -in to a lrgo ebrnfiejd ! But that I saw a diem bodied! spir it that night, thatI heard a cry froni,one numbereli ambng! thoa dead, 1 feel as firmly convinced as that I have writtenflhis now, . - - The "Grave. ' -Oh, the grave ! -?Gho grave ! It buries every error, (pvers every de li;c t, e xt i nguis h es e vy ry rese n t me n t . From its peaceful!, bosom spring hone bit fond regrets ain) tender recollections. Whefcan look down upouthe "grave eve4 pf an eneiny, anH not feel a complrrietioiis thrqb, that e"ter her should; havoj w4rrcd yitl the poor handful of earth that lies mouldering, before him J A - .But the-gravc of jjliose wo loved; wbat a place for meditation ! Theu it is that we call up, in long review, the whole history of virtue ! ami gentleness, and t-h thoa$and Yen; dearments lavished j'.ipon uSjaiinost unheeded in' the da'iy intercourse of-intimacy ;" then lit is that' wc dwell upon the tenderness; the sol emn, awrTul tenderiifjss. of the part ing scene ;, the bed of death, with all its stifled griefsts hoi'aeless At tendance, its uiute, Iwatclifiil ;iHsjo uities; the last testnoniesj of expiring-love ; the ftxdilij,: -flhttferhrg, thrilling,.oh J how thrilling the pres sure of the hand; tlie fond looking of the glazing ey e, turning upon us even frem the threshold pf. exist ence ; the faint, fajtering! accents struggling in deathto give one more assurance of affection.! - Ay; go to the grave of buried love and meditate ! : There" settle tlie accounts with thy conscience for every past benefit T4nrequitod every past cndcarjmeht n regar ded, of that departed being who can never, never return to, be sooth ed by thy contrition.! If thou arta childf aiid hast'ever added a sorrow to thlo squI or a-furrow to the silvered jbrow of ian af fectionate parentr If thou art" a husband, and hast eer ertusodtho j fond. Uosom. that vehtkired its whole happiness in thy ai4nK,'"to doubt oho moment of thy kindness or thy truth, if thou art friend, and, hast ever wronged in liought, word, or deed, tlie spirit that gen erously confided in theo ; if thou art a. lover, and ha.it ever given one unmerited pangvto thai- true heart that how lies jbold and still beneath- thy feet ; thn be sure that every -unkind look, :evei;y ungra cious word, every uifjrentlo action, will come thronginf back upon th.v memory, and kiockirij'- dole y O fully at thy soul ; thtrjujbe sur.e that thou wilt lie down sorrowing and repentant on thp graet and utter 4he unjieaid groan, nd our the unavailing tear,! rat'tro bitter be cause unheard ahd ujjavnilingi v ' Then weavo thy cilaplet of flow ers, aiid strew" the beauties of na ture about the grave! console thy broken spirit, if tliei canst, with these tender, yet futile ; trihutes of regret ; but take waining by the bitterness of this thy.cohtriXe afflic- nun uvci nit ut'itu, -iiuu ia; iuuiv; f uithful and .affectionate in the dis charge of thy duties 5to the living. 1 " Irving. The .weather may jbe dark and rainy; very well h'ugh. between the drops, and thinly chcerfuliy ot the blue sky and sunshine that will sui-ely come to morrow. ! . 1 IV "Did you call me beasf, sir?" "Xo sir t I said vott were" a 'Har and a scoundrel." "Jh, ; J misun derstood. . Your apciogy jjt quite sufiicient, sir." ; : 1 . ' .-4 ; In the window of t drug store in a village of this Sta( is .coispicu ously displayed: the ftillowinjg sign : "Orders received hert i for the Court of Death." , i ,Tho excesses of yjdiith arc: drafts upon old age, payabH thirty ycaro alter, with interest, f i 7 jirtiv auu jcuujti .ccre, nrcrcuuny r spared. lceadcr.'y fnay;iot bo, ; but Heve this : but'wtfultl savit. nfl and.! -knofn it -'''ft'rwhi'fl .ii. isro,i: " ;r A Prayer VJfereil ly Ite: Dr. - Deans, dtUKe ."' Opening of the Convention of North f, OaroUnaYofthe day. of the synittfr is of the .Ordinance tf-Secession, h- Almilly God, our HcaTenly Fr thcr, to. whom all hearts are open, and ajl. thoughts, are known, arid frpm :vJioh no 'secrets are, hnl; we m oslh ii m Uy "beseech Thcolo $ra at us solexun! sacrifi6o of thanksgiving and priher.J1 itj . - .' ."'-' f.-. W adore Thf e for all Uiiy good Prdylofenoe I bvek ni ;aa pepp!e-J rxpm .our' ugitt j ng ikmv n 1 1 grow in oi our .projerxy. liio.u hast been ;ulh our. fathers in , ail their most, solemn ddiboriitipns,- -Thou Iwst led pur people in battlp. n us together into thit Convention; to perform those acts,-upon- whioh the future welfare of all our pepplc under God'a blessing, must depends O J Lord God, hear our prayers. Thou art our hope and trust. . Nram is the help of niiin.. Curaed is ho tho maketh flesh his aim-, and trusleth in tho -children of men. TedO not; depend upon ourselves upon our skillf or force, or numbers - a v v w m y v a vr iho Liord .reignctb. Thou -art liosts, Aijd Thou, O Lord, bant j i --- - . i , taugui us in ;iu ume oi temj)Uition, i hi uu time oi cqniiicc, in an tune oi trouble to YalJ upon Thee. Let orir prayer come up before Theea in censo, and the lifting up of otif hands as the evening sacrUieo. Almighty anil most lne-rcrful GoH, the high and njighty Ruler of tho Universe,. j who1 from Thy throne dost behold all the dwellers -upon earth, we most humbly beseech TJhec, wjtli thy great grace to visit and bless thj'' servant the President of fhe Confederate States, Tiiy ser vant the "(roverndr of this Common- wcalthrriy servant the President of this Convention, "and. ah these Thy servants Who have 'assembled aud -Rtet"tOgrtiot fu ThJameto "per form the most bolemn national act possible among men.; Cleanse the thoughts Of the hearts of Thy ser vants by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. - From all prejudice .and passion, from all- selfishness and mtrigao, from all rashness and timidity,. good Lord deliver them. coming to amxtueir namesto a uoc- . v. .1 . 1 I reignty of this Commonwcitlth, may they ! have grace so tp per form this ! kingly act asw those who are in the fear of God, in lllo love of Christ) in .the most reveren tial aS70 pf;the iIoly Spirit, and in the. remembrance of that dread .da", where! for'thtis, all things, th(?y must give n account at the judge ment seat of- Clyyst. Thou Kuler of'nations, ; Thou Controller at Ul events, .grant that tho results ol this act may bring peace, prosperi ty and honor to our people, and that for our people, and that for what we this day do, onr children, and children children, may cher ish our memory, and have joyful memory of this day down to the last generation of men. Oh ! Lord of Hosts w,c beseech Thee to visit ard bless our feHo.w citizens exposed to the dangers of camps,, and j our sis let' States, who perlraps, while we bo'w here in pray er, are in the smoke and blood of bat tle. Great God, Thou khowest our hearts. TljiOu knowest that we have bjrsued pa.ice.and depreca ted war. Thou knowest that we luiv uivo hot coveted our neighbor's' and nor Servants. Thoii seest fa.nil that our enemies have cast Thy word benind them, have broken their ancient faith, have flungaway the bond of brotherhood, and gath ered themselves together to lay waste our heritage, and to desolato our homes.! , And now. Holy God, to defend all TKou hast given and made dear to us, in tliy name, we put our 4 - 1 selves in array, and subnpt .ourl cause to thee. God, vbc merciful to us, and ble.-w us, and cause the light of Thy countenauco to 'hino upon us, that thy way may be known upon earth -and thy saving health ajnong all nations. ' Bring 'us out pf these troubles, into a largo and wealthy placet Dcfcatthe designs of our enemies, perplex their coun sels, antl brng them confusion. Pardon and forgive them' Turn them from their evil ways. And finally, establish peacejn our day an4 bring to the life everlasting, , God, the father, have inercjj up on us ! j- ' 1 r , God,the So r, pardon and forgive vlh. . God, the Holy Ghost, cleanse ar)d sanctify us!l Our latheri who Art iri Heaven &c. Ihou hast given to us many very great fruits of freed onirTclily to enjoy; Anil npw Thou hits$ brought Tut each avbavqwat l&f liivM--, M, . . . - ti 0t8mf lur oh nwntbLji.- '.tli, "IJDb wnicfc tbj aw to Iw IimN Ud,' will WibmrWI fttX Wd, abd craAtfUips toMrtUl'rateOri All tnuboeut AdvertUcuuta &ut ia, rati ftr ia -.. r - AU kinds of J03 WOEKAjfiWVi tb thorkaf i-.i' :aotlr andt4th BNkrf ar-pwrod ayW, '-LrJi- ' -- .., 1 . ' p - -t ... Jl. r-.'A!-'a - First, hia cost Jme. . He must jmi bo dirty, neglitrcnt. orslovenlr. An hTs person: Ilevintist w ncitljcj-f Jo v ' f nieaiily nor magnincentlUkiSsel!!: Ki -lltf tnnilt tint va&m rarirlYnM4l 1 COngroui'colorsoratfrViht tKb eyc of or-lookers JWitlwelipy nl ;Hf nery. - He must :. ho i alfoc V cccoui f tricity oringulHgi ty. j rilfu4s hi sen induuiii;mHnnur asAocauselUt vulgar to stare, the Jiidiciofus ta . &tQyh'az lie. iucs by, JLIp. pinjt .dress a Qlonius (uoi Jill'trfOo!;. I inMldemwoTds-OfYtTOe--wisllO'n!L. Bar dj;es, though bt tin) first fmcf. inostrobvio?, Us xfio ieaat .ohnra$4 tenstio of Uie gentleman, jltt ny ; i)utlwjthouf paraiwTr huinni ty, (which is inHlwelt nm.ofrenoMf."- he must not tlilnk Wulseif the lat, or atall ovnt lie jhiuU.acj ' if lo thought" ;i. ;r I&unustHfc; .fajl ih doferuui5aLpulitncs?x:dth lit tabl-j, or eisewieecom'init iefs ' wiieh,' thougl thb'iniry fcTptliarnV.' Mc'S!j .inibeinsclvi$, nro'cdftti-aryni aud country. A. huiid40tiy) lilt? iii-tjvrt.iHin. nrtrioiiii i ma rtvir. a,ro a ci gentleriiam mitfht4fct. JriliJad after dinner without. losing hw cial position y biit to any" lui aspUv. ing in our da- to that hijrltahd , iU 11 to matt or worn ay. ..llLinuiX take tho first place! aslf jt. yvv his'inalieimblo riirfif -mnfli Iw iusu iuus r;iuK,i.ue sagiries encn- t cy to drunlipiiess at lab or anyr1 t whero-'else, is fatal ' to hlr protein ! . sion. As soon as tlio flaw boco'mcF known, he is degradoll thencefbrtV' and for ever. Jivw bo loatMnaHk is almost -as" greaf. a derogatlAi1i i Irom thp id.eal ot tho oUaractor-asr to-be absurd, in costume To ;Iieaj ; ouv' niuu's voice, ovoivriding every, other's an.d pno man's opinion tjbm, dered into the eais ot! peoplo. toL -! tfinrd too indiOeiit 01 too vr-f tcDtts to do battle wifh ii Slf irtor ' r-is fatal to Stontora claims to be considered a gehtloman: And,to'n , versatftn is quite as essonlial ft manners to the perfection olelae- acler. A hian in tho dres$ ami with the iHauneiy or-a geutleman m u s t n b t t al k ' v u J ga.r ly , indeciin t- lv.' obsccnolv iri'vintlv. ni- vnn Uirnoihtlv. if. th l -o . J 1 V- . . w VUJ.y gross,) witliout forfeiture of ' .tho rank to whicb his , dresa andi uia luuuner wouiu seem IO. cnilUO.' htm, But granting all these thiio essentials ; tne would do gentle, man is rrSt a gentleman !f his heart1 he wrong. Dress is an oriianiciit maonecs are a graee--conversa tion ija u charm ; buk these tkreo xwily be possessed in all possible per lection by a ruIHun. . But- theao th ree co u I iu cd wlUi jj 1; oble a nd. . sound julJg(Ucnttho one, bajaovK ing tlio other cerumlr'toriiv the irue gemceman. The Eve of llatll. ft . ! mm A ' It woulk be difficult to convey' to khe mind of iTiibrdinary render iuy vn-ingMiKo a correcx iiouqk oi 1110 , state of feeling which tnl;c' pfis fcressum of a man -waiting torHh'd comrnencement ofubnttfe. Irt ttier' first place, timu-appcar4 to-"movt on , leaden w i u$; eyni'y mitt uto see iifs an hour; and every hpm'j jijj day. Thdn therp'is a otrange cotHh, mingling of lovftym and soriousno. w i fli i fr h h n J a I o v ityVvhicli-pro in W i t ajnd a serionsntsa" which" erges h ove r andUinoii; to lift-op mciifaT prayer tMje throne of graee.p such occasions, mue, or nr convor isation pasiiCo. T'ho private geaeV -f ally lean on", thoii'-.lireluclctti thaf oflicera on their awprdsan4lw words, except monosalfle in xp'J ply t( questions put, ar Mpojeii,.- 0x1 these occasions, loothe face :, of tho bravest .often cliangts thcr color, and the limbj of tro febsr rcsolupc treinble7otyjUiYfvarJt with anxiclj; whiist' wafclics ar. -consulted, till the ihdividuaU Jrb9 consult them groi absblutefy ' ry jof the cmployincnt. YOh the wholes it is a situation'of high'erck , citement and. darker". and deeper' agitation than any other m hamah ! j Hloj nor can ho bo said -to feel all ; uiat man, i- captauie 01 iocnngrnvnov- -has not filled it. 4 . Stigeof Su Sdaztian . Y , . -vt. , t --'fir. -I The most beautiful - my bo .tho iQOstadmircd and caressed, bat they1 are not al ways the nost estcenicd ancriovca. , A flirtU like the dipper attached to a hydrant; every Ono is at liberty to drink from it, but no one tleirY to carry it away. " - A 7f .) .1 !Y ' H ' . i--1 1 1
The Carolina Flag (Concord, N.C.)
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