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J . I r u f . t ' i -.- t - i ;r J , The Banker r- ' r . -TIRMS.- ' " 7 v , Bnl)TCr!ption!r?2,00 per nnnum, n adrancoi -12,50 N pnul ; within . ht,antb?3,00V entl-ef the Hilvertitements i not execeJing fif Hef n lines will be inserted one time for one dolUr, and twenty-five cents ior eeb gubseqnent insertion. THE NAMELESS. BEAU1Y. IT MBS. II. J. LEVIS. . I naver met a form so fair, " A brow so pearly white as thine, 'And the soft gleaming of thy hair, ' Hound which fresh, globing rose buds twine, . j, I So draw my wandering gaxe to thte That I no other's charms can see, And yet ny heart is caliu'and free. Thiaa eves are like the fair caieHo's ' That ne'er shade of sadness. knew,.- ' .T-r-' -Or like two limpid, sparkling wells, Witli gems beneath them iashing through ; -' And the dark lashes veil their beams 0t let ihcm through iu transient gleams,' LL-"' .Till gatiag, I am lost U dreama. And i when all ether boons were given, . . ' ..' lTI.infc. uni anffel left M rest, ' Andboured the molting strains of " heaven - Into thy fair and guileless breist ; -And when thou speakestrsofi nd t "clear, ' - - ' We deem some voice from starry '; ' inhere. . ''.''' -' Or aotne lost seraph wanders here.- v I ask not of thy birth or name, : Nor reck to know if wealth be X''''' -f-tbine, -; ' ' '''" 1 And silently I msrt the flame '' That ' glows upon Jbe 1 "idden ' v hrine. I dare not hope to light my way With beauty's own reeplcdent ray, "But ask its smile to Crown my lay. THE MODERN BELLE. The daughter sits in the parlor, And rocks in her easy chair. -1 She's clad in her silks and satins, And jewels are in her hair ; , .. fihe winks and giggles and simpers, c 'And simpers and giggles and winks ; And though she talks but little . Tis Vastly more than she thinks. "' J. V-V '' '' -: "'; ':'i; " Jler father goos cladJa his' russet, Ad ragged and seedy at that ; ; His coats are all out at the elbow -Ile weafs a most shocking 1ad hat. . .Ha'alioarding and saving his pence, So enrefu'ly day by day,,"? I A While she, on her beaux and poodles ta throwing it all away. , , j ' She lies a bed in tho ra orning -Till naarlv an hour of noon; Thort nnmex down BnarDiDS and ' f: snarling, Because she was called so soon; i Her hair is still in the papers, .jWoheekS still dabbled in paint Bemains of her last night s t lushes, Before 4he inteinlcd to faint. . .''SSF" be last question started it-Whether a man sufiorm 5 TUP be Ader 'extreme ' weakness cou sflurad by power of attorney Y, ij PLY 310UTH, r..:: the.. . Rebel of Ccvenncs. by s. a. a.. , . coXCIiUDED. . , J. Carrier ' piris,liad been wiseljr latiil. lie wai 'aware that a blow must be imracdl jUelx8trucl?tM re vivo tbe d roopi ng spirits of the in surgents, lie knew that reinforce ments for Montrevel's party wero on the march, and would probably arrive the next day; and that no time was to be lost. Before mid- night, the stor storm commenced, as iffA tnistcanie over .thirryerof Cav with the oppressed; SrUHcr; lie fought like a blind man; in leagite with the onpri a fnmniri!od hv a violent wlnil and, in the midst of -its fury, his followers, divided into parties, ap proached the camp of Montrevel anperoeived, from three quarters, and burst upon the bowildored sol diers, wliilo the thuadcr Soared j over their heads, and the hurricane whirled their light tents into the air. Flushed with success, the as sailants piked their victims without mercy, and pursued them into tho outskirts of the town. Cavalier albne was cool in the conflicts, which those unhappy re midst of the-geh oral confusion ',: gions beheld. But, whether in dc and his car was the first to catch1 feat oe victory, from that night the the sound of drums boating to arms within the town. Ho divined the troth iwtantl t. .Seeing the ap proach of the tempest, the officer sent to the aid of Montrevel had . i ,i ...l i..l .,..,..... i . uurne ioriu, i . .his troope among the mhabitants, not two hours before the attack of the Camiaards ; and now it required the utmost powers of tho young leader to bring together his scat tered and raging adherents, and draw thenToff jn good order to the mountains; He succeeded, how ever; and by turnin g occasionally to face his antagonists, then flying as if in consternation, tempted them on from the plains, into the broken soil at the base of the moun tains. Before thia was accomplish ed, the brief fury of the tempest had spent itself; the clouds were breaking away ; and tho moon. nearly full, looked out at times, from her ouiet chambers in the sky, on the scene- with unwonted brilliancy.- 1 Encouraged by this circumstance, the hot-headed young officer who commanded tho fresh troops of the royalists, suffered. him? self to be lured among the hills; and then, soon ' finding his error, endeavored to., fight his way back withi bravery worthy oftheeons of freedom themselves. The slaugh ter amffrfg his folio -ri waff great; and they might perhaps have been utterly cut to pieces, had -Cavalier retained the same presence of mind which had marked him throughout the night. But, .while he was en gaged in superintending the mo tions of his troops, he suddenly per ceived a conflict going onpon the very edge of a cliff at no great dis tance, whicK mado his blood run cold. It was a boy, sword in hand, fighting most gallantly with a young royalist officer. Hi3 cap was off, the moon shone full on his face. it was Philip I L'avalier sprang i NORTn CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEB. towards' him, but at the same mo ment ho was himself set u pen by two soldiers' and compelled to fight for his own life. Still he glanced conthftall at the rock boyond ; he saw1 that Philip was unaware of the precipice belmiJ, that, his 'antago nist gained upon him, that the boy wa$vYieldtni" retreattnir. but still i parrying the thrusts aimed ut his body'; Cavalier uttered a warning cry, but it was unheard, and in an instant more, as PhHin again step rod back to avota tho-despcrato lunge of his foe, he disappeared ! and. had not 80mO of nd own ' f ii a it iT a a a in a to his rescue, that night would have seen two of the boldest spirits of the Ccvenncs for ever extinguished. .'As- it was, his faculties seemed benumbed ; and, - deprived of his wisejeommatad, the mountaineers suffered the soldiers to extricate 4hemSclves from their perilous position, and march back with some show of order to their quarters, under the gray dawn. . This was but one of a thousand private7 and-profound -Borrows of I drew' forth a large and heavy purse Cavalier found no utterance., Thet'ogclJ, and extended it towards gravity f premature mauhoo(Lwas on his brow ; and having but one object for which tt live, Ins ener gies were wholly absorbed in the cause of freedom. The uneducated son of a peasant, ho had naturally imbibed thoso superstitious, which had led himlo yieUl all deference to the claims of tho maniac proph etess; and many a time, , in: fho i blushed at his own proffer. Glanc dead watches of. the-.night, did he ' ing at. -the, poor fellows - who stood groan in spirit as he remembered j behind Cavalier, with ready nd- her murder; niany a time did the tears gush from his eyes in those sojitary hours,., as he recollected the heroic boy, the darling of his heart, whom he had seen dashed in pieces, as it were, before his face. The - fortunes of . the fight had led him far from the dreadful spot be fore daylight ; and no funeral rite.? had honored the object of such fond affection ; but his early virtue, his precious courage, and sad fate, wero treasured in the bosom of his brother. " . , For weeks and months flic weary contest went on. Tho valor and cool judgment of Cavalier had ex alted him to supremacy above tho other leaders of the Camisards ; his fajaeadspreadfarjan d wide i and, when he had succeedod in cut ting off a jarga detachment of the royal troops near Marlinargue, Jontrevel was recalled ; and a general of no less reputation, than Marshal Villars was sent against the once despised rebels of the Ce vennes. In a few months more Villars himself came to the conclu. sion,-that the '.varfuro must be in terminable; it was possible to har rass and distress, but -not to con quer. So indomitable was tho spirit of the enemy, so impregnable the fastnesses. of their mountains, that all hope of. putting an cndjto the ywaTByforce of arms was abandoned by thia ' able leader. " And' in the licart of ' Cavaljcfi' who beheld the incessant sufferings of the peasan- i try from fatigue' and famine, ther also arose a secret longing for thg return of peace to thir valleys. Fearful was this conscientious young man, however, lest the voice of . inclination 'sboTihi drown the comnands of duty; he searcely darei trust his own judgment ;. and it wak not till he ascertained, that ten thousand rebels would lay down their arms if fitting conditlans should be offered, that he consented to hold an amicable parley with the inemy, : An interview first took place be tween Cavalier and Lalahde, an officer of high rank under M.arsbaU UlIars---XalAtt'uX3urvcyed the worn garments and palo cheeks of the young hero, whose deeds had reacted the car and troubled the mind of Louis the Fourteenth, in the midst of his mighty foreign wars; he looked upon the body ffuarit of the rebel chief,- and saw there, too, signs of poverty and ex treme physical suffering ; and be lieved that he ' understood how to deal with men in auch a condition. After a few words of courtesy, he Ctfvafier The mil J eye of tho youth rested on It a moment with suforiserhe looked in tho officer's face, JiS if-unable to comprehend his meannig; then, composedly folding his anus and stepping back, ho shook his head, with an exprs. sion of countenance so cold, reso lute, and dignified, that Lalandc dress hie intimated that the sum was but intended for a free gift to "j relieve their distress, and scattered th? glittering coin on. the turf before them. Their eyes rested on it wishfully, as they thought , of , their half famished wives and children ; but, so perfect was the subordina tion into 'tthich they had been brought by . their extraordinary chief, that not a man stirred hand or fact, till, after a, .brief "confer ence, Cavalier signified his pleasure that they should accept the dona tive. That1 was not till he had madd satisfactory preliminary ar rangements with Lalande, and, a final interview had been appointed between Lala.nde and himself It was on the 6th of May, 1704, that tjie renowned French marshal, tho antagonist of Marlborough, descended' into the Garden, of the Recollets, at St.- Cesaire, near Nismcs, to discuss peace and war with tho . Son of a mountain peas ant. He first reached "the appoint-, ed spot ; a grass plot-surrounded by formal gravel walks and trim hedges, bright with the verdnre of spring. He stood musing' by a fountain," careless of the songs of a thousand birds.; for the interests of his master were at his heart ; and he WS3 eager to terminate a contest, roost annoying in the present crisis of the monarch's affairs., Cavalier 1 5, 1 856V. approached him with abrow eqnnlly perturbed ; for, .thejiigh fhe dyler jogs xf ( biscoiintrymeB had made iuv rcolve oa peace, if iluxoiild be honorary obtained, Jt the phns of -his dopartod friend and brother dad liauntcd his dream jfcrr ugh the past night, llis own wrongs swelled ia his bojom ; -6n he fch, that rcace,; ivith her t test smiles, could not bring back the murdered" to cheer the loneliness of his lot. Sad, therefore, were the tones of his voice, and melancholy the aspect of his eountennuce, as the conference opened between him and his noble adverury ; and Vil lars looked on him with a deep ad miration and sympathy. He knew, from common' report," vrhat had been the keenest trials . Cavalier had ever experienced ; and judged rightly, that, is the season of the year returned, " which" had, been marked by events of paia, the jo cund voices pf spring cottld bring no gaycty to a heart so full of bit. tcr associations.- For a time, he 8pbkb of the objects lor which they had met,'but with a military frank-, ncsB, calculated to place the un courticrlike Cavalier at his ease, questioned him of himself and Lis career; and gave just prJises to.the troops he ha4 formed from raw mountaineers. At lwt th feeling1 uppermost in the heart of Cavalier could no longer be suppressed, ami he brokg fort'i : 'My countrymen are-born free and fearless, and from their tenderert years can de fend themselves against oppression. I bad a brother, General" He could not go on, but Villars did not wait. know yo'U had ; a hero of fifteen ; . the tale of that gallant boy's fate has reached me since I came into these parts. You might well be proud of him." - Cavalier's eyes were swimming in tears, as be reptted, iu a stifled voice, 'Proud of him! I --prized him while he was mine, and, vhen he was gone, I thought I had nver prized bim enough, noble, loving, beloved Philip !" v .1 "Were yoti satisfied, perfectly satisfied, that he perished in the pass of Montluc ?" . ; - "Alas ! he disappeared ; I saw him pressed over the brink of a precipice ; I knew it was not potsi ble for flesh and bones to be dashed. on the rocks below without destruc tion." ; r.. :.-;i;i' : "Yet, if yo'i remember, torrents of raift had fallen ecarco an houH before ; at least, so( they " tell me J and a deep lasin of water had been formed un'Ier the cliff, whenco he fell." . : : K;'t; .' Cavalier ; looked wildly in the Marshal's face, but . spoke .not; "If," contin.ic.d Villars, "he should have escaped death, should have fallen into the hanl&o.tour. tropps what ransom would jou pay for such a prisone. !' . "Myself, m7 liberty my life 1 I have naught, else " ..cried the young man. . . . ..".. Villars turned away, a benevo- lent smile lighting np his warrworn fcaturcs, and raised his sword ; the jwrty of eohlteraV who -werelwwni np a little-distatiee' iW a 1 ollow dijuare, epcoed; irWil ' there etood lU atripliag,1 WiiKp ; ia '-' "' aaoher momfuti fce -had botthtW lie a, mountain deer Jnt o : tic a'r&a of his astonished bretlrer, whimper ing, as he elitn rodnd hra hekfOT.. A WW you fdrgive me, Llluis V "'; "lie is jours," resomed the Mar shal, daslung the ears from his eyeJ4iiwedeffiand no faasoni for thosb that wear no beards, ' even though taken tword ia hand, as thislyowng goose was, ten minutes after he conic ' dripping - and diiay out "of the watcrAThe twerds of our dead Frenchmen Were scatter cd to- plentifully about liim. '; Carry him off, or L shall stca! Vra i n' teach him loyalty, I pray you tit five years hence he will mateh us allr And nowfor bttslness Briskly indeed the business went' on. The cloud had vanished from thebrow of Cavalicri the load had been ' lifted from- Lis heart, "nnd, both parttcrtavhrg ihewmo object honorably in view, a friendly hr rangement was speedily eoncladed in whiclnhe interest of the mon arch and ofhe long oppressed sub- iect were alike consauau. It waa not till many years after, i tliat the Grovcrnpf of. JerseyU veteran of AlmanU the' trnsW servant of the Engliphcrown qui etly departed this, life of shadows in the ordinary course of nature, leaving behind a high and Unblem ished reputation. That honored officer was Louis Cavalier, once tha rebel peasant of the Ccveudes. A Whoik Familx is Heavkjt!" .The following eloquent past-age is from t'he pen of itev. Aioeri JJar nes, of Philadelphia: 1 ; ' ' '-' - "A whole family in hesven -who caa ileactibe i their iwrlasting jyJ No one is absent. Nor farther nor mother, nor son nor daughter, are away. In the world below they are ' united in faith, and love, and peace and joy. In the morning of the resurectlon they ascended together, in united adoration. On the banks of the river of life they walked hand : in hand, and as a family, they, have commenced ft career of glory Which shall hd everlasting. There is) IitreftftcT to be no separation in" that family. No one is to lie down on a bed of pain, - No one to wtn , dr away Into temptation, No one to sink into the arms of - death Never in Heaven is that family to move along iu the slow procession, . clad in tfi6 habiliments of wo, to con dign one of its members to the tomb. . God grant in his infinite Krfcy that every family ' laay'- be thus united." Wanted- contented sod lov ing wife one who will not Wish ta livo in a style beyond her haabatid's income, just because hef neit door neighbor docsf one who can be hnpy in the loVe of her husband, her iome7 aftdT8. iiiiies, withent. nsking the world "for its smiles or its favor. This advertisement was inserted in a paper the beginning "of last cent ory . No response yet. Queer, ain't it? Cynic says,, no; and asks, "Can oil mix wuh water!' Don't know whai ho means. ' J A Yankee paper states that some parties in NefiYork epBtemplate staring Tndia-rubber , omnibuses. G ucas tuis is a little bit of a stretchett .1- --' U- 7 ri-- Yvi 4
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