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' lyvVri fe fel -N s. ... fe;.-drake... .. , bt - f-jam .1 Mtoa ioi UaJ LEJ ' LCJ i LCzsJNSrvx UJ I 11 j Editors and xTOpriCwia- .. cx-xxxxy .( w jci jjctx .ayDvuicu, x. vj.u.yr,! xxja iu uai. ? .. - w-- - - - .- - fEKMS OF TflE PAPKR, SrAOTniA : j: . ,$2 a Year, in Advance. . ; - . . .. j j . j. .: ; .: : , -,n : St 1 The Thonghtlesa Vow BT GEORGE P. 'mORRI . Fbe loTfd him but h heeded not j Hit hrt bad (only room fur pi id. ' All oUinr C-i'ling were fcrgot, When she liocnme another's bride. 1 Sum a lrem nil then awoko, To rtuXivx her ionely itat, Aod own It wag the tow elu- lroke That left herdrtar and desolate! 0M tfnA him ijnit the nUniderer caiie, With words oflhate that all lclir.4 ; A etaln thus reatWl on hi name But he was wronged and she duct-ivi-d : Ah ! lush .the act! that iravc her liH.ni4 That drove herr lover from her sidei Who hied him tola distant land. . Where, buttling for a tuunc, he dimU '. loveil him and his memory now Was treasured from the world apari ; The xluulo of thought wan on hT brow, The seeds f uVsth were in her heaijt, 'F(inall the worldj that thlug forlorn I would not. cnuld not be, arid livei- Tliat casket with jits jewel gone, A firide who lias no heart to give. contrasts which human nassion and hu man character can' exhibit, came forth to pam or to gladden the moral vision ot the beholcier. Tlie clergy of the various religious denominations, true to their high office, remained in the city, and dispensed the ministries and consolations of re ligion to all who needed or asked their aid. To-the acclimated, the mission, beautiful and 1iolv as it is. was com- paratively free from peril. They wore. J m . ..1"! charmed lives, but are entitieu, never theless, to, the full credit of duty nobly performed under the most appalling circumstances inviting to its abandon- ment. liut the unaccumateu, wuo re mained, confronted by the almost as sured certainty of death .who visiteel tho rlviiKT arrfi Tiprfuruied the tmrlal v a ,--) " f ' service for the dead 'only to contract the infection and die themselves de- Kfiwe tho nied of nraise for a courage hicrher than that of the battle-field, and their deaths' rival, in moral sub limity, the martyrdoms ol old The ministrations, of both classes, a ruraf home, he grew up, in loving communion wnu naxure aim uouks, and congenial associates, into genial, honeful and not very robust manhood.' His heart was the home of every noble emotion, and Ins head a lountam ot beautiful thought. He was blessed alike in his moral aptitudes and in his intellectual capabilities. He was, in act, a man ot talents, and. became, )V assiduous culture, as learned as ho was gifted and pure. The bias ot Ins iaculties led him naturally into the rmlnit. Blessed TALES KY A. feOUTIIERN OF THE SQ1TTH. AN". fehe Martyr Ministrels. Tr. was summer ;n tiie houth. rys of nn almost vertical 'sun kin-died he air into th jnics. ' Long hbt, torrid glow days. The of the tro short, sultry il'ditP, frequeiit showers ai$d easterly .viiul.s, were ominous harbingers ol lisetisrc and . death in localities most lxpbsed to tTieir influence Men of Inedic'al : lore,' guided by science and jtiit .rei)eaieii luntu ,ii these '.causes, the sure the most fell desroyer Conjunction -of ' i'ure-Tiinnes of 4of s the event of ye tvnc and dead A. outhcrn litjtudes, antt jircdicted himself xneekly in his liigri ofHce, .and j ed by pity, took charge of his body ; kept his record clear, he was ready, i i -i and ii sucn were m wm ot-ueaven not unwilling t depart. Surrounded by wife, children and friends, sustained-by an unfaltering faith, and bow ing in peace to the inevitable sum mons, he passed unmurmuringly to the dreamless rest of mortality, and the second of the martyr; ministers w as numbered with the dead. One instance more, and the mourn ful r0itnl pnds. When the enidemic was at its height, and the gloom over rr middle-aged man, with kindKng eye and glowing cQunienance, migni nave been seen, nassing fa"- - w house, and trom street to street, oear- llowfev y power, er, o malignant in its aceus- ItttJiPil bnunt i ti I ii i . .1 r..icn...l s neoaiiv .was me i)roiiiev lmaiiuu. friil' black-von ljit descended simultane- usly upon several cities in It he South, Hid raL'ed witlila fatality and fierceness nlmosj; unparalllehvd in tltd history of Jthe disease. The living fleeing to dis-.-'.tai.it places foi. safety, orf cowering fvith fear at h(mc the cor tant spec tators of the death of frieiuls and rela-ivt-na niifl "m hJmrlv exnectjition of fa- if'.'.yy . . 1, t , lid assault Ijy the disease t hc dvinff. alj; ndoned oftt yave tlc pliysicjian and the dead, too numerou turc, hurried op, un -iended by funeral train or . J.nttv huriiil in common Ti nvst.jis. v . i ion) selves : mcs by all tiuvse : the s .foi'; orderly sepul ncomnedi and unat tlirgt tives : to tl ie however, furnish a striking illustration of the elevating and sustaining power of the religious sentiment. lhe courage which braves the perils of bat- tie delineated so olten, in the poet s lay and the orator's eulogium, as the highest' exhibition of human bravery, sinks almost into cowardice when coin pared with the moral heroism inspired iv re hffion. and exhibited by its mini? ters in their labors of love'amid the horrors of pestilence. The soldiei fired bv the contngious courage o numbers, and dulled to insensibility by tlift rlrror of military discipline, the brutalizing effects of his profession, or the madness of real or stimulated passion, encounters the dangers of wars -direst spectacle witn mute in difference, and little recks, in the ful ness of his pride and strength, whether he survive or perish in the conflict. But he who wars with pestilence, bat tles with an invisible foe. lie has nothing but' his own sense of duty, and his high trust in God, to sustain him. The hot blood 'which fires the cmiviio-o nnd insnircs the deed of the soldier, is not his to animate and sus tain him, for his foe floats viewless on the wings of the air, and enters the citadel of life through the inspirations Avhich impart health and nourishment to its vital currents. Pestilence s not a, brave enemy-that storms by open violence the fortress of existence but an insidious coward that steals, silent and invisible, upon its victim. It con ducts a siege ,in which no quarter-is Viven, no terms offerpd to the van- licd, and the flag of capitulation 'with a head and heart which qualified i the city had deepened almost to the xniu lui us uuiie, eiutifu iipuunia DiaCKuess Ol uet"M iuiiumuvui noiy oiuce wuu aeai aim mu juuuuac of a lengthened career of usefulness. By the allotment of the ecclesiastical authority to which he was"SfJtvjccr; nc was stationed the first year, ot his minKtrv. inthe liu t CltV Ot the C50UU1. Thnrn belabored faithfully, success- nnrsino- hand, into the . : .., fully and most acceptably to his haunts, ot the pestilence church, tor several montns. eu the storm of the epidemic came down upon the devoted city, friends abroad and counsellors at home advised him tQ quit his charge and retire for a season to a place of safety. He prayerfully considered, but conscientiously reject ed, their 'advice. He was at the post of duty. Providence had environed Mm with peril, and could, if best for himself and others, deliver him in the very midst of the pestilence. Thus comforted by his faith, and sustained bv the consciousness that he was enga'ged in the performance of what he believed to be his duty, he devoted himself, night and day, to the labors and perils of his sacred calling. He prca-ched to the well, lie visited the sick, prayed for the dying, and read the burial service; of his" church at the grave of the dead. Universal ly popular, and admired by all for the heroism of his spirit and conduct, he was incessantly summoned, hither and nvnvi iho Kirfot. adcom i auied .V.,IOVl-.WV, pv , t lythecalliofth driver orp ronagcar i , ' . paWe he houses of Uc wealthy; pe sign in- tl,n ilflnvap r tl,n mournful doors,; si- 1 t" . drapery 01 me icivi. nv -.j tW. the couracre which grapples with a foe like this, is not of nobler. vrtmild than that of the heroes of bat tin :uid of sonc? Around are the novl dying and the dead the one needing ei.itii v , , i. :nit. crane unoii numberlesf 'loiu-e in the tiioroughfare'l? of trade, - Ii ii sin oss deserted, shops and all houses i)f traflic elbsedi ; gloom, dclevtion and aeath.tM'crywdiqrcthcsecojncoinitants ' if tli nidemik- seen alwats, in some de'Tce,' wliere it prevail si app UM A " " ' ... i i . j . . i 'years of vello feyer visitation at the Soutit. Over one fai particular, the Wing of the r cjty of thd South, in klestroymg "--i . 1 .1 li 1 !. . I . . , , I AH AT CAllll ITJlll - now with af regency and universality V" r,. " i , b. thatfappled aU hearts, ai 1 made the . X The 'Lyeaif memoraote a,. .- u , r fo? the worshippers dread the cttect ot contact m masses. On every countenance is gloom, and m every heart is sadness. 1-hc Avail ot F t ho rlvmrr. nngel brooded witlr the hbrceness ot --cm'vof fhe impious and the thclandof Thaoah. . meei lepctt- - - j,0 up in blended i. -tence literally lasted at noonday, and 1 P - talked in dartness. Mdl.cal. s kill ' . availed neitherjto ;arrest t e spread of thXid8t of this scene of desola. the disease, nor to cure t ie inrecreu. a of rei. left the city. J-nou- .;..;,' rrui;x;--,-.il. von.aincl, f ro,, the g' ' ' ' " l. be- l II V ' - V - - - All .who could, ; sands, however compulsion of business or gency of controlitig cirrtumstances Into the ranks; of these tl snread with but little discrimination between the af-climated apu tuo. ui acclnnated portions. YouAg- and old, ' " " - .i - i x iuale and female, bond and down together in the wild of the pestilence. Soon, pvArv house there were vac . y . i -l ! r . .. il. .. the hearth-stoile, and wauijigs uu me . -i t -r J. -.i. c epidemic free, went maelstrom in almost ant seats at These ::unrPturn n ddad. In some instances ism innxcu uv yy - r i reaved. comforted, and the burial ser vice pronounced over the dead. W un a mission and labors like these, no Immrm vncn.tion Can be fitly compared, or.,1 iho. roura'rre Svhich impels to the uiii.1 v'u - a . one, and sustains amid the penis ol tho mbcr is the noblest that man ex liilirfa nil ,1 tbo bifdiest that lieavcn llll'Hk a. ...w Q bestows. pvnm nles of this martyr hero- i .. . - i i occurreti dur- M ' . i , I . p TQ-O i , - -.j . -..i..i . j ;i, ,n nt nT hp memorable eDiacfliic ui muo, Aviioieiamuiesiferisiieu, upu, ,,.v. .., - . . c.j-u tr, . novnn.i n.rnnts mburncd for in the ill-fated city of the South -to .r,v,,lw' i .....r-.n,. ...i.:k -f,.0n i intended- in the children. few were urn ioouh. , u.. . ... -t llllo- save those of ithc physicii and the preceding rcmam. a u a, hearseman, beUl upon"t ie streets, to each must close this tale -Bftn,U nf Lvlrv and mirth were The epidemic has reached iU maxi- sunnlanted WAlc iivoan It the sick, mum of nmlignityand fatality. In a HheWilof theb1ereaved,an4 the prayer froom fitted up with all tne appuanee or cot, a young man lies, smitten with the prevailing fever J He is apparently not more than twenty-two or twenty three years jof age. The person is tall and slender, the forehead ample, and the eves, until dimmed by illness, beamed with the light of a kind, vi vacious and intelligent spirit. He has passed through the last great agony of i,; ,i;fiM.s. and the ctlazing eye and fluttering pulse tell that his'end draws thither, into all parts ot the jcity lie went wherever called, and did good deeds and uttered good words-where-ever he went. . ...j . , ' But ii) the midst of Shis labors and usefulness, - he contracted the disease himself,' and lies now in his study rap idly succumbing to its power. le ut ters no complaint. Audible player and snatches of spiritual songs mist occasionally, in feeble accents, from his Tins. : lie-is far from kindred andt early friends. , No voice or presence of parents, or brother, or sjster, ' . a!i'. soothes his departing spirit. And yet all is well with him. die goes down into the shadow; of the dark valley, but not fearful, or alone. The silver cord of life is gently loosened. Sym phonies from choral bands, unheard by ears of flesh, fill the chamber. A sweet smile passes over the face of the snfforer. and the first of the martyr ministers is at rest;. ; ' In the same city, and' during the same epidemic, another scene invites the recording 'pen of the. chronicler. A beautiful w oman, young and sorrow ful, bends over the couch of a dying man, and wipes tne gaineriug uewsm death from his brow., He, too, is gifted in mind and "noble in heart. Though small in stature, lie has tjie marked forehead and beaming eye that belongs to tlie sons ot genius, ins early advantages have been grcat.-j Tn onnortunitv which wealth coiild command, or the solicitude of fojid parents could devise, to develop" him into robust manhood ot mind ana heart has been wanting. As all his aptitudes, both moral and intellectual, were tavorabie, the result res ponueu fully, to the exertions and care ex tended in his behalf, lie ripened into manhood, rich lfl the graces ol tne heart, and abounding in all the accom plishments of the mind'. Possessed of a brilliant imagination, a ready and graceful elocution, and a scholarship high and rare for his age, he stepped forth into the arena of life, prepared ttrvr.Tnn1 fnr its noblest ririzes. and with every , prospect M abundant, suc cess. Educated at a military school, he was originally destined for the pro- fessionof arm.. Jint a work ot grace in"- the messages and the consolations ri c of relisrion, and the needed aid of a dreariest He fears not, for he knows that good -angels tent round about aLl who tread m the nntli of duty. The alert and vigor rous intellect, the generous heart, the high culture ot letters, eloquence, ex alted piety and burning zeal in all the offices of his holy vocation all these are his, and, with deliberate choice, he lays them all as a sacrifice upon the altar of duty. On the field "of his benignant labors he is smitten by the shaft of the pestilence, and goes down, amid the tears and unavailing prayers of all who knew hini, to the silent em brace of the tomb. In one of the cemeteries of the city of Mobile, there are three graves of nearly equal age Side by side their little 'hillocks rise a triple brother hood, in that multitudinous city of the dead. In these lie the mortal remains of three Methodist nreachers. As m i . lives, labors and martyrdom, they were united, so in their sepulture they hn vp not. bppn divided. A chaste monument, erected bv the joint-eon tributions of the church and of the citizens of Mobile, bears inscribed upon its marble pillars, the names of Hughes, Starr and Powell the tnrce mm-tvi- ministers of our tale. Life's fitful fever over, thev sleep well to" rrothpr in covprt. where neither the he was removed below. Ids wounds dressed, and ..by the kind care and at tention" especially of some ladies, his life was miraculously saved, and he was brought to this city. lie recovered, instituted suit in the United States Court for large dama fros against the cantain of the ship, by whose orders he had been so cruelly treated, and recovered an tnat ne claimed. ; ' Nor did-Jie omit to inflict personal cnasusement upoiriue buiut; mutvmu al. Since thi3 occurrence, and until unhappy affair of yesterday, Captain Bossier has , led a peaceful life ashore, residing in the parish of St. Tammany. juries .and live many yers, uj,mg the auiet neace and happiness oi rural life with relish, made keener by the recollection ot his many singular aa- ventures, his frequent sufferings" and disasters, and wonderful escapes. very badly as well asj considerably injuring Mr. Battle's bfficeV Thcn the carriagecame jn contact .wjV.tVc piazza, it was disengaged fror tlie horses by the force of jthe collision. which was doubtless the mesms.ot saying its inmates, consisting ef two e s A' V3 en, llj was, Labor in Cuba. We find in the New Orleans Pic ayune the subjoined information re specting the coolie trade of Cuba, which, of late years, has figured, so largely in the newspapers: . Havana. Feb. 24, 185'A The in troduction of coolies into the island of Cuba, for the purpose of furnishing he-needful hands ot labor, is, as to social effect, yet a problem. By many nprsnns of sound ludgment, it is an- i - . j , . . ticinnlpd tnat tne iiiiure is iaiteu im evils, originating in the superior lntel-lio-ence of the Chinese over the African mpp which is already perceptible in every part of the Island where the two races mingle m the same ton, in tne same field. A certain degree of in onVmvrlmntinn has oviVmated in this unfortunate association, that has com- v.pIIp.1 tl.P planters to more watchful r " r. . , - ness, and to measures ot pruueuee 101 nrnt.-ctioo. Q'he cause and necessity - ' -v- - will gather in numbers and strength as time rolls on, unless some supcrin- fluence should come over the suerte of (iba. The whole number of Asiatics in tvAflnppil into the island ud to the l-l VUU. V - ivv A 8th day of this month, amounts to nurses with Mr. Uatt from serious iniurv. . i -r,--. - neither the children nor tfie-'iiurses were hurt, but the driver was tfrown f vinlpntl-tr frft-m bia KAfit. land bnrlv in 1 . .: 7 z J ' 1 jureu. j.iaietyii-jtcyiKirr. tr ,. . . Awful Explosion Dreadful loss J Life. Our Memphis exehatiges, revived this morning, contain full partjblars of a heart-rending accident wh'i oc curred to the steamer St. Nichois at -ri.il .. n-T frr -r-mr- - - i- , I1 .v-rSV?. W 10 k o'ctock on SuTiday rjight "laj, by which nearly sixty lives" werelKt It appears that the explosion ocirred while the boat was under falltead- i - i : i 1 J. ,. way, ana, as is usuai m jsucu uu-3,m.w reasonable cause can be assign for the accident. It is the ppinionoT the survivors that all the boilers Of the boat exploded at one time, earning a complete and instant wreck of Jthe boat. Immediately after thd explosioa the boat took hre, the names sprcuiujg with great rapidity, and quicllf en veloping the wHole boai in xmejheet of flame. The mind shudders ttcbn tpmnlatp the dreadful horrors O? the scene which was presented, af. the flames from the burning boat revealed r i 4 . the sad picture, p icture 10 viiacii fifty human beings, composed, oil bold men, helpless women anu- nun liilTon onp mnmpnt ifi the ftftl en- joyment.of health,' and fnany 6fheirrt quietly dreaming ot, home, anq per haps, of loved, ones fair awayHrtKe next hurled into mid-heaVen,' or ft to seek a doubtful safety iii the meless waves of the mighty - river, to perish in the evei lessj mercifrg ele ment that was fast'eonsubin'g thffrail wreck, upon which they had a indent before reposed in . apparent sec&ity if h timp at thp PThlosion'.ISan- tnin McMullen was on watch, 'an.lwas . . . . in the pilot house. - A heavy piece oi .' 1 - 1 J 1,,. 4-1., rnrr1rj31tn timDCr, uispiauetu uy nit ca.wu, caught his feet and held him faffc- it bnfy as a passage to & bappier Undi Rome of th6 Dcmocratw papers aro boasting-of gain made by th;ir party in the late - Connecticut elections. They did not succeed m electing a sin gle tate officer, nor a member of Con gross, nor a majority in cither -branch of the Iiegislaturer--notwithstanrig the adroitness witjh vrhich iliey ran Douglas candidates! in soine Districts and Adniinistratiori'Democrata in oth- ersj and notwithstapdingthe divisions of the Opposition. At the former elec tion they Secured two of tbeRcpresen tatiyes to Congress at this 1-elcction , .not one. It is very ' evident' that they can' I lose any morej and perhaps they are now exulting simply because mey time in our political history, the next Prt -roa -will nntftntitflin a fiintrleDem- Dcrat from a Ne w i England B tate in either House, and it .will have very few Democrats besides DptujlaS men Trorn any Northern State, twewe'., told that the Democracy areauvtwiow a2 party! Columbms Enquirer t i? The MississippL The amount of 4amago'4onB by r tries late flood of the Mississippi EWer is alarming. he Cincinnati "Cpmmer ciaiy of the 18th instant, sayf : VXho flood is as high and destructive as that of last year which, was so desolating in its effects: The" reports trom the tiior thp Ipvpa is broken in many places, and a great number -of plantations under water. iuanypie that escaped last year are nosuffer-. ing. The system of Missispbi levees ' seems wholly inadequate to t jie rcsis tance of the yast volume of water they are constructed to confine. It is appar ent that tho bed of the Mississippi is rising. -At the very time that undreds nf Tilantfltions are under water, and millions of dollars worth of proporty destroyed, a great fleet xs aetauxeu v the . mouth of the river because there is not sufficiency of water J.t4 .enable thpm to iret over tne pars, xubowto of affairs commands the most serious consideration of .the planters kndmcr- chantsof the South-west. r breath of tlie pestilence nor the wai of its victims can come. Peace bo to their ashes, and green evermore, in the iBu-rmvQ(t of 'their birth, bo .the memory of their virtues, their Christ ian lives, and their heroic deaths. J. VY. T. tain 30. United L,x-l,iV.;tr.r! rrpt solicituJQ for fhAaifetv li . ' . - j , astM-.- ! France 0, , Peruvian f, Portuguese 3, tlc flames had - come within rei3i; of -r-. -i -- ti ri :i: o . . i ; -i i J,5remen z, Norway uuuau a. mus own. body did noj cxnioixf.tany Perished on the various voyages, nr,viPtv for himself. " Then 6,704 or the loss'of the 43,984 taken Liat ne coui(j not release himself, h,e onboard amounts to a traction oaci implored those m reach ot his tjoiee 15 per cent. to relieve him from, his dregful The contracts tor importation still dilemma, requesting at last thaUiome continue, and as long as the public onc wonld bring an axe nd cut qj his Kvery exertion was maue re- Adventures of an Editor. The N. O. Delta has a sketch of the adventurous life of Capt. Bossier, one of the proprietors of the Louisiana Conner, who was shTt by his partner llpermit, in the estimation of n that city a few days since. The fol- b'UL , V- nta- lowing is an extract aw . Milovo m iTiiliistr.M.1 want of the li'm Tsnf Tfr.tTvnnff .Vn:il nn?tlift j UitJ I CCltOf " I lit; C lli.li.ij MU-U HinaivwK j , i i . .i . i. -i is nnd will be suppueu iruiu me same roh p cantam and irue mail was-Kuu- tr,rS ho com- -ouroe, openly; While the usual trade samea by the flame,, meetiug ... ath One ot the most attectmg inciy?nts of this tragedy is recorded of pliss Kpnnedv. a cousin ol Mr. uriimox.xne chief clerk and one of he. owners' of manded a vessel in the Egyptian ser vice, and when his ship had been blown up by one of superior force of the Bri- tieh Knnsidron. bo was found among the other wounded, in the cock pit, and made himself known to the British officer, who. bv a strange coincidence, proved to be our late fellow-citizen, John OedgciEsn. Great was Gcdge's , -l . .i astonishment to hnd, dressed in tne- uniform of the .Eirvptian, a young man who snoke English so ghblv. Un in miirv. he touml he was a jaitimoie ty , tYr hpttpr ..material, more hai'dy and xvjl v-.k ' 7 .1. 11 docile, will continue to be supplied from thp coast of Africa. Ne have tt ltu - npws-pf a earero landed to the east . v CD ward of Cardenas, from an American hnilt vessel, last week, 887 subjects. tnp boat. She was thrown by the The vessel got off the coast after dis- explosion from her stateroom intSI the . e , ri i i": i . ii ,i "i'2: river and floated doAvn to the stero&. of the boat, Avhen she caught her haM in one of the rings attached to thevuii, and ,hun in that perilous dileroina, when death stood threatening on e$ier hand. To loose her hold was torfmk of thp mimstea- as he cdnsoled the dvin, or closed the raylesjs eyes, and shut the mute lips oi uic. ueau. xw beautiful city pf the Gulf stood, like Niope of old, tepecchlcss n her avoc. Her business (jeparted, aiijd hundreds of her sons aiuVdaiighters passed away to be seen no niore upon hr streets or , in the habitations of thediving. Mournful, indeed, and saddening almost .to tearp, would be the record which should attempt to chronicle even in. tithfl i of theltouchin-? incidents and pathetic details of the pestilence The presence oT an epidemic in dense communities' always brings out, in bold relief anl in vivid contrast, the noblest and tie meanest traits, the brightest and the darkest features of ; humanity. Injthis smitten city of the South, as ,is the case everywhere in the midst of such a visitation! appeared ministering angels and incai-nate fiends his heart, co-operating with an over- iicii?ln'fr ponvicfion that it was his dWty to labor for the promotion of the spiritual interests of -Ins fellow-men, impelled5 him to the ministrations of Uic pulpit as his calling for life. lie had labored assiduously .and success- fully m the ministry tor several years, when the .year of the pestilence found him stationed in the smitten city of the Gulf.; Unacclimatedt and so liable at any moment to contract the disease, the husband of a lovely woman, and the father of several small children, his life was deemed too valuable to them and to the world to be periled n.mii 1 tbp pnidemic. and he was lm- charging, leaving her Spanish captain and four Spanish and Portuguese sailors. Avho have reached this city, ' . - ,. . - ... nnrl nvr vo:i( V to CllllSt 101' a neW t'U tefprisc. rn ..tlcdfc cr.Mii to liiihcatc xnese Bwii!n.'5 " , - . i , - , qu.i v, ne , ;mri.,tinn of Asiatics into into the Avavesand to tibld on w8 to boy, who, in a spirit ot adventure, iau u i , the wrcck tohicll accepted acommissionm the gypuan V c n .enera ly sSp- d n gin g-e very moment! being age navy, and had the misfortune to be extent than naa been I yt .tinff f.oneandpair -jghe -ittached tcf the ' Turkish squadron m poseu. xt, vwu6vv- j e "i!;itrj.j,c aitacntu iu uie xuikiu - i m t fA.I, niimftwftf f.ntm- TPmamfid in this Position until ;th6 the perfid.ous slaughter at savanno, mu . - hair.i where Engla.1 ,nl Franc, pjea '- rinTcaU Ukin from W W the ory pAof "SJZ :r Zu : 3 snSble .n fiV. the her body above the .ater, exce,; .n;;m ttaebr h.BriU,h,.nd United; State. It appear, to have Ua.d wwinca X, v . Tl - - I - 1 - rv.tflll T II II WI'.VI'I 'I 111 I lili I .1 ."-I I I I I I I 1 . -i.(L S -f-w well treated, un ms rcuini iu tmo j . country, he embarked m some navai irauc, wi icu -"p", ,v " V IVltllULlli Illicutrii"-' . ready large black population and these two diverse streams 01 oaruaiiMu flowing into her limited .area, Cuba will become a curious medley of races. TV,p coolie trade not being subject to such drawbacks as the importation of Africans, Avill probably, increase , and become permanent. A ort.'i American . A New Move for a New State. - . The Alta California of thb 7th of March says; " 1 ,; ,. U,2- Mr. Ttiom, on Saturday, introuuceu . in the Senate a bill amendatory of .tho Constitution proposing a hepv State boitodary line. The bill isj nothing more nor less than a proposition to di vide the State, setting off that portion. . south of the thirty-sixth degree of lati- ;ude as separate territory, ant :hat portion of thialine as comprising the State proper. It requires! no very close examination,, oi mis buujcck- w discover a movement that 'has-for, its eventual end the forming of the section of this portion of California tbat is.to be set. off and Arizonia intd i - new State. In this way both population and territory will be obtained to warrant the formation ot a estate, ana anew theatre Avill be.opened for the amoi tious desires of those politicians who are in' the movement. The mbvement will bear a close scrutiny. ; 'Ihero is much to be said on both sides, of the ncn.-r rf .UlTwlitlff tllA Stfttrt- APdWO mftv have occasion to refer toi it here- after! more at length. his TTints to & Praverless Mother; Ana. littlft hov sat looking at a. - - - W 7 -O- M mother one day, he said,' "grandpapa will be in heaven ! i Aunt will be m Heaven) Mary will be in heaven Babv is in heaven T'; Here the child paused and looked very Boieiau. "Well, dear, said tne momer, ibm . a. qf " t w..... the parsimopy of hopeful avarice, and tha nr'odirealifv of ldnnV rlpsnjiir . the beastly j-evel of insensate vice, in its accustomed haunts, and the low voice of supplication andtprayer in . pulpit and closet ; in a word: all the a i i 1 . I a -T t "v Tfr Pll J rapidly nih'. Beside him sits his -portunaieiy urgou w "T ir W rapia iy iii-i i . -n.,f i,;a car,P of dutv forbid the flifflrt. snirifual ach'isr. ,ine piiysis;uui naju o .. -. - Q made his lastyisit, saw the fatal symp-1 His. courage and unwavering trust m Sm of inevitable death, and left him the wisdom and. good of Providence, formoiXpcful patients. The faith-!! resigned him even to the martyrdom fa nurse i by him still. The deep of unly death, if fthat indeed hush inthe room, broken only by the Wjfi ordination of his lot . lie low breathing of the invalid, betoken leit, . true, B8 i .i .1.;-. , i.ntii opvoTPfiiv as t. nuiuituu, the rhamoer oi appio-a-emn, vnu. . - . . , i - As the Tublime transfiguration from of obligation higher than any that ;ia 11 - . ? f.i ... l nri nn imnncA: hadn him mortal goes on, let us step soiuy into T,r. room and enauire who and what I ontprnrisps in the Gulf, was engaged in thp attack on Porto Bello, Avhere his shin was again blown "up, and he I'll v vroiin ded. But we cannot pre tend in the compass of. this sketch, to relate all the singular adventures and. hair-br ea dtheseapes which this gentl c man' has passed through. His last mis fortune that is the last before the af- f-fiv'nf vpsrerdav Avas a very smgu- lar'affair. Whilst engaged in a yacht ing or fishing excursion in the Gulf of "Mexico, off thejnonth of the Missis sippi, Bossier hailed alarge ship, bound for this port, with a view of going a board to "ct some fresh supplies and have a friendly talk with the captain and passengers. Tt appears, however, that the ship captain, crew and passengers had been greatly alarmed, oy ruoiuis ui iiuin m the' Gulf, and their imagination had conjured up various circumstances and movements Of Bossier's little vessel into evidences of piratical designs. Apporrlinrrlvt when the unsuspecting rfpntlpmnn 'came aboard the ship, he was surprised to find all the crew and passengers standing at tlie companion -rrra-r- TCI T r VlTimiS WtTil I'1 niO Jil 14H tl . nuu - j BpTIs. There is something beautiful in the . till 1 x.X..I t K onotii 1 church betis ocaumui au-x and low. rich aud ... H . 1 1- They taiK to mgu ;nw iw") i-uai f . . poor in the same voice; there is a ! a' woman the preserver of herseljand sound in them that should scare pride f one of tliestrongcr sex:Aj!antam. andenvy oosoHs J f ; Wi I not mamma be in tiiiva iiKit - - While in this awful suspense and s;er X I ' - mo- lnronseiv iroin uif puui her presence of mind and. her woiffer-. ful heroism, tlrnt, as a. man, wiivas worse stunned, perhaps, than hcrse; the explosion, was floating by hcrina drownmrr condition, she seized hil .by the hair with her disengaged,ljanciand (1 V V V liiuuiwiw heaven?' aCih-nn. no.' rf hy do you say so?' asked the mother, deeply affected. t 0, you do not pray, so you willnot rtn to heaven. i' '" " "Yes. mv dear, I do; I ofl for you when you do not see rri. ftfln inilpptl ." . "i. 1 "Ah, I said lie, "I never aw you, then. Kneel down; and let me near it 4 ;en pray e very held his face out of the water .u$il a-you can pray." skiff was brought ta' the rcsc pf; The mother knelt by Krl, Tt often falls to the stronaMirm of man to assist the helplessnejj;. of woman, but in this finstancdthe strength of endurance, fjnd a cottage that Avas stronger than lcr arm, lrpde Deuth comes at morn ; when thf ; sun in the cast at lioon t rising entirely hidden from'" viewed? mes to-the babe just cominepcrpg trat tlp it comes to the man I in Icf'ddlc !irp. wlieP' tne connccinig huh tfM ing l-io vmpaV fenffprer isi He was -born beneath the bright skies and amid the balmy airs of a sa- J lnhr ons sonthern clime, ourrouuucu - - - hands. He could not, however, ima gine that their intentions were hostile, and stepped on the deck. This was ciVrnnl for a freneral assault upon Vinlp unarmed man. He was set OA OUltl4iltlJll JUJluvi J t" ! ; . , human affection can impose, bade him upon by the whole crew and all the remain at his post, and ho heeded what passengers with marling spikes, billets 01 WOOU, auuft; "-"v-1 " ' be deemed its divine admonition In the midst of incessantministrics at the bedside and at the grave, he '9 9 Irt T fell sick of the pestilence nimseii, ana lubrious southern cnme. """"' m ; : . f , a , h-id Komp by the pleasant sights and sounds of, lay down . to die. . As he had borne iect. and was terribly beaten, several 1 . . . , 1 1 Cl ..l.na of his bones broten, ana leu senseicBa and bleeding on the deck. Finally, however, some of the passengers, moA'- r-r Kp hp.avt of man: that should make him look on the world with kind forfrivmT eVCS; t lat SllOlUtl maive , j"- a , i . ijf Torgivuig . . , - ... ...i.v, vt.v am most resplcndfet- earth seem to him, at least ior auua, j vu "v; -. -.---.r ii;" j eariu .euu ' , .v..in:r Mp wlu-n it frraduallAf sinks b?ind - ""'y '".aC', . Wr W W nudnik hen; is oPiTnin in T.tie suuii'i 'i . - . , C. I in v""-- bells,1 if we only have the cars to un derstand it. There is a preacher m pvprv bplfrv. that cries: Poor, weary, struggling creatures poor human things. Take rest be quiet. For get your vanities, your follies, yotlr week-day craft. ' ' Accident. On Sunday last, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the horses attached to the carriage of Kemp P. liattle, isq., hpornp nnmananreable ; opposite ' the .1 t- nf ATpssrg. Nilliams K III UlliM?'V v v - . - ,v Haywood, and running doAvn Fayette ville turned into Martin St., where they ran the carriage against the piazza of the office of Richard H. Battle, Esq., breaking - the vehicle to dp are mast stron&tr-Tii comes to the aged man frith trembling limbs and faded eyesight, led alogby .m-AQ to thp noor. srug- OlllCiS il w"'' - T i- .' 'rj i: n l,t;n !i meagre sustenance it comes to a man m domfdmblc v l l. tlx.-' :.t.iict her child. 'and liV xxx v ----'- J 1 ' d forherselfandlatleOne. and that day learned a lesson jshenev- , er wjll forget. , ' ' 1- Metlfcr ! arc you going toieaven ( Do your little ones think youj are go ing by all they observe m your con duct? Aro you leading them in , the way to heaven? Do thev often hear j your voice' going up to the throne of God for them r Xhoscwuoua poipr on earth, may pray when erth has passed, arid their prayer thenj willnot be answered. The rich man prayed for An ,f trntpr-i-a verv small- re- quest but he did not obtain he boon he asked. May yoiibe anxious to pray not that your- prayer may be : heard and answered. .. i ; Jphn, said Mr.l B.f the other day, to lib wn, John, you are lazy:; what on earth do vou expect to do for a liv ing?' Whv, father, I've been think in, -n how f would bo a revorationary it pomes to mmi u vwjuv-. , l circumstances, by whoth ife' wKbest Ipensioner; r i . ' . -V . - Ti tl.. i ' - 2 enjoyed it comes to n tne .jbui,, . , -. Drisoncr a roan of irregular n: niflnenco and case ltf Dines ;,u tr f". ri u ilA tvintr ft. . . .. & liiliot'" laufflung at his owrj folly it comes to the marl of justense enough to pass through) life eastr--it y-,mP4 fn -the educated it - con Is to the infidel disowning" his Mak it comes to the christian, wno iookui habits ?' asked a judge, whdeitryinga riot case, i No, his ixatms ar , ular, answered the witness jhe a al ways ' drunk;' , , rAy-::.-f , rTho planted, himself upon "hla -oo.iinetion has not yet PnrwUJ. ? . -j

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