North Carolina Newspapers

WW TERMS OF AD rtUfr - ! iwirl is tts Dollar a square for the first an.. a. -cuij-uYt vcnis i or evcrv ween uier E. B. DRAKE. BY W. P. DRAKE. 2 Sixteen lines or lees will make a equar, I Ttcutruttinns MaJ ;. e - -a EUGENE B. DRAKE & SON, Editors and Proprietors. lepasiouows. ft HO 1 .. -Au Family ISTewspaper Devoted to "Politics, Vgriculttxre, Xaniaiiactiares, Commerce, and -lisoellaneovis -Reading. One sqwe, . . .50 . . $5.r0 . . $8.0t Twosquare?,. .7.00 . . in.no . . Three squares, , 10.00 . . 15.00 . . 20.00 When dire lion are wcA pivpn how often TERMS OF THE TAPER, $2 a Year, in Advance. Vol.111. Statesville, N. C, Friday, May 4, 1860. NO. 22 " insBrt Adv'nieement, it win Wpubtian- i e.Unntil or lerd ottt. s' 1 2 V i THE IREDELL EXPRESS, , PUBLISHED WEEKLY, bht jzi j&z m& aa r )octri) Our School Master. DT A LICK CART. i Wr ':pI to think it wan no qneur To w him in his thin jrrey hmlr SticUlng our quills bc-hiod hi- ear, An.l strM;lit fbrgcttiag they were there. Wo uceil to think it wnsso "trainRo That lie shmilil twint snrli Jmir to curls, Ami that liis wrinklnl clxx-k should change Iti color like a bashful giil'sl Our foolish mirth uVfiiil nil rule, t An prlnnces, each of each, wc stole, The morning that he Wore to school A rone liuil in his. button holit. Anil very sagely we agreed That such a dnnee wan never known Kitty ! KM trying still to read Love; verw-R with a tondi r tone! No joyous gtnili' would ever st 'T Our suIkt looks, we often ajd. If we wore but a SclifjolnHKti i'. And bad, vvitliul, his ol.t, WMite hmil. One day we cut bin knotty staff Nearly in two, and each and all (If us declared that We shotlhl ):n ;;'i To see it break ami li t him fall. ITpon his dd pine it-sk we drciv His picture pitiful to ieo, Wrinkled and bald half Mmi half true. And wrote Iwinuth it tweitty-tlirec. Next day calm- eight o'clock and nine, lint Ik came not: our pulfWHN quick With it-iy. we said it w-mld lie lio.' If tin nM School master wet sirk. And still the beach trees boar the scars Of wownda which we thai morning mad". Cutting their silvery bark to tar Whereon to count tl e game we played.. At last, as tireil as we could lie; lion a etaybnnk, strangi Iv k t i It We sat down in a row to nee His worn-out hat come up the lull. "J'was hanging on a peg a quill Matched down, and sticking in the band, And leaned ngai list bis arm-chair still His -f lit wan waiting for bis baud. Across his feet bis threadbare coat Was lying.. stuffed with many a roll Of "ciqiy-platos," and. sad to Bote, i A ilind rois in the button-hole. I'.nt he no more ni'ght take Uis place Out lessons and our liveA t0 plan: Cold iknth had ki.sxisl the -wrinkled face Of that most gentle gentleman. Ab me. what bitter tears made blird Our young eyes,, for onr tli ugbtless sin, As two and two. we walked Dehind The long, hlni k c. flin ho as in. Atul all. sail women now. and men With wrinkles and gray h-lr can see How he might wear a rosebud then, And lead loVC Verses b ndei ly. Fir the Kxpress. Miss Ella. To As soft as falls the silken shade Ix't eveiy sorrow be. That grief or care, or hope delayed, May ever cast on tle-e. And swis-tly glide thlnei h lire away, As 'muslr from the -tri.ug Of woodtaAid lyre, while o'er it stray The fragrant airs of Spring. And let well joy he purr and hriglit, As dews on Infant tlowors: borne tender theiue of ik-w d. ligbt Still cheer thy penslw hours. And as a soft melodious lay Iiies on the still fi vrn. May thy swoet sfiiiit fss away, And mingle into hcaien. May, ISO). VERITAS. For the 'Iredell Express.'' The Oaks April 18, 1800. YotU always welcome paper came duly to the Oaks hiet week, Messrs. Editors; and much surprized war I to iote some of it con tents. I must confess th.lt. I took a rapid mental survey of my crsonal self, and felt that 1 did not deserve tli.mt pretty, very pret ty poetical tribute. And f felt a fear, that. ii'..t nut- future time, the Writer should meet 'Marv I..," he might IVeluisappnointed, per haps chagrined, that he had wasted his in- l stiiralion on a ierson so little calculated to i draw it fortn. Hut then. 1 thought, he tvbo could write those lines, has an appreciation tor all that is lovely in woman mind and heart; an intuitive sympathy with the in stincts of a true wdin-.uily nature, ami knows that these may survive, while she herself has grown homely or old. or become a pattern ol domestic, thrift, so intent on the proper t-ea-soning Of'a favorite dish, so perplexed with the cares of a large country family as to have I nid litprnrv nursuits on the shelf. Years since, wnen.a urcam; -w. t.....j; , ver every volume that canie in my way, i Mould wonder tit and admire the literary con vernations and letters which I would read, and wonder that I could see so little of it a ronnd me. But this intellectual sympathy does exist, irrespertive of ag,- or sex : and it may exist without depth of thought or high scholastic attainments The budding flower, the whisxrliit! wiinl, utul streamlet's emtio t.me. ; i Tlie Hiltvty stars of even. stiiiliHE softly, jfiitly down." "litem) ":ik u tapiswse :ill tlndr own, to some h mystery .till." ' i ' Thi sympathy is. to... a source of true and heartfelt' pleasure, ennobling " it nature; l.:idin.' us not only to long lor. but to aspire to, a purer, nobler future ; to U as well as to lor all that can be found hereof the original brightness from which We fell. There is a touch of pathos in those lines. Ah yes! we all know, or shall know, 'What 'tis to weep o'er tided drenutS or priceless treas ures VoWU. 1 cannot forbear reminding him that "there is a tree that never fadtks, in the garden of Heaven there will be o death nor fading there." , . . , . I am pleased to be kindly invited to join that '-NodaJ Circlc.."'and cheerfully will take my corner4; and when Wiser pens have dis coursed of wiser topics, I will bring in a little chapter of" homely every-day matters, that will require no thought or genius to fathom. But we must insist that St Ledger, himself, take the lead. He evidently has leisure to indulge in reveries, far on to the "wee-hours of night;" and time to make out his nap in the morning, without any fear that other people's Ireakfast will lie delayed, or darkies folding their hands and wondering "what Miss Marv lows me to do to-day; work in the flower-garden, or sew on old Master's shirts, or boil over them preserves, or help Mi.-s Allie with her dress, or " O my 2 And there comes a "neighbor woman" to get nie to cut and tit her dress and sho " her how to trim her b' nnet, and to get a little rice for .lohnnv, and some lorax to make a wash for the baby's month, and some sage, Ut. never will irrow tor herl to make a irarcle for the .11 .....l i.,.tlv ti.L-iii.n- !r iliara uiu man iiuuui, uii'i "-";i "'c i- anv ixw-sibihtv of making L?etsv s last sum mcr's frock long enough for the fashion'. Betsv. too. has of cotiwe adopted the prevail- i- e stvle of dress, i nd risht eet hall she .. - . . ' '.. . - .. . lo k next Sundav with her blue muslin dress and her bonnet -'trimmed over.'' (Let crit ice say what they will, this style is becoming, ind a graceful, swan-like motion does k give to the walk. The same extra fashionables plod along as tho' it Vere a labor to carry their adornings.) Thefc visitatiors are pleas ant epochs in the life of my pedr neighbor ; prepared tor, days b f ire; churning done, and fv-" in,ctt luv unj ytiui C r no w i w m- , o - - . have Betsy-time for any extra calls the baby rioiw purpose, was firially converted into a may make upon her patience. And the ad- carriage shop. 1 he Court-IIouse (a substan ' u ii .Tt.. ! i J.'i i.' t,v..i.i mi,:u i il,i nno vantages arc not all on her side; for when any one is sick we always want her there. a li- . . r I .... .vine interrupted me just now, to tell me "Old Ned lias out his foot so dreadfully!" -Well run darling." I faid, "you know where the Pain Killer and the Mustang Liniment ! are. 11 is a sad lact that Southern girls are ' id.ment.aoiy ignorant of manv domestic mat-i icre. i aon t believe Allie could make a good Oiscuit, a baking of bread, to save her life. , But then it is my lault. Our girls don't gen- j crally look down upon such avocations, it is 1 simply too much trovLle. But when they have ' homes of their own they are the sufferers ; tney teel sensibly their incapacity, and al- most universally engage at once in their du ties with an ambition to excel. This is why their accomplishments are laid aside. Our Southern wives aim not to shine abroad. It would be best, doubtless, to be more domestic when girls, and less exclusively so when wives. To have seen the darling tying up old Ned s wounded foot, removing the soiled and blood stained stocking with her own dainty hands! Ah, it won't hurt-to keep her out of the pan try a&id kitchen a while longer: I ventured to suggest to Father the other day. that his kind and hospitable invitations to Mr. Theodore might lead him to think lie encouraged his attentions, lie looked utter ly surprised. "Why Allie that child she is too young! I thought he come to talk politics with me." "But Father," I said, "she is4nineteen, and cousin Lu is no older." "But she is such a child," he insisted. "Did you not know what brought Mr. B. here so often last winter? She would not let me tell you, butil'shc had been interested in him, I should." "Well, daughter," he said, "per haps you are right ; but I never Ihouyht J el. And Mary," he said, as I was leaving, "call i'eter back. 1 had told him when he went to town to call and ask Mr. to come out to-morrotv and finish our discussion on the President's Utter Well, well," he added, half asitle, ''to think of Alice being almost old enough fo be married. But that idle, per fumed, monstached exquisite to think I want him for a son-in-law. Well, I shall not take any more pains to make a Democrat of him." Peter was alout mounting his horse to fulfil his dozen commissions to town. "Miss Ma ry," he said. I paused. "The fact is, I'm very glad Master said for me not to call at the Hotel. The fact is, I think Mr. Theo dore likes to come out here most too well, I'm thinking; and he's rfot gwine to get Miss Allie, either, if he does give me half a dollar every time I ketch his horse. Did Miss Al lie ever tell you 'bout the first time lie come out here with Mars Charlie, (I seen her at thewindow.) Just as he was gettin on his horse, he just threw me a half dollar in the grass didn't hand it to me pleasant. I tell you I never let on I seen it! To be sure I kept my eye on it, but I waited till he got out of sight. And don't you think he come rro I loi o 1 1 it Yiafr oOoe ll.HsV l..-.r.L- t'nn lot. I KliviV v ... , ..... i hila indv .'uun t J . . II.IJI wiiii. VY hen he got off, somethin' ailed the toe of his boot, but h didn't see that half dollar. Them that.s so fond of showing their money, aintgotmiu'h at home I calculate. And don't you think he asked me the other night when I went to get his hoots, how many black ones Master had. He wouldn't ha' asked .Dandy Jim, but he thought 1 didn't know notion'. I tell you I counted him out a long row ; I, and some more on us has got two or -three names. I couldn't consent to his bavin' Miss Allie noliow'. Mais. Charlie's the man lor my money." S; "Well, that will do, Peter," I said, "hurry out and don't forget tostopat the Post Office." Peter, you must know, is rather tt privileged personage. He drives the carriage, ai?d is often our sole escort on trips of more than one day. From talking to his horses, he gets to soliloquising, and sometimes gives us the benefit of his opinion on men and things. Harry was much disappointed, and iu a bad humor for a whole dav, that AlHce could i not accept your kind invitation to accompa- nv him to witness the Flag presentation in Statesville. I can readily believe it was well and prettily done. I can imagine the bright and varying expression of that piquant face. How we love military displays, and how con fidingly we would look up to those brave hearts and strong arms if danger came. May they all, and those younger cavaliers, whose characters are now forming, aspire to be Knights, snm pent, ctsaut: rcproche lor the sake of their own Mothers and Sisters, let them honor anil reverence our sex ; and may a se cond and purer age of chivalry dawn upon us. No one who loves and reveres his Mother, and cherishes his Sisters, could speak lightly of woman, or be readv- to suspect her of evil. ... i i i . Some vouno: men are aslnimed to snow tne femipj-ne.aja tliev teel let tliem know mat r,e- spectful deference to their Mother, and ten derness towards their Sisters, is one of their surest passports to a true woman's heart. - Tell from Allie, that we got from Charles ton the most beautiful bonnets we ever had. and no one else has one at. all like them. And Mr. Junior, cousin Hal says wont you come over next week, and join his select party to "the Narrows." to catch Shad? I wish I could send vou the basket of Asparagnt 'Mammy" lias just brought in, and a bunch of mammoth rhubarb stems. She has come back to tell me the Hawk has carried off another chicken, and there comes a car riage full of company, and it's ten o'clock, and time to give out dinner. Good-bye to you and your pleasant correspondents. I hope St. Ledger's call will be responded to by them all. It will enliven the solitude of "The Pines," for Us sometimes to meet in onr "Social Circle." Mary L. For the Express Historical. " Some hooks are lies fra end to end, And uomo great lies wore never peun'ii." The following statement respecting Iredell countv, the village of Statesville, and of other matters, is true to the best of my knowledge and belief The county of Iredell, was formed of part of the territory of Rowan, about the year 17 90; The first Court for the County, was held at the house of Patrick Puffee, some say it was at the Si nionton House, three miles east of Statesville, on what is now called the Mocksville Koad. Duffee's house was situa ted four miles north-east of Statesville. The said Du H'ce took a notion one day to "shuff le off this mortal coil," and hung himself. He had rented his plantation that vear for ...... r 1 i i r. 1 rlio CIAM fheseasen turned out a dry-one. Dutlee went to a neighbor, appa renllv WilCll oeiccifu anu umvcu nun u ne eon lit te wnai u uie inuu m iiuiiini . could tell what was the third o nothing?- Not beinj able hmself to solve this hard- .noi ucmg uwic ... i , . it I . .1 question, or una anyone t, . i u for him. Dufl'ee committed suicide in his des- i n-iii" fni,v il rv. opfi nn s li a v e si 1 1 co occu rreil Pair Manv urv se; ou s wc mw vaimi t;,sSS countrv but. I have never heard tell of nnvone starving for want of the means of subsistence: and it imttee naa only ! have nut his trust in Providence, ami waited. l ii, .l.i ii !.:...., J 1 he would have sen that M seed time and bar vst'' would not entirely have failed and "on Iv he would have been fed." Ti... 1 In fii,;il na An-r,.i I,.- tr- i ,i .. v.r.i t i wha sifiintpri; w. . " v.... - on the comer, now occupied by Mr. S. K. theMin sut-it wm ihen move.1 down .. . . U A 1 J r ftdllfihurv ritrrt-t. and after beinff used for va- .:.t t l!, v,., i,i!r, k;i, -...in.....i tKor.no lull 11 i 1. 1 -1' li 1 1 m ' 1 1 y "iiivii irpiai.vu in. viiv described, on the same site was finished a - bont the vear loW. but was used by the I Court for several previous years. It wm de- stroyed by fire in 1834. The old jail was a loghotwie, not much larger than an ordinary smokehouse it stood on the w est-snle of ; orth street, near the old stables, now the The first : rendezvous of many town-hojErs person I recollect being confined in this jail, was one Bob Fanning, he was incarcerated one night under a charge of being drunk and creating disturbance in the streets : and the weather being extremelv cold. Fanning, was so severely frost-bitten that he lost both feet, and had to walk on his knees ever afterward i anu liven ai tne expense i at the expense Of the County : SO Mote edtti1 -tlAn0 hafSoCwere ticSut that the County nor ise.l by John-Barlycorn. i I he only Lawyer Uving in the County at the time .it was established, if I ....I i:.i. . i : i .... i taken. Wm. Sharpe, Esq. : who member of the old Continental Congress. And one of the first Clerks (if not the first i was Sliarpe's son, Abner. The ifirst Sheriff ! . S i . J t - c i . I( i was a man uy tne name oi iiorris-wno a- 1 VJ-l.l v u 1TtV . V 1 I 1 i I I i III.: ( I V ' 1 1 I L . X J A o snr-frpssor was Ren. Rrpvnrd. Tli. firiif. ! in n- ty-Treasurer was Andrew Morrison, called, thC last period, will that the skin by the prtofane-chaps of the day,," Big-and- will have become much thicker and Eternal-Andrew." The first Iicgistr was I harder, which diminishes the quantity Andrew Kilpatnck ; and the first Magistrate, ca Xt .l' d Wm Young, who resided in Statesville.- of flour' Now this proves that the The first Deputy Sheriff of any note that I ! last change in the seed produces an in wot of, was one James Gay ; a writer of all- ' crease of bran, and a relative diminu- manner of poems, some of which were in the Ptvle of Allan Kamsav, others in pure- English one that' was written for the 4th Julv commenced thus In Seventeen llnndred and-Peventy-Six j Our Independence wc did fix, tc. T1 , . f . ' , ! 1 have been credibly informed, that it was cause for much anxiety to said Oav, how the good-people of Iredell would get along, after ; ne was oeau anu gone 10 uie ptace ui uie , mucn I0r Wlieat CUt alter It IS tllr- bV c" n 'T8,' 1 ,i r1 oughly ripe as for that cut in the pro- I he first Classical-School in the town of. t 1 i : i t Statesvill-e, was taught by the Rev. John Mu-! Per statc- lt;.has l,een suggested by shat; it was established about the close of the ' some speculative writer that new va last war with England. Ex-Gov. Wm. A. i rieties of wheat can be produced by Graham, Chief JusUce Pearson, and the late j croSs-fecundation. in other words, a l. o 1 1 4 1 e i 1100 1 11. t-arsou. Of .uississippi, were sum- ents of this Academy. There is but one per son, now living in Statesville, that was here ! in I8I0. The first Common-School Teacher I recollect-hearing hofldforth north-west of I Statesville, in the boundaries of the County, was one John Bokc, Orlbirchand-ferule noto-1 riety- He is said to have been a very tall, lank; squinting, lame, nd in many other res-j peets very ungainly appearing individual. He was said by one who was a good-judge in such matters Rev. R. II. King to have! been the best Teacher of his dar although, he could neither "read, write, or cipher." I have been told that, " Izard" went out of use with Boke. It does not grieve me in the least, tluist " Izard" died about the time. I was born. "Zed" was in full blast when I first entered a school room as a pupil but some- i time afterward, in the course of human events "Zed" gave way to the more eupho nous " Zee." j Saul Boke, had rather a peculiar way for j administering castigation to his refractory pupils : he mounted the recusant on the back : of a large boy, if possible, that the flneella- ! tion might have the greater moral effect. ' Sixty or seventy years, ago, it cnuld not be j said that the " school-master is abroad'' in j these parts, and there was also, a great scare- j ity of, books. A full-grown Dictionary (gen erally pronouneed dikxonaiy. in those days) ! was a rare sight in this section of country, fifty years back. A few copies of -Bailey's Critical, and Sheridan in two volumes, were ' all the citizens possessed, at that day. My father used to relate an incident, that ! occurred at a party he attended when a young man ; a dispute arose concerning the ; spelling of a certain word. There being no ! dictionary to refer to, one of the party fortu- natelv snesested, that the word occurred in v.i a i , , Ti pi. kh one ot the i salms in metre, i he I salm-book was tjioduced. the word hunted up, and the disnute settled. An old patriarch of the dav who was-.-ittinLT m tl he chimnev-corner . smo-j ?d pine, after withdraw - i . i i ,.., kin r a sliort-stemnie incr the stem from his mouth and hestowins a larjre iptantity of saliva on the fire, made the following verv ease remark : "Ah ! Da vid know'd Iuai- till spell." The spelling-book, by Thomas Dillworth. School Master, was an improvement our Grandfathers did not enjoy in their school--bov davs. The Psalter was made use of. then, kith for a spelling and reading book. grow wild. I set my vines in drills It givps me pleasure to state that Dillworth's ti,irty inches apart, arid about ten or book was in voprue in the davs of mv pupil- . i i . jt j -ii i nge. In those halcvon dav; we were taught twelve inches apart m the drills, and in spelling a woid. when a simple vowel for-1 kept them clear by hand weeding, us uwd a syllable, to. go tli rough the exercise in ing no manure. I set my vines at this way, lor example: a or e a ny uscii a. and e by itself, e which for short was done in this manner : a, besel.rl?, and e, besel.c. Old Dillworth. after his lessons in two and three letters, put all the monylvllables of four, letters and upward, in a dense column ; covering the whole page, and the child had to fight its way through in the best manner it could ; not having the least idea that the words it was spelling, had any meaning at tached to them ; and the teacher, thinking as little that it was any part of Zeis dvtu to explain thenv. If memory does not betray me, the first word of that dreadful column was " Blab" and the whole of this epistle, rhav be well termed, blab. OLD-NINETY-EIGHT. April 16th, 18G0. Important to Wheat Growers. From a scries of experiments made in England and the United States, for the purpose of ascertaining the proper ..;d vn.iriinrr wbnilt it hae boon IIC11UU Ul IWIiiis, ', " i r . . . r. n griatltural. ing the operation is when it is in a raw j vhich the events of a few hours made I The particular tone and manner in state, or when the straw, from a dis- upon me. I had been brought up in ! which the prisoner uttered these sim tance, has a greenish appearance, but the strictest manner. I had scarcely j pie words produced a death-like sil on a closer examination is found to be been permitted to look upon vice, and lence throughout the court room. The i annrnvimatincr to vellow. and therain. j nted from the chaff, is pulpy and v , . .:ti Tf SOIL. IIUW IlUl 111 lllC UHIRI oi.4J.tv. o-v ----7 : . . v.. ouwi ; IS now the opinion 01 intelligent heat . r . . . ? growers that at least irom nv e to six j.,n0 Q,.a :c incr. hv allowinflr thp , - , c . : wheat to become ripe before it is cut, C . . . . . i and that at the same time its quality w injured. By reaping tne wneat as ; - nr thtim- directed, a crreat- ! - . ..... J O 1 :. l. c ; nkioinal -UiVi fl weijlllt Ul lililili ireiBinyu, " produces more flour, of a superior qual- .i IniriMtiro1 J , i .. . - - - j matter and is Detter ior siock , auu . .' . .2 ... and ,w is less waste by shattering . waava vaavav 0 ii Oil L IDG fcTrJJlH 6 onorations in the ver- ; Jike all otner operauonb m .ue , niok n linrriintn t.hfl rinpninor ot the ofoKio Vinrrilnm thfi nnpniniT of the t iiiuuiv Blu 1 f- ; see(j consists entirelv of various chem - - , ha natnrp or TriodnH ( ,. P . , u. operanai oi wmuu not ucmg gcucip understood need not be explained, but their results should be carefully ob- 8erve'i order to determine when the reaping should be performed. . When an ear or head f wheat first fills, it is then said to be in the milky state ; in seven or ten days after, the seed oecomes more sona, ana tne straw beains to wither and assume a vellow i ! aPPll'race rom tne ground towards j1 behead. At this period the straw ' nnnni vanno from t.ho trronnd towaerlc ! will be yellow for twelve or fifteen inches above the ground ; in seven or I am not mis- ' tcn jays morc tje crop will be perfect had been a , . . .i. u- . . .... ly npe; me straw win uts yeuow up to the head at this stage the grain can be rubbed out by the hands. On . oxamining the seed, a perceptible dif- ference which lias taken place since i r:n nf flnnr. wl.;,.b will bo tho nIr,. -i cc i- i i o elapses betweea the ripening and har- Vesting of tllO Crop. I hen it mUSt be " n . c . . the interest oi the tanner to cut his , iVr - i i 11 w ueai ut KU 0 11 incomes inorougniy ripe. The millers will not pay as 1 l r l i e. .1 mixture of several varieties and sown together. .3, The improvement of agricultural plants by cross-fecundation is a sub ject of the highest importance to plan ters. It would seem quite as feasible as the hybridizing, or cross-breeding in animals. We cannot, from expe rience or any information in our pos session, venture to give any advice upon this new and. important subject. We would like for some of our wheat growers to make the experiment and communicate the result. We do know, however, that an important variety of Indian corn can be produced m this way. Some years ago we obtained and mixed five different kinds of seed corn, that is to say, seed corn select ed from different farms in different neighborhoods there was a marked difference in each variety planted the whole in one field. The result was, a crop of corn not exactly like, but superior to either variety. We continued to plant this crop till it lost all appearance of the original varie ties, save one, the best of the family. N. C. Planter. Cranberries. At a recent meeting of the . . AmCll- i t can Institute, the secretary Stated that T r r t l i - ' Jesse C. l oung showed him a receipt r t 1 tor one Hundred and htty-six .dollars, the net result ot one-third ot an acre of tnc SCruboak land of Long Island, 1 ... . .-. , . . . I cultivated in cranberries, lhisisthei , . , TT rr,, ., third year. He says : The sou is san- , , J , , J . , ay loam, tne sand ouite coarse. ve have to sink our wells , fifty-seven feet to get wafer just where the cranberries grow. The vines were taken from the swamps on the Island, where they any lime in the fall or spring, when convenient. I am planting them at this time. The Convicted Judge- BY WILLIAM C0MST0CK. The morning was dark, and the snow lay in piles about the street. A spt-prp nnldnpss Was in the. ntmosnhere. and as the bleak wind whistled round the court-house it seemed to sing of other davs in melancholy cadence. It seemed to tell of broken hearts and of y description of human suffering. wanderers abroad wrapped their ever The wanderers abroad wrapped cloaks more closely about them, and shivered as much with nervous agita tion as with the cold. I was abroad myself on that day, and although I ! was at that time a mere youth, vet I , . T . I e ttn r ; : ) I npvpr I ( 1 1 ' m 1 1 t ( 1 1 luu nuiiieaiuu ! to gross immorality 1 was an utter stranger. But on this bleak and mel- : nnrhOlv mnminir 1 Phancea to naSS t he i o . j p0i;ceVourf I saw several persons ! Olice lourt. 1 saw social petsous 1 : : 4 k.l1ir,, ,.,., -6 j 71 i " I " i the court was held, ana in order toes !MM tU covnw r.obl T also entered. T had never Wen in a court of justice j uetore, ami i muKcu a,.vuullu I small curiosity upon tne various ar- ! rantrpments w I - . - r i . . ltnm. a Rioon outsiae o of the railing with several others, most- vnhrsnns of ow Ciiaracter. Who at)- nnA nnma m for no nrhrr i'-a 1 u tu c - v m.nnco ktiAn-,rm thpmsphps. The I OTkfrIlMfmi g, dignified man, about forty-fire: prisoner proceeded to ask the witness ml .l 13C .fin fair .imslinno onH h.ltt- TTI IIP h SOT- wnfAf. Th other offieers of1 J 2 T I the court were in the places assigned unirersal il ence tO tnem, ana a Ullntifdi bi i cukc I V i . . J . f.. .MV . i . . to them, ana ft " ' . i . , ; reigned on every side Hnd?e seemed to start from a reverie, ' mud " "Rrincr in the nrisoner." .ava va.w. . & - r- Vn officer immediately seized his , pole and went out of the., door. The ! few spectators now started up from the lethargy into which they had fal-1 j len, and began to look ymk .apjpae in- I terest toward the door at which it was j expected the prisoner would enter, j iney am not wait long beiore toe uoor ODencd. and the officer returned, fol-: lciwrod hr n uomnn must wrofbfd ; lowed by a woman of most wretched j appearance. I shuddered and trem- j bled until the railing by which I held vibrated beneath mv hand. 1 had not j . . - known that human nature could be- Come so utterly cast away and degra- ded. Could- it bo possible that the; "human form di ine" could ever pre- sent such an image of squalid misery? She staggered into the court, room, and ' l caught a glimpse ot her face, Her face and bos'om were covered with dirt large blotches disfigured her ev- -. C 1 1 f 1. cry feature and around one of her eyes was a circle of black, the conse quence of a brawl, in which it appears she had been engaged at the time of her arrest. On her head was a straw bonnet, through which the wind found free access, and from under. its raesed i crown a few tangled gray locks strag- gled forth. Her dress was insufficient to keep the piercing air from her per-1 son and her red, swollen feet were half exposed by the apology for shoes which she could hardly besaiu.to wear She did not appear to be in the least abashed, but advanced directly to the stand, drew up her rags about her, and throwing back her bonnet, looked steadfastly at her accuser. He was one of the towu watch; and having been sworn, he stated that he had found her fighting and making loud outcries in the street that she ap peared to be very much intoxicated, and was very impudent. At this stage of the proceedings the judge asked the watchman if he had ever seen her in that situation before. " No, sir," said the witness ; "it is easy to see by her appearance that she is a woman of abandoned charac ter ; but I never saw her before in my life, and desire never to see her again. The judge then asked if anybody knew where she belonged. An officer arose and stated that he did not know where she belonged, but he knew that she came to town only a few days ago. He also said that the cause of the quarrel in which she had been engaged arose from the circumstance that her landlady, who was very little better than herself, had turned her out into the streets at midnight for stealing. " Stealing !" cried the wretched wo man, looking at the last speaker. ,' Perhans vou call it stealing : but. if r o ' i in f.l.-n n vcicr 1 1 enror ill blilo nnd sm ot stea erint; limbs of my poor child is ten liner, then "Your child'' cried the iudee : u i,vo o,, n nhild ?" J rnA B Everv eye was fixed m surprise , A . ,i i.u- wnen tut? aiiriiiii, uptaieu iuu uiam , , , r ., , ,r ,v if.i cloak and disclosed beneath its shreds the pale, starved countenance of a girl, who appeared not more than six years of age, but who in reality had seen ten miserable summers and winters. If the appearance of the mother had been supremely disgusting, that of the girl was so pitiful and wobegone that I felt the tears gush into ruy eyes, and my bosom heaved with an emoxion which I could not restrain. Even the judge appeared melted when he saw this lit tle frame clinging to the waist of its miserahle mother, its eves -wildly and timidly cast around her as she feared that she should be separated from the disgusting wretch who gave her birth. The judge quickly recovered his firmness, however, as if afraid to ex hibit a weakness unbecoming his sta tion. He then asked in astern voice, " lias not this woman been here be fore ? Woman, have I not seen you before ?" She turned at the sound of his voice, if nd fixed her eyes upon him in one long anu Auuseffuur a iair view of her countenance saw that jfc had not looked long m the face of e Juclge eiore a suaaen paieness i overspread her features; her eyes seemed ready to burst trom ner neaa. Having surveyed the judge in silence for some time, she replied to his ques tion in a low. sepulchral tone, that made him tremble I T- 1 ' ' m. - - " I " V ca. wi htivA tti at hftnrf. i , ' ' ..w.v. ; spectators ci oivneu as ueur iu ! ing as they could, anl every eye was nxeu upon uie Mtimai wictuu niiu I stood at the bar of justice. The judge , , , J,- u k v,. annAarpn at. brst a litt o strnck bv her l,f Kt rr. whX Wl ge conduct; but a man who had 1 seen such a variety ot prisoners wasi j "r; "'J r j ; ne tuereiore prooeeuovi hhu iuc , aaiu iwkcu h auo moinu w i J l J -1? :i 1 . . l l 1. question to the witness. As he spoke : in a sieruei wiic uiaii iicuattuuiicoc- tore, the little srirl oeeinnuiff to De ap- j , - o 'j - -. ; orehensive that evil threatened her a few Questions, and how much sur - I . . ' , . I " T .1 V. . it, nffiiAva .T I' 1 prise was evinced by the officers ot the court at the choice language whieh . ine iui' a ui. anv. v & i - . ---0 a - At length tWiroceeded trom the swollen ana cnap- i.ped lips oiso unpreposssing a ' 1 - r .A. ah. . . j-. The questions were answered watdiuian. but there was a bunirlinr hesitancy in his replies, which seemed i to intimate that he had found, in the" squalid wretch before him, a morc'iiv . genious questioner tha he had awitVi.taig toideeeiv him with refoeef ikppr patcd. In short, sV unsatisfactory ag;e. She rjuietl r answered him, but were bis replies, that the judge asfeed fixed her ees on hi face as she did jit there was not another witness in ftus case Jso other witness was at hand. anil and the judge turned to hold a shcrt l coloquy with the prisoner. i Are you not ashamed," said; be, j to let the little girl starve, while you are able to work and maintain her cently ?" - ' . 'Wjio would give work, to mo1?' asked the other, fixing the samr4earri - est gaze once more oh 'the face of the judge. . . 44 it is your own fault if yon haveidoaed. O, God ! to what misery has arrived at such a degraded condition 1 one false step reduced me j that nobody will receive you into their i il -.1 :..J ui)'.' :..:f uuust, sum mo juugc. jDui- you seem to have seen better days ; ,you have an alias to your name, I under - stand. What is your other name V " It is not to be pronounced in sueb a place as tins, she Said, still fixing her unflinching eves on the inasistraUe "You might recollect it if you heard ; it." " Enough," said the judge ; 'Vyou j acknowledge that you have been in ; this court before. I thought I had' a faint recollection of your features' ; " Ah !" said she, elevating her barfd to her head, " we have met before,'. " You confess that you are brought before me for the second time," gaid the judge. " What have you tO say for yourself why you should not be sentenced six months in prison ?" The prisoner looked down and re mained silent a moment. But it was only for a minute ; when she again looked upon the judge and said : ! " I will tell you where I came frony and all about it. You shall also krVQw my true name." "Proceed, then," said the magis trate, placing himself in an attitude for listening, "and see that you tell 1 ... - it. . A. 1." . ' me uie h uui. " Oh, yes, I will tell you the truth," cried she, with a low laugh. " Ye may not always be so fond of hearjrg the truth." " You waste time," said the judge. The prisoner stilled her child -and proceeded: "The present condition to which you see me reduced is the con sequence of treachery in one whom J supposed my lover." ' -' ' " A very common plea," interrup ted the judge. " Your lover niifet have been greatly enamored of such' a beautiful object as you. I admire 'as taste." . .-g - He was considered respect able" said the prisoner, 'land I thought info respectable. Nay,i he is to this dfy regarded as a very respectable gentle man." i " Where does he live ?" in the judge. " You shall know all in good time,:" returned she. " JI y father was' a wealthy husbandman in the Middle States. I was his only child, and 'lias heart was bound up in me. When! a cloud crossed my brow he was misera ble until I appeared cheerful agoin?; " Is the old manjalive now ?" asked the judge. " Truly, be must be proja'd of such a daughteri" .z-6' " He is not alive)," cried she. 'x?o, no, his gray hairs have gone down in sorrow to the grave. The seddejer came. I believed the tales he told mc. He swore Eternal constancy. He promised to take me to the. crap and introduce me to his friends, wno were some of the first in the land, jj I thought there was no guile in his moiitjv. My innocence " .1 This i3 a tale which vou have plckcd from some, novel," said' the judge. "I'll be bound that you have told it before to half the courts in the coun try. It is very improbable ,that itfffu were seduced. You have willfully ta ken up this course of life. For shapie! Take her away, constable." - " No, no not yet' cried the prijp ner? "I can prove what I say. Tcn bring such evidence that the sedu$ir of my innocence arid the murdererb'f rui.1 i. ,11 ir ,' u: ui y i aim. i ciiuii mm im v"ii m.- i ii-m.j, i . . 1 11 .1 1 1 1 t i. r n j. 1 i-K. ! l i low the achint; head unon and stand before you ,in all the horgr !.,,. i o . TI - , K m ,, jW jj your bosom. Hunk of your sunny " . ! childhood ; -our motlier's earn est love! Observing that every one lh -fne ( jrer gcntle care Jr patie at forbear court was impressed by her emt ayice her precious forgivet.ess.. Then, manner, and being himself strarrg-.jyonly in kindness Jet your haud rest on interested in the fate of this wretchd : e.ich honored little head only in love being, the judge motioned for her to rcprpve that stnckendHtle flock proceed with the story. Oh, let yours W the baud thai shall ;" The crafty man who. wrought my lead hem in the green pastures, ami ruin, belonged to . He was a by the still waters of the precious yer who was said to be rising mjtis Saviour'a. love ! Let vours be tho profession, anu whose personal, ana mental qualities wore calculate to ' p&ritivat the heart of a vounff sinfiil Cduiivate tuu ncart ui .tyouiig, &uapiv I ; . l - , ' ; maiden such as I was then." - ' maiden SUch as I was then. g wao luv 1 'l'iot our matter in Heaven. lUen, it I r J u.A 3 I ., r : , ; , sam ue, ii vwwiw OT But you are fifty, I should say.F. i0, sir. sorrow anu tm nave made dreadful inroads upon my cbn- stitution since my father died. I;am 1 - , but thirty-one years ot age- ' It Was tast- St , Stop? stop! cwed the judge, "ibis, ( L A cannot b e true. 1 i gunk so low -in 80 sh ... I ,1.3 ' . . . . a- r ...... V sn mi nrinf . hb.-A ort a time. ?U J tlA at-.a.. V i are oiaer, mucn oirjer tnau mat. ; jtne cwwui oi ieaiuuoui. to ine peo- 1 aU uure. : it, was ooserveu tua. me jwgy , pic wi a xmvwwHi ujou by the ' nounceathese words with a.great deal T)hio. 'Dh swimmingly. -a - . . - of eniDhisis. attsl thf .ic-. was snflWd with blood. Hfe wns sup- posed to be in a icat passion with the prisoner, on ncfonnt of herattemn- so: " I do not dr-rwi-A vnn ThT-o m those who underatand deception better than L I have been-a cheertws aiaH homeless wandever with this trtor child, over the world. I have some- do-LVimes subsisted, on the warros nf ?r i At first I was obliged to take up such ; business hi order to support myself 1 and perishing little one. At length ! -poverty deprive.! me of what Htlo 4 pride. 1 bad. I became wholly ahan- The eves of the judge now glanced xi ,i ' i . iiequemiy ai ine woman, ana at every i glunce he became more pale. At 1 length he shouted : i k Take her aw.iy, constable ! Away i with her, I sav !" i "Hold!' said she to the officer. " Jeirstletmetell your judge my name. A moment ago he was ahxious to hear it. Now let him have it. My true name is Clarrissa Huntingdon The judge sprang upon his feet: as if he had been shot by a musket bll. In a voice almost choked with rage and agitation, he stamped and roared: "Do your duty, officers. Away! away ! I tell ye, with that woman $ "Nay, then," cried sho, flinging off her tattered cloak, and holding the wasted form of her child on high. " Look ! look ! Charles ! upon your child ! See, her little fleshless arms are stretched out to you for protection. She is hungry, very hungry ! Look, Amelia, look upon your father ! Bee how well dressed ho is ! See how plump his cheeks are ! He does not live on offals. He can get bread to eat. He did not lie on straw last night. Ha! ha! ha! He owns his child ! Ho looks at us. Speak to him. It ia youl- father !" For a moment the eyes of the judge glared wildly upon his child, and the woman whom he had r'uined. His countenance became still more flushed, He made a frightftjl gesture with his arm. That member fell lifeless at his side. His eyes rolled up in his head. His head sunk upon his shoulders, and he fell back upon his seat. In another moment a loud noise announced that the heavy form of the judge had, fal len to the floor. His guilty agitation had caused an attack of apoplexy, to which he was subject, and his spirit had flown to tho bar of that God whom he (had so much offended. The wretched Clarrissa and her daughter were taken charge of by a brother of thedeceased judge a pious and benevolent man, who had fre quently exertedhimself, without much effect, for the reform of his heartless brother. - The child was so well attended to, that she not only lived, but became a healthy and interesting child. Let no one despair of reforming his abandoned fellow,, when I state that even the die based Clarissa became a decent and orderly woman, and died hymning the praises of Christ at the resurrection of the just. The Motherless They are motherless ! Oh, gently, gently, keep back those bitter words. Avert that cold, cruel stare. See yeu not the quivering of the grieved lips ! Hark you not the tearful eyes ! Alas! that sorrow should ever make a child heart its home ! They are motherless! Stranger hands ministering to their daily wants; stranger hearts wearying of the irk some duty ! No fond sweet kiss ; no warm em brace. No gentle words of comfort and Jove! No soft folding of. little hands in prayer. Vo motier t Missing the low sweet cadence of her voice ; missing that tender "good night;" seeking, seeking, seeking, all In vain, that ark for the weary dovo a mother's heart! Draw the little forms near . toj your . hlessed benediction, 'inasmuch an vc l . 7 . T J done it to tho least of these, ye k j n . , r p have none it tin to mo. Kemmbpr the angels do always bch.. Id the face may be, that a child's hand shall lead you to that heayenlyjiomc. A child's nana place tne crown upon your neaa. Speak gently to the motherless t A weight of woe they bear ; Greet them with looks of tenderness, Ob ! add not to their care. arKsRgentry to the m"therle?. When tea re their eye bedim ; Remember who has bi.i them l'corae''- AiiJ iead ti-ein unto Him ! Then yours shall that rich blessing bt "J fiends, ye nave dona this unto men , ;. " How are you getting on t cried rTv dt Ar a 1 a a. L - i f.,-