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-r --p : TT "'T 1 THE IREDELL I EXPRESS, PUBLISHED WEEKLY, -A t iXnPctllax square lb? the nrefcjreepfnd ,Tinjy-iv Cents fcer-erj week tiiereaftef SiXteejn linea or.lea will make a squirt- Deductions jnadt ,ia favor- of Wriding U1 is follows :vr i-i: V' J"? Three snu&?.:l0.b0 :V 15.V20.'00.V .V K. B. DRAKE. w: r. muci, 1 - EUGENE B. DRAKE & SON, k Editors and Proprietors. -' -. ., ." '' . . !"' i 4 r4 - .' .- 4-:" 'r v"''v-- "'--. VHv Faniily Newspaper-Devoted td Politics, .Agriculture, Manufactures, CorrimerCe. and Mi'QeftlanSoitis Keadinip'? ; . TEBMS OF. THE. PAPER, - ,'-- . 1 - ' $2 a Year, in Advance. Voir! II. Statesville,;N. C, Friday, August 31, I860' - ''" ', f&r - Qfi '- - (tOnsdrtan ASrtisena it wiirfiej)iiibfl3u- i -4 " j w i ..- V M " ' . ." . I - - ' i - -- -"' -.. " ' -A. !': A:i'.'At. "Old Aunt Hannah." The following lines are jfrom ,a volume of Pona!bv"I)r. WJI. Hoi combe,, of La., re .eentfy published In Lmiiribte style fey . Ma- jjiuniero, iiew jtorK.i lyit's wait a littlo longer, Tom! Before we wrrtward f o ; . ' ' lt wait foV old AuDt Hannah's take, ; . . Twpnld braik ler bert I knew. Look at her in the eofner there, Jler head an white uinow, .'' r The last leaf of the Rood; old tree ., We cannot leave her no. ' ' ' , k In fhtl nldmanxion jho wm born, ; Her joys and griff wore here ; How well he loved and nursed na all ' j Through man; a rbaagjn; year! ' Pec how Hhe'a RiitilinK at .the fipi ' ; . And whispering oometlijD low! .. She'i tliinkiiif of our Christmas times " 0, long and long ago J - Itesldo yon crumbling garden will - Our gallant fithir lies, ur good old mother athi? side ' A'nnt llanr.h closI their eyes ! She waa tle ploymato ot them both Some fifty years ago i . To leave these dear old ;graves behind Twould break lier heart, I know. XTlen theold soldier Jarcelrd otrf . His tivnmireg "great and mall, Aunt iL-inmih ho wonlJ give to none, U gave her to us all., . ,". We lnid hix good sword on his hroat, For he lwwJ ehocgrd so Whilit old Aunt Uaniiafc knejt in tears ' Ah ! Tom, we cannot got Her filling pnds wflt sin bn olit,J " r Thf tirnlly aagel -ime. ' AlnJ l.-acithvp'KHl old faithful sovjl . i To our Master's home.. : And when wi-'t.) markM her simple grava," : And dropp'd a tear or so. We'll nm the asheVof tile past, , ' ' And westward gayly her peace. "With -her the desire of her heart has failed-rrthw great charm of existence-is ."at an cnd; . "Shelf. eg Iects all tho:-,'t;heerfal. exe'rcises-ihrEh gladdened the spirits, and quickened the pulses, and sent the tide of Fife in healthful (rrents througj tie Teirs. Her rest il broken ; the sweet refresh in en t of sleep ia pbisoned . by nrelaTi choly dream ; 'dry sorrow drinks her blood,' untihher enfeebled frame sinks under the slightest external .'injury. Look for kef after a" .little while, and you find friendship weeping over her. untimely, graye, ind wondering that one wh'o but lately glowed with all the 'giddy "cfoyfd with ah air of u radiance of -both health niii- beauty straction she' sat herslf down should so srjeedilv be brourrht down to darkness and the Worm", bu' will be told of some wintry chill, some casual indisposition that laid :her low. But no one knows the mental malady which previously sapped her. strength, and made her so easy a prey to the spoils er? ' . 1 . - ' She is like some tender tree, foe ship, and,, heeded not the charmer, charmed he "ever so wisely. - , The person who told me her story, had seen her at a masquerade. TKere can be.no' exhibition for far-gone wretchedness, more "striking and pain ful than to njeeit in suqH a soene?- ToJ find It andjering' il e. a spet felo ve-. ly and jo'ylefswhefe all around is gay t to see it dresied out "in the.lrappiriss of mirthr and looking so wan and wo Mcgoue, as ij. u naa triea,.rn yam to cheat the" poof heart in a momentary fofgetfulness of sorrow. A fter ".strol ling throiieh'thef snlenidid. rooms, and (own on-the about for some time with a vacant air quisite voice, fciltrort this occasion it whs so simple, so'touching--it breathed forth such a soul bf Wretchedness, 'that account is given by an eminent trav eler!. After describing the work of the polypes, he says: -' x ) 'beai-shells, tragments of corals. Bufnirigsun, thrpugh the- mediunof the cementing caleareous san wiricn has arisen from ' the vpiverization 'Of 'My dear said Mr. Tfuston fe his young wife, as hearose frem the ijreakU rast tapie,j ;i irnsn yorrwouia mend my. oterooat pocket. The day is pleasant I so that-I can leave my coat off with- vuvutJOTrYenience., j VeryweJirny love,' waS the rieply ana moment atter, tne iron" aoor. , - j v ii . : ' "v tuvfutuv until fc" j i uwi, the above mentioned shells, into jme: los.riponTtne husband, who depaVt whole or oolrd stone wmch strengthen- . j . a 5 i. - . 3 5i . whole or oolrdston winch strergthjen-! ed by-tii e -continual throwing p the newm'at?erlals, -gradualry increase in thickness till it be corned at 'last so high, that it is covered f only "during some seasons of the .year by the -high tides- -The heat of the sun so peTie- eteps of ''the orchestra, "and- l&krogi trates -the mass of ; stone when it is day.'that it splits fn jnany places and that showed her .insenVibility to- the breaks off in flakes.- 'JChese-flakes so gay isii scene, stt pegairrt wun tne, car priciouness of a'sickTy heart, to war ble a plaintive air?" Se had an ex- m w (3D The Broken Heart nv aruington tnviNo. . ! 'I never lovel ' 1 With, true aficction, but 'twas tiipt v With ear, that like-the catterpilfex. ats 1 he Jeayes of spring's sweetest book, t lie rose-.' i It is a cammonpractice . with, those who haver .outlived the susceptibility of the early feeling, or have been brought u'p in the gay heartlessness of dissipated life, to laugh at all love -s to rie?, and to treat the talcs of roman tic passion, as mere fictions -"bf no.vc-i lists and poets. My observations oh human nature have induced roe to think otherwise. They have convinced me, that however' the surface of the character may be chilled and frozen by the cares of the world, or? cultiva ted by mere smiles by' the arts of so ciety, gtill there are dormant fires lurking in the depths of the coldest bosom, which, when once enkindled, become impetuous, and aro sometimes desolating in their effect. Indeed I am a true believer in the blind deity, and go to the full extent of his doc trinesf Shall I confess it ? I believe in broken hearts, ana tne possibility of dying of disappointed love! I do not, however, consider it a" malady of ten fatal to mylpwn sex ; but' I firmly believe tha.tr it withers down many a love'v woman into-an early grave. pride and beauty of the -grove, grV-e- -8he drew a ro.wd, jtbite" aqd silent, tul in its tofm, bright in it itriia v but with the worm pteying at its Irirr: We findit sudtlenly "withering;. w'he'n it should bo most fresh and hixariant. We see" it dropping its branches to the earth, leaf hy leaf,' until wasted and perished away,' . it falls' as in' the stllN ness of the forest," and as we strive' in vain to recollect the blast of the thun derbolt that could have smitten it with decay. ' - " I have" seen many instances -of wo men running to waste and selT-neglect, and disappearing gradually from the earth, almost as if they had been "en haled to heaven, a,nd have repeatedly fancied thatrl could trace their deaths through-the various declensions of colds,' consumptions', debifity, langour, melancholy, until I reach the first symptoms of disappointed love. '"But an instance of the kind was lately toM- iiif. Aiie uu Luiiisiuiiyes art w i 1 known in the country where they hap pened, and I shall out' give them in the manner in which , they were rela ted.' " Every one must recollect the tragi cal Story of' Ernmett, the Irish pa triot. It was too touching to be .eas ily forgotten. Daring the troubles in r Ireland, he was tried, condemned aqd executed, on a charge of treason. Hi fate made deep an impression on pub lic sympathy. He was so young, so intelligent, generous: so brave, so every tliiugtiia.t.:.e.are apt to likeini following lines iround her,, and melted every one into tears. - ... 1 The story' of one, so true and tender could not tut.exc,ite in a country re markable' for enthusiasm and interest.' It completely won the.heart of a brave ofiicer, who paid 4.his address to her,, and thought that -she so. true to the dead could not but prove affectionate to the living ; he declined h;s a,ttee tion, for hef thoughts were irrecovera bly engrossed .with th memory ofherj former lover, tie however persisted in his suit. He solicited not her ten derness, but her esteem He wasT"as sisted bv lier convictions of has worth, arid her sense of her " own destitution and dependent situation, for she was existing under the kindness of friends. In a word her at length "succeeded in gaining her hand, ' though with the solemn assurance" that her hear t was unalterably another's. ; s He took her with him to Sicily, ho- ping a change of scene might wear out a memory of early woe. ShC'was an amiable a n d e xem pi ary wife, and made an efibrt to be a Happy one. Hut no thing could cure the silent and devquf- mg meiancnoiy that bad entered into her very soul. She wasted away in a slow but hopeless decline, and at length sunk into the grave, the victim of a broken heart. ! It was on her that Moore the dis tinguished. Irish Poet, composed the- 'The' Tom Pocket. separated, a re raised one upon "another by the waves at the time or high wa ter. Trie always- active sVrf Athfdws blocks of coral (frequently of a fattfotrr in lengths, andthf.ee or four feet thiek;) and shells of marine animals between ami upon the foundation stone's Rafter this,, calcareous sand lies undisturbed and offers- to the seeds and trees' or plants, cast upon it by thoJ wavesaf soil upon which they rapidly grow to j overshadow its dazzling white sur-fae1 Entire trunks of trees, which are car-: fied Jy the rivers from othef;eountries and Islands, find here at lcngtlLa rest ing place after therr long wandefing. W ith these come some small animals, such as- lizards andv insects as the first inhabitants.' Even before the trees fornra wood, the'real sea birda hestler here ; strayed land birds take "refuge in the-bnshes ; and at a much later pe riod, whetfthe work has been lon-gSince completed, man also appears, btiilds his.; hot on the fruitful soil,-, formed by the corruptron of the leaves, of frees, and calls himself the lord and proprie tor of this new creation." v fjfhere is', much that is beautiful a 3 well as interesting in the 'appearance of coral reef. - On the coral coasts, where the water is bright and trans1 parent, jthe effect presented by the submerged reefs may beeasily observ ed. Every yariety of form,-: glowing with vivid tints; rival the floral splen- dor 01 a cultivated garden : "The floor is of panil, TJUe the mountain drift,. And the pearl slieetsspftngle the flinty enow; From the coril rocks the plants lift " Their bpugpie, where the tide and billows' fldw. Man is the creature of interest and ambition. His nature leads him forth in the bustle and struggle of the world. Love is but the embellishment of . his early life, or a song piped in the inter vals of the early'acts. He seeks for fame, for fortune, for space in the world's thought and dominion over his fellow-men. But a woraan'st.whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world ; it is there her am bition strives for empire it is there her avarice. seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on ad venture, she embarks her whole soul in the trafic of affection ; and if ship wrecked, her case is ; hopeless for it is the bankruptcy of the heart. To a man the disappointments of love may cause some bitter pangs; it wounds some feeling of tenderness it blasts some prospects of felicity.. But he is an active' being ; he may dissi pate the thoughts in the whirl of va ried occupation, or mavc plunge into the tide of pleasure ; or, if the scene of disappointment be too full of pain ful associations, he ea.n shift his abode at will, and, taking as-it wefe, the wings of the morning, can 'fly to the uttermost parts of the earth, and le at rest.' But woman's is comparatively a fixed, a secluded, and a meditative life. She is more the companion of her own thoughts and feelings, and if they are turned to ministers of sorrow, where shall we look Tor consolation ? Her lot is to be wooed ahd won ; and if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been cap tured, and sacked, and abandonedtand left desolate. r ' . , How many 'bright' eyes grow dim ! how many soft cheeks grow, pale ! how many lovely forms fade away into the tomb, and none can tell the cause that ..blighted their loveliness ! As the dove will clasp its wings to its side, and cover and4 conceal the arrow that preying on its vitals so it is the na ture of woman to hide Trom .the world tne pang ot wounded .affection. The love of a delicate female is always shy and silent. Even when fortunate, she scarcely breathes it to herself ; but Tv,hen otherwise, she buries it in the recess of her heart, and there lets it cower and brood among the ruins of a youn man. liis conduct underl trial, too was so lofty and. intrepid.' The, noble indignation with which he repelled the charge of treason against his country, the eloquent vindication of his name, and pathetic appeal to posterity, in the hopeless hour of con demnation, AH these entered -deeply into every generous bosom, and even his enemies lamented the stern policy that dictated his execution. t But there was one heart whose, an guish it would.be impossible tO'dfQ3- cnb.e. In happier days and f airer.tor tunes he had won the affections oa beautiful akid interesting girl, tpe daughter of a.celebrated Irish. barris ter. . ,She loved him with disinterested fervor of woman's first and early love, , When every worldly maxim arrayed itself against him, when blasted in far tune and disgrace and danger dark ened around his name, she loved him the more ardently for his siifferings.- If then his fate coud awaken, even the 1 -.1 ,.. " She is f;lr "froni he land where her young heart sleeps, """ ;. , Ari l- lovera aiound her arelsigriin ; 1 " But coldly she turns froui their ga.2e and weeps, . - . ' For her heart. ia his grave is lying. She sings- tlje wild. song9 of , her', dear native plains, ' ' v Every note which he toved awakinr Ah ! little they, think' who delight in her " strain.s, ? . . - How t he heart of the minstrel is breaking.. He had lived fur hisl3Ver for hia countfv he died ; .." - . -. r - ' . They were all that to life had entwined.him;, Nor son shkll the 1 tears ;of his country, be dried ; . ' . Xor Jong win his lov'e si&y behind him." - Olv make her a. grave where' the sunbeams rest, : . '..v- ". .-.t When tl6y promiseja slornous morrow ; ., They'll fjhine over her sleep like a smile fr6rh " the west, !"" V From heir 6wn lod island of eorrow 1" . The Curiosities of Coral. Cdral, like sponge, is one of those c.nmniflii t.hincrs nhont which trieiinnior- sympathy of his foes what must. havef:.v ni nPof,l A-now-Wrv little : The occupied bv his imaee : Let those tell who "have had the portals of the tomb suddenly closed-between them and the being whom theywmst loved on earth -who have sat at the thresh old as one shut out ina cold and lone iy.world from whence all that-was most lovely and loving have-disap--pea red. - ; But then the horrors of such a-grv so frightful, so dishonored ? there was nothlngvfor memory to dwell on that could soothe the pang of separation ; hone of those tender though melan choly circumstances, which endear the scene, nothing to melt sorrow-into those blessed tears, sent like the dews of heaven, to revive the" heart in -the anguish of the par ting hour. j To render her situation more deso-r late, she had incurred her father's dis pleasure by her unfortunate .. attach ment, and was an exile from her pa rental roof. But could the sympathy and kindly offices .of friends have reached a spirit so, shocked and driven in by horror, she should have experi enced no want of consolation, for the- Irish are a people of quick and gene rous sensibilities. The most delicate and cherished at tentions were paid her. by families of wealth and distinction. She was led: into society and they tried, by all, kind of occupations and amusements to dis sipate her grief, and win her from the tragical story of her love. But all in vain. . jThere are some strokes of ca lamity which scathe- and tear the soul wluci penetrate the vital seat of happiness and blast never again to put forth bud or blossom. - She n ever objected to frequent the haunts of plea sure, but she was as much alone there as thedepths 6f solitude' "Walking about in a sad reverie, apparently tm- child's isheiTt ken t ion following particulars, j- therefore, 'will no doubt be interesting ton large class of readers : "' ' - Coral is toe work of that infinites-'1" imally small.and laboriously industri ous family, the polypes. Just as men are beVt known iythe:ir doings, 50 are. tlijsv )iypes --best known "by their -works. ; ci'neae a4e- spread over all prt of the world. They are "built up from' the bed of. the ocean, ami form liabitable island as well as dan' gerous reefsi A portion even of -our own country is'.based on a foundation of coral i and many of the tropical islands rest entirely on masses of co ral rock. -The order and regularity with which these .vast accumulations of- solid matter afe .constructed by means so apparently' inadequate to the eridarc no lessjastonrshingthanthe aniazing number of such masses which xe. known to exist. 'v. "Coral formations occur . chiefly in rthe Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and the JRed Sea. In the: Jndian Ocean andgood judgment. round JNew Holland, they ure produc ed by Various speciea of p9lypes,Jcnown as eelleppra, millepora, and tubipora. The navigation of the seas in which they abound is rendered continually more difficult by the", incessant labor of these animals, j : Theimmense height of the reefs may ie estimated by th fact that within a ihort distance of them there, are. n6 sounding .to the depth of several 'hundred fathoms.- These "zoophyte builders hay&iaijLthe foundation of their structures deep and strong, and ; by the minute but combined labor of jnilljons "they have built up their reefs to the very surface of the water. The ridge of reef hav ing reached such a height that it. re mains, almost dry at low water mark, the polypes cease from- building high er. On these foundations islands are "The water is calm and still below, For the -winds and waves are absent there; And the sands are bright, as the -stars" that plhw. ' ' .-" - T- . : l r l - r 1 1 1 : V - musiuiHess tieius 01 me upper air. "There, ivith its waving blade of green ' Th sea flag streams through - .the "eitnt water, . . .5 Ajid the crimson leaf of the dnlce is seen TcblnFh like a banner bathed in slaughter." A Dog StoTy I my My joldest son was crossing the fields iii the country, some distance from arivjdwelling, when he was. pur- sired by a large and fierce dog belongs ing to the gentleman, whose field he , was crassing. ' The lad was. alarmed, ; and raii forKts" life., -Hcstruck into a piece of woods, and the -dog gained ttpoif him, when he looked- around to see how near the creature was- and stuniblijng bver a stone, he pitched off, a;preciice and. broke his .leg. Una ble to npove and at the mercy of the beas-t, the poor fellow saw the . dog coming' down upon him, and expected to be siiaed.-'aud- torn ; when, to his sfirprist, the dog came near and per ceivedHe boy was hurt, he instantly wheeled "about, and went off for that aid -which 'he could not tender himself. There wajno one within reach. of the voice, and he must' have per- here, or have -draggedthis bro-. imb along and "dostroyedlt so as ler" "amputation necessary, if the doi did not bring him help. ? He held up his leg, and it hung at,a right angle, phowing him plainly thenature of his misfortune, and the necessity of lying still. JLhe dog'went- on to the neareslj house and barked for help; LTnable; to arrest attentiaiiC'he .made another visit of sympathy .to the boy, and then ran to tne house, tnere raa ing such demonstrations of anxiety, f that the family followed him to the place where3 the childjay. ...Now, oh serve tnat tnis dog. was pursuing this boy as!' an enemy ;: but the nioment he saw hii enemy pr6strate in distress, "his rage-was turned to pity' and he new tofhis relief. Here Fas true feel insr, and the course he pursued .showed lie was a dog pi heart and head. ery few men, not all Chfistians, help their enemies, when they die" down. Some, do hot Kelp ineir irrenus Trneu iuey - ian. -. - 1111a dog wHs better than 5 many inen ho claim to be good men. .1 do" not say that h reasoned irt this matter, but there s something in hs conduet on this occasion- that leeks so much-like the right kindof feeling and ''action, that Ifthinkit deserves to be recerd ed to his credit. A.- few dogs - will read'the record I commend the exanv- Lple to Jail mankind for imitation. ed to the stoie where he hHedthe' place ot a. responsible clerk."''' ' "" ' -Mrs. Huston rose to attend her "do mestic affairs,; and, occupied in- them, Soon forgot the torn - pocket. ' jAbout noon, she had fimsaed her work, and haveing a spare hour before' dinner, she sat'down ahd took upja late novel. In this she continued to teriook the tornpeekt,- ilntil the mal, wifa "pyer and her husbandagain left, the house, when going to, look -for the overcoat she fotjnd, thai lie had put it oh, the weather having, grown colder. Oh I tretf, it-will do to-nighti' said the wife. .4 supsehewiirseXldwbert he find3 I forgot it ; but it can't Be helped' noWii,. - , . , ; Truth ."wa$, iMrs.' -Huston was what is called 'Cgood easy wojhanpthat is, -t'i . -1 . I'L n' l " t ' snp peyer mteniionaiiy uarm.eo. any one, "but was only thoughtless and for- gettul ; her sms were those --, of omis sion. ' She . found no difcultyin''dis- missing alt unjcpnjfortabie thoughts con cerning the tornpecket, and resuming her novel, shei wSs soon, in the !; miser ies of the herome. ;' - . About dusk there came at ring. -at th'e, belk It was i V. rdagnfetie ring, s it were, and expressed.. anger." and great tribulation, if "not'both. It made. the somewhat nervous Mrs Huston start witha.littlefhriek. She stoppeidread-. ing and listened: : v' H Directly the servant opened the" door and the step of theliusband was heard, but heavier ; and quicker" than usual. Her heart luti'a'coiintably . began" to heat" faster .Oh ! dear,' she said to herself, 'what 'can be the matter ! She was not long left in doubt. Her husband came at once into '.the sitting room, emotions of tage and suf fering alternating perceptibly 1 in 'ilia face. -Frightened at a demeanor so unusual, the wife looked up, her Jips parted in terror, unable to welcome him as usual. ." 'See what vou'have done,!' cried Mr. Huston, passionately, .taking off his overcoat,- and .turning the torn pocket inside out, and , throwing the garment into the : hearer's -lap,, 'y.ou have. ruined me with,youf negligence.' 'What have T4" done ?' gapped the wife." 'Has-anything happened V - 'Anything happened ? Didn't I tell yon I wa ruined ? I have lost $500, and been discharged beCause-I lost it,, and all because you ; didn't mend my pocket. Nor is it ihe first time, as you know,-that you-have neg lected to do what you ought.1 You are always forgetting.. I have oftej told you that you would rue. it some . Ji Semarkahle Jneident jt j - TheIsbyteriOTffmHlr-foH4'fi We. recently hea)rd; - twraarkahtj4ittd ' .tenchingvstorj tfS.'-!ittler boyj'thjl son of a gebtlf nmn in ah aajining boirt-f. His age is twelve or thirteen.- $fe is an interesting, promising- lad i 0ne day? during the past winter, he Hed to rise in" the morning, as early il; us ual , . At I'engfh,- KVTatr.went'into the1 room where-he Iay and aske''him why he did not get up ? He fei it seemed dark yet and be was yr, ecfbnt for daylight. .'Iirs'father re'tir tne boy did not make his appeamnce f or-orrre time ; heHetuf n e"d ' arid aid , seoorid time, My sbh, "whjr donybu get up ?' : He replied, 'Father, "3 it daylight ?'; 'Yes, long-ago ;lTen: ratherteitfTelello'saM Biam blind." And so it was. His was gone. .5 -:-- . In ashorftlme' Kjs fthercolclJbim to Nashyiire, to get tW benefit of the medical profession there, but "njoe of the physicians eould do anything for him, and happily made noexperiflen-"; on his ey esv ' enue ladie iV a' i$ jfulj of his father's acquaintance, soUg jt to ctteer nim in- has afiiiction, anddne night proposed ttf take him toHM?op era, that he might hear the m"usic ind singing. - He wen t and was dligl )ed In the--conrse of the perforrpancel i aU at once, he leaped tip, thvew his fms around his-father's neik, jand scrtini ed with ecstasy, 'jph, father X jean see ! I ean- see ! His sight Jbaq in stantly returned. And sincethel' h5 has retainedci! itf 'full' vigor, tex-fept that under excitement there is some times a transient dimness of-visirif.---The case isrmeof a eTaarkableind singular-character.. .- ' ""' " " ' . ...- tv ' ." ; T Two Streams. ' - : Ff qht the same Alpine monhdris. .flow two fivets; the -same rain Jand melted snow feed, therhy but- ea&li of . 1 ... 1 11 . ! . tnese rivers ionows tne course. i'ras traced; "The one flows- to the sih, towards the sun; it crosses allthe towns where the Greeks' arid Bot ,ans 'But h ow did it.ha ppen ? ' Can noth- ing be done ?' timidly said' the wife, after a while. ,.'..'-, 'How did it happen ? Xn the most natural way possible, l had a note to pay for the firm in thi.s part ot the town. 1 brought the moneyp to din ner, and upon going out,. put it in my overcoat pocket," supposing that you had mended the rent, When preach ed the Bant the money w.s gone. -It was themiearly three o'clock. -Almost frantic,-1 came back' within a few steps of the doors, hoping to and the money on the pavement ; it was madpess, as 1 might haA'e known. lkxked again and awain. asking everybody 1 met? At last I went back to the store. But the newiirad preceded me. .The no tary had -already been there to protest the note; and my emproyerS' would not hear one word of excuse. I wa discharged on the spot. j . As he ceaaed 'speaking, .'he threw himself on a chair by the table, and buried his face in his hands. 1 His dis charge was indeed a terrible blow. Without fortune or anything to depen on but his character, he saw, in the loss of his place, arid tonsequetrt refu sals of his' employers to recommend him, a future fuE of disasters. And for what -" All because hk wife could not remember thd' simplest duty. No wonder In" his hour of trOnble that he .tnrned away from her-and buried his face itf his hands No won der that he felt angry with . 'her, the For a while Mrs. Huston knew no what - to 4lo. Tears ran down her cheeks but she feared to; approach her husband.: 'He will drive me -away,, she said to herself. - 'Bat I- have de served if all. Lsuccessively planted the germs -bfci ihzation- the traditions of their ge 'aus, and those melttdrous languages srijke'n hy the greatest author that everon ored humanity. -,- The other riverjpws towards the north; .traverses thef last forests of the Germantic tribes ffom whom descended the Angles,- thef ax- ons, and perhaps the pi ormans; wa ters cold, cloudy, industrious,' resolute conntnes. One is called the Rl$ne; the other the Rhine. ' The ofill' bv turns a rivulet and a torrent,. now3owv ing precipitates itself through a iuO, 1 try tilled wth poesy; and its-cont.iSts,-J beneath a blue sky, toward an azure lake that glorious- sea,v which vfrormt' the commencement 01 ages, nas seen q;veu oped on its banks all the destinies 4; hu- uiauu. j-ueoiuer, iiiajescic aaa j.im, bears, constantly' On its surface sj?am vesselsnand reflecting the light davits long, bariks, shows the Various; puil dings elevated by modern industr; it flows Jnto that sea, or . father linal junction between -the ocean ."andN the Baltic, separating of the ancient mirld from the -modern wherei perhaps. bme day. must be decided the futurities- times of humanity. , Vf ' conscious of the world around her, she formed, Yegetation is produced,, and carried "withm her ap inVfardl woethat mocked all the olandishmentsof fnend- man - estaonsnesj anome.- gradual development, bj Of Hheir mterestirrg Col. John Johnson, of Cincinnati, J now ii the "86th year of his . age-, is probably the oldest freemason m Ar .mencjf. lie. nas Deen a memoer in good sitanding for sixty -five years, and sat in ihe lodge presided over by Wash ingtohl The National JateUigehcef, in copying the above saysr Col John son has been a frabscrnber' to that pa erfo rbrty-nine years. ; -t -i- AFiradisH Ontrage!; l:t We hateTafeiy heaftl 6 jnOra dia bolicallnd fiendish trihaajtne oe trpetrated yesterday ,eight miles aitnan hy the -nain f f bshuatBallard,rmen Bimsein wun - scyxue oiaae, ana star ted from his toeMth"h"tnt64tio& of ;mttrdetiri'8oralergori.- "TeiSrst nran! hr encounteted was i'MrT'Be'ir- ley 3 bat it "appeats that BeVle-f ; eY 'eaped" without material injuryf H thenjwerit f5 the house of 'a MrfHor ner,.and told him he intended tolHl h,ir and cotnmenced'ctlttihg him vrith his 'scythe blade. Horner; received eight ; severe wounds tpon . thh head andflot her parts of his person. We are m informed, h e eanrt 0 1 "possibly Jiuryivel' -Ballard then Vent to he liouse 'f a Mrs,1 Robinsoni she saV him edming tand jclosed'the door. Ballard, hoWev ' ' er, broke the door down,v "-went in, hauled, her from underthe oed, : ahd ihfliQtied; several severetwouhds;r&he by J lornQmeafis. escaped. frpin .hm. Noli, yet satisfied, he commenced upon two nf her children, inflicting several gashes enpin 'their bodies. Byithis , time, several 01 ine neignnors coiico- -s. ted to take him ; but. Ballard swore he ' would not be. taken, and started in a run for hitf home ;' he waa hdtly pur? sued.h,owever, and barely: reached. .his house, and secreted himself in his Cab in loft, when he was fired upon through the tracks between the logs. v There vpas, a bag of cotton in his loft,'whicli ": he sed,.to screen himself fronth bullets, and our informant,, gentUi- 1 man of yeracity, says, thatomelBef: entf-five shots were fired, before lie was, killed. Ho stood arid cursedi is pursuers till ho fell dead. -His moth er also-stood in the yard during the time, 1 swearing she would send: the whole party-to II 1 before, she a;aa done with them. ' r - v It appears that Ballard, was des perate character addicted to', strong drink fcand all kinds of dissipation, t He vas the champion of the neighborhood. aind most men were afraid to-encotui-p ter (hCni singlehanded,,. . We saw him engaged in a row with the Irish in this place, some five years ago,, and .ha made a party of about twenty: leave the'etreet. We. are opposed to Lyncher ing a iman, but in this case,' therelwasr no other alternative;. Morristowft tn ; ' Cut Thi Out - '". A the present season of the year. when dysentery and diarrhoea are pre valent, it is well to have a prevent i tive at hand. Clip, this out ahd haift. j it convenient.. "Many years trial havov proved it a sure remedy.; J Take equal parts of 1 -r- i Tincture of Opiums . . 4..-, Cayenhe-pepper (treble strength, . ' Rheubarb, ;. . j - .4 Es'nce of Peppermint (treble strength,) bpirits ot Camphor. . - Mix it in a bottle ; dose from 15 'tT $0 drops to be repeated . every, 1(1 ia" 15 minutes, if necessary, until. relief is oftiamed. Jretertburg !xpre$$. v 4 1x- - At' last sheh ventured to approach him,' and at lasthe was reduced to 3" ten. With many tears she .rQmised never to-6e neglectful again, p 'It has -beerra lesson to me; said she. , 'which I will never forget.' . i i , 4 UiXa D11C iUlVlittU IV ' A ft t .3 are past, and j the Hustons are now comparatively well off!, fori after a while Mr. Huston obtained! another situation, and finally became 'partner in thel house. ; j ! But. to this day, when the wife sees either of her daughters negligent, she calls the offended to her, and Jells. a warning story of the torn pockety , Unquestioriamy if a man means irell, the more he means, "the better, The Magic Box A housekeeper's affairs had f'jr r long time been heepming very, iluch entangles, ana xne poor woman. mew not what to do to jget outof herifli culties. - After-a time she-bethojigh herself ef a wise old hermit, wbove( in the nelghbofhood, and to hiniishe repaired for ddvioe. She relatfil to him-all her troubles, sayings 'Things go on badly enough ; f th ing prospers in doors; pray, sir?, can yon not devise some remedy fog my mislortunes r , - .. jsi . 1 . The hermit-ra8hrewd,rosy 0) jnan told her to' wait, and Retiring ari inner chamber of his cell after afhorf time he brought out Vcuridui. lofting box,earefully tied up. . v0. .. . 'Take this,' said he, 'and keep-tior one year ; ' out yon ninst, three 'mes a day"and'thre'e times a night.rry it into the kitchen,, the eellar an the stable, -end set it down in eaeh cjner. I-anSwerJbf itthat shortly joJwill nnu tnmgs improve, jjui De s tne ena 01 tne' year to onqg oa dox. . mow, tareweji. Tfie good woman received "thfSbOK with many th'anks and bore it caFpfQl- ly home. The'-next day, as shcwa3 carrying it fhto theoellar, she ct a servant who haoTbeen secretly jraw ing a pitcher ofbeerr. -As she' wint a little later into the kitchen site fiuhd a maid taking a supper 'of otael.r Inthe stable she discovered, deTp in the mirer the best cow 6tahdifigafid the horse. uncurried. had hav in lea S tie jm -. Heart Force. . A inan's force, in the world," other things. ;being ecjaljj is just in the a'Uo ,of the strength and force' of bis hiearf. 1 A ' fiiljt hearted rhan is 'always a poy-' eTfut'rrianTf he be enormous.' e is . powerful for errorj ifthe thing is .ia his heart, he is sure to make itj notdri 6ns, ven" though it may be a dowh-: right! falsehood. "Let a manv bo ever so 'igporant, still if his heart be full of. love to he cause'he becomes a pov erful raan for .that object,' bacause ho has heart . power, heart forces A-tnan m ay be deficient to many of. the. adyaa- tageft- of education, m.triahy of those. niceties .wnicaarq so xnucn iooicea upon in society," .but once give him A,, strong heart that ibedt i hardt and there is- Vib mistake' about this' power; let I him fia-ve a' heart tbatis!rigbt full up to the brim with anobiect, and that mahiVil, do the thing, or else he will die gloriously defeated, and will glory i,n nis aeieai. uean is power. , 4 j A Chance for the4 ladies. ! "Jane Swisshelra advertisesfediuirial ly, in herjast issue, as ollowa: t '.tfanted int.vCXoud,-a lare'snp ply Of raw material, for thetnanufac- turd oi brides. None iri 'fhe mkrke't, and a pressihgdemand. Those hav' ing'urplus to dispose 0 would do well 1 to piit up small packages, carefully; in 8ira,y. oonaets, oarege vens, crinoline and silk flouDOos,-and consign themto ' the eafe of any of our cojnmissionmef- . chants, or any of ottr bnsihess". men wilij gladly receive consign menU.j-, Evan;, Postmaster, requires one super- ' extra package foi- his-own usev.' Ale Kelvpy, County Attorney, is "in-lik t-ondkion. Our place is perfectlf in fested with widows and old andyoungV J "beherortf, kept so from the hecesrfties of oats St?' eyety day she discjef ed rpf the "case. Widows and maidenla and correctedome new Uults. At the end of the year she, fahf ul to her promise, carried themagii box to the "hermit, and besought Jumo aki lew her to keep it, as it ha,d imost wonderful effect. . v. er, 0nlv1et me keep it one yeaong . and I ain shrealrwitl oe"reme;ied Th e hermit smiled and repliet 4: I cannot allow you to keep thebovL but the secret within you shall have?; . He opened the box, and Jo r r con tained nothing but a. slip of papH', on Which -sus written a couplet: -0u "WonM foa thriveinbst prosper j,:jslf, .you njoBt every corner see," gf' " . if- klies,none on hand, and none Ukelv to,. ne.r -"...-.. j ) Accident in Halifax. - We learn that Mr,. Wm- Gaither of Halifax county, accidently shot him self !at Enfield last Thursday with a J lister, from the eflfects.of which he died ast ''Sunday. 4 The deceased was a na tfycfof Edgecombe county and his fa ther, mother and two sisters res-idn but a few miles from Tarboro.' - - Mr. John Mason of the same county had a pistol accidently fired in his bree CheaJ .pocket, -on the-aame day and at Enfield, causing a severe but not dan gerous wound In the leg Tarboro 5iercury."J 'i i . t 1
Iredell Express (Statesville, N.C.)
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