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VoL III.
Statesville, N. G., Friday, November 16, 1860.
No.
I R 1 rv-a' fa K A ! fv "A KZZTx IV A KA KA K A Zk PsN I--Tx FTiS ' "' ' ' ' 7i '
1 1 TA 1 s4 I I y I i P M iliii
MB ' ! IS B iHJ H B . IB IB SS IBB IH W WB" I IBL I IB V V I V.
j a jus- -iiij(iijyjEruuyi& - -utrfiu ajzjuj
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BUSINESS CARDS. -
IIA.S taken Rrtrxim in the Simonton House
I and jibes. I have promised him to go for the side of the well being from that j
j to her to prepare her for this sadll P" completely covered with ice, he j
: event. Miriam, how shall I counsel must cut, with his knite, grasping pla-1
c eos ior ins nngers, siowiy anu eareiutiy j
all the way up.
i. ---- " it was all that he could do. And here
We were sitting by the fireside from her brow, and turned her regal th& liul(J fcero, lifted up his heart to
Leonard and I, he leaning back in the ce upon mo. It was lighted up with an(j prayed ferveutly for help, '
wide arm chair, and I at his feet. j noble and womanly love; a deep, dewy (fearing lie could ncver get out alpue. . f
'How can I hope to win her now tenderness. Doubtless, the Lord heard his. voice
MIRIAM'S LOVE.
her to act ? how deal with that super
nal, overwhelming pride ?
ery hand nay worse, that it .is 1ft our and the wrath of. ins
very nearis invit it -nas iaetei its urca&s in rum m tn
BV
Eey. C. Millen.
eir
iifl-.i
nnere ne win oe pieaseu to wait on an who h murmnre1 looj. down at his 'Tell her to" go to him and pour out- calling from the deps, andji tied him.
desire his ServiLC. . mrUi-lott . . ' ... . , T .i.jj. n ....j .i i ir., ,.-.-." ,.i.t nn H.oJEoAi
hlttor i (.fiont ni fl'l HI' II il Ul'lilll Ul UUMJl U1J w cn t
-js : i . maifnett arm witn a
Lr. Jl. rrbLL i : glance, 'she with her glorious beauty,
Oflfeta hirf proakMud rvks to the public. j.her rcffn .prjde, s0 far, so far aboCe
Uiljee on LoyeCB Avenue, oupoUe ttw i ?eu i ' i i
MetliudU Cliuivh.'rftatvilk-, X C. :me! fb-ry love has so Compassed
mc ahottj Avith its strong arms, nas
DR. T. J. WiTHERSPOON.
H
AA'IN'fjt V h-;U-' mvft'll' i ihfc Town of
1 ti lor.- v ill -. 1 tWiV rmy i'l oftustoitaf brr
vires to tfie .-:iiiTOimIiiitr
11 J
Jauiwry 'Si,
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WITIIKRSI'OOX, M. D.
oJ 8: 1 y
I1AYNK DAVIS,
. ATTjJ;Xi;Y-AT-LAr,
.T.TKsviu.i:, n. r.,
Wijl proni'ptly am) diligently attend to all
liisiiK-str etitrtlAtfd to lii eajre.
Mliee ...ppo.-itehe Jail. ct. 52, '3?.
WM. O. LOUD,
a 1 1 o t n r i) at 4L a to .
Salisbury, N. C
Wild. TiiU'tice jiml make prompt rul'oe
ins in Uowan. Stanly, resell anii Cataw
ba ( 'oiintics, Oilicc in the corner, oJ' Cow
an's BtiiliUnliir ojipos'itedhe Book Store.
which lies so rich in the heart of wo
man. To hold out her haitds to him.
and raise him up to stand beside her
on that high pinnacle of weaJtli iind
estate. Tell her that in all the great
heart of life, love is tke dearest throb
witton it. Itls a beautiful creation,
and oh ! not -lightly to be pushed
aside !'
I hursf into tears ; I pointed to the
door, and cried '
-'Miriam : there is a despairing and
sunset, and when he grasped in Ins j neart-uroten man sitting oy yuur nre-
vigorous haiols such noble pictures- of side. It is Leonard.
shel:crddrne under its shielded roof,
that I jtd like an outcast homeless,
and o$t forwTer.'
I looked up at him as he spoke, and
thought of the time vhen he had
pledged his love to Miriam by tlyit
same shining lire light, when his man-
ly Dcauty itdi auout nun nice a ripe
but breathed Lis to his heart a j-et lar
ger measure of call tun ete and courage,
strengthening him totwork out his own
deliverance. It is in tliis way that
(iodoftunest answers our prayers, when
we call upon linn in time of trouble, f
After this, the 'irtle herp. cut
way tijiwaud inch by inch His wet j
stoekiuirs ii'iize to the ice and kept his
teet i rtm
'i'i'
hut his shirt was
ijuite worn froui his shoulders, ere he
iv acnei
tb
to;
.Hfh! 22, 'OU,
W , H . W . A T T , '
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Drugs, AJedicines,
Jaln.s. Oils, Dye SUiBh, BuiHliem
Window laniN, jrarsiiku,
(iC.i s.t.
Salisbury, X. C.
Jan. I, 185041-1 y
JAS. W. DEAKE,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Ko. h! St. Locis Sn;KKT,
JSin.21, l.ST.0. 7-tf
Mrs. J. A. Vannoy,
FAS FII'OjN AB LE DRESS
(MA KB SI,
Mates vine", N.
Ih fi'ives monthly the Frcneh, English and
AmVrican Faliich. 33: lid:ly
the futnre. Now, without even that
future to call his own, poor, maimed,
and useless, be had came back to the
tvvstmg place. Drokcn in heart, in
hope, in fortune, and oh, more to be
deplored than all, ;nut even rich in
lov.
'Leonard,' I said, rising and lean
ing my hand on-his chair, 'I am go-,
ing now going to Miriam.'
Me started, and a nuh of anguish
came over ha still beautiful brow.
He grasped iny hand convulsively.
'One moment;' he -whispered, 'one
.moment and I shall be myself again.
1 nnot meet her thus.'
He bowed his face, and light brown
c'urls fell in a cloud around it, conceal
ing the outward struggle! Then he
raised his head and spoke calmly
She started and fell back against a
chair. . The gush.of imperial .beauty
(lowed awav from her face and left it
'Then,
with a
firm step
He did reach it, at last ; crawled 'ont
into tbonoVfttiul lay down for a mo
moid to rest, panting out his breath,
in little white cloudy, on the clear, fros
ty air.
lie bad been two hours
in the well '.
- deadly grasp upon our very vitalg'ari4 J sooner or later, mu$t
that unless we bo wrenched aAy, it ; all, weyier old or
I will crtfth us and palsy us t'Tvalfc un-d their eYeS asainlt 1
iea we siriKe uuu tuuggie iio.y tiiose anu waiK in tne wnvsoi ineirprn
wpo leel uiemselves hound in a ath-; vizmg, My Friends receive lt4ffTffik,
cdREESPNDE,CB. ! grapple, we must be overcome be best counsel, iny most earnest and
Mr. S. C. MitLBN.' - i ' forever ruined ! . solemn warning. Bewafe that this, hi
4tev. mj Dear .-Believing that a The command of the text W ery ; not the fate of some of you.
Sermon preadSa By you atlhe last Qbartr- j eomprenenslte it is universal il jem-1 We canntft then beeneak attenfion
i juccimijj ui 1144s ireuirji.vuuiii v iiiiijiain.c DI'3CCS CVCry (.uin"" Willi
Society, at Confcord Church, might adAimee j p0j
the catlse 01 itinperanee. Kehtrion, and good
morals, n, t.ie community, we most respect- to a vlt jU(lgipent pn "all'tbiri'gs," a very interesting tonic If a theme
aMf.Bnlwit a copy ol tle.uiiiw: putiiica-: we. WM be most iustlv held ciilnaWe. ! involving life, health, renntation. ha:
, r ' w- 1 . 3 7 7 r
at the last, if we have dot received the ! pihess, social order, domestic tranquil-
u uiu ui uie love inereoi;,
not Ttvinff in such wai
the grace of Gol enablin;
when called upo'q, give up ouf accbtinlS
wiiu joy auu not wuu griei. . .
W e know of no subject on which the
tic
Yrs'uuiy, s
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J. sj. RiCKKP.r,'.
Wi'. OFWHSON-
E. B. Sriiiio.v
Oct. 1S60.
CoM oaD Female College.
Gentlemen ; The Sermon, a copy of vtiicfi
una ;i weare ny, anaiviuuai succeTW, national nroa-
fi that. thtS&Uffh i neritv and tyreafrtess. in(Tenenrfenne--
o . v T ' : -
; us, we raav, in a word, every thin": that is dear to
froth ia 11 n 1 l-ArsH - BiTd dinl nrii!fnil
vou solicit ior nuhheation, was prepared, as 1 t-t g .1 . - - . . . .
you are aware, on shtrt notice ; and aanulot
all the novelty pml tmharviussnjent of inau
guration Into tisje duties of a new and resyon-
md a half sibTe situation-. still if vou think that it is
colourless.
and graceful majesty, si
hand and led tne out into
hull, down the' great 'staircase, and ! to the factory where his good father
calculated to "advance the' cause of Temjier-
. j I 1 .T I . . . . ... t
lies isOQU iroze x-o ins oour ; anee, Ifehion and pood morals in the corn-
she took my but he.UO longer Sllft'ej-ed with the cold m,Uiitv," as it was for that purpose it was
do the broad as, full of joy and than kfi illness, be ran 1 ,)re,,ami 1 cannot withhold it.
Very Trulv Yours,
across to the floor of the room where was waiting and wondering. .''. fcC C. Xillex.
he sat. Her brow was pale and calm, Tiic jioor wan had to'go withont his Messrs. T. A. Bl-U, J S. liickert,Wm.
her hand did not tremble within mine', j dinner tiiatav ; but you jnay bo sure Mora, E. B.iStiuifioa,
-SfUl ;,. !,.. u.dn cn,t wUr, T Ih.,1 Miat, no eartu mue awu mat, vi.no
k-li : 1!' I lit I' iMV. kJvl. "I U V i Kj . Jl. ..ii ;
left him . the firelight shining vividly
around him, sat Leonard. He arose
hold fast that which is
when be saw us, and took a step for
ward into the middle of the room. , I
could have fallen down and worship
ped him as he stood there with noble,
yet attenuated form, and his great
adorning soul ttanding on the thres
hold ofliis eves, lie looked ill and
'i am ready now, 1 will releasee her j sorrowful, but a conscious dignity of
from that vow which cannot be other- manhood hung about him like a cloak.
wise timn-.irksorae to her proud spirit, j Miriam leaned heavily upon me,
She shall never know the agony it cost and now she trembled like an aspen.
her up. I will meet her tie took anotaer step torwa.ru and
spoke to her :
that lie eared ottl
listenimr. with tears in bis eves to the ( "Trove all thin
thrilling story bis son hud to relate to j good." 1 TUesi. o: 2L
him. J'- j" However it may be with others, 3-ou
lie must UaVc been very irond of: will doubtless agree with me, Chris
tbe boy .hat day, as be Wrapped him tian Friends and Brethren, when I say,
up in his own warm overcoat, and took tuilt j must he a strong believer in a
him hom'i to "mother. Divine and over-ruling Providence,
And bow that mother niust have j , , -g effectualy determined
e 1 n iiiiu ri'i u.tt 'M 1 1 itt i ' ; . 1 1 j ' 1 ivn?vj
e
1 him. and thanked (iod for him !
i 1 have not beard of the "little hero"
I for two or three, years but I trust that
j he is growing up to be a brave, hero
1 ic man ; and 1 bone be will never for
me to give
J. SHELL Y,
MANlTACTURr.R OF
liSoilliiSi
THOM VSV1I.LE. N. C.
N;hieh he sells M Wholesale
Ohlelca for Shoes hy the Quantity promptly
atteiH'd to. htrlfi'fiO: 1.5:1 y
1 " 1 y
braveiw like a man.
a' . i . . i At ti 1 . r
So 1 went out-and left him sitting j ' Jfliirnim, 1 nave come to say iarc
there, his love1 lying shattered at his well. 1 nave come, to release you
fce j from the ties that hind you to this
I found Miriam before her mirror, j wretched and maimed being the sh-.d-arraro-in
her hair. Flic turned her ow of myself. I am here to give yon
trlonrnirirr i'-.ton tnr:ll-f1s mo J1S 1 Plltfl-- Ufl tOfeVCr.
the times before appointed, and the
bounds of our habitation," as "the
number of our months." I have been
fully taught, that "the way of man is
not in himself: that it is not in man
get the Heavenly Friend who did ;ot that walketh-to direct his steps. 1
forget him in the hour of bis great need. ! have been fully taught that while "a
There is an old saying that "truth i man's heart deviseth his way, the Lo$d.
Res at the bottom ft fa well" ! directeth his steps." I might show
I trust that this little boy found and , V(Sn im f i, t has been verified in
. .. I o
CHARLOTTE, N.
AVIXDOW (1LASS,
AT WilOLESAl.lv
. - -
ed, and it was overflowing with love,
wrtjj hope, and expectancy.
'Is it all cheerful and bright below
stairs':' she asked, fjuickly.
'Quite "beaming,' 1 replied.
'I am so glad,' she continued, in a
jovous'tone. 'What a long journey
he will have this freezing 'day. Oh,
1 am "so nrojid thafr I am mistress of
AV1 1.,-ti th it T pm oRYm- loin a ve-t-i him
ing plac
His voice died away in an agony of
anguish. He essayed to retain his
courageous and manly bearing, but his
luve, omnipotent, supreme, loosened
all the functions of his heart, and he
went. -
With
side
arms, she made a circle ofdove about
with one burst of tears she rum
my own history. But without enter
ing upon any detail, at present, on
that topic, permit me, my Christian
Friends, to express my happiness, and
to congratulate myself on being allow-
c.
&.0V,
See advertisement in hnbther place.
August 10, IvSiiu. '
"J
HENDSRS1JI & Mm
"Wholesale aiicT detail Dealers in
O U LI G 8
And Ciiemitlsi,
Paints, Colors, Varnishes, Brushes, Win
dow Glass, Putty, Dy Stuh's,
..'..., iJr.ip, Miicnu.erii OH, Kerosene
0J it'iid ptirninj Ffcixk J-"'1P3. of 'every
diserhtlk.m J'e. r'.itien and 'fitilet
A ', tte,
GARUEN SEED?,
TWV l : U A N D Oil A s s F ED5,
TtTltE WINES AND LIQUORS, for
Medininal PtirjK3ea,
EINi: SfXi .UtS, TOBACCO, ile,, &e.,
KY, C.
Her deep, sleeping pride,
out in her dark, oriental
flooded it with glory. Alas, that pride
whic-h was to cruMjjsuct) a great noble
love such a wealth of happiness.
I stood beside her where I could
see her beauty; in the mirror. as-I have
seen the snnshinc lying afarpSf on the
hill, lied, se.djmful lips, dark, pride
ful e yi -;- rid, glowing cheeks, and
waves of raveltair, braided with gem?:
'Miriam,' said l - earnestly, 'I should
like to. tell you a little story, while we
are alone. Something that preys upon
mv heart about a friend of mine.'
She tinned and looked at me with a ; gn0
i . . ii v :.i ,.i..,r..i i ' ''"
curious rrianee, tiieu uo Niiu.cyccuui; , serine
brought up this truth : God helps those
who help Themselves.!
Talleyrand and Arnold.
There was a day when Talleyrand
arrived in Havre on foot from Fans.
ft was the darkest diour of the Revo- j ed, in the good providence of our kind j
lution.- Pursued by the blood-hounds j and gracious Heavenly Parent, once
of this reign of terror, Talleyrand se- more to meet you in this place-, and on
cured a passage to America in a ship : this occasion.
nhnut to sail. Tie was a be war and ! Mv first' recollections of this house
one oounti sue reacneu u.s u wanderer to a strange land, to earn ; of worship, and of Concord Congrega-
witli one wde embracing ot tier iia ,i -iv )VM. ,v dailv labor. tinn are indissoluhlv associated with
"Is there any American staying at I the cause ot Temperance the cause
your house ?" lie asked tire landlord j we have to-day assembled to advocate,
of the hotel. "I am hound to cross j it was on Christmas Day Ufethe year
the water, and would like a letter to a j of our Lord, One Thousand Eight
person of influence in thedNew World." j Hundred and Forty-Six ; that, stand-
Tiie landlotid hesitated a moment j ing on the platform before me, I first
and then replied :
'There is a gentleman up stairs ei
ther from America or Britain ; but
ed a heaven of light and hope and de-
blazed ' votion in his crushed soul. Through
face and : the veil or her jeweled tityr i saw Her;
face lifted up in divine gratitude, and
lips moved as if in prayer ; the broad
white brow were a halo about it, like j
a golden band.
. I departed silently,, and throughout
that happy day I repeated truly and
earnestlv, -of all the great heart of I
addressed you on the subject, which
has now called von together. For
some seven years, immediately suc-
whether 'from' America or England I receding, it was my privilege to be as
.... j- , -. i i . f .i .
cannot ten. . soctated witn you, as a memoer oi tne
,.i .v j J nva... i:T i ii ni. . Q:4
poiiiteu tne way
Ifc
and T alley- rledell County Temperance Society,
ity of the injunction, and for the Uni
versality of the application of the tests
of truth. t "
But the field is too vast, ta' cren
glance at it, in a single discourse, We
niust, therefore, from among the oil
yiinrfs of our text, make a selection ;
and ttils happily!the occasion half done
for us : so that ft is Tempera na'j nA
even this, not in all things ; butt tm--peratice
in its relation to the us& ffiin
loxicdting drinks, that we are. to e-pn-tider.
First, let me define the term, vjjy
Temperance I mean moderation inthe
use of things necessary -and useful :
total abstinence from all things unnec
essary and hurtful: and our position
being, .that all kinds of intoxicating
drinks are not only negatively useless,
but positively injurious, it follows -that
total abstinence is" the true ground
and practice. . '
But what shall we say on theeub
jeet now before ? What can be-said ?
Bather, what has not been said On it?
If, of any subject it may with truth be
affirmed, that it has been ably and
fully discussed, nay, entirety. exhaust
ed, that Bubject n Temperance --'So
often has the field been entered and
so thoroughly has it been explored,
that not even so much 36 a nook -or
corner is to be "found, inwkich may
not be seen the footsteps of those win)
have gone before us. V ere it propos
ed to whom shall be awarded,, inhe
highest degree, the triumph of origin
ality ? At once would we reply. let
it be immediately given to him, "who
can present a new idea on the subject
of temperance,-or who can presVoj an
old idea, on the subject, in a new. fjtn.
The nature, causes, symptomspc
casions, evils, and remedy, of intem
perance have all been depicted ifthc
most glowing colors. Its deadly effects
on the physical, man, the manner in
which it acts on the brain, thV stom
ach, the heart, the lungs, the liver, -the
blood vessels, and all the other func
tions of the animal economy : its in
tellectual evils, how it degrades the
life, love is the dearest throb within '. r;sm w.0;n his bu- was bishop, prince ; and to lend it my feeble aid. And understanding, fetters theimagiaton,
it.. '
A Little Hero.
Grace Greenwood writes the follow-in"-
little storv and a true one it is
i 'in. n; I , 1 I 1 .
e jattie j'liirnui, a ee.ii'i paiivi
and minister,, a.-eopded the stairs. A i after a separation of nearly seven years
mLerahle supplicant stood before the j more, (which separation we had fully
1 1
chills the affections, blunts the memo
ry, sears the conscience, ehaifis the
stranger s door, knocked and entered. ! concluded to he final, as to tne present ; w in, auu iiran.es a emm m uuu.iM4im-
In the far corner of the dimly-light- i life,) we now find ourselves again ing, nay, an idiot, ot the once giant
1 room sat a man of some lift v years. brouffht together to advocate the same intellect ntsmorataeatn, now it utuik
the facte Troth an incident tie- j his ai ms folded and his head bowed great, and good enterprise.
I in The Hartford Daily Times, j upon hi-
s urease.
From, a window di- : May wc be united seven years more
H1
ly and quickly :
'Ob, 1 understand, you are going to fult-s meadows.
ldn.r -rolotlvp tA laicia. i In the city o
that friend of whom you used to speak.'
I bowed 'fny head in
cence. Then 1 commit
....Inn ll l l'Hl IT 1 I f 1 1 tllO
,lMV-1 L'"V "6 ----- , tlve town. Jiai'DOiied several vears a
was then a bright,
e years ago, as having happened hid recti v opposite, a flood of light poured in urging together the claims of God
i upon Ins iorehea.d. His eyes looked j and ot lctiiperar.ee fray, twice iter en
f Hartford, Conuecti-i froin beneath the downcast brows, and'- nay more, until our work performed
used to speak.' lent, lives the hero ot toe true story 1 i ,ip(m Talleyrapd's face with a peculiar and race well run, the Master shall
silent acqutes-1 m 'lljulit to relate but no longer -lit-1 an(1 .irciiig expression. His face1 call us each one to a place at His rigid
need in a low- :)s. ll,i(r eril5'uS dvoiuure, wbieo' was ojp. ;n oupme; fhe mouth and ' haml," where perfect purity and peace
he, coral with I Td h,m i,r H tlm. , f:un"ur .!M td.in indicative of an iron will. ' flis.and joy shall know no end-where
stu
was going to adorn her love-
up the love of (iod, reverence feu his
Sabbath and Sanctuary, affections tor
His people and worship, how it enters
the domestic circle, destroying1 the
peace and liapjaness of all its ,ue"ffl
bers; converting the once fond ms
band into a demon incarnate, the nce
indulgent parent into a raving road
man, the once reasonable master it-toa
lv
M ioii .-5uw ii .1.3 iiwmjj " tJur hero
linens: vontli "of fourteen the son ,-ot a nie-
"This friend of mine is very beauti- cjffie. In the severe winter of IS .
the father worked in a fitetory, aboat
a loiie and a had' from bis ho;uie, and
every day the boy carried bus dinner
across a wide pieee ul meadow land.
One keen, tro.-ty day he found the
-now on this meadow neatly two feet
deep, and no traces of the little foot-
nati) remaining.
' - . I i . , " , ,1.1. 1 ' f
even with the snows of : there shall be no intemperance to j merciless tyrant, uprootmgme wyaj i
v. :- ; Had m a dark but ! wound ourmorai serisiouiiie&r-uoining ; uom aim i inwc, 4.wv .
ffo and very proud. Three years ago
she pledged her troth to a brave, wan
ly lover, lie, also, was 'my friend.
They both joined hands and stepped
together into life and the world. He,
with a glorious future1 stretching wide
before him, a hopeful heart, and a soul
full of noble aspirations
tot m, vigorou
fifty wintei s.
rir-h and disf:
T:,lb.vri.d advaoeed sta tod te.a t he I he "rmhtfious and Deacc and joy in ! light, and sending domestic happiness
fii.r;:;,.,. mi..1 w.th the mtirn- i t.b Ho v (x host to tne win. is a if uiese, aim inr ufuic
iguisiied costume.
to mar our perfect bliss ; but all shall
and good render, home a scene o3de-
Yet bo ran, its fast
- . . : t ; i : i i i t - i j ; i i i i - i i - - i j 1 4 1 v
IT Kl. . l.i ' Vl,,.i.nYl t 1 1 r -
-now 11KC iiyni, nm.mu.cu j coepin himself wui'm by vigorous cx-
pride flaming again into her eyes. ncteise. ahd brave, 'cheerful though :.
'lie went abroad,' I continued, I when in the midd of the meadows
'misfortune ctiine upon him, and that fnlly half a mile 'from any .bouse, he
fine, luscious future
in his grasp. Still he struggled on,
1 ,1 ,
I !ni ion;
through drifts -
mU?TlTflT.m ATJOD
k HP 1
1
TIk- Sub si Tiber bavin" been appointed Agnl
luUTURL hNSURftNGE CCnlPAY
Of Charlotte,
Will receiver, and jfcijrwanl Ap)ilieatkns fon
. Damage by Fire, on the principles!
was
sion that' the gbntleman before' him
was an American, he solicited his kind
feeling ; and ouices.'
Tf. lioni-o 1 fiir'th Ids histr.i-v in elo- i oJm to instifiv. let us BT
rtucnt French and broken English. I subject. Prove all things ; hold fast cottage and from the .palace,. iji ;the
'I am a wan derea and an exile. T j that which is good. Important truth .
am forced to' iiy to the New World j Noble injunction 1 Would that we
. c,.'. .nA Urnn n .1 vo tm 1 rtuld t-iiii- r,nnfT.fri;it.r it. and nraCttce
WllilUUl 1 1 o lit 01 iiuuu . J-uu .in .1.1 1 luuiu 1 i . 1 " i in;
I American. Give me, then, I heseeeh lit! To prove is to make trial ot, or 1 nm-top tne voice na ncuncoiigm thcy ,1Ccd not like others
1 .. .i 1 j .1 1 . , 1 w. i ,ht line rtrinn nnrno r.t:vi m 1 1 r.. - . .a. . ...
inf to the test, as tne gomsuuwiuis mc ;uao w.t -'rr" .4 beta ice
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But not to spend more time by way than all these, have, tune ana again,
of introduction, which our meeting to- from the pulpit and the for urn, from
aether on the present occasion would the medical chair ana protession, nom
"oceed to our fine oeneu hiiu hohi inw uair num
cottage and from the palace, lift the
nursery and in the crowded assemhly,
rock- to rrroiiiitain, and from valley to
mau jvs an individual or social being,
as a mortal orinnibr.rlth'be not inters
esiing and important, then must" Icon-
Jess my inability to say wiufct could be
But let us proceed to prove our.pb-
sition. We bring it to the test of Experience.
Does not experience say that totql.
abstinence, from intoxicating drinks is
a rrood thing ? Two classes ofDersona
The 'first once
used itoxi"cating drinlrB as aheverag,
but have 'since abandoned" their use.--What
doe their experience' sy in r
lation to the use of ardent spirits "r
Ask them, and to.a man, they will re
ply we never derived any benefit from
their beverage use ; Dut Ave can nfltiv
see mucn narm we sustainea.
aged friend once told me that he h
almost constant head-ache and heA:
burn while he used snirits ;that 6
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never tnougnt 01 ascnomg nis super-"
ings to their use, until he abandoned
them altogether, and found himseliW
lleved. lie further told me how much
he saved in dollars anrj cents each
year Ijy" the change. And how mfiy
thousands could from their own exper
ience deliver to ue like testimony !
How often do not tipplers wonder" why
they should be visited with such ft
complication .of diseases, drtyle jt),
betake themselves to tie physician
and try every remetly but the simple
and only one that can prove effectual
viz : total abstinerice'! Ah, who
cEn sum .up' what Is containeain these
threjyittle words j'J love it." Here
iMtipplers only ' urguafept . Talfe
that" away, and you have gained the
day. Retnove that and nodonger wHl
hejtplk tf you- about a little just be
cause it is so warm, or because it is so
cold ; because it is so wet, or because
it is so dry ; bepause lie is so sick, ojr
because he is so well ; because hi la
just going to eat, or because he has
just eaten ; becadsehe is just going to
bed, or because he has just got up;
hecause he is just going to take a walk,
ot because he has just taken a wslk ;
because he has just met an old friend,
or because has old Friend i just about
to leajve, &c, kc. But my Brethren,
I may as 'well stop, tie myention of
the man who loves a dram, will, as to
occasions, on which he should.tike a
little, put my weak efforts at specifi
cation entirciv to the blush, You ob
serve that I have said nothing of its
absolute necessity when he is just
starting to church or when he. has just
got home. No. But I will give ft up,
and let him complete the list of occa
sions for himself. Such is his inven
tion and his power, in bringing out fit
seasons ov just a little, that the times,
when you would say, of all others he
should abstain, are converted into oc
casions to drink.
But our second class. Those Wn?
1 never usea araent spirits at au. Ana
what have they suffered .? Uavethey
not as good health ? Yes Can they
not perform as mucVlgboj? Yea., Can
they, riot endure more &tigue? Yes.
Can they, not boar more exposure ?
Yes. Can they not enjoy life as well?
Tes : afid far better too for they are
more uniformly cheerful. .Have they
n love for homeland for the endear
ing associations that cluster around
been echoed and re-echoed, until from v. . . x - .1 0A;ii naaaaa
. in ii " L ICS IUH- iiii-y i uv-tian y uuooroa
-the ioys of home are especially
you, a letter of yours, so that I may 1 brin
of the Coinpanv.
The Company is doiujr a jirosjierous business
No can has ever yet oeefi made for an in
' htalment on a premium noto.
, E. B. DRAKE,
U-tf Agent.
the principles ! mr tr.essc's
and when be had conqujerjDd destiny,
and built for himself another and fair
er castle, he lost his righ arm, and
became a crippled, miserable being.'
The hand tha braided those shin-
trembled Vividly, ihe
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turned to asues Htiddcirlvtelt hn.nselt going dowmuown, . lie able.to earn my ureau. t m wn-i meiai, 01 itro u-..viivi .w r...
ling to toil in any manner a life o
labor would be a paradise to a career on our part
CARRIAGE
J. W. WOODWARD
IS still at his Old Stand, on 1'road etreet. a
few doors East ot the Public Square,
w here he js prepared
To Do All Kinds of Work
formerly done at the Establishment.
All Repairing done go short 'notice, and in
a workmanlike manner. Interest-charged
on Accounts after 1st .January.
Feb. 27. lodf
face in the mirror assumed a Softened
expression, the eyes grew darkly ten
der, j
'Broken-hearted, toil-worn, and
j grown old with care, he returned to
j his old home. He came to me, for he
1 dare not meet that cold, withering
I pride that scornful triumph of sta-
down 1 He had fallen into a Well .
11 sank down into the dark, icy
vatcr, but rose immediately to the sur
face. There lie grasped bold of a plank
which! bad fa len .into the well as he
went down'. One end of this rested
.. 1 I" . !. 1 1.. nil, ...
Oil tllC not torn oi Uie wen, iou uiuei
tne igni nas necn oorue, ffljW" J betake themselves to drinking compan
any have n ,t been convntced ttthe j ;onR fin3j(
1- 1 idil.' IV UU'4 1 ' 1
Our tests implies, a final account, f darkness not ot ignorance which en-f d,)C3 t, rf
ii- lmrilipq .tiiat. "cvflrv : closes tnein rounu, uui -oaiMivaa vi
expcriroce prove - now
greatly they are, tn every respeot,
me a letter to one 0
" 1 - . . : , . . 1 1 ..
of luxury in France: You will give I one of us shall give account ot htmseit , anoincr Ktnu,-uioi vep, 'wo h- Aainers. who have never used intoxi
your friends. i to toi Otherwise It would, bevont . more 1 a ies.-, u.-ao ""P.i.vw
. ev . - . , - . . . , 1 -ii - v-l.T j.U - 1 .r
This .stranccirentleman arose. With i the present life, be unimportant what . pewHaering st
a look that Talleyrand nevei fogot, j we prove, or to what we hoid
he retreated towards the door of the 1 Everything entering into
-i-f nlionilini- hi ovf lonkincr Still i tn nrovtft lin. Olir final aCC
iie.u vjiiiiui.ji-i., i.i v.. .......v. j., - , . il !
fi-nm hoiionrh his darkened brnw. Ilplnnr neeoMt to God wc. on a former , to their lrierxls,to the world, to toem
rose about fottV feet above the surface
of the wider.
Thn n InA shouted for helo until
be was "hoarse and almost speechless, sp&kc as he retreated backward his occasion
but all in vain, as it was impossible for j voice w as full of meaning, "summed
him to make himself heard troin stitdLj am the only man ot the INew thou
a dentb. and at such a distance from j World who can raise his hand to God then
any house So, at last, he concluded j aBj j kavenot a friend not one in ! those of them standing the test
that if be was to be saved at all, he ,..; v ' we are to hold fast. .
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.:.. ii ; v,n f,,n nf , i mnsi save iniwtrn, v -..v. , , 'r..u0rftr,ti novpr t.oroh the over-' tlnr text nroeeeus uoon tne ri
h.i,i Crt Wnral,;nP,1. so ndnrpd witb 1 :IS he &"mS extreme! cold in sadness of the look which of a right and wrong in human xiews, , tcrnatural darkne.-i, mv
ov' v....Kr y r'- nu .oim. K. w-pnt tn work'. i a.. . . ' T .. c . .
I . . 11.1- -T.l LUC 1 lUV I I '
iie Cr- '. r eating drinks, at all, as a beverage
ill the darkness j of 1-& t ' lA. . . .
o,.r going! h light, they have rejected. or i jf Otoirvalifn. Does' tlnseonirathet
.1 B .1 flw Jintm:bMn ! Experience i If so, its testiuijony we
('COUni. 1. C, urci liiuoi. mi upwm w ,u....T - . 1-1 ' . i
1 1 V Ji to dmi,. f, ;,rds n tho world to tkfim- : eaftnot receive as vahd ; foyn nfithing
than
, only , they will find them ; or rather, they rjr v i
, thtU kiH d what, to them at least, will iinous effecto r Have
' 4seem reasons satisfactory. And. this ved total abstinence de
rounoTis what will bring upon them that pre-, reason ; make them say
you
prive men oi
and do things
love exceeding all things in its width
,'olV tu lUWtiitcu , - - ' ii 5
(..., tii.inT its u-oriis :iri(i aet'ons. nicy must hwmj -"'. ""J ., .
irtiiu.i, """"f- '- - , . -,v j
e tufa v. iif in i Lwi- u v i . , - i . t .;
itaf ao?ld ; Manger- that their friends are deeply or
B- Wiliel . k0 HO MrlH lo 'i n-- -ii J
if.t la i tmiv himsp t un tne nmnK r - ,r . . : .., T . ,. , .
"trinttho nnot Whoareyou? he cried, as Mie .Were these all wnat mej.-snpnift ue, pT p--- Wdy , or nlace ' them in a situation m
it ui .ue! ..I... -v.. r i t . .i i i . e -..4. m..,1.1 -K, i mi tn virtue : nun v o in .-uru as- i .
tne injunction ot mc iai i u p " . -v - . ryu wu;cb thev can no more take care or
medning-it would, indeed, in that V have rejected the lights , of- tra hifor .J thn a chUtl v 0h no, I
f, themselves ; songs ot syren
n m . . . . i a. - , ml, tt (- A r v Mrti
Was her pride, n, , mighlv ? ; it ilm, thc uf tlie vu)l, wl.ic-h was itrngt man retreated to tlie ueXt the .ojunctipn ot textlun- XSfJ5SKi
I. - - .- . . , twint r l , 1 I ' . 1 1 T W 1 OOll 111 - I Ui I, a i . fc v' -am. " r w- . '
'My ntme ' he rctdied with a smile vent, he simnW absurd; Were every ! to their eyes false lights will .sliow j
her woman's nature so much less V i uf brick and quite smooth. Then pulled rroom 'your name
said Miriam, in a voice made husk v ' off his coat, -and' taking out his pdeket
- - ' with indignation and tears. 'Could 1 knife, cut off his boots, that he might- that had more mockery than joy in its thing alike good why prove any th'.mr. : themselves ; so;
5fvj ! she, dared she fliag him from her, who work to greater apvantege. Then wfth , convulsive expressions4,- 'my name is or why reject any thing ? .No ; my . from encnanteu
d 'ore- i bad onee-divelt pre-eminent in her his feet against the side of tho well, Benedict Arnold.' I Brethren, our text but too clearly as-; ears ; a strange i
TO THE PttllJLie I takotliiM.i
J. oil bf in Totm rfleall rcquiriiiL' Literary a
that 1 will bt4 Mcased to revise MSS. and pre-1
are it (ot pnhlication, ami will write Essays, heart ? lie, heart-broken, and alone,
laieB, Mteteiiea, xii.es io Aiuonis Witaa-. tne we, pitiless world?'
and'bis shonlders against the other, be
worked his way up, with the most tear
ltd exertion, about half the distance to
The utmost eeerei-v maiiiuiiitJ. Address She is a woman,'. I replied, 'her tje tou Here he was obliged to pause,
I le was fjone. Talleyrand sank in sume
the chair, gasping the words
'Arnold, the traitor .
themselves
1 t ..An iimvi r ,i,.-f. l-v.d ilhntl.
i -ikisn.,!.. Know mat ." "v ' -- -
halls wHl charrShcir fe Pruce efcU
. c.......:-,'.,4ii wiLve0 . On the oh or hand, wnat nave you
tPt Imt too c ear v as- ears a stiaiiei.uaiuauui3i poac-- . JK
in tke ,
sumes, as admitted, tne lamenwuie , t , '"tVr VZ " Wn fipen to nrodure evifa mor
truth, which our experience and obser- cases, their conhdenceaiinl presunip- . Jjjl
yation are daily eonrTrming, viz : that, turn wi 1 increase astktr periled -iffSS
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! its midst-that it surrounds us on cv- i the tempest-braised hy their owrtfolly the denomination g ant
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