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I, too, linve hcnnJ ttie gtrpn tongue,.
AVlM-n first ares my fonng lif.-'x uh,
Ami o'etme threw bright frstrn,
An lovely M llettfieriAn M.m-,
My hirt the mitmtrt'lsy rv verot,
A tul wnrshij)M-.l in thf tanid it r:':irl ;
And wh-n mime ilrh")" (Iihti.vcJ
A UjftiiTlieinht I still urvpytt ;
Aml.iHi.IHiiia!) Jirss would flee
Ami rii to la-uich but in the ch;
But llicrc eitch bubble soon ouid die, .
y.rr k-ave a trm-e to t-ll me wliy
'fl'iv dmrest hojxn hut briphtewt immii, K
' To wither aa a passive dream .
To flt-e an did Cur EuridR-c,
M'hen Orpheu tJioujHit to claim her his,
Like hini f too the 3li;n1nw cl.iKji,j . .
And then drjiirt lercved at bixtj !'"' '
K'e,n when frqitienVgi'qi iippear,
Anl calm within my lUjuhtful fi-ais.
AIikUh hilt replete with woe,
Ae.d every day hnth tHiif;ht nie so.'
. Kut in.in! poor wink nud tW-hle man,
But IJi-s his future ronrxe to W.MH ;
iifd fi'om that tli he tears each thoriK
tnd every care is lanshed to Hoorn :
Wliile there hn'paiirt tlie rainbow hu,'
Two bright pi-rehitncu for itmrtal true;
And then the myrtle and the nw, .
v .Around his sablu brow he throws:
And e'en within Ms chair of tate,
lbtilliilrinks in insatiate,
The luusic ot' the t'riiiiip of Cinie, ; 1
. That tluo' the earth eclex-s his nanei. :
?'11s not enoi;h, lie still would he
1'evered by all posterity, '
At last he dies tli.' drama ends
Andii'er !:im iK'iea few sad friends.
Then th ettne; years glidi swiflly'on."
He sN-eps as.oije that le 'er tis In. i d ;
lieliind oblivion's mystic veil,
Tlieu too let iiiejiiy Muse invoke,
To ee.i-se with Fancy's dreams to cope,
. And soaramiil tin- ijuiet throng,,.
Hhut out from v.tiue: Anihition'sigopq;
And sliFll il.l.i,' w)4lt l'Mt 'ia til,,;-Jlt
Indulge heiicf f iftfi in hiimldc thousht;
And should'sC tlM from these thing's exempt,
Another lofty- flight attempt.
May some ileeavii, hope'nf yore,
Heplume thy a.nj;. to . ai t h on nor' :
To dwell withfli thy Texan home,
v Where many a joyens hour has fluH n ;
And there indulge thy wmited strain
In pieturini; s' mie Imnelic swain
The heiress of that humble hearth.
And intatie if .my doting he art.
Hut lest right h.jre. frem earth you s.ir,
,111 check my .strain and write no more.
7Wo, Ot. TEXAS.
From the Southern Field and Fireside
r-A
BY MARY E. BRYAN.
there, she could. ;At: tell, and I. kept
the secret safely! tr already she 'n-as
and? had she been
a betrothed brid
free, knowledge t
ing and her pnd
sealed my lips.
She married ;
passion, orlorel
ner patrician tram-
f fimily-rTouloyiave
fot,: I think, from
yet vorldlj poli-
&he tfid mot itioj
the motives of lii
it is wire ; yvtietac
that lie wooed hd
to one, who covd
cate beauty of belienrt and mind.
Everywhere, in my wanderings., I rf.u nf rrimA
j sought, to find the. love of which poets 1 n()t 1)OW ese to
! hail told nie in their impassioned verse
the love 1 had imagined in nay girl
hood, when the days, and nights were
full .of-rich, sweet dreams that all sang
of the future the love which Paul has
pictured as "suffering and enduring
long," and "seeking not its own";
asking no reward ;. untainted hy pas
sion and f u 1,1 of delicate reverence.; re-
hope to feed upon, but burn- jowe(j hcr thou
ing, iiKe ine; nxcu stars, oy us own ,A-00(lg? where tlf
i sieauiasc ngtu, unaiierauiy anu lorev
j er, as long as the s6ul shall last.,
j Such was , the loveV which to me
i seemed of all .beauty and poetry
; worthy to live in heaven. But I sojight
I it in vain. Often, I heard of fove,
but when analyzed, its beauty vanish
ed, as the. brightness of the diamond
before the battery's searching flame.
I found the. alloys of passion and sel
fishness ijiinglecl with it all-miserable
passion and selfishness, which men
share in eomnwin with the brutes
'around them ! .Was there then noth
ing more spiritual in ;love ? No love
cy, but becnusel; was customary to
marry and was efected of her bv her
m pecause she knew
Sll a purpose in life.-
re ito deeply into
solved peaceably, fcut who dreams of
an- such thing ? JSo one, excent sneh
a "retired philosopher" as Willouirhbv
e vioii.-a ne oincri. jisucnon leaders
are of tbejpamb stamp; ... But how long
would it be, ifwe dissolve peaceably,
before w would bo involvjed in eiril
war ? Not thirty davs. The first ne
gro that ran . off tbe first difficulty
that occurred between individualsm
the opposite side of theOhio river, would
be magnified into national aggressions;
then would come reclamation and en
croachments from ore. side and from
who took her for j the other,; laiints, jeers, and a thousand
it was for her Wealth
or? for love of her
fragile self, thats hot lovabfe, save
ppreeiate the deli-
hut the flowers si
tnmn a ' branch
hawes occasiona
bright-coloured
This I learne
out to, the -green
loved, to wander,
ciime, and in au
gdklen or crimson
or a wreath of
nmn leaves.
from her for .1 was
things to stir up ill .feeling and hot
blood, and 'immediately the whole bor
der would be involved in. strife and
civ 1 war. Bloodshed "and houseburn
ipg, rapine, famine, ar d midnight fdra-
imu ii.uu luuiu. - l ii i , . , ...
She was more fa ft andrragile BtmrferrtKTTSfta ..TrwxL&kzS
n, i I o 1 i O i , uiiu vail uil IIIC uur-
fii'-i Kii'iiiii,- k)lic 1CYC1 lOl
Sleep.-
What is sleep ? ' Ye do not kno
we can only say that it is conditio
belonging to almost every animal o j
ganisrn, wDicn seem3natnrallybrouglj
about by the activities of thit orgag
ism, and'which in some l nnexplainesl
manncf, helps to reinstate the exhaust
ed energy of brain and muscle. HA,
to tnc .sleep of giants, thcr true pbgi
nomena of sleep are restricted to te
brain and higher senses; there caja bp
no sleep where these are absent.
Certain phenomena conceniing slecn
have been well observed j but the'4r"
ganic condition or sum of conditionsj
on which these depend, remains so en
tire a mystery, that we .cannot veja;
ture on a tolerable definition of sleepy
away, and Iwhenteturned she laid in
my arms a little
and smile. Am
ing, fading slo
moon, and lookh
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of the soul unmixed with gro-ssness
and sensuality .? A love that could
worship its idol afar oil" ; that.' would'
place it, on -so high a pedestal of rever
ence, that. Passion could never touch
i.t with her fleshly hand. I knew that,
from the necessities of our present hu
4 unity, such love could not be univer
sal, but might there not be Home rare
peculiar souls set apart to enshrine
it : 1 saw tortus ot sucii loveliness,
.mildly splendid as the star of even
ins, with siich nobleness of features ;
such softness of colouring ; such grace
of movement, that they seemed fit
shrines for my ideal love ; but the in
ner corresponded not with the outer
form. .
I. turned to wcxrheri, for. their e3Tcs
were purer, their brows calmer, than
those of men ; and, inithe hidden paths
they trod, they learned such lessons
of patience, and silent resignation, and
forbearing tenderness, that perchance
their natures had been punned and
jf j ethcrialized-by the ordeal, and made
' ' I capable of that love which haunted me
like the perfume of a wild violet, which
itself cannot be seen. - And I. found,
indeed, that there were women, who
Kitd'this highjdeal of love implanted
in their souls, but .they would not
prove true to it., Tbey, were not
strong and brave enough to keep their
hearts, like the crystal vase of a tem
ple, consecrated totjie wine of heaven
alone. They took. "Passion's hot hand,
regardless of the pleading in Love's
sweet eyes. Or they sold their ideal
for policy's sake bartered it' -for
wealth, for .slothful ease, for position,
or for the sake of conformity to the
usages of. society.
I found not the love I sought. Then
I despaired. It is not a human plant
I said. It is like the wondrous bird
that is fabled ,to float 'always in the
air, and never to touch the earth, not
even to alight upon- roses and lilies.
So this beautiful, Love floats only in
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Feb. 7. 13-tf.
Ih-ur C'trrlc:-. I hate apologies, but in or
der to maintain my seat as one of the dear
("icrlo I mnt trv mn tviii tiivspll. or rnth- !
er tik von to exouee niv. delav. A srrent
eliantre hn. taken place in regard io myset
fince.I lat talked with you; but this, per
hans, vim already know. So foririv.e me. I !
took an humble .eat, even at your feet, and
am not exported to say much.
A sldiool irirl 'nfrain ! I, who have since
la.st May, been considered a young lady, to
become a student of Dictionaries and Spelling-books!
How ridiculous.- But it is even
so. Perhaps you will exclude me altogether
arid eav: 'We do not want anv school girl's
nonsense -in our Circler Wait until you are
done going to school, and begin to go out in
to society, and then we shall be glad to have
your company." But 1 1 hardly think the
win I pait of the Circle will do.such a thing.
Yes here I am, poring over 'becks, maps
'and slates,' and trying to get. some sense beat
into my head. I have been induced toiie.ave
my 'Country Home' and all its enjoyments
to come here, to turn to study !. study ! study !
U'his;is a veryihice,placcindced, find some
very nice people) lif'e here .too. Now you
know school girts always have somebody or
crniof lii n rt tlipv rail tlifir 'svypplbonft' T !
shouldn't think you would object ton des-jthe pure ether ot the poet s dream. -
cription pfjnv 'love ot a beaux.' V11 he ij But one day, I sat among the low
a verv handsome (ierman ; with black hair. limbs of . a thick-leaved juniper tree,
and coal black eves, and oh, mv ! such a 'love! and saw a lady walking slowly along
: . i i it i ' i i -.
ofamonstiJhce,' with a shoe lastin his hand. - the lane a laay, paie anu pjam, have
and an awl over-his ear.; 'altogether, he(
wears a vei-y dignified look, a -look of self
importance. -Don't you think him fhand
some? But as there is ho probability of you
ever seeing him, I will not worry you on that
subject.
We-have a large school, and T think if
war don't come, we will have quite a nice
timeat our Examination, and Concert, the
16th" and 18th 'of December. We have two
Literary Societies ; and are going to read a,
paper, written by each of the Sqcieties. Ch
mv ! I have one to read.
We have no churches, but have regular
'rcsbyterian, -Methodist and Baptist preach
ing in the chapel at the Seminary. Prepar
ations are being made for building a church
for each ' denomination. There are three
by-goods stores, and I can't begin to tell
iow many shoe-shops in town. If the place
i-m proves next year as it has the past,. it will
be a second Lvnn.
I have not seen the dear Express since I
lave been here, (three weeks.) I should like
to have it introduced into, this part of our
(ate. " - , .
Now let me ask you one thing. Do you
think there is going to be war I -If there is,
I am going to take my pretty, little sweet
heart and go to Europe, or get behind the
jloor, or some other safe place.
It is getting late, and I must study some
more to-night, bo I will -just stop, by laying
aside my pen and -saying: Goodnightr dear
Circle. Yours Truly
" Mildred,
. Grove Seminary, Xov. I860.
'M,WTIIK.PlTHI.IC..--tl:vlchi!imPtK
d. V od of informingall requiring Literary aid
that 1 will be pleased to revise MSS. and pre
, pare it Jor publication, a"nd will write Essays
-fales, Sketches, Lines for Albums, Obitua
nes, pdem on every Subject, and Inters
Aueuirnost secrecy maintained. .Address
-.' " .WILLIE.iVVARB,.
. jxugi isou.f iiy-.tfV Brooklyn, N. Y
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Conservative Men at the North
The Richmond. Dispatch refers to
the vote given against Lincoln in the
northern Stated, and says that regard
should be had to it, and to the conser
vative men who constitute large min
orities in every black republican State,
who have struggled with unfaltering
for the sweet; light in her; eyes and
the gentle look about her mouth. As
she walked, she- dropped a; rose from
her light hair,; but she did not stoop
to replace it. f She went on down the
hill, with thoughtful steps and eyes
that sought the ground. As she pas
sed from sio-ht. a sun-burnt vouih -
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scarcely more than a boy in the
coarse dress ot a peasant, sprang over
the fence, took up the rose, and kis
sed it, and put it in his bosom. It
was not doae-paioatly, but -with
reverent tendernessir-with something
of the feeling with which tbe kneeling
Mary kissed her Saviour's feet.
Afterwards, 1 came to know the la-
dv, and in a little while we grew to be
friends. She had nothing beautiful
about her except her soul which,
shining sometimes through her pale
eves," gave there a beauty independent
of colouring or shape, i questioned
her about the boy not in suoh 'way
as to betray his secret rand tound
that she knew little about him. She
had met him ibccasionally in her chari
table visits among the poor. Several
times she h,ad seen him at his mother's
house, when shelad been ill so . long,
and she hafl sometimes spoken to him.
That was all she remembered
"She loved , flowerswild i flowers
that owed not their blossoming to the
care of man -vwild roses, and convol
vulus, sweet azaleas, and the golden
jessamine, whose- hue was a shade or
two darker than her moonlight-colour
ed hair. She was too weak and deli
cafe to seek them in the woods and
upon their native hills, but tbere was
no need ot tms. JCiVery morning upon
ed to be but on
wrapped in hcrvBing sheet.
One day I- to the babv and its
nurse to walk wj'me, and while I
stood on the hill tjwatehing the sun
Set bathe goldenljho sea of forest
green beneath, tllu-rsc went clown
to the field on thither side where
two men were rtlng and one of
these, she
and reached for it t oss the hede.
and kissed it. An i hen he had sat
down with it in the ler of the; fence,
and when he rose v nd gave, it baGk
to her without a 1 1, his face was
wet with tears, a he wiped them
away on his sleeve. -
"To-be-sure," s the girl, "he
must have lost a bf of his own, but
he was so young ing, with great
black eyes and a f; all brown, ex
cept his forcheadliat was white
a most as baby s.
That summer eld the life of mv
gentle friend. Shjssed away with
the flowers, and wl came again a
year after, I fu her grave. I
went there alone on ening it was'
not the first time I been. It was
an evening in Uc r, but the day
had been almost oi nmery warmth
and mellowness, a he 'sunset was
solemn and splein As I neared
the grave mv feet lin in the lon
church yard grass- ne one started
up from-' the rose ti t its foot. Our
eyes met ; he was r than when I
saw him first in the e upon the hill,
but the large eye 2re the same,
though now; all red i weeping. I
bowed my heal revltly and passed
him.
He had knelt ale foot of the
grave, and upon lab were lain
some late purple gefcs and a spray
of the yellow ' iessaV, called into
blossom by the smlif the Indian
summer. I sat dowlon the grave
and wept silently aiiftly ; not for
the dead beneath, fole slept well ;
not for the hush amir already he
had brought a notherla fairer bride
to his home ; but becal was touch
ed to tears by the bel of the love
I had sought so lonfr had found
the gem in ah .unpoli4casket, but
not the less was its let and holy.
I cannot tell you howinoved me
this silent, unreveallnle, cherished
in secret, and in all pt and rever
ence ; un visited by t unfed by
passion, seeking only iappinessof
its object and survivinglr the grave
had closed above herhe, upon
whose bosom ; her headB lain, had
ceased to remember hd
That true, hi'gh-hearlboy works
still, with ready, ftoH-h hands in
the field by his fathefeide. His
face was full of manlirlofv honest
and earnest purpose, ail there is a
shadow in hi? dark el there are
none who notieeit except old moth
er. But l am sure he still the
rose that fell from the Ifcf her so
hopelessly and reverentlldved.
think he will keep it to lying day.
tenanted ; our hills and valleys, now
Vocal with thrift, industry, and iovons
in peac e, depopulated and waste. In
stead of cultivated fields, lowing herds,
bleating flocks, and loaded vineyards,
the wild beasts andthe forests, will as
sert and resume their sway.,' Instead
of tl ic ring of the vvoodniany -s axe, the'
merry earol of the boy at his plow,-' the
lose, snc sam, asi to see the child, rti
a ; 111V.1.11U u.. i it in .Liu i.i 1 1: i r w
of the deadly rifle, the tread of armed
men, the rattle af'the drum, and boom
ing A' cannon,- the -wail of the widow,
and the cry of he orphan. And instead
of the peaceful sleep of the laboring
man, he will have" to stand sentinel
over his premises; lest his little all be
destroyed, ind bis house burned over
his w ife and children. Bead the his
tory of civil war in Kansas, aud say
whether 3011 can look with ;desircon
such a future. But thev saviwe will
not suffer alone"'; thd other side will
surfer as much as we. Grant it. Does
that make our pssition any more desir
able ? Not one whit ; and this is but
a tame picture of what Disunion will
produce on our border. And when this
all comes, where will yoiu Disunion
leaders be ? All of them at a safe and
healtbv distance from the scene of tur
moil and conflict which they nnviSrrn-"
volved us in. They will have no fears
for the contest. Though it costs the
last cent in our purses, and the last
tirop of blood in our veins, they know
it will be given, and given freely if
they cau only manage "to precipitate
revolution Thet know that with the
strong arms, stalwart frames, and brave
hearts of the border between them and
a northern confederacy, they have
nothing to fear. They know that there
the fight will begin, there . the fight
will continue, and there theffight will
end, although thereby that border will
be prostrate in every interest that en
hances, prosperity, or aids the progress
and happiness of a people.
We write these things with a sol
emn conviction of the dangers and
difficulties into which these Disunion
1 leaders hurrv us, and we 'earnestly
beg our leaders to ponder them ini all
seriousness
What the President can do.
The Washington Star argues that
the law dogs not authorize the govern
ment at Washington to take any offi
cial cognizance of , any thing whatever
the Southern States, may do in the
way bf preparation .to be ready for
ccession from the U nion in a body on
the :4th of March next. President
Buchanan can only lawfully act in
case .of the infraction of some law by
some parties or State in the South.
lie cannot lawfully move a hnger to
prevent the calling of secession con-
- . . . rt. a .
ventions m the boutbern fetates ; nor,
again, to prevent the election I of au
overwhelming majority of secessionists
to those conventions.- Nor can he in
any Way interfere with the people of
the cotton States in thleir subsequent
act of ratifying at tli polls whatever
those conventions may determine on
against the continuance of the confed
eracy. Thus, it is surely competent
for the .cotton States to be fully pre
pared kset up . a government' of their
own. whollv independent of and dis
connected" with the government of the
United States,-on the 4th of March
next, without having so violated a fed
pral law in the meanwhile, as that
,.'t y . !' ' ' - . c
TotJteJTonoralk, theGrniratAsteihr
llg of North' CarolCria; .
- Gkntlemeit : Elected ; by tne uni
versal sirffrage8 of a free people,- you
Have assembled at thetiriie'appoihted
by law, to; conulitpgeterfbrtth&
common good,-andr to adopt such inea
snres as may be demaiidcd by the pubr
lic welfare. -,7. :
Although your session. :jopens.?. .amid,
p'olitical cnibarrassmentslnour,Fed-'
era! affairs, of ; character, - calculated
to excite'in every, patriotic mind, pain-i
ful apprehensions .for the .mwntatn-i
ance of existing political rations witf
our Confederate States. 1 yet wearo
nd when thin noobrvori' of its Wdinr, rhraorCrJ T. jeviueuees oi nappiaessjaxict prosperity
do the fighting? The brave sons at that child ? wearied will play hfe? l,?Pre?W rth a em sense :of ;
has thrown himself upori the ground); aiY f;"Sa"ons to tae - Jsuprai
and resting a flushed cheek on on&' grci0s7 directdoux!
arm, he lies there breathing-equably co"n? m the past and upon whom
with motionless limbs, eyes Closed! TO' bourrieWr f fe
brain shut out.from lights and noisel lQlr?lce fr0? the viIshAt threat-:
around him. - If you touch his haruT fee oT? 'W";
he withdraws it ; if you trckle his cheek? -V 1th111 l?e poical period-embrac-4
he will impatiently tufn his head a-; Pwo.yearour, people j
side; but, even should he turn inh sffI7 ble?51 lyitii phyai-
whole body round; he will not, per-J L ; "turasofagricture, U
haps, - open his eyes-will not kUw? S.0"8wmetrht diminished, by -the
: L ii.ii'-.i.-.ii... i bliffhtmcr influences' of a dronrht thaf. I
not wake. His mind,! engaged 7
dreams, is disengaged from external Pf1 8CaS011 ve been such as to
things ; they may make impressions on :affori f, reaso;ablf reward to tho lab
ium, excite sensations .in him', but 3,r lf drai the creased
iliese sensations are not wrought 7lelu fi 0ur mi?e3- ; gTO-
into knowledge
der
would do the fi
of the soil : and who would "pay the ex
pe rises ? The men who did the fiVht
i'g. Who would run all the risks and
get none of the profits ? The men who
bore the expenses, ,'fhe citizens of ev
ery border county would be organized
as a standing army, loaded with taxes
bv; with her eves ' t , " T Vs 1 .T
lerself. was dy- a tli mU, -;n u Vi ..a L-.
like tne- waning fOE all ihW? RenH if iri
h thongh she need- j pillaged homes, and smiling farms un-
naue paier to oc
His senses aire dor4"1& T.e,nc5 Qy.&JF.
uiiu o tudu iui csvuig uraucu oi; in
dustry ; tbe ; products of mechanical
mant, or but feebly active, and his
urain is Dusy witn dreams; his limbs
motionless, his fingers relax their
grasp, and the muscles of his necb-na
longer support his head. Bufthe heart
beats vigorously, and pumps the blo6i
incessantly all over the body, the chest
expands and contracts, the stomcK
and intestines digest, and iall the stS
cretions Tire going on. We" thus per4i
ceive how superficial isthe analogy of
oicpp aim ucaiu, supposed oy me an
eients to be brothers, and even bv
moderns supposed to resemble each-
other so closely that death isr calleM
an eternal sleep. I3ut, strictly speaBI
ing, there is not only no true aritasril
onism between sleep and life, therej
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and roanufactuririff pursuits have stead
ily increased in amount and improved
in quality 4 commerce baa prospered.
and the advantages of ' education have -
L-i- i ni' i r
uepu more wiaeiy exiengea, tnan nere
tofore, exhibiting aa ever 'the natural
result of social development and moral
elevation. -. : . J;
The moral and material progress
thus materially evidenced,- may be
traced for a cause, directly and uner
ringly, to the great system of Internal
Improvements that has, foe the past
ten years, been prosecuted under tho
patronage of, the State. r;lVs4w
Our public works have steadily ad.
not even an antagonism between sleeSf. r. beginning point
and walking. In death all the activl1!16 Ant?cOceai) &ir nto the inte
4i.. uit :i.or- - ot the country, stimulatihff ' as
ities peculiar to the vital organism Ul miiTJt Bummating;as
ceas-e; in sleep they all hf 2JJ lJ1UBa 6ltf uePa",f ef
T" rlfTrrr --m-ration W. openingtoL
f hrLeve Phology- -,. Ices of public wealth tht have .hereto
Beautiful Anecdote. fore slumbered, - and otherwise; would
Mr. Kilpinrs school were two?,iave cpnunuea p lumoer. m ineir
In
i-,ti,.ra f.-nm iaun fn txviAv tronra natural Darranncss.
old. One of these children had, after v Gui(ted b thJ ex amP? 0 m7 Pre
repeated admonitions, manifested :a decessors, I will proceed to lay before,
determined, obstinate and sulky resiUyou ,the operations of the Government ;
tance. Mr. Kilpin told him that the i for th pohtical penod designated, and t
result of such.conduct would be a cha- espectfuny to suggest the,adoptxon
tisement that would not easily be for; such measures as, to me,, the public j
gotten. He was preparing to infliqtwpyW 8eem to requires More ;
ft on the still hardened child, when ,detai ed statements than wilhe
his brother Paul camlb forward ftdii-i;PatWe; wth the j nature, of r this, c6m-
treated that he might bear the punish-"1 uu, iiiw.ujr
ment of his brother. Mr; lfpm re-;.Aueads.of ,tbe peveral departments in
marked- ' - J their regular biennial reports
"My dear Paul, you are. one1 of my-J taxation ' AJS-UvV
best boys; you": have never .heeded j During the present year, the ques-
chastisement: your mind is tender :;tion oi taxation, ano tne principles
J could not be so unjust as to give youf Jupon which the taxes should be impos-i
pain, my preClOUS CUIIU. iti. .cu, uac uv.yuicu w j wHOuia-(
The dear boy said ; "I shall endurable extent, the attention bf the people. :
more pain to witness his disgrace ancTCPropositions have heeri presented,- in
suffering than anything you can inflicthapablic discussiona of the dayiav-
A Cotton Confederacy TEffect on
the Border Slave S3.
We find in-tbe Kanavf Ya.) Ee
publican the following vkketch of
the consequence' likely kse from
the destruction of the Ii and the
formation of a Cotton Cofcracy :
"But let us come a I nearer
home ; let us take a praetibommon
sense view of the mattellow are
we 6f the border to be affelbysnch
a step? What will be thfeult, so
fiir as we are concerned ? Ihe first
place, negro .property anl3 abbut
this property that the.whtlfficulty
has grown up will disapyfor no
one will risk an investment (secure.
All the nogroes that do h-un off
will be taken South andsoll prices
ruinously low, because afl large
number thus thrown intolket.-
Next, we do not raise eottoindve
will be overpowed by thejon in
terest, for, bear in mind thai- Con-
on me ; he is a little boy, andyoungei j
and weaker than I am. Tray, sir,
take me in exchange for my , poor'
brother." ? '.
"Well, James, what say you to this, '
noble offer of Paul's." . . -s.
lie looked at his brother, but mad
no reply. Mr. K. 'stood silpnt. . Paur
still entreated for tlfe punishment, ihif
it might be finished, and wept. ir
K. said :' . .
"Did you ever hear of any who bortj
insults and stripes to shield offenders
Paul." . . " '4
"0, yes sir, the Lord Jesus .Chn&'l
gave his back to the smiters tor um
poor sinners, and by his stripes we artr
healed and pardoned. O, sir, pardol j
James for my sake, and let me enduiii
the pain. I Can bear it better thaEfj
ne. - .
"But your brother does noi se
feel this anxiety, Taut r
deserve correction?
"P, yes, sir; he has broken the lawgj
of the school after repeated warnings ;
you; have said he must f uner ; inere-
oring the mode of taxing property sc-
cordipg to, value ; in spine instances
with, a limited power in the - Legisla
ture of discrimination, and in others,:
without the power of discriminating '
either "in favor of or against -any;
I particular class of persons or Any par
ticular species ot property. - All of
these propositions involve, as an in'ci-
I dent, sueh an alteration of the Con-1
stitution of the Statfe, as to require of
the Legislature to tax - slaves, accord
ing to value, instead of by enurhera-tio-n,
.&$ at present. .- '(.' '',fi.- ..
The principle of taxing property
according to value, may certainlybe
introduced with advantage, to a Hmi- .
ted extent, in every revenue system ;
and could we. imagines condition ot
society ' .where - the irenmstances of
men and their mode AP-tfe were the
same, and the property owned by.thent
of a Hire nature and kind, it might f
Does he not 1 introduced generally, with equality
and justice. But it is apprehendeil
that 'such a state of society will not
be found anywhere to exist and -certainly
not in North Carolina ,'..r; !
The knd of property owned by oar
the low post of the outer gate,, was , that .Uolton; k Kinj?, anTto be
found a boquet of wild flowers, in all de 8uervienttb that. A: We
the freshness of their dew and the , nre aa vet without manuiaei nd
constancy against the baleful power of gracefulness of their foliage. Early j our supplies must come frOm lance.
Position of Virginia.
Hon. Thomas S. Bocock, the repre
sentative in Congress from the Dan
ville, Va., district, in "a speech last
week declared in favor of Virginia's
remaining in the Union, to act as a
mediator between the general govern
ment and the seceding States. He
argued that such a policy might result
in securing additional guarantees from
.the North. Tbe Bachinond inquirer
says ; 'If South Carolina shall secede
she will indeed return we trust, speed
ily to .Jhe Union not as . a spoilt
child', &c., but in consequence of guar
anties forced from her northern ag
Tl ' .1 a T 1. 1 ,, fi, 1 1 it rol-a S r..A c T l-rw Ail wAlllll tof. C Tf3 C
their acts Qn Wmtt ami thft laws must be kent.d pcoplei'. and the usetfto which applied,
1 . . - 1 1 : -;n Urtf rnnohi i nfA vniiVv vknatit m their character.
w un r niroF iiimi iim i mm ini n, 1111 n 1 1 a. im j j 1 v. kvtii j v -T - -
nuavcfci. - 1 . r 1 r A: -: . . i 1
Avhat.can be done sir? Do take nife&o, too, witn tneir mocie 01 aier xukit
because I am stronger than he.' j- occupations and pursuits. Some own
The boy then threw his arms arounife property of a - useful and necessary
his brother s neck, and wetted hisuix
ky, hardened face wifh tears of tp(H
derness. " This was ratlr more tbajt
poor James could stand firmly; Ihb
tears began to flow, and bis heart mt?
ted ; he sought for forgiveness, aigd
embraced bis'brotber. Mr; K. clssjU
ed both in his arm3, and prayed fckT a
blessing on them' from Him of -whqm4v
it is said "He was wounded To'r out
tranigressions' ' .' V
.1 , 11 .
tne party wmcp. bangs like a
over. the fate of the nation,
cloud
kind, and which tends, in its use, to
increase the public wealth arid Hqe
general comforts of life others sucn
as is not nepes8ary, and which," in: its.
employments, fosters the growth of
luxury ministers merely to the'jdea
sures, and, too often, to the vicious
I1IUUCUI1LICB V UU1 v. v.
t Now, to act upon tne general pnn.
ciple of taxing all property a tinifonn
percentage upon the value, witho.ut re-
nrA tn ira nlmrsntpr nr kind, and the
.The New York Tribune announce , hich u mav be applied, whe-
ranties torced trom , ner-nortnern ag-, ,the approaching mnrriage ol;5lajo- fc r . erapioyed in creating and
gressors, which shallsecure her rights, i Wood t0 agilady of that cttytd . . of human ex-
her interest, her sovereignty, d.gnity f tliat he has purchased a house istence; oHn the .wastmg of .life' and
as she might rise, the . flowers were So far, we haye gone -ol pre- i
there to greet her. Who placed them 1 sumption that ; the Union wb dis-1 States