tHE IMSH HEART. a true story,:
f. ! Br MBS- U MARIA CHILD. 5 v
It was! a pleasant sight to look on James'8
and Nora in their early childhood ; their
eelcs "were so T rosy," their hair so sunny,
arid tl)ei deaf blue eyes so mild and in
noceil IThev were the youngest of a
cabin-fufl of children ; and though 'they
did now land then get a cuff from the eld
er one, with the hasty, words, "Get out of
the wayl ypu1 spalpeen, they revere the
pet and 'playmates of; them all. .Their
love for (each other was! extreme r and
v,onrli JaniesL early in childhood, evinced
the Irish! predilection for giving knocks,
he was never ikriown to : raise hihand a
eaJnst til little sister. , .When she could
first todue aooui was nis uengnt toga
vthcr the May jgowans that grew about the
wfl and put jthem in Nora's curly hair ;
J then lie would sit' before her, with his
rcstincr on hisnVesl . enntprn.
plating Ifr with the greatest satisfaction.
When they were older, they might bejseen
weeding ihej pathies" (1) side by side or
band in hand athejingberricsambngthe
hawthopp bushes, j The greatesT difler
ence betweer them seemed to be, that
James wis al fun and frolic, while Nora
was ever $erious and earnest, v ..
When the youg maiden w'as milking.
. fhe cdwsJ her soft low voice miffht usual
ly be heard, warbling some of the mourn-
fol melodies of( Ireland. But plaintive
..iH.,'
notes yeie rarely heard from James. He
came liojojvra.iiis 'daily labor whistling
like a black bird, mocking the cuckoo, or
singing,! at the top of hiis clear ringing:
Toice; the; merrv; jingle of fSt.v Patrick's
Day in.tjip torning, or -the facetioiis air
of Paud4jn (Rnflerty At dancing tod,
he excel ijed 411 the lads ofthe neighbor-,
hood. "lie could dancn Irish ; iirs?.J th rpft-
part reel, tour-part reel, or rowly powly,
to the tune ojThe Dusty Miller, or The
Rakes of! Bail v-shannv. witlr such n.nnirk
" i ' : " 1 "
car for the music. that' all 'the' lassies de-
clared .Weycou Id : see the tune upon his
feet j lte vvas, a comely lad, too, and at
weddings and Christmas carousals none
of the rustic dandies looked more genteel
thaii he, vith his buff-coloured vest, bis
knot of ribbons: at each knee, and his cau
hecn (2) leijauntingly on one ' side of his
Bead. t liein good-natured and mirthful,
he was aWeat favorite at wakes and dan
ces, and 1 festivities of all sorts : and he
migh( h&ve
uissipaieu, uau in not occn ior me nappy
cohscjoulncss pf belonging to an honest
industrious family, and being the pride
anddarlngof Nora's heart. "
iSrotwithstanumg the natural gaiety of
his disposition, pe had a spirit of enterprise,
and a lov'e of earning money. This ten
dency lehnvjeariy to think, of emigra
ting to Americn, the Eldorado of Irish im
agination, ", Nora resisted the first sugges
tion with many tears. ; But James drew
fine pictures of a farm of his own iff the
new country, a id cows and horses, and a
-pleasant Ijiauniihg'c'ar ; Jaricl': in the farm-'
iouse and the iauntinccar5. Nora was e-
vcb by his . slde; ' for with the very first
guineas hat grossed hishand, surehe
would sehd for her. The affectionate sis
ter, ccustomed to sympathise with all his
plans, soon began to help him build his
castles inj America V and every penny that
she CQuld'Carn at her spinning-wheel ,vas.
laid away fop pissage money. But when
the time actually arrived. for him to go to
Dublin,' it" was al day of sorrow. AIT the
married sisters, with their little ones, and
neighbor! from far and hear came o bid
Mm farewell, arid give their parting bles
sing.".: The. good mother was busy to the
last, storing
away somef little Vcmnfbrt in
his sea-box.
Nqra, .with the 1 big tears in
v.: ...
eyes, repeated, for the thousandth time.
" .And Jin my, mteoMrnecw, (3) if yoli grow
grana tnere! in t le nev country, you-H not
be after torgetjta lg ma? You will send, for
your owrtNora soon ?' -' 'J'"" ' ' 5"
M Forget jrou exclaimed James, while
he pressed jier warmly , to his bosom
When the; blessed sun forgets to rise o
ver the reen er rth, may be I'll forget you,
iMwiirnbcni dhctlish" (4)
Amid pfteh repeated words of love and
blcssingi he parted from them. Their mu-
tual sorrow
lant visions
. e -
wa a little softened by dis
of a final reunion of them all
But there was a fearful un-
to America.
certainty about this. The big sea might
wallow hinl ur ," he might sicken and die
Among strangers, or bad example's might
lead hirti intb evilpathsjwbrse than deaths
"To tiiii j last suggession, made by an el
er siste r, , ftdra replied - with indignant
arnesmessj Led into evil coorses in-;
le P she exclaimed ; shame beon you
lotspakxngj that same ! and he the daceri
.est arid best behaved boy in all the coun
jLonpfor. You don't know the heart
. him a$ Ij do, fr you'd never be after spa
lno of him in jthat fashion. . Ifs a shame
011 you, and indade it is. But och, 'wurrah
dkdisk, (5) lt him not sicken and die
mere ini strange country, and the sister
Jot there toj doj for him V- And overcome
picture Iher; own imagination had
town! she'buist into a passionate flood
.Till j j - ""l'r';
la aw tyeoks, came a brief letter from
BRUNER & JAMES, ;
Editors 'Proprietors,
. ! "J.
James, written on' board the ship in which
h e sailed from' . D ubliril (About 7 .months
later, catn : a" letter, ated New York,
saying he had obtained work at good wa
ges, and,l bjt God's blessing, should soon be
enabled o 'send, for his dear sister, i He
added a liipt that one of these days, when
he had alhuseof. his bwrii perhaps the
father jirid! mother would be after coming
over. Protid were they in the Irish cabin,
when thi letter was read aloud to all who
came to. ihquire after the young emigrant.
All his old cronies answered, Throth,
and Jtcd do well any where. "-He was al
ways a dacent, .clane, spirited boy, as
there,wa j widin a great , ways,of him.-
Divil a man in the ten parishes could
dancethej Baltborum jig WicU him, any
how." jy, , . w - "
1 Time passed on,: and no other letter
cameJron! James. Month after month,
poorarlvwatched with feverish anxiety
to catch fiht of her father when he re
turned ftotn the distant post office; for
he promiled if he found a letter, to wave
his handjhlgh above his head as soon as
he camel tJ the top of the hill froritinthe
house. But no letter came ; and at last
Nora fujlyl believed that her darling bro
ther- wai dead. After writing again and
again, and receiving tio answer, she at
last wrote? to the son of a neighbor, who
had emjgiiatetfto America, and begged of
mm, joe iqe love oi neaven, to ascertain
whether James was dead or alive and
send tHeni Word as soon possible. The
Irishman to w;hom this urgent epistle was
addressed I Was at work on a distant rail
road, and had no fixed place of residence;
and so it happened that Nora received no
answer tefher anxious inquiries, for more
than a year and a half af ter, they were
written, j At last, thereame a crumbled
square off soiled paper, 'containing these
words; f
. " Dear lFrittds ; Black and hevy is my
hart for the news I have to tell you.
James is in prison, cancarnin a bit of pa
per, mat ne passed lor money, oorra a
one of the nabors but will be lettin down
the tears,! when they hear of the same.
'aon't know the riehts of the case : but I
will never believe he' was a boy to dis
grace ant honest family Perhaps some
other man s sin is upon him. It may be
some comfort to you to know that his time
will be out in a year and a half, any how.
I have not seen James sense I; come vto
Ameriky; but I heern tell of what I have
writ. The blessed Mother of Heaven keep
your hart$ from sinkin down with this he-,
vy sorf ow. ' - c , ' i , -
r y j Yquirlrind and nabor, , '
, ,-1, ' ; Mike. MlJRPIlY.,, .
Deep indeed was the grief in that poor
and honest family, wiien these sad tidings
were reac. , Poor Nora buried her face in
her hands, and sobbed aloud. The old
mother rdeked violently to and fro, with
her apron at lier eyes ; arid the father,
though he tried hard to conceal his emo
tion, could not restrain the big tears from
rollingf down his, weather-beaten face.
VOch,w;d is the day'' said he, tbett ever
weletjhifn go from us. Sich a daccnt lad,
.and beloifging to a family, that never did
,a dishonest action. And sure all harts
were d pan" him, and we all so proud out
of him." f '
' 14 Flher-sjiid .'the 'weeping Nora, f I
know Ihehart of ' him' better nor 'any of
you dqesj; and 1 know he never had intui
tion tot dp any thing that would bring to
the blusli the-mother that bore him, and
the siste? that slept in his arms, when we
were both weeny things. I'll go to Ame
riky, and find out all about it, and . write
'you wprtl." j
u,Yqu go to Ameriky ! exclaimed her
mothe. . .-.-. -:- j
y l Sure (you're crazed with the big grief
thatV Jujon you, eolceri i?wchrcc, (G) or
you'd nher spake thim words." i
And kVouldn'lie follow trie to the 0nds
of the eajrth if the black trouble was on
me V replied Nora, with,passionate earn-cstness.-
" There was always kindness in
him for all human crathurs ; but he loved
me better for all the world. Never a one
had a i bad word agin him, but nobody
knew him as Fclid. Proud was I out of
himi aridllonesome in my heart, without
him And is it I will lave him alone wid
his trouble ? Troth, not if there Was ten
oceans awcen us." "
- This vehemence subsided after a while,
and they talked more calmy of how they
should hide their disgrace from the neigh
borhood That all their hearts were sad
theyj could not conceal. Day after day
their frugal meals removed almost untas
ted, and every "one stepped about silently,
as after a funeral. The very cows came
slowly arid disconsolately as if they heard
grief in the voice of. their young mistress,
when called to be milked. , And the good
old mothprno longer crooned at her spinning-whdel
the song , she had sung over
the cradle of JierdariingbbyiNgra! at
first persisted in her plan of crossing the
Atlantic , but her father, forbade it; and
she said !no, morey But; her' heart grew
more arid more impatient:; She spoke less
and less bf James, but she sigheH heavily
at her work, and her eyes were often red
with weeping. :; At last she resolved to
depart unknown t to any one. She rose
stealthily at midnight, tied up a small bun
dle jf clothing, placed ja little t bag of mo-
ney in her bosom, pa.used and ; gazea lov
inglyorihersleepingparents, hastily bruste
ed ayay the gathering tears, and stepped
Keep a check xtos all yous. -
SAIilSBURY
out into the moonlight She stood j for, a
few. moments and gazed on the ! old famil
iar hills and fields, on the potaioe patch,
where i she' and Barnes had . worked toge
ther many; a day, on the old well by the
ide of which the May go wans tgrew-, and
on the- clear white cabin, where the dear
old ones slept.- She passed intq the little
shed, that she served as a stable for, the
animals, and threw her arms around , the
donkey's neck, and kissed the cow that
knew her i voice as well as her own mo
ther did. She came forth weeDinsr. and
gazed on the bid homestead, asshe Would
gaze on the face of a dying frifend. j The
clustering memories were too much for
her loving heart, th-oppimr oniher knees,
she prayed, in an, agony of sorrow :! If it
oe a sin io go away irom.tne g;ooa piu la
ther rand mother, niver to sec thim agin,
till the judgment day, thou oh Father in
heaven, wilt - thou , forgive md ; for thou
seest I can not . lave him alone wid his
great trouble P - j-. j
JThen crossing herself, she said, in a sti
fled voice, " The Father of Glory be ;w id
ye, and bless and keep you all' v 1
Half blinded with tears, she wended
her vay over the moon-lightecl hills, arid
when her favorite cow called as usual for
her linilkirig pail, in the first blush in the
morning, she was already far on her way
to Dublin. i
' j;
And had James been criminal ? j In the
eye of the law he had been ; but his sis
ter was right, when she said he had no
intention to do a wicked thing.! Not long
after his arrival jn America, he was one
day walking along the street, in a respec
table suit of Sunday clothes, when -a stran
ger came up, and entered injq conversa
tion with him. After asking? Some indif
ferent questions, he inquired what his coat
.cost. ' h '
"Sixteen dollars,'' was the alnswer.
I will give you twenty for it," said the
stranger: for I am going away in a hur
ry, and have no time to get one made."
James was as unsuspecting las a child.
He thought this was an excellent oppor
tunity to make four dollars to jsend to his
darling sister ; so he readily agreed to the
1 s
s I want a watch, too," said) the stran-
ger ; but perhaps you would ;not be wil
ling to sell yours for ten dollars V
James frankly confessed that it was two
dollars more than he gave for jt, and ve
ry willingly consented to the jtransfer.
Some weeks after he attempted to pass
the money the stranger had given him,
and he found, to his dismay, that it was
counterfeit. After brooding over his dis
appointment for some time, he came to a
conclusion at which better educated men
than himself have sometimes arrived. He
thought to himself " It is hard for a poor
man to lose so much, by no fault jof his own.
Since it was put off upon me Ij just put it
off on somebody else. May (be) it will
keep goingthe rounds, or-thatj somebody
will lose it that can better afford it than I
can.
It certainly was a wrong Conclusion ;
but it was a bewilderment of the reason
ing powers in the mind of an ignorant
man, and "did not involve wickedness of
intention. He passed the money, and was
soon after arrested for forgery.j He told
his story plainly, but, as he admitted that
"he knew the money was counterfeit when
he passed it, the legal construction of his
crime was forgery in the second degree.
He had passed three bills, and had the
penalty of the law been enforced with its
utmost rigor, he might have been sentenc
ed, to the State Prison ,1'or 15 years ; but
appearances were so much in his favor,
that the court sentenced him for 5 years.
Five years taken away from the young
life of a laboring man, spent in silent toil,
in shame and sorrow for a blighted repu
tation, was, indeed, a heavy penalty for
confused notions of right and wrong con
cerning bits, of paper, stamped with a no
minal value. But law in its 'isest and
kindest administration, cannot I always
make nice distinctions between thought
less errors and wilful crimes. - j !
It is probable James never felt the de
gree of compunction, that it is supposed
every convict ought to feel ; for the idea
was ever with him that if he had. sinned
against government, hexlid not mean . to
sin against God. That he had disgraced
himself, he knew full well arid felt most
keenly. The thoughts of what Nora and
his good old mother would suffer, ;if they
could see him driven to hard labor with
thieves and murderers, tore his soul in an
guish; 1 He could not bri ng his mind to
write to them, or send them any tidings
of his" fate. He thought it was better that
they should suppose him dead, than know
of his disgrace. Thus the weary months
passed silently away. . The laugh of his
eye and the bound of his step? were: gone.
Day after day he grew more jdisconsolate
and stupid.' " ' I
i He had been in prison about four years,
when one-of the keepers told him that a
young woman had come to visit him; and
he had permission to see her. Hp follow
ed'sileritly; wondering: who' it could be ;
and a moment after he was locked irt his
sister's arms. For some time nothing but
sobs were aiidible;: Tbey looked mourn:
fully in each others faces, thert fell on
each other's neck, and wept again.7 $ V
; .".'And Tso yoii knew, me, piavoureen ?
saiu iora, at last trying w " , - , . '
hr trc x ' i ' " ' . ' . i
tSic-
? JUL12, 1845. ;
. " Know: yoii P he replied, folding her
more ; closely "to . his breast. A cushla
machree, (7) " iirid . would'nt I krio wy our
shadow on the wall of the darkest cellar
they, could put nie in ? But who came
wid y6iX,mavoureenr ' , ' r:
Troth, and it was alone I corhe. I run
away in the night. 4 1 hope it wasn't wrong
to lave the good father and mother when
they had spoke agin my coming. J wouldn't
like to do any thing displaising to God.
But Jimmy, machree. my heart was break-
in' Widout you ; and 1 couldn't lave you
alone w id your great trouble. Sure its
long lago I would have been wid you, if
you had lets a lenown of yourmislortin."
1 he poor fellow wept afresh ,at these
assurances of his sister's affection." When
he vvas calmer, he told her circumstan
tial! how the great trouble had come up
on mm. i i
"God be praised for the words you
spake " j-eplidd Nora, " It will take a load
off of hearts at home, w hen thev hear of
the same. I jalways said there was no sin
in yciur heartj; for who must know that
better nor me, who slept in the sameucra
dle ? A blessing be wid you, mavournccn.
The music's in my -heart to hear the sound
of your voice ; agin. And proud will I be
out of you, aj 1 used to be when all eyes,
young and old, brightened on you in warm
old Ireland' ! ' : ' .
" But Norah, dheelish, the disgrace is on
me," said theiyoung man, looking down.
"They will say I am a convict."
" Sorra a fig I care for what they say,"
replied the Warm-hearted erirl. " Don't I
know the heart that is in you? Didn't 1
say there was no sin in your intintions,
though you was shut up in this bad place:
And if there had been if the black mur
der had been widin you, is it Nora would
be after laving you alone wid you sin and
your shame? Troth, I would weary the
saints in heaven wid prayers, till they
made you a better man, for the sake of
your sister s" love. But there was no sin in
your heart ; land proud I am of you, a suit
lishachreel; (8) and bad luck to the
rogue that bTOUghLypu into all this trou
ble." 1 j -
The jceeper reminded themtmtt-the.
time allowed for their interview was near
ly spent I
" You will come agin ?" said James im
ploringly. '. You will come to me agin,
acushla imackree ?"
" I had to beg hard to see you once," re
plied Nora. I " They said it was agin the
rules. But when I told them how I come
alone across the big ocean to be wid you
in your trouble, because I knew the heart
that was iniyou, they said I might come
in. it is a heavy sorrow that we cannot
spake together. But it will be acomfort,
mavourneen o be where I can look on
these stone walls. The kind man here
they call the chaplain says I may stay
with his family ; and sure not an hour in
the day but II will think of you, a villish,
(9) ' The same moon shines here that used
to shine on jus when We had our May
dances pn the green, in dear old Ireland ;
and when they let you get a glimpse of
her bright face, you can think may be
Nora is looking up at it, as she usedtodo
when she was your own weeny darlint,
wid; the shamrock and go wan in the hair.
I will work and lay by money for you ;
and when you come out of this bad place
it's Nora will stand by you ; and proud
will IJ be out of you, a suillish machree.
The young man smiled as he had not
smiled for years. He kissed his sister ten
derly, as he! answered, " Ah, Nora, ma
vourneen, its yourself that was always too
good to me. j God's blessing be wid you,
acushla machree. It will go hard widrne,
but I vyill make some return for such good
ness." '',
" And sure its no goodness at all," re
plied Nora. " Is it yourself would be af
ter leaving me alone, and I in the great
trouble ? Hat, tut, Jimmy, avick. Sure
it's nothing at all. Any body would do it.
You're as dacent and clever a lad as iver
3'ouwas. Sing that to your heart, ma
vourneen. It's Nora that will stand by
you, all the world over."
With a smile that she meant should be
a brave onebut with eyes streaming with
tears, she badcj her beloved brother fare
well. He ehibraced her with vehement
tenderness, and, with a deep sigh, return
ed to his silent labor. But the weight
was taken off his heart, and his step was
lighter ; for
f Hope's sunshine lingered on his prison wall.
And Love looked in upon his solitude."
Nora remained with the kind-hearted chap
lain, ever, watching the gloomy walls of Sing
Sing. When her brother's term expired, she
was at the prison door to welcome him, and
lead him forth into the sunshine and the free
air. Rev. John Lucky, the chaplain, whose
name will life in the grateful recollection of
many a poor prisoner, received them into his
house, cheered , and .strengthened their hearts
by kind words and judicious counsel, and sent
therh to the office of the Prison Association,
No.' 13 Pino-street, New York. ,As James
brought Certificates of good conduct-while Jn
prison, the Association lent him tools, and re
commended him to a worthy mechanic. At this
place he' would have remained, had not his em
ployer needed journeyman thoroughly versed
fn his trade.YIt " the policy at Sing Sing not
to allow the prisoners to learn all the branches
of any bonnets, lest they should come into com
pet:.oii' with S mechanics out of the prison.--What
Jame had been accustomed to do he did
with great industry and expertness ; ,but he
could not do j all the - mechanic ; required, and
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was therefore kindly, and honorably dismissed.
; Had he been dishonest, he might have gone
off. with the tools ; but he came to the office of
the Association, to ask whether they were will.
ing he should keep them till he could obtain work
elsewhere, and earn enough to pay for them.
They, of course, consented very- cordially, and
told him to remember that, so long as be behav
ed well, they would always be friends in need.
His sister was with him, like his shadow, and
their earnest expressions of gratitude weretru
lyafiecting. , They are doing well, and doubtless will do
well. May the blessing of our Father be with
them. The? are two of the kindest hearts and
most transparent souls, among that reverent,
loving, confiding, hut impulsive people, -who, a
bpve all others, deserve to., be called te little
children of the nation.
(1) Potatoes. (2) Cap. (3) Barling. (4( Sweet
darling;! (5) Sweet Virgin. (0) Pet of my
heart. (7) Pulse oi my heart. (8) Light of
my heart. (9) Dear. I-
From the American Tenny Magazine.
The Christian Alliance -propose to us the,
people of Italy, as the first object of inte
rest. Truly there is much in their pre
sent condition to recommend them to ur
special attention. While most other na
tions of Europe partake, with some de
gree of freedom, of the intellectual light
which pervades oar-own country, Italy is
denied its enjoyment, under severe penal
ties. Although the fact is not generally
realized here, knowledge of the most im
portant kinds is now as much, prohibited
in some parts of Italy, as it was in Eng
land four centuriesago, and indeed under
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there are not wanting those who desire
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iles in different countries, who cannot live
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pnhVipiesT afid -many of whom are alrea
dy robbed of propert77ing(ytolced to
imprisonment or death, for no immorality,
but merely for conscience sake.
In short, there are multitudes, at home
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with affecting earnestness, a solemn appeal
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and the affecting claims presented to them
by the people of. Italy, can fail to see, that
the promotion of religious liberty through
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ing. Think of the results, lirst in Italy,
then in countries under the influence of
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months past. But who will ask it now,
since the Pope himself has decided it by
the strongest affirmation he can give ?
Hence the feelings excited by th late
crowded meetings of the Christian Alli
ance in New York and Boston. The plan
is feasible"; the castle of midnight, whose
dark shadow has spread over Europe and
many other countries the gloom under
which they have lain for more than a
thousand years, is accessible to light ; her
very garrison supplicate us to withhold it
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printing presses to bear point blank upon
the walls and battlements, to gain, for the
human race, a glorious, a mighty, and a
bloodless1 victor'. '
Death from Tobacco. We learn from
the Dedham Democrat that a little boy of
six years old, son of Mr. Lewis Cobbet.of
West Dedham; went to the store of Mr.
Jason Ellis, Jr., in that place, and asked
the clerkja boy by the name of Hank, for
some kind of confectionary that he was
told they had no sugar plums, but he could
have some tobacco. , The child replied
that tobacco would make him sick. The
clerk argued that it would not, and took
a cracker and put on some butter and mo
lasses and tobacco, and succeeded in some
way in getting it-down the child. The
little fellow was taken with vomiting soon
after, and continued to do so for several
days, and at length: went into fits, and fi
nally died on Thursday, the Gth instant.
- FLATTERING INFERENCE.
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It is a maxim in the schools,
.That women always dote on fools ;, ,
; If bo. dear 'Jack. I'm sure, yoor wife ;
Must loTe you as he docs her life.- y ;
: :- 1IUSII "COLLEGER -
In the debate on the MaynoctU Bill, which'
has been going on in theUritUh Parliament for, -t
some time, the loyalty ofthe hishCathoJics was
impugned by the opposition. The Earl of Ito-'
den mentioned an anecdote which showed a " ;
strong feeling of attachment for buV own coun
try , inthe college for. . whichhe grant ia pr0, .
posed. .The Earl of . Itoden urged as an objeci r 1
tion to the grant, that the students of the insuV !
tution entertained disloyal sentiments. He said
that on Christmas and St. Patrick's night fes. i
tivilies were indulged, and on- one of these be-; . x
casions. theEarl remarkedii V ' "j ' ' " ;
' " A priest in the county-of Kerry was select- ;
ed to show off his vocal powers on one of those -
nights ; ho chose frorrrhis7 collection of songs j ;
one composed by a Roman Caiholic Bishop of - f
America. I Of the loyalty, or disloyalty of this
poetic effusion, I leave the meeting to judge. I ;
shall repeat a few lines ofjtTroni memory : -v-
, " 'Columbia's banner floats on high,
r H(fr eagle seizes on its prey e
Then Erin wipethy tearfuLeye.1 " "J ' " 1
And cheer your hopes onTatrick's day. "
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" 'The toast we'll drink is Albion's fait, '
Alia Erin's joy on Patrick's Iaj 4 r - - -
" In a college supported by a royal grant, and
in the presence of above six hundred loal men,
you would expect that such treason was instant-
ly scouted -no; ir was?-cheered" and encour-'
aged. This song war sung in "all directions
through the college, and I never heard that the
professors or acting superiors censured or re
buked those who sung this disloyal production
GREENSBORO HIGH SCHOOL.
It is a matter of gratification to the friends
of education and of our town, to note .
the steady increase of scholars, and other
indications of ultimate and permanent suc
cess in our High School.' 'Now? pVth'e J!
roll and in regular '''atteno
seventy students Theminds of those vc-
tx kindhcartcd and charitable 'ihdividuals.ri
ai a oistancev wuo say inai inc numocr 01
the School is made up of little boys -r who T-
have to be attended by .-their nurses,:ixiay 1 1
bet set at case: the idea-" should not bo K ;
suffered to torture their cicfcr, feelings 1
any longer.. There are only ' eleven ; or , ; j .
twelve of the whole number whose schoK; ' J
astic advancements do, not require' that" H ;
they shall pay full tuition. j!Ahdthere f
are in the High bchooi no greater propor
tion of srnaltscholars thanwas iual in
the . Institute.'- :; ':f
It is desirahle that the public should un--derstand,
the Greensboro ;lligh School is
not a rival of the Caldwell Institute orof;
any other institution ; but.thatit is alone ; :
emulous of tho highest character that can:
attach to aninstitution of its 'grade,' and
that under the Trustees who have been
chosen, and-the Faculty who have its": r
-management, it will sustain that charac-'
Li!- rrui" 1 1. III t.
ler. i uu scuuui win cuuuuuo io uc worv
thy the long-cherished fame of Guilford as
ancient seat ol learning. Urecnsboro x
iratriui.
From the New Orleans Picayune, June SI. ,
THE CAMANCHES AND, THE MEXICANS.;"
Our readers may recollect that our latest ac
counts from the northern borders of Tcxaa re-
presented that a large body of Carnancheg vrero .i
encamped on Little -River, and that the head j
chiefj had sent in a runner to President Jones, ;
askingbis permission to allow their families to
remaise the Buffalo range near4hefrontier,
while the warriors of the. tribe .went on an.ex
pedition against the Mexicans; lt Was only tm- S
til wc saw a recent number of the Red Lander : ,
that wo were made acquainted with the causes f it ?
which havo induced the Camanches;to- plan a y -
ne w and grand attack upon the frontier settle- -j
ments; . - " . -Vv
It would seem that not long since P4j-chlii.at
quahhip, or Buffalo Hump, one of the principal t
Camacche chiefs, was sent to Mexico with threo I . -men,
who were also chiefs, t wo women " and 'a " . '
child, to off'r peace to that people.-! On arriving r
El Paso del Norte, they wero creeted i bv ":
the Mexicans with every, demonstration of t
friendship, and directed to proceed to San Fert
nando on their pacific mission,t-yhen lhey;
first reached that place they, were again treated
in a friendly manner the citizens made every
demonstration of peace and escorted them, to ,
the public square ; but before they had time to
dismount they were ffreuLupon by an warmed f'5
force, that had been concealed "in ;lho 'houses 1
whichlkilled three men and one womawf Tho
other woman and child, who were the wile andj?i
child of Buffalo. Hump, were taken " prisoners, f 4
and hc alone succeeded in making liis, escape, '
This act of treachery has exasperated the Ca-J"
manches to such a degree that they have sworn
summary vengeance, and the fbrco with which
they intended to attack the frontier settlemehts $ ; f
of Mexico consisted ofcover one thousand of
their picked warriors. - If they fbayereally i
started on the expedition wo shall hear of -ho..
enactment of bloody scenes before the summer ,
is over. .".,'!:' . ' . ' "
Singular Imw Case. The New Orleans
Crescent City has the foliowfrigliotice of
a case tried in that city :
M.
Citv CouKTBefore Judge Collens. A l
novel case-vas decided, yesterday, in tbis
court, in which a boy aged about 10 years )
was claimed ly two persons, each main-'
taining that she was the real mother. -
The plaintiffs, John Paul and Martha Paul '
htsT wife, had lost their-sonVabouttwo
weeks ago, and some few days since had
been informed that the defendant, a Mrs.
Hughes; had the boy in her possession;-.
The latter had lost a son some three years H
and aMilf agoahd found this child whom
she and lome friends said they identified r
as the child lost f aC thaOimeby Iri,t i
IlUgncs. lun ctiau wtujwcu me uuuri' t
for three dap but jglfnentiwas'givch )
ih favor of theplaintiffs, itf haiingbceri , f
satisfactonljr proved that the boy was the
sonf of! John and Martha Paul For some Jf
titsv!he;(ihe child) persisted in stating
that he really was the son of Mrs. Hughes, J j
and denied his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul, r
and it was not until he was removed fromi? '
the influence of Mrs. Hughes' presence; !
that he admitted his real identity. Wo
believe that this Is a case without prece-.. .3
dent, except the one stated, to have been ,
broncht before King Solomon, which is-
recorded in the liiblc. :
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