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ftfSOF Tin: C1SOLLY1 W1TCIUIAX. n- n-et vrar, Two Dollars payable in ii!ir,r..n. ;( jn aJvancf( Two Do,ar9 Willi charged. J f "r, in8k.rtrJ it $1 for the first, nnd 25 cts. trlti'ot ecti sul4rqutnl insertion. Courtorders ' per cn(. fiitfher than these rates. A lib- : ' .t,- KJitor must be post paid. i to I n.in the Lady's Keepsake HE REFORMED. INEBRIATE. manv years since I was in a certain i I riA mm in A I n n! iatv wt)tio int. nciiesi uuiuxiuiMi enounces , ' iv ol scenery unusually fine, though Li V w . . " Keep A check upox all tour 5 n ( Jbdilor y Proprietor. 1 1 Rulers. .tif-- wo this, axd Liberty is safk." ' . 1 ti Gen' l Harrison. ( NEW SERIES. VOLUME VIII-NUMBER 27. SALISBURY, N. C-THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1851. ji'l'v ahiuji ami very high hills, wooded to f ......nil. exc-epf a small, irip olTcultiva ru" . - . . J near wit it base, and terminating on who had spoken them with vinltnpaain ri,,I.., .jomehai extensive, bordered on the him off his uard, and would have strand him hut for the interference of others. When he founfJ himself overpowered by superior sirenaih ! he revenged -himself by the most fearful curses a i it i . - i . .. .u m i nmn" uplands covered wiih : .Dniu,l ..,; n.. - i ... ,y . norm - v.... 1 r,-'ai7 on uis poor wile, whom l ..f V a ri'H ! . A fl tl I I fct r ii f n m 1 1 r Kfa.in-1" J ,.J through tnenuwws, now uanowed ...i. I. .uka. III. IV I n:a ikI i n ir into hrtn nig . ' , -i " , dr wfm h in)(i a n.iur mill. I he I (M?ei some u.iys ni I nis time, ii s!"iing l"vii f the sfrfam ; and f X t Ii t-r e tlxurliied ihree lare dii 'p l,jWg, which I hoped might always es jne a-nJ ymvv old, Hs g iardiaiis of gain, with abusive epithets, he ordered to "go home, and noi expose herself in this ridiculous maimer !" ' Nov Walter,' said his wife, rising at afe and confronting him wiih pale bu' determinwi face, 4 no I will not return to you. I coiild have borne, as I have Uun done. vur harsh. iness and violence towards me: hut'vnu hvp his ti in hi raised lourliaurl aauini it... I:.. e ... . : n - j mic inrs oi J ..rrv i;-r eu .ora.uy was nxetl j these children ; and, as it is my dutv before LvrntMnory uy me circunHiauce, that over i God lo p.oiect them. 1 leave vn CJor v jr i0 twthl be seen a cottage situated on Whatever reply the drunkard miht have ol lb mountain, ju.i in the verge of made, it was drowned in the indignant clamors (,oud, and about half a rmle duunt. The of the bystanders, and he was hurried off " o l nc.l 01 in siiu.m.1,1 Kaio ii so iff lUIUlT ol liail. Hid iv . s , r l... .l r ' .n,t I oh-erved ihen ikm .vU.i,.,. I . v. : . : V " . . a'cu ,ur sympa- i f i W t i . . Ir kfo a garden was choked with lall weed - V) I sniifi a jkier'd Ibal.u rude screen of boards ben tiwh directly in front ol the cottage, t i hubut out all view of tho neighboring t, i inu. This sirange precaution seemed 't ;iihr"icl; or, was it arjopted for the pur , ol concealing from curious eyes what r M piu within doors ? To my inquiry who t j,jiied thai hermit's hut, the rejily was, .loiter 15 . I J be U who married Jane S 7' The lame.' . jjernamti called up distant recollections. I l;j jMn Nlis S once at a rustic ball. She til l country beauty, rather better educated liai most of the damsels who were her com juni. Indeed, her father used to complain t!,i she iptfMi too much time in reading His i.!-V wis, that after a girl had lell school and c Ijileied her education, she had nothing more D ) i't liouki. IJur he rarely interfered ex t J hy a little grumbling with her pursuits, c tcuil us his house was always in the bt st t r and his dinners excellent. Jane was a t'l ee housi-keeper, and her leisure hours she ni ii pleased herself not heeding her fa : f ominous shake of the head, when he Ler earnestly devouring a book, or noiiced shelves tilled with books in her litile chain She will leave oil' such follies when minie was his consolatory remark ; and uth, when thtftiudulged gnl did marry, w he Irsh-gave up her leading or not, she did uller it to interfere with lier household du- &he was the must exemplary wife and rjhrr in. (he rouuiry ; and all her neighbors fc:el.li tpines3 lioin h.r union with young 1 . His father had lefi him u stna farm jil iotked, wiih a house large enough lor cMt and everj elegance ; and few menVbe. ; Jifft wiilrbeier prospects ol contentment. Wier was active and ambitious, and wanted yccure somi'ihing mure ihan a competence o!d ae. My acquaintance, with the young tt;.!e had left them thus, and 1 was naturally fie hat surprised to tind them living in a Ijtue'ol so liiile preiension. j The only -marvel about it,' said the lriend arm! ex-pressed my wonder, 4 is, that they ih a home at all. (VJien Walter took to -p, his stock went fiit, ad then his farm ais,ncl.ctcd, till at last when so.d to pay his tf, it brought le'iban hiflf il value. Ala! it was ihe cuiiimon siory of the intern- pieman: first, moderate indulgence in fre r,fut contiva! meetings wiih his friends ; thnn tiuua excesses that untitled him for work f jd jn during which time he would vow and rf lrViiKl pledge his, wid n, his wife thai fh should be tho last followed by more iu in i ur (omit excess, III I the mul ihe vi. inii was nrnled, and ihe very N who bad led hun into the vice, uba i d hi in in disgust. rNice ihe detertiou of his boon companions, 'h ler had become gloomy and sullen a mood . i uuuer ina ext iteineni -Sb gave place to wild and savage ferocity. fe children ran from him if they saw 'withe road; and it was rumored ta1 his 'cM home loo .frequently witnessed his fM hrmality towa.ds his unoffending wife. M.:ne ion removed to his retired collar on (f moumain; and the screen of boards .he vl It. V tier !.. .. n i I ,,j vav,uu(-u uii ooservauon. I liteiied to this melancholy history wit HT empathy for the unfortunate girl, ' u eougni no assist- M iriitn the neighbors, and few visited her, ryr'lj oeraus thev d I ''CJU le herself did not encourage ; bright cheek thising female acquaintance, and soon provided with a permanent situation, wheje by rhe la. bor of her hands she could support herself and little ones. And soon, very soon, did herchaixr. edappearance bear wfmess to the improve, fnent. She became contented and even cheer ful ; and jhe playful caresses ol her children beguiled her of many sad thoughts. When B. awoke from his intoxication in pri son, the recollection, bf what he had done, over, whelmed him wiih shame and remorse. He sentfor one oi his neighbors, and entreated hiwlo go on his part to his injured wife, sup plicate her forgiveness,' and pledge the most solemn promise of future amendment. Jane wept much ; she forgave him from her heart, as she prayed God-he might be forgiven j but she could not tmst his oft. violated word, and sacrifice her children. Her determination was fixed ; and for weeks-together, though with a bleeding heart, she returned the sarranswer to the entreaties oT her repentant husband. Sheared not even see him. lest her resolution might be shaken. When at last B. was discharged from jail, full of indignation at what he termed the cruel obstinacy of his wife, he made no effort to see her or the children ; but after shutting him self up a month or two in the cottage,which had been saved, by timely attention, horn bring burned on the night of Jane's escape he d parted, no one knew whither. He left a re proachfuLletterto his wife, professing himself driven 6 desperation, and laying on her the blame of. his future crimes. No furniture of any value was found in the hoose, the greater part having been disposed of to procure food and liquor. - Two years after this occurrence, (I have the particulars from a friend,) a crowd was assem bled round the jail in the little town of . A murder, under the most appalling circum stances, had been committed in the neighbor, hood : a man to whom suspicion attached had been arrested, and, after strict examination, committed for trial. Particulars that had Iran spired left no doubt of his guilt on the minds of the people ; and it was with suppressed exe c rations that the multitude followed the suspect ed felon to prison. When he disappeared from their sight within the gloomy walls, the popular rage broke out in groans and murmurs. One woman, young and interesting in appear ance, who had listened with undisguised eager ness to a knot of idlers discussing the case, walkedawav when thev enrfpH iheir fnnfnrru and. presenting herself at the door of the mag istrate who had conducted the examination, ask- ii .... en leave to speak wiih him. It was the wife of B. She had seen her husband led to jail, load ed with the inol ten ible suspicions, and she came to have her worst fears allayed or con firmed. The magistrate soothed her hy assur. wig her l hat th h evidence against B., though strong, was only cjrcumstancial, and Jy no means absolutely proved his guilt. It was im possible to say what might be Ihe event of the irial ; but theie was ground for hope. Poor Jane clung to this hope : 'Oh, sir,' sobbed she, ' if he is guiliy, and must die. it ts I who have murdered him! I deserled him, when all the wdrld cast him out ! When the unhappy wife returned home, it was to give way to the bitter anguish of re. thej upbraiding of vagrants without ; and those wbp looked into bis window, saw him most frequently seated quietly at the table, reading, or fvith his head on his hand in deep thought. With thankfulness unspeakable Jane saw the change ; but her joy was dashed with sadness, when on one of her visits the prisoner besought herj, with piteous entreaty, to bring him a hot tie jof brandy. t now occurred to the wife to do whaf she hat) never dared when B. was at home to force on his perusal some tracts containing the most aVful warnings against intemperance, and encouragements to the victim to struggle for recovery. He had no other books to lie guile the time ; he could not now, as formerly, raf at. or punish her, even had he any suspi cion who she was : what might ensue if he read thejm ? Her effort was crowned with success. Not week had passed, when the abject en treaty for liquor which had been ur"ed night attpr night- was dropped, to be renewed no more. Jane's heart throbbed when she thought of this ; but, alas ! even if he were really refor. med, would he live, to prove himself so ? Thus days rolled on, and the time for the tri al arrived. The prisoner had communicated wijth his counsel ; witnesses had been sent for; th principal lawyer engaged in the prosecution had unfolded the chain of evidence by which his guilt was to be proved ; the court was to open next morning. The accused bad receiv edj some of his former acquaintance during the day and as night drew near, he was alone. Oji his table lay a letter he had just written. He was pacing the room, tranquil, but with a mjnd filled wiih painful thoughts. The jailer opened the door; announced a name, received the prisoner's startled assent ; and the next mbmentthe long estranged husband and wife wre together. B. did not stir; he was petti fied by surprise ; but Jane rushed to him ; her arms were round his neck, and she wept aloud. Her husband was moved, but struggled appar ently with bis pride: he unclasped 1ier arms, stepped back a little, and looked earnestly at her. jSad indeed the contrast between the two : the man almost spectral in aspect, haggard, wjan, emaciated not even the shadow of his fojimer self; the woman blooming in the fresh ness of almost maiden beauty ! No unhallow. ed vigils, or excess, or evil passions, had slam pfd their traces on her brow, or marred the smetry of her form ; and the very purity and tendernftssjhat shone in her expression rebu ked the conscious sinner as loudly as if an an gel's tongue bad proclaimed his degradation ! As he shrank back and stood thus silent, Jane stretched out her hands beseechingly 'Ob, Walter !' she cried, 4 have you not yet forgiven me V 4 Forgiven you, Jane? Oh, Heaven," what a wretch am I !' 4 I was wrong, Walter, to desert you, even at the worst ; but oh, say you do not bear hard thoughts toward me !' j Tell me, Jane is it you who brought me these ? pointing to the books. j 4 Yes, Walter for I thought you would read them now ; and ' j She was interrupted by the sobs of her hus band : he sank on his knees as if to thank her ; but to prevent that, she knell with him, and pjrayed for him in the deep emotion of her heart. When B. was sufficiently cafm he asked af ter his children, and, pointing to the table said There, Jane, is a letter I had written you, ijn a belter spirit, I trust, than the last. If it were God's will I should live longer, I might make a better husband and father ; but I dare not think of that now.' j Jane longed to ask one question, but her tongue refused to utter the words. Her hus band seemed to read the meaning of her anx ious look. 4 Before high Heaven,' said he, 4 1 declare to you that I am innocent of the crime for which 1 shall.be tried to-morrow!' ! A shriek of joy, scarce suppressed, burst from the wife : she clasped her hands and raised them upwards ; gratitude denied her speech. 4 Then you will live !' she gasped at length. 4 No, Jane, I dare not hope it : and I deserve to die. I am guiltless of murder but what morse to weep and sob all night as if her j have I been to you and my children ? What heart would break. 4 How have I been able pjhave I been these last years ? a reckless out- ilhthe j to kneel night and mortiing to ask pardon of i cast my own destroyer the enemy of God ! now i liod, she cried to herself. 4when I refuse mv I lell vou. Jane I have lonw looked to the pal. . ...j . j ..... 0 0 aid to save a fellow being from destruction 7 j. slows as the end of my career, and I have come And yet these little ones, and she hung lo it at last ! But I have mastered the tyrant worst enemy.- I thank God that he has sup ported me through the struggle. It was a ter rible one !' I need not at length record this intervieAv.-L I need say no more than that, after weeks of the most agonizing suspense and anxiety, Jane had the happiness to hear that her husband was fully acquitted ut the crime laid to hi., charge to receive him once more, and welcomeirn to a home. For months he lay helpless, the victim of a watting sickness; but his wife worked day and night t., procure bim comforts and her children pued round his bed; and in her heart was what the poet sweetly terms " hymn of thankfulness" never silent. When he recovered, he found it not hard to bear her company in her cheerful toil ; and never would he suffer himself to be persuaded to touch what once had proved his bane, and so nearly bro't him lo an ignominious end. It is not long since I heard an address of touching eloquence, on the subject of Temper ance, delivered by Waller B . There was truth in every word of it, for he deeply felt what he uttered ; and it came home to many a heart, and drew tears from many an eye. He told his own history, and described himself as once the most wretched and lost among the victims of that vice; and yet there had "been others more lost than he, who recovered. It was this, he said, that first inspired him with hope for himself. THE MEXICAN CAPTIVES. Since our recent publication relative to this subject, we have been permitted to copy from documents received at the De partment of the Interior, the following "arguments" between J. J. R. Bartlett, Esq,, the Boundary Commissioner, through John C. Cremony, interpreter, with the chief of the Apaches, concerning the two Mexican captive boys taken from them in July last, namely : j Mangus Colorado Why did you take our captives from lis? Commissioner Your captives came to us and demanded our protection. Ma ngus Colorado You came to our country. You were well received by us. Your lives, your property, jyour animals were safe. You passed by ones, by twos, and by threes, through our country ; you went and came safe. Your starved ani mals were always brought home to you again. Our wives, our children, and wo men, came here and visited your houses. We were friends! We Were brothers! Believing this, we came amongst you and brought our captives, relying on it that we were brothers, and that you would feel as we feel. We concealed nothing, we came not here secretly in the night. We came in open day and before your faces, and we showed our captives to you. We believed your assurances of friendship, and we trusted them. Why did you take our captives from us? Commissioner-What we have said to you is true and reliable. We do not tell lies. The greatness and dignity of our nation forbids our doing so mean a thing. What our great brother has said is true and good also. I will tell him why we took his captives from him. Four years ago we, too, were at war with Mexico. We know that the Apaches make a dis tinction between Chihuahua and Sor.ora. They are at peace with Chihuahua, but always fighting against Sonora. We in our war did not tnak that distinction. The Mexicans, whether living in one or the other State, ate all oneknation, and we fought them as a nation. Well, when ihe war was over, in which we conquered, we made peace with them. They are now our friends, and by the terms of the se-Do of the wrongs we have suffered, and those you now do us. (Very much excited.) xou must not speak any more. Let some one else speak. (addressing Mr. Cremony, the interpreter.) J Comrnissioner-I want you to under stand that I am the very one to speak ; the only on e here who can speak, (per mtor.ly.) Nou-. do sjl dtnVniUwill uu no more talk with you but will lect a man. (belonging to Dalgadito. you come and speak for your nation. a,gau.ioi wish to explain to our Apache brethren the reasons that have actuated us in this thing, and what we can do for the master of these captives. We know that you have not done this thing secretly, or in the dark. You came as braves, in open day and brought your captives among us. We ate obliged to obey the orders of your great chief at Washington as you warriors are obliged to obey your commanders. The great chief of our union says You must take all iMexican captives that you meet among the Apaches, and set them at liberty.' k V thi?' '0U mUSt knoxv we cannot dis obey. For this reason we have taken your captives from you. Dalgadito we do not doubt the word of our brave white brethren. The Amer leans are braves, te know it; and we be heve a hrave scorns to lie. But the own er of these captives is a poor man ; he cannot lose his captives who were obtain ed at the risk of his life, and purchased by the blood of his relatives. He justly demands his captives. We are his friends and relatives, and we wish to see this d. mana complied with, justice we demand it. Commissioner I will now tell my Apa che brethren what can be done for them. The captives cannot be restored.- The Commissioner cannot buy them, neither can any American buy them; but there is here in our employ a Mexican who is anxious to buy them, and restore them to their homes. We have no objection that this Mexican should do so ; and, if he is not rich enough some of us will lend him the means to do so with. Dalgadito. The owner does not wish to sell ; he wants his captives. Commissioner. I have already told my broth er that this cannot be, I speak not with iwo tongues. Make up your minds. Dalgadito. The owner wants twentv horses for them. Commissioner. The Apache laughs at his white brother ! He thinks him a squaw, and that he can play with him as with an arrow ! Let the Apache sav aaiu. ajgadiio. The brave who owns these cap lives does not wish to sell. He has had one .uuee iu; ooys six years. lie grew up ters, to the necessity of unremitted cxer tions to preserve our glorious Union, and to what has been so seasonably and well done, with so much ability, eloquence and patriotism, by some of our eminent coun trymen, you invite mc to leave, for a time, my quiet abode here, to appear in your great city, and to address my fellow citi zens on the actual condition, and menac ing danger of our country. I feel, gentlemen, with the greatest in terest and the deepest solicitude, the full force of all that you have expressed ; and I would gladly comply with your wishes and even dedicate the remant of a life, tho largest and best part of which has been spent in the public services, to the cause ot the Union, if the state of my health would allow me. and. if I believed that any fresh exertions of mine would be use ful. fSWver since thr long session of the last Congress, during which my ardu ous duties were greater than I was well -able to encounter, my health has been del icate, and it has remained so throughout the past summer. I hope that ij is improv ing. but it still requires the most assidu ous enre; and I entertain serious appre hensions that if I were to accept your in vitation, and throw myself into the scenes of excitement incident to it, Jy strength might fail me. and my presfnt debility might be much increased. There is no place, I am fully aware, where I should find more ardent anrhenthusiaslic friends in one party, and more courtesy and res pect in the other, than in the com mercial metropolis of the Union. Whilst I am constrained with much regret re spectfully to decline the meeting vou pro pose, 1 avail myself of the occasion to pre sent some views which 1 have taken of public affairs, and which I trust may be received as a substitute for any oral exhi bition of them which I could make hefore a large concourse of my fellow citizens in xi. York. It was not supposed by the authors and supporters of the compromise, in the last Congress, that the adoption of the. series of measures which composed it, would se- cure the unanimous concurrence of all. Their reasonable hopes were confided to the great majority of the people of the U. States, and their hopes have not been dis!" appointed. Every where north, south, east and west an immense majority of the people are satisfied with, or acquiesce in, the compromise. This may be confi dently asserted in regard to thirteen of the slaveholding States, and thirteen if not fourteen ol the free States. In a few of both classes of the States, and in some particular localities, dissatisfaction exists exhibiting itself occasionally in words of great violence and intemperance ; but this feeling is, I trust, where it has most prevailed, gradually yielding to an en lightened sense of public duty. I will pre sent a rapid survey of tho actual state of things, as it appears to me, both at the North and South, beginning at the form er. In all that region there is but one of the various compromise measures that is se riously assailed, and that is the law. made in strict conformity with the constitution, for the surrender of fugitives from lawful service or labor. Bat the law itself, with two exceptions, has been every where en- lie l i; w uu i- , under him. His heart .string, nr, hnn(t, a ! weed ; opposition to it is constantly aba- him. He is as a son to his old age. He speaks !i.nR the consti! u,ion and the laws, made our language, and he cannot selfhim. Money j directly by the people themselves, is now cannot buy affection. His heart cannot be almost uni versally recognised and admit sold. He taught him to string and shoot the j te('. If in the execution of the law, by the bow, and to wield the lance. He loves the public authority, popular discontent is boy, and cannot sell him. .sometimes manifested, it has, with the ex Commissioner. We aro sorry that this captions mentioned, been invariably re thmg should be. We feel for our Apache bro- j pressed, or prevented from obstructing the .her, and would like to lighten hi, heart. But 1 officers of justice in the performance of it is not our fault. Our brother has filed hi .t,;- ,.n;..i i.- i ... , ... .. ........... xi j niu vui i cuuy III- r)' formed, a great and salutary change has , been made, and is yet in progress at the North, which authorizes the confident an ticipation that reason and law will -finally achieve a noble triumph. j The necessity of maintaining and en forcing that law, unrepealed, and without It is just, and as affection on the child of his enemy. It is ve .,..1.1,. !... J . ... uiMiir-. uu, ,)Ur niiiv 3 em. P eann.il avoid it. It wounds our hearts to hut t our friends ; but if it were our own children, and duty and the law said, " Part with them," part with them we shou!d. Let our Apache broiher reflect, and name his price hostilities against Mexico. passed, and we grew very friendly ; eve ry thing went well. You came in here with your captives. Who were these cap tives? Mexicans the very people we told you we were bound to protect. We took them from vou and sent them to Gen. Gar. ; over her sleeping children the fair boy, with that brought me to this yes, I have !' He j cie Conde, who willset them at liberty in Dalgadito. What will you give ? Commissioner. If my brethren will come i an' modification that would seriously im with me I will show ihem nair its etFipifncv must f mlmittl k. peace, vve are bound to protect them , Here the council dissolved and repaired lo the impartial judgment of all candid men. We told you this when we came to this ' the Commissary's stores, attended by the Mex- Manv of the slaveholding State and ma place, and we requested you to cease your I ican purchaser, where good to the amount of ny public meetings ot the neotile in ibr-m Well, time ; lw hundred and fifty dollars were laid out, have deliberately declared that tlwir d. which they accepted, and the business conclu- ! herence to thn l'Tnion demrt , ------ " w j 'v K Hut sum "o1 encouraSe brifh' cheek 6h,adpd by Ws clustering curls ; ; laughed convulsively as he said this-and his lneir ovvn C0Untry. We mean to show Jrnrn.; r " ,,a'onate Per8ons sent and the sweet dark;eyed girl,.so like him be- ! wife turned pale. 4 Look here, Jane look vou tuat wp rnnnor Hp Wp nrnmised ded. Republic. Letter from Henry Clay. Ashland. Oct. 3d, 1851 r provision,, f,otr, ,ime (o ,jme Hvi, fore excesshad marred his manly beauty 7 :i i i . . i looked at the hu e dueHinfr ' Cm,!,? CU : . UWh ' -cene ol so much misery, with an I inro wretchedness perhaps guilt ? Had she adf T.. countless victims of this j not done right to snatch them from ruin, even li-rtnh a fll lash 8udden,y shot up ; by abandoning their father? She knelt once vVu' Tf f 11,(3 hu'' while al lhe 8anrie li,no I mort' and lra'ed fr glance, for discernment ilu' molie Pured horn the chimney j of lhe right ; and her mind was calmed ftnjIdV "lduW8, Al ,he sarne moment a Before noon ihe next day, the jail was again 3 Dgtlre rushej from uelli,d ,he screen visited by groups of idlers, gazing into the win- mentioned, clasping an infant to her 1 dow of B's cell, which looked upon the street, w .nd drag-ing along a child of about j It might be that the prisoner was maddened ' inn i,i .. . i it . . . Those hooks saved me, for I read n,rt.... , - " i-Te-of-tl ral,id,y descended the by iheir taunts and derision ; he was leaping , - -v muuuiaiu. Tn3her Not many . paces be. nlmilt With frntc rrocl-iroa 1 1 r. I n it tiij lionrlj h j r ww- .... ...... ....u i v S3, viauuiuji u uutiuo h ih j ,""VJ"'ru -mug upon ner ana laugning immoderately, or thrusting his dnr "rations lo return ; but his ; lace between the bars to grin defiance at his I n to ,n,0,cat,0, rendered it impossible for i tormentors. Suddenly a woman-her face con. :iwa r k 8peed ( fliaJi Wife; and cea,ed by a drooPinS bonnet and thick veil I Und k-r u fuf 'arKe kul was in S!ided 'through the crowd, and, reaching up to WeY i i l'randihed xvi,h frightful lhe window, offered a parcel to lhe prisoner. iff4le 111 l,me lhafl 't would lake to : He grasped it eagerly, with a wistful look, but 1 4 run to 8eJ'eraUof ,he neighbors j lhe woman did not slay to be recognized. Il irfn iK k i l. 89 she reacned ,he wa observed, as she hastened away, that her !liWi,r7S 9he n,bed wi,ht,h I steps tottered, and she held down her head, f ' Cu i.l .V u,m' ,Ilfn 8anK exhausted on- apparently overcome by emotion. Well iTn.r' T cr,,wu round her with eager -the fearfully changed countenanceot I B. fortnight ! of even worse cases than mine. I took an oalh, us. We were ignorant of this promise to Jane, on the Bible you brought me the first j restore captives. They were made prison- ; night my mother's Bible that I would never ers in lawful warfare. They belong to taste liquor again : and 1 kept these, to try it 1 could keep my resolution.' 4 Oh, Walter !' was all the sobbing wife could say bufher tears were those of joy. 4 Youknow, Jane, I was always fond of books; and if I had not been a slave to drink, I might bare been fit society even foK the judges who ! Assistance. accu- tlOW ra.r, .... in . . . I . P omen u,r 1 .nM,e" ol ne men and 1 days ! tad hi rf.Ka,ded him wiih looks of fear I Th 4 ; sed appal one who had known himIn better horror ii V 7 " ,OOK8 OI ,ear I 1 ne ParceI contained a portion food more "ur lie hail rl.r,nn..l i L - I. :i ... i....'. . .. . .i -- i7ru mo Knue, oui paiuauie tnan is usually allowed to prisoners. j "01 Cliailir Ik- L l " 'uii i- usuauj anun cu iu jjiiouhvic, I h. k,!.: . 1 b" threatening tone; and ; and a small nocket Rihle the book ft. had i . "nprecaiioiu re ordered his wife ' once nrired ih niCt f u; Ann ,nnth Hi Th. J ' C0,n home ,h" instant!" name wis written orrthe first na-e in her hand. HW "v.: cuome n.s instant!" name w-as written orrthe first ns ,: i ,roman. uUered no reply indeed ! Manviimes in tho alJ.r. t dik- did ? "ui a iiin. . . .e . .. -...-j- --- rf.,it.,- !. ,au,c P.eectl J but the mil. the same compassionate visitor tand ial the grated window, and offer food or books to the prisoner, who was evidently affected py the kind attention. He ceased, his idiotic dancing and laughing ; he answered nothing more to k.m man, answered fnr lt. S ,h:I,hL0,ne of a villian wbo t. to ..;? kl H hr. Theie words nrovoked funded fury; ho xu.hed up0 the tnan here !' and, lifting up the coverlit of his bed, he produced several bottles of brandy and whis- Gentlcmcn : I have duly received your official letter, transmitting an address, nu- you that we cannot lie. We promised . merously signed by my fellow citizens of protection to the Mexicans, and we gave ew i otk, inviting me to visit that city, it to them. We promise friendship and ! ad address a public meeting on some of 1. ri . ii. y. in y erejuu. I nmtPtinn tn vnn nnH ivp tvill rrivo it tn the nublic andexcitinr tonics nf thp rlav 1 asked you to give me liquor, he continued, lr ,' . b Lj .. i i. i ilhprs less mercitul Juu" 11 - aw uut uuuc au 10 hicaiuu, j , . . . - ..v.. .... ..-oiuii ' nnrt vnn wnnlH nnt but nthprs Ipcq nieritnl brou-ht these to me! Do not shudder, and t 'ou cou,d not have believed us with re grow so pale, Jane. I swear to you, I have rot tasted one drop, though I have had them a ! preservation of the Union. 1 knew that i the abolitionists (some of whom openly avow a desire to produce that calamitous ; event) and their partizans deny and deride the existence of any such danger ; but men who will not perceive and own it, ; must be blind to the signs of the times, to the sectional strife which has unhappily arisen, to the embittered feelings which ; have been excited, as well as the solemn resolutions of deliberative assemblies. unanimously adopted. Their disregard of your own kind wishes, that I would ac- 1 of lhe danger. I am annrehensive. nrr. gard to yourselves. We cannot lie ! j cept the invitation. I should be most hap- ceP(is more frorn lheir dcsirc lo conlinuo Ponce Yes. but you took our captives Py. 1 felt myself in a condition to do so ; agitation, which augments ir, than from from us without beforehand cautioning ' but, for the reason assigned in my answer ! lUf.jr Jove of the Unim iu.ir to the address, which is here with forward- j You refer, gentlemen, to 44 resolutions ed, I am very sorry that it is not in my ; and addressess adopted at conventions power to accept it. 1 hope that answer ; lately assembled around us, in which we may be deemed satisfactory by you, and !iavc secn wilh et as We as a,armf by those whom you represent. that lhe nuestions of adberenrp m ih I have the honor to be, gentlemen, with compromise is avoided or evAdpd ' and vrm mi v us. lney are our property. Uur people have also been made captives by the Mex icans. If vve had known of this thinir. we should not have- come here. We should high respect, lour obedient servant, II. CLAY. Messrs. George Griswold, Stephen Whit ney, A. C. Kingsland, Chas. M. Lrupp, and Jas. De. P. Odgen, Aic. &c. Ashland, 3d Oct. 1S51. justly deprecate the tendency of these res olution. I have not been an inattentive or indifferent observer of them, and with you I deeply regret their adoption. I wish that these respectable bodies could have been less ambiguous and more explicit in declaring their determination lo acquiesce Gentlemen: I have the honor to ac- i in, and abide by, a great measure of peace not have placed that confidence in you. Commissioner Our brother speaks an- A. ui v. an vv iLiiuiJ i ii urr i eiirri inn. i 1 1 j i .1 are lo try me to morrow. (Jh, it 1 could only to ' , , . , , J live my life over! Bui it is too late now ; yet ! and wome,n ,ose their Temper, but men it is something, is it not,' and his pale face reflect and argue; and he who has rea kindled 4 to think that lean, lhat I have over- son and justice on his side wins. I have come the fiend at last 7 that shall not die a no doubt but that you have suffered much drundard! Remember that, and let everybody ; by the Mexicans. This is a question in knowledge the receipt yesterday, of the ; and compromise, which, forminz an epoch know it. I have it written here in your letter, j which it is impossible for us to tell who address which you transmitted to me, from in the progress of our country, was in God will remember it, will he not, when my ' is right or who is wrong. You and the a number of gentlemen in the city of New tended to reconcile and restore concord soul stands before him in judgment 7' ; Mexicans accuse each other of being the , York. Emanating from a source so high- j and fraternal feelings among our divided 4 Oh, my husband, you shall hot die 7' cried ! asreressors. Our dutv is to fulfil our pro- lv repectable and imposins, from friends countrvmen. There was no npresxitv tn the wife, as with streaming tears she clasped m:se to D0th. This opportunity enables and fellow-citizens so numerous and inlel- ! reserve a risht to discuss, to mrMlifv and mm I . ' 1 fl T m 1 - J us to show to Mexico tnai we mean wnai ( ligent, ana whom 1 am under such great we say ; and, when the time comes, we ! obligations, I have perused it with pro will be ready and prompt to prove the , found attention and deference. After ad- him again to her arms. 4 The will of God be done and that I can say now sincerely : I am willing to go. The Bible says, no drunkard-shall enter his king, dom ; but I am not a drunkard. I am adegra. ded wretch an outcast of men about to die a felon's death ; but I feel a triumph, Jane a joy unspeakable that I have conquered my good faith of our promises to you. Ponce I am neither a boy or a squaw. repeal the obnoxious law. Such a right existed wi'.hout any express reservation. not only as to that law, but as to all laws. and as to the constitution itself, which has verting to the present state of public af fairs, to the spirit adverse to the measures incorporated in it the right of amendment. lama man ami a brave. 1 speak with ( of compromise adopted during the last and consequently that of discussion. But reflection. I know what I say. 1 speak 1 Congress, which prevails in certain quar- j there are occasions when a spirit of mod- V i ' i ! I f i v S I - ! I i
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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