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f THE PEE DEE STAR ; ' - ' Jg PUBLISHED WEF.KLT, BT . ' - ' FRANCIS M. PAUL, . t ''. I EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, At Two Dollars,.- payable nr adtakck j Two "Dollars aud Fifty Cents, if paid within six ; months j ana three JLkmars u not paia nu i th wd of the Bubscrintion rear. -".sl8 Suh- J- gcriptions when paid witfvm - three months after receiving the first number, wijl be con . sidered in advance. r . V" I No paper sent out of the State, unless the money accompanies the order, except to a known responsible name. .: , . - .;. ... .. ! Anr person sending us five subscribers and ; No paper discontinued until all arrearages I "". are paiu, umeas av wur option. .. '--.- tfiiV vvWi VHSIaUUn clOUut. - ... ; . : - 't?. i-- V? SHADOWS. ' . Vt eojlOK.W. DEWKT. " Within my room the daylight wanes, ' And shadows flock -the wall, : As sunlight through the window-panes Is creeping oyer all. i ; ' It is an honr of hopes' and fears A season which begets , A7 fitful dream of smiles and tears, Of pleasures and. regrets. - ' , , 1 f Each swaying shade a shape assumes 'Familiar to my eye; . . Until amid the thickening glooms. , you -1 .hear their wings go by. , . Those angels of our household love; Returning unawares, ; To bless and lead our thoughts above This round of worldly cares. . The chairs no longer vacant stand; . Hy fancy now has presty t . The airy form and phamtqm hand . Of every silent guest! , -'- "But where are they whose spirits"keep This tryst within my doors ? ' Who come and go, like forms of sleep, ; . Across the muffled floors! " Alas) they slowly disappear , " As night regains fier throne, And darkness' leaves the forms, most dear, : With memory alone. " " ' ' v-r ? Thou art Lost' Thou art lost," yet I am keeping Treasured in my heart Jhy name ; Waking,' sleeping-U-smiling, Weeping-'-".Thoi art with me still the same ; Yes) the Jink at last is riven-7- 1 "1 All my happy dreams are o'er ; : For unless we meet in Heaven, ' You and I can'meet no "more. 4' Thuathe sun's bright rays alighted On the petals of the rose,' And although its leayes be blightedj Still he" Ungered to life's closed ThiTs the "heart doth sometimes cWrisH Thoughta that wear vwiJtoK Giving pleasure," whilst we perish )' - ' 'Ieath their strange but sweet control; Yes, thou'rt lost yet love hath bound me . Though I struggle to forget, ; . . In the heartless throng around me ; ' All in vain rl love thee yet, ... ' Pardon me the painr I'ye given, ' 7 As I pardon pangs asiore, ' ' '" -For unless we mietin ITdaven, " You and lean meet no more."": Dnwn for tKe " Pec Doe Slur," by a Tyro of Stanly. THE EXPERIMENT ; oa HOW JOE WIGGINS GOT HIS. WIFE. "And so' Joe; Wiggins is married .at last," ch?". " ' .- " yes sir-e-e was married three weeks ago last Thursday.? - , - j. ; -: "What, to Susan Smith the gal what slighted him so at Beaverdam Church, and caused nun to nave nciL. " oiuuuw worth or laffin at him ?" j . ; , "' Tho same took us all on surprise." L I'd be lad to know how he managed to" pet Susan recken he kinder fooled ner some way or 'nothcr; or got into a streak of good luck may be, and nilea rus pocKet fii. .L. , i fn tnnnAV thflV SaV will make the the mare m" - No. that isn't the.waj; he but yonder he comes now i so we 11 get mm w ie j all over to us himself he'll dp it 1 11 war for he's Very fond o'. talkin about The aboye is the substance M & conYer- yersation between a parce) of youngsters who had 'gathered '.themselves together,', and were seated on some good's.bdxes in fmnt of Mr. A.'s store-' Good morninff, cents,' says Joe, as he Umep to where this juvenile crowd were 1 , i Good morning, Joseph, we have just !been tlkin' about you, how you manag, led to get a wife and now we want you to Itell us all about it.' : ;v r ..-y- - S i Come let us have it, said half dozen Voices at-once" some of whom had never -) hprd smvthintr about Joe's courtship,: and insisted on his .beginning at the .first,, and telling the whole story from 'beginning . 'to end--r-v- - vi-'-' J Well boyss said Joseph, after clearing his throat and looking- around to sec that Wne of the parties to hia story were pres ent, i I reckon long as all ot you aresing Wr nd liable to eet into such scrapes yourselves, I must tell you some ormyups nnd rloWna'. while trvins' to get spUced., , ' , a cuess.most if not all.of yeu know, o)d Zeke "Smith, and somo on y6u know his ; ffaoU0 ai Rnsfl.; as Jshe alters ' called for short. Well,; if; you. know any thing about Siise", you know that she was, an' is yet, an alfired purty gal, buthe 5 worst of it was she waa asuproud as ' she 1 ,was good looking which made all theyoung sters afraid to speak to hey while any body else was'abouty for fear of getting slighted. - I seed Sasan'seyeral. times at meetin' an S . , - ' . ' . n ; v:' ' . .':f- ' ' ( -. ,'--':v "'.-' '"'.,-.." ;- .- ...;.'-. -ji i -': i . . -.- . ; j . '. .- ' . - . . .'' '..'''. ' ' ;'' - : V '' ilk" -v '-S - "" rEANC. II.! PAUL, t PTTBLISHEE. J 9 y 01UH16 'I, every time she looked sweeter an' w till at last I Wdn't stand iC any!lo so when she come but of the'meetin' I sweeter; . .' ngef j. house,io; I steps up to her an' techin! mv beaver A Bays I On as bold a look as I Cbuld. for. I felt sor- Miss Susan how" do Voudo' to-day? i look as jmrtv as ever,' says7 JJ puttin :"f4ll ter. skeered .an' i my knees ; begM to;' feels)me niggers passin that way hadn!t i seed 1 puny weaK. ' Ana , wnat dye spose she' said ? Why, jest nothin'. vX all, but turn-' ; ia up her noso an' stckm' out hbr pbrty JU lips sne arapped back 'mong the;ret o the gala", an -commenced laffiri at -me I ? iVine-rsaid one of the boys that Trerev1istenin:to 4 gar an' crab apples ! my dandftr ytas up In' oe kory. , I . ''T?.?.' aminit,an' Ifelt for; alfthe worjd Hke'I ;J;?.Spa shall have it by-and-bysja Joe, .A could. breakfast, on tenpenny nail i , Ifi X wit4mHWtiymeti didn't, then my aamc aiiat Joe Wiggins l t be iurried through --any thingt too? fast. :,( To be slighted right thar ai the meet-; :1The1)bys' were -"silent, and Joe Tesumed m: nouse door aiore a whole cfowd ot boys an gals an' ha?e "em alaflin an' pintm fiP? pSeein Mco Wilkins,' said he, ' sorter me, was more'n I could bearj bujt how to- ' brought, mc to my senses, else I don't know ; 1 get away 1 coiilgn t tell, uthout 1 jest run. .Tthar I might a went to, and I got to study , ; right off, an' then they'd a laffecL still more iniwhat I had best do. , Thinks' I to my- at.me.- ;. The gala tho soon went round. on ivuuci biuo i tire uiccuu iiuusc, uuii Kiv3 boys still kepf Jtaffin more 'a ever; an one of 'em, (Bill Stubbleworth who hadja kinder hankenn' .uer Suse himself.) says tome, Goody, goody, Joe! glad you found your snatch' one ''time, n' he broke o,ut iri- iu une oi ine ojggesi ians you ever neercu. 4 Bill says I; d'ye know. who you re' talkin' to V an-' iny blood begin to bile-Jill over like a kittle of molasses overl a"Yolca- ner. ' Tm talking to Joe" Wigginsi say3 he, 1 an no body else,, an' I'm" a better man says he, 'than a're Wiggins that ever trod ; shoe leather.' iYou're a Jiar V says I. . ' ' You're another,' ays he. ; ' Take that, ays 1 hittin' 1ifm ' with my fist on the burr of his ear a lick that brought him ppn his alfores, -whn I give it to him lyider the short nbs kabim 1 ka- bim 1 1 kabim 11!' which soon brought the chap to his senses; when he. hollered out as big' as you please, Take him off I iace him of ! take dim ofp.1 ! U - : . The fellows that war standin' round soon "had me drug off, an' the way I made tracks then was a sin to snakes,' I was for gittin' away from such a crowd, I . didn't knowjior care 'which way I was goinY 1 wished then that thar wasn't a gal above the ground, an as for, the fellers what. laff- ed at me so, I Ididn't say. whar I wished -'em, though I teM you twasn t in a mish- ty good place ! S ' ' After I'd went -aroIe- or so 1 didn't know, as I said, hardly which wy, I met Mose Wilkins. f Mose Wilkins isla mighty clever sort of a feller, only he will take too much steam once an' a' while. I He had been terribly slighted a few months afore this by Polly Hawkins what got married to Tom Simmons. 1 Poor Mose ! he took on mightily about ; it an' turned, into hard 4rinkin', as he said, to droWn his trouble, but I didn't think it done- him any good, for I could see ' that he ' looked worse an worse every time I seed him. .- I tried seve ral times to suade him to - qui V told--him was.ruinin hini iest as fast as could b. nfc he said twas no use to talk to : him t ... ': ' e 1. ' .1 : t. 1 t. aDOUt it any more, lor n u -got siw way 01 unuiuu an - iiu iuvui jj no use for him; to try.-" Poor feller, I do think some times" that if it wasn't that' old Jake Snifiles keeps liquor to sell close to him. I could git him to quit drinkin , but inn tnnw Vhftt l thflf's ftllrs6 a crowd of drunken fellers loalenn' , aDout ycniincs n-ohop i an when Mose sets a -ijesoruhon to iuit drinkih! they'll git hold on him an tug at him till they get him in and then they're sure to ake him drunk !aibrc ;heflmought go along with her if I wanted to. -r . . J .' .": 1 . T 4Mua .1A T?-inr anil rnda flff tV til eits out agin.-tMose w'as'sortef tight when I ni'et him,t but he-Wasn't so Tar gone 'hat he could discover that thar was eomcthin the matter with ' an' he says1, Joe, says he, 'what ion airth can, be the; matter with you ? ; You 'look, like as I if you'd a been burryin; your wect heart. ! 1 1 de clare,' says hej" I. don't believe I ever seed you look so bad in'myJifc.' ;; ; ; J . 1rf foMose'.' savs VVxa powcrftd sU'k-got a pain right here,' says 1, puttm w hano j to my leiv eiuv? - Mi' . i.v ;aJ - ..' ', .-T: 1 . v. ( t Pshaw r says he, 1 1 expect some gai or nother has kicked yon, Joe but it don't matter for that,- says he tappin the skrert of his coat, M I've got somethm , here lb re-, yive you up Joe iAn'' - he pulld out " a bottle an' retched it out twards me an' told me to try some, said twas first-rate old rye, eot it that mornin down to .-joc- oiuuica , who1 had plenty, more when that was out. But I told him like tellers cuu? mat 1 didn't drink anything stronger that! water, . . -ir-l i:W ' t Pih aw. 'eept IWaS COllce ttli civ-u b , says he agin, ' you're "too whito-livered for 1 T vna what it is.' saVS. 'you'll juic v jy-M. " vr ' ' never ue a uau n jv ; - S stronger than water- o w ". Wit.. savs" he. and he turned up' the Unttle to biff mouth and shet' his eye8,! and held it thar till Icould a went to the barn , and back. ' When he-took tne bottle away : from his mouth be begun to stutter and. hiccup, and says- he, i Joe, you d-d-dont kpew how g-g-g-gooa itisnic wm.; (hie) you'd t-ktry s-s-s-some yourself..,; ;"i t Iose, says I, I don't want;! to 'know how godd it is" when I; ae'e how, "many bIks.it"iakmleIy f abundance. of other misdiiet, , fin in. favor ' pr tempranee,.' says Tie, as much as any body but then I: believe in a manV takin & little once ux'l we'(hic) for his (hie) 6ttaftt'5' hic- '" '.'" i :. '- C y : - I" El 4 n That's dangerous doctnn, Wowvy tn T'v : not srot time Ao argie the ( f'Ff.- i: i- ; iiDESB0R0U;ir.;JC, .SEETEMBER niTftff tiin HAW nAnJ .'Af An. ' , T . ' Mv""u uvvr -huuu uvt, iuyoc, cava a, an Ijwcnt on and left him la (ftan-jrerin abput' tho road first on one side and' ihen .on tothef. ketchin hold of the hushes to ieen ftom falirn.T" I- hecrd -afterwards that he in the creek that nizht as he was troin linme. an lilte in a trnt !''dmwiwnnll f t ham and got him out and helped htm to get home' ' , ' V s-x We did not want you to telLtis aioui" Mosc, VV iUuns, but about your courtship Itis story. 6)slf, 1 aiot be as big a fool as lilose . Wil ams, jana Kui myseir. ai'iQKio, twouia oe too much like.the feller what bit off his nlose io spite his facebut I'll feed, Susan out 0 the same spoon she led me, and see how that II work. I didii. t go to Beaver dam .meetin house 'flgiu in a good whilc aiid whcn-J did go j.took care to get there-. alter tne preacner eommencea.' nis sermon, and intended leavin afore he-gpt through- Put wnile 1 was in meetin" 1; loosed over to whar Susan sot,! seed "she1 looked mighty, solimncholly ; and-thinks I to-ihy-self, may-bo she's sorry; she -treated me so when I spoke.to her aforej and may bo too- I-twas sorter 0 bkme after all for speaking to bcr so rude like n company, And the thought flashed over me all at once 1 tko a."8treakof lighrnin that she loved me ,n6twithstand1 n the way she treated mo afore had loved Suse all the time, though had so" stifled- down my passion that the itrughts.of her didn't trouble me -much but new that-1 saw- her look so , dejected and- downcastr whethor twas". sympathy- or not I j can't tell, Iibegun to love her better than ever, and-1 studied the hardest -you tiver seed to invent a way to git to talk to her and tell hor . about-it; -I didn't dare to try "agin, in- public, forJ was sick of that way of zcxperimentinj as the gold 'diggers say, l?ut 1 thought as hdw that if I eould sit to talk with her by herself she wculdn' be so likely - to slight me ; . for all f"' you know that it is natu for some gals to turn up their, nOses and stick out their lips at vou-auu -iuau.e un ua ii '"cj u ucvci cccu yo when there is a good many other folks about, perticulaiiy it they Wong to Jne up per tn but jest git with cm when that's no' big folks about and you're the finest feU ler bo;ve the ground ! . Aint it so boys ?' t The boys gave their assent, and : Joe proceeded . -; .- - ", v i But though "f loved Suse better"n' ara nuther gal about, I determined as the only way to bring her to her senses-to play.tlie same jgame on her as" she did -on iner bo next jbime -I 'seed-; her which? was 'at ' the same meetin house, I jest ! thro wed: back my head and walked by her as .straight as a shinglej as if I never seed her afore. And when Bailie Jones, who wasconsHer- t ed the next purtiest gal aboht, conie; walk- in" down from the church, I -lifted my hat and made her one of thespurtiest bowsyoa ever seed, and went right straight and got her horse, which I led up . to the stump whar jthe wimen allere git upj and when I j-give' her the bridle I axed lier with anoth er perlite bow 11 I moiightnt go home with her. i v- ''- '-;' r : " ' ' 1 -And she? sorter laffed arid told me that So I mounted old Pioan and rode off by the side of Sally thebiarireet feller in the crowd; I "did not care-, take Notice, a straw for Saly hnh iftf. dono if to suite Susan: - As we jr-- - . passed by whar the other rals-' war standin waitih for their horses to be catheJ and bronht up, I seed Susan standin sorter off to herself and lookin the worst 4owedou' "ever seed." 5 1 ' felt sorter 'sorry for bef -at first but then I knowed twould all work for the better in the long run. Well I! went on home with Sally Jones-nd use to tell ivhnt T id to ur-her daddv arid mam ma' were clad to sec me- hoped I would alt no-in'soon irucss I didn't intend to do -it, though, for Suse; was my gal,, and couldn't think pf noTwdy else. ; ; Bht 'to resume my story. I went, over in-a few days to a logrolhn at old Jake Sim morisj'wliar i heprd a parcel of fellers i talkin about gittin married, and one of cm said he was shore Joe . Wigsins and ' Sally Jones1 was Rot n to git married, for he seen em ride off together from meetin-last Sun-v (lay, j I beerd, ano ther one ; say that 'Sally Jones," had f ut usan' Smith out, and aid tws do matter for . Suse for she was too J ( -.- v -.i nlta and needed a little takin down, f But iTdidh't believe a t word j-tHey .sai f6rrI Knpwea tvra&u ,,r.' ft- Thingawent on so t for several, months and I begin to feel ?ortor should never come to an nnderstandin with Susany for I still thought she loved me. But about this time, as good luxkwould. have it. our folks had a quiltin and Susan 'was axed to it. by the way a quiltin is a "great place to court aiid hate fan with', the fealsf ! I allers life to be 'atf emChat; is When 1 was' sl young jman.; Well jve had quiltin as T said and had lots of fun----;play-eonlentmenf ''steal partneraMJack-a-grinnin,' and every thing else we could think . of. fter which theboys sold the pawnsi and kissed the gals fur or five times mna and broke w. Ailment home "but 1 . ' T- , . 5 IU J iV Susand Smith 2nd Sally Jones -wha lived too farjoff to g6vhoiue in the night, and Biir Sikesi ;5 Bill 'you Jknow isa i mighty 'goH,sM'&- willinfio! oblege a body " So after all the rest- hiad left, J axed liiltto take a little waiKjawnen we got oritl saysito Bill, f Billsayaj l, I'm dyin by inche.sjest.to git to talk a little to Susan Smith.' : .' 1 ' What,' says Bill, taken all on surprise, I thought you was a courtin SalJj I Jones, and most every body thinks you and Sally are goijn. to git maTnedv; f: -s:r ; Wejl peopledoes tliinit go Bill:' says I, Dut.taen mere aint souLraui it, auu w uai, i your chair when ;yr'e'.gabackinto'hho'u!se. to" the. side of.Sally like as if you had put nie outrr-will jou ao4t Bill?'. Jfc;9---"r Of course I will says BiliUr . ' So when we. both went back "-'into the house vharVe found Susan .settin in one . corner and. Sally in tothei: talklff and laflin nt a hisrh rate, soon thouprii as they Seed ua they hushed up as still as a mouse. ."When we. got n pin ne .taaea noia oi.. cuair uou sets it flown to the side'of Sally ,; who I co.uld see didn't seem to like the movement julich. I careless likjj took 'another and; drawed it up to tne side 01 ouse and sit aown. . Bui ho. commenced talkin to Sally like a steam engine.; , I could hear his tongue a goin continualljv.whle over ,ii our corner everything scemcd.stiU as death,hrSO aw fol still that if it'bad not a bm for Bill's eternal clatter you could a heerdapin fall ! j jsusan looked into the fare and 1 looked in to the fere too, till a.t last after 'wakin a powerful effort to amuse myself,"; ! tobksor rather grabbed hold qf Susan's hand and sava T.U Susan.' sava l howd-von like the Susan,' says I howd -yon like the frolic? - .' .fi miffhtv wpll'snvR she! 'aloha niee j - -1 7 o-v j 7.--. uZ. CTOVfd I alkrs like,' says she1 to. be at a quiltin whar thar i about as many -boys as m'tyou?' . ' gals, don't you J Of eourse I. do, sa-s I,- and jmy skeered fit was off gone. V After this' We. got along first-rate though it, was mighty hard to git to talkin on the right subject, ibr I be-i- . ii i 1 ' '1 . . .11.:' liev'e Wie tallied about; nearly-every - thing else" frm. Washington ".'down to-grand ma's" jby the Municipal Law; forming'part; in old cow fact, sure's ycu born, j ; deed, ipfa purer and, nobler code.; For that ' At jlerigth Imustefed up courage enough Municipal Law in its present condition, and 1.0 41X tjusuu ii:sne remeiiiueieu ine uute x : jii.iue musi cuii-imcinAi-ji muuciu wmuu spoke io her at Beaverdam' meetin house. 1 nities, is but a sad mass of justice and im- Vhen !l axed her this ehe'seehied.consid-; erab! 'jcoh'f used and she looked0 into " the ! fire an ' she said, says she, - Yes Joe, I j mWrtnrmreTirrgiT hated if tte' way I treated you then, But I - 1iope you'll forgive iue- for it, wont you, ; Joseph! V - And she looked jit me with one of thb prettiest black - eyes,- and sweetest beeecin brt v of looks you. ever seed in ! your life, -if had a sworn eternal .eh- miiy.to, RCTf xu tr iorgoi my oaiuiucu auu a jumped at the chance, of makin -friends wou'd,. so help mc'Jupiter ! " . v- - i 1 ' T l" P ' i il J Forgive- you Susan ?'- says I, and it pearcd; to me I loved her so . well that I could. a eat ner up. 'forgive you 1 wny jl never thought harJf you a bit Only while they were Jaffin at ine so at Beaverdam- of coui'se -I'll forgive you. for that cf you're sorry fbr it, and I believe you are., ' "i ps, Joe I .ani sorry for it, says. she,H ' ana E wouldn t & blamed yOu ior to. a got mad and never speakiij to me a gin I know '- Well Susan,' says I, let us forgit all old scrppes and-begin anew agin.' A,greed,' says - she, and it was sone time afore either of us said any more. : It was gittin purty late in the night," and. I knowed, that dot was a comin migh ty fiistj and that what I, said I:- had to say quick, ifbr the old .folks would be gittin up afore long So I "draws up my chair a lit tle closer to 1 Susan's and took hold of Ker party, little hand which made me trimWe all over Kk'fe a ie ami I felt Susan begin to trimbletoo-I on't know what made, tis trimble so for I'd had hold "of her hand .aAirf-tpis" the samo night, butany howyrc both tiimbled Eke "is cf we'd bih ilniost frozen,! but I still held - on, and says I to "Susan, 1 Susan do you love me V " I waited some time for 'an answer and Susan jlidn't say nOthin, so l axed her agin, and this time she" covered up her face with her hands and sorter leaned over to me and said; ' Yes" Joe. I do love you, "and I don't care who knows it. I'vj) hearn folks talk of the happiest moment in their; lives guess none of em ever felt better'n I " did fllen. I could hardly j help" smack in my hands together and hollenn nht out! i 1 was so glad- but I knowed it would n't do to make a fuss then for fear of wakin ur the old folks, and knowed too. that the most important part was to git over yet. So says I to Susan, ' Susanlj cays Ir I allers thought you lov ed riiejbut I .never knowed j it for certain tUrrioW,.and knpwin it makes me feel I can't exactly tell how but happier than X eycrdidin all my life afore. YesKbusan, says I, I loved you ever since. the hrst.time I seed yaa in thewagon whin jour ; daddy was a inovin down from the old place, and I I .allers felt like as ef you d; some time or T nkfTi"at1 Ka rairtA mnvn't T call VOU SO UOW Susan f''And-" wien I said this Susan Mushed and. hang down ier neaa a iiiue. and. aato .aaWahe.'1 ';'l ',1 f . i I if m willm, Joe, ef mamma and daddy a J IS. m I how I felt f I "can't un dertake how to tell, f nor try to tell . how then ft,'for :"I coala'nt do it" from now ti' doomsdavi suflice it to say ' that I felt. can't' tell hbwiJbut if any body eVer felt Eke tney were siiuin uowu Kreoscv iuwun "ZJL M II , IM. 1 JCj. 185i. with Yankee" Doodle' in eaeh'hand it ,wasi me '-it W) .'About this ' time we heard the old rooster begin, to crow, (a plague on all roosters would that all thgir hecka were broke 1 or such at least was my wish thenX' an weknowed that the old folks would'oe tip in a trice, so me and Bill Sikea we slips out, Bill struck a bee-line for home, while I weni to the stable and was busy a feedin the horses when the old man come out. f; j Well to make along story short I went over a! few days' after this and axed old Zeke Smith' if he cared ef me an his darter Suse got married, And he ced, says he, 5 1 dont know as I do Joseph, so you'll take good care of her and the bid oman seem- eo'mighty willin, gaid she allers thought a f neap 01 me, ana saia taat ouse never wouiu a done any better. " ; ',;'. j; jii About twojsveeks after this old Squire SaookS wis caned on, and me and were duly spliced"cordin to law." ; kSuse .t " Various that the muid W desultory man. studious of chance, , Anil pleaio'i with ncH-elty, may be indulged.'' From tba Arti. Magaslne. JUSTICE. BY ALBERT PIKE. Tti be justi that great corner-stone of ill ethics imposes upon .men duties, and re quires them to comply'. with obligations not Contrary to. but higher than those enforced perfection, most , insufliciently answering tho great ends at which law should aim. I" For it is a very melancholy fact, that at man may live a long life, and keep himself aTW WnTeS wJtMKthe'pkle of the iaw, anc( yet oyer and over again deserve to be ex tirpated from society, and cut away and bumed up use a dead, rotten orancn; tnat if inch were, restrained from doing only such acts of wrong and outrage as the law pun-1 ishes as criminal, the world, even in the freest Republics, "and where the" Law of Civilisation shines brightest", would bebut one reat weltering chaos of villainy and; vice. 1 "' . , '"','; "'' I The law. puii ishes with exlemplary severi-j ty the gi-ave offence of theft. No matter by what stern necessity the poor culprit may have been urged, if even by starvation, and the wailing cries forced from his' wife and1 children by hungerand misery ; it punish-! es certain violations 01 tnat Drier nut em- pliatic commaudmenf, " Thou shalt not steal." by solitary imprisonment, and sfripes, and deportation to remote colonies of thieyes far-off Islands. It has no mercy on him 1 who meets you on the highway, and, pisftol in" hand, 'commands you to stand and deliv- er; 6n' him who enters your house at mid-" nisrnt and abstracts .your money or your plate f on him who takea'your horse, .or with'dexterous fingers "elicits your purse, your watch or your handkercheif.. ! ; But has not the same commandment a wider meaninr? Does it not embrace of-. fences which the law does not punish f The sleek dealer in goods, who cheats his customer in the priee or quality bf the ar- tieles hq sellsls jruilty of the same species of crime as the highwayman or burglar b e- cause the loss of the "victim is the same; the profit equally-not the rightful property of hini who makes it; and the criminalin- currinfr nd Tisk and "running no danger 'of punishment, has not even the merit of cour age to extenuate his offence. He who steals, really,' in some sense' hazards a considera tion, lie vt-utures a stake, because he risks his liberty;1 but he who simply cheats, risks nbthingj'nnd appropriates to himself with entire ' impunity, that which, belongs 1 to another. J r ' ' ' . ' ' '' ' "j I Within the sweep of this brtefcommahd- uient come all fraudulent speculations, by 1- t ' - '-' ' :i. 1 wmcn one mangivwo ncu oy uia&iug auuiu- er, poor; all' thV species of petit larceny known among us ; by " the milder name of " smartness, and all thetnany disreputa ble tricks of trade ; and yet how consistent j is; a long life,!lled like an overflowing gob let," to the brim, with such acts, how entire ly consistent with jthe most current respon sibility: .Buf to all nrht-thinking men, be who sells me a damaged article tor a sound one, a diseased, horse'fbr a healthy oncahd he who quietly insinuates his hand into my pocket", and abstracts jny purse, stand upon ' "'1 And therefore: the " command to be jast, requires of men the strictest uprightness, and the most perfect fairness in all their dealinsrs; ' It requires this, because per emDtoriJy ' exacts Jvaice to all men, and Sonesty and Truth in all the transactions of life. f Within the same commandment falls the iniquity of gaming: ; "ft is not jibt nqr hon est to take anotherVtnonet without " tHti i - TERMS ; $2.00, IK ADVANCE. Number 19. consideration If won ;by cheating, it is, in theT strictest sense of the . word, a theft ; if bnlr by superior, skill or better fortune, it is somewhat but not crreatly " less. ;r If those' who engage in games of chance would but reflect) ought it not' to be repugnant to aneroos"8pirifrt-to .receiVe and use the money of another without giving' for it a fair equivalent tn labor or service, bodily or mental? Ought it not to lower uch aspirit in its own estimation, and pull it down from the upper atmosphere of its high and noble aspirations, to the" earthly level on which the' more ignoble I grovel, and where they indulge the basest appetites f . . Ought -not etiin so -ill-gotten' to burn the hand that holds it, and Is it, ia any radf sense of the word, the receiver's oxen t t . "Iu'. every respect, gaming ia inconsistent with Odd-Fellowship. " He, who habitually, pulques it must often I win: of thoso who otfght not; to lose, and cannot afford to lose j must ofteh . deprive the innocent and- the helpless the luxuries and the 'comforts, if not the Very necessaries to - which they are entitled, and which" but for, him theyv WQuld. receite If whild you, are-Wmning, the lovely and patient wife -and the sweet children of your-' antagonist were sitting by, and you could see the agonies of their anx- icty, andrea'tse the truth that every dollar J won by you from the husband and father is so much robbed from thai wife and those children j that with every such dollar they lose some -comfort, some innocgnt enjoy ment, something, perhaps indispensable to their health and to Hfeitself,-I do not think you would long continue thegame. ; If you did if you eould long resist the mute and fearful pleadings of those entreating eyes, you would, neither be a true Odd-Fellowjnor a true man. In this point of view, and in yet another, gaming is unjust to others. The winner never can know whom he is injuring, nor how much harm he is doing, The stake he plays .for may be the honor of a wife, the lffe of a child, the eternal soul of a man. ; Suppose that the consequences involved ip every game, the reewstake played for, could be as. visible . to the eye as the money upon the taile. iHowj the pale players would start back aghast and trembling 1 .How many a young man is every gamester ruin ing iiy his example ! Adinit that you have the strength ,if mind needful to restrain you Irom gaming to excess; Jthat you can at Ford to lose, and that no one suffers by your losses. Ia.such the case with the youth who sits opposite you, and lis perhaps tak- TUgtrrs flrstTesson in this, the h-bsfruihotis of all habits. When hereafter he falls ln- to the hands " of sharpers, squanders his patrimony, impoverishes his parents, robs his employer, drinks deeply to deaden the pangs of remorse, and at last becomes a miserable, degraded outcast, have you, my Brother, been guilty of no offence in the sight of Heaven ? ? It is equally unjust to yourself No hab itual gamester can be a true Odd-Fellow. No man games for any great length bf time without it least doing "so for the sole pur pose of gain. It is useless to set up vain pretences to the contrary. It is the basest and most sordid of all occupations. It is like a hot-bed, in which selfishness, want of feeling and greediness are forced rapidly to. maturity. As these grow charity, kind ness and generosity wither and dwindle away. " You soon become unfit for social en joyment. Innocent amusement, rational conversation, the company of women, com munication with yourself, becoming irk some; books and Etudy weary you; you live in a condition of mental sfever and partial delirium, and your very dreams are reeking of cards and combinations, of the, shifting of Fortune, jmd the fluctuations of the gold en tide. ' v ' The Law has made ample provision for punishing, by strangulation and other effect ual means, him who takes the life of his fellow. -. If one human creature slays anoth er , (be that other a Millionaire or a prosti tute,), theieport rings in every corner of the land, ajoi'all journals are laden with the de tails of the crime'and the trial. Murder is indeed a fearful crime and well it is, and needful,; that the law should punish it. But is there no murder for which the law metes but no punishment; and which the Tribunal of Public Opinion ever, dismisses contemptuously from its jurisdiction, as an offence too slight to de serve its attention; Look, my. Brother, .into this miserable hovel, while the storm howls without, and the shattered casement rattles to the freez ing wind, and the snow and sleet beat fierce lyagainsi its' shivering frame.. There is no fire, or warmth, or comfort within ; but rags and cold and penury, misery, disease and despair. . That wretch edereatare, stretched upon the damp straw and rotten leaves, with her hollow eyes and tangled hair, her bonos protruding sharply through tne sK.inr ana rotten and cruniDiing witn, disease , ma loathsome "wreck -of a human creature, over whom Death stands', his arm uplifted to I StrLKetBe DlOW wmcn, as uie uuctsi, uicaa- uig, will end an existence of utter misery, was once a happy young' girl, reared by in- tJulgent, tender parents, as sweet and beau- tiful as she was innocents lier skies, my Brother, were fair and serene, and the fa ture'retehed bnward before ' herT Eke a green" patb winding amid trees ' Wealthy 'with' leaves- and fruits and garlanded with flowers. ; She had never done or' dreamed of harax to a Eying creatare. -1 Her Efe Was a blessed dream of happiness. : ohe was a blessing to all that looked upon' her, as a 11 W' tobUerViOii&mTi,l j . -p. u -. i ' W- :' ' : ' . yi"."" "''''T'" " 'J. .' '" !,';f r. '.-: , j - : .--- .- -v - - ;-'-. '- .':"'" "'-:"; TERMS OF ADVERTISING.. , - Anyi:ETissjiE3rrs will be inserted at ""One Dot-"-A-; lar per square, (sixteen lines) for the first week,' ana xwenty-nve venis ior every conunuavc. I j.ne lonowmg aeaucuons wm maae in avor of Btanding advertisements : , I , 1 ;':.'"-, ... 8 MONTH?, a MOUTHS. ITIXTt ; One square, $S.SO - - - f5S0 - ' t0-60 1 Two - - - . 6JM 4 . a . 10.00 - p - !) 16.00 Thrc ' -.. IM .."..,. 14.00 . r 18X0 , ' : Half cslamn, - . - . 16.00 22.00 i 30.00 1 -One . . . . . MM . . . . . - WJOO . Business cards of five lines or less, inserted , one year for Five Dollars. ' f ' i - - . " Advertisers are requested to mark the num ber of insertions desired on each, advertise ; ment ; otherwise they will be inserted until for- ' . 1 '11 1 1 j; i- - - -. -.- .-v--.'. ma, ana cnargeu acconungiy. . , f : Announcing candidates for office ThreeDoi Jars. - - pr a lovely picture of a sweet woman blcv'. es us wttn me mua giones oi ius uenmy.-v j vShefell because he? tempted. -T Ari ; ' animal wearing the form of manhood did to her a bitterer and more diabolical, wrong . than if he had taken her life.- He seduced -her. Ilad he slain he instead, he. would -have deserved her profoundest regard. She loved him trusted to him i and he oh God I how he rewarded her for her love and adoration I ; . . '" ; ; -- . j Theu tears came in the place of' smiles, .j .: and sobs of anguish in place of innocent , laughter. Shame and disgrace hunted her ' ; Hike lashed hounds', and drove her from her - "home into the ruthless world." ; There her i betrayer deserted her,' andJeft her to walk ' v witn ner tender teet over tne snarp ninta--witli no one to support her. For awhile fghe dwelt in sin. s gay, painted palaces at khe mercy of the rude and unfeeling, the coarse and brutal, until the last shred of, 4 became as heartless and shameless as her to! der Sisters of Prostittition . Disease fes tered on her vitals, and with his terrible - $ jweapon she took an awful vengeance upon 1 mankind ; until, fallen lower and lower, dis ease and drunkenness hunted to this miser able hovel, and she starved to death ia her . 1 rn era o n H vnr'annnoo !" And her Murderer? Lo, you! .he walks nroudlv there in vour streets, clad in r r f or, perhaps, in sleekrespectability he ispo- , tent on change, and a tower of strength and . a pillar in the church- . Perhaps be sits ia . bill higher places, administers the law . to ? the great terror of small offenders, or evea. kids in letrislatins for the State or Nation. ! But he is none the less a Murderer j for if there beany one truth more true than another, it is. that the seducer of female in- . . n ' a . rrtocence commits a Crime compared with which Murder is almost a Virtue- 1 "TTonor rnnsista not in a bare oninion- ? , By doing any act that feeds content; , , Brave inappearan'cej 'cause we think it bravej Proceeding from the vices of our passion ,f Which makes our reason drank 5 but real honor J By jastice, or by valor which, for basis" r path justice to uphold it" John Ford., : Short Letters. ",'.,."..:". .''' v:" 1 If brevity is. tha soul of wit,' the fol--lowing correspondence form models, we -. phpuld think : I The Memphis Eagle gives the following . etter from a flat-boatman to his father. -He and his brother 'Bill' had flatted a load of corn to New Orleans. - Nu Orleens, Gune 5vr . ' 5 j Deer Dad, Markets is dull corn is mity lo and Bills dead. Your affectiodate soal :;' fv ' ' '. :- J-B. : i j This reminds us of the celebrated corres- pondence between a stay-at-home mother and her absent son : I Penobscott, Maine.. j Dear John, Come. home. A rolling Stone gathers no moss. Your loving moth er. The answer was not long in coming back, and was not long when it got back. 1 ' Red River, 'Tex as.-'. ! -Dear mother,- Come here. A setting hen never gets fat. Your loving son. ; And here is a still shorter: . . The editor of the Bradford ("Vt.) inquir er has inserted the name of Abel Under wood in his ticket instead of the coalition candidate." .Whereupon the following cor- , respondence ensued : , . Wells River, Aug. 26, 1854. ; Robert: Take my name out of your . ticket. Underwood. Bradford, Aug. 16, 1854. Abel : I won't. Robert. ' But the shortest1 correspondence on re- - cord is the one between an" Amsterdam.;., merchant in want of news, and his London agent. The letter rah thus.: , . : And the answer thus : ' " ' ' being the briefest possible intimation that there was nothing stirring. A letter from New York, pablished in the Union, commences with a doleful com-- III L1IH tTt .1111 I Il(-Ill .11 Lllllll'l 111 UkC commercial metropolis, and asks, " What are we coming to? or, rather, where are we . going tor ine snipments oi specie mis-j week to England and the continent amount io $1,300,000; the drought is killing of the Cora and potates j mOney " is scarce, and -stocks are falling; the newspapers are fill ed with elopement?, casualties ana conna grations; the Brooklyn! "ferry has raised the ? - . int.!.' Jare to two cents, lawyer nmung bwckts- that the legal is as respectaDie as any ptner profession ; the teetotalers are abandoning the banner ot temperance ior tne DiacK nag of abolitionism -the religious, political fi-; gaaiy out oi joini; j anay m our xuturo ibua- fering8 Baron Haskett insists on having five dollars ft tictetto near the linsi." Aniiaii A NATtJRAji wish. The Picayune . . . . : A ; . t. .1- W rllLuJL8.liOUlS XI a UUJv to n ' - i . u.Mniium ui imi-n raiK wirn i nt. knxieties of bis position, that he would giy bytkidiiiAe Mt
The Pee Dee Star (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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Sept. 16, 1854, edition 1
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