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' - Iteautifal (Grandma.
,' From "poetry fitr C'liiMren,!!' a beautifully.
llluitratt-ij ; eiitteetion of poeriis f rom many
: amiMtTK, euitable furl a ( 'hriNtrrum gift tit any
U.y- r irl, : puhlikltetl by K- V;' putun o.,
71." lirwnlway New Yoric, wejelect. the fol-
lowing an a'aaniple for the Iittl ttneu.l
iranJiua in -her quaint arm yhair,. . . "
Ne'er win a lady wore sweet amj fair ;'
; Her gray Iriekn ripple like Hilrer shells
.-.And hjpr browlU own calmtry l-llt '. .
Of a g iVitlc life anl-a jn-aeful nto,
-A trust hi Ood anJ a hoie in Heaa'en.
Little jfir May n'tU roekinif away ; ' . ." ;
". In her own low neat, like nome inome- fty ;
Two doll fnbi(f her kisses ihare, " ,'
!Aixl another mi e-lied by the Mile of, her chair j
May in aH.frjmh an the morning di-w ' . . ;
- i.'heeks of rofK'.H, riblii8.of blnw.'"t :
i-:" --v " . : " ' ''. : t
j 'ay'(irnmluia," ayV ibe pretty tif ri-
""fell me a ntry aloui your;lf ' ' . V
"AVhen you wiTe little what did y'oiijplay ? ',
Is IfiJH ,i Was it hu
"iliVv, - A ml what
. yon 1,
. Were you jjooil or naughty, the whoki long day ?
Wan it hundreds and hiiridrednfof years ago?
hiaJce' your liair a white as snow?
yon have a mamma to hug-arl kiss 7. -, 1
;. ' And a doll like this.' and this, and this? - - - -Iid
j-ou have a pnsfy like niy little Kut-? .
lid vo ten 'Urfl whin the clock tjtmrk eisrht?
;Iid you'haVe long etirls and Komtj In-ails fike
." ; . tnina 1 ; " ' "j
'Ami a new silk apron with. riblxn Tine?" ;
(irandiaa siuilnl at.the fittle iniiiiEf -.-J ' .
" And laj'ii'g aide lier'knktiiig aid :" " -""
' ''tto'to my desk, anil'a 1k.t you'Il.ef.; ( ,
"y Carefully lift and bring it -to me.'" 'i
- .Sit Miiy pu her dollies awayVt( raii7 . ".
., -Saying "I'll lie as careful' as -ef I can.".' :
Then tirjiiidiiia opened the. bx wid lo ! " ' ;
Wautifal ehild with a tfiroat tjke snow,.
Lijust tintel like pink shells jrarc .'.
, Kyes.of hazel and ohh'ii hair; I " v
-.11 audi all diiiipl.-.! arid teeth like in-arls,
;:FaiTet and Weetett'of.littlu"girtsl-. f
: "Oh. who is it," erit-d winsome Slay, , ' . .
; ,llowrI wlidi she was here-to-day i j
, Wouldn't'I love her like every tjiiig! '
" rve her.a doll and mv new irold rijur-.
-'Say, dear firandma, who can slu-i bt-?"
, 'lin-ling,"said (;ninfina,"tliat ehild wits me'.",
- i ',' :" ' p . " - - - '
1 'ay hvkeil -iTng'at4be diiiipleil frraee, . -'.
JAiid tJieo jit the saint-like, fair ol.l face; "'
tow funiiyV'xHhe crietl, -with a smile and kiss v
To have such a dear little Grandma its this!. .
j ;"8till," she added wfth smiling zest',
i'I thiiilc, dear Grandma, I like Yif best".
So Iay clinile(l on the silken knee, - . '
'-; "And -Grandma tld her her liistoVy';'
' Whaplavs fhe piaved, and wlmt tows she had,
' ifow at times she wa-s, nausf hty, or good, or sal
"lut the liest thin you.did," said May, 'Mou't
: you" m-e? - ' -- f . - ' ' . V.
. AVast to grow to a1cautifiit tiramlina Tor me-" V
LITERAHY "(J0SS1I.
-MM. 'tl.tKY. nAYARn m.Anic' F-mm
(Alt iMMareeetveil during the wee If .will le
i mentioned by nanie in the next succeeding is-i
; sup) and, if. worthy of it, receive' a longii-'no-!
j-1 fee after rare ful-reading. Theymay be senti
Neither ly-tnail,.or in packages of a dozen by:
rexpress, and should always he addressed to Mrs.
MAKY J.YAKI t't-AKKK, Xew.bern, X..C.1
irif I. Tylor In ai intcri.stini'
address iri u lu'tfiit Antlinptljryt"-j-U!t
republished iti.tlte1 llecfinber number' of
tTte ' 'J'ojmfa'r -Sct't t t MoutlJy, say's that
.mm? reastin of the slow rrowth of tlic scf-
I rfe. ' - rtuco8! aitronoiiiyj ' pjplojrj-,'nnd biolojry,
'J if it-1" "(till almost our own -daY-. wan 'because - o.f--j
v the shaekle imposeil oh thcia by'tlielrt-
I - ' einpt to jilaeetheiii in the "bonds of a short
l ; . . .ehroii(lory, which alluw-s' no t'otflii fiirthe ,:
-t'i":'r J.h-"o successive jK'riods jhroujjfh which it is!
; iMjw tk'ar that lhe j?artli inust liaye passed
4 "iLwith its plants and. animals before re;tjt liin
i;l ist;y;X ; its present state; Tlie; uunleiu schemes of
-1 teiH - ; astronoiiiiy getilojry ' and bitry are all .
t '- ?s 'j . ifi-amed on the assumpti lof a pa.st, eorr.es-;
11 ; '"i ponding ta the 'endless timej -of the l'e'r-1
! !S " :siah Tend Ayesta; under tlu-lrinsj)iration
Jllf r ."-spaci? tia.s epauded to4 boumHess uniyerse, j
il J. ;and the'ix days of creation jijUV as many
f lsl'j- - vast M.rtods of time. - Kthnolry and phi-:
f '..; Vllolojry have, as Mr.' Tylof-; shows us. in'i
. N'-: like niaaner extended the bounds of hu
X VM ; - man history so as to overt hro all systems
1 i H - !Af 'hroiolory basefl on. the idea that the
! s-g -" world, was, created six or cvvltf ei"ht thou-
jssind years ngo, and all -the evidence acces-
ible aA to j.aneient races of niair ooes.to
prove' that the causes which brought about
their jdifierenjees in types nf skull, hair,
vMskin and constitution, did their chief work
'- in "tlw re-historic . titucs.-'-' Tliat1 all the
-rafts 'of man tire to be accounted for as
"''. :V;iriett descendants f one original stock;; is :
zoologically ffobable from the close re
semblance of all ?men in body and .mind,
; and the freedom with which they inter
L 'niarry. I. 'The evidence of the languages 6f i
r'thb. world all point the same way. No one
1 jpareut language can be found from which
all iotliers are vas plaihly descendcU a the !
'1 Italian is from the Latin ltowever.far back
fwe. getj the"signs'lof developibent Jfrom an t
A f earlier, t-tase are still . there, and tie whole1
. j struct ure is. such as only a long 'lost past
lean accimht for- "From the nioiiuments'of
fKirypt we-Sie that five thousand years ago
-o jnan had advanced so far in4vi)ization asj
,:'to "havej an elaborate 8ystcm of ;g6vernment, '
: -n educated aud literary priesthood, and
--4pr?at skill in agriculture, "architecture and
." liftetal" work ; anil the estimate of. Baron
' j' Bunsen-that man" musC have existed on.
J. ;! earth -twenty thousand years at least, wasl
"' niaihi ott historical grounds independent ofj
."geological ,f evidence, and Mr. jTylor main-!
'tains . trat the antiquity of jnan qan be;
" '4roVed by evidence derived fnou race, lan-"
; guage-aiid culture alone. The problem of
S primitive man must remain obscure; but!
he links, connecting the civilized races)
; fciay be! traced by the scholar and, accord-'
jjhg .to kiTj jiyior, -comparative .myinoiogy
is a most ;
iterestmg part ot -the study 01
"anthropolo
I MaxMuiler has" shown in Iris famous'
' .essay bow5 the 'myths and fairy stories -ofl
j - various .nations have one origin; and Joboj
Thackeray Bunce in a late number of Ap-I
; fpleton's I Ian dy Volume Series,' entitled
' Itiri Tak: Their Origin find MeWningf
i has traced the connection of four of our;
best known fairy tales, "Cinderella, ' ''Lit-:
tie Be4 lliding-llood," "Jack the Giant
v filler,'! and "Jack and theJLBean-S.talk '"
with 'the old Aryan .myths Mr. Tylor
shows that the principle of myth-making
be learned i trom the peasants 01
and drives an account of a terrible
- ranic among' the- peasants' of Germany
ansluST jiroilJ a.rvjKiri, rjueau i.u uma n me.:
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VOL. 1.
tliitt all the Catholic chiTdren with' black.
hair and blue eyes, were to.be sent out. of
the country, some said to liussia,j others ta
Turkey; the King of Prussia having,
while playing cards with the Sultan of '
Turkey,-staked arid lost forty thousiind fair-:
haired' and blue-eyed , children, and. that
there jwere "Moors' i raveling through the
country with eovereLtarts to collect these
children, assisted by the schoolmasters,
who were to receive five dollars a-piece for
every child they delivered. For a time
the popular excitement was so great that
parents kept their children froa .school
and when they appeared in the,, streets
their children clung to them in terror. I)r.
Sehwartae, the well-knowninythoLnrist-.
-tMk -'r" "J-trauC""liuruulor tJ its'
source ana iounu tnat that grave apd
learned body, the A frthropologieal Society
of Berlin, without a thought of the fer
ment they were about to create, had, in
order to class the .populatioii"as';to race, in-.-,
dnfeed 1 tlie authorities to have a census
iiuide, throughout the local schools, to as-
, certain the color- of the children's, skin,
hair and eyes, I HadJt been only the boys,
. to the government inspectioti of . whom for
militafy conscription the peasants were ac-
1 customednothing would have.been thought
of it, but why should the officials wish to
KmoV about the color of the hair and eyes
,'of the girls? -i The stories that suddenly'
sprang hp were m ths to answer this ques
tion The. memory : of German ppnees
stdling regiments- ol their .people to pay
their '.debts, revived and took substance
from, the jRilit ical negotiations '.''pending be
tween llussia;;and Germany. The fact
that'' a caravan of Moors had been travel-,
ing with a show, accounted for the covered
carts'which vvere' -to carry off the children,
anil tlie schoolmasters were naturally im-
r jilicatt'd as having drawn the censtis. One
sihoolniiLstcr," who evidently knew his peo
p.Ii;, assured the' parents it was only the
'children with Um- hair and green eyes who
were .wanted an . explanation that sent
.them ho'ine com iiirtcd. r
The article entitled ' Goldwin Sjiiith on
Morals,'-' wliich ;ipears in the -vr"ditor's
Tald. of tliis. iiuiiiljer will hardly ; relieve'
the niitids of any per ins who were serious
ly alarmed. at '"The I'rospeet of a Moral
lutern.'gnum"" shown by Professor Smith
in the November Atlantic 'MonJJg, in
Lwhich he takes the ground that morality
is based "upon religion, and 'that in the
past the. collapse, of religious systems 'has -
always been fol lowed by periods of uioral
debasement. ' In tlie' "present age he shows
there is an-extensive decline of religious
. belief," which e promises, and is already
bringing fo'rth, another period of moral
debasemeht. The editor very pertinently
remarks that if we .assume Prof. Smith's
historical representations to be true and
he does not deny that they are the c
proved an .insecure foundation for mor;
that whether there is, or is not, an indes
tructible core of truth in all religions, mor
ality, . according to Professor Smith, has
been planted Upon their perishable, and
mutable parts and has lost its.jfolc on men
as these have passed away. ,. j
':A fouudation which crumbles and' per-,
niits . its supei'strueture . to . fall is . a bad
foundation ; and the real question forced
upon lis by Professor Smith's historical
lessons isf shall we continue to build the
edifice of morals "upon this, unstable basis,
or shall we seek a better and more eudur-
r'ba
IMS :
Are
the rules uf conduct to
be derived from vyliat men know of this
" world or-from what they conjecture con
cerning another ?"' Professor Smith main
tains' that fur the fourth time morals have
oh a great scale rotted away, First at the
fall of Greek mythology, second in Home,
third at the llenaislstuice,; hen Catholir
clsnr felt, through" the superstitions aud im
jxistures which had gathered around.lt,'
and which . awakened -intellect .spurned
away. 1 he iouruyialt is to be through
the skepticism engendered; by science. ,
Here the editor taks him up, and shows -that
he overlooks the altered condition of
the questiott, and forgets that the circum
stances in this age are profoundly different
from what they were I in the former great
periods of leligious decadence. In those
times when religion became superstition by
growing incongruous with intelligence, the
state" of knowledge was not sufficient 'to
prevent that superstition from re-entering
into the 'new forms of religion. BuJ scien
tific doubt does. not lead to. negation and a
blind sweeping away of all things; but to
proving all things and hojding fast only to
what is true. : 'The Search ipr principles;
and trust in them when established, "are
becoming through the influence of science,
intellectual characteristics of the tiuie.
Morality has its! principles and right arid
wrong are grounded in the nature", of
things." l'rolesspr Smith never refers-te
aiiy element of truth in his rreligious ' foun
dation" of- mor;ds;'nnd the-" editor mam
tains' that it is a vicious system which
jilants morals upon a biisis that Can be car
ried away 'by '.the, necessary progress of
knowledge;- that morality is not based
uxn. religion as a statue on a pedestal but
morality and religion have grown up to
gether, supernatural beliefs being mixed
with ethical ideas as with everything else.
( Astronomy was mixed with religion,, s'o
Was chemistry, but 'who could -say they
were based upon it? In the progressive'
differentiations; of knowledge they have be
come freed from; superstition, and arc how
independent branches of science'. Morals,
is later in separating, but must follow the
same. law. The Professor makes lout: a
frightful list of crimes which he lays at
the door -of tlie spread in the belief of the
d(Ktrine of evolution, which ' he definesas.
the "exetrable doctrines of brute force,
outrage' and violence, and- considers "the ,
adoration of-a characlfif such as that of j
Napoleon to be the morality of evolution'
supplanting that of Christianity." To
.which' the editor- replies, ' "'that the most .
signal and representative example of this
adoration that; we knew was that of, a
Christian clergyman, the llev. John S. C. .
. Abbott, whchwrote the ' life, of Bonaparte '.
in a strain jof extravagant eulogy-t-and
found hundfedsi of thousiinds of Christian
readers who shared the admiration of the -
reverend author for his hero." .
Jle might have added that the doctrine
of evolution so far from being the "execrable
doctrine of brute force, Outrage and violence,'-'
is just the reverse. Scientific men
T7AT 1 -. I . . .. VI - - I
'I
do; not' hold the doctrine of tlie survival of
til Iffv.l4e Tti& P ti-A.-
j. u( , MJO juien y , every
power or irau wnien ueuer aaapts an ani
mal o live amid ' its eurrountfinsrs enable
that nimal to survive another which Las'
not.tjie eanie pjver or trait; mere strength
is not fitness, ior man is the .weakest of all
animals, at his; birth, yet because of hia
ntness ne is me nrst among them. Kvo-
iution does not make him the -descendant
ox an ape but the oHspnng of the anima
ted universe, "a figure of which all pre
ceedhig forms were but, sketches and stu-
dies.1 ; ; ; T ' ' . .... ; . " '
Do-aii Stanley says it mattes not whether
man Is descended irom the animal wi
juai-v--'Ii,w say rroin the m-
auiruate ddst of the earth ; jt iight would
still Ie rigljl and wr(jng, . yrong. But,
nevertheless, j religion cannot, istamt still
wheni every other science Nis progressing.
" Th giving upbf the sun's! iholioii is giv
ing tip. the foundation of relisrionA. said
the priests who burnt the bookl orCof)er-
nicusa
is) "The giving up of witchcraft is-
the giving up the Bible," said Sir Matthew
Ilale- , Yet religion did not fall, nenher
was. tjie! Bible given up any inore than
God, fas some,pjereons maintain, 'is expelled
from he Univbrse by the adoption of the
hypohd8is of evolution, i Nor does it de
tract from the dignity of humanity to feel
that, jtbr millions of ages the1 forms and
iorces oi nature were employed in working
out the marvel of the human brain, and
-the form of man ; rather does it add to it.
lor the lorce which.rhas built him from a
brain ess zoophyte, is working still towards
the jultiiuate perfection of humanity,
wheuM'.tlie meek shall inllerit, the earth.'.'
f ags And Trices of .Anuals:' - Sent
by E; P.; Button, the agent for the publi
catioris of Grimth & Farran, liondon, is a
eouequon oi snprt, stories written in simple
style
arid printed' in large
type for the
amusement of young children and with a
view io interesting them- in the nature and
habit! of animals - ! ' V
'recked, Lost, ' from the same
houst, is a story for boys being an account'
of 'the. adventures of two lads, who, with
the p'lot of the: ship, were wrecked on the
coast" of Spitzbergeu . and lived nearly a
ycar pn that inhospitable coast. : . j'
. Jfi-Mcenturc. . ' Australia " P.,
Dnttdn & Co.,'eontains an accurate, descrip
tion,' If .the habits of the natives and the'
natural productions and features of -the"
comitfry interwoven" with an .account of the
hunting adventures .of Captain Spencer,
who, &r his health, goes on a tramp through!
the B;ush. The interest is well kept up
arid tie story a good one for boys.
..; fcfyricaii,Pet8;'E. V. Dutton & Co., is"
a eollection of true stories about the pet
animals of i lady residing in .Natal.'-, Dogs,
cats, pionkeys, birds and ponies are not ujn-
comnlou pets, but to hfar of such pets as; a s f
! - f .i - . i i t
is sonjethinir out ot the common run
All the books from this hotise are hand
somcly gotten" up in attractive bindings arid
with" jood illustrations and are most appro-
priat ior nonuay girts or scnooi prizes.
Bigamy or No Bigamy J
Saniiicl Warren's Confessions of an. Attorney.
Thp firm of Flint and Sharp enjoyed,
whetlier dest;rvedly or not, when I was
connel'tcd with it, as it still does, a .high
reputltion for' keen practice, arid. shrewd
businss-inanageiiient. ; This (kind of pro-,
"fessiofial fame is far 'more, profitable
than he druni-and-trumpet variety of the
sauie article; -or at least ?ce found it so;
and o ten, from blush of morn to far later
than ewy eve -which natural phenomena,
by the way, were only emblematically -ob--sjryet
by me during thirty busy years in
the e ttinguWiuient of the street " lamps at
dawn, and thcir're-illuminatibn atdusk-
did I and. my partner incessantly pursue
our gplden avocations;; deferring -what are
usually esteemed the pleasures or life its
banquets, music, flowers
till the toil, and heat
day wrre past, and a calm-' luminous even
ing, u i clouded by" care or anxiety, had ar
rived. This conduct may or" may not
.have Been wise; but at all. events it daily
increased the connection and transactions
of the firm, and '; ultimately anchored us
both ery comfortably in the three per
' cents ; and this too, I am bold to say, not ,
withoi t 'hating effected some- good iri our i
, generation. . Tliis boast of mine'.. the folr
lowinii passage in the 'life of a distinguished
: client-l-known, 1 ; am quite sure, byrrepu-,
tation J to- most of the readers of these pa
pers, Ajiiom our character for practical sa
gacity and professional shrewdness brought
us -will, I think, be admitted in some de
gvee t substantiate.
Oan connection was a mercantile rather
than In aristocratic one, and iniy surprise
was tlirefore considerable, when, on look-r
ing tlfrough theT office-blinds to ascertain
wliat a ehicle it was : that had driven so
rapidlj up to the door, I observed a handsomely-appointed
carriage with a coronet
emblazoned on the " panels, out of which a
tall Jodtman was handing a lady attired in
deep ut elegant mourning, and closely
veiled; I instantly withdrew to my pri
vate rt om, and desired that the lady should
be inii lediately admitted. Greatly was my
surpri- e increased when the graceful and still:
youth flub visitor withdrew her veil, and dis
closed the features of the Countess of Sey
ton j upon whose mild, luminous; beauty, as
rendered by the engraving from Sir Thomas
' Lawrence's . picture, I had so frequently
I gaied with -admiration. "That rare and
; touchihg beauty was clouded now ; and an
intens expression of anxiety, fear almost
temir gleamed ; from out the troubled
depths of her fine dark ces.
Tre,Couness of Seyton !" I, half-invol-untariy
exclaimed, as with my very best
bow Ij handed her ladyship a cliair.
;; ; 'ys"; . and you are a partner of this cel
ebrated firm, are you not?" .. ,
1 f bwed again still more 'profoundly to
tliiis Compliments and modestly admitted
that l3 was the Sharp of th4 firm her lady
ship was pleased to entitle "celebrated."
i "Tleii, Mr. Sharp, I have to consult
you professionally upon a matter of the'ut--.
most-4-the most vital importance to me and
mine,
Her
ladyship theny with some
confusion of manner, as if she ,did not
knowtwhether what she- was doing was in
accordance with strict etiquette or not,
placed a Bank of England note, by way of
retainjpr, before me. I iput it backf ex-
RALEIGH, X. G., iTJDAY, DECEMBER
plaining what the Mag ' really w-and
the countess replaced 'it in her purse
'We shall be proud to render jouipady
"iship any assistance in oar power,", Iffflud;
"but I understood the -Messrs. Jmlkrson
enjoyed the confidence of ; the Koifje of
4 1 . -
'Precisely.; Thev are, m to srtesti the
hereditary "solicitors of the 4familjtAnore
than of any individual member off and
therefore, though 1 highly respectabjj per
sons, unfit to advise me in thw-rarular
matter. .BetadeH,? Bhe'-Added. witl eav.i .ad'" private ;..intetview, en, he.
ing tremor.an4 htsitatm,'& detdth,f, IjnAf'
and if possible. f2ii tlie individual biSihcw t tvItWr t' ji- A, an-,;
Perfectly,; madam; aod allow
suggest that it is pjpbabie..'' ourjitriiew
may be a sonxewliajt .prolonged ou'sgour
ladyship's. carriagewhich may attrt, at
tention, should be t once dismissed AThe
office of the famiA solicitors is, -'yare ;
aware, not far of; and as we coul'iinbt
explain to theni li reason which intces
your ladyship to honor us with youtyjon
fidenee, it will be as well to avoidany
chance of inquiry"! ' ;; . ; -
Jiady Sey tort; acquiesced in my svjfees
tion" : the carrid was ordered homf jand
Mr. , Flint entering' just at the 'tin? we
both listened with earnestness and afcflety
to her commuhieatliori. It is needbs to
repeat verbatim tie .somewhat proljg ex
clamative narratioiil of the countes the.
essential facts weieias follows:-- ; M -'.'
The Countess f'Seytori, previouS: her ;
first
4-
marriage, van Miss Clara 1 Lvley,
second daughtei uf the lleverend ohn
Ilayley, the re'efor jof a parish 'n'tron-.;
shire. She married, when only hineen
years ot ,asre, a . uiptain. uosioru. ; -iier
husband was, tea yiars older than "lii;eiiy
t ' ' .i i-. .... J i ;s. .;
auu, as, sue uisctveneu aiie-r iuariiit;flvaa,
cursed with, a; morose and churlish tiper
and disposition.! ljrcyious to her acojpunt-.
anee with Gosfgrd, tehe had been inflate
with, almost! betrothed to, Mr. ;',ur
Kingston, a young, gentleman" conjcted
with the peerage, and at that timoiAeh .
apparent to the great expectancies a ac
tual poverty! o' his father, Sir Ahur
Kingston. The haughty baronet, tlie in
stant he was made aware of the naia!.e of
his son's intimacy wijth the rector's daufter,
packed the young iiian dff to.the corw&ient
on his i travels. - jine iteverena ry onn
Ilayley and his .beautiful Clara .- wSe as
proud as the baronet, and exttem in
dignant that it shoiild be thought, eifr of
them wished to entrap or delude . Shur
Kingston into an uilequal or ineligibljar
riage. This feeling of pride and iytenU
ment aided the suiccess of Mr. Gosi rd's
suit, and Clara Hyley,.Uke''many0.eraB,
. - . i -- -- .;'.;M. i r -
seir to misery, in oraer to snow ine na,
and Mr.' Arthur Kingston and his ; oud.
father especially, tlijat she had a spintFhe
union was a most uhhappy oYie. One Jliild ;
only, which died in; its infancy, vvasiiorn
Jo them ; and after )eihg united' somifltfiiat i
more than two years, a :
two ? years, a separatiou.tierhe
mently insisted on by the wife's 3ier,
took place, and the . unhappily-wded ;
daughter returned j tq her parents" joof. '
Mr. Gosford he had some time Jybre
sold outi of the ". arniy traveled abothe'
country in search o amusement,; antllat
terly -of health, (forjhis unhappy eanVous
temper at last affected arid, broe 'dovsg his.
never very robust Jphysical coristitupn),
accompanied for the twelvemonth . pf "feed
ing his death by a jj oung man belufeirig
to the medical profession of the rnjle of
Chiltoiii. Mr. and Mrs., Gosford Ha6een,
separated a few dftys less than- threeears
when the husband Hied, at the village of
Swords in-Ireland, and not far distant rom
Dublin.! The intelligence was firstl-on-
veyed to the AvidoWjby a paragraph ithe
'Freeuijan's Journal," .a Dublin nevsspc-
iandiettered-eftse. per ; and by the following post a Iet ar
, and. hunt of the "-rised-' from Mr. Chilton, inclosing l.yihg
whicTTlrhe-jieceased i had requested stwuld
be sent to his wife, and a note, dK3&ted
jifst previous o the death-hour, - in jieh
he expressedregret for tfiepaist, a. ad
mitted that he alone had heeatpiblafbr
the unhappy sepajation. .'A CQpylhis
will,made nearly a twelvemonth prevsly,
was also forwarded, by which, heb&juiied
his property, amounting to - abouti;gferee
. hundred pounds per annum, id: a 4;tant
relative then residing in 2s'ew Ho f ind.
By a memorandum I of a subsequentate,
: Mr. Chilton was to hive all the nbn;and
other personals lie might die in icpos
sessioni of, after, defraying the 'neesaiy'
funeral expenses.. This wiD, Mr Clinton
stated,' the de&asetl gentleman -hatg? ex
pressed a wish in life last moments tolter,
but death had been too suddcri for hMl to
be able to give effect to that good, 'n twi
long-delayed intention. li i -i- IM 'v
.It cannot be! supposed that t thecing
before ' practically widowed wife gybyed
much' at theifinal" breaking; of the jiain
which bound her to so ungenial a fjate ;
but as 1 Lady Soy tonjwas entirely silent fepon
the subject, our suptposition can onfefrest
upon the fact, that Arthur Kingstvnwho.
had -some time previously, in consefjignce
of the death of the' Earl of Seyfbn aSl his '
only son, an alwayswspakly child, prttjded
a few months by tHat of his own iierf
the baronet, $uccee4ed to the earlddSitnd
estates hastened loipe, .on, -seeing tl aiir.
nouncement of Gbsford's death tl'ie
Dublin paper, from! the' continent, ?giere .
he had continued to reside since hi3om- 1
"pelled-departuresixi years before;, andoon
afterwards found his way into Devonirey
and so I successfully pressed the renewed;
offer of his handj that the wedding ook
place: slightly within six months aftrf the;
decease of Mr. Gosford. Life passqpwlf
liantly and happily1 with the ,ear"arid
countess to; wborii three children ;&boy
and two girls) were born till jabgupS five .
monttis previous tos ine present jtimewiien
the earl, from being , Caught, wheS out
riding in a dreriching shower of raiwas
attacked by fever, and after an acute fness
of only two or ,three..aay8,.'.diirati(.ez-!
pired. r The preseht-earl was at the tinjif jiist
turned of five yeari of age: i-!;. '' ;';...
This blow, we comprehended frojii the
sudden tears which filled the lwauliEuficyes
of the countess as she spoke of 'thetlarl s
decease, was a severe ojie. Still, thjrief
of widowhood must have been' grea J as
suaged by love f(jr her children, not
inmsidely, after whOei, we may be
- sure, .by L brilliant positioB in which she
wa leiiH,' ia idditio Jto iheing fplen
'didly'atured she was appointed by her
husliiva will sole; guardian of the youug
!ordyT eon. , , - : . -' - :
Ak Trible reverse awaited ; her. She
washing with her Father the lector, nd
her illunmarried sister, Jane JIayley, in
the diwing-room of Seytoa House,1 when
a nol'.'as broughtjtd her, signed I'M ward
Chilt'-nlfee trnter of which deoiaiTcSea an
UUIUUIKW Ml B IU liaijai. lUaulvU iuui
cope from which he had unexpectedly rej
covered, ana Baa uvea six monius longer;
"The truth is," . added Chilton, ' that-,
chancing the other ihty to be looking ove
a 'peerage,' Inotieed tor the first- time the
date.of 3"our marriage with the late Earl of
Seyton, and I have now to inform you that
it took place precisely eight days previous
to Mr. Gosford's death;
that it was conse-
q'uently no. marriage at
jall ; and that your
son is no more Earl of Seyton than I am.'!
,' lhis ' dreadful announcement, as one
might expect; completely overcame the
-.countess. She fainted, but not till she had
heard and comprehended Chilton's hurried
injunctions to secrecy and ' silence. He
-rang the bell for '''assistance,' and then left
;the house. The mental agony of Lady
Seyton on. recovering. .j consciousness was
'terrible, arid she with great difficulty sue,
ceeded in concealing itH cause from her
anxious and wonderhig relatives. Another
interview "with Chilton appeared to confin
'the ttuth of, his story j beyond doubt or
question, lie produced a I'ormally-drawiiT
.up document," sighed by; tne lHcrce Cuii-
ningham,' grave-digger jof Swords, which
set ibrth tliat Charles Gosford was buried ,
on the 2Gth. pf June, 1832, and that the
inscription on his. tombstone set-forth that
he had died June $od of that year. Also
a written. averment of jj'atrick . 3Iullins of,;
Dublin, that he had lettered the stone at
the head of the grave jof Charles Gosford
in Swords burying-groiiijid in 1S32, and that
its date was, as stated by Pierce C.unninj- J
lKim, June 23, I ; - 1. -f:
"Have you copies of.thosc ducuments ?,' .
tisked Mr. Flint,. ; .Y ' ; . ' i ';
"Yes. "I have brought theni with Hie,"
the" coiintess rephedj and handed tliem t5
Mr. Flint. ,"In iny terror and extremity,"
continued her ladyship, !"antrr ungraded by
coUnsel--for, till now Ij have cot dared to
speak upon the subject ! to any person 1
have given this Chilton, at various times,
large sums of money- but he is insatiable 'f
a$A ynly , yesterday ;: I '; I cannot repeat
I'll
i.rr
. "Marriage F' exclaimed- Mr. Flint with a
burst. 'Tie ,had read the note over my
shoulder. ''The scoundrel !" . '1
- My worthy partner was rather excited
The truth Was, he had iv Clara of his own
atholne a dead sister's child very pretty,
just about marriageable, and a dood ', deal
resembling, as he told nie afterwards, our
'new and' interesting client. ; ;V:
, "I would dio.aOthoushnd deaths rather',
resumed Lady Seyton, In a low, tremulous
voice, as she let fall herveil. "Can there,"
she added in r.' still ..fainter; voice, "be any
thing done-anything"-- ' ; I
"That depends entirely," interruptei
Mr. Flint, f nipon. whether. thisfina story is
or is not a fabrication, oi up for thpur
:pose of extorting money. It seems to m, .
'I must say, amazingly like' one ' j .
"Do you Jeally think." so?' exclaimed
the lady with joyful vehemence.. The no-
'tion that Chilton was pierhaps imposing on
her credulity and fears peemed not to have
struck her before. . ! ' -"What
do you think, Sharp ?" said my
tUM . Km
partner. N -;;:' if. r- ;"-" j '--;
, ,1 hesitated to give an opinion, as T did
not share in the. hope' entertained by FJint.
I)etection was so, eertiiin, that I tloubted
- if so cunning a person as Chilton appeared ,
to be would have ventured . on a fraud so
severely punishable. H;Suppose," I -said;'!
avoiding an answer, "as tliis note appoints
an interview - at'three 'o clock to-day at ;
Seyton lipase, we met:t. hiinXhere instead
of your ladyship ? - A little taik( with the
fellow, might be serviceable." . , ; ; ;
Lady Seyton eagerly agreed to this pro-;
posal ; and it Was' arranged that we should
-be at Seyton' House half an hour before
'the appointed time, in j readiness for the
.gentleman.'?. . Lady Seyton left, iri : a" hack
"ney-coach, somewhat relieved, I thought,
by having cotifided thej oppressive secret . ;
to us; and; with a -nascent hope sligMly
flushing her pale, dejected countenance. I ;
The finh of Flint aiad Sharp had then
a lohg-tHiference 'together, during which
the lady's statement and Mr. Chilton's '
documents were,- the "'reader, may he sure
very minutely conned lover, analyzed- and
commented upon. Finally, it was resolved
that, if- the; approachimg inidrview, ' the
mariner of which we agreed upon, did1-not
prove satisfactory, Mr. Flint should imme
diately proceed .to Ireland, andf personally
ascertain the truth or falsehood of the facts
alleged by Chilton. ; : ; i
V( "Mr. Chilton is anmmnced.," said Lady
Se3'ton, hurriedly eiiterinir the library in
Grosvenor Square, jwhere Mr. Flint arid
myself were.' seated,
sent, I think you
great tremor. 1
"r need not be pre
paid ?" she added, in
"Certainly not,
madam,
I replied.
'We shall do better
alone."
She retired instantly j Flint rose and sta
tioned himself close by the door. Presently
a sounding, confident, step was heard along
the. passage, the library door swung back
on its noiseless hinges, and in stalked a man
apparently about thirty-five years of age,
tall, genteel, and soldier-looking., 'He'
started back on seeing me," recognizing,, I
perceived, ipy vocation '.at a glance.
"How is this ?" lie exclaimed.
'I ex-
pected" ': "j, v:- 'y. 'i -:' " ; '-..'
- "'The countess of Seyton." True ; but
'her ladyship has deputed me to confer
with: you on the business mentioned in ;
your note." . -. .. " ;-
"I shall have nothing to say to you," he
replied abruptly, and turned to leave the ;
room. Mr. Flint had shut, and was stand
ing with his back to the door. !
" "You can'fr go," he said,, in his coolest
. -v '" 'f":..;-i!' -. ;. ;.;;; . : '"'" ".' 4
Q, 1879.
manner.. "The police are within call.";
'"The police ! What the deTil do jjroo'V
mean?" eried Chilton, angrily ; but, t
of his awuranee, visibly trembling benth
Flint's searching, half-sneering luok. J
'iNojthing. very "remarkable, ! replied that
gentleman, "or unusual io pur profeiwon.
Come, sit down ; we are lawyer yow aire a
man of busine8s,.we ktiow. I due mj we
shall scon understand each iother." . I :
Mr. Chilton sat down, ftnd Mwdir
awaited what was. next to come. !
I "You are aware," said Mr. Flint, nhat
l V 1 1 ; I r
'To.' transportation, " continued 'mr im
perturbable ipartner, "for seveuj ten, four
teen lyears, or for life, .at the discretion of
the judge; but, considering thej frequency
of the crime. o late, I shoiild say there is
a stnng probability that jrow
will be
life,
'What, devil's gibberish is this?'' i ex
claimed Chilton frightened, but
still fierce..
"I can prove.everything I have
bid. Mr.
Uosiord, l tell you
4 ell, well, ' interrupted
Mr". Flint;
"put it in that light, how you r
ease;! turn
it which way you will; it's like!
the key m
Blue Beard.i which, I dare ; sav, you i have
read of; rub it out on one slide,) and up it
comes on the other: Say, by way of Jargu-.
ment,. that you have not obtained money by
unfounded threat a crime which tlie jaw
holds tantamount . to highway robbc'iy.
You have iu tliat case obtained; money jlbr
compromising a felony that of, polygamy.
An awfulposition, my gopd isir, chaise
which ybu wilL" ; ! 1
Utterly chop-fallen was the lately trit m-.
phant man; but he speedily rallied. J I
"fI care not," he at length said. "Punish
.mevou may '; but the pridti of! this slum
count eks and the sham earl will! be brought
low. And I tell you once for all," he
added, rising at tlie same" tiriie,j and speaking-
in ringing, wrathful tones, j'that I defy
you, and will either be handsomely remun
erated for silence, or I will at Jonce infejrm
the Honorable James Kingston that he is
the True Karl; of Seyton." I ' ,
f And I tell yon" retorted Flint; "t lat
if you attemjit to leave this, room, I will
give you into custody at nice, and tr in
sport you" whatever may be t' lelconsequeiice
to others. .Come, come, let us have no
mure nonsense or bluster.: - Wi have strong
'.'.reason:'', for. believing that the story ;.by
; which yuu have Ijeen extorting money, is a
fabrication.'. 'If it be so, rilyupon it jwe
shalli detect and punish yo.i. " Your only
I safe course is U make a cleiin j breast of it
whilst there' vet time. 1 put with it,
man, at once', aui you shall "o Scot-free ;
nay, have a few sn re poutids more; nay
,a hundred.. Be wue in time, I. cour sel
ytt.ii' -4j-.-i.i.i "j't '' """" ! ;,
Chilton hesitated ; his white lips quiver
ihI. There ; something to reveal.
"I cannot," he muttered, after a consid
erable pause; "There is nothing to (lis-
closevV . . ; j.- '.:; ;jA
"lou will not! Then your fate be6n
your1 own head. I have donq-with you."
: It was now my turn. 'Come, come,.' I
said,; "it is useless urging this inari further.
Howj much do you expec?? The insolent
; proposal contained in your jnote is, you
well ! know, out of the ouestion. IlloW
much inowg do" you expect lor keeping
'this j -wretched 'affair secret!? State yiur
terms at once." .. ! ' ; '
" A thousand per annum," was the reply,
"and the first year down." - .
"Modest,.Tpon my word I But I sup
pose we must comply.'" I j wrote out an
agreement. "Will you sign! this?"
1 He ran it : over. 1 " Yes ; j Lady Seyton,
as she'. calLs. herself, will take
sees, the light."
icare it never
I withdrew, and in two or three minutes
returned with a check. "Her ladyship "has
no present cash at the bariker," I said,"a!nd.
is obliged; to post-date this
days' ' . ' ' - ...r; .
fcheck twelve
Thd rascal grumbled a rood
deal; but Las
there, was ho help for it, life took the securi-
: t signed the- agreement and walked ' !ff
; ' lA sweet nut that for the dbvil to cract,"
'observed Mr. Hint, looking
Savagely afjfer
him. ;' "I am in hopes we shal
1 trounce him
The-ch!ck
order or ! to
yet, bravely as he carries iL;
of course is, not pav'able td
b.:arer?'' : ,,('
'Certainlynpt ; arid before twelve diys
are past, you will have returried from Ire
land., The agreement may be, I thought,
of rise with Cunningham or j Mullins. j If
they have been conspiring (together, they
wilt scarcely admire the light in which you
can place the; arrangement as affording
proof that he means to keep the lion's share
of the. reward to himself." . J
"Kxa'ctly.- At all events we shall get'at
the truth, whatever it be." - ; ' , i
The same evening Mr. Flint started For
Dublin via Holyhead. ! j
rVeceived in due course letter from him
dated the (lay after his arrival there. It
was anything but a satisfactory one. The
date, on the grave-stone had been truly. rep
resented, and Mullins who erected it was a
highly respectable man.' Flint had also
seen ,the grave-digger, llut could -make
nothing out of him. There was no regu
lar register of deaths kept m Sword x
cepti hat belonging to; CAininingham ; . and
the iminister who buried Gosford, and wiho
lived at that time in Dublinj had been dead
sonic time. This was disheartening ajnd
melancholy enough ; and, asj'if to give our
unfortunate client the cfjupnle-g race, Mr.
Jackson, juriior, marched into the office
iusf aftc;r 1 had read it, to say tliat, having
been referred by Lady Seyton to us for fex-
planitionsf, with respect to a statement
made by a Mr. Edward Chilton to the
Honorable James - Kingston, for whpm
they, the Messrs. Jackson Vere now act
ing, by .which it appeared that the said
Honorable James Kingston was, in fct
the true Earl of Seyton, he, Mr, Jackson,'
junior, would be happy to hear what I had
to say upon the subject! It needed buV
this; Chilton had, as I feared he wold,
after finding we had "been 'consulted, sold
his secret, doubtless advantageously, to the
heiT-at-law:; There was still, however, a
chance that something favorable niijght
turpi up, and, as I. had no ntkion of throw--iiig
tliat chance away, I carelessly replied
that we had reason to believe Chilton's
8ttry was a-malicious fabrication, and that
we should ot course throw ! on them the
onus of jadk-ial proof that Oofird u
rtill alive when the late earl marring wu
ok-tunisrd. Finally, however, Ui pUive
Mr. Jackson, who pitifitwed to be very
anxum, foyhe lady s ak to avoi.1 un-nm-mary
edat, and to arrancv t he'affair w
quietly as ponwble, I agreed to meet him
at Lady Seyton'i io fior days from that
time, and hear the tvidenee upon which he
relied. This could not at ail eVenU rcndtT
our position worse; and it was, meanwhile,
agreed that the matter hould be kept a
far m poiwible profoundly ecret.
Three days passed without any lurtner
lint, and 1 vehemently
jowrncy had prfVed a fruit
. ouliJ evmiiie tu u
th- day1 JprKHntcd for the eemference -'at
Seyton House, a hackney-coach drove
rapidly up to the oiSoe door, and out pop
ped Mr. rlint, followed by Jwp strangeniV
whom he very Watchfully racorted into, the
house. , j I "
"Mr. Patrick Mullini; and Mr. Pierce
Cunningham," mid Flint as' he idiook
hands with me in a way which, in oi injunc
tion with the merry sparkle of his. cycH,
and the boisterous tone of. his vohv, aivur
ed me all was right, f Mr. llercc Cun
ningham will shx-p Ihtc'j thight," he
addinl ;' "so Collins had better engage aU-d
out." ;. : 1 j ; .." ; ..'"-;
Cunningham, ani ill-lmiking lout of a
fellow, muttered that he ihe "to hh-p at
a tavern." ' '- j ' j .'.''.'' f .
"Nof if I know it, my fiiK fellow," ire.
joined Mr. Flint. Youj mean well, I dare
say; but I cannot he sight of you fr ulj
that. You cither sjirp here or at a station-house."-'
' ' I I - - ' .
Tlie man stared with surprise and alurm ;
but knowing refusal ujr reistanv to be
hoi'ieletiH, sullenly uMMlitM to the .arranger
ment, and withdrew to the roiu-apjioiiited
fr him, , vig'tlantlyl gusirde!.. rr Mr.
Mu-llins we engaged a bed at a neighbor
ing tavern. ' h. J
Mr. Flint's niis.vion iad been hlilfully
and -Muccessfully aoconiplishetl. .' He was
convinced, by the sullen confusion of man
ner manifested by (unninghain, that Home
villainous agency had Thhti at work, and
he agliin waited on lullins, the stone- ,
cutter. ?'Who gave you the, order fr the
grave-stone?" he oski-l Mr. Mulliim re
ferred ' to his book jandj answered that he
received; it by letter. 'Had he: got that
letter?" "Very likly,j he replied, "as he
seldom destroyed bliiness pajx-rs of any
kindv" "A search was iiistituUMl, and
finally thU letter," said jMr.J-'lint, "wrth
an carl's coronet, torn and dirty us it is,
turned up." This invaluable-. lKuinent,
which bore the .IindonJ jMft-date of June
1A,-K.Vi ran ns followii: '
"AxtlLKSEA H(-Kli, HaYMAUKF.T, )
"Uindon, June 2.1, 18.12. J
..... "Sir Phiase to ereci a plain tomb-stone
f- at the-hewd tA Olntrh ltford," Kwpiire'a
grave, who died.'aj lw .Months since at
Swords, agel thirty-jtwo years. This is all
that need be inscribed upon it. You are
1 referred to . Mr. Guinness of Sackville
Street, Dublin, for jiayment. ,Yur obedi
ent servant, . EjiiwARn Chilton,"
"You see," continiued Flint, "the fellow
; had inadvertently left oat the date of Gos
ford V death, merely Bating it occurred a
few months previously; and Mullins con-'
eluded .that, in entering his order in his
day-book, he must have somehow, or other
confounded the date'of the letter with hat
of Gosford's decease, f Armed with this
precious discovery, 1 -again sought Cun
ningham, and by dint .of promises and
; threats, at last got thd truth , out of the
rascal It was this: j Chilton, who returned
to this country fronl' the Cape,-where he
had resided ' ftr three1 years previously?
about two months" ago, having some busi
ness to settle in Dublin, went over there,,
and one day visited Swords, read the in
scription on Charles j Gosford's grave-stone,
and immediately sought- out the grave
digger, and asked him if he had any record
of that gentleman's jburial. i Cunningham
said he had, and produced ,his book, by
which it appeared that it took place De
cember, 2 v 1831. 1'That cannot be," re
marked .Chilton, and he referred to the
head-stone. ' Cunningham said he had
noticed 'the mistake a few days after it was
erected; but thinking it of no consequence,
and never having, that he knew" uf, ecn
Mr. "Mullins since, hie had said, and indeed:
thought nothyig about it. To conclude'
the story Chilton-ultimately, by payment
often pounds dowfl, and liberal promises
for the future, prevailed upon the grave
digger to lend himself fo the infamous de
vice the sight of thd grave-stone had sug
gested to his fertile, unscrupulous brain."
'This was indeed a .glorious success,' and
the firm . of ; Flint and Sharp drank the
Countess of Seyton'jj health that evening
with great enthusiasm, and gleefully
"thought pf the morrow."
We found the' drjiwing-room of Heytoti
House occupied by thc Honorable James
Kingston, his solicitors' the Messrs. Jack
son, Lady Seyton an4 her father and sister,
to whom she had at Icnirth disclosed the
source of her disquietude. The children
were leaving the apartment as wo entered
it, and the prief-dimhied eyes of the coun
tess rested; sadly upon her bright-eyed boy
as he slowly withdrew with his sisters.
That look changed ! io one of wild surprise
as it encountered Mil Flint's shining, good
humored countenancc.i I was more coin
'poscd and reserved tlilan my partner, though
feeling as vividly as he did the satisfaction
of being able not only "to dispel Lady Scy
ton's anguish, but U extinguish the exul
tation and trample 'on the hopes of the
Honorable James Kingston, a stiff, grave)
middle-aged piece of hypocritical propriety,
whclwas surveying from the corners of his
affectedly unobservant; eyes the furniture
and decorations of the splendid apartment,
and hugging himself with the thought that
all that was his! Business was immedi
ately proceeded with. I Chilton was called
in. He repeated his former story vrrbatim,
and with much fluency and, confidence.
He then placed in'the hands of Jackson,'
senior, the vouchers signed by Cunningham
and Mullins. Thej transient light faded
irom Lady Seytonls countenance as she
turned despairinglyj almost accusingly, to
wards us. ; .
"What answer -have you to make to this
gentleman's statement thus corroborated ?"
demanded Jackson,' senior.
"Quite a remarkable one," replied Mr,
Flint,
as
he
rang
khe bell. "Desire the
HALE S W E r K L
FrrrtlTn 8irrt, orrr W'UIlaman 4 t
cfcarra, Ofp-il Marlbr H.marr, - PiMWl F.Ov
wj.Wr- nailJianyi, X. C j
groth-nH-n in the. Itbrmrr U tep op," he
added to the f i nun who answered the
utnmona. In altout thne tninnte in
mirthrd Cunningham and Mull i on, f. 4-
kiwwl iy two pwu oitprn. An irrrpnw
ilil exclamation of Irrror eorapml Chilton,
wlich waa 'SinnxJuteJj rrhoel j Mr.
Fliata direction to tlie p4iee, m he pointed
towarda the trembling caitiff; "That la
yiinr man ftrur him."
;A Btorm of exclamation, oooMi.mj, re
monxtniDotw inatantrr broke forth, aixl it
wm aevrraJ mi naU before attention coulJ
he obtained for the'; Matentmu of our twa
TriaK aiilluv n,l tdt- n&.lin.r. T tl.
bppi)j-fLud letter. 1 Tlfo i-ffect of tho
etuleny Uneixl wm dVunMrvckirioa)
. Lady Seyton, ai iU full nignifieam CmimJ
uon her, crtaUMd with ronvulaire joy,
. attd I thought tnu.&are fainlrl fnuu .
c of enition. The lie v. John Ilyh-y ;
returned audible thankn to G1 in a voice
iTering wich-. ra4urs. and Mia lik-y
nurtout of.th artnu iit, and pr.-miily
nturnol .i(hhe i hikln n. who wi re im-.
mi-diately halfiiiiihcnil with their, ui.h.
ens ccstat k i-wc. All--wan f.r, a f w
minute U-wildi uncut, .y, hijKim-t Flint
p;iiMt to hia 'lying day that ady Sy,.
ton "threw her arum around bin tuVk and
kilsK-d Ida bald M pirclwud. Tbix, how
ever, I cannot fiiidly vouch f ir, as niy
aiU-ntioii was t-ugngel at the iiioiiicnt by
tliL adverse rlaiuiuiit.llie; I loiiorubln JiuiMfi
KingMon, who ctliihiti-d oiH of the nioMt
irretiMibly, dnii wo U gono, lackadaisical
aicvt it in Hw.ible to mini ic. lie inali
a
w
hurrieil and ui'wt uudii:uitiil exit, aiul
as itnniciliat.lv li.ll. 'Wed by 'the di4ii.
fitl'd 'family ' Hlieiton. ('billon waroi.
KihI to a at;tli"ii hotio', and the Ant d iV
a iiiny ctniiiiiiuiii inr .iri.il. . lie 4
tnvict-l at the next Mi-nnioiiM mid if iitceniil
L . P.M.. ... !i. . ' I . r
tJm'Vcn yenr?' iTiiiitatiin , and' tlic 'Vi I'
el rat4-l'' linn of I li tit and Slinrh derive!
jusiilerable hnn-, and More profit, from
ih suectlul, htri.kc oF pr.ihivi.iii.il ,d
.ty. ' . '
Here and There In North ( arullna. '
iti.Ms ntuvi I :iTus fi tiik' Ki'iroit.
CltAVKN 1 M M Mill ATloN j .T:.
jit ubrrn, Ihttwln-r 'Id, IHTII.-
.i
(il:rritt. Yviie amd'Mr. J. DintrMia.
Ilollaiidcrs .who imve ln-n for veara w
. ..... . . . .
.11.....!... ...I... I..;;.. I r . . ..
Michigan, )iuvc' lut1y Ihyii uhjr
cting tour to 1 ho Mclicaii
Mkn-t (ng
lavelHk, between NcwIktb an
hfad .City, where a year ago JlM
McJjcim acttli'il a do-n or more
countrymen. Theo p'titletncn,'' J
iiien in suimiancc ana ciain;
tl emselvoH mm h pleased with all'
seen, and say 'the account given i I
Mr. Mclean fell far short of
TJIicy rcmaimHl mime da- at I!
and liaatiad through Ncwbem on Ui
back to Miehtiran to make arran(menta
fi r a ixTiiianont settlement in the colony, '
which will this winter he largely inercamu! ;,
b risettlcrs from the Holland villngW. of,.
y ichigan arnl I II in mi. r- They had heard
.much of the unwttl.il Ute of sotiely here
and were warned Ix-fore they led' home
tl at they could not, Ving Hepublirau(, ex
Ji 'ess their jxilitical AcntiuictiU in thixStiito
without !ang-f of troublr.. Tliey 'w ro
much Kiirjirtrteil, nn well ax plcaMcd, Io find
tl at the warning wan entirely iKy-dlca, and
tl at llepublieans are iw free of hjHH-i h and
ation in Curoliiia as Ii.iikk rutn. Tho -pi
otirtectii of the colony ; are nteadily im
proving, as all who are already locnU-d there
arc lAore than plciw.1 with the t-hangr from
tie s;vcrc winter of 'Michigan to our
gcniid climate. . M. II. ',
The Lale lr , Slrnilwltir. .v
From thr Ihirhaui IlcorI-r. ' , ' I
No death, o much in the firm of a pub
calamity, ham-ver fallen urton the riti-
zns of HillsWo. Identic. -.1 with that
-cijmmunify for morq than half a century,
he had won, and through Ids long lit) re- '
tinel in an unusual degree, the affection,
tlie rcHpcct, ihe .ooiifidenu) of all iliuica.
Tlic giHd phyNician, the nafe counsellor,
ti c genTous friend, the hospitable' gentle "'
man, the enlightened citiwn,'in all the
varied relations in which he tooI to the
wurld lie won every heart and eoinmanhl j
vay judgment. I;nther, Irieml, gunl).'.
hs heart, bis purw and 'hi profiwiinI
fl.ill were at the coniuiniid of all and with
o it question, his warm affe'tior afid his
nerous Ixiunty were uiiMtiriUlly lavuhol. ;
o man has ever gone down to the jrrave ;
Ilowtrd by Mre wnecre ontiNiuring" of;
anieii Horrow. ! ' . i
His was a beautiful ihrUtian life, cxetn-
ifying its highft and untt i haractcris-
tic by consistent and, uniform olmcrvanoo
of its teaching. - Nothing but its pure1
and elevating IchmoihI could have animated
a pieart so warm and o guilelettM, - ufTec
tionato, m gchfroiui awl so truntful. A
J.Jng life of aitive i IeVotion to duty glori
fnhl with the brightest attributin of the i
.liristian charaeUT M nudl. tily c loed, but !
cl mt without the iifu.d terror of the
death lx-d, f.r liin 1.m- uiw.n this
tiiortal exist-ne4 without the coii ioiuineu) ;
of suffering, and tW dawn of a glorioua
eternity broke up Ids vision widi the blwtv
f 1 1 transion of a bodily trjialation.
Dr. Strudwick was Ixirn in Orango
a unty in March, 1 and waa in his ?8th
year". His remain were intcrre! on Ioti
diy. ; ' j' " : i ' '
- - ' -ft a -- ' t
A'aifs: f . ;
The inot common dish at ' the country
hotel ''all out." .
"What wrc theworA. results of the
cilil war?" cried an orator. "Wid6w,M
shotted Jon.s, who had married one.
, Avcry rich old man had married a
young wife, and dwl suddenly, on which
tie widow raved like a maniac, and ex
claimed to the doctor, who stood by the
bedside of the deceased, 'f Oh, I'll not be
lieve that my dear jwrtrnT is-dead; he
could not die, and leave mc I o, no! lie a
alive I'm sure hc'n alive! T:ll me, doc-i
t-ir, don't you think so?" " tadam," ro-j
plied the medical man, with much gravity, :
"I cbnfeM that it U jxinsible that' he may
be revived. I will apjIy tho galvanic hat-:
tjry." 40h, no, .4i!', cried, the grief-;
stricken widow. 'Hard a it U to bear I
my fate, I will' have no experiment !
against the law of nature ; let hint rest in :
peace." '-'' '
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