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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH. SOUTH TUTUS T. HEFLIN. Em:-.
RALEIGH, 2, 1856.
Vol. i.N'j. 18.
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Selected f jr the Advocate.
TO MY MOTHER-
The fdiowifj2 Jlne are touchiriz'v beau-
tiful, and we have M-en nothing ,.f lae that
has o moved our ympathie. The man
who can write mu h poetry, w ho has eueh
thought, cannot be utterly d'-r.raved. The
curv; of intemperance, with it attending
downward infhienee, has here done its work
of destruction, and a spirit noble and gene
roui, that might and should he the pride and
ornament of the social circle, ia now the de
graded convict, within the walls cf a peni
tentiary. Il nr Mil! that fond mother's heart
bleed, if she hears of herdarlin boy the in
mate of a prison in a foreign land..
T.
I have wandered far from thee, mother,
Far from my hapt y home;
I've left the land that gave me birth,
In other climes to roarn ;
And time einee then ha rolled its years,
And marked them on my brow,
Yet I have often thought of thee :
1'rn thinking -f thee now.
I'm thinking on the day, mother,
When at thy tender side
You wateh'd the dawning of my youth,
And kinied me in yur pride.
Then brightly was my heart lit up
With hopes of future joy,
While your bright ftm-y honors wove
To deck thy darling boy.
I'm thinking of the day. mother,
YVIwn with such anxiou care
You lifted up your heart to Heaven :
Your hope, your trut was there.
Fond mem'ry bring thy parting word,
While tears rolled down your cheek,
Thv long, last, loving look told more
Than ever words could speak.
I'm far away frem thee, mother,
S friend is r.ear me now
To sootlie me with a tender word,
Or owl my burning brow ;
The dearest ties affection wove
Are all now turn from me;
They left me when the trouble enine;
They did not love like thee.
I'm lonely and forsaken now,
Unpitied and uribless'd.
Yet still I would not h:ive thee know,
How sorely I'm di-'tress'd.
I know you would not chide me, mother,
You would Hot give me blame ;
But soothe me with your tender words,
And bid me hope again.
I would not have thee know, mother,
How brightest hopes decay ;
The tempter, with his baleful cup,
Has dashed them all away,
And shame has left his venom sting
To rack with anguish wild ;
Yet still I would not have thee know
The sorrows of thy child.
OU ! I have wandered far, mother,
Since I deserted thee,
Anil left thy trusting heart to break
Beyond the deep blue sea.
Oh ! mother, still I love thee well,
And long to hear thee speak,
And feel again thy balmy breath
Upon my care-worn cheek.
But ah! there is a thought, mother,
Pervades my beating breast:
That thy freed spirit may have flown
To its eternal rest ;
And w bile I wipe the tear away,
There whispers in my ear
A voice that speaks of Heaven and thee,
And bids me seek thee there.
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
Future punishment God a Father.
God is represented in the Bible as a
Father, and the Universalist asks,
"What parent could take his own child
and cast him into a consuming fire, or
confine him in a gloomy dungeon for
life? But has not God, it is asked, as
much goodness as man, or as much
kindness as an earthly parent ? How
then can it be supposed that He will
cast any of his children into a lake of
fire, and confine them there forever ?"
This is a favorite argument with the
Universalist, and one which they often
use with great effect. In reply to it,
we would ask, what parent would
drown his children in the water, or con
sume them in the fire ? What parent
would afflict his children with want,
pain, disease and death ? What parent
would send on his children pestilence
3, Till fiAIXlliK? Ijlillt lTltl ITllltG j sorrow !
d anguish ? And yet God, our heav- j
ly Father, the great Parent of the j
.universe, in tne administration oi ins
providence, brings all these things up-
on his children. Now, if God can
urown, Durn, ana aimec nis cnuaren
plague them with famine, pestilence,
disease, sorrow, pain and death, r.nd
still be a tender Father, then He can
do all that the Bible teaches and we
believe He will do to the wicked in the
future world, and be as kind there as
here thea as now in eternity as in
time.
Before sin entered into the world,
God was the Father of our first parents
as good, as wise, as powerful as He
is now, or ever will be. But God's re
lation to man as his Father did not
keep him holy did not prevent his
fall did not prevent the introduction
of sin into the world. Why then
should that relation restore to holiness
those it did not keep holy ? Why
should it heal the moral disease it did
not prevent ? Why should it take
away the sin from the world, that it
did not keep out of the world ? Before
men had suffered the sin, the sorrow,
the misery of this life, God was as much
their Father as He has ever been since,
or a3 He ever will be. But that rela
tion did not then and does not now save
them from sin. sorro', disease, pain'
and death. Why f-honld it ever doj
more than it has done and is now doing ? j
Will God chancre '' Will oar Heaven-'
ly Father become Letter? WillOm-!
! mpotence
become stronger, innnite '
I wisdom wiser, and infinite goodness bet-
j ter,
that God
fchould do more for;
sinners in trie
- i
future than He does!
i now .' i
i The argument drawn from the r-aren- j
tal character of God 'is fatal to Uni-;
versalisrn. Earthly parents do fre-'
quently disinherit their children and.
cut thern off from all part and lot of j
their earthly inheritance. Now let the!
Universalist bold to the analogy, and I
what becomes of L13 system 't Why t
it follows that the Heavenly Father i
may disinherit some of his rebellious!
and impenitent children, and withhold
j from them any part of the heavenly !
inheritance. If it be said that God;
is better than an earthly father, to what j
will or what should be the conduct of j
God in the administration of His gov--eminent?
God does now and everj
ha3 done, what no earthly parent would j
dare to do, because He is
and j
Lord and Judge as well a3 Father
But this argument assumes what is'
not true that all men are the children '
j of God in the .same sense. There is a I
j sense in which God is the Father of j
I men, as there is a sense in which he
j i3 the saviour of all men." "But no
j truth is more clearly taught in the Bi- i
i ble than this that all men by nature ',
jare not the spiritual children of God." j
J Men are said to become the children I
of God by adoption." Romans 8th j
ich., IZth verse. A man cannot adopt j
j his o wn child, which is already as much j
j his child as it can be. But he mayi
. talti- a child not his own and make it
! his bv adoption. If all men are the
! childen of God by nature, then they j
j are not so by adoption." Some are
i said to be the children of the devil
j some the children of wrath. These
which the Bible teaches us are not the
children of God, cannot he the heirs
of God. But those who are made the
children of God by adoption are the
heirs of God and joint heirs with
Christ. Romans 8th ch., 15-16-17
verse 'J. W. TUCKER.
Newberne, 18o6.
For the X. C. Christian Advocate.
The Sun of Righteousness.
In this beautiful season of the year,
when mother earth begins once more
to smile benignly upon her children,
and t pUt on her most magnificent
attire, can we fail to be remlhaea oi
our dependence upon our beneficent
Creator, by whose power and wisdom
the change of seasons is made ? Many
a time, during the unusual severity of
the long winter which has just passed
away, has the thought been presented
to the reflecting mind, that it such
weather should continue a whole year,
what multitudes of plants, trees, and
animals would perish ; and if gentle
Spring should nevermore return, how
soon would the whole human race he
destroyed and the starless night of des
olation throw her pall around a ruined
world ! But, thank God, the promise
still stands surely in his Word, "While
the earth remaineth, seed time and
harvest, and cold and heat, summer
and winter, and day and night, shall
not fail." We may therefore dismiss
our gloomy forebodings, and with hum
ble confidence look to our Heavenly
Father for the fulfillment of His gra
cious promise. Not, however, in care
less indolence may wc safely look on
and see the workings of Infinite Love
in our behalf. It is true Ave may sow
good seed in rich soil, and cultivate the
land with industry and skill, and no
ill i e . 1 1 "
crops wouiu De raised n tne gemai in
fluence of the sun were withheld. All
the hopes of the planter may be blast
ed by an unfavorable season ; but still
he must toil, though without God he
can have no success not even to the
making cf a single blade of grass or
a grain of wheat. How dependent is
man ! how good is the Lord !
Let me remind thee, son ot toil,
wliile thou art diligently cultivating
thy ian Js, and enjoying the melodies
ani maa-mficenee, the hopes and the
j0yS) 0f this sweet season ot the year,
tj"lt jesus Christ is the Central Sun of
,:ie Christian System, and the means
of grace are the channels through
which all the blessings of the Gospel
may be conveyed to thy soul. The
truths of Christianity are glorious
beams from the sua of righteousness,
without which the man will be left in
darkness and misery, and destitute of
those beautiful things which belong to
the spring-time and snmmer of the
soul. With regard to things eternal,
as well as to things temporal, it is our
duty both to labor and to trust in (rod.
This is the wav of life, and upon al
who walk in it, the Sun of Righteous
ness will "arise with healing on his
wings.
SOUTHERN SCRIBE.
April, 1856.
EglA destruetive fire occurred at Nash
ville, Tenn., on the 20th inst., a number of
stores and the Cotsrt House were destroyed.
The total loss amounts to 285,000 ; onwhich
there is insurance to the amount of $171,000.
The court house was valued at $30,000. The
Nashville Hotel, was consumed. The guests
suffered a loss of $5,000. Governor Johnson,
who had rooms there, lost $1,200 in batik
bills, which he had deposited under his pillow..
The Shield cf Two Colors-
TRANSLATED FP.OM TXJil FEI3XII.
In the age ofchivalrv and paganism,!" ba5 rece-tly been made the place
one ot tne ancient inmu pnnces tree-
ted a etatue to Victors', at the inter-
action of four different roads. The
goddess hdd a lance in her right hand,
and with the left, hhe leaned nnon a
shield, hose exterior surface was of jwllh tte materials to reproduce the
gold, and interior of silver. On one ! partings of the old masters, by e-.xhibi-side
was to be read the following in- j t!ng livir'g representations of those
sr-ription, written in the old language j figures on the stage. He brought alo
of Britain : " To the ever favorable thf- commendation of the Pope of Rome,
godde" and on the other : " For endorsing these displays, and he pre
four nucceinsive victories gained over the j smned that what had been so much ad
rictn, and other inhabitant of the mired in continental Europe and Pro-
Xorthern Isles
It happened one dav, that twoknights
completely equipped, one with black
armor, and the other with white, came
from opposite directions to the statue,
precisely at the same time. A3 they
had never seen it before, they stopped
to read the inscriptions, and to admire
the beauty of the work. After con
templating it for some time, " This
golden shield," cried the black-knight.
" Golden," interrupted the white knight
who was attentively observing the op
posite side, " if I have good eyes, it is
silver." " I know not what kind of
eyes you have," replied the black
knight, " but if ever I saw a golden
shield in my life, this is one." " Like
ly story, indeed !" replied the' other,
with a smile, "it is verr probable that
a golden shield, should be exposed in
such a place ! As for me, I am only
surprised, that a silver one has not
proved a temptation too strong for the
devotion ot certain persons wno pass
this way, and the date shows that it has
been here f-jr three years. The black
knight could not endure the smile that
accompanied this reflection, and be
came so enraged in the discussion, that
it terminated in a challenge.
The knights turned their horses' bri
dles and drew back to take the field ;
they then couched the lance, and fell
upon each other with the greatest fu
ry. The onset was so fierce, and the
blow so violent on the part of each, 1
that they both fell to the ground, j
braised, and wounded with the fall, and I
for some time remained insensible. A
venerable druid who was passing by,
found them in this situation. Druids
were then physicians, a3 well as priests, j
He carried with him a sovereign balm
which he had himself prepared, for he
was skilled in the knowledge of medic
inal plants that grew in the field or for
ests. He staunched their blood, ap-
rdlod Kia halm tn thftir wonnds. and in. a
measure restored them to lite. As
soon as he saw them somewhat recov
ered from their swoon, he inquired the
cause of their dispute. " This fellow,"
cried the black knight, " pretends that
the shield which you see, is made of sil
ver." " He maintains," replied the
white knight, " that it is made of gold."
He finally related all the circumstan
ces of the affair. " Ah !" said the
druid, with a sigh, "you are both
right, and you are both wrong ; if each
of you had taken the time to examine
the opposite side of the shield as at
tentively as that side which was ex
posed to your view, you would have es
caped all this rage and bloody strife.
There is, however, an excellent lesson
to be drawn from the misfortunes that
you have suffered on this occasion,
allow me, then, to entreat you in the
name of all our gods, and especially in
the name of this goddess, that you will
hereafter take no part in any dispute,
before you have carefully considered
both sides of the question."
A Sermon.
Let me tell you an incident. I know
it to be true, for it occurred here in
Zaneville. Judge A , the individ
ual mentioned, is our present member
of Congress, and Parson Jones, the old
negro preacher (Heaven rest his bones!)
with his old gray mare and rickety cart,
have long since returned to dust. The
judge was present at the delivery of
one of his sermons, and was brought
in by the speaker by way of illustrat
ing a certain position then and there
taken by him :
"My dear friends and brethren,"
said he, "de soul ob de brack man is
as dear in de sight ob de Lord as de
soul ob de white man. Now, you all
see Judge , a sittin' dah, leanin'
on his golden-headed cane ; you all
know de judge, niggas, and a berry
fine man he is, too. Well, now I'se
nvine to make a little comparishment.
Suppose de judge, soaie fine mornin',
puts his basket on his arm and goes to
market to buy a piece of meat. He
soon finds a nice, fat piece of mutton,
an' goes off with it. Do you s'pose
de judge would stop to 'quire wedder
dat mutton was ob a white sheep or ob
a brack sheep ? No, nufiin ob de kind ;
if de mutton was nice an' fat, it would
be all de same to de judge ; he would
not stop to ax wedder de sheep had
white wool or brack woolj Well, j is so
it is, my frens, wid our Hebenly Mas
ter, he does not stop to ax wedder a
soul 'long to a white man or a brack
man wedder his head was kivered wid
straight har, or kivered wid wool ; the
only question He would ax will be : 'Is
dis a good soul V an' if so, de Massa
will say : 'Enter into the joy ob de
Lord, an' sit down on de same bench
wid de white man ; ye's all on a perfect
'quality.' " Exchange.
1 " Sacred Tableaux."
Under this name, the Broadway thea-
" t
j crucifixion of the Saviour, end ur.dcr
j circumstances well fitted to 11 the mind
! -f every religious ptrson with disgust
! ar'fi horror. A foreigner came here
j it-stant x.ngjana wouia not ian to te
I appreciated in this country which is
overrun with Roman Catholics. Ac
cordingly he takes the Broadway The
atre, and there sets up his living mod
els of these pictur-..- and among the
rest, the effigies of the Lord and Savior,
in the agonies of crucifixion, with the
attendants, guards, romen, and the
rabble : exhibiting the scene with all
the vividness of reality
lo our
taste there is something in-
expressibly disgusting in the mere idea
of making a live man to represent the
dying of the son of God : and if the
use of words profanehy may be punished
as blasphemy, much more should the
exhibition of such models as these, be
suppressed by that law which forbids
the religious sentiment of the people to
be outraged. The manager has ap
peared before the public with a card of
explanation, which in no respect, miti
gates his offence, and as we know there
are people with vitiated tastes, in suf
ficient numbers to support the most ex
ceptionable exhibitions, we trust that
this carricature of the scene on Calvary,
will be suppressed by authority, or by
the indignant expressien of the senti
ment of all religious persons.
N. Y. Observer.
St. Anthony Puritan Plagiaiism.
We have been having an amusing
religious festival (if such language has
any meaning) for a week past here
the blessing of the Horses at St. Antho
ny's. You cannot but have learned
something about that venerable old saint
from pictures, if from nothing else.
He has been a favorite among the ar
tists, especially his woeful "temptations
in the desert, where he fought Satan
most valourously as a hermit. The
artists like the subject, because it ad
mits of so many contrasts and such ex
ercises of skill in the grotesque ; what
with the hoary-bearded anchorite, the
cnOl uuiw xx.c-j . . v
rible shapes of the devil and his mon
strous imps ; and then, also, the volup
tuous form of female beauty, usually
introduced into the scene, together with
any variety of desert landscape, they
find it a most ample theme. Some of
the best old Catholic artists have tried
their hands at it.
It came into the head of the good
old saint once to preach to the fishes
of the sea. I know not what was the
particular occasion of this sermon, nor
how far it succeeded in edifying his
finny auditors, but it shines among his
most notable achievements ; and one
of the greatest painters has commemo
rated it in a work of art which now
hangs in the magnificent gallery of the
Borghese Palace here. I have "seen
it with my own eyes," or I could not
credit the fact. The artist was none
less than Paul A eronese ; the picture
represents the kind old saint standing
on a ledge of rocks which overhangs
the shore of the sea ; he is gesticula
ting with the finest effect, and the most
devout earnestness ; the fish are leap
ing out of the water at an amazing
rate, as if the words of the preacher
were as relishable to them as genuine
bait. A nrotane recollection ot an old
stanza, ascribed to the New England
Puritans, would thrust itself upon me,
notwithstanding all my attempts to be
serious while contemplating this noted
picture :
"Ye monsters of the briny deep,
Your Mak-r'f pra ses ppout ;
Up frum the wavt-s, ye codlings, peep,
And wajryour taiis about."
Ons of our own Methodist papers,
some years ago, assured the public that
this verse was actually from the Psal
mody of the cape Cod Puritans ; ;f so
it is open to conjecture that the Puri
tan poet had seen Paul Veronese's pic
ture. Any man that visits the Borg
hese Palace must see that the imagery
is a plagiarism. Steven z Letters from
Rome to Zions Herald.
Spiritualism in Massachusetts.
The Newburyport Herald says : The
Spiritual Rapping phenomena are crea
ting quite a sensation in the south part
of this county. In Lynn they are said
to be received, as from the spirits of
the dead, by a majority of the people of
that city. At a lecture on the subject,
in Marblehead, by Allen Putnam, Esq.
of Roxbury, 700 persons were present,
and that was all the house would hold.
In Salem, this spiritual theory has been
so extensively embraced by some of the
most sober-minded and learned men
including quite a number of profession
al gentlemen that it has become a
matter of serious disturbance in relig
ious circles ;the clergy of the evangelical
denominations are awakened to its pre
valence and church action is being had
on the matter.
' Fryra the X rth-ar ?-:-- m Chr::"an A It --e.
j Kea for the Cass-Jffeetirg.
; Uur c.'3?-n;cct".r'g arrangement
' admirably calcuiau-i to cultivate y
f temattc yufv. External iciuenee?
ihave much to do with our religion.
j The mind is attached and becomes en-;
! listed bv the busines. engagementa'and
change:
oi tne w
orl 1. and of necessity
j the attention i-? in a measure divert-:-!
j from the more spiritual and devotion i!
experience of religion. hen tbis
! state of affairs is long permitted, with-!cd
j out interruption, piety an I the devo-
j tional spirit are dissipated to a degree
j that leaves but little qualification and;
! little inclination for the spiritual wor- j
I sup - J.v t;:tss uiceiing m.tc! ana swettiu-ss upon the spectators now
;to check this tendency, and keep: impressed, most of them, with a solemn
the heart from being absorbed and con-' awe arid some of them, the females.
; trolled by the world. And the more 1 not forbearing to soli aloud. With a
iso on account of its being an exercise ! voice full, distinct, slow which came
j where personal religion is made the j mournfully from the very depths of hi?
theme. Self-examination of the moral j being in words whichpatriotim will
j state, self-scvutiny into the motives of forever enshrine, and every monument
'life, and a careful comparison of the I of Hale's memory sink deepest into its
present religious condition with that of ( stone, and cvery'temple of liberty bla
!the past, are unavoidable when the de-;ZOn highest on its entablature at the
j sign of these meetings are sincerely j very moment when the tightening knot-!
j observed. Here the Christian reviews j ted cord was to cruh the life from his i
; the past, sees his errors in his inter-! young body forever, he ejaculated as I
j course with the world, is deeply im-jthe last inimortal testament of his he-1
! pressed with his variations from the i roic sonl to the world he was leavm" : '
; path of holiness, and resolves to guard j - I ulv regret that I have but one
: in future those points where he hasifeto lost- f..r mv country."
j been mislaid. j Ma-hh ned to 'hear a "sentiment so
Such
seasons of exact anu pevere ;
' self-exa rn : 1 : a t ion should be frequent and
regular, in o'ler to a uniform piety ;
: the great subj. ci 01 personal piety and ;
present salvation ought to be fresh in ,
' the mind continually. There are tooi
many wimse religion is spasruod.e,
; whose zeal at times outruns their knowl-:
euge,
1
but who at other times are as far
in the rear as they had been i.i advance j
before. It will always bo foai.d that ;
jsuch are lax m tueir attendance to class :
: at the time of their depression. Ihy ;
I need this regulating arrangement thn j
balance-wheel to make their religious ;
i lives uniform and even. Some make 1
!the season of the year and pressing
, A, f ,.
ousmcss engagements uie pieiexi i r
1 neglect of
class-meetings. 11ns is 1
1 as unwise as it is unsafe ; for at
; such times, 111 'ire tiian at any other,
does the Christian stand in needofi3
this exercise to counteract the tenden-
! cy to worldliness. When we are in the j
: greatest danger, men wc neeu more
' than at any other time the various aids
j to a religious life. If our cares are
J numerous and cf a distracting charac-
ter, let U3 often turn aside from them to
- frreiiiteI?i3lo--si1?r- "A. hiding-place
j addition to our help obtained by devo
j tion with God, a sympathizing brother
j hood, whose fellow-feelings and kind
! disposition toward us inspire us with the
j conviction that we are not alone and
I friendless in the battle-field with sin.
I Such snots of retirement on the jour
ney of life are like green oases in the
desert. - They return periodically, like
the quiet Sabbath, greatly to our relief ;
and no marvel that tne truly spiritual
hail these seasons with aelignt.
The want of systematic piety is the
bane of the church, and the fruitful
source of innumerable backsliding?.
Why should we not be happy in the
love of God all the year ? Why may
j not sinners be introduced to our class
! meetings, and there be converted ?
Shall not the young convert be trained
to uniform piety and made to increase
in the knowledge and love of God by
the aid of the more experienced whom
he meets in the class ? The winter
has passed away, and spring with all
its toils and cares is upon us. And
now, brethren and sisters, shall hard J
labor and warm weather keep us from j
class ? I trust not. Come up to your
duty aid your pastor in keeping the
scores of young converts in tbe path of
duty and heaven. C
The Death cf Hale, the Patriot Spy.
FROM HIS LIFE EV CURTIS.
But in all that crowd there was not
! one tace laminar to iiaie not, one voice
ito whisper a word of consolation to his
Idvmo- ao-onv. Yet though without a
friend whom he knew though denied
that
at privilege granted usually to the
?anest criminal, the attendence of a
aplain though degraded bv every
meanes
fdi -a r, -,i i n T
exterral mark oi mlainy yet rt:i Lis or.ia.neu, it is suo, irom some suo--spirit
not give away. "His" gait, as he j officials; end after the Americans pas-
annroached the callows, in spite of his led a vote of censure upon him, Le
! pinioned arms was upright and steady,
! No offending soldier to whom the
choicest penalty has been assigned, to ;ernraent baa not. and would not, make
rowiw th hor, of his comrades, ever.lanv such objection. The Americans ;
j in the midst of sympathy, and the con-
I sciousness that he was allowed at least
a soldier s death, marched more LrrnJyiname 10 oe uacu an one ui iz f
to kneel upon his coffin, than did Hale
to meet the felon's doom. Through
ail the horrors of his situation, he main
tained a deportment so dignified, a res
olution so calm, a spirit so excited by
Christian readiness to meet his fate,
and the consciousness of duty done,
in the holy cause of his country, that
his face, we cannot but think, must
have worn almost the aspect of a se
raph's, lifted, as it was, at frequent in
tervals, to heaven, and so radiant with
hope, heroism and resignation.
Thus looking, he stood at last the
few simple preparations being ended
elevated on one of the rounds of the
gallows ladder ready for the fatal fall.
The coarse voice of Cunningham,who5e
eve wat r.v. j-v aTT.T,""k:rTiT, was'
jnw hear 1 rc-f!ir."-!T deaandinj: frr-ni
5 dying speech and cnr.u -i
"r ing thi: the chir-
at that awful mom-r.:.
;m t" utter '-mo re:nrk.
ri tic.;'.' which nvrrl.t
gion ?. if
t Hal'. ?-o ;1
; wo-iM lea 1 I.
strange or
. serve f rOut
he c-rio-itv, of the cro- !,
or be
re-:
c 1 a- a kind of
j mt lo epitaph ly a -rebel captain."
: Xevtr was a "torturer more cheated
c;s-
: of hi purp
-nevtr a victim cn-i jw
with utKnince more sublime!
One ;
i glance, it is sai 1. at Cunnin-him
f no
slight momentary contractio n of hi
features into contempt and he turned
bis. look, filb-1 again with hoi v enor-v
suhiime butst fr
us the
;n-.-s
f the
j f..-rer, u vA to v.i
'svtnp r.hv ainon
visible
sign- of
CuT.ning-
the crowd.
ham ir -i.iuv sh-miid for th
catastro-
pi, e to close. " SIn" the rebel ofF!"
conceive wc liear h:m vociferating
tven now swin' hi;:i off:" The
bulb- r (j;
appeared the cold strained
from th
sudden jerk, the bodv ot' Hair- dandled ,
convulsively i i the air. A few minutes'
e ci
1 ftl '!i ::r.il wilb
fluttering to and fro a few heaving '
of his noble el
moments shar
o-t its manly limbs at
'Iv bent by ti e rang it
at last bung straight and motionless
from its srppr.rt, C
. , . , . . ,
And was still as th; (hanibrr of death--
The s-ul of the Martyr had lied.
A Story with a Moral.
Door bell ring;, the Be v. Mr.
introduced to the family room.
where three children are busily en-;
gaged at plav in the corner of tho iv.:
the mother diligently engaged in sew--ing.
She rises to meet the 'minister,' i
and salutes him ; he with lofty, cold, !
repulsive dignity says : " j
' Good morning, Mrs. , are you
well to dav.' And dignified takes his ;
.. ...... O j
After a moment's pause, he says in the :
same unbending manner, !
' I trust madam, you have been well ;
since I saw you last.'
' Thank you, sir, quite well.'
A brief pause. j
'I hope your family have been in j
health ':' j
' I thank you, aside from the ordina-1
ry sickness of children.'
.Another pause
' T tnuf -foil nni'n found PMiKfiltirtn
and rejoicing since my last visit.'
And thus passed awav some ten or
fifteen minutes, the children all the j
while leaving suspended their play, 1
with a kind of indescribable fear, which 1
children can look, glancing wonderfully I
at their mother. 1
Rising to depart with his unrelaxed
dignity, the clergyman said : 'I leave 1
my blessing Avith you and your family, !
Mrs. , and will bid you good mor-!
ning.' '
Hardly had the door closed when a
little bov of four years ran towards his
motherland clinging tightly to her
dress, raised his eves inquiringly, and
with the simple earnestness of a child,
said : ;
' Mamma, mamma, was that Dod?''
Our Mixisxkk anp American.-- at
Rome. According to the Boston Atlas, !
the American residents and ;-.ojourn-
ers in Rome abandoned an intended'
j ch-ju 1 l.j-.
j last, by grand ball, on account ofi
'the oppos:tiou of Mr. Lewis Cass, Jr., :
j the American Minister, who, itisal-i
j leged, informed them that the gover-i-j
j ment would not allow dancing during!
i Lent. This information, however, he '
j had an interview with Cardinal Anto-j
1 nelli, who informed him that the gov-j
j then resumed their pr-ject for a bail,
when Mr. Cass refused to allow his
fTf-v. and the affair wis agam aban
doned. Some of the Americans, how-,
ever, honored the day by a dinner par- j
tv, and resolved to give no oSciai invi- j
tation to Mr. Cass. j
Fires in North Carolina. We ;
learned through a gentlemen, residing
in Granville, N. C, that in his county
and adjoining counties a great many
fires had occurred during the present
extraordinary daught. Manv barns of
tobacco have been destroyed, and oth- j
er houses together with woods and fen
ces burned. The fanning interests
therefore have lately suffered in more
than one particular. Tobacco plants
are scarce and perishing for want of
rain. Wha: and o:s re ?u.T.-.i
frra ll.e f'fr.f C3v;- and trie crn ti.
i rhmttd war.ts m.'itre to br.r.g
TP
M- re Shin the cr t-s rf tn; v
o- - :
mkc:
n
1
ri'it. -'. b
r ref v,.
I
rvcrv tt::r.g at rre
-- .
1 t o cnr:r.r. t twr r ri'i '. -'o an I
r
A Scene of Thriilin? Isterest.
V at.,n, ihi l.i M09 an 1 Tii v- f t!.-
Uv-vati-n," tha l.--ri'' the r! -
in the rev-!r,?;..T! irv dr.-r,j. rx : t..
cnio -rr!. at : n t! thrt-tf the fn ;
vii of jbc t :ii :
" At in early h-inr, the wn:r. t
.he .tli -f IWr. 172. in enf-.r-ui'v
r-.-viiHi a "rn'-a,iit". I vi -)! 1 1
1 y the Kir! rf F rr- to the very ci.tr n
i'the Ih-uso of Lrd At the d -ir (.
In-qireJ, 'g-1 i near the th.-ono a v 1
m f' ar n-t .in::.' I did n 1 f .a-, i
iv If ciactlv in front f if. rlbot tc!o .
ith the folrbratf j A irnirsd l.rd
he lords' wer.1 protnifiioilv t.trt J,n r
entered. It w- a dirk ir:d f-ry-!iv,
n l the win 1 jw b-ing elevated, and u
ru t'din ta. .'i!,fi ju it-dst!e, with I-j 1 n
tr-" to contain si.-? d;.i n"i-l rut ti-- i f
!a. atigi.cit-d the jrl.niu. Th-
ere hun - a ith '.irk tai'trv. n-nreon! i n '
le i.ie.'-.'it
.f '
the Sp.iai-h Ar-.i.id i. 1 h . I
! p! a urc ! rei ', i.n: 111 the 1 :
:' ffi.'.'Mt.'M, ( - I '- y ''l Wct, tin- j-
w ..io-ii..in i.ii . 1
- d ;- t A ii,.-ri-a:) r ..
- ti - 1
1 the iT
" A ft. r
v. ,;tii,' r.'-rlv t-i J, -'):.
'pr , 1 I. 1 1 t:
vrn ! r
..- i-.;.... ...... 1
tr of rt,:i rv. ;, . . r
v- a .- .1 nl d r 0:1 th- l.-it of t!;- l!.r .
1 ud 1 :n ne 1 i;o . ! v srit- d liii;, -!f tiji-n 1
hn;r -f .!:(e, i.i a j.-r,j..".,I ;.fitui'. v.
ii r;i'i-t f ..! 1 1 --r ii;in a .-t i. 1. Ai
lt'
dr.'-v iVojii his p L.
-.
iM Wi
b.
e a ii i, .ri d. ; il l. a-r tl..- ! -
c of th i -itran.-f h-.d ! ; :
1- J to T' I hi- -J.i ( ii.
"I w; m iit-.ir tl.- I'iiiiir. aid w ii ! 1
.'ith int' iis' i r.t i n -t '. er t ti-.f di
a 1 e rv i-aioli-.ti of lii-i ro-iiiti-ri.i'ifi- It
as a tai)o,i-i,t of thrilling mid di'iii!ii-i
Itatioti.i Att.-r soii:- -:;trjl and :;. I
eiiiark", he -.-.lit i ri'i'-d :
" '1 hot !l) till!- itl 'jiving th'.' hi-r .'ry
'd'-r t'i pn.hihit the firth-r .n.Mt ',.:
. f o!Ti Tii e w:;r itf tl tin: foi; iro lit . f
.ii.r-ri'-:i. A h ;.t!'.'.'. r. ty iii.-lirm; '.. .i
-'ill alwivs ! ;.1 me t i do with ir--iri. ,n
fi'i-Cf, v.'h;:t'.v r I '.'.le t t' b: th" .- I
f it;y I'arli.i;. ' t uti'l fiy ."i j.!.-, I h .
;ioirrfcd all niv riewn .'.tnl tniaMins i.'i J i
':, ir. North A ii.erii. o an (.
sitnl cxrd'ul rt- . nciliation with th. !..-tlic-S.
l-'illditl'? it i :!-;-M-tis-,h!i: to th' -
tniiiuieii t of i ;. '. id,j-i-. i did i.ot ).- . :
tn g ttj the (u!l length f the j-.wi-r'- ms
ted in ne and oTTt b' Inn- thf;n '
' Jlorc h yiMt--, nw wa inni 'i t t
lii-f J)et;ll iy tne d.irkiie-u ot tin- r-i'M .:
afiV;eted.l.y v-ry nuliirul oiio(ih. In a
tuotr.f tit, he ri's'iiiH-d :
A tjd OiT r to declare them fre an ! it;
depetidiait States. In thus admitting tin-. r
fX'paratihti from the (,'rown of th:
do'ii, I have Kn-rifiei'd every enn.idcrit i- n
;f my 'iwn to t lie wishes and iif.inioii' of
my people I make it my hurnhh- ,-md r
dent prayer to Almighty tiod that tin 't
Britain may not feel the evil" whieh mi-.-ht
r-.-ult from o preat a lixiiK-mlTineiit r.f
the empire, and that Am'-ri'-a may I e !.
from t! e e-daii;it;i:.-i whieh have forn - 'lv
proved in the mother e)untry how r- tj -tial
monarchy ii to the enjoyment nfc-n-ftitntiotiil
liberty. Koligion, lm.
interest, an 1 affeelinn u.ay, and I le j, w.i!,
yet pr'ivc a bond of j-ertnanent unio.i !,.--tween
the two countries."
A Suitable Reply.
Several ''-nrs ago th'-re liv-i in on"
the large towns of America a j.oor old h! ':
woman, who had been very ill f ,r t.e iti v
t went year. At one time he had h n
a fclve, and wan generally known by the
namcjf iVr Hetty. At the time that
the fact I am ibout t relate happ:fied, -he
wan more than a hundred years o! J . An
aged daughter livel with her, who, hy
(iod'ft. hlef'itig, wa the mean t, making
her c-j'ufortahb; toward the close of h r
long life. Jn the ame t .vn there It-.' -! i
Y:A old g' r,t!e::i;.n, who, although he !. . 1
a large hu-ir-e--. ;-.u wan tuu' h t -,";.-!.
KO'iietimes f .nnd a "r. ;re hour to vi-'t ',t
at;'.
i V.rV h
-h
and ( -. -s
always very ght j to e Lici at'-- in'. , I
y,x littl" cottage. One day, .:r. V.r
to A a fi ietul with b;'u to vi-it 'f K
ty. Ashe e.jt.ered the h-.u-":, he
" Ah I Hettv. are von .nil! a'ive ?"
" Ye-, th'ar-.k iod '." ref lied the J 1 .
" IJ-jity," he continue i, " vhy ',;. --;
supJi-e 'od keep you -t uiui.'.i
por. id "n I hiii.-i )i: y i n ight
go io heave.i and thsre enjoy v mu .-h h.ip-pitJi"-".
V
J-ttvan-w-red directly, in Lcr fi'g-oL:;-guage.
" Ah ! j.-iai-:a, r,i don't un irr-tiu-l.
There ar-- fx- gr things for tl. ehur h
ti do; one i I j j ray, the other h V ork.
No-r. yoa cee. mu.itn, Go-1 keeps n.e a'. vi
that I iuy pray fr the church, au 1 he
keeps, you ahve that you may work fr tho
church. Your birge gift-j do not LMjj
much, Vb3-:fi. without the prayers of B.t
tv. '
You are- quit right, IJ-tty," h! Mr.
Krp
Y
': if. more us
er forgotten Ly Ir. E.ws aai his -ri.- , '.
We cugdit to remember it too; and wheth
er we can now do uuth ot little, at aty
rate let us never forget that we can pray
G xl to bless the Akt of others, and be
will hear us. Our prayer will not be in
vain to the Lord.
KAbd nawed Mitchell, wm run orer
bj the ear near Weldon on Friday, nni in
xantlj killed, lie wa Ijing on the trick,
act was feuppc&ed to hare titen either a!.ep
or int-jiieated.