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FathcrVnpop thy holy uatqc,i r v
I call with hope and trust ; ' -. ;
. I ask not wreaths of gorgeous f arac.1 ;
1 b!-Cut d heart nnstiiiucd by lust.;. ; '
: GlUtcrlug gold and earthly power,
; I would uotr.s.iJk;to win, ; - r...rU
Their ''cbarni3'fodn'lade like the flower, :
. . , Aad leave ths soul exposed to &in ,
"i I onlT-atk that virtue's light ;
f" ilay steadUy burn within iny breast x
'VAnd dieer cm, 'mid the gloomy night.-.
With talcs of holy peace an! rest.
I lie flattery with its deadly sting, -
. Will no joy to my mind impart,
But radLii it love will ever ling1 P ,
"r,Ii!ke ivj' round my trusting heart.- '
Let'fate so tender, soft and sweet,
: sZ-j. Wat t her f ragraiice o'er my life,
And let submission calm and meek " .
; ' Control me 'mid the stomi tmd strife":
j And. lot my .weary longings cease, ' r .
Y An tt my privy e r be heard by Thee al)o vt
r And let V)i 5oul from sin find full release,
'-; Irt3tJigior oiThyl holy love, 's.'i
"tedgar!alles POEr
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; XT OTTMAH IL-P,OTHACKSR. ?
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In all tlie liistorv of. lite nit ure
o has never: 'lived ah - author
v. ho has been . placed more com
. plotC'lv under the' ban of: society
than Edgar AHeii - Foe. Every
! ono of his bad ; qualities his am
bition, his hatred; ,of hi literary
contenfrtoraries, " his ' vacillating
coaduct-has bpen singled out and
o.:;pAscrfl in every light that could
ruAhe it more hideous than it re-"
allv wad- In 4 liis Toepcct Pod &
almost i alone. ; Richard Savage
had a sturdy apologist i in . 1) r,
Johnson-; i Tho. vices of Eord By
ron were deprived; Of much ot
their repellini influence by the
halo.ot mock . uerpisjii ! tnat sur
rounded him. - Cdloridsrc, - al-
though he let'tthesupport- of his
- family and himself to his friends;
althouglV hc.twas a victim cf the
opium habit, and, according to his
cKtimhblc biographer, Cortle, used
every subterfuge, howevcrsmalibr
mean, to obtain liis favorite drug,
has been defended and excused..
Poc, on the contrarr, has been
followed with abuse and cohiume-ly-
'To judge i'roin he reminis
cenes of liim that have appeared
in pnnt,thosa whdknewhiin seem
od to think that the most interest
ing miitter that they could furnish
the public in regard-to the poet,
would be abject letters acknol
edging his' indebtedness to them
tor past favors, and; begging - the
loan of five dollars. - The entire
disregard for" common decency
' that has beeiil displayed by diis
, enemies has acted in a manner
which they did not look foi it
covered 100 with disjxraee it is
tnVe, but it rc-actod on those who
'satisfied their pcttvrsintc by flui-
ing filth upon isls grave. " '
I shall not attempt to gi vc any
thing rlke an account of Pop's ca
reer; Falsehood is7 fftplentiiully
hiejided xvitli truth in the publish
ed data respecting Inrn that 7 it is
almost hriposslbnit to distinguish
between tliem. Suffice it -to say
that die was , born invlialti more in
1811; and-was adopted -by -a
wealthy Virginian 7 gentloman
narhed; Allen, frpm whom he took.
ouq, of his given- names. Poe
came of a highly respected family,
but; his father had been disinherit
ed and disowned by his relatives
for an imprudent marriage with
an actress-;- lie visited England
when young, received a c assical
education, and :was sent to West
Point. ; While i there, he published
a volum e of j n vcnile poems tin der
the name of Al v, Araai'f ; which,
were, remarkable, to eay the least.
Thcy: displayed the first - drawing
of that ; originality v'Aaii'd rythmic
whish d htingnisried his later and
rnaturer productions. Every ' ac-
count'of his younger days repre: !
ents ita &i ,wildlifjd:intraQtabie,l
OXFORD, Gil
but the authorities are doubtful. 1
and his earlier life may be said lo
be wrapped iu obscurity.
- A quarrel wth his benefactor
compeldd hitm to - rely :upbi i ' his
owu rcsou rces, and he entered the erty held liim back; He saw men
held ot literature to gam fame and J who were his inferiors in everv
wlnch was of more importance thing, go above him and here lies
tiuu II1C11 U1CUU UUU UUlier.
istirst appearance m the role of
Uohcmian was . a competitor for
two prizes which had been oflered
by a Southern ; magazine; for the
uesc story ana poem. in story
ne senr was Mb -totiutl lna
-Doiue, ana it won tne prize, lie
also forwarded a poem, which the
committee, of whom John P. Ken
nedy, the author- of , ''Horseshoe
Robinson'Vand "Swallow Bani,''
was at riember, : decided was Tthe
best, but - they i efused lo nward
both prizes to one; author: 1 'Wh'en
the name of the! successful compe
titor was announced, there- came
forth a slender young mau, with a
face haggard and ghastly, through
want and hunger '; and; a thread
bare coat to hide the lack of a
shirt, and boots through: wliose
torn uppers : could . be seen th e
stockingless reef, anhQuricedhim
sel f as s Edgar Allen j ' Poe. Dr.
Kennedy: immediately felt an in
terest in him, and procured him
seme literary, employment, with
which he succeeded , i n keeping
soul "and bod togetier. From
that time his career was a strange
blending of shine and; shadow,
lie edited the "Southern Litcnirv
Messenger," Burtons Gentle
man's .Magazine' and w rote liter
ary criticisms for the Now. York
Mirror,' and once controled a
periodical of his oyn contributing
tales; 'sketches and poems, mean-
while, to vGrahame's' 'and others
masrazinos. "His life.is not pleas-
ant readiher.
It is a fead, weary
fead,
story -of a sfrule
against
... w -
tne
temptations of the wdue ' cup and
des)aiil lursued by poverty and
want, denied his legitimate place
in literature, scorned by men over
whom he stood intellectually head
and shoulders, selling the produc-
tions of his pen for the wherewith -
ai to keep the imant wolf, starva
tion, from his door ; it id a strange,
dark picture..- The happiness of
his wedded life, and the picture
that Willis draws of hini while.iu
the."Mirror" oilice are the only
gleams of shunshine that relieve
the shadowf of fate thatjhungover
his life. The reader turns with a
sigh of relief -from the cxagerated
story of dissipation that Griswold
tells,1 to the account of the; pale
faced, scholarly7 student, who came
to the "Mirror office day after day
always ' punctual and: faithful to
his duties,5 and drawing every one
to him ; by his uniform courtesy
and kindness. - V" ;
The character of Pop has been
entirely misiin tleistood. There is
no: American ; author of his rank
of whom so little is known, Tarid
consequently,' people: have gathered-from
a casual reading of hi3
tales and poems ah erroneous and
rvdienlous idea of him,'4oth as an
author, and as a man 1 Fe has
been considered ias a sort of litera
ry Meplustopheies ; and as one
who st ool aloof from sdciety and i
tne wonu, . Knowing no social en
joyments,' and with; no compan
ions but his own-fearful thoughts.
He stands apart from his contem
poraries, gloomy and- alone; He
has beeii charged withf every dis
honorable action that a" man could
possibly commit, and his indus
trious calumniator supplied, that
portion of his . life of which f so lit
tle, is ;knowni aiid .gath'ered 'the
unreliable and distorted stories of
his '-habits which: passed from
mouth to mouth and;, had : their
foundation in malice and ignor
ance.
L cor-
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The. only - way by w Inch a
reet estimate ot hi character
AN VILDE COUNT Y, . N. ' C,
lo nhto?nfl l fri Yr.?C lrn L
j the - standard of humanity' by
fimhitini nnrl ttU hmJ!n humanity has been greatly
I bition pushed him on and his po v-
t io wnt rf ihn rtr,elnn.l,fa
upon hi3 contemporaries, which so
i nrtnr.t
j literary men of the day. Possessing
j a very delicate oiganization,tthi3
isolation aiid ostracism fron V the
existing literary bircles'must have
j had a powerful eiiect upon liim.j
His spirit was essentially combata-
tive, and he ; went through hie
hating all men, and with every
man's hand . raised against him.
His perfections were many, bpt
if ever there lived a man; over
whom the mantle of palliation
could be flu ng, ' Edgar Allen Toe
was the man. His whole life was
shaped by circumstances. 7 -Natu
rally high-tempered and wild, his
childhood was ; not calculated- to
temper his imperfections. He yas
ill r? nl rrnf . ii , r-rn7 tj-l-iirrt ' ' nn'rl
iiiuuiwvu iu viy ; inula uiiu
ruined by the mistaken: .kindness
i-i.:. k- t
in good circumstances, many of
the; ; dishonorable . actions which
are attributed, to 7 him , "could not
have taken place". . : ;
His death was as tragic as his
life. He had made-resolutions of
reform, and resolutely lived up to
them for a time. ; Life was again
opening to his gaze with some of
its former loveliness Olden hopes
and oldeii . dreams were coming
back to' him, and once more 7
bright future appeared before his
eyes. But, alas for poor humanity,
the world is full of temptations
and, pitfalls.; In September, 1849,
while on the way to -fill an' en
gagement in. a Northern State, he
stopped for a few; hours in Balti-1
more, and, by chance,-met some
of his West Point frien ds. They
invited hiiri .to a supper, and in
the midst ; of : the revel the fi rst
glass passed his lips. That night,
wnue wonaenuer arouua tne
' streets insane with liquor, he was
attacKea ana oeaten ana lett in
sensible. . He. was 'fouud and car
ried to the hospital, where he died
as he had lived--alone and friend
lese.7 ' ' 7 " 7 '7 ' . , (
What enigmas the ; lives of
great-men arc. What a strange
mixture of graudeurand littleness.
Think.of TBacon accepting a bride!
Of Marlow killed, iu a pot-house
fight ! Of Byron and ; his wild
career. . ' : v x. i '
! There is a story told b v Haw
thorne in one of hisearher works;
of a stoue that stands in a yallcv
at the foot of the White Moun
tains, and which, at - a distance,
resembles the "face of a dignified
old man, but on a nearer approach
it does not differ materially from
the other rocks about if. So are
the lives of too many of the liter
ary giants of the world. We look
up. to them when a long' vista of
years separate U3 from them, and
they appear dignified and noble ;
but go nearer, study their lives and
their motives, and we find, far too
often, that they are but as those
about them. The South, p. ' 7; 7
Intemperance is largely on the
increase in Glasgow, Scotland and
the authorities are , very ': much.
troubled about it Saturday night
thousands of factory hands men
and women became outrageously
drunk, and remain ;in that condi
tion over Sun day! - f;; r: 77 ;
; AnOhio man has ben convert
ed to temperance ninety-eisrht
times .and savs lie will rro un to a!
hundred or die. : ; .
: ' ' .,7?' ' -'.
F- , w e P T;-? -Ti
a height; if it rush to; itit may
i ocn run itself out of .breath.
t Let friendship creep, gently to
1 U J-
Shahrear's TenpesV
. Prosper is a man, whose faith
ak?n ,hlf : brother ; Sebas-
tian has iobbed him of his7 duke-:
dom. lie now lives; upon a lone
ly island where he practices his
at as a magician; the spirits of the
air arc at his , commands -His
chief servant is Ariel, who,. was I
once, confined ...hi the .trunk of a
tree, and because he was liberat-
o,i 1.. oo nowl
wnrrl Riihioetotl tn nW nil liw
Kests.' Prospero is learned and j
great, yet much embittered by, the
treachery of his friends. Miranda
is one of those pure, sweet charac
ters we. seldom find in real.life.
She is like a modest violet, yhose
blue eyes peep forth from its mossy
bed in wonder ; everything in na
ture charms her. ,She is srlad in
the sunshine, reverent m the storm
loving life.for the pleasure of the
bright davs it brings. 'She is as
j unconscious of her power, to please
as " the . springr nowers growing
wild by shady brooks and on the
1 r,i . - , .
meadows She ;has .never ;6ecii
any human beiusr, except her fath-
er and Caliban, who is. a hideous
ly ugv dwarf. No feelings deeper
than filial affection have yet dis
turbed -her mind or stirred .her
heart ;; but howl beautifully- does
her character, like a rose, disclose
its j hidden ; perfume aiid . reveal
true 'womanhood, when Prince
Ferdinand appears, worn, sick and
shipwrecked ! . First we see - her
delight at his appearance, mis-
i taki ng him for a God, because he
is of such a good presence. 1 Then
curiosity. ; deepens into sympath7,
a3 she discovers he is hu man and
sutiering ; then sympathy changes
into real distress, as her lather un
kindly imprisons, him. Alter- she
has seen him oftener, she learns
to love him ; wishes that she might j
work tor jiim ;:lamerrts the cruelty
of her father, and in many ways,
shows him her love, not know-ing
or assuming-the pretended modes
ty, which veils the only thing that
is good, true and beautiful in. life.
How naturally., does she .weep at
what she deems her uu worthiness,
when every tear reflects in its crys
tal depths the worth and purity of
her heart. Then Ferdinand is
such' a noble specimen ; of a man !
He 71"ovc3 Mirai ida so entirely , and
so devotedly ! Although he has
beii an accomplished courtier ;
though he hasseeii ladies of beau
ty, wit and wealth, ; some defect
would mar the rharraony of their
characters. ' The ladies at his
father's court had sought in vain
to win his admiration ; in vain had
tbev douiied ; their costl v attire,
ml v 7
sparkled w ith gems of great price,
wreathed their lips in sweet smiles,
and; thrown bewitching . glances
from their fotV dark eyes. But
in Miranda he sees all charms
united, and she has won, without
an effort, what so many .. coveted
hk vain ! In their game of chess,
how well does he display: iiians
propensity to dictate and conquer
aud she to admire and love : his
superior wisdom, though ? it be. ex
ercised against her. Nanxie.7
A7 lett er-writer X- r says Grace
Greenwood is a lovely woman of
thirty. Well, yes, Grace;?? be
all of thirty by this time, because
; A S.rntnwi lndntrArl tvfv U
aboto ma
owed son-in-law - aed' thirtv
owcu, bon inwv, a0cu ininy .
Evidently the poor man will nev-t
be permitted to gooutoftheiami -
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' Did you ever notice that a hoff
rowed umbrella either turn3 inside "
Tf i Pneu, or,:nas: a
(hole m the top about the sizetxf a j
spieplat ; ;
out as soon as opened, or has ; a
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1874.
UVU3 l" n"? with the most chlorous lowers, and tw
1 4 i I i. X i
ij-nve years ago. - : i havincr - r-nmf nv oVnkoA KnT"
' ' . . - ' ! . ' - i .i '' .
-. v ; FSSSS BESSES, v lr ;(
Natural slipperseels, r r
7 Mud is the father, of dust. ; ' ; -A
strong mau a shop-lifter. 7;
The flower of the field Wheat.
"Shear" . nonsense Clipping
Natural eookiusr-boilin'rof thai
blood
Ie last thing a man should be
ln-!OUt 01-ieml)C
- Never waste your time ; waste
somebody else's.- :. ; : : -
' A: sweet article for the: toilet
a honey-comb. 77 ; 77; v
Autumn leaves fall: to cover the
grave of summer; : v - r ;; ' .
A prickly pair
and a hedirehosr..
a .porcupine
3 Boston had forty-four marria
ges lastweeki i- Oh I sugaiv' . ;
Get atop of your troubles and
they, are halt cured. . : ;u t-jui
An afiair; of ;the' heart The
circulation of the.-blood. H M ; :
We want a -fire engine Sup
pose a Candle should explode ! ; .
Which is the queerest; of : us
two V Why you are the i querist.
A man cannot expect hal f a
loaf when he loafs all the time.
v Humility; is the 'sweetest: and
fairest flower that groweth in the
mind. ; , r ; ; -.v. .
:; The"; apple Eve longed:for.and
ate" at last,-m list have been a pine-,
' The Third term exei temeh t is al 1
foolishness. Why not let itTerm-ini-eight;
- -vrVr
j . - 4 ' - . . r
; Mr. Pleasant Yell is a cafuii-
(iate for the Legislature in Texas,
Howl he suit?.: y:' '
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; A Wisconsin ' hen i has been
taught to sing three tunes. ! Does'
the lay-zy thing set f h em h erself
-There is an orgauist in -Phila
delphia named Thunder, but -he
doesn't-seem to 4iave made much
i noise in the. world.' ' j r':-
"A- Swanton man sheared off
his wife's locks for money, to Imy
rum." A hair-rum-scarum fellow,
evidently. ; ; V ; 7"; ":"-M7 'ft'
: The Supreme Court of Ohio has
just decided that sending a dun to 1
a man on a postal card is unlawful
as well as saucv. - 7 ?
Duelling is becoming so preva
lent in the Prussian. army that au
bflicer.may pull a man's nose at
non anu ne . aeaa oeiore one
o'clock. ''' ; :777v .7
A paper informs us that Elize-
bethtown, Indianaj is called' Bet
sey for short. It is hot the Bess't
name they could have chosen for
brcvitv. ; ':''.-.' ; ;. . . -
-The Cincinnati Gazette nona-7
hates.Murat Halstead for may6r.
Thus does aspiring J cclaiid cast its
chil I shadow over this I great n a-.
tionality. ; ; .
lastly Ca3i trTlsrcrs. : -i
' i;i '; ; . - : - r "T: -
A young girl ih: Riris,7 ha tried i
Marguerite Belietv wh6 had; been t
unfortunate; in a ; lovcatndr re-j
solved to commit suicide, Before 1
going to oea sue lillea her cham-
TOOm, COVCrCQ Up HCf HCaU and
sleep. 7; ; .
a" unconscious state ab6nt 'rioon cUl ia s saijboaf . Oh.
... a lth-01 . mamma mhere-V a,boat vith'"-a
- " V . rIinouort iKn&frzgv . -r h
t
ed to life her reason had lied. Tiv i
She imagines that he hn, :l?5c0?Ie ' a n.
She imadu'e3 "that she .has been
transported to the kingdom of
flowers, and has ; become"a . marr-
gold. "I remember that I loved
gom,; -i rememDer that 1 loved.Ccrd The -purtfiit
a butterfly,' sho murmurs, bntlcll t& hculdb-c-lrn-nd tr4
he b ijoni away- : . imllH iHonboat turii
lit- h
NO.
''L
are hi ;ithe lives " of all
pe)lea; period 6 sunshine aud
shf loi light and darkness pleas- .
!urfn;paiii;V;';t we lariiich. pur
fra brk out upSii the boisterous
rduwat crs of fi3iiot tbiukihg
oHfehiing'to hSrer the slightest '
krimvleieoftj) ' .
is bvering mjijbo ; horizon just
aliiStill w! tvl on "d on, '
ievf ling)i tIidyS'fiVat
toryJpleifeUfcs of this world, ignbr- ,
higithe; rencetofrrowiintn it.
is. itua(li too; tiitc;tainak
prpFili6iifo
thafcro77yOginnhig
avyil'ly.-; 4Tbaf soothing .sunshiuo 7
thajjf so cctuah
oiirjiprfof - 71asU but for a timd. :
A Ilevv: ort .rambles oyer the
grejii ihiifel of peabe,;, a teyj short
jqui j iey's j jtli rouglii t he I blooining
vail ys of; )leasir ; a - tew short
rid;u)0 the Ipwghty'Ksurgihg
dc$k audlij. tew luigering glancea
atfiie7wbf , .
qif''aewcql itd .art,i.hndrJhe,7surit .
sinV p of qr4ife f al passes jaway
lik a flitmg Ytsioui :The corres
tlrej nightytriaI.:Tlie lohgclark
shj ows )Ogin M fli 1 7 a roun d lis
ajiciauni I tisbrJvcWii'andirl
Thf e is. rpoj way tia t we ca n de-.
1E0tO
el
qe themv - iney. grow-
ij ai an
dirkor, more dense
in their 'asTect: uutil:. ;
anq itearti
witl 17 screams -qt7 victory.: arid-fri--.
uji, thereem toirise up in-eye-i : .
rySc Vrectioal and assist each other I
iu iksarKiu our uesiiny inua. : h..
rptiat iSfllfe hi t.a'dream -c;!)?
i4 jpy andTace ;U'!; -
Tyf. 'Ctiaitful as the fltttaig cloua,5--;i
WhOsI K)vf ngi never cease." 7 .
4 '
4 -
r? N.
.r,
.1 a
isf the7gi0Me
reiitest producer
of hnsins;.: ffhose6tyled iValencia
raiaifjs fi n reatfayor vy i t li, ,i all t v
',cl5s. of Efiglisli rf'ple.'l A:- few ;
yeragp Ajcrop pftwelvethous , ,
ahatons, t)r; the4upplv of tho - :
wprpl, waj eoHsidered iargep now.
Lo?ipn relMves tel vcj thousand ;
toilui of4 totot 0f twenty thou?r .
ant) fons tdt are rovyn "Tlicso .
raiiiS'ais )bud la rgd market in
thcpTnitctl States)and Canada
Thjpmprbvpment?Jiivthe
mcbbserS'libleijbf la te 'vears; . "
thaipf rem4ving the stalks befi)ro
shijjient. J jAs'no'usenil ; purpose .
haleeri'uhdias'yet lbf " tho
staljlf, ihetfare generally burned.; -
1 besfef)einipickellrom the stalki :
4 l import p jiargcty usea in mer
catuljConi 1 6 tins couiitry in dec
oraMl boswiith colored:- paper
andjface citings, ; increasing tHd
expiause .oi? packing to the extent '
of 12:5. i r vtohliThe v Sultana
raisjiii,' i ro J uccd M n turke v,n - arc '
cuHlin the sun, it light spinkling
Qf7oi lici f ii em pjc;ed7to prevent
the fop great cvarjbrat ion - of the -
i moafi jre, and alsta assist in the .
pretevatii oi r; tnie ; truit ; when
pacued aushipjid. . -i r : -
M ti ' 7 "7.. - -t
IvfAfilajidat thb table femarkel '
'tliaijlli? ttitttiig , between 7 two
tailed " fTessaid ojieof tliem,"
awc iiave out one, c:oose be-
rcwusf
&
."3;
V', ! & iTT:.. .-'.V- - lul-3 .
mis-roria,: gathering., together -r.- -handilbf
thorns to: at upon..;
Maja, vfy7vWiely ii cmaltiy.
Th r ji a reJ iknowg ;as ;-"1 aye rsf
"bvit$h,r diiii VlV&o". raisitis, t lie