*! @WII 3*Si ,1'ft .>» ? *. .*!*. .. 4; V/ VOL.1. <Clje lontlimi Enterprise, A REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS. ) " waiWMAaai XP-Epaavg.^ EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. 1 $. J, & W. P. Price, Publishers \y SO, parable in advance ; $2 if delayed. CLUBS of TEX and upwards pi, the money In every instance to accompany tho order. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted conspicuously at the rates of 15 eenta per mjunre of IS lines, and 25 pent* for each subsequent insertion. Con- tract* for yearly advertising mn<le reasonable. Poftnj. pfcwiTIinlw^mniitfiin i n iirii i" mm m nmwni n iiilX; SUnz^s. BY SUTflflE SOUTHRON. Tts sweet to seek alone, alone, At even-tide some pleasant sj»ot, Where moss o'er root and rock linth grown. And springs the sweet for-get-me-not When leaves flap idly to the breeze, And shadows qniver on the ground, And sunset lingers 'mid the trees, And hidden music floats around. There, where the heart is sore oppress'd, And Faith and llopo doth faint and fail, When life's frail bark may find 110 rest, Swept be misfortune's chilling gale. One hour, one precious hour alone, With llim whom winds and waves obey, May hush the spirit's grieving moan, And drive the clouds of gloom a way. And when the enp of misery's passed, And joy.drops in its depths once more, Doth sparkle bright, or gushing fast, In clustering sweetness droppctli o'er, Tis rapture still to seek alone, The source from whence each blessing flow'd, And in thanksgiving's joyous tone, Praise for the happiness bestovr'ed. O yes, 'tis swoet to be alone. With nature, ami with nature's God, Whether to laarn " thy w til he done," iteneath the Father's chastening rod, On Messing Hiin for mercies past, Seek grace and strength for days to come, I'ntil the soul is moor'd at last, Safe, safe within its heavenly home. [Anderson Gaxettt. UJJ "iit, Jis.j..1_ | ii lUuiilutiunarq ^kctrlj. DANIEL MORGAN AND HIS AMERICAN RIFLEMEN. The outposts of the two armies wero very near to each other, wbeu the American commander, desirous of obtaining particular information respecting the positiou of his adversary, summoned the fained leader of the lliHcmen, Col. Daniel Morgan, to headquarter*. It was night, and the chief was alone. After his usual polite, yet reserved and dignitied Salutation, Washington remarked. 'I have sent for you, Col. Morgan, to entrust to your courage and sagacity a small, bgt important enterprise. I wish you to reconnoitre the enemy's line, with n view to your ascertaining correctly the position of their newly constructed redoubts ; also the encampments of the British troops that have IaIhIv arriiwit :. niiu UIWVV «' MICK 1SCBBIHII auxiliaries. Select, sir, ftn officer, non-commissioned officer, and alxuit twenty pickedmen, and under cover of the night proceed, but with all caution ; get as near as you can, and by day dawn retire and make your report to headquarters. Bat mark mo, Col. Morgan, mark roe well; upon no account what ever are you to bring on any skirmish with the enemy; if discovered, make a speedy retreat ; let nothing induce you to fire a single shot. 1 repeat, sir, that no force of circumstances will excuse the discharge of a single rifle on your part; and for the extreme, preciseness of tbe&e orders, permit mo to say, I have my reasons.' Fining two glasses of wine, the General continued : 'And now, Col. Morgan, we will drink a good night, and success to your enterprise.' Col. Morgan quaffed the wine, smacked his lips, and assured His Excellency that his orders should be pnnctuslly obeyed, and left the tent of the Commander-in-Chief. Charmed at being chosen as the executive officer of a daring enterprise, the leader of the woodsmen repaired to his quarters, and calling for Gabriel Long, his favorite captain ordered him to detail a trusty sergeant and twenty prime fellows, who being mustered and ordered to lay on their arms, ready at a momenta warning, Morgan and Long stretched their manly forms before tho watch-fire, to wait the croincr down ofthe moon, th« «<*- «, » .r -f ual of depart ura. A little after midnight, and while the raya of the aetting moon still faintly glimmered in the western horizon, 'Up, Sergeant,' cried Long, 'itir op your men,' and twenty athletic figure* were on their feet in a moment 'Indian file, march,' and away they all sprung with the quick and yet light and stealthy ste© of the woodsman. They reached the enemy I « 1 IDHfl GREENY line, crawled up so close to the pickets of the Hessians as to inhnle tho odor of their pipes ; i discovered by the newly-turned eartn the < position of the redoubts, and by the numer- j ous tents thnt dotted tho field for, 'many a « rod arouud, and showed dimly, amid the 1 light haze, the encampment of the British » and German reinforcements, and, in short, performed their perilous duty without the i slightest discovery, and, pleased with them- J selves and the success of their enterprise, pre- < pared to retire, just as a chanticleer from a j neighboring farm-house was 'bidding sain* j tation to the morn.' The adventurons party reached a small eminonce at some distance from the British i camp, and commanding an extensive prospect over the adjacent country. Here MorSn haltod to give his men a little rest, be e taking up his liue of march for the American outposts. Scarcely had they thrown themselves upon the grass, when they perceived issuing from > the enemy's advanced pickets a body of horse, commanded by an officer, and proceeding along tho road that led directly by tho spot where the riflemen had halted. No spot could be better chosen for un ambuscade, for there were rocks and ravines, and also scrubby oaks, that grew thickly on the eminence by which tho road which we have just mentioned passed, at not exceeding a hundred yards. 'Down, boys, down,' cried Morgan, as the horse approached; nor did the clansmen of the Black Roderick disappear more promptly amid their native heather than did Morgan's woodsmen, in the present instance, each to his tree or rock. 'Lie close there, my lad9, till we see what these fellows are about.' Meantine the horsemen had gained tho height, and tho officer, dropping the rain on tho charger's nock, with spy-glass reconnoitred the American lines. Tho troops closed up their files, and were either caressing the noble animals they rode, adjusting their equipments, or gazing upon tho surrounding scenery, now fast brightening ih the beams of a rising sun. Morgan looked at Long, and Long at his superior, wlnle the riflemen, with panting t chests and sparkling eyes, were only waiting i seme signal from tlicir officers 'to let the ruiu i fly.' < At length the lunrtia! nnlor of Morgan « overcame his prudence and sense of military t suborbination. Forgetful of consequences, 1 reckless of everything bat his enemy, now J within his grasp, lie waved his hand, and t loud and sharp rang the report of their rifles aiuid tho surrounding echoes. < At point blank distance, tho certain and < deadly aim of the Hunting Shirts of the Rev- » olutionary army is too well known to history t to need remark at this time of day. In the j instance we have recorded, the effect of the fire of the riflemen was tremendous. Of * the horse, some had fallen to rise no more, \ while their liberated chargers rushed wildly r over the adjoining plain, others, wounded, ] but entangled with their stirrups, were drag- 1 ged by tho infuriated nuimnls expiringly 1 along, while the very few who were unscath- i ed spurred hard to regain the shelter of the 1 British lines. 1 While the sinokeyct canopied the scene of t slaughter, and tho picturesque froms of the 1 woodsmen appeared among the foliage, as 1 they were re-loading their pieces, the coloe- t sal figure of Morgan stool apart. lie seemed 1 the very genius of war, and gloomily he eon- j templated the havoc his order had made. He > spoke not, he moved not, but looked as one t _\ I 1 ' - - * nuourucu in uie intensity of thought. Tlio 1 martini shout with which ho was wont to cheer his comrades in the hour of combat, was hushed ; the shell from which he had blown full many a note of battle and of triumph on the field of Saratoga, hung by his side; no order was given to spoil the slain, the arms and eouipments, for which there was always a bounty from Congress, the shirts of which there was such a need at that, the sorest period of our country's privation, all, all-were abandoned, as with an abstracted air and a voice struggling for utterance, Morgan, suddenly turning to his captain, exclaimed.'Long, to the camn, to the camp.* The favorite captain obeyed,' the riflemen with trailed arms fell into file, and Long and bis party soon disappeared, but not before the hardy fellows had exchanged opinions on the strango termination of the late affair.. And they agreed, ncm. < <>»., that their colonel was tnoked, (conjured) for assuredly after such a fire as thev b«/l , r MIV VllCIU^f 1 such an emptying of saddles and scattering > of the troopers, he would not hare ordered f his poor riue boys from the field without so * much as a few shirts or pair of stockings bo- t ing divided among them. 'Yes,' mid a tall, t lean and swarthy looking fellow, and Indian i hunter from the frontier, as he carefully placed his moeoasined feet in the footprints of the j, file-leader, 'yes, my lads, it stands to reason, f our oolonel is tricked.' 1 Morgan followed only on the trail of his men. The full foroe of his military guilt r had rushed upon his mind, even before the < report of his nfiei had oeased to echo in the r neighboring forests. He became more con- * vineed cf the enormity of bis offences, as, c with dull and measured strides, he pursued 1 his solitary way, and thus soliloqnizcd : c ( 'Well, Danied Morgan, you have done for yourself. Broke, Mr, to a certainty. You t fiaay go borne, sir, to the plough ; your sword " ~'-*-'wm& IELE, S. C,: FRIDA will be of no further use to you. Broken, sir.nothing can save you ; and there is the snd of Col. Morgan, tool, fool.by a single ici of madness, thus to destroy the earnings jf so many toils and of many a hard-fought battle. \ou are broken; sir, and there is an And of Col. Morgan/ To disturb his reverie, there suddenly apKtared at full speed the aid-de-camp, the ercury, of the field, who, reining up, accostid the Colonel with, 'I am ordered, CoL Morgan, to ascertain whether the firing just now beard proceeded from your detachment f AIt did, sir,' doggedly replied Morgan. irru n.i u * *" ' *« '» * mpu, KSUI. jnurgno, WilliIIueu U1C UlU, \l im further ordered to require of you your ramediate attendance upon Hia Excellency, who is fast Approaching. Morgan bowed, and the aid, wheeling hia ;hnrgcr, galloped back to rejoin the Chief. Hie gleams of the morning sun, shining ipon the sabres of the horse guard, announced ino arrival of the dread commander.that >eing who inspired with a degfee of awe evil*)' one who approached him. With a stem, pet dignified composure, Washington adircssed tlie military culprit: 'Can it be possible, Col. Morgan, that my ud-de-camp has informed mo aright ? Can t bo possible, after the orders you received ast evening, that the firing we have heard proceeded from your detachment ? Surely, iir ; my order* were so explicit as not to be insily misunderstood.' Morgan was bravo; but it has been often, md justly, too, observed, that man was never jorn of woman who could approach the great Washington and not feel a degree of awe and feneration from his presence. Morgan quailid for a moment before the stern yet just disI.:. »:u " 1 Mvnvuao vi inn viiui, nil ftruilMIl^ <111 U18 Pllirgies for tho effort, he uncovered and replied: 'Your Excellency's orders were perfectly inderstood ; and, agreeable to the same, I proceeded with the select party to reconnoitre be enemy's lines by night. We succeeded sven beyond our expectations, and 1 was rooming to headquarters to make my report, irhen, having halted a few minutes to rest be men, we discovered a party of horse coning out from the enemy's lines. They camo ip immediately to the spot where we lay consealed by the brushwoUi. There they haltid, and gathered together like a flock of pnrt idjres, affording me so tempting au opporumty of annoying my enemy, and may it ileasc your Excellency, flesh and blood could lot refrain.' At this rough, yet frank, bold aud manly explanation* a smile was observed to pass iver tho General's suit. The Chief remained mmoved ; when, waving his hand, he coninued : "Colonel Morgan, you will retire to four quarters, there to await further orders.' Arrived at his quarters, Morgan threw himself upon his hard couch, and gave himself ip to reflections upon the events which had 10 lately and rapidly succeeded each other. !Ie was aware lie had sinned against all lopes of forgiveness. Within twenty-four lours he had fallen from the command of a egiment, and being a special favorite with lis General, to be, what f.a disgraced and jrokcn soldier. Condemned to retire from ho scenes of glory, the darling paRsion of his icart.forever to abandon the 'fair field of ighting men,' and in obscurity to 'drag out .he remnant of a wretched existence,1 negected and forgotten, and then his rank, so lardly and so nobly won, with all his 'blusbng honors,1 acquired in the march across lie frozen wilderness of the Kennebec, the itorraing of the Lower Town, and the galant and glorious combat at Saratoga. The hours dragged gloomily away, and light came, and with it no rest for the troubed spirit of poor Morgan. The drums and ifes merrily sounded the soldier's dawn, and he sun arose, giving 'premise of a goodly lay.1 And to many within the circuit ofhis videly extended camp, did his genial beam five hope, and joy, and gladness, while it :heered not with a single ray the despairing leader of the Woodsmen. About ten o'clock, the Orderly on duty e ported the arrival of an officer of the staff rom headquarters, and Lieutenant Colonel Iamilton, the favorite aid of the Comrnan- ler-in-Chief, entered the marque. 'Be seated,1 said Morgan; 'I know vour irrand ; so be short, my dear fellow, and nut no out of my misery at once. I know tliat am arrested; 'tis a matter of course. Well, here is my sword; but surely Ifi* Excelency honors rae indeed, in theso last mo- nenta of my military existence, when he sends or my sword by bis favorite aid and my nost esteemed friend. Ah, my dear Hamil- i on, if you knew what I have suffered since lie accursed horse came out to tempt ine to ny rain.* I Hamilton, about whose strikingly intelli- jent countenance there always lurked a play- ul smile, now observed.'Col. Morgan, Ilia Excellency has ordered rao to * i '1 know it,* interrupted Morgan, to bid ne prepare for trial; but pshaw, why a trial! Jtrilty, sir, guilty, past all doubt But then,' eoollecting himself, perhaps my services night plead.nonsense.against the disobe- ' lience of a positive order; no, no, it s all over vlth me. Hamilton, there ie an end to your Id friend, Col. Morgan.* i The agonized spirit ofJtlie hero then moun- ed to a pitch of enthusiasm, as he exclaimed ,; .'Bui my country will reineinbor my ser- wS» 'wmm Y MORNING, OCTOB vices, and the British and the llessians will remember me; for, though I may be far away, my brave comrades will do their duty; and Morgan's riflemen will be, as they idways have been, a terror to the enemy.' The noble, the geuerous soutcd Hamilton could no longer bear to witness the struggles of the brave unfortunate; he called out, "llear me, ray dear Colonel; only promise to hear me for one moment, and I will tell II jun ail.' 4Go on, sir,' interrupted Morgan, despairingly. 4goon.' 4Then,' continued the aid-de-camp, 'you mnst know that the commander of regiments dine with His Excellency to-day.' 'What of that!' again interrupted Morgan: 4what has that to do with me a prisoner and.' 4No, no,' exclaimed Hamilton ;4no prisoner.a once offending, but now a forgiven soldier; my orders are to invite you to dine with His Excellency to-day nt three o'clock precisely; yes, my brave and good friend, Col. Morgan, you still are and liklv long to be the valued and famed Commander of the Regiment.' Morgan sprang from this camp-bed, upon which he was sitting, and seizing the hand of the great little mail in his giaut grasp, wrung and wrung it, till the aid de-camp literally struggled to get free ; then exclaimed : 4Am I in my senses I but I know you, Hamilton ; you are too noble a fellow to sport with the feelings of an old brother soldier.' Hamilton assured his friend that nil wns true, and gaily kissing his hand, as lie mounted his horse, bidding the now delighted Colonel remember three o'clock, and be careful not to disobey the second time, galloped to head-quarters. Morgan entered the pavilion of the Commander-in-Chief, as it was filling with olficers, all of whom, after paying their respects to the Genera),-Jlled off to give a cordial squeeze of the band to the Commander of the Hille llogiinent, and to whisper in his ear words of congratulation. The cloth removed, Washington bid his guests fill their glasses, ane gave his only, his unwavering toast of the days of trial, the toast of the evening of his time-honored' life amid the shades of Mount Vernon.4 All our Friend*? Then, with his usual old-fashioned politeness, he drank to each guest by name. When lie came to 4Col. Morgan, your good health, sir, a thrill ran through the manly frame of the gratified and again favorite soldier, while every eye in the pavilion was turned on him. At an early hour the company broke up, and Morgan had a perfect escort of officers accompanying him to his quarters, all anxious to congratulate him upon his happy restoration to rank and favor, all ploastsl to assure him of their esteem for his person and services. £ 3 to qpd iiqifolr. A writer in the Methodist Protestant puts tho argument in favor of legislating against the manufacture and sale of liquor into this littlo nut-shell. As one of tho sovereign people, we may be allowed to say a few words to legislators. It is known that great difficulties in here in some questions of legislation. In such cases, a trust-worthy legislator seeks to guide his opinions by /acts, from which he may form a general proposition, or a gewerul maxim suited to bis purpose. Of course he has constructed a syllogism. General Maxim..When the manufacture and indiscriminate sale of any article is found to be, more than all things beside, so injurious to individuals, families, and the State, as to be justly denominated "the curse of curses" to this generation, as it was to every proceeding generation, from the time of the settlement of the State to the present day, the indiscriminate sale of that article should be prohibited by law, and, if need be, by the physical power of the State in aid of the law. Particular Case.The manufacture and indiscriminate sale of distilled spirituous and fermented liquors have, by their general use, caused more suffering and crime.more ruin and anguish.caused more premature deaths more widowhood or orphanage, the. alienation of more property, more woes, lamentations, and wailing, in every part of each State ai uiese united states, than any oilier cause, .or than all causes together. Prmrtical Conclusion..Therefore, the manufacture and indiscriminate sale of distilled and fermented intoxicating liquors should be, by the laws of each State, prohibited, not in words only, but also in deeds and forever. Gi.ass Unions..Among the more recent inventions patented by manufacturers, we bear of one Vjr Mr. Suramerfield, of the glass works, Birmingham Heath, England, for what are termed chromatic glass, or glassFaced grooved bricks. By Mr. Sunamorneld's process, red or any other olsv can be cornLined with glass, and this will secure durability, entire resistance to moisture, and give sn ornamental appearance to the building. The form of the brick is also, by means of s groove at the side and end, made so as to add greatly to the strength of the erection, the joints by this means being brought jlose together, and the morter acta as a dowsll from the shape of the groove.. The London Builder. " TS TO AH EK 6, m 3 C'rnt ' nlr. I he MiOoto's Mill. bt REV. A. M. SCOTT. It was a bitter night The snow- had been falling in fleecy flights din ing the greater portion of tho da}-, und the cold was so intense that no business of any kind had been prosecuted by the industrious and intemrisinor citizens of the villusk.i s -"ftunmu succeeded day. The snow aud sleet were still descending, and the spirit of the storm seemed to howiaround the house, nnd through the fields and orchards and forests, and among the distant mountains. Mr. Rowland had returned from the counting-house at an earlier hour than usual. Sapper had been served and the family had gathered around tho sparkling fire.. Tho children had been put to bed in nn adjoining apartment, Hnd tho infant was sleeping in the cradel under the immediate notice of its mother. Mr. Rowland was reading a newspaper, and a» the fitful blast moaned round uis commodious dwelling, he would make some remarks relative to the severity of the weather. Mrs. R. was parting the flaxen curls upon the head of the sleeping babe, and occasionally she imprinted the warm kiss of maternal affection upon its rud-1 dy cheek. Suddenly some one rapped at the d«x>r. It was opened, when a little girl of alsnit seven years old was admitted. Iler scanty I dress were tattered ami torn, a rugged quilt; thrown around her slender shoulders, and a pair of miserable old shoes upon her feet.. She was almost frozen. uYou arc tho widow Watkins' little daugh- | tor i" said Mrs. Rowland, iiKjuhingly. The little girl answered in the nffirmn- j tive, and added that her mother was sick, and wished Mr. Rowland to step over and see her, for she thought she w ould surely J die. Mr. Rowland owned the place on which! tho sick woman resided. She was very indignant, and but poo'rly able to pay the extravagant rent which the unfeeling owner exacted. The property was once lier husband's, or rcther her own ; being a gift from her father on the very day of her wedding. Mr. Watkins was wealthy when a young man, and educated for the bar, and 110 one seemed more likely to be successful in his profession. lie and Mr. Rowland wero early associates. The latter, a few years l>efore the' period at which we now find him, had commenced the nefarious trnfie in ardent spirits .had grown rich.had induced Watkins to drink.made liiin drunk, and by the degrees, a drunkard; and when the poor besotted victim was unable to pay his debts, contracked niostl)' for ruin, but partly by neglecting his professional duties, he, his former associate, his pretended friend, his destroyer, was the first to decry and oppress hiin. His horses and oxen were sold by the sheriff, next his household aud kitchen furniture WArA unil finollit « .- .. ^M.vv( mm Iiutiij J n UlUll^agV was given to Rowland upou tlio homestead of the drunkard, to secure the ruin dealer in the payment of a pitiful balance in his favor. This calamity did not check the prodigal career of the inabriate. lie still quaffed the liquid poison, and still did the heartless dealer holdout inducements to prevail upon him to sink lower into wretchedness and shame. A few weeks after he was one mourning found dead in the street, lie had left the grocery at a late hour the preceeding night, in a state of intoxication. The night was dark, and he probably missed his way.fell into the gutter.found himself unable to get out.and being stupified with rum, he went to sleep and froze to death. Rowland in a short time foreclosed the mortgage, and the home of the drunkard's wife became tho legal property of the man who had destroyed her |K*acc, and reduced her to beggary and want. lie permitted her to remain on the premises, exacting an extravagant rate of rent. Mental anguish, excessive labor, want of projier nourishment, and exposure, had well nigh worn her out, and she was fast sinking into the grave, where the werry are at rest No one had been near her; no one seemed to care for her; in fact it was not known even to hei nearest neighbors, that she was sick. Mr. Rowland felt only anxious ouly for his rent, there being at that time a small sum due. And perhaps it was owing to this circumstance, that he so readily consented to accompany the little girl to tho room of her sick mother. 11a drew on his overcoat, tie*] a woolen comforter round his neck, drew on his gloves, and taking his unhrclla, sot out through the driAing snow and sloet, ar.d went hi* way to the widow's uncomfortable home. He found her lying on her miserable bed of straw, with her heaad slig.'illy elevated, the only chair belonging to the house being placed under her pillow. She was pale and ghastly, and evidently near the hour of disso- luuon. air. ivowiaou oein«j Heated on a rude woodnn stool, she said in a feeble, but decided tone of voice: MI have sent for you, air, to nay me a visit, that I may male® you the )u)r of mv estate. My estate 1 f know you are ready I to ask what estate 1 have to bequeath ?. IE? * *-r^** arr r^-T v.i ; yr_ 41 a»v- ". u'ga.etaai * NO. 21. mmmmmmmmmmmimmrhp* And woll you may ask that. I once was happy. Ibis house was once miue ; it was uiy father's gift.my wedding porting had horses, and oxen, cows and sheep, charda and medows. Twas you that in- * ' duced my poor erriug husband to drink.. It was you who placed before him the liquid poison, and pressed him to take it. Twas you that took away my horses aud cows, and medows and orchards, and my own hotne. Twas you that ruined my peace, destroyed my husband, and in the very noon of life, sent hiui down to a drunkard's dislinnnrA/l r»mvo 'T«»«»* *1.4 1 .......VU ^>»<n * nwi juu Hint I1KU1U Uie A l>eggar, and cast my poor starving babes upon the charity of a pitiless world. I have nothing left but these ragged quilts; them you dont want.yet I have determined to bequeath you my estate. Here, air, is my last will and testament; I do bequeath you this vial of tears. They are tears that I have shed.tears that you have caused.. Tukc this vial ; wear it about your vile person ; and when, hereafter, you present the flowing bowl to the lips of a husband and a father, remember that you are inheriting another vial of widow's tears." An hour more, and the poor widow, the widow of a thousand sorrows, the once favored chihl of fortune, the once lovely and wealthy bride, the once affectionate wife and devoted young mother, lay cold and senseless in death, and her soul had been summoned to that God who has said, "Vengeance is mine and 1 will repay." J he $)ccisibe ^ofoonf. A few years since while travelling in an aincent State aloiif the hunk* of n river, a friend pointed to the flourishing current, and related the following incident: Not long before, when the spring rains fell, the broad channel with a surging flood, a lumber man ventured out in a boat upon a bay, to save timber which was breaking from its fastening, and would soon be swept down the stream if not secured. In his absorbing interest to prevent the loss lie went too far into the rushing tide. His little bark was caught by the curreut, and amid wild cries for help, he was born away, arrow like, before the tumultuous waters. The alarm spread, and a neighbor recollecting there was a bridge several inilcs below, mounted a horse and hastened to reach that only place of rescue. Onward in helpless calmness, the imperiled boatman sped ; and on the shore his deliverer rode with the fleetness of a courier towards the bridge. Reaching the structure, which trembled to the voilence of the flood, he called for a rope, and throwing it over the arch, waited tho approach of the pale and anxious man. He saw the swaying cord, Hud as he swept beneath it, grasped with the energy of a last hone, the thread of life. In another moment, lie was in the embrace of friends. And I have thought when I have seen men concerned for their soul's salvation, and on the current of depravity sweeping them away, there must come a decisive crisis.a last offer of mercy ; and who shall say when the friendly haud of a Redeemer will be withdrawn forever? "I might have been saved," will be the keenest pang in the agonies of the second death, while the vision rests on the moment which deeidod the entrance upon the infinite deep of retribution..N. Y. Observer. Tiib Right ok Election by Hotel Keepers..Th question had a very practical decision in the Police Court yesterday. Mr. Weston Mcrritt, one of the landlords of Wilde's Hotel, in Elm-street, was arraigned for an assault upon Mr. Augustus C. Blodgett, dry good jobber at No. 38 Kilby-street, and formerly editor of the New Hampshire Statesman. It appeared that Mr. Blodcrett former- . O # ly lK>ftrde<l at the hotel, but having some difficulty with the landlord, changed his quarters, and was ordered never to enter the house again. A few days since, however, he went there for the purpose of examining the register to see if an acquaintance had arrived, w lien Merritt attempted forcibly to put him out, and indicted upon him several blows. The counsel for the defence argued that the complianant, having been previously warned not to enter the house, had no right to remain, and his being there was a trespass, and consequently the defendant was justified in his doings. The court held that the premises being a public house, every ]>ody had the rijjht to enter, provided no trespass was committed; therefore the ejection of tho 1-: . i./ « ' * - ruiuviMnwii who iiiuuwuii, aua Wie. defendant was fined t8 and costs..Boh ton Traveller, 9tk in*t. Touching Gratitudk..A poor Irish woman applied, a few* days since, for relief to our well-known citizen, Mr. Longworth, who, iu.poinplianco with her urgent appeals, finally handed her a dime. Sinking on her knees devoutly thanked God, and then, turning to Mr. Longworth, continued, "and when in another world I see you in torment, I wiH remember your kindness, and give you a cup of cold water for this that you nave done unto me." Mr. Longworth felt more obliged for her good iutcutions than complimented by her anticipation of his futurity..Cin 0»hnnbiun.
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SUnz^s.BY SUTflflE SOUTHRON.
Tts sweet to seek alone, alone,At even-tide some pleasant sj»ot,
Where moss o'er root and rock linth grown.And springs the sweet for-get-me-not
When leaves flap idly to the breeze,And shadows qniver on the ground,
And sunset lingers 'mid the trees,And hidden music floats around.
There, where the heart is sore oppress'd,And Faith and llopo doth faint and fail,
When life's frail bark may find 110 rest,Swept be misfortune's chilling gale.
One hour, one precious hour alone,With llim whom winds and waves obey,
May hush the spirit's grieving moan,And drive the clouds of gloom away.
And when the enp of misery's passed,And joy.drops in its depths once more,
Doth sparkle bright, or gushing fast,In clustering sweetness droppctli o'er,
Tis rapture still to seek alone,The source from whence each blessing flow'd,
And in thanksgiving's joyous tone,Praise for the happiness bestovr'ed.
O yes, 'tis swoet to be alone.With nature, ami with nature's God,
Whether to laarn " thy w til he done,"iteneath the Father's chastening rod,
On Messing Hiin for mercies past,Seek grace and strength for days to come,
I'ntil the soul is moor'd at last,Safe, safe within its heavenly home.
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lUuiilutiunarq ^kctrlj.DANIEL MORGAN
AND HIS AMERICAN RIFLEMEN.The outposts of the two armies wero very
near to each other, wbeu the American commander,desirous of obtaining particular informationrespecting the positiou of his adversary,summoned the fained leader of thelliHcmen, Col. Daniel Morgan, to headquarter*.It was night, and the chief was alone. Afterhis usual polite, yet reserved and dignitiedSalutation, Washington remarked.'I have sent for you, Col. Morgan, to entrustto your courage and sagacity a small,bgt important enterprise. I wish you to reconnoitrethe enemy's line, with n view to
your ascertaining correctly the position oftheir newly constructed redoubts ; also the encampmentsof the British troops that haveIaIhIv arriiwit :.
niiu UIWVV «' MICK 1SCBBIHIIauxiliaries. Select, sir, ftn officer, non-commissionedofficer, and alxuit twenty pickedmen,and under cover of the night proceed,but with all caution ; get as near as you can,and by daydawn retire and make your reportto headquarters. Bat mark mo, Col. Morgan,mark roe well; upon no account whatever are you to bring on any skirmish withthe enemy; if discovered, make a speedy retreat; let nothing induce you to fire a singleshot. 1 repeat, sir, that no force of circumstanceswill excuse the discharge of a singlerifle on your part; and for the extreme, precisenessof tbe&e orders, permit mo to say, Ihave my reasons.' Fining two glasses ofwine, the General continued : 'And now, Col.Morgan, we will drink a good night, and successto your enterprise.'Col. Morgan quaffed the wine, smacked hislips, and assured His Excellency that his ordersshould be pnnctuslly obeyed, and leftthe tent of the Commander-in-Chief.
Charmed at being chosen as the executiveofficer ofa daring enterprise, the leader of thewoodsmen repaired to his quarters, and callingfor Gabriel Long, his favorite captain orderedhim to detail a trusty sergeant andtwenty prime fellows, who being musteredand ordered to lay on their arms, ready at amomenta warning, Morgan and Long stretchedtheir manly forms before tho watch-fire,to wait the croincr down ofthe moon, th« «<*-
«, » .r -fual of depart ura.A little after midnight, and while the rayaof the aetting moon still faintly glimmeredin the western horizon, 'Up, Sergeant,' criedLong, 'itir opyour men,' and twenty athleticfigure* were on their feet in a moment 'Indianfile, march,' and away they all sprungwith the quick and yet light and stealthy ste©ofthe woodsman. They reached the enemy
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line, crawled up so close to the pickets oftheHessians as to inhnle tho odor of their pipes ; idiscovered by the newly-turned eartn the <
position of the redoubts, and by the numer- jous tents thnt dotted tho field for, 'many a «rod arouud, and showed dimly, amid the 1light haze, the encampment of the British »and German reinforcements, and, in short,performed their perilous duty without the i
slightest discovery, and, pleased with them- Jselves and the success of their enterprise, pre- <
pared to retire, just as a chanticleer from a jneighboring farm-house was 'bidding sain* jtation to the morn.'The adventurons party reached a small
eminonce at some distance from the British i
camp, and commanding an extensive prospectover the adjacent country. Here MorSnhaltod to give his men a little rest, beetaking up his liue of march for the Americanoutposts. Scarcely had they thrown
themselves upon the grass, when they perceivedissuing from>the enemy's advanced
pickets a body of horse, commanded by anofficer, and proceeding along tho road thatled directly by tho spot where the riflemenhad halted. No spot could be better chosenfor un ambuscade, for there were rocks andravines, and also scrubby oaks, that grewthickly on the eminence by which tho roadwhich we have just mentioned passed, at notexceeding a hundred yards.
'Down, boys, down,' cried Morgan, as thehorse approached; nor did the clansmen ofthe Black Roderick disappear more promptlyamid their native heather than did Morgan'swoodsmen, in the present instance, each tohis tree or rock. 'Lie close there, my lad9,till we see what these fellows are about.'Meantine the horsemen had gained tho
height, and tho officer, dropping the rain ontho charger's nock, with spy-glass reconnoitredthe American lines. Tho troops closedup their files, and were either caressing thenoble animals they rode, adjusting theirequipments, or gazing upon tho surroundingscenery, now fast brightening ih the beamsof a rising sun.
Morgan looked at Long, and Long at hissuperior, wlnle the riflemen, with panting tchests and sparkling eyes, were only waiting iseme signal from tlicir officers 'to let the ruiu i
fly.' <At length the lunrtia! nnlor of Morgan «
overcame his prudence and sense of military tsuborbination. Forgetful of consequences, 1reckless of everything bat his enemy, now Jwithin his grasp, lie waved his hand, and tloud and sharp rang the report of their riflesaiuid tho surrounding echoes. <At point blank distance, tho certain and <deadly aim of the Hunting Shirts of the Rev- »olutionary army is too well known to history tto need remark at this time of day. In the jinstance we have recorded, the effect of thefire of the riflemen was tremendous. Of *the horse, some had fallen to rise no more, \while their liberated chargers rushed wildly rover the adjoining plain, others, wounded, ]but entangled with their stirrups, were drag- 1ged by tho infuriated nuimnls expiringly 1along, while the very few who were unscath- ied spurred hard to regain the shelter of the 1British lines. 1
While the sinokeyct canopied the scene of tslaughter, and tho picturesque froms of the 1woodsmen appeared among the foliage, as 1they were re-loading their pieces, the coloe- tsal figure of Morgan stool apart. lie seemed 1the very genius of war, and gloomily he eon- jtemplated the havoc his order had made. He >spoke not, he moved not, but looked as one t_\ I 1 ' - - *
nuourucu in uie intensity of thought. Tlio 1martini shout with which ho was wont tocheer his comrades in the hour of combat,was hushed ; the shell from which he hadblown full many a note of battle and of triumphon the field of Saratoga, hung by hisside; no order was given to spoil the slain,the arms and eouipments, for which therewas always a bounty from Congress, theshirts of which there was such a need at that,the sorest period of our country's privation,all, all-were abandoned, as with an abstractedair and a voice struggling for utterance,Morgan, suddenly turning to his captain, exclaimed.'Long,to the camn, to the camp.*The favorite captain obeyed,' the riflemenwith trailed arms fell into file, and Long andbis party soon disappeared, but not beforethe hardy fellows had exchanged opinions onthe strango termination of the late affair..And they agreed, ncm. < <>»., that their colonelwas tnoked, (conjured) for assuredly aftersuch a fire as thev b«/l , r MIV VllCIU^f 1
such an emptying of saddles and scattering >of the troopers, he would not hare ordered fhis poor riue boys from the field without so *much as a few shirts or pair of stockings bo- ting divided among them. 'Yes,' mid a tall, tlean and swarthy looking fellow, and Indian ihunter from the frontier, as he carefully placedhis moeoasined feet in the footprints of the j,file-leader, 'yes, my lads, it stands to reason, four oolonel is tricked.' 1Morgan followed only on the trail of his
men. The full foroe of his military guilt rhad rushed upon his mind, even before the <report of his nfiei had oeased to echo in the r
neighboring forests. He became more con- *vineed cf the enormity of bis offences, as, cwith dull and measured strides, he pursued 1his solitary way, and thus soliloqnizcd : c
( 'Well, Danied Morgan, you have done foryourself. Broke, Mr, to a certainty. You tfiaay go borne, sir, to the plough ; your sword "
~'-*-'wm&IELE, S. C,: FRIDAwill be of no further use to you. Broken,sir.nothing can save you ; and there is thesnd ofCol. Morgan, tool, fool.by a singleici of madness, thus to destroy the earningsjf so many toils and of many a hard-foughtbattle. \ou are broken; sir, and there is anAnd of Col. Morgan/To disturb his reverie, there suddenly apKtaredat full speed the aid-de-camp, theercury, of the field, who, reining up, accostidthe Colonel with, 'I am ordered, CoL Morgan,to ascertain whether the firing just nowbeard proceeded from your detachment fAIt did, sir,' doggedly replied Morgan.irru n.i u * *" ' *« '» *mpu, KSUI. jnurgno, WilliIIueu U1C UlU, \l
im further ordered to require of you yourramediate attendance upon Hia Excellency,who is fast Approaching.Morgan bowed, and the aid, wheeling hia
;hnrgcr, galloped back to rejoin the Chief.Hie gleams of the morning sun, shining
ipon the sabres ofthe horse guard, announcedino arrival of the dread commander.that>eing who inspired with a degfee of awe evil*)'one who approached him. With a stem,pet dignified composure, Washington adircssedtlie military culprit:'Can it be possible, Col. Morgan, that myud-de-camp has informed mo aright ? Can
t bo possible, after the orders you receivedast evening, that the firing we have heardproceeded from your detachment ? Surely,iir ; my order* were so explicit as not to beinsily misunderstood.'Morgan was bravo; but it has been often,md justly, too, observed, that man was never
jorn ofwoman who could approach the greatWashington and not feel a degree of awe andfeneration from his presence. Morgan quailidfor a moment before the stern yet just disI.:.»:u " 1Mvnvuao vi inn viiui, nil ftruilMIl^ <111 U18 Pllirgiesfor tho effort, he uncovered and replied:'Your Excellency's orders were perfectlyinderstood ; and, agreeable to the same, Iproceeded with the select party to reconnoitrebe enemy's lines by night. We succeededsven beyond our expectations, and 1 was roomingto headquarters to make my report,irhen, having halted a few minutes to restbe men, we discovered a party of horse coningout from the enemy's lines. They camoip immediately to the spot where we lay consealedby the brushwoUi. There they haltid,and gathered together like a flock of pnrt idjres,affording me so tempting au opporumtyof annoying my enemy, and may itileasc your Excellency, flesh and blood couldlot refrain.'At this rough, yet frank, bold aud manlyexplanation* a smile was observed to passiver tho General's suit. The Chief remained
mmoved ; when, waving his hand, he coninued: "Colonel Morgan, you will retire tofour quarters, there to await further orders.'Arrived at his quarters, Morgan threw himselfupon his hard couch, and gave himself
ip to reflections upon the events which had10 lately and rapidly succeeded each other.!Ie was aware lie had sinned against alllopes of forgiveness. Within twenty-fourlours he had fallen from the command of aegiment, and being a special favorite withlis General, to be, what f.a disgraced andjrokcn soldier. Condemned to retire fromho scenes of glory, the darling paRsion of hisicart.forever to abandon the 'fair field ofighting men,' and in obscurity to 'drag out.he remnant of a wretched existence,1 negectedand forgotten, and then his rank, solardly and so nobly won, with all his 'blusbnghonors,1 acquired in the march acrosslie frozen wilderness of the Kennebec, theitorraing of the Lower Town, and the galantand glorious combat at Saratoga.The hours dragged gloomily away, andlight came, and with it no rest for the troubedspirit of poor Morgan. The drums andifes merrily sounded the soldier's dawn, andhe sun arose, giving 'premise of a goodlylay.1 And to many within the circuit ofhisvidely extended camp, did his genial beamfive hope, and joy, and gladness, while it:heered not with a single ray the despairingleader of the Woodsmen.About ten o'clock, the Orderly on duty
eported the arrival of an officer of the staffrom headquarters, and Lieutenant ColonelIamilton, the favorite aid of the Comrnan-ler-in-Chief, entered the marque.'Be seated,1 said Morgan; 'I know vourirrand ; so be short, my dear fellow, and nutno out of my misery at once. I know tliatam arrested; 'tis a matter of course. Well,
hereis my sword; but surely Ifi* Excelencyhonors rae indeed, in theso last mo-nenta ofmy military existence, when he sendsor my sword by bis favorite aid and mynost esteemed friend. Ah, my dear Hamil- ion, if you knew what I have suffered sincelie accursed horse came out to tempt ine tony rain.* IHamilton, about whose strikingly intelli-
jent countenance there always lurked a play-ul smile, now observed.'Col. Morgan, IliaExcellency has ordered rao to *
i'1 know it,* interrupted Morgan, to bidne prepare for trial; but pshaw, why a trial!Jtrilty, sir, guilty, past all doubt But then,'eoollecting himself, perhaps my servicesnight plead.nonsense.against the disobe- '
lience of a positive order; no, no, it s all overvlth me. Hamilton, there ie an end to yourId friend, Col. Morgan.* iThe agonized spirit ofJtlie hero then moun-ed to a pitch ofenthusiasm, as he exclaimed ,;.'Bui my country will reineinbor my ser-
wS» 'wmmY MORNING, OCTOBvices, and the British and the llessians willremember me; for, though I may be faraway, my brave comrades will do their duty;and Morgan's riflemen will be, as they idwayshave been, a terror to the enemy.'The noble, the geuerous soutcd Hamiltoncould no longer bear to witness the strugglesof the brave unfortunate; he called out,"llear me, ray dear Colonel; only promiseto hear me for one moment, and I will tellIIjun ail.'
4Go on, sir,' interrupted Morgan, despairingly.4goon.'4Then,' continued the aid-de-camp, 'youmnst know that the commander of regimentsdine with His Excellency to-day.''What of that!' again interrupted Morgan:4what has that to do with me a prisonerand.'4No, no,' exclaimed Hamilton ;4no prisoner.aonce offending, but now a forgivensoldier; my orders are to invite you to dine
with His Excellency to-day nt three o'clockprecisely; yes, my brave and good friend,Col. Morgan, you still are and liklv long tobe the valued and famed Commander of theRegiment.'
Morgan sprang from this camp-bed, uponwhich he was sitting, and seizing the handof the great little mail in his giaut grasp,wrung and wrung it, till the aid de-camp literallystruggled to get free ; then exclaimed :4Am I in my senses I but I know you, Hamilton; you are too noble a fellow to sportwith the feelings of an old brother soldier.'
Hamilton assured his friend that nil wnstrue, and gaily kissing his hand, as lie mountedhis horse, bidding the now delightedColonel remember three o'clock, and be carefulnot to disobey the second time, gallopedto head-quarters.
Morgan entered the pavilion of the Commander-in-Chief,as it was filling with olficers,all of whom, after paying their respectsto the Genera),-Jlled off to give a cordialsqueeze of the band to the Commander of theHille llogiinent, and to whisper in his earwords of congratulation. The cloth removed,Washington bid hisguests fill their glasses,ane gave his only, his unwavering toast ofthe days of trial, the toast of the evening ofhis time-honored' life amid the shades ofMount Vernon.4Allour Friend*? Then,with his usual old-fashioned politeness, hedrank to each guest by name. When liecame to 4Col. Morgan, your good health, sir,a thrill ran through the manly frame of thegratified and again favorite soldier, while everyeye in the pavilion was turned on him. Atan early hour the company broke up, andMorgan had a perfect escort of officers accompanyinghim to his quarters, all anxiousto congratulate him upon his happy restorationto rank and favor, all ploastsl to assurehim of their esteem for his person and services.
£ 3 to qpd iiqifolr.A writer in the Methodist Protestant putstho argument in favor of legislating againstthe manufacture and sale of liquor into this
littlo nut-shell.As one of tho sovereign people, we maybe allowed to say a few words to legislators.It is known that great difficulties in here
in some questions of legislation. In suchcases, a trust-worthy legislator seeks to guidehis opinions by /acts, from which he mayform a general proposition, or a gewerulmaxim suited to bis purpose. Of course hehas constructed a syllogism.
General Maxim..When the manufactureand indiscriminate sale of any article is foundto be, more than all things beside, so injuriousto individuals, families, and the State, asto be justly denominated "the curse ofcurses"to this generation, as it was to every proceedinggeneration, from the time of the settlementof the State to the present day, theindiscriminate sale of that article should beprohibited by law, and, if need be, by thephysical power of the State in aid ofthe law.
Particular Case.The manufacture andindiscriminate sale of distilled spirituous andfermented liquors have, by their general use,caused more suffering and crime.more ruinand anguish.caused more premature deathsmore widowhood or orphanage, the. alienationof more property, more woes, lamentations,and wailing, in every part ofeach Stateai uiese united states, than any oilier cause,.or than all causes together.Prmrtical Conclusion..Therefore, themanufacture and indiscriminate sale of distilledand fermented intoxicating liquorsshould be, by the laws of each State, prohibited,not in words only, but also in deeds andforever.
Gi.ass Unions..Among the more recentinventions patented by manufacturers, webear of oneVjr Mr. Suramerfield, of the glassworks, Birmingham Heath, England, forwhat are termed chromatic glass, or glassFacedgrooved bricks. By Mr. Sunamorneld'sprocess, red or any other olsv can be cornLinedwith glass, and this will secure durability,entire resistance to moisture, and givesn ornamental appearance to the building.The form of the brick is also, by means of s
groove at the side and end, made so as toadd greatly to the strength of the erection,the joints by this means being broughtjlose together, and the morter acta as a dowsllfrom the shape of the groove.. The LondonBuilder.
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3 C'rnt 'nlr.I he MiOoto's Mill.
bt REV. A. M. SCOTT.
It was a bitter night The snow- hadbeen falling in fleecy flights din ing thegreaterportion of tho da}-, und the cold was sointense that no business of any kind hadbeen prosecuted by the industrious and intemrisinorcitizens of the villusk.i
s -"ftunmusucceeded day. The snow aud sleet werestill descending, and the spirit of the stormseemed to howiaround the house, nnd throughthe fields and orchards and forests, and amongthe distant mountains.
Mr. Rowland had returned from thecounting-house at an earlier hour than usual.Sapper had been served and the familyhad gathered around tho sparkling fire..Tho children had been put to bed in nn adjoiningapartment, Hnd tho infant was sleepingin the cradel under the immediate noticeof its mother. Mr. Rowland was reading a
newspaper, and a» the fitful blast moanedround uis commodious dwelling, he wouldmake some remarks relative to the severityof the weather. Mrs. R. was parting theflaxen curls upon the head of the sleepingbabe, and occasionally she imprinted thewarm kiss of maternal affection upon its rud-1dy cheek.
Suddenly some one rapped at the d«x>r.It was opened, when a little girl of alsnitseven years old was admitted. Iler scanty Idress were tattered ami torn, a rugged quilt;thrown around her slender shoulders, and apair of miserable old shoes upon her feet..She was almost frozen.uYou arc tho widow Watkins' little daugh- |
tor i" said Mrs. Rowland, iiKjuhingly.The little girl answered in the nffirmn- jtive, and added that her mother was sick,and wished Mr. Rowland to step over andsee her, for she thought she w ould surely Jdie.
Mr. Rowland owned the place on which!tho sick woman resided. She was very indignant,and but poo'rly able to pay the extravagantrent which the unfeeling ownerexacted. The property was once lier husband's,or rcther her own ; being a gift fromher father on the very day of her wedding.Mr. Watkins was wealthy when a young man,and educated for the bar, and 110 one seemedmore likely to be successful in his profession.lie and Mr. Rowland wero early associates.The latter, a few years l>efore the'period at which we now find him, had commencedthe nefarious trnfie in ardent spirits.had grown rich.had induced Watkins todrink.made liiin drunk, and by the degrees,a drunkard; and when the poor besottedvictim was unable to pay his debts, contrackedniostl)' for ruin, but partly by neglectinghis professional duties, he, his formerassociate, his pretended friend, his destroyer,was the first to decry and oppress hiin. Hishorses and oxen were sold by the sheriff,next his household aud kitchen furnitureWArA unil finollit « .-.. ^M.vv( mm Iiutiij J n UlUll^agV was
given to Rowland upou tlio homestead ofthe drunkard, to secure the ruin dealer in thepayment of a pitiful balance in his favor.
This calamity did not check the prodigalcareer of the inabriate. lie still quaffed theliquid poison, and still did the heartless dealerholdout inducements to prevail upon himto sink lower into wretchedness and shame.A few weeks after he was one mourningfound dead in the street, lie had left thegrocery at a late hour the preceeding night,in a state of intoxication. The night wasdark, and he probably missed his way.fellinto the gutter.found himself unable to getout.and being stupified with rum, he wentto sleep and froze to death.
Rowland in a short time foreclosed themortgage, and the home of the drunkard'swife became tho legal property of the manwho had destroyed her |K*acc, and reducedher to beggary and want. lie permittedher to remain on the premises, exacting an
extravagant rate of rent. Mental anguish,excessive labor, want of projier nourishment,and exposure, had well nigh worn her out,and she was fast sinking into the grave,where the werry are at rest No one hadbeen near her; no one seemed to care forher; in fact it was not known even to heinearest neighbors, that she was sick.
Mr. Rowland felt only anxious ouly forhis rent, there being at that time a smallsum due. And perhaps it was owing to thiscircumstance, that he so readily consented toaccompany the little girl to tho room of hersick mother. 11a drew on his overcoat, tie*]a woolen comforter round his neck, drew onhis gloves, and taking his unhrclla, sot outthrough the driAing snow and sloet, ar.dwent hi* way to the widow's uncomfortablehome.He found her lying on her miserable bed
of straw, with her heaad slig.'illy elevated,the only chair belonging to the house beingplaced under her pillow. She was pale andghastly, and evidently near the hour of disso-luuon. air. ivowiaou oein«j Heated on a rudewoodnn stool, she said in a feeble, but decidedtone of voice:
MI have sent for you, air, to nay me avisit, that I may male® you the )u)r of mvestate. My estate 1 f know you are readyI to ask what estate 1 have to bequeath ?.
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And woll you may ask that. I once washappy. Ibis house was once miue ; it wasuiy father's gift.my wedding portinghad horses, and oxen, cows and sheep,charda and medows. Twas you that in- * '
duced my poor erriug husband to drink..It was you who placed before him the liquidpoison, and pressed him to take it. Twasyou that took away my horses aud cows,and medows and orchards, and my ownhotne. Twas you that ruined my peace,destroyed my husband, and in the very noonof life, sent hiui down to a drunkard's dislinnnrA/lr»mvo 'T«»«»* *1.4 1.......VU ^>»<n * nwi juu Hint I1KU1U Uie Al>eggar, and cast my poor starving babes uponthe charity of a pitiless world. I havenothing left but these ragged quilts; themyou dont want.yet I have determined tobequeath you my estate. Here, air, is mylast will and testament; I do bequeath youthis vial of tears. They are tears that Ihave shed.tears that you have caused..Tukc this vial ; wear it about your vile person; and when, hereafter, you present theflowing bowl to the lips of a husband and afather, remember that you are inheriting anothervial of widow's tears."
An hour more, and the poor widow, thewidow of a thousand sorrows, the once favoredchihl of fortune, the once lovely andwealthy bride, the once affectionate wife anddevoted young mother, lay cold and senselessin death, and her soul had been summonedto that God who has said, "Vengeanceis mine and 1 will repay."
J he $)ccisibe ^ofoonf.A few years since while travelling in an
aincent State aloiif the hunk* of n
river, a friend pointed to the flourishing current,and related the following incident:Not long before, when the spring rains fell,the broad channel with a surging flood, alumber man ventured out in a boat upon a
bay, to save timber which was breakingfrom its fastening, and would soon be sweptdown the stream if not secured. In his absorbinginterest to prevent the loss lie wenttoo far into the rushing tide. His little barkwas caught by the curreut, and amid wildcries for help, he was born away, arrow like,before the tumultuous waters. The alarmspread, and a neighbor recollecting therewas a bridge several inilcs below, mounted ahorse and hastened to reach that only placeof rescue. Onward in helpless calmness,the imperiled boatman sped ; and on theshore his deliverer rode with the fleetness ofa courier towards the bridge. Reaching thestructure, which trembled to the voilence ofthe flood, he called for a rope, and throwingit over the arch, waited tho approach of thepale and anxious man. He saw the swayingcord, Hud as he swept beneath it, graspedwith the energy of a last hone, the thread oflife. In another moment, lie was in theembrace of friends. And I have thoughtwhen I have seen men concerned for theirsoul's salvation, and on the current of depravitysweeping them away, there mustcome a decisive crisis.a last offer of mercy ;and who shall say when the friendly haudof a Redeemer will be withdrawn forever?"I might have been saved," will be thekeenest pang in the agonies of the seconddeath, while the vision rests on the momentwhich deeidod the entrance upon the infinitedeep of retribution..N. Y. Observer.
Tiib Right ok Election by Hotel Keepers..Thisquestion had a very practical decisionin the Police Court yesterday. Mr.Weston Mcrritt, one of the landlords ofWilde's Hotel, in Elm-street, was arraignedfor an assault upon Mr. Augustus C. Blodgett,dry good jobber at No. 38 Kilby-street, andformerly editor of the New Hampshire Statesman.It appeared that Mr. Blodcrett former-
. O#ly lK>ftrde<l at the hotel, but having some
difficulty with the landlord, changed his quarters,and was ordered never to enter thehouse again. A few days since, however, hewent there for the purpose ofexamining theregister to see ifan acquaintance had arrived,w lien Merritt attempted forcibly to put himout, and indicted upon him several blows.The counsel for the defence argued that the
complianant, having been previously warnednot to enter the house, had no right to remain,and his being there was a trespass, andconsequently the defendant was justified inhis doings. The court held that the premisesbeing a public house, every ]>ody hadthe rijjht to enter, provided no trespass wascommitted; therefore the ejection of tho
1-: .i./ « ' * -ruiuviMnwii who iiiuuwuii, aua Wie. defendantwas fined t8 and costs..Bohton Traveller,9tk in*t.
Touching Gratitudk..A poor Irishwoman applied, a few* days since, for reliefto our well-known citizen, Mr. Longworth,who, iu.poinplianco with her urgent appeals,finally handed her a dime. Sinking on herknees devoutly thanked God, and then, turningto Mr. Longworth, continued, "and whenin another world I see you in torment, I wiHremember your kindness, and give you a cupof cold water for this that you nave done untome." Mr. Longworth felt more obligedfor her good iutcutions than complimentedby her anticipation of his futurity..Cin 0»hnnbiun.
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