The Greensborough patriot [August 30, 1845]

              VOLUME VII.
recDGborougl) patriot.
GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, AUGUST 30, 1845. NUMBER 22
Publisljcb iDcckln 'I'hc accounts from their new settlement in the
Fiir West, in iho vicinity ul Taklequahi indicate
BY S W A I \1 V S II P R \V Q 01) ""''"'■ i'ro?ri'ss'"!;" '•"■ industrial puwu'm a,"i
social institutions of Ihcir while neighbors. From
run w. TIIIIKK ixii.i.Aitt \ YKArt. itic improve mi'nil ili.it arc visible around—the
•" M-so. ■■ '"" SVITMI "i M-XTB sma s-as un commodious dwellings, ihe well-cultivated fields,
III -I !«-. 1(1 HTIiiX. ° . I 1- I
Failure mi ll,e|.ail..f:iiiv.i m loonier a .li.oiilin- "10 busy 'hops and stores—tho Indian Colony
Mac* wiiliin ike -uiw-n|.ii.'ii v.ir. mil l«- Moaldeml In- might ha mistaken for a sovtlemcni of enter|
riir.hu it hi* wbh la eoatiaav ilir |n|K'r.
l'OETISY PROM I'IIK IIRAIIT.
We bass read mash |«•-1rv. Ian BOBS bauai calaalalcd
entreaties and thread of net father brought about
a capitulation. < »n going to aea her ngam, I drew
rrom her the fact of the engagement. I becarM
furiously nngry i she was reserved, calm and
proud. After about an hour, my mortilicnlion
subsiding, 1 pitied the victim. I asked for some
music. She plajred two or three airs on the pi-ano
; *i >h ! gire me back my heart again,* and a
ig Yankees : and, in all Ihe appliances and ex-1 later song, which I forget, but even more exquis-terior
indications ul civilized life, will rio with the ile and deeply moving. I rose to take my leave.
How lo Correct a Husband's Faults.
best of ihe new town! and "clearings " in the
Fat West. In the organization of government.
An Batten conespondcnl, in n gossipping c-piatlc
to the Editor, gives us this little episode in
his personal history. It is 'piilo loo graphic and
] Ulicious to be List to the public. Wo therefore
taken liberty with our friend, which we have la-ken
before, (and with impunity.) in presenting
. the annexed passage loour readers,trusting to bis
kindness lo excuse or pardon our temerity. The
than the foll.mini; I.. take toe heart completely In .toriii. I the administration of law, and the observances of
li is a umuiiir aatbwak ef ttawalilalhalai salhss. It ■•'goriciv, a similar conformity i« maintained with
taken, win. the prefatory n-miiks fr..ni • Bo.ion Mm i (ij8 v% of civilisation. It is especially : rail-rrtiMiahcd
in llie Auburn Journal.
VIMUII Priiii'r..»r laonafelkn* I In" raoM in <>l.l 11 "
vsnl. The
me eomr
Duganne,
dera of your |»a|ier. They l-rtvillii- llie line .|'inl of BOSSy
..li eurpflw in leaesraeati bratuy, iwiihos and dclincsuoii
ef bearwbroken tarraw, any iMai I etat *aw. I-onsfcllow
•sva that thev are tiionch to numonitor any poet. How
jet, bow true tho fullowin^ lines* Ala., the poor ine-briate
I Who a aaftf-anotyaa likflio.* of the iiniio.t .oul
of the drunkard bt*l we here:
LAMENT OP THE WIDOWED INEBRIATE.
I'm thiiikiini on thy smile. Maty—
Thy hrii-ht I Iraattag .mile—
til the ninrniii'i of our youth anil love.
Ere ■arrow earac—or BS_O:
When thine arms vere tuinej ahiml my nerh.
Anil minr eyes toa|ffl into lAine,
Anil lite heart thai ll ro/MW far me alone,
Wai iifitlin" i los' hi mine !
I we full many a smile, Mary.
I)n yuiiie; li|- rasuaiai I'rieht;
Ami miii\ HI I'V of light end love
I. fla-liinj. in lay -i-lii :—
But Ihe Malld bnot lal my jmor heart.
Ami Ihe r-ve - itranfe la me,
And looeline.s ruin.', e'er my suul
Wheuil, mniiory turn' to thee !
I'm it:ml on the ni'ihl, Mary,
The nhjhl of L.ri« 1 on.l shame.
Whenr.illi.lrniik.il lasfatgaOa my li[...
To thee I homewanl eame—
O, Ihe tear ami in thine earnr.t eye.
Ami thy IHXOIII \Sil.Ily heaveil.
Yet a .mile of lo\e »;n ontliy cheek.
Tuolle,!l Ihe he.ill uaa .on-ly grie\cj.
But the aarik sonn |.-f» thy lipa-Mary,
Ami thine eye e.rc\v Jim ami sad ;
For til" hMaptOI lureil my SI.'JH from IhM,
And the wir.e-rnp drove me mud :
From thy check the ,,.sc ■ .piickly fled,
And thy rinnhig l-unili va j-mie,
Yet thy heart still f.m.lly 'clum; lo me.
And still ke| l trusting on.
O, my uoriU were h-irdi to thee, Mury,
For the wiite-cuii ma.le mc M al.l;
Anil I cl.i.l thee whM thine eye. were and
And I cur-oil Ihcearben they smiled;
Qfld know, I lovisl line even then.
But lite tire was in my train.
And the enr^: ofdrink wa. in my heart,
Toiieikc my |ova a Lane.
'Twa. iplcaaial iMNnfl of our., Mary,
In the s|irin:'liino of nur life.
Win n I l.iokcl open thy aunny face.
And prottllj called thee wife—
And 'twa. pleasant when our chikhen played
Balhri oor colta ;.■ demr—
But the children sleep with thie, Mary,
I .hall nercr lee Ihem more.
Thoii'il rc-tim; in the cliurch-yord, now
And no stone is ut thy hcadf
0al the region knew-a dronhanfi wife
Blrrnainlhal lowI) hrtl;—
And ho aayalhe Imiid of flod, Mary,
Will till with entailing weifhl
On Ihe «.. teh wliol.r..ii4lil thy jciill, life.
To it- anthariy foe \
But lie knew- not oflhe Irokeli licit
I bear within iny breast,
Or ihe hen.. 1 1 nf (am reamer,
Thai will not let merest;
He know, not ef the .le. pies, ni-thl.,
When drrSllling of thy hive.
I MVIII to MS thine one, I eye..
Look lel.lly iioin lll.ivr.
1 have raised the wioe-rlip ill ln> hand.
And tVwildi'-t atiainsl'd' auue.
Till with lite liti'li ..f drunken mirth
Tin- echoing ah baa inn.:; —
But a pal'- Rial ■ rr 'Will T face I.H.ked out,
From Ih. _lit*, lit.; .upon me.
\\A a livuil ling wl 1-1 . r I luce heard,
That I lamii dhl. Ithed |.y thee!
Thee Hi Hlllllllicring ill the peaceful grave,
And lav :•'.. '|i>.l. 'mile,I nOW,
But ih.- •■ I of an undying grief
I- ..ii th\ tni.iiiii.-r's t.r.iw,
And lay he >rl i- i hill a- Ihine. Mary,
For tin■ !• ■■ < ul I.I had-11. d.
And I Ion > ! rhing I....I-I
With lie rokl ■„.! ,|, „i dead!
(In Indian Civilization,
She extended her hand and then withdrew il.—
She asked me to sit down. 'She wanted so much
to tell me something.' I sat down. She turned
away her face, arid said nothing for a long lime. !
I was ioexpreasibly moved. Al last she said, |
..", ... ,r , c . 1 i-ik.. .«. „ 1 -,..•, t Wife, mutters something thai sho cannot under-
Ivin" 10 notice the nu.iny with winch educational , with Mead-alt foea but trembling tones, I can I •
Prul.T.'.I eir/k.w at In, i.K.nis old liar- ' ° , , , . -. , it- . 1 1 „.. ( ct. . -^.«. *H...n..l I Stand, Olid [1
.,......, . and lerarv ratltutioni are adopted, nn.l tin gen- say it < V, e d bcttir part. She come toward .
K pocl Was m hoc health ami spirit,, and cave .' ■ , ,, ,((,(■■. .-n -. room,
.taiira. eaUUrd "Tl.e Widow.-d li.el.ri.te," l.v ' cral inclinatii.11 to form ossocialious for the pur-. me, holding out her hand. I kissed n, still sit-in
I imlna fm llm gillUlialkm of the rea-] pose of promotinggnat objects of improvements. , ting ; when, as if by a sudden and uncontrollv
11V IANW Mtli
**Now just look at you, Mr. Jones 1 I declare !
it gives me a chill to sec you go lo the drawer.—
What do you want! Tell me! and I will gel il
for you."
Mrs. Jones sprang to the side of bet husband,
who has gone to the bureau for something, and
pushes him away.
"There now I Just look at the hurra's nest
you have now made ! What do you want Mr.
Jones !"
The husband throws an angry look upon his
then turns and leaves her in the
intellectual as will as physical. It may be said bkl impulse, she threwheraclf in my lap, her arms
that the Cherokeei now present to llie woi Id a ' round my neck, and her face on my shoulder. She
well-organized orderly Chmtinn community.— , spoke not, wept not. l!ut I was unnerved, un-
Other tribes are making similar advancements, 1 manned. I cried like a child. A thousand feel-nnd,
by their example, it is expected that civiliza-! ings rushed upon me, melting, overwhelming.—
lion will be spread extensirely among llie savages ■ Compassion for her distress ; remorse lor aome-
In the Fat West. These are gnat and happy thing of insincerity, I almost »ay scoundrclism,
results. Our people deserve cTedit for humane oninypan; and a sense of ihe value of a wo-policy
towards ihe red man, and, by teaching man's heart, and the sweets of domestic felicity,
him civilization and Christianity, are Hindering lo me, it was probable, forever lost. 1 eagerly
Ibeonly atonement in our power for bating de- proposed 0 runaway—match—any thing, every
spoiled lite Aborigine! of this magnificent conli- thing, rather than she should thus socrilicc her-ncnt.
X. O. Eulltlin. sell to the 'iinn-inounlain.' Her answer ass a
_._„ _—______ silent and repealed pressure of my lips with hers,
A Nodon "MarriagC Of ConVCUiCUCC," and a resting of her soft -peachy: cheek on mine.
Al last her heller principles came loheratd.—
"ll iVtoo had I" scolds Mrs. Jones, to herself,
commencing the work of restoring lo order ihe
drawer that her husband had thrown all lopsy lur-ry.
"1 never saw- such a man! lie has no
kind of order about him ; and then if I speak a
word, be goes ofT into a huff. But 1 wont bare
my things forever in confusion."
In the mean lime, Mr. Jones, in a pet, leaves
the house, and goes lo his store without the clean
pocket huudkcrchieffor which he had been in
search. Hall the afternoon passes before he gets
over his ill humor, and then he docs not feel hap.
py. Mrs. Jones is by no means comfortable in
mind. She was sorry thai she spoke so roughly,
although she does not acknowledge, even lo her-self,
that she ban done wrong, for every now and
then, she utlers, half aloud, some censure against
the careless habits that were annoying and inex-cusable.
They had been married live years, and
all lliat lime Mrs. Jones had complained,but 10 no
good purposes. Soiuvt'mcs the husband would
gel angry and al other limes he would laugh si
She refused all proposals. 'She had chosed
wr; •.ohodniss. She was bold bound and able to
bear it. If sho could not bear il, why then she
would die. That was al!.' She put on my lin-ger
a plain ring, requeuing, mo to wear il till mv
1 .1 1 1 death, wh:eh 1I sh1 al1l1 d1o. 0Sh1e, .refcu„s.,e.d1 „m:i„ndi . 1I,: his wife; but he did not make any' ellori tore
should be in her thoughts too much she said, af-ter
her marrta:;e, and she would wish to deaden,
writer has been alluding to the charming poem „0t freshen the remembrance. Suddenly there ! Jones, on the evening 01 ihe sime day. "You
in ihe Knickerbocker for May, from the pell of ,va!l a wjjji rovj„g ||gfat, j„ her eye. She pressed , arc ll»' most trying man alive."
Albert l'ike, Eaq.; which he warmly commends ),„,■, |nlll|s 0„ iR.r throbbing temples, whispering ' "''«>' you hadn't a chance to try another," rc-as'portraying
feelings, ho-.v sweet, how common (MvOoDl Mytlon! what shall Ido!" I was : lorted Mr. Jones, sarcastically,
in the history of all, bul to him existing only in horror-strickcr.; for I believed that reason was I 'rhc "Hence given was a careless overturning
Ihe past: I reeling on her throne, liut soon and most form-1 of Mrs. Jones' work-basket, and the scattering of
1 form himself.
"Mr. Jones, why will you do so' said Mrs.
"If you knew. Henry," she said ie a roicclhat
touched her husband's feelings, as she laid aside
the dress, "how much trouble you give me some-times,
I am sure you would be more particular."
"l>o I really give you much (rouble, Jane V—
Mr. Jones asked, as if a new idea had broken in
ti|K»n his mind. "1 am sure 1 nm sorry for it."
"Indeed you do. If you would only lie more
thoughtful, you would save me a great deal. 1
shall have to wash out the dress myself, now the
washerwoman is gone, nnd I can't trust Sally with
it. I spent nearly half nn hourin ironing il to-day
hot as il is."
"I am veiy sorry indeed Jane. Il was a care-less
trick in ine.lmustconfess; and if youwill for-give
me, I will promise not 10 offend you any more.
All ibis is new. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones felt
surprised al ihcmsclvcs and each other. Ho hod
ollended and she did not get angry ; she had been
nnnoyed, and he wai really sorry for what he had
done. Light broke into both their minds, and
bolh made an instant resolution to bo moro careful
in falare of their words and actions towards each
other; and they were more careful. When Mr.
Jones offended, as be still too often did, his wife
checked the instant impulse she fell to upbraid
him. Ho perceived this, and appreciating her
self denial, compelled himself, in consequence to
be more orderly in hia habits. A few years wrought
so great a change in Mr. Jones thai, to use hyper-bole,
he hardly knew himself. He could shut a
closcl door as well ai open il—could gel a hand-kerchief,
or any thing else from a drawer, without
turning it upsido down—could hang his hal upon
the rack, and put his boots away whan ho look
Ihem off. In fact, could bo u orderly as any one,
and without feeling that it involved any great self-denial
10 do so.
A Muthrr's Lnvr.
BV REV. K. H. ( HAI'IS .
needles, colton scissors wax a dozen lilllc etcete-ras
about ihe floor.
The reply of Mr. Jones hurl his wife. llsecm-
• In tiuth, my dear Sir. although I nm of a very Ilat, |y rut her relief and mine.
I amorous nature, and have been more or less of u „.,..,,. Um cu.llCi| foIt. from bcr „Vr,..,„,,„, llIjin
beau lo a great many of the •fair sect,' from the I.ike mountain mist-, nt lemjih di~oKcd in rain."
' fiVtrirfr'trc'darkly, deeply, beautifully blue,' to I spared no act of endearment nor word forcon. ed unkind. He had brought home a new book,
the simpering Miss, innocent alike of grammar tolation, till ihe paroxysm of passion was ovcr.nnd 1 which he had intended reading, bul the face of
and tense, I have never experienced the emotion ,|K.n „,. ^coV farewell hands silently. A fort- ' Mrs.Jones looked so grave after the overturning of
of love 111 ill gj nuino presence und overmastering night after, | attended her wedding. I was some - the work-ba iket, thai he felt no disposition to read
power. Something, whether uccidenl or fate,',; hat agitated, nnd ccrasiot, ally itatrait, bul mask- (to her, bul conientcd himself wilb enjoying ihe
I has always Hopped mc when midway on the road c,| ;( ,ery ,vc]|. As for the bride, she wai soox- i book to himself,
to rapture or to ruin. I linvo never met, al lcasl coediogly gay, thai most thought her a heartless "It must be said, that Mr. Jones was a vory
have never intimately known, any lady whom I or d childish thing, who had sold herself for gciv- trying man indeed, as his wife had allcdgcd. He
1 could love with a full and perfect love. In my gawi, and I myself could almost have sworn that ! could open closers and drawers as handy as any
striplinghood I fi ittered aw ay n great deal of alloc- t|M goene of two weeks earlier in the same apart-! one, but the thought of shutting either never en-
' lion very anperfjuoutly on chance-comers; and ment Wfll a piece of consumnte acting. Sho is | tered his mind. The frequent reproofs o( his wife
in my adult or adulterated State I have always now ihirly, the mother of four thumping boys, and such as-been
loo exacting. My love of freedom has al- her beamy entirely broken. When 1 meet hat, ] "Had you any doors in the house where you
Wtyi COOkd my longings for connubial bliss.— instead of the quick suffusion of joy, that once : were raised!"or
•love-jiassages,' therefore, whether the brightened her countenance nnd sparkled in her ' "I'leaso to shut thai drawer, will you Mr.Jonc3;
eyes, she giveaacold and furtive glance ; instead ' or
1 of 'Oh ! I'm so glad 10 ice you, 1' t il is ', "You are the most disorderly man incxistence;
, 'how do you do, Mr. li ?' 1 or
Our friend lung ere this, has taken the same ' "You ore enough 10 try ihe patience of a saint
means lo bring about forgeifulness oflhe pnsl that I Mr. Jones," produced no good effect. In fact Mr.
Ill a
i smitlcirJajW' ns I sometimes vainly thought, the
I siiit/er, I never was near the matrimonial count-
'. glemenl but Once ; when I had become very inli-
: male with n romantic nnd beautiful young lady,
anj.ledonby tempting opportunities, intimated
I a good deal mom than I intended. I did not/u/-' ihe lady in question did. But wc quite despair Jonea seemed 10 grow worso and worse and worse
li/ love her, for Iwo reasons ; one, that she did not 0c |,j—,, p0t what does he say f 'Marry this:' every day, instead of belter. The natural habits
seem to have independence of mind enough lo | haTO 0 prrphelic knowledge, a knowledge to 1 of order and regularity which his wife possessed
scorn Ihe world's opinion nnd be content lo die whjcl] experience ilielf could add no vividness, of 1 were 1101 respected in ihe least degree. He drew
nn 'old maid' rather than marry cue whom she i|„. miserable, fretful, regretful, wearisome, with- his boots in the parlor, nnd left ihem in the mid-could
not truly love; the second, thai although ering barrenne's of n bachelor's old age, an exis-' dlo of ihe floor—put his hat upon the piano, in-an
accomplished iitucisfermi and dancer, and ve- ,,,11Cf. >]oruhl9l, joyless, unendearcd.' Hut when ! stead of hanging it on the rack in the passage—
ry well read in pot tic and novelislic learning,she 1 „,„ disposed 10 look discontentedly ni ihe pre- I tumbled her drawers wherever he went to ihem—
yel had iiJ>.*a Urge expanded mind, and inoroo- ,,.„t or the future, I console myself with ihe re- [ left his shaving apparatus on the dressing table or
ver occasionally broke Murray's commandments ju-clion thai I am not in the legion of Imyitckdoutj I bureau—splashed the water about and soiled ihe
—with trie the 'iidpardonable sin' and for which „or a.., | pottered by infantile squalling!, or lillial wall paper in waihing, and in spile of all that
1 would apply lor a divorce from Uucen (,'leopa- ; ingratitude, or family discomfort or disgrace/—
tre. Howe' or, being a great talker, with rafts of A.h, ha ! is 11 there you arc t You've been road-tionsense,
reams ofpoetry, and rivers of sentiment jMg Mrs. Caudle's fa-'durcs, Sir! That unhappy
at my tongue's end, I succeeded almost uiniilen- I midnight Xanlippc has frightened away from the
tionally on four or fire moon-light evenings (the very dour of matrimony countless multitudes of
devil's iii the moon for mischief, say; Byron,] 111 ,.;,] bachelors, who had well nigh 'screwed their
drawing lull forth the unoccujiicd afiet lions of her courago to the iticking-pbxo.' Shu has much
virgin heart. Here WOI a 'pretty fix I' She was |o answer for.—Klricktrbodett for July.
a charming girl to be with on endearing terms 1 .—_——.. .__^_—.
yet my lovo wasol the ouuif, dubious sort. I{ Prxcn thus describes the revolution in thermal
i bad sen] moro than I intended, aud obtained 0 and pastoral world which is ctlocted by the multi-
I •counter-sign'sooner than I wished. I could not plication of railroads:
reirevtiand dreaded to proceed. Hui I Mid ihe "Tho iron band of railway enterprise is fast
•honorable," proposed, and was accepted. Then tearing up by the roots all the pastoral and poetic
there were tender meetings: my tenderness, associations of our youth; and collages near woods
however, <iininiishcd,.is hers increased, and I was . as well as mossy cells or leafy nooks, are being
compt iled > » ni ike up fur the want ol sub Utucc • upt rcoded by railway termini. Where '.hecow
by in exec • ol shew. Then came the pre* ma- one ■ lowed the engine now screams, and the pipe
lion ofiny 'promissory note 10 the fntht r: bul the \ u: the gcntlcCorydon iscompletely put out by tho
' old feilow refused lo'endorse,' He was a ti.oi- ; iimtiel ei the locomotive. I'hilli.s issent flying by
h skin-flint, 'who believed in no liiblo but his the power of steam, ond iho Hermit of the dale is
The advancement which the Chcrokres and led) er, on '■ w< whipped no lion but Ins gold."—
oilier iiil.es are mnkin .11 agriculture and manu- He consult red mi n thriftless, unproductive youll .
f.iciures, iheif ready adoption "i the inslhulions pretty lair with thn tongue and pen, but nol like-and
modes ol life ul" the white... are satisfactory |y •.., raise | 01 11 1 1, 01 'make the pot boil.' Ties
demi nstrnlions ol what was long considered pro- reji cti m by il u old 'cent, per rent.' mortifn .1 my
hlcm.11 Ail—ll 1 lily ofcivilizing tho Indian, pride, but dispersed partially my 0111 11
In every case when the nUcm|)t has been made | ,. ,. ,,, . | ;li hqn wer, my duty to the young
under the ail p< ■ > n| our I oivernment lo intro* holy to make nil sort oi u rvenl prop ■' ins, e\-
dueo among ih ms tho art of cirilixa- ceptthatol running away, which 1 never men-lion,
il has lo n greater ui less extent succeeded. ild accept it. Afi r aboul
The Cherokees huvi ihown themselves the mosl eighteen ni fljiis ■ ■, ha
. tiul Iho t inclini I I ■ I that an old
exch . .
1 a . .
compelled to break his cane or cut his stick, to
make way for the immense .-tall"ofofficials requir-ed
on the railways."
1 in,n. the Reformed Gambler,in n Temper-mceiin"
ive the following answer to one
:. '. II im whi i. hi rei oivod bis education ;
•• Horn i loo' . ye, rain >! 0 lloosier,loi k a lesson
in 1 incinnati Jail,studied and practiced gambling
, , I.', . ,: :, '!. ^l - ■ j'j :. an ! /'1 !"ut> I i,i
could be said to him would neglect lo lake the
soap out of the basin—spnttered every thing a -
round him with blacking when be brushed his
hoots—and did a hundred other careless things,
and gave his wife a world of trouble, annoyed her
sorely, ond kept her scolding at him nearly all
the tune. This scolding worried him a good deal
but it did not, never for ono single moment make
him think seriously aboul reforming his own bad
habits.
One day he came into dinner. It was a hoi
day. lie went up into the chamber where his
wife was setting, and threw himself into a large
rocking chair; look off his hal nnd tossed it over
upon the bed right in ihe midst of half a dozen
lace collar; newly done up.—and kicked off his
boots with such energy thai one ol ihem landed
upon the bureau, and the Other in ihe clothes bus-ki
I, soiling a while dress tusl from the ironing ta-ble.
I'oor Mrs, Jones was gricviously ined.—
The husband expected a florin bul no storm broke.
Ile looked at bis wife, as she lifted his but from
the bed. and put 11 on the mnnllc-piece, and took
his boots and put ihem in a ciosel from which she
brrou"ht oul his slippers, and placed ihem besides
him, but he did not understand tho expression of
h< r face exactly, nor feel comfortable about it.—
Mrs. Ion., did n 1 seem angry but hurl. Alter
she bad banded him slippers, she took tho soiled
ires ft 11 tin 1 *hcs basket, ovor which sho had
spent nearly a half an hour at Iho ironing table,
i and attempted lo remove liie dirt which llie boot
Ei m-KXT.—" What, sir, hni mv client did! ■ | left upon il. Bul she tfi
": ihemanwhai .
1: ■ • . ■ ' 1
in rain. Th
it soiled and
1 1, IK :
Nobody bul a parent can realize what these af-fections
arc, can tell what a fountain of emotion
the new-born child unseals, whil chords ol strange
love are drawn out from the heart, that lay there
concealed before. One may hive all powers of
intellect, a refined moral culture, a noble and
wide-reaching philanthropy, ond yet n child bom
to him shall awaken within bim a depth of tender,
nets, a sentiment of lovo a yearning affection, that
surprise him as to tho capacity and the mystery of
his- nature.
And Ihe relation of a mother to her child, what
other is like it I Without il, how undeveloped is
the great clement of affection, how small a horn
of its orb is filled and lighted ! What was she
until lhai now love woko up within her, and her
heart and soul thrilled with il, snd first truly lived
in it i I If all Iho degrees of human love, bow
amply is this the highest I In all Ihe depths of
human love, how surely is this the nethermost!—
When illustrations fail us, bow confidently do we
seize upon this! The mother, nurturing her child
in tenderness, watching over it with untiling lovo 1
(I, there is affection stronger than any of this earth.
It has a power, a beauty, a holiness, like noolbor
human sentiment. When that child has grown
to maturity, and has gone out from her in profli-gacy
and in scorn, when the world has denounced
bim, sad justice sets its price upon his bead, and
lovers and companions fall off'from him in utter
lent lung,—wc do not ask, we know, there is one
heart that cannot reject him. No sin of his can
paralyzo the chord lhal vibrates there for bim.—
No alienation can cancel the affection that was born
at his birth, that pillowed him in his infancy, con-
Ircd in him its life, clasped him with its strength,
nnd shed upon him ill blessings, its hopes, and Us
prayers.
And no ono feels tho death of a child as a moth-er
feels it. Even the fiaher*a_innot realize it
thus. There is a vacancy in his bocm and
a heaviness in his heart. There is a chain
of association that at set limes comes round with
its broken link, there are memories of eadcar-msnt,
a keen sense of loss, a weeping over crush
•d hopes, and a pain of wounded affection. But
the mother feels that ono has been taken away
who was still closer to her heart. HIT'S has been
the office ol constant ministration. Every grada
lion of feature has developed before her eyes.—
She has delected every new gleam of intelligence.
She heard iho first utterance of every new word.
Sho has been the refuge of his fears; iho supply
j ol bis wants. And every task of afieclion has
! woven a now link, and madedoar lo her its object.
1 And when he dies a portion of her own life, as it
[ were, dies. How can she gire him up wilb all
j ihesc memories, these associations I Tho timid
1.'in :• that have so often taken hers in trust and
! lore, how can she fold ihem on his breast, and
I and give ihem up lo ihe cold clusp of dealh T—
I The feet whose wanderings she has watchud so
j narrowly, how can she sec them straightened
' 10 go down into Ihe dark valley I The head lh.11
' she has pressed lo her lips and her bosom, that she
' has watched in burning sickness nnd in peaceful
slumber, a hairof which she could nol see harm-ed,
11, how can she consign it lo the chamber of
the grave! The form that nol for one night has
! been beyond her vision or her knowleJge, how
I can sho put 11 away for the long night of thesepul-i
chroi to see it here no more > Man has cares and
[toilsthat draw away his thoughts and employ
: she sils in loneliness, and all these memo-
I :. 1 . I low
. , 1 old r. .'. WOI
I
more deep and lender than in man, ihe other is
more simple and spontaneous, and takes confident-ly
hold of the hand offiod.
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The Alpaca.
An intelligent agriculturist ol Alabama, writing
in Ihe Mobile llegisler, urg-.-s the introduction of
the Alpaca into the I'nilcd Slates, with much
show of reason. The wool of this animal,especi-ally
iho finer qualities, is becoming an important
article in manufactures. It is wrought inlo beau-tiful
fabrics, and must doubtless continue lo grow
more and more into demand. The importations
into Liverpool of Peruvian wool, mostly Alpaca,
have sicndily increased since the article became
known. In lt*K>, according lo tho stsliatics of-lhe
Mobile llegister, the amount imported as above
was S.100 bales; in IKW, 18,000 ;in 1KTT it reach
ed 17,-iOO; in 1888 it was 26,70C; m 1839 it am-ounted
lo ;ll,."stsl bales—a quantity which was
not exceeded in the following yean
Various attempts have been made 10di
the animal in England, and with tolerable
But the humid climate and rich pasternof 8—Ig-land
do not appear to suit the Alpaca. It is a
hardy animal and lores to browse on ihe coarse
grass of mountain lops. The correspondent of
tho Register soys:
" During iho last twelve months some gentle-men
who had been for years residents of Peru,
passed through this State and did nol fail to ex-press
ihcir aslonishment that wc were not in pos-session
of droves of this animal, and also that it
did not appear lo bo known to us that ear elev-ated
pine hills and ridges presented tho dry serf
and atmosphere so essential lo this animal, and
further that the grass and herbage of these pino
forest elevations wore precisely suited to the con-stitution
of Iho Alpaca, and on which their health
and beautiful fleece depends—those pins woods
affording sufficient food for them during the year.
Thoso gentlemen, evidently men of good inform-ation,
loudly protested against artificial or rich
pastures so common, and admired much (he coarse
grass and herbage of our pino woods. They
further slated that decided trial had determined in
Peru the positive effect of rich pastures oa the
wool of this animal, ond that to preserve in she
highest degree its silky fine flexibility, it insist be
coarse natural gnus and herbage that supporta
ihe animal. 1'hat food is every thing in tho pro-duction
of hair or wool, by no means remains for
a discovery, and, reasoning from analogy and ia-1
formation, il would appear that the hitherto value-less
pine woods, hills, and ridges of oar section
of the earth, is just calculated for the subsistence
01 an animal, and tho production of a material
BOW standing without a rival in Ihe most valuable .
manufactures—an animal lhal appears formed to
subsist on food so scant and rough that almost all
others confined to il would perish. How long
bare we rode over those pino forests, hills, and
ridges, far removed from water coursos, regretting,
in Ihe plenitude of our ignorance, that 'they were
mado in vain.'" |
From fair estimates and experiments il ia ascer-tained
lhat tho Alpaca can bo put on ship-board
at five dollars per head and landed in Mobile fee
less than twenty, "requiring no other precaution
as regards ihe voyage than a moderate supply
ofroots, (varieliesofthc potato,) 10 give occasionally
along wilb dry food. Prom shipments made to
England, they bear a sea voyage wall, and this
very change of locality from iho lop of iho Andssi
where they roam over cliffs and valleys, to lie
confinement of a long sea voyage, shows at esMSs
the hardy cansuiutional icmpcramonl with which
this animoi _ maile."
WOBKLSO ro» sLiviNu.—The following excel-lent
article in lite "fiffcring." edited by the Fac-tory*
Girls of Lowell-breathes the right spirit:
"Whence originated the idea thai il was detaa—|!
tory to a lady's dignity, or a blot upon fimslasa—f
actcr to labor ; and who was the first 10 ssy.s—essr-ingly,
"Oh.ibo worki for a living P' Barely a——I
ideas and expressions ought not to grow on repeV
licsn soil! The limo has been when lidioeof the
first rank were accustomed to busy themselves in
domestic employment. I Iomer tells us ofprinces-ses
who used lo draw water from Ibe spriags,aasi
wash with their own hands tho finest oflhe linen
of their respective families. Tho faraoui Lucretsa
used lo spin in the midst of her attendants; Ba-the
wife of Ulysses, oftcr tho siego to Troy, em-ployed
herself weaving until her husband relum-ed
from Ithaca."
A ii -i i-i ii AM 1 I.ADV .'Madam, can you give
me a glass ol grog!' snid a traveller in Arkansas,
as he entered a cabin on ihe side of ihe road.
* I ain't got 11 drap, stranger.'
' Well, but a gentleman told me jusl now, that
you had lately received n barrel.'
' Why, good gracious ! What do you reckon
one barrel of whiskey is lo me and my rhiidrmt,
when we are oul of milk V
A lilllo boy just returned from a long viiit, was
asked by his moiher how ho enjoyed himsetf._-
Ile answered, with boyish simplicity, lhal he lik-ed
his visil very well, but he wouldn't—that's
what he wouldn't—ride home between cousin
tieorgo and Surah again ; for they kepi huggin'
and kissiti" each other so much, thai they -quecS-ed
him all the time, and almost spoiled his new
hat!
K one could rank nmongst bcr greatest tyrants
slso her greatest drunbai met ■ N. to.