The Greensborough patriot [August 15, 1846]

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VOLUME VIII. GREENSBOKOUGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, AUGUST 15, 1816. NUM33ER20
PubiisljcU tUcckln
BY SWAIMfc SHERWOOD
PlUCSt, THICK BSLLAKS A lltll,
'•1 $-..10. IF FAI» wifBix o,, mn irTIH TBI .ATI
A Mlur* onthe p.M of an; eutfoiner to order ■ diseontin.
-tvanc* within tlip Mbacnption year, will be eonaulervd in.
*»«euv, of hi. wisb U foWuaillrw ptpn.
* II — !■
itn «iisci IF licit.
»T TIB. L.TI t. 1W*J .
• One morr unfortunttr.
Wtarjof brr»th,
Ka-hly impoctunalr.
Gone to In i drath!
Tak« h-r up trntfrrly,
' I.ilt (if witlvtsrr;
Fasbion'J ao -jYiiiiVriv,
YUIIng and ■>> fiir !
I -t* ,» «i lift garments,
t'limfinir like cerements;
W'hil.l the ws*c constantly
l>njw fr»»m her rlotbing;
Take lur up instanlh .
I'Ovnig, not losthino,.
Tuucfa lirt not scornfully ;
Tlimk of ber mournfully,
Gtntly and humanly \
JtftttAftb« atauia of lier;
'All U.st n-Dunn, of In i
Htm u pure womanly.
Make no deep scrutiny
Into her mutiny
Raah and unJuiilnl .
'Part all diabouor.
Death haa left on her
Only t-ic beauUfuL
I Bveti Ood'a Pra.iJaaea
j Panning estrangW.
i Where ih* lamps quiver
[ **o far in Ibe river,
■ With man> a light,
- From window and casement,
I From garrrl to baaemenl,
: »he stood with sm .lenient,
I Houseless l»y nigbt.
The bleak wind of March
Made her tremble and shiver;
But not tha da* areh.
| Or the black-flowing rirer;
■M.i .1 from life's liiatory,
: tilad to death's my.tcry
Mwift to be liui I'.l —_
Any where, any win re
Out of the ward!
In -in- pluofetl boldly.
No mailer how coldly
The rough river rsn—
o.cr die brink ofit,
PfcNn tt—think of it,
Diasulutc Man !
Loieiu it, drink of it, \
Then if you can '
«till, f r all alipa of hers, i Take her up tenderly,
One of Eve's family, • Uft bar with care;
Wipa tho-s poor lips of her*.: Faabion*d ao akwdrrly.
Oozing aaclammily. Young, and ao Cur!
Xoop uc bar traaaaa
Escapsd from UM comb.
Her kit auburn tresses ;
Whilst wonderment guesses
Wiura ••• bar .oaac.
Who wither father1
Who waa bar molhrr1
Hadsbsaaiatarl
• Hs-H-bas brother'
Or was there a desrrr one
Still, and a naarer one
A'at, than all other 1
'Alaa! for the rarity
■Of Christian charity
Under ibe aan !
■ Oh; it «»■ pitiful,
.Nrii a arhota city full.
Homo aba had none.
Sisterly, brotherly,
Falherlr, aaothcrly
Feslings had changed :
* Love, by harsh evidence,
Thrown from its eminence i
Ere her limes frigidly
Huften too rigidly,
Decently, kindly,
Smooth* and compose them ;
And her eyes, elaaa tbeot,
Staring to blindly!
Dreadfully staring
Thro' muddy impurity.
As whan with the daring, *
Last look of despairing
Fii'don futurity.
Peiishiog gloomily,
Spurred by coutamcly,-
<-olJ inhuiainily,
Horning insanity.
Into ber rest—
Croaa ber hand* humbly,
Aa if praying dumbly.
Over her breast ?
Owning ber weahnea*,
Her evil behaviour,
And leaving with meekness,
Her sins to her Saviour'
THE WINTER ROBIN,
AN KNOLIIH STORY.
And what oTlhit? A good dell, reader, if you I
love to b*vc kindneu ijrmbolizcd, and 10 catch t
the play of gemm aa it dora it.
We art all tuperttitiou.. There is a feeling
in every boeotn which niakei a, de,tro to peer in-to
lb* unaeen, and to dream over the ipirit-woa-den
of the apirit-land. Hmt stood upon the wild
prairie, when object, in the distance were glowing ,
dim, and, aa the twilight was rapidly pussiug a-'
'way, and making the treeless earth around look
like ■ ICI , and its long waiving grass like undulat-ing
waves, and mused at such an hour and place!
If so, you will remember well, how shapes roae
up before, and forest warrior bands, who had trod
the spot once as their familiar home, crowded- a-bout
you, and you seemed to be mingling with
them as a friendly brotherhood. Or baal been in
the old country near some ancient castle, or upon
some wild Moor, about which tradition and song
tell many a sad and daring story, when '.he sun-1
light was hid, and you saw objects aa through n
mist, convening them into wild shape,, and yet
making each a representative of tome humanizing
feeling stirring within your own bosom f If so,
you have peopled the region ruu d about you with
knights and fair dames u-.id your fancy hus made
familiar acquaintance with the customs and 'cour- i
tcsiei, the rude generosiy and ruder violence 01 the .
past. Superstition, in some form or other, sways j
us, and when not narrow or harsh, weaves around
humanity a web full of beauty, touching our finer ;
feelings and softest sensibilities. Or host loei a
a loved one round whom clustered all your holiest
aflccttons, and been on the spot wboro oftenesl
you have sportod together, and given sweet play
to the heart's communion I If so, you have acen
that loved ono in the vacant chair, or on the emp-ty
bench with the very look and eipresiion oflife.
I'ho bird may lead ut whither he will under this
influence. It cornea toux, indeed as a friendly
spirit, and speaks to learned and unlearned, the
rude and refined at the messenger of a purer and
letter world.
No wonder, then, that the old grandmother, who
had sent her little Jane across the moor, and who
came nigh being lost and hidden by the blinding
unow, that came feathering down on her -return,
and was taved by Iho Winter Robin, believed that
jt was an angel. Gorrold tells tho story beauti-fuly-
Thete two, the grandmother and Jane Fos-ter,
lned in n lono eotlage, over the moor from
ltookfield. It was the depth of winter. Fuel
they had ; but one crtm of bread, and a few pence
was all that was left them for food. U'hat crust of
bread Jane gave to her grandmother, and then
said. •• 1 will hio me to Rookfield." Tho ailing
ill woman objected, but the rawer, " »e have
no bi now," taiisfied her ol the necea-lily
el thu step. Sbo drew forth a gold wedding
rug, a saered nifiiieu'u of ibe past, and gave it to
.ho girl, to pawn for money. Jane tripped away
.'or Rookticldand toon waa there.
She entered Iho pawnbroker's .hup boldly for
the wa, not athan.ed.o: honest poverty, who have
..sought under temporary need.thu same accoir.-
■nodalion, that it is belter to borrow msney of a
tradesman (not ■ usurer) in the way ol business.
than to ask a loan from a friend. The shopman,
after many questions, and much impertinence, for
he taw the girl waa poor, and in bis own opinion
he wo* an individual of great importance himself,
he consented to take ibe ring, but he would only
lend her half nf [be money that her grandmother
demanded.
•• Five shillings, and if you don't redeem it I
shall certainly loae by il." said the mas with just
as much apparent sincerity as if he had spoke the
truth.
" Well then, let me hove live shillings," sighed
Jane.
The lick -t was made out. The money was
paid, and Jane left the shop. Il was a greet dis-appointment
lo hove got only five shillings for the
ring. It would not lust long, busbend it as best
Ihey might. She was strongly templed lo
beg. wotHd her grandmother be angry T It was
market-day al Brookfield, and there wero many
well-dressed people walking in the sirens—ladies
with smiling, happy faces—some of ihem leading
by the hand litile girls, younger than herself, who
wereanugly wrapped up in furs and pelisses.—
Then these ladiea were buying at the shops—not
mere necessaries, but luxuries and dainliea—toys
for their children, and ornaments for their houses,
and fruits and preserves for their family enjoy-ment.
" Ah," thought Jane, "these ladie swho have ao
much money to spend will not refuse lo help me.
I won't show them the five shillings but no-no,"
andshe baatily corrected herself, "1 have five
shillings, and thai, as graodmam tayt, will keep
the wolf from the door. There are poor folkt here
perhaps, who have not a penny—lellhem gel alms I
from those who are disposed to give. If I were
to beg, I should only wrong auch aa hare neither
money nor food."
Thoughts akin lo these passed rapidly through I
the girl's mind, and abe determined to return j
home without delay, lest her grandmother should .
grow uneasy at her long absence. And, in the {
act of increasing her pace, she felt for ber money,
which folded in paper, abe had tbruat into hor bo-som,
to sssure herself thst it was safe. Alaa, a-lat!
it was gone I And not only tbat, the ticket
was gone.
They were gone. Wilh aihy face and palpi-'
tating heart, the felt and felt again. They were
gone. Overpowered by her misfortune, abe aat;
down upon a doorstep and wept in agony. The {
house to which the doorstep belonged was evident-.
ly the habitation of a wealthy individual. It was !
situated in ibo aristocratic quarter of Rookfield.—
Moreover, it was exactly fronting the Church,
whose taperapire pointed, like the clergyman's
Kitbbalh finger, upward ; and which being thut i
set, even on week days, before the eyea of those
who dwelt in this and the adjoining bouaet, could ;
not but revive in their minds each morning, and i
every hour of the daytof labor, those lessons which |
had sunk to deep into their hearts therein, on tho '
preceding day of rest and worship. Not lhal tho
MM! of the house in question could be aupposed
to need such admonition,—for he—the proprietor I
of the doorstep upon which poor Jenny aat and
wept—was the clergyvmrtf. Opportunely, or o- ■
(herwite, it happened that al Ibit optical lime the
reverend gentleman, who had been summoned
half an hour before to attend the bedside of a dy- ;
ing man, returned home, accompanied by a friend ',
who had joined him on the way.
" What—what—what ia this ?" exclaimed the
clergvmon, pointing wilh his gold-hesded cane to
the weeping girl. " A child crying on my door,
step! Really, how jnriilentise the servants are!
The old cry, I dare say. Eh, Fisher T Want,
hunger, that's il eh !"
" I shouldn't woatVr," replied ihercverendgen-lleman's
companion, with a shrug.
•• Come—come—speak out, child," -erred the
pastor. •• Didn't you hear me ask you what was
the mailer ? Do you know who I om—eh T I
' am a clergyman and u magistrate ! Do you beor
' that * 1 allow no beggar in Rookfield. I send
' them ail to priton. Wl.al. you an'i frightened—
I an'i you!"
Certainly Jane Foster, although she had risen
hastily and was wiping her eyes, was not in the
least alarmed. She curtseyed to the gentlemen,
and was in the act of moving away.
" Stop—s'.op—nol so fast. I asked you what
was tho mailer,.' She does look faint,—does aha
not. Fisher 1" said the clergyman.
* Y-c-s, I think sho does, a lit—lie," replied
j Fisher.
And if she did, there was nothing exlraordtnary
I in ihn circumstance, for the had walked a long
; diilance, and had not broken her fast since tho
I previous day, and then sho had dined oil pota-
, iocs.
•• I feel confident lhal this is a case cf imposi-
! lion," n Intpered iho clergyman to his companion,
■ with a singular inattention to his foregoing re-
| msrk. •• I'll unmask it. Now, iny littto maid,'
1 he lidded aloud. " what is your name, and where
! do you come from ,M
1 i., (Mi! r, plied lo oach of his 'i'i II '
•• And what—I ask you for the ihird time—do
yhu want on my doorstep I"
" Ae if she were following the Hindoo method
of sitting in dharna," said Fisher, who had been a
traveler.
"I—I didn't mean any barm, tir." replied
Jane, burstiug afresh into lean. -1 have lost five
shillings; my grandmother tent me to pawn a
ring, and I have lost the money."
The clergy man looked hit friend solemnly in
the face. " To pawn, to pawn!" he exclaimed,
giving to each ty liable its due impressive enun-ciation.
" Tbevice of the lower classrt it abom-inable—
to pawn!"
The rhock was too immense for the reverend
gentleman to contend sgainst. He waved his
hand, saying." There.get away child, gel away;"
and walked into the house followed by bit friend.
Jane hurnsdij left thai neighborhood. No
good, ibe thought, could come from tucb a etern-ity.
B jt what waa she lo do f She mutt beg
dizzinetteameover her—a stratigsensa'.ion spread
around her heart. Shp could net hold nut much
longer. 81 e felt herself .inking—Yelone r: re
t'.rupgle for her young tiff,
A chirp, a.iof a lit.le nird, sounded in her ear.
Il was dose beside her—a robin—a winter robin.
The moor wa«, in summer, particularly barren,
even for a moor. There was not a tree for a
bird to perch upon. Only a fow shrubs, and they
wero now hidden by the snow.
Chirp,-w:hirp.
Il was only a simple robin.—but G?d alone
ho-sh lowsrd hit .vife and children, an,' scarcely
ret .- •!, :•• fbr • ■ rafal days and jights. for he \M
set 'us wh- la sot'l ui "n buying the Eaftmtn land.
One day, however, Angus was •' "cried s'ov.,
aedsitrllv wending his v nj up the Icngstr.icn
afsaiidy road thai maue up'o thn Clmc- ry.—
Rrckc wer.t out to meet him. ana. withtJi :annei
Cerrmony, he accost,'.! him.
" Well, Mac, have you got the* land I"
The agent, in whose face wrs anything but
sunshine, replied somewhat gruffly thai •• he
might lei a body gel down from hit horse before
knows hew greatly its presence cheered our lit- ; he pul al him with questions of business.
lie, maiden, battling against the slnrm on thai } Unt Brooks who was in a fever tif anxiety repea-pbelterlra
tnd dreary moor. What trifling cir-' ted the quettion—
cumslssce t infu.-e rew life :ato !he desponding : " Did you gel il ?"
breast I The Scotch tremor (Itaaad new vigor " Shaw. now. Brooks, don't prett upon a body
from watching the eflbru, of c tpider. .Vlurigo |r) this uncivil way. Il is a longslory and I muti
Park, when resigned lo die in ihe African deter!, i hnro ttfTlf."
beheld a liny weed lifting its obscare head to Ibe ; Orooks s:-'. mgri, and Mae atlll parried the
heaven that encloaeth all ihe world, and felt that
now, and haply the might meet wilh those who God. who planted that humble vegetation there,
imputed to the lower orders something which was and did nol withdraw form it Histustaining hand,
not "vict." Il waa wilh a heavy heart that, j but aenl ibo breeze to fan it, and ihe rain to water
turning out of ihe street in which the clergyman it,—wou!d succor Ihe chilJ of His own likeness
lived, she stood where the ladies pasted home 'also ;—and from that consoling ihought, there
from the market, and looked in iheir faces wilh I grew such energy, that bis limbs received new
eager, hungry eyes. It began lo snow juat at atrength thereby, and he posecuted hit path anew,
this lime. Tired and ashamed, she watched ' and arrived safely at the vil'ago be had deapair-an
opportunity lo make her first sppeal. But ed to reach. And this little robin,—ibia humble
every one wat in auch haste to get home, now
thai ihe mow waa falling, tbat ber tuppl'cating
altitude, and pale, attenuated face were scarcely
noticed, or gained only a cold, untympathiaing
robin, dearly beloved by tale and fable, and home-ly
rhyme—of the music, of its apeech, us chirp,
chirp, chirp—were begotten tuch resolution and
courage in the heart of ihe linking child, tint there
atare. Ab, it waa sad for the poor girl to seo to I was no longer any question of her linking and dy-many
fellow-Chrittient, not one ol whom wit ing ; but a certainty that the thould behold her
willing to lend to their Maker an unsaleable frac- grandmother again, and live, please Ged, to bless
lion of the wealth He had bestowed upon them. Him in after yean for preserving her amidst the
It ia true tbat she had not petitioned wilh her i dangers of tbat afternoon.
tongue,—but her eyes, her cheeks, her pinched I The robin, too, became her guide. Not that
limbt and bare auire, what eloquent tongues they abe could have misted her way, but the trodden j and d—a ihe hone track the whole way through!
had ! How impressive their oratory ! But il wat ' P«lh being hidden by the tnow, one direciioo, so r Erooks. I think I met five thousand people in a
a week-day, and Charily was a theme for Sun-1 that the did not wander lar from the conjeclured i minute, and not a chap would look at me. They
days. Once in sertn dsya, Ibe rich folks in ! track, was as good at another. And the robin ] have gol houtet there on wheels. Brook.! I
Rookfield condetcended to call the poor their j went right onward, hopping now, now flying, and j ssw one wilh sx horse i bitched to it. and a big
brethren. ' «»»r lengthening her resolution. And to the ' driver wilh a long whip going il like a whirlwind.
Fatter fell the aaaMr, The girl't bonnet and , lound herself, ere long, at Ihe door of her grand- I followed it dowr the road for a mile and a half,
shawl were while as ibe roofs of the houses. 8he j mothert cottage, and then the saw ihe robin no and when il stopt I looked and what do you thiok
question till tbey got :mo the bants
" Now, eurely." thought ^rodka, "howulvsll
me." Bui Mae was not quite ready
•• Brookt," says he, •• have yon any ihin; to
drink T"
"To be sure 1 hare," said the other, and im-mediately
had tome ol hit test forth coming.—
Having moistened bis clay, Mac took a sett tnd
his employer another. Mac gave a preliminary
hem 1 He then turned auddenly around to Brooks,
looked him straight in the eyea, and slapped b:m
on ibe thigh—
- Brookt," says he, " wat you ever in Charles-ton?"
" Why, you know I nerer was," replied the
other.
" Well, then, Brooks," tayt the agent, " you
ought lo go there. Tha greatest place upon the
face of the earth! Tbey hare gol houses then on
both tides of ihe road for fire miles al a stretch,
She related herttory to her grandmother while
shivered and her teeth chattered. The marrow
of her bones was chilled. She had addressed
five or six individuals, none ol
reply, or recocnized her existence uv w mu.n ,
V L jtT i L • . r ibe as a shake of ibe head, or olher mute rejection of «,.,—,,
_ , ... j Tbione of Glory !
her suite. " On r a penny,— Its for my grand- ,_. * . .. , ,
,, ' rz '...,. . . The next morning there come a nock at Ihe
mother; I have lost five shillings and we nave , ,,. , ■. s_ s.—ia
,. ^, . >■ .. i cottage door, and when Jane opened it, who should
nothing iioiniiif, mla eea«t a.il h"«o»m■e. r aster fell tho snow, i prese*nt h,.imse,lf..bu.l .t.he tai„lor \w_.ho ~had. gi,ven .her
'there wail nothing in it but one little womon lil-ting
up in one corner. Well, Brookt, I lamed
- , ' , . , warming herself at the fireside which blazed on , . . . , ... , .
of whom deigned n, . * ... . ,, .,--1 "«•» up ihe road, as I was riding along I sect a
* , ithe hearth. And oh, what fervent ihonksgiving - , ,. . ... , «_3_a_iTs. ■
latence by to much .... '.. , .. ...... , ''fancy looking chip wilh longeuny hair hanging
' . . ascended that night from the lowly
roof lo the : , * ... ,_V „r. ..._*. J, V *
and thoto who were that entreated walked latter
on their w
five shillings on tho previout afternoon, lie
down bis back, and his boon as thiny at tbe face
of sn up-country nigger! I called him into the
middle of the road and asked him a civil question
—and a civil quettion you know, Brookt, calls for
a civil answer all aver the world. I aaya, tayt I,
Stranger, can you tell me whjre Col. Lumar
Ina-s.mu..c.1h a... y—c .dUidJJ,1i~n~o»t lSoat oaaneaeaatoataff /faAta.l l!t.a...~1lr/.f, ^f£ ■• (,Q fO fl 1 1/01/ JOOl . / M ^mmm ( rf jo(.
thfemy brethren.!,, did U not lo me Holy , r^^ R,chMd-, roice." exclaimed the old
word., accredited by those wholurned a deaf ear , ^^ wi(hjn „ , kn(W „ ^ tMU ^^
to the petition of the tbirermg beggar girl. fc bu^me btck
Upward, of iwo hours did Jane ttand, exposed , „ „„,,„, dear moth„,. ctied ,h, ^
loth.thickly-falling.now.and .offeringihe,ever- ^ ^^ (
" Well, Brookt, I knocks along up and down,
and about, until al last I finds out where Col. La-
I mar lived. 1 gels down and bangs away at Ihe
door. Presently the door was opened by as pret-
|«y, fine-apoken.-weil dressed a woman aaevtr you
' teed in your bom dayt, Brookt. Silki! Silkt Mar
We Pa« the scene wbtcb follow.d. . B(0o|(,, u ,_ „„ hmm ,
-And to this is .ay Jan.,-mv own child. ',,„,, M>dimiI,vt i. ., ,m Mrt. Umar, Sir.'
..id Ihe teaman, pretenily, taking her in In. Ian. . W8„ MtiW „ ,_., ntre „„,„ ,„,,,, w„
and kitting her for full live minute, without |rom Nor(h Cir0,jnt ,„ „. Co|ont| Umar-to
drawing breath.^ , Mpaboll, uuying t r]|ok of land from bim ihat't
••Yet. tbat it poor Mary't child," .aid the up,,, our piru f . Then.'the iay«, • Col Umar
g.andmclhcr. •• Il was her mother's wedding- hlg ^ 0„ jn ,he coaMryi but wi|| fc, i^i,
ring lhal,he pawned yesterday." ! .horlly. Come in. Sir. and wait awhile. I've no
The old woman, the neighbor., Jane bertelf. all | Houbl ,he Co|onel wi|| t00a reiurn,' and she had
assert that it was no robin; but au angel from the ; , 1(ni|e upon lh„ preltT f«e of ner-, ,hul „„,(„.
skies, that led her over the moor tbat afternoon. , ifi tMyo( t ,pring morning. Well, Brookt,
Who ahall dare laugh at Iheir belief' For are . , hilcbod my ho|M ,„ %hn„ ,hjng „„ ,he doori
because of her long absence. Yet once more i not the rewires, which, nobly taken, enable u. lo ind ^j^ in We||t wnen I got in 1 ace. tbe
she would beg-yel once more, for her aged re- | bailie succesafully wilh the atormt of life, and con- floot M cortni „tl wilh ,he nicest looking thing!
Llioii's take, the would beg. duct ui tafely Hoaa-angels, and guardain an- ojcf f lh>n aay [..uhed-worked bed quilt you ever
I A aailor, rather an uncommon personage ita i geU. loo* So, here'. God ipecd Ihe Winter \ Med m |ifc> Brookt. I wat trying lo edge
I Rookfield, tpprooched. She raised her handt in | Kobin on repealed ini.nians.
■upplication, her paleface alreeming with tears,
est privation from the combined effects of cold and
hunger. And during all thai lime she gol angry
and even abusive words, deprecating lwks, and
threats of Bridewell, but not one halfpenny, not
one.
And now ibe day was w far advanced that the
night v. odld aoon close in. It still snowed feat—
fait. Tbe told waa extreme. At the hurried
along the pavement, the caught frequent aigbtt
of rousing fires in grates, and happy people wann-ing
themselves thereby. The cold wst in her
limbt, and in her heart. Shu mutt hasten home,
lest her poor grandmother thould die with fright
McAIpliio's Trip to Charleston.
By the suthor of " Cousin Hally DillMeV'
In the county of Ro'wson, in the Stato of North
1 along round il, bul pretenily I teet a big nigger
' como stepping right over .it. Trunks 1 if that
nigger can gu it 1-can go it loo! So right over il
I goes and takes my veal right before a picture
which at Grst I ihought waa a little man looking
in at a window. Well, Brooks, there I tot wail
and her supplicating attitude, attracted ihe worthy
tar's aitenii in. She told him her ttory, and the
humane seaman drew fron hit pockela leathern
purse, and placed five shillings in her hand, tty-ing
that bents it to her.for the sake of Ait mo- ' Carolina, there lived intimet past a man by the | j„g for Col. Lamar, and at last—he didn't come,
ther, who waa tlso an old woman, and whom he nnmoof Baooas, who kept a grocery for a number ou. they began to bring in diener. Thinka J lo
wat hurrying to meel, after a long—long absence of years, and so had acquired most of the lond a-1 mnelfi tHts a tcrape. But I made up my
—if she were mil alive— if the were tlill alive. ' round him. Thit waa mostly pino barrens of mind to tell her, if the axed me to eat—to tell her
He should hnve a child, too, he said, but he thought I small value, but nevertheless Brookt wat looked ! erith a genilo bo.v lhal I had no occaiion to eat.
she was dead,—he did'nl know. I up to at a great landholder and big man in the
Oh joy—oh, light-hearted joy ! Heaping un-' neighborhood. There wat one tract, however,
counted blessing, upon ihe head of the generous ' belonging to-ono Col. LaMaa. who lived in Charles-sen
of Neptune, our happy Jane s«t hor face
homeward in good earnest. She was on ihe
moor now ; bul soaked lo ihe skin by the pene-trating
snow, and chilled almost beyond the pow-er
of her slight, enfeebled frame lo bear. Al
every step she took, her strength grew let. and
let.. The .now fell now to faal and thick, tha".
objects at a trifling distance were obscured, tnd
her littlo feet sank deeper every instant.
Oh—lo die upon lhal lonely moor—how hor-rible
! To sit frantically down, and—as she re-membered
10 have heard il told thai people so had
perished—to heap the snow wildly around her,
and build herself » frightlul tomb therewith !
Weie tuch to be her end, through the long hours
of that bitter winter's night, how would her old
grandmother rove in mad deapair, and call vainly
upon heaven lo aid hor darling child !
Thicker and faster—thicker and fatter yet,
No skv, no horizon, no object on which to rest
the eye, but all one waste of snow, that made the
eyeballs ache 'o look upon. Faster and (aster
yet, and Iccl.lcr and feebler grew her steps. A
ion, that "jammed in upon him to itrong." and
being withal better in quality than (he average of
his own domain, thai Brook, had long wished to
add it lo hit other broad acret. Accordingly he
But, Brookt, she didn'l ax ine to rat—the axed
me if I'd bu w good a. to carve thai turkey for
her, and she did it with one of them lovely smile,
thai makes the cold streak, run down the .mall
of a fclleWs back. ' Certainly, Madam,' say I,
and walked up lo ihe table—ibero was on one
j tide of the turkey a great big -knife as big aa a
looked around him and omployed. at he expretted Bon.jB tajfe, ,„d a fork with a trigger to il on tht
il, •■ Iho tmanesi man in thu neighborhood," to „„„ ,jdl,t Woll. I falls t» work, and in the firsl
wit. ono A>«t'« MCAIXIN, lo go to Charleston and j e.fot, j ^hed the gravy about Iwo yard* over
negoiialo with Col. Lamor for ihe purchase of thit loi ,»hiiesi lab'e-cloih you ever teed in your life.'
tlso. Being provided pretty well wilh bread, jj,0oks! Well! I fell the hot (Mam begin to
meal and a bottle of pale face, which were ttow- ( gtlher about my checks and e-yvt. But I'm not
ed away in a pair of leather stddlebigs, and, like I , „,„„ ,0 onc|( ou, for iriiles, to I mikes another
il oilier great Plenipotentiary, being provided c.forl and lnc darned thing look a flight and lii
with suitable instructions, Mat mounted a piny
woods locky (nomed Rosum) and hied him off to
Charleston. The rood was rather longer than
Brooks hid supposed, or his igenl was less expe-ditious,
or some bad lack had happened lo him,
or something woi the matter thai Angus did nol
gel back until long after the day iranspKed which ^une me < Do you V
which wat fixed on for hit return. Brooks in the ,
mean lime had gol himself inlo a very fury of im- j Napoleon laid that a handsome woman pleases
patience. He kept hi. eyes fixA on the Charles- the eye, bul a good woman pleate. ihe heart,
ton road-j-lic, was crusty toward his customers— The one i, l jewel and ihe other iso treasure.
in Mr.. Lamar-! lap! Well, you teet, Brookt,
then I wat taken wilh a blindness, and the nexl
thing I remember I was upon the hmrth a kick-ing.
-Well, by thit time I began to think of navi-gating,
to 1 goes out and mounts Rosum, and puts
for North Carolina! Now, Brooks, you doa'l
SOLOMON D£ CAUS.
Aaaoaa tna blroly valuable rWsxiverie^. wc
inu:. plaoa '.Sal .;f etenm.-for'tyilS'im'ms dis:aii;r
,J OOtnnHalad, .t^a? r»naered prnepeinus,, Human
ichor saved, ryic c new imnorin.icr »J,iven lo the
country. It i» a curiou. matter u, ,'oSfow the pro-grett
of this discovery, whieli at, in a greet met-
•ure. due to the children of beautiful France.
Antherniui, an architect and engineer, under
the Emperor Justinian, mentioned by Agalhiaa,
in his history, book iv., having lost a law-suit a.
gainst his neighbor T-non, retolved upon a singu-lar
tpeciet of revenge. He filled several large
i ess.-ls with water, and cloaed them very tight >
several pipet were attached to the coven, which,
decreated in tize aathey reached upward.. Fira
being placed underneath, the .leant etc.ped
through the pipe, in tha covert, and not finding
a free tent above, shook the ceiling and the raf-ter,
of his own house, and tbat of Tenon, to auch
a great degree, that the latter actually |e/.l it from
ffiht.
Thepowot uTatnm was then known at that
time; not the applieaMn oft), tarwun cf mtana
watnarerdireotadlo useful purpose.. Never-theless,
in an article ofM. Ar«~o, In tha -Atrnu-aire
del Bateaux det I^ngtradat," for tha year
1929, we read ihat,ODeJ)umlred and twenty year*
before Christ, Here,oTAlexmdria,called the-Ok!,
in ranted an apparatoa presenting the 5r«t applica-tion
ever made of tieazo. it bora tha came of
ipirilalia ten pmirmatka.
Under the reign of Louis XIII., a man conceit-ed
the project of making ueu of iteam, as a Bout*
power, on ID extended scale ; bat bit genius ex-perienced
an oppression of a terrible nature. If
Cardinal Richelieu it mentioned in hislory aa a
capable minister, we Bait not yni Jorgei that there
were many tic-Jot to ilia pride and obstinacy,
whose IUIT-rings hive tarnished bit reputation fcr
skill, and bu ibed many a bloody halo round bis
bead.
The following it a latter addressed by Marioa
Delorme to Cinq Mara, lbs young man who en-tertained
the silly project of overturning the cardi-nal
minister:—
Mr man D'Ecrur.—Whilst you are forget-ting
me, at Marbonne, absorbed in the pleasure.
of the court, and of opposing M. lo Cardinal, I,
according to your expretted trithea, am doing tha
honors of Parit to your English lord, too Marquis
of Worcester. I take him about or rather he
mkes ma about, from one curiosity to soother.—
Choosing alwayi the moat sad and serious, speak-ing
but fow word,, listening wilh great attention,
and fixing hit large blue eyes upon every one of
whom he ask. a uueatiea, aa if be could tee into
the deptht of their too It. He is never latiafitd
with the explanaikmt be receives, and does not
look upon things exactly aa tbey are shown lu
hira. For instance, when we riaited ihe Bicetre,
be pretended lo aee marks of greal genius in a
craay man, whom, if he were not raring, f amtuts
your Englishman would hate taken to London, if
poaaible. and lialtntd to h is nonsense from m oraing
till night. Aa we croaaed tbe yard filled with
these creatures, I waa half-dead wilh fright, and
leaned againtt ay companion. Suddenly an ug-ly
face appeared behind tbe ban, and a hoarse
voice exclaimed :—
"lam not crazy. I bate made a discovery
which will enrich iba country that ao violently
opposes it"
What it hit discovery ?" Imaked of ihe man
who abewed ui over tbe jusce. — ~
"Ah!" exclaimed hi, shrugging his shoulders,
* tomefbing very simple, which you would nttar
guest: it it the ut. of neam."
I bunt out laughing.
"His name," continued ih. keeper, " is Solo-mon
de Caui. Ha came from Normandy, four
yean ago, to present a memoir to the king, on tbe
subject of the marvellous eflecit to be obtained by
hit invention: according lo bim, machinery could
be mated by it, carriages, propelled, and numer-out
other wonden produced.. . . The cardinal
tent away tbe fool witboui listening to him. But
De Caus, undiseouragcd, followed bim from place
to place; so that Richelieu, tired of him, bad bim
thut up in the Bicetre, wbwre ho has now bean
three years and a half, and where he lellt every
it ringer, at-be did you, that he ia not crazy, but
that he baa-made a great discovery. He has etea
written a book on the eubject."
And ho handed us a book. ...Milord Worcester
took it, and after reading wme pages, mid—
" This man is ty no meant crazy ; and in my
country, instead of abutting him up, we would
have made his fortune. Bring bim here: 1 wisb
to question him."
He returned from this convtrssiion with t ISJ!
countenance.
"Ho-is, indeed, crazy now," said he; "mis-fortune
and captivity have Jesiroyed his reaaaa
lorover; jou hare mode him cre*y ; bul when
you pul him IO thit dungeon, you placed there ibe
greatest genius of your lime."
Hereupon we look our leave, and since Itien be
can only talk • . ScLmon de Caus. Adieu, my
dear and faithful Henry; oome beck soon, and in
the mean lime be not too happy there, lo preserve
a little love for me. MARION DZLOSMB.
The book -hown by tbe keeper to the MarjMi i-of
Worcester, was, no doubt, thai published by
ihe unhappy Sol.-man de Caus, in 1614, by las
title of " T. teralioiu of Motile Forcu, unit
carioui v tfui Maehirwi." , .
The idea of raising water by means oi the a?«