The Greensborough patriot [June 21, 1851]

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VOLUME XIII. GREENSBOROUGH, N.C., JUNE 2J> 1851. WHOLE NO. 632.
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1 OUR LOCKS ABE GETTING GREY, NOW."
Our locks are gotting grey, now,
Have been lor many a nay:
On either side the MH are traced
01 seasons sped away.
The white is mingling with brown, now—
It's silver written there,
And furrows, too, are creeping on,
As years tread by with care.
Our life is at its noon now,
And yet the Autumn frosts
Have tingod our locks in Wintry garb,
As leaves in Autumn tossed.
We now we're growing old, now,
And y i■ t the Summer Sun
is beaming in the ujqver sky,
As human sands are run.
It seems but as a day, now,
Since with the school-house throng,
These locks gleamed on a sunny brow—
The heart a morning song.
We're living there again, now,
In memory's sacred dreams—
A child again to laugh and shout
Amid the boyish scenes.
How swiftly gone—we're older now,
And bronzed with sterner strife,
And turn from Spring forever past,
To Winter's close ol life.
Our locks are getting grey, now,
More swift as years go by,
And yet we would not change their hue
For iho^e of darker dye.
One by one they are fading, now,
The frost is gathering o or;
And yet they grow more sacred now—
We love them more and more.
in person as a mother to his children. The
thought revolted him ; but, because it did revolt
him, he recurred to it again and again, until at
laat, from its utter unpleasantness, it began to
seem to him his duty lo make her the offer ol be-coming
mistress to his household. She had been
so very kind lo his children : she had liken such
a motherly interest in them since his wife s
death : she had tried lo console him in his grief;
and had more than said, proving her great pity
for the children—
•My dear friend, I beg you will lake no
thought of your dear children that shall trouble
you. If your inclinations ever lead you to seek
tho village, supporting herself, as she had for
years, solely by her needle. She possessed an
unequalled reputation for good works, and was
generally consulted for her right-judging wis-dom.
Any one well experienced in character
would have read hers mnre aright thau did
these simple, truthful-hearted villagers.
With an art thnl Kdward, in his straight-for-ward,
unsuspecting nature, did not lalhom, she
placed Edith in the light of a frivolous young
thing, very beautiful; and her beauty she des-carted
upon, until Kdward felt thai the winning
beauty was given her but lo betray all who look-ed
upon it. She spoke of Edith as designing
for a parlner, one who, upon proof, turns out lo c\ idently to make use of her charms to ensnare
bo an unworthy mother lo ihem, they will always
have a rtfuge in my home. And 1 shall be on-ly
too happy in working for them as I would for
my own.
Tho children, to be euro, did not seem to love
Miss l'rudence, appearing rather lo shrink from
her caresses ;' but then, thought he • they will
learn to love her.' Had he thought still deeper,
he would have recognized the unerring instinct
ol childhood—before thai instinct has been dead-ened
by the policy of iho world—as the irucst
Iruth.
After llilnking thus, his feeling would flow
warmly bsck lo Edith, dwelling upon her fresh
young face and joyous ways until the heart with-in
him ached with a dull dreary pain, in ils year-ning
to fold her closely in his arms.
Even ihen he could seo her from his open
window, silting under ihc old chesnut tree with
■a ; also of her greet attention to his children
for tho same purpose. I ( ; mother was old and
feeble, and could nol live long; With her died
Edith's means of support; and it was evident to
the mind of Miss Prudence that Mr. Herbert's
comfortable home possessed a rare charm to her
eyes. Alas, poor Edith !
• My dear sir, should ymi not be able to resist
Ihe templiiion which comes to you in the shape
of this passing passion, I pvay, I beseech you
not to sacrifice those dear children that the sain-ted
Martina left with such holy injunction for
their welfare. Should you not feel strength
given you to overcome this weakness, intrust the
dear infants In my care, and 1 will not betray
the trust.
The smooth tones of that insinuating voice
dropped inio his heart like ice. Yea, Edith was
a child, loo young and inexperienced lo be a mo-
Itis two little girls, one upon each side of her, ' iher to his children. His feelings for her must
wilh an arm loving around each. And he could
hoar the soft tones of her sweet voice explain*
ing patiently to them some school wisdom. He
cou'd heir their thousand and one childish ques-tions,
and her novor-wearying and wisely-fashion-ed
answers. The task si last was finished ; their
morrow's lessons learned.
bo checked. Tho spirit of his departed wife
s'ood before him, and her last injunction rung
in his car. The plausible words of the artful
woman by his side seemed truth to him. And,
as he was on the point of asking her to lake
charge of him and his, the image of Kdilh rose
up between linn and the spinster, so pure and
Now for a race!' And the palicnt teacher, holy, that he lumed his sentence inlo an abrupt
so full ofsweel, solemn dignily, was off like a , good-by.
streak of lightning, and speeding aficr her were , ' I can ask her to ho my wife at another time.'
the merry, shouting children, so lull of fun and
frolic, who, but the moment before, had been the
toiling, docile pupils.
said ho lo himself, on his way home.
Upon the following morning, the sun rose la-zily,
nol having made up his mind exactly whe-
Hi'ward wa'.chcd them in iheir airy course t iher he would show his face lo iho world or nol.
until Kdilh, al last fairly caught and imprisoned, j All nature seemed as indolent. The air wits
From Godey's Ijidy's Book.
THE STORM.
H MAP.Y SfKNCEl PEASE.
During the lifetime ol Martina Herbert, and
through the lingering disease that consumed her
days, was she ihe gentle, loving wife, and the
lender, far-seeing mother.
The village matrons held up her two modest,
pretty-behaved little girls as models to their own
gossip-loving wives.
And when she died, the while-haird, good old
parson, Mr. Ciay lord, preached s funeral sermon
over her remains that caused the tears, from out
Ihe hardest heart within the church, lo flow like
a river from the eyes. • Tho Lord hath given
and Ihe Lord halh taken away.' said he, in con-clusion.
' She, whose only faull was in being loo
good for this carih, has gone from where all sin
and sorrow is, home lo her own father's bosom.'
Martina's laat words were lo her husband,
beseeching him that, if he ever felt as though he
must give a new mother to their children he
would choose one who would be kind lo them,
and who would bring ihem up not to shine in
this world except in Irulh and goodness. Most
faithfully did Kdward Herbert promise to revere
Ihe dying belies! ol his wife.
A year had passed since Martina was laid
down 10 rest in iho little village churchyard.
From the desolate heart of the stricken husband
the grief llial at first refused to bo comforted had
aellled inlo a calm, deep norrow, that yielded
with holy faith lo die inevitable. He felt, by
lilile and little, how unutierahly lonely he was
without the intiinatn sympathy of a dear wife.
He felt also his own insufficiency in training a.
tight his two lilile orphan girls. Thai he never
could supply Ihe pUco of the lost, he fell too
keenly ; but that lie might find one who would
l>e-a mother to his lilile ones, and who would
make once more a home around him, was what
he might do. Kdward Herbert was a God-lov-ing
and God-serving man. Duty was the sirnng
principle of his life. How ever longly he might
himself be, had he nol felt that his darlings need-ed
the tender, watchful care of a womau and a
mother, il would have been less easy for him lo
think of taking to his sorrowing heart another
love, after having known that of his departed
Martina. She had been dead a year, and, for
the first lime, he cast about him, seriously and
prayerfully, who should be his wiscsl choice.
Why did his hearl revert so constantly lo
Edith Moore 1 And why as consianlly did he
crush Ihc rising thought as one thai might have
been sent him for a temptation by ihe enemy I
It was Irue that Edith had been best beloved,
of all the village maidens, by Martina Herbet j
that Martina had accepted more of her company
than that of any other; that she had entrusted to
her the caro of her lilile girls when she would
leave them with no one else. True, alsc, that
the children clung to Kdilh after their mother's
death, and she to them, as they or she did lo no-body
else. No one had tiie power over them in
soothing Iheir griefs, or in checking any display
of ill temper, as had Edith Moore. All this Kd-ward
Herbert New and fell: yet he fell also dial
Edith was in years so much a child compared
wilh himself—for Kdward was thirty-live, and
Kdilh scarce twenty—that, as Mai Prudence
Hook had justly remarked,' site might be the
very person to take the entire charge of so im-portant
a household, were sl.e not certainly too
giddy, or. if not thai, most unquestionably loo
voung.'
Miss l'rudence hcrsulf had long"outgrown thai
serious fault, having by full twenty years, ihe
aeniorlty and superiority over Kdith. Then, for
, • -• lime, Edward thought of M iss i'rodenec
Ihe II»- . -~...
was borne to the ground by the lilile rebels. She
was a willing captive, and so full o( laugh, anil
so tired from her chase, that she let him do with
her as they would. It was under the same old
chesnut tree, where the pursuit began, that it en-ded.
Manilla Herbert, the elder of Edward's
children, had pulled ihe comb Iroin ihe light
brown hair of Kdith, and, curling, waving in the
warm sunshine like threads of gold, it fell in
rich I uxurianCL- around her beautiful shoulders.
Little Minny ran to gather flowers fromthe mar
honeysuckle, and, twining the Iragranl blossoms
around her head, exclaimed, laughingly and lisp-ing')'—
' Thee, dear ihilher, I've crowned our pretty
Edilh. Now she ilh a queen.'
• She does not need any crown, dear little
' Minnv. She is a queen in her own right!' re-.
plied Martina, will, warmth.
i * I had rather she would be my mamma than
1 a queen on a golden throne. Now play you
I walh my own ownlhst mamma, and tiling me to
I thlccp.
And lilile Minny nestled close up into Edith's
arms, half in sport, and all in love, and laying
her smooth round cheek up against Edith's soft
while Ihroal, she shut her eyes tightly. Edith,
yielding to the child's desire, clasped her arms
I tenderly around her and sang, in a low swcci
' voice, a plaintive lullaby.
From l.'« full heart the warm tears came to
Edward's eyes, and, giving himself up lo the im-pulse,
he wept like a woman. The tears did
him good ; ihey watered over tho choking, year-ning
thirst that parched his soul—ihe thirst for
! love, for the lender sympathy and love of the
gentle, good being hefore him, who had nol seen
him. who knew not lllat he had been walching
Iher.
The tea bell sounding through ihe house a-woke
Edward Herbert lo himself, lie chid
I himself severely for his long waste of time. For
' two whole hours had he lost all sight of himself
I in thai long trance-like dream of Kdilh.
• Where 's Miss Moore, Martini I' was his
! first question, as he entered ihe supper-room.
• Her mother wished her not lo slay lo tea.
She had need of her.'
• Kdilh is a most dutiful daughter.'
•Thai she is, dear, pappa. She is heller in
all things than any one else, and ihc only one
thai is al all like my own dear dead mother, I
love her better than anybody excepi papa.'
•Tho do I,' lisped hide Minny.
• Hut she is so young,' thought ihc father,
when he was once more alone ; • and she may
be, perhaps, too giddy, as Miss Prudence says,
lo lake Ihe charge of my children and house.'
Edith's sweet, serious eyes rose up before him
i wilh a gentle reproach in therr lender blue. • She
has dignity, if she is young,' still said he lo him-self;
• and, with all her childlike playfulness,
j is full of womanliness. Oh, thai 1 knew what
i to do in this sore trial! I will at least advise
j wilh Miss Prudence; she is wise and experien-ced.
She can tell nut what is right'
On his way lo Ihe abode of Miss Hook, he
I had lo pass Mrs. Moore's collage. Il stood next
j his own more stately residence, am! about three-1
quarters of a mile from the village. Mrs.Moorc
'was Ihe widow of a revolutionary soldier, and [
ic lived alone wilh Kdilh, her youngest child
was sitting in ihc door ol her cottage, and Kdilh,
close beside her, was reading aloud lo her lhal;
sermon containing the soul of every scrniuu thai
has been uttered since it was delivered.
That low clear voice, in ihe slid summer air,
brought ihose divine words lo him wilh an im-prcssiveness
that Idled him wilh love and awe.' They sli'.l went on.
As Kdward, in passing, deferentially saluted belli ; their umbrella as hesl they could.
heavy almost to suffocation. The noisy fowls
and callle were huddled together in silcnl groups
under some shelter. A hush pervaded all tilings.
Kven tho merry birds were mute, as if in wail I
for some aniieiptiicd danger. Heavy masses of j
black cloud, darkening ihe thick air. floated list- i
kssly in ihc heavens, and the far-off thunders I
were miitleiing in a law, deep under-lone.
Kdward Herbert was silling in his own room, I
after breakfast, with a book before him and lost |
in deep thought. His door sofily opened, and j
the sunny face of his little Marlins appeared.
• We are going to start for school earlier ihan
usual, dear papa, because il looks so much like-rain.'
• Very well, my darling. Take good care ef
Minny.'
• Oh, no fear, dear papa, but that I will.—
Give me one kiss ; and niw good-by.'
Tho door was closed again, and Kdward, lost
once more in his own mcdiiaiions, was nol fully
aroused lo the danger his lilile girls wore in, nor J
lo his own want of thought in permuting them to
brave such a threatening sky, until ihero catne a
flash of lightning so intense that it nearly blinded |
him, causing him lo cover both eyes wilh his
hands. Then followed a peal of thunder, most
fearful ill its deep stunning roar. It seemed to
waken all ihc echoes for leagues around, and
died with ihem in one lingering, sullen sound.
The fast rain was coming down, not ill pleasant
drops, bin in one pouring, rushing stream. Al-most
the darkness ol night hung over ihc earth.
while the wind, like a mad spirit sent abroad for
destructions, shrieked and raved, splintering trees
and Marina them up by their roots in ils angry
might. How long It had been storming he knew
nol , but, wilh a lliiek healing heart foreboding
ill, Edward hastened down to ihe old housekee-per.
• How long have the chihlri n been gone r
'Above half an hour. sir. 1 tried hard to
make ihem slay ; hui ihey said they would gel
10 ihc school-house long hefore Ihc siorni came
up.'
• Pray Heaven they may have got there; bill
1 fear—1 fear Ihey Irave nol. dire me my old
hat and lliiek hoots. They must have crossed
Hemlock Rapids hefore now. Slill I fear for
ihem. Never mind die boots: I will go as I
am. No, no!—no umbrella; ihc wind is toe
lii«li-*
Some fifteen minutes before Edward's rapid
strides splashed through the road, that wna alrea-dy
more like a river Ihan a carriage-way, Fdiih
Moore, coming into the siliiiig-rooin of their lit-tle
collage, exclaimed—
• There, dearest mother, I have fastened light-ly
all die windows and doors. So now ihe
storm can't hurt us, unless it lifts our castle up
by its roots, and gives us a ride through the air.
llovv dark il grows, and how ihe wind howls!
There comes ihe rain. Save us! what sharp
lighiuing ! How glad I 'in the storm baeconte
on hefore Manilla and lilile Minny started fur
school !'
• Heaven shield ihc dear children!' ejaculated
Mrs. Moore. •' 1 saw ihem pass ihe door lull
lilteen minutes ago.*
' And Ihey have to pass those fearful rapids,
always swollen in a storm!'
Edith wailed not for another word. Almost
ft of eight, upon a small pension granted her I before her mother fell lhal she had left her side,
for life. " I wa8 ,nc collage-door closed atier her. and her
• lllcsscd arc ihc pure in heart-' Mrs. Moore light form was flying re than running, in ihe
! direction the lilile llcrhcrls ban lakeu.
The school-house was on ihe edge of ihe vil-lage,
and sheltered hy a piclurcsiiue lilile wood.
11 was lull three-quarters of a mile from Mr.
Ilerhrn's house The little girls had gone .-.bout
half Ihe way when the storm commenced.—
sheltering themselves wilh
At length
r tnd daughter, Kdith's lice suddenly , ihey came iu sight of the lapids. The wind,
flushed, and as suddenly grew snowy pale. Net- suddenly rising, shivered their umbrella, and bor-er
before had she seemed so beauiiluliv *s now. led iI from iheir weak hold. Mash followed
Ilis hearl heal thick and last; and an irresisti- ' flash, and peal followed peal. The rain poured
blc longing cainc over him lo go and lake her I down in torrenis, and die lilile girls stood doubt-hand
tod icll her how dear she had become lo , ing what to do
him. W oh .in iron will, he put tho temptation A flash ol lightning, moro tearfully intense
from him until ha should feel thai duty fun*I Ihan Uy lhal had y-t been, succeeded at the
! him in v. doing. ■""' Initatllbya perfectly deafening peal ol
Hit Prudence Hook lived on the urge of. thunder, caused the children to draw more close-ly
16 each other. Martina held the little one
tightly up lo her, shielding her wilh a part of
her own dress; and little Minny, nestling her
hesd in Martina's bosom, covered her ears wilh
both hands in extreme terror al ihe dread voice
of nature.
' We had beat go on, dear Minny ; for there is
Hemlock River right before us, and we have nit-ty
lo cross that, and we are close to the shelter of
lite school-house.'
•Oh, ile.ir ih it liter. I can'l go any farther. 1
am Iho afraid, and Iho tired, and tho wel.'
' Cheer up, darling, I will help you, and God
will not desert us. Cheer up, pel, we will soon
he at the nine school-house mid Miss Polly will
dry our clothes as soon as we gel there.'
They had reached the boiling stream, but, to
their disappointment, the bridge was broken, and
part of il had been svvepl away.
' Never mind, dear Minny. ihere arc the taw-logs
we have been over so many times, 1 guess
we can cross Ihem now.'
Thev were half way across the unsteady logs
when Minny's foot slipped, antl inlo the surging
waters she went, drawing Martina along with
her. Martina vvas the first to catch sighi of tho
flying form tit Kdilh coming Uiwnrds them.
•Oh. Kdilh! save her! save her!'
And quicker than thought Kdith was in die
stream, and, wilh both tho children clasped in
her arms, was struggling tor the bank. The ri-ver
al that point was fortunately not very deep,
but ihc onward torrent was so rapid that when
nl last she reached the shore, il was at a point
much lower down the current, and where the
rocks were piled so perpendicularly lhal she
found it impossible to attend. How long she
could have resisted those onward raging waters
holding hy the willow twigs lhal grew out of the
crevices of the rocks, supporting the almost fain-ting
children clinging to her—how much longer
she might have resisted those wild onward ra-pids,
she knew not. Her head began lo swim,
and she felt thai soon she and her dear little
friends Droll be borne away to inevitable death.
•My dear, dear, dearest children! Bless
(Sod, I am in lime !' And tho strong saving arm
was around all three ; and all ihtee were clasped
lightly and warm to his bosom. • My darlings,
thank God, I have you all ihreo sale !'
The fury of the slo.rm vvas spent. Edward
had his three dear ones safely on ihe bank. He
could not he happy enough ; he could not he suf-ficiently
grateful.' He held Ihem lo his heart,
and called them again and again his three dear
children.
A neighbor's wagon came by, The farmer
gladly look ihem in. and spurring up his horses,
the dripping, half-drowned ones were soon in
Edward's warm house.
A messenger was dispatched lo Mrs. Moore,
to lei her know that all were safe.
From that day lo this, Kdward Herbert has
had cause to bless the storm, so fearful in itself,
lhal was ihc means of giving him such a loving
gentle wile, and his children such a loving, faith-ltd
mother.
The Interior of Afrioa.
FROM Tilt LIBERIA ADVOCATE.
One of die missionaries lo Liberia lately made
an exploring tour of two hundred and filly-three
miles on loot into the interior, lie passed through
Ihiny villages of the Goulas, Keys, Qucaks, and
Condoes. In his report he says :
•• Such a country as we pass through in that
missionary tour 1 have nol eecn surpassed in cith-erof
the lilteen West India Islands which I have
visited, from Trinidad 10 Tortola and the Virgin
Island. It is an elevated mountainous country.
Ranges of mountain, running most parallel wilh
Ihe line of const—from northVest 10 souihwcsl—
rise up before the delighted eye ol the traveller,
convincing him that he is no longer in Ihe land of
binning sands and deleterious swamps, such as
aro encountered in proximity with ihe shores, but
in quite another region. And such are ihc grad-ual
undulaiations of its surface as would greatly
facilitate itaa objects of agriculture. There arc
few, if any, very sleep acclivities—nothing like
the bold prccip'iious mountain of our Eastern
Slates. Beautiful and exit Reive valleys lie al
the base of these mount tins, which gcnlly slope
down to the level country lying between thorn.
•• It is a well-watered country. During ihe
eight hours' travel which we were frequently
obliged to perform in a day, wo never walked
more than Ivvo hours, or two and a half al one
lime, without coming In sonic beautiful stream of
cool and verv pure water, either a tributary of
the St. Paul's or some oihrr of the many smaller
rivers which intersrct that African Canaan. And
here il may he proper to add. that my attention
wal directed loan examination of the adaption of
Iheso streams lo the purpose ol machinery, siles
lot mills. Ac., and I hesilale not lo affirm lhal,
within the Gaulah country especially, any num-ber
of the roost eligible siiuations may be found,
where at any lime during ihe year good water
power may be obtained for any purposes which
an enterprising community ol agriculturists and
meohaoia may require. My journey was per-formed
ill ihc very middle ol the dry season, and
yei wc found plenty of water in the different
siren ins.
»li ia well timbered land. Through an ex-lensive.
lorcsl of acres o! miles which lay in our
return route, I was so struck with ihe gigantic
trees of immense height which reared Iheir low-ering
heads and united their luxuriant foliage in
forming above us one dense and rich canopy,
lhal I called ihc aiteniiou of the colored minister!
of the Liberia Annual Melhodial Conference, who
accompanied me, lo this evidence of the richness
of Ihc comity which God had given lo the Afri-cans,
and lo which their exiled brethren were
in-mil by eomanyeonaiderationa. 1 measured
several trees, and my journal, kept at the time
wilh scrupulous exacloeee records twenty-three,
twenty-four, and iiveniy-tivc feet, as the circum-ference
of many of ihem within six feel of ihe
ground. Lei DM remark that the variety and
superior quality of ihe wood found in these for-ests,
and indeed all along iho hordeis and around
ihe settlement!.I Liberia, from Grand Cap* Mount
io Cape Palmaa, or Maryland, ca.nnol be excel-led
any where w inn ihe lorrld zone. Fioni a
species of poplar, soft and adapted lo purposes
.or which the while pine is used il \ tea. Dp
o lha leak, a variety ol mahogany, 1 beautiful
species of hickory, very abund.ini at Cape Pal-mas,
lha iron wood, ihc brimstone, susceptible
of a polish for furnitnrc of surpassing beauty, and
many others, jn almost endless supply may be
found.
•• It is an exceedingly fertile soil-. The im-mense
undergrowth of shrub and vine inter woven
around the giants ol Ihe forect. so thick, so im-penetrable,
whitout much effort and through
which a foolpalh only conducts the traveller, is
the besl proof of this. But thu grains, roots.
fruits, vines of the tropics all concontie here, and
may bo raised wilh a deree of comparative ease,
a rapidity of growth, and an abundance almost
incredible. 1 have stood creel under the branch-es
of a cotton tree in Goutah village, as they
spread fourth from the main trunk, laden with
bolls and suppurled hy forked slicks lo prevent
their being broken down by their own weight,
and found, on measuring, that ihc tree covered a
space of ten fcol in diameter. On examining
the staple, as the ripened bolls burst into maturi-ty,
il was fountl as good and equal in the fineness
of its fibre lo the cotton of any country. As to
coffee, I wiH only borrow the words ol Ihe report
as comment on themselves: 'Coffee of a quality
superior to Ihc bcsl Java or Mocha Is raised in
Liberia, and can be cultivated wilh great ease to
any extent.' It is a country where Uibacco, that
great article of commerce, may he cultivated in
any quantity.
" Hut the region in ihc vicinily of Liberia is
one ofgreat mineral wealth. This remains for
science fully to develop, but we may confidently
arrive at this conclusion from what has been dis-covered.
Of the Gold Coast your committee
say right when ihey assert that ' England has
received altogether *200,000,000 of gold from
Africa. Liberia is adjacent lo the Gold Coast.'
Hut I would speak of what is belter ihan gold—
iron. And such is ihc purity of the iron ore ob-tained
by the natives of Africa immediately in
the vicinly or Liberia, which they describe as be-ing
abundant, that they have no lurnaces ; they
need none. All their rude agricultural and war-liko
instruments are made by them of ore, so
pure lhat when healed il becomes at once suffi-ciently
malleable lo admit of being wrought into
any shape or form. They make knives, hill - ■
hooks, war cutlasses, spoors, axes, hoes, &c, out'
of this ore without ihc process of smelling."
hot iron. In 1058 the death penalty was enao-led.
Under it, those who shoula return to the
colony u second time after OaJnishment, ware to
suffer deuidi.
From unwillingness to inflict death, il was
provided by a now law, 1058, lhat any person
convicted of being a ij.inker should be delivered
lo l he constable of ike town, to be stripped ' na-ked
from Ihe middle upwards, and tied to the
carl's tail and whipped through the town, and
thence to he immediately conveyed lo Ihe eon-stable
of Ihe next lown towards the border nf
our jurisdiction, and so from constable to con-stable,
lo any the outermost town, and ao be
whipped out of the colony.' In ease of return
this was to bi twice repealed. The fourth lime
Ihe convict was lo bo branded wilh the leller R
on Ihe Icll shoulder, and after that, if incorrigi-ble,
to incur the death penally. Chiefly through
the instrumentality of King William, these pen-al
laws against the tiuakers were abrogated by
royal authority, and that sect became an impor.
tan I clement in American society during the
eighteenth century."
TO MARY.
BY MHS. FRAKtlFS a- OSOOOD.
My heart goes to your wedding,
Mary, dear!
it shares your timid smiles,
And tender leur.
It wreathes the orange blossom
hi your hair,
It parts the silken curls
That cluster there.
Il -eos the blush, that changes
On your cheek,
It hears ihe vow you murmur,
Low and meek.
It breathes ils warmest blessing
Oil your way,
And prayers dial lluavon will watch
Your bndul day.
Then think, amid tho friends
That gather near,
My hoart is at'your wedding,
Mary, dear!
Origin of the Quakers.
In Lossing's Pictorial Field ltook of the Revo-lution,
(the first volume of which consisting of
IIS numbers, has just been completed.) wc find
j the following account of the origin of the Qua-
| kers. Like all else from the pen of ill author, il
is entitled to credence, as he is indefatigable iu
his exertions to give the most authentic informa-tion
:
" The Quaker sect sprang up in England about
1650, under George Fox, null received iheir
name from ihe peculiar shaking of their bodies
while preaching. They went further than the
slraitest Puritans in discarding human authori-ty
when opposed to the teachings of the Bible,
yet they were allowed full liberty of action du-ring
Ihe'protectnrale of Oliver Cromwell. They
denounced war, persecution for religious opinions,
and above all, the slavish idolatry demanded by
ihe rulers in tne Church and Slate of those under
their control. They condemned all ordained
and paid priesthoods, refused lo lake oalhs, and
thus struck a direct blow at ihc hierarchy—
They differed frnm the Puritans iu many things,
and became noxious to ihem. They derived
their system of morals and politics chiefly from
ihe New Testament, while ihe Puritans look
theirs from the more sanguinary and intolerant
modes of Iho old dispensation. Laying aside
the falsehoods of politeness and flattery, ihey re-nounced
all titles, addressed all men, high or
low by tho title of Friend, used the expressions
yea and nay, and thee and thou ; and offices of
affection and kindness m their fellow-creatures,
according to the injunction of the Apostle James,
constituted their practical religion. The Quaker
inighl he regarded as representing that branch of
the prim Hive Chaislians who esteemed Christi-anity
an entirely new dispensation, world-wide
in its object; while ihe Puritans represented
those Judaiziug Christians who could not get
rid of iho idea of a peculiar chosen people, lo wit,
themselves.
The English Puritans had warned their breth-ren
in America againsi ihesc children in hell.'
and the first appearance in the colony of Mary
Fisher, and Ann Austin, who came from llarba-iloes,
and professed the new doctrine, greaily a-fanned
the New Kngliind ihoocracy.
A special law was enacted, by which In bring
a " known Quaker" into the colony was punish-able
wilh a line of five bundled dolisra, and the
exaction of bonds to carry him back again. I ho
Quaker himself was lobe whipped twenty stripe-,
'sent lo the house of correction, and kept there
' until transported. The introduction of Quaker
I hook was prohibited, defending Quaker opinions
wne punishable with a line, and finally banish-ment;
anil in 1757 it waa enacted lhal for every
hour's entertainment given lo a Quaker, the en-tertainer
aboard lose an ear on ihe lirstconviction,
■lid the other on ihe second ; and both males
.,nd females, on tho third ronvietion wen to
have the ir tonguea boared through with, a red*
1 • •
An Elderly Lady Caught.
The taking of the Usl eeusu . his given ns i
score of capital stories, bul we do not recollm '
having stombled upon the following. We pick
ilup as an eslray, going the rounds wilhoui
credit I
List fall, a census taker, on i tour of dolyi
stoppnl al an elegant brick dwelling-house on
Western Row—the exaci location of which is no
business of ours. He was received at the door
hy a sliff, well-dressed elderly lady, who could
ho easily recognised as a widow of some yeare
standing. On learning die mission of her visitor.
the lady invited him to a seal in the hall. Hav-ing
arranr/ed himself into a working position, be
inquired for ihe uiimher of persons in the family
of ihe lady.
•• Eight, sir," replied the lady, " including
myself."
•• Very well—your age. madam !"
" My afce, sir," she replied, with a piercing,
dignified iook ; " I conceive il's nnne of your
business, what my age might be—you aro in-quieitivo.
sir."
•' Tho law compels me, madam, to take th.' .
age of every person in Ihe ward ; il is my duly
to make the inquiry."
" Well.il the law compels you to ask, 1 pre-'
suruo it will compel me to answer. I am be
[ween thirty and lorly."
•• 1 presume lhat means thirty-five t"
•• No, sir, it means no such iliing; 1 am only
ihirty-threc years of age."
" Very well, madam." said he, putting down
tl.e figures, "just as you say. Now for (he ages
of ihe children, commencing with the youngest,
if you please."
•• Josephine, my youngest, is ton yeare of
»«"•" ,,
•• Josephine—pretty name—Ion.
•' Minerva was Iwelve fast week.'1
•• Minerva—captivating—Iwrlve."
•• Clcopmra Klvira has just turned fifteen."
" Cleopatra Elvira—charming—fifteen."
'• Angelina is just eighteen, sir—just eigh-teen."
" Angelina—favorite name—eighteen."
•• My eldest, and only married daughter, air,
Anna Sophia, is a little over iwenly-fivo.1'
•■ Twcnly-fivo did you say, madam T"
•• Yes, sir. Is there anything remarkable in
her being of that age t"
•» Well, no, I cant say that there is—but is il
nol remarkable dial you should be her mother
when you were only eight years of age t"
About thai lime ihe census taker was nbserveil
sailing out of the house, closeiy pursued by a
broomstick. It was the last time he pressed a
lady to give her age.
Frogs and Chesnut Burrs.
.Many years ii|;o, a yonng man iwcnly-one
years ol age, anil whom I will call Daniel, wse
lured lo work on a farm by Mr. W , a
man of considerable note as a farmer, iu Massa-chuseiis.
Mr. W had a daughter and hi-red
girl, buih about eighteen years of age, and
Daniel being ol a steady lurtt, was nol talkative
enough lo sun Iheir fancy, and aficr trying vari
ous plans mid irieks without success, to (as tiioy
said) raise his ideas, they caught n large frog and
put il inlo Daniel's bed. On going lo bed, he
diseovircd the whereabouts of his iincorafortablo
bcd-lelluvv, and pitched bis frogship out of ihe
window, and never afterwards betrayed the least
sign of knowledge iu regard lo the joke.
About a month afterwards, Daniel found a lot
of chesnjl burrs nearly as sharp ns thistles, anil
contrived lo deposjt nearly a half peek in ihe girls
bed, and afior the girls went to their room and
had lime to undress, he took a candle, went to
ihe door and rallied the latch, when the girls pat
out their light and jumped inlo bed, and such a
squalling and screaming was seldom hoard or
seen before. Daniel now opened ihe divor and
stood in it with light in hand,
" Dan, lonneni your picluic ; I wish you were
as far beyond the light-house as you arc this
side," said Suky.
•• Why, what is the matter—have jsau any
frogs there !" said Daniel.
"Dan, if you don'i shut that door and clou
out, 1 will call Mis. \V.," continued tho same
voice.
• 1 will call her myself, if you wish," siisl
he.
■■ Daniel." Bald Anna U .. " if you will shu1
ihc do.ir ami go hack lo Ihc kiichen, there shall
he no more tricks on jokes put upon you by u>
for one six inonihs, al least."
Daniel, thinking he had punished Ihc girls
enough, shut the door anil Icll. A few moments
■Her llns, Suky fame out lo light her candfa.
" I thought you had gone to bed, Suky," said
Mrs. W.
Snky made no reply, but looked daggers at
Daniel and quickly returned, After this scrape,
Ihe fir's pui no jokes or tricks upon Daniel.
lie wet a Needy,mithftl man. saving every dol-lar
of hie earnings, and ill tit yesrs from that
lime owned a i^ooil farm : married Anna W., and
waa thret yi ire aeleetnian in ihe town, wfaieh be
afterwards represented in the State Legislature-