The Greensborough patriot [September 6, 1851]

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VOLUME XJII. GllEENSBOROUGH, N.C., SEPTEMBER 0, 1851. WHOLE NO. 643.
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PUBLISHED WEKKI.Y
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I*t my Home be a Cottage.
(t DAVin »ATK».
"(Jive me tlie firvsh, free breath of heaven,
Water pure from ilio purling stream,
Breail thai congenial toil has given,
Sleep too deep and secure to dream '
Let my home be a cottage lowly,
Standing where it is scarcely seen,
In the vale, where thu brook wind* slowly,
Down at the foot of the sloping green.
With the sentinel willow keeping
Watch by its door, where a fountain falls;
Flowers around, ami vine* all creeping
Over its gray and mossy walls.
Where ihe trees, with their boughs o'er bending
Rinj; to the enr a seedling strain ;
And bread lie'.ds around me extending
Wnvo their billowy "olden grain.
Whern sweet blossoms are hanging over
Rustic shrines, for repose and ease;
Ami where the blooming field ol clover.
Yields its sweets to the bee and breeze.
Where the eye, o'er the landscape ga'ing,
lie-its with deiishl on mead and dell
Dotted over with group* ol grazing
flocks that herd to the tinkling bell.
Faraway from the bustling cily.
Filled'wiih its weight ot wealili and woe,
Where neither pride, neglect, nor pny.
Drives back tho life stream's healthful How.
Where the weary, oppressed, and grieving,
lteuding under misfortune's darts
Bless the shelter, and fed, when leaving,
Heavier hands and lighter hearts.
There, with the friend* I love around me,
Pmwing closer alien ion's tie—
Ties dial alone to earth have! Iff] me—
la.'t me peacefully live and die.
dcriaking. and even threatened to barn up Ihe
whole concern as soon as finished, T determina-tion
which he revoked, howevor, when the con-atable
gave him :. priva^ hint that •• the Peniten-tiary
Act" applied to such cases as that. Chang-ing
hia lack he acnt to the landing for a new bar-rel
of whiskey, and aet himaelf reaolutely down
to compete WHISKEY VS. KKLH.ION. After a
week's hard labor, the tents and shelter were
completed and fenced in, and precisely on " the
Friuay before the second Sabbath in September
Ihe meeting was opened.
Father H.irlbult was now in hia glery. He
preached, prayed, exhorted, look mourners with
him to " the grove," brought them back again,
fed half a hundred at his own table, aroused others
to equal liberality, and in brief waa the soul of
the whole assembly. Much good was effected
during the first days of the meeting, but now,
in. h compels me to say, that the attractions of
Tom Bowline's grocery began to tell with fright-ful
effect. The rascal had increased his slock as
well as his attractions, and for the first time with-in
iho memory of man ho sold his liquor on a
credit. This, of course, created a tremendous in-flux
of custom.
People drank who had never drank before, and
those who always drank now drank the more.
Tipsy men began to come about ihe camp ground
and make a noise. A lady was grossly insulted.
The cow-horn, sacred as Solomon's golden trum-pet,
was roguishly plugged up and could not bo
unstopped.
.Nay. worse than lhat. two of the mourners
who were gelling on finely and were expected to
make ? profession that night, were lured away
by the emissaries of the devil and Tom Bowline,
aiid rumor said that both were drunk at the gro-cery
!
What was the remedy I The meeting was
fast losing its effectiveness, another barrel of.
whiskey was on llic road, and Tom openly de
years has been such a favored revival ground, was
founded in tho year 1838, amongst the most dis-sipated.
Cod-dcapising race that ever hunted deer
on a Sunday morning, nr got up a bran dance at
tight on the strength of it.
I wish to relate a veritable circumstance con-nected
with is origin.
The county was settled about the year 1830
by immigrants from Georgia and the Carolinas,
many of whom wcro men of considerable respec-tability
and professors of religion in their own
country. But tho speediest and mosl certain ef-fect
of a backwoods life is lo demoralize the
youiH,. Romance wrilers may say what they
will, but I have traversed the borders from Wis-consin
lo Mexico, and I should Iremble for the
purest-minded youth erer transferred from the
walks of civilization to ihe associations of a back-woud's
life. If Sabbath-breaking leads to a sin-glo
tillie of the evils declared by the Bible and
Bible commentators to grow out of it, we might
naturally look for much sin in a region where the
Sabbath becomes only a holiday—and such it is
esteemed everywhere upon the borders. The
result of all this had told powerfully upon tho
minds of the rising generation in county,
and a general slalo of irreligion and infid.lily
prevailed. No effort for many years was made
to establish a church, although the .Methodists in
their wide-spread itinerancy had not quite over-looked
ii; hut ihe visit of a Circuit rider once a
mondi, anil thai upon a week day, called out but
few, and went bul liltle way to check the enor-mous
evils of border life.
The coming in of old Parson llurlliu'.l ( 1 give
ficiiiious names) formed an era, from which dates
all subsequent iiiijHO'cmenl.
In a Iuin re article, I inteud 10 offer a full sketch
of this remarkable man, a! present will bul iulro-j
duce him to the reader with such notice as will
: enable hiiti to understand my story.
If there be a purer spirit in tin bright world to
I which he has departed I know il no!; if there
I was evor a more singular body to sustain a good
'■ soul ill this lower eslule, I have yet to discover
'it. lie was almost without education, being .--.„ „ rl
barely aide lo read a lexl in the Bible—he never ] offered to lead the way, meet the barret ana | are in jallgCr from temptation, or ihe
insidious
What's the use of delaying the denouncement.
That very night Tom was a mourner, and oh,
such a time as he had ! His wife, distracted
for him, and overwhelmed with the sense of her
own spiritual condition, nearly went deranged ;
but before daylight their united shouts rang
through the camp ground, as they professed to
have found the Lord. Next day the grocery
was closed and all hands went to gelling religion
little forward and press yoor lips to hers, and the
thing is done—dosjk make a noise over it, as if
you weie firing off percussion caps, or trying
tho water cocks of a steam engine, nor pounce
down upon it like s hungry hawk upon an inno-cent
dove, hut gently fold the damsel in yuur
arms, without deranging' ihe economy of her
tippet or ruffle, and by a sweel pressure upon
her mouih, revel in the blissfulness of your situ
The Summer Webs.
THE summer webs that float and shine,
The rummer down ihat fall,
Though light they be, this heart of mino
Is lighter still than all.
It tells me every cloud is past
Which lately seemed lo lour ;
That Hope hath wed young Joy at last,
And uoa-'s their nuptial hour !
With light thus round, within, above,
With nought to wake a sigh,
Kxcept the wish, that all we love
Were at this inomen! nigh,—
l! seems as if life's brilliant sun
Hud slopped in full career,
To make this hour iis brightest one,
And rest in radiance hew.
—^"■^■r
From Arthur's Home l,u/ctle.
SHILOH CAMP GROUND.
nV A TRAVEM.IXr. N VTt'ltAUST.
In- - county, Slate of
Camp Ground, famous, in Ihe
is Shiloh
ala of rentals,
as the scene of more conversions than any other
in the Slate. For twelve years Ihev have aver-aged
ihe animal number of fifty, and if this coun-ty
is remarkable for the number of iis churches
and the respectability of its inhabitants, it is in a
great degree owing to iis influence.
Year after year, the •• Friday hefore the second
Sabbath in September," witnesses a general in-gathering
of wagons from^all parts of the neigh-borhood,
each loaded with an invoice of beds,
cooking utensils, household furniture, servants
and children. Camps, solitary for a twclve
month or only tenanted by such swine and cat-tle
as run at large, are now to be purified and
repaired for tin- annual meeting; roofs lobe re-shingled,
wails clap-hoarded, ramp bedsteads
propped up, and stout poles bung over the fire
ranges.
The " Shelter " is to -eeeivedue attention, for
the "Stand" has cot rickety, the last year's
straw mouldv, and the seals toppling. The
spring is to be cleaned out and the skeleton of
that miserable ox that drew his weary limbs to
the spot lo die, is to be removed. The fences
also need overhauling, the dried leaies must be
raked into heaps and burnt, and as old Penan
llurlhuu used emphatically to express it, Ms
heap ol lixiins wanted to be done all over the
ground."
By ten o'clock there is a dozen ot' .six-mulc-wagons
on the spot, ami three tunes lli.it num-ber
of stalwart blacks ready for ihe •• fix.n*."—
In a region where every man is a round carpen-ter,
hlacksmtli and mason, things mow rapidly
on and echoes fork ring in ihe lops ol these laU
black oaks as ihe discordant sounds of ijfec
hammers, mauls and hoes mingle their din.—
Precious lillle like the BttlhtfCS observed at the
building of Ki- 2 Solomon's Temple, bul quite a;
effectual, nevertheless.
Before three in ihe afternoon all is gelling
quid in ihe way of labor. _ The •• Kills," wilb a
new shin-rl- inserted hero and there in the roof,
and a while pine plank in ihe door curiously con-trasting
with the dingy hue of the original mate-rials,
look much like aunt Sally's last year's
bonnel with fresh ribbons trimmed. The •' Shel-ter
" newly strawed, firmly benched, stonily
I undertook a chapter—am: a will-memorized'stave it in. A constable
hymn. His l.u.gu.go was perl'ecllv heathenish | were present agreed not to see il if he wou d un-iu
iis sinieiure. but in its spirit heavenly. Those dertake it, but Parson llurlbutt strenuously op-who
remember lum well describe him as coining | posed all manner of violence, declaring he had
to hia place of appointment wall saddle-bags in j never known any good to result from such a
hand, ill positing lliem under the ■• aland," kneel- ( course.
in:,- lo pray silently for a moment and then rising
lo go lo work.
lie always commences by singing •' W hen 1
! can read my title clear," and Ine nine, the only
tune that hi- thought it could be sung lo, was
••Ninety-fifth." Then he would road a hymn
from Ins book, generally the one commencing—
•• Alas, and did my Saviour bleed," and next
would follow a prayer in such fervid style, with
such appealing tones and such earnest ejacula-tions,
thai none but the mosl hard-hearted could
resist it.
The prayer being ended, without silling down
for an mslani, he pronounced his lexl and com-menced
preaching. It was once jocularly ob-
Lcad us not into Temptation.
There is a world of wisdom in the arliclo be-clared
ho would maintain the credit system as j )ow_ wm(.|, wc Pu, fr„m ,|,c .\>t(i York Hail-long
as ihe camp meeting lasted. road Gazelle. The admonition might be applied
Various plans were proposed, some brethren j ,„ ,housands of cases, besides those which Ihs
suggesting violence, and one, ihe thin-faced one, ^ vrlUT (,„, s0 happily introduced. Those who
'""*• slto/berrM. ,nd ' arc in danger |w,',
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h0 .approach of evil are generally the very last to
perceive their peril; or, if they arc aware of it,
they underrate the danger, and overran- their own
power or cleverness in averting or escaping It.
The safe rule, and the scripture one, is to avoid
every appearance of evil—lo distrust ourselves.
Leave the miller to God,dear brethren, said „ -Fhou shn„ „0l lemill ,||C jj0r,| ,|,v Qoli.» iia.
the patriarch, "and let us firsl iry Ihe to* 0T|U( s4fan makec UC ,ndlffcrcnl lo things which
jovc." J once would have moved our apprehensions, and
Each man bclnok himself lo secret prayer, and impuniiy in small risks leads us to incur great
then the old man was observed lo place ihe pill- ones :
pit Bible under his arm and direct his course lo- , „ i|ave yOU evcr Bi„od. my friend, upon a rail-wards
the grocery. Many unpleasant scenes sa- , roaj lracKi „„,] watched ihe cars ss they ap-luted
his eyes bul he observed them not. There | proacilc(i f How stealthily and cat-like they
was a church member leaning upon tho corner ' crcep up0n yOUi nn,i| in a moment they are gone!
of Ihe building very sick indeed. There was j -|.0 m)e Ending 3t some distance, lliey present a
oneofthe stray mourners keeping the flies off {,|;fferenl appearance. He is aware of iheir rapid
would over a roast duck.
The church member was re-admitted and got | alion, without smacking your lips on it as you
happy again, and the two mourners found relief.
Tom e partner left the county, swearing that
thoy were all a pack of fools together, and nine
years afterwards died in ihe penitentiary. The
camp-meeting was protracted ten days, and ihen
the " Shiloh Camp (■round" was named and
dedicated lo the service of God hv the grateful
tears of one hundred and twenty-four converts,
and the burning tip of all the liquors in Tom
Bowline's grocery.
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Frederika Bremer on Married Men.
The Boston Alias says thai Benedicks should
make the accomplished Swede their best bow,
and give her a piece of plate, la token orfheir
thanks for tho following hearty tesUmony in their
favor as a class. Moreover, they should all join
fervently in the wish that her iimc may come
soon, to enjoy what she appears Co fully to
appreciate, ihe value of a good married man.
She says:
"1 confess, then, that I never find, and never
have found, a man more loveable. more captiva-ting,
than when he Is a married man, A man is
never so handsome, never so perfect, in my eyes,
as when he is married—as when he is a husband,
and the faihor of a family—supporting in his
manly arms wife mil children, and the whole
domestic circle, which, in his entrance into die
married slate, closed around him, anu constitute
a part of his home and his world. He is not
merely ennobled by this position, but he is actu-ally
beautified by il. Then he appears to mo as
the crown of creation ; and il is only such a man
as this who is dangerous to me, and with whom
I am inclined to fall in love. Bui then propriety
forbids il. And Moses and all European legis-lators
declare il to be sinful, and all married wo.
men would consider it a sacred duty to stone
mc, Nevertheless I cannot prevent the thing.
II is so and cannot be otherwise ; and my only
hope of appeasing those who are exciicd.egstnst
me is in my further confe-sion, that n<7*sr)vu nf-ferls
me so pleasantly ; the contemplation of no
happiness makes mc so happy, as thai belwc.n
married people. It seems lo mc that I, living
unmarried, or matelcss, have with dial happi-
A Quaker Wedding;.
Married in this city yesterday, at a Quaker
Meeting House, on F'lfth sircot, Mr. IttMtv SHIP-LEY,
of this city, to Miss HANNAH D. TAYLOR, of
Newport.
A large company assembled at the unostenta-tious
church of the Society of Friends ycalrrday
at 11 o'clock, lo witness so unucual an occurrence
as a Quaker wedding. As the spirit moved us
lo be present, we propose to give a description
of the ceremony. It was a regular monthly meet-ing
of the Friends, a small though highly respec-ted
Society worshipping regularly at the house
above mentioned. When we arrived, ihe church
was nearly filled with youug ladies who had been
attracted there by curiosity, their gay dresses
contrasting strongly with the sober drab of tho
three or four rows of Quaker ladies occupying
seals on the oposiie side of Ihe bouse, and front-ing
the main audience. The shad-hellier. and
broad-brims slipped quietly into the seals in the
men's division of the house, and commenced
their silent communion with thcirown spirits and
the spirits of the unseen world. After a half an I uess Hide lo do j but il is so. and H always wi- -
hour's profound silence, there was some appear-ance
of uneasiness among the spectators. Wc
wcream.i-ed at a whispered conversation between
a country girl and her more knowing city com-panion.
•• What tin those Women wear such awful look-ing
bonnols for! They look like half hornet's
nesi, half coal scuttle."
" Hush ; that's Ihe Quaker fashion."
•• Where is the pulpil '" said Ihe first men.
tinned.
"The quakers hove no pulpit."
" Where is their minister f"
"They have no minister."
" Who preaches then ?"
'•All nf iheni. or any of thet&t jusl as they
happen to feel."
' •• Why don't the mcrling begin ?"
•• Hush up : the meeting has been began this
half hour."
Why, nobody has said a
Rights and Wrongs of Women.
In these wonderful days when so msny are
insisting on ladies' rights, and complaining of
ladies' wrongs, especially bemoaning the submis-sions
which are unreasonably exacted, it may be
well to take into consideration the following par-agraph
showing Ihe submission they exact from
Ihe men:—
'• When the simple question of superiority is
at issue, the men always have lo give np. If
ladies and gentlemen meet on tho side walk, who
have lo turn out! If there are nol seals enough
for all ihe company, who has to stand up ?—
When there is danger to face, who must go for-ward
I If Ihero is curiosity to gratify, who goes
behind ? If there is too much company for Ihe
first table, who cais it the second f Who hac
i , ., I always the right hand and the mnsl respectable
ord, and those , posjllon , w<_ coM mcnljon ^ hmdf£ 0[hcr
men opposite have got .heir hats on. _ |^jn whic||i 0[) ,he B|||
•• Never mind, somebody will speak soon, pro- ey„y ,hJBg js yMM lQ ,,,£ Jig"" mfS\
vided the spirit moves them, and thy always
wear their hats in church."
"Oh, 1 know; they ar-} wailing for the bride
and groom."
No, indeed; they have been here half an
are many cases in which the condition of men i,
still worse. For instance, if on any public occa-aion
a pew at church, or a seat any where, bo]
occupied by men ever so respectable or aged,
Ihe other stray mourner and bolh stray mourn- ! moliont anu ia amazed atlhefoolhardiiicss which " "»■ ">0tM; mey nave occn nere nail an , ,mlrky ,ilue („,„„, lrjps ,,„, anu pre8en„ ner 1
crs quite upsv. The bowling-alley was in an ,,„ in lneir lh. L, , ph,losophical prin- ''our don t you see them silting directly oppo- „,,,„ ,ne of „,„ jl](], r^ a| 1
uproar of balls. A general smell of spirits per- "J^ thj, „ eaai| cxp|ain(,d. In the former *•« '''»« handsome young man in gold specs | up anj c,clt ou, „ tf|. ||a(, g^^ ^
vaded Ihe premises, and went lo ihe good man s ' iljon. lhc car8 move ,„ ihe direel line of vis- »"'' *• lad)' D"'ue '"">• ureased ,n Pla,n whlle I pecially ought to be noticed, that when matrimo-
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s he cared lillle for dial logical arrangement iui
plied in lhc scleciion of a text; but lew ol his
hearers thought ol lhat after he liccanio warmed
wi'h his subject.
His standing inuctives were directed against
man's \ ill ingratitude to God as evidenced by his
pride, discontent and passion, while his warmest
appeals were to man's graiitudc for countless
blessings enjoyed. He did no
p anil walked in. nau a ouniu-sucii i y,^ approach-.
exploded die consternation had nol been greater. irj|to.Wr3eh they subtend. In thelattcr posil
Tom Bowline started in amazement. Top • | ,|le lraj„ moVcs across the line of vision, and in
served of his style that "if his i-Xl had tho small- i hrarl_ ,ml Falhcr iiur|huU braved il all, boldly , jon_ and lnc ,.||ief nn,ic(, w|,jr|, uie Cj.e lakcs of 1 » nial negotiations are. to be maun, thai the whole a,in-pox
his sermon woidd never catch it, and truth |kc(| ml „l,ed-U*. Had bomb-shell „ ; approaches from the slow increase of the, " I want to know il Ibal s lliem ; •"»>■ "O"': burden of performing tho delicate and often very
,,„„,! look Quakerish a bit, should like to know who a , en,barra„!„g parl JmM„g „„„,„„,, |. lhm/n
,1 ;„ ', irrjooiinngg ttoo mmaarrv Ihem r U,.„p„o„n t.,h,„e _m„e„n, _wthiitle. ,thh„e „w,o„m„_e.n. si•t, and■ say no,
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I MM mil. urn- oi.iiii ■■„i [np Irani moves across un- line ui *.,i,'ii, ou<i in -j — . , . ,, ■ -, •«,- «... ><■ », ,.,ic »uc >, oiiico ail anu nay no,
partner tillered an expletive that involved the loss a,|,|j,jon ,„ ,|le Very rapid increase of the angle } " Nobody ; they II inarrv themselves. I„„_ „,, , „ img aJ ,| jy^ anJ never
of vision. Tom's associates who were playing whlch j, M,b,ends. the eye marks also the fright. , " Ma"y themselves! .well, why in ihe work. : „„„, Uley havo , mind ,„ .,
a game of poker, slopped lhc sport and gazed. fu| a w;lh wnlc|l „ pas,0(object, both inler- j «» »*■)! ur8ln , « lial "' «"9 ,wa,lln8 'or' ^—^^^^^.-^
bul the Paraoa as cool as a cucumber, offered Vc,lmg and beyond. The inexperienced, nav. . "» amng lor the spinl lo move. ci-.«r—«n,
Ihe compliments or the .lav and sat-'own. asking lhp ,,racii,cd e've ihcrcfore. often misjudged of ! Another half hour was passed in solemn si-
».— --•■••—-. (or - glass of water. It was brought him with . |||C ,',,„ ;, ma . a Ml, speclacle his bam '•»«•• al lhc end of which time the bnde and
no: often speak ol ,ril»,,v ,hc bar-keeper, who had slyly put a produC(.,i ,,y ,|,e delay of those who thought there , bridegroom rose, facing the audience, thebr.de-ct
CO hackneyed by K^ ()| -wlli,kev in iu Aflor a fcw ,ip8 the old 'wa,i yyee,t,lii,m11e0een,1o0„u„ghh. | gnnan. pronouncing the lollowing:-
The safest rule. '.hen.
down.
the terrors ol hell, that subjc
mere cxhoriers, hut » hen lhc course ol bis sub- j,,.,,,!,.,,,.,,, opened his business by remarking thai | •j-|'l0 saft.sl ru|c. ihen. mv friend, which we can
ject led him lo il his style of description made III j^ DB|1 „|„L.rll,,| wll|, regret the absence of the | g;vc vou ;a ,|,e mailer is,-' Never stand upon the
appear lernhle indeed, and I once observed row | j,,^,^.^,.,, |r„n, his meelipgc, and feared lhat as , ,rrck." You may siand there many limes, and
u| row ala camp-meetiDg With faces pale-1JJ^-WM (j|C nrBl oarap-meeling ever started in ; jrPam 0fno danger. But in some ill-faied mo-blanched
under his awful ideal. ,||eir VRIiaily they had possibly misunderstood i m,.nl, t|,c lrai„ may wind around some neighbor-add
10 this sketch, a perleel equanmiity Of ^unngtmmit and « ere wailing lor an inviia- j ing curlCi and steal suddenly upon you, and then
mind, a sweet voice, an angelic expression ol lj()M So he had called over lo invite them and | a ||U|0 lrepidalion—a slight mi-step—a slip of
e, and a heart as liberal as lliu^suii. | |o a-sun, ,,,,,„, ln,| || was a free thing, as free as l)ie |0ol_and we shudder lo think of your crush-a
borbaeue, and he hoped they would so receive J Bj am| uiccding body.
it. He offered them the hospiialiiy of his own j Ps-hsps, uow, my Ira veiling friend, as you tit
lent if liiev would come, and named the hour, - qUilc at yuur ense in vour well-cusfiinned car,,
earls cai.iilclighiing. ! reading (wilb interest, we hope.) Ihe I/ailwad of the assembly Ihe bride
All Ibis was done In such a SOBtabU way lhat ,;a,rllfi ,.ou are congratuliiing'voiirsell thai j "gotrtoret. An elder ol the church then read
, ihe company gradually reoovered Iron their fright,, vou ,,re u.ry cau{MU,. and rMuire so such warn- I *« document alnut In ihe audience. It -els for...
had left all things to bring the gospel lo lilts per-1 nm, i)m. o|||||, p|,lve„ ,|, |v dropped lhc Jack of ;,,„. Slill I say with all soberness, "Don't stand | *al UlS parlies bad it a regular monthly mowing
isliing people. ! Hearts into ihe old gi nlhinan's hat. as a proof ,poB U»Itook." Vou cannot avoid all the evils i preceding, signified their iiilenlion ol marriage.
lli-lirsiaciion wasrharacieristic oflhc man, lo( j,. ||,0 husin.ss being so happily ended [gjjif,. Perils are around you on every hand. (the society had approved ol In* •
for the very da) he arrived and before a lent pole | ,|1Pir „„, Bl ar„«c, made -i few kind enquiries con
I had been driven, lie rode five miles to t "gander eerning Tom's wife, who had received many ft
' pulling." to make an app.iini.nc.il for preaching ! (on fr,„„ inni during her last illness, shook a
Ihenext Sabbath al his own lent door. Within I kindlv by the hand, and went lo thu door.—
ol I
counienane., ! _ !.. " "
and you will form a Taint idea ol •• OM man Hurl-1
butt.1'
What had brought him from middle reOB.es-I
see lo thic .-nl-i.l-lhc-w.iy section was a secret lo '.
all hut his family : they understood lhat •• the
Macedonian crv " Had reeehed him and that he |
Sleeping Flovo-ers,
Almnsl all llowers sleep during the night.—
The marigold goes to bed wilb the sun and with
hiui rises weeping. Main plants aro so sensi-
I, in Ihe pretence of Clod, and of this assem- ,|vt. {U.dX lncir |e.lv,,, close'diirmg Hie pa-sago of
lily, take this woman lo be my wedded wile, pro- , , dolll|_ T||0 .i.,,,,!,.!^,, „.„.„, a, ,-„.„ or 8IX in
misiiig. with div.no assistance, to be to her a ] lllf miirllingi an,| 5hula al „lnn ,„ thl. cvf„jn)(
la.il.lul and a loving hus'iar.d, as long as we both j -j-,ln .. gltM; be.lrd - waaeB at ||irci, j,, lhl. lnor.
shall live. ning, and shuts HI live or aix in tfie afternoon.—
The bride then in a vo.ee somewhat faltering T,|t, oon,.non daisy shuts up iis blossom in the
repeated a similar declaration, and both aal |aMnlBjg eDd opens iis "day'ssyo" to meet tho
early beam of the morning sun. The crocus.
I'wo young men of ihe Sociely then placed w|ip .|1|(| n|.1||V „,(,„„ r|,„e ,|lpi, blossoms, at
before ihen. a small ..hie containing a huge parch- , aj(Termi, hours towsrde evening. The ivy !eav-ment
scroll, which ihev opened, and in presence : (,j |(.l||]rl, oftnu ,,„,,,, ,„ lho Bramintf and
*••' | closes lo.cver al four in the aflernoou.
The night-flowerinc eereus turns nigl.t into
day. Il begins to expand its rflOgnisjcenl tvvecr
sccnlgd blnsaonjs iu Ihe Iwiliniii, n i^ ltd! blown
at n.idu.gl.i, and closes never to open again, with
ol inc. i mil, nir *I"UIIII i u» VII , -, . , ...... . . - t.h..-e I—LIH^I.I, o..l. i«l„u^v., I.n...a. cwl—ov..e..r f..iwe.lwd n..o..t. au ■f■e at
•"•• ButIhereare calamities, which, solo speak, more I "heir joint declarations and signatures they had opBBi „„„, a,„,r ,„nr,s,. |
'•'■ iarightlau*. Don't plain yonraclf in their arrived al a "lull accomplishment ol■ i.inr .men- | s,. says a eelehraicd English aiilhnr, who h
1,11 I path.'iiiid ilclv them. Don't stand in their track "ons." He ihen rolled that all the Friends were ,|rvol0,| m„ch lime to the study of plains, a
j and disregard them. hinted lo sign as w.messes after lhc close of lhc ol e , w.„chej ,|,..„, jn ,|„.ir quisl alumbers. Tin
has
nd
Ihree mouths he had built a log church with what' Slopping' there for an instant, as if iu reflection, | Pefhap's at the very lasl nation, vou refreshed j meeting
lillle asslalancc c few neighbors rendered, whose he lamed back and asked the crowd .1 lliey weru | ,„ yoll ca|, j,j ,|,e inner man with some strong I Alter a few minutes more ol nines the iievviv
pride more than (hair religious enterprise *is a- i„illin- he should pray for usm I Anotheralart p„,a,i„n. My friend, if so. yoa are standing J "smsd sotuilcssddealy toss and lantneoosron,
roused, to see that he should nol build it alone. . „[ as,nilishiiiei.l I Tom was spocchles was .. ,,„ ,|lc ,rark," w|,Uo ,|,e great car of retribution ' »'",1„w''^,' l;'"""''l.l..l'>^ ■'" .I""l -f.""!.'!"!
Prom that lime Parson llnrlhutt ranked as j his partner, so were ihe poker players, so was comr, tln.ndcriiig on—moving in a rigid line—
Iriarch of the coanty. officiating at all rnarri- Ihe barkeeper. Taking Iheir sdeosarfor concent, epproaahiog w.ih stoad* and rapid wl.celi
orried out soul and body by ! Ihs Parson opened Ins book, laid ilcarclully ou „ „„, |lcar down and crush you i
plants which s.te.r. to be awake all n.gbt. he styles
" .he bale and nwls of the vegetable k.ugdufn."
Will
de nieclin'."
Now ihe preachers begin to fall in, in compa-nies
oflvvos and three*. Not slaiehed am! ruled
and grim are these forest apostles; don't you
believe a word of it! There isn'l a merrier set
of men on this sphere than our camp-meeting
preaehera when off duty ; nor one thai possesses
a keener appreeiauon of a joke.
Horn hftnccll couldn't ask fur a heller set of
listeners than they are between sermons. If you
doubt the fact, hearken lo that guffaw thai rings
ftom under die dogwood yonder, where the lal
man is trying his horse.
The fat man is .he oldssl prsaehsr in the coun-ty,
and the guffaw is the ... ei -i.iry eooSeqUSOCS
of the story that the linn-laced gentlemen told
him, said thin-laced gentleman being by odds
the greatest revivalist m lbs laud. No. no—
these laborers can preach and pray -ixlieu bsajtl
in succession, and none more aneeessfolly : but.
when at play, don't expect lo hear hymns and
homilies from them ; if jou do you'll be mista-ken.
This •• Shiloh Camp Oround," which for Inn
mg " gander pulling," by proposing •• to
God's blessing on the occcsion."
It is.me lhat many a plot was contrived a-1 flies and
gainst Inni. but ihe conspirators bad better SSI
their owni.eads off ihan to molest one so uni-versally
esieemed, for the very women would
have defended their favorite preacher if an un-hallowed
hand had been uplifted against him
ry sick around lhc corner got over his qualms
and knell down. The two mourners forgot Ihe
knelt loo. Some of the preachers at
the lenis, guessing from these signs that there
was a scene wiihi.i came running up and render-r
d efficient aid by a rrM ammunition of " amens!"
Oh, it was a sight, that foul grocery, lo have en-listed
lbs sympathies of the angels. Tom cried
i'he crowning event in the l.fcolTarson Hurl-1 like a child—ssoo ddiidd his partner—so did his ns-buiiwas
the establishment of •• Shiloh Camp sociaies—so did ihe barkeeper. Al lasl the
(j,„„n,l •• I praver ended and all arose. Father llurlbutt.
The situation oftlltsJ now well known spot wnii streaming eyes, shook each hand fervently|
was peculiatly unfavorable for a religious enter, urged upon Ihem lo come thai night and hear
prise.
There was a liquor shop within sight. I'anked
by a bi.wl.ng-allcy, and not a professing Chris-tian
in the w bole neighborhood. These obsta-cles,
however,only stimulated lhc old man lo ....
Inn. prsash, and then lhc meeting adjourned.
The game of poker was broken up, for Father
llurlbutt bad carried off the Jack of Hearts in
I.is hat and had left a general disgust at the game
behind him. The barkeeper used his coal-cuffs
0. rl ikS something'lor their good, and on one hot j —he had no handkerchief—all lhat evening
ViiBii-l morning. Tom Bowline, the liquor seller. Tom's partner checked htasell in ihe only oath
waa horrified to behold him at the head ofa large ha attempted, although ihe eat did knock oil the
.any, black and white, gathered lo build'up ad
ramp ground on lhc slope near the "Big Spring.
lb- advised."my friend. Il is nol always easy
lo know when you are standing "on the track,
and yet Due it is. that ij you stand there, vou are
in danger, Be vigilant, therefore. Look well to
ihe ground on which you plant your feel, and
forget nut for ycl these many d:.)s, our parting
words, •• Don't stand upon the track."
I'he audience was well pleased with the ter-rmony,
which we ilnnk was the most sensible
wc ever witnessed.—BbuhuUH Xonjiareil.
Hymn.
The bird let loose in Ka-tern skies,
ll.-iunnng fondly home,
Ne'er -toon-to serin her wing, nor (lies
Where idle wail-lers roam.
bul high she shoots through air and light,
Above nil low delay:
When nothing earthly bounds her flight,
Nor shadow films her way.
CH) grant me, Gad, Irom every snaie
Ol .-infill passion nee,
Aloft through Faith's serenei air
To hold my course loThce.
Xo sin to cloud, no Inreto slay
My soul,as home she springs;
Tin annshins on her joylul way,
Thy freedom on her wings.
The best power to advance ll
young lady, is. when she lias in her countenance
mildness in Mr speech wisdom, in her behaviour
modesty, and in her life virtue.
Tom d. rl .red all manner of wraili against the un-ilccanler.
and the deciliter did break
Tom himself ■sent down to tho bouse lo talk
to bis wife.
Kissing.—A correspondent ol the Wilming-ton
Herald says that the following rules have
been adopted by middle aged married gentlemen
when they assume the privilege of kissing their
young and prelly cousins. They certainly ceerff
lo have formed a very accurate eoneeptioo of lhc
proper manner in which this innocent luxury
should be enjoyed : We are ofieu]lc.npted lo laugh irumoderalel
Of course you must be taller than the lady you at certain peculiarities in others, without rellect-intend
to kiss—lake her right hand in yours, ing ilia: our different method* of doing things
and draw her gently lo you. pass your left arm may appear quite as ludicrous lo ihem.
over her right shoulder, diagonally down aero-*
her bai k, under the left arm, press her lo your Oif elle.-uid method of ruining a young per-bosom.
at the same lime she will throw her head son, is to trcai him or her as an alien in the bo-
A Gocd Man's Wish.
I freely confess lo yo» lhat 1 would rather,
when I am laid down in ills grave, have some
one in hi* manhood aland over ine and say :
"There lies one who was a real f.iend lo me,
anu privately warned me of the dangcis of ihe
young; no ono knew it, bul he aided mc in the
time of need; I owe whai I am lo him;" or
would rather have some widow, with choking
utterance, telling her children : " Tin re is your
friend and mine. He visited me iu my affliction,
and found you, my son. an employer, and you.
my daugiuer, a happy home in a virtuous fami-ly."'
1 say, I would lather lhat such persons
should sland at my grave, thr.n to have erected
over it the most beautiful cenlptured monument
of Parian or Italian marble. The bean's bro-ken
utterance of reflections of past kindness, and
tears of grateful memory shed upon the grave,
are more valuable, in my estimation, ihan Ihe
most cosily cenotaph ever reared.—Dr. Skarp.
I (
back, and you havo nothing to do bul to lean a sum of ihe I'amflt
The Itoeheslcr Times says wo could never
f understand lho rear-on why ihe man who sell* a
. nn..»,»»-«»^ yard ofciolh, or a hoe, or an a\.-. or a pair of
shoes is regarded by ihe eomouniiy as a belter
or more re*peciab!e man than he who roads i';
nor he who sells a barrel of flour, or -hips it off
to another country, ihan he who raises ihe wheat
|,from which ii «:.* mannfietared.
•• I remember." »ays the celebrated Wesley,
" hearing my rather say to my lumber, • How
could vou bars the patieneo to tell lhat blockhead
the same Ih.ng twvulv lime* over V—• Why."
said she. • if I had lord him ban nineteen times, I
ahould have lost all my hhor.' "