y " keep a check upon all your ) rcleks s new series vo this and liberty is safe < gen'i harrison ( volume viii—number 29 the carolina watchman by throwing themselves into l pa and being picked up by a third boat the whale was then harpooned fn.m the ship itself which he instantly attacked mruck her with tremendous riolence shaking her from stem to stern she quivered under ihe violence of the shock as if she had struck upon a rock ! capl debiois immediately descended into i!,r f>rca«:!e and there to his horror discovered thai the monster had struck the ship abqut two feet from the keel abreast the foremast knocking a gre.'.t hole entirely through her bottom,through which the water ni>he,i impetuously ! she sunk in a few hour the crew taking to their boats wiih scarcely any provisions i r water two davs after they fell i;i wi;h a ressel which took ihefii^dii board this i a wonderful instance ol ihe pnverof the whale ll"ns rear two doturs-payable in |, fs , f/jr p aid£advance two dollars fed car|l dfor the first and 25 cm ■ . . than these rates alib lo^wl advertise by the year i ... i must^eposnpaid kjhabcth wilson bv l maria child is founded upon facts which oc ' : ,.'..;. r part of the eighteenth century ■ re8t i in the memory of many k i county pennsylvania u wilson was one of humble i e^lctable parentage from in ■ -' ' v v a s remarked ior beauty and a l nervous organization her bro ■ f|lc william two years older was like ■ k an dsome child with a more stur m*i vinous frame he bad a gentle l v heart which expended its affec ■ -' | a visbly on his mother and lit ■ ' m in t'k-i'r early years lizzy was | f t s'2ant shadow if he went to the ■ is , oha nl lor eggs the little one was ■ '•-.' run prattling along with him hand h ■' , ' j j pelted walnuts from the wa s sure to be there with her lit pick ibem up they sat on ■ e bench to eat their bread ■ . an d with the first fcjack knife , v r owned the affectionate hoy carv | •, t he letters w and e or william et h the sister lavishly re b ' . | ove . j a pie was baked for ■ would never break it till willie i | s harei and she would never go m unless her arms were about his : h p u wr mother a woman of tender heart ng temper took irreat delight in i ',,. isome children o;ten when she i i out to gafher chips or brush she | [ .,] to look in upon them as they sat < ue bench feeding each other from j ■ r little porringers ol bread and milk i i cros lights from a side-window threw ' em a reflection of the lilac bushes ■ .. t t hej seemed seated in a flowering ■ t()ve it was the only picture the poor k ,,. bad ; hut none of the old masters j k^j.'.mi-e equalled its beauty w i\e earliest ami strongest development k lu s character was love she was fcjis'carrying her kitten or twining h-rarns about willie's neck or leaning ■: ber mother's lap begging for a kiss h lozen times a day she would look earn k : i into her mother's eyes and inquire h st beseechingly " does you love your ■: -,{>. liz/v '." and if the answer did not k :/ h promptly as usual her l»ehutil'ul j b rtkvn iliiitivr in their expression kail begin to s*im with tears this strong necessity of loving which soper h ifjc nature ol woman the fair child ( h i from her gentle mother and :;. ! r loo inherited a deficiency 1 of ■■::,:.'--. wliicii uc11 natures have double h lo be every thing and do every h ... lor those she lovrd whs the para h unl law ol her existence i such a being was of course born for even in infancy he discerning \ h might hlreadysee its prophetic shad | h resting on hprexpressive countenance i be first great affliction ol her hie was b/.'hih oi her mother when she was b wkivijm hrrdelicnte nerves were h teil s the blow k11 i were never af j b^ikn fully restored to health the | hfvi body of her beloved mother with i br ■ c.r.r.v on her eye lids was so awful b :::':"■-<•',! on her imagination that the b lowed her everywhere even in ■ rdiehtns as she slept tears often j b ti from her tremulous eye-lashes and i p visions made her start and \ i im there was no gentle voice near the her perturbed spirit ; none to row an angel's shining robe over the s spectre that lay so cold and stiff ) b ' balls ol memory her father fed bis children and caused them : to read and write it did not w to him that any thing more was in :"! in parental duty of clothing thr raind.or food lor the heart he knew ; w - lor ins nun had never been cloth ! ■■■■■ he came weary from daily «« bis supper dozed in his chair ' ■ . ■ and then sent the children to bed [ pw times after the death of his wife ■ '.. rj lus daughter but she never ■ r'-d to look into his eyes and ask • ( 1'ou love your little lizzy wil f her only consolation and all he b was to weep passionately with ihji r ever3thing which reminded them i n vf as usual reflected back the im ■ . lhat soul that gazed upon her to i ; xcitt-d mind everything appear ■ i^rious and awful and all sounds k eat0 wail and sigh the rustling of ■ esin the evening wind went thro b p he voice of a spirit ; and when b s j ere bright she would hide b ; jj n her brother's bosom and whis b ;" ile h«ar,i wish the moon would b so f ookln s at me she seems to b to me ami it makes me ■;:• j*fp«ble souls have felt thus b r ;- ir '> wl»en under the influence of i j lhe deepest silence • g doth fall hi and quiet y so like a pall e,e ended b eiit we come to all fld»o st lbe e o w feehng ' l0 s in^>lged ■ bodi ¥ f ueotnerwise than injurious to b .' t h an e riginall >' delicate the severhv t*t became subject to fits ■ life a wlllch at limes threatened m isiieous c 0 ° t ing^lofthesespasms ■"'■■ a--mha v ld b ewi»dered looks lallheendofav where ismy mother t sw ov er th i ef rhr"mportant change fc ve4rnoth n yh0useh0ld ' astr s iwa u'as introduced her h er get.c tread so different b^ied donrtet hnd timid mother's i)qor^y her heart more how different the moon seemed to lizzy now ! earth's spectra robe had changed to a veil of glory her bonnet had fallen back and the evening breeze played gent ly with her ringlets in soft insinuating tones the young man said '• will you not give me that litile curl i asked you for v she blushed deeply and answered in her child-like way i cannot give you that because my mother used to kiss it so of ten " no wonder she kissed it he re plied ; - it looks so roguish lying there on the pretty cheek and before she was aware of it he had kissed it too trem bling and confused she turned to open the gate but he held it fast until she had pro mised the next time he came she would give him one of her curls poor lizzy went to bed at night with an intoxicated heart when she twisted her hair at the glass next morning she smiled and blushed as she twined the fa vorite ringlet more carefully than ever she was so childishly happy with her pret ty little curl ! the next sunday evening as she sat at the window she heard the sound of a flute he had promised to bring his flute ; and he had not forgotten her she listened—it came nearer and nearer through the wood her heard beat audibly for it was indeed the handsome dark-eyed stranger to be continued comparative table shewing the number of wagons and other vehicles passing the toll gate on hat/mount f <§• iv plank ri>n<i for the g months ending oct 1 l^ol and oct.i 1851 : isoo 1851 april 647 1124 may 7<j4 872 june 629 594 july 589 749 aug 66g l(j:is sept 720 1224 4045 5g01 fay ob statistics of wagons we are indebted to mr rose of lhe plank road office for the fob lowing statement showing a very large increase of lhe number of vehicles passing lhe toil gate for six months of this year over the correspon ding six months of last year :— proposed division oforegom a movement has lately been set on loot by the settlers in oregon territory which baa lor its object the organization of a separate terri torial government for that portion which lies to the north of the columbia river ii is t i»h calit-d the columbia territory and throughout its vast extent is well adapted !>> agriculture commerce and manufacturing the total ab sence of all municipal law and civil otlicers the yreat distance lioui he seat ol the present government am the isolated mtu.it ion of tbia pail of the territory therefrom ami many oth er reasons are urged as i«i the propriety ol thu organization l a separate territoi ial govern nielli for the promotion o ill is object a con vention ot twenty live delegates assembled al caroliiz lewis county i the j'.t i of august ami alter discussing the matter unanimously adopted the following resolution : " that a cammittee i three be appointed by the president of ihe convention (•» prepare a suitable memorial on that u''j'-ct t congress and that ttie same l>e forwarded to the 1 > legate in congress from oregon territory requesting him to use his influence lo procure the organi zation of a separate territorial government previous to the s t i<»n of the convention a committee on districts and counties having been appointed ihe territory north ul th 1 columbia river was divided into twelve counties with well prescribed boundaries the convention is lo meet again at olympia some lime about ihe middle of next may ih.'re lo form a s re convention preparatory to a-k admission into the union a one ol ilie s^uies thereof provided lhat congress as not at thai lime r ganized a territorial government nat int rat catchers t hers of the city of paris have jum held a meeting al the hotel de ville ; : h i r deliberations were presided uver l>v the iiupectoi ol highways u h > also exercises jurisdiction ovei the g i rs and sew ers the object of the meeting was lo take measures for ihe coming i it ra:n li^ri a mill ion nnd a hall of lb«?se vermin are supp sed at ibid moment to !>»* un lennining i'ui it was decided that nicotine should be ihe poison used in their extermination last rear 1,143.300 rats were killed an ! ll eir tails were deposited at the hotel ()-■ vi le in r>>',l ul the act new york tribune the next presidency we find much speculation among the partizan presses of other states as to the next presidential election—and who are to be the candidates of the different parties the whigs seem pretty generally south at least rr have settled down i in fillmorr of new york and grab im ol north car olina ; while the democrats are widely divided between the diffetent£claims of dallas buchanan s rid dickinson the late elections in pennsjpvania having resulted in lhe success of the democrats the aspirants of that party cling with te nacity to " their claim as they deem the prospect of success so bright we differ with the democratic press in a measure for we cannot believe the pennsylvania election to be the harbinger of so much good as at first may be supposed the friends of messrs dallas and buchanan can hardly be brought to surrender their candidate therefore without more pru dence than has heretofore characterized either of the parties north,the state must be carried by the whigs the states were evenly divided the last election—we see no reason \\ by any other change should be effected than such as mti^t result from the inability of the parties to agree among themselves if dallas or buchanan re ceive the nomination pennsylvania will be divided : if neither the state is gono over to the whigs this is an ugly position for a party to he placed in but such we believe is the unfortunate posi tion of the democrats of pennsylvania for our part we wish south carolina to stand aloof from the contest—but if she must take part in it let her prayer be good lord good devil for it makes lit tle difference to her whose hands she falls in now the remedy to your adoption the plan of combining ihe nil tiva ion of the soil either upon a larger or small er scale with whatever profession or bu-iness you may adopt as your employment through iile and the entrance upon this collateral pursuit with animaiion and zeal and it is not so much lor your own advantage as that ol others that i press this course upon you as opening up a field of usefulness where by your influence and example you can benefii your neighbors at the same time you are adding lo your own slock of heahh and comfort we have now living ma ny illustrious examples of the successlul combi nation of agricultural pursuits with extensive and complicated professional duties two of whom maybe named in the persons of mr clay and mr webster both lawyers at the head of their profession both masters of a most powerful and commanding oratory both slates men who have for years been the leaders of a strong and talented parly both farmers ihrow ing the lights of iheii matured mind into the cultivation of the soil and stimulating their neighbors by their enlightened example an other instance and one in our own state may be named in the person of lhe present chief justice of north carolina who though possess ing a legal mind and juridical acquirements which would qualify him for any bench in amer ica has been for many years devoted to agri cultural pursuits and has most gracefully woven he chaplets of ceres around the black letter of the law to bring the agriculture of our state under a more enlightened system by the dissemina tion of knowledge the formation of agricultural associations lhe application of science and the force of enlightened example will he a public benefaction entitling those who undertake and accomplish it to the gratitude of the communi ty and although men educated and habitua ted in false iheories and mistaken practices abandon them wilh reluctance and adopt new and unliied courses wilh doubt and hesitation ; yel there is a way in which they can be effect ually taught by the force of example let them see lhat barren wastes can be clothed with ver dure that exhausted and abandoned fields can be loaded wilh grain,—lhat the pestilent marsh can be made to lose its poisonous properties and yield luxurious crops to the use of its own er that the cotton stalk the lobacco stalk and the corn stalk can be made lo flourish in place of the brier and the thorn let them see that the habitation of the husbandman can be con structed with a view both to neatness and com fort that his home can be surrounded with refreshing fruiis and shades and regaled with a fragrance sweet as " sabean odors from the sp;cy shore of araby the b't-<t and at the same time his wealth augmented : and you will address arguments to i hern which will bind them like a spell lo their native home and stimulate them in a course of enlightened industry duel with poison lola monies it seems has challang^d or raiher threatened to chal lenge the editor of the paris const if uliannel to mortal combat with pills her letter lothe redacteur appears in the journal du havre after accusing him of resorting to fals hood perfidy and ridicule to revenge himse!l upon a feeble lady the feeble ladv winds up her letter with the following paragraph " if you continue sir i will be obliged to spnd you mv card and my seconds to p'it an end to your ridiculous animosity ; but it will not be with pistols i am more generous in a coin bat i will offer to you lw«s pi in a box ; one of them will be poisened ; and you will not be able lo refuse a duel with arms which are so familiar to you i have the honor of salu ting you lola month garments without seams the scien tific american says :— samuel m perkins of springfield bradford co l'.t has invented improve ments in the manufacture <<! garments whereby we shall be enabled to u-»-ar c and all such habiliments independent of the weaver or tailor the nature of the improvement consists in causing the bat or fl?ece of \\< ■ , cotton v other tisrous material as it issues from the carding ma chine to be wrapped on a former ot the required ih|ie of the des red g irment th former is made to revolve and at the same time it has a reciprocating motion in a di^-ction at right angles to the feed so that the fleece will be wrap ped spirally in contrary courses upon the former lor any number of layers in succession according to the thickness ol the garment required to he made meas ures have been taken to secure u patent gen carv th tempe . • lecturer i reported in the cincinnati nonpareil a ol lows j-peakin - - iesabout cincinnati h said ibal a g od methodist owns a lerv lhat turn oul lortj bai old man lakes up his hymn book every day and sings come ) ' i of evi ry b roara of laughter and as be looks at his pro hfic fount he doubtless -■■ gs much truth str . diamonds almost always communicate their hardness to those who wear them few in proportion to the number of educated ! men in our state have entered upon cultivation of the soil as their sole pursuit ; most of them have gone into the learned professions or have left the stale and there is reason lo fear that there is a prejudice among men of letters and especially young men against engaging in this employment it is looked upon as an in ferior calling and too narrow and limited to fur nish scope and range to an educated mind j that the learned professions and politics are ihe onlv fields where genius and talents can tread with a certain prospect of honor and dis tinction no occupation ought to be esteemed too contracted for the employment of an educa ted mind the accomplished pursuit of which re quires no mean knowledge of the sciences of chemistry mineralogy mechanics and botany and without looking back over the long cat alogues of illustrious names both ancient and modern that have filled and adorned the annals of husbandry it is surely enough for the pride of an american lhat he whom the world looks upon as the greatest and best ol men was a tiller of ihe soil by choice a hero and states man bv the choice of his countrymen who af ter having successfully led them through the ; bloody struggles of the revolution—after having ; laid ihe solid foundations ol an enduring pros : perity and freedom returned again with spirit and zeal to the favorite employment of his younger years and had not the rugged and fearm crisis of the age in which he lived call ed forth his rare talent to command and govern the name and fame and example ot washing ton would have been unknown to tle world in any other light than a distinguished planter in the colony of virginia i do not wish to be understood as urging you to the adopiion of agricultural pursuits and laboia as the sole business of your lives nor by any means to dissuade you from entering upon what i usually called the learned professions ; but i desiie to call to your ailentiuu and recommend i man though a reasoning animal is also a creature ol habit and generally more strongly under lhe influence ol lhe latter than the former moving principle ; and as the fowls of the air ofevery wing build their habitations in the same way they did in all past time so as we may readily suppose they will continue to do so for all ages to come because they are governed solely by instinct or a faculty ol imitation and so it will be wiih man whilst he suffers himself to be governed by the force of habit instead of the force of reason by the use of the latter he learns wisdom by experience and daily adds to the treasure of his knowledge under the influence of the olhe he remains stationary repeating old blunders copying past errors enduring again and again the same grievances and making his blunders and his errors hereditary by handing them down as heirlooms to his children the great misfor tune attending our agriculture is that lhe mass es engaged in it though owning the soil they cultivate make their occupation the subject of neither thought study nor reading the advan tages of a systematic employment of time are lost all the operations of the farm are perform ed wilh a kind of stereotype routine admitting of little variation or improvement the modes of cultivation introduced by our fathers upon a rich and virgin soil and similar agricultural implements though unfi for the same soil scoured exhausted and impoverished as a large portion of our stale now is,—is si ill pursued wi;h undevialing fidelity though the rewards ol labor are denied and sterility and barrenness like an invading foe are making yearly advan ces and threatening a complete conquest ol the soil which they cultivate in vain knowledge unfurls to them her ample page rich with the experience and wisdom of the past ; they shut iheir eyes upon the light kindly offered to guide them to prosperity in vain the agricultural press weekly and monthly offers to pour its treasures at their feel most of them have strong prejudices against what is called " book farm ing and look upon money spent for informa lion as wasted it is a matter of comfort that this sad state of things is not universal and that this gloomy picture is relieved in every county by well cultivated farms under the management of men ol education and others whose vigorous intellects have broken down the shackles of habit and who are reaping the rewards of their enlightened policy and setting a noble example lor the imitation of their countrymen august last extract from the address of ralph gorrell esq delivered before the philanthropic society of davidson college at the commencement in a iill duel ! what a medicinal idea ! this is making honor a drug and fighting by the pharmacopoeia hoarding wealth for children — we say to parents beware bow you endanger the future character and happiness of your children by hoarding weaith f.jr them to possess if you wish them to form idle and vicious habiu and companions—logrow up incapable of manly ex ertion and true independence—or ii you wish to set a snare to entrap mere fortune hunters for vour daughters husbands doubtless the course is to hoard all you can and to let them understand from childhood that it is for them but if you wish yo ir children to be industrious independent self-reiving and happy they must he taught to depend upon their own exertions give them a go<id education : give them trades or professions : but give them not the means ot living without care and exertion destruction of a whale ship by a whale — capl deblois master of the new bedford whale ship ann alexander ha arrived at new york i the steamer cherokee and re ports the immediate sinking of his ship in the south pacific ocean on ihe 20th of august last by a blow from a whale which th<*y were en deavorin to capture the whale afier b*>ing harpooned and running some distance had turned upon two of the hi boats and rrush ed them in succession in ii ponderous aws i the crews nine iu each providentially escaping innately too weary to lie awake and weep sometimes she dreamed of wil lie and her dreams of him were always bright and pleasant but her mother some times fondled her with looks of love and sometimes came as the pale cold spectre thus the months passed slowly away her father came to see her at'distant in tervals and once in a great while a letter eame from willie in a large stiff hand unaccustomed to writing he could not through this medium tell much that was passing in his heart that he wanted badly to see his sister and often kissed the flower they plucked from the dear moth er's grave was the substance of all his espistles in lhe mean time lizzy was passing into womanhood childhood and youth kissed each other with new and glowing beauty her delicate cheeks mantled with a richer color and her deep blue eyes shaded with long fringes of the dark est brown looked out upon life with a more earnest and expressive longing plain and scanty garments could not con ceal the graceful outline of her flexible figure and her motions were like those of some pretty timid animal that has al wavs stepped to sylvan sounds she was not aware of her uncommon loveliness though she found it pleasant to look in the glass and had sometimes heard stran gers say to each other " see that pretty girl !" there were no young men in the imme diate neighborhood and she had not been invited to any of the rustic dances or quil ting frolics one bashful lad in the vi cinity always contrived to drive his cows past the house where she lived and ea gerly kept watch for a glimpse of her as she went to the barn with her milking pails but if she happened to pass near enough to nod and smile his cheeks grew red and his voice forsook ; and she could not know or guess that he would lie awake long that night and dream of her smile and resolve that some lime or other he would have courage to tell how handsome she was and how the sight of her made his heart throb she did not yet know that she could love anybody better than she had loved willie she had seen her darling brother but twice during their three years of seperation ; but his image was ever fresh and bright in her memory when he came to see her she felt com pletely happy while he gazed upon her with delighted eyes her affectionate na ture was satisfied with love ; for it had not yet been revealed to her in the melt ing glance of passion yet the insidious and unquiet power already began to fore shadow itself in vague restlessness and romantic musings ; for she was at an age to seek one n mure lhat is always new " to feel a want yet scarce know what it is whose glance is warmer ihan another's kiss of the young heart with one mysterious hope such longing instinct rills the mighty scope at last an important event occurred in lizzys's monotonous existence a young girl in the village was to be married and she was invited to the quilting party it was the first invitation of the kind she had ever received and of course it occu pied her thoughts day and night could she have foreseen how this simple occur rence would affect her whole future des tiny she would have pondered over it still more deeply the bridegroom brought a friend with him to the party a hand some dark eyed young man clerk of a store in a neighboring town aware of his personal attractions he dressed him self with peculiar care elizabeth had never seen anything so elegant and the moment his eye glanced upon her he de cided that he had never seen anything half so beautiful he devoted himself to her in a manner sufficiently marked to excite envy ; and some of the rich farmers daughters made critical remarks about her dress which they concluded was pass ably genteel for a girl that lived out at service however lizzy was queen of the evening virtue of nature's own im press of royalty when the quilt was fin ished romping games were introduced according to the fashion of the times ; and the young men took care that the forfeits paid by the pretty girls should generally involve kissing some of their own number among the forfeits required of the dark eyed stranger he was ordered to beg on his knees lor the identical little curl lhat willie had asked of his sister in the midst of her mirthfulness this brought a shadow over her countenance and she could not answer playfully however this emotion passed away with the mo ment and she became the gayest of the o-ay never before had she been halt so happy the joyful consciousness of pleas ing everybody and the attractive young stranger in particular made her eyes sparkle and her whole countenance abso lutely radiant with beauty when the party were about to separate the young man was very assiduous about placing her shawl and begged permis sion to accompany her home but little was said during this walk ; yet enough to afford entrance into both hearts tor that insiduous and unquiet passion which tangles the web of human life more than all other sentiments and instincts of our mysterious being at parting he took her hand to say good night but he continued to hold it and leaning against the gate they both stood for a few moments gaz ing at the clear silvery orb of night ah than ever turned back upon itself and lis tened to the echoes of its own yearnings willie being old enough to work on the farm was now absent most of the day ; and the fair girl so richly endowed by nature with all deep feelings and beauti ful capacities so lavish of her affections so accustomed to free outpourings of love became reserved and apparently cold and stupid when the stepmother gave birth to an infant the fountains of feeling were again unsealed it was her delight to watch the babe and minister to its wants but this development of the affections was likewise destined to be nip ped in lhe bud the step mother though by no means hard hearted was economi cal and worldly-wise she deemed it most profitable to employ a healthy stout niece of her own somewhat older than elizabeth and to have her step daughter bound out in some family where she could do light labor it was also determined that william should go to service ; and his place of destination was fifty miles from that of his sister the news of this arrangement was ve ry bitter to the children both unswered their father very meekly that they were willing to go ; but their voices were deep sad and almost inaudible without say ing another word the boy put on his hat and the girl her sun bonnet and taking each other by the hand they went forth and roamed silently to their mother'sgrave there they stood for a long time still still—and their tears dropped fast on the green sod at last elizabeth sobbed out oli if dear mother was alive willie we should not have to go away from home but willie could only answer bv a fresh outburst of grief a little clump of wild flowers nodded over the edge of the mound the affectionate boy cut two of them and said " let us keep these lizzy to remember mother by the flowers were carefully pressed be tween lite leaves of lizzy's testament and when lhe sorrowful day of parting came one was nicely folded in a paper for willie " now dear sis give*me that nice little curl said he putting his finger on a soft golden-brown ringlet that nes tied close to her ear and lay caressingly on her downy cheek she glanced in lhe fragment of a glass lhat served for a mir ror and with eyes brimful of tears she answered " oh willie i cannot give you that don't you remember how dear mo ther used lo wet my head all over with cold water to make my hair curl she used to laugh when i shook my head and made the curls all over my forehead ; and she would kiss that one in particular she said it was such a darling curl thus childishly did the innocent ones speak to yoiher the brut her twisted lhe fa vorite curl round his linger and kissed it too ; and a bright tear fell on it and glit tered in the sunshine william left home a few days earlier than his sister and bitterly did the lonely one sob herself lo sleep that night she shuddered in the dark and when the moon looked in at the window its glance seem ed more mournful than ever the next morning she fell from lhe breaklast table in a fit more severe than usual but as she soon recovered and these spasms now occurred only at distant intervals her step mother thought she had better be in readi ness to depart at the appointed time the wagon was brought to the door and the father said to her " lizzy put on your bonnet and bring your bundle it is time to go oh how the poor child lin gered in her little bed-room where she and willie slept in their infant days and where the mother used to hear them say their prayers and kiss them both as they lay folded in each others arms to the strong stepmother she easily said good bye ; but she paused long over the cradle of the babe and kissed each of its little fingers and fondly turned a little wave of sunny hair on his pure white forehead her heart swelled and she had to swal low hard to keep down the sobs ; for it was her cradle and she was thinking how her mother used to sing her to sleep her father spoke to her in a tone of unusu al tenderness as if he too remembered her infancy and the gentle one who used to rock her in that cradle " come lizzy said he " it is time to go you shall come back and see lhe baby before long with blinded eyes she stumbled into lhe wagon and turned and looked back as long as she could see the old elm tree by her bed room window where all the summers of her young life she had watched the swal lows come and go it is a dreary fate for a loving and sen sitive child tobe bound out at service a mong strangers even if they are kind hearted the good woman of the house received lizzy in a very friendly manner and told her to make herself at home but the word only sent a mournful echo through her heart for a few days she went about in a state of abstraction that seemed like absolute stupidity her step mother had prepared them for this by telling them there was something strange about lizzy and many people thought her fits had affected her mind being o coarser and stronger natures they could none of tbem imagine that the slow stag nation of the heart easily dim the light of intellect in a creature so keenly suscepti ble but by degrees the duties requried of her roused her faculiies into greater ac : tivity ; and when night came she was for j j bruner editor jf proprietor salisbury n c thursday november 20 1851