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THE DEVOTED WIFE.
J I liavo been with theo in thy hour
Of glory and of bliss
)ouVt not ita memory's living power
. lo strengthen mo through this."
Mrs. Ilemans.
e was a beautiful, girl when I first saw
She was standing up at tho side of
Ilovcr at tho marriage altar. She was
Jshghlly pale yet ever anon, as theceremo-
procccdcd, a faint tinge of crimson cros
sedlhcr boautiful chock, like the reflection
fa sunset cloud unon
the clear waters of
In nuiet lnlri. 1Xt.r Invar no lii. filiriM.l lin.
jeltcato hand within his own, gazed oi her
moment wun unmiugicu aUmiration,
... . . ...
the warm and eloquent blood played
ib his check, shadowing at intervals his
BgMily forehead and " melting into beauty
us lip."
t
I stood in the priJo of his youth a fair form
jjth hts feelings yet noble, his spirit yet warm
irEaclc to shelter the Dovo with bis wintr.
yAn, elm whero the light hvininp: tendrils micht
I cling."
And they gave themselves to ono another
ic presence of Heaven; and every heart
esscd them as they went their way rrjoic
gtm their love.
jfifears passed on, and again I ?aw those
vbrs. They wero seated tocother whero
3 light of a summer sunset through the
closed and crimson curtains, londmg a
Kiher tint lo tho dclicato caryeling, and the
feexquisitc embellishments of tho ricli and
Igorgeous apartment. Timo had slightly
oai .... . . ....
liangcd them in outward appearance. Tho
ih buoyancy of the young wife had in
i'dced given placo to tho graco of perfected
womanhood, and her lips were somewhat
;?;paier, aim a mini line oi care was sngliliy
tpercoptiblo upon her beautiful brow. Ilcr
lisond's brow too was marked somewhat
. i wgro deeply than his years might warrant .
"'ionxiety, ambition, and pride had gono over
l-f. i - ! i
" tiwiu uiuu iraces unon u a snvcr line
WJAvras minrrliritr with tho darkness of his hair.
Pk'0'1 'ia( been thinned around his temples
fvlyalmbst to baldness. Ho was reliningon tho
ft.)THlM. " '
' ?v..J'BpIcndid ottoman with his faco hidden bv
', '''Insmand, as if ho feared that the deep and
Vtroublcd thoughts which oppressed
j vcre visible upon his features.
hi in
M"Edward, you are ill lo-nighi," said his
fwi:
a low, sweet and half inquiring
she laid Iter hand unon his own
?Jho husband roused himself from his atlU
$juda slowly, and a slight frown knit his
wow. "I am not ill," he said somewhat
''abruptly, and ho folded his arms upon his
''uosom as if he wished no interruption of
n,j,;, ins eviuenuy outer thoughts.
l"Wtr Indifference from those we lovo is tcrri-
lc,k '.Jtlqlo tho sensitive bosom. It is as if the
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. f ll 1 1 .1 a
f flfcrfJi'Bun oi neaven reiuseu ins wonieu cneorlui.
licss, and glared down upon us with a cold,
mm, nnu loruiouiug giancc, n is urcauiui
J!'' i .1 . .1 . .1.. i. e . i r
ouci inai mo oniy ucing oi our love rein
icsj to ask our sympathy that he broods
oyer feding whi4 ho scorns, or fears to re-
dreadful to watch tho convulsing fea-
fliro nnu the gloomy brow tlio inuofipaule
Wiallows of hidden emotions the involute
amy signs ui ounuw iu iuun u g iui-
4
bidden to participate, and whoso character
we cannot know.
Tho wifo essayed once more, "Ed
ward," she said slowly, mildly, and affec
tionately, " tho time has been, when you
weio willing to confide your secret joys and
sorrows to one, who has never, I trust be
trayed your confidence. Why then, my
dear Edward, i this cruel reserve. You
are troubled, and yet you refuse to mo the
cause."
Something of returning tenderness soft
ened for an instant tho cold severity of the
husband's features, but it passed away, and
a bitter emilo was his only reply.
Time passed on, and tho twain were sep
arated from each olhor. Tho husband sat
gloomily and alono in tho damp cell of a
dungeon. lie had followed ambition as his
God, and had failed in his high career. IIo
had mingled with men whom his heart
loathed ho had sought out tho fierce and
wronged spirits of his land, and had breath
ed into thorn the madness of rcvonce. Ho
had drawn his sword against his country
he had fanned rebellion to a flame, which
had been quenched in human blood. lie
had fallen miserably fallen and ho had
been doomed to dio the death of a traitor.
It was his last night of life. Tho mor
row was tho day appointed for his cxeciv
tion. Ho saw tho &un eink behind the
green hills of tho wost,as he sat by tho dim
grato of his dungeon, with a feeling of un
uttcrable horror. IIo felt that it was tho
last sun that would set to him, It would
cast its next level and sunset rnys upon his
grave upon tho grave of a dishonored trai
tori
Tho door of his dungeon opened, and a
light form entered and threw herself into
his .arms. The softened light of sunset foil
unon the nale, brow'and wasted cheek of
his onco beautiful wife.
" Edward my dear Edward," sho said
" I have corao to save you. I have reached
you after a thousand difficulties, and I thank
God that rav nurnoso 13 'nearly accom
plished.
Misfortune had softened tho proud heart
of mauhood.and as tho husband pressed his
pale wifo to iiis bosom, a tear trembled on
his eyelash. "I.have not deserved this
kindness," ho murmured in tho choked
tones of conclusive agony.
" Edward," said his wifo, in an oarncst,
but faint, fearful debility, "we have not a
moment to lose. By an exchange of gar
ments yon will be enabled to pass out un
noticed. Haste, or we may be too lato.
Fear nothing for me, I am a woman, aud
they will not injuro mo for my 'efforts in
behalf of a husband, dearer than life it
self."
" But Margaret," said the husband, "you
look sadlv ill. You cannot breathe tho air
of this dreadful cell."
" Oh, speak not of mo, my dearest Ed
ward," said the devoted woman. "I can
enduro overv thing for your sake. Haste
Edward haste, and all will bo well."
and she aided with a tiemblmg hand to
disguise the proud form of her husband in
female garb.
" Farewell my love, my prescrver.whis
pcred tho husband in tho ear of his disguis
ed wifo, as tho officer sternly reminded the
supposed lady that tho time allotted for her
visit had expired. " Farcwoll, we shall
meet again," responded his wife and the
husband passed out unsuspected, and escap
od tho enem its of his life.
They did meet again that wife and hus
band but only as tho dead may meet m
tho awful communings of another world.
Affection had borno up her exhausted spirit
until the last great purposo of her exertions
was accomplished in the safely of her hus
band, and when tho bell tolled on tho
morn, and tho prisoner's cell was opened,
tho goaler found wrapped in the habiliments
of their destined victim, the pale iut still
beautiful corse of the devoted Wife.
Tho " Friends" have been influential in
establishing Temperance associations in
Ireland, j
XECUTION OF CHARLES I. OF
ENGLAND.
In Jesse's memoirs of the Court of Eng
land duiing tho reign of tho Steuarts, wo
find the following description of tho execu
tion of that unfortunate monarch, Charles I.
"To return to tho last moments of Charles
Tho scaffold had been covorcd with black
cloth, and a coffin, lined with black velvet,
was in readiness to recoivo his remains.
In the platform itself had been fixed iron
rings and staples; to which ropes had been
attached, by which it was intended tr force
tho king to tho block, should ho mako tho
least resistance. The persons who attend
ed him to tho scaffold, besides Bishop Jus
on, were two of the gentlemen of his bed
chamber, Harrington and Herbert: Tho
former afterwards suffered bo much from
the shock, that an illness ensued which
nearly cost him his life, Tho kins him
self appeared cheerful.resigned, and happy
Having put on his satin cap, ho asked one
of the executioners, both of whom were
masked, if his hair was in tho way. Tho
man requested him to push it under his cap
As ho was doing so, with tho assistance of
tho bishop and tho executioner, ho turned
lo tho former ; "I have a good cause,"
he said, "and a gracious God on my
side."
The Bishop; There is but ono stage
more ; this stage is turbulent and trouble
some; it is a short one; but you may con
sider it will soon carry you a great way; it
will carry you from earth to heaven; and
there you will find a gteat deal of joy and
comfort.
The King. I go from a. corruptible
to an incorruptible crown, where no dis
turbance can be, no. disturbance in the
world. v--- ' -v " '
Tho Bishop. You are exchanged from
a temporal crown; a good crchango.
Observing ono of tho persons, who had
been admitted to tho scaffold, accidently
touching tho axe with his cloak, tho king
requested him to be careful. Then again
enquiring of tho executioner "is my hair
well," ho look off his clock, and delivering
it to tho bishop, exclaimed significantly
"remember." To the executioner he said,
"I shall say but short prayers, and when I
thrust out my hands ." Looking at tho
block, ho said, "you must sot it fast."
The executioner replied it was fast. Be
ing told it could not have been higher, he
said, "when I put out my hands this way
then"
In tho meantime, having divested him
self of his cloak and doublet, and being in
his waistcoat, ho again put on his cloak,
and lifting up his hands and eyes to heaven,
and repeating a few words to himscir, which
were inaudible to the bystanders, ho knelt
dowii and laid his head on the block. The
executioner stooping to put his hail under
his cap, the king thinking" him about to
strike, bid him wait for the sign. After
a short pause ho stretched out his hands,
and the executioner at ono blow severed
his head fiom his body. Tho head was
immediately lifted up by the other heads
man and exhibited to the people. " Bo
hold," ho exclaimed, "tho head of a trai
tor." Thus, on the 30th of January, 1019, at
tho age of forty-nino, died King Charles.
Tho dismal groan .which roso at the mo
montofhis decapitation, from the dense
populace around, was never forgotlenby
those who heard it. Certainly, by the
vast majority of tho people of England, the
execution of Charles was regarded as an
attrocious and barbarous murder. Philip
Henry, tho famous divine, was a witness to
that memorable scene. Ha used to men
tion, writes his son, "that at tho instant
when tho blow was given, there was such
a dismal, universal groan, among tho thous
ands of peoplo that were in sight, as it were
with one consent, as he never heard before,
and desired ho might never hear the like
again. ' 1 ins tact is corroborated by tho
testimony of an aged person, one Margaret
(Joe, wno uiea in 1730, at tlio ago ot one i
hundred
red and three. She saw tho oxecu-j
tioner hold up tho head, and well remem
bers tho dismal groan which was made by
tha vast multitude of spectators when trie
tho fatal blow was given.' Immediately af-
tor tho axe fell a party of horse rode rapidly
from Charing to King street, and another
from King street to Charing cross, with
tho object of dispersing tho people. or,moro
probably ,with the object of dispersing their
thoughts."
mvy anFdetraction,
We can scarcely imagine a more pitiablo
object that the man who is under tho do
minion of envy. Tho uphill labor of Sysi
phii3, and the eternal thirst of Tantalus,
would snffer in comparison with tho pun
ishment inflicted on him by his own feel
ings. IIo hath no pcaco in his ' dreams he
is afflicted. In every competitor moro suc
cessful than himself, his distorted fancy be
holds an enemy; and when his disordeicd
imagination has converted a neighbor into
a rival, ho views Iiira with the feelings of
his prototype Hainan, on eceing Mordecai
daily sitting at tho king's gato. The gatB
of success is the object of his desire; those
who sit in it, tho objects of his envy. This
passion rankling within, and corroding ovc
ry gaol feeling thatmay liavo had its abode
there, creates in him
"The hottest hell in which a heart cjnburn."
Such a one claims djep compassion at
the hand of humanity, and would receive it
too, wero it not for his resort to slander and
foul detraction. In these ho seeks and
finds temporary relief; and hence it is, that
tho generous and good witness his punish
ment, as they would that of a felon justly
convicted. He is their fellow creature, and
they cannot fail to feci for him; but they de
Seat his crime yet acquiesce in the necessi
ty of its expiation.
Tho Philadelphia Spirit of the Times, in
allusion to such persons.says: "Tho ma
lignity which some men display is often as
tonishing. Ia our experience, day after
day, and week after week, wc have wit
nessed the unceasing slondcrs of many piti
ablo persons upon their more worthy neigh
bors, whom a long course of probity have
gifted with an cnviablo success. At first
such daily tirades, such contemptible libels,
such constant repetition of what is known
to be untrue, might awaken as we have
said, astonishment; but a closer examination
into facts, and a momeutary thought upon
the depravity of human naturo dissipates
every wonder."
a!.HH..Mr.i;Mll
A SWIMMING PARAGRAPH.
Tho following has been placarded on the
walls in the west end of London: " For
want of a knowledge of this noble art thou
sands are annually sacrificed," and every
fresh victim calls moro the strongly upon
tho best of feelings of those who have the
power to draw tho attention ot sucli per
sons as may be likely to require this art,
to tho simple fact, that there is no difficulty
in floating or swimming provided Iho per
sons keep their bodies in a horizontal posi
tion, which is done with the greatest ease;
by endeavoring to force tho chin down upon
the surface of the water, instead of forcing
the head as high above tho water as possi
ble, which brings the body perpendicular
instead of horizontal as required: Lct ev
ery body, particularly editors, annually if
possible, help to diffuse this most useful and
important knowledge. ''
Pym, a celebrated English statesman in
the the time of Charles II. and the msn who
preferred tho charge'of high treason against
Stafford, and brought tho unfortunate Earl
to the scaffold, said that "he had rather
suffer for speaking the truth, than that
the truth should suffer for want of his
speaking."
" I guess ho'li re-wive," as the gentle
man said when his friend fainted away at
his wife's funeral.
aEscwssssssi
The population of Randolph Massachu-
setts, is 3201,
K
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY MEETING.
At an unusually numerous and respecta
ble meeting of tho Democratic Republicans1
of Schuylkill County, convened at tho court
house in the Borough of Orwigsburg, on
Monday, July 27, 1840, the following or
ganization was effected :
President, Horn STRANGE Ni.
PALMER.
Vice Presidents'. George Seitzingcr,
George Badcy, sen. Nicholas Staller.
James Clcary, John Drelicr, Gabriel
Malz, Edward Collahan, IL TV. Conrad-
Henry lioyer, Peter Kulz, John Moon
JVm. B. Hull, Frederick Bensinger, Jr
and Isaac Dengler.
Secretaries. John H.Downing.Chris-
tain Bergor, M. S. Gobler, B. McClcna
chan and Jacob Fcgcr.
On motion of Col. C. M. Straub a com
mittee of 35 poraons were rfpppinled td
draft a prcmablo and resolutions expressive
of tho senso of tho meeting. Where
upon tho following gentlemen were appoin
ted :
C. M(Straub, Henry Voutc, Samuel
Huntzinger, E. A..Kutzner, C. Boyer, Jr;
Gabriel Matz, FrederickFried, EjhvarcT
O'Connor, Henry Lamer, N. J. Mills, Ad
am Brown, George Dougherty, Frederick
Beck, John Marborger, Wm, G. Johnson
Jacob Hchr, Jesso Foster, Daniel Place,
Jacob Mcsscrsmith, Isaac Bclz, Gcoigo
Ilarllcin, Daniel Hcplcr, Stephen Ringer,
J. E. Sorbcr, Charles Ellet, Jacob Zieccn-
fuss, Hugh Kinsley, George Laurer, Johii
Spohru Poter Ajirand, Jr. Philip Merkel,
Daniel BertofetT John M. Bickel, John
Strimpfler, Franci'3 Yarnell and Dahiel
Drcher.
The committee after retiring1 about half
an hour, reported the following which wero
unanimously adopted :
The signs of tho times admonish us td
cherish the maxim of the immortal- Jeffer
son, that "the price of Liberty is eternal,
vigilance." Wo have a contest approach
ing, in tho result of which wo see involved
the principles of civil liberlv. The Demo-""
cratic party, ever truoftcTtho principles of
the Revolution, lccognizing to their fullest
cxteijtjtliTrights of tho people, and aiming
at 'Mha greatest good of tho greatest num
ber," have again to repel a powerful and
well concerted assault by their old enemies
who, ever opposed to popular,lright5,would
seek, in cariying out their doctrines "that
the peoplo ato their own worst enemies,"
jo effectually take from them tho right of
self government. Often defeated, with a
perseverance worthy of a hotter cause, they
have changed their name with a chamcloon
liko facility, but under every disguise, their
odious principles are still the same.
Those who remember tho "Reign of
Terror" in the days of the cider Adams,
when the Alien and Sedition laws wero
passed to keep what they insolently termed
a "turbulent Democracy" in order, and to
prevent the people from canvassing the
measures of Government when tho author
of theso odious laws persecuted as enemies
of their country those who erected Liborty
Poles or refused to mount the Blacik Cock
ado: or thoso who remember tho treason
able conspiracies to thwart tho operations'
of Government during tho Embargo and
non-interconrso laws, which preceded tho
late war, and who it was that opposed that
war, and declared it "unbecoming a moral
andjeligious people," to rejoice at the vic
torissfachieved by Amciican Arms and
comparetiemen of iho present day, and
their conduct, with the men and doinps of
those days, will have no difficulty in recog
nizing tho earaejiarty distinctions, and tho
same feelings stillf5peratin on tho great
conflicting parties of thoffijesejit dat.
It is in fact the Democracy of the coun
try battling for the rights of tho peoplo on
one hand, and tho Aristocracy of tho coun
try, the advocates of monopolies and'nni
tural distinctions and orders in socielynt-
tempiing to trample the people under foojf