Indiana American, Volume 16, Number 20, Brookville, Franklin County, 12 May 1848 — Page 1

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o OUR COUXTRY-OUR COUXTUT'S tXTERES TS-AXD OUR COWSTRVS FRIENDS. BY C. F. CLAUIvSOX. BROOKVlLLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1848. VOL. XVI X(). 20.

RELIGIOUS.

From the New York Tribune, j Letters from Hon. J. Q. Attains to his Hon, on the Riblr and its Teachings.- :Vo. T . The imperfections of the Mosaic institutions which it was the object of Christ's mission upon earthto remove, appear to me to have been there: 1st The want of a sufficient sanction. The rewards and penalties of the Levitical law had all a reference to the present life. There are many passages in the Old Testament which imply a state of existence after death, and some which directly assert a future state of retribution; but none of these were contained in the delivery of the Law. At the time of Christ's advent it was so far from being a settled article of the Jewish faith, that It was a subject of bitter controversy between the two principal sects of Pharisees who bilieve in, and Sadducees who denied it. It was the special purpose of Christ's appearance on earth to bring immortality to light. "lie substituted the rewards and punshments of a future state of existence in the room of all others. The Jewish sanctions were exclusively temporal: those of Christ exclusively spiritual. 2d The want of universality. The Jewish dispensation was exclusively confined to a small and obscure nation. The purposes of the Supreme Creator in restricting the knowledge of himself to one petty herd of Egyptian slaves, are as inaccessable to our intelligence as those of his having concealed from them, and from the rest of mankind, the certain knowledge of their own immortality; yet the fact is unquestionable. The mission of Christ was intended to communicate to the whole human race all the permanent advantages of tlie Mosaical Law, superadding to them upon the condition of repentance the kingdom of Heaven, the blessing of eternal life. 3d The complexity of the objects of legislation. I have observed in a former letter.that the law of Sinai comprised not only all the ordinary subjects of regulation for human societies, but those which human legislators cannot reach. It was a civil law, a municipal law, an eclesiastlcal law, a law of police, and a law of morality and religion: it prohibited murder, adulterv, theft and perjury; it prescribed rules for the thoughts as will as for the actions of men. The complexity, however practicable and even suitable for onr pmatl national society, could have attained to all the families of the earth. The parts of the Jewish Law adapted to promote the happiness of mankind, under every variety of situation and government in which they can be placed, were all recognized and adopted by Christ; and He expressly separated thera from the rest. He disclaimed all interference with the ordinary objects of human legislation; He declared that Itis "Kingdom was not of this World;" He acknowledged the authority of the Jewish magistrates; He paid for His ownperson the tribute to the Romans: He refused in more than one instance to assume the office of Judo in matters of legal controversy; lie strictly limited the object of His own precepts and authority to religion and morals; He denounsed no temporal pnishinent;He promised no temporat rewards; He took up man as A governable tlng where the human Magistrate Is compelled to Isavehim.and supplied both precept of virtue and motive for practicing it, such as no moralist or legislator ever attempted to introduce. 1th The burdensome duties of posit ve riles, minute formalities and expensive sacrifices. All these had a tandency, not only to establish and maintain the separation of the Jews from all other nations.but in process of time had been mistaken by the Scribes and Pharisees and Lawyers, and probably by the boJy of the people, for the substance of religion. All the ritr3 were abolished by Christ, or (as Faul expresses it) "were nailed to His Cross," You will recollect that I am now speaking of Christianity, not as the scheme of redemption to mankind from tiie consequences of original sin, but as a svslem of morality for regulating the conduct of men while on earth: and the most striking and extraordinary feature of its character in this respect, is its tendency and exhortations loahsolute perfection. Thelan gnage of Christ to His disciples is explicit: "Re ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is perfect" -and this he enjoins at the conclusion of that precept, so expressly laid down, and so unanswerably argued, to "love their enemies, to bless those who cursed them, and pray for those who despitefully used them." He seems to consider the temper of benevolonee In return for injury, as constituting of itself a perfection similar to that of the Divine Nature. It is undoubtedly the greatest conquest which the spirit of man can achieve over its infirmities nnd to him who can attain that elevation of virtue which it requires, all other victories over the evil passions must be comparatively easy Nor was the absolute perfection merely preach ed by Christ as a doctrine: it was practiced by Himself throughout His life; practiced to the last instant of His agony on the Cross; preached under circumstances of trial, such as no other human being was ever exposed to. He proved by His own example the possibility of that vir tue which He taught; and although possessed cf miraculous powers sufficient to control all the laws of Nature, He expressly and repeatedly de clined the use of them to save Himself from an part of the sufferings which He was able to en dure. The sum of Christian Morality, then consist in piety to God, and benevolence to Man piety manifested not by formal solemn rites and sacrifices of burnt-offerings, but by repentence by obodien.ee, by submission, by humility, by the worship of the heart, and by benevolence not founded upon selfish motives, but superior even to a sense of wrong, or the resentment of injuries. Worldly prudence is scarcely noticed among all the institutions of Christ: the pursuit 01 honors and riches, the objects of ambition and averiee, are strongly discountenanced in many places; & an undue solicitude about the ordinary cares ot lile is occasionally reproved. Of world ly prudence, there are rules enough in the compilations of the son of Sirach, Christ passes no censure upon them, but He left what I call the selfish virtues where He found them. It was not to proclaim common-place morality that lie came down from Heaven; His command were new; that His disciples should "love one another," that they should love even strangers, that they should "love their enemies." He prescribed barriers against all the maleficient passion s, He gave a? a law, the utmort point of

perfection of which human powers are susceptible, and at the same time allowed degrees of indulgence and relaxation to human frailty, proportioned to the power of any Individual. An eminent writer in support of Christianity, (Dr. Paley) ezpresses the opinion, that the direct object of the Christian revelation was to supply motives and not rules sanctions, and not precepts; and he strongly intimates that, independent of the purpose of Christ's atonement &. propitiation for the sins of the world, the only object of his mission upon earth was to reveal a future state, "to bring life and immortality to light." He does not appear to think that Christ promulgated any new principle of morality; and he positively asserts that "morality, neither in the Gospel nor in any other book can be a subject or discovery because qualities of actions depend entirely on their effects, which effects must all along have been the subjects of human experience." To this I reply in the express words of Jesus. 'A new commandment I give you, that ye love one another;" and I add, that this command explained illustrated, and dllated as it was by the whole

tenor af His discourses, and especially by the parable of the go"d Samaritan, oppeara to me to be not only entirely new, but, in the most rigoroussense of the word, a discovery in morals and a discovery, the importance of which to the happiness of the human race, as far exceeds any discovery in the physical laws of Nature, as the soul is superior to the body. If it be objected that the principles of benevolence toward enemies, and the forgiveness if injuries may be found not only in the Old Testament, but even in some of the heathen writers, particularly the discourse of Socrates. I answer, that the same mav be said of the immortality of the soul, and of the rewards and punishments of a future state. The doctrine was not more a discovery than the precepts: but their connexion with each oilier, j the authority with which they were taught and , the miracles by which they were enforced be- '

long exclusively to the mission of Christ. At- j the Emperor 6aw the whole affair. In the astend particularly to the miracle recorded in the . sembly of the Lords, on the following day, when second chapter of Luke, as having taken place at j Egirvard and his daughter were present, he askthe birth of Jesus, when the angel of the Lord j what ought to be done to a man who corn-

said to the shepherd; "Fear not, for behold 1 ' bring you glad tidings of great joy, which shall , be to all people; for unto you is born this day in . ie City of David, a Savior, who is Christ the ord. In the?e words the character of Jesus, as a Redeemer, was announced; but the historian adds; "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and singing, Glory to God In the highest, and on earth peace, gnoi will toward men." These words as I understand them, announced the moral precept of benevolence as explicitly fof the object of Christ's appearance, as the proceeding words had declared the purpose of redemption. It is related in the life of the Roman dramatic poet, Terence, that when one of the per sonages of his comedy, the "Self Tormentor," the first time uttered on the stage the line Homosum, humeni nil alienum puto," (I am a, man, nothing human is uninteresting to me,) a niversal shout of applause burst forth from the whole audience, and that in so great a multitude f Romans, and deputies from the nations, their subjects and their allies there was not one inividual but felt in his heart this sentiment. Yet how feeble and defective it is i n comparison with the Christian command of Charity as un folded in the discoveries of Christ and enlarged pen in the writings of His apostles. The heart of man will always respond with rapture to this sentiment when there is no selfish or un social passion to oppose It: but the command to ay it down as the great and fundamental rule of conduct for human life, and to eubdne and sacifice all the tyranical and selfish passions to preserve it, this is the peculiar and unfading glory of Christianity; this is the conquest over ourselves, which without the aid of a merciful God, none cf us can achieve and which it was wor thy of His special Interposition to enable us to accomplish. From your affectionate Father, JOHX QUINCY ADAMS. Itcmcmber Von nint Die. MRS. H. OLIVER. When joy's bright sun is shining, Along the flowery way, And pleasure wreaths are twining, That bloom but to decay When life's delicious morning Beams o'er the unclouded sky, Sad comes the mournful warning, "Remember you must die." When clouds are lowering o'er us, As sorrow rends the breast, And all is gloom before us, No home wherein to restWelcome as dews of even Beneath a torid sky, Whispers a voice from Heaven, "Remember you must die." iVo efforts to do tlonit nre Iost. I have heard of some seeds which will sleep in the dust for ages, and I have read of the y flung of certain insects which lie In a state like death for eighty years together, and yet, when the hand that scattered the seed had been mingled with the dust, and when the insect that had de posited its young had ended its flight for gener lions, the seed would come forth a forest of mighty trees', and the slumbering insect would wake to life, and become the mother of an end less multitude. And so it may be with us We are scattering the seeds of knowledge, and immortality, but we see iret the seed spring forth Our instructions seem to be forgotten; the fruits of our liberality seem to have perished,- and on labors seem to have been in vain. Dut be of good courage; the seed is still in the earth undecayed, and the time will come when it shall spring forth, and yield a plenteous harvest. is watched over by the God of heaven, and not a seed shall perish. The hand that scattered may be withered, but the seed itself shall swell. and send forth its germ, and become a tree. The voice that uttered the sermon may be lent, but others that receive the truth shall come forth and declare it afresh to the generations that are yet unborn. The rich depend cn the poor, as well as the poor on the rich. The world is but a mere magnificent building; all the stones graduali cemented together. There Is no one subsists by , limsrlf sloo

FUN AND FANCY

Plemorandn for Boys. Seven classes of company to be avoided. 1. Those who ridicule their parents or disobey their commands. 2. Those who profane the sabbath or scoff at religion 3. Those who use nrnfane and filth v laniriiatrp 4. Those who are unfaithful, play truant, and! waste their time in idleness. 5. Those who are or a quarrelsome temper, and are apt to get into difficulty with others. 6. Those who are addicted to tying and stealing. 7. Those Who are of a cruel disposition; who take pleasure in torturing and maiming animals and insects, and robbing birds of their young. fj" The fallen dynasties of France are likely to be represented in our army and navy. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew we presu hie of the Emperor, has been appointed a cadet at West Point, from the third Congressional district of Maryland. O" A common stock community has been started in Terry county, Pa. The marriage ceremony is abrogated. In worship, all dress white. Dancing, in which men, women and children engage promiscuously, is a part of their religious exercises. The members are not all remarkable teetotalers. Curious Lore Story. A very curious story is told by several ancient writers respecting Egirvard, a secretary to Charlemagne, and a daughter of that Emperor. The secretary fell in love With the Princess, who at length allowed hint to visit hen One winter's night he stayed with her very late, and in the meantime a deep snow had fallen. If he left, his footniarks would be observed, and yet to stay would expose him to danger. At length the Princess resolved to carry him on her back to a neighboring house, which she did. It happened, however, that from the window of his bed-room pelled a King's daughter to carry him cn her shoulders, through frost and snow, in the middle of a winter's night? They answered, that he was worthy of death. The lovers were alarmed, but the Emperor, addressing Egirvard, said, "Hadst thou loved my daughter, thou shouldst have come to me; thou art worthy of death, but ' g' thee two lives. Take thy fair porter in marriage, fear God, and love one another. What to think nbont. Let us be careful rather of what we do than of what We have; for what We have is none of ours, and will leave us at our death; but what we do will exist afterwards. "The Spirit fttirring Dram." A soldier writing to a friend in Baltimore, thus facetiously winds up his letter: uch is a soldier's every day life: if you like it come out with the next batch of recruits. The most remarkable thing in it is, that nothing can be done without drumming and fifing as if men couldn t understand any other language. They drum you to bed, and they drum you out of bed; they drum you to breakfast, to dinner, and to supper; they drum you to drill, on drill, and off of drill; they drum you to the doctor ana it you happen to die, they finally drum you to eternity." C3ood Advice. A prudent and well-disposed member of the Society of Friends" once gave the following friendly advice "John," said be, "I hear thou are going to be married." "Yes," replied John, "I am." "Well," replied the man of drab, "I have one little piece of advice to give thee, and that Is, never to marry a woman worth more than thou art. When I married myjwife I was worth iust 50 cents, and she was worth C2 cents; and whenever any difference has occurred between us since, she has always thrown up the odd shil ling." I -ore nnd Debt. There is a very little difference between the man in love and the man in debt. Both the debtor and the lover commences operations by promissory notes; the former giving bills to his creditor, and the latter sending siLLrr-doux to his fair one. The lover, by promising to cher ish, is honored with a place in the lady's good books; and Ike debtor, by promising to pay winneth admission to his creditor's leger. Love keepeth Its captive awake all night, so doth debt. Love is uncalculating, and debt holdeth no reck oning, the man who oweth money is in need of brass, and so is the swain that poppeth the question XT An individual, as he was passing along the streets of London, was accosted by a stranger with the question, "Did you ever thank God for the use of your reason?" "No," was the reply, "I never thought of doing It." "Well do it quickly," rejoined the stranger, "for I have lost mine." Wf part in sladnrm. Tho' our parting is in sadness, And our hearts are filled with pain I will greet thee soon in gladness, Thou wilt smile on me again. Tho' sadly now farewell Is spoken, Still kindly let the word be said We'll think not of the bright dreams broken The flowers of hope now crushed and dead In other scenes more gay and smiling With other friends more dear to thee With love and hope each hour beguiling, Soon wilt thou cease to think on me. Let us not, then, part In sadness Why should farewell be said with pain; For I wHl meet thee soon in gladness Thou wilt smile on me again. W. L. G. Tcnjpernftrr in Slew Hampshire. The question of license or no license which was submitted to the people of New Hampshire bv the State Legislature, has resulted in favor of a law prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors except for medicine or medicinal purposes. The vote in twenty-eight towns which hate beett heard from stands, 4134 to 1419. The tiring over the Ohio at Wneeiiftg, Vn The Wheeling (Va.) Times gives us a deecription ofthe splendid Wire Suspension Bridge which is to be constructed over the Ohio river at that city. The length of the span is 1,010 feet from the centre or the towers upon which the structure rests. The strength of a strand of tV wire li'sed (No- !) is cnpab'.e rf sustaining

i 500 pounds of weight at least. There will be

9,000 strands of the wire. The height or the bridge above low water mark, will be 87 feet The summit of the eastern tower, will be 253 feet above low water. The tower will be GO feel above the bridge and 51 feet above the tower on the west end. The flooring of the bridge, Will be 24 feet wide, with a foot way on each 8ide feet wide, and a carriage way in the centre, 17 feet wide. The floor will be 93 feet high at the eastern shore, and gradually fall to 62 feet at the western tower. The flooring will be supported by 12 cables, each 1,380 feet long which Will rest upon iron rollers on the towers, and are firmly anchored in the ground or walls at each end. The timber employed in the building will be white pine, except the upper cover of boards which will be white oak. The whole weight Of the wood work, will be 250 tons. The entire cost ofthe bridge will be estimated at $210,000. Sci. Amer. The Female Drra. A woman should always look is soft to the touch as a flower, and as pure. All her garments should be made of the fineit and softest material possible, material that will easily dispose into folds, falling gracefully around her; and not, by being liable to ruffle it every moment, compel her to stiff attitude and starched demeanor, denying her al! luxury of lounge and loll. No lady should depend on flmr or potatoes for propriety. Sci. Amer. "Potomac.' The Washington corresponds of the Baltimore Patriot writes as follow) under date of 16th Inst.: "New candidates, compromie candidates, afe now seriously talked of by tie Whigs at the seat of Government. Crittenden and Abbot Lawre.ce, while others are for running Scott and tfangum. Some iuuuiu! hold on for Clay, and others for Tavlor. A A great change is working, at al events. You ill soon see the results." From the New York Express we extract the following astounding facts dWa ! .1.11 11. - .liiJ , u. ,ur. vt.I, UIB BCDniOI Louis Phillippe, has made overtures to purchase the Che! House and grounds from the Win. fered $100,000 for theirt. It is a lovely location." An odd Coincidence. Charles and Fhil went up the hill, In France, across the water, Charles fell down and broke his crown, And Phil came tumbling after. A tVrsinn Fable. A little particle of rain, That from a passing cloud decended, Was heard thus idly to complain "My brief existence now is ended! Outcast alike of earth and sky, Useless to live, unknown to die!" It chanced to fall into the sea, And there att open shell received It; And after years how rich was he Who from its prison-house relieved it! The drop of rain had formed a gem To deck a monarch's diadem. Ite n siood Neighbor. Some men are always in hot water and are never on good terms with their neighbors What is worse than to quarrel with a next door neighbor? The tooth-ache is nothing to it You cannot bear anything from one of his fam - ly. If his children are in your yard or on your fence, they must be driven away with harsh words poor innocent things! Who have not learnt the ways of the world. You forbid yonr, wifi! who Is perhaps disposed to forgive and forget never to borrow from, or lend to the Wife Of your adversary not to speak to his children, or have any thing whatsoever to do with the family. Does note man feel badly who has such a dispesition and Quarrels with his neighbor? We pray you, be a good neighbor. Overlook the foibles and the faults of your friend. If he is morose and sour in his disposition, there is more necessity for you to be forbearing, mild and persuasive. You have but a short time to lite; O, spend your days in peace. A lady passing along one of our streets one morning (says the Lynn News.) noticed a little boy, who was scattering salt on the ice upon the sidewalk, for the purpose of clearing it off. "Well, I'm sure," said the lady, "this is benevolence." "No it ain't ma'am," replied the boy, "it is salt." Advertisement the Ixmdon Times. Jane Your absence will ruin all. Think of your husband your parents yoar children. Return return all may be well happy. At any rate enclose the key of the cupboard where the gin is. fjr-llenry Clay did a smtckirg business , in the two lip trade while he was in New York. JjWhena Kentucky judge, some years since was asked by an attorney, upon some strange ruling, "Is that law your honor?" he replied "If the court understand herself, and she think she do, it are!" AllMrrntion. "An Austrian Army Awfully Arrayed" is entirely put to rout by the following from a Western -ape'r: James johnson, of jonesboro.jefferson county, jewed jared jacobs out of that julep which jackeon jenkina jawed jerry jitston about when old jupiter joe, jake jemison's jigger, jerked juba jehial's jaw out of joint A jnst Derision. J:4dge Patton, of Pittsburgh, has decided that when a man becomes an habitual drunkard, after taking an apprentice, the facts gives the latter a legal and sufficient claim to release. (Somebody suggests that beech rods make the best baby jumpers. ETThe Religious Tract soei?ty orTaris, has made an earnest appeal to the American Society for aid, claiming that the present is an auspicious time for extending religious instruction, flow to Forgire. A Christian merchant was sorely injured in business by a worldly acquaintance. Meeting him soon after, he held oat his hand, and accos ted him trim?: "I hare been waiting for you to ask my fofgtvrwes in regard to recent transacj tions, but since you will not do so 1 forgive you asy how." Why is a young widow like a poet's cout? Because she wants to bo R F-rAlRKD. j

BIOGRAPHY.

From the Men ho n to' Led ge r. History of the Case of MRS. MYRA CLARK GAINES, Soa THE RECOVERY OF HER FATHER'S ESTATE. (CONTINUED. Daniel Clark, upon commencing business in New Orleansj took into his employment two poor young men, named Relfe and Chew, and retained them in that capacity for some years, until their conduct had so fur demonstrated to him their ability and apparent honesty, that he made them his partners In business, though they had no capital except what they had acquired from him. To say that he had confidence in their fidelity and honesty is not necessary, after giving such evidences of his regard Tor them. He was not only their generoiis patron, but their devoted friend, relying implicitly upon their fidelity, and entrusting them not only with all his business, but also with the knowledge of his secret feelings, purposes and affections. They throve by his favor, and did their best for a long time to retain it, which could have been done easily by simple common honesty, and a due attention to his commercial interests, as combined and identified with their own. But this course, so simple and easy to men of only ordinary depravity, did not accord with the foolishly eager covetousness of these men, who seem to have grasped at nothing less than the whole of the property of Daniel Clark, in case of his decease before them. Regarding these his proteges and beneficiaries as the most grateful and devoted of his friends, Daniel Clark, on bringing his beloved Zulime to New Orleans, e.i trusted them with the whole of the secret of his private marriage to her, and of: the peculiar circumstances which prevented an 'tion of her M hIa !treated bv them M llh , B . . . Iimmnrl into ,1 snlnoii,-. nf !t ..J . -..LI: ; . . ' " the wife of Relfe into his house as a virtuous and honorable lady; wh !!e her connection with Daniel Clark was known, she was also thus received by other ladies on the strength of her re 1 3 ception by the wife of Relfe. No testimonial of nnl .i.JL!nJn.Ul.. .1 . L... .j t. .,. , , , ... . b fc on hi. departure, ',),;, mnA r.. u It was unJer these circumstances that the only child of Daniel Clark and his wife Zulime, was born. It wis a daughter, and was by him named Myra. The circumstances taade it necessary to sepa-ate the infant from Its mother, almost immediafcly after its birth; and it was so fortunate as to find in a lady of high character and eminent virtues, one of the best of foster mothers. Captain Davis, an officer of the United States Army, then stationed at New Orleans, was an intimate and favored friend of Daniel Clark, and was so largely benefitted by his liberality in pecuniary matters, as to feel under great personal obligations to him. Capt. Davis was j married; and to him and his wife was entrusted j the secret of the marriage of their wealthy and generous inena; m consequence or which Madame Zuli me Clark was received by them, also, as a lady worthy of the society of ladies. To ibe kind care of Mrs. Davis the little Myra was gladly entrusted, soon after her birth, and Was received by her with an affection as devoted, fon anu" unchanging, as if she had been her own ! offspring; so that with all the misfortunes of her birth, under circumstances which prevented the PolIic acknowledgement of her parents' mar riae Myra never knew what it was to want a mother. Lentil she became a woman, she never round lne I?81 occasion to suppose that Mrs. f avii was not her actual mother, or that the children of Mrs. Davis were not her brothers and Bi9ter9' To the day of her death, Mrs. Davis was all to her adopted child that a mother could Dei and when she died, was lamented bv her with an agony of gf?ef that was not mitigated by the recently acquired knowledge of the ab sence of all natural kindred relationship between them. Relfe and Chew were, by the frequent with drawal of their patron from commerce into" the absorbing cares of politics, soon left with an almost absolute control of his business, and with the management of his property, with a corresponding knowledge of the extent, position, and value of it. Complicated as his affairs were, by his numerous gigantic speculations in great tracts of land in the new states and territories, at times largely absorbing his money and actual resources, his sudden death in a country so far re mote from that of his birth nnd kindred, would (if he had remaiued unmarried and childless) have left his whole estate very much at the mer cy of unprincipled and cunning men, in their position, alone possessing all his secrets of business, his accounts and papers. The warm friendship and attachment which he then felt for them, would have undoubtedly induced him to make them the heirs cf sorne considerable p'oTti-'tt of his property, as they were nearer to his heart than any other person, ejtcept his aged mother, then living in Philadelphia. His lawful mar risge, and the birth of a legitimate heir of his es tate, could not, therefore, but make a very ma terial drfference In the condition and prospects of Relfe and Chew. Still, for seme time after the birth of his daughter, he continued to hold them in the same Confidence, esteem and friendship as before. They still retained, In a great measure, the custody and management of his property and busi ness. The absence of Daniel Clark at Washington and the North, was soon made by Relfe and Chew the occasion of the formation, and incipient execution, of that extraordinary plot against him, his affections,liis hopes, his ail in life, which resulted in those events that, for nearly half a century, have frustrated the great designs which he cherished not only for himself, but for what i dearer to him than self, than fame or being. To prevent him from publicly acknowledging his

marriage with Zulime Uairiere irom establish-j mem was mamuuuea vj on epiuioiary corresIng the legitimacy of his daughter born of her ' pondence. Therefore, thus fully instructed by

from entitling his wife to her lawful share in his estate, and froni' making his legitimate daughter ins heir were the great objects before them. The only imaginable mode of accomplishing those objects, they were able to discover"1 and adopt. After Daniel Clark had been for some time the North, separated from her by what was then to the minds cf men a much greater distance. than new, Relfe and Chew, being still In full

possession of his highest confidence ami esteem, contrived, through various inventions and wicked calumuies, to impress him with suspicions of her purity and fidelity to him. He was a man of the world. He had long been accustomed to

that independence and liberty belonging to the unmarried man of great wealth and high position. The ardor of that extraordinary aad devoted passion with which he had been i irwi for a beautiful and charming girl, in tho circumstances of peculiar and almost unpral.e!ed mtifortune, had probably somewhat abated; and he may have felt, at limes, tliat ho had more injured his own prospects than benefitted her by thus binding himself to her for life. In his station, with his unusual gifts and accomplibhmeuts, his reputation and wealth, he must have been the object of many attentions from distinguished females with marriageable daughters, who were awake to the advantages of an alliance with a gentleman so endowed and so ?iii'iurtly able to give honor, wealth, and high position to anybody who might be privileged to become his wife. While thus courted and tempted, far from the object of his affections, he w;is suddenly assailed by representations from his confidential friends, Relfe and Chew, and others, that Zulime was unfaithful to him, and had grossly betrayed his confidence, and dishonored him. It was afterwards proved, beyond a doubt, that her conduct was wholly irreproachable, and that there was nothing in her deportment to excite even a suspicion against her; but to the cool and deliberate iugenuity of Relfe and Chew, nothing wr.s im possible in their scheme to alienate Daniel Clark from his wife, to prevent the public recognition of his marriage, and the establishment of the legitimacy of his daughter. So artfully was the calumnious plot contrived, that Daniel Clark was, for a time, completely deceived. In a transport of jealous rage, he was induced to Wrong the unfortunate and innocent Zulime by a belief of the slanders concocted by his pretended friends; and he resolved to abandon her forever, as wholly unworthy of that generous, pnre, and devoted love, which had prompted him to rescue her from the peculiar distress in which he had found her, by honoring her with the highest pledges of sympathy and affection that man eould give to woman. Believing her false and infamous, he felt that it was impossible for him to dishonor himself by gratuitously avowing nimseu me husband of such a woman the victim of a foolish passion, by which he had been beguiled into a situation so contemptible and revolting he resolved that his hasty and unfortunate private marriage should forever remain a secret, though its legality would prevent him from contracting another while she lived. He consequently at once ceased to communicate with her, and endeavored to forget her in the attractions of the brilliant society iu Washing ton and ikiltunore, to which he was considered an ornament and an honor. The unhappy Zulime, who had been living at New Orleans in retirement, visited only by the false friends of Daniel Clark, and their families, suddenly took alarm at the total cessation of all comfnttnlcaiion frcm her absent husband. His silence was wholly Inexplicable to her; and, of course, the false friends around her did not assist her to conjecture its cause; but, on the con trary, in furtherance of their deep and pitiless design, labored to aggravate her distress by suggesting to her the most cruil doubts of his dis position to do her justice, and establish her legal rights. It was insinuated to her that, from satiety or fickleness, he might have transferred his affections to another, and was intending to desert her. His neglect to make a public avowcl of his marriage now assumed a mort alarming aspect, and her confidence in his fidelity and justice being shaken, the most terrible suspicions arose in her mind that she was destined to lie again betrayed as before, and rendered doubly unfortunate the most ill-fated cf all innocent women tiiat ever lived. Incited by Ihedemoniac plotters who surrounded her, she wrote, in the most impassioned grief and fear, to her husband, beseeching him to put an end immed!ale?y to her horrid doubts, by publicly declaring their marriage, and securing authentic legal proofs of it. To this letter, which was received by him when in the midst of his most jealous rage and scorn against her, she obtained no answer; and er agony at this apparent confirmation of her previous dreadful suspicions, became ineepportable. The plotters still poaded her bv new evidences of his purposed injustice to her, and of his

virtual abandonment of her to public suspicion, ing her morally guiltless, could never again honand final dishonor and infamy. I orably receive her as his wife from the home of

The alarm and distress Created by these insidions villains, finally wrought in the mind of Zulime a purpose to break through alf suspense and delay, by instantly going from New Or!ans to WarJilngton, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or New York, to nrcertain from her husband directly the cause of h'w silence, his iuter.tions in regard to her, that she miht know the worst at or.ee, Tind be prepared for her destiny. She left New Orleans accordingly, and hurried to the North. Not being able to meet him at Was!;inp?on, she went to Philadelphia. She there fell into the hands of Relfe 's agents and associates in villainy, who studiously aggravated her alarinr, and contributed esseutially to the consummation of her irretrievable ruin. Daniel Clark, in the transaction cf his very extensive commercial business, had found it decirable to form a branch establishment in Philadel phia, and for this purpose had formed a partnership there with two men named Coxe and lluIings, with and through whom he carried cn that part of his traffic which centred in that city. With these two Philadelphians, who owed most of their actual possessions to Daniel Clark, and whose hopes of greater wealth were associated with him and the contingency of his death with out a widow's incumbrance of dower.arjd without "heirs of his body," Richard Reffe and Rever'y Chew of New Orleans were Closely linked in interest; and the natural r.vmiathy between ! . their coadjutors in viliainy, they were prepared to play their part in this singular dra ma, and as the result proves, fliey were iu no particular lacking the disposition or capacity for equal wickedness. I These men and their agents solemnly assured at( the liall-distracteu Zuhme that she was the v:c tim of the arts of an accomplished seducer that' Daniel Clark, taking advantage of her ignorance, and her distress at 'he discovery eftli- criminal-

ity of To C rainges, had imposed upon h.r by a mock marriage-thai her connection with hin. had no legal sanction or authority, and i!iitt s! wsas cruel'.y betrayed by bin, jie JjaiJ

ny ue Lraiuges that her ofiij.rin- by .;, ; i a meglumine, ana 'jiat lie hid Wsaiea he rever. In confirmation cf ihis horrible preUnded revelation, they furthermore assured her :!:at he was at that moment preparing for a fon.m! r,hll.iinarriage With a lady whose rank and position were suited to his own that he was, in fact, engaged"lo one of the Miss Catous, of Baltimore. It was true that Daniel Clark, known in society only is an unmarried msn, had been intimate in rsme ofthe most distinguished and attractive circles of fashionable life i- Di.i.r,i and, party Teccmmend-vi p-rhips by the associations of his birth in tiie country of their ancestry, m well as by his good family, education, and great wealth, wu very well received In tV family cr Mr. Caton, the son-in-law of Charles Carroll, of Carroliton, whose daughters were then admired frr their beauty and dignity of character, as tiiey hare ein-e !eCu almost orld-re nowned for the lofty station and enviable rank to which these endowments have raised them, three of them being now British peeress the Duchess of Leeds, (late Marchioness of Ca rmarthen,) the Marchioness Weiltsly, and the O.uutess of . To one of these Iadi-s, D.uii. i Clark had been so assiduously devoUd that a rumor arose, that he was her accepted suitor, and that they were engaged to be married. All this, with additions desigued In confirm the mere rumor iuto positive, undoubted fact, was poured into the ears of Zulime by the coplotters or Relfa and Chew, with such power, that she could no longer hesitate to believe that Daniel Clark was a villain, that he practiced a monstrous imposture and fraud upon her in the form of a mar.ia;;e ceremony 'hat he had not legally married her, and tlut the, now e second time wofully betrayed and ruhied, was in a condition of desolation and auguish to w hich no equal or iiaralle! cuuld be imagiiied. As for communication with Daniel Clark it wrs impossible, for he had already refused to notice her letters, and she was assured of receivinr nolhiu" but insult and outrage from a man who had so delibsrate'y planned and consummated her ruin by a fraud so wickedly base and cruel. Having thus overwhelmed her with tha hcrrors of her situation, tiie.y soon contriv-d a snaro in which she became irretrievably entangled. A yomg French gentleirian, named Pe Gurdette, was introduced to her, and being struck wills her beauty, rapidly began to feel a strong personal interest in her. Her peculiar multiplied misfortunes, associated as they were with the most perfect innocence and moral purity, no only excited his sympathy and compassion, but kindled In him a genuine passion of licncrclile. love. She naturally turned with grateful feeling' towards this new and devoted friend as almost her only refuge in her desolation ; and Iter hopele.s circumstances forbade her to repel him. It was not long before DeGardette, fully appreciating her position, as represented by the preten ded friends of Daniel Clark, offered he- marriage as her best security against the injuries resulting from her two betrayals. She was encouraged and urged by the agents of Relfe and Chew, to accent him as the only person capable of rescuing her frcm infamy and distress. Fully convinced that she had nerer been lawfully married, and that she was as free at that time cs she was when she accepted Daniel Clark, she yielded, and vros married (in form) to Do Gardette. The success of the conspiracy was now thus fur complete. By the crowning act of this singularly eon- , trived fraud, Daniel Clark was finally ami for- . ever sqar;:led frcm h:s wife, as effectually as if ! death had parted them yet without leaving to I bim or her the liberty of marrying agiiii; since, a lav? rl,e was still, his Wife; and lnr error in regard to that fact, being not criminal, but merely the result of innocent ignorance, wrought upon asd betrayed by the most unheard-of and artknavery she could not be considered guilty j t tnat offence which the laws of Christendom . constitute a complete ground of divorce. Zulime Carriere had now been three times married; each of the three men to whom she had been marricd was living: she had been divorced from neither of them: she was morally bound to neitherof tiiem: she was the lawful rife of one of ! them: her lawful husband, even tiiough believanother man, who had regarded her as his own: he with whom she last found herself as a wife, could nof lawfully retain her when knowing the farts; neither cou!d he justly censure her or honorably discard her, or thrust lu.r out from him aud leave her without a home or a protector, as completely ruined, and cs unworthy of again becoming a wife, as though her innocence had been the most licentious guilt; neither the first nor the last could lawfully claim her: the other could not in honor or decency do so: to all practical intents and purposes, therefore, she was the wife of no man. To her it might have been truly said "Thou hast three husbands; and he whom thcu now hast is not thy husband." History never furnished a parallel to this remarkable case. Fiction, ever feebler in invention thau truth is in its natural development, never in its wildest flight, in poetry, In the drama, or in romance, rose to the conception of a catastrophe so inextricably complicated in its results, so appalling, so revolting to moral yenre, where the chief victims were so free from heiaons guiltTo this point, Daniel Clark and Zulime re mained ignorant of their relative poritioa. He had cast her off as an utterly unworthy woman, who had vilely dishonored his true affection for her; and he had datermined to spare himseif the mortification Of exposing her shame and his, by any pnblid' proceeding againt her preferring" that the (by him deemed fortunate) secrecy of his unfortunate marriage should remain and le perpetual. Though scornirg to care for tho fale of such a being, he heard thct she had made a sappesed marriage With another person, bu could nof regard that as a matter ofthe slightest moment to him. (COXC1.VDED NEXT WEEK.) Tonipey,- said a good humored master to his servant, 'I didn't know until now that you ! bid a whipping last week." "Ah, massa,", "wid tho black, "don't yen, Lnr, I knew it ii ')( berry time ef it "