Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-11-01

| is, | have seen so little of it in those who
pretend to have a great deal. But if it will
make me what it has made you, Though
you were always good wife) it is worthy
of more attention than ever bestowed upon
it," need not say how much affected this
Young Christian sister was, by the avowal
of her husband. Since the time referred to,
Mr.. -- has appeared in the sanctuary
in company with his wife and though there
is no decided evidence that he eas eNperen-
ccd change of he heart, yet there Is un-
questionably great change of outward
conduct. Permit me, dear madam, to com.
mend to all the wives who read your Jour.
nal, and who have unbclcving husbands
the conduct of Mrs. - as an example
worthy of imitation. "For what knowest
thou, 0 wife, whether thou shalt save thy
husband"
"There is large class of excellent fe-
male characters, who, on account Of that
very excellence, are little known, because
70 be known is no their object. Their am
biton has better taste. They pass
through life honored and respected in their
own small, but not unimportant sphere,
and approved by Him whose they are,
and whom they serve, though their faces
arc hardly known in promiscuous society.
If they occasion little sensation abroad, they
produce much happiness at home. And
when woman who has all 'applianccs
and means to get it, can withstand the in
toxication of a nattcrcr, and the alteration
ofthe fashionable: can conquer the fond
ness for public distinction, can resist the
temptations of that magic circle 10 which
she is courted, and in which she is qualified
to shine-this is indeed u trial of firmness,
a trial in which those who have never
been called to resist themselves, can hard
ly Judge Of the merit Of resistance in
others.
These arc the women who bless, dignity
and truly adorn society. The painter H.
deed does not make his fortune by their
sitting to him: the icweller is not brought
into vogue by furnishing their diamonds,
nor undonc by not being paid for them;
the prosperity ofthc milliner does not de-
pend on affixing their name to q cap or a
color; the poet does not celebrate them;
the novelist docs does not dedicate 10 them:
but they possess the affection of their hus-
bands, the attachment Of their children, the
esteem Of the wise end good and above all,
they possess His favor, whom to know is
life eternal.
81 am persuaded that such women com.
pose a larger portion ofthe sex than is gene
rally allowed. 1t is not the number, but
the voice which makes sensation, and a
set of fair dependent young creatures, who
are every night forced, some CT them re-
lunctantly. upon the public eye, and bcvy
offadcd matrons, rouged and repaired for
an ungratcful public, dead to their bIandish-
mcnts. do not compose the whole female
world! repeat it, a hundred amiablc wo-
men, who arc living in the quiet practice Of
their duties, and the modest exerton o!
their talents, do not fill the public eye, or
reach the public car, like one aspiring lea.
der, who, hungering for observation, and
disdaning ccnsurc, breads not abuse. but
oblivion; who thinks it more glorious to
head a little phalanx of fashionable follow
erS, than to hold out, as from her command
ins eminence and imposing talents she
might have done, shining example Of all
that is great, and good, and dignliicd in
woman. These sef:appointed queens
maintain IN absolute but cphemeral empire
o7cr that little fantastic aristocracy, which
they call the world. Admiration besets
them, crowds attend them, conques;s follow
them, interiors initiate them, rivals envy
them, newspapers extol them, sonnets deity
them. \ few ostentatious charities are
opposed as a large atoncment for a tew
amiabIe mcaknesses, while the unpaid
tradesman is exposed to ruin by their ven.
gcance, ifhe refuse TO trust them, and TO a
gaol fhe continue 20 do it.
HANNAH Moore.
! Melancholy reminiscences.-Within the
last four Or five years, six members ofthe