The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-08-25

heart Of hearts. nnilring, unwasiing, I'M
depraFed BY commerce With this harden
Ing world-fresh a fountain IN . de-
serfs ssnds--ppFe and undefled as The |
lighi that shines the nearest unto heaven!
-. ME-. Furlnng Is called away, and
] am spared making fool IT myself IN
Der pFcsenee. =. All, thou who wen
nv first hope and earliest. biaerfsi des-
pair, viii not accuse thee with al The
ehanges which time aud disappointment
have made IN my heart and feelings; bot
far some Of these ihou must ansver!--
What am. tbs little Isnli has made me;
what | should hafe been-bui no mat
teri feel how drsoIale ! wretch | am.
how changed from al as and ought 10
bet is ms work. IL - thy deed. and
forgive thee, Behold me here, broken
spirited man, with inr0wed cheeks and
whitening hair, tears in my eyes. and
ag0ny al my hrart. Behold me. an I'M
social man, suspected by the world and
supeeting The w0Fld---I. who trusted iD
! IL, loved il and would have beneflled if
Bui have done with it'll loalhe il and
avon NJ And whyl Why am now harsh
of nalurc--pncharilsble in thought. il no,
. IN speecll--nnlorge,fUl Of slight offences,
revengeiul Of deep ones-jealous Of looks
--walehlul Of woTdsl | thai was gentle,
tender Of others, 10 myself severe; forgive
ing, incapable Of anger, npenmInded. sus-
pleiousless! But why should snslomise
myself give my heart 10 The vullures
among men--iei them g!ut on It; and
good digestion wait upon their appeilte!"
{" DID you call sir!"
. No maiam; hut ] am glad you are
! here, FOR your coming In has interrupted
melancholy train Of thought"
" A melancholy thought! Lud, sir, do
you surrender yourselllo such weakness
a. melancholy! Life, 70 be sure, is a seri-
Gus thing 10 the most cheerful Of us; but
to the oyer-anx,ons. and those who groan
Under It's cares, death were happier Than
,ucn lilci The really heavy ObligsuoRs
ol existence are worthy OF our graVesl
thoughts; but the lighter evils. the cares
and anxreues OF the dsy-sir. | never al
low them Ia make a deeper impression
on my mud than my pencil does On my
slate: when have satisfied my self To the
amount, rub the lines of, and begin
again."
And am | 20 be taught philosophy by
Plato in petiicoais, and the economy %
lite by Dodsley in dimily! Nme dimit
us. then, be my dizzy! Pardon my ~
prrssiun madam-ihe insolence ot nun
bled pride! | SIT rebuked. You are a sen
sible woman, Mrs. Furlong-have RICH
views oi life: now tell me--whal is Ih,
end nf III"
"Dra,t. | should think. SIR"
"a pertinent answer, madam; but yol
are on the wrong premises"
IL am on my own"
Indeed! | am happy to hear that; anC
if was widow watcher, should max,
a note of the fact | meal, madam
what is The design, the intention. the mo
tive. lnr end aud ann Of iiy!
| Happiness here. and 10 another snC
better world
|! Yes, madam; but our happiness hert
what an UNCERTAIN good it is-a hop,
never IN our own hands, but always II
those ol others! And what d" they merit
who, rnIrusIPd with so precious boon 70
our benefit, deny it TO US, and withhold i
from U.S.
| The same unhappiness at the hand
of others"
/" What it, you would not. il you could
whiten one hair of their heads with sor
; row no have slivered The whole Of your.
what do they merll!"
They do not merit so much mercy
: tShe leaves the ROOM.
4 "A negro has soul, your honor!'
said Corporal Trim, putting the right foo
of his posmlaie forward, but in az unde
>. cided atu,ude. as il he doubted whethe
! hls position were tenable. My incl,
Toby ran through in his memory. all tn
, regimental orders from the siege OF Troy
! to that Of Namur. and remembering no
thing therein to the contrary, came To tn
. christian conclusiOn-that negro had ;
soul. Aud why not an innkeeper-es
, | pecially il a woman! NV prejudice is II
lei against that abused class Of hosts ant
: | hosiesses: to be sure, II was formed oil
: an acquaintance with those only OF thu
: Bath Road; they may not require souls
as their guests are chiefly fashionable
} | people. Here is woman with tai
: mans height humbly stationed beside
, | one Of the highways of liie---and siunne'
and distracted with the stir and the bus,l'
= Of the goers To and corners from the shrin'
: Of the great Baal, who has yet conulve'
D TO keep her heart from hardening, AM
: her soul in whittier simplicity, in com
1 mon inn. than the shrinking aud seclud
i, ded nun can do, though shut up from IN
]. world canno, give, and cannot take away
E Else how should this poor woman has