Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-06-20

4 my CltlZeU. no HElTTltu WolilhH W + Ch'
beauty, possessed of all those accomplish
menls which ennoble and dignity the char
acter Of her sex. In 1889, VIM. b. lived
in splenli house in one Of the most fash
ionable streets in the city. He was hap
Py man.
Not when The storm is Ioudest, not when
the lightnings clothe the sky in flame and
the great thunders shake the vault OF heaven
do we behold the work of the destroyer
| When the clouds are half Withdrawn, and
there is silence in the air, the path OF the
storm king is seen, and we tehold the de-
ISOLATION he has wrought. The "pressuTe"
came, and it came like the tempest in It's
wrath. II swept from the rich man his
gold, it wrested from the man in middle life
the earnings Of many years, and 1t threw
the poor man on the world, deprived of even
the liberty to toll. Ii is fearful thing to
be bereft of food, and TO ask mans leave to
toll for enough Of bread to satisfy hunger
which gnaws the vitals as worm.
was walking along Broadway, in the
neighborhood Of the church of ST. Thomns,
on sald dayy;n DSosrnber. care you not
the gentleman that used to come TO pas
house?" said a little hoy running up to me
almost breathlcss. He had seen me pass
a distant corner, and had followed as fast
us possible ill he caught hold of my hand,
and asked the question. at may be, who
is your pa, my little man?" ooh Mr.. B. Did
you not know him, sir?" On being am
swered atiirmatively, he seemed much de-
lighted, and begged me to go and see his.
moher. "fve heard lerask flr you a great
many times, sir" said he "won't you gp?"
Little reckoning of the place TO which the
boy would guide me, followed him. We
passcd The long row of houses where the
father ha,!! lived, but the child hurried on,
beckonng 10 ne follow, till the stately man
Sions were far beni9d US.
There we're no Iiveried servants in at
tendance-nor noble statuary, nor me mag
nifceni productions of Titan or a Law
renee graced The nIrrlw hill that led to-
the small apartment where the wife of b.
| lived, with no companion but her son. The
beauty Of young years becomes majesty
rpened in sorrow. She who sat before me
was not decked with gold and diamonds, as
| had seen her in gone time. The rose
had faded from her check, and her eye had
lost its lnstre. Yet had not time nor sor-
row robbed her Of that rich beauty which
ere then had been the theme of every ga
zer's praise. Change had been there, and
the setting of gold was gone; but the bril-
| liant remained and it shone more brightly
that it was alone.
sat down and heard related the story Of
that ruin which was evidenced by every
thing around me. She saw "A look cast on
the hnmlhe furniiure--a drop trembled on
the long dark eyelash-for moment her
head was turned towards the window, and
then as calm as the air of morning, she
!. resumed her place. She was most anxious
to see her husband, and as the few friends
who remaincd in the hour Of adversely
were unwilling to permit her to do so, was
solicited 10 bear her company.
The next scene was in a mad house.
Gle is better to-day, sir" said the keep
er; sand doubtless you may safely visit
him" We walked along to the place of his
confinement; the door opened, and we be-
held reclining on the floor in the farther
corner of the room strong built man, dres-
sed in the uniform of the establishment
His beard was unshaven, his hair matted
and long, and death-like paleness over.
spread his countenance. ] doubted at first
whether il was the object of our search,
so wonderful had been the operation Of
times tremendous alchemy. But the wife
exclaimed ''t is he!' Their souls had in
past time been as ne,andt bough the form of
manliness was changed and all the marks
by which men knew him, gone, she felt that
it was he; something lold her that il was
the husband of her happier years she gazed
on, and he would have rushed forward and
thrown her arms around him, had not lhe
keeper interposed his hand walked fofs
ward to the centre of the room and spoke
TO him. He heard not but drawing some
rude figures on the floor, muttered of trea-
sures that were his no more. "Thirty two
thousand" he said, lifting up his eyes from
the representatives of that wealth which
was not, and gazing with vacant look
around him; "Thiity two-thousand! twas
had move--I loose by it--but the tifnos
will mend apace--ha! ha! the times, the
timesp
He began again to draw with rude IN
strument figures along the flor on which
one elbow rested, while the figures wander
ed among the masses of dark hair that sha-
lowed DER his brow. "The times! the
timesm and laugh that sickened the heart
and made the fleshtof the listener creep, was
heard; but he was all unconscious OF the
presence of any save himself.
His wife-the companion of his young
and sinless years-the trusted-trnes', war
NEST friend of better days, bent DER hun anu
with tremuous voice and eye mn pm
with tears, spoke of gone JOYS, al.&sRpes
that might be even yetfalfilled.
INV husband, my dear hnsband!-see, !
have come with our little George To see you,
Do Won not kaow usi Oh speak TO me,
| tV,Il;aroi enea K I, me 3n