The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-10-02

TO absent themselves from these me till they ma
iooea offence from their hearts, the close cf the holy
| o"uh'on' each brother renews ms pledge Of faith
uess 70 the Lord, and gives hand upon it 10 his fell
| 40" me brethren kiss one another and The sisters
aiso 90 inc same amorg themselves They may
contract marriages by mutual agreement under the
appreciation OF the elders but they frequently resort
70 the lol 10 determine them and nothing is more
common .hah LOT missionary to send home, request
ing them to choose hun wife, who is TINS selec,ed
The damsel on whom the lot falls has the Iiber,v 10
decline the match if she pleases but as it is regard
| ed as clear indication Of the will of Providence il
| IS generally cheerfuly acquesced in, and a Young
woman will at prepare herself on being chosen
10 go orth or South-to the snowy fields Of Iabra-
| dor, or the burning deserts of Africa. The Hen-
hunters declare that scarcely instance has been
known IN which these marriages have not been COM
pietely happy ones -Wiiliam HoioiA. ..,,,s,-,
The sad history of the noble but fatal efforts of Sir
Walter Scott to pay off, by the product of his glori-
Gus brain, the mercantile debt he had incurred as
partner with his publishers, though not new is touch
insy presented in letter of Mr. Weed to the
Albany Evening Journal;
Sir Walter labored with indomabIc energy to cx-
tnguish debt from the coinage of his brain, of more
than 1900 0OO for which he had become liable by his
business relations with Constable & Co.. and Ballan-
tyne & Co. But the labor was too severe even for
his hercuean mental and physical powers. There
early as 1896, may be by note in his private
Journal
March l4-What dctcstabIe feeling this hut-
tering Of the heart is know il is nothing organic,
and that it is entirely nervous but the effects of il
are sickening to degree Is it the body brings it
on thc nhd, or Is 1t the mind that lLnics it the
body I"
The result of Sir Walters literary labor from Ja-
nuary, 1876, to January, 1928 was dividend of six
shilling sterling on the pound TO his creditors amount
ing in the aggregate to 100000, OF 100000! What
other author ever did or ever will realize such an
other sum from his own intellectual labors For
this iustrious demonstration Of genius industry ard
integrity, the creditors, as well they might, tunan-
mousy voted him their thanks" After this dividend
had been made, his private Journal says slg3H
a" | see before me long, tedious and dark path
but it leads to stainless reputation If die in the
harness, is very likely, shall die with honor. IL
achieve my task shall have the thanks Of all con-
cerned, and the appreciation of my own conscience"
But human faculties, though with all the strength
and tenacity OF iron and steel may be taxed as
were those with which nature endowed Sir Walter
Scott. Some Of the rapacious creditors who made
merchandise of his brain, to his own burning fl
cure, " treated me like recusant turnspit and put
4 red hot cinder into the wheel aloDgst with me-"
And finally the {" feather which breaks the cameI's
oack' having been added to Sir Walters burthen he
was struck down by paralysis and after lingering
lew months, was gathered to his fathers. How pain
July sublime to the Borrowing friends who surround
ed him. must have been the breaking of that athletic
frame, the quenching of that towering spirit the GO
ing out of that +" light which no Promethean spark
can relumc!"
We followed Sir Walter from Abbotsford, the
theatre of his glorious achievements, to Drybur,h
hose ruined Abbey is hallowed by his dust, How
chosen for the final repose of such pre-
cious remains! What monument so fitting and ex-
oressve the crumbling walls and lofty, but silent
overs of an Ancient Scottish Abbey! Dust 10
Dust! Ashes to Ashes Ruin to Ruin
The copy right of the Waverly Novels has extin-
,ushed much of the debt since the Authors death,
md viii, should Parliament extend the laws protect
ne this species of property, ultimately wipe out the
,nlire amount ~ -