The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-29

: hy any Grrollreii0a al he muoor L.andap
Shen suddenly EulnI mysH Il ii,
midst q > iensely populalssi aul sg.denl
: y most TmIshsd nslghburhn0l. lot il
; EeseIiP."
.Oh. 10 break yourself or lh.. h,ki,i
am sure yol vii lie nm orsr nne n
lhese DAYS IL yon dnn'l...' inierma,ea n,
anxious Fanny. taking her husbands hand
but Tie eeniinurd--
be'leEeI Vas krsi aroused frsm M
musings hy the sensations &C change il
the ATMOSPHERE 10 something ua0re disa.
greeable ihan hal ever iaIlal,.l before.
Close AMI lcii,l il was n m in.alcFable .ls.
gree; and nu wonder when | lonksd On
The scene annnd me. was in lie mlllsl
Of dillPi'laieti Installations, whisi ", seem.
edssarming with tenants. If nigh, Judge
nom the ihrong< Of halI-slaryu,l. hall clad
unwashei creatures .of both sexes anil ri
oil ages. By whom ! Va. sunnunded.-
Men. bm;alisei. would fain helieve ~
ignorance. with s;uiid look. unlighled rs
any gleam ri intelligence. save hist whirh
TO my mind i more revolving Than idiot.
ism-l0w cunning; wnmen of tslneannr
az coarse. and using language IS foul. IS
their companions, with long anil hu,hy
hair mslled about iheir Eres. anil all
both men and women - more or l..Ss itlling.
some lounging 81 doors ani win..aws, s,no.
king or 9uarrcling: and cEen where there
was ihe preiencr Of employ nsn., il was
conducted in 50 Iisiless mannrr lha. il
could moi be assuriaiel with industry.
"The children. miInics ~ ;hey always
are, reflected the scene around them; vet
though equally ahjecl. emaeisied. snd
miserable. there was. on the whole, more
activity about them. more human in.
tellIgencc-ihey seemed only nnderpo.
ing the Prccess Of comprehensive seal
OF utter irremeiiable degradation was no,
yet fixed. Sill, even in their play-and
hnZ wonderful il is that such children
should play nj aIl there was the same
animal selishress 10 he traced as that
which seemed written on the adult cnnn.
;cnancc. The same churkle al nomcntary
success. and the same absence Of all ge-
nerous sympathy.
80 all this, however, there was an ex.
ccpIion. Sitting on dnor.slep. a. a little
distance from ragged. dirty. noisy group
nj nrChins, was the hoy To whom allutle.
lie had evidently been weeping bitterly.
but there was hull after the passion Of
tears, and his blue eyes were raised 10 the
sky with an expression Of hopeless mise.
r. eau nc,er lersa.....i. L.-.i.-s..A.-aSs.,.s.
All day :. AMI The very intensity with
which, At the moment, uied to recall the
likeness. of my memory. robbed me Of
the presence Of mind--nr inslinc, rather
which should have prampietl me to
question the poor child. i,at had little
time for rrteclion; almost at The instant.
a MISUNDERSTANDING man came forward, and
seizing the hoy with the authority OF
master, began cuiiing him with his list, as
he half drove. half dragged him alsng.-
Amid the storm Of impFecaiions which ar.
coInpanied these proceedings. all | could
understand was thai the child had lost, or
been robbed at n penny, with which he
haa heen inirusied 10 pay the postage of
letter. Strange, Fanny, iha, cannu,
forge. sha, boy -. 90
q. .. CHAPTER II.
Winter had passed away; along, cold
winter: ye, TO The well housed, well cloth. !
ed. well warmed, we'll fed many. a season
Of serial. genial, or siutlious hours rruit. |
ably passed. and pleasant to remember. In
a wellcur.ained. well.carpeietl chamber,
with the cheerful fire acting as the magne,
Of the room-and the hook, or the penril, |
music's sofiening recreation, and the high ,
est and most incxhaus,iblc resource of all, !
that rapid and suggestive interchange of
,hongh,, for which we want some more
definite term than conversation" lit mat.
tiers but liule wha. the strife Of The elc.
ments may be without; how biting The
wind or penetrating the rain. or death
dealing the fros.! Far differently the
winter passes in the haun, Of penury. or
even in the abodes Of the labnring poor.
The resources which are Just equal TO
meet the wants Of summer, sorely fail in
The hour Of hiterer trial, when physical sui.
fcring brings the inevitable train Of moral
degradation; and the animal instinc. of
self preservation as>e rts its dominion over
every nohler iacSliy. .~=% !!
II had been winter of great misery to
the very poor; and period of those con.
vulsions IN the mercantile world which
spread their eddies inmany widening cir
cles. Walter Bingham had not escaped
their Influence he was still without, en-.
ploymem. and poorer than in the autumn,
tina, he had dipped for those =
support still deeper into his caps
tab. But a heavier sorrow than this had
fallen OF the young couple. Alas the .
liule crib was empty; the pallor of death
had displaced the roses Of health, and the
new life, so full Of promise and freshness,
had died out from the. earth, though 50
many OF the old and feeble. and iuveless
and wre,chetl, still fingered behind. One