Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-05-26

her.
That day fzshionably dressed young man
came out OF The dead hous@, followed hy rwo
men, bearing ohild's coffin between them-
they placed il int carriage, and The gendemen
stepped IN after IL, ordering the eoachmen 70
drive TO 81 - street. When the carriage
stopped before that gloomy dwelling, The boy
vas once more removed end carried INTO the
basement; female cofined, and ready for bu.
rial, lay upon ihe liuls deal table, and close by
sat young girl mufied in a clouk Of black vel
vet. and weeping bitterly.
The beggar boy was placed by The side Of his
mother, and, Coz the first time, when so near
that bosom, bis arms were not stretched forth to
embrace her.
my Fanny this is gloomy scene for YOU"
said the young man, bending over The weeping
female. "you will take cold in this damp place.
"7hey lived here for weeks and months" said
the distressed girl, and hereyes filled once more
as she looked around the miserable apartment:
land ! might have helped them: might, at least.
have Poid the pitii'uI sum that we owed ihem.--
II | had but seen her that night--if-alas.
shall never forgive myself"
FANNY" said the young man, taking her
hand with aiiccuonale earnesiness, ''this is ihs
first instance Of terrible suiTrrDg that YOU have
Witnessed, lift has occasioned some sci.reproach,
tears alone will not appcase il; scenes ike thesa
are passing in this great ciry every day. Thou.
sands read the paragraph h.chbroughI US here,
and yet we are alone with the dead in this dis.
nal place"
'They do not know the moumlul details as W.
do" replied the young girl.
''And if they did, Fanny, if the touching de-
voIlon Of this poor boy, the patient suffering,
the meekness and death Of bis mother were
written out word for word, ,acI by act, what would
the effect bel''
"Mcn would be interested. touched excited
to beneyolence," replied the kind girl with beau.
nlul earnestness.
''They might be excited to tears, perhaps, bur
can the details, the whole story Of this poor
Beggar Boy, appeal more strongly to the sym.
paIhies Of men than the simple truth, proved
and sworn 10 as sci forth in the coroner's in.
quest"
hearse drove 10 the door, and when the cor.
fms were carried out, Frances Henry, arose fol-
ded the cloak aboul her person, and went forth
wiser, more subdued, and far more worthy Of
love than she had ever been in her life.
WoMEN.-ll is refreshing 10 behold the i'm
proving destiny cf the vrluous sex, from whom
we derive our being. Woman awakcns in the
heart too many fond associations and sympalhies
loo many recoIlectious OF love-loo many
dreams Of bliss-nol TO fling over the mind
glow of exultation, whenwc gaze at her progress
IN the improvements of our social condIion.-
Though untitled by Nature, in many respects for
trough and humble" competition with The stern
er business qualities Of man, yet she possesses
tact, and perseverance that cannot fail to re-
ward her by the fruits Of industry. We hope To
see the time when the march of liberal princi-
pies towards rational adjustment Of the relative
profits and enjoymenis Of this world shall open
to female competition all the professions Of life.
A young lady is now engaged IN the study the
medical profession at Boston. Ii is an excellent
example. One Of the greatest demands Of del.
icacy, is 10 place the health of females in the
; keeping of their own sex. Why should mau
usurp all the productive stations Of liie-alI the
conservative professions, even at the sacrifice Of
the nobest CHARACTERISTICS Of our nature! We
are not over fastidious in our estimate Of female
modesIy, but we claim for woman the lust res
peel due her natural sensibilities. Incredulou4
TO all the charges of imbecility brouch, against
IhelnteIlect of woman, wewouId have her sphere
Of usefulness to society, and of happiness to
herself, measured by actual experience, instead
of the Presrmptuous dogmas of an abstract phi
IosOphy that has pride for its basis, vanity for
its deductions, and the erciuSre power of man,
for its right 10 dictate the boundaries of nature
in thesublme excursions of Intellect. We need
not cite a De Steel, an Edgeworlh, Vorton,
Montague, and thousands Of others in the annals
Of female fame, to establish what the world, in
the present age, universally admissible intel
Iectual power of woman. Under thar adnis-
sion, we indulge in the delightful anticipation of
her universal usefulness. Ever sacred to vene-
ration be the sex of our mother. Whenwe for.
get her, Heavens gates will be forever closed a.
gainst US.