Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-08-27

Layton. keep your Internal tongue within
your teeth, unless ynu wan, to have this good
Is town rboui your cars" This soothing
speech was spoken by third, and hitherto
silent companion. and while the alteration Is
progressing in lower tones, YOU, my gentle
reader, shall have dsgueucoiyPs sketch OF
a, least Que Of the party.
Bradley Spencer vas the son OF one Of the
most wealthy and srisiocraiic planters IN
Louisiana but maternal affection he never
knew. at least was no, conscious Of It, his
mother having been snaiched away IN his
childhood, BY Que OF the fearful cpidemics Pc
culiar to that portion Of the South. HIS
ia,hrr, hieh.principlcd undetermined man,
richly endowed with the warm blood and
ehivalrous feelings Of the soulhcrncr, having
thus lost that which was considered as the
better par, OF his life, gave his undivided
heart to this " section OF hls stock, and for
his boys sake. no second lady darkcucd he
hall, or cas-, shadow over the golden sun
hrh, OF the Young heirs youthful eN,.iCncc.
Thas oadly uurturci and cherished, every
wish iuJulecl in the utmost, the Young Brad.
les grew apacc bu, with al his parental
prejudice the elder Spencer could but note
,br vaycunr lci, and ,aciilstug mind Of be
darling boy bcsosca.u-, even ia the youth.
%, ludrc.s.n ol ,hc man. With prophetic
,auuv, o., saw Doe consequences cu,a,lrJ ou
.oar. who, c,,s willing ,r follow hli no gra.
. ,s,ts Co oder, or vi., of h.s own, TO oppose
those Ul others To eradicate this erwin.
.cyil. ,hc boy vas seat, At Ihc age OF fifteen 10
college Their. ., last, argued tue Fagcui,
DO, will learn Independence oC thought AMI
expression. But hoW widely hc was m.s.
|usa' Aun,,rrsll ia,orlc among his class.
mates, winning golden opinions from al.
by h,, p,.au, disposition aud saa,l,y Of man.
rcr,. and being allowed an ugl.mlrd SUN tor
h.s passing expenditures, be lore tie palm,
aud ry.acI aay,hiug but dsspo, over his
6gmly minded companions !, b, uo, our iu-
i-a,.ol 90 follow hru through thc maIcs OF
college his. and Wc pls, 90 silence over tUc
iaar succeeding years, when at the age ct
nineteen. hc was fgcallci, 90 receive the last
blrs,.ar OF a diving father. SuIl tue To las
yuyarous system oi Indulgence, VI. SPcGccr
lgn h., property 90 ihc unlimited col,rol OF
h, soa, iluiI, imagining, ,ha, unlimited
sway would o,grramc thu iu,hcc,lc principles
Of yol,h, and teach ham that 6macss ot m.ud
lui stability ol purpose. - essential TO u.aa.
.a.J.
lo-'b D. trc ,'-,oa OF llis and cu.o,mca'.
luy o., ,,sus,r,ut, auI guyi, ,u ,ae young
t.,,u ., b., l.l. ,uddru o'crcl,uus Of SUM
mr- SIS. tur CLOUD pa-se- a0a,, aud ,hc buw
ai gum,. %, ,b.., D.. DO, uoN ,m.i,us hc.-
yeas Ih.. va, b, ,.,a NaI,rys Iucl O.
Jess ..ut vc.l, m Nra uGaas dad v0a-
l..,. u.y initiated hsm 800 lt, m,,,rucsaai
delights ., t.s gambling table, ,hcy d.i
uarr. h-, mu,llcJ ban 'p ih. lowest
hasn't. ot see, aas uilm,, g.ulh-i, Ilrcd,
f,r th. Irc.y of ,hl, r.ch viudnli bot .p
tail lul fImsy vl' ,bc protecting ,,Il ol de-
r,nry anal morality, that auy other than Brad
De-, S,ruccr's cyc, would have pierced thc
,ily fu,ds. and Land bare. monster, lurking
bcaiuI lbcm. Thus early possessed ~I'h
fatal passion oi gaming, night saw ,hc lDlli-
ul,ri youth wound deeper lu the coils ot hls
h,traycrs. Mortgage after mortgage was
s,,ca-th1ush no, having ashaduU OF legal
.ty aao4t them. Ncre oNPccirl as eagerly hy
these humln lcrchcs. a, the rcd gold lur
which tbcy hod sold their soul, TO pcudiuon.
The men with whom u va> Spencer fate 20
b. connected. were mOsi oi them from thirty
20 forty years Of age Willy, unprinciplcd irl-
lows. we'll calculated To govern the simple
vorth, whom they rrnorse.y piundeTcd Of
III h.s prcse,t command, and acceF;cd hrs
honor as pledged for the re.,, when he should
become 1t age. NOT were the months ,ardy
"a their flight. At the end OF two short
wears hi, property Ms yielded by h,s passive
guardian, and the day that gave h,m house
and liud, stock aud slave, saw hun ssca q
7 ,o thr lcuts Who had possessed hn with a
love cf all ,ha, was degrading TO humnn na-
'mrc, and laugh, han to seog a. all who wc'c
truly yir,uoas,
/ Il is the same Bradley SPcucrr, hud rsai-
lea. whose brief cayS,r We have ,adcA'Vrcd TO
trace. tia, We left IN the lulc village, with
his kna,ish companions, who, fresh from the
hiding places Of loathsomc vice, were intent,
ou drawing the youug man into greater depths
Of uickcdnSss. Bu, they struck uPoe the
wrong cord-Spencer had been culPablc Il -
true but he was to himself has worst foe /,
he had no, willingly injured others, but had
been the dupc in every instance, Thus, -hcu
his brutal comrsde expressed his de,ermina-
,ion to rob one Of the habitations before them,
hi. noslcr spin, tha, had slept 50 long was
aroused, and he gave vent to his feelings IN
the manner We have described
Dricf vas their consultation, and the argu'
men,s they held with him bid fair To be OF no
avail, until the elder and more polite villain
declared that Bradley could not "iihdra"
now IN honor, az they should suspect he
meant TO bstray them; that they would not
require his assistance, II he had any foolish
prodjudice to the contrary, bu, he should ac'
company them as mere locker on. With
ou, pausing for an answer, he passed his arm
into tina, Of the young man, and followed by
, I.aYion. they sinnncd INTO a small ward AZ The