The North-Carolina standard., 1850-09-04

"When wilt thou deliver thy man!
81 have one thing still to remark. You must
promise to let me use the money as WISH"
''As soon as thou hast received thy reward it is
,sH @ property and tho" ''n'' do with it what thou
81 know that but have my reasons for being
particular on this points,
' Little as 1 see thy reasons, 1 give thee my word
of honor that difficulty shall be raised that would
affect thee in laying out the money"
"That is enough. l am myself the pastor of St.
Agathy, and deliver myself into your hands. Give
me now the money -
"You are exclaimed, in surprise, the representa-
tive.
81 am," answered the old man, calmly.
What do you wish to do with this money? And
do you not know the punishment that awaits you !"
81 know all that, and your threats are suPerduous
me now receive the promised sum- and be brought
once more to my parishoners of st. Agathy."
"What do you wish to do there"
d" You will learn that. have performed my prom
ise now perform yours
" 1t shall be done.'
The representative ordered 90 900 francs, in assig
nats to be paid to the old man, who after put
ting them into his pocket, repeated his wish to be
brought to the ruins of his desoated parish
The inhabitants of st. Agathy had been filled with
the greatest uneasiness at the sudden disappearance
of their pastor.
As they went to call him one morning to prayer,
they found thehut empty which they had built in haste
for him, and they had sought him everywhere in
vain. till finally they saw him coming in wagon.
escorted by soldiers. Old and young rushed to meet
kissed his hands and the hem of his gown. After
the first solutions were over, he addressed them
follows: you have been discontented with me, my
dear children and have thought had left you without
a farewell and without thanks; but it is not
Friends who have lived together in Joy and sorrow
fifty years. do not part thus. had some business to
do at Mort, and feared you would not agree to
my journey there, went without your knowledge.
My business is now arranged according to my wish,
and come back to speak " ord of confidence with
you. To save the life of a weak old man, you have
sacrificed all that you possessed 1t my duty to be
thankful you for it, and bring you therefore the
means to repair the loss. In this pocket-book are
twenty thousand francs, which you can share among
you, in proportion to the loss you have suffered. Ask
not how have received this money that is secret
which will hereafter be known. l must return with
the men who have brought me here but we shall
certainly each other again, sooner later When,
cannot exactly say. Until that time, remain you
have been, INDUSTRIOUS honest, and pous and at
Love one another bro,herly, live in the fear of the
Lord, and forget not your old pastor. whom You will
all again where there is peace and res undisturbed
by the storms of life. Knee down. my children, that
may give you my blessing"
At these words all fell upon their knees. even the
hard hearted soldiers themselves. The old raised
his eyes towaId Heaven, clasped his hands upon his
breast, and called down the blessing of the Almighty,
both upon his friends and his enemies.
After closing his prayers, he turned and said to the
soldiers that formed his escort, Gentlemen, am
now at your service"
They put him again upon the wagon and drove
back to Mort, the whole parish following behind.
He was not given up to the executioner: The rep
resenative would take the responsibility OF exc
cutting such noble old man, but sent him to Nantes,
where, however, three months ater he found martyrs
death in the waves of the Loire.
The village of st. Agathy was never again built.
The families who had composed it, and who were
long in uncertainty about the fate of their PASTOR be-
came separated, and settled in different neighbor'ng
places, and the poughsiare now passes over the hal
lowed spots where their infancy was Graded, and
where the bones of their forefathers rest.
GAMBLING AT SARAroeA-LADlEs INFECTED WITH
THE MANIA. The heat of the weather seems to have
had worse effect upon the fashionabes at Saratoga
than cantharides lobelia. sort of furor resem-
bling Madness has seized possession of the minds OF
males and females and develops itself in tendency
for gambling, which keeps fair eyeds open till the
morning mist, and lays men under the table at the
same hour, the victims Of despair or drunkenness.
The United States Hotel, not through any fault of
the proprietor, but through the vices Of his guests has
become vast gaming house, and from the majorl-
and the click of counters mark the scope of the in.
fatuation. Men play who never played before, and
cheeks whose maiden meditations never rufHed with
irregular emotion, until now, stir up in color with
excitement, or become cloudy with despair. The te-
which corrupted and scandalized society in the
reign of Charles the Second, has bitten into the skin
of fashion again, and already the virus, aided by
distempered condition of the blood has spread itself
nearly through all the currents of our social body
Among the ladies the nfatuaton has not grown des-
perate necklaces and earrings do not change places
in the shape of stakes, is there vet recorded a.
gainst the fair nfatuaes any private sacrifice to pay
any honorable debt. But the gentleman have alrea-
dy gone TO the extreme. few evenings since
game of brag was played at the club room of the
above named hotel by three gentlemen of this city,
which equals in magnitude any Of the transac-
tions that ever took place in that monster London
hell, which desperation has made classic, known
as Crockford's. Two of the parties were wealthy
men of leisure, and the third tea merchant named
Mr.. NJ. The latter led off on large hand by
| raising the brag one thousand dollars, which was
met by another gentleman also named Mr.. NJ.
while the third named -, increased the rise to five
thousand dollars. In this way they went on stimu-
latng each other by the attempt to drive each other
to the wall with the desperation of their bets until
at length the bets upon the board reached the enor
nous sum Of ,fue hundred thousand dollars The fol-
lowing morning the tea merchant awoke to the con-
scousness of his condition, and alarmed at the pros
pect of his ruin, set his friends to work and effected
a compromise for five thousand dollars. This is but
instance of the flush of madness that is now pas
sing the surface of fashion Saratoga, but it
warning to those who have been touched with its
influence, check it at aud lend their aid to
protect society from that inundation Of corruption,
which followed the introduction of gaming into the
higher circles of society in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries.
We have INDUCED in no exaggeration in this pic
ture and it may be that we shall be in humor in
| our next TO prove it with instances more ample.
N. Y. Police Gazette.
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