Mountain Democrat., 1857-06-27
NUMBER 16.
WasIt not Providence :

many years, and her only daughter was
grown mp and married, living at distance
Of Il mile or two from the family mansion.
Aud thus the old lady lived alone day
AMI :ight. Yet in her conscious inno-
ccncc and trust i'll Providence, she felt
safe and c:ccrlIl-lid her work quietly
III tic dayiight and at cyentide slept
sWectIy.
One morning. however, she awoke with
an extraordinary and unwontcd gloom
upon bar mind, which was impressed
with the apprehension that something
strargr was about to happen to her or
hers. so full was she Of this thought
that She could no. stay at home that day,
| but must ~ abroad TO give vent to it, un-
bosCming herself TO her friends, especial.
ly to her daughter. With her she spent
the greater part Of the day, and to her she
several times repeated the recital of her
apprch4n:;on,,.- The daughter as often
| repeated thc Assurance. that her good
mother had never done injury to any per-
son, and added, "i caanot think any one
would hurt you, for you have not an ene-
my in the world"
On her way home she called on neigh
Dor, who lived in the last house before
she reached her own. Here again she
made hEown her continued apprchcnsions
whici had nearly ripened into fear, and
from the lady 0f the mansion she received
answers siinilar to lliosc of her daughter.
"You ha,c harmed NO one in your whole
lii. time, surely no cne will molcst you.
Go home III quiet, and Rover shall 60 with
you Here, Rover," said she to stout
watchdog that lay upon the floor, "herc,
Rover, go home with Mrs MOzher, and
take care Of her." Rover did az he was
told. The widow went home, MIXED her
cows, took care Ofcycrything out Of doors,
and went to bed as usual. Rover had not
left her for al instant When she was
fairly in bed, he laid himself down upon
the out>idc, and as the widow relied upon
hi. fidelity, and perhaps enid herself for
needle SIS fear, she fell asleep. Some timo
i'll the night she awokc, being startled,
probably, by slight noise outside the
house 1t was so slight, however, that
she was not aware Of being startled ut all,
but heard, as she awoke, a sound like the
raising OF u window near her bed, which
WAS III u room OH the ground floor.
- The dog neither barkcd nor moved
Next, there was another sound, as If some
one i'll tic room and stepping cautiously
on thc ioor The woman saw nothing,
but now, for the first time, felt the dog
move, as he made violent spring from
the bed Spd, at the same moment some-
thing frll On the floor, sounding like .
heavy log Then followed other noises,
like Tic paving Of dogs feet; but soon
all Wa still a.@ain, and the dog resumed
his place OH the bed without having bark
cd or growlctl at all. --
This time the widow did not 90 to
sleep Immediately, but lay awake won
dcring, yet not dccIning it best to get up.
But at last she dropped asleep, and when
She awcic the sun" was shining. She
hastily stepped out OF bed, and there lay
the body o, II man, extended ola the floor,
dead, with large knife in his hand,
which ~as oven llow extended. The dog
had seized han by the throat with grasp
OF deatl., and neither man nor dog could
utter Il sound till all was over. This man
wa' the widows son-in-law, the husband
of her only daughter. lie coveted her
little store Of wealth, her house, her cat
tic and l.cr lard; and instigatcd by his
sordd impatience, he could not wait for
the decay Of nature to give her property
up to him and his, as the only heirs-ap-
parent, but made this stealthy visit to o
decd of darkness in the gloom of night.
y fearful rttIibuti0n awaited him. The
widows apprchcnsions, communicated to
hcG mind, and impressed upon her nerves,
by what unseen power We know not, the
sympathy Of the woman who loaned tho
dog, and the silent but certain watch of
The dog himself, formed chain of events
which brought the rnrrdcrer's blood upon
his own head, and which are difficult to
be explained, without reference to that
! Providence which numbers the hairs of
our heads, watches the sparrws fall, and
">hapcS our ends, rough-hew them as we
will '-HU7,er'S Weekly.
Bldck RtpubiicaniSm aiacays tile Same
The adjournment of the Black Repub-
lican Legislature of New York is the Oc-
ca>ion Of the following remarks in tho
Albany AttaS HhL 1ryus. They cannot
be too carefully read or too extensively
circulated: --.-.--.-.-----
"lhe Black Republicans commenced
with an overwhelming majority. They
| passed 500 laws. They emptied the
treasury. They anticipated its resources
for years to come. They sanctioned hum
lrcdi of illcgitimatc claims. They over
rode the vctocs Of their own chief magis-
trate. They rejected his nominations.
They a,sailcd the Constitution of the
United States and of the State; declared
| d llaacc Of the courts, and overturned the
charters OF the chief cities. They revcrs-
cd the rules Of the 'ommon and CONNER.
cial law, and unsettled every vested right
in the State. While doing this, they cried
Liberty, liberty, liberty-the negro, the
negro the ncgro!!' But they passed no
liberty bill. They tossed the measure
from house to house, and abandoned it.
They voted for vaporizing resolutions |;
but the lovers Of liberty will look in vain
through the immense statute book Of the
year for word in protection Of human
rights. lie will find nothing but acts Of
spoliation and disorganization. Black
Republicanism is the same every Whers
corrupt, hypocritic, impudent and false.
At an examination Of the College Of
Surgeons q candidate was asked by Aber.
nethy-
"Whnt would you do il . man Was
blown up with pOwder!"
"Wait until he came down" he coolly
replied. !.
"True," replied Abernetily, s'and sup
pose should kick you for such animper-
tinent reDlv. what muscles would 4 Dul