Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-10-13
VOL. ). NO 4S.

gutter OF .uelr hltd VI 1t was IN reality a
very hard one, at least until man had OBJ
tanned position; and that nothing but the
excitement of popular applause. and having
public reputation to keep unsullied. could pos
sibly carry them through it
have often remarked, In all public profess
sions, the great amount of brotherly feeling
that pervades the whole body. See with what
generosity and willingness authors, actors and
musicians come for ward to the aid of needy
brothe--by benefits at theatres, by public
readings, by concerts, and similar means-
And the same feeling extends, strange as it
may seem, even to the profession in question,
as the following instance will show: and in
spite of the horrid and revolving circumst ances
attending the affair, it vet shines like streak
of sunlight through the awful moral darkness
"a proof to my mind that, let man debase
and brutalize himself to the lowest possible
point, he cannot entirely eradicate his man
hood; that now and then it will fash up and
reclaim its lost throne, let the rein be every
so short.
My companion casually inquired whether
| was acquainted with EIDE. | replied that
| had not that pleasure, and, moreover, that
was never at prize-fght in my life. At
| first, he seemed not disposed to believe me;
but on my assuring him that such was really
the case, he looked at me more in pity tEan
in anger, but still seemed hardly able to con-
ceive how in this enlightened nineteenth cen
tury any one could possibly have gone SO far
| on life's journey as L had without having at
least heard of the hero in question. He there
fore endeavorcd to recall him to my mind by
enumerating some of his more celebrated acts
of personal prowess. 'You surely must re
member Edc-he who killed Jack Somebody
in his last fight"
KILLED his man. 1 replied with horror
YES" he said, cit was a bad job poor
fellow" and then be told me all about how
the man received hit on the jaw after four
| ho,trsA fighting; how he was carried off the
field; how he never spoke word after the fa-
tai blow; and how by six next morning he was
dead
''Buthow about his poor wife and childrenr
said l.
"Ah, poor woman" he replied, 1T was a
bad job; but We all did the best we could for
her, We got her up benefit, and managed
ia raise about three hundred pounds sterling,
which put her inte good public house; and
we all do our best to make it pay. But what"
he added, ''is all that compared with the loss
of such a husband as she had? For my part,
1 would not lose my wife for three million of
pounds sterling. She is everything to me;
and 1 have my good old mother to keep,
and have brought up my two little brothers
without its costing anybody penny" and
then went on to say that there was nothing
like civility and kindness-it cost but little,
and he had always found that they made him
friends wherever he went.
Beavo! thought 1; there is green spot yet
left even in this rough, debased heart-one
little thread yet remaining to connect it with
human nature. Imagin for moment that
son tending his aged mother-a mother to
h. Joh Co. L.
sons of love and kindness; of whom, in the
recollections of his early days, he can recall
, few pleasing memories. few early admonitions
, from her lips, which might have stood him in
good stead through life his counsellor and
guide.
4 Even the poor brutalized George. who all
this time had been doing away in state of
battered stupidity-even he had some one
who loved him. and whom he loved in return.
: OF Nero it was said, that over his tomb
= some loving hand was seen each day to drop
/, flower; SO poor George found it impossible
= to keep away from girl in London whom he
loved, and who iet lonely without him, al
!. though ne had to return to Liverpool in a
\ few days. to have another mauling. for hi.
- friends were going to get him up another fight
for his own peculiar benefit. to REIN burse him
for sundry losses sustained during his last en-
), gagement,
' Aud SO | drew near home; and on leavine
= the Grain, my companion shook me Warml,
u by the hand, and expressed a hope that wheI
} | next came to London lWould give him
" call.
i; So he went on his way. and on mine; ant
a. as walked / thought; and the more ] though
&c the more became confused. Wrong scenes
~ to be getting right, aud right seemed to hav
no merit attachablc to it. My conscienc
told me that ought to hold that man and hi
~ profession in utter and supreme adherence
'e !. but when thought of the little streaks O
III sunlight which ever and anon broke throug
es that dark and heavy cloud, was fain, thcug
7u still condemning all fighting on genera
grounds. to subdue certain angry feelings
'e- and to take shelter under the Masters lesson
II ..that if / was without sin, might then cas-
tn the stone.' And ] asked myself qucstio
AS which could not answer-Why am not tn
III fighter and he IN my place. wrapping himsc
90 up in his pharisaieal cloak of spiritual pride
er and thanking Heaven that he is not such q
n' I? Who can answer me that? No, L do M
'e- feel quite comfortable in sitting in judgmcI
i'o ON this unfortunate person, as L must consI'
III er him to be, without first ascertaining wheti
50 er the five talents committed to n,y care, VII
"' a clearer knowledge to their uses, ha'
u ~ been made to produce other FIVE also! If
-ne has turned out that l have learned a lessC
ne in charity, my half hours ride was not
. vain.
=. Eg Mr. Appleton, Assistant Secreta