Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-12-18
A TRAGEDY IN REAL LIFE. Some lively

A TRAGEDY IN REAL LIFE. -Some twelve
or fourteen years ago, says the Buffalo
Commercial, Harlow Case, was a respecta-
BILE and esteemed citizen of Buffalo. He
held the place of assistant postmaster under
Mr.. Dorsheimer, and was for many years
entrusted with the more important duties of
the office. A member Of one Of the Baptist
churches, upright in every walk Of life, mar
ried and the father Of a family, he seemed to
be as firm in the straight forward paths of
virtue as any other. Removing to Sandus-
Ky, Ohio, he received the appointment of
Collector Of that port, under Mr. Fillmore.
The appointment was one universally ap-
proved, and the numerous friends of Case
in this city we're rejoiced at his success in
life. While holding that Office, he was
intimate in the family Of q Mr.. e., one Of
his assistants.
Mrs. r.. was young, beautiful, impas-
stoned and a fatal attachment grew up be-
tween the two, which remained unsupported
until the truth was made known by the sud
den elopement Of Case with Mrs. Z and
the simultaneous discovery that he had alb
seconded with government funds to the
amount Of some $4,000 From that time
forward, nearly all trace of the guilty pair
was lost. The family Of Case, bereaved and
betrayed, remained hopeless in their grief.
Mr.. r., engaged in a long but fruitless
chase of the fugitives. And now from off
the sea come tidings-a broken, half-to
story of lonely wanderings in foreign lands !;
full recital of a never-ceasing remorse,
with pitifal and solitary deaths In far away
islands, and on the stormy waters Of the En-
dian ocean. Both victims Of unhallowed
passion are asleep-the mother in the gro
yes Of Ceylon, the little child in the coral
forests Of the sea. The betrayer still wan
ders the earth the heavy hand Of an aven-
ging God upon him, and sends to his aban-
! doned home his message Of his sorrow.
HEAT FROM THE SUN An eminent pro-
fessor has announced, as fact not to be
disputed, that were the distance between
our planet and the sun diminished, the ac-
cess Of solar heat would convert her waters
into air, while the rich stores Of metal gar
nered in her bosom would become brazen
rivers, discharging themselves when their
races were run into the vacant depths Of
the ocean. If the distance were increased,
the difference, from the directly opposite
effects, would be no less decided. The d.
minution Of solar heat would cause the air
to liquify, turn the sea into crystal, and
bind the great continents of the earth in
eternal frost. AS it is, no wever, the dis
tribution of heat is regulated with most
unerring precision. Indeed, the mind can
conceive no scheme of measurement so ac-
curate, no balancing of cause and effect so
mathematieally exact, as the adjustment by
relative position Of the quantity Of heat
which the earth receives from the sea. It
is governed by an eternal law.
INDoLENcR.- If industry is no more than
a habit, it is, at least, an excellent one
IF you ask me what is the real heredita-
ry sin Of human nature, doyou imagine I
shall answer pride, Or luxury, or ambition,
or egotism? No; I shall say Incidence. -
Who conquers Incidence, will conquer all
the rest"
Indeed, all good principles, must stagnate
without mental activity