The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-10-06

undergone change within the last lew weeks. /
loved, and knowing how miserable would
be if was not loved, pitied those who had
really loved me, if any such, there were.
had bitterly repented Of all my fllrtatlons. Now
l was anxious they might not suffer as did
"Presently the waiter knocked at the door,
saying, Dinner is ready By great effort l
camed myself, and went down to the dining
room, where MY cousin was awaiting me- She
exclaimed,
"Whv, Mary, how pale you are!''
my head aches little,' | said. made
the greatest exertons to talk calmly and lightly.
They succeeded so well that she soon forgot
my paleness.
just as the clock struck three, the door r-beil
was rung How we'll l knew that ring As
l started, my face turned crimson; my cousin
did not notice me, as she was standing by the
window with her back toward me.
Betty opened the door. Mr. Dana. Miss.
ASK him in here" said. determined not
turned, looked at him; he did not recognize her.
She said.
Don't you recognize me, Mr.. Dana?"
MOI
''That is strange; don't you remember visit
ing in A. last summer
"He burst into hearty laugh and she looked
vexed."
You mean my twin brother James, who is
crazy about painting, and a certain young lady;
not Mary, although he nearly lost his heart
when he met her at school. He decided to
deliver her up 10 another young gentleman.a and
to fall decidedly in love with Miss Tilston. -
Il uttered cry of joy. My cousin seeing
how matters stood, lett the room. Returning
an hour or Two atterward, she was introduced
to the future Mrs. William Dana
Jennie. THAT ended beautiful, and l be-
eve uncle Will is at the door now. Yes; see,
aunt knows his step now, as we'll as has ring
then, and she has gone to meet hIua How
good and happy she and uncle are
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The PLAGuE.--For many years past the
States of Barbary have been free from the VI
station Of the plague, and when it was first re
ported, about three months ago, that severa
deaths had occurred in the district Of Bengazi
attended with symptoms simlarto those of th'
plague people were unwilling to believe
could be that fearful malady, and they wer'
confirmed in this disbelief by the opinion Of th
, medical officer of the Santa Bengaz, who de
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The disease first broke out among an Ara
tribe about six hours journey distant from Ben
gazi, and report OF the dreadful ravases
was making reached that city on the 25th c
, last April The British vice consul, Nj
Grove, being convinced, by all he heard OF tn
nature and rapid progress of the disease, tina
! it was actually the plague, strongly urged tn
{ bey, the governor Of the province, to take til
! necessary measures for the preservation OF tn
public health, recommending that a mllitar
Gordon should be placed at proper dlstanc
4 from tie city, to prevent communication VII
+ the infected tribe. But the bey, either intluer
s ced by Mahommedan fatalism Or natural nde
lence, would do nothing.
n The fatal consequences of his neglect of tn
: vice co onsul's suggestion soon appeared. TE
e disease soon found its way into the unguarde
It city, and its first victims were the women an
v children of the poor. But it soon spread wit
y fearful rapidly, attacking with tata! vlrulenf
5, rich and poor alike. Entire families per!sht
l. miserabIy. Then ensued a general panic an
d of u population of &C, coo souls more than ha
l abandoned their homes and fled to the deser
Of those that remained, 40 or SO died dali
d some times more. Night and day the bod
% of the dead were cast hastily into their sha
a low graves. and the cries of the Moorish !
as dies, the howng of the Jews, and the dism
e, toling of the bells of the catholic chapel we
it terrible to hear. At length the Ottoman go
IS ernme!nt, in consequence of consul Groves r
e presentations, sent steamer from Constant
,e nople with two physicians, who, immediate
IS after their arrival, declared the disease TO
rt plagud of the most virulent type, and, in COZ
t. sequence of their circulars TO that effect, Be
gazi AID all the ports of northern Africa ha'
S been placed in strict quarantine. Mr.. cons
il Grove remained at his post during all the
10 horrors for ten mortal weeks, until he had 10
Is all his servants bit one, and was so much 4
fected by the dreadful effluvia from the neig
lie boring cemetery that his stomach rejected ;
i. he ate or drank. Then, feeling that he ecu
- no longer be of any service, he sailed for II
> poll, and, after passing seventeen days IN Il
O. azaretto, was welcomed by his friends as Oh
e escaped from death.
In Il is well known throughout the country tn
e; the hon. J. GIancev Jones, of nnsylvana,
es an intimate and warm personal friend of pre-
le dent Buchanan and the recognised leader OF t
d friends of the administration in the .. Stat
10 house Of representatives; but the people OF t
n south are not generally aware of his being
nt.freesoiIer In testimony Of this fact, t
g Philadelphia Ledger, a neutral journal, asse1
" that the hon. J. Clancy Jones and other prol
k, inent Pennsylvania friends of the preside
Sc recently signed the following abolition petite
,k "To the senate and house of representatives Of
as Commonwealth of Pennsy ylvania, in general asse
II bly, met:
w. ", I'VE, the undersi gned petitioners, believi
7 that no government is just but that which deri'
- its power from the consent of the governed, a
n that taxation without representation is not OF
I I anti-republican, but UNJUST therefore, with
81 sincerest importantly, do we petition you, t
~ legislature of our State, to provide by law,
J.. far as you have the constitutional power, for
submission of the question to avote of the pt
pie, whether the word "white' shall not
struck out from the first section of the third
, ticle OF the constitution, SO that the elect
ar franchise may be extended to our colored cj
zens."
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