The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-06-02
; KLOPSTOCK AND HIS LOVE.


I'art of the history, lis golden threads iu,er
woven Throughout tho whole web. We
have se"" literary men introduced Lv their
works alouc to sucl, Offices as they wcrc
supposed TO Lc capable of filling Will. ad
vantage: but the same works gave them
"n'rancc-somclmes personally unseen and
nnknowu-intw tho hearts of wnmrn.-
Elopstock affords an example Of this
4 friend, one day. read To him, from Il LET
Ter, some criticisms on the Messiah which
struck the gifted poet hy then depth of
Thought and p"ctical feeling. lie learned
that the critic WAS Il maiden: and al,lou,l
ut the moment s,na:iinr under - love dis
appointment, called OH her with letter Of
introduction. 'Mar.aIclla MoIlcr WAS ON"
"t the most enthusiastic Of kIop<,nck's 5 ;,l
mirrrs. Ardent ami imaginative, endowed
with talents ct II" c",r,.un or.lcr, will, u
heart rs warm ~ !cr Intellect Was cui,iya
'r,l the au;h"r ut the 'Mrs>iai' WAS. in her
eyes, the Ideal Of I'LL that WAS great an!
"ond in |lnnan nature To srr him. ,o
Know him, s""ur in her y privilege whicl,
wohh CRAFTY her utmost wishes, lut which
she could scarcely ever hope to rni,y
Tier delight and as,"uishmcnt may lc con
ccive'l when she actually heard hi, name
announced. Meta was ut that moment en-
gagged in some domestic occu,,a,in,,-u no
other, W" l'c!lcvn, than that uf SORTING on,
the household l:nrn-aul the room was
consequently IN no little disorder Her SIS
ter proposed declining he visit for thai,
morning; but her fair enthusiast would NO;
hear of such Il suggestion. The linen was
quickly c"mrca'c.I, and kipp<tock intro
luccd.' In this first interview, ut which H..
"un' the Young lady ut once ~ .:f,cL, So
amiahlc, and $" c!'arminc, that he could
h"r''v avoid giving her the name ,lcalrS, 10
INN III the world, correspondence wa>
agreed upon. lie found that she wro" ~
naturally as she sl"k", and that, besides
French, she WAS well acquainted with E,,y
lish, Ita liam, Latin, and adds KlrrSt2ck,
-perhaps Gr"ri, for augh, know
"Meta never though Of cnnccaln~ her
1"ve-a love wlirh marriage had only the
effect OF increasing. Since kiups,ock and
have met writes she TO her correspondent.
''ie'm, Il rmly believe that all those who
arc formed for each other are sur.. soou.,
or later [" meet. How could ever dream
when knew kI"ps;ock only hy his Mes
''aii an'l his "lcs, anl so fonllv wished for
l'c:trt like his; that very heart would one
day lie mine' Even in my thirteenth vcar.
thought seriously how should arranr,.
,ry life, whether ! married or rcma;nc.;
angte. In The first case, | settled low |
should manage my household, educate nv
children, and, above all, conduct myself to
wards my husband. | formed the |m,n
Ideal OF the consort should desire, aud
Providence las given me precisely him
whom had pictured to myself rs the tyre,
the model Of human pcrfcciion.' mus,
tell you new harpiness,' she writes TO
another, which increases the number Of
my cnIoyncnts. kl"pstock, who had hill,
crto written out his compositions himself.
begins to dictate them to me This is in
decd delight. klcpstock's first manu-
script is always written hy my l,anl, and
thus | am the first TO real his beautiful
verses R"j"icc in tho advent of the sec
ond volume Of 'Mcssial.' .ibbaona ar
pears more frequently in the ninth song
DO love K!opstock particularly rs the au
thor of the 'Mrssial,:' p All, for how MANY
causes do | particularly love him. But on
'th's account more than any other. And
what a love is this How pure, how tender,
now full Of vencration am most ANXIOUS
he should finish the 'Mc>siah,' not 50 much
on account Of the honor which will rcdouul
10 nm III consequence, AS OF the benefit il
will confer on mankind. lie never works
at 1t without my prayin. tha. God may
bless his ahors. My kI"pstock always
writes with tears in his eyes 80
E'oiubi"ty N .Maryyi~g a table in
serted in II paper in the Assurance Magazine
exhibits results Of rather startling character.
In The 'irst two qun1ucnnal periods, .wcn
ty TO twenty five aud twenty five to ,hir.y:
the probability of wi,lowcr marayinp in
saaycar is three times AS great as that of q
"t.bacI'elor; at thirty, it is nearly four times
'as great; from thirty to forty five, j, is five
times as great and it increases, until at
"'s'xty, the chances Of widowcr marvin"
IN year is eleven times as great as That of
the bachelor. 1t is curious to remark. from
= tins table, how confirmed either class Lc.
d, comes in IFS condition of lifc-how little
. l'ikely, few years. is a bachelor TO break
through his settled habits and SOLITARY con
-, ,d't'on; and, on the other hand, how read.
A''yin proportion does a husband contract n