appear in conversation. Before an au- flew around the room rentre à terrc, undience he was fluent and often power- til an opportunity offered to bolt up ful; his outward appearance was trans- chimney. Overcoine by this last mani. formed even, as was that of Patrick festation, the deacon rose from his knees, Henry; but those who trembled before and, stumbling out of doors, rushed off his vehement declamation in the pulpit bareheaded toward the house of Elder were often tempted to laugh at himn in Noyse. Higginson he never thought the keeping-room. Rachel looked much of calling; for that good old man had abashed, and a little indignant, too, at fallen low in public estimation, and, at his saucy imputation upon

her

courage the very best, was considered lukewarm, and intelligence. Parris was no longor or in his dotage. The deacon met bis polite to her; for Master More defi- brother-in-law in the street, but never nitely refused to join his congregation. recognized him, and trotted on in a She rose without speaking, courtesied sweating hurry. to the company, and walked off to the More, who was passing by mere accikitchen, followed by her aunt and Sarah dent, on his way home froin a raising, Carrier.

could not imagine what possessed his Some conversation ensued in the keep- stout friend to run in that insane fashion; ing-room, concerning various dangerous but, concluding that Bowson was going persons. who were still at large, and for the doctor, and that Sister Ann had then the visitors retired.

been taken suddenly ill, he walked into During this interval, sister Ann ques- the house without knocking, and found tioned the child pretty sharply as to her Sarah in the midst of her tantrums. A confession, and told her that, if it were few whispers from Mrs. Bowson informnot true, she was a very wicked girl ed him of the incidents of the morning. thus to slander ber kind mother. These Without a word in reply, he twisted off remarks sat so unpleasantly on Sarah's a stout green withe from a fire-log on conscience that she found it convenient the hearth, and, taking Sarah by the to go off in a convulsion ; and thus, arm, proceeded to lay the slip of hickwhen the deacon returned to the kitchen, ory soundly across her back and chubby he had a most favorable opportunity for legs. Mrs. Bowson stood by, silently, observing the workings of Satan. Ono with clasped hands, while Rachel coverof the four platters, which adorned the ed her face with a sudden start of fright mantel-piece, lay in fragments on the and pity. The child shrieked, barked, foor, shivered by the beel of Sarah's kicked, and tried to wallow on the floor; thick, hob-nailed shoe, which she bad but that strong left hand held her up kicked off, with amazing accuracy of firmly, and the cutting blows fell fast aiin, at the brittle targ't. The child and furious. In half a minute she burst herself sat on the Awr, barking at the into tears, and, turning up a piteous cat, who, inonstrously enlarged in the little fuce, begged that Master More tail, regarded her with open-mouthed would please stop whipping her. She disfavor from the top of a cupboard. would be good; she wouldu't scream Bowson ran for the family Bible, and again; she wouldn't break any more began to rend clamorously from the platters; please not to whip her so first passage that he opened at, which bard. But More's temper was up; happened to be one of the genealogical this witchcraft had baited him into sachapters of Gonesis. Sarah stopped vageuess; and he flogged on pitilessly her cars, sbrieked, kicked, and barked, until Ruchel caught his hand, and begged by turns, with uproarious energy and hiin to have mercy. He let go of Sarah volubility. Goody Bowson raised her then, and she sank on the floor sobbing : feeble voice in a psalm-tune from the “ Thank you, Mistress Rachel. Please chinney.corner, and Frisk responded don't let him whip ine any more. I'll with prolonged and miserable howlings. be good. I won't break any more platIn utter desperation the deacon fell on ters." his knees among the broken crockery, “ You've got a longer story than that and commenced a prayer, which, from to tell, you little monkey,” said More. his confusion of mind, was nothing but “You've got to take back what you a juinble of incoherent ejaculations. said this morning about your mother. Sarah took advantage of his closed eyes Is she a witch? Tell ine now.

Is she to fling her other shoe at pussy, who a witch ?" And he raised the hickory left ber asylum with a scared spit, and threateningly over her head.

:

"No, no; she isn't, she isn't,” scream- stantly, and gave the solid palm such a ed Sarah, holding up one little haud to gripe as evidently made its powerful ward off the expected blow, while, with owner flinch with pain. “ Hawthorne," the other, she rubbed her smarting and said he. " take care of yourself. If I writhing legs.

should scourge a few grown men as I “ And she never baptized you? And have scourged that child I should only there is no book, nor dog, nor cat, do my duty." either ?” he continued, still holding the The two men eyed each other steadi. whip uplitted.

ly and ungrily, and a struggle would "No, no! It ain't true, it ain't any perhaps have taken place, but that of it true! Ol dear! Oh dear!" whim- Rachel sprang forward, and, catching pered Sar:ch.

her father's arın,

burst into tears. Then, what did you say your mo

Glancing at his daughter, More let go ther was a witch for?" shouted More. of tho magistrate's hand, and stepped

" Because they told me she was; and back a couple of paces. The other they kept a askin' me; and so I told 'em made no advance upon him ; for he

knew hat Noyse and Bowson would bo “Oh heavens !" csclaimed More, al- of no assistance in a scuffle ; and that most sobbing himself with rage and he alone was 10 match for a inan who horror. " If this is not too bad! Here could dance with a barrel of cider on is a child-a mere baby- bullied and bis shoulder. He simply said : “Henry teased into damning its own mother by More, I counsel you to quit this dwellfalse witness. But you little vermin," ing, and moreover to quit your present he continued, turning fiercely upon ways. Stout as you are, you are not Sarah," what did you let them per- stout enough to fight both law and gossuade you for ? You know better. pel; and, if you try it, you will surely You haven't had half enough to make find yourself terribly worsted. Take you remember it."

care of your own neck, and be a little Sarah held up both hands, and gave less zealous about the necks of others." forth a piercing wail as sho saw the More gave a contemptuous laugh, and hickory tempest about to descend a sec- replied: " If that is all you have to say, ond time on her sore legs and shoul. I will c'en go home to my dinner." ders. But at that moment the door Shaking hands with bis sister, and opened, and the deep voice of Justice motioning Rachel to follow, he walked Hawthorne was heard saying: “It by the justice and minister to the door. must truly be a fearful demonstra- The deacon grinned at him apologetiction."

ally, but More passed bim without a There, on the threshold, staring into recognition; switching his stick be pausthe kitchen, towered the stalwart magis- ed and looked around for Sarah; but trate, backed up by Noy:e und Bowson. that knowing child had found some safe “Oh, please, good gentlemen. don't let hiding-place; and so he marched home, him whip me,” cried Sarah, catching apparently quite cool, but in reality with her natural quickness at the chance speechless with wrath. of a rescue. What is the meaning of After he was gone, Hawthorne, Noyse, this, Master More?" asked Hawthorne, and the deacon bad Sarah into the advancing haughtily upon the hunter. keeping-roorn, away from Mrs. Bowson, Noyse followed him at a politic distance, and got the entire story, rather (xwith his hands folded resignedly on his aggerated, perhaps, of her persecutions. breast; but the deacon, getting a fierce Their remarks on the subject may ho look from his brotber-in-law, remained so easily imagined that it is not worth fidgeting and grinning on the door-step. while to repeat them. Before the justice • Please, Master Hawthorne," said the and minister left the house, they charged lively-witted Sarah. " be won't let me Bowson to guard his spirit against that inake any more confessions.

Sadducee of a brother-in-law, and to they are all lies, please, sir."

keep Sarah vigilantly from any more More turned to strike her, but tho such stuinbling-stonos in the good way active child dodged away froin him first of confession. behind the justice, and from thence into The unfortunate child, notwithstandthe yard. He was about to pursue her, ing that Elder Noyse hnd patted her when Harthorne laid a heavy hand on on the head, and Master Hawthorne had his shoulder. Tbo bunter toro it off in- given her sixpence, did not recover dur

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ing the whole day from the demoralizing Bowson, Hannah, and Sarah. “ Child," effects of her forced abjuration. Her said he, “where is the person who arm, where her inquisitor had held it, wants mo?" was black and blue; as also were vari- • There sho is," replied the imp, ous tender places on her back and pointing to his wife.

• Mistress Bowson shoulders. She sat for hours at the is always glad to see you." window, as if watching for More; and A good deal miffed at this disrespecton the wholo kept herself wonderfully ful joke, the deacon got back to the quiet for a person tormented of the de- shop just in time to see a lean dog vil

. Once, it is true, toward the middle vanishing out of the front door with one of the afternoon, she stole cantiously of his fattest turkeys. This same trick into the shop through the back door, was repeated over and over before night, and told deacon Bowson that somebody and alternated with others equally irroin the kitchen would be glad to see him. verent and annoying. “ Yea," said the He was very busy hanging up poultry deacon, relating these manifestations to at the time; but iinagining that the visit- his minister, and her whole carriago or might be some elder on witch affairs, to me is with a sauciness which I am he put on his cont, washed his hands, not used anywhere to be treated and hurried into the house.

withal." was to be seen but Mrs. Bowson, Goody Imposing deacon, John Bowson !

No one

SOUTHERN LITERATURE.

SINCE tho Pickwick Papers, there the Pickwick Club might have learned

has been no such delightful reading many a valuable lesson from its Savanas the Journal of the late Southern nah rival. It was a matter of regret Convention at Savannah. The world that a distinguished amateur clown is greatly indebted to the gentlemen from Virginia, whose ground and lofty who engaged with such alacrity in this tumblings, during the summer season, seasonable dircriissement, and whoso elo- had won him such merited consideration, quent naïveté equaled that of Snodgrass, should have been unavoidably prevented Tupman, and Winkle in their palmiest from appearing, by a littlo job of cabimoments. After the grave excitement net-work which he had undertaken. of a presidential clection, the conven. But the country was reconciled to the tion caine in as naturally ns a farce af- absence of the South Carolina pet, ter a drama-Raising the Wind, for knowing how exhausted he had been by instance, after Old Heads and Young his recent striking performance in that IIcarls. The whole affair sprang out of absurd old farce, My Uncle, in which the charity of generous souls who wish- he was so appropriately supported by ed to give the country a laugh, to treat a collection of sticks from his native us all to a good Christmas burlesque, and state. The Georgia bragger, although atvne, by their impromptu perform- a good deal hackneyed in his part, anca, for the lamentable absence, in came in, toward the end of the performAmerican amusements, of clown, har. ance, with a tolerable joke, which served, lequin, and pantaloon.

A chivalric pa- at least, to show his capacity. But, per, with even more perception than the in general, the whole spectacle was of Eutansuill Gazette, entered fully into the freshest character, scarcely any of the sly humor of the performance, an the actors having over before boen announced that the convention passed heard of. resolutions which would be recorded Of all the good jokes perpetrated by and filed as the basis of futuro resolu- the Savannah Pickwickians, none seein's tions nt future conventions.

to us more purely humorous than tho The success of the exhibition was debate upon a “southern literature.” signal. We congratulate all the per- Resolved, say theso lovely wags, that formers upon having given the country thero is no southern literature. Resolv. a beartier laugh than it has enjoyed for ed, that there ought to be a southern many months. We are quite sure that literature. Resolved, that there shall be the spectacle was more ludicrous than a southern literature. Resolved--this the actors themselves conceived, and time the delighted reader is sure

namne

they are going to authorize W. Gil- built up. A thousand commercinlconventions more Simms, LL. D., to construct a

would not do as much towards moking the

south independent of New England as one southern literature. Not at all. The

good college or manufacturing establishment.'' very best of the joke is, that his

is omitted altogether, and “ller principles and her rights," which sundry other gentlemen are requested the southern literature is to be establishto take the matter in hand. Dr. Simms ed to illustrate and defend, are, the prinis destined, this year, to be a victim. ciple that a man is a thing, and the right He went away from New York some of selling him and his children into pertime since, and was announced as a petual slavery. And with an elaboramartyr in some sympathetic newspaper.

tion of humor which Grimaldi, not to But here there was a grave question- sny Sum Weller, would have envied, whether the martyrdom on that occasion this good Tupman continues, was in the pulpit or in the pews. At “ He did not know in what part of Europo home, however, there can be no doubt they could expect to get text books that would that he was deliberately sacrificed. It

suit the southern country. Certainly not in is now many years since Dr. Simms

England.where their own language was spoken

and written." and his writings have done duty-and well, too-as the southern author and a So far Tupman was certainly corroct. southern literature. If an unwary crit

But if he be determined to look abroad ic ever chanced to suggest that, haply, for the foundation of the southern lite

the spirit of the free states seemed to be rature," notwithstanding that the counmore conducive to literary affluence and

try is to take notice that the south bas excellence than that of the slave states," talent enough to do anything that needs the outraged press of the latter scoffed to be done,” why should he not look into at him bitterly, and soon silenced him

Russian or Turkish letters ? Certainly with Simms. And yet, at the very mu

a judicious selection of works might be ment when there is question of creating made from those literatures, which, una southern literature upon the great der tho careful supervision and excision scale, by a vote of the Savannah Pick of the American Tract Society, and wickians, the name of W. Gilmore protected by the laws of South CaroliSimms, LL. D., is ruthlessly omitted ! na, Louisiana, Virginia, Georgia, etc.,

It appears, according to the Savannah against education, might be cautiously club, that neither English nor American introduced as the nucleus of the enterauthors are capable of producing this prise. We commend this suggestion to “southern literature," and for once the

ihe attention of the numerous gentlenien, gentlemen who want it must turn to and whom, as scholars and literary inen, wo help themselves. One of the practical congratulate upon their appointment, by humorists of the club, a very Tracy

men who find the literature of Shake. Tupman, remarked plaintively—“They speare and Milton not fit for their purhad at one time a literary publication in poses, to South Carolina, but where was it now?" prepare such a series of books in every de and, having thus exposed the probable partment of study, from the carliest primer to success of the effort to establish a

ihe highest grades of literature and science, “southern literature,” the delightful and purify the education of the South."

As may reem to them best qualified to clovate Tupman proceeds with the most brilliant non sequitur upon record :

These are the gentlemen—but why did

were.

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There was no especial time mentioned ally struggling for existence, for want of ma. in which the southern literature must be

terial aid. But these journals were as well completed by these gentlemen; and that

supported at the south as northern periodicals

It was not the south that built up is a little defect in the humor of the joke. northern literature; they did it themselves. Why not have resolved, for instance, There was talent, and mind, and poetic genius that the article must be delivered at the

cnough in the sonth to build up a litera.

ture of a high order ; but southern publish. next meeting of the Pickwickians at

ers could not get money to assist them in Knoxville ? But, meanwhile, Winkle, their enterprises, and, therefore, the south had of Georgia, submitted the following no literature. He regarded these resolutions additional resolution :

as mere child's play." "Resolred, That it is recommended to the Snodgrass agrees with Tupman's legislatures of the southern stntes to with theory of “talent enough to do any. hold, from all schools and academics that use

thing," by declaring that there “is northern text books or employ northern teach. ers, any portion of the school fund.

talent, and inind, and poetic genius “This, he thought, would be striking at the

enough in the south to build up a literaroot of the evil; but so long as they permitted

ture of a high order," if it were only northern school-marme' and school teachers encouraged. The wag never asks why to come here, they could, of course, select in. jurious books for their scholars. He was for

it is not encouraged. The droll Snod. excluding such people and their books alto grass never hints that there is a choice gether. (Applause.)"

of mental as well as other food, and that Winkle, of Georgia, is evidently stern

a man or woman, even in “the south, but sagacious. Sagacious, because, while

will read what seems most interesting

and able. northern hooks and “school-marms"

The Pickwickian jokers at come in, the chances of the southern Savannah must, of course, have their literature may languish; but stern, be

little biennial joke, but the great laws cause his method would restrict the

of nature will perversely continue to reading public of the south” to that operate. Calhoun's works, and Jefferliterature which, by the terms of the

son's works, and Benton's works are joke, does not yet exist. Does Winkle published in the

free states. The works inockingly mean to recommend to south of W. Gilmore Simms, LL. D., are also ern readers the " literary publication"

published there; and we invite Tupwhich “they had at one time" in South

man's attention, and that of the whole Carolina? He insisted that the state

club, to this curious fact, that Mr. Delegislatures should exclude the “north

Bow, who moved the names of the genern literary publications,” which would

tlemen who wero to prepare a southern consequently force into the field - the

literature, is himself the editor of a retalent enough to do anything," to which

view which is printed in New York,* and Tupman gracefully alluded.

that the first gentleman upon his list, But Augustus Snodgrass, of South Professor Bledsoe, is also the author of Carolina, took a bolder sweep, and by

a work designed to show the great and implication called Winkle and Tupman glorious character of human slavery. spoons. Augustus Snodgrass said:

and that this book is published in Phila.

delphia. The fact is-whatever tho "He was opposed to this child's pluy joke may be—that where there is a these resolves not to subscribe to northern periodicals, or buy northorn goods. It was

large reading public, there will be aunothing but a miserable subterfuge, and

thors and publishers. The Pickwickwould amount to nothing practical. Wbat. ians might as well have appointed a erer resolves this convention might adopt, committee to secure summer in January, fouthern ladies would continue to read Co.

as to create a literatare. They can, indey's Lady's Book and Arthur's Home Maga. sine, no mntter what sentiments they might deed, make police regulations. They can nilvance; the ladies wanted the fashions and institute a vast censorship, as in Rome, their hoops, and they would have them.

and publicly condeinn and burn books. boughter.). They could get these things at The north, but not at the south. Northern

And we recommend to tho jokers, as publishers employed the talent of the south a suitable candidate for grand inquisiand of the whole country to write for them, tor of this holy office for the condemnaand poured out thousands annually for it; but

tion of any book which tended to dis. southern men cxpocted to get talent without paving for it. The Southern Quarterly Re

seminate the heresy of human brotherview and the Literary Messenger were liter. hood, the superintendent of common

We wish to do no injustioc. No names, either of printer or publisher, appoar upon the Magazine, but we have the statement upon good authority.

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