﻿History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  dictated 
  by 
  his 
  sad 
  disappointment. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  melancholy 
  sweetness 
  about 
  this 
  little 
  poetic 
  

   gem 
  which 
  will 
  doubtless 
  vibrate 
  upon 
  some 
  tender, 
  sym- 
  

   pathetic 
  cord 
  in 
  every 
  reader's 
  heart. 
  That 
  the 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  such 
  manifest 
  abilities 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  thus 
  rudely 
  

   impeded 
  was 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  great 
  misfortune 
  but 
  a 
  positive 
  

   crime, 
  and 
  displayed 
  a 
  littleness 
  of 
  soul 
  in 
  the 
  guardian 
  

   truly 
  deplorable. 
  

  

  In 
  1869 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  commenced 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  theology 
  

   under 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Edward 
  M.Forbks, 
  D. 
  D., 
  Rector 
  of 
  Christ 
  

   Church, 
  New 
  Berne. 
  In 
  1871 
  he 
  visited 
  a 
  paternal 
  uncle 
  

   in 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  and 
  being 
  well 
  pleased 
  with 
  this 
  great 
  

   city, 
  from 
  the 
  many 
  and 
  rare 
  opportunities 
  it 
  afforded 
  for 
  

   the 
  prosecution 
  of 
  his 
  studies, 
  he 
  remained 
  nearly 
  three 
  

   years. 
  During 
  his 
  stay 
  he 
  established 
  a 
  very 
  interesting 
  

   and 
  ably 
  edited 
  journal 
  — 
  " 
  TAe 
  Evolutionist" 
  — 
  devoted 
  to 
  

   the 
  Evangelical 
  Temperance 
  Alliance, 
  published 
  at 
  No. 
  

   22, 
  Barclay 
  street. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  1872, 
  his 
  office 
  

   'was 
  entirely 
  destroyed 
  by 
  fire. 
  In 
  the 
  meantime 
  he 
  had 
  

   resumed 
  his 
  theological 
  studies 
  under 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Dr. 
  Chas. 
  

   F. 
  Deems. 
  From 
  1872 
  to 
  1877 
  he 
  traveled 
  considerably. 
  

   While 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  poems, 
  entitled 
  "Alone," 
  

   by 
  chance 
  fell 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  well-known 
  authoress, 
  

   Mrs. 
  Hale, 
  who 
  was 
  so 
  well 
  pleased 
  with 
  it 
  as 
  to 
  insert 
  it 
  

   in 
  the 
  columns 
  of 
  the 
  Waverly 
  Magazine, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   chaste 
  and 
  high-toned 
  literary 
  magazines 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  

   This 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  channel 
  of 
  note 
  opened 
  to 
  his 
  poetic 
  ge- 
  

   nius. 
  His 
  poems, 
  sketches 
  and 
  stories 
  soon 
  gained 
  welcome 
  

   reception 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  magazines 
  and 
  periodicals 
  of 
  

   the 
  day. 
  Besides 
  this 
  wide 
  field 
  of 
  usefulness, 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  

   was 
  employed 
  by 
  the 
  Harper 
  Brothers, 
  Moses 
  Dow 
  and 
  

   other 
  large 
  firms, 
  thus 
  gaining 
  important 
  business 
  knowl- 
  

   edge. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Paul 
  has 
  acted 
  in 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  Editor 
  of 
  the 
  

   following 
  Democratic 
  and 
  literarys 
  journals 
  : 
  The 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  