, ' .J • , I. -C. RE AD &H. H. FRAZIER, ;EDITORS. 4 ?oefs Somet.. From tie Loaders Leader. A NNW ARISTOCRACY. A title once could - only show The signs of hoble birth, And men of rank were years ago - - The great ones of the earth. They deemed it just the crowd should shrink Before the cap and gown; They thought it wrong the poor should think, -And right to 'keep them' down... - . 'Those were the; days when booka'vrere things "The People" could not touch; Bade for the use of lords and kings, •And only meant for such. To work the loom, to till the soil, To cut the costly gem— , To tread the round of daily WO, Was Quite Pn 61 , 40/ for Time was when . just to read and write Were thought a wondrous deal, For those who wake with morning light To earn theiridailr meal, • ..The man a more suimaissive slave, The less his head-piece knew; lnd so the mass from habit gave • • Their birth-right to the few. Now IQ& around; - the light of Truth • Is spreading tar and wide, And that ,rthr" . ..l2 as the English youth, 1 I uft4ikane.our ancient pride. - mind alone can wield the sword; In spite of w.salsis and rank, The artisan may face a lord -• , With thousands in the bank. We scorn not those of high' degree, For so %were Wrong to do; ' • But poorer men sts rich can be, And quite as noble too. The prince may let a gayer part, But he who works For bread' • May have, perchance, a warmer heart, Perhaps a clearer head.' -'Then k or ' .Then grieve not " t h e good old dame Ouholii a brighter day! - The causes of our fathers' crimes Are wearing fast away. Before the Pen, she Press; and Rail • Kest old opinions fall; The mighty project cannot • fill— ' ". Then aid it, one and all. • . Iqies 1.1)4a 84eidites. Flom the New rerkLedger. • THE. FOUR TRAVELERS. sr ALICE Clim lIEIEI ,HE night had shut in . with snow-, and-by a nine o clock the wind 'which -d=rove gustily from wood to meadow; and from meadow t wood, had piled a 'great dAtt against.the door of a small tavern, Where satthree men ai ound as height a - wood fire as ever, W'ith-jts' red sparkles, drove away the thoughts t Ea black and stormy night.. • The sno', was of that fine and flinty quali ty which strikes again-t' the traveler's face _like needles, and the wind•ofthawrying and familiar description that, stifllcs aYisl tumbles hair andgariments, turns Umbrellas inside out, and causes the luckless wayfarer to. peep about him for the friendly, glimmer of some, wayside light. Our travelers were therefore nothing -sin.- prised when ihe"door opened and- a stranger • entered.. He was a .little' pale 7 faced man, with a..quiet kook; and. having placed his small bundle nolseles,,ly on the floor, and brushed the snow from his thin cloak, he ad vanced toward the lindlord and - inquired iu voice singularly sweet and' modest wheth er he:could be accommodated with lodging. " No I" answered the host; in t tone meant perhaps to be -only decided; but which was • in reality rude, greatly beyond the require ment of' denial, for in truth he liked not the threadbare garments and aliogether unprom ising appearance of the straitger-besides,his entrance had interrupted a charming story which one of the threeaccoMmodated trav elers was relating. • "I suppose your! little : tavern' is already crowded," said the pale, little stranger ° , speak ing sweetly and modestly as before,- " and I. ought to haVetnown better thant(l intrude —pardon me; my- pod .friend;' And step ping toward the candle,- whiCh shone across the well-spread table,.he took from his pock ' et a lank purse, and with eins hand shook out .of it half a dozen pieces - of eilve,r into the palm of. thtother.. The frozen eipresaion about the landlord's mouth began to thaw in to something like a smile, a*, httatid— "Perhaps, if one. of my guests shoUld Con -1 sent to share 'his bed; I - might nianage ;" and the gentlemen at the Ere begarrlo draw back their, chairs, so as to widen the birt.le. . . Not heeding these' friendly preinOnitions; however, the stranger selected the price of a night's. lodging and supper, and presented it :to the landlord saying, "I looked through your window, my good sir, and in imagina tion warmed at your fire, and fgasted at your table—take what I owe you, for though you blessed me iinawarcl am mine the less your debtor.". And having said this, he closed the • door softly, and stepped nut into the snow. The landlord aat down, grim and troubled—the candle began to grow dim. and the,fire which a little while before had*azA es, high and so, bright, to fall together and darken. wish the young man had cored me," isaid the - uneiielt landlord, breaking silence, at ast, " instead of leaving me this silver;" and rising with abrupt energy, he threw the m rt. Pi out into the snow, as if the holding of it tairnt his hands. ' -"1 can app date your feelings, my dear I sir," said one itf the three 'travelers, - unbut. tx,mitig his grist coat and drawing ,a long breath, as if txi relieve himeelrof some trout,- lesome thoughts ] 'hen wining the fire, - he answered the looks of inquiry directed to ward him by saying,' "One stormy night like this, when I was a lad somewhere- about ten yestrs old, there was a knotlting the door, and I ran to opeoit, suppmiog J. knew AY 11 :) was coming, tor we lived iu a secluded court fry neighbortsid, and were not likely, : espec ially utter night, to see strangers. 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ISM 7 EMS EA . . n ig h t . .. . . .. . farmer.—The was a s w i ld ait,-this, and it was: soon; agreed that the young • man should remain with us till rriorning, , and his propositioarneanwltile be held under consid eration. !` DUringthi evening I was the object of Manrasittirical shaft—and the young man whose.. Christian name Was Bartlett,...sugge4- edthat I was admirably calculated to hunt _liears. To keeps steady eye apOn one of them critters, be said, and step baekward from /On, just as t had retreated from him self; was the true way to cow them 'drawn. "You might imagittelthat my fink, preju dice against him was deepened considerably by this and kindred alluaiong and that! part ed,ir from him fir the night wit h' trigs bor dering very closely upon • trt4,, 2 1 lay awake, I .remember, trying - comp'rme - * Challenge, and selecting from lonetig my school -mates a boy who I thonght would have courage enough to-pr&sent It. To make the story short—thy Sober hired the man—he was to perform mach farm labor, errands and chores as were' required of him, and to re ceive for a term of three months of till. sort of service twer.tylve dollars, having also his .board and washing; bat . that's neither here nor.there, For the life of. me I could not overcome my first dislike,- but it softened. somewhat,and I delayed Any revenge indefi nitely. .. ' - - ' , . "The first week of Bartlett's apprentice ship I was busy most Of the time in a small shop adjoining the stable, where harness and tools of various kinds were kept, in an attempt to make a handsled—which wax the greatest object of my boyish ambition. °lice 4,r twice, when Bartlett stopped at the door, I slammed it in his face, and by other little at tentions of the same nature gave him to un derstand that any amicable relations - betwixt hindand'lne were altogether out of the 'ques then. - • . "'Atlast the sled, a rude and clumsy al fair, was cx)napleted, and ,hung up 'on a peg oppoSite the door. • Alter supper I went to view my treas ure once inure, and to persuade: ntysdr that it was better than it was, for I had not equal ed my expectations, and was very much dis. SatiSSA, notwithstanding my Aims to the: contrary. • " What was my surprise and indignation to find Bartlett curiously examining my clumsy mechanism?- ".My;first impulse was• tr, shut and . lock • the door, and haying once 'done it, I' was ashamed to undo my . work, but went' aud• denly — to the house; resolved that I would . re turn.when it was quite dark and set pria oner at liberty. The key of the padlock was still in my -hand when I entered the house, and for the need of doing . something I. slili ped it over my fin)re, r, and . began - swinging it about. Naturally enough, 1-loat control ti it , iireSently— : it flew acrigs.tlie xu.,m ati d hit my.father in the quierly put it in hit pra-ket, rind-sent-me to bed in dirzrdcr,.- nnght haie slept on the rack as well--not once did 4 clo4 - my eyes, -and suck fearfal iniaginations•as haunted me, heaven grant I may never be - troubled with Again. "The night was inten'ely cold—the work shop was open; and in the best winter weath er decidedly uncomfortable—perhaps .Bart lett' would freeze -to death ! The more I thOught . of it the more likely it seemed to . me that he would ;- then,-of course, J would be taken to prison; and in the end either have my head cut off, or be hanged !1 I ished I had 'lever seen Bartlett, and, above farthings I wished I bad not locked him np in the workshop! That night was sti long, t that' I could !mire walked around the world before the first glimpse of day light Be sure I was uplit sock-.crowing time, and at the &Ar of the workshop a minute thereafter, trembling in every limb. I listened, but not a sound could I hear. Bartlett was' no, doubt-- past making any - noise.. At length fear lent me courage, and I ealled- 7 -..n0 answer ; then 1 knocked ani sbonted—still no 'reply. At last I felron my knees and wrung my hands, and prayed with alrmy might.. The cold was certainly very • intense, and my cheeks were-stiff, as with the .whitening daylight I pensied'my face against the cracks of the door, to see it I eeeldsdistaayer the-corpse ut Bartlett O!M= . . Presently my eye began to distinguish objects, - and it waa not loop; in fixing itself upon; one--not Bartlett, but the mtpt work man-like arid bt.stutifil new sled imaginable. hung up in the close neighborhood of 'my poor and. unsatisfietory one.- " 'While I stood lost in wonder and 'Admi ration, I heard a footstep, and turning around stood face to face • with Bat tlets, safe and sound, was coming into the barn -yard to atte3d to his mining work. He seemed. not to observe me particularly, but went about his chores as- if nothing had happened. "Shame, mortification,and forrow weighed me .to the earth,..aod )n spite of the desperate effort 1 made to divert myself, by picking the hum -from the tails of the oxen, I finally : burst into tears. - • " Why bless me, my little man, wluit is tbe.matterl Are"you freezing!' exclaimed Bartlettapproaching me;.and dropping farm beneat his arms two handles of oat-straw whiclf% carried preparatory to feeding, the sheep, he began to'chafe my hands, while he bent over me in the tenderest and most af fectionate manner. • . . am not - freezing, Bartlett,' I eohhed at lam - `1 am crying because you worked .in the cold and. made me such a nice - alifd", and after I had locked you up, tool' "'0 never mind the locking op,' said.. Bar tlett ; If I never have a scone jailor f, may thank .my , stars—hut come, let us try the new sled r.and hringit,g it.mit of the w.wk- Asotilhe 44.0 m key in his peeket) he placed together with the twe bundles •.f straw upon it, and away he ran, drugging me; niter hian, down .the toll”.w:ind up the hill ti , the Rheep pasturreP my fine new sled dividing flouts 94otording turkeys and pibhling geese as we . • • . - After 'Oat you. may he sure that Bart let never did the morning chores alone and ultimately the mortising of tinnieri was not more `firm than that which joined our hearts." 0- How did he escape from your prison r asked one of the three trividers, with a pecu liar espresaion of tine which shoe ad that some secret feeling -of his -own had - found sympathy. M:Ah. is f‘egot &eV! replied tile -sort tel. -bor-.-;." in 4-4nd of:the work*, ;there was firledowliot mualaieter from Abe ground thp - 4142100.45mid; from which ape: sup via PRlMakilithijelasuitiloSnwr Laweer ,rWiy ‘ te10514#1. 1 416#411004 Ai* tr==ff= , '''--.'-; - - - i.l.okf*E-1:361. .aiqco.. Radii: . 7- 1 46:4a. - 0 - c. -1 6Lawiaiv - - amo - wgotila99 ENE B vary careful nut to revive., I would :give a great deal to see Bartlett now"; musingly concluded the traveler. " It triust be twenty -five years since wejparted . ; but .1 have the little sled at home in a state of perfect pres- . er yation." " ha ha," laughed the third traveler, who had hitherto sat silent in the dimmest corner. '" I am very glad to hear , it, sir, fur I consid ered it , quite a triumph of ingenious work manship, at the time; especially in view of the excumstances under which I wrought— , my only light being manufactured from• a rag and cup of grease, previously used fir brightening up the harness !" As he finished speaking, he arose and shook hands with the story-teller so halutily, that all present must have rocogiiitc , l by, it the generous maker of the sled ; even without the confirmation of words: The landlord punched the fire with terrible energy, and having turned toward it back and.face repeatedly, said as he hastily drew on hi 4 overeoat-:—" its no. use the fire in the world could not make one warm while that poor young man is out in this miserable storm." And opening the door without more ado, he dashed out into the night and the snow. " Your story reminds me," said the second i traveler, "of an early experience of,my own which has probably had a greater influence on my.life and character than any other sin gle event of my life, but the confession in- , volves a degree orguilt on my part which I Might-well shrink from, were I not sure that it links itself to,no similar trans t ,trression any where along, my subsequeut life' "Your face sufficiently attests that," re-. marked, the old sled-maker; encouragingly, - , and the third traYcler went on : " When I was about thirteen year...old there came to live in our neighbot hood a rich man—a Gen eral Brown. llu had wife, children, and servants—horses, carriages, and-dogs; buc of these I have more especially to do with twoorte of the danghtera—a beautiful - and saucy little girl of ten years—and one of the dogs—a - beautiful and saucy little puppy— the latter, the property of the former. " I was tic poor buy, but- independent in dis position, and perhaps' from a sense of disad vant le. a little insolent in bearingHespeci ally towards my superiors. It happened that pit-:set3 Gener.il Brown's house twice every day as I went to, and returned froM school, and this little puppy barked at me regular.' morning and night, with a degree of ma lignity which 1 construed into a' pointed in. stilt from the N% hole . ratnily—especiallyfrom Jenny, the mistress, of the ofil.nding puppy. She - wa.often in the door-yard, and .it appeared tome that she took pleasure in the belligerent manifestations alter favorite. One day when he flew at me with unusual demonstrations 'of ell will, I shook my fist in his fitee; which so angered him that he .fhl lowoi me some distance downthe road snap at- my heels. Seeing that. Miss Jenny .was watching us from the grass plot,-and ap parently enjoying my retreat, I picked up a -harp stone, and sent it at the young tiger with such firee as to send him back limping. Truth i , , 1 construed the ,ill-marincri ut the p up py li i to an insult friim all the members of General Brown's. family, as before re. marked. • " The sprit of .Pct, for so his mistress called \ him, was not• at all subdued by the l,luw I had given him; on the contrary, 1. found him more troublesome than -bet ire, mid once when he took - nie et disadvantage and startled 'me into a be. rayal of fright by grot ling suddenly at my heels, his pretty little mistress clapped her_ hands in a most provoking way., • "That day I determined on revenge, .and it was not long in coming-1 stole the and sent him \ out of the neighborhood! Two years afterwards he'was brought to Me, as noble a spedmen ornis species-as ever was seen. - - lie soon grew very fond of me, .and I, notwithstanding my old dislike, came to believe he was the best and bravest creature in the world. "I had seen Jenny. Brown a great many times, meanwhile, for as she rode in.her ear tiage to the academy, and I walked behind to the district school at much about the same hour, it not %infrequently happened that we met; but we had never bestowed upon ,one another so much-as a recognizing glance. " When the. Weather was unusually fine, Jenny would sometimes walk home in the evening. Upon one of these occasions, and by - one of those ordinations that mete .out justice to alt o my diig,fhat 1 had named Snarl er,in remembrance of his old tricks, flew at the little girl and bit-one of her hands se verely. Forthwith he was reported mad; and the indignation of the whole neighbor hood' was directed, not - only against. my . dog, bit against Myself-,—" What business had the little rascal. to keep such an ugly great brute, at any rate?" was the' general excla mation.- Some went so far as to say it' was a pity it had nut bean me who Was bitten in stead of the dear little . girl, while others de: dared that they only waited the opportunity ofsoting their own dogs upon me. Poor Snarler had to pay with hia life for his bad behavior.. In vain I plead for vain I ftroposed to confine him so that he could do noitlirther harm, for could not at first, be per,,uaded that my brave and beautiful fa: . voritc was really mad. Public opinion ran against me. with such desperation, hoWever, that I was forced to yield, and indeed -my„ own fears were So wrought upon by. reports 4 lennA . eritical ei - mdition, that I would ,scareelyve objected to lay my bead on the Klock: 11Iy apprehensions were carried up to the point of distraction; almost; when learned that the : great. Dr. who lived fifty miles distant from General Brown'. , had been sent ffor'Uo visit his daughter. Night. atter night I lay awake, and I cannot think , that the suffering of any martyr who_ ever felt the' fire wrapping about him a sheet of flame, can have execu.lded what ..1 endured.. _ There was one of peculiar bitter ness in the eircinnstances-4 had •atOlett the dog! then, toO, by causinghim to forget his mistress, I. was the l ' iceasion of his., bringing her to_theinost :horrible of deaths- •-- . Jf there had been in the neighborhood' a confessor to wlUttn i might hive - gone 'With the 'terribletrtithrthat wait -- prig - the very life oCteof 'trie.,- - it,Wiiald.haVe . been the treat •esit imaginable relief; but:with: gat- awfiti ar, ora t,. oiaildja my bean,. it seemed, test Imust die, When It was told Jpe .any day that 0(401:v411'4d jiiirt - driv* by to Abe • dt)4 - )r - 4.iitii• bli . ciarrlageil - positive; ly tiembled';arith eiostkoi -and . -frigitt4 eatakigter.ha had abake*Mads kincPrOt!r44o4oood - lioS i bsito..fear4; he NM M=a!= MONTROSE, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1857. M=MCIEMIIM had s ' ~Setgtn n ' e Trope conc ea led beneath his cloak. " "dingy to ascertain our opin ion as to whether the doh was. mad or not, and also to assure me of his'deep interest in ma, and : sympathy for , 'Suppose you ride over' with me,' he said, when he-was a bout to take leave; " it would be 4 •groat re lief and comfort to Jenny to'hear ytiu, your self, express the belief that the dog, was not mad." • , ".I was an awkward youth, 'and - my ern barrassment rendered any sensible apology utterly nut of the questbm, axd if the Gene ral ha d asked me to accompany him to Lon don, I must have done so. ".Through a great hall, ami..,,op a wide staircase I was conducted, seeing nothing dis tinctly, but. feeling almost overborne by a dim.consciousness of magnif i cence, and thence into a room of such luxuriant elegance of furnishing, as might, I thought at the time, befit a queen. There reclining on a low bed, pale almost as her white dries, was the un fortunate Jenny. She lifted herself up when she saw me, and, reaching forth her hand, smiled SQ sweetly as to-make my evil doing seem darker than it had ever deemed till then. I thought she was an angel, and I a devil, and resolved that I would not add hy pocrisy Co my other' wickedness.' I stript off' the mask. the first moment I found myself atone with her, and showed myself in all My evil deformity. Hearing the footsteps of her father approaching, she .hurriedly,. and with a look of sweet trouble in her Iface, lifted up one little white hand, whispering at the same time the softest of hushes ! There was some thing in the tone and manner that unlocked a deeper deep in my hearti than had ever been' touched before—something that said as plainly as words could ;have said it— " don't - let father know how bad you are— ! don't *we anything about ii" "A secret of any sort bet Ween two young persons is . dangerous—we foand this one of onrs so, extremely, for it led ;to another one before long, the revealing of which would have been the spoiling of all iour happiness. When Jenny was fifteen, we were engaged, Mrs. Gen. Brown's decision fu the contrary notwithstanding. She had krotight her hus band a good deal of money, and though she had chosen a man with no foriutie whatever, she was violently opp&sed,lto having her daughter follow the example She set. What the result was you can all guesi—we stole away one rainy midnight, and at sunrise were man and wife ; and Jenny, God bless her, notwithstanding the bite,of the dog, has nev er to . my knowledge'been toad fur a single Instant." "And were the old folks ever reconciled?" asked the first traveler. ."-Heaven only - knows,"—replied the hap py husband. I have never son the titre of either of them since—but 1 hare no doubt that our runaway match wai the best thing that cOuld have Ittppened—ii threw Me upon my own energies fortune smiled, and I rath er think,' coneltMed our- traveler, leaning hack in his chair complacently; "that !could buy Gen. 13vown's grand estat4 to-day, with out inueh inconvenience to.-tnySelf!". "And his good will you alW,'ays. - had,” ex claimed the old sled-Maker,- coining out 'of the shadow in which from thel)egining of the story he had been silting, and, shaking hands as heartily tiahe had done with the first trav eler. • "How is Jenny? howiiis,niy - little runaway . 1 --•bless her dear sotil!"' - . Tears were in the old man'* eyes, as he spokeolahich neither of the veunger travel ers thought incompatible with 'the dignity of his grey beard, as they fell =di glistened up on it. • At this juncture there was a;great stamp ing at the door,and the next instant it opened and our host entered, followed:1)y the little pale man, smiling at the good rortune which had overtaken him. If the storm howled af ter that, nobUdy heard it, and tour more ge nial travelers never sat down tO, a good sup. per with better appetite, than did those we write of, and never landlord brdshed the cob• webs from old wine bottles with a readier hand,than dia.our host of the wayside tavern. 19 THERE A Maxt.sraost 7—This question has again been raised by a correspondent of, the 4 Scien tifie'American.' Every schOol boy or the last century has been taught to believe that there is a wonderful vortex:6 the coast of Norway, with an eddy several Miles in di ameter, and that ships. and even huge, whales were sometimes draaed within its terrible liquid coils and balled -forever ;'' in ocean's awlui deptls." The correspondent of the 'Scientific American' says: ,1- . ' "l have, been informed by att.' European acquaintance that the !faelatrorn that great whirlpool on the coast of Norway, laid down in all geographies, and of which" we hate all heard such wonderful stories, had noexistence. lie told me that a nautical and scientific com ntissiln, composed of several gentlemen ap. pointed by the King of Denmarkyivas sent to approach as near as possible to" the edge of the whirlpool, sail around it, measnre its cit.- cumference, observe its action, aricticiake a re port. They went out, and sailed all' around and allover where the Maelstrom was said, to be, but could not find it; the 'sea was as smooth where the whirlpool ought to be as any other part - of the German ocean." We presume the above is correct. The latest geographies and- gazette Pr-s "barely al lude to the maelstrom. Colton in his large 1 atlas, gives the site upon the map, but does not allude to it in his desomiption of Norway. 'Harpers:l Gazetteer' in its article on NON way says that''' among the numerous islands on the West coast there are via - lent and it regular currents, which render thacoast nay lg,ition dangerous. Among these it; the cel ebrated Mal-Strom, or Meskeres•Strom, the danger from which has been greatly exagger ated, -since it can, at nearly all 'elutes, be passed Over even by boats." The romance of the maelstrom' has: been pretty 'effectually destroyed,` - Gazer. SIIDEIef Wiii.--Ch! stepping 014 of the house, this.morning, my attention was attracted by a spider's web covering nearly the whole of . a large lemon tree. The tree was oval, and well shaped ; afitd the web was thrown over it io the most artistic man ner. and with , the. finest .eireg... Biwa fiat vorcle were stretched pot, the 061:1 1e it tent, 11 PRI itilloireu!nreteqgti the , ,l neighbor. It.b4tedea -if -some ,genius of the camp,* the etnomowol .of its *aster, had !Amsted taiga and skill *tv eove . _with this .40iiesics rieb4ookiiii* moth. 10) 41Cten V . 441144.-... , --11,161111111171101441 liT kr i ti°ll eitAifri*ell44:lol," WESTWARD HO. N ague4trieken hypochondriac, v►ho has been on a trip out that way, thus answers acme questions in a letter to the Saturday Evening Post— • . The first question comes from Cambiidge. port, Mimi., and reads u follows: "Which is the best time for going Wsist, the Spring or Autumn V' The best time for going Westis when you have the most money about you, and the least fear of losing it.. If you come in the Spring, you are sure to shake yourself to death with the ague before Fall. If you come in , the Full, you may live until Spring, Ilion don't freeze to death before you get there. If you coins, at all,• you •had better get your stomach lined with water-proof cement, so as to be able to digest corn bread, bacon and whiskey; for this is all 'We have to eat,4,o-ept a few French hoe, and bilious, looking tadpoles, which we catch when the river runs down. Second questioh:,—"What paztot the West is the best to emigrate to, taking - in, consider ation the healthfulness of climatal" A variety of opinions about that, my, dear fellow. Our Senator,. - Mr: Douglas,. says - Kansas is the best. So it is if you want to go into the stock business, raising an unruly kind of mixed colored cattle, that will stray off to Canada, in spite of the Compromise of 1850 or 1856, or Senator Douglas. ,-Or, if you want to speculate in papooses, white scalps, and get your own scalp taken off sci. entifieally, go to Nebraska by , all means. If you wanito play poker for a living, and set up whisky drinking fur a business, to live,on corn bread and bacon weekdays; and slippe+ ry elm bark on Sundays, coule to If you want to go where tley have no Sun days nor anything to ,eat, only what they brought from the east, go to lows; or if you want to go to grass on all fours, and do as other kinds of cattle do, go to Sisk Lake.. If you want to go where-they receive the mail annually, where they live on wild cran berries crumbed in water from the Mississi p. pi river, where three wigwams make a city, and a paper 'of pins and a bar of Yankee soap, a tr v iti e tinuit--go to Minnesota. , turd question.—" Does the fever and ague prevail much in Wisconsin?" , Of course it does. - Nobody out West is fool enough - to ask such a question. Every body shakes; even the trees shake; you can't coax a crab apple to stay on when it is good for anything; it will shake a man out pi his bed, kick him out of doora,"and shake the bpdmtead at him til! he, gives it up. Fourth. question.—" Bow long does a pre emption hold good?". That depends on circumstances. If you have a good rifle, and know how to use it, you have a chance to ten that you may live until you starve to death. ,But if you can't stand fire, and are -not a good shot and quick. one, take my word for it, you had bet ter tarry ii Jericho until your beard' be grown ; they are all too smart for .you in ~.these woods. Fifth .question.—" le the land to be had in the northwest part of Ohio fur $1,95 per per acre, and is it good - V' That's hll fudge, got up & by speculators to gull some greenhorn like you or me, for to ` .,the best of my knowledge cr belief, Ohio liwas worn out ten years_ago. The whole bu siness of the railroads in warm weather, is 1.0 carry back persons who have been foLls enough to come west. MI the railroads are doing this winter is carrying dirt into Ohio out of Michigan to raise a few beans and oats, to keep the folks from starving to death next summer. As to the,land in the northwest of Ohio, it Is eighteen inches under water most of the year, and will probably be worth $1,25 per . acre, when water snakes iuid copper beads bring as much per barrel in the New York markets as potatoes are worth per bushel in Alton.. And, lastly he wants Reliable information— s short article in your paper relating to the subject—and he wants to go to a 'healthy lo cation, decent land and fair water. Exactly ! Why my dear sir, there no such thing as reliable information out West, unless you pay, well fur it. A lawyer wont tell the truth unless you give him $5OO, and then you can't believe half he says: A witness wcn't tell the truth in court un less you first scare, him to death and make him swear he won't lie, and then neither him self nor anybody" else knows whether be tells the truth or not.: . On the whole. if you feel obliged by our "short article," so do I. If you want to go to a healthy land, stay at home, and don't be a fool like myself and come out west. And a.; for decent land, my dear fellow, what do you - men ? You must that wild prairie is very indeeent, especially when it is burnt over and left as - naked as when it wag born: 'Tis true, nature weaves a sort of fig leaf apron every summer, out of a coarse kind of grays, but it soon gets burnt • off,'and is as indecent as ever.. As for &ir water:We have none, it is all a billtouq compost of liquid desd kitiffa 4ecs, fish and rotten rattle-snakes. Our common drink, when we can't get whi.key, is one-third coffee,' one-third prairie mud, and one-third tobacco juice. Upon the whole,jtoyou have good water, and can get half ettough to eat, stay where you are. Yourm truly, W. - " DREAD' IT Lutz A Doo."—in ibetourt of Special Session, a short time since, a man natued Smith was arraigned for -stealing a demijohn, containing three gallons of whisker. "Are you guilty or not, guilty 1" asked the clerk. " Wall, you can call it what you likes, I tuk , the whiskey, that I admit, and driuked it too." "You took-it without leave, did you not I" I,nevor wait to be asked, when that are. cies around." . "Ynu drink all you em get?" " Try me and see, Judge; I reckon I'm ex. perieneed in that line o' trade." - • • think from Your appearance that no one will .douht your word 4 , 1) that point'" - "I . can .prora- a character, if . any body doubts "Nobody doubts that, and it, will he De, g. assail , to send von to the pfnitentiery_ three nionals to get. the wbiskc7 out ptvu. - . " Can't stand it, Judge,.liv't-op. that *sir Critur iorfiftwes yowl; been meat wi and dritik,*4.rit i betta bantasaiwij dowe ' Mil • • • -• t'.l4. 041; diora'atia losjp )10 10411 ..40_•youic0, toy pt oaber.,7 J , .• "-VA; bai . lllll4lo gka • , . , • , H. H. FRAZIER, PUBLISHER- , - . .V01,,8.' . 140. 18.4 mm7.17:m . ..r=77,1 lamt_Canititational-Conmition. „ lestar k quartioa of-how Slavery was looked u at the time the Constitution was adopted, is ow exciting a rod deal of inter est. And to aid our readers in fiirming Cornet conclusions on the subject, we extract the fol• lowing from - art abstract of the debates and proceedings In the Convention that framed the •Constitution,_ in 1787, width we fi nd the "American Stateman,” page 64, &c.: " In establishing a rule of future apportion., meat, great diversity of opinion sas express ed. Although Slavery then existed in every State except Maiumchusetts, the great, mass of the Slave population was in the Southern. Stites. TheraVtates elaiaged a resieesette. tion according to numbers, bout and free, while the Northern States were in favor of a representation according to the number of free persons only. This rule was forcibly urged by several Northe rn , denotes. Mr. Paterson (of New Jerse) regarded slaves only as property. They were not represent ed in the States; why should they be in the . general government I They' were not aliow. ed to vote; Why should they be reprepent- - ed 'I It was an encouragement of the Slave trade. Said Mr. Wilson, (of Pennsylvania.) 'Are thew admitted as citizenal Then Kirby not on cap equality with other citizisait Are they admitted as property t then why not other property admitted into the computation" , 4 large portion of the members of the Con vention, fromboth sections of the Union; a ware that neither ax reme (amid be carried, favored the proposition , to count the whole number office citizens and thrie.fifths of all others. "To render the Constitution acceptable to the Southern States which were the principal exporting State", the Committee of detail had inserted a clause providing : that. nc duties should be laid on exports or ion - slava import. ed, ind another that no navigation act an* be passed, except by a two-thirds vote. By depriving Congress of the = power Of giving any prefitrenes to - American over foreign ship ping, it was designed to secure cheap trans. portation to Southern exports. , As the ship ping was principally owned , in the 'Eastern States, their delegates were equally anxious to prevent any restriction of the power of Vongresa to peas navigation laws. -All 'the States, except North Carolina, South Caroli na, and ,Georgia, - had prohibited the importa tion of Slaves; and North Carolina, had pro ceeded so fir as to discourage the importation by heavy duties. The prohibition of duties on the importation of Slaves was demanded by the delegates from -South Carolina and Georgia, who declared that, without a provis.. ion of this kind, the Constitution would not receive - the assent of these States. The sup. • port which the proposed restriction received from other States, wse given to it from'a di* position to eonipromise, raiher than from an 1 approeal of the measure itself. The propo sition not only gave rise to a discussion Grits_ own merits, but revived the opposition to the apportionment of representatives according ' ' to the three-fifths. ratio, and called earth come' . severe denunciations of.,Slavery. " Mr. King, (of Massachusetts,) in refer. , ence to the admission of Slaves as a part of the representativspopulation,remtakedi 'He had not made a strenuous opposition to . it , heretofore, because he• had hoped that this concession would have produced a readiness, which bad nut been manifested, to strengthen the general government The zeport of the Committee put an end to all those hopee.e... The importation of Slaves could not he pro hibited ; exports could not be taxed. If Slaves are to be imported, shall sot theexports pro- duced by Otir labor supply a revenue to help the government defend their mesterei There was so Much inequality and unreasonableness in all this, that the people of the Northern ' States could never be reconciled-4o it. He had hoped dud . some accommodation would have , taken place on the subject; that at least a time would have been limited fox the im. portation of Slaves. He ebuld never agree to let them be imported without limitation, and then - he represented in the national legis. !attire. Either Slaves should not be repre. sewed, or exports should be taxanie' - u Gouverneur Morris„,(o( New York,) pro. pounced Slavery 'a nefarious institutinie. it was the curse of heaven on the States where it prevailed. Compare the free regions of the Middle States, where a richand noble culti. vation marks the prosperity and happiness of the people, with the misery and poverty which overspread the barren wastes of Vir. ginia, Maryland, and other States - having' Slaves. Travel through thawhole continent, and you behold the prospect Continually vs. tying with the appearance end disappeatance of Slavery. The admission of Slaves into the representation when fairly expressed, comes to this, that the inhabitant-of Georgia and South Carolina, who goes to the South coast of Africa, in defiance of the.most sacred Wet of humanity, tears away his fellow-creatures from their dearest connections, and danina them to the mosteruel bondage, shalt have , more votes in a government instituted for the protection of the rights of Mankind, than the citizen of Pennsylvania and - New Jersey, with view, with a leudable h;irror so nefari ous a practice. And what is : the proposed compensation to the Northern States for a sacrifice ()revery principle of right, every iii. pulse of humanity i They ere to bind them. selves in march their militialor the defense of the Southern States, against these ..rery slaves of whom they complain.. -The IVA& tore will have indefinite prover to tax them by excises end duties on imports, both of which will fall heavier on than than on the Southern inhabitants; for the Mama tea used by a NUrthern freeman,. _will pay more tax than the whole consumption of miserable slierei, which consists of nothing more than his physical subsistence end therag which covers 1 his rethednese. On the other aide the South ern States are not to be restrained ;.from lin. porting fresh supplies of wretched Africalot: at ones' to increase the danger of attack, .and the difficulty of detente ;Pay, they are to lie encouraged to it - by an, armerance of having thoir . votes in the national goeernrento io crested in , propartion and, the sere, time, I,eS ; to have their ,Shtve* -WI A4eir'irtiVita exempt from'allcoetrihetinits.to thc,ptibliii service,'_ -,Mr,; Merril, roofed tofnalte - gia fie*-P O P4 B 4:O4Pna the bps. of; raptrir4lo* :thin— ~, • ~,.1 ~ .. , --, - -21 .. . - 4 11 i: filiiirnittn:(oftntiti‘itiont i yirhoirid cial,othar.fl,ll, , 11 4 401, Clin!Inlik1 1 44 a di.P4ittait C 9 T 41. 5410 1 /.'44* lhit'Aouthern I [ 1 41,W .. 16, -Ir - licitsil.4* l i 4 o 0 1 14 , 1 ,0] rirce:lo44§l6,,to it.o(o' o l o o l46 tiith!' -Poo* 41 mi *l**,4 tOillointiot KEW . . States who were - to be represented according - to the tares paid by thenT,•.and the - negroca are only includedin the±tstintateofthe taxeso,l "'After, some f ether di:waggon; the ques- ' tion waft taken port Mr. Morris's - motion, and lost, New Te y - only voting Wit: Wtth < prohibiting any reorte doh upon' the irnportatiori- of Slaw* Mr. Mar. tin, - of Maryland, , who moved to alto* a -tsx upon Slaves imported, remarked v" A 9 five slaves hi the , apportionment of representa tives were reckoned as equal to Anree free- - men, such a permission amounted toan en courageniebt of the frittivvtrade.' .Slaves I/remelted the Union whieli.the °them plots were bound to protect; the-ptivilege'ofitn peting them Wits dime - are unreasonableol-- %lob a feature is tbeprmstetution was incon sistent with the ptineiples.oTtheltevoluticin, and dishonorable to the Anteriamaaracter.' 4, -141r2. Rutledge. (of Smith. Quo not see how this section:could -eiktiorlige.lllo importation of SlaveN - , lie was not' appri'S ben4ve - of itonmeetioe, :anirwould readil jr exempt the other States from' every 01311g:t -ilt*, to proteet the South. Religion , and hu- menity hatPnothing to du with this questien. Interest shine is the.governing principle with nation,: - The true question at present is, whether the Southern States shall or _shun __ not, be perch., to this Unien., If the Northern States consult their interestohey , will not . oppois the intreaseot Slaves, which will ie. crease the tommtxlitiest of which they will be. come the carriers: '', i • ' . _. , - _ "Mr. Ellsworth' said : . Let every State import what - ft phrases. The moralisy or wis. - dom of Slavery ii a conaidetation hielonglig • to the States. What enriches It part enriches the whtiti,' and the States are the beet judges of their particular interests.' i • • • "Mr. C. Pinckney said: 'South Casolina can never receive the plan if it prohibits the • Stave trade. •• If the Slates be left at liberty on' this subject; South Carolina may. perfaips by degrees, do of herself whit Is wished; as y m Maryland d Virginia already have , done..! "Mr.Sh . ' 9,13 concurred with his colleague, (Mr. Ell. rth,) 'He disapproved' the Slav - , trade; Is,', as thi States now posseisett th e , righ t as the, public good did not require ft 'tti be taken away, and as it was expedient to _ have as tew objections as possible to the pro. p4sed scheme of government, he would leave , the ‘matter as he found it.. The Abelian!! of , Slavery seemed to be going on in the United States; and the good sense Of the several -States would probably by degrees sooi corn plete it' -, , "Mr. MOON (of Virginie,) said : 'Slavery discourages arts and manufecturea. The few despise labor when-performed by Slaves..,-- They prevent the immigration of whi*sirho : really enrich and strengthen a eonettry...,,Thei l • produce a pernicions effect'on , manners. -Ev- !- ery master of Slaves to born - a pettY, tyrsat... They bring thejudgmentof heaven ona coon try. He lamented that settee:if our Eiketn brethren, from a iust=tof-gairt,lsti-entilerked in this nefarious traffic. As to the States be y ing in posseesion of the right to import, that. was the case with many other rights novi to be given up. - -He held it essentlakin every point of view, that the general government should have power to pet:venerate increase of ' Slavery.' " Mr. Ellsworth, not well pleased with this thrust at his slave-trading friends at the North, by . a slavehialder, tartly replied: 'As I have never owned a Slave, I cannot judge of the effects of Slavery on characterl - bue if Slave- . Cols to be considered in:a moral lighOhe . nvention ought to'ficilu teller, - and feeettioSe already in the country' ,Tiii; oppomblini of Virginia and Maryland - to the importation of : Slaves he attributed - to the fact tlief, On ae. count of their rapid increase in thOie States 'it - was:elteaper to rai' . o ,theet 1 there t4i,:te . imporkthem, white in the sickly ri c e iwaruPs. foreign ttifipliej were if Wit stop 'abort with pribibiting their import - Akin,. we Shall. be untulitO South Caroline: rind:Peer gig, Let us tioilitermeddle.. - .'Ai - peiptilatifie. increases poor laborer*: wilt be ect- plenty' as to render . Slavee useless,. Slavery, - in tithe, :Will 114. b!? i is o k 'flur co - Unties ' ' '," -- • "Deltlcetaie m South Carphrta and Geor gia repeated deolaratiod that, if the Slave trade, were prohibited;those States Would not .adopt the tonntitutipti. - Viltnia; ft - 7ns Mid, would Ohs lit shipping the' repottatioifi he basing Waves' tite sell;llitit it Weald be unjust to South Carolitia and Georgia; to beilekivin3 'or the right iir itufforting. Saidell - lbe. fit- , portation of Slaves would be a hem & ie . :the whole - Union. - 'The more Slaves; the More - roduce, the greater the carrying 'trade; the - Inure consumptiete.the more revenue.": ~,..;-. ' "The injustice of exempting - slaYis : fried% duty, while orrery other import eneesubjeet to it, having hese orgedby several ineroiJers in the course' of - the debite,, , e` Pinckney ex= pressed hit consent a tax not exceeding the same on other inports;'srid moved to re. ,fer - the sub ject to a committee. = The motion was secon ded h,y Mr. Rutledge, and ut the Suggestion de.' Morris, was'so modified as to include the chitties relating to navigation laws andltaxers on exports. The commitmeiit was opplieedby Messrs. *Sherman and Rik: worth: the'formee on the itenind that taxes "-Slaves implied that thereiere,property ; the latter front the fear of losing two.State*. Mr Randolph wits in Ihvor . of the niption;hn ping to bad sorne middle ground upon which they could uniee. The motion prevailed, and the subject was ieferred . to a committee-'of one - from each State. ;The coMmittek re. wined the prohibition ofduties on - sitpots , -; struck nut the restriction, on that:enactment of eavigution laws; and left:the importation of Slaves uniestricted,v until the year ft4oo; permitting Cengress hoWeverito impose:' it duty upon theitnportatinit; '" : • --e* , '-. " The debit 4 Aipeethii-reptirt-of the rid committee, it condineed byllildrelhe in the following yersekapba e -' ' ..,,, - =-4 - e, .; ,p)us _ tatti"iri kith' in iiptnrcm'ind pricittge, , egalett . 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