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IFO,' the DeoehOratia Watchman I
A Sketch of Western Travels
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(No. 5.)
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lira/der lure or Coach:, —A Cohilo•oton
Ifis Altere A . /nylon Count y-- ['mon
—lt s pub, le !loners— Pavel ('nuutly - - 11,1
A gritrillur;-1119nr Jowl—Turkey Ihr•
rr 7') r- -Scenery n ( hnu l :
Land (Iffier -77 -7fn F:cr r ontrir Chnrartrr
C'r;neri An'nlatrr rnlr nlr 11 nun lel i kin
the Of/ire—Mart Rohlied--111;tchrif Cent,
From McGregor we took the Walker Line
of Coaches for West Union, 'lowa. The
great advantages of this Imo are best ap
preciated by those physinally cons,lituted to
enjoy the pleasant pastime of walking oc
casionally it ith a rad upon their shoulders.
Ten passengers, mostly ladies, filled the
interior of the coach, while several men on
deck hung down, for want of room, huge,
dirty boots, inclose proximity with our fa
ces. We found the Journey during the day
more pleasant than our situation would
seemingly indicate. An old California gold
hunter, who was traveling in company with
his newt., gave indubitable evidence of his
social qualities, alarhourm alikispent iu ha
tenhfg to his stone:, of the far ranked El bo
ratio.
Whether we were most agreeably enter
tained by the Californian's adventures, or
the vocal powers of •MB lady fiend, remain%
a question. Occasionally a finely cultivated
vome rolled out in charming strains of mel
oily, and, like some feathered songster's
warbling notes, was borne upon the gentle
breeze in most acceptable profusion...
Westward from MeGiregor for ten or fifteen
miles the country is quite hilly. The blot's,
which at, the Mississippi, project often very
abruptly, gradually !verde into th• Nuntry
141 are filially lost in gellllp hlll.s and beau
brut 1 ratries.
(le) too County is iie !I m agricultural ra
e,hr,• i•••• farmers realize a :eddy inar
-1,-t thetr iranoni- pn-ni • LarT;ty
llf grain ate M 114011C(1 011 t , ) Jlni
I. Ah' I olviug to the [ICU Itf t:i•
r•• I,•'• • 11., people have !welt tuirtl•le to
p own ()n our no.te we
1 , • I l'ostville and Clermont, nli
of %in It a ,‘• thilving villages. 'Elie lattt r
a 1;.,. th'o 'Flukey Ittvcr. ott
a I I pain It ( . 011:4111. a Mill prop
t rty that is Nald to ht it I y highly teinuner
attic. lioldcra uC thls partic ttlat s t la.s of
property, par; Ei.titl r , r
).1 ices, and demo eo; 1,, ; 1111, open
thcir tlWli
‘Vitliont illicit of in;•;;lcht wc arttt,tt nt
iVest Llll 0 1 1 11 1 thin eVi lung, and found 111311)
old Centre County citizens. 'I he North
.Imerentil Holt] It kOpt Jlllll. , 11%111 f;
110113' of the; place, :mil is dtoti o ; a ILi
thitt.titg trade. 'file Lint house, mtuatt d
on the South East ebl twr of the public
square, 'is tinier the cobtrol of Mr. John Ir•
whops ttvll knum tine of out corium
citizens. Ttit`y keep good pontes an.l
ell
- to make thpse patromz; rig them, te‘el
a degree of limpt-athe-ness that, is seldom
found among }Atel kerpert in that. western
country.
'Nest Vrition is the county seat of Payette
and is located in a line Agricultural region
Its population is fast 'roaring fifteen hut-
tired. 'flu'. smother there is in process of
construction, a large and IA ell arranged
Court House. It is hwh,n the centre of a
large square, and the groutol which it ocea•
pies was very liberally ilmiste,l by one of
the early settlers of thi place. here are
several churches, one or The most prominent
of which 111 the Methodist Episcopal. There
is a large steam flouting mill, and sawmill,
and the people arc active in furthering the
construction of the SlcUregor, St. I'eter and
Missouri River Rail Road. Two weekly
newspapers arc published in the county,
and meet, we are thformed, with a very lib
end support. The "Fayette County Pio
neer" has been established jor several years
and has dime much in the way of develop
ing the various interests of the locality.
It would be very hard to exaggerate the
,productiveness of the soil ; the county is
fast becoming one of the greatest grain pro
ducing in the State, and the emmignition to
it has Leen mostly of that chum which have
turned their attention to the mines of wealth
that require only a moderate industry ''
-n the
tilling of the land!, to discover how invalua
ble they are, An Agricultural society has
been formed. In 1855, at the annual Fair
held at West Union, a specimen of earl was
uxhibttsd - fltat 9101401 cTni Viitar - Td - a - iurail: -
ty-one bushels and fourteen quarts of shelled
corn per acre ; the geound having been meas
ured by a special committee sworn accor
ding to the requirements of the society. In
the 'fall the farmers do their ploughing, and
as winter grain is not Adapted to the soil
and climate,' Wheat is sown as early in the
spring as Ms, possible to accomplish it.—
The frostieaves the ground almost dry, and
its nature is such that a few hours' sun ren
ders it in tillable order, even in , the - case of
excasere rains. At such times the mud is
intolerable, and • stranger perambulating
would suppose himself treading in a cdapo
altion of lard and lampblack, see adhesive
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~-B TH LIBERTY AND PROPERTY AR•E PRECARIOUS, UNLESS THE P
pre its qualities. The prioe of land varies
according to improvement and locality
Near West Union farina are valued at *5O
per acre, and no Maul perhaps in the county
can be purchased at a cheaper rate than ten
dollars, and this a considerable distance
from the County seat, and wild Prairie,
In company with Major. Henry Jones,
Cowity Surveyor of Fayette, we left West
Union with our faces turned towards the
Publie Land Salem at Osage. The Major iv
a clever fellow, whose experience in the af
fairs of Northern lowa dates back among
i l ls earliest settlers. With his span of four
hundred dollar Indian ponies we were wheel
rd away at a very surprising speed over the
Prairies in a north-western course. His hu-
NIIICSN has enabled him to acquir!s: thorough
knowledge of the country, and his naturally
s,wial qualites imparted much useful infor
mation
Ton'itirds the North East the Turku_ Riv
er flrkAell by, and one eOlOlllllOll9 chain of
timber skirted the Inuits of the Prairie as
for as the eye could Feria into the dim dm
lance of the country. The Turkey River
possesses many valuable water privileges
that are fast being brought into requisition
to supply the increasing wants of settlers.
Its abundant timber is the great resource of
a wide extending country. The Southern
extremity of the large Prairie immediately
West of Went Union, is bounded hi . - the
Volga River timbim. it is inferior to the
Turkey timber both in quality and quitott
7.
This Prairie varies frotra—tura to fifteen
miles in breadth, and is rapidly tieconiing
Cultivated.
Through ever changing scenery vio jour
neyed pleasantly .long'—over hills and thro'
the hollows—rolling Prairies and their park
like groves -sparkling rivulets and occasion
al streams of sluggish watell of which
the gorgeous decorations of epproaching
summer, Piciamingly bid welcome..
softly that Eason hank eloped down from
the hill
To ho spot where tialifountam grew sothleoly
sill'
How 004,1 woe the uhnilows the long hranehee gat o.
A they hong form the wlllow and di pp'tl to the
wsro
Upon the large nnenltuntte,l ['mines here
and there the hato;atnnt of ihe vtl b •r stood
out against the tindant sky, like a lone ship
upon the OrCall.
At Howard we (urea knemtneuAly after
the onler of a-, steel. hfo, hut e ,, lrnittly eftn
not pits, any es traonlinary aiie ulem . our
lite+ iimment I lowever nmeh we may al-
Mire the NWet•t , of V 1 0.41,rn our on
linitnon does , not anvpr of that outer whn
larnenlarly appleelAiP.: the 1111 . 11e10‘1 1 11111111-
lies of Ibn h Imo yankee Inv int
Away from thus uuturious city 111 paltitiVa.
RIA.I to II; brval he
Rom the pure luvigurating atiou.plirro of
i),age loomed up m •irvtant view nn )1":11
fore ee mingled iii its
1 ,1.1 not meet - nor full antiemettnits It is ri
pretty town oil paper and any soon beetio,
oilv 111 r , .1111 V, Let th , Lc WC° 41.,•1. (0 11 . 11
Illal a all It Ir1)111 , 1 414 . 111111ff1y app , It as
lohograplwl on charts. should bear in mind
that there will be ample tun , . montlet hcrme,
to.pais.dri, bit, 1.1 T., clay Stree. __
Nine hundred and sixty arms ar► laid nut in
lots, lint its present m.O .l Stills rl•les tet ex
recd, peiha:no, Cv. tiund,a persons pie
uoinr River timbl•t shields it from the west
' ern winds, and fifty thousand acres lie_ con
tiguous to the town.... Usage is of recent or
igin, and its progress has been greatly aid, d
by the acquisition of the tiovernment Land
(Alice and its*Public Sales.. Two thoti,al 4 l
people had a few days previous to our snit,
honored Usage with their presence. Compe
tition at the Land Sales, otr•ttce opening of
th e mlice, ran extremely high, and Mils
acre made up to one htitulred iind one dol
lars per acre. The requiremen's of the I0••ul
laws of the Land Office net being, complied
with in such cases, the lands remained to be
again offered at public sale. It wan a stn ife
between the speculator and the actual set
tler each endeavoring to gam Some advan
tage over the other. The object on die part
of the settler was to prevent, an much as
possible, the lands from being sold at pub
lic outcry. They consequently hit upon the
expedient of making exorbitant bids wart
out the least intention of carrying them out
in good faith. All lands not disposed of al
ter having been olthred at such sales, are
subject to entry at the usual price of one
dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
Tito crowd to a very material extent dis
persed before we came to Osage ; perhaps
from five to six hundred ihungry Itkiking
land speculators remained. It was Afton
cot a little amusing to witness the great
anxiety of the people to secure .Government
lands. Nearly everybody had land war
rants, but, unfortunately, few were SUCCORS
fuI enough to gel them looatel. If Mr.
Barnum could Intro caged the dovernment
Land officers, and exhibited them under cm ,
provisions of land locations, we Have
not a doubt his fallen fortunes would hia - Vo
been retrieved. • Early every morning,' the
entrance to the Land Office was taken pos
session of by a largo crowd of men. sbme
of whom even remained,out during the night
to be first to gain access, on the opening of
the doors at the usual hour. At ten o'clock
a general rush was made, and it frequently
happened that men wore trampled under
foot 'and nearly crushed to death; Every
window and available position from which a
look into the OfUbe could bo obtaired, was
crowded to the utmost density.. Art mom
trio looking charactet located himself in a
small window over s',"door, add with paw&
BELLEFoNTE, PA., THU.'x•DAY, SEPT. 24, 1857.
attached to a long pole kept Il,hing there
for Nevoid days, Ilow hog lie rontinued in
title pleasant hate,inte, we arc unable to telh
Icir we left Inni4l , hing with all the patience
an individual could well exercise astride a
sharp, uneoknfortalde sent, obtained by be
',absence of a few panes of glass. If Col.
Jenkins, the Tingistspr. of Ow Land Office,
properly appreciated the virtue 'of•perseve•
ranee, his chance moot certainly have been•
ver filootlLMV. Sortie erected ont , ..ide of
the crowd, forked sticks , on which they as
cended and conducted the Raping (aeration,
as it were, in different Waters Sfflinge as
it may scorn in the midst of such rxciting
scenes we seenrl4l an entrance, end found
ourself one morning comfortably silted in
the apaitinent of the Land Mice appropria
ted to the'llegister and his Clerks, mmtly
contemplating 'minim nature iii many anx
ious face.; Perim atiop in great beads
tfLUOthill t Altil _ l2.llrld...ltCUAL4-4 1 ,11.
sons of toil, es they called in most inuilo
ring language wily n 7 uartrr irrbon for a
vet tier, Mr. .I , nA ins''' Fancy gentlemen
arrayed in broad-cloth and "line linen,"
with rinue.ive gold chains tillighq; from
their persons, made but a !only show in
nitngting with the crowd. They, with de
spair ovidently,depieted on their physiogno
mies, asked lint the small favor of a
sw.wp Busy clerks were scrib
bling, while true yankee-like the .tfittii
kept whittling, doubtless contlisplatlng
where lb Make a nest descent for some one's
pape4n7 Lo! he ~ erntini ens ' Now he moves
with blandest smile along the counter, find
hundred caeca brighten on his near ap
proach 11earts heat high with bright an
ticipations of some favored entry, wlnle with
tier-sinus hands, tinny oiler soldier dhow:end
ask but one especial privilege of locating
lands. Loot, ' the spell is broken, and a
long, lank Mosier mounts the harrier to re'.
ceiv his duplicate of entry. and a,vay he
goes, exulting at his success, soil !myna
the less fortunate swearing in rhsappeinted
a:EI
IVlnle mingling In the eron,l within the
Land 0111. e. a gentleman by the name of
'll ol ins pelted f :•Vvnty-
Sti.imnon f tl nu ,ov•
eras vie arry.ti..l on the
charge, Lit finding nett her 1111,11,..y nt in
decor of guilt, they uvn uecurdingly
noel.; null A JIAIt intLa
nnrlh "r Wet Ty pinrr It ,•,h
-t3lll, ht 1 hot, ,t or, '4
hr Ili • • ht. rI, ,
t . :111. " 10%4 II hat. lot t ‘h•lttv. - aai. Wt.
I 111 till' I Watl4lll it. tilt . C ' t).1111 - ;11!,
rib a 11'17 11Vtot ;Oa'
prrr , pr:t ”I'r , "01
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II 1011.1. la ILI tilt
S'a . , I 11. Tii. cl.l , I mu 11,
lagy, 4,111 4.c Ow prvi(ii,L beitt,fl
ticli,,n,mViii It
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How tho Devi Lost
The
' clip It 110/11.1., I X. blip, pa,-. ne 1 rt -
tally t all !Ile at, L ~ 1 1. i',..1 pT
hou, t 1 ho f• t I 1 let ••• •I to. ',prt.itl in the
ii••.t .11 r lute •
.t 3'''le- le intl ho ;kitten:ly demi, eillth,
W 144 V:-.111-i ;., his t-t timp•-iy, tl ho
tetnpte.l bun to pronii.e lii, I.lr Merin!) ,
if he emit I lie vlliiplieft .PH thl.i i ii lh 1111 h all
Cho inoiley he 014111114 e 1N1r43.111 %%11.
COMAlliled —the dt vil to supply the Homey,
and was at last to have the soul, itilleys the
young town could simtlel m o r e ,usury (h a i l
the (1.111(.0111d for.iish. Years WWl...Jill kl.ty
mai tl, •1 as tx ra tut in his
111 nip, built iialaet•s.spe.••ilitted 11 elely l',.t
awl Agri Vi• 11,1113' 1.1111111. ;111 1 1 31! LI,
h‘ ere ale ,t)s Intl. lle ut•tl • in, nieli
11110, i•ter slut hilt .1 teat
aid /11111104, lilt his 1....12,1 huumied all 111.1
1111104. Ile went to St. Paul to live, anti
paid the uslild interest for all th,,,
money ho could borrow, but though t h e
d••vil futile wry raves when lie rani. , le pay
the hills, yet they were all paid. oie ex
pe bent after another failed -the tleyel count
ed the time, only two years,. that he !wed
wait l'or the soul, add mocked the elloris of
gie despairing Olio more trial was
resolved upon—the maikstarted a newspa
per' The derpt grim - lid at the bill at the
end of the ftikiiptarter, was savage in six
months, melancholy in mice, and broke,
dead broke," at the end of the year. So
the newspaper went clown, but the soul was I
saved.
JOAN litum.'s Le TIOT.—The following is
the latest joke upon John Bull
John was traveling on some IV (Alert! Rail
Road: when a tienienduolla explosion took
place- the care at the time coming to a sud
den halt, The passengSrs sprank up in ter
ror, end rushed out to aitimaint themselves
with the-mischief —all r. Bull, who
ceiling Lhe net; ap . n
man t somebody rushed back and informed
him that the boiler ha I burst.
" Awe !"grunted the Englishman.
Yes," continued his itifurtOaixt, " and
sixteen people have boon killed."
" Awe," muttered the Englialitnan 'a
gain. .
"And—and," sal his interlocutor withal)
effort, • "your own man,your servant has been
blown tom a hundrrid pieces!'
r - "Awe ! brim nto the piecc that has the
key of my portmanteau • '
printer lately committed suicide in Cm
cinnatti. •'Poor fallow?! he has knocked his
"form" into "pi."'
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The Pen
BY NICLIA NORA
It is an old adage that,'"the pen iv mightier
than the sword," and a more truthful say
ing never was uttered by the writers of
t ;meet., though they are considered the most
disLumuished originals of the world, and
Call proudly and thti.intly, boast of unri
valled orators. There is sulfloient reason to
suppose that few persons know the irrests-
shit, inihience of tho 'pen. True, it is its
gilt IA as appro:u•hmg betinfes, as
t vasty its sablo tynntle over tllcr earth ; but
gain it breaks forth in mentiment4 atihlime,
:mkr, sympathetic and with {ll4tinguished
eloquence —tilling our attentive ultra witty
under tours, or in aceeilitll SORCr and more
der harmonious tones of the
ost Inn:de— engaging every reeess
the heart. with its porter, and entiail,ing
angling.... Compote, for a moment, all).
lung existing with the item and dues it not
sink into oblivion, so great is -the contrast
It is often a SOTO, 1111:111CIOILY 42,i.c:,113r. a (jet
ceitful friend, and a hollow llaterer ; but
oftener an tati%heathed weapon iu dureucu of
alk virtuous principle*: pito 0 . possible
to beisiell tkiti - cipelonek.9t. 4 lo, mighty
Il k
• ent,-the pen, placed be c _oar eyes, we .. Such was the gentle soliloquy of a " fayre
might becomeaequainted more actions Intlye" setting. in her h :dmr, dressed in
i
and circumstances than wi er , r bo revealed 1 deep black, on a beautiful Saturday evening
hy the light.-of truth beford the day of thud !in the month of ----, 1 4 57. It was, indeed,
reckoning. It tins told of virtue, pure and ` 's beautiful inirnmervvening. The leaves of
miI,I, unshed —how it has dhone 4,11 the char- the healthful peach bees that NW founded
acter utth the brilliancy el the risinF sun, 'Farmer .Porn's mansion were frisking jny-
as it throws lig mint lit beams iin II bedewed iowdy m ft mad and gentle breeze, and Lune.
earth. R rains many from utter insigntib in her golden beauty was just peeping o'er
canoe to distinction, and truly eII V/MIS TONI. I the grand old mountain tip, and shedding
linos. It has latiumerabld Dates told the her willow lustre o'er i.lie seemingly quiet
(link, filthy, a ti iitysieriotia tale of tree ; its 'valley, as if she too was contemplating the
crooked tiatteling nature, Ind its that sand gi :tinker of the scene before her. Nature
deformities. Alas ! that the pen was ever was Ittdiful reposing ',till was silent amp
sir ned a Itl virutps ilegillaling language, calm. Did I say all we silent I Stop'
and the hearts deceptive tonden ,, es : for the I recall that A solittuy vii Allan, wending
pen u ind.l never have discovered %tee his way liono.w and front the Post Ofliee,
die heart not become polio* tint :asrt is . with the late number of the Watchman"
but between the hem t and the Hunk is hod) rind title r !tapers in his hand, now and then
lilt our seistiMents that the 1 whistlintg; n uvlencholy air, and —at any
agency ot the pen is curt:Med. It has re- rate lie is lie was plodding
etimiled realities is Inch mates the heart earelessly along on a variety of ink,
1,1„,„ i „hat a, we cun t cmp i nte t„, , ,,,, 'l'l, e Mesons 11 irks, when lo !he espied a figure
pen tins told to; of i hft,nanttl b ‘ , 1 ,1;.• borne- in the shape of the human form a
ti uhi's aL'eCpb d. tint oft\; wiv ate few, poi, before hint apparently traveling the
tile wounds it millets through the .11111,ss- amt. it it . •• 'lia ' ' thongLt he '• here
te f"Rea 11,1 I Caniusve the plea ~,ut of ~.otool.Ay'..
apparently it., What 1 ,any " ire therefore neeeletatta his speed
but the pn•n, t h i t s d, tit nail i . uive t,al e n „ii.. and owl...risers to "gain ground" on the gen
„,, 1,, ,upthelull ?-- tleinan before hint, so that ho may at least
It. o. the •. 4 cite fns - TI that AINIIIII ,- • Il pleti - 41tre of his company. Sot
int., the urtguill., a t hall s , ant alai' /Os hopes are to vain. Ile hears a
„( antnr.•nthk ehelsuig at the gate in front of flue
netre,an!mansion.” (rebid] the gt nth man
, fins :dready reitchiSl) a fe v Papal strides
thrteielt t(ie vard, a tap at the !,',fetich 111101 - ,
111110'11 11111,t Ire the open sesame) behold,
the ilool "pen, hears mmethim; like Good
ev.ming." Ihiss do s •• I :041 bless
oti," and s mane, 1101, hat
simila: to the 1i1.....)11trtf.. Ittql gun, (wily
not quite so hat sit) behold-, OW door doNitig
eery sudden:3., as hen again • lithium reigns
supreme " " What can all this nican r' lie
solitarily 11,104 11111, , 1M this 11 , 1"rtql 1111.11
his even thoughts concerning those mystical
pniceetliiig,: he reselittely answers within
hinisch • 111 see Cautiously gets over
the yard fence, and is iLli steps equally eau
, noun lie gain, the porrh in front of the large
',tone dwelling. and peers 'into the kitchen
wind in'. (Ili tie ' u lint's w ropg now f
Why lie sees no light there. Ife deb tiptoes
that hi, nrestig.tttous shall not end here,
and therefore Le 1 . 1111 , 11 , 1 , 11 . S lo explore the
"Jailor sinrolow. lie takes a log
1 (similar to Neha Not'a's " peitp” on a stmt•
lar tweitoioti) and lo' what doeti.he behold{
Ile sees a hg,Lied lamp ...landing on a table,
illuminating - the veil furnished parlor, mill
shedding its mild inn gentle rays on the oc
cupants'of two chairs which are standing in
,tlose mokunity to each other. A lady in a
a jet black dies% occupies one of re. chairs. I
In stature she is about the medium size :
with a fitee lovely as a dream of heaven on
a midsummer night, a brow calm autteloutli
less over arching the' eyes of jetty hue. all
blending harmoniously with her t o) l4;il tr s t i;ss
hate of soul. tiler short dark ha
shimmering sunbeams—in waving images
round her snowy neck, and the
" Pe.ePeir ' is beginning to get jealous of Mr.
taiatall gentleryan with black eyes
and handsome features who occupies the
other, chuir. They both appeartO be in the
Paradise of enjoyment, for judging liyr - the
merry smiles that play hrounil their lips
(which ocettslod'allsr •conitittWtbtaot with
each other) while conversbig, they undoubt
edly would not be averse to each other's core-•
pany for life. The "peeper" cab hoar noth
ing of their-Conversation, but by the move
ments of their tits ho
_what_
the topic is. Ile knows Mr, -- is ex
pressing Ids regrets in nu having been able
to fulfil his engagements dt tha tune a 'cer
tain party came other the town of
R=----
last Christmas. Ile (the peeper) also knows
a great many btliar things they are speaking
about, but he keeps that , to himself. At
least ho pays he enjoyed Clio fun very much,
went borne well pleased, got a light and
spent an hour in reading the " Watchman,"
(recollect ' , peeper" is a good Democrat and
intends to vote for Packt'r) retired, had many
pleasant dreams and slept soundly until
Sabbath morning. So much for going to the
Post Mice on Saturdayrurght.
Loop, PA:
111111 k Lilt 11010 n 1.411) tliirsly
the di,tiibinot who 5 , „3 ,, •
11, 111 to ,hail m astir-to, 16 to her
eon he espiore 111) is hit It is so ltoit•
t adorn.% with wow roils ti s•-
meta, .":11, 111111 111 , and !tinge 111 lily
1 . 10 l ie, (11111 Me 010:III .1 la I CIO 111/1l green.
Yet lie .1011 tie) er fuel iii out to 11.11 . 14:-
I ion This is the Itintyi i_t of •la.,reil
boss ledge. pro, Ihime: , l hl tl.e pm. It ix
through its itl%ignivi,tr, hill 14 lice that ft iend•
, hip to SU•tt1111.11, nnJ 11111,11. Lo burn no
141;41:Hy 011 the al tor or On heart. (titer)
ha , it theket sot. and even thett. when It tin
._ itio•n6 now the 1, i IA; revived ot
oar) a glowing. tire. NI hat WIWI:, 111119
010,1141 the pelt et :He to exu.t, or to poor
011 yams Itke Alpme tort, iutt as It now 110101
Nov, is 1.1141 often 101 , 1•111 «Dahl be
alitto-st f o , gotten, th it iIIT II , Through the
oitshoiti ul lle polo no pieu.ll, rtittetrOwrcri.
I tottie4tie and malty origtitn
to), or ploa,,ne 11011 11:4/1/111i2 106 , 1111.1 Hot
in,ll, n ,Illy 111 . 111,11 by the 1 . 12 . 1 c
yet if it wet,. itlh,h.twitwe is 611 , t1 moonier
do in t oblool of half their ~.tint two, or ;
.1.. liffing. 110 i1.4041;41 know very
huh coiicertiltig the iangunke 'of the In art.
lie it nut 6,, the irreprou,s,!,lo ro is es- of
pen. Who elm toil of the wont, i alte all
glll,ll or .1, -,appointed hop--
nely, lo Iw reciProcat of hlastetl
11111),1011 --or the livitrt-strog_less I 0 gam
honer, so often within the grasp of
wiping, heartiol (t and noble minded men :
auil of licit. frienXihip, the II art so
seldom holds snored—of gifted and intellec
tual floods --of gentle tielirts and humble
dispositions, and n crowd or admirable qual
ities,' Man may toll it to in eager listen
'rig world, but it is thrOUgh.olo pen that ho
otters his sentiments, so sublime and beau
tiful, as to bow our 111111(10 to deep rellcc(ion
and meek subserviency. The pen recounts.
sorrows, perplex ities,and joys wine,' are sent
from the heart like aistream of water, that
has been interrupted, arid has again the
privilege of moving on at leisure. flow 0,9•.,
lily the pen can stamp the heart on paper.
' If you wish to hive the heart oft man re !
'vented,. just peruse his Auttnig.CL'Atttlrt:
heart, its virtues, vices and principles, are
laid before your curious glee. Do you wish
to discover Ins ingenuity, his honor, Ins love,
his friendship for the world, tlis adoration
for qll that is beautiful and good, his Intel
lectual attainments, his respe?t for hutnkn
ity, hit ardency for a higher sphere, his km
iLition to_rotain en honorible reputation ; in
short to foresee his future destiny,
.consult
his pen arid you will be satisfied., Who
does not envy the kulviedga and infinite
power of the pen. 4 I would look on all other
intellectuall attainments, be tlieyirver so vari
ous,did I posliess the frovdom and unlimited
influence of the pen. This may nee" too
much ambition for one Mind to contain', but
SSESSOR HAS SENSE. AND SPIRIT 'ENOUGH TO DEFEND TI1101."
in a few (/,, i• I would resign t h o pen's
',Giver.' Whose sod' is nut melted Rito ten-
dermas. lovd Aral atkratiou, b,ythe pre
lire of Byron, Milton, or Thompson, as i t
Follies to us through the pen, that envied
sovereign ? And has not Mrs. Ifermans,
Mrs. Sigourocy, or Miss. Tay tor, set many
a mind to exercke its 11(711:tofem JIM-Tied
pia Ors? Any number r" h.dividurals have
MACH to disiingnishol excellence through the
pen : and yet, like Alexander, high to ascend
the summit or bloody 'ambition.. and wield
their swords to signalize. their triumph or
perform the sold. defy log feats of Hannibal
os Miya! to. or ‘qatkly and foolishly weep;
Fla riesar, to think they have It not an Wit
power to conquer worlds : and all the time
arc ignorant of the indkputalile rights of the
pen. Home may , adcquately describe the
non or of men, lint :cc are enveloped in total
darkness, when lvf.• try to find language to
FKAGuy 4,14.-mmohievilertrprqr. --
l'vmsrrcr hi t., PA.
[F or the Demo-retie {Pat •hntah
- 1 Witt k of one
Whore Wag, never awry dome,
Dent, graven on this ge ateful
Till eilasoly,
MENEM
A liket,oh
I=
(For the Democratic Watchmen I
, Educational•
.' AAtille le
Drink deep, or tante not dm Notion Spring;
BlEssas Kinross :—The alsriF righted
and admonition has been SO oftOn repeated
and withlOich authority, too, that it is time
reflecting minds.sliduld consider the subject,
before it he admittod as a cardinal point into
educational orthodoxy.
it is not our object, to write an elaborate
treatise on a subject which employed the
greatest minds of all ages : we should only
oriel a few thoughts upon the above quota
tion. Truth, they say bears lin estigation.
Hence we may even approach the gravidilb.
(pent saying of the proud folidon.pher, if %%e
are lint careful not to mingle o I 111 the con
tios ers . y, nr attach too now h a eight to our
own nrgnmentii
In the above it is adinitted,—not ni e‘-
fiesoma....444,4aa—ye4. clearly , meted, that
deep draught is not dangeroug. But 1,,t ur
inquire into the event of thi.; depth.
deep shall one drink, or not la,le at all
TIM "trofti,ssor of .the fleleti , r , ,l le gntd note.
the toiling, self made seliolarq,
consume the silent midnight limn tell
um that their draughts are but nhallou ; theu
stock of knowledge, compared to the im
,eoaity to be acquired, infinitely
is au
learns, the more one acquires and tr-okoo
his Gam. the morehe sees yet to be lenrned:
hence the impossihility of ever seeing an
end to our inquiries into the seieneev.—
When, therefore, ono who is revolved to
"drink tlktep" or not at all, no one can ex
plain to him the meaning of his resolution.
He is left entirely in the dark, not krinnvini ,
what to do. When the youth starts out in
life, he knows not what the nature of his ca
reer "nay be , he knows not whether liemult
be content with the mere elements of an 41-
'motion, or whether there will be means and
circumstanoeo for ham subservient to a ml
legiate course. But ahotkld he, on that ac
count, make no elforLs at ■ll to educate him
self I Should he not drink at all because
he knows not whether be may be al,le to
d deep or not
Granted that some untoward eiremnqiiii
ces %mild arrest I onAll the midst of a 1,1 it
liant eilarational career, should he he son y
for having learned anything at all ? 11 mild
the possession of some Ivor tong he n ra iarr
danger to lion Omit being a literal know•
nothing ? Strange logic- - argument
bred in the 101.1 i brain of sonic
learned crust or, tit ~
agement to that poor boy, eho 7,au just
save enough of his summer's earnings on
ho{ rich neighbor farin, besides providing
for his widowed mother and the little once,
to buy it few hooks, mprinlmg hit, v1'1411140
at aim" ll"l'ele , s study, in order to become
a useful man
whole, then we el.Mtillier \he nbov
prot erti a highly absurd ow, calculated only
to discourage the yOU ng inquirer. We there
fore .any to all young perouns Learn a,
uun lt as you can , endeavor to l i e est Ail,
and ynu shall lie happy, retnenibey ale IQ,
that if mud, lean gty bettea th,tn
n little lorning 14 better than none at all.
P►es, August 20, 1557
Professor Billiman and the President's
Letter.
Saving the pettish remarks of the ultra
Black Republican press, the 1111•Orer of Presi
dent Buchanan to the "forty clergymen ' of
Com i eeticut is everywhere 'ere' ved %sub the
licarticANipmval. So deep anri nide is the
feelive,Ent enndemnati on towards the.e rev
erend idolaters, that we are not at all our
iinsell that Prof, Stillman himself should
manife‘t an anxiety to be relieved horn a
'pOrtimli or the responsibility ,t? %hat the
whole country regards something, mots of
fensive titan imprudent intervention. The
following letter appears in the New York
Tribune of last Saturday's r,sug
Tb the Editor it, the New York Tribune :
SI/I • —ln your panel of this slay. +ieptrm-
In•r 3, a letter fin ‘Vashington, dated Sep
t,,oal,er 2, menti on s ••the inemornd of Prof.
Stihmatt''and others, addressed to the Pt es-
Omit of the rutted States.
have to state that I never saw or heard
thin paper until it was presented to me
fur ay aileinture, and 1 added DV name to
the hat of my respected fellow citizens—as
every American althorn has the right to pro
teat agaiust any rot of the government of his
country which hv i diaapproves.
4 have not changed my o but l ine
no claim to the pro-eminence assigned me by
the pubic prints.
Yours, Respectfully,
B. SILLDIAS
It will be observed that not until after the
publication of the correspondence, and not
until after the crushing erects of the Presi
denVericisanswerable letter had been discev
°red, was the diselaimer put forth. Befor‘
Th - rooriTsi - xiiiTtm - e - iiiiiiiipnTALTied, - the au.
thorship of the memorial was widely and
publicly attributed to Professor &Malan.—
Of this fact Professor S. could not have been
unaware and ho appears to have been quite
willing to enjoy the honors of paternity up
to the period when it became apgarent to
all that a ver' disagreeable reputation was
likely to follow the public exposuze i efliilpit.
ho would now have the country believe is
die child of many fathers. But gill th.,
?rofessor'e half-way sort of .disclaimer has
in it a smack, we will not say of repentance,
but of II feeling which, If r.arefiilli t eultured,
may rqsaclthalior%sonlitiv i .to Die obser
vance of the progrl6ol bf life, to say noth-
Juror the datierof a good citizen and a good
. (
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011 1 1 . 111 K 2--NL'AIIIIIBU 40.
=ME
,e's world-wide-known.
. believe that tall the
nein), IN of the rifle brigade of the noted
, ow: Non)i Church of New layout aro beyond recliumlion. even ni the face of the follow
tog declaratnni from the New York Tal
-1 buoy
•• A !ming tin bankruptcies of our day the
moral Lin.olverries of clergymen seem al
tuo.t as ficquent a id quite as deplorihle as.
All 0 , 11Z.t. ,hue allowance for the
rapid gem tli of our country and the rßore
jut ri t coll“.tion and dtltmaion of
intelli
gene.., it I, etident, that the trimher.of
cterni 7 l culprits t greater than ever he
ro*
A c the 'lune 'g gpiti t tint acgocistiong are
, ah. II ern] t I net t tq_ atv.
rt \'Tirl'nik and New England, it
t: fn, RtIMI , IW that its remarks were in. ,
rind lt.r ,donal and notniational ptili
-1: I Unthrt
A Baby in a Basket.
, Ai ASTILOPkit.
The Philadelphia Penswy/saman, has the
following among its police reports :
As Mn. Esther Stasibury. residing in i l / 4
court running froaillEioe. Wow. &nth'
was a boutto bring I Inniket of water truss
a hydrant. Ins( night, she found a basket
misprii,d Ilion the knob of this front door.
Utak awe ano
Putting her hand into the basket, she (ell
soinething alive and k mking, so wrapped up
in rags that no further discusxy.....ooMil Lo
made without unwrapping the 'objeot. A
piece ricpaver, folded like la letter; lay by
the side of the animated handle. Am Stan.
,Cory iMmediately returned into the house,
4110 by the ligh. of a lamp examined the
billet. It was direoted to her husband. She
i tremulously broke the seal and read as tol
-1 lost s -
To JO!: Sr 1N BURT—Sir —I stud you the
i baby, which yon will * no take good care
of, And piing up right, so that it, may tarn
, out to Le a better man than its doubly. Oh,
I.lo.eph ' la hat a sly old rake you are' Who
la oula think that such a sober 01,1 spindle
shanks could he sneh a tearing old sinner 7
The child is %,mrs nit may swear to that.
Cool, at tt It'. Inc Stauturry all over. You
,le.o need um shamefully, Joe—letting an to
he s u plower' Rut do a father's duty by
the y o ung onv, and I'll ferpve pal, Your
Iwatt-broken
“P. S. Don't let that sharp nosed wife
of yours .rve this ;otter. gammon her with
kind orn dory about the baby. N."
Mfr Stan bury was In the Lull:mutat kitchen
• 111,101 r t-ntim.r LIIV ll•pper. 11/1 , 1 little imagist
! 1111!, whit 2 0 , 4 1r111 tins brewing Over his head.
The door of the kVriron was vtolently thrown
.
I open. and hts yettett out ' Stan
bury collle up here. pm villnin ! IfertC.
mess for you."
Th. , a,loto,lte,l Stalthory hastily obeyed
the ;um ~,,,,,,
Don't Som mint ton see Nancy, thtt
heart I•mken Nancy 4" cried Vas Stan
hury, %%lien her guilty husbaiel, , tobbled into
tll rt , m
Nancy ' what Name) that 1" said the
,ly old rogue, in well feigned astounds - tient,
Why. Naeoy, the mother or this baby
thst's hung up at the door. Mr. Stanbury !
OhTyou look mighty innorent ! Just read
Chit latter, and look into the basket. I)on't
be afraid : it won't bite : got no teeth
poet things know it ; for as the hus
sy .a . t W, jo,t like you all over. Please
g0.1ne,,, exptiQc you before CVCry-
IN)4iy "
.In than Ike minute: Mrs S. had out.
le , tt.tl n room fill of -ttytwlatertt—half of the
ant, t.f rottrt, to %littlest; the fro
f tun% rapping the baby. Anxious ex
p.,tatlon ;at Oil nury countenance, as the
j. at uw lady tote aWal rag r,fter rag from
the body of the foundling, the vigorous
movements of alit astonished every
body
run of the .It.‘alitlioarly," said Mrs.
N.• that 'Cs Itic Yuu ll soon see that
Iwit ut I try thing.,"
At le-a all tilJ 11%aidling clothes 6:jag re
inovuel, out
.ii,unpa the hubs, aad mule its
esvape t hrotigh the open window. It was
a hig, tom-cat
Henry.—Jim, 110 'Ai tto know how
to get the circa , End in tact all the folks in
Church to take iLarticular notice of you 7
Jim. —Well, that would list a capttal thing
but I don't believe,it can be done without
misbehaving in some way or other rory 'bad
ly.
Ilenry.—Oh yes ! It is; very sway thing.
I do it often.
you tell me then how to do RI .
Ileory.—Well, on Sunday morning I don't
go to church till . proanhing is commenced,
thin I hit'eth into the buggy and 'drive fir
"LVAS rtife r riiiiii wei.
I can' gull the preacher. He'll think that I
am in a great hurry to get in in time r then
hitch the horse ana atop into the Church;
. but I forgot to any that before leaving home
I put on my admeohing boots, then I walk
through theeisie who ting soreeelterito their,
Orton; so that the Church rings fehly.—
This even makes rho preacher hold nrl for a
while. but, Oh ! ihe satisfsotion to ate all
the girls turn up their sweet bttl. faces
to see you. Wh y I get a sight at all tho
pe . nple before tinting down !
ell I most e a elaa tali , Delta; I
believe . thid ; " ; ": 1 . • 1 4, ! .- •
°Hew . ---!Then• blitsro l t.ii''..x•ns oat trim,
textresellinA: t • 7,
;uch si- memorial and
er may even lead dip