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-C. RE AD &H. H. FRAZIER, ;EDITORS.
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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...
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'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. When,
therefore, I NW hy:lthe light ot the candle I
held in my !unlit, a, tell, gaunt - fellow, with
great black eyes, htigging a rifle• within 'me
arm, and a knapsack in the other, I dreir
back with 5 waiver that was unmistakable
—the strangergrinnKi,iind there was s smoth
ered titter in the , circle about 'the fire. My
first Owed at the , utranger, i4l he stepped
within the door. wes,dne.oftuabitd Ww..l fiery
indignation., rttotne (Lit with. relpeet.
M nod, bo thorn worn solo. twitches about
the tort - gait ot, , hitt;eoentit Otet - ehowati
how ninth -be enjoyed conthsietz;
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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
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. 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
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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
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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*
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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
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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 ..
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cial,othar.fl,ll, , 11 4 401, Clin!Inlik1 1 44 a di.P4ittait
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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 . Slav but
he ttiougtit it Nora *favor - of ikuoieotty,froot
a view of All' Sootb
Caribline and Gecirgis otertheee Ceti e, thee to
exclude - them frotn- -- ,tlOi
eekeoWledging
men to lifoilerty-Gerhein retillitthathe
iitity.94ot Pqbe. considee viti, *11'46 i
tb*t cittOtisoge.
=meat io their' impfetietiteli ,,- shentoiri Sag
**defy *eel - rag:oA tti*Atat•tbioragter.
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