-611ist • & is ..ltropittoo3-.
,stittt
,
Ask Pie Not To Slug. • • •
Oh, ask me not toaing to thee • .
That well remembered stmin—
I would not Wake those slumbering chords
To melody agent;
Too long they've tested 'neath the damp
Of hope long since grown cold;
I would not call them back again
From Death's pale icy told;
For long ago, when all was bright;
Ere happiness grew dim, .
One evening, in the twilight gray,
I sang that song to him.
Oh, ask me not—l cannot
That hallowed song to thee,
Though friendship's silken band connects.
Thy noble heart to me; -
I love thee wen,yet there's a fount
Within my inmost art
That not a living hand can touch,
To bid its waters roll.
I gave thee all thou asked for—
A heart from earth's love tree;
Then ask me not to make again
The buried harmony.
I do not weep-- 7 my heart is can,
I'm not bowed down with care,
But still a blight hangs over all
'Div young hopes once so fair;
And thou alone bait powei to make'
'My `dark life bright again; • • "
But ask me not to sing to thee -
That well-remembered strain ~
And when my Soul away is borne
O'er Death's tide, cold and grim,
Then, in the golden light , ot Heaven, -
I'll sing that song to him. -
6uminuiralions.
For the Democrat.
Ned Lopez Journal, No. 3.
Prairie adjoining Dallas City, departure for
home—riew ,of Burlington and Salesburg,
arrival in Chicago,—Afichigan Avenue,—
route through 31i chigan,- Canandiagua,—
cross the Suspension bridge by. moonlight
=view 0/Niagara/ills nest
,ntorning,
Tonawanda, Canandiagua and
flinne,—Adieu to the , reader.
Dallas City as I. have before remarked, is
situated upon a rising and level mount of the'
Mississippi,—back of the town is a noble for
est of Oak and Walnut, some two miles in •
in width, extending many miles up and down
the river,—as pass through this luxuri
.
Atilt growth of timber. from Dallas we arrived
nptin one -of the most beautiful Prairies, of
Southern Illinois, covering an area of some
80, or 100 square miles in extent. Often have
I gazed - with rapture upon its broad bosom,
as the rising sun shed its radiant beauty upon I
the scene, and the smoke of an hundred cot
tages ascended to the heavens, resembling as
many Steamers upon the dark Atlantic. In
fact the great Valey of the Mississippi, of
which this is a part, for richness and fertility
of soil, cannot be surpassed by any - ursin the
Globe. The time had at last arrived when I
was to bid adieu to friends I had acquired
after s five months sojourn in their midst. • To
me they were months of happiness, and - now
I was about to leave for, my distant home,
the thought of returning was not to me one
of joy ; but of pain : but _ fortune so decreed
it, and we must all b?w to her stern man
date. Who does not love the 'hallowed as
sociations of the past, as they' cluster fondly
around memory's purest fount, and awaken
the gentlest emotions of the soul. - How true
it is that the ' immortal mind cultivated by
noble impressions, and surrounded by the
sweet endearments of friendship glows with,
Heavenly beauty, and reflects its cheering
sunny rays upon 'our rugged pathway. - As
we pursue our Weary pilgrimage through this
earthly vale of \ sorrow and tears. Nol ewe
never can foige t the past, it is to us a sooth
ing balm for the spirits troubled waters, it,
calnis the fierce passions of our nature, and
lulls them to rest. Softly and without a mur
mur, as smooth and placid ,in their beauty
as the mirrored bosom of "Heaven's own blue
clime. j .
The past bright 'vide!! past,
How quickly tbifleeting hours have flown,
And 'round my path the loveliest fl veers are
east,
To cheer me on to my distant home.
Adieu dear friends, perchance we thee . o more
'Mid earthly scenes of joy and tears,
But. wendour way to that spirit shore,
Where joy knows' no sorrow, nor 'no 'fears.
Left Dallas city, on Wednesday,.-March
15th, for Burlington Town, the nearest stw
tion on the, reat Railroad route to Chicago..
Our way lay along, the bank of the sweet
Mississippi, my cousin being, my companion
and a goocl horse and vragon, to convey us to
our destination, some twenty miles distant.—
And as we gail t 3 , trotted over the Prairie, we
had a fair view' Of the scene around; To
our right was a long and lofty range , of ro
mantic bluffs, with now and then a small
duster of dwarf oaks, 'scattered along their
sides. While you, could almost imagine
pin see the wigwam's smoke aicending up
-I!ards, from.sorne lovely vale in their midst,
or some grim warrior gazing in bOld defiance
ready to pour upon you, themissilei of death,
amid s the thrilling echoes'of the savage war
whoop,--:but let us panse, such is only a fan
cy of our own .creati, The red man of the
forest no more plies hit bark . Camx upon the
Great Father of Waters. 'No more is seen,
the cabins smoke cnrling gracefully upwards
from some flowery vale.r--the bier no
longer woos his lovely bride upon . her Prai
rie shore, nor adorn her raven tresses with
bright flowers of love. The last echoes of
their savage war-cry have died, away long
—long ago. Their bones now repose upon
the banks of their loved Mississippi. At
times some stray warrior will revisit the'buri-
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al place of his racej and salt° gazes upon the,
silent mounds of the departed , tears : bedew s
his Olivecheek, and flow; silently over his
care-worn features. He has come. Inim his
distant hunting grounds, to pay this last trib
ute of his Jove.' Sadly* be - gazes, then burn-
edit' brushing away , the unbidded,tear; he
wraps his mantle slowly „about his no - ble form,
and soon lost from sight amid the mazes 6f
the forest. Such is the lot of the poor Indi
an. Th& mighty waves of civillization are
rolling Westwsird with gigantic strength,
bearing in their - grap the destiny the un•
tutored savage. Soon the golden rays of the
morning sun, will no logger gild in beauty the
red mans wigwam, butlight the burial place
of their many nations, and the mighty.waves
otthe Pacific as they dashi proudly against
her rook liOund shore, will tell their sad and
and lonely requiem; througtiout the vast ages
of the futfire r ' ' - • _
INzor red man I pity thy !sad fate, '
Yet know thoii mast lealie the•fo test shade,
The pale face,alonerkgreat, . .
. ,
He wields thn,fien ane*wiarrors blade.
Arrived atthelßa - irx+isti stationepposite Bur- 1
lington at 11 A. *foiled that no train would
leave for Chicagountil - . 7 the next Morning ;as
soon as the Ferry boat cage over from Bur
lington, we tsiirk • passage back with other
passengers going' East, as . there was no lodg
ings to ibiprocfred on the Illinois side. On
our lanaiug wnregistered our names at the
Barrettiouse for the. night.. As 'I had no
.companion with me, I asked the gentlmanly
1 i 1 •
Proprietor for a room by myself,and was shone
to one by one of the Waiters, being some
what fatigued,'" retired to rest earlY in the
evening, after taking.the precaution of turn
ing the 10'4 and raking all safe air "suppos
ed. I soon fell intd 4 a deep, and heavy slumber
which last+ flir several hours, When I was
suddenly teFakenefl by, the glare; off a lamp
full intny face and the noise of persons in
conversation, starting up "in bed somewhat
'frghiened Lb be sure, I saw a man at the door
while.upon• the fa i krle stood a lighted !Imp.
I then hailedi him when the following' dialogue
ensued beteen us. Myself acting. the part of .
complainn4—What are y+ - doing there—
Trying to lnek the door--Wliat business hare
you intnY room—Tour room t this is my room
sir. I would have you tounderstand sir that
this room: is mine, procured fOr my own con
venience, as I wished to be alone. An expla
ation ensued'in Which be infprmed me that
he was in trouble and residedpn the State of
Ohio, had behn purchasing land near Burling
ton and was now on his wayihome, but bar
itg some business to transactlin that place he
hoc, procured the dispeted ,reken for
_his own
sccomodation iu which I by la mistake, 'had
been placed by the - waiter,—tite whole mys
tery being cleared - up we both fell into a hear
ty fit &laughter over my unlucky fright and
Enspicion of his being' one of the light finger
ed gentry; irfter which there being two I,beds
- in the apartment we'both took aurslves to rest
when I forg4 the robber like intrusion in sleeps
soft and refreshing slumbers- - 1 -The next morn
ing all wasealm clear and beautiful, the King
of day in, robes'of gorgeous majesty, arose in
the clondlesti Heavens' and shed its golden
lustre upon the ;broad face of Nature.—Has
tening on boardithe Ferry 1;oat we were soon
wafting our way; over the. Mississippi, while
Buriington_ lay at our feet. ;The city is finely
situated upon a lofty and undulating bluff that
in places rises abruptly front the river and in
othersof a gradual and easy asseent,it is hand;
sorely built of brick and stone, and contains
a Population of over 8000. inhabitants. On
ward glided the boat the passengers busily
conversing on various topics of interest. How
beautifulit must appear to the tourists on some
lovely Summers day as be !stands upon the
open deck of the :splendid steamer as she
glides prnrwily along to gaze upon the gorge
ous'scenery that every where prsents itself to
his view., No, wonder 'that millions of the - old
and the new world have gazed enchanted tip:
on Banvardslmmortal work,t
,e sublime Patio.,
roma of the MisSirsippi, h umerous lovely
Isles covered with a s ,of golden flowers,
her lofty' cotton-woods, tfre; stately Sycamore
and Giaut Oak inteOpereed with willow and
the Locust can be seen spreading their dark
foliag,p in graeful festoon r over the daik Wa
ters. I - .
Farwell Mississipiri and till loved Prairie shore
Where oft 1 haveigazed .dri thy dark rolling tide,
I trust:that yet 1 ipaylsee tee once more -
And thosteatnersithat o'er thee in beauty dotb
glide 1- I
• i
, Left Burlington Depot for Salisbury at 7
A: M., our I routelfor a portion Of the way led
over sunken mashes affording nothing of in
terest to the tratCler until we were, some 10
miles from the river when we.emerged , upon
they broad prairie which to 'me lis always
II ' t ' I A "if - It'
beautiful; reached. Salisbury'at 1 . , .0v rch
by the way ir. 'Trite a pretty . place, 'contains
twolourishieg :Literary Institutions one of.l
their under the patrimage of • the Presbyteri-
ans,lthe other of thelUtriversalists---left soon'
after, oir arrival ter Menaote,our route kading
us throinrh the most beautiful portion of cen
tral Illinois and the best :farming country ir.
.the State; witli the exception of tlielliliseissip.
pi valley, arrived at ,tifendote, 'at -3, P. M. ;
changed cars there,;aird were soon on our'
way to Chicago,passin throbgh in our route
,
the City of Aurora tliewtation where 5 toontys'
:before'" took the caps for. Rock Island City.
When we arriv.!d at I e junction of the ,Chi=
i cago; and Salem Railroad, we were detiined
I by icolliaion between two freight trains 'just
ahof us until il in the evening. To pass
swa ihe'tiraeras ' agreeably as poisible, two
eft.
yourg gentlemen whom Thad before noticed'
,
Cantro e; c%astiuttanna Cantu., treun'a, Tkurshgz Denting, aizlg, 5:, 1855.
with instruments of music by them, were call-
ed upon, and after , some urging ono of them
„
commenced in a clear and beautiful voice the
best of all songs—do they miss meat home;
acecompanied by
.the -soft and bewitching
strains of the silvery guitar and all listened
.
with the deepest pleasure to• the singer 'and
at- ita close was highly applauded and called
upon for another to which .he, and his com
panion, complied by striking upon a beautiful
air Which:was soon interrupted by the entrance
of the Conductor,Who,in not the kindest man
ner possible, forbade any further proceeding of
our musical entertainment, to, the no small
surprise of-the company. Some contended
that it was another Nebraska swindle to de
prive ;not* our enjoyment ; others cried out,
"popular sovereignty," go ahead, while Many
a sparkling jest was. cracked at the Conduct
or's expense, amid the greatest merriment and
roars of Inughtzr. •
For my part my tiyMpathies were with our
young musicians,who had kindly and hap
pily entertained us,,and .not with 'the Con
ductor,•whose reasons for so doing was that
persons in the adjoining cars wished to obtain
a little rest., all this was well i still-we contend
that such soft , inspiring strains as our enter
tainers afforded, was just the. thing to bring
arbund their couches, soft balmy ,rlcep,- and
waft them to that sweet elysian land of
dreams, where all is bright and beautiful.'
The obstruction having'been .removed from
the track, we ere soon on our way: and at
twelve o'clock entered the streets of Chicago:
Pushing and elbowing, my way through a
dense crowd-ofl Omnibui drivers, Cabmen, kc.
who are always anxious to show the weary
traireler a rendevous for the night. Entered
with several others going eastward, the City
Hotel, anti : c fling for a n apartment, was
shown one by a, waiter, and was soon lost to
earthly care, in the, blissful armsof morpheus.
The next morning finding that I could not
reach home, without laying over a Sunday on
the - route, I concluded - to make a• short visit
to Downersgrve, 'my beautiful prairie home;
for the first five; weeks of my sojourn in Illinois.!
Left Chicago accordingly on the morning;
train, arriving nt my destination at 1 P. 11.1
After spending a pleasant time, and enjoying ;
a good sleigh ride with a whole bevy of rosy;
checked lasses. I returned to Chicago on
Wednesday irOample• time to. take the nine!
o'clock train On the Michigan Central Road.;
Having several hours at liesure in company
With my\ friend Frank dates, 'brother to one!
of the Firm of Jewett, Gates and Johnson,
whom I have before , mentioned, we set out, to
take .a stroll on Michigan Avenue, the greats
est place of fashionable resort in th . e City. It
was indeed a fit season for such an excursion.
An hour more and the glories Of golden:sun
set, would bathe the spires and domes of the
gay Metropolis with a rich and mellow light,
in noble contrast with the scene around.
~.Vchigen Avenue is beautifully laid outon
the shore of the Lake, where majestic waters
stretch far away in. imposing grandure and
beauty. The different walks along its sides,
are elegantly adorned with noble shade trees,
which in the summer season, spread their,
'dark foliage-in gorgeous!drapery,., affoiding to
the wearied man of toil, 'the Princely Banker,
and the poorest Artisan, its 'cooling shade
as a shield against the hot and sultry rays of
the noondays sun. Fronting these beautiful
side walla; richly pavCd with handsome gran
ite, are some ofthe most elegant spetimens of
architecture imaginable, comprising splendid
villas and residences of the wealthiest men in
Chicago. Conspicuous - in their midst by its
gothic style and marble ornaments of the
richest discription was the elegant private
residence of Col. R. K. Swift' the - Princely
Banker. Adjoining these splended mansions
are lovely flower gardens, set out with every
kind and variety of b4utiful 'flowers, which
in the balmy months c. f summer, • shed their
Sweetest fragranCe tipl n the passing breeze.
Ali! 'could they but speak, *mild they . not
tell you many a thrilling tale of the past l =
YaS methinks they would tell you of the dar
ing schemes of the deadly altsassins, who at
the silent midnight hour, sat' plotting the
butchery of his innocent victim.
.They would speak gently to you of the
lovely maiden, with the consumptives hectic
flush upon her fair cheek, clasping them softly
-in `her snow white fingers, and pressing them
to her 'rasp lips with joyous delight. But
she is gone •now, they would say in sweet
accents of sadness, gone to a' brighter home,
where flowers of majestic beauty grow along
these bright celestial vales, and Shed their
Heavenly. fragrance throughout the ceaseless
ages of eternity.
Left Chicago at nine P. M., taking the
great Western route through Michigan and
Canada,. arriving, at Detroit, the Metropolis of
Michigan at ten, the next 'morning. :From what
could be seen of the plaCe daring ._our short'
stay in its midst, I . should be led to judge
from its fine Situation, that it wcitild . at no,
distant day. become a large RA flourishing
sits~. It contains at the present time a popti- -
litOon of near 40,000 inhabitants, which is
rapy increasing.
'id! There are some incidenti
_ .
of 1 Arnericaia 'history connected with the
Phice that are worth mentioning. Here it
was that occurred, 'in her earlier-Settlement
and progress, that memorable siege of its in
, habitants by the Indians under their skilful
and Celebrated chief Pontiac,- in which. they
we're - only saved from famine and the savage:
cnteityofl tlieir invaders, by timely succor and
rei4forc,ents. from ,their eastern twethreti.
Hera was also,witnessed. the ignotainous sur-:
tiader of the American General jidll, at the
henoinf a t reatii superior force, toVie Brit-
ish under the veteran commander, General
Brock. But this foul stain upon our national
escutcheon, and which foia while dimmed its
proud lustre, was cast to oblivion at the fierce
and sanguinary battle of the Thames, where
six hundred British and'lndians, with their
renowned war-chief TecuMseh, lay cold and
ifeless in the arms of death. Crossed in the
erry boat . to the G r anada side, and then took
the train in waiting en• the great Western
railway for Niagara Falls. The day was
warm and plesiant without,—our route lead
ing on through a fine groisqh
, of luxuriant
timber, forming a dense an massive frone—
Pas&ad in our : way. a lane village called
Chatham, i nhahited entirely by fugitive slaves,
which 'produced from several of the passen
gers the remark that the underground rail
road bad beendoing a prosperous business
for the past few years. At about 3J P. M.,
we entered the beautiful and thriving town
of Jordon, which by its fine location, must in
a fe l w years make a large and opulent city.—
Around Canada clusters associations that will
over have the deepest interest to every Ameri
can. The Weedy battles of the war of 1812,
were principally fought within her borders.
lJpon her broad expansive- plains.the brilliant
gictories of Lindy Lane and Chippeway were
ained, by Winfield Scott, the conqueror of
Mexico, and enrolled his name among the
list of the greatest military chieftains of;med
ern times.. Yes, heie it was that American
bayonets creased with those of the veterans
of Waterloo. -- Veterans, who under the Duke
of 'Wellington, caused the imperial Eagles of
Napoleon to 'trail in the dust, and
_banished
him to the lone and solitary isle of St. Helena,
there to languish out a miserable life, far
from the wife and child of hia bosom, and
his beloied and sunny France. Yet those
invincible heroes of Britian were met hand
to hand by American valor; backed by. Amer
ican steel, amid the thunders of battle, and
the shohts of victery, the proud British Lion
lays quivering in agony at Columbia's feet.
Night now began- to draw its silent shadows
over the habitations of men, and the moon,
lovely queen of eve, shed its soft and mellow'
light upon the scene. , We were now within
a few !miles of the suspension bridge, over
which the different trains bad been
_passing
for near a week. All was bustle and confu
sion among the passengers to obtain a view
of this magnificent- structure of art. Those
less courageous than the rest, preferred walk
ing over for fear some accident might befal us
in our passage. The train stopped for them
to get Off; as each passenger has that privi
lege granted him by the Company. I had
before this taken my station close• by the car
window, : which being hoisted :gave me di fair
view of the work, ankthe noble train com
menced slowly.its passage to the other side. if
neath us to the height , of 250 feet from the
water, rolled Niagara's dark current in beau
ty and-grandeur. Onward we glided, while
not a vibration was felt to show that there
was danger in our midst, and soon-we were
landed safe upon the American side. The
Suspension bridge is over 800 feet in length,
and is so solid and compact in its construc
tion that it is estimated to bear a weight
in its passage over of:000 tons. The average
weight of the diffeient trains that pal ses over
daily, is from 150 to 200 tons. This great
and majestic work' was built by an American
citizen, Whose name I have forgotten and
has identified him forever with -American
genius, as_ one of the greateit engineers of the
age. The regal coronet blazing with jewels
or diamonds, may adorn the queenly brow
.
with joyous beauty, yet it brings not that
halo of glory that surrounds nature's noble-.
men and the architect of so great a work as
Niagara Fall's Suspension Bridge. What an
important lesson to the American youth!
Does it not teach them how greatly the god
like powers of the mind can bo increased by
mental cultivation' For such men are the
noble ornaments of our land, and the true
pillars of a nation's glory. Put up at the
Franklin Mouse for the night, and the next
morning in company-with a gentleman from
Flpira i ye set out on a stroll to see the Falls,
about half a-mile distant. :
As we passed along there was one contin
ued booming sound that seemed to jar the
very earth, while over tho.dark foreit trees
that surrounded it, hung a dark midst of ri
sing vapor. Soon we were by its side And
gazing with rapture upon its majestic sub
limity. Above the falls are the grand rapids
formed by the river surging and. breaking
around the rocks in its midst, forming a truly
noble and beautiful scene, before making the
daring leap of two hundred feet in the depths
below. / Niagara's dark floods roll silently
and majestically onward, with scarcely a tip
ple to be disce.rned on its smooth and ex
pansive bosom, and then in majestic glor . y,
this mighty column of moving -waters, rolls,-
like Etna's firerylwave, on to the awful gulf
'beneath. But kirk, hear yim not that fear
ful sound, as it comes Telling up from
those mysterious 'depths, that thrill the soul
with terror, its if some +mirk
r of the departed,
was to appear clothed in the habilliments of
the grave. That sound is the,voice of Niagara
speaking in tones of mystic thunder 'from its
snow capped throne of mighty waters. That
voice{ was heard upon a lovely summer's eve,
upon the Iflood-stained fields of Niagara. Its
,
thunfler tones rung far above the din of con
flict. and the shouts of victory, and as the
smOkerof battle gathered its , midnight. cur
tain 'over that sanguary scene, Veiling .from
sight the glory of the -heavens, Niagara's
thunder, no longer blende4 with the Ain of
arms, spoke.in a ceaseless mighty voice, in
thrilling contrast with that scene of death.
res, hew wondrous are the workings of Na
ture, in their grandeUr and sublimity? how
majestic must the vast and boundless ocean
appear When, lashed into fury by the
winds of Heaven.. All at once it becomes; a
sea of raging foam, roiling , and tossing like
the boiling crater of Hecter. Vivid - light
nings dart along the Heavens like blazing
meteors, while belching thunder send , their
fearful echoes over the face of the deep.—
Mighty navies are dashed to and fro by. ler
resistless strength,"and at last submergedi i or
sh4wrecked upon some 'distant strand, while
many a gallant fleet of merchant-men sink
with their golden-treasures, upon the coral
beds of the ocean. But Niagara boasts not of
being the destroyer of Navies, nor fleets of
I'merchant-men, but stands proudly enthroned
in kingly majesty.. Roll on then, thou 'nigh
tly cataract, created by that, Mighty. Being,
as a work of His wisdom; and clothed with
georgeous sublimity, and armed . with 'all that
is grand and beautiful, a work unsurpassed
by the proud fabrics of art, and calculated
to awaken the most thrilling admiration of
the soul. A wonder to past generations, and
to those yet unborn in the greattuture. Left
Niagara city at 7, A.-31., for Elmira, our
• route leading through a delightful section of
country and by the side of Niagara's noble
stream. Passed Tonaw and a.a t about 11, • P. Ni.,
a beautiful and flourishing town, situated on
a wide and extensive plain, through which
passes the Niagara. Falls and Elrnira
Road: -Arrived at Canandaigua at 3 P. M.
Were. detained here near two hours—passed
away the time in looking about the place;
which bids fair by its fine location to become
quite a flourishing inland town. Left Callan- -
daigna at 5, P. M. Arrived ,at Elmira' all
in the evening. Missed our connection with
, the_York and Erie, and Were obliged to stay
4in the Morning. Elmira, by its noble
I sivation upon a beautiful pit, and its cen
tral position upon !_the Erie road, mnst be
conic in time one Of the most flourishing in
s land cities of western New York. Left on
Ithe Dunkirk Expreis at 4,• A. M., for Great
Bend,—ariivedthcire at - 7 in the morning.
Here we were agai detained until 3, P. M.,
and then took the passenger train for Oakley's,
arriving there 'at 4, P. M.,
,I once more,
found_mysell amongst friend's of my boyhood,
who welcomed Inc as I steppedfrom.the cars,
with friendship's ever joyous salutation. Once
i'more I was in the Midst of the rugged hills
1 , ,0f my native Susqnehanna. low different,
tbougb, in contrast with the vast Pairie ocean.
L'of the West. Still it was home, sweet borne,
—a name ever joyous V;:o. the wander's ear.—
one' when far away that
• will steal with its
sweet visions of the' past around his couch,
and again will he roam as in days gone by,
through themeridowed lawn, the sunny glen,
or sitting by the side of the pebbled stream,
listening to its sweet murmuring sounds.
But • one link had been broken that bound .
me to the home of my childhood. No math=
er's voice was there to Welcome-her-absent
son to the parental abode. Cold and lifeless
she lays in the arms of death,--censigned
from sight gin' d the dark portals of the tomb.
Ab, who can tell the extent of a mopier's
love=a love as boundless as the migty ocean
whose deptht has never been sounded and
whose heigh is loftier than the heavens—an.
origin heaven born—flowing pure from :the
fountain of the Great Eternal, and by its no
ble influence, the moulder of statesmen and
the elevator of mighty nations. And now, dear .
reader, I must araw to a close. You have,
roamed with me the boundless pairie, when
lighted by the glory • and majesty of. the
heavens. You have seen the great father of
waters as it rolled in stately beauty, to the
Mexico's blue sea. You have stood with me
by Niagara's majestic cataract as it rolled in
imposing sublimity into the awful chasm be
heath. All this you have seen, as described
by a boyish pen, whose oniy aim has been to
please and knterest,•and if such has been the
result, it will be to him his noblest reward.
In conclusion permit .me
. to indulge, a hope
'that we may yet meet , limier more_ favorable
circumstances as author and reader,_ wherein
we will roam like kindred spirits the various
paths of literature, striving to enrich the mind
with noble, gems of thought, and the eleva
tion of pure and noble principles. With these,
my best wishes, I bid you all a parting adieu.
NED LOPEZ.
POINTED RcruAer.—ln one 'Of the Rev. E.
H. Chapin's pennons is the following. pointed
passage: "Many a man there is, clothed in
resptetability and proud of his honor, . whose
centres] idea in life is interest and, ease, the
conception that other men are mere, tools to
be used as will best serve him, that 00 has
endowed him with 'sinew and brain merely to
scramble and get; and so in the . midat of this
great universe, which is inperpetual,ol-cilia
tion of benefit, be lives like a spongeon a rock
to absorb, and bloat, and die. Thouiands in
our great city are living so, who never look
out of the narrow c,ircle of their self-interests::
whose decalogne is arithmetic, .whose, Bible is
their ledger ,• - who have so constructed and
hardened and stamped their nature, that in
spiritual estimate they,, would pass' for on
ly-so many bogus dollars.' •' • •
AV' Dobbs says ibe first scrouudrel
_who
attempts to dissolve this glorious Union, ought
to be ground to death .in a bark. mill without
ibe privilege of -To pirdeeet the
constitution; Dobbs sleeps with it-under - his
every night • • _ .
,
tir The man who run up . a coluinit of fig 2
urns thmbled . down anti was badly'hart:`
or The man who lately left town-said his
mother would not Ikrtyfe Wee; auy °relation to
him, If hie father - h • not her.
Ittir fork Correspodent.
Nsw-Yore, Friday, June 22, 1855.
The 'desire of the Allied Powers in the gura
pean war, and specially of-England, to conciliate ,
the good will of the United States, and divert
the sympathy ct f our people from Russia, \ whither
they are so shocked to see it. tend,has received,
more, and some rather ingeniont exemplifications
recently. The .11ctssian Government having .pro-
muld, for the purpose; undoulecdly, of effcc t
on the Americans, that the -Enesh - Government
had renOunced,the principle adoPted previously
that the nentralliog protects the carp, the First
1..0rd of the Admiralty, .ta the Hop s of Com.
tnorks,and , several Peers, jo the upper house, eng-
urly deny the calumny, and assuro tho Americami,
expressly, that the Government 'hive no such
ff 3
design, ands rm; moreover, iheir full coneurrenCe
in the Ameri an principle that " free bottomimake
free goods." . What a change of poOtion is this
for the - English ministry compared • with the
doctrines of 1805-15! , But what is particularly
ingenious in the advances made for at least the
moral alliance of this country, is the .alleged
interpolation of a fresh demand by the Western
poweri, as one of the cenditions of peace,viz, the
abrogation of the! Solna dues paid by fereig,n
vessels entering the Baltic, as lately asked by the
United States. Now, although Russia is interes
ted ske well as England, or any other commercial
power in the navigation of the'Baltic,
,this is a
matter ol' Danish revenue alone, and no especial
concern of Russia, The United States preferred
their demand to Denmark alone, who exacts the
objectionable toll under her own statutes, and
pockets all the proceeds.. There is soinething
very shrewd in the movement of the'Allies. Den
mark has a sort ofalliance with Russia for the man
,agethent of their common concerns in the Baltic.
Russia is to be - forced into the . support of -the
claim of Denmark, and thus brought into direct
hostility with.the commercial inteiests and aims of
the United States. ` • .
Allies, in such enterprises as• that of France
and 'England, very often indulge is a quarrel
among
. thensseltes. 'Many people have believed,
in spite pf the present wonderful entente rordiale
between the ancient enemies, that occasion of
i dispute would ere long. breakout. The incipiAley
lof such misunderstanding already - appears in the
quarter where it was to be properly looked for--:'
I in Turkey—and among the people most , likely
to brow n quarrel—the resident displomats. 'By
tho intrigues of the French charge, M. Benedetti,
the Turkish cabinet has been broken. up and re.
modeled—Lord Stratford, the British minister,
labors strenuously to effect the restoration of the
Aispbeed ministry, and loudly complains to his
Government of the Frenchman's underhanded
. work ; - the Emperor Naibleon roundif
-apProves Benedetti's operations, and promotes
hiM to a nominal embassy to Persia, without.
re r;
ocing him from Constantinople, Let them
qu mil as they will—it is all very interestin,g to
poor Turkey, who wilt be still more gratified .to.
'ck'r ' d the 'semi-official proposition in the London
rims, to take from - her the. principalities ;of
' N- allacliia and Moldavia, which it was the pre
tended object t s,if the war to seeure'to her, and to
form them into an independent pourer! •
Notwitstanding the splendor of our grand
Ocean Lines of Steamers, the profits they pay
have `much less brillianeY than those: of many
i
enterptisg''of less magnificence. The agents of
the Collins line, as everybody knows, have for-
some ye ars past been 'annually engaged in boring
Congress- for stniunificent Charity, to. enable the'
proprietors to i keep their vessels above tvater
There are sent persons, it is : true, wholeonsider
the pretense a mere iropositien upon the national
pride of those paardians of the Republic's inter
ests
and honor, and ridicule th e idea that shrewd
men would continue inch ,vast capital.. - as that
company has employed, in a losing brininess.- 'lt
might be necessary -to , veply - seriously to :this .
-arguineet,were there no other affairs than Ocean
Steaming into which. it is a good deaVeasier4o,r
;opt° to enter than; being in, to get safely : out.
again. . : There is no reason at all to doubt; taking
all, things into view, that of theii own - proper earn
ings, the Collins floating palaces have not been ejt..;,
Coed ingly good' property, and that it 'Selene owing
tothe patriotic spirit, or the individual sympathy,
or indifferenee as to the'diiposition_ofthu.publie
plunder, or the hope of a free passage to and from
Europe, on the part of members of Congress, or to
the, genial influence pf geolt,syppers paid fer by :
Collins-that thevalking-belims ofthe OAUna line
are kept in motion. , ' . : • . • '
. ~ , - ,
The Ciiifornia lines 'were at first exceedingly re
emunerative, and ' many suppos3' their fortunate. !
proprietors to 'be still' driwing in'-- their gelden ' 1
harvjst. One of these the publierhas before' Seen
— 7 ,.. the' : other Was prieented In the4tite anneal re'
port of the Preaileitt of the Pacific Mail.- Stearn -
shiPCompani. - The _report disclosed: the ,nri.....,
pleasant flu:Al:that noo - dividend could : e'en be
madefrom the earning .of the year. , A corn:nit
tee Was therefore appointed to
; investigate the et:; -
fairs of the Association, and see if the case Was.
actually thus bad,.and-if ' so, Wl4?. and 'further, ,
_what ; should be donel.. The 'report of 'this ewe
_ . - - ~ •
Inittea Was listened to by - the . s to ckholders,': on
:.
~
Wednesday, and the very-teleran enunciatienint
the :President, . : Were;riiest. solemnly confirmed:-
The company was found .to : be :indebted..to . .the -1
extent Of 84,568, 684, and tobave aisesta amount-`
ing to a leuitum, vii,f11,427,70 1 the ictital loss,
by mock of its oek titrinntin" - Si4o, 915,-1
the stock.standing at nearly four percent. below
its'Pni vilite; (Which i l iS net so low -a' - Pointins..,
Many' Other stocks hi e deservedly reached;}glin
_dry financial' Scheib e !! for improving'the statl-_:Of
'affairs were .. reemenreedediralio.•the --.proptieed
rv.ilitiqUishment-,oflite agenctly.lifeears_klevi
land &Aspinwall, who seem tole ; tired :-of
,the..
situation : also the sale of four Steeiner4 ; net re- 1
quird for the use' of the _Company : also,: that,
‘ , .iii.reituiiiiSeffertie' bat': ihafi' ta airtiatati'''imic?a-'1
tile 'arrangenientii=; With' the - Nicaragua `Transit i
Company:ft:m . oo prevention of rititionScompe.,
titititi:•'Tliese measures are still ender: coiled.:
likaticin, , and will : probably bteadopted ;La future-'
'Meeting. - . , !.- ... , e.... : '
,;] - ,
;,_
~
~,. , :,.. ,.. ,. . 1
.., 'hire isitclips ef'uiea in this city
.erlto
„have
very sharp test b,ro;(k like,, the , letter, : bind _ of
watch. doga„ are yeryapt to bite ,stra ngers' . :E T :.
cry efoO,bai,been niade;_str Ik'siappe3esd:to yaire
been:triade,:to'idd the city' of theiedaegereita titt ,- . -
imijiltaxiiril by the itarnii•t - ixtitinslcsit to - ' the
ears' etitientwbehave.eortiateitelilrorlife teez
- , 1:::-- •., -:', ':'... -.1 . ;": , 11 , i.+1 it a''::
?Ttitlne . . 12:,::"{nritli,o.. ._-:2.7.,
riosltiee r ,of " Peter Punks... Somptim • one
these speculater4 in rural Himplieiti . abd _old
14-ass,is brought upend made to disgorge the
mouthsfuls ho has taken out of his victim. Bat
this is 'undoubtedly a rare ease, or they :would
find no induceinents to . continue in tbebusieitil• • •
and tun thetazards of law and personalrevenge...
Boys were at onetime stationed in front. Of 'Abe
most noted of the, pep ots" for this species' - id'
swindling, to wai've. Off the uninitiated with tar ,ge
banners, dee - or:4od with black letterSofwarning.
Butthe country people sppposed the warning re.
ferred to the ocupants of the City Hall, 'and to
the policemen; who , were the most Funk;
ing persons they met. The the terms, of the. ,
auctioneers' liceases are now about exp'iri'ng. and .
an'effort is4o be made to keeP ail the Funks
from obtaining a renewal. But how is it. to: be•
proved who are, and who are not, of the Fmk
family, arid where is the line to be, drawn be•
tween the mock and the genuine in the auction
business of this city ?" Does the order 'Mesa
=simply that the lesser of. the Funks, 'orinpyitig
seven by nine roems, and dealing lain worthless
watches, ar.,to be 'alone denied the privilege -of
whittling the green ones ? 1 ; •
From.Petersoies Magazide.
MT. GOUSI3,\*
_
DAT :C ApAY:STAirLEYi:
Author of ." Aida Lester's Sirason - in New
York."
. - - CHAPTER I. .f. . , .
"And this; I suppose, is 'to be my home - .
for the future," thought I, Of fpaned forward - "
to view ini the twilight the old-fashioned /
house . before which the carriage drew -up ;- -
and in spite of the buoyant spirits of fifteen, •
I shrank from that, future. - - •
1 -
To live forever with,-two old maids; • and
their cats, and" lap-dogs; and Worsted wink l•
it was tog herrible to contemplitte, an_
men- -
, ,
tally resolved to escape from sach smgle bless- ,
edness as'soon as possible. i' , / .• '. - .
13ut the door opened, and
,I,,,::'wes , already in
a well lighted hall, warmed/4 the 'farther ex
tremity by
. a huge stove
,which seethed.to be -
nothing but fiery eyes,,a's the 'red coals shone
through the isinglass/that lined the;elaborate- -
ly cut fancy workzOf 'which tie upper part
was. composed. /Before, the servant had,tinie
to, close the one door pellied Me, another bad
opened, an- / a kind Voice, in the parloi, said, -
" This / way, dear, do-come t the fire and
get warm, it's a bitter cold night, and wel
have/lea. This is . your aunt llfargaret," lead
ing me up to a tine, elderly lady by the fire
side, " and rm•your aunt Patty, dear; though
we're not much of relatives either, I believe;;' • •-'-/
And I'n,your cousin litiry; dear"' •
a. mocking voice from the corner,
_into' ,
I had not haditime to peer.' i
.. _.
A '-',;mellow little laugh from aunt Patty, ,-
that seemed to say that the speaker was a -
privileged person, and a "'Harry, don't, you'll
frighten the 'poor child," from 'aunt Margaret,
was all 'that I knew of cousin Harry,: at that -
time for there was no lamp in the room; and
be sat in tqo ebseurel
_a corner for even the -;:-
dnncitig, merry light of the hickory fire to '
ilfuminate.
How cozy and comfortable everyt mg look-
e(i, after the piper 'flowers,-and Wax' flowers, o
arid dilapidated- annuals of the large, tawdry .
driawing-romn of- the boardihrr-school. The
wenderful twisted legs of the' old:fashioned .
fn nitureseemed to be dancing quiet little .
ji as, the firelight flickered on them ; a li- •
on's paw wa s-now and then thrust forward in
.
a kind of rough.play,..grasping a' 'rnarvelotts- -
looking .ball; s from some clitur, - table or. eseru, 1
toire. The curious, black old cabinet, in - the I
corner, stood grim and prim, scarcely. deign-
ing to smile as the,rtly firelight played hide 1. , -
and seek - Over .its , rO ltitudinatts doors and;
drawers, making one 'think of lost wills, and
eecretsprings, locks of hair and faded flOwers ''-•
4nd all the oilier -romances connected with
.. -
old cabinets.
,But the firelight lingered .the
beeriest aroand the table in the centre_ of-the
loom, With. its snowy damask cloth, its old-••
ashioned glittering silver, - .led - off by the - pla- -
lina tea-urn, witli its grim lion's heads, blink- ,
ag, inoffensively at one, as.'they 'grasped • the
thesilver rings which served 'astinidles, and ,
the tiny egg=shell china cups; 7 almost -trans.: l ' -
parentin their•deleniite.beauty.. ---•, • ' .
'1.,-,Orplian and strap ;eras I Itas, a ll this do
inestie cOmfoit, after three TORN 111:11 * pinched; -
!genteel :boarding-school, owned my heart to '
-
'ly unknow .. n relatives.. ' I_'
I , In the _meantime, ,my , b nnet -aid wrapS '
had been movedby aunt.Patty'S own plump .
hands,„the bell rung. and lights and tea were -.
Ibrought In. .. -1 ' . - , --- ' •
Aunt Margaret' drew her \spectacles 'dosin •
to her eyes rind scrutinized me for a-minnent. - •
. "You are,veryinuch like'youf mo th er, Is-,
abet," she said *at. laat. , - ..
"4ezebel.l whitt, a, name for 'a woma " put
in
his
Harry, now' came f ward , -
his saucy face' lighted up with irrep - 'hie, -
11
1 mischief. - - 1 . ' . .
. ,
Aunt Margaretwonnu net yarn tip , :'sate=
matically to,thb last Web, stuck the t lortg nee
dles through the ball, arid' laid it upon the
little work stand;beside her. 'Aunt ,Patty
buisied herself 'with the brightl7 pelittlnanott
per,kettle, Which Was brought-in over a errant
liMtp, bubbling away in its merry,- domestic
manner ;•.-lierself, it seernatirMe; a - Aind of
human kettle, with her 'cheery fireside- hn m
and bubble of content then the servant
placed, muftis; * tmuftis;:6 brown its - an .oak leaf
in. autumn,and the strangel::twisted silver
toast-rack on the, table,iind - ive took our seats.
"Thisii;_pooiTtire, - Wt it, after the „Sump
tt ous table Yen hive been necustomed to at
rditigisehool 1". asked Harry, 'as 'he lan
dme a second muffin: 'f You 'don't l seem
'. • .
lt was tnn had 'for now 11-new my.
.nriichievonS , cousin could , have =enumerated
eVery monthful 1 had eaten; and I witilttertrly
starved yet; but I answered - as 'cOmpoiedly as
possible, ",like.,.ittao 'well that 'Pot sorry - ; to
yogfeeding yetirdog!'sO stoon,ifett'm not
,rye trlf. done yet,"'and I Passo&trty taay :cup
to aunt Patty fir some More of ler fragrant
tea. - •
Ainit•lfairgi4et'dremii,t4fliPs oier ber tee:th
whicli I attorwarirs ili
near, dignity 'Would Permit 1 -'l:',io corne
to.a riiie,.wtkite:Aartt 14, tt,T.silighed gtberal
lyt'eaxiilg; i`•.s3; Lo, - ma3ter fmpitdenae3,youu
have got . yout:niatch:Fitope,' and - thti , yonfig
gentleman •ilisraisiett the dog; which was
-tins, on hie haunches; - watching, 'Willi wag. ,
aging tail 'and 'anxious - (mei.? i,fiiizitithrtil
'winch Harry took . ;.i
When my schoolgirl aPPetit4'l""PP°l4'
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