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msMiwtb>hqf«a«txti; . ,
«T<W#ell, tUJr for AUgur,
Vfhw 1 '• a
B«'gWo to mo > thot'Utt«r .
from the hoErt^ 4 «ebd*ye. w ‘ l>
* vtonj vabeor itoTtii ! ■ <
«rc mntt,
And lb. «>«)* « ttood-bjfii IM 1
<7»rv*rU,£i«w»lV’,a(nOT*rfewA! \ ■ ... .)
Whvirtho tesrtta Ui6.motb«f , « i»; ,
, fjUlnfmliv «U outfit aS. V' _ ■»
l»t mylt ,
JerfemV Cossil livdd twenfy 'Wesr’of
Madison Giiy, Territory (how Sta(e),nf'l6wa.
No prettier country bha ever’Beep loOnd, oui
of Eden, than ihai same region back of Mad
ison City- Old Black Hawk.hsr'grtoda judge'
of soil as any human being, told me in 1837,
while eating with him 1 at Montrose, thal thet
country styled “The Sac and Fox Purchase,”
was ihebest land he ever-saw, and he'had
but lately returned from his Government Tour
through the United States, and, besides that, |
was lamiliarwith the lay of land aP 'fUf West
us mu Rocky Mountains. I bear 'testimony
to the same fact, and will maintain it against,
all odds, that lowti is the best farming country
m tne United States, and were it dot So ex
tremely cold in winter, my four children
mould nave limb'd u as their birlh-pldce, in
stead oi a more soul Hern clime. The pecu
liarity ot me coutiirv consists in the equal
and benuliliil distribution oi small ferule prat. •
nes, with tall excellent limner, a distribution '
not olien seen, us timber near prairies is gen- |
orally scrubby, and prairies near umber usu- ‘
ally barren. When 1 hrsl visited lowa, the
Inna was not surveyed by Government, and 1
consequently was not in mar he,. The set- I
Iters were all squatters, and were establish I
mg tnemselves, cultivating nml building, in |
Hopes that some new pre emiion law would 1
secure to tnein me ngtiis against me raven- I
uih maw ui me speculaioi. Among tbe resi
wnc wen engaged in mis enterprise, were I
Lode Bobo, Box, mid ms oepnew, Jeremv 1
I snail «mi in n-jitw-r ttiinun PXlen
duo uccoiMii p u«*m* upMiius, iiiev are |uM
Mien as lunn inc npi» <>; uu- Mones of umiu.
Mrec. unf. hi-, -mill iu say* Uieie
lai'-'Miitl' Will'f it • ’ it-- (• Hu VillMe w<;li. —
bonny wiif mi) ihmJ m'finpi.MMie. quar.
rHsume and blawltonfwiH M ifkV of hard
•u*rvi«*e in me caune 01 hio mov uoon
a iuf> h i»onn, an>l Hi »s»* « fin h»*UH‘d
nini in 183., navi* m» i.mn* m Irw
•• *n, i.* Ihi9 rhnn nisi. t Mao more l»n»>
sc*- HiMh 4«n% <iiru*r num.m ucini:. rs « won
in- nf*r>nowr. Jcrernv Uossi . wn? raided up,
vtw v •inioniimiiciv. ns nn orphan' unfonu-
innn Inr iwo reasons; 1 hut it is hard lo miss
Hi* mini iniz.iiil' uittnenre o l ' kinr! nnrems,
■mi, am niriic- u lai inn suer hands ns
m-ise n IJiihnv iiii\ tin so r was —me
uim eon.mi ion he eu’r nni was me lonl lan
I> ii isf u' nli) Bolmx . me on I s svorl. lie over
On. inn lo walk I wire « week 10 liur'inulon,
u- In. mil Bohns s inji. me mm lin mime ex.
ercisey unon non wish neans kick whenever
nr was cone rno ion-, or moire m<- iue tt nli
;,’ih hrn*. skeicn oi i nm nru*l'*ni
M urncetM' 1 WiU in\ .<lor
o Md\. U >OO-. Htix Imo :« * TiiiMn. 1 anO ;u,
extra suddiv o. wni.'Kev was deminOfQ
biamnc Jcremv on aheaf with th“ mg. be
[oiioweo niter, having the ke«i strapped to his
tMCK. and hi? rifle on his shoulder, looking as
much like a palmer ns n red-laced hnck woods
man looks like nni'ihtn* else The precious
fluid was duiv purchased. and ihc ammbli.*
pair retraced (her steps. burdened with the
load, but elevated with a considerable portion
o its contents —lor snv what vou will old
bit, be wonld not relume to omers the com
tun that he took Inmsel. Th° murne\ l;n
across several small prairies. and men wound
uti pv rns>mi» through Skunk Rive'* HoMom,
t tnicke’ o cane, nnmiw and nthe r
snrumn crown.. 'Che traveller- lei 1 Burling,
toi. in nnud season to have arrived home hv
urn out. unloriuna'ei\. t h** voulh no! beiAg
praeiueu m mea-.umiL r his canacit\ hr spin
allowed hmisel/ lu indulge ion IneU.nnd
compelled to stop nr severe hours in
cons«*n'iencf a proceeding th« r excited the
nr.im i) trip patn-nch to mi unlimited extent:
out wtvMhe” n- was most ufT-nded a' the de
*n\ o' n Jncnn s weakness. cannot a’ Ihib
Mie period u>• asrerlaineC bunse! over-had
o'**;' m* nr.nnes before ifv hov could be suf-
neirn;i\ .irnused )-• proceed nr. ihe tournev
uen** now commenced in right earnest,
i" f •here w»- Kim man d/rkness ins! O' lhe\
enieov; m»- [ptitou No’ n moon was ill the
* Kv —i; n**vrr i« on a dark muh* when meg*
w/tn:eo —am. a> ;«r me Mar-, ih* tmh On r*
"ore mou.N.ind'v of them winking ove' thai
ae-iutiiu prairie lunoM’ape, no' one is sharp
chough ie wink through u p.uno tree into u
I he roao it a* a pu'hwaj ,
loineumes travelled in o\ i n true,
nm ov sucn nxen nnr sip-i us any-
cane micke
ix»a> ever s;tu ounu* s>t*'iier&. out bv
iT‘'n 1 n ; ii onn i/ ri ’mi ’iijh n irdsnip^, anu wn».
(J i rue- in lm na< Kwuods is
rvr:,rural n, , a mOs liter.i nnerpreia
—’-wii.-r.' in* re- mlieii,, lucre slnill il
am 'iiri. .in* in<. W" ,e ms. me road,
H ' O‘JIC. > <i -j, l |-jj* r.ise,
">IL Mri. p,- r . |
4 -Ml’ Dill 11. nil { \ . ,
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1 1 . Mrs" -I.
M -' 'r* u n n.l i„. ,
reitr-ate.
I* riii**i j j i • ijet-n uti iv «* 12>;i 11 \ .*r* k 11 »u it ii
1 i" 1 ims. inenMoM-. ih.r Lm i- U'l»b\ H.»x
nn iicnliew , J'-remv us-i ..... i, iun|i,i
U. |j» WU V Ul I Til Vd 11 «i I>* ( « 1111* . *' (HI li
i*m . n ihm«*sv. linu fonsi«l*i »iOi* o.ik-.iu u,
• r».\ Skunk Uiwr bonum u» ini*
onn . me rn'Tr csj.» ri.illv. as ine uiji,ju luul
a on* »*\r. ana m»* hrpuew ban odium'.UCcl
btiiii o ins yeiiuij. drunk Hirer imur? ur
hir. 1 lit- lirsi caiusiropnc was Hie fall of
Lir ie li-.bl.y over a swinging grape-vine, by
«m-n ne Ori'Ke ins yuii- b u.i.K sm.n I()C
feeuno whs u fiying vi»n of jeiemy down a
Slllirl. ravine, w hicn cosl me Inst o( me Jim ■
'ne inirn was their leaving me (mm and (mu-
">r ineinseives completely ou of their tear
—mese mree following earn uiner m cn.se
‘accession, mid me ins; capping me clinmx
c im ir-rmseiie; Ou' n Uieain a' lasi, Hie
eio '” wi'horew Ino con i run. Ins Keg, and
Cj 'o;r.',n,cd to urown mi burrows us npidlv
tiwit Tm* ;?.'■) aXif?
CO W> SSUttaoCKu j& CO., • J;//; vt|j ;;f HR T-.-a. ; .
; YOL. 2. •’;
as possible W ge)lfng (tajijk, a fealJie,,)Vpv(d !
have soon ueheiyeq hud;it not been fur a cer
min sharp ringirtg.s6und'Whichlhrilledtbrou i gh
the lorest, £nd caused him’ suddenly to drop'
ihe keg and spring'to 'his, feel. Fyr,
mem all was 81(1), save ,the loud healing‘of
iwo terrified hearts, and (hen arostra wotlihg
sound like (he voice of rYtany molberSiffying
for iljeir lost babes; that chilled the bidpfl in
their veins. ' ,
“It’s a young one that’s got lost,’’ ■ whis
pered Jerenliy, to Which his venerable guar
dian sternly replied?
“Young one I It’s a painter!”
Another and another scream echoed through
the woods, and, by'their increasing loudness,.
gaVe token .(hat ilte 1 animai, was rapidly jip.L
prnaching them.,
No time was to be lost if they wouldescape;
but where could they go; to flee was' impos
sible; one bound of the animal would settle
that ; to climb was even less secure in the
o( a brute whose leap wps thirty feeli
“Hunt out » hollow,” cried the old ma’n,
and «t it they went. Those of my readers
who have travelled on the upper Mississippi
have doubtless been s'ruch with the immense
size of the larger sycainores, that rungs from
six to twenty feet in diameter. After they
tzrow to'a certain size, they are universally
hollow, and then thes Yurmsh to ihe settlers
convenient receptacles for grain, cuibs for
wells, and with small trouble of sawing arid
removing. Those cavilies are usally open at
lire,ground, and give fine shelter to swine in
winier, as well us to wilder animals—-if indeed
a wilder animal can be found in the world
I than an unlaon d hog.
Lucie Bobby knew ihese things well en-
I ongh, and Ins wila at Mils crisis did not for
i sane him ; so. leaving lire keg, precious in-
I d.-ed, Inn not so precious as life, he com
i mein ed l.ebng around ihe base of ilie larger
I trees mr a bole, closely followed by the boy,
*bo was m an alarming state of nervous op
i nrt neiiMun. It was not long until they suc
-1 i-ecded in the seareh. 'A sycamore stood on
I ihe bank of a small creek, ihui runs into
i .Snunk, and leaned conkiderubly into the wa
-1 ter. On ns upper side whs a hole, but hole
■ larger than a man’s body, and nearK on a
' level with ibe ground ; mlo ibis hole Jere-
■ niv hi.si in'rurluced tinn-ell, and nl er linn ihe
I elder, who had inken Ihe precauUon to pro
i eure a chunk of wood us u barrier in case of
' an nHuck
The lew minules spent in this way would
i donhlless have been lalul 10 bdh, fur ihe pan
i m-r in a lea mighty bounds l.hal crushed
i through ihe Ihick cane like a Uirnndo, reached
i ihe very spui where ihey had slund when ihey
1 first heard ihe cr\, but I lie smell ofThe whis
i kes caused in- cruiiuie m h ■ I , and ihe de
| lav saved ibein. .Never did a pinunced drunk
-1 aro inhale (he lumes of his favorite drink
i wnh more gust than this unsnphiculed deni
zen ol ihe lores',. U nh long sniffs lhal Ihe
, imprisoned pair could distinctly hear, he in-
I haled ihe porlurne again and again, al Hines
I lapping ihe sines ol the cask wnh his longue,
I then slopping to smlf al (he bunghole wnh u
| delighl lhai would have gone to ihe heurl of
| “Turn O'Shunler and Souier Johnny,” had
| ihey been there to see.
This luxurious indulgence was continued
I lor a considerable lime, but was broken olfal
i lasi by a cry Uml came from another direc-
I lion, and punned oui ihe position ol a second
■ panther, male to ilie tirsl. The cry was itn-
I medniiely answered, and in an instant the I wo
i were together lovingly engaged over the whis
! Key cask.
from the evil effects which followed, it is
| probable lhal the iwo feline lapped up a
1 "righi sina l chance” of the whiskey, as ii
1 flowed from the bunghole of ihe keg, for they
| growled ai each oilier awfully, and a consid
j erable lussle was heard among the dry leaves
| where ihey sloou. Old friends, however,
] soon forget injuries, and so did they, for ihey
lay down side by side to rest. And now all
might have been well wnh the two prisoners,
lor me probability is lhal ihe iwo panthers
would have peaceably deparied and left them
lo pray lor rlaylighl, bul lor an incautious ex
pression of Bobby’s, who, reflecting on the
various catastrophes of ihe nighl, ihe rupture
of ihe jog, spilling of ihe keg, breaking the
gunsiuck, ana confmernenl in ihe hollow,
which abnuiidi d in fleas, as hog beds always
do, moved bv these considerations, and boil
ing over wilh auger, called oul, sotto voce,
•‘drat their pictures.”
I he words were no sooner nut ihaii boih
Ihe animals sprung lo llicir feel wah a deep
| growl, turned ibeircyes fairly sbuoling (ire,
I toward Ihe hapless men, and cornniumcaled
I wah each oilier as lo I lie cause of ihe alarm.
! An in-lanl sufficed ior explanation. By lhal
| invsn iinus nis'inei which brutes possess, the
I lule was add, Hie plan of Joint attack laid,and
' they sprang sioi-ili.ineously, one lo ihe hunt
I a ml ihe oilier to ■ li-■ iciir ol :he sycamore.
1 Oh 1 haw uncle fl ihh) wished lor Ins 11lie,
las he saw ihe Inoad loreliead of ihe beast
1 wi hm a pace of him. lie fualy wept ns ho
i ihoii-la » hal a chance he was iipssing for u
■ "pmnier skin,” lhal would buy half a barrel
o' wlnskej in Burlington. Bul now his love
oi gain changed inlo love of life, as the pan.
■her, wch inighiy grasp, seized the chunk
winch filled the entrance, and cndeavoied lo
Uiaw a oui—an ai'einpl iha would hive sue
-1 ceediiti hui lor I lie joint etloris of Ihe pair on
j ilie ih'ide For a while ii seemed us il he
would gain the prize, and hid ihe o-her pan
’ I her, who came round and stood looking oh,
1 hui did nol know enough io assi.-t him, there
would have been a wad a' Uncle Box’s for
a moral certainly. As. il was, the old man
IoM a coal sleeve, the boy a finger nail, both
, l °rn olf by ihe claws of ihe infuriated ani
mal.
Disappointed in his efloris, ihe panthers ex
changed the exercise of pulling for that uf
A non' me hrs;
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scratch oura'rat'Hdlh; yqu’fcari form Some
’idea of the dirt' fletf'ilofbre'th'e big
feet’ afid i |Wfe'ri'uT l cfa«/ji otTlid’’tiVaids,’'t? ric I e
'Bbbbv’ clung to hii chohk I ,"however 1 , and ul
though butlfeyes, mouth and fibre were filled’
itie ' moist 'earth that’*itew ih clouds,
he kepi up feat yet
.ljnghke an jdjol. in alarra, hia as
sailants, , fact lhal lbah'lPV'b voice is
hy,wi|tf9ilißwl a (;,,hijj just'
now itsegnis tp fiavq lost, its pof)ier, ibr the
panthers, intoxicated -by the taste; and/.smell
or.tho whiskey, or thirsting fophumamblood,
seemed qukoiregardleasof the oldman’evoiee,
.audacraudied away harderahan before. Their
was qoiiodn vain, for lhayisoonclearfed
the earth away to the more solid roots, upon
which their claws made, little impression; and
again they paused in their exertions. A
moment’s consultation, and one of them, with
a lion’s bound, Went'up the tree, evidently'in
search of a -hole'by which to enter the caVi
’iy from above. This was'the mosi Hying of
the whole night, forbad such an entrance ex
isted, the imprisoned man well kriew (hat his
life and the life of the lad were hot Worth a
moment’s purchase. '
' ■ It is a peculiarity, however, of these front
ier settlers, to fight against all emergencies,
and if they q.mnol win the game, at least to
“ploy it out.” I knew one of this class,
when lying upon his death bed, to order his
Bowie-knife, pistols and rifle to be laid at his
side, that he might be ready to meet death
“with his own tools,” and it was done. Un
cle Bobby was all game,” ap they, spy. None
in Barren county was braver; none on Skunk
River had less coward drops ; so heresolutely
drew his big spring k/tile, braced himself up
right, and waited for the monster’s decern, de
termined “to have (he first blow,” if he died
for it. A short.suspense and ho was relieved
of this difficulty, for the panther returned
down upon the outside evidently disappointed.
Another ten minutes at scratching and (hen
ano'her pause.
A change ol tactics, and both sentinels
shil'ed positions to the other side of the tree,
.■lid bent themselves unitedly to the. tusk.
Nobody knows what a hole they made!
Uncle Bobby declared he could have buried
a livi-.yenr-uld in it without difficuliy, and as
Jeiemy hears testimony to the same effect, we
must believe it, more especially as my inform
ant, whose word is worth a host of such, cor
roborates ihc assertion.
The Irec, as 1 observed, was a leaning one,
the sheer being towards the water; it was
old mid rotien, nnd whether the pnnthors
knew it or not, they wcie pursuing just the
right course to mike it fill. Crack went one
of the upper limbs, as it broke off, and ivnli
a loud splash fell into the creek. Crack wi-m
one of ihe large roots, weakened hv old nge.
ihji had fora hundred y-ars helped lo sustain
n (rum fulling. The thick cqbyvehs, loaded
with spiders, and piles of rotten wood that
had accumulated on the inside of the tree, be
gan to full upon them, and almost to smother
them with Ihe dusi.
Thb confined air, was lufTocating —
emotions intense—and still hour after hour
the panthers worked on. The end was not
far off —for now, slowly and reluctantly at
first, then more and more rapidly, then with
the force and rn>h of an avalanche, down
came the old sycamore, covering the opposite
hanks of the creek with rotten wood, and
breaking in the cen're, so rs to threw the
huM of the tree high in the air. Head for
ward slid L'ucle Hobby, followed closely by
bis nephew, nor ceased his career until he
brought up in the midst of a colony of bats
that had nested a foot thick in what was for
merly the top of the cavity. That bats
could bile had long been shrewdly suspected,
but the individuals above mentioned settled
the question, and pul it at rest forever.
Now Unde Bobby succeeded in hoisting
hinhsulf, feel foremost, encumbered as he was
by the weight of his nephew, and punctured
as.he was by a thousand ravenous bites, so
that he quite forgot that there was such a
thing ns a panther in exis'ence ; and when ho
fell 1 his feel to ho at the entrance, he inconti
nently shook off the lad, leaving him to slide
back amongst the bats, and sprung to the
ground glad to gel out on any terms. Rob
bing the spiders and their webs from his one
eye, he stared around. The tunning was
breaking, the panthers gone, the keg lav
em|ilv at his feet, ihe broken rifle at bis side,
and his night of horrors was past !
In doe season Ihe tired pair arrived home,
without a drop of whiskey, to meet the exe
crations of a score of men nssemhle.l accord
ing to appointment for the “raising.” But
the hopes of u “p.iin'er hunt" speedily drove
the Jisappnin'oienl from 1 fj- ir minds.
In u few hours a large parly on foot and
horseback, with a hundred powerful dogs,
wero in hot pursuit. 1 cannot fell you the
details—perhaps in my series I may include
n “painter hunt” —for the present I cun only
say that the flushed-faced man, with only
one sleeve und a mutilated nose, who run so
Qist und swoteso hard, was Robert Box, Esq.,
that the hoy by bis side was .Jeremy ; and
ih it the two had lh<‘ gratification before night
ol iiii-iisuimg the claws of the two monsters
who had guarded them so zealously Ihe night
before. Until the hour of his death those
worthies slept logpiher on the tanned skin of
the male, and if Jeremy is still living—which
is mure than likely, (or the fever and ague
never kills anyltody—he will be pleased to
relate to you the whole story of the Panther
Sentinels. —Great Valley Trade.
An old toper was overheard the other day
advising a young man to gel married, "be
cause (hen, my hoy yonMI have somebody to
pull off your bools when you go home
Jruoli.' ”
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' 'Mai Eamittt You have -doubt-lesSread
W ashtngtua' Irving’s sketch of R«p VaaWin
kle, wtm aldpt twenty yedrs on the Kulskill'
.mountains, Ydo'kntjw- hciw wonderful-tfnd.
slrahge everything looked to the'old fellbw
as he nemo down ; from 'the rritiurksin j pass'
with hisbbard extending a fool ffbril his chin,
and fho old fife.) be k hr'Hls hand'; 'and iwitfi
what wotiderfiir coristcrhation he beh/d the
reriifiufits of his- old log- House in' which his
termogant wife had taught him so many sep
vere lesson's ; and how Sad hd waV’Wheh he
went-to' the place whd/e the' village inn used
to stand ahd inquired' in vain fbt* his old
friends Nicholas Vedder, Brofn Duicfier and
Van Brummel the schoolmaster; and with
what feelings of distrust hd viewed the em
btems of Liberty floating in the breeze, and
saw in the plude Of King George and his
tyrannical sceptre, a picture of Washington
and fhe'swor'd of equal rights. These things
struck terror to the sotil of poor Rip and he
shouted in a loud voice, “I can’t tell what’s
my'name, or who! am ?” Men w,hose genius
dwindles into nothing when compared with
I ring's, may observe in the office-seeking
doughfaces of the country, a consternation
and distrust lac. superior to that which entered
the spirit of Rip Van Winkle. Politics have
changed wonderfully during the past few
years. The fires of Liberty have started up
in every town and coumy of the northern
stales ; and they are now last bending their
lowering flames to one common centre, and
threatening to destroy all political machinery,
and leave the dead Hunker and petrified
Silver-Grey along like the stagnant pool in
the midst of the burnt prairie.
Men who have been induced by the prom
ise of office to h mg In the old peace-making
conventions, and-dried-up resuluiions which
give ihe.hei-to eagh other, are lint leaving
ihcir hold and joining Ihe soldiers of Free-
Horn, who can make no compromises for (he
extension of slavery, nnd no apology for.lhe
corrupted purposes of those who first in dis
guised lortns, tore up the parchment of Lib
eny drawn by our fathers, and then ui h
bowie-knife and revolver in hand, trampled
1 upon whut virtue there was in ihe laws which
j ihey themselves had made. But it is yet .1
1 question with those who carve and eat from
the “loaves and’ fishes,” whether they hud
heller march on with the masses who have
abandoned slavery or ireud to ihc tune of their
slave-driving musters. Their hearts prompt
I them 10 go for Liberty—while a voice comes
i thundering from Harri-burg telling ihem to
!go fifr Pierce. Their he'ler judgement for u
while predominates, nt-d ihey go out and pin
claim to their friends that they ure Ann-
Nebraska; nnd in a moment mure they see
those who have governed them for years,
silence the consciences that once spoke loud
ly in their bosoms, and placed those rings in
their noses by which ihey have been led
along in pollltcul captivity, nnd Ihey slop, they
hesitate, they turn and wi h looks of submit.
»io 1 say to their masters—“We are for tho
Administration.”
Poor simple fools; do you always in.end
thus to surrender your manhood? Why
stand on the threshhold of hell with one hand
hanging on to the horn of the devil and the
other grasping after the garments of- the
Lord? Christ said to the world eighteen
hundred years ago, that man cannot serve
Cod and Mammon j und ihe command has
been preserved especially for your instruction.
Let go of that horn then, or turn and say
with Milton's angels we will make a heaven
of Hell.
1 have often wondered why men—men
claiming independent spirits, would buffer
themselves to he duped. The whole question
when summed up amounts to this. Men must
cither go for or against Ihe extension of sla
very. If they go for the extension nf Sla
very, then they are consistent in supporting
Pierce and the ruffian gang who are sacrifi
cing every spark nf manhood they ever did
possess, to extend one of the most God
nhhnrred institutions that ever polluted any
portion of the earth. If they go against the
exiension of slavery, and at the same lime
support the Douglas and Alchmson party,
then they tire corrupt, blaek-heaned, and false
to themselves and humanity. In either case
they are criminal in the sight of Heaven;
and if they are sensible of the wrongs and
injuries they have done to the poor slave,
whose hack is now burning on the pi tins of
Kansas, they, will blush and drop their heads
in shame whenever they meet a human be
ing. Rut then I would not for my life im
pugn the motives of those men of Jeffersonian
Democracy ; yet 1 would say that if they arc
permitted to go on with guns and pistols and
knives, and drive from the Territories of
Kansas and Nebraska, men who possess the
most proloiiml reverence for the Duel ■ ration
of Independence, the corse of God will rest
upon every ope, who has not done all in his
power to show tlu-ir rascality—pro-slavery
newspapers to the contrary, notwithstanding.
It is a lamentable fact that slnverv bps now
Iho control of the government. The 330,-
000 slaveholders, h"ld not only two thirds nf
all the important offices of the nation, hut
they have the consciences and souls of Ihe
rest in their keeping. When slavery says
“rise ’ — the officers of the United Stales to
gether with p large portion of the voters of
the north, obey with trembling limbs and
stand up ns erect as a class of well trained
boys at school; when shesavs be seated they
drop instnnicr. If a man is proposed for nn
office, slavery silently calls upon him to rise,
and if his testimony is not in slavery’s favor,
ten chances tonne if ho is elected. Yes sin
very is a ruling tyrant. Our Governors must
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ger. Do you, supjiqse $t j) the capdjdgjWw ho
tffe now up for office in this' county Twill do
so I. r.iHpw.ofienwo' has t of'fhfe'ifestifapplied
by our fathers to thosa who came ugjfqr office
in the days k/f‘l6hCf. J * $ they were.
liiiA'i fa beatifies! ? Ts <f h6 t!apSbldp Is he
faithful to the constitution-T'‘But'db-you' sup
p,q«f, that; Pjprdei dvef jhough’t of thatwhen he
turned out Reeder and pul in Dowson ? Du
you suppose the Virginia Dblegnies ever
thought of these -questions Vhen they propo
sed the name of Franklin Pierce to the Phila
delphia Convention of 1852? Do you sup.
pose iho who nominated Scotland-laid
down that notorious platform ever considered
these paints fop a moment? Du.you Suppose
the Baltimore Convention of 1843, thsjt norni
noted Lewis Cass ever supposed fop a mo
ment that the old hero of the broker! sword
was honest when he wrote thntTennesee let
ter? I have often thought, that il the bar
ter, trade, political chicanery and examina
tion of candidates for office, were kntpvo and
exhibited to the world, it would pqesenl a
scene not only novel, hut instructive). And
yet. if we can judge causes by their| effects,
we can arrive at a conclusion, which (Will noi
be destitme of philosophy, if youl please,
Mr. Editor, you with me, down In
Wrfvhrhg-pn,-arid-I lyilrtry and know you
whnf thfea dt’ciir in reality, if not in -fact, at
least once in four years. We will walk Over
10 the Capital—see them select their candi
date for president, and notice (he wholo-sCcne
ns II does in reality occur. We might here
slop and speculate about the probable success
of certain- individuals. Sumner, Benton,
Chase and Seward, you know, are among ihe
most prominent nnd strnigliifurward men, « ho
have figured in iho Hull-, at Washington, fur
the past few years. But then 'hev cduld nm
get a single Slate south ol'ihal whichlused to
be a tine between Freedom nnd Slavery.
They will probably duns they fur years hive
dune—lake the most unpopular man they can
find—perhaps a northern one, but hej «ill be
unknown , nnd has before this been pledged 10
the Smith. Well, we will sent ourselves here
m the gallerv, if you please. That man in
Ihc I ’hair yonder, is Atchison—ihe ifh-mie.n
David K Irom .Missouri. who has ma|le him
vdl s 1 n ted 111 11 law-breaking, jusli.te-defy •
mg, God-abhorring slm ery cx'ensumisi in the
I'eriitoryol K in.-us. Tll.lt nionMrony, bhn-M
dl-shaned thing on that high seal right} hehmd
him, is slavery in persona ; see his lujig ears,
silver-gray tail, and ihn dead hunk\r upon
bis back. The crowd nn.m-rliuiclv fn bum
of Ihese two magisterial beings is composed
entirely of men who are trying to be presi
dents. The scone commences—slavery,
Atchison, Sumner, Seward and n stranger
arc Ihc dramatis persons:
Slavery. —Mr- Atchison, you mnv call on
one of the most powenul men of ihe northern
Slates ; nnd ask him tu express in plain terms
his opinion of me.
[ The Vice Presidenl-pin lemporc raises,
wu'h us much audacity as a man who has
whipped a hundred slaves unlit they cried,
“don'l massa, I’ll do belter," and proceeds.]
Atchison. —Charles Sumner of Massachu
setts—Mr. Sumner, I want you should slate
clearly and in syllogislical form, your views
of slavery.
Sumner. All men are created free, and
have a right to liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness. All slaves arc men ; Therefore, all
slaves are cretrod hike, and have a right to
LitiKUTY and the pursuit of happiness.
Slavery. — VV'rong! All wrong!
Several Voices. Wrong ! Wrongj!
Slavery, —Mr. Atchison, I want youlshould
call the beat logician there is in this fjall.
Atchison. — Wm. H. Seward oH New
York will please step forward—Mr. Seward
I want you s.hould stale your postlioq in re
gard 10 slavery.
Seward. —Everything 'hnl is opppsed to
the Higher Law, is wicked mid unjust, The
Fugitive Slave Lnw and ihe Nebraska Bill
are opposed to the Higher Law. Therefore,
ihe Fngiti'e Slave Law and the Nebraska
Bill are wicked and unjust..
Slavery. —Pul him down!
Several'Voices. —Pul him down I Pul him
down I Casl him oul !
Slavery. — 1 want no more of those north
ern fanatics, Mr. Atchison 1 want vnu
should call upon an bumble citizen —one who
will he honest.
[ The Missouri Senator now raises, and
wuli an obsequious look, surveys the alien
live expeo'illllS.]
Atchison. —That stranger —Mr. , from
the slate of——. Siranuer, vou williplease
'slate in a loud voice what you think of this
personage.
Stranger. —[ nn for the Union. and the
Constitution , and Shi Atchison. Slop !
Sir, 1 want you should stale, in the language
ol Aristotelian logic, your views nf slavery.
Stranger, —[ don’t know anything! about
Astor’s logic, but 1 can do as the rest have
done :
Everything that will give strength to sla
very is just. To snatch Gobi from thodiands
of Spain, and slop the throats of Anti-Ne
braska men is jus' mid highly proper.
Slavery. —Good! Good!
Atchison. —Good ! He is just iho man.
Heaven is in favor of the south ! Good 1
rings from a hundred voices.
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readers, hoping ihiit,you' for
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i Mw*KE.--A>, gentleman travelling
4own IJast in a one, hpyy* Mgon,
:l chanced tp stop at asmalt country -itarpyo,
which rejoiced ip the posacspipn of ayerjiqn
teiligem Irish hostler,,. Ijapding the.remfcto
this worthy as he Blighted, the traveller re
quested the man to take his horsedo-(testa
ble and bait him. , •■„
“Sure no’ I will, yer -honor," answered
the •Mdasian, briskly, and away beWenU
In about half an hour, the gentleman hav
ing refreshed hirpself sufficiently, naturally
concluded that his four-footed servant rwas-in
equally good care, and accordingly ordered
i his team to the door.
The horae was panting and trembling,'
"Whal’s ihe matter with my horinT” asked
the traveller. “ What have you teen doing
to him ?” •
“Only what yer honor ordered me.
“He don't look aidf he’d had anything
to eat.”
“Is k ait yer honor said J”
“To be sure."
“Sorra the word tike ft did ver honor-asy
to me. More betoken, yer honor tould me
to bale the baste, and not In an him !”
"Why, you stupid rascal, what have you
been doing I”
"Och ! I jisl tied him to the amble wid a
halter, then out wid a hickory stick, and bate
him till me orm was used out f”
A Brace of "Good ‘U-NS.’ I —An old gent
(rather fond of strong Water) who lived in
New Hampshire, lost a child by death. At
ihe funeral, the ‘parson addressed words of
consolation to him, advising him not to mourn
his loss, ic. “Waa-ll,” drawled tho old
gent, "I s’nose ’taint much use to make any
fuss about 'his bov ; but I tell ve what ’tii
now. if anoiher one dies, there'll be <r d— i
of a bawling
As an offset to the above esse, an oldfarfv
tost her husband. The day after his burial,
a couple of the neighbors came m to console
her on her great loss ; they fouud he taking
a beariy luncheon of breed and cheese, 4t<i.
They explained the object of their msil, but
excused 'hemselvcs, as she seemed to be 10
nicely. ‘Wait a bit.” said she, "I've been
crying all the morning; and as soon as 1 get
done dinner, fm going to hate another cry
ing tpell boo boo ouh 1’ "
Ceilin'-', when obseured bv Atheism or Inr
fidelity, ,s ikn he fitful Hashing of sheet
lightning unon a dark cloud at midnight. li
mit v vi»nilv paint in dim and shadowy out
line; but every piciure becomes painfully*
obscure by the sombre gloom that is 'brown
over i l . Such was die genius of Bvron—
and such, :00, in a fainter degree was that of
Shellev. Poets tliov undoubtedly were, of
the highest order of ittlenl ; but, alas! how
were iheir noble gilts perverted ! how did
‘‘the gold heeome dim, and the fine gold
changed and'heir hnpua bhiv'cd! and (heir
mennoies darkened 1
If von are in it.-i l. spend nothing foolishly
ir oiiiveessnniv, until your deb's are can*
eelled. Pur bv so doing, you wantonly lav.
isb away not your own, but that which of
right belongs lo others ; and you will not bo
held guiltless ; for you are just as essentially
engaged in breaking the commandment,
•‘Thou shall not steal,” as the vilest robber in
existence, who has more real moral courage,
and less underhanded depravity than thou
hast.
Who has not wondered bow ihe word“hon.
eytnonn" originated! Well, listen, and vou
who know not shall be enlightened. It was
a custom of the higher orders of the Germans,
says a German paper, to drink mead, a bet •
ernge matin with honey, for thirty days after
every wedding. From this custom comes iha
expression “'o spend the honeymoon.”
"Never pull out a gray heir,” and a gen.
tleman to ms daughter, "as (wo generally
come lo its funeral.”
•( don't care horn many cornel to the fu
neral," said ihe daughter, “provided they
come dressed in black.’’
A Pleasant Place to Live in.—The.rn
is a village in Michigan, an exchange informs
us, where ihe. church lie 11 is rung every day
at twelve for the people to take iheir quinine,
as they have ihe chills and fever all round.
j, A Judge mn West has dinded that “kiss
i mg a body” while “coming through the net ’
,is legal. This has nn imponnnt and intern si
j mg bearing on ihe rve culture and Ihe hail),
i pi ness ot mankind in general.
I Is it noi strange ihat woman, with all her
( henu'iful and angelic character, should he
I the first and biilerest enemy of the degraded
, of her own sex—ihe very last to extend to a
i prostrate stsier a helping hand I
* brne-uoniEßs are so called, because the
1 dav alter lliev are married they tak steps lor
kicking the oilier woman's children into iho
si reel.
Womenalways want something lo lean uprn
! As a slick is in green peas, so is the mascu
| line gender to the female.
People never improve aller marriage. The
girl that's insolent m her parents, will bo very
apt to give “snss" to hor husband.
New Rkfeigkkator. To cool the almos.
phere, brag m' ahivhcr woman's good l oo |t fi , 0
no PICM IKC Ot \ ur W Cl'.