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WRITTEN IN CAMP.
I hale the walla of glaring brick
On which the sun so fiercely ix?ats—*
The fetid odors hoi and thick,.
The stifling air and dusty streets—
Thro* which a harrying cArc.worn throng
la icooniless Bombers pour along.
I bate the busy streets and marls
Where commerce with its ceaseless hum—
Crashes the life from human hearts,
And rural pleasures never come;
A Babe), where in search of gold
Men hasten u> grtfw rich—Mid old. -
I bate all this. Bat passing well
I love to study nature's face,
On mountain top or shaded dell;
Or listen to the leathered race.
Or, stretched along the ground at case,
Grow drowsy with the hum of bees.
1 love the carpet nature spreads
Beneath the pine and hemlock’s shade,
The modest forest flowers whose heads
Bend meekly in the everglade,
The moss-grown ottomans for seats,
’Mid laurel brakes and cool retreats.
I love a forest camp at night
Beneath the shade of hanging vines,
1 like to watch the fitful lights
Play strange fantastic? with the pines,
Or listen os the soft south breeze
Sighs gently thro* the nodding trees.
When autumn leaves are on the ground
And summer birds have southward flown,
J love (o hear ray failhibl hound
Sweep o'er the hills with bell like tone.
And keenly watch as be draws near
For glimpse or sound of antlered deer.
ROCKWOOP.
A Thrilling Adventure.
We question whether in all the history of
‘hair breadth scopes’ a parallel to the follow,
mg can easily be found. The story was told
us by an old and valued friend friend now
residing in the country near this city, but
whose early days were spent near the scene
of the tragic adventure here recorded.
We give the story as related to us, in the
words of the hero. ,
“It was about the year 1765 that X settled
in Virginia, near the falls of,the Canasha.
The country was at that lime an unbroken
wilderness; _ But few settlements hatDreen
made then' by the whites, and there so
far apart as to render vain all hope of as
sistance in case of an attack from hostile
Indians—numbers of whom still infested the
neighborhood.
“i lived here alone with my wife lor sev
eral months unmolested, and by dint of un
tiring perseverance, being then young and
hardy, had succeeded in making quite a lamg
clearing in the forest whicn r had planted
with corn, and which promised an abundant
yield.
“One morning, after we had dispatched
our humble meal, and I had just prepared to
venture forth upon my regular routine of
labor, my attention was arrested by the link
lin" of a cow bell in the cornfield,,
“There,” said my wife “the cow is in the
cornfield.” ,
“But the ear of the backwoodsman becomes
by education, very acute, especially so from
I lie fact that his safety often depends upon
the nice cultivation of that sense. I was not
so easily deceived, I listened—the sound was
repealed. ‘That, 1 said I, in reply to the re
mark of my wife, ‘was not the tinkle of a
bell upon the nock of a cow. It is a decoy
from some Indian who desires to draw mo
into an ambush."
“Believing ihis to be ihe case, I look down
my old-musket (I had no rifle) and seeing
lhat il was properly loaded I slole cautiously
around Ihe field towards the point from which
Ihe sound seemed to proceed. As I had sus
pected, there, in a cluster of bushes crouched
an Indian wailing for me to appear in answer
to his decoy bell, that he might send the
fatal bullet to my heart. I approached without
discovering mvseif to,him, until within good
shooting distance, them raised my piece and
fired. The bullet sped'true to its mark, and
the Indian fell dead.
“Not knowing but lhat he might be accom
panied by others I returned with all speed to
my cabin, and having firmly barricated the
door, I watched all day from the port holes,
in anticipation of analtack from the compan
ions of the Indian I had killed. To add to
the danger, and seeming hopelessness of my
situation I discovered that I had but one
charge of powder left, I could make but one
shot, and then, if attacked by numbers I
should be entirely in their power. Deter
mined to do the best with what I had, I-poured
in my Usl charge of powdet and pul into my
musket, fifteen slugs, and then wailed for ihe
approach of night, feeling confident of an
attack.
“Night came at lenght. A beautiful moon
light night it was too, and this favored me
me greatly, as 1 would thereby be able to
observe the movements of the enemy as they
approached my cabin. It was some two
hours after nightfall, and as yet I had neither
beard nor seen a sign of the Indians, when
suddenly I was startled by the baying of my
dog at the stable I knew that the “Indians
were coming. The stable stood a little to
Ihe west of (he cabin, and between the two
was a patch of cleared ground, upon which
the light of the full moon fell unobstructed.
Judging from the noise at the stable that they
would adrance from that direction, I posted
myself at the port hole on that side of the
Cabin. o
I had previously placed my wife upon the
ross pole in ihe chimney, so that incase our
enem,es effected an entrance to the cabin she
? oul Ihrough the low chimney
and effect her escape. For myself I deter-
I? 8 081 to *** taken alive, and tesolved to
sell my Jjfe dearly.
With breathless anxiety I watched at the
port hole. At length I saw them emerge
font the shadow of the stable and advance
scross the vacant ground toward the cabin.
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foeboteg to tpe sgytengiott of itbo of jTmtrom ang tijc Spceag of 2StaXtgp a&tfotm.
WHILE THEBE SHALL BE A WEONG UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.!
VOL. IV.
.One =two—three—great, heaven! six stal
wart Indians, qrrned to the teeth, and urged
on by the bdpe of revenge. And I alone to
oppose them, with hut one charge of powder.
My case was desperate, indeed. With quick
yet stealthy step in close single file they ap
proached, and were already within a few
yards of the hpuse.rwhen a slight change in
the movement of the forward Indian, changed
the position of the entire six-; so that a por
tion of-the left’ side of earth was• uncovered.
They -were all,in range——one - aim would
coverall. Quick? as thought, I aimed and
fired.. As the. smoke cleared .away, I could
hardly credit what my senses showed me as
the result of shot; The fifteen’ slugs with
which I had loaded my musket had done
well. Five of the six Indians lay dead upon
the ground and the sixth had disappeared.
“Although no enemy was now jn sight, I
did not venture forth until morning. There
lay the bodies of the five lodians,,undisturbed
together with the rifle of the other. Securing
the arms and ammunition of the fallen Indi
ans I followed up the trail of the missing one,
until it reached the river, beyond which
point I could discover no trace whatever.
From the amount of blood which marked
the trail, together with the unmistakable evi
dence that he had picked his way with diffi
culty; I was lead to believe that he had been
mortally wounded and in order to prevent
his body from falling into the hands of his
white foe, had groped his way to the river
ayd thrown himself into the current which
had borne him away. .
“The Indians had killed ray cow, and (hat
you may be assured was no trifling loss, yet
in my gratitude for ray escape from the mer
ciless savages. I would have been entirely
willing to have made much greater sacrifices.
I was well provided (by means of arms and"
ammunition taken from the slain Indians,) in
case of a second attack, hut this, fortunately,
proved to be my last adventure with the sav
ages. Not one of the band had escaped to
tell ihe tale, and incite his brethren to avenge"
Ihe death of their comrades.
“Ah!” exclaimed the old man, while the
tears gushed from his. eyes at the memory of
that eventful nighht, “that was a glorious
shot—the best I ever made.”
The hero of this adventure lived to see
the rude wilderness where he had pitched his
lonely cabin, transformed into smiling fields,
and peopled by hardy and enterprising pale
laces, among whom his last days were passgfl
Sififfim foes'.'
The Scotch Lad’s Idea of Command
ments.—A lad had come to a clergyman for
examination previous to his receiving his first
communion. The pastor knowing lhat his
young friend was not very profound in his
theology, and not wishing to discourage him
or keep him from the table unless compelled
to do so, began by asking him what he tho’l
a safe question, and what would give him con
fidence. So he look the Old Testament, and
asked him, in reference to the Mosaic law,
how many commandments there were ? After
a little thought he put his answer in the mod
est form of a supposition, and replied cau
tiously, “Alibins perhaps a hunner.” The
clergyman was vexed and told him such ig
norance was intolerable, lhat he could not
proceed in the examination, and that the
youth must wait and learn more. So he went
away. On returning home he met a friend
on his way to the manse, and on learning
that he, too, was going to the minister for
examination, shrewdly asked him: “Weel,
what will ye say noo if the minister asks you
bow mony commandments there are I” Say ?
why I shall say ten, to be sure.” To which
the other rejoined with great triumph, “Ten!”
try ye him wi’ ten! I tried him wi’ a hun
ner, and he wasna satisfied.”
In Lynchburg, Va., there is a lad prover
bial for being a bad speller. The school that
be attends has among its many rules and
regulations one lhat requires the scholars to
spell a column in the dictionary and give the
definitions, jus; as the school opens. Well,
this lad was “fool” of his class. The next
day the first word was admittance. This lad
had been walking around seeing the sights,
when his eye fell upon a circus bill, which
among other inducements to draw a crowd,
had “Admittance twenty.five cents ; niggers
and children half price.” Our young friend
spelt the word and learned it by heart.
Next day, strange to say the head boy
missed, and the next, and so on, until it came
U) our particular friend, who was in the mean
time all excitement with the hope of his get
ting “head,” being sanguine that he was right.
Here’s the result:
Teacher—Boy at the foot, spell admittance,
Boy—Ad-mi(-(ance, Admittance.
Teacher —Give the definition.
Boy—Twenty-five cents; niggers and chil
dren half price.
“Bones, why is the .getlin out of bed on
the 31st ob August, like one ob Moore s mel
odies ?”
“Does you gub it up -
“In course I does. Why M
“Because its de last rose ob summer.
“Look here, nigger, if you prenmbulale
any more such nonsense about this chit ,
he’ll cave your head in. I’y® had enough ob
dal highforlutin talk, I has."
A New fork Banker asked a young lady
of that city, what kind of money she liked
best.
“Malri-tnony,” she replied.
interest does it biingl asked the
banker. ... i
“If properly invested,” replied the damsel,
“it will double the original slock every two
years,”
WELLSBOBO, TIOGA CQUWTY, PA., THTJBSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBEBIO, 1857.
In 1673'James Marquelle, with five French
men as companions and two Indians Tor
guides, set out from Canada, and after a te
dious-journey reached the great “father of
waters,” on which they embarked “with a
joy that could not be expressed,’.’ and, hoist
ing the sails of their bark canoes, floated
down the majestic river, “over broad, clear
sand-bars,” and glided past islets swelling,
from its’ bosom with tufts of massive thick
ness, between the broad plains of Illinois and
lowa, all garlanded with majestic forests and
chequered with illimitable prairies and island
groves.’’ _ After descending the Mississippi
for about sixty leagues', they discovered an
Indian’trail, and’ unhesitatingly left their ca
noes to follow it. After walking for some
six miles, they came to an Indian village,
whence four men advanced to meet them, of
fering the pipe of peace, their calumets,
“brilliant with many colored plumes” and
speaking to' them in language which Mar
quette understood : “We.are Illinois; that is
“we are men.” “How beautiful is the sun,
O Frenchman, when thou contest to us ! our
whole village awaits thee; thou shall enter
in peace all our dwellings.” After staying
with that hospitable people for a while, James
Marquelle and his |companions further des
cended the Mississippi river, until they were
satisfied of its flowing into the Gulf of Mexi
co, when they returned, and reached the39th
degree of north latitude, entered the Illinois
river and followed it to its source. Tlie tribe
of Illinois Indians, v>hich cccuoied its banks,
invited Marquette to 'emain and reside among
them. But expressing a desire to continue
his travels, he was conducted by one of the
chiefs and several warriors to Chicago, in the
vicinity of which place he remained to preach
the gospel to the Mitimis, whilst his compan
ions returned to Quebec to announce the dis
coveries. Two yeajs afterwards, he entered
the river in the Stale of Michigan, called by
his name, and erected on its bank a rude al
tar, said mass after fhe rites of the Catholic
church ; and being left alone at his own re
quest, he knelt dowrj by its side, and offering
to the Mightiest, soldmn thanks and supplica
tions, fell asleep to wake no more. The
light breeze from ihtj lake sighed his requiem
and the Algonquin nation became his mourn
ers. !
SnnnißG up the Lion.— Some one lain .
fafceener:
“One day says L uther, as Satan and his
imps were gathered to consult in relation to
leeir plans, and give an account of what each
had done, one saidrj “I let loose-the wild
beasts upon a caravan of pilgrims, and now
their bones lie bleached upon the sands of the
desert.” "Pshaw,”! said the. Devil, “their
souls are saved.” “And I,” said another by
tempest wrecked a jship loaded with Christ,
ianson their way to found a new community.”
“Pshjw,”said the Devil again, “their souls
were all saved.” “And I” said a third, “cul
tivated an intimate acquaintance with an jn
dependent preacher, and after long persuasion
I induced him to t rop his Bible and go to
preaching politicsand then the Devil shout
ed in exultation till the arches of Pandemo,
nium rang, and all the night stars of Hell
sang together for joy.”
On Sunday evening says a writer in the
New York Times\ Mr. Beecher read this
scrap during his sermon, and then said :
“Whether Luther ever wrote that or not it
is true; I don r t wonder that when the man
dropped his Bible, rind went to preaching poj.
itics, he went to the Devil at once ; but he
would have no trouble if he lived in our day.
It is not such preaching as that, that makes
disturbance now—i|l is when a man takes the
Bible, and applies its truths hissing hot to
the side of public affairs, that the Devil
screams.”
Cod-Fisu ARisjrocßiCir. —The fashiona
bles at one of the big watering places on the
New Jersey coast .were greatly incensed, at
dinner, the other day, bv seeing a plainly
dressed genllematj and lady walk in their
very midst. Thei ladies made audible re
marks on the appearance of the strangers
and spoke indignantly because the waiters
attended to their wpnts, various insulting al
lusions were also made, and the dinner was
most effectually rilined to the “spoiled chil
dren of fashion.” In the evening, however,
when the parlor doors were thrown open, this
same couple, elegantly dressed, were ushered
in and introduced jto the company as ‘Cover
nor Newell and lady.’ Silks fluttered, broad
clotb trembled, an[d rouge was most eflectu
ally placed in th'e background by natural
color, as one and another came up to pass
the compliments of the evening and lender
their sincere apologies for the transactions at
dinner. Mrs. Nejwell, however, like a true
woman, as she is' declined to receive these
apologies, not on pccount of personal resent
ment,°but because; their conduct showed them
as persons not Rtfed to associate with genuine
ladies, and she refused to recognize them as
such. It seems that Governor and Mrs. New
ell had arrived just at dinner, and being 100
hungry to xvail for a change of costume, pre
sumed to present; themselves at the table in
their traveling drps.
Wholesome Aidvicb.— A blacksmith was
lately summoned jio a town court as a witness
in a dispute between two of his workmen.
The Judge, after Rearing the testimony, asked
him why he did riot settle the affair ’as the
costs had already amounted to three limes
the disputed sum, 1
“I told the foqls to settle it,” he replied,
“for,’’ I said, “the clerks would lake their
coats —the lawyers their shins— and if they
got into your Hclnor’s court, you’d skin em.
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AGITATOR,
Discovery of Illinois;
~ __©<>ssmtt nCc.it io m s.
for the Agitator.
The Saties of Woman as Teacher of
the Young.
It has long since been . conceded, that
woman is, by nature, peculiarly filled lo be
come the instruciorof the young. If ibis be
»o, if to her is to be committed the care of
(he rising multitude, how important , that sbe
-consider well, the duties of her, situation.
The embryo mind, beneath her influence,
.awakes to life—a life fraught with happiness
or misery, a life which will prove a blessing
or a curse lo the world I
It is true, that the education of the mind,
add heart begins at home; and a baleful influ
ence there, may in a great measure, counter
act the good instructions elsewhere received.
Much would Ihe world be benefltted were all
homes what Heaven designed they shol'd be—
the abodes of loving, unselfish hearts.
Yet, when the child enters upon its first
life-exporience in the school room, its tastes,
aflections, and intellect are, in a measure,
under the guidance of the teacher. And she,
who takes upon herself the responsibilities of
that office, with a careless, unthinking heart,
sadly mistakes the importance of her vo
cation.
The influence which she exerts, will be as
lasting as lime—yes, as eternity !
The affectionate, ingenuous beings who
gather around her, and listen to her teach
ings, are receiving that molding influence,
which shall be discernible in their future
lives. - • •• '
How great her responsibilities! How
varied the qualifications which she requires !
Not only should she understand the branches
of science which she is required to teach, but
she should be an observer of. human nature, I
one who studies the dispositions of those
with whom she is surrounded, and can dis
cern- what advice,' and ' instruction is best
suited to the minds ofeach individual pupil.
\ The little, timid self-distructing -one must
be inspired with confidence; the sensitive
heart must be dealt gently and judiciously
with, in order to direct its aspirations into
the right channel, without destroying its trust,
and causing its 100 finely strung feelings to
vibrate with pain. The self-sufficient, and
haughty must be kindly, but firmly restrained,
yet, in such a manner as to lead them to un
many teachers. They wish to confine the
thoughts and minds of their pupils down to
the narrow limit of certain school studies,
regardless of the preference which they may
evince for other, and perhaps equally useful
branches. Every teacher, should seek to
know what particular branches are most
congenial to the tastes of those under her
care. Nature almost invariably points out
that which is best calculated for the future
usefulness of the child, and the partiality will
betray itself, if not discouraged. Few, but
have, at some period of their school-life, felt
the chilling effects of a rebuff, from on inju
dicious teacher, when a question was ven
tured upon, unconnected with the studies
before them. , This ought not so to be.
The teacher should invite inquiry, and en
courage those around her, to speak, at proper
times, without reserve, of all their longings
after knowledge, and the branches which are
most pleasing to them.
She should lead them to look upon her as
a friend—a warm sympathizing friend. And
such a friend she cannot be, unless she culti
vates within her own heart, all the belter
feelings of our nature—unless she understands
the greatness of her mission.
In order that she may do this, there must
be, not only an innate love of childhood,
with all its freshness ; but there must be a
heart overflowing with philanthropy, with a
far-sightedness, which beholds through the
child, the future man or woman, and marks
the influence, which, through them, she will
shed abroad in the world.
And while she trains tho intellect, she
must not forget the heart ; for upoo its proper
education, depends the great happiness of
life. She must inculcate a spirit, of self-de
nial, and teach them to find happiness in
cherishing, and exercising a disposition to
make those by whom they are surrounded
happy, though it may oftimes be at the sacri
fice of their own selfish interests.
Love,’ forbearance and patience, must be
made beautiful and desirable to them, not
only by precept, but example. They must
be led to understand that the great source of
unhappiness in the world is selfishness; and
that our wise Father, has made our useful
ness and happiness inseparable.
The seeds of philanthropy and patriotism,
sown in the bosom of the child, will spring
up, and bloom as fragrant flowers, to bless
life’s later years. We forget, amid the cares
of cvery-day life, that angels gather around
our pathway—that the little groups of laugh
ing happy children, are entering upon a life
which will be co-existent with the Deity,
Christ said “Of such is the kingdom of:
Heaven and it is a part of the ifiusiness of
those of maturer years, to preserve within
•the breast of the child that trustfulness and
affection peculiar to life’s spring-lime, while
instilling that knowledge which will be useful
to its alter life.
The warm-heartedness of youth may be
preserved until life’s latest years, if the affec
tions and intellect are rightly trained.
It is refreshing, to meet with those, who
have retained, amid all the sorrows of life,
the faith and trust of childhood.
The soul experiences a feeling of sadness,
when we listen to the complaints of the
middle-aged, or old, who look back upon
childhood, as the only period of happiness.
Life, if spent aright, may grow brighter, and
more blessed with each succeeding year; and
those near its close, may look buck, like the
ocean tossed'mariner, when nearing the port,
and think upon the flower blooming islands
far-away; not with regret, but as bright
spots, whichwheered'his;early voyage. Let
children understand this. Let not their
young hearts be chilled; bv theJalae doctrine,-
that ell io fhe worfd are selfish } that life will
grow more sorrowful as ,years-glide onward.
Let them be taught to fape courageously the
trials of life, and know; that for increasing
difficulties, additional strength will be given,
if they seek not selfish pleasure, but look for
happiness in the discharge of duly, the ap
proval of conscience, and the blessing of a
merciful Heaven. S'...
Great is the responsibility, and great the
reward of the faithful teacher. And shoulti
the heart grow faint, because of the little
fruit seen for all'the honest toil, let her re
member it has been said “Cast thy bread
upon the- waters, and it shall return many
days hence.” | L.
How Old Nick IjOst,—-The following is
100 good lo be lost. We clip it from an ex
change paper, and respectfully call the atten
tion io it of certain, persons who feel disposed
to spread in the newspaper line-
“A young man who ardently desired wealth,
was .visited by his’ Satanic majesty, who
tempted him to promise- his soul for eternity,
if he could be supplied on lhis~earth with all
the money he could use*. The bargain was
concluded—the devil wa ; s to supply the mon
ey, and-Was at last fo have the soul, unless
the young man could spend more money than
.the devl could, furnish, i Years passed away
—the man married, was, extravagant in his
living, huill.palaces, speculated widely—lost
and gave away fortunes,! aod yei bis coffers
were always fult- He tamed politician, and
bribed hiq. way to power and fame, without
reducing his “pile’* of gold. He became a
“filiibusler,” and filled out ships and armies,
but his banker honored all his drafts. He
went to St. Paul to, live, and paid the usual
rates of interest for all fhe money he could
borrow, but though the devil made wry faces
when he came to pay the bills, yet they were
alTpaid. One expediemiafter another failed
—the devil-counted the time, only two years,
that he must wait for soul, and mocW
newspaper! The devil growled at the bill at
the end of the first quarter, was savage in six
months, melancholy in nine, and broke, ‘dead
broke,’ at the end of the first year. So the
newspaper went down,! but 'the soul was'
saved? j
A Good Joke. —VVm| Wells Brown, the
colored orator, who is nit so black as some
while men, told a very good story at the Ab
inglon celebration on Saturday. On a steam
boat on Cayuga Lake this other day he went
to the breakfast table with the oilier passen
gers; Just as he "took his seat, a dark color
ed white man called a waiter and asked if
colored persons were admitted to the table
with white folks, yhe -waiter did not know
exactly what to say, so he called the Captain,
who on entering the cabin,inquired who had
called for him. “I, sir!” said Mr. Brown,
pointing to the dark stjranger; “I desire to
know if it is your cusjom to allow colored
people at the regular table?” The Captaiu
replied that no objection; had ever been made
before, and seeing the dark white man evi
dcnlly annoyed in spirit, appealed to the gen
erosity of the colored orator to allow him to
remain. Mr. Brown finally consented, and
at this turn of affairs the while man, ivho
was so black as to be passed for a negro, left
the table in utter disgust, and unable to speak
his thoughts. —Boston Traveler.
Dr. Bachus bought ajload of hay. It-came
to his barn.drawn by quite a siring of cattle.
The forward yoke were|poor diminutive crea
tures about’a year old. 1 He asked the farm
er who drove them whdl he put such things
into his team for ! •
“To draw, of course!”
“To draw,” returned the doctor. “Such
things ns those draw ! j Why, they couldn’t
draw Wail’s Hymns lor infant minds down
hill I” 1
A report was in circulation that he) had
made a remark of very questionable propri
ety for a clergyman, j One of his deacons,
believing it to be a mistake, called on the
doctor and asked him if he had ever made
such a remark. j
“Not that 1 remember,” was his reply.
“Do you think,” said the deacon, “that
you ever could have made it I” ,
“Very likely I might,” said the doctor, “it
sounds just like me?”!
Too Polite. — A tally once gave a supper
lo which she hod invitpd several ladies and
gentlemen. During jihe conversation she
called lo Mr, 8,, ivhoiwas silling near her,
and said : 1
“Listen to me !” j
“Madam, 1 ani all eiars,” was the reply.
After awhile, when- ihe conversation fe
upon handiwork, she" jshowed a piece of em
broidery, saying : !
“Please to look, sir{ at this trifle.”
At last, when the riieals were brought on
the lady of the house; said to the lady sluing
next lo her: t *
“Will you try a bit of rabbit ?”
“I am all stomach,said the latter, look
ing round significantly.
There is a good story told of a young man
who had n> light andpncipient moustache. —
One day, while fingejring the few hairs, he
said to Harry ; “Hadn’t I better dye this
moustache?” “Oh,j no!” replied Harry,
let it alone, and it will (jie of itself.’*
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Fkienp Cobb.—’’The world'moves” and
as an integral portion the Great West is bound
to “go it" (00, and notwithstanding the tocsin
of alarm has been ringing to our ears from
the cesspools of financial corruption in Wall
street for the past few months, the Great
West "aieTdia*-yei” but on (he other hand
keeps majesiicallynoward with a firmer (read
than ever before: - The very potion intended
fer destruction has proved a superb tonic.——
The great cry of-crisis/ crash.' &c. has
served (ocheck the'operaiions of land sharks,
stock jobbers and fancy paper town swindlers,
while all legitimate-pursuits have been pushed
with renewed vigor; . There is less specula
tion and more working, and thus has the West
been placed on a better basis lhan before.—.
The speculating mania had become epidemic
and all jegljimaie productive pursuits were
withering with the blight, but the remedy has
been administered andlhe West is again con
valescent. Attention has been turned to Ag
riculture and manufacturing and other legiti
mate pursuits calculated to make this a pro
ductive instead of consumptive people. This
is as it should be, and notwithstanding the
check of emigration and speculation for the
lime being, the West has really a greater in-
trinsic value than before. She will now taka
root and shoot forth with renewed and perma-
nent vigor,
The money mirltel is of course a/Hicled
with the and those' who have rushed
recklessly into deht will find it hard work to
•rush out again except it be on the wrong side
for (he interest of their visionary schemes;
yet those free from debt and those who have
cash to invest will find the West in reality a
better place for them than Before. The har
vest is an ahun'danf one, lahor is in demand,
wages good, and the fancy prices of specula’,
tors knocked down “about a feet.”"' Thoso
who'have money' to invest will never find a
belter time than now, for thousands in this
country have purchased fargely on credit,
depending on sales or loans to meet their en
gagemenls, and, now they must sell even at
ruinous prices, the man wi'h the cash dicta.
ting the terms. This also is a benefit to the
country and also to the poor man who is now
able to secure a home without the competitk'
of the speculator who is ready to na^dit. —
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the real interests of the country.
Business of all kinds coniinues active.—
The harvest is nearly over and is an abun
dant one, and all in all the signs of the times
bespeak o “good jime coming.” This city
is growing very rapidly ; the busy hammer
is heard on all sides ; buildings'spring up' as
if by magic ; the streets are being graded ;
wharves being built, and in all respects pre
sents a degree of thrift which has scarcely a
parallel.
The Land-Office here is expected to open
about the Ist of September, when of course
we shall be honored by a host of distinguished
visitors in search of fortunes through the me
dium of Government lands, yet the stringen
cy in the money market and the lateness in
The. season will probably make the number
less than it otherwise would have been, and
notwithstanding there will be much land en
tered there will probably be a “few more acres
left” when navigation closes, and 1 would ad
vise all who wish to invest in Government
lands in this country to do so as early as pos
sible so as to secure the choice in selection.
Politics just now seem to be the topic of
the day. The disorganizing seceders of the
Minesota Constitutional Convention have ex
excited the indignation of all parties, and Re
publicanism is in the ascendant. Gorman
and his satellites ha-ve become alarmed by
the public sentiment and thjough one of their
number (Judge Sherfaurn) made overtures of
peace. The Republicans have accepted and
the revolutionary, democratic, classmeeting is
in a fair way to resolve itself into a Grand
Fizzle—“so mole it be.” No tears will be
shed by the people except tears of gladness.
The Republicans of this State are thorough
ly organized and confident ol success, whilo
on the other hand the Democracy despairing
of success have fallen to fighting with'each
other, and the presumption is that like the
“cats of Killkenny” will be their end. Bar.
stow and the forty vs. ‘Pump Carpenter’ and
free democracy”—the people on the bench—
verdict: Suicide by taking an over doss of
political corruption.--
The Mississippi is quite low and still falling
although there is yet sufficient water in the
channel to allow the boats to run without sc-
rious. difficulty. The weather is fine and the
country healthy, no epidemic disease having
prevailed during the season. But lest ] weary
your readers I will close. Yours truly,
Hudson Wis. Aug. 22, ’57. C. V. E,
A’|3ead Negro.— When the cholera was.
at its-worst in 1849, in New Orleans, an, old;
negro, who had weathered the yellow fever;
many times, at length got frightened at tho
havoc which the disease was making among
all classes. His master one night heard him
praying to “de angel of de Lord’’ by the
light of a tallow candle, “to spare him dn.
time—to lef him live a little longer and den
lake him to glory.” But he concluded hii
prayer by professing perfect submission to
the will of the “angel of tho Lord,” even
should he he.called immediately to go on bis
long journey. Sambo’s master determined
to test the sincerity of this last profession.—
He knocked at the door. “Who dar 1” said
Sambo. “The angel of the Lord,*’ was an
swered.. “Who do you want?” “I havg
called for Sambo I” The master heard the
candle suddenly extinguished with a whnnf,
and Sambo energetically answered : .“J/e
not here ' dal nigger is dead free weeks.”
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