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„it is Well*' -
.ho was dear, and well beloved,
Has left the household band,
AD " lingering, longing, lopkmg back,
Hu reached the Spml-Land.
I inhering among the accnea of bom*,
yet longing for his rest, '
And looking back with yearning heart
To all he loved the beat.
Tis sad lo think those pleasant «ye«
Hire closed upon the light;
flu waving hair i* parted o’er
A brow so cold and white *
His hands are lightly folded'
On his calm, unconscioua breast,
And buried from onr loving gaxe
His earthy form will rest.
■ffe mourn onr loss, yet sorrow not
As they who have no faith,
tTs know a bright and glorious home
Received him after death.
His spirit-eyes have opened
And Jus faith is changed to sight.
On him has dawned a morning
Tint will not end in night,
wasting sickness, and no pain
’ In ilia “sweet home” are known,
>’o parting from the dearly loved,
So wandering on alone.
Rnl peace abounded), in the land
Where he Ins gone to dwell,
So, ’mid onr loneliness and tears,
Wc whisper,“lt is well.”
' THE RESCUE.
IS INCIDENT IN THE-' MOUNTAINS.
HV EDWARD POLLOCK,
High up the northern mountains, thousands
if feet above the sea, where it is summer in
fee valleys and gulches, among the green
nks and fragrant mansanitoes, while far
bnteibe elements are wasting the blue de
fines or capping the peaks with snow, lies
be scene of a little adventure, which I heard
titrated during my last visit to the north.
The story runs substantially as follows :
Among the earliest of those who sought
jtld In these almost inaccessible fastnesses
ntone Stephen Wilson, an energetic and
itilhcr-hardeheJ Scotchman. Unlike the
jin mass which flowed northward, how
ver,he look His family with him ; and look,
Its, a considerable capital—the savings of
ih'e of toil—to assist him in his struggle for
inker wealth.
Notwithstanding the richness of the valley
round the stream on which he had located,
lonevet, his sagacity soon led him to aban
bn mining. Three or four towns were
pnnging up within a circle of half a dozen
rules, and Wilson determined to build a saw.
mil. The expense would involve an outlay
>f all he had, and the labor was great. He
ucceeiied, and money flowed in upon him
ill he was quite wealthy. He became, in
set the nabob of the neighborhood ; planned
mensive improvements, directed the little
lubhc affairs of the places around him, and
sss, in a small way, monarch of all he surv
eyed. But, alas! human life is evanescent.
Mule superintending the felling of an im>
sense pine, one day, the monarch of tha
urest concluded to revenge himself even in
nth, and, stretching himself out in an un
ixpected directio'n, behold! Mr. Wilson was
to more, ll
Helefthii wife and only child Mary, to
‘mourn his loss,” as they say ; but as he
eft them in very comfortable circumstances,
nJ had been raiher hard in his paternal rule,
h':r grief was of a moderate, decant kind—
J ! no means uproarious. Sad as it is to
ttonl the fact, a wild joy sprung up in the
'estlof Mary on her father's death; for she
'•< in love, and is not love stronger than
™i>! And had not the old man stood be
•w her and her expected heaven onlearth I
uionoua and mournful are the delusions of
foa'h.
She was in l ove with Clarance Parker, and
prince Parker was in love with Mary Wil.
But Clarence, though an active, in.
f 'gent, and industrious young fellow, had
a , some how never struck anything rich,
“ lhB oW men liked riches. When Clar.
«-»<• Won for what was then
. Ua 8 properly in California, the hand of
■« iij 1 " en *l * lan<^80me and virtuous girl,
did in ' n *' ormed by Stephen that “he
(...i? 1 la,n ' < ‘ta circumstances of the parties
Justify the match.”
the !» COUrSe ' overs fell into despair. But
u, ° s 100 sensible a girl to do anything
»tu 'h W '" er fe'b er > and Clarence
onora i ) le 1 notwithstanding he was a
ifaii 1115 advenlurc r, to lake any .advantage
atjM WBa^neas on her part, had she been
nr exhibiting such,
kssfn. ° r0 ’ 11 was, that when the first shock
iv (r " Jen ‘ nn her father’s death had passed
illc'u■ * 10 P e s P run g up in her heart that
■ her future happiness had been
mistaken. The old lady, her
b. n j/ e ‘‘o'ously observed her deceased
:omj. 0 f °i > ' n ' on ! an d prejudices. Clarance
be Ca 10 *ork for “grub merely;’’ and
t? a f Wmed desperale, when the incident
T 0 a 7 l 10 relate occurred. '
|" ers!a nd the narrative, it must be
tn» by our city readers, that du
and heavy rain storms the
. tlreatl } s °f California rise with un-
Slteeg rapidi .‘y- A foot a minute for
>!i° l lnules > is not uncommon™. It must
hi!,),, aolBd ‘hat Mrs, Wilson and her
mfrti s narUed ‘he upper pari of the saw
trtr ih B | S lood on the verge, and partly
* l *‘lj Proceed' eco ** ecl ‘ n 8 these things,
heh o r--- hine an( j jbowers had chesed
Mircl/ ifi. roa °b ’ha morning of the slh
hfi S | e ’ a,-ii —*h® day of the event* we
'loud of _ 1 through the whole time,' one
•boot iu ,f st dlme n»ioDs kept wandering
‘fe y ,a| din S to, and sailing with
: uinerent egrfegts (?f the »5r into
YOL, Y.
which the atmosphere seemed divided. As
the day drew to a close, this moss of vapor
seemed to grow darker aod heavier, and to
increase in volume, until it appeared to bow
down thelppsof pines on Ihe mountain sides.
Low, deep, heavy thunder, unaccompanied
by any visible lightning, almost continually
rolled out from its midst. As its edges ap
proached thoaun, the light become sickly
and faint; and when at length his disk ob
scured as by an eclipse, a foreboding hush
fell on ihe scene; There was an evident un
easiness among the few cattle grazing around,
and from the fl,its, and canons, and gulches,
even the hardy miners retired to their cabins.
At length the storm broke ; first, a low, deep
sound, like the rushing of many waters, crept
down through the woods ; then a stillness
and a light waving of tree lops, and then a
heavy darkness covered all, which was sud
denly broken by a'flash of blinding lightning,
.followed instantly by the sharp crack of the
thunder-(tod the rush of (he sweeping blast.
Forebout ten minutes the fury of the hur
ricane continued uoabaied, the tall pines
bending and swaying like willows, and occa
sionally yielding .their dark green branches
lo be swept off like feathers by the blast.
The waters of the creek were half forced out
of their bed, and for some lima were not per
mitted to resume their wonted channel. At
length the rain came, and in such an over
whelming deluge that the wind, as it were,
stilled at once. The lightning continued,
however, and for fifteen minutes the water
fell in a torrent, such as is seldom seen even
in the mountains. At the end of about that
time the rain had ceased, and the cloud, with
its still growling thunder rolled off toward
the distant hills, permitted the sun to reappear.
The tenants of the cabins and o( the
houses in the different villages, now reap
peared to inform themselves of the damages,
ft was not much, but a little reflection soon
taught them that the danger was yet to come.
A flood was inevitable, and rapid and exten
sive were the preparations made for its ap
proach. Amid shouting and laughter, and
somp terror, sluices and toms were removed,
and the villagers retired with their valuables
from suoh houses as were close lo the banks
of the stream. The inundation kept no one
long in suspense. A murmur, famt and low
at first, soon opened in(o a roar. On came
the torrent laden with the-Spoils of its march,
roofs of sheds, whole shanties, logs, trees,
and even rocks, hurrying along in tho boiling
current.
Virginia.
In less than twenty minutes after the re
treat of the tempest, the stream, not usually
more than forty yards wide, had become it
mighty river, carrying destruction and terror
on every side. Fortunately lime enough had
been allowed to secure personal safely, and
the careless eyes of the Californians beheld
with comparative unconcern the havoc pro
ceeding among mere property. In the midst
of their composure, however a rumor spread
rapidly to the effect that Mrs. Wilson and
her daughter were shut up in their house,
cut off from all communication with the bank
of the water, and in imminent momentary
danger, of being swept away.
Reader, when we say that Mary Wilson
was the only unmarried female about the
whole locality, you may guess how (to use
an expressive, indigenous phrase) the miners,
merchants and mechanics, “broke” for the
scene of her danger.
The prospect was bad enough. The rush
ing flood had in a manner undermined the
rocks, and part of the bank had crumbled
into the stream, leaving the apace between
(he house and the store bristling with pointed
crags, over and around which the fuam was
breaking with fury scarcely to be imagined.
The water was up to the cornice, and it was
evident that every room in the house must
be flooded, except the garret, from which a
window opened on the rear; the lower sash
of this was out.
Dead silence prevailed among the specta
tors for several minutes. A large log came
whirtiog down ihe stream and struck the
house. The fabric shook to the centre. At
the momem the white face of Mary appeared
at the opened attic window ; mute, and ter
rible as an apparition in a dream, it looked
and was gone.
“There is but one way,” said one of the
miners, some ons must swim the eddy with
a rope. He can draw over a plank. Come,
Oavis, you’re a swimmer, I know.”
“Ye-s,” said Davis, “but I should be dashed
to pieces on the rocks before 1 had got half
way.”
“Then they are gone,” said the first
speaker. “Look at that log. Ah ! it has
gone by.”
“Gentlemen,” said a colossal Cell, slowly
taking off his coat, and kicking his boots
pefore him, “tie a rope around mo. By the
mortal, we’ll give it one whiz any way. If
I can’t get over, ye can fish ms out, and, if
I’m mashed, bury me as decently as you
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can.
“Stand aside, Maurice,” said Clarance
Parker, who suddenly appeared on the scene.
“No man can live -to go there before me. 1
The relation of the parlies was well under
stood, and all instinctively stood aside as be
rapidly prepared himself for the desperale
adventure.
His face was very pale, but his features
were composed and firm, - and the bold, bright
light, the glance of a hero was in his eyes.
“Let us tie the rope around you, Parker,”
said one.
“No,” he replied, “it would only encum
ber me. You can throw it to me, if I reach
the bouse.”
He then ioslead of entering the water there,
ascended the banks of the stream about
twenty yards, to a spot where it was com
paratively calm, from Up force of tip cur-
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rent being broken by a large rock just above.
Here after a momentary . look toward
heaven, he sprang out as far as possible into
Ihe flashing waters. For a second or two he
was invisible amid tho foam, but he quickly
emerged, and struck out boldly toward the
centre of the stream. It was now apparent
why he had taken Ihe course he did. Had
he done otherwise, he would have been swept
far below the house, endeavoring to reach it.
As it was, the danger of such an accident
was imminent, and the men on the shore
stood watching him in breathless silence, be
traying by neither wotd nor action their
anxiety; but wailing with coils of rope in
their hands, the least symptoms of exhaustion
on the part of the swimmer, ready lo tjoss
them-lo him in a moment. And bravely Afnd
boldly did Clarance Parker bear himsell] in
that conflict with the terrible element. '
Though the blinding foam flashed in his
eyes, and the torrent roared, and logs and
broken limbs of trees whirled and circled
around, all battling against him, still un
daunted he bore up and fought manfully ;
and with his breast partly to the stream, and
his head a little on one side as if measuring
the distance between him and the house, he
still kept on the same steady stroke, his iron
muscles never shrinking, and his heart not
failing him for a moment.
But now he was rapidly reaching the place
where alt his courage and coolness would be
required. The current was rapidly bearing
him down on the rocks—to strike them was
inevitable death. The suspense of those who
watched him became terrible, as they saw
him hurried on. Still they went on (Clar
ence and the stream,) battling and striving
with each other for the mastery. The cor
ner of the house was passed, and so near
that the swimmer could have laid his hands
on his eves, if be had not been afraid of
losing his position. But at last the trial must
be made. Half the length of the house has
glided by, and a jagged rock bars the way
below.
With a desperate effort he Sifted himself
out of the water, as it were, and grasped with
one hand the end of the shingles. Another
struggle and the other hand had hold of the
strip which turned the waters into the spout.
The water bore his body along, and his feet
pressed against the rock; in a moment more
he was on the roof. A shout that rose over
the roar of the flood burst from the specta
tors, as the feat was accomplished. He
waved his hand without speaking, in- return,
and disappeared through the open window.
After the lapse of a few minutes he reap
peared, with Mary at his side. Her face was
pale, but calm, and there was a look of tri
umph in her eyes.
“All right P’S he shouted lustily, “heave
away !”
The rope was swung over, the plank drawn
up and made fast, while two men kept it
steady on the shore, and Clarance stepped
out with Mrs. Wilson, insensible in his arms.
It was a narrow path, that plank, for one so
situated to walk; but could one who had
dared and overcome so much, fail now T He
bore her safely over, and returned—returned
for her who had been the great object of his
venture, and who, to the last, had shown
herself worthy of her principles, by refusing
to move till her mother was safe.
“Be ihe mao that made Moses, you’re not
a minnit too soon,” said the Irishman.—
“Look ! there she goes !’’ and as he spoke,
the foundations of the house gave way, and
the fabric vanished almost instantly into the
rushing flood.
What need to tell the sequel 1 Stalwart
and many weie the men who flocked to the
wedding of Clarance Parker with the bride
he bad so gallantly won.
Dancing their Rags Off. —Two un
sophisticated country lasses visited Niblo’s
in New York, during the ballet season.
At the appearance of the short-skirled, gos
samer-clad nymphs on the stage, they be
came resltess and fidgelty.
“O, Annie!” exclaimed one, sotto voce ,
“Well, Mary.”
“It isn’t nice. I don’t like it.”
“Hush, the folks will notice you.”
“I don’t care i it isn’t nice, and I wonder
aunt brought us to such a place.”
“Hush, Mary, the folks will laugh at you.”
After one or two flings and a pirouette, the
blushing Mary said:
“O Annie, let’s go; it isn’t nice, and I
don’t feel comfortable.”
“Do hush, Mary,” replied the sisier, whose
own face was scarlet though it wore an air
of determination ; “it’s the first lime I ever
was at a theatre, and 1 suppose it will be the
last, so I’m just going to stay if they dance
every rag off their backs V
“A few days since,” writes an attorney,
“as I was sitting with Brother C , in his
office in Court Square, a client came in and
said : ‘Square, D W , the stabler,
shaved me dreadfully yesterday, and I want
to come up with him.’ ‘Slate your case,’
says D ■ ‘I asked him how much he’d
charge me for a horse to go to Dedham. He
said one dollar and-a-half. I took the team,
and when I came back, ha aaid be wanted
another dollar and-a-half for coming back,
and made me pay it.’ D——gave him some
legal advice, which the client immediately act
ed upon, as follows: he went to the stabler
and said: How much will you chatge me
for a horse and wagon to go to Salem V Stab
ler replied: ‘Five dollars.’ ‘Harness him
up.’ Client went to Salem, came bach by
railroad, went to the stabler, saying : ‘Here
tie your money,’ paying five dollars. ,Where
is my horse and wagon V says W. ‘He is
at Salem,’ says client, ‘I only hired him to
go to Salem.”
©crmnuinfcattons.
Familiar Letters on Geology, Etc.
NUMBER FOUR.
Mr Dear Mart ; You will please, for a
moment, look back to an ancient point of the
immeasurable past of lime—four thousand
two hundred and seven years ago you have
been accustomed to consider il—and gaze
for a moment on the high table lands of a re
gion .called Ararat. There rests the ark—
tho s|afe habitation of a small remnant of the
antediluvian world. The flood has passed,
the Waves have subsided and Noah and his
three sons, and Noah’s wife and his son’s
wives stand on dry land. The world is a
solitary waste; no human beside them
selves people ihe wide expanse of the globe.
Every fowl of the air and all the cattle of
Ihe earth and every creeping thing, except
the few pairs after their kind , that went with
Noah according lo divine appointment into
the ark, have been destroyed. Cast the eye
of your imagination for a moment around,
and as' it sweeps in its vision the eastern and
western continents and the isles of the sea,
let it rest if it can on a single living being
outside that little spot beside the ark. What,
but a world without a God, could be more
desolate 1
There, by the side of that ark,-stands the
germ of a new creation—-of man, and bird
and beasi, and creeping thing ; they stand
forth, marshalled as an army to conquer the
desolation that sin has made; man is to be
gin a new dispensation, ending not like the
Adamic, in anarchy and mter destruction of
earth’s fair face, but with the first dawnings
of a still later dispensation, whose end shall
be peace and good will among all the fami
lies and kindreds and nations of the earth.—
“A thousand years with the Lord is as one
day and one day as u thousand years.’’
Let me point out to you, Mary, shortly, the
evidences that strike my mind as lending .to
show the non-literalness of the days and
years, of the first ages of the dispensation,
up at least to the time of Abraham ; for I am
anxious to pass from this part of my argu
ment to my next. Will you please turn to
the'eighteenth and nineteenth verses of the
ninth chapter of Genesis. “These are the
three sons of Noah, and of them was the
whole earth overspread. This italicized part
of the verse, no one pretends has the signifi
cation that the earth was overspread by them
individually, but by them as representing the
three first great divisions of the eaith.—
Shem, Ham and Japhet certainly have in this
mention of them, a representative meaning.
The sacred historian, after giving what
would appear to be the genealogies of the
descendants of Japhet, closes by saying in
the fifth verse : “By these were the isles of
the Gentiles divided in their lands, every one
after his tongue, after their families, in their
nations' Does not the very language here
referring back to the names of the descend
ants of Japhet, imply to the exclusion of ev
ery other meaning, that they are referred to
only as representing tongues, families and
nations in the common acceptation of those
terms when used in a historical sense.
Observe the language of the tenth and
eleventh verses: “The beginning of his
(Nimrod’s) kingdom was Babel, and Ereck,
and Accad, and Calnah, in the land of Shi
nar.” “Out of that land went forth Ashur,”
or as it might be translated, he went out into
Assyria and builded Ninevah, &c. Observe
the fourteenth verse: “Out of whom came
Philislia”—the etymology of the word and
others connected with it, denoting a plural
signification. So also read from.lbe fifteenth
to the twentieth verse inclusive: “And Ca
naan begat Sidon, his first born and Helh,
and the Jebusite and the Amorite, &c.”—
‘tThese are the sons of Ham” says the twen
tieth verse, “after their families, after their
tongues, in their countries, in their nations.”
This is the same language used in ihe fifth
verse already quoted, and in the thirty-first
verse. And the whole is summed up in the
thirty-second verse in language which to me
appears unmistakeable : “These are the fam
ilies of the sons of Noah, after their genera,
(ions, in their nations and by these were the
nations divided' in the earth after the flood.”
Turn back now to tho twenty-first verse:—
“Unto Shetn also, the father of all the chil
dren of Eber, the brother of Japhet, the el
der, were children born.” Eber was the fifth
in the genealogy from Shem, and yet Shem
is declared to be the father of all the children
of Eber— literally taken, nonsense ; figura
tively taken as it should be, highly expressive.
In ihe sense in which the whole of these pro
phetic tablets are to be interpreted, he certain
ly was the father of all the Hebrews,
The eleventh chapter to the ninth verse in
clusive, is a separate prophetic tablet, sym
bolizing the confusion of longues, and not
connected even positionally with what goes
before, or what comes after. The remaining
part of the chapter is devoted to the descend,
anis of Shem, through whom the Hebrews
by Eber, claimed descent, and with the foie
going, according to the Usherites, embraces a
period of three hundred and thirty-three years
from the deluge to the birth of Abraham.
Let me refer you loa few more things, and
I have done for the present with this part of
my argument. By reading carefully you
will observe that in the days of Abraham,
the Scriptures themselves imply that all the
country of the later Palestine east to the Eu
phrates and beyond—across from Ihe Persian
Gulf to the Red Sea and over into Affica'and
up the borders of the Nile was inhabited—
that Egypt was at that time a great nation,
governed by the Pharaohs and her princes
that slavery was extensively in existence,
Abraham-even buying men and women with
money ; that the rights of property were rec
ognized aad respected, individuals claiming
the exclusive right to certain lands I which
they called their own; that silver and] gold
had been mined and smelted and was exten
sively used for money—was indeed aaj much
the currency then as at the present cayjjl that
vessels and jewels of silver and gold in
use; that property and lands were bought
and sold for money ; that a system of weights
and measures bad been introduced and estab
lished ; that the art of spinning |vas ‘prac
ticed ; that they had probably leaded the
art of tanning leather and manufacturing
shoes ; that a system of religion and religious
rites had been established, and a regular
priesthood ordained ; that the art of grinding
cereal grains had become commoti; the
kneading and baking of both leavened and
unleavened brea^i; tbs manufacture of but
ler; the planting of, vineyards and the fer
menting of the jbice of the grape!; the arts
of pottery; the science of archery; t;he offi
cering and disciplining of armies; thplprac
tice of oath-taking ; the use of the ass as a
O' I I i
beast of burden ; the manufacture of saddles
and bridles for the same; the use (of knives
—probably of copper and iron ; walled cities;
sepulchres and burial fields expressly appro
priated to that purpose ; that the la ad was di
vided into flattens, governed as now, byi kings;
that they regularly made war, formedi allian
ces, and executed treaties ; that the shield as
a personal defence to the soldier was used.
You will arrive at the further conclusion
that if tbe ark rested on mount Ararat in the
north-west of Persia, between the Caspian
and Black seas, then the large regjion radia
ting in every direction from that poiotj must
also have been settled, and if as some believe,
the high table-land of Cashmere or (Thibet
was the radiating point, then nearly thejwhole
of eastern, central and southern Asial.must,
according to known laws of have
been settled at least contemporaneously with
the western part, and certainly long ([before
the emigrating nations would
into Africa and formed large kingdoms in
that quarter of the globe, as was. evidently
the case in the days of Abraham. |1
Here was a progress in the arts, iqjsocial
institutions,' in government, in population,
and in emigration,'certainly inconsistent with
the short interval of time from the df(uge to
the days of Abraham, if we are to adopt the
chronology generally received. J Allbwing,
however the exegesis which I claim fpr this
part of the Scriptures, and every thing is
perfectly consistent, not only with|ihe|Scrip
lural account, but with Scriptural deductions.
I will conclude my letter and this 'part'of my
subject by quoting a paragraph (frapa Rev.
Laurens P. Hickok’s new work on Cosmolo
gy, just published by tbe Appleton’s, of New
York: | (j ■
“Natural science - ’ says Dr. Hicfcok, “es
pecially in the fields of Astronomtjandj’Geol
ogy has attained conclusions have
seemed in some esses to be in conflict with
the Bible record. Philological interpretation
has been modified in various ways to meet
these difficulties from science, and looking
at the Scripture account as intended tol give a
picture of facts for the sense, and interpreting
some words by usage in other plucesjof the
Scriptures with a less common meaning, the
discrepancies have been much relieved, and
science and the Bible surprisingly harmon
ized and made to be corroboral ve qf each
other. A correct Bible philology and] a (rue
natural philosophy must doubtless gitfe facts
in unison, and where their facts seem jin any
measure as yet to be contradiclcry,ja more
complete investigation will at length secure a
thorough communion." It is but justice to
say that Ibis was written in reference to the
six days of creation, but it has a general ap
plication. Yours truly, | 'JI E.
Leaves by the Wayside.; i
Dead Hattie : You ask me how I like
the “sunny south’’—this land of bright skies,
sweet flowers, and warm hearts ; andj lastly,
but not least, “what I think of slavery 1”
Well then, Hattie, the skies are ! bright,
but in watching Iho stars as you eng'l used
to, the poetry of the thing is spoiled by those
cannibals, the mosquitoes.
' me-'
As for warm hearts, give mi"|lH6se that
throb among our northern hills, hvenlif a lit
tle 100 much of the temperature of oiir snow
capped mountains, if they but beat ,(br free
dom, and right in, its true sense, and!unsel( , •
ishly practice that beautiful precept
fell from the purest and most holy lifis, “Do
unto others as you would have othersldo ufito
you.” _ [ I (
Regarding the slave,as a human being,
possessed of the feelings commoh to; us all,
and created by that same and all-wise Being
who gave to u* our existence, slavery seems
to me an abominable wrong. The poor Af
ricans although oppressed for years and years,
they and their forefathers before them, and
although deprived of the advantages and com
forts which the laboring class of the north
have, still many of them possess noble and
generous qualities and feelings. I |
Taught from my infancy that all ipankind
spring from one common parent,]andf that all
tie free and equal in the sight of God, how
dare I oppress the poor African ?] Aijid being
taught also the humane and Christian precept
to “love my neighbor as myself,” hopt dare I
uphold the abominations of slavery ilj ,
So you see, Hattie, that it is not'probable
that I shall return to the north, like 100 many
of our northern people, “withmy views some
what changed in regard to tlatery. ] If they
would but go on and give their! true reason
for the change in their they would
say, “furthermore since my residence at the
sooth, I find roy convenience anld pleasure so
much enhanced by the ready! and willing
bands of Africa, that I fall into a sort of
charmed sleep, which selfishness ’and ease-
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always bring to lha human mind, which lulls
me into indifference and forgetfulness of the
great wrong that I am doing to a soul crea
ted by the Great Eternal, by oppressing it,
and thereby shutting out hope and freedom
from its portals. f
Did God not demand all souls back, to
give an account of the “deeds done in the
body” we might fearlessly put to flight the
angel of our true natures, and darken our
souls by the practice of this abominable sys
tern of human tyranny. But, oh Hattie, our
life is but a day, and at its close, every ac
tion of ours will either weigh for happiness
or misery. Then lam so fearful that I shall
never be like a great many good men and
women, who when nailed right down, so that
they have to give an answer—plainly, or at
least quite plainly for them, say, “Oh yea 1
slavery is an evil to be sure—quite so I but
then according to the lawa of this land of
freedom, we must look through a great many
colored glasses at it, in order not to see is as
it is ; for if we should see it in its true light,
morally and religiously, how would we dare
to separate ourselves from the “wicked world”
as a band of pure, earnest Christians, and at
the same lime uphold the system of enslav
ing God’s creatures, and blighting the fair
domains of his creation with the groans of
human suffering? Although politicalfy it
stands out in bold relief, supported by the
laws of man, like many other systems of suf
fering and tyranny among the nations of fjte
past, which the march of civilization has no
led down in her calendar as “dark bar
barous days, and days of martyrdom.” 1
Hattie, I wonder what a hundred years
from now will say o( some of our dignita
ries of the country, whose shoulders aupporl
the pillars of our land of freedom, beneath
whose shadows the oppressed of other dimes
are to find a refuge, while they blandly say
To our own nation, “do as you have a mind
with your human cattle ; we shall not inter
fere. Make them work for yon ; the heat of
the sun affects them not, their limbs, because
_black, are never weary ; their hearts never
ache or break as the cries of their babes float
back to them as the purchaser bears them
away to another market, for safe. Husband
and wife, child and parent, can be torn asun
der, yet there is no wrong in it!
Take these things home' to your hearts,
human nature ! Look not through the me
dium of selfishness at them ; then answer me
the question, are they right?
Thine, truly, Ag»m.
the Chapman family, consisting of old
Mr. Chapman. William Chapman, Georgo
Chapman, Caroline Chapman, and Harry
and Therese, and a few other Chapmans,
(cbtJdren) some .years since established and
carried into operation on the Western waters
a “floating theatre,’’ concerning which so
many anecdotes are told. The family wera
all extremely fond of fishing, and during the
“wails” the actors amused themselvfes by
“dropping a line’’ over the stern of thelirk.
On one occasion, while playing the “Stran
ger,” act IV. seene Ist, there was a long stage
wail for Francis, the servant of Ibe misan
thropic Count Walbourgh.
“Francis ! Francis !” called the Stranger.
No reply.
“Francis 1 Francis !” (A pause.)- “Fran
cis !” rather angrily called the stranger again.
A very distant voice : “Coming, sir !” (A
considerable pause, during which the Stran
ger walks up and down, a la Macready, in a
great rage.)
“Francis!”
Francis, (entering,) “Here I am, sir.’’
S'ranger: “Why did you not come when
1 called?”
For he Agitator.
Francis : “Why, the fact is, sir, I was
just hauling in one of the d—dest biggest
catfish you ever saw.”
It was some minutes before the laughter of
the audience could be restrained sufficiently
to allow the play to proceed. t
On another occasion, while laying at Nat
chez, the performance being the play of Pi
zarro ; Rolls, in the last act, after seizing
the child, and as he was rushing up towards
the bridge, observed a tall negro holding a
teacup full of blood, (rose pink,) which,was
wanted almost immediately on the other side
of stage. As he .passed he said to the
negro: |
“Here, boy, carry that blood round to me
on the other sidel want it the moment I
cross (he bridge.”
Away dashed Rolla, bearing the. child
aloft, amidst a volley of Spanish musketry ;
and, turning to cut away the bridge with his
sword, what was his horror, to see the tall
negro walk deliberately upon the stage be
tween the “watars,” and in full sight of the
audience, holding the cup in one hand and
stirring up the contents with the forefinger of
the other, and hear him exclaim : -
“Heah, Massa Smith, here’s your blood.”
The effect upon the audience can be better
imagined than described, and the drop was
immediately lowered to shut in the ludicrous
scene.
“Are you a skillful mechanic”
“Yes, sir.”
“What can you make 7”
“Oh, almost anything in my line.”
“Can you make a devil V'
“Certainly—just put up your foot and I
will split it in three seconds. I never saw a
chap in my life that requires less alteration.”
Why, dear me, Mr. said a
good lady, “how can you drink a quart of
that bard cider at a single draught ?” As
soon as the man could breath again he re
plied, “I beg pardon, Jnadam, but upon my
sou’, it »a» so hard I couldn’t bite-it off." ''
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