"Miss Richards," said 1 . ,! , y0u have per
plexed me. Whon I entered this house I
•thought I had solved the problem of Human
Nature, and was about to write the sum to
tal—selfishness ; but I must re:Cant—human
nature is not so bad after all."
After a happy conversation on the part
of the lovers, who, in their earnestness, al
most forgot my presence, we at length left
the house. •
"Now," said Ilaymoinl, "one more visit
one more illustration, and then we will re•
'turn home."
'No, my friend,' I said, 'we will make no
more visits this afternoon. The last ter
minated too pleasently to be marred by a
fresh picture of selfishness."
Raymond did not urge. the matter, and
we therefore returned to his house.
When Mr. Richards came home that
evening to tea, his wife and daughter found
him in most excellent humor; something
had-occurred_Which_pleaspd him. Occa
sionally le indulged in a silent fitlaugh
ter, which for him, was very unusual ; and
once an unconscious exclamation of "capi
lel". escaped his lips.
glad, Mr. Richards, to find you so
happy," said his lady, "for I never was in
a.worse humor. That Wellfard has again
Called upon us, and Clara has honored him
with along private conference,"
"I have received a note from him," said
Mi,•Rißards," wherein he desires me to
. ..,marriage with our daughter."
"How presllbing4.l,..do declare, I quite
detest him."
"And I admire him," , toolry - reAed her
husband. Several days since I otreced,.him \
the means to re-commence business, which'
he declined—to-day, I have learned the rea- -
son. in this he also informs me that his
fortune has never been impaired. Ills man
sion house has not been sold, but he had al
lowed a friend to retain the same as the
apparent owner. The fact was that he was
envious of his wealth, and playing the bank
rupt simply to attest the friendship of his
acquaintance.who have generally acted ac
cording to the fashion of the woad. Those
who have slighted hint will suffer a just
mortification, of which my lady, you must
bear your part."
"1 have never disliked him as a man,"
said Mrs. Richards coloring with shame.—
' .My daughter's welfare has only governed
my conduct. She who has experienced on
ly affluence, would make an ill companion to
poverty. I have acted as a prudent mother.'
Reader, all comedies end with marriage ;
so does the majority of tales. And in this
instance I shall not be out of fashion. I have
• lived to see many cloudless years of happi
ness pass over the union. Raymond is very
cautious in the selection of his friends, al
though their number are legions, while he
and myself still retain the same opinion,
that,'human nature is not so bad after all.'
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Tile Monkey Boy, or African Wonder.
This is one of strangest freaks of nature
that we have yet witnessed. The African
Wonder, as it is termed, represent so pecu
liar an affinity between the human species
and the monkey tribe, as without any pre
vious knowledge of its history, to puzzle a
naturalists in the effort of identification. Its
neck, chin, mouth and nose, are those of a
human being, while the comparatively small
conformation-of the head with its retreating
frontal bones, depressed temporal, pointed
occiput, and peculiar physiognoinical char
acteristics, represent a close affinity to the
monkey tribe. It is about 33 inches in
height when erect, but usually goes on all
fours, The only peculiarity denoted by the
general organization of the limbs is in their
greater length the fino•ers and hands being
attenuated, the feet and toes of the inferior
extremities corresponding also with the
perand superior. A peculiar develppement of
the Astragus or heel bone is also percepti
ble. The actions of this strange being par
•take in every respect of those of the class
to which it so closely tillies, the highest or
der of animal ; and is, upon the whole, one
of those 4.yonderful freaks of nature which
opens a Wide range for speculation or cred
ulity, and continues the chain of being by It
graduation aught but flattering to our spe
cies.—Chorloton Standard,
The Ship Challenge.
The challenge of the "American Naviga
tion Club," offering a bet of $lO,OOO as a
prize to the winning vessel, a Yankee ship
against a British one, of 1,200 tons burden,
to run from London to China and back has
not yet been accepted. It was to stand open
for 30 days. The club, unwilling that Eng
land should so far forget her old chivalry,
has extended the period for accepting the
challenge, and will augment the stakes to
$20,000, and give the British ship 14 days
of a start. Is there not public spirit enough
in all England to accept this challenge'?--
As this race does not involve high pressure
steam, wo hope to see the challenge taken
up, or an offer made to race for love to test
the relative speed of American and English
built ships. A.correspondence of The Lon
dottilleehanice Magazine criticised Mr.
Griffith's work on ship.building, and insin
uated that the English •ship-wrights were
better acquainted with•the science than the
American ones. Hero is an opportunity
for him to prove it. Ile should exert him
self to fi nd some one to accept tho challenge
and when he does so, he will find•the stakes
by calling on
. Mr. Peabody in London.
'Cider Milt—Mr. Daniel Knauer, near :Knau•
erstown, Chester county, says the Village Re.
,cord, has inventcd a cider Mill, which is driven
by water, and which grinds the apples a little
.the nicest we have ever heard of. It consists of
"a cylindrical block with 14 blades fitted around
it, and blades also fixed slanting, a little on the
principle of a threshing machine. The machine
will grind 100 bushels of apples per hour, and
make 30• barrels of cider per day.
larWouldn't Tote. At Brunswick, Glynn
county, Georgia, •no polls were opened at the
Presidential elebtion—lt being the deliberate
'opinion of the goon people there thatmone ot the
scanditiales were worthy of support.
1)e gel)igl) Register.
Allentown, Pa.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEIIIIIE/1 17, 1862.
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Railroad tnterprise
We learn that the board of managers of the
"Philadelphia, Easton and Water Cap Railroad
Company," have determined upon a survey of
the ground between Coopersburg, and Allen
town with a view of tunneling the Lehigh moun
tain. Tee efficient corps of Engineers engaged
by the board are already at work on the route.
It is a settled :point that four•fifths of the trade
expected to be carried on this road will be
brought down the Lehigh. If the same is ex
tended on through the mountain by a tunnel,
it will 110 i only make a straight road, but it will
shorten the distance some eight or ten miles,
and make a descending grade, which for heavy
_freight is a matter of much consequence. The
board of managers are gentlemen of - blininerssi
and from:the fact of their ordering a survey to
be taken of the above route, shows conclusive
ly that they not only look with a view of adopt
ing the nearest but also the most practicable
route. If the road takes its course direct from
Allentown to Philadelphia, it will surely divert
the great bulk of trade to that city. But if suf
fered to take an easterly direction from Allen
town, it is bound to go to New York, in -spite
of anything that may be done. This we have
no doubt the managers are well aware of.
Union Blue Artillerists
This Company under the command of Capt.
of Sellersville, Bucks county, visited our
boreu,gl2,_,An Thursday last. They were the
guests of thii‘Lehigh Fencibles," Capt. Sam
son. The Artillerists made a very handsome
appearance, paradeltAte principal streets, after
which they took quartels at Ileller's Hotel. lti
the evening they parttie4 of a collation at
the American Hotel, kept billiat prince of hosts
John Y. Bechtel. On Fridafiiftesnoon they re
turned, highly delighted with tlikr visit.
The Jollification
The great Locoloco jollification came off on
Saturday last. It was a very slender affair, and
few took part in the proceedings ; but for—the
booming of the "big gun" now and then, no
one would have known that the great Pierce
& King celebration had taken place. At about .
3 o'clock, two beeves were distributed to the
faithlul, in front of the "wigwam," alter which
banners were presented to Hanover and Lower
Mactmgy townships, in honor of their increas
ed majorities, accompanied by speeches from
Messrs. Bridges, Stiles and Longuecker.
The celebration, we must admit, was an
honorable one to the party. Drunken scenes
that usually attend these gatherings, visiting of
taverns, and drinking of rum,"noise and con•
hisiott" and disturbing of peaceable citizens--
1 1 nothing of the kind was seen or heard. After the
beet was distributed, the crowd dispersed, and
I all appeared to be satified
Buchanan and Secretary of State.
Some of . the letter writers say it is probable '
that Mr. Buchanan will he t'ierce's Secretary
of State. We have no doubt, says the Inde
pendent Whig, he would aqcept the office if it
was tendered to him;,. but we suppose there
will be a considerable conflict among the Lo
cofocos thernseliteC before such an event takes
place. The °Mee would be agreeable to him
at present on more accounts than one. It would
give him an opportunity to reward his friends
—ifho should not fall into his old habit of for
getting them—and punish his enemies. It
would also place him in a position in which he
might "bargain anti sell"—an old and favorite
business with him—with a view to secure the
succession.
lle is a safer, because a more timid man
than Gen. Cass, but is defective in the decis.
sion which would keep hint in the conserva•
five pant into which his early-adopted and
firmly-rooted Fedeial principles teach him to
travel. A striking instance of his pliability oc
curred daring the administration of Mr. Polk,
when we found Mr. Buchanan taking n most
radical stand upon the o.egiin question—a
stand, too, which , public opinion based upon a
careful examination of facts, and the action of
the United States Senate soon compelled him
to abandon. So overwhelming and mortifying
a condemnation of a Secretary of State was
never before 'pronounced by a co-ordinate
branch of the government, but Mr. Buchanan,
so far from avoiding the office in which he was
disgraced, is generally understood as courting
it. It is supposed by those who know him
best that his change from a passive position in
the recent contest, which at first he assumed
he would occupy on the ground that his ago
fairly entitled him to it, to active exertions in
behalf of Pierce and King, was the result of a
bargain with Pierce for tire Secretaryship of
State—a suggestion which we see nothing in
Mr. Buchanan's past life,, in his notorious set.
liAmess and his iudifierence about principle to
render improbable.
Singing in Churches
A correspondent of the ➢lusical World has
the following touching congregational dinging
in churches :
Concerning the music of our public worship,
I could say much; but, at present, can only
give you a Jew articles, by wny of showing
how greatly this 'arc Sacra' Is misunderstood in
NeW York. Only think that the churches and
congregations, instead of joining in the singing
of the psalms and hymns, keep a choir, and
sometimes only a quartette,' who perform this
important part of tho worship almost entirely
alone.! What are psalms and hymns but
prayers and praises?—And what is the inten
tion of their being sung in the !house of God
other than the wholAgengregaildn should unite.
as with one mit . in The music, atia - , on the
'wings of melody, rise to the throne of the Moat
High
The Present Century.
Many things have occurred in the present
century, to distinguish it from any preceding
age. Since its commencement many' remark
able mon have lived, "strutted their brief hour,"
and passed away—Napoleon with his-mighty
genius, shedding over France the imperishable
splendor of his renown—Wellington, less great,
bat more fatunate—CalhonTl, Clay, Webster,
Charming, and many more, whose eloquent
words, or deeds of still nobler and loftier elo
quence, will sound forever "clown the corri
dors of time." This age has been prolific of
great men, to a degree unparalled. It has
been fertile, too, in scientific and 'artistic pro
gress and advancement. No age whose histo
ry has come down to us, has made so many
important and useful discoveries, and so proud
ly demonstrated the omnipotence—not to speak
profanely—of the human mind. Among the
discoveries of the last filly years are some of
the most wonderful ever achieved by the in
tellect of man. Fifty years ago, although—the
pewers.and capabilities of steam were to some
extent known and understood; rota steamboat
had been launched, and the great man who
first projected it, was regarded by even the
most scientific men of his time, as insane or
worse. in 1307 the first steamboat was launch
ed, by Robert Fulton, and now there is scarce
ly a navigable water not traversed by means
of steam, and there are, in this country Orme,
over three thousand steamboats. Railroads are
a comparatively recent invention, yet now they
are fast taking the place of every other meth ,
od of land travel and transportation, and are
stretching their iron arms over every section of
this republic. Distances, that to the narrow
comprehension of our fathers, might well seem
fabulous, aro now traversed in a single day,
and space and time al nost annihilated.
The Eleetrive Telegraph, the greatest dis
covery, but one, of any age, is of very recent
date. What would a sober citizen of Boston,
New York or Philadelphia, have said in 1800,
if he had been told that it was possible to send
a message of a dozen lines to New Orleans in
as many minutes, and hi obtain an answer in
as many morel At that time it took weeks to
convey intelligence from one to the other ex
tremity of our vast country; now it requires
but a few seconds. The vast itnportat ce of
this means of communication ; the acceleration j
it gives to human enterprise and human
thought ; its value to progress and civilization,
in all its aspects, is not to be estimated or corn.)
ploted. To the ninete.mth rentury, arid to
man living in onr clay, are we indebted for this,'
the most beautiful acid valuable invention, of.'
ter that of printing, of any age.
The discoveries, inventions, and improve
ments of this ago are numberless. Doe's
Printing Press, capable of throwing ofl from
10,000 to 20,000 impressions per hour, and in
a style of neatness anti accuracy, that would
have been a marvel to our predecessors in the
art, is an invention of recent date. Gas light
was unknown in 1600; now nearly every city
and town of any pretence are lighted with it,
and we have the announcement of a still great.
er discovery, by which light, heat : and motive
power may be produced from water with
scarcely any cost. Daguerre communicated to
l
the world his beautiful invention in 1839. Gun
cotton and chloroform are discoveries of but a c
few years old. Astronomy has added a nurn , i l
her of new planets, to the solar system. Agri-l! Great Sales of Short Horns.
cultural chemistry has enlarged the domain 01 1 4 The auction Sale of Improved Short Horn Cat.
knowledge in that important branch of scien- Vie, came off at the farm of Dr. Watts. The at
bile research, and mechanics have increased ilendance was large of gentlemen from Kentucky,
the facilities for production, and the moans 'lnd from Clinton, Clark, Madison, Franklin,
accomplishing an amount of labor which far Pickawny, Pike acid other counties of Otis State.
.:i.xteen animals were sold at the aggregate price
transcends the abiliiy of united effort to ac- - 7
of $ 21,781, viz :
complish. What will the next half century ac-
complish ? IVe tinny look for still greater dis- Nobleman, to John J. Voltmeter, of Co.
coveries; for the intellect of man is awake ex-(.' 62
Master Denville, to George Renick, of Ross
ploring every mine of knowledge, and search I
Co " V2 ' 2lo '
ittg for useful inforrnation in every departnidi
hoot Nelson, to John L. Meyers, of Fayette
of art and-industry. But what may be the re 1
$1.825.
salt of this un,•aralleleil activity of mind, it i
Alderman, to Alexander Waddle, of Clark Co.,
impossible to foriell. SI,IOW
Gamboy, to M. L. Sullivan, of Franklin Co.,
The Soramble for the Spoils
A change of Ailtriiiiktration in this countri
always implies a change in the prominent an 3
profitable places under the Government. Inas•
Ingeli, moreover, as the outs are always more
numerous than the iris, the advantage at an
election is with the former. The office hold- j
eis may be counted by hundreds—the office
hunters by thousands. Our Democratic breth
ren have been out of place for nearly tour . years,
and hence their keenness for the flesh pots of
Egypt is truly extraordinary. Already the
scramble for the spoils has commenced, and
the names of a score or so of the most promi
nent among the leaders have been mentioned
in connection with the Custom (louse, the
Postbflie and foreign Missions, &e., &c.—
Alas! for the slanders that will be inculcated,
for the bitterness of spirit that will be engen
dered for the diappointment of heart that will
be experienced! There aro five loaves and
two small fishes to distribute, and there are
more than the multitude uf five thousand to
divide thorn aMong. Many who have already
expended much time and much money, will
be called upon to expend still more in tooting
up the unpaid bills, and yet when the names
of the fortunate few are chronicled in the of
ficial gazette—how bitter will be the mortifir
tion, how keen the moil - Mutely despair of the:
who will then discover that they have bee
neglected, forgotten, avoided or overslaughe .
The game of, politics. is a lottery, in whi
there is one prize to an Hundred blanks. An I
like a lottery, even those who sometimes dra
a prize i aro only tempted to their 4011. T
contest is over,—we at 4e,Ast aro .out of t,
woodsi and we may therefore be permitted
moralise for a moment.
IN - Fourteen boxes of marble, and four box s
of granite, intended to be erected as a monumen
over the .remains of the late Col. Richard M
Johiuson,lately arrixeVat - Cleveland,..on .tbei
way to Kentucky.
Rights of a Landlord and Tenant.
The following ease which was recently tried
in•Monigomery county, will also be of impor
tance to landlords and tenants of Lehigh coon.
ty, as well as to purchasers of grain :
_ Sumac/ We !ford es. /1/ichac/ C. Boyer and Sam
ad Gilbert. This was an action of (rover,
brought to recover the value of certain grain,
under the following circumstances : Reiner.]
P. March was the tenant of a farm in Marlbo
rough township, owned by William &hall, un•
der a lease for three years. During the con
tinuance of the term Schall sold a part of the
demised premises to Michael C. Boyer, whom
the said tenant reeignised as his landlord and
paid his rent. In the month of January, prior
to the expiration of his lease, Match, the ten
ant held a public sale, and sold eleven acres
of grain in the ground to Samuel kVolford, the
plaintill in this case, and received cash for it.
At the time of this sale no rent was due to Boy
er, the landlord, but on:ihe first of April follow
the-rent-was_alue_under_the_lease,_aud be.
ing unpaid by March, Boyer distrained upon
these eleven acres of grain in the ground, and li
under such distress they were sold by the con
stable to Samuel Gilbert, one of the defendants
who brought after having_ notice that ‘Volford
claimed the grain by virtue of the sale to him
by .March. •
The question to be decided was whether the
landlord, Boyer, had a fight to destrain upon,
the grain for rent under the circumstances, and
the Court instructed the jury that he had, and
that the sale to Wolford, by the tenant did not
deprive the landlord [ruin the right to make a
distress upon it, if he found it upon the prem
ises, and directed them to find a verdict for de
fendants, which was done.
Look Ahead
We trust Whigs will profit by the experi
ence of the past. Though dearly bought the
! lesson of this defeat will work out our future
success. ‘Ve have already ceased to mourn
the result. The very next six months will See
I the Democracy onvironed in difficulties more
than those which beset the Whigs alter the
election of Harrison, and with a like result.-
I .The IVhigs who survive the defeat will be
t "good men and true." Bickerings will cease,
contentions at an end, jealousies appeased.—
lit the next Congress will be a band of as able
and patriotic Whigs as ever consultud.ovor tho
destines of the .no the 'country. They
will bo there from all parts of the country and
Indy wall send forth an appeal which will again
rally the Whig party to victory.
Age of the Men of the Time•
President Fillmore is 52 years old, having
been born in 1800, in Cayuga county, N.
Macauly, the historian, is 52 years old, and so
is Bancroft, the author cf the history of Amer- 1
ice. Abbott Lawrence, the late popular and
able Minister to the Court of St. James, was
born in Croton, Mass., in 1792, and is now
consequently about 60 years of age. Edward
Everett, the new Secretary of State, was born
in Dorchester, Mass., in 1793, and is now 58
years old. ‘Vashingion Irving was born in N.
V., in 1783, and is therefore not far from the
mature age of 70. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte,
President of the French Republic, was boot at
the Tuileries, in 1808; and is therefore in his
forty-fourth year.
$1,400,
Count Fathom, to N. Perrill, of Clinton, Co.,
$1,075.
Young Whitington, to A. Waits, of Ross Co.
$450.
Rising Sun, to G, W. Herod, of Scioto Co.
$1,3000.
Isaac, to Geo. Gregg, of Pickaway Co., $6OO.
Moss Rose, to . Alexander Waddle, ofClarlt Co
$1,200:
Strawberry, to George Renick, of Ross Co.,
$l,lOO. •
Raspberry, to George Gregg, of Pickaway, Co.,
$l,lOO.
Sunrise, to John Van meter, of Pike CO., $1,200
Mary, to Alexander Waddle, of Clark Co., $l . :
G5O.
Enchantress, to Alexander. Renick, of Ross
Co., $9OO - .
Blue Bonnet, to Felix W. Renick, of Picket.
way Co., $1,225.
j The company have another good bull, Adam,
at Columbus, not in good case fur selling.
These prices are believed to be higher than
any ever before paid fur the same number of
cattle.—Scioto (Ohio) Gazelle.
President Pillmore.—The Buffalo Rough Notes
warmly defends Mr. Fillmore from the attacks
of his enemies In alluding front an attack upon
the President, by' the Albany Knickerbocker, the
Rough Notes says, ' , There is no occasion fur us
to defend .the President from the attacks from
such a source. When the Cuban difficulties are
ended, and when the country has had sufficient
time to examine the matter fully and thoroughly,
the verdict of the people will be. very different
from that of the Knickerbocker. In less than
ten years from now, the present Administration
will be looked back upon by candid and impar•
tial men, as one of the ableit and most discreed
that has.ever controlled tbe destinies of the mt.
don."
rinThe Mississippi Fltig, atlv.ocates Governor
Foote, [or V. S. Seoitto,r. , •
Common Schools
Guardians resident within a district of wards
residing elsewhere, may be required to pay the
school tax upon all the taxable personal proper•
ty they represent on behalf of their wards. Real
estate is taxable only in the district in which it
is located.
.School Directors acting together as a board,
(where there are no sub districts) alone. may
properly employ and fix the salaries of teachers.
Where there are sub districts the committees se
lect the teacher, subject to the approval of the
board of directors.'
The I Ith section of the general School law of
180, provides: '•lf it shall be found that on
account of great distance from or difficulty of
access to the proper school house in any district,
some of the pupils thereof could be more conve
niently accommodated in the schools of an ad
joining district,. itshall be the duty of the three..
tors of such two adjoining districts, to make an
arrangement by which such pupils may be in
structed in the most convenient school of the
-adjoining-districtsoari_the expense of such in.
struction shall be paid as may be agreed upon
by the directors of such adjoining district."
From this extract the duty of the directors to
make, under the circumstance there contempla
ted, the necessary arrangement, is expressly en'
joined, and directors cannot avoid making the
same, upon proper requests, without n clear vi
olation of such duty and proper liability for such
delinquency. The basis of the arrangement is,
that ' , the expense of such instruction" shall be
paid to the board of directors of the district
• teaching the pupils, ,by the adjoining district.—
The amount paid by the parents or guardians of
the pupils should not be regarded in making the
arrangement, for all the children of a district
have an equal right to the benefit of the common
school system. "The expense of such instruc
tion" can be readily ascertained by a reference
to the whole number of.ptipils taught in any one
district, and the entire cost of teaching the same.
The right of pupils who are thus located in re•
ference to the schools of their own and of an ad
joining district, is as undoubted and well sustain
cd by the law as the right of a pupil to be taught
in it own district.
A Singular Fact
A wife not know her husband.—A Southern
Journal has the following: In Saturday's Con
stitution a paragraph stating that an
inquest sad been held . on the body of a man,
named William Make, a carpenter, who was
drowned in the Markyke stream. While the
body lay at the bridewel I, poor llake's wife and
daughter called to see it before the inquest, and
left the bridewell with tears and lamentations.—
They returned home and the inquest was held—
the Comer thinking it unnecessary to call for
the evidence of the mourners—and the jury came
to a verdict , :iltat the deceased, William Dorke,
was accidently drowned." When the wife and
daughter returned home, what was their aston
ishment to see him whom they thought they hail
just seen dead, alive and well, warming himself
comfortably by the fire. The frightened woman
for some time refusEd to believe the evidence of
their senses; and it was not moil some neigh.
hors called in and effected a mutual understand
ing between the parties, that anything like quiet
was restored.
A Sign in Georgia
The Southern Central _Agricultural Society
has issued an address, proposing to hold an Ag
ricuhural Congress of' the Slaveholding States,
fur the following purposes:
•.'l'o adopt measures to improve the present
system of Agriculture; to develope the resources
and combine the energies of the Slaveholding
states, so as to increase their wealth, power, and
dignity, as members of the Confederacy ; to for
tify a public opinion within the borders of the
Slaveholding States, in antagonism to that with,
out ; to enforce the growing sentiment that the
children of the south shall be reared and educa
ted at home, instead of abroad; to foster scienti•
fie pursuits, promote the mi!chanics arts, and aid
in establishing a system of public Schools ; to
assist in bringing the South in direct commer"
cial intecourse with distant countries; and to
cultivate the aptitudes of the negro race for civ"
ilization, and consequently Christianity—so that
by the time that slavery shall have fulfilled its
benrficient mission in these States, a system may
' be authorized by the social condition of that race
here, to relieve it from its present servitude, with
out sinking it to the condition of the free negroes
of the North anti West Indies."
A Spiritual 111u8tralion.--“Let the mention to
you an incident. know it to be true for it oc
curred at Zanesvine. Judge H—, the indP
victual mentioned, is our . present member of
Congress, and Parson Jones, the old negro
preacher—Heaven rest his bones!—with his old
grey mare and rickety cart, has long since re
turned to dust. The Judge wns present at the
delivery of one of his sermons, and was brought
in by the speaker, by way of illustrating a cer'
min position, then and there taken by him : 'My
dear friends and brethren,' said he, 'de soul oh
do black man is as dear in de sight ob de Lord
as de soul of tie white man. Now you all see
Judge H—, a sittin' dah; Icanin' on his gold
en headed cane; you all know de Judge, niggas,
an' a berry fine man he is, too. Well, now, I'se
gwine to make a little comparishment. Suppos
in' de Judge some fine mornin' puts his basket
on his arm, anti goes to market to buy a piece of
meat. lie soon God a nice, fat piece ob mutton,
and goes off with it. 1)o you s'pose de Judge
would stop to 'quire wedder dat mutton was oh a
white sheep, or ob a black shecpi No, nuffite
oh the land! If de tnutton was nice an' fat, it
would . be all de same to de Judge ; he would not
stop to ax wedder de sheep had white or black
wool. Well; jes so it is, my friens, wid our heti
enly master. does not stop to ax wedder n
soul 'long to a white man or a black man, wed
'der his head was livered wid might bar, or kiv.
ered wid wool ; de only, question he ax will be,
.Is dis a good soul l'—an' if so, de Massa will
say, 'Enter into de joy ob de Lord, and set down
on de same bench wid de white man.; ye'.s.all
on a perfect !quality!"
r4"Ogtober, has just closed, was tile xvarmeat
of the last fifteen years, ; •
Voyage up Salt River
As we have voyaged the whole length of Salt
River, up to the "head of sloop navigation," we
are quite desirous that our readers should know
what a time we had, and how we ate satisfied
with the new "location."
—We- started-in-the-grand old_steamer Connectt.
cut, Captain Steady• Habits commander, with the
rest of the large Whig fleet, on the evening of
the 2d of November, on our course up the stream.
As we entered the bay into which that famous
river discharges its waters, there was a univer
sal expression of grief throughout the whole fleet.
The first ebullition being over, we had then an •
opportunity; "quiet, thcliith sad," to mark the
rapid progress of our voyage, and the interest'
ing objects before us. As we pasted up the bay,
there loomed up before us the low sandy po i nt or
Cape Harbor improvements; but we gave its
structions a wide berth, and sighed was we
!entry bade adieu for years. The wrecks of
steamers were strewed all along its yellow sands:
Cape Protection then showed its headland. The
long breakwater, erected in 1842 against the
dashing waves of the broad ocean, which rolled
its billows from far England upon it, had taken'
down and washed away ; and foolishly, on
landward side of the point, another barrier had
been built in '46, which only checked the cur^
rant of the inland river. As we passed it, it was
enveloped in fog, which had settled on gloomy
wreathes on the side of Mount American System,
that rose behind it. "Farewell," we said, "old.
landmark!" Thou wilt guide our fleet to victo
ry no more! Thy whole stupendous mass it to
be carted offend deposited in the deep ocean of
Free Trade ! lie who once stood proudly on
thy top to cheer us on to the contest, sleeps the
last long sleep of death, and his system has per
ished with him. It is marked on the tombstone,
as the fruitless labor of one who would have es
tablished his country's prosperity, had factions
permitted.
Soon after we approached the hidden rocks of
Slavery Extension. Here a great debate sprung
op in the different vessels of the fleet as to which
side of the rocks we should pass. The contest
grew exciting, when old Caption Consideration
settled the difficulty by remarking that it made
no difference when we were going up the river..
The old rocky shore of Point Notional Bank
next presented itself. But the regular action of
the currant and the tide had so fretted off the pro
jecting rocks, that it was no longer dangerous.
Here we passed the large 1/?lnoeratic fleet, com
ing down the bay, with streamers and Pennons
and flags flying, with bands of music playing.
and the passengers shouting in the highest glee.
What was rather strange in all cases the' British.
flag was flying above the Anurican, and tho.
shouts of "burnt for England's interests" rent the
air, while the bands played "God Save the King.”.
The New Hampshire, an old fashioned, slow sail_
ing craft, led the van, looking as if her model,
was a century old. She was the Bag ship, and,
bore aloft on her mizzen a (lag, with the inscrip - •
t ion tt rirginia Resolutions of '93." Fran k in,
Pierce stood at her bow, smiling as the morn••
ing, sun, his eye fixed steadily on the. Munn'
view of the White House. The rest of the lime,
seemed vexed at the little progress which was
made under the "'Mt" flag. The squadron of the.
West, under the command of Rear Admiral,
Douglas, were evidently determined to sail faster
as soon as the bay widened. Douglas has show
ed his cunning by so constructing his ensign that
the side which turned toward the flag ship pre.
seated the motto of •the Virginia Resolutions."'
while on the other was faintly written "River
and Harbor Improvement." He declared In his
men that as soon as there was room enough to
pass the Commodore, he should lead off himself,
haul down the Virginia flag, and up with the
black flag of piracy, with its skull and cross,
bones.
We passed very rapidly up the river, for the
tide Was seniag strong in that direction. Gen..
Scott examined with much curiosity both banks
of the river as we sailed on. It was the very
first—time that he had been on the stream, and
everything was new to him. am not dishear"
tened," said the old veteran, have troops of
friends around me, who have fallen with me.—
My life has been devoted to the Republic, and I ,
bow to its decisions now. This vote cannot blot ,
out the record of my services from my country's
history. Posterity will do me justice."
As we neared the extremity of the stream, we
passed many beautiful country residences. At
one of the finest, in his large cabbage garden,
stood Martin Van Buren. lie had not yet recov
ered from his grief at seeing the Democratic fleet
sail by without taking him on board.
"The buckwheat cake was in his mouth,
The tear was in his eye."
We inquired for the Prince, and found that he
had followed the fleet in a small skiff, and there
were many fears entertained for his safety.
A little further up was Buchanan. Poor man!
he looked haggard. The Democratic garment
with which he hail covered up his principles su
long, was growing thin, and the old Federal lin—
ing showed through in many places.
On the next turn of the river. we found Cass,•
wringing his hands in agony at the desertion of
his friends. • With his coat and hat off, he was
exclaiming amid "the noise and confusion" of:
the surf around him, in the words of the captive'
Knight
"They "are gone! they have all passed by !!,
The'y in whose wars I have borne a part, •
They that lloved with a brothers heart, , .
They have left me here to die . l
Sound again, clarion ! Clarion, pour thy blast r
Sound for the Presidential dream of hope is
past !" •
SOOT, after we came to the place where the
whole Free Soil party were disembarking. John
P. Hale, in a very good natured frame of mind,
was making preparation fur a permanent resi^
dence, as he 'had on idea that four years would
carry him down the stream again. Many of
them were seated on'the rocks, with long Muck
poles, stirring up the mud of the stream, while
certain inky looking fellows were calling upon,.
them to "agitate, agitate I" Mitst of the Massa' •
chusetts members were sitting in'thetr boats, Cl'..
peOling that the Democrats woulth•charter the
ohl steamboat ati./it;vmatl Come , up, after..thern...
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