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SHERWOOD FOREST,WAGER BY BATTLE.
A TAIS CF SAXON SLAVES Y IN IHK TWELFTHCENTTJEY.
KV HUSKY WILLIAM HERBERT.
CHAP. III.
I in Guerdon of Good Service.fwerc better to aie free, than live a slave
Huripidss.|- v*A8 fortunate, for all cone-rned, that no
c !,;/ timeelapeed before more efficient aid camo,ihi* ground. than tho gentleman who first; ; ',c i the spot, at" who, although a member
.t daumtow cbivrlry, ira:acd from their:u * to endure hardship, to despise danger,; to look death steadfastly and unmoved in
i i- was so utterly paralyzed by what hed. n t unnaturally, the death of his dar
>-.t be mado norffjrt to relieve her n\>pat i tLio £ir.ngbf<.ed animals, thoughi. rfnicd t artiaby on her lower limbs, and. :i < ;.; ario. which lay extended, nerveless, as
; a the cast. But up ciaic, in an
i*.. i'hdip do Alorvillo, on hi? superb,*30 «- .! i'e Andaiusian, a Norman baron toii. .. .tall, powerful, thin flanked, deepfKoKitrli nniiil'tiA TaaInrea
. i-eeuu; bifcir of bis ra.ce, nor less with; - valor. grave courtesy, anil hearta- -s»ivc: to fear or tenderness or pity, as
.a M*ei hauberk. Up carroenquires androtors end grooms, and springing tu
a.: "'-y to the giound, under the short,; .,: . rderd of their lord, raieed the dead; ..hiv up, while Sir Philip drew the
r jrri gont.y from under it, and raining heri. 1 arms n-0re tenderly than he had ever! kn -.-.u to entreat anything, unless it weret - ii o falc' ti, laid her cn tho short, soft
. c. -a aid. under the shadow of one of the:;L._ . aJ-h^aded oaks by the wayt-ido.
i. ijr-.-;- tiioe, my nobh: lord and brother," hetic.' i-he Lady G wendolen is not doad.
to uie this time. 'Tic only fear, acidt ...v her fall, for it wa» a heavy one, thatL !. i. da her faint. Bustle, knaves, bustlelk v.v.tcr from the spring yonder. Has no
1? v. ... r\».:. .»i.._. ».uviviuu r I U'Jj gt»UU{.>,
i. }eu would win ycor spurs of gold byj > tJic sumpter mule with tho punnicr*.i: J Lo at the palmer's spring by thist r. hark, tho bells from the gray brotbfr-'cba;in tac valley by the riv^r, are chi.i.u^the uoontido service. Bring wiue and
t el< c'uarica and ambergris, if the rcLr have any with hici. You Raoul," bec : i. allressiog a stu'dy, gi.rn featured
... » rer, she was hanging over the still^ !' g:rl with an expression of 6olicitudcL^ru , n -lural to his rugged and scar seamed
ii-wiee, '' take a led horse, and hie theeta tLe abbey; tell tho g<x>d prior what hathI . n, and pray the brother mediciner he
: UiH way. as tpo^dily as ho may andy i. ; :rning to the old. w hito-haired sone«1, " send up some of the varletn to the cas:!\f r 'lie horso-litier; she may not ride hometi. s day."
"i mean time, whilo he was accumulaterd : on order, while pages and h? reeboy?.gr n j s»nj enquires, wore galloping off, in difb-er,:diitcltons. as if with spurs of tire, andv. i ti". ? t>.r;ns themselves woio awkwardly*
, , iii.'iu n..j;;u:ofcr;iuuii» lur
tlv_- fji: j .urcr iT.^hturc, which they were much: re ^ I themselves to receive at the hand*o. *>« -oi t in, who were in thuoe rude daysoitcn the cb"uig-v r,;< :>nd leeche*, as wh II itsthe < inf rr.rs tbeis of the bed cf painJ a::d si r. to do such effiee* Tor others,the h- f def'-nder of Gueodolen.Kenric thedark haired.lay in his blood, stark aod cold,d d' ad. r.n I quite forgotten, even by thei -t of the N irtnan varletry, who held themci.i t' bio to waste services upon a SaxiL .core upon a thral and bondsman.
fi y.such of thrrn, thai is to say, as werei! ? r«c i<<i in direct attend-nee on the personsof iiblcj, or as had not been despatched infar-jb (f i.id.applied themsolvee, with chartcfrri-tiiz al and eagerness, to tend and sue
> r the nobler animals, as they h.-,ld them, ofwhile they abandoned their brother
)i i-ilowonr.tryuian, military I.cvitcsy t.» his chance» of lifi or death.
I" so Lunch rs even caring to a-k or ex*iiio v. ho?her he vers nuciburd I with thei or the (lead.
y lf'tov wsi.v fist eten to, and prcnoanoedi .hen his rich housings wcro strippedoff> ir (. h_r. and clean("i as well as time and
eru.itted; when the carcase was draggedread, and coaoealed, for the mocueut,i n loaves and boughs looped from the
. ring buslies, while something was said* .ho ttable boys of sending out some of
1 u >g h'iiXoi1 serfs " to bury him on the
u or was then dragged roughly whence!
.. -iosa the breast of K-eerie, in whose'tie* one of its terrible Mow antlers
'" u deep gash, vliiio his right arm was- .tiered by a Mow of its sharp hoofj.
were the men of indicting pain onr dishonor on rhe dead, that one of
.. removing the quarry, set his booted[ ,:r o:i the Saxon's chest, and forced,
t tii'.'.t of the pro&sure and the pain,: k.ng .ound, half involuntary, halt
" - t \ the pale lips of the motionless' "lie; t r. V. i* i eriTfC, and a slight, contempttv'1; Norman groom turned away,
vtd burthcfi, muttering a ribald^ tth-gnurt oi the Saxon boar;"1. d:.*u;ng hi- i .ui woodknife, was 8<>oa
of the curtc. and deeper> i hi.ivd Rod creu-.a prating of ' nomblce," i; [ «£-Js. ur.d ruceuboatia," then the
L - 'e art of hunting, or butchery,tho reader chooses to call it, which
''i r- .ibiy antiquated. The head was(. u it w:.a-untied, and, with the ent..:> ,n$ .. i 4^ ii. ii * 1-
y i -U LUC U'jfCO iTjUDUP,V.' ' **'1-rivonoiiS eves on tho gory
if., peculiar mortal w-ts chucked...; f i r.Tcn, tbo hi-M.lt bird t»f St.
, «!..ck.f/co front any apprehension of- I -.t- r:-, who i ffu-jSed t treat Lira
a.ul and re\or<-atial awo.sale en-:,< :r.rd peak of an aged oak tree,
f n r.e> u tomed portion, with an oband an occasional croak. By and
the eumpter mule came up, withtA " f ale a*.d bottinus of mead and hypocras,L;" ' re of Gasoony and Aojou, before even
r- . >' throats were slaked by tho generous1 the bridle bits and cavessous, none Lag»-rtiri'/alcH of the couriers were removed,an! reaches were bestowed on them,
1in jicrdon of past services. partly inr to renew the;r strength and btiinulate
t ardor.' g ere this, however, fanned by two or
'~;i- with fans of fern wreaths, and1 .< 1 with spring water by the hands
h r solicitous kinsman, the young girl hadK' tp ymptomn of returning life, and abrigbtc-expression returned to tho dark, melancholyoi her lather.
' wo or three l<>n-» f i'ni fl... uv, UU'.VlllIg» H c rac :rcm her parted lip?; and thon, regular,» thjogh low and fteble, her breathing made1 ell i.cr.rd, and her girlish bosom rose and
o it'll responsive.I Her lather, who had been chafing herhauds^ usly, pi eased one of them caressiagly. at^ ti hli \r of returning anims.tiun, and rah-edit, I < hi. lip?; when, awakening at the accustomitI -lornc *. her languid eyeB opened, r. faint0 'vbt oi intelligence shone forth from them, aj. 1 ale glow of hectic color played over her face,iad a soiilo glittered for & second on her quivdI WittR 111*
11 Dear lather,"' slio whispered, faintly ; but,f" I tlc R xt moment, an expression of fear was'»ib.e in ail ht=r feature, and a palpable 6hivere *hooik ail her frame. " The stag! " she mur®Ur®d; - the stag ! save mc, save" andbe*lore the words, uttered simultaneously by the
Tjvol. vm.
two lords." Ho ia dead, dear one," " He willbartn no one any more ".had reached her care,>he again relapsed into insensibility, whilewith equal caro, but renewed hope, they tendedand caressed.But K»nric no one tended, no one caree?ed,
eavo, " faithful still, where all w ore faithlessfound," the brindled Btaghouud, ' Killbuck,"who licked his faoe assiduously, with his grim,gory tongue and lips, and besmearing his facewith blood and foam, rendered his aspect vetmore terrible nod deathlike.
But now the returning messengers began toride in, fast and frequent; first, old Raoul. thehuntsman, euroet, although not fleetest; andwith him, shaking in his saddle, between thea:nse of peril and the perplexity occasionedhim by the high, hard trot of the Norman warhorsepressed into such unwonted service, " likea hoai'd head in aapick jelly," the brothermedioiner from the neighboring convent, withhis wallet of simples and instruments of ohirurgery.By his advice, the plentiful application of
cold water, with essences and stimulants inabundance, a generous draught of rich wine ofBurgundy, and, when animation seemed thoronghlyrevived, the gentle breathing of a vein,soon restored the young lady to her perfecttenses and oompletu self-possession, though shewas sorely bruised, and so severely shaken thatit was enjoined ca her to remain perfoctlyquiet, where she lay, with a lincoln-green furredhunting cloak arouud her, until the arrivalof the litter should furnish means of returnto the castle of her fathered host and kinsman.And, in good season, down the hill, slowly
and toilsomely came the horse-litter, poor subfifihifii fnr cx **iKrollfk*W.MWV. 4V1 W T1 UV/blCU TVUtV/lVi ? MUV WTCU VUUO
best, if not only, conveyance yet adopted forthe transport of the wounded, the feeblo, ortho luxurious, and, as such, used only by thowealthy aud the noble.With tho litter, oamc three or fonr women;
one or two, Norman maidens, the immediateattendants of the Lady Guendolen, and theothers Saxon slave girls of the household of SirPhilip de Morville, who huiried down, eagerto gain favor by show of zealous duly, or actuatedby woman's feeling for woman's suffering,even in different grade and station.The foremost of them all, bounding along
with all the wild agility and free natural gracefulnessof wood-nymph or bacohaute, was a
girl of seventeen or eighteen, not above themiddle height of her eex, but plump as a partridgo,with limbs exquisitely formed and rounded,a profusion of fiuxen tresses floating unrestrainedon the air, large dark-blue eyes, anda complexion all of milk and rosea.the verytype of rural Saxon youth and beauty.As she outstripped all the reet in speed, she
was the first to tender gentle service to theLady Guendolen, who received her with a
smile, calling her Edith the Fair," and thankingher for her ready aid.But, ere long, as the courtlier maidens ar
1 4U . A PJ.lL 4 Jiivuu i u iliu ^iuuuu, LU tU Wa« SCI fedlUO,a3 is too often the case with humble merit,while the others lifted the lady into the horselitter.covered her with light and perfumedgarlands, and soon had all ready for her departure.
But, in the mean time, Edith bad turned a
hasty glance around her, and descrying the inanimatebody of the Saxon serf, lying aloneand untonded. moved by the gentle sympathyof woman for the humblest unknown sufferer,she hastened to assist, if assistance wore stillpossible. But, aa she recognised the limbs,stately, though cold and still, and the features,still noble through gore and defilement, a swifthorror smote hor, that she shock like a leaf,and fell, with a wild, thrilling shriek, ' O,Kenric, Kenrie! " on the body of the vrouadedman.
" Ha! what is this?" cried Sir Philip, whonnv? fiiv;t ::>L\jr nr mrnnmltftrprJ tpJiafc Vinri"How id this? Knavee, is thero a man hurthero ? " .
" A Saxon churl, Beausire," replied one of thepage?, llippantly, " who has gotten hie bridketunseamed by his brother Saxon yonder!" andhe pointed to the dead carcase of the stag."Our lady save us." murmured the gentle
Gucndolen, w ho seemed about to relapse into insensibility; " he saved my life, and have ye lethim peri«h ? ""Now, by the splendor of our lady's eyes,"
cried Yvo de Taillebois, the father of the fairyoung lady, "this is the gallant lad we saw
afar, in such bold band-to-hand encounter withyon mad brute. We have been ingrately,shamefully remiss. This must be amended,Philip do Morville."
"It shall.it shall, my noble friend," criedPhilip; "and ye, d gs, that have let tho man
perish untended thus, for doing of his devoirhotter than all the best of ye, besiir yourselves.If tho man die, as it seems like enow, ye shalllearn, ere ye are one day older, what pleasantbod rooms are the vaults of Waltheofstow, andhow tastes the water of the moat."
Meantime, the monk trotted up, and, afterbrief examination, announced that, though badlyhurt, his life was in no immediate peril, andr>et himself at orco hi comfort and revive lnm.
" He i* not slain ; he will not die, my child,"said Sir Yvo, softly, bending over the litter, tobis pa'e lily, who smiled faintly as she whispered,in reply.
" Dear father, nor be a slave any longor.""Not if I may redeem him,"' he answered,
"but I will speak with Sir Philip at once.Meanwhile be tranquil, and let them conveyyou homeward. Forward, there, with thelitter.gently, forward!"
And, therewith, he turned aod s^okc eagerlyto de Morvills, who listened with a grave brow,and answered.
" If it may be, my noble friend and brother.If it inay oe. But there are difficulties. Nuthcloss,ou ray life I desire to pleasure you.""Nay! it comports not with our name or
6tation, that the nobic Guendolen de Taiileboisshould owe life to a collared tbral.a mere
brute animal. My lord, your word on it! Hemu>' be free, since Yvo do Taillebois is his debtor."
" My word is pledged on itreplied de Morville."If it can be at all, it shall be. Nay,look not so black on it. It shall be. We willspeak farther of it nt the castle ! Ar d now,lo! how he opes his eyes and stares. He willbe right, anon; and ye, knaves, bear him tothe castle, when the good brother bids ye, andgently, if yc would escape a reckoning withme. And now, good friend, to horse! to horse!The litter is half way to the castle gates already.To borsc! to horse! and (»od send usno more such sorry huntings."
Self-Taxation..The taxoa are, indeed,heavy; ana if those laid on by Governmentwere the only ones we had to pay, we mightinoro esB.ly discharge them; but we havemany others, aod much more grievous to some
ol^u3. We are taxed twice as much by ouridleness, three t.mes as much by our pride, andfour times as much by our folly ; and from thesetaxes whe Ci iuitnssioeers cannot care or deliverus by allowing any abatement.Franklin.
An excellent cement for soame in tho roofsof houses, or for any ainnlar defects, may bemade with white lead, dry white 6and, and asmuch oil as will render it of the consistency ofcuttv; it becomes as hard as any stone in theoourse of a few week*. The lead forme a kiudof flux with the sand, adapting it to the fillingup of cracks in briok buildings, also for pointingup the bases of chimneys, where they projectthrough the roofs of shingled houses.
Ho that has never knowD adversity is buthalf acquainted with others, or with himself.Constant success shows us but one side of theworld. For as it surouuds us With friendswho will tell us only our merits, so it silenoesthose enemies from whom alone we oan learnour defects.
Let me not promise too much, nor raise toohigh expeotations of my undertakings; 1 hadrather men should oomplain of my small hopesthan of my short performances..Bukop Hall.
«. BAILEY, EDITOR A
wa:[ Kntared according to act of Congress, in the ye«rISM, by Alice Caret, in the Clerk's Office of theDistrict Court for the Southern District of NewYork J
For the National Era.
H 0 L L V-W 0 0 0.BY ALICE CAREY.
CI1AI*. VII.Continued.I saw that, in spito of my Bolt interpretations,her homely perceptions struck straightat the truth, and I felt in all ways eompro
uiirou. one, my interior, was in possession ofmy secret, and in none sort I was in hor power,for in shared counsel there is always insecurity.She appeared to appreciate mv position and
my thoughts, and said, abruptly":" It s no use to say wo forget a thing, whenwe don't and can't forget it; but not for this,nor for anything that I may know or suspectabout certain persons, will anybody bo any thewiser. After all. I may be all wrong.I expect1 am, but 1 don't bciiove I arn, and I knowI ain't; but if I had once thought that what Iknew about the lettor would make you ead, Iwould not hare spoke it the longest day 1lived." And, making some practical, commonsense observation about the needs of the kitohen,she left me to my own reflections.
1 cannot hope to make you understand theconflict that was in my heart. A tormentingpassion is love, at the host; but when love isnot acoompanied by the m »at perfect confidencein the object loved, it becomes the mostagouizing of all torments. And. now that Ihad permitted myself to listen to the suspicionsof another, mice own seemed to havo acquiredtenfold force. What arc all the probabilitiesand possibilities in the world against onedamning fact?
I arose from my abject position, and takingfrom a drawer, where it was carefally laidaway among dried rose leaves, a small illuminatedvolume, a gift from Mr. Richards, which1 greatly prized, I went to the parlor to replaceit wheae it had been previously to cominginto my possession. For a moment 1pressed it to my heart, for another, to my lips,and, tearing hastily out the presentation page,I turned, crumpling the leaf in my hand, andstood face to face with the arbiter of my fate.Whether ha Lad witnessed mv action and
divined my thought, 1 know not; for, approachingmc, in a manner which had in it all thetenderness of devotion, ho drew rue to tlio sofa,and, folding me close in his arms, kissed me
again and again.kissed my forehead, kissedmy lips.
" The story,"' I said, disengaging myseif;"ycu had something to tell me, you said; letme hear it now."
" No, Mary, you are not in a mood to hearthe story 1 had to tell. Another time,when "
He checked himself, and remained silent.I eaid I was prepared to hear auything.
even that I had been deceived ^nd betrayedand forsaken. Nothing could surpriso me.nothing could wound me more deeply than Ihad already been wounded.He seemed to mu60 for a moment, and then,
clasping me close in his arms, said :" It seems to me 1 cannot better fulfill the
true misrion of life, than by living here, andwith you."
" What do you mean ? " I asked, holdingback his face between my hands, and R>ok;Dgclose in his eyes.
Me laugnea, in a gay. good-humored lashion,which seemed to say i had been needlesslyalaimod, and which made me feel that I hadbeen ; for 1 laughed rceponsively, and, as hetightened the embrace, nestled with childlikeconfidence to his bosoiu, and for a moment wasblest.
Ail at once the room grew brighter. 1thought it was our love shining so, at first;but. looking up, I saw that Mr. Richards was
holding over the fiamo of the lamp the letterwhich he had that evening received. Heturned it, that 1 might see the seal was melting,unbroken, and, when tho last particle fellto ashes, said :
"So, Mary, we are friends again.morethan friend*.wo are lovers; we are marriedby the invisiblo priesthood of God.tho angels "
He bent low to my iips, and 1 gave withoutsharno tho seal of confirmation.
God, toy Father, 1 thank thee for that blessedhour. Nothing in time nor in eternity canundo it, nor disunite its memory from my eoul.it came iiKo sum-nine tnrouga a rent ot theclouds; and I felt the angels about me, andheaven over all.
Ob, how often, wandering, and weary, anddissatisfied, I have turned back the dark leavesin the volume of my life, and, coming to thatbright page, have read it and read it, till longago every word Las been transferred to myheart. It is beautiful to know there are-tbiDgswhich cannot bo taken from us.the power todream.to widen our low chambers into palaces,and roof them with the planets of the sky,and the peopling of them with friends who aretrue friends.who never say to us, I weary ofyour smile, and am hungry for knowledge yotxcannot impart. This is one thing for which Iam humbiy grateful; but for tho real j >yswhich I have held close in my arms for moments,1 cannot be thankful enough.What pretty plans we made that night for
the future! The groat melancholy moon Bhonewarm, almost, against our faces, as we lookedout upon the still woods and fi ;lds, devising thethings which should beautify our future home.Hetty should coiuo and live w;t'u us, and besent to the now school, and Charley should befound, and my father made glad ; Mr. Richardswould go in the morning and persuadehim to join in our little festivity, which ho saidshould but a little precede our great festivity.I must bring my white dress, for when that Ishould wear it, he should only see me, and nottho garment. 1 went into the dooryard andgathered some red flowers, and twined themabout roy hair, just as I proposed to wearbUUUl OU lli V lltuuipil ~'V iicarb
I did not call 1117 triumph day any more ; butth9 marriage day a little beyond.that was tobe the great triumph.the great day of mylife.When ho smoothed my black locks, and
crushed and broke the fljwers among them, inplayful fondness, praising both, I reprovedwith make-beiieve frowns, which were scarcely,I confess it, meant to correct tho faults;and so, iioding interest in every trifle, as loverswill, the strokes of the clock were uncounted.Not a rose bush grew by tho path that we didnot quarrel about, and agree abjut again. Onewould begin by saying it must be pruned; itquite overspread the path ; it had been an obstructionlong enough; and the other would besure to argue the contrary.its natural growthcould not be improved upon by pruning knives.As~a special favor, it must remain as it was;and, when the request was granted, the petitionerwas sure to withdraw the plea, and eachwould say the other knew host.
But all this is tedious; for that which is allin all to lovers, is nonsense to the world.Tho midnight cock crew, hoarsely; it seemed
to me, and as if he reproved us. I said so, andthat I must go, for 1 am naturally suporeti-tious; and, though my companion had, I knew,in his nature, no spaik of sympathy with thefeeling, he Boothed my apprehensions as gentlyas a mother would soothe her little child.hislove should charm away all ghosts and uglythings that boded harm, from the chamber ofhis Mary.his wife.
I lingered, for he had not named our nuptialday; and, when he divined not my silonce,said:
" One thing more to make perfect my happiness.I'ha crown of love.when shall we wearthat ?"
" Don't you think a crown would growheavy on the forehead, sometimes? " ho answered." No, not that crown.''" And why not that, as well as another, if
we oonld never lay it off?"Because, I said, love feeds upon love, and we
cannot tire of it any more than we tire of thelight.
I. II I
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WTliNI) PROPRIETOR; JOH
SHINGTON, THURSIHe fropt tho hands which a moment before
he had pressed with such eolemn earnestness,and laughing one of hia gay, careless laughs,said "You have beard tho story of tho K'.lkeipny oats ? " »
" Yes, what of it?"" Nothing; on!y your remark, that love feci*
upon love, suggs. stod it: u and with ac ill-coflcoaled yawn he lighted hia night lamp, anAlef; me, thunderstruck, my question unanswer*ed.
I followed him with my eyes, as step by stephe asoended the stairs, for I thought it was acruel jest, and he would coma back and partwith a kiss and a reassurance of love; surely hdwould look back, and at least give me a *ilentgood night; but not to. Struck dumb, I ttoodand saw him go on and on.and, when be haduisuppearea, neara mm opon tne aour 01 nw
chamber, and afterward tarn the key. I presacdmy hand upon my forehead, and strainedmy eyes wide, to ece whether 1 was not in a
dream, for I doubted tho evidence of my sen^wen; but it was no droam. There lay tho brokenflowers on the floor; there lay tho crumpledleaf which I had torn from the gift book. AfI soak down on the-oofa, Fleet came forward)and whining low and pitifully, as it seemed;laid his head in my lap.
1 would have pushed him off, for I felt hi*,recognition of my desolation an evil sign ; buihe w ould not be put aside, and, crouching hum'bly, licked toy hands and looked up into rujface.
I tried to think it was nothing, and to giveit a ludicrous coloring by asking myself howtho whining of a dog could affect my destiny ;but tho secret recognition of a warning remainedthe same.
Presently a moth flattered in at the window,for it had not been closed, and I said 1would make it the test of my fortune. If it flutterednear me, it shoold be a good omen; andif the contrary, why, all was lost. But whenit went farther and farther, 1 made anothefsign ; for it was natural that the moth shouldgo to the light. 1 said my first test was notworthy of reliance; but now if it scorched it*wings as it circled about the lamp, I wouldtake it as an evil sign. With what interest \watched it.now nearer and now farther froirJthe blhzc.once or twice my hand involuuta'rily outstretched itself as the danger becameimminent, and nearer and nearer I leaned,hoping that in some sudden wheel it wouldhim Knolr infn fKo nicrKf If slisl »»af Ka«»aw.-~ " « "'ft""- *"
er, but foolishly noared the glitter: now aDOtch was bitten froai ono pretty wing, andnow from another, by the fire; and so I said, ifit gees away alive, it will bo a good omen.al!the better for its narrow escapes; and as I saidso, more and more ita wiogs grew ragged andthin, and lc-ss steadily it balanced itsuif, tillsuddenly it made a blind da>h.a struggle,and the flame had eaten it np. |1 groaned aloud, and upset the lamp as 1sought to extricate the writhing body; so onlythe moonlight was left for my chamberlain, fhastily drew down the eash, for, as I said, I amnaturally superstitious aod timid, and as 1turned, saw full in the moonlight, hoveringbefore me, what seemed a bird, tho most beamtiful one I ever Baw; it sung no song anflmade no sound with its wiDgs, if wings it bail)for of course 1 could see but imperfectly, ye=there it fluttered right before me a moment,and then it was gone.not out of the room,not on the floor nor the ceiling, jet it wa«gone. I might have thought it an illusion, soquick it wont; but Fleet saw it, evidently, afiwell as I, for he leaped forward, and I hoardhis jaws snap; and whtn the bird fluttered ontlio t.iime, La crouched down and trembled.When I left the room he weDt with me, nor
would ho Fleep otherwhere than at the Load ofmy bed, and two or three tirnos during thenight he roused and walked about the room,as if to boo that all was well. You smile.well, I only say what I saw.While we were breakfasting on the followingmorning, there was a loud, impatient ringingof the front-door bell. Mr. Richards eocmedstartled, and whispered aside to me, wheu
Rose appeared, and announced that a strangeperson was importunate to see him, that he '
was very ill, and must not on any account bedisturbed. I fulfilled his request with a trembling heart, but an unsteady voice; observantof which, the stranger inquired whether Mr.Richards were very ill, and if 1 were hie relative.Ho was a bluff, rough man, of some executiveauthority, I thought; and, as he hesitated,
ho balanced in bis hand a paper, which seemedin some way to puzzle biru. Will you seethis delivered into the hand of Henry Richards,he asked, presently. 1 answered, that 1 wouldnot like to disobey a physician s orders; aod1 ventured to add, is it of great importance?Ha (lid not reply, but ehaking the window
shutter by which he stood, as it to ascertainthe strength and excellence of the make, besaid, "what available lunds has this man l"
I am quite ignorant of hit* afl'airH, I eaid ; andI took to myself sumo credit, inasmuch as 1spoko tho simple truth ; and after some furlh^tcurious observation, the man placed the packagein a small black leathern bag, and with adissatisfied air, and without more than a carelessnod, departed, greatly to my alleviation;yet I felt euro that some harmful th'ng, whichmust ctime at last, had been only obviated forthe moment.Mr. Riohard1) affected indifference as to tho
stranger and his errand, and to mo excusedhimseif for declining to soe him.he could notha said, havo his new happiness encroachedupon by ordinary affairs. I would gladly havobelieved that it was so, but I could not; tl^rcwas a restlessness and uneasiness in his mannerthat belied his words. He said ho wa;; notwell, aud reclined on the eofa, and asked me,in a way more garrulous and impatient thanfond, to talk to him. I knew not what to say,for, in spite of the protestations of the lastnight, I felt singularly restrained and embarrassed; nevertheless, I tried to obey his wishes,for of all things I dosired most to please him ;but I soon saw that I failed to interest bira.and he presently asked ino to read.he didn'tfeel equal to the exertion of conversation. Iinquired what he would like, romance or
travel, history or poetry; and he answered, thathe was about done with romance and poetry,but, that further than that he bad no choice.
I took up whatever book was at hand, andread, but neither of us received any meaningfrom the words ; so, after some 7uin attempts toappear interested, I closed the volume, and fora long time we remained silent, and I think
KntK f^lt it n. rftliflf when the wnrkmlinabout tho farm required the superintendenceof the proprietor.As I sat alone, musing of many things, the
smiling face of Timothy appeared at tho doer.I tried to smile too, but it was a poor attempt,1 am afraid; nor was I reconciled to myself or
my prospects, for his assurance that I was
looking admirably well.ho thought some goodthiog had befallen or was about to befall ma
It seemed to me that he saw quite the contrary.and wished to fortify my faltering.He had come, he said, to ha»c a little colloquialintercourse with me, previously to bis settangout in search of a fortune, aa it might be
that cur next meeting would tako place beyondJordan.I said I was sorry for his going, as I had few
friends, and could ill afford to lose one." Heigh he ! he exclaimed, 1 don't know why
I am going, nor where I am going.whithersoevermy stars direot me, for who knowshow much of our destiny is in our own handsand after a moment he continued," why shouldwe care f i aon't; it i ieei mat 1 can menu
matters, I Bet about it; ami if I can't, I makethe beet of them.while I could walk I walk*ed, and when my limbs became useless I golthe best crutch I could, and limped; and afterall, 1 am, perhaps, as well off as I ever was; forinstanoe, 1 would not have drawn upon yoursympathy and interest, if I had been strongand vigorous and unmaimed, as I have donanow; it must be that every loss brings its compensation.If we lose our dinner, we enjo?our supper with a double seet; and the friend/
V
N (i. W H 1 T T I E R , O 0 R
)AY, OCTOBER 26,thot go before ns into heaven, draw us nearorand nearer to heaven "
"But if we lose friend? here, what comfortis there for us, if they grow awav from us, orif chat ce or fate feparate us ?" Timothy eyedrue a moment, emilia^y, and replied:"If a friend should, as you ~ay, g»ow awayfrom me, I ebould take to myself the consoiattoothat he had never rightly grown to me."
Peihapsyou are right, bat that refleotionwould not reconcile to the estrangement of oneI had loved."
" Love, I assure you, my dear friend," saidhe, ' is a mere mattor of moonshine.a fancy.an idea."
" You are net serious."" Perfectly. Suffer any or e thing to tako
entire possession of the mind, and vre becomeinsane. The right wiy i.s to fceep in your ownhands a reserve force of self-sufficiency. uponwhich, in case of emergoucy, to fall lack "
" But love, real love, is not calculating.''" The devil!" exclaimed Timothy, eyeing meas though I had uttered the rao*t startling sentimentin the world. " Forgive an>1r he added,in a moment; "I am on aiy knees in spirit, andyou see the utter impossibility of bodily prostration."
I said it was useless for us to talk of sentiment,vra should never agree; that, to mythinking, the best of all God's good gifts waslove.
" It is an indiffeient good thing to eat," saidTimothy, "if one is hungry and has a fat caponbef.iie him; and it is good to Hleep v.heu oneie tired, and has at his command a nieo featherbed and a blanket; and brandy and waterie a pleasant thing to queueh thirst."
" You are Lappiiy constituted," I said."Yea, all except tho legs "
"I don't think I very well understand you;your ways of thinking are new to me.""As to the first," he said, "I don't understandmyself. Timothy Shue and Timothy
dhue are on pretty good terms, but thoy aienot much acquainted with each other; and asfor my way of thinking, I don't think at all.When I was a boy, my attention was arrestedone day by seeing a dog tied to a p'st with a
strong'cord, and, as any dog of spirit naturallywould be. he was di.-contrnted, and whinedand howled, pulling now this way and now
that; but he gained not a whit for his pains,and at length ohok^d to death in the effort togo farther than he could; and I resolved thentbaM would not strive with impossibilities."
' But it iB only by a?k<ng what is pOEsihle tobe known, that we learn what is impossible."
' Our greatest wisdom hath this extent, nomore: wo are here to-day, and gone to-morrow:the rest God knewetb, we must trust."And then, as if ashamed of the earnestness andseriousness with which ho had spoken, ho added:" In other words, we come up like a hopper-grass,and are cut down like a sparrowgrass."
I looked puzzled, sorrowful perhaps, ar d hecontinued: 'Well, I am a strange fellow, 1admit it. If I had not been created, I wonderwho would have lived in mypls.ee.some othercreature must have been made, for I am a linkin the chain of thing?; and if anothor had boonmade, perhaps it would have been me. §ut 1am pulling my cord too far.suppose wc eat a
sandwich, or something of that sort."I know not how it was, for though wc hid
little intellectual sympathy, Timothy's influenceupon mc was most happy. Ambition anddiscontent and pining could not stay with himlong.the genial sunniness that overspreadhis homely ccinmon cense, drove away theshadows.He had uo vision for the dark side of life;
no phantoms came to his chamber. He hadmoney enough for nil h:s needs, and _uaje hiugto spare cow and then; bow be came by it, 1don't know; r,ud whether ho bad friends or
home, 1 don't know, perhaps not more than hefound everywhere. He seemed neither to havehope nor fear, took lazily hold of the bc;.t endr _i_! a. i
oi inings as xncy oame.
When other sources of amufifmen; failed,he resorted to his flute, of which he seemednever to weaiy. And still the preparation forour great festivity went on ; farmers were seen,day by day, driving to t< vn their marketwsgocs, filled in part wi.a potatoes or oats,or whatever else they had to dispose of, andcarrying with them their daughters and wives,to purchase finery for the great occarion; andnew gowns, and bonnets, and ribands, andri files. w ere brought home, and discussed, andmade up. as best suited rustic notions of adornment.The young men were active, too, andmany a one rccied to town on the top of a loadf sweet-scented hay, and returned with a new
fur hat, and waistcoat of biack satin, whichhe wae sure to say he would not have purchasedbut for the urgency of mother or sistet.he would ba sorry to have them ashamed ofhim ; and he supposed, too, he must have alittle money in h's pocket; accidents mightoccur.The weather became a matter of unusual
interest; and "Do you think we shall haverain ? " was propounded with as much interestas " Do yen think we shall have war?" wouldhave been. Old men put on their spectacles, andconsulted the almanac as an oracle; young mensaid they didn't know nor care much about it.They rather hoped it would rain, s >mc of them ;thoy would be glad to have soma excuse forabsenting themselves; but the young ladiesou.de no disguise of their interest it will be so
provoking, they said, if 1 can't wear my newbonnet. However, they were not really afraidof rain; and no prognostics could have inducedfear; it would be pleasant, they kutwit would ; and the now calico dress was turnedinside out and outside in a dozen times a day,and every visiter was asked how she liked it,ftr/1 tl\M b r\ **» if /arv»_f )k\r rrdTt^ OrJ
hew many yard:) were in it, and that its owneringht have got another, with a little largerleaf, and a brighter ground, if she had hadtwo or three shillings more; but that she didnot know, after all, as she would have likedanything better than what she bad, and thevisiter wag sure to think nothing could be prettier,and to carry away with her a small pieceto exhibit at home, to compare with her own,and to wash with soft soap and " brokewator," to test the colors, and afterwards topatch in her quilt, which she didn't expect sheshould ever want. All about the neighborhood,bits of calico and gingham were seen
drying on the rosebushes; new caps were
bleaching on the grass, and ail the out-doorovens wore aglow by six o'clock in the morniDg,for two or three days in advance of tkeuay. Pigs and oh ckens, ducks and geese,and turkeys and lambs, were baked, and roasted,and boiled, and hoys slipped under bams,and about scaffolds and roosts, with a greatercelerity than Cyrus of old, in search of newhen's ne<sts, and groat yellow and speckledpumpkins were soen piled about every door, intoken of the pies that were to be. Apples andpeaches and pears were thought almost toocommon to be ujed on so nice an occasion, andODiy those who bad fruit of very superiorquality ventured to offer it. Pound cakes andginger oakes, cup cakoa and loaf cakes, madeail the air dchcioui; every plump arm was
bare, and the beating of eggs and tbo poundingof snicoj made almost every house rnutsi-cal.Wheu it was known that Mr. Richards was
to have a tent on tho ground, and that he hadactually contributed sorue flowered carpet forthe covering of the platform, and two lamps,such as nobody had ever seen before, hispopularity knew no bounds. Tnat such a gentlemanshould condescend to join in the sportsof tho common people, was a matter alike ofjoy aud surprise. In fact, ho was daily growingupon my confidence; for, in his intercoursewith men he was not only just, but generous.Ilia flowers and fruits were at the disposal ofhis neighbors. Now be was getting Borne poorboy into the school, and now pasturing the cowof some poor widow.
I strengthened my Lopes in all theso things,though with myself 1 oonfess his procedurewas never quite satisfactory, so I loft that outof the question.
[remainder or chap, tii next week.]
I ESP ON DING EUITOF.
1854.For the National Era.
HOPE AND DESPAIB.BY MARY FRANCES TYLER.
The two went out for a walk ono day,But they couldn't keep long together;
For Despair full soon had commenced her tune.Ofgrumbling about the weather.
But Hope roamed still over heath and hill,And low to herself kept humming
" Though the way be drear, I have nought to fear,There's a better time a-coming.''
Despair sat down in a faded gown,And she looked both lean and i&zy ;
And 'tis said that they who chanced that way,I>eclared that i-he had gone craiy.
But Hope went dressed in her very best,And her soft sweet voice kept humming
" Though fortune frown. I am not cast down,There's a better time a-coining "
The sun shone cut, but Despair, in doubt,Esprcted a storm to-iuorrow,
And so sho went in her discontent,Bowed down with a needless sorrow.
But liopo was gay through the live-long day,And with merry tones kept humming:
" Though the suu may sot, 1 will ne'er forget,There's a better timo a-coming."
The storm cloud came, and Despair the sameWas greatly distressed about it;
The sun, she said, had forever fled,And she couldn't live without it.
Hope felt the storm, but her heart was warm,And her voice with the winds went humming:
" I fear no harm, and feel no alarm,There's a better time a-coming."
And so, my friend, until life shall end,What silly Despair deems frightful,
In a light more true, with a higher view,Will seem unto nope delightful.
Then let us beware of this same Despair,Ana iisiuu aa nope seops Humming
And though^lls befall, let us think fur allThero'a a better time a coming.
For the National Era.IK'S FUGITIVE FROM SLAVERY. AND THEPOWER TO RETURN HIM TO BONDAGE.
Tho almost constant perversions of commonsense and all the rules of legal interpretation,to which our modern judges arc driven, in orderto support the nbomin&blo system of AmericanSlavery, induces me to address to thepublic the following remarks:
In the case of Garrett Van Metter t\«. RobertMitchell, in the Circuit Court of the UnitedStates for the western district of Pennsylvania,at the November term, 1853 Judge Irwin,in delivering the opinion of the Court, usedthe language, among other expressions quotedbelow. After eopyiog the fugitive clau.-o ofthe United States Constitution, as follows."No person held to rorvice or labor in one
State, under the law? thereof, escaping into anotherState, Ehall, in consequence cf any lawor regulation therein, be discharged from suchservice or labor, but shall be delivered up, onclaim of the party to whom such service or la-bor may be due ".the learned J edge proceedsto say:"A claim, in a judicial souse, is a demand
of some matter as jf right, made by one personupon another, to do, or to forbear to do, someact or thing, as a matter of duly An l wherean act is required, the means are given to maVecffeotuul the ngkt, which :s seldom pos.-iMe bya more delivery to the owi.er. of the fugitive.Before the act of 1793 as well in this as inlythor instances, this injusti:e has boon but toofrequent The fugitive might have bcea concealed,harbored, and assisted to escape into a
foreign country, bo that his services mightnot only havo been partially, but totally lostto the owner. I cannot believe that such injusticecould havo been without a remedy."Much more is very flippantly said by the accommodatingJudge, painful to the ears of in-
telligent and enlightened justice, philanthrcnv.and Christianity, about the common Inwrights aud remedies of Blave-ovniers, undertho act of 1789 ; and Judge Baldwin's o|iinion,ia the oaso cf Johnson vs Thompson, is cited tosustain these views; all of which, as I conceive,are utterly at war with the facts and historyof common law adjudications, and especiallyto that famous decision in the King's Benchof England, known as the Somrnersett case,pronounced by Chief J ustice M antfi sld in 1772,which finally and forever settled tho commonlaw doctrine upon this question, but whichray time and your space will prevent me fromdiscussing.my object now being to examinethe above po-.itions, as quoted, in connectionwith the fugitive clause of tbo Constitution.
But before proceeding further, 1 shall assumethe following propositions, a3 axions, in thelight of winch iny argument wiil be conducted.
1. That a slave, of whatever color or clime,is a person.a human being; and. as such,under the Constitution, is prima facie entitled,by tho laws of Nature, to the same rigAi* o!liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness,as Judge Irwin.
2 That, in the interpretation and judicialConstruction of the Constitution, courts arebound by the same ruies of benevolence, justicc, and universal equality acd right, as inregard to any statute or other instrument; andespecially, if possible, to m»ka that instrumentin it1* HAfAilg Karman'i»i n/ltK ' *r» cAnrin
j iim iu'ju t> j rv vim ivn j'luit. fyu cw^vami object, as developed in its preamble.
Keeping those landmarks in view, let us, inthe fir6t place, ascertain the moaning of thefugitive clause, as above quoted.
To do this, let us apply the safe test of personal use of terms. Wore you and myself, orthe learned Judge Irwin, or any other twoAnglo-Saxons, who are recognised by the Judgeas freemen, to use the wurd iureferenceto an obligation arising botw-en up, v. hatmeaning should we attach to the word 1We cannot perhaps answer this inquiry
more appropriately than in the language ofNoah Webster: "Duo. That which is owed;that which one contracts to pay, do, or perform, to another. The money that I contractto pay to another, is his due ; the service whichI covenant to perform to another, is his due "
With these definitions, the common law principleof indebtedness and obligation is in entireand perfect accordance, an may be seen byconsulting Bouvicr's Law Dictionary, title"Debt" and " Debtor.'' See, also, Biackstone,and ovcry other respectable common la v
writer, since the days of Hals and Bacon, andespecially cxamino tbrm in regard to thosegreat common law principles which forbid theenforcement of even contracts, where there isfraud, violence, or want of consideration, intheir inception.And Judge McLean, as admitted by his
honor Judge Irwin, in the case of Jones vs.V&nzandt. a fugitive Blavo ease, expressly declares,"It is clear that the plaintiff has nocommon laio right of action for the injury com-
piair.C'J ui uoiDg a pro.s.;cu biun lur hspi.-'iiipa slave to escape from bis master; thus rtoog '
owing the great and fundamental principle, thatmen could not be bound by any obligation atcommon law. to which they wire not parties; 1and that others, thorcfore, aiding them to so- ;cure their natural rights of liberty, could not '
be punished at common law.And Judge Irwin has himself clearly shown
that there is no necessity, in order to a consist- '
ent interpretation of the fugitive clause, to '
brand our glorious bat perverted Constitnticnwith the foul absurdity of professing to establishjustice and secure the blessing of liberty, fwhile at the same time it is trampling down 1
both justice and liberty, with a reckless disregardof every principle of righteousness, as wellas all the progressive aspirations of the age, 1both in the old as well as new world For he ]says, "it cannot be doubted that the words <1 fugitives from labor,' (and he might havo added,the same words in the fugitive ol&uso inthe Constitution.) in the aot of 1793, extend 1to apprentius as well as to Blaves." Thus, by i
Judge Irwin's own showing, there is a class of j
A.NO. 408.
persons upon whom the fugitive clause mayact: and this, tco. in perfect harmony with itsprofessions of just'oe, benevolence, and commonlaw rij<bt. And thero is jet another omish,not mentioned by the Judge.contractors whoundertake, for a valuable consideration, to perforinservice and labor in one State, and, inviolation of contra**;. procure advanos, ar.duiijusiJy escape into another State.Thus it is obviou\ at a glance, ti are is no
necessity to violate the plainest rules of legalconstruction.the plainest principles of equity,justice, and benevolence, and the very foundationof common law. which beneficently presumeevery mac entitled to his natural rightsof life and liberty.i.-. favor of tho fraud, force,and violenco of oppr auors. For it reed not beurged hove, it is believed, that at common law,as well as common sense, a man cannot becomeindebted, or under a legal obligation, toenother, without Lis **"utruct or concent, eitherexpress or implied, and without a valuableconsideration. And I would Teepee fully ask*Judgo Irwin to explain, if ho can, in whatoode he tiaus law to compel a ci .u to servehin>, not only without his con tract or consent,but against his will, and without any valuable:3.._ v: 3 ^ r .
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buuziurcauon »n'j nos ior ft <uiy or year only,but during his entire exster.ce upon earth, anddeprived, at the satno time, of every social, educational.pobtioa), moral, and religious rightand privilege''
Hut let us very briefly examine Judge Irwin'sexposition of a master's claim fo the tervlc-B < fhis (falsely so called) slave, lie i aye. as ab-jvequoted, "A claim, in a judicial sense, is a demandof some mattor, as of right made by oneperson upon another, to do, or to forbear to do,some ttot or thing a.s a matter of duty "
Now, admit this extract proposition to hatrue.although somewhat lo .se and vague.and mereiy assume, what 1 apprehend thelearned Judge will be slow to deny or contradiet, that the rule applies (qually to all personsand all classes of pirsons, lor be so applies ithimself.will tho Judgo be prepared to admitits logical sequence, that its application maybe such to himself as shall make it his dufy toserve another without consideration and withouthis contract ? Will he admit that anysupposable state of circumstances will or canplace him in such a situation that another mayhave a right to buy and tell birn, (for he is onlya person,) and compel him to serve as a slave,without his consent? Can any state of circumstancesinduce the learned Judge to admitthat, under our Constitution, he, as a person,can be owned by another? If not, pray whynot? For nn-st certainly the Judgo will not,cannot, urge that the complexion, color of theskin, criup of the hair, or place of nativity, fixesthe question of the rights of persons. And,until Judge Irwin can lix some principle of applicationof hi- remarks more d.finite than hoha* as above quoted, he muot allow rue to demurto his assumption that they apply to 0110civs of persons more than another. And whenhe talks ot injustice to the ownbr (!) I icu-t bepermitted to «av that, under our Constitution,there is an INJUSTICE lying back of this, inpret ence of which this (great as the Judge maysupposo it) sinks into uiter insignificance.theliUiTIU 7fl/rCM(lC 1>I UCJJIIVIU^ UACil. WUillUIJ, ttiJU
children, " i'krsons " unaccused of crime, ofliberty, education, the marital and Kooia! rcladors,the Bible, the Sabbath, tbo rights of citizenship,the protection of female chastity, andall the untold benefit# of civilization and refinement,which hie honor the Judgo so richlyuud freely enjoys.And now 1 assume. fearless cf succct.-fal refutation,tha* inasmuch a->, by the ori;n i.y lulo-'
of judicial interpretation, we are bound to givean innocent and benevolent construction to theConstitution, n all cw»cs where the l:«.ogu g1'will boar it; and inasmuch a-, under the proamllo and general scope, spirit, and intent ofthe Constitution, wo are hound to interpretevery clause and fix every intendment and presumption, in favor ol justice, democracy, re
pubiioinisro, and ficco ni; and inasmuch asthere is no distinction in the use of the wordperson, in the Constitution, between classes or
races, it is an outrage upon principle and rightto atiirni that the fugitive clause (whatevermight Lave been intended by tyrants and oppreisors)has or cart have any legal or const;-lutionai rc»"reuc« to s:itvca or otwverj , aitu
tapi ciaily a;- no man can oin another withoutcontract ami without consideration.
These are, it seems to mc, the only fair andlogical deductions from tho language as wdl a.
the spirit of the Constitution ami amendmentsupon this point, without reference to extraneousor historical means of construction, but.even in the history of the Convention whichframed tho Constitution, a * weli n< the discussionsof tho People who adopted it and itsamendments, Judge Irwin will ii.id n ithiug legitimatelyto sustain his tyrannical and despoticassumptions.And let iar, in closing respectfully iiitim vUj
to tho Judge that it is u t a legitimate methodto travel out of an instrument to liad its meaning,if it c >ntains within itself the means of ascertainingits int nt. G.
CentrevilU, Mitk., March, 1854.
EMIGRATION FKOM GEEAT BRITAIN.
T*»3 Annual Report of the Emigration Commissioners(of Grcaf Britain) has just beenpublished. From this it appears that the totalemigration ol !a»t year was 329 937, being38,827 less than in 1852. There was a diminutionof 26 -180 to Australia, and 13 370 to theUnited States, tl.o falling eft being accountedlor in tho c ise of Australia by the greater excitementregarding tbc gold discoveries prevalentdoling the eummer and autumn of 1852;inH in tlmr r.f tbo United States, hv the do-" **" v* *" w . . . , J
partaro of a smaller number of Irish, tho aggregateem»grai-!o'» of the latter throughoutthe year being estimated at 199 392, against224 997 in 1852 The rem-ltarue* jrorn thetrrelatives in Amrtea xrrre, h wev r, larger thanin any previous year. the am u\t sctit throughthe various hanks opart fro in j;r;on'e channels,being £1,439,000 With r sped to the Australianemigration, the tj'.ui fr ra ton PnitoulviDgdom to uli tiio colonics was til.401, orabout one fourth of that if tho United States.Subjoined uro the general Sgurc :
(Tnited States - - - 230,883Australia.X. South Wales - 10ti73
Victoria .... 40.469South Australia - - - 6 883Western Australia - - 965Van Hiemen's Laud - - 991Now Zealand - - - 1.420
. 61,401Canada, Ls. 34.522Eiat Indies 928Central and South Aa-.ciLa - - 833West Indies 600Cape of Good Hopo .... 369Western Africa 308Mauritius - 53Hong Kong 37Fa'kland Island 1
Total 329937According to a supplementary statement, it
ileo appc&rB that the emigration during theiirst three months of the present year has been19,756 persons, against 60 867 in the correspondingperiod of 1853, and 59 523 in that of1852. There has been a continued diminution:n the departures to the United State-; but in:hose to Australia, although there is a greatfalling off as oompared with the first quarter
last year, there is a considerable increase as
jompared with the first quarter of 1852. Ofthe total 49,756 emigrants, 26,128 were Irish,12,430 English, 2,965 Scotch, and 8 233 foreignor unspecified. This proportion of Irishs much smaller than in 1852 or 1853.
*
Singular Income.Tho church of All Halowp,in London. 6till possesses an inoomc ori;<nailygiven to it for the purpose of buying fitg)tofor burning heretics.
Industry doth preserve and perfect our nature,reeping it in good tune and temper, improvingtnd advancing it towards its best state..Dr.Isaac Barrow.
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LOftD BTIULISO. jThe October number of the North American
Review, juet rrceived. contains the iarticle on a subject which ha=t at »* drj o<lden' of interest during the few roon .it- pastTmiCATIOI ok i iik Ri ,.i r< .ifnTlTi.'--. Mitirtl
a: d Territorial, of AtHiinrR, Ear' <>' M rlueftod 1>. van, and Lord Prnnrict-T ot Can via u: iNova Scotia. By John L* Hayes, Council r tLaw. Washington, 1855, hvo . po. 52, 7i5.Sir VVili.iam Alexander, tho plii!o^orL« r
and poet, the muMt brilihiot man in the <:, i. tof James VI cf Scotland, billowed h>. King toLondon, and thenceforth reuounc i l"rtrr f r
politics. He was orcafcci a SiMit- ! peer, withnumerous tides, ol which the * E in <: N :rlirj'4"is tho most convenient for use. He had ,
previously received in 1U21 a gr »nt of NV..tScotia, with the title of Hereditary Lieutenant.Ti. ;» grant was couiirmed by Charles I on hi i * .
aece-oion to the throne, and three ) .ars aicrwu.rdwas augmented by the "charter of C,»na.!,. civ- i... .r i i iwuifj lUUiUUiii^ L1 IjJ 1- "i Ul JO.iUU: U'i tuusides cf the river St. Lav.rei-ce and tin- greatLn»ts" In addition adoimutraiive power*r/mc-t without limit, 1-e w.m a«.to appoint t r.o hundred aud tift? baronets, j»«tlr.ourly iifty cf tbn j re- Lier :u ».tBritain actiiaiiy hold their rank iu virtue ofpatents granted by h.ai. II; dc? -.-1tiro fortune to the e> .o>t u f«.bin domains; and when Nova So -ti . fell mtothe hands ot the French, he received a nou*
algrant cf jCIOOOO sterling to ir.dcn.niiy hi iSir nin Io.-.c3e. This sum sciil r:r"h . .dDevil.;' the sub-o-.pl cut p wseventeenth century, too StL'mg cav.t- ..i
Sctland passed into olbe~ hand, v. :L- ihutransatlantic claims of the family were jo .
.sa-.llyin abeyance during the Frtion of the A'-nnicau proviec r ho. yth ' --t ru .on ot Cn.- and Nov t .^the B:itinh Crown, tho last m ile heir tlivSt;-:-:.sir; fttaiily died, lc.ving his rights i-j thoScoUiou law (confirmed by express p ovicV-,n inthe royal chan*.-'-} to : el i. - km J-'She died unmarried, and h r -Istcr and legalhe;;- married William Humphrjs, of theLarches, county ot Warwick. :::became ti cmother of Alexander, who r.ow cairn- the titlesot his iustriiMi. anc and ... ij. a- L s
legal aud equitable due. son: u« deration forthe lapse of his territorial iaLer <;o aod thesu;«j otid'd debt duo to b'- faiaii . by i' j
proper processes < f law he cvt.iI/h.-hei V,;< iintho Seott«- h court-', «-d f- n J> : i* 7he votod as a peer of Scotia-id. He was recognisedas Karl ot Sfcir:ir.-; at ni'iOUs time.-" bythe Lord Chancellor, the C.dot Justices of theKing's Bench, aud the Court ri Common Pi ear.,and the Privy Council. I > r-.ain th -.5bis titular honors woul 1 have boon left undisputed,had he nut, in 18i>2, iu a petition to thuKing, prolerrod h.s claim for th.* debt incurredby Charles I to h - nneedor, amounting, withinterest, to jC 110 T i e w a- m> doubtregarded as the precursor to -till mure formidabledemands, and from that timo the Crownofficers for Scotland couiui-e cd a series ofhoa iie mi t.-uiy, dc.-igr.cd to brand the claimantwith b*:i ji!. i>y a- a li .o. ;pr.-'e:Their roastor-Etroxe was a prosecution Sir tbrgery.'i ho principal chirg i related to signahim.jl»Aurni.» H ;»n Plhi 1 . r4 I -* ">.... .. * i ""i "»i, «<!... a|pcnJed to documents endorsed uj-on a map,known to have been ti..-t published in 1703 ;but the incriminated copy of wbii h baa the in:<TM»tion. "Par G I ige >grap/ie du Roi "
a title .vhlch v.'os not conferredupon Do 1h-Je I y royal ya.i nt till 171sTniianachronism wa '.be ; it chi 11/ robedupon far the pro.-eor.in:1. Ks,*- t roo :i ithe questioned writing; and rgn.i'u ") sen-due.At tfco same tima it wai t.h v.n t-; Lc at lean,hghly probable that be i in e ! u s< -jthe title of first geographer ben sa .1 ,-mallyconferred upon bin). That he d d so innow beyond dispute, for thc-e ex' V- in -h o
country a full collection of his orlg:nal inais,on no less than thirtee n (I wbieli, published between17u3 and 171S, the 11 .*o 'Premier Gcographedu II >i,,; is in serif- - The j ;ry a
(juitted I.otd Stirling, r.otwltb. landing thestrongest cfl'orta oi the court and th cEiorrs <<iState to innuro bis conviction and the verdictwan received by the po -pie of E t lVtr-h \- 1«so strong deaionstrat nan of en L a m, ll ashe escaped with ddli ulty from b lug w .do ".ohero of a triumphal procession and c. r. ,jovation.The (lonia'rfl granted to tb fl--t Kir!
Stirling included, iu a<J'I*i~u to IV >v.» Se tNew Brunswick, Prince Ki .aid's islrr J, i...u
Canada, a considerable port! n el M ire iVicbigau,rod Wisconsin togKh with a r'p ri'land reaching from the ho.+d-water; of I. .k 1
Superior to the Gulf of Calif rr.ia. a id :: i
lauds and bounds aij lucn; to t!;c .\»i J C i'l uthe west andj-ou'.h, wiicihsr fh"v 1 o i and %
par: of tho continent or iu-inland, <>r an i 1-auj. as it is tuii'ipit in y r-<». rnx.i . < c inracuilycal ci and Uit«"inguit>h.?d by th na:..'1; ICalifornia " Of oeurse, the iratatuv y of thr i-oclaims is alone ei fli;ic.»t to defeat t:>crn.
Such grants wore in aim nt e.ery c « : ir.« vitaMyfutile; for i* wa3 in the nature >.f ihirimp (fcihie for individual sutj-cii to eit" id -1maintain a^ti of ownership ow?.r the. p jr
pireswhich Kings, as ignorant :;a tj.ey v.
reckless, were ready to mile for ..< :. g. But
if the present ciuitrant is indeed (\ we fihi ;\e
biui to he) the legal renter ta'ive < f the firstEarl, there can he r.o doubt that he Is ns'irc.'lyspeaking, entitled to the p.ir.ciral and iuteresScf the debt secured by ro' al f <n I to hisancestor, and that it v. i! i », bo unworV »
rhc magnanimity of both the Brit' h il s :rniT.tand our own to tender hi*r. loeii honorablecocdJeration for the entire Iora to t .0
family, through tne fortunes oi' vor. t i" r. .eun>\and benefit from the hour Ji ... r thetinus, immense outlay of Lis a Hr.l in th 1
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col miration cf the Western w Idem ». 1! isnow in this c- ontiy, eng.g-d in 1 < .-u s ; uiiminaryto 'he furbcr prosed! ti n f r. < fhis alleged rights as be < u Lope to u/,uisc-l.The bo< k before: us was vr.ttcn by <
of his legal atlvieerr. and i e. .r jto1 i/. -d bylacidneas of statement an 1 cages y of reasoning.Wo have also en 1 ur table a ina- uopinionof Mr. lieverdy Johnson, cipres'inghie rutiro c.-icrrrcnco with Mr.Hayes ' as t.j the facts un i principles of 1 v
stated" in his argument, and closing as ullow-:" AltLo igh I.rrd Stirling, on account cf the
easiness of his legal rights, has failed thus l.vrto secure their full recognition, we are of opinionthat, w hen his case is fairly pr« -ntcd »
compromise, iho Bii'i-h (joicinmert cannotwisely cr honorably refuse h:m a in .-si titerulBum for tho surrender of hie vart rig'.ii andprivilege*, including, besides the right .nunyni;!liOr.3 ox ac::;s ot public lau 1 iu tLeil »lon «,tho right of fishery oa the coasts ot C.»r:vla,Nova Scotia, and Now Bruuswlck, fhr .e-tof vioeroyalty, and tho extra ardliary privilegeof creating baronets, all sceurtd ' y,u- .i->- * :Jcharters, and confirmed by the ^hc-.t judicialand official auction."
A UrrriL Hint.The o ff * ice"
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ri«irg every morning at a:. r-*i;J cr. i:.the course oi" forty yens. amoi.i"- t.. 2!»hours, or three jc^rs, one hundred a- d rwe:.tyonodays, and t?xteea hours, xbich are equalto eight hours a day for cx.ctly ten ver-is M>
that rieing at»ix will oo the fume ns it ten jear3of life were added, wherein vn? may come ir deight hours every day lor the cultivation of ui.rminds and tho dispatch o; .lusmets.
Look not mournfully into tho past, it cannotreturn; wisely iuiprov.i the pre cnt, it is tuincgo forth to meet tho shadowy futuro withoutlear. and with a manly heart.
The Chinese »»pend anually £00 000 000 f. rincense to turn b?fore their idols; ahovo 5<. forevery man. woman, and child, iu the empire.
It is observed in worldly doing*, that, men'sfortunes are oftenerm&de by their t Dguo th-..nby their virtues, and more man's tortuues overthrownthereby than by their vioes..Sir If <i/terRaleigh.
