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r BeBide tho springs of Doto,? . ,
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, JW^tton..... ,
Travelers': letters have been so often written
aud jthe topics usually floated, of by those wljo}
go away front ihomo to see the World are there
fore so very trite/ that few caro to read them.
Yet," I hopb Mr: Editor,' that your readers' will
indulge me a little While I jot down a few
*ume on anybody's patience, [and write: a lorig*
one, and-only pause further from my narration
of facts'; while I ask, that as I am no poet, my
readers will not charge me with drawing on
?iy imagination. !. ,'M ^ V. '. W''
M XeSj^r.^itor, Tvo been traveling?Havo
sailed on. the .broad, blue Atlantic, nnd been
rocked on the bo om of the deep;" ' have felt
the cool sharp breath of Eolus's subjects, and
seen'tho waves at tlioir bqck riso into hills;
have watched the hungry, fish pursuing the
ship, and wondered if ,they were hoping a Jonah
was on board ; have condoled with those who
who were sick of the sen, and laughed at those
who were sea-sick ; have seen the moon', with
hcl- pale round face, rise as if opt of the waters;
and whilo studying the stars, thought, of By
ron's Ocean scencr-.- .
??Blue rolled the Ocean, bluo tho Bky ? '
Looked'like an Ocean hung on high, <?o.
havo steamed up New'York's beautiful harbor,
and ha the mighty City from afar loomed up
dimly, have wondered if "distance lont enchant
ment id, .tho view"; have been "glad once
more to get on shore," and have been aroused
from'my heWry-fbund bliss, by behlg subjeotcd!
to tho ahooyirig importunity of rapacious hat.1:
men; have walked the thronged streets of
Gotham, and with humility felt my utter in
significance, ?s the torrent of living ' humanity
went surging by; have feasted my eyes on the
marvels of the great City, and- my palate on
the luxurious viands with which Milords of
Hotels tempt thoir guests; have been humbug
ged at Barnum's Musuem, and in revenge
wished to pinch the fat arm of his corpulent
baby; have satisfied my artistic yearnings, by
tiring my eyes with critical inspections of the
beautiful iunstur-pieces of being Aitisia, in the
Art Union Hall'; have beon whirled to Cen
tral Purk, nnd looked at the bulls, and the
deer..ond the swans, and tho fish, and thei
fashionables that live there; have tried to get I
a - gl imps? bf some of the "fairy beU&" whoso
beauty I had seen so often eulogised, but have
succeeded only in finding that their charms
we're much eiagges-ated; have'illustrated South
Caroline1, by strutting among' the aristocracy,
a palmetto hat on my head, and a fine hnvaqa
between my teeth ; have seen tho lions, and
hoard them roar; havo talked >with Radicals,
and discussed war experiences with Federal
ox-heroes; have travelcd:with lightning speed
over the fast railroads of the fast Empire State;
havo courted the Muso under the inspiration
of the magnificent scenery, which has tendered
classic the renowned Hucbion River; have
made wry faces while experimenting in Sarato
ga water, and looked happy whilo seated at
the loaded table of a floating pattco on'^jLake
Champlain ; have seen throngh 'tho morning
niisi the verdant slopca'of the Green Mountains,
and''sailed over the Waters, upon whose bosom
JklcBonough won for himsolf immortality f |
have temporarily expatriated- mysolf, and in
the old" town ? of Montreal, Bdqg, under the
Ctoss of SaiutGebi,ge( "G?d save the Queen";
nave refreshed my fingers in this specie-paying
town with silvor quarters, fcna4 been tempted t? I
break'tho tenth Comma?dmetit,' M the sight of1
the^glltterfajg ^?ld, Which plentifully circulates
there ;"hate! witnessed''general wealth :,a*dd
prospqrityt;?nd fainfuUy^drawh ' Ufe ojitftraifc
suggested by th^p condltloArof inyoww' poverty
and.famifio-etrioken Staio; hiivo studied Die
manners and faces of tho Northern denizens of
national prejudices and animosities, and uuu
sulted together ns to the best methods of 1
the "greatest nation, &c," and Of tbo' Canadian
subjects of Victoria ' Regina, and oe^ared'
them with th?3? of our own -aftiicted people,'
and my Southern pride has been 'gratified at
the contrast; have?Abut, far. Editor, I have!
already too far extended > &y?! brevities \; and,|
lest I tiro j/ou and our readers'. I will ejose byj
simply stating, ' that I I htfve returned i home,
loviug Carolina more than- ever, and1 satisfied
to share the present tribulations Of hef eons^ if]
X may but'bo with them, wh&f* the; <ovi! days
are past, nnd tbo sunshine of prosperity shall
again abed its haleyn bcam? upon Us. God
send1 our' down-trodden land a ^speedy : deli vcr
a^eet*,--r'v.r' yk&n eta ? in At u^ojtfo sdJ
* vAtldn^Mreayp
be present at one of
'^t^orfillB'^'tfi?l thjs . ....
nessed. Six hundred young mon, representing
the, Christian Associations of the United States,
and Brithh provinces, thero met as brothers
in'the same noble cause, navirig the sdhie mhB
ier,' and sharing the same high 'topes. North
erners and Southerners, Federalists and Demo-;
crats, Monarchists and Republicans, for tho
timo at least, laid aside their political, or
con-!
labor-;
ing fai the salvation of the young: The har
monizing power of Christianity wan wonder
fully manifested, and 1 thought that appropri
ately cduld^ havo been inscribed over tho pul
I pit of tbe^Churclr, in which wo met, tho
passage of St. Paul: .?i\Vhe^e there is neither
Greet nor Jew, barbarian, Scythian, bond or
free, but Christ: is all,' and I in all." Tho influ
enco of this Convention will bo long felt, in
Canada, and throughout the Northern and
Western States; and*I trust that its effects
will be seen in softening the acrimonies of our
political persecution. A little leaven may
leaven the whole lump.
It was my privilege, also in Montreal, to
visit and pay my respecis to our honored ox
1 President,' Jeffcrson Davis. Physically much
broken by his sufferings whilo incarcerated at
Fortress Monroe, and still an ? xile from his
friends ana1 his home, fie was yet comparai ive
ly comfortable, and seemed to forget hjinself
in bis sympathy for the sufferings and humilia
tions of hfe people. He expressed himself as
hopeful that Providence' would over rule the
present evil to our ultimate good, and thought
that at least, the young of our land would seo
the South riso from her degradation, and be
again blest wiUi. plenty, prosperity nnd happi
ness. * ? V.
SELECTED STORY.
The Giant Musquito,
OR THE
DARKEY'S WATCH
"' ? ?? ? * i ?
It was in that golden era of tho SoutTi, when
planters were as serenely happy as the pa
triarchs' of old; when cotton, rice, tobacco,
and sugar had .not yet become disturbing in
fluences in the politick of. the land; when our
good-natured ancestors were conipnt to let the
curse or blessing of slavory rest alone upon the
heads of those who flourished by it, and felt sat-1
isfied and strong enough to beat- it; when
slaves cared not a -pinch of snuff for the bene
fits of education, so long as they had plenty
of 'possum-fat and hominy, pork and beans,
tobacco anil the Now England essence of sugar
cane, and felt as proud of their masters' wealth
as if thoy had all the cares of its possessions?
yes, it was in those palmy days of the let-alone
policy of the Union, that Col. Dick Tearaway
lived in his glory as a Georgian planter, dis
pensed tho fruits of his prosperity with a
princoly hand, and had surveyed with annual
satisfaction the joyous growth and multiplica
tion of his niggers.
The Colonel was a kind-hearted and courage
eiB man, there seemed to be but pne evil on
earth of which ho was afraid, or which wns
able to disturb his. equanimity. That evil pest
and abomination was?musquitos. With re
gard'to th.cm he was particularly sensitive and
thin-skinned; the bumps which followed their j
bites -upon his person Were always double the
ordinary size, poignanccj and duration, and the
vonom thereof see med to enter into his spirit
while the smart lasted. Hcnco it was that ono
summer, on his return from abroad their re
newed onslaughts were specially intolerable and
as musquito-nets were in that age unknown,
the. tormented planter appointed one of his
slaves to the exclusive offico of selling up nil
night by his bod side, and keeping off mus
quitos. '?? ! ? ?
This'darkey's namo was Confucius, oomman?
ly called ^PheW" for short, and the only re
semblance he probably bore, to the Chinese
philosopher wns his fondness for "pigtail.''
Ho-was black ns nu India-rubber hail, and al
most as round; but he had none of its hounding
quality. < In fact, his wealth of fat was both
tho causo ajul consequence--of hin cxtraovdina
ry laziness; and ifc-was, perhaps, on aedefant'df
this partieu 1 ar talenfc, which. made, him al mos t
?&eless onfflip plantation, tlwt. his master.,*e-j
fe^l ?^^,?^W|!^, ol?Mn^ ,p(gt|iiu
nftsquijos. .S '
your o^d .master in" all Winer* 'h'ift ''yodtatj
he:pVnotuat and wideawake Itt' riignt, -aVYd StJoj
that no* cursed musquito sucks my biood, poi
sons, my body, or disturbs my lumbers. II
l^^^^^^^f^^^t to be
goad for that. ^ Uh?^ sr. ^ ?rtA
! Tbo eyes of the" fat ? sou of Ham whitened!
With joy. ? .
l^jferiV'i' Comnolftoarawiy, 1*11 ^'iatand
tank ^cf,' toO. ? And 'yer*' Won't say/ lioffin '*bo?c
W'^to^ife Phillis, tlnd dbln' noffin, and
drinkin,' *f?ni; and slcopin' in do corn-Geld, nnd
0w,|iip;to. scampmeetin', and lyin% and swarrm',
and Stpalin'. .fyigs, ar,ter daV^-Iong asI. does it
in dt) daytime." ,,. ,'
;, ."Not one word,. Phew. ^Nobody shall trou
iw.yo?f if you keep the.musquitos from troub
ling me at night." . * ?"'^ ,A*
? Phew gave a yell of delight, and turned a
summerset' immediately,^ and, shaking his fistn
in the p.ir, cried out: ".?'* fa ~y{
? ?VJcssJufF dem dani 'skeotcrs come on/?dat'i
.' Hb was load "and profuse in his promises ol'
sleepless-vigilance, and. took.-his seat with groni
pomp that nightVhy his* mnster's couch, briskly
wavhigia goose's1 wing; and the Colonel fell
confidently asleep and dreamed of a black
angol, hattling, with heavenly pinions, against
royriitds.of evil spirits. But, notwithstanding
all this"it was evident that tile sable sentinel
was careless, of his "charge, for the indignant
planter fo?nd imany bites On his person 'next
morning. " >???.? ?< ?.;?;? v^'^'ji^.
Phew; ati first insisted* they were brig-bites,
huC his master swore' ho knew the. difference,
and then Phew said :
? "I 'clar, Massa Tearaway, it docs 'pear'dat a
ifew skceters did git at yer, in do course ob do
Wncninj^ biit wnt's dem few to de hole number
dat I drobo away from ycr i My sakes ! if I'd
let em, dey'd ate yer up alive. Moro'n dat, I
isn't quite broke into dc business yet."
The Colonel believed, repcatcd^his injunc
tions of vigilanec, and went to sleep under tho
darkep's auspices again.
But Phew had meanwhile grown dignified at
his immunity from all other responsibilities,
and his unrestrained liberty by day made him
restive at h is confinement by night. So,' grum
bling, he soliloquized.
"Mitcy poor business dis am, for a likely
nigger lik.e me, to be watchin skceters all
night! Wonder if de Colonel tinks dey don't
bite niggers as well as white folks? "Wonder
wut dc debbil made skceters fur kecpin' mc up
all night ncah, like a dam ole owl I I won't
do it no more, arter dis night. It's lowerin'
myseff. - IIa ! dcrc's one ! I hear 'cmcomin'!
Ping-ng-ng! Ping, ping! Shot you ugly
.niouf, you "loafer ycr, or I'll crack yer jaw.
Now he's gone, and I'm good mind to take a
small wink ob sleep, till dey begin to get. thick.
Tan't quite time for a rush yet?I wish-1 had
annodcr"quart ob dat primer-"
"Um" ho would have said, but his jaw fell,
his lips pr.rtcd like two pound** of liver, and
the word was lost in ? resounding snore. The
Watchful darkey was asleep.
But his brain was busy, if not his eyes; and
he kept on grumbling in his dreapi, so loudly,
that tho Colonel, stirred by a few musquito
nips, woke up nnd detected his negligent sen
try, his blnck hand convulsively clutobirig tho
snowy wing of the goose.
"The rascal! This accounts for tho bites.
Ho gets drunk all day nnd sleeps it off in my
chamber at night. He's dreaming. Phew 1"
"Bcdara if dis chile gwine to watch skceters
any more," muttered Phew, still asleep, "fur
de Colonel or anybody oIbo. Nigger roust hob
slcop."
"And havo white folks to watch them?eh,
Phew?"
"Bat's it," replied tho sleeping watchman.
"Bat's jest it."
"Upon my word ! And what will you do,
you consequential darkey, if you aro not al
lowed to do as you please day nnd night?" .
??I dunno; but I thir.k I'll hab to pull foot
and run away, if do Colonel don't permote mo
up a little fun1 er."
"Get down a little first!" muttered the ex
asperated Colonel, tilting Phow's eh air, so that
ho tumbled upon tho floor, nnd waking, started
up to find his master apparon?y asleep.
"Sloop's like a pig," said Phew: "ahd I
gorry! I was ormoss asleep myself."
"Something muBt bo dono to keop that nig
ger awake," thought the Colonel, next d*y,
when - ho found his person profusely speckled
like a currantqmdding. "I havo it-?I'll, .ter
rify him 1" ; ri
H?now called Phew, roferrcd in a feeling
manner to hie biteS, and addodi-r ; .t!T . .
"ButthuTi* nothing to what the GiSnt-MiMH
quitos do?^the -great -big Giaotr Mtwquitas,
'Phew ! half the tjixc of a man, w strong' as a
horso,". T?nH fierco ?s ten thousand. jtfM i?M
j^w'Jieai'ulHlwaiJW ,n i, .mill... ? .l j .jj
wrT-=_._t_;
they come this way once in twenty years, and
aro vetry. fond/of .nogrocS,; but don't jnind fly
iu'g away with;n^wh'ito%any if they c&n^onn
^t^nOuiW,*,^'n*'^^ <**? lho'\ *?w?>?or\\iw?
^,?aujK5|^tiqu^fMA4H^ leadTColor,
and/hia - oyes - pesjeetin^diko-.-.-IM'neefff--BB^.ii^
Inm^away t<>#.?,^?untai.?s,:w>er? vlW?y,BU^
him dry,- and Ite; come back % mc*e.v, I Idfit
my grandfather in that way, which is one reason
why I have such a-hprror of musquitosHd^U
era^micllijil ?'?I?T OYJtil ibltftf idT
Col. Tcaraway related several thrilling an
npammoths, .and ?o aroused the 'slWeVsup^rsti
tious'fears-thai lie' k'epVawako' faithfully for'a
few nighta rnoro ; but the' fetale bites soon^e
appeared, to signify that'etther PhwtKoaihl
tho Qiant Musquito a humbug, or, if hodjd |iO*
,fea^ .{hem less, hp Ic^sleeR^mo^, Jd^r
ko ^^e^^^m^^ii
now exclaimed tho bitten planter^ scratching
himseif^into ?7 state1 of i^n^'i'f ?
nea rly' p oi son cd ? \i n d itohed to'death by thai
lazy rascals infidelity- The ingratc ! I'll; lb
vr>^rd?^ L^ 4*8^. m4H *
bright boy" "of sixteen, who was famous foi
his love of mischief, and tho particular aver
sion of Phe^fo^nfe tne part; of a :G iant
Mosquito! The disguise was made as perfect
as possiblepwith tremendous-gauxe wings,
pleitfy-o&ajgujarjegs** a long
stiff tubular?
for his voice a penny trumpet; and having suf
ficieptly drilled
planter one night introduced him softly Ink
the' chamber, where1 fi6 swod;0n/ aif <?xes, asii
slumbering at. ^^dool'^llpparetifliy ?forttjgr
: gnat, wcighina a hundred pouddaat least* 1 wo \
'v. Phe,w'-hoa?i^t:bdeep ii?the^nirf'?!?^
aj; and after. gettU?g><Wto {.feed, the ;&)ou?l
pinched him,
himself./ . ? . ?'.'>?
uH }/! -? n*?/ m . lediaa vjuk? Jw>?..? ki?v"
Tho siugglish slave awoke with a start and a
cry of pain, and rubbed the pinch part with
great, zeal. : ttlto{ M??s$?>i
"I g?rry I if dat wasn't a .Tint' muskcetcr;
guess he must.been a hossfly," he ejaculated;
'land?grpat Fadder Ahrum ! wat'a dat befor'
dodo'?" ho added, with a howl of terror, as
, he now beheld the monster apparition. "Be-j
[dam if dat nn't do Jlnt Muskcetcr hcsefT!
Look hero Colonel, wake up dis mi nit, or yer
done gone a dead man. Heah'a de Jint '6k.ee
i ter flowed right in de winder. Wbjar'p yourj
pistil ? Put a ball troo him. Look soon!" i
I "I don't see anything, Phew," replied (the j
Colonel, coolly rubbing his eyes. "You must
be dreaming.". . ,..K ......^i^/o&(
?"Don't see dat ?" cried the horrified darkey,
pointing at the object, even more hideous than
himself. m 1 ' :"f"-^'/ 'f
"It appears to nie I do see something, now,
in that direction," said his master, straining
his eyes. >\Brbg me my eyerghujs, '.:?. >;t;.;
It was promptly brought, and Phew, crouch.
cd, glaring and trembling by the bedside, as
the Colonel calmly inspected the Insect at the
foot of the bed. **iU H *>ni*
"My God 1 Phew, that is one of 'em ! -Hb
has come either for you or mo. 1 O, my poor
grandfather t" and the planter clasped his hands.
in prayer. *. a ^ wt ^d .<?ii So tmtil' M:
"Why don't you put a ball trop him?",.
"Ho's covered with scales, Phew !' ^o ball
ever went through the hide of a Giant Mus
quito, yet ?ut speak low J ho is evidently
aaiccp. ? .Otio'of* tu6 genus Culex?ho one,"
said tne Colonel, continuing his inspection.
"Am he a genus ?" |. ^n
"Ay, ono of the biggest and most ferocious
of gnats."
"Am his name Nat, toot Ho'm ormost as
ugly as nigger Nat; and I 'bout as soon seen do
dobbil as any ono ob em. Wat is you gwlne to
do*'
Speak lower! A blow, from his witig would
smash your cocoanul. That poisonous, tubu
lar sting would moke you swell and burst with
agony in less .than ?vo minutes?so don't wak'e
him. What tho devil did you lot hrni for ?" '
I' l didn't luff him in, Massa; he come in
hesclf, when I was dono gone dreaming.!'. ,
"Traitor, -you didn't keep watch, then. If
he kills both of us, it will be a judgment upon,
yon."' . V' ...
"But dat won't holp you, Massa," said Phew,
logically ; "ye i best kill him, darfore."
"if v^e sur^ivo, y^s>a.ll i)e fcuiig, unlesB
you kill him; and If you survive, and I die,
you will be huog,^ any rate."
. "Pea 'if^^ty die, anyhqw,"^ Wid. P^w,
Sulkily, 'j'l might jess'.as well luff him be. ^
lon't keer 'bout bctn busied by* Mint Skeeier?
r? dder v5le:' naYratV fy * ' ro^,* Kr g aSo^ ^
Jeafliearyatf*^ fMx^; u i >>v>M -nijs/ol
litre tlro.v. irtusqnito 'touiidcd his penny
rvo"
5*^ jttsVii?^^^ when'
'ftrfronfat, y?tf?hir?ho idiWemmtfn* U
od oi
or^ ?ica^uf.cff>d?yfai??w wtor^eg^ *?.
"aoo?A^ ifeo 8a5PM4?jfi%jtfodAo M?av&d?^
hi
^p^'n^B
ih thejfim'^Iad'it'^^f-:^v.-i -orfi
"But he'll smell you, id de second plfreiftV
? Hero the trumpet sour
accWp>h^ *? &
WDgaJ^irD Jflbr^fraf abatt?lia. .ihile idn^Srw
is a de&ntc^ ''Pour b'ut h'gla
ftof??fey*ite^^*ablrd^ ft,'
[into their he?ds. Ile'H fiixe|iit,T?alh^
^^ig feUUW^d.*on>e he floored.-. o*fe
drawer, and mm fit down at the tabl
still, to^pr^r^o hint with wtj^g^gr^^
the ;iincn sheet protect yon I I'll keep^BUsi^:
,,Nd sooner bad ^yf-^^^^r^^^^^
the musquito walked up tobend .around biro, r
sounded his trumpet inquiringly , to the "in-"
??&MMt horrorof lWUv6&&mV(&!u?? A
;the; Colonel 'hc?r^lywhisper?d: P d ! rto &%ae9
- ^Hi? ? pjpe's > in .thfei'glass. Mc's ;gcttirig
A/mKhow,, Don't [jmj.it w?ii&&&$ter
^??^fyty$&hiun h*'i ai nviteni&haafb .
But this injunction was not obeyed, for sud
donly PheW felt the shceAighten^ jeiSSft.
him,' ?nd'her 'sorkm&I ami '^rilg^lc^ln^^
limbs were bound aa if *jith <ttads<-'"*i uvoifat .
: if There 1" cried the Cfehwe^/'J'll he Jwngcfd
if he hasn't spun a web aronbd ypu,.ncW| UK*
.^WfjerJr^t'a for not. keeping.tp$&' ot&&
don't move, if you value ycur. life, and, he may
think you doad; and they never suck1 dead.
meat' But*Jtfh fttawgbii'^
to see. ?'But keep dunbh.'' tqob?tiirviI egaircR ?
The t rurnpet souqded voupmouely ^ibtimo,
mn^njtovpricke^,p^r
with a darning-needle. .. , ? . ... % im
e^m^ctSiJi?'fl''f-:' ^<?*inl to**^
the harder hcMl sting ; and unlcsii you drink ifi
hogshead of Tum, you'll bo poihsoRc^to^dea^Kf*.
oven if ho don'fcsuck ypu ^"ei.-tJifoio "frmoV
VYoa tele muhfr-HM$4Mit*fa!a$tiR.
groaned Ph^r-h- ir,;:J?<noiq ar.w *wbio tm fctt?
! "But that sheet m^njtjuftjbc l$ot?jflfcl|j[$!|
fee! him r* , , % ? , .A* ?
groat force and rrapidity.
!* mVm?U for ^o'w^oNlfiwfe
h?w 1" ' AW af&F^;^idUH* ?WOggt?l ftttt?
floundering upon the floorf" f iring! whie>*h<'
trss ropeatsdiy pufjetujed in;*!??^ PKc^B^fl
off hta body, he^ntiuuod tp sbr^.fo^se^ burst ?
the sheet* and scramble out at tl\o door, .ara
thence out of tho house, aiarming t'no''wWole ?..
plahtatldn with hiS^iabOlfejai fio^liog^ f dT.
Tho Giant mwsqnilo, having Well p^formcd 4
his part, was now ordered ?to bod ; and tb.Q ?
GolDtt?!, h*?viftg,fijii8h.ed'ther. dc^n^.tnrne^ |:
in again,, and ^the TO*t^^^S*?fS
revenge. ; ... ^r.,yI ,
r Meanwhile, tho overseer^ who was in th*.
secr,eet, foree'd1 the fugitive Phew to, swatfoy ?
half a gallo* df 'rnm'. td fcllf the poisiwA -1n^?^ .;
system ) afttf ?ntteJmdVrowi, wheni'ho bceam^ .,
eonseious and told his marvelous: story, thn.....
Colonel denied the who> of ,%;anA, ojsj.ur^-^J
hh? it-must 1^ f; i!?>?^?p^
from oye^-drmlr^h^. ^ f {i
, Tob? sure, 'AS! M the extensive;
perforations' to wKKon nW'tobeen W^Mflfe
hhif6?t$nW^eaViiHr^ 'lw?ilihi#; '
to whnt 'ltd had himself sufforedy t wuilo Habqtn
I tain good for.??hin^ ni^eftlM.f ?^MWW?W4ft
wateh for hte^. J-?a!d hoa ^A^ Ato*
insisted always that ho .had been, attacked by ?
??lifl^?!!? fftn aw Cttfav *ih?^^HiAftv. Met w
Uiant Mnjmiite. yet ne never wentlo mcep
again1 while wntohihK ^^io appro^i'of hn,^.