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- THE OHIO STAR.
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-Business 33ftttes
PUBLIC OFFICEBS 1JI f ORTAGB I'tlUSTI.
Luther Day, Common Fleas Judge, 9th DUl
n,ul Sub-Division, composed of Trumbul
Portage and Mahoning counties' .. .
Ebenezer Spalding, Clerk. ". ..
Horace M. Clark, Deputy Clerk.':
Lather L. Brown Probate Judge. y
James Woodard. Sheriff. ;
John G.- McBiide. Auditor.
II. C. tlnwkias, Deputy Auditor.
Charles Green, Treasurer. -. .
Rodolphu Bard, Recorder..
Saml. Strawder, Prosecuting Attorney.
John M. Tilden, Coroner :
Samuel D. Harris, Surveyor. '.'
Abel Fowler, Auctioneer.
Andrew Jackson, Com'r of Insolvents.
Hiram Speneer, '
Joel II. Curtiss, j
Moses A Birchard
Commissioners.
Nelson Eggleston (
Andrew Jackson,
Dr. J. G.' Willis, ;
School Examiners.
John B. King,
Lyman lline.
William Crane,
DirecCt Co. Infirmary.
officer of the Farriers' Insurance Company
, m rt i s
. y oi ronagc musty.
Jlichnrd J. Thompson, t 'resident. yy ';'
David M'Intoeb, Vice Pretidenl. -Henry
A. Swift, Secretary. ,
Enos P. Brainerd, Treasurer."
Directors- David M'Jntosh, Eli Booth
Alvah Udall, Moses Bundy, Jr., Samuel S.
Spioer, Lewis E. Booth. . .
Officers Portage Co. Agricultural Society.
David Mcintosh, President. . . ; "
Enos. P. Hrainerd, "Treasurer: 'y V; J
Alson A. Harris, Secretory. .". '
i y : r-'x Board of Government. '
David Mcintosh, Runsom A. Gillett, Ez
ra B. Taylor, Enos P. Hrainerd, Richard
J. Thompson, JVallnce Williamson, Pome
roy Reed, Marcus F Spelman, Ben. F.
ParJee. . "y" '
Officer. Porlage Co: Br. State Bank of Ohio
R.- K, Campbell, President: f : t-f-n -J.
II. EUbett.- Cashier. J , y, :.
Muils Arrive at and Depart from-Ra
v.- venna as jollotes:
Cleveland Mail arrives M 10 A.M. Daily -.
do , do departs at 3J P. M. do . r '.;'
Pittsburgh do arrives at 5 a.m. do -;'"'.
do do departs at 11. A. H. do
Warren -" ' do arrives at 3 r. . do , ..
do - A do ' departs nt ll A.M. do ...
Canton ; do arrives TnesdnyadtSaturdays 1 r.t.
do ''''dot doparts MornIoy4.Pri(lnys II j A.M.
Cliardon " do arrives Wednesdays&Friilays 4 P.M.
do ' do departs TuesdayatThursdays8 a.m.
Giirreltaville departs, Mondays.! Weilnesilaysand
Saturdays at I p. M. Arrives samo daysat7 PiM.
l)r. J. Willis,; v.
Physician and Surgeon Slreelsboro, Ohio:
II. lralf,"Jri. D.-
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Oflieo in V. VV. Seymour's building on the pub
ir .iinrB, nearly oppoaite the Court House.
Jho. Do.hic Wclliimn, Iff. D.
PHYSICIAN" AND SURGEON.
'.'OJice 6nMaii'itreetNo'.Q9.,; '
- m H. Waif, 1W. .
r' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
R.AVe.ts, Poktaok ' Oohwtt, Ohio. '
rQ Office at the old stand of Streator & Wail.
Ravenna, March 6, 1850. - J"-
Dr. 15. T. Spelliuaii,
Dentiat Ravei.na Ohio: Office in Seymour's
Block, ovor the Post Office.-
. Birchard & J. W. Tyler,
. ATTY'S & COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Haveasrreed to become jointly interested in
their professional business in Portage county.
i hey may be consulted in itavenna uuimg iuc
inmuifMirf nr a tlipir offices in.vacation. '
AHHrpM in vacation llirchard" SutlifT, War
ren. O.. or Birchard & Tyler, Franklin Mills, O
,. v. niKRCE. . . H. t. JEFFBIES.
Kicrce & Jcflriers.' v:
Attorneys at law. Office over Swift sDrug Store'
- opposite the Court House.
F. W, TAPPAN,
iVttoenet & Counsellor at Law,
Solicitor, in Chancery.
Office nearly opposite die Prentiss House,
Itavenna. Ohio.
Si
Samli Strawoe
O. P. Eroivr
: Slrawdcr & ISrown.
Attorneys at Law Eavenna Ohio Office at
II. II. : -11 .Hard. -
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LA XV,
ANB 60LICITOR IS CHANCERS.
' Palmyra. Portage County, Ohio.
AusustSl. 1840. . 3
Andrew Jaelisoii.. . :
ATTOKNEVT & COUNSELLOR AT LAW
And Solicitor iruCKancerv.'. -
RAVENNA. OHIOJ
Collections and all other business entrusted to
his care will receive faithful and prompt attention.
ANDREW JACKSON, NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office in Seymour's Block.
S. t. ItiSNET.
E. B. TATLOB
Ranncv & Tavlor
TTOUNEYS & Counsellor t Law and Sol
:. : r . i ij t. .
luHiiaiu vsiiuncery, navenaa, vjllio.
(Tj Office over Seymour's store.
Iaritis Lyman.
ATT O RNE Y AT LA IV,
Ravenka. PoaTAOK Co.. Ohio.
. tp Office in Hood's Building, over S. X. St. R
A. Gillett's store. -
Kaveima, June 1,1849. " r-, . tf-26
itTi spaidiiia:.
Attorney "at Law Cleveland, Cbio Office in
Parsons' Block Superior Street, .
D. M. SOTIRISVILLE,
TAILOR.
W AS removed his shop a few doors west of the
IIJL postotlice Itavenna, Uiuo. ,.
April 8,1851. . .-- .
S A & IS A.Ciillefl
Pealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware,
-v Iron,. Nails, Glass, c, north side pub-..
' ' - lie square, 1? a venna. Ohio. v
. 1? W .rv nionr .
Dealer In Dry Goods, Beady Made 'Clothing
ixi uceries. Hardware, Iron, Nails, Crockery,
Boots, Shoes &c, north side pudlic square,
i Kavenna, Ohio. . -'-;
Kowcll & Jo
ieaiers in Ary ood, Groceries. Hardware
crocsery, otc, mason s Block, Main street,
- . . Bavenna, Ohio.
Ncnt. Grcnnell &. rA
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Iron Nails
' Hardware, Glass ,&cM"Franklin, Ohio. i .
II L & it May . "
Dealers is Faney Dry Goods,' .Bonnets, Hats
- Caps, Boots and Shoes, Ready Made Clothing,
Carpeting 4c, at their New Store, Main St.,
. . ;;; east of the Public Square.1 -'
C & J C Prentiss j
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Stoves, Hard
' -Li'Iron Nails, Glass, Aef Brick Block,
" wcgtide Puulic square, Ha venna, Ohio.
E. T. Richardson, .
mu EnB!i!and Amencnn Hardware, Sad
' ? m fttrne,i" and Coariago Trimmings, Iron,
: JVails, .Stool. &c..-c; at the old ntand
ol Maaqn. .Jj. Ilrainvrd, Ravvniia Ohio.
VOLUME IXIII-Nnmber 4!
.NATIONAL SERIES OF -
STANDARD SOHOOI. BOOKS,
'. rUBUSHEO T - I
. -A. 8. Barnes A Co . '
;, 51 Jena Street. If. Y. j
DAVIsV SYSTEM OP MATHEMATICS. ;
. Pavies' Primary- Table Book, First Les
oni in Arithmetic. School Anthmetic,Key
to Davies' University Arithmetic, Elemen
tary Algebra, . Key to Davies' Elementary
Algebra Elementary Geometry, Practical
Mathematics, Bourdon's Algebra, Element
of Surveying, Legendre's Geometry. Dif
ferential and Integral Calculus, Descriptive
Geometry, Shades, Shadows, Logic of
Mathematics. .
Chambers' Treasury of Knowldge,Nat
ural Pbi'osophy, - Elemenu of Zoology,
Hamilton's Elements of Physiology, Page's
Elements , of. Geology, Reid and Rain's
Chemistry, Clark's Elements of Drawing.
" Fulton&Easiman'sChirogrsphy.Chnrts,
Key to Fulton & Eastman's Charts, Wri
ting Books, Book-Keeping. ' i - -
.Parket's Ju veline Philosophy; First Les
sons in ' Philosophy, School Compedium,
Alclntyreon the Useol the Globes, Gilles
pie on Roads and Railroads, Bartletl's Nat
ural Philosophy for Colleges.
' Brook's. First Latin Lessons, Brook's
Ovid's Metamorphosis, First Greek Lesaous,
Collectanen Evangelica.
SCIENCE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
VVright's Analytical Orthography. Na
tional Spelling Book, Martin's Orlhoepist.
Northend's Dictation Exercises, Rhetorical
Reader, Second do.. Third do.. Fourth do.,
Clark's Grammatical Chart and Key, Anal
ysis of the English Language, New En
glish Grammar, Northend's Little Speaker,
American Speaker, School Dialogues.
HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY. . .
Willard's History of the United States,
School History of the United States, Uni
versal History, American Chronographer,
Temple or Map of the Times, Historical
Guide, English Chronographer, Allison's
History of Europe uabridged. ' ' -
, , . : --music;- - '' .' : '
; . Kingsley's Juvetine Choir, Young La
dies' Harp, Sacred Harmonist School, Song
aad Hymn Book, Sabbath School Gems..
- Also, Theodore Thinker's Botany, Watts
on the Mind, with questions, Dunning's An
cient aad Classical Geography, - c v .:
. FOR THE TEACHER'S LIBRARY, c
Page's Theory and Practice of Teaching,
Mansfield on American Education, DeToc
queville on American Institutions,' Barnard
on School, Architecture. -y . : -?
The above Books are for sale at Hall's
Book Stork,. ' - ' '.J .
fjgf This series has been strongly recom
mended by the School Examiners of. Portage
County, and as the great diversity of School
books, is telt to. be an evil, and as uoitormity
is of the greatest importance, it would seem
desirable that Parent, Teachers, Clerks and
Directors of School Districts, should endeav
or to second the efforts of the Examiners to se
cure uniformity. In poiDt of ruerit.this National
series is not excelled, and jn many respects
is unequalled by any other series now pub
lished. . -..-- -' - . '
-Cull and examine these Books, after having
read the following recommendation of the
l'ortage County acnool Examiners : - - . :
- scnool Books.
The undersigned. School Examiners for
Portage County, having Examined the fol
lowing school 15ooks,to wit: l'arker s series
of Renders; Chamber's Educational Course,
including Treasury of Knowledge; Ele
ments ot JJrawiog and ferspective ; JMaturai
Philosophy ; Chemistry and Electricity ;
Vegetable and Animal L'nilosopby; Zoology
and Geology ..also, Martin's Oithoepist; Da
vies Arithmetical Course tor schools ; Da
vies Academic Course ; Nonheud's Dicta
tion Exercises; Wright's Orthography Mrs.
Wi'lanlB ilia tor; ulton and Eastmans
Book-Keening, and Clark's Grammar: feel
called upon to recommend them to the differ
ent schools in . this County, as eminently
meritorious. .;
The examiners are fully impressed with
the belief, that it all the Schools in the Coun
ty will secure to themselves the above named
Books, producing thereby a uniformity io the
Books ot the different schools of the County,
that the progress of Schools in the county,
that the progress of scholars will not only be
more thorough, but much more rapid than
tormerly. v . i-
. . - " ANDREW J AUKSON,
: ; V" ' ' JOSHUA G. WILLIS.
7' School Examiners for Portage County
xuivenna, xjci., iaoz.
MUSIC. .
A supply of new and popular Music,
constantly on hand, among which may
j ne iying r.xne, . -
Each sigh the heart will treasure,
The Wild Brier, ' - '
Jenny Gallopade, ' . ' ' ! : "' " ' "
" ' The Father's Prayer,
' When friends that have left us,
The Belle of Louisville,
I have something sweet to tell you; or,
- 1 in talking io ray sleep, . ..
My Tretty Blanch, - V "
Little Eva, Uncle Tom's Guardian An
geU '-.-' '. '' -
Songs for tbe Times, ;- . .
. Polkas, Waltzes, Quicksteps, Marches,
&o., &c., for sale at --
Hall's Book Store.
Ravenna, July 1S52. ; :-y-'- '- '
;- new nrsic. ,
(T1HREE Pieces, founded on scenes in "Un
I cle Tom's Cabin," viz : " Little Eva," "1
am doing There," and "The Death of St. Clare."
Also; ."Ben Bolt," and the new aiid very popular
"An8weroi uen uoiu"- rorsaioat
HALL'S BOOK STORE.
Aug. 9. 1S52.
Uncle Tom's Lament lor Eva, written
and composed by 1. B. Woodbury.
. "He strikes his harp immortal,
. ' To Eva's gentle song."
- For sale at Hall's Book Store,
' Ravenna, Sept.' 7, 1852. ' ' -
MUSIO.
Temperance Glee Books; Songs fur the
times, and a great variety of sheet-m'usic.em-brscing
new and popular pieces, just received
and f&r sale at
: - v . HALL'S BOOK STORE.
Ravenna, Aug. 24, 1852. -
OWKEH WANTED.
E received a small consignment of
- cheese per C, C. & C. Rail Road.
March 8, 1852, in regard to which we
have had no clue to the shippers name. 1
The ower, after having described Ihe num
ber and mark of said lot ol cheese, will be
entitled to nett proceeds of same.
S. STRAIGHT & Co.
Cjncmnatti, June 24. 1852. 1181-4w
T Ready for Operation.
HE New Steam Grist Mill, in Ra
venna, is now ready for operation. Fnrm
er and others will please call and examine Ihe
most conveniently arranged Mill in this part of Ihe
SlaW.' V 1 PAHMLEK &. SONH.
Jiavenna, Aug. 2, 1853. 1180-tf
- Parasols.
A splendid assortment of . Parasols, of every
quality and price at the new store of .
. , JL L. &R.lAy.
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1
A Family
Wkea tbe CIBI la in lite Sky.
- Vben the cloud is in the sky --
And the wind is on the wave,
. . Vben the storm is hurling by,
And the tempests fiercely rave
- Then upon the earth and sea.
Faints the coward heart with fear
'. Then the faithless only we
' Danger, death and ruin near.
" - - . - -. ." .
-- But the braver full of fchh, -
. Look beyond the cloud and storm,
Look and see promise-bow -
Arching with majestic form.
, Soon the cloud will pas. away,
, Soon tbe tempest cease to rave.
Cod is ever in the sky, r " ' -.
On the land, and on the wave. .
. So along the sea of time.
Where the sails of life are spread.
Cowards, lacking faith sublime,
. Watch the cloud with fear and dread ;
i But the braver, o'er the storm -See
the bow of promise bright,
j. ver watching, through tbe clouds, '
-U - For the conmig of the light. H - !
: .; A Good Investment.
BY T. S ARTHUR. .
" That's a smart little fellow of yours,"
said a gentleman named Winslow to a labor
ing man who was called in occasionally to do
work about his stire. " Does be go to
school ?" -' ' -
" Not now, sir, replied the poor man. -
"Why not, Davis? H looks like a bright
tad." "1 . -.- '
"He's got good parts, sir," returned the
Cither, "but"
But what?" asked the gentleman, seeing
that the man hesitated.
" Times are rather hard now, sir, and I
have a large fumily. Ita's about as much as
I can do to keep hunger and cold away. Ned
reads very well, writes a tolerable hand, con
sidering a I things, and can figure a little, and
that's about all I can do for him. -The other
children are coming forward ; and I reckon
be will have to go to a trade middling soon."
How old is Ned ?" inquired Winslow.
- " He's turned of eleven.-
" -" You won't put him to a trade before he's
thirteen or fourteen ?:
f " Can't keep him home idling about all that
time, Mr. Winslow. It would be his ruina
tioo. It's young- to go out .from home, I
know, to rough and tough it among strangers"
there was a slight unsteadiness in the poor
man's voice " but it's better than doing noth
ing." -: '; -.;.' V;- ''--,;.. -
"Ned ought to go to school a year or two
longer, Davis," said Mr. Winslow, with some
interest in bis manner... "And as yon are
not able to pay the quarter bills, I guess 1 will
have to do it, - What say you? If. I pay for
Ned's schooling, can yon keep him at home a
year or two longer?" :
" I didn't expeot that of you Mr. Winslow,"
said the poor man, and his voice now trembled.
He uncovered his head as he spoke, almost
reverently. . " Yon ain't bound to pay for
schooling my boy. Ah, air!"
But yon have not answered my question,
Davis. What say you?" '- . V
"Oh, Bir, if you are really in earnest?"
"I am in earnest. Ned ought to go to
school. If you can keep him a few years
longer, I will pay for his education during
the time. Ned" Mr. Winslow spoke to the
boy i' what say you? . Would you like to go
to school again?" . 5-':''
" Yes, indeed, sir," quickly answered the
boy, while his bright young face was lit up
with a gleam of intelligence. .
"Then you shall go, my fine fellow.
There's the right kind of stuff in you, or I'm
mistaken. ' We'll give you a trial at any
rate." : . ' . '
Mr. Winslow was as good as his word
Ned was immediately sent to an excellent
school. The boy young as he was, appreci
ated the kind act of his benefactor, and re
solved to profit by it to the full extent.
"I made an investment of ten dollars, to
day," said Mr. Winslow, jestingly, to a mer
cantile friend, some three months after the
occurrence just related took place, and here
is the certificate."
- He held up a small slip of paper as he
spoke. ' ' . . . .
" Ten dollars a large operation. In what
fund?"
"A charity fund."
' " Oh!" and the friend shrugged his shoul
ders. " Don't do much in that way myself.
No great faith in the security. What divi
dend do you expect to receive?"
' "Don't know. But I rather think it will
be large." . . ','
: " Better take some'more of the stock if you
think it so gcod. There is plenty in market
to be bought at less than par.".
; Mr. Winslow smiled, and said, that, in all
probability, he would invest a few more small
suras in the same way, and see how it would
turn out. The little piece of paper which he
called a certificate of stock, was the first quar
ter.bi!! he had paid for Ned's schooling.-; For
four years these-bills were regularly paid,
and then Ned, who had well improved tbe
opportunities so generously afforded him, was
taken on the recommendation of Mr. Wins
low, into a large tmpor.iag house. , Ned's fa
ther was too poor to give him an outfit of
clothing such as was required in the new po
sition to which' he was elevated ; knowing
this, the generous merchant came forward
again and furnished the needful supply.
As no wages were received by Ned for the
first Jwo years, Mr. Winslow continued t
buy his clothing, while his father gave him
his board. On reaching the age of eighteen,
Ned's employers were much pleased with
his industry, intelligence and attention to bu
siness, and put him on a salary of thee hun
dred dollars. This made him at once inde
pendent. He could pay his boarding and find
his own clothes;' and proud did he feel on the
day when he advanced to so desirable a posi
tion. . , - . . .
How comes on your inveatmont," asked
Mr. Winslow's mercantile friend about this
time. He spoke jestingly. ' '
" It promises very well," was the smiling
reply." " ' ' ---' . r.
' It is rising in the market then?"
"Yes."
" Ally dividonds yet?" .
" Oh, certainly. Large dividends."
Indued! JSotln money?"
" Oh, no, but in something better than mo
Nmpaptr, Devoted lo Ceneril Intelligence,
RAVENNA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1852.
ney. The satislaction that nows trom an act
of bonevolence wisely done." .- .
" Oh, that's II.-. . i XI
The friend spoke with ill concealed con
tempt, y
Don't you call that omething? asked
Mr. Winslow. '
" It's entirely too nnsubstaotld for me," re
plied the other. " I go in for returns of a
more tangible character. Those you speak
of won't pay my notes." '
Mr. Winslow smiled, and bade his friend
good mormng. -.-. . . . .
"He knows nothing," said he to himself,
as he mused on the subject, of the pleasures
of doing good; "and the loss is on his side.
If wb have the ability to secure investments
of this kind, they are among the best we can
make, and all are able to put at least some
money, io the fund of good works, let it be
ever so small an amount. . Have I sulTored
the abridgement of a single comfort by what
have done ?v No.-.-Uave, J. gained in pleas.-
ant thoughts and feelings by the act ?
Largely. ' It has been a source of perennial
enjoyment. I would not have believed that,
at so small a cost I could have procured so
much pleasure." ' ".
Thus thought Mr. Winslow, and his heart
grew warm within bim. Time proved that
he had not erred in aflurding the lad an op
portunity .for obtaining a good education.
His quick mind acquired, in the position in
which he was placed, accurate ideas of busi
ness, and industry and force . of character,
made those ideas thoroughly practical. -Ev
ery year his employers advanced to the euro
of one thousand dollars per annum.' . With
every increase the young man ' had devoted
a large portion of his income to the improv
ing of his father's family, and when it was
raised to the sum last mentioned, be took a
neat, comfortable new house, much larger
than the family had before lived in, and paid
the whole rent himself.- Moreover, through
his acquaintace and influence', be was able
to get a place for bis father at a higher em
ployment than he bad heretofore been en
gaged in, and at a higher rate of compensa
tion. ...' --. ' ' '-... .-'-!' -
Any more dividends on your charity in
vestment?" said Mr. .Winslow's friend
about this time. He spoke with the' old
manner, and from the old feelings.
" Yes. ' Got a dividend to-day. --' The lar
gest yet received," replied the merchant
smiling. ' " ' 1 .' y. .
Did yon? - Hope it will do you a great
deal of good." . . - .
"I realize Your wish, my friend, it is
doing me ft great deal of good," returned Mr.
Wioslow. -. - - : .'."'' ;; '".
" No cash, I presume."
Something far better. - Let me explain."
Do so, if you please."
V You know the particulars of this invest
ment?" said Mr. Winslow.
His friend shook his head, and replied
"No. The fact is, I never felt interest
enough in the matter to enquire particulars.
" Oh well. - Then T must give you a little
history. . You know old Davis, who has been
working about our stores tor tbe last ten or
fifteen years?"
" Yes." " ,'- ;
" My investment was in the education of
his son!"
Indeed!" y
" His father took him from school when
ha was onlv eleven years old, because, he
could not afford to send him any longer, and
was about to put the little felluw out to learn
a trade. Something interested me in the
child, who was a bright lad, and acting from
a g'Kd impulse that came over me at the
moment, I proposed to his father, to send
him to school. for three or four years, if be
would board and clothe him during the time.
To this he readily agreed, -so 1 paid tor;
Ned's schooling until he was in his sixteenth
year, and then got him in Webb &'Wal-
droo's store, where he has been ever since."
Webb & Waldroh's!" said the .friend,
evincing same surprise. "1 know ail their
clerks very well, for we do a great deal of
business with them. Which is the son of
Mr. Davis!" '- - -'"?' - ' '- ' " :
" The one they call Edward."
"Not that tall, "fine-looking young man
their leading salesman?"
"The same." ,y
Is it possible! why. he is worth any two
clerks in the store.'
' I know he is.'
For his age there .is not a. better sales
man in the city.' : :
So I believe,' said Mr. Winslow, 'nor,
he added, a better man.' y . . y
. ' I know little of his personal character;
but unless his face deceives' me, it cannot
but be good.' - - T y - .
. 'It is good. Let me say a word about
him. - The moment his salary increased be
yond what was absolutely required to pay his
board and find such clothing as bis position
made it necessary for him to wear, he devo
ted the entire surplus to rendering his fath
er's family comfortable. " .',.-.-
'Highly praiseworthy.' soid the friend.
'I had received, already, many dividends
on my investment,' continued Mr.. Winslow;
'but when that fact came to my knowledge,
my dividend exceeded all the other dividends
pot together.' -
The mercantile friend was silent. If ever
in his life be had envied the reward of a good
deed, it was nt that moment.
' ; , To-day," went on Mr. Winslow, I bare
received a still larger dividend. I was pas
sing along Bultonwood street, when I met old
Mr. Davis coming out of a house, the rent of
which from its appearance, was not less than
two hundred and twenty-five dollars. "You
don't live here of course," said I, for I knew
the old man's income to be small not over
six or seven dollars a week. - " Oh, yes I do,
be made answer, with a smile, 1 turned and
looked at tbeSnuse again. " How comes
this ? "I asked. " You must be getting bet-,
ter off in tbe world.' " So I em," was his
reply. " Has any body left you a little fofc
tuoe ? " I inquired. " No but you have help
ed me to one," said he. " I don't understand
you, Mr. Davis,". I made answer. " Edward
rents the bonse for us," said the old man.
" Do you understand now 1 "
"I understood him perfectly.' It was thee
that I received the largest dividend on my in
vestment winch has yet come into my huads-'
SUecllaneons Beading, and the Rights
If they go on increasing at this rate.
I shall
soon be rich." y .' .
Rather unsubstantial kind of riches,"
Was remarked by the friend.
'That which elevates and delights the
mind, can, hardly he called unsubstantial,"
replied Mri 'Winslow. " Gold will not al
ways do this." '
The friend sighed involuntary. : The re
marks of Mr. Winslow caused thoughts to flit
over bis mind, that were far from being agree
able. i'. y.y- .' .--v.-- -'W -..
A year or more went by, and then addition
was made, to the firm of Webb & Waklrou.
Edward Davis received the offer of an inter
est in the business, which he unhesitatingly
accepted. -From that , day he was on the
road to fortune. Three years afterwards one
of the partners died, when his interest was
increased. ' y. .-.
Twenty-five years from the time Mr. Win-
slow, Bating from a benevolent impulse, pro
posed t& seed youog Davis to school, have
One day, about this period, Mr. Winslow,
who had met with a number of reverses in
business, was sitting in his counting-room,
with a troubled look on his face, when the
mercantile friend before mentioned came in
His countenance was pale and disturbed. .
" Wa are ruined ! ruined !" said he with
much agitation. - . :
Mr. Winslow started to his feet. -
" Speak ! " he exclaimed ' what new dis
aster is about to sweep over me ? "
" Tbe house of Toledo & Co., in Rio, has
suspended." ' "
" Mr. Winslow struck his hands together
and sank dowh into the chair from which he
had jnst arisen.' ' . .'?-..; -'. "y.
- " Then it is all over," he murmured. "All
over!";--. - . - .? ..-"'.' .-.y.
"It is all over with me," said the other.
"A longer straggle would be fruitless. But
for this I might have weathered the storm.
Twenty thousand dollars of drafts drawn
against my last shipment are back protested,
and will be presented to-morrow. I cannot
lift them. " So closes a business life of nearly
forty years, in commercial dishonor and per
sonal ruin." y-, : - -.
Are you certain that they have failed ? "
asked Mr. Wioslow, with something like hope
in his tone of voice. . y ' .- y'
" It is too true," was answered. "The
Celeste arrived this morning, and her letter
bag was distributed at the post office half an
hour ago. Have yon received nothing by
her?" :- -i'- :" .'; ' '
"I was not aware of her arrival. But I
will send immediately for my letters."
Too true was the information communica
ted by the friend. The large commission
house of Toledo 5t Co. had failed, and pro
tested drafts to a very heavy amount. Mr.
Winslow was among the sufferers, and to an
extent that was equivalent to ruin ; because it
threw back upon him the necessity of lifting
Over $15,000 of protested paper, when his
tinof paymraents was already full up to his
ntmost ability. "- "
"For" nearly five, years, everything, had
seemed to go against Mr. Winslow, At the
beginning of that time, a son whom he bad
set up in business, failed, involving him in I
heavy loss.- Then, one disaster after anoth
er followed until be found himself in imminent
danger of a failure.. From this time he turn
ed his mind to the consideration of his affairs
with more earnestness than ever, and made
every transaction with a degree of prudence
and foresight that seemed to guarantee suc
cess in whatever be attempted. A deficient
supply of flour caused him to send a large
shipment to Rio. , The sale was at a. hand
somely remunerative profit, but the failue of
his consignees, before the payment of his
draft for the proceeds, entirely prostrated
him. .
So hopeless did the merchant consider his
case that he did not even make an effort to
gqt temporary aid in his extremity.
When the friend of Mr.' Winslow came
with the information that the house of Toledo
& Co. had failed, tbe latter was searching
about in his mind for the means ot lifting
about five thousand dollars worth of paper,
which fell due on that day. He had two
thousand dollars in bank, the balance of the
sum would have to be raised by borrowing,
He had portly fixed upon the resources from
which this was to come, when the news of
his ill-fortune arrived.
Yes, it was ruin. ; Mr. Winslow saw it in
a moment, and his band fell powerless by his
side. Re made no further effort to lift his
notes, but after his mind had recovered from
its first shock, he left his store and retired to
his house, to seek in its quiet the calmness
and fortitude of which he stood so greatly in
need. In this house were his wife and two
daughters, who Jill their lives had enjoyed the
many external comfoitaBnd elegancies that
wealth can procure.' The heart of the falh
er ached as his eyes rested open his children,
and the thought of the sad reverses that awai
ted them.
On entering the dwelling, Mr. Winslow
sought - the partner of his life, and communi
oated to her without reserve, the painful in
telligence of his approaching failure. -
' Is it indeed so hopeless ? ' she asked, tears
filling her eyes. '
' 1 am utterly prostrate,' was the reply, in
atone that was full of anguish. And in the
bitterness of tbe moment, the unfortunate
merchant wrung his hands. --- -
To Mrs. Winslow, the shock, so unexpec
ted, was very severe, and it was same time
before her mind, after ber husband's an
nouncement, acquired any degree of calmness.
About hulfan hour after M. Winslow's re
turn home, and while his own heait and that
of his wife were both quivering with pain, a
servant came and and said thnt a gentlemen
had called and wished to see bim.
- 'Who is it? ' asked the merchant.
' ' I did not understand bis name,' answered
the servant. .
" Mr. Winslow forced as muoh external
composure as was possible, and then descend
ed to the parlor. .'
-. Mr. Davis',' he said entering.
" Mr. Winslow,". returned the visitor, tak
ing the -merchant's hand, and grasping it
warmly. . l '
As the two men sat down together, the
one addressed ns Mr. Davis, said
I -' t, u .iv . .--.--..'-.- .
NT
of San.
I was sorry to learn, a little while ago
that you. will rose by this failure in Rio."
Heavily. It has ruiued me ! " replied
Mr. Winslow. - '"'","
" Not so bad as that, I hope," said M r. Da
vis.
" Yes. ' It has removed the last prop that
I leaned on, Mr. Davis. The very last one,
and now the worst.; It is impossible for me
to take up fifteen thousand dollars worth of
returned drafts.".
- Fifteen thousand is the amount ? " -
"Yes."- .'..- - . y '.'-' - ; '
Mr. Davis smiled encouragingly.
"If that is all," said he, " there is no diffi
culty in the way. I can easily get you the
money." ' ;
Mr. Winslow started, and a warm flush
went over his fuce. ; - ' : ' .
Why didn't you tome to me?" asked
Mr. Davis, " the moment you fiund yourself
in such a difficulty. Surely," and his voice
slightly trembled, surely yon did not think
it possible for me to forget the pnst ! Do I
not owe you every thing? and would I not be
one of tbe basest men, if I forgot my obliga
tion ? If your need were twice fifteen thou
sand, and it required the division of my last
dollar with you, not a hair of your bead should
be injured. I did not know that it was pos
sible for you to get into an extremity like this.
until 1 beard it whispered a little while ago."
So unexpected a turn in his affairs com
pletely unmanned him. ' He covered his face
and wept fur some-time, with the uoconlrol
able passion of a child.
Ah, sir,'! he said at last, in a broken voice,
" I did hot expect this, Mr. Davis." . . , . .
' You had a right to expect it," replied the
young roan. " Were 1 to do less tban sus
tain yon in an extremity not too great for my
ability, I would be unworthy tbe name of a
man. And now, Mr. Winslow, let your heart
be at rest. You need not fall under the blow.
Your drafts will probably come back to you
to-morrow." ' ...,;-..
" Yes ; to-morrow at the latest,"
".Very well." I will see that you are pro
vided with the means to lift them. In the
meantime, if yon ore in want of any sum to
ward your payments of to-day, just let me
know." ; ,'- "y ' ' . .
' I can probably get through to-day by my
own efforts," said Mr. Winslow. .
" Probably 1 How muoh do you want ? "
asked Mr. Davis."
'In the neighborhood of three thousand
dollars.".- -'.-'" ".-.'.'-" -' r
' I will send you a round check for thnt
sum immediately," promptly returned the
young man, rising as he spoke, and drawing
forth his watch, "it is nearly two o'clock
now," he added, "so 1 will bid yon good day.
Io fifteen minutes you wiil find a check at your
store.".
And with this Davis retired. .
All this, which passed in a brief space of
time, seemed like a dream to Mr. Winslow.
He could hardly realize its truth. But it was
a reality, and he comprehended it more fully,
when, on reaching his store, he found there
the promised check for three thousand dol
lars. Oa the next dny tbe protested, drafts came
in ; but, thanks to the grateful kindness of
Mr. Davis, now a' merchant with the com
mand of large monied facilities, he was able
to take them np. The friend, before intro
duced, was less fortunate. There was no
one to step forward and save him from ruin,
and he sank under the sudden pressure that
came upon him..
A few days after his failure, he met Mr.
Winslow. - . '
' How is this ? said he. ' How did you
weather the storm that drove me under? I
thought your condition as hopeless as mine.'
' So did I,' answered Mr. Winslow. 'But
I had forgotten a small investment, made
years ago. I have spoken of it to you before.
The other looked slightly puzzled.
Have yuu forgotten that investment in the
charity . fund, which you thought monoy
thrown away?'
' Oh ! ' A light broke in upon his mind.
'You educated Davis. I remember now.
' And Davis, hearing of my extremity .step
ped forward and saved me. That was the
best investment I ever made ! '.
The friend dropped his eyes to the pave
ment, stood for a moment or two without
speaking, sighed, and then moved on. How
many opportunities for making similar invest.
menta had he neglected ? -
A kinword aod a ee ntle act, a cbeerfu
smile, Wat sunshine they bring with them,
especially to the sorrowing heart. How
much by these we may add to the sum of hu
man happiness, and the pleasant memories of
those who meet us in life's journey. It is
these little, kindnesses, these gentle offices of
oourlesy and affeolion that make up half the
real blessedness of life.. And they cost so lit
tle ! They ask so small a portion of our time
and labor, so littlo sacrifice of our convenience
0r comfort. y
A young lad recently ran away from home
and went to a tavern, where be was founp
bv a friend with a cigar in his mouth. 'What
made you leave home ? 'said his friend. . ' Oh'
confound it,' 'said he, 'father and mother
were so saucy that I couldn't stand it an lon
ger so I quit 'em.'
Our achievements and our productions are
our intellectual progency, and he who is en
gaged in providing that those immortal chil
dren of his mind shall inherit fame, is, fur more
nobly oocupiod than he who is industrious in
order that tbe perishable children of his body
should inherit wealth.
.Beauty, as the flowering blossom, soon
fapes; but the divine excellency of the mind
like the medicinal virtues of the plant, re
main in it when all those cheVms are with
ered. . ..'
He who dies in Ihe path of duty, deserves
a nobler name than he who leads a victor!
ous army over the ruins of a couquered
kingdom. ' . ' . T ,
A warm hear needs a cool head. So
ship that carries a great deal of sail needs
first rate helmntnan..
Whole Nnmbcr 1186
.-. i- ' s Jrom the Christian Press. -
Speech, of Han. G. W. Julian, '
Of Indiana, at the lute Anti-Slavery Con
vention tn Cincinnati. . y
Mr. President: In obedience to the
coll of our ami slu very friends in thiscitv,
we have assembled from various sections
of Ike country, to consider what more can
be done, for the three millions of slaves in
these United Stales; what new labors and
sacrifices, the crisis demands nt our hands;
and we desire, nt all events, lo lift up our
voices in continued rebuke, of the trans-
cendent aad oershudo wing iniquity of this
nation. ..':''
The Free power of the United States on
the one hand, and the Slave power on the
other, are the parties to the great struggle
in which we are engaged; and I propose,
in the outset, to glance at the position and
relative strength of these contending forc
es, and then to deduce such conclusions as
facts may warrant, bearing upon the ques-
tiou of present duly.
What do we understand by the Slave
Power of this country? Jt is embodied
primarily, in the slaveholders of the coun
try; numbering, say two hundred and fifty
thousand, at a very liberal calculation.--
The entire white population of the Slave
States, according to the 1 ate census, is six
miliums one hundred and sixty-nine tbous
and four hundred and" thirty-eight. , The
slaveholders, therefore, ' constitute about
one twenty fifth of this number; or in oth
er words, there are twenty-five non-slave
holders, or tweniy-four twenty-fifths of the
people having no direct connexion with
slavery. If we include the whole popu
lation of the South, white and colored,
bond and free, the slaveholders will only
amount to about one-fortieth of the aggre
gate, that is to say, thirty-nine fortieths of
the whole will be Don -slaveholders. If we
lake into the calculation the entire present
population of the Union, seeing it down in
round ; numbers at twenty-five millions,
(which cannot he far from the truth.) ihe
the slaveholders will constitute only one-
hundredth part of the same, leaving nine
ty -nine hundredths of . the people of the
United States non-slaveholders, and deep
ly interested, socially, morally, and politic
ally, in the overthrow of the peculiar in
stilulion. .-. .. . . . y
Hare then, we have the slave power,
lodged in one-hundreth part of the people
ofthe country, and : many of , these, of
course, minors and women. This is the
terrible presence, before which our politi
cians . and priests bend their cowardly
backs, and seemingly glory in the abject-
ness of their humiliation. 1 am now talk
ing about the weakness, the apparent, in
significance of this wicked and . domineer
ing oligarchy ofthe South I shall speak
f its strength presently. Look, if you
please, nt the forces which stand opposed
to this squad-of despots. First, I mention
he lh-ee millions and more, whom they
hold in bondage, and who, of course are
pposed, from the very depths of their
hearts, to the system . under which they
suffer. Denied that principle of everlast
ing justice, a fair day's wages for a fair
day's works, sold like merchandize, to the
highest bidder, despoiled of their dearest
rights and the holiest relations of life, . and
plundered of their humanity by law, it can
not be otherwise than that they are brood
ing in secret over their wrongs, and .nurs
ing in their boosms, long-cherished, deep
ly seated, and implacable hatred ofthe rule
of their, tyrants- Let no man regard
lightly, either the moral or physical now
r of such a people; for every ray of light
which dawns upon their minds, every kind'
ing passion which fires their , hearts, is
the sure prophecy of their deliverance.
Well may the slaveholder tremble, when
he reflects that God is just, and "that his
justice cannot sleep forever."
Next, let us remember, that these slave.
holders have no struggle against a rapidly
augmenting dislike of their institution,
among the millions of their own race, in
the South, who he)d no slaves, Multi
tildes of these feel that they are crushed (o
the earth by the heartless aristocracy of
slavery, degraded to a .condition - which
slaves themselves need not envy, and that
,11 hope of bettering their lot is denied
them, so . long as ihe reigning order of
things continues, . This hatred of slavery
will increase, just in proportion as its
haads are strengthened, and the white man
is impoverished and degraded, thus hasten
ing on a crisis in the South, by the 'action
of causes that must inevitably produce it.
were the millions in bondage to continue
quiet and submissive to their masters. We
have good reasons for believcing that at
this time there are thousands and thousands
among the non-slavenolders South, not
only smarting uudcr the relentless - power
of slavery, and meditating schemes of re
lishioce, and looking forward with box
tous hopes, tp such - a movement, in the
Free Stales, as will embolden them to stand
up in the midst of . their oppressors, and
make their power fell in the politics of the
country, y . ' V 1
Again there is opposed to the handful
nt ill .- . .'
ot aiavenoiuer8 in tne soul!), a growing
anti-slavery sentiment among the fourteen
millions of people in the free states. This
sentiment demands freedom for lha slave,
and sooner or later it must be answered.
It rests upon ihe truths of the Declaration
null oi i niiRnnnnMnna. in. f..rti,inrnH
examples of bur reverend political fathers.
- - 1 .,,w .li.iuij, HUM
and the teachings of our Saridur and ! his
apostie. it win gradually and ""any pen
etrnie all hearts, and pervade all minds in
the North, : This, Jn fact, w tne great
dread of the slaveholder . and lha dough,
face, notwithstanding the pretended "final
ity"Jottheir compromises. They lack.-,
faith io lheir"o devices. The spirit of
freedom "crashed to earth' hj -enternal
forces, "will rise again," and ib more el- -factual
ways make "itself understood.
Even now, in this dark and despondent ?
hour of anti-slavery progress, 1 doubl no
it issttntly darting Tu -tight into the minds .
of the mutatude, softening the inhumanity.
of their hearts, quickening their tosensibil
ity into resolves, and thus preparing 1e
ground for a rich harvest for freedom in
future years. . -. -? -r-- , f -
Lastly, the voice of the civilized - world -
is aguinsl slavery. ' Public opinion, accor
ding to Mr. Webster, -is the strongest pow
er on earth. "We think," says he, 'that .
nothing is powerful - enough 'io ; Btahfl be
fore autocratic, monarchial or flespotio
power. There is something strong enough
quite strong enough and if propsrly VK0U .
ed, will prove itself so, and (hat is the pow
er of intelligent public opinion in all tbe
nations of the earth. There is not a mon-
arch oh earth whose throne is not liable la
be shaken -to its foundation, by the pre-
gress of opinion, and the sentiment of lha
just and intelligent part of ihe'eoinmunt
iy." This terrible power is arrayed to-
fore the slaveholders, and we need not
wonder at their alarm. It should not TON.
prise us that they labor so unremittingly
to guard against domestic foes, when the
moral power of the world is threatening t .
shake their "despotic power" to its "foun
dations." A hostile influence is wafted
to our shores upon every gale from a'broaS.
And the great fountain and source of opin
ion, the literature of the world, la against
them. Tbe poets, orators, philosophers,
historians and moralists of every civilized
country, unite in one loud chorus against
the enslavement of their race. And who)
can measure the power of the world's lit
erature, now so wonderfully multiplying "
itself in the minds of the million, by me lit-.
ods unknown to the past? Who can cal
culate the influence of "Uncle Tom's
CabinV as a missionary of anti-slavery
reformgoing forth "im0 all the world,"
as a harbinger of. deliverance to the Afri
can race! .. . "The pen" says Dr. Chan- -
nmg, v.8 mightier ihah the sword,", and
the press is the mightiest engine ever set
in motion oy man.".. All tne great moral
forces by which Providence governs the
world, are in league with tbe free powei- .
of the country, and their warfare against
the "Lords of the Lash," can only enfl
with the last vestige of slavery in the Uni
ted States, y .y y , . --.
But let us turn now to the other side of
the picture, and contemplate the strength
of the-slave power, judged by what we
know of its .actual achievements. .. Tbe -slaveholders
as we have seen, in numbers -only,
one Iwenty.fifth of their white breth
ren of the South, only one-fortieth of tbe .
entire population of the south,, and one-
hundredth part of that of the Union, are
yet the only real sovereigns of this Repub
lic. The powers of the government are
jn their keeping, and they determine all
things according to the tcounsels of their
own will. 1 hey say-to the pun can ot
the North, "Go, and he goeth;'? to lher
Northern priest, "Do this, and he doelh it."
They lay their mesmeric hands upon the.
moral pulse of the nation, and it ceases to
beat. Nothing that is earthly can stand
before the dread authority of these men.
fhey are the reigning lords and masters of
the people, white and black. Look at tbe
facts.. They hold in the most galling bon
dage more than three millions of their fel
low creatures, being over twelve times their
own number. 1 hey keep in subtection
and Comparative slavery, six millions of
their own race in the south, who dare not
even murmur at their lot. They lord it
over fourteen millions of people in the
Free states, subsidizing their leaders in
church and slate to their purpose, debauch
ing me puoiic sentiment oi me country,nna 4 ;
pragmatically announcing, and then enfor- -
cvng the conditions upon which the Union
shall be preserved. They determine wbs i
shall be our-Presidents and Vice Presidents;. J
who shall be the speakers of the House of
Representatives, and the presiding officers '
of the Senato; who shall stand at tbe head
of the important committeesof both Houses, '
and how those committees shall be consti
tuted, all with special reference to the slave
interest. 'They secure to themselves or tr
their Northern slaves the monopoly of Bli
the important offices of the government -
ol the Judiciary, the Army, the Navy, and
our Foreign Diplomacy, hoisting their black v
flag in distant nations of the earth. They ;
rifle the mails ofthe Uniled States of their
contents, and decide what shall and what
shall not be conveyed by thrm, under the
impudent surveillance which they thus sat
up with impunity. They imprison hun
dreds of our colored freemen from the
North, and sell them into perpetual slave
ry, hv a law lnmrr than th mntiittittrcTT' i
for the crime of being found in southern
ports in the prosecution of their lawful bus
iness; and, with a mob altheir heels, they
defy ihe federal government, to bring the
constitutionality ofj their misdeeds before-
the courts of the country. They national
ize slavery by compelling ui to support h
in the District of Columbia, and to carry on
the coastwise slave trade, and to conform
our foreign policy in all things to the
principle, that slavery' is to be protected by
the givernment," wherever our flag fii.'A
1 hey involve the nation in a Florida' War, .
and a second edition of the same", at a final
cos- of some forty millions of dollars, and
send our army and its bloodhound auxilia
ries, howling on the chase of - unoffending " j
Seminole Indians, doomed to espulaioA or . J
extermination, m oraer mat aiavenoidtng
civilization -and Christianity may be attend
ed into lesions from which th religion of
savages would exclude theou They send jr. t
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