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Published at Jlatenna, Portage Co.T Oiio .
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Speech of Townscnd, ?
OF OIllO, ON THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, .u , ,
Delivered in tlte Ifcuse of 'Representatives. -June 23, 1853;
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Luther Day, Common Pleas Judge, Silk Dill. ,2md
' '. $ub-Divition, composed of Tmmhul Portage
tind Mahoning counties.. I . ' . -"""'''"" -,
Ebenezer Spalding, Clerk.. - : -r ri.., ,.--.f
; I lor ace M. Clark. Depu'y Clerk.
Lutber L. Rruwn, Probate Judge '' :" '
iame Woodtttd.' Sheriff.'-: ' .
John G.t McBiide. AM i lor. '.' , '. .c
34 f. C. Hawkins, Deputy Auditor. -'
Charles Green, Trfatwer. , .,.-..,.
"Hodolphus Bard,' Recorder. '', ;
l?aml. Strawder, Prosecuting Attorney.'
. JoIid M.-Tillen, Coroner. " ' ' .'. ' '
-Samuel D. Harris, Surveyor. , . "...
Abel Fowler, ; -Auctioneer. ' '
Andrew Jargon, Com'r nf Insolvents. j
flirsm Spencer,
Joel tt.'C jrtiss, "
Moset A Bircbard
Commissioners.
Nelson EggWton
Andrew Jackson, !
Dr. J. G. Willis,
School Examiners.
John B. King,.-'
Lyman line.
William Crane,,
Direct' Co. Infirmary.
Of icers of llie Farcers' lusuranee Company of
Porlagf Conaty. ' "
fliclmrd J. Thompson, President. "
David M'lDtosb, Vice President: ' ' - -'
'Henry A. Swift, Secretary. , , .....
,Enos P. Brainerd.77rn-rttrerv 7
U Directors David M'lntosh. Eli Booth,' Alv'ab
UdaftY Moses Bundy, Jr.; Samuel S. Spieer,
Lewis E. Booth. .... . -
Wfieeri Portage Co. Agricultural Society.
David Mcintosh, President. f ' ; i
Eo os, P. Brainerd, Treasurer. ' f .
,-ir Alsqn A. Harris, Secretary.. . -....
;; flgarii 0f -Government.
v David Mcintosh, Ransom A. Gillplf. Ezra B.
.Tnylor, Eoos P. Brninerd. Richard J. Thomp-
arm,' Wallace Willinmann,' Pomeroy "Reed,
Marcus F. Spelrhan,, Renj., F Pardee. : , ...
..Officer Portage Co. Br. State Bank of Ohio.
- " R. E. Campbell. President. ; -
J. M. Ebbert, Cashier . . ' ' , : .
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Mails Arrive at and .Depart .from' Ravenna
i "T? " " jolloKS: ; -..:."'' ? ; ;
Cleveland Mail arrive at 10 .m.l)nily '" '
An do rlnparlR nl 3J p. H. du . j ' j ,'
" rittoliurgh do arrives ai 5 a.m. do .
do do departs at li A. M. do .
V " Warren '' do 'arrivea at 9 p.m. do" . J
do do depirtaat II a.m. do ," , - - .t
Canlon ' "do rriveTiiesdayS;iiariinyl p.m.
do . dt departs MomlayNez Fridays a.m. - -Churdon
do arrives WedneedyA Friday 4 F M,
,r Jo;' dodoparts TuesdayB&Thnrsd.'ivffH-A.ai.
tjurrettville departs. Mondays. .WeilitesdnyKand
" Kiturdaya at I p. M., Arrives same days al 7 P.'j.; ,
, Dr. J, G,:TViiIis. . , 0
I'hvsician and Surgeon ftree1s?cro,Oliiv
. - -II. Iralt.il. I.
i- PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OJnrte in K. V. Seymour's' luiildinp on tlie pnhlif
. tqnare. nearly opposite the Ci nrt Holme.-
Jilt. Ione Wellm iTI. I.
PilYSIOIAN AND SURGEON.
OJtre on iam street. No. m.
. K. II. Wait, Tfl W
;. i PHYSICIAN AND SUttGKfUV, - - .r
.' RVK!r!H. PoHTSfiE tiol'KTV tllllO. ,
' ltj OiBmi at the old stind of Slrcalor & il'ait. .. ,. :
' Uayenna. March 6, 11150. ,e,
. I)rB.T. ltiaii, i
w. Denlwt Uaveuna Ohia. KJflVe in Seymour's Oloek,
; ... ; over tho Post Office. . . v. - .-i
- II. Kirchard& J, W. Tyler,
ATTY-S COUNSEL f.ORS AT I. AW,
Have agreed to become jointly interested, in their
(professional business in Portage county. They may
e consulted at Ravenna during the terms of court
or at their offices in vacation. -'
Address In vacation Bircbard & Sutliff, Warren,
'O., or BirclrnM Tyler, Franklin Mills, O. '
L.-V." BIERCE.' 7"- - ' " ; " B. L. JEFFRIES.
Bierce & Jellries." , : r
Attorneys at Imr. Office over Swift's Drug Store, oppo
.... site the Court House. ..,
A.z f. w. TAPPAN,
v Attorney & Counskllo ' at. Law; & So
. , , v licitor in Chancery.' '
Office nearly opposite. the Prentiss House, Ravenna, O.
KAMLi Strawoi
O. P. Browr
' Slrawder & Brown.
Attorneys at Law Ravenna,. Ohio OfEce at the
Court House. ' '
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A TTORNE YAND C OUNSELOR AT LA W,
--''! '. .AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY. '
Palmyra. Portage County, Ohio. ;
August 21, 1849. ' .. 3
Andrew Jackwon.
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW
( And Solicitor in Chavcery. ;
ra vf.xxa nnm
Collections and all other jbusiness entrusted to his
care will receive faithful ana prompt attention. ,.
ANDREW JACKRON, NOTARY PUBLIC'
. Office in Seymour's Block. . ;,..;
1. V. RAKREr.
r.. B. TAVLGK
Ranney & Taylor
ATTORNEYS & Counsellors at Law and Solicitors
in Chancery, Ravenna, Ohio.
O Office over Seymour's store..
MariusXysuau. .,-
ATT OR NE Y AT- LAW,
Ravesxa. PonToK Co..' Ohio..
OfSco m Hood's Building, over S, A. R. A.
'Silletl's store,
Knvennn, June 1, 1049.
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., . . II. V, Sualdiuar. .
Attorney at Law Cleveland, Ohio Office in Par-
- - sons" Block Superior Street. " -
' t Alton. :
ItASremoveu, ni.Mmpn few": doors west of the post
.'.-...; a-& u a uuicft
,;"- Dealers in Dry Goods, G-oceries, ilardwnre
rEV '". ." Iron, Nails, Glass. Ac, north side pub--'',
Z"i t'C squ.ire, Ravenna, Ohio.
. . p VV Seymour
- Dealer In Dry Goods, Ready Made Clothing'
r.-r. : Groceries, Hardware, Iron, Nails, Crockery,
m - . Boots, Shoes Ac. north side pudlic square,
'' Ravenna, Ohio. , .
J!'. . Uowtll &, Itrotbcr.
i. 'Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware,
Crockery, Ac, Mason's Block, Main street
. Ravenna, Ohio. " j
-, II IY&-l!,Iay- -'-
Dealers in "Fancy Dry Goods, Bonnets, Hats (
C3s, Bod's and Shoe, Bendy Made Clothing,
, ,. Carpeting Ac, nt their New Store, Main St., ;
,v' . est of the Fubhe Sq tare. '"
VOLUME XXIII Nnmber 45
Iient. Grcnnell & Co
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Iron, Naila
Hardware, Glass tc. Franklin. Ohio. :
V sfc J C Prenliss "
Dealer in Dry Goods.' Groceries. Stove Hard
ware, Iron, Nails, Glass, &c. Brick Block,. ,
west side p'thlic square. Ravenna t))tin.
K. T. Kiriiardsoii,
IVnler in Rngliah and Aroeriean Hartltvare, Pad-k-:
die: Harnejs and Caariuge Trimoiinej, Iron,
Kails. Steel, Are.. Ac; at the old stand
of Mason Sr Brninerd. Ravenna Ohio.
Agents- JEtna Insurance Co., Ultra, N. Y.
GARRETT &BRIGGS,
I'ndertlie Office.. Rank SlrMt. Cleveland.
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of Lovejoy. Mennir ofO. Scott: Henry Bibb's Nar
rative: James Parker, the Fugi ive; Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass: Narrative of Henry
Watson, a Fugitive Slave. ' ' ' ''
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OSSOLI. one of the most distinguished and popu
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I o n t h a n d Manhood.
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Kinbclin on Seir-Prcscrvation !I
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OF VILLAGE LOTS.
MAS been opened this week in Ihe vacant tract di
rectly west nf the Railroad Office in Kavennu
making tho most desirable sites for residences, in the
bel part of Ihe pleasantc! town in Ohio.
Those lot nre for sule al great bargains. and those who
wish lo secure lhum, must make application soon-, to
. III-.NUY A. SWIF.T. or
' ' SAMUEL J. HOPKINS.
May 85ih, 1BSS. . , , 1169
Sole, nutl Upper l,en titer. -
gOLE and tipper leather from different Tnn
CJ nerys, including tho Buffulo tunned Leather
and Baldwins & Sons soft slaughter leather for sewing,
kept conslonily nii hand by J. UllXlts.fc Co.
("avenna, Oct 1 s'l ' ' .
jSTATION ERY &M&s4zt,
A Family Srvspaper, Devoted
For the Ohio Star.
Free Soiler Farewell. .
FareweH farewell, ye Conservative parties;
.Thus sang a Free-So3er one blithe autumn day,
I am with you no longer, 1 go where my heart is '
I leave ye, old comrades, forever and aye.
Oh long blinded Whigs, did I rank in your numbers;
I deemed ye were truest to Freedom and Right; - -But
the sound of tlie slave hunt hath startled my slumbers,
The dark scales have fallen, I stand in the light!
I see how your lips wear the smile of the fawner,
- How ye shrink from no fetter that Party ran bind;
Whigs, Democrats too, ye are sunk in dishonor,
Te are joined in your shame, ye are all of one mind '
Frcm tlie dens of the Sonth, whence the Chivalry sally.
In search of a brother escapedVrom the chain;
From the plains of the North, where the doughfaces rally,
" To seize and return him to bondage again;
From the Georgian market, where sharply and steady,
The hammer descends, though a human heart break;
Ft'om our National Halls, where the gag is made ready. "
' For Iip& that would ope for Humanity's sake; " -
Goes np tlie same smoke of unmingled pollution.
Goes np the same peon to Falsehood and Wrong
But there dawneth a day that shall bring retribution,
' When tie strong shall be weak, and the weak shall be
strong.
Then come with us. Freemen! Be spaniels no longer,
' 'Neath eye of the Southron to crouch and to quail '
Old ties may be strong, but humanity's stronger
Shcut with us, strike with us, for Freedom and Haet
THE 1I.4U.TED HOUSE
.j . .. la Cliaruweed t'oreal.
One fine, blmleii. p, nufumn dar, a quiet ven
erable looking old gonlleman n.igl t be seer,
with 'stick in han, t iking hi way through the
streets of Leii-fs:er. If any one had followed
him they would have found him tireciing hi'
t"?ps to wards ihat side of town that leads to
Chnrnwood. The old gentleman was a Qua
ker and tok hit way leisurely, but thoughtfully,
stopping every now aDd then tt ste what, the
farmers' men were about, who were plowing up
the stubbles to prepare for another year's crop.
He paused, also, at this and that farm-house,
evidently having a pleasure in the sig' t of good
fat ca t e, and in the flocks of poultry fowls,
duck", geese 'ami turkeys busy about the barn
door, where tho sound of a 11 ii', or ihe 8i gle,
as they term it, was already heurd bui-i y knock
i ig oi t the com of Ihe last heauiifiil harvest.
Our old fii-md a friend for though ou dear
render do t.ot know him, he was both at Ihe
ime we speuk of our old friend again trudging
up, wou'd pause on the brow of a I i,l. at a stile,
ur on s ime rustic bridge, casting iis little amb
ling arch over a brooklet, and inhale the fresh
autumnal air,, and after l-ioking round him, nod
lo I i naelf, ns il lo sny, 'Aye, all good, all beaj
tifulnnd went on bit way again by clus'ers ol
rich, jet y black berries hanging from some old
hawthorn hedges or by clus'ers of huts hanging
by the wajtile through the copse. In alt these
natural bea . ties our o'd fri nd seeimd ti have
fie ei.jfivmei.t of a child. Blackberries went
int. j his ninuti. and nuts into hi pockets; and so
with a quiet, inquiring and., thougbltu', yet
cheerful look, :he good old man went on. He
seemed bound for a long walk, and yet to be
in ho hurry. : '; ' ' " 1 " 1
In one place lie slopped lo talk to a very old
laborer, who was clearing out a ditch; nnd if you
wuu'd have been near, you would have heard
ihi't their discourse was of tie past day?, and the
changes in ihut pnrt of the country, which the
o'd luborer thought were very much for the
worse. And worse they were fjr him, for for
merly he was young and full of life. Then he
was buoyant, sang ' songs, made love, went to
wakes end merry makings, now his wooing
days and his marrying days were over.
His good "old - dame, who in those young.
buxom days was a rnund-faced.rosy, plump, and
ight hearted damsel, was deal, and his children
were married and had enough to do. ' In those
days, ihe poor fellow was strong and lusty, had
no i'e.ir and no care, in these, he was weak and
tottering; had been pulled and harrassed a thous
and ways, and was left as he said, like an old
d -y kex i. e. a hemlock or cow- parst.ip etalk,
hollow and trodden in the dust some day. Ye:
sure enough those past days were much better
d.-tys than thee days were to him. N conv
parison. ' But Mr. John Basford, our old wan
derer, nastnkinga more cheerful view of things
and telliiig the worn out laborer, that when ihe
night came there followed morning and Ihat the
next would be a heavenly morning, shining on
hi Is of glory, and waters of life, on cities of ihe
blest, where no sun rose nnd no sun set and
where every j it lul youth, who had been dear
to him and true t him nnd Gid, would
again meet him, and make limos such as should
cause so: gs of praise lo spting out of his heait,
just ns flowers sp ing out of a vernal t ee i ; the
rc-k'ntlled warmth of the sun.
The old laborer leaned reverently on 1 ii spade
ns the worthy man stood talking to him, lis
gray lock', uncovered, i t his labor by any ha',
were tossed in the autumn wind. Hi dim eyes
were fixf d on the riislanthky, that rolled its dark
misses of clouds on the gnl, the deep wrinkle
of i 4 pule nnd feeble temples SPemed to grow
deeper tit the thoughts pns.'ing within him, He
was lis'ening t-a sermon, wli:h brought to
gether his you h and his age. his past titid his
li t ire; nnd there were veiifjed on that spo',
words which Jesus Christ spoke nearly two
houstind jenrs ngo. "Wherever two or three
are met together in my name, there am 1 in the
wiitt of their,
He was in the midst of the two only. There
was n temple fiere- ir, those open field--, sancti
fied by two i ius heait, which, no ringing of
bells, ns sound of solemn organ, nor voice of
congrVgaied prayers, nor liny preacher but the
ever present and invisible One, - who there nnd
then fulfilled his promise and was gracious, could
have made more holy. :
Our old ftiend again turned t-.i set forward he
shook the old laborer kindly by the hand, and
there was n gaze of astonishment in the old
man's fnoe the stronger hnd not only cheered
htm' by hi words, but left sometliiog tt cheer
l.im w hen he was gonei
lo Central Intelligence, EiAfellancons Beading,
RAVENNA WEDNESDAY, OCIOBER 20,
-r The Friend now went on with a more deter
mined step, He.8kiried the memorable Park of
Brndgate,' famous for the nbodo of Ltdy J-ne
Grey, and the vii' of hU schoAlms--tr. Rodger
Ascham. He went into a regipn of wood and
i'ls. At some seven or eight miles from Lei
cester, be drew near a solitary farm hou-, wilh
in the ancient limits or the forest Chnrnwood.
It was certainly a lone place amid the woodlands
and wi 4 autumn field. Evening was dropping
don; and a the shade of night fell on the scene
ihe wild lossed more rushiogly ihe boughs of
the thick t-ees, and roared down the rocky val
ley, John Basford went up t the fairrt house,
however as if that was the'objact of ni journey,
aada.woman opening at his knock, he soon
disappeared within. t ."
Now our old friand was a perfect stranger
here, he had never beea here befofe, had no ac
quaintance nor acaal birsrness'ith The iuhabi--
.ant,' though any one watching his progress
I ithei would have been qui e sa isfiej that he
was not wandering without an object. But he
merely stated that he was somewhat fatigued
with his walk from the town, and requested leave
lo rest awhile. In such a place such a request
it readily, and even gladly granted.
There was a cheerful fire burning on a bigh',
clean hearth. Tne kettle was singing on the
hop for tea, and the contrast of the in d.mr com
fort was sensib'y heightened by the wild gloom
withou. The farmer's wife who had adm tted
the stranger, soon went out, and called her hus
band from the old yard. ,. Ho was a plniu hearty
sort of a man; gave our old friend a hearty
shake of the hand, sat down, and began to con
verse. A lit' Is ii ne seemed to establish a friend
ly interest between the stranger and the farmer
and hit wife. John Basford asked whether they
would allow him to sm ike his pipe, which was
not only readily accorded, but the farmer j lined
him. They smoked and talked alternately of
the country and town, Leicester being the far
mer's marker, and as familiar to him as his own
neighborhood. ' He soon ;' come to know, too,
who bis guest was and expressed much pleasure
jn the vi-i. Tea was carried into, the parlor
and thither they all adjournal', for now the farm
ing men were coming into the kitchen where
they sat Tor the evening. . -
Tea over the two gentleman ngnin hnd a pipe
and it conversation wandered over a multitude
of things and people known to both. '
But the night 'was come' down pitch dark,
wild and windy and old John Basford hud to re
turn 1 1 Leicester. ... '
To Lei 'ett-il" exclaimed at. once man and
wire, -io Leicebtet!" No such t iug. . He
mut stay where he was, where could he be bel
ter! , ., .. ... ; ) , r: ;, .:"-; -:--
John Basford confessed- that it was true he
had great pleasure in conversing with them but
then was it not an unwarrantable Itber.ty to come
intt a stranger's house acta jnukc them t,u free.
' Not in the least."' the farmer replied ;'ihe
freer the better P '
' The matter was thus sett'ed, and the evening
wore on, , but in the course of the evening the
guest . whose simple manner, tt'ong sense, and
deeply pious feeling, hnd made a most favorable
impression on his entertainers, hinted that he hnd
heard some strange rumors regarding this house
.and I hut in rxt had been the cause which had
attracted htm thither. He had heard in fact
that a particular ' chamber in" this house was
hnunted: and he-had for a long time felt a grow
ing desire lo pass a night in it. He now begg
ed that this fnvor n ight be granted him.
As he had opened t his subject, an evident
cloud, nnd something of an unpleasant surpiise,
hnd fallen on the countenances of both man and
re. It deepened as he proceeded, the farmer
had withdrawn his pipe from hi mouth, and Ini I
it on the table, and the woman had risen and
looked uneasily at the guet-t The moment he
uttered the wish lo sleep in the haunted room,
both exclaimed in ihe same instant against it.
No never," they exclaimed; "never on any
consideration!" They had made a firm resolve
on that poin', which nothing would induce them
to brenk through.
- The guest expressed himself iisappointed, but
did. not press ths matter further at that mnmen.
He contented himself with timing conversation
quie t'y upon this subject, nnd ofier a while found
tho farmer and lis wife confirm to him every
t ing he had heard. ' Once more, he expressed
his regrt t that he could ont grati'y the curiosity
which had brought I im so far; nnd before tie
ime for reti ing sriivrd, again ventured to ex
press how much what he had now heard had in
creased his previous 4etve to pnsa a n'ght in
that room. He did profess t J be'ieve i i nself io
vulerable t fears of such a kind, but was curi
ous t convince himself of ihe actual exi-tence
ofspiri;ual agency of this character. -
The fnrmernnd hii wi 'e steodily refused.
They declared that others who had come with
the seme wish hnd been allowed to grot fy it,
had suffered such terrors as hod made thrir af
ter lives miserable. The lart or these wrs n
clerpymap, who received such fright thut ho
f prang from his bed at midnight, had descended,
gone into the stable, and saddling IU horse, had
rid !en nway nt full specdi These things hud
caused them to refuse, and that firmly any fresh
experiment of the kind
The ? irit vii-i nt'on was described ti be gen
erally this. At midnight the stranger sleeping
in that room would hear ihe latch oi the door
rasied nnd would in the dark perceive lljhl
step ' enter, and, with f slealthy trend cross the
roonrij and approach ihe foot of the bed. The
curtiin8 would be agitated, and something would
be perceived mounted on the bp-?, nnd proceed
ing up it. just on the body ofjhe person in it
The supernnlual visitmt Wolild ihen stretch it.
self full length pn vF on of the agitated
guest, and the next rrs' 9 would feel on op-
pression at his chests of a night mare nnd
something extremely cold would touch his chest
At this crisis ihe terrified guest would usually
utter a fearful Bhriek, and often go inwoon.
and the Right of Man.
1852.
The whole, .family would be roused from ihei
beds by the alarm; but on no occasi n had any
traces of the cause of terror been found, though
ihe house, on such occasi n, had been di igent
'y and thoroughly searched. The anunying
viol was described as being by no meens uni
form. , Sometf.nes.it would not tike place for a
long lime, so ibai they would begin to hope that
(here would, be no more of i'; but, would, when
least expected occur again. . Few people of
lite years-, however, had ventured to sleep in
thai room, and never since the aforementioned
clergyman was so terribly alarmed about two
years ago, had it once been occupied.
'Then," said John Basford, "it is probable
ihat the annoyance is done forever. If the trou
blesome visit tot,-was still occasionally present,
it would no doubt, take -care lo maifest itself in
some 4nod or place. , . Jr. was necessary to test
matters to see whether this particular room was
still subject lo so tsrangn a phenomenon.
This seemed to have no effect on the farmer
and his wife. - The old man urged his suit nil
the more earnestly, and after further show of
extreme reluctance on the patl of his entertain
ers, fi inlly prevailed
The consent being once giver, the farmer's
wife retired lo mnke the necessary arrange
met.t. Our friend heard sundry goings. t and
fro; but al length il was announced lo him that
all was ready; the fnrmer nnd his wife bo'h re
peated thnt they would be much bet er pleased if
Mr. Basford would be pleased to sleup in some
other room. , The old man, however, remained
firm to his purpose; he was shown lo 1 i cham
ber and the mail who let! ihe way stood at some
distance from the denoted door, nnd pointing lo
it, bade him good night, and hurried away.
Mr. Basford found himself alone in the haun
ted room, he looked round nt d discovered noth
ing thai shou'd make it differ from any .other
good and comfortable chamber, or that should
give lo some, invisible agent so singular a pro-pen:-i
y lo disturb any innocent mortal tlmt nnc
turnated in il Whether he felt any nervous
terrors, we know not; ns he was come to see
all that would or could occur there, ho kepi him
self most vigilai.t'y awake. He lay down on a
very good feather bed, ex i iguished his light and
w.- it?d in patience. " Time and tide, as they will
wait for no man, went on. All sounds of life
ceased in the house; nothing could be heard but
ih9 rustling wind withou', .and the bark of the
yard dog, occasi innlly amid the laughing blast.
Midnight came, and found John Basford wide
awake and watchfully expectant. Nohing
stirred, but he lay still on the wntsh. Al length
was it so? Did he hear a rustling tnovemen,
as it were near l is door or was it his excited
fancy 1 He raised his head fn m his pillow, and
listened attentively.; Hush! there something!
no! it was his contagious mind ready to hear
and see what?.. ' There, was an actual sound of
the latch! He could hear it rained, fie could
not be mistaken. There was a srund as i' his
door was cautiously opened. List! it wns true.
There were soft stealthy footsteps on the carpel;
they came directly toward the bed; something
crept; dfd'ot the heart and the flejh of the rash
old man now creep too? -and sack a palpable
form, palpable from its pressure, for the light
was as dark as an oven. . There was a heavy
weight on his chest, nnd in the same instan
something almost icy cold touched hi face. ;
With sudden convulsive action, the old man
suddenly flung up ,'u arm clutched al the terii
ble object which thus oppresed him and shouted
i'h a loud cry :
" I've got him ! I've got him."
There was a sound as of a deep growl, a ve
hement struggle but John Basford held fast his
hold, and expected thnt he had somet'.i )g wi h
in, huge, shagey and powerful. O.ice more he
raised his voice loud enough to have roused the
whole house; but it seemed no v,i-e of terror,
but one of triumph and satisfaction. - In the
next instant, the farmer rushed into the room
with a light in hit hand, nnd revealed to John
Basford that he held in his arm the tt'ugg'iog
for n of n huge New Foundland dg !
.-"Lei him go, in God's name I'' ejaculated iho
farmer, on whose brow drops of real anguish
stood, and glistened in ihe light of the candle.
"Down tiirs.' Cesar !" he exclai iier1, nnd the
dog, released from the hold of tho Quaker, de
parted as if much nshanipd. '
In the same i .stmt the fnrmer nnd his wile
who now also came in dressed, and eviJent'y
never hawng been tt bed, were on their knees
by the bedside. ...
You know it all sir," said the farmer, "you
see through it. You were too deep nnd strong
minded lo be imposed on. We were, therefore,
afraid of this when you asked lo sleep in thi
room. Promise us now, th.it while we iive,
you will never reveal what you know 1"
They then related to hiirij thnt his house nnd
chamber had never been haunted by any other
thnn tills d ig, which had been trained t pluy
the part." That for generation', thei- family
had lived on t' i fnrin; but some years ngo, thri
landlord having suddenly rnieed their rent to an
nmounl that they felt they could not give, they
were compelled to think of. quitting the farm.
This wnsti them an insuperable source of gri f.
Il was ihe place that nil their lives and memor
ies .were bound up wi h. They were extreme
ly enst down. Suddenly it occurred 1 1 them to
give nn ill name tt Ihe house. They lit this
scheme nnd having prncticed it well, dii ni.t
long want an opportunity of trying it. It had
succeeded- beyond their expectations. The
fears of their guests were found lo be of a force
which completely blined them lo nriy discovery
of Ihe truth. There had been occasions where
they thoilght some cluffisey accident must have
stripped hway ihe delusion, but no ! Ihere Beem
ed a thick veil of blindness, a fascinating terror
enst over the strongest minds, which nothing
could pierce through. Case after case occur
red; and the house had acquired such a charac
ter, thnt no money or consideration of any kind
would hove induced a fresh tenant ta livellrere.
Whole Nnmiier H90.
The old tenants coi. tinned nt ihrL-o!d rent; nnd
the comfortable ghosl stretched himself every
nuht in a capacious kennel, without any need
of disturbing hi slumbers by calls diiturb
those or tne guests of the haunted chamber.
Having made th s reveli ti n, the farmer and
his wi e again implored their g,Je3t ,0 preserve
their secrt. lie hesitated. " ' '
Nay,' sail he, ;I think it would not be right
to do tha. That would be to make myell' n
publirj deception. It would be a kind of fraud
on the world and the landlord. It would serve
lo Keep up those superstitious terrors which
should be as speedily ns possible dissipated."
ihe farmer was-in agony.- lie rose and
strode to and fro in the room. His countenance
grew red and wrall.ful. He cast dark 'glances
at his gues', whom bis wife conuiined to im iIoip.
and who sal silen', and as it werp, lost ia refic-
lion." - . . ........
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"And do you think it a right thing, sir," 6nii
the fanner, thus tt, force yourself into a s'.ran
gw'a house and family, and in sphe of the
strongest' wishes expressed to the contrary, inti
his very chambers, and that onlv to d him a
mischief ? : Is thnt your religi ip, sir? " I thought
you hnd something bfttr in you ihm that. Am
I now to thiik y iur mildoess and ioty were
only so much hypociisy put on t mi i me ?"
Nny, fiiend, I don'i want lo ruin .thee," sail
the Qjeker. . . " .. . ,
, "3ut ruin me you will, thougK, if you publish
ihU dicovery. Out I must turn, and be t ie
laughing-stock of the whole country to boot
Now, if that is what you m?nn say s", and 1
shall know what sort of a man you ore. ' Let
me-know at once whether you are nn IioneM
man or a cockatrice ?"
"My fiiW," said the Q ine','oans; thou call
thyself an honest man, in (iracticing tl ii decep
tion for all these years, and depriving thy land
lord of the rent he would otherwise have got
from another? And dosi thou think it would be
honest in me to assist in the con'inuance of this
fraud,"
"I rob the landlord of nothing."" replied the
farmer. "I poy a good, ft.i rent; but I don'i
want to quit the old spot. And if you had not
thruit yourself in this afftir, y.ni would have
had nothing t lay on your conscience concern
ing it. I must, let me ttll yon, lo ik on it as
a piece of unwarrantable i npsrtimmce to come
thus fc my house and be kindly treated and only
ti turn Judas against me."'
- The word Judns Seemed to hit the friend a great
blow. "' -'
"A Jad is!"
Yes a Judas ! a real Judo !" excl timed the
wife. Who could have thought it ?'
- Nay, nay," said the old man. "lam no Judas.
It is true 1 forced myself into it; and if jou pay
the Iaod.ord an honest rent, why, 1 do i't know as
it is any business of mine nt least while you live
-This is all we want," replied ihe farmer, his
countenance changing, nnd ngain flinging, himself
ny lus wite on Ins knees by the bed. "Promise
us never to reveal it while we live, nnd we shall be
quite satisfied. We have no children and when
we go, those may come to the old spot who wi I."
" Promise me never to practice this trick again,"
sai l John Bastford. -
. ." We promise faithfully," rejoined both farmer
and wife. : -
" Then I promise too" said the fiiend, "thnt
riot a whisper of what has passed here, shall pnss
my lips during your life there." ,; '
With warmest expression of thnnks the farmer
and his wife withdrew; nnd John Ba?sforH, hav
ing cleared ihe chamber nf its mystery, lay down
and passed one of the sweetest nights he ever en
joyed - .
The fanr.er nnd his wife lived a pcod many
years after this, but they both died before Mr.
Bassford ; nnd after their death, he related to his
friends Ihe facts which are here detailed. He tou,
has passed years ago, to his longer night in the
grave, and to the "clearing tip of greater mysteries
than that of the H mated House or Chanjwool
Forest , - .
Moisture by Deep Plowing:.
P. Morris says, in tlie Farm Jouruat, that he
broke np a stiff sod, for corn, with a heavy p'ow,
drawn by four oxen. A sub-soil plow followed,
running down six or seven inches deeper. Tho
whole work was so thoroughly performed, ihat a
Stick could he thrust down into the loose enrth, in
almost any pnrt of the field, lo a depth of fifteen
inches. The summer was excessively dry, pas
tures were burnt and bare, and tillage crops suffnr
ed severely. But the corn on Ihe sub soiled land
continued green and luxuriant throughout the sea
son. .
Accommodating. The proprietor of a bone
mill advertises thnt those bringing their own bones
to be ground, will be attended to with punctuality
and despatch.
iiecreaiioiJ:
Let your recreations be manly, moderatp, sea
aiinable and lawful;. the use of recreation is to
strengthen you for your labor nnd sweeten your
rest. But there are some so rigid or so timorous
thnt they avoid all diversions, and dnre not indulge
in lawful delimits for fear of offending. Those are
haid tutors, if not tyrants, to themselves; whilst
they pretend to minified strictness, they are inju
rious to their own liberty, and the liberality of their
Muker.
(E? A man says thai the first ihing ihat
turned his ntlentinn t matrimony, wns the neat
and skillful manner in which a pretty girl han
dled a broom. He hiay see the lime when ihe
manner in which that broom is handled i'l net
afford him so much satisfaction.
T nit Future. It has been beautifully snidf
thnt "tho veil which covers the face of Futurity
is woven by the hand of mercy." Seek not to
raise the veil, llierefore, for sadness might he seen
to shade the brow that fancy had arrayed in smi'es
of gladness. .
Street Clkabino. The aggregate amount of
dirt, manure nnd ashes Collected in denoting the
streets of New York city, from the first of Janu
ary to the 31st of July, of the present year, was
4,776.350 cart loads, of which 212,574 loads were
ashes, 118,054 manure, and 145,122 dirt. -
Mr. TowNsiiEND saiJ: Mr. Chairman, 1 pro
pose lo make some remarks on the prespnt pr
i l in of the Djrnocraiic patty; but before I pro
ceed to the discussion of llial subject, I have a
word or two to say in reply to the gentleman
from North Carolina, Mr.'Stnnly.
The only portion oi his rematks referring' to
me which 1 think worthy of notice, is his sneer
ing alluiin ti the fact that 1 was born in 'Eng
land. Since a man does nol choosa his birth
plaeo, I have not bren occiuit irned to consider
il a subject ei her of glory or of shame. 'But;
coiild I have chns-m the place' or my birth, I
would not' have salectd any other spot. On
one hand was the field of Nasby, where that
slarn old apostle of liberty, Oliver Cromwell;
overthrew the power of the royaL lyranf, If ing
Charles 1 ; on the other hand with the Avon;
whose waters, fl nved by ihe birth-place of
shakspeare. Could any spot be more sngges
t veof all that is glorious and heroic in action;
or of all that is true and beautiful in thought
and expression ? ' How much I owe to these as
sociations I cannot tell; but this "I know, that
Cromwell, end Milton, arid Pym, and Van, and
Hampden, are among the chief saints in my cal
ender ; and I cherish "something of their love of
Itherly. nnd something of their hatred of oppress
sion." I mighi add, further, that in ihat neigh:
borhood, t m, I received my first lessons of relig
ious truth, in. Ihe 'place where John Wickliffe;
the morning star of ihe Reformation; and of
civil and religious iioertr, jived and preached.
Many hours have 1 spent by tlie stream, hnd at
the very spo', where tho nshes of his burierj
hones were cast by tlie nrnions.of tyranny nnd
superstition:' If the impressions then made on
my mind had anything .'lo'do'wi'h forming my
character, or i spirit-g me i h the sentiments f
now pjitertajp, as I believe they had, then what
havo said, or may say, in behalf of human1
rights,' is but another verification cf the oft
quoted prophecy. .. , .
"" U The Avon to the Severn imni '" ' ' ' : ,
; The Pevern to the sea, "-"' '-' " -'
- , And Wickliife's du3t Ehall spread abroad, - ' - '
Wide as the waters be." . .
But thut gentleman doubtless niluded to th
matter to cast a doubt on the genuineness of my
republicanism, or ns n rebuko to me for presum:
ing to spenk of public nfiai-s in the presence of
the American horn. ' I tl.i ,k men may undar
stand and pp-eciue the principles of civil lib
eity, '.hough no: born on this continent; ihe Pil
g im Fathers ; were not behind in this particular
although fon igners likr myself. . I am also re
minded by tjie poitrnii which hangs before mp;
of anntier fortiner (L ifayettp) who understood
he tidvai tiges. of free government, and to
whom this country owes her gratitude for effici
ent aid in establishing the freedom we all enjoy;
Persons born within the limlls of a monarchy are
not necessnti y 'mohhrcl.isif. . The fathers of
the Revolution, Wash'in tor, Jeffirsop, the Ad
amses, and Put ick Henry, were born under the
same ntonarc! i il G jverntnent us myself. I arri
far from believing that men born under a free
Government, and who have known no olber;
nscessari'y have t ie bast appreciation -of the
value ol" freedom; on the contrary,..! Il ink those
who have themselves fe t the iron heel of oppress
sion upon their own necl.s, nnd consequently
have sighed and s'ruggle.J for freedom; are the
mast likely to understand iis true valup. How
else i j y,u explain the fuc' tht.t the sons and"
grandsons of thosa win fought and died to secur
iheltb rty we et j iy, are now in the Srjtheffl
States laboring with a zeal rq.ial ti that of their
lathers, but for an eppn-ite purpose, ti extend
inn perpetuate Ihe curse of slaveri? The true"
fr.'end of freed .m wou'd scorn nlike ti be or. to
own a slave. But some mn nr r,.,ki:
. " V'U 11 ( wU
from choicp, and some nre only so bv nee'dent.'
1 have the liormr t, be a repub i tnn from choice
after seeing and feel it g t te 8 of other forma
of government, I p-ele- ftot under, which Hi
The gentleman from, North Carolina had the
gocd fortune to be born irua republic, and by
iherelore, by ucciden', what he has not provetf
be wo jld otherwise have had ihe sense or en?
ergy to have become. . ,
Considering the number of foreigners in tliis
country, nmounting to almost one-fourth of the
tree white poptilati m, 1 think the fact that there
ire two out of two hund.ed and thirty msmbers'
in the House, nnd two out of sixty-two members'
of the Senate, wi.l not be thought a. very large
or dangerous propoitim. And it is but justice'
o the Wetnocrut.c party to sav. thai ihiouffh iis .
liberality to foreigners these nil owe their elec-'
lion. I shall mike no other remarks of a party
character; for had this msifestulion of the con
temptible spirit of Nutiveism come from any
other member on this fl io-, of either arly,
should have been surpris d. I regrel lo say
was not surprised to iiear it from the genllematf
from North Carolina. .
. I have only to say further lo that gentleman
that my constituents coni'J?r themselves nburu
dantly competent 1 1 select their own Represen
tatives; they certainly will not tuke the trouble1
o osk his ndvice; nnd should he offer it unasked;
they will probably tell him to mind his own bus
ines. . And for myself, ndd, wi i'e I have the'
honor to represent on this fl ior a hundred thou."
sand freemen; I shall take ihe liberty to speak.
when and how I think proper, without asking
permission of any map, nnd least of all of one
who comes here the rerireseritniive of whin?, and
manacles, and slave?: . In these few words i
trust I have not fo-gottcn whal was due to the
place or to gentlemen by whom I em surround-'
ed. I have no nm'jit:on to contend for the palm'
of b'uckguanu ip, rs;ieti4!y tvilh one who'
would have so much the. stutt of me, and whoaa
unenviable repi t ii m has already reached be'-'
yand the limit of our own counliy,...". ?
Mr. Chairman, I nm ardently attached k) jfctf
Dsmocraiic fai h. I believe thnt nil men, itr
respect to their natural nnd inalienable rights;
are created equal that civil Government has
no legitimate purpose but the protection of those" -rights,
and no rightful nuihority except-whni fa
derived from the consent nr the governedthBt,
as all persons have the same 'inherent right's to'
protect, all ate equally -interested" tiai equally
entitled to be pnrticipMors in what pertains io
government. - 1 deny that Government has the
right to confer special privilegrs on ome, and
impose unequal burdens nnd disabilities on
others, i believe in the sovereignly of the peo-'
pie and of the several State?, and therefore op-
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