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fcUShNESS DIRECTORY,
Dr. J. Willis.
Fbysieian and Surgeon 8treetsboro,OIiio.
M. Pratf, HI. D.
PHYSICIAN AND. SURGEON,
Office in F. W. Seymour's building on the public
square, nearly opposite the Court House.
J no. Uoane Wcllman; ITI. D."
; PHYSICIAN ANl SURGEON. ;
' r i Qfiee on Main street. No. 109.
K. II. Wait, HI. .
: PHYSICfAN AND HURGEON,
- Rvebv 1'ortsob Coiwtt, Ohio.
ry Office at the old stand of Streator & Wail.
Ravenna, March 6, 1850.
Dr. II. T. Spellman,
toantlat Uavei.na Ohio. fOtfice in Seymour's Block
j- over tiie Post Office. . .
9.' Ilirchard & J. W. Tyler,
ATTVS & COUXSELLOBS AT LA W,
Have agreed to become jointly interested in their
trofessional business in Portage county. They may
consulted at Uavenna 'during the terms of court
or at their offices in vacation.
Address in vacation ISirchard & SutlifT, Warren,
or Birchard & Tyler, Franklin Mills. O.
V. B1EUCE.
K. L. JLirBILS.
Bicrcc &. Jcflrics.
Attorneys at Law. Office over Swift's Drug Store, oppo-
site the Court House.
P. V. TAl'i'AN,
.Attorney & Colnkrllor at Law, &'So
licitok. in Chancery.
, OAca nearly opposite the 'rentis House, Kavennn. O.
'blSL. Stkawukb
O. P. UllOU K
Sirawdcr & CSi-own. :
Attorneys at Law Ravenna,: Ohio OIT.ce at the
'. Court House.
KI. H. Hillard.
A TTORNE YAND C OUXSELOR AT LA IP,
AND EOLICITOR IN CHANCLKY.
"' Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio,
AuKHat 21, 1819.
3s
ITI. W. Conn,
A ttorney ot Law and Solicitor in Chancery, Office over
Campbell's Khop, public sqtinra, kavenna, tOhio.
. L. Haa.Ntf .
K. B. TAVLUfc
Itanney &, Taylor '
ATTORNEYS & Counsellors at Law and Solicitors
in Chancery, Ravenna, Ohio.
lj" Office over Seymour's store..
Darius Lyman. " '
' , . A TTORNEY AT LA IF,
" ' Ravekha, Pobtagk Co., Ohio.
XT Office in Hood's Building, over S.A.Si R. A.
- Gillett's store. ;- ' - -'
Kavenna. Juno 1,1849. ' tf-2i;
- It. P. Spalding'. ' ;
; Aatorasy at Iwiw Cleveland, Chio Office In Par-
. sons' Block Superior Street.
. (srrcEBSOK to m. iil-lbebbt.) .
Itssl Founder, Copper Smith, Tin and Sheet Iron Worlt
a a few doors south of the Court House, Kavenna, O.
D. M. SOJIEKVILLE,
-' '' T A IIiOB,'
V AS ramaved his shop A few doors west of the post
, office Ravenna, Ohio. ,
v'"S-A&n AGillctt
'Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware,
. Iron, Nails, Glass. &c, north side pub
- " ., . lie square, Bavenna, Ohio.
F W cScyinoiir - .
Dealer In Dry Goods, Beady Made Clothing
ftroceries. Hardware, Iron.Nails, Crockery,
, . Boots, Shoes Ac., north side pudlic square, .
. - Uarcnna, Ohio. .
IS o well & Rrolhcr,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware,
Crockery, &c Mason's P,lock, Main street,
. . Kavenna, Ohio. ,
J El L & 18 Day
Dealers in Fancy Dry Goods, Bonnets. Hats
Caps, Boots and Shoes. Ready Made Clothing, ;
' ? Carpeting &c; at their New Store, Main si.,
east of the Public Square. - ; '
" Kent. Grcnell & Co
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Iron, Nails
Hardware, Glass Franklin, Ohio.
r r C fc J C Prentiss '
Dealer in Dry Goods. Groceries. Stoves. Hard
.. ware. Iron, Nails, Glass, Arc, Brick Block,
. west side pablic square, Kavenna, Ohio.
A. V. ESorr,
. Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries. &c. all kinds of
, Produce, and almost every article that persons
" . either wish to buy or sell, Siialersville, (.
;-,13.''T."Richs.rd!onv
.Dealer in English and Arocricnn Hardware, Pad
. die. Harness aud Oaarmge 1'rimminps, Iron,
Nails. Steel, Ac, &c; at the old stand
. of Mason 4 Brainerd, Ravenna Ohio.
THK best aud largest assortment of Pamphlet
Literature, entertaining and unexceptionable in lone
and influence, embracing works fruraahe pen of T. S.
Arthur, Mrsi Grey, Miss Pickering. Mrs. Gore, Mrs.
Mswat. Charles Lever and other distinguished writers,
rer offered in this market, may be found at
Oct. 27. Hall's Book Stoke.
IRON AND NA 1LSI
T" AT lOWPaiCBS.
LARGK stock for sale in a large or Small
way at wholesale prices for Heady Pay.
Franklin, June 8, 1852.
E The best in the county you will find at
- ..-- j-; -i iSetmoub's,
Second Arrival.
mrWIE snlwnrihprs are now receiving their second stock
JL of Fall and Winter Goods, and have the pleasure of
offering to their customers one of the largest stocks of
iooos ever brought to Old I'ortage." l ne aay tor sei-
I"1!! goods at large profits has passed, and now to sell a
" big pile and " at small orotits." is the motto. We would
merely say tee, hare the Goods, and let those who may favor
testify as to prices.
. Nov. 113 1A.V t tit? rvnea
- . M Vj
SEW GOODS -
AT CAMPliPT i KPrtPT
A GXIN we call the attention nrilia n.nM. i. tlm nr.
J. rival of an entire new stock of Fall and Winter
lioous. -ur onsiness has so much increased that it has
wnrnuiieu u . tiuruiioanig a very large assortment.
i 8,i..,i.u iK. mo, mat our selections in re
gard to style and quality, are superior to any brought to
this section of the country. The Ladies are already
convinced of the fact, and if. they will cull u.. .ill en
deavor to show them goods that will in every way suit
- toeir wants uiiu u.e.
- A fino lot of - - '
HEADY MADE CLOTHING.
- particularly Over Coats. Oh how comfortable a good
tlio-k Over Coat is in a cold sto-mr day; but how much
more comfortable not to empty your pockets entirely, to
pay for them, .
BOOTS AND ShOESi .
We have doable the number that we -ver had before,
consequently a great variety, and ail warranted to be 2
per cent cheaper than last year. . .
Ladies Gaiters and Overshoes can be purchased much
cheape r than last Fall.
All those who want handsome Crockery, don't forget
to call and examine our fine Tea Ware. Mo better styles
can be found this side of the mountains.
ILT The highest prices paid for all kinds of Produce.
V ' J. II. BOSTW1CK fi C.
lampbellsporl Oct. 26.
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VOLUME XXlV.-yuml)er H.
From the Cleveland True Democrat,"
Itcnnnciatlon.
Btlll, H I. . B08TWICK.
Who shall unclasp the tendrils without breaking,
That I nk thee to thine idol, 11 ear t of mine ! . ..
How wilt thou bear ihe morning's sad awaking,
That eoes the fire gone out upon its shrine ?
Forgive, eweet Muse, from thy far realm of
Beauty, .
: The silent lips that wore thee songs of yore ;
For I have sought the oracle of Duty,
And the stern lips said," Sacrifice do more '."
Henceforth around my altered path, the curliug
Of thy blue ineense-wuves lo more shall rise ;
But in its stead, the heavy, 'slow unfurling
Of Care'd dark banners, shroud my weary eyes.
Yet Dot all dark: Some worship, inly giveri,
Shall yet ascend ; and I may sometimes say,
Watching piila fingers plant the stars in Heaven,
"My soul bath had its Aide nn -gleams to (hjy !"
" - ' From the' Qliio Farmer.
" Inscribed lo firm. n. L Bmlwiik.
Slxoesteo by Heading tiie "Rbsusciatiok.'
'Twill not go out : ny, ili-r can never pprish
One f p ii k emitled from that sacred lire "
Euilt on thy heuri's fond nlmr; ye may cherish
The golden flinn mid lot the blue wave "high
eu" .
Vh higher rise : nnd hearts now fondly -glowing
- To catch ihe music of thy raptured lyre
More f.mdly beat,' its o'er them thou art throwing
Kweel, holy ioct-nso fiom thy inyttic fire.
And one, who listened to the early gushing
Of thy young heart, ere yet upon thee fell '
"Care's d.irkniu banner" yet would list the
rudliiug ....
Of deeper waves, that now, thy heart's tide
swe'.I. .
The fairy buds, of tender love and beauty, .
Which sweetly circle lound thee iu thy bloom
Bid new chords vibrate;-eteru Ihe duty ; -.;
f " That e'eo would check the fire, that cheers
life's gloom.
For tlurn, upon the oltar still be lying
" ' The welcome incense of thy earnest soul, :
And I, will Worship; ever fan lly praying.
To soe thee reaching Fame; the highest goal.'
Sakad.
...-.(- From the Nob York Daily Times.
? TUc Kittuappin Case.
iarralict of the Seizure and Recovery of Solomon
SVorthrop Interesting Disclosures.
We hive obtained from Washington the sub
joined statement of the CTcumsrunces attending thn
seizure and recovery of the negro man Solomou
Northrop, whose case has excited so hkh a decree
of interest. The ma erial facts in the hittory ol
the transaction have all eady beeu given, but this
nurrauve will be found a mere complete and au
thentic record than has yet appeared :
Solomon Northrop, the subject of the following
narrative, is a free colored citizen of the United
States ; was born iu Essex county, New York,
about the year 1808 ; became early a resident of
Washington county, and married there in 18-9.
His father and mother resided in the county of
Washington about fifty years, till
and were bath free.' With his wife and children
he resided "at Saratoga Springs in the Whiter i-l
1841, and while there, was employed Ly two gen
tlemen to drive a team South,' at the rate of a dol
lar. a dtty. Iu fulfiiment of his employment he
proceeded t j New York, aud having taken out free
papers, to show that he was a citizen, he went on
to Washington city, where he arrived the second
day of April, the same year, and put up at Gads
by'd Hotel. Soon after he urrived, he felt unwell
aud went to bed. - .'..'.
- While suffering from severe pain some persons
came in, and, seoiag the condition he was iii, pro
posed to give him some medicine, and did so.
That is the last thing of which he had any recol
lection until he found himself chained to the floor
of Williauio' slave pen in this city, and hand-cufled.
In the course of a few hours, J as. II. Burch, a
tlavedealer, came in, and the coluied maa asked
h m to tiikj the hons oil'fioai him, and w tinted to
know way tue were put on. tiurca told Liui l.
was none of his business. The colored man snid
he was free, and told where he was born. Burch
called ia a mm by the name of Ebeuczer Rod-
bury, and they two stripped the man aud luid him
across a bench, Rodbury holding him down by his
wrists. Burch whipped him with a paddie until
he broke that, aud L.en with a cat-o -nice tai s,
giving him a hundred lashes, and he swoie he
would kill him if he ever stated to any one that he
was a free man. From that time forward the
man says ho did not commuuicate the fuct from
fear, either that he was a free man, or what his
name was, until the lust summer.
He was kept in the slave pen about ten days,
when he, with others, was taken out of the pen in
the night, by Burch, handcuffed and shackled, aud
taken down the river by a steambuat, aud then to
Richmond, where he, with forty-eight others, was
put on board the brig Orleans. There Burch left
them. I be brig sailed lor New Orleans, and on
arriving there, betore she was fasterred to the
Wharf, iheophdus reemac, another Blave dealer,
belonging -in the city of New Orleans and who in
1838 had been a partner' with Burch in the" slave
. . l. ( : I .1. . i
iraur, vauio m uid nuw auu jquoivou lud Biavett
as they were landed, under his direction. This
man was immediately taken by Freeman aud shut
up ia his pen in that city. He wus taken sick vti.h
the small pox immediately afier getting there, and
was sent to a Hospital whero he lay two or three
weeks. When be had suthcieutly recovered
leava the hospital, Fieeman declined to soil him
to any person ia that vicinity, aud sold .him to a
Mr. Ford, who resided ia Rapides parish,
Louisiana, where he was taken and lived a little
more than a year, and worked as u carpeiit.r,
working with Ford at that business.
Ford became involved and had to sell him. A
Mr. Tibaut became tho purchaser. He in a short
time sold him to EJwiu Eppes ia Bayou Beouf,
about one hundred and thirty miles from the
moath of Red River,- where Eppes has retained
him on a Cotton plantation since the year 1843.
To go back a step in the narrative, the man
wrote a letter in June, 1841, to Henry B. Nor-
thropi-of the State of New York,' doted and post- from that State, and wished to sell him to be car
marked at New Orleans, stating that he had been ried back to that State; that the negro expressed a
kidnapped and was on board a vessel, but waB
unable to state what his destination was ; but re
A Familj Kintifsptr,' L'cvoitd to Central iBtelligfEcVEhccllaiicous Reading, and Ihe Rights ef Ian.
questing Mr. N. to aid him in recovering hia free
dom, if possible. Mr. N. -was unable to do any
thing ia hia behiilf in consequence of not knowing
where he had gone, and not being able to find any
trace of him. His place of residence remained
unknowu until the month of September last, when
the following letter was received by his friends :
Bayou Beocf, August, 1852.
Mr. Wm. Pest or Mr. Lewis Parker,
Gestlejies : It having been a longtime since
I have seen or heard from yon, and not knowing
that you are living, it is with uncertainty that I
write to you ; but the necessity of the case must
be my excuse. Having been born free just across
the river from you, 1 am certain vou must kcow
me ; and I am here now a slave. . I wish you to
obtain free papers for me, and forward them to me
at Marksviila, La., Parish of Avoyelles, and ublige.
, Yours, , SOLOMON TSTORTUROP.
Ou receiving the above letter, Mr. N. applied to
Gov. Hunt, of New Y'ork, for such authority as
was necessary for him to proceed to Louisiana, as
an agent t juocure the liberation of Solomon;
Proof of his freedom was furnished to Gov. Honr,
by affiJav'tt8 of Bevend gentlemen, Gen. Clarke,
among others. , Acbord'ngly, in pursuance of the
laws of New York, Henry B. Northrop was con
stituted an agent lo take euch steps, by procuring
evidence, relaiuing counsel, &c , as were neces
sary lo secure the freedom of Solum o, and to ex
ecute all the duties of his agency. He left Sandy
lli:i, ia New York, on the 14:h of December last,
anj came to the city of WabhingtoD, and stated
the facts of the ease to Hon. Pierre Soule, of
Louisiana ; Hon. Mr. Conrad, Secretary of War,
from Nevy O, leans, and Judge Nelsou, of the Su
preme Court of the United S ates, and other gen
tlemen. They furnished Mr. N. with strong let
ters to gentlemen residing ia Louisiana, urging
their assistance in accomplishing the object of te
storing the man lo freedom.
From Washington. Mr. N. went, by the way of
Pittsburgh and the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, to
the mouth of the Red River, and thence up that
river to Markf ville, in the parish of Avoyelles,
where he employed Hoo. John P. Waddill, an
eminent lawyer of that place, and consulted with
him as to the best means of finding and obtaining
possession of the man. He soon usceitained there
was no such man at Marksville, nor iu that viciui
ty. Bayou Beouf, llio place where the lit er was
dated, was twenty-three miles distant, at its near
est poiut, and is seventy miles ia length. " For
reasons which it is unnecessary to give, the very
novi lentiul manner ia which the residence of the
m;m Wd3 ascertained, caaoot now be given, al
though the circumstances would add much to the
merest of the narrative. ' But he was found with
out great difficulty," and legal proceedings com
menced. "A process was placed in tho hands of u
sheriff, directing him to proceed to Bayou Beouf
and take Ihe colored man into his possession, and
wait tho order of the Couit iu regard to his right
to freedom.' The next day. the owner, with his
c0UnseI. camB Marksvilie and called upon Mr.
N. who exhibited to them the commission which
he had received from the Governor of New York,
and the evidence in his possession relating to the
man's being a free citizen of New York.
I'.ppes' counsel, al'tar examining it, stated to his
client that the evidence was ample and satisfacto
ry ; that it wai perfectly U3eless to litigate the
question further, and advised him by all means to
deliver the colored man up, in order that he mig!
be cairied baik to the State ol Nev York, iu pur
suaoea of the Goyernoi'd requisition. . An article
was drawn up between the claimant and Mr.
No: throp, the counsel for the colored man, and re
corded in accordance with the laws of the place,
showing that ihe colored man was f.ee. Having
settled everything satisfactorily, the agent and the
rescued inau started for New Orleans on the 4th
of January inst., and on arriving there traced the
titles of the coljred man from Tihaut to Epj.es,
fmui Ford to Tibaut, and from Freeman to Ford
all.tha titles being recorded in the proper books
kept for that purpose. .
It is but just to say that the authorities of Av
oyelles, und indeed ut New Orleans, rendered all
the assistance in their power to secure the man,
who had been snatched so villainously from the
land of freedom, and competed to undergo suffer
ings almost inconceivable in this land of heathen
ism, where slavery exists with features more re
volting than those described ia " Uncle Tom's
Cabin." ' -
Having traced the titles back as far ns possible
ln f,ew LMeuna, the party then proce3ded to the
city of Washington, where Burch l.ved; am', on
making inquiry, found who was the keeper of the
slave pen in that city in 1841; and also aiCirtained
frohi the keeper, upon the colored inao (Solomon
N ) being po'iLted out to him, that he wus placed
in that pen in the Spring of 1341, aud there kept
for a short period by Burch.
Immediately upon the receipt jof thisinformalion.
I compLiat was made before the Police of Washing-
toa against Burch, for kiduapping and selling into
slavery this free colored man. The warrant for
his ariest was issued on the 17th instant by Justice
GodJard, and returned before Justice. Macsell.
Burch was arrested aud held to ba.l in the sum of
S3, COO, Sliekeli, a slave trader of seventeen years
I stundingr going his bail
On the 8th instant, at 10 o'clock, both parties ap-
peared before the magistrate. Seuatur Chase,
from Ohio, Gen. Clark and Homy B. Nonhrop,
being counsel for the pluiul.fr, aud J. 11. Bradley
for the defendeut. Ueu. Claik and Henry B.
Noahiop, were sworu as witnesses on the part i.f
. i i i . . .
iue prosecution, uiiu estauusueu me JOi"e"Oing
facts: Ou the part of the defendant, Benj imin
Shekels aud B. A. Thorn were tworn. Tho
prosecution offorod the colored man who h..d bsen
kidnapped, as a witness oa the part of the prose
cuti.m, but it was objeotod to, and the Court do
to cided that it was luudmissaMo. The evidence of
this colored man was absolutely necessary to prove
some facts on the part of the piosoculioii, us he
iu uLne was caguizant of them.
Mr. Shekels, who had been, as before stated, a
slave trader iu the city of Washiugtou seventeen
years, testified that some ten or twelve years ugo
he was keeping public house ia this city ; that
Burch boarded at the house und carried oa the
business of buying und Belling slaves; that iu that
year, two white men catue into hii bar-room and
stated that they had a slave for sale. Mr. Burch
immediately entered into a negotiation for his pur
chase. The white men slated that they were
from Georgia; lud brought the negro with them
willingness to be Boid ia order to telurn to Georgia;
- Shekels, however, wus unable to stale the names
RAVENNA, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16,
either of the white men, or. the name of ihe
colored man ; was unacquainted with either of
them previous to that time, and had never 6een
either since J;hat transaction; that he saw them ex
ecute a bill of sale to Burch, saw Burch pay him
SC25 and tuke the bill of sale, aad that he read
that bill, but could not tell who was the vender
nor who was the person sold, as appeared by the
bill of sale.
Mr. Thorn was next called upon the stand, and
testified that he was in the tavern in the Spring of
the year 1841, and saw a white man negotiating a
trade wi:h Burch for a colored man; but whether
this was the colored man or Dot he could not tell
for he never saw either the white man or colored
man but that once, and did nut know whether or
not Burch bought and paid for them.
Burch himself was next offered as a witness in
his own behalf, to prove the los of the bill of sale.
His evidence was objected to by the prosecution,
but was allowed by the Cour . He testified that
he had the bill ef sale and haw lost it, and did not
know what had-, become of it. The counsel for
the prosecution requested the CduVt to bring a po
lice officer to bring the books of Burch, containing
his bill of sale of negroes for the year 1841 and
previous years. They were fortunately procured,
but no bill of sale was found of this colored man
by any name. Upon this positive evidence that
the man hud been in the possession of Burch and
'hat he had been in slavery lor a period of more
than eleven years, the Court decided that the
testimony of the blave trader established the fuct
that Burch came hoDestly by him, and consequent
ly discharged the defendant.
The counsel for the defendant had drawn up.
belore the the defendant was discharged, an affida
vit signed by Burch, and bad a warrant out against
the colored man, for a conspiracy with the two
white men before referred to, tj defraud Buich out
of G25. The warrant was served, and the col
ored man arrested und brought before Officer God
dard. Burch and his witnesses appeared in Court,
und II. B. Northrop appeared as counsel fur Ihe
colored man, stating that he was ready to proceed
as counsel on the part of the defendant; and ask
ing no delay whatever. Burch, after consulting a
short time with Shekels, slated to the Magistrate
that he wished him to dismiss the complaint, as he
would not proceed further with it. Defendant's
counsel stated to the Magistrate that, if the com
plaint wus withdrawn, it must be withdrawn with
out the request or consent of the defendant. Burch
then asked the Magistrate to let him have the
complaint and the warrant, and he took them.
The counsel for the defendant objected to his re
ceiving them, end insisted that they should remain
as a part of the records of the Court, and that the
Court should indorse the proceedings which had
been hud under the process. Burch delivered
thein up, nnd the Court rendered a judgement of
discontinuance by the request of the prosecutor,
and filed it in his office. '
The condition of this colored man during the
nine years that ho was iu the hands of Eppes, was
of a character nearly approaching that described
by Mrs. S;owe, us the coudition of" Uncle Tom"
while in thai i egion. During the whole period his
hut contained neither . a floor, nor it chuir, nor a
mall t at s, nor unything for him to lie upon except
a board about twelve inches wide, with a block of
wood for his pillow, and with a blanket lo cover
htm, while the walls of his hut did not by any
means protect him from the inclemency of the
weather. lie was sometimes compolled to per-
foi m nets revolting to humanity, and outrageous in
the highest degree. Oa one occasion a colored
girl belonging to Eppes, about 17 years of uge went
one Sunday without the permission of her master,
to the nearest plantation, a half a mile distant to
visit another colored girl of her acquaintance. She
returned in the course of two or three hours, and
for that olfer.ee she was called up for punishment
which Soiomon was required to inflict.
Eppes compelled him to drive four stakes into
the ground, at such distances that the hands and
ankles of the girl might be tied to them, us she lay
with her fi.ee upon the ground ; and having thus
fastened her dowo, he compelled biifi, while stand
ing by himself, to inflict one hundred lashes upon
her bare flesh, she being stripped nuked. Having
inflcted the hundred blows, Solomon refused to
pioceed any further. Eppes tried to compel him
to go on, but he absolutely set him at defiance and
efused to murder the girl. Eppes then seized
the whip and applied it until he was too weury to
continue it. Blood flowed Loin her ucck touer
f6t und iu this condition she Was compelled the
next day to go into the field to work as a field hand.
She bears the marks still upon her LoJy, n'though
the punishment was inflicted fuur years ago.
When Solomon, was about to leave, under the
care of Mr Northrop, this girl came from behind
ber hut, unseen by her master, and throwing her
arms around the neck of Solomon congratulated
him on his escape from, slavery, and his return to
his family, at the same time iu language of despair
exclaiming, "But, Oh, God! what will become of
uie?" '
These stfi'ements regarding the condition ; of
Solomou while with Eppes, and punishment and
brutul treatuiet.t of tho colored girls, are taken
from Solomon himself. It bus been stated that
the nearest plantation was distant from Fppes a
half mile, and of course there could be uoiu:er
ferenco on the part of the neighbors in. any pun-
ishmeut however cruel, or however well disposed
to inlerfere they might be.
By the laws of Louisiana no man can be punish
ed there for haviug sold Solomon into slavery
wrongfully, because more thau two years hud
elupscd since he was sold; aud no recovery can be
had for his seivioes, because he wus bought with
out the knowledge that he was a free citizen
. LV A liule gill asked her sister what was eliuos,
that papa reads ah tut? The older child replied:
' Why it is a great pdo of nothing, and no pluce to
put it in.''
Life The udvuutage of living duos not consist
in length of days, but iu the right improvement of
them. As inauy days as wo pass without doing
some good, are so many days entirely lost.
Shocking. To serenade a second Btory window
for two hours', and then be told that the young
woman " what used to live here has removed
round the Dext corner."
'Right and Lett. A Mrs. Boots, of Pensyl-
vania, has left her Tiusband and strayed to parts
utiknow'n. We presume the pair are rights and
lefts. We cannot say, however, that Mrs. Boots
is " l ight," but there is no mistake that Mr.
Boots is "left." llurtford Timcu
1853.
Tbe Wail or Snrrou inc !I oilier.
The poem annexed, relates to a distressing event
which is still fresh in the recollection of the pub
lic. It is tbe production if we mistake not, of an
author whose name is hououred wherever Amer
ican literature is known :
He was my only boy !
A gem within the casket of my heart,
Priceless and precious as the gush of joy '
That from its fountains start.
How has the silken cord
Of my unspoken love been round him thrown.
Binding to pure affection ev'iy word
And smile his lip hath known.
Day after day his foot,
Fleet with the litheness of unfettered youth,
Came to my ear, soft as the tuneful lute,
, Or spice-wind from the south.
But, O, he comes not now !
His joyous step and merry langhiDg eye, '
And the pure radiance of his suony brow, j
Were things of earth, to die.
Death, to the gentle child, ' '
Ctime not with whispered accents, such as blend
Sometimes with angel forms, whose faces mild
Above the death couch beud.
The living wreath of Fume,
Twined by a nation for his sire to wear,'
Withers to dust, and Glory's proud acclaim
But sharpens my despair.
Tbe glare of earthly pomp
Fades like a meteor in a star-lit sky;
And the loud peu! of Honoi's clarion trump,
Is puseeJ unheeded by.
The loftiest seat of earth
Shrinks as a shrivelled scroll before the fire
That desolates my humble homestead hearlh
' With anguish deep and dire.
Give me thy help, O God ! .
Ia this my hour of grief and fearful wo ;
Teach me to bow beneath thy cbast'ning rod,
And stay the tears that flow.
For his dear sake, whose heart
Is gashed und bleeding by the bitter stroke.
Help me to cheer his childless path, nor part
The ivy from the ouk.
I know my bright-eyed boy
Is nestling in the lovely Savioi 's breast ;
I hear him join ihe swelling song of joy,
ln that sweet world of rest.
Then cease, my heart, Ihy wail,
Here be thy anchor from the storm of grief,
Let His unfailiug promises prevail,
. And prayer be my relief.
From the Home Journal
Cause's of Byron's Scpcratloti from !
his "Wife.
A corespondent, who writes on behalf of
"mnny," asks us to state the cause of the rupture
between Lord and Lady Byron. To do so were
no easy task, since Byron himself repeatedly de
clares, in his letters, that ihe sause wus unknown
to himself. Vet, a brief recapitulation of such
facts as have transpired, may interest those of our
Headers who do not happen to have access to the
'ducumenls.''
Oa the second of January, 1815, Lord Byron
then in his twenty-seventh year was united
in marriage with Miss Millbunke.. On the tenth
of December, of the eume year, Augusta Ada,
their child was born. About six weeks after.
Lady Byron left Loidon on a visit to her father.
in Leicestershire, with the understanding that her
husband would shortly join her. They pnrted in
kindness, nay in tender affection. On tha journey.
Lady Byron wrote him an afiectionute and play
ful letter. Immediately on her arrival at the
paternal mansion, her father wrote to. Lord Byron
to inform him that his daughter would return to
him no more; and the husband and wife never
met again. Such are the bure facts of the case,
and, for their explanation, we are obliged to resort
to conjectuie, and lo glance at the previous history
of both parties.
At the time of h:s marriage, Lord Byron was a
man of fashion, and addicted to the vices of a man
of fashion. We believe that his errors in the latter
respect, have been greatly exaggerated; that, in
fact, he transgressed less against the luws of mor
ally than young men of rank usually do. But he
was a shining mark for the shafts of calumny; aud
it was his lot to bear that fury of resentment
which common mortals sometimes cheiish to
wards those whose ta'ents cast their pigmy pre
tensions utterly into the shade. He was not a sen
sualist, in the coriect sence of that expression.
Biscuit aad water often formed his repast; his li
bations to Bacchus were unfrequeut, and seldom
excessive; and he inured himself to futigue by daily
practice ia boxing und fencing. He was always
generous, scattering his money, when he had any
with more than princley generosity. . His iucome
never exceeded four thousand pounds sterling a
year, and, taking his whole life into the account,
we believe he gave away more than a third of it.
For all that, however, he was not a Puti'an. It
wus not in his blood, in his position, or in his cir
cumstances, to be so. Wo do not justify his de
partures from morality. On the contrary, we de
plore them; knowing well, that in morality, all
men ought to be puritanic, and that no degree of
temptation justifies any degree of sin. Marriage
was' continually recomended to Byron, as an
"antidote" to dissipation. At length he took Ihe
prescription nud a bitter doso it proved. Ho
proposed to Miss Millbunke, and wus refused.
They continued, however, lo be on very friendly
terms, und to correspond. He proposed a scccoud
time, and was accepted. His fiiends protested
against his choice for two reasons: first, becnuse
she was too "strait-laced," t. e., too good for him;
und secondly, because her fortune consisted chief
ly in expectations. But silting one day wi;h a
friend, when a refusal from another lady arrived,
Byron said. "You eee that, after nil, Miss Mill
banke is to be the person: I will write to her."
He wrote on the instant, and showed thn letter
to his friend, who. still remonstrating agairst his
choice, read the letter over and remarked, "Well,
realy, this is a verv pretty letter: it is a pity it.
should not go: I never read a prettier one.''
"Then it shall go," said Lord Byron. It did go,
and it sealed his fate. Thus lightly are the words
spoken, and thus thought lessy are the deeds done
which make or mar our happiness for life.
Miss Millbauke was the pattern daughter of a
pattern country gentleman. Reader, if thou hast
, ever resided, for uuo week, iu an English country
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house, thou needest no further description of Miss
Mil'banke. But probably thou hast not, and. so
a few additiopul syllables are required. An English
country house, of the pattern sort, is a place where
peace and plenty, order and regularity have taken
up their ubode. Life in it goes on in an unvary
ing rou:d ot duties and delights. - From the mas
ter to the scullion, each inhabitant has and knows
and keeps his place, yielding obedience' to those
above him, requiring respect and submission from
those below him. But the yoke is easy and the
burden is light, because respect is mingled with
aftor.tion, and obedience is rendered with loyalty.
"Intellectual" as we Understand the word the
family are not; but, insuch e home, human nature
has reuched us high a point of harmonious develop
ment, as it has attained on this pluoet, iu any age.
We have met w ish people who, in some refprcts
were vastly superior to the inmates of an English
pattern country house more learned, for exam
ple, more ituuginutivd, more open to new ideas
but never any who seemed, upon thew hole, more
enviable or more excelleut. , Miss Millbunke, as
we have just observed, was a pattern ludy of her
class Virtuous, discreet, prudent, orderly, kind
formed to be a wise mother of English Children,
an udtnirable mistress of an English home. She
was not a woman who would soe anything roman
tic in a liaison, or anything interesting in a seizure
of furnitute by the sheriff; nor was shea woman
who could legard the glory of the poet us a set-off
against the faults of ihe man: on the contrary, she
would consider and rightly consider that the
posessionof extraordinary talents heightens the
turpitude of moral delioqency.
Niue times during the year that Lord aud Lady
Byron lived together the sheriff's officers seized
their furuiture for dol t. It was reported about
town that his extravagant lordship had married an
heiress, aud his marringe was the signal for cred
itors to come upon him in a swarm irritating him,
dismay ing' her. .Lord Bj ion's connection with
Drury Lane Theater gave rise to a variety of
rumours, which, though probably ill-founded, were
not of a nature to be agreeable to the ears of a
wife. Moore bints also that ceaseless annoyance
from impatient creditors occasionly induced him to
steep his senses in the forgetfulness of revel.
The Countess Guiccioli coufessed to a friend of
ours, many years after, that Byron was a trouble
soiii man to live with. His mood was more chan
geuble than the weather melancholly, hilarious.
peevish, savage, all in a day, and ail without ap
parent cause and there was no knowing how to
take him. All this, and perhaps more, Lady By
ron hud to endure she who hid been nil her life
accustomed to a stale of things us diffarent as can
be conceived. She bore it however, as far as we
know, witbout repining; until transferred to her
own sphere again she remarked the con'ras!: an
affectionate uud officious "mamma," horrified by
tha tales her daughter bi ought of executiuus"'nd
green-room amours probably persuaded her not
to return. Byron was astounded at ihe news.
His pecuhiary difficulties had reached their ut
mosf, and, to use his own language, the blow
came when he "was standing alone on his hearth
with his household gods shivered around him.'
With a noble candor, he wrote, a few days utter
to Tom Moore, "There never was a better, or
eveD u brighter, a kinder, a more amiable or agre
eable being than Lady Byron. I never had, nor
can have, any reproach ta tnuke her while with
me. Where there is blame, it belongs to myself;
and if I cannot ' redeem, 1 must bear it." For
many years Byron seems to have cherished the
hope of reconciliation, but the "mother-in-law"
was implacable lo the List, and the poet became
an exile and a wanderer, without a borne, aud
without those virtues which a home might have
fostered in his wayward but naturally noble
character.
" Simon Lcgrcp," Alias James ClarU.
No objection is so persevereingly, urged against
Mrs. Siowo's great delineation of Southern slavery
us that some of her characters are impossibly
wicked. It is maintained that nothing like S.mon
Legroe could possibly exist. We commend to
the attention of this class of critics the following :
" HORRIBLE TRAGEDT 13 MISSISSIPPI.
"The Paulding (Miss.) Clarion relates the fol
lowing shocking affair :
" On Thursday last James Clark, a well known
citizen of the county of Clark, made an assault
upon his negro woman, for a cause which we have
not heard stated. He then ordered her into a cor
ner of the room, and commenced pitching his kuife
at her, point foremost. As the knife would enter
her flesh, he would compel his victim to draw it
forth and return ittohim. Thisdemoniaca! amuse
ment wus continued until Ihe slave was covered
with about fifty bleeding gashes. Tbe same day
he whipped his wife, cut her all over the head with
his kinfe, not dangerously, we understand, but iu a
mass of cruel and paiuiul punctures. He also cut
o(T her eye lids !
" This strange drama wound up ou Friday last
by the commission of murder. Clark, on that day,
ordered his wife to go nnd call Lewis, a negro be
longing to the family. She obeyed, but the slave
refused to come, through a dread of his enraged
master, we suppose. Mrs. Clark returned, and
was whipped by ber husband for not bringing the
slave ! Five times was she sent upon this caprici
ous mission, five times was it fruitless, and each
time she was whipped for the failure. Cla' k then
called to the slave, uud informing him that he
would shoot him Dext morning. The negro, it
seems, did not heed the warning, for while split
ling rails the uext morning, he was deliberately
shot by his master. Tha wound was fatal; the
negro ran nbout tl'tee hundred jards, and f.-ll in
mortal ogony. Clark, who is supposed to be in
sane, has been committed to answer for murder."
Now, suppose this well known citizen of the
county of Clark had been pleased to end his amuse
ment on that occasion with the negro woman, what
would have been done or said about it ? Whut
provision ia made in the luws of Mississippi fi.r
' punishing his crime ? None ! On the contrary
his amuseineut was a perfectly lawful Mississippi
pastime; one in which he is perfectly protected by
that law which forbids a colored person from giving
evidence aguinst one of tha Anglo-Saxon race. It
is not likely that such a scene would be euacted in
presence of any other witnesses than hia own fam
ily bis wife, children and servants. Which of
these did the law-making power expect la prose,
oute and give evidence in such cases ? ; The ques
tion answers itself, aud the case shows clearly the
latitude slaveholders have left to themselves in con
structing their statutes. The shooting of Lewis
will of course be justified, on tbe ground of acces
sary punishment for disobedience. What right
had Lewis to refuse obedience to his master's
summons T None'; Dot the least ; abd the laws of
Mississippi do and have always justified the shoot
ing of slaves under similar circumstances. The
cruelty to his white wife is the feature which calli
for Mississippi interference. As to a trial for mur
der, it Will be a mere sham. There is no instance
on record of a master being convicted of murder iu
the first degree for killing a slave, butplepty of
precedents for finding such murder a justifiable
homicide, on the ground of necessary 'chastise
ment for disobedience. .. , : 4
I his fiend will of course be cleared .ion the
ground of insanity, aud he was evidently as insane
just as Nero or as Caligula. It is the insanity of
cultivated cruelty, born and bred of irresponsible
power. This wretch did not reach such a pass in
wickedness by any sudden transformation. The
whole transaction shows a furious course of devil
ism ; but who shall tell the -antecedent horror
which taught the poor . slave woman to obey the
niandute which made her a target for his knifa;
the .wifi, that she must be his messenger, and
Lewis to disobey Irs order at the peril of Ufa?
They did not all. learn the lesson in a day or hour,
and if the previous horrors of that plantation oould
be aid bare to the pubiic eyes, Simon Legree's den
would be cast into the shade. PittslurgJi Satur
day Visitor-, v ' - , . ..-.. :,
- - -' ' F omthe N. Y. Tribune
The New Empress of the Freiiclh
We are in possession of some interesting de
tiils in the history of the lady, vhoi as is offi.
ciully announcedi was to be united to Louis Na'
poleon by civil act on the 22d, and by. religious
rites ou the 29th of last month. These details
we have received from a foreign gentleman who
is perfect'y. acquainted wits the facts and pet-
sons in question;, acd .they may be relied on as
authentic. , . .. .
S morita Eugenia de Tebn, or as she is tnbre
usnally known, M 'lie, de Alontijo, i tbe daugh
ter of a nobleman who belonged to one of the
most eminent families of the Spaniih arislocrtU
cy I hat of Palafox, and who distinguished hitm
self in the civil war of 1823. under the title of
the- Coui.t de Teba. At that time he became
acquainted, with Miss Maria Kirkpatrick the -dashing
and handsome daughier of a Scotch
genileman who held .the post of Consul of the
United S ates ut Alulagd. A love affair and a
romantic marriage was the consequence. ' The
new mode Empress is the daughter of this Span
ish grandee and Maria Kirkpatrick, who is stilt
ting, a widow, and accompanies her daughter'
on her present visit to Paris, where fche has tip1
peared under the litie of Countess de Teba. '
After the man iage, in 1823, the death of an el
der bro'lier conferred upon the Count, ,aori
with a score of other titles, that of Monlijo, by
which name, since heir first appearance in fash
ionable life, the daughter has been generally dis
tinguished. She uUo inherits a handsome for
tuue, her independent income being something
likeS30,000 n year. The father died 'Bomo
years since, leaving two daughters; the elder
now wears by marriage ihe title of Duclieis oT
Alva and Berwick, than which the Spanish no
bility can boast nothing more elevated. .
For some yeurs the young Countess de'Tebti
or Mon ijo,' who is now about twenty-five bas
enjoyed at Madrid ihe reputation of an .exceed
ingly fast woman. Tall, graceful, of slalesque
symmetry of person, .with Inxuriaut auburn or'
rather ted hair, a pule complexionj which ha'
latterly ttood in need of a little touge, great
electrical eyes of a brown so deep and radiant
us to pass for black, rather long and aristocratic
features, a large but magnificently sculptured '
uose, a lovely mouth, and teeth of dazzling
whiteness, she i a type of admirable beauty,
which a lung' id and llase air hardly diminishes:
Endowed with uncommon wit and sprit, she
speuks French, English, lla'ian,. and German
with as much fluency as Spanish, A proficient
iu exercises of strength and address, she rides
with the boldest, aud drives four-in-band witli
the most skillful, .
At MadiiJ it was the habit of our heroine ia
bil defiance to public opinion as ihe whim mighi
se'z-j her, S.ie used to appear alone in public;
driving her own carri'ge. She bad a separate
establishment in her mother's palace, -inviting
and receiving cotnpatiy without consulting her
mother, and olten iefuing access even lo her
relutivfs, Once her mother forced her door,'
despite the remonstrances of the servant, who
protested that the Cjun'ess wanted to be alone;
To her great amazemeut, she found that her"
daughter was missing. For twenty-four hours'
the youug lady did not appear, and when she re
turned coolly informed her afll.'ctxi parent, who
had loudly expressed her fears that there had!
been an elopement, that she Lad been away on)
an errand! .
On another occasion, the whim takes her lo
pay a special compl men! lo liieralure, and her1'
carriage slops at the door of Senor Escosura
one of the most prominent of living Spiuish au
thors, who was some years since a Minister of
the Crown. "Good morning, my dear sir,''
was her su'.ulu ion to the astonished litterateur;
' 1 have come to breakfast with you in order to'
have a talk on literature nnd poetry ..A few
weeks later E.icosura gave a dinner to a num
ber of literary men, nitists.and actors, at which1
the Countess was present without ber mother or
any other lady as chaperone. She was the life
of the party, making speeches and giving toashr'
i h the loudest. Among the guests was a third
rats French Pitir, named Laferrier, who had
had great success in Madrid. He was from the'
Theater Ilis'oriqure in Pari. She tfooltn fancy'
to him, and had a long conversation with him.
Wheu iho limo for leaving came, "Weir," said5
the Counter, ".ny carriage is here, and I wjl
take M. Lafeiritr lo bis hotel." The young
man was a little abashed at such a eouttesy from
such a lady; but she insisted and they departed
together.
Mllc, de Mot)t'j was also a great sporU-wc-man
and voty popular, of course, among tha
terrenJors, or bull-fighters. She' was present
at all bul'-fights in Modi id, where she used to
weur the most magnificent costume of a Slaja
de Sevilla, something like that of Mile, Solo'
in the ballet of the same name at Niblo's, but
much more characteristic. " A very' large and?
high comb at the top or the head, with wreathe
of roses falling eachide, mixed with tha hairf
a profusion of diamonds, necklaces," bracelet
and ring; a very aSowy 'and tight waist, cut
low in the neck, and with bare arms; a vrjr
short skirt, open-worked stockings, with colored
embroidery, and very, email embroidered slip
per?. When she appeared in tha oreus, she
was saluted by all the terreadois, and exchane- If
ed with thein the most cordial graatiogn. "To t
ihee, Countess de Teba, I dedicate my Iota ael . I
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