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TJIEJ)J1I0 STAR.
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square, nearly opposite the C olin House.
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office on Mailt street. No'. 109.
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Ravish. Portage Corm-rv, Ohio.
mr Office at the old stand of Slreator St. H'ait.
Ravenna, March 6, 1850..
- Dr. B. T. Spcllmnn,
Dentist Raveuna Ohio. Olfire in Seymour's Block,
ovor the Post Office. :
n. Bircliart! & J. XV. Tyler,
ATTY'S COUNSKLLOHS AT LAW,
Hare agreed to become jointly interested in tlicir
professional business in Portage county. They may
we consulted at Bavenna during the terms of court
or at tlielr otnees in vacation. ,
Address in vacation Uircliard & Sutliff, Warren,
O., or Bircliard & Tyler, Franklin Mills, ().
X. V.BIIBCB. K. h. JLFFHIES.
' Bierce & Jeffries.
Attorneys at Law. Office over Swift's Drug Store, oppo
, j, she the Court House. ,
; P. W. TAPPAN, '
Attokket & Counsellor at Law, & So-
' licitor is Chancery.
Office nearly opposite the Prentiss House, Ravenna, O.
C5AHI.I StUAWDIR
O. P. linonK
Slrawdcr & Broirn.
Attorneys at Law Tt a venha, Ohio Office at the
Court House.
II. II. Wiilard.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR J T LA W,
AND SOLICIT B IN CHANCER V.
Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio..
August 31, 1849.' - v ,3s
:' .M. W; Conn, -.i
Attorney ot l-aw and Solicitor in Chancery, Office over
-Campbell's Shop, public square, Ravenna, Ohio.,.
J. L. KAHlicr.
E. H. TAILOR
. Ratiricy fc Taylor
ATTORNEYS St Counsellors at Law and Solicitors
. in Chancery, Ravenna, Ohio.
HX Office over Seymour's store.
Attorney at Law Kavenna Portage County,' Ohio
Office in Allen's Uluck. -:- -
"Ravertla, March 21st, 1855.
IS. P. Scalding. -
Attorney at LawCleveland,' Chin Office in Far
sons' Block Superior Street.
- S. Itawfcon, .
Brass Founder, Copper Smith, Tin and Sheet Iron Work-
, u " miihu vi& ti,c vuuri uuuse, itavenna, v.
J. PAUnELE,
Clock and Watch Maker, Silver Smith and Jeweler,
Id B. I.ittle'i Bbdk Store, Ravenna, Ohio, where '
. will be found a good nssortmem of Watches
... Clocks, Jewelry and Fancy Goods.
TAILO R.
HAS removed his shop a few doors west of the post
office Ravenna, Ohio.
HATS, CAPS and STRAW GOODS.
; iABIES TW1TT, ;
Healer in Rata, Caps and Straw Goods, Ravenna,
Ohio. ' . ' '"-'"
F W Seymour
Dealer in JJry. Gb'odi, Beady- Made Clothing
. Groceries, Hardware, Iron. Nails. Crockery,
Boots, Shoes jfte. , north side pudlic square,
' Ravenna, Ohio.
' Rowel I & ISrofSirr. ::,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware,
' Crockery, 4c'. M asdn'li Block, Main street,
' V - Bavenna, Ohio. .
ii Ia &h av
Dealers in Fancy Dry Goods, "Bonnets, Hats
Caps, Boots and Shoes, Ready Made Clothing,
Carpeting &c, at their New Store, Main at., "
- east of the Public Square.
Kent, tirelnell &, Co
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Iron, Nails ;
. Hardware, Glasa&c, Franklin, Ohio. :
C & J C Prentiss
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries. Stoves, Hard
: ware. Iron, Nails, Glass, ftct Brick-Block,
. . west side public square, Ravenna, Ohio. :,
A. V. llorr, .
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, all kinds of.
Produce, and almost every article that persona .
. , either wish to buy or sell, Slialersville, O.
13. T. Richardson,
Dealer in Kngliah and Amcnron llnrdnare, Sad
1 die. Harness and Oaariage Trimmings, Iron,
Nail... Steelr&c.. Ac; at the old stand
" of Afason f-Brainerd, Ravenna Ohio. '
THK bent and tnfgsl ntn.irurifnt ot" Pumprilpt
. Literature, enrertnining and unexceptionable in tone
Siod iufiuence, embracing works from the pen of T. S.
Arthur, Mrs. Grey, Miss Pickering. Urif. tlnre, Mrs.
Mowat; Charles Lever and other distinguished writers,
rer offered in this market, may be found ui
Oct. 27. ; , , . , Hall's Book Store.
IRON AND NAILS! .
AT Z.OW PRICKS.
LARGS stock for sain in n Inrge or Small
Way . at wbolo8aln prices for Rcitly Pay.
Franklin, Juno 8,4852.
" lvtlLLIN-EHV-.
IRE libarnt rmtronaga which the " ladi-s of
Ravenna and tr.;nW.r . , .
41.. A.illiA. k-: 3 exienoeo EO me in
lias encouraged me to mike arrangcmcnVs to keen a
larger awortraent of m.llinery d fnc 'l"hU 2
aon.andtokeep -con.motly on hand reS.jy n c ,n
caps. &C. And I. hall spare no pain, to Kcl," S e 7nt
Bouct" y ' e,ceu,e', Dcn,y
ff Ladies are respectfully invit.d to call
Main S,ree,denCe WC8t f'all B-k
Ravenna, March 29, 1833.
O. M. COI.UNS.
THE BXHLX.S 01 THE STATE!
A NEW snd ' splendid rook stove which 1ms been
admired wherever it has been introduced bmh fr
the beauty of its construction and the perfect manner of
sts operation, for sale at - ' IIawsor's.
WINDOW SHADES.
THOSE who are furnishing Parlors, can rind elegnnrit
Oil Colored shades at the store in Campbellspurt.
Prices from two to three dollars a pair, including rnrds,
tauols and rollers. JOHN H. BOSTWICK A. Co. ,
Jwn 1. tB53.
Ready for Operation.
rlHE New Seorn Grist Mill, in Ravan-
." ow ready for eporatinn. Farmers and oth
W iiiVi'n? caJ! "nd aminethe most conveniently
arranged UU in thu part of the State.
ttitanna Am ',V L. PABMLEE ft PONS'.
VOLUME XXIV-ynmbcr
. - " - . . Fur the Ohio H tar.
, , . The Angel Side.
' " '" " ' ? BT DAVID. " " "
Say not earlb is wholly tearful,
Blooms no more with Elen charms;
Angels pure, and kind, and cheerful.
Still survive hef withering harms: :
Smilibg Pleasnre, blooming Beauty,
Music, Courage, Love, and Truth,',
.. Pure Religion, Peace and duty, ' -Faith
acd Hope, divinely soothe.
When the spirit, calm and quiet,
Joys to feel and love and. do,
Feasted as on heavenly diet, .
. Pleased and ever pleasing too; - '
. . Then tho bosom seems lo treasure
Something of a sweet control,
Genial Seraph! thou art pleasure,
. Welcome, welcome to my soul. ?
When the prime of blossoms vernal.
Fairest, lovelines, unfold; ';
t When the hounreuus Iland Paternal
Robes the fields in ripened gold;
Then it seems a seraph's duty
Pencils here empyrean dyes;
Lovely Angel! thou art beauty;
Ever welcome to these eyes;
Echoing in the balmy zephyr, . -
Tender notes of tuneful j tys -,
Please the ear, and gladden ever.
Nature's animating voice:
O when joyful sounds ringing, .
Softened to melodious tuue!
Blia iful music! thdn art singing.
Ever with tby eurs commune.
Storms of vengeance, fiercely glaring, ' "
. Blaze with persecution's fire; i " .;
' Yet with firm and noble daring, , ,
Mounts the soul in virtue higher ....
K There's a voice, withlo, to nourish - - -Manly
toilings for the riht; : -'
Noble Spirit! tlioii art Courage .
Keep my moral armour bright.
Comes a pure and generous feeling;,
Touching sweetly every nerve; . "
Kindly to the heart appealing;
Mercy's bidding glad to serve: ' ' ;: - " "
Pleased, when others joys ore clearest, ' ' '.
SooUie when bleeding suffc-rers pine; .
Blest Archangel! purest dearest! -
Thou ait Love, and be thou mine. ' ' :
When tjie spirit doth sincerely" .
Guileless words and wishes brealhe;
As the fountnin gushing clearly, " 1
. Showelh every pearl beneath:
.True and undeliled by malice, r- -r ;
Faithful as devoted Ruth; - ' V
There's a guest within her palace;
. Shining atjgel! thou art Truth.
Comes a conscious sense of error; '
. O.lious to the eye alone; - '.- . . ; -'.v'
Then, to bush avenging terror,
Something whispers, '-Jesus Love;
Jesus pardons, seek him lowly;
' Jesus, purity bestows." :
Kind Religion! Seraph holy!
Be our bulm and meek repose.
Then each power and passion, beating
To the music of. the miod, V.
Giveth each a social greeting, . ; . .
All to reason's voice inclined; i. -In.
us, round ha, and ubove us,
. Gladsome whispers tell of Peace;
Peace the gentle seraph hovers, -''-.'' '
-i From her olive dropping ease. -
.Then there is a pathway glorious,
Wherewith noble steps we mover--
Over cankering, 6lotH victorious, "
Bidy mind and eoul improve;'
- Pleased with Duty's active measures,
Glad fte comfort and delight;.
Duly, rich in peerless treasures,
Gems our crowns with jewels bright.
What if lowening tempests gather, ' '"
' Pouring flood and liuil arid fire;
Yondersits your Heaveuly Father,
. Chaning ruiu's scathing ire:'
Faith beholds him and adoring,
Liys us in his sheltering aims; - : .
, There we smile at tempests ruai iug;
Fotked with impotent hlarms: -
Hope Loo meekly goes before us,
Living portrait of a smile; , . .
ees 'he future bright with glories; ;.
Though dark shadows float the while; '
Hangs each cloud wilh golden fingers,
Gilds the night with cheering dawn;
Sees yon gate of "heavenly hinges,"
- Opening whetlthe Blest are gone; '
Thus, for every needful season,
Some nnelio hand arrives;
And a Cherub's breath may sweeten
Every moment of our lives: .
Eye and ear and heart and spirit
Hath a heaven born waiting guest;
No grief comes but they can cheer it.
. Only let them! We are blest.
Written for the Ohio Slat-.
Antique, The Quadroon Girl,
. OR,
Bondage Without Chains.
BT MBS. U. Ii. gOSTWICK.
CHAPTER IX.
-. Tue Stout or a Woman's Life.
'Are we in truth a nation of lords and serfs nl adul
terers end renenhinos. of robbers and murderers, and
ih victims of robbery and mnrder? If so the world will
ktjw it, ana oil our anti-aeitating enactments and busti
ng policy cannot prevent it:"
Frankie Maitlan j's popularity was by no means
confined to tho higlier circles of the tVo plantations.
Her uncle a Bona tits soon learned to love the
'light, smiling face, and musical voice of .'darlin'
youii" missy,' and in listening to their simple his
tories, in studying their peculiar traits, and 'little
nationality' us she termed them, Frankie found
much pleasure; for she was like the busy bee.
never stopping 1o in(uir9 ,h(J form or co,or rf (he
flowers that sprang in her pathway, so that so.ne
thmg of amusement or instruction might be gnth
ered from them. b
One bright, lidy, middle-nged mualtto woman
particularly attracted her interest. Something in
her appearance superior to moat of the class by
which she was surrounded, suggested that sorrow
to her had brought that refining aud elevating in
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A Family Newspaper,
duence, which ever should but does not always
accompany it; Frankie had often passed her neat
cabin, and never without slopping to admire the
beauty of its shadowing shrubbery, and the taste
with which it was trained ; but it was the plump,
glistening face and joyous crow of a six months
old baby, that first enticed her as she waked out
One day with Mrs. Marston, to enter its doors.
Scarcely had she done so when the curly-headed
fellow put up his hands, and laughed ia her face,
so like a veritable human baby, and not a thing,
that might be laid on the scales, end sold in the
market for so much a pound, tha't Frankie could
not resist the temptation to take It ; and it was soon
disorganizing her ringlets, acd twisting her rib
bons with a freedom that should have satisfied any
reasonable babr, white or black.
Take care,' cried Emily, your Winvale friends
wotl'do't countenance this ! ' but Frankie, nothing
daunted, declared that she actually did think that
if colored babies would always be fat as that one
and always clean, and never grow any larger, they
would be quite as pretty, if not a little prettier than
white ones. Of course the delighted mother ro'l
ed her eyes in paroxysms of gratified prido at
this, while Emily's mirthful laugh was interrupted
by one of Mammy's grand-children : ' Mas'r was
a Iookin ebory where for her, to tell b'or something
Be snould nuve told yesterday, if lie bad lit forgot
it, and Mas'r Phil had lost his fidhing-rod and Moth
er or Frankie must come and help him find it.'
4 It a always so, wheu I go dut d moinpi,t,' faid
Emily, and bhe went away singing, There's nae
luck about the bouse,' leaving Fraukie to finish her
call at leisure.' ' Is this little fellow all you have ?
said she to the woman, who was tHkifg from a chest
in one comer, a nicely starched buff drese, very
capacious in the waist, and excessively short-sleeved,
in which she soon contrived to array the cack
ling baby. . '
It's ill I've got now, Missy, I had three more;
but one's dead, and one's sold, and one 1 give away,
like, to keep it from goin' as the rest did. I don't
'spectto see nerry one in this world !
'Three children, and all gone from jou! how did
it happen; pray 1 ' said Fruukie, with genuine New
England curiosity. .. - . .
It- aiut a short story. Missy, and I'm afeard
you'll get clean, oneasy wilh the sorrow of it.
There aint many ladies like you want td hear a
bout poor black crittur's doins' and troubles.'
' Well I want to hear, and I ought to hear,' said
Frankie decidedly, 'and if you have time, I should
be glad to have you tell the story now.'
Vell, if Missis will jest sit on this cheer, thnt's
more kinder steady than that old stool ; and jest
tumble the baby on to the floor, 1 wouldn't mind if
I told ye about it, whilst I'm done mend'm' this
heap of bags that Mab'r fetched in last night.
So giving the baby a ball of twine, with which
he soon managed to weave himself into an inextri
cable network of knots, kinks; and loops Violet,
fur thus was the poor woman named; commenced
her narrative. - - ' -
I don'co where I WaS born, but I 'tpect in Vir-
ginriy; for ever since I can remember, I was livin
tbore, and in a kind family ; at least Missis was ol
lers kind to me, nnd Mas'r was allais a tut!io', and
atliiokin', and a plunnin' to get rich, eo he scarce
ever spoke to me any way. They hadn't but one
child, Miss Oertrude she was two years younger
than I was, and I was give to her, and told that
she was my Missis, and when she was little I lov
ed her. But some how it seemed as if she want
no kin to her mother, and when she was bat a lit
tle slip of a girl,' she would get a raw-bi Je and
crack around among us young Ones, till we all got
to kinder dreadin' to see her come near us.
'When I was eight years old, I had a Bister born
the peartest handsomest baby I thought, jhttt ever
lived. I named her Hassie;and she growed up so
good and so knowin', lint ole Missis sot u heap
by her, and dressed her a'most like a little doll.
When Miss Gertrude was growed up, she mar
ried and nioved away, arid I went wilh her.
was married, too, and had a little boy a year old
when we moved, hut my husband couldn't be spar
ed on MasVs old place, so I went without him
But I wan't only a few miles off, and I could see
him and Hassie toluble, often, eo I didn't mind it
much. . T '. : . ;- .
My new Mas'r was as good a man as ever
breathed,, but he didn't live many years, and it
'peaied like he didn't have no peace while he did
live. After he died. Missis showed outull the cru
elty there was iu her. She took to bein' drefful
gy, and went about a great deal. She had two
children twins one wns a puny, weakly child,
and my little boy used to have to tote hirii about
and take care of him from morning till night. One
day ehe went out to visit, and took the well child
with her, and me to take care of it, nnd left the
other at home with Henry. Henry wan't quito
eight yeart old, ftnd never was very strob'g, and he
carried it about all the afternoon to keep it still,
and finally it went to sleep, and he laid it on the
bed, and stooped over it to hush it, and so, poor
bny he was so clean tired out, that he dropped to
tleep Ids-self right, on the pillow by the child.
That night Mitsis fetched some young lulies
home w ith her, so I walked, and did'nt get to the
house quite as soon as the carriage, but the minute
I slept into the door, I heard Henry's screams ;
and Oh Miss Frankie ! it 'pears like they're ring
in' in my head now. I'd seen hiin heat and kick
ed round before, but I never heard him take on so.
I ran right td the ft6m; and I begged and cried,
and got down on my knees to her, but she would
n't stop, till she was so tired she couldn't hold on
any longer. Oh missis! It's the live truth I'm tidlin
ye that whippin' killed my little Henry;' sobbed
Violet wipinghereyeson the coarse bngt; 'hedidu't
I ve two days after it, and when he died I asked the.
Lord to let me die too, but he di In't ; and i.fter a
whi'e, I come to think of my old m-in nnd H.issie,
und how the hived mo; and then the giicf 'peared
to wear off a good deal.
.. ' Bime-hy Missis married again, but hor husband
wan't like the first one he wos jest as passionate
as she was, and sometimes they would both got
mad together, and lay on to the niggers with the
wllip, first one and then an6ther, and we wouldn't
know whose turn would come next. By this time
I bad two more children, and Hastie had d hus
band and little boy, but I didn't see much of her
for my new mas'r wouldn't let me spend time ; hut.
we loved one another better thau ever.
One day We heard that old Mas'r and miss'iB
had both died of cholera, and right away after, the
negroes, house-hands and all, was sold nfl' at auc
tion. , My husband ns sold away off South, nnd
that whs another hard stroke, but when I hoard
that Mas'r hud bunght Hassie nnd her husband, I
took comfort iigniu, for I thought how nice 'twould
be to alters live together. I heard afterwards that
he gave a great price for 7ier, but that he didn't
wan't her husband, and got him by mistake not
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RAVENNA, WEDNESDAY MAY 4.
knowing who he was. At first I wa3-iike to' cry
ibrjoyto think about Hassielivin with me, but
she hadn't been there" a week, before I saw what
made my heart ache for her, and Missis saw too.
for I heard her and mas'i quirrelliu' drefful' about
her, and missis swore she'd be the death of her.
Oh Misa Frankie ! Them was troubulo'ua days
for poor Hassie, but tho worst whs to come.
Mas'r hated George because he wus proud and
hot-blooded, and one day in the field, ho said some
thing to hiin about Hassie, that made George give
him a saucy answer, and then mas'r told li'mf to
take off his coat for a flogging. George wouldn't
do it, arid trias'r jest crew a pistol and shot him
down dead, like a dog.
' If I live till the world is burnt up, missis, I nev
er shall forget how Hasjie looked when they turn
bled George into a hole in th ground, and cover
ed hiin up. After this she had nmre trouble than
before, though Mas'r was moro careful on account
of missis, fur 1 re'ily b'leicve fid wus rifeard'ehe
would kill her. But ofLen and offcn, Hassie would
come to me luokin' jest so kintUff wild as she dii
whdn George was bur fJ, and I would take her in
my arms and cry over her, and she would lay there
and shiver and groan, but never shed a tear.
'At last mas'r got to bo drefful cross lo her,
and one day in a mad fit he sold her boy to a tra
der her little Gaorge she called him, but the nighi
before he was to go, she got a Knife and killed him,
and then killed herself. 1 see her in the -morning
laying in the warm blood, but 1 never, cried a word,
for t it "peared like her face si. owed she was hap
pier tliau ever she was before, and somebody by
said, how she looked handsomer than ever she did
in her life ; and then I said, 1 couldn't help it
Bl9ss the Lord she's gone now where her beauti
ful looks wont do her no hurt; and then maB'r
swore at me, and said the trader should have my
boy instead of hei n', for I'd helped her to be con
trary nil along. But tho trader was gone, and
wasu't to come back fur a week. O'a Miss Frank
ie ! what a week that was ! I tiied to get EOmo-
body iu the phice to buy him, , hut nobody
wanted him. and I couldq'tdo as Hassio did;
I tried to get ihe courage, hut I coulJn't ; and eo
when the man come back he took him ! He took
him a cryin right out of my arms and 1 never heard
from him agaiu. But my mind was made up about
one thing : they never should get my little girl, I'd
named her Hassie. . s i
' Well I kept thinkin' about runniu' away, and
after a while, missis went iiway for a visit to be
gone a week, nnd I thought that was my time ; so
I ifiade believe to be awful sick, and mas'r was so
busy he didnt rh'ind me much, and nobody watch
ed me, for every body was so gl d missis was gone,
that they couldn't think of. nothio' else ;tind soone
night; I took my child, and away I tramped, steer
in for the Free States as well as 1 could. How I
got along I never knew, but one helped me, and
anbther helped me, nnd the Lord mot of nil. till I
got to a "place in the North, where there was a
great many black folks, and some that had been
slaves as 1 was': " -
Here I staid a year or two may be, nnd begun
lo feel right safe, uutl Ilasaio routd go lo ec'iool, and
she was a surprisin' Child to learn. I thought my
trouble was over, but oh dear; Miss Frankie ! poor
black folk's trouble never gets i.ver till thoy's'dend;
something or 'nother will fuller 'em i:nd liunc 'em
out all over this world, and eo it was with me.
One day there come a man to the village, and
told how 1 was a slave to a man in Georgy ; some
body I nevrsee nor head of. But there was fo'ke
along to swear that I b'lorieej to him, and just
when I run away ; so iu spite of a'l the neighbors
could say, und they did all they could for me, I see
twaut no use I'd got to go but I was sot oa one
thing Hassie (shouldn't go. Sure as I'm alive, ail
the trouble I'd eeenafure wasn't equal to thinkin'
she must go back and be brought up a slave. M.-b-he
'twas wicked what I did-1 vo prayed llie Lord
to forgive me a thousand times, but I should do
jest so again ; I denied she was thy child, arid stood
to it, and swore to it; nnd the woman I lived with
helped me, and said it Was hei- child; Btfd ni.body
contradicted, and poor Ilassia knew she musn't
toll; tin ugh my poor broke heart come so nigh giv
in' way that I 'eeua'most wished she would tell; but
nt last they give up and took me, and left her; and
I praise God to this day for it.'
' Well what hnppebed after you wet e taken to
Georgia ? ' -
Well Missis, the man that claimed me was a
drinking man, and he got in debt nnd sold me ; then
Colonel Marston bought mo, and a lucky day that
was.' - . .
' And did you never hear of ycur husband agiin?'
I was jest gwine to tell you about that Miss.
I told mas'r I had a husband, and what his name
was and all, and one day I vn9 asetlin' jest here
in this cheer, a smoking my pipe kinder lonesome
like, when in comes the Colonel a puckeriu' up
his lips and n larfin,' arid said he'd been a buyin' a
new hand, a rale likely follow, and he'd fetched I
him foru husband for me. ' Oh mas'r! ' snya I,
' that nraint one bit like' mas'r now ! Mas.'r would
n't do no sich thing, for sure.' 'But 1 have done
it,' e ay she. " Oh, gays I, ' masr'a ouly jokin ! '
' No I aint jkin ! ' says he, ' wait till you see how
you like him,' and out he went, and in a minute
he feiched in who hut my old man, that I hadu'i
6oen fur so many year. Oh Miss Frankie ! that
ar Was the joyfullest nieetiii' and there 6tood
mas'r a lookiu' on, and tho tears o runuii,' and a
chnsiii' down his cheeks.
' He'd hud his troublo too, my old man had, but
t'd all over now, nnd if we could jest shet up think
n' ubout our poorchildren, and ono of 'cm a slave.
we'd feel line takiu' rale comfort all the rest of
our lives.' ....
Well said Frnnkio, di owing a long l.renth and
wiping her eyes. 'I thank j'Ou for the story, for
ve been very much interested. But you look so
comfortable here, that 1 suppose you wouldn't
give a picayune to be free now,' would you?'
Well, Miss Frankie, 'pears like 1 aint jiht gwine
to say that yet. It's true enough this hero's a
leauliful cabin, with roses and nil a climbin' over
it, and a kcepin' out the hot sun, and we "have n
illle garden ell to ourselves, and time enough to
work it, nnd there's our shelf o' books, that. Missis
fetched here in her own hands; nnd her sweet
purty name writ in a'most all on 'om; but lifter till
Miss, it aint like lmviu' a little sotnelhin' that's
your own. I'm iliinkur some how, its' all jist like
the books, civorythiii is Mnsr'd or Missis; and
heir name's on everythin'. Notliin'd our own,
or u ici nut even this yOtlitllo baby.'
But Colonel Marslon will never sell any of
you.'
' No thnt'd whnt I tell my old man; not of his
own 'cord, ho wouldn't, and Mas'r Phil's ns nigh
like his father as two peas, but sometimes folks
gets into debt, and ihen drefful things happen
Etcdir?, end the Eights of Ean.
1853.
We tlon t want nolhin' better than to work for
mas'r all our days, but if masr'a would ordy jist let
us have oufselves for our own, und our btby fir
our own, instead of callin' every thing hii'n; oh!
Miss Frankie, if he only would, I can't begin to
tell how happy we'd be: twould ranlly seem like
what, they teli's of to camp-meetin's; -glory be
gun below.
At this moment Frankie heard her nnmo called
and gathering her work in her apron, she ran out
of the cabin, promising Violet as she went !o come
again in a few days
la tears, Frankie! In the name of all the won
ders what has happened? said Tracy Hammond
walking toward her, and eyeing her swoolen
cheeks with unfeigned astonishment.
4 The stcry of a woman's life, Tracy, a sister
ofminoand yours;' answered Frankie weeping
afresh; 'you say you are a student here, yoa wish
to learn something of tho workings of tho institu
tion that converts men and women iuto chattels,
and I think no one can give you a mora foicible
pic: ure t han that woman, - I refer you to her.
'Oh yes! thank you. I'll take down her Dame
and number, and make her a call some.iime, but
not now; for Miss Herbert is waiting for you in
the parlor. She is here for the 3tfy.'
Under the distinguished protection of my ex
cellent cousin' Frankie replied, beginning to laugh
'you are anticipating a delightful moonlight row on
the liver to-night. I've a good will logo home
with you and spoil all the romance!'
Tracy smiled a good deal at this ea!!y; more
than would seem to be nt all necessary, and per
haps blushed a little, but if he did it was pardon
able; for, poor fellow, he was not in the habit of
paying 'delicate attentions' to any lady, but Frank
ie.nnd he would no more haved dreamed of falling in
love wilh her. than with his sisters pet c'annry, or
the full-fed Canton-flannel rabbit on the chimney-
piece.
True, Tracy was not unaccustomed to ladies'
society, but he had never indulged himself in
those q-iestionnble habits common to some young
men, which' have been styled ''making believe
woo:' he had never " uttered weigh:y nothings'
intended to excite in sensitive hearts, hopes ami
emotions to be afterward trifled with nijd des-
troyeo; he. had never pressed soft hands in the
enchanted silence of a moonlight w ilk, or in a cur
tained recess of the festal room; and the probabil
ities amount almost to a certainly, that he had
never once in his whole life said or sung:
"Qh! call it by some other name,
I'or friendship is too cold." &c.
He came to Mr. Herbert' not only heart free,
but meiniiiy-free, &" far as love matters were
concerned, and though he had learned to think
Constance a very charming girl, he knew too well
the nature of the gulf between their!, to allow any
such interest to gather depth and strength from a
whisper 6f hope.
But our young friends have renched Ihe piazzi,
where Emiiy Marston and her .guest imp llieotly
awaited them. Frnnkies countenance excited
curinsity.and after the explanation had taken place
Colonel Marston said, half seriouslv:
Yes, that's an item on my balance-sheet that
I'm in the habit of regarding with a great deal of
complacency. I supposo, Tracy, you think you
have fallen upon a nation of savages nnd idolaters.
deserving the burning vengeance of heaven; but if
you observe closely, you'll find there are excep
tions among us. For instance, if you could h ive
seen mo scouring the country in search of that
woman's husband, hunting up bills of sale, and
studying advertisements, and auction-bills, things
I never could bear to look at, nnd getting myself
info ad sorts of scrapes and society, just because 1
pitied one poor lonesome sIave-voman; you'd ac
Lnn:v1a.1rrB . 1 , ., . IT . ... 1 1 .
....... ,u..Bt, ii ten guuu inea couiu save eonnm
f'l . 1 r 1 atnl.-inr. T .. . 1 .. . . . . . ' I . . .
"",, a, ot ioubi uugm to sustain one par
ish. . .;
Probably such extreme instances b'f generosity
are not common among you,' said Tracy, laugh
ing. "
Why, I don't know I've known men to search
fnr nr.,1 n, ,! .!..:. ,
... -V,..., 1 10 even, tor some poor
......... u. o ui uuDomiu.or ciiuu, or eweet-lienrt
ami pay an extravagant price to get them. You
Noitherners think to monopolize the honesty und
justice, and all such 1ing faced righteousness, but
when you come to generosity, magnanimity, &c,
wo at the South can do something pretty hand
some in that line.' .
Uncle Walter looked triumphantly round on
the company, just as if he didn't know that Fiank
ie was thinking in her heart, 'What nn unmitiga
ted brng." ""
' But why don't you cinsolidate these estimable
qualities, and embody lliem in j our laws? said
Tracy; 'wouldn't it be wiser and still more mag
nanimous to me n law forbidding the separation
of slave-families. That would prevent these little
Occasional inconveniences.'
' Exactly so. That was my bel6ved hobby fur
the first fe w years of my slave-holding lfe. Tbe-n
I religiously believed that nothing was needed to
make slavery the most patriarchal, poetical, benefi
cial, heaven-imitating thing in the world, but a
reformation in our manner Of treating the slaves.
a law which should piovide security for the family
relation, abundant religious privileges, and plenty
of wholesome food; ignore whipping, and find them
just work enough to keep them from mischief and
the d( ctors. Splendid theory, wasn't it?'
' Certainly,' said Tracy, 'why did you give it
up?'
I'll tell jou. At your age I was romantic
enough to have hopes of bringing to pass this Uto
pian state of thiugs in 'Mississippi. A few other
conscientious follows joined with me. I've a mark
ed respect f.ir them yet, though they've emigra
ted to the Noi th ! We were riot without a cer
tain degree of influence, but somehow we couldn't
git encoumgemont in the right quarters. Planters,
though strenuously in favor of humane treatment
of slaves, were certain that laws to that effect.
would prove the doalh warrant of slavery; iioliti-
cians, who wauted planters votes, expressed their
convictions that only rebellious aud vicious slaves
were uhused; lawyers gave as their opinion, that
social evils, well let nlono; would work their ovn
euro; and clergymen argued on Ihe noceasitv of
the new birth, irisisling Hint tho only requisite
was to convert people to the orthodox faith, and
hey would treat their sluves well enough; thus
virtually taking the matter in their own hands,
where wn nt length enncjajdud to leave it, statisi
fied that slavery as a legal institution can never be
materially improved. Others have triod similar
experiments, all doubtless tending in some small
degree to hasten t'he day that shall witness, not
tho lightening of slaves' burdens, mind, but Ihe
eundei iog of Ihe yoke from their aecke. But there
Whole iViirnber 1218
must be a tremenduoua struggle first,-and judg
ing from preseut indications, a protracted one.'
You say,' remarked Tracy, "that you ence
thought slavery, divested of its abuse?, would
be a very fine thing; and surely no one could have
made a fairer trial on one plantation, than you
have. Do you still think so?'
' Well, young man. I'm not going to commit
myseit. I ve been pretty easy, though, about it
lb my uuiure io oe easy. And then I've had
plenty of logical support, and 'ghostly counsel
Upon flint shelf you'll find Judge this, and Pro-
essor that, and Rev. Doctor Buch-a-one, all .bar
innninnslv hnnf- n : I . .
' i'"" iruuuiiiiiug me io my pos.tiou
as a merciful alave holder. What if con c enco
did whisper now and then, that eveiy oneof t!iUSe
able-bodied men might, if fieo,. take his wife and
children, Bhoulder his axe, and with a little assist
ance mane ma way to: sutne of the untmdde i
western regions, and there chop him-out a firm
sell all the grain, potatoes, and things he could
' "'uu ui giving bwjj nil out a moierj; get
up ana go to bed wheif He pleased, send his chil
dren to school, take the papers, talk of our res
ponsibilities as freemen,' and in shott, devovt him
self generally like 1 civilized man, with a 1 1 ce in
the world. What if it did ? I'J tike a j ee.i lit
some eloquent public speech or dorumeur, und
satisfy myself by discovering that free hi cks. al
m03t without exception, firo lazy, thievish, und in
sane : W ho wouldn't be satifi,.d 1
Why don't you colonize?' asked Tracy, smi
ling nt the Colonol'd half concealed irony.
' Well, I've Srifj or two rather condensed ob
jections to colonization; though it wns formerly
quue a luvorite idea wilh me. too. I pondered it
when I first came in possession of slaves, but soon
relinquished the project fur two reasons: one was
that to carry it out would impoverish me, und tho
other was that they were then just about as fit
to help found an independent colony, as fd many
black sheep would be for mautua-makerB.'
But now your ability and their canacrv ure
bosh increased: why not do it now ?' .
' Simniy f,ir this reason. Thev don't w,ni to en'
Here is their birth place find their home :hey
know uo other tduntry. .True, there are those
who, having suffered heavily from the evils of
slavery, conceive such a bitter, and perfectly iia'U:
rai nairerj ot llie country, that (heir fust defi,e
upon throwing off the chains is to quit it forever.
eaving upon it nothing but their curse. '. But ihev
.o nut u large number. ICevenge is not a dom
inant pission of riegra character. I would hinder
none who choose to go to Liberia, bul I wouldn'.
compel them. While we welcome to our sho- e .,
and find room for miilibns Cf Europeans, driv. n
hither by poverty and oppression at horn." with
out the smallest inquiry us to whether thay are
good or bad, conservatives or Red Republicans.
Catholic or Protestant, it seems to me excessiv. ly
mean to expatriate our own native born citizens ;
especially after they have been tin'mod and in
structed in civil and religious duties.; and prepared
and fi led up generally for useful members of so
ciety in a now Republic. It strikes me a a cow
ardly exchanging of one wi'ong for another a
mist-ruble pandering to the prejudice against col
or.' 'You say that you are' abundantly provided with
pro-slavery reading; 1 should judge from your re
marks that you had also read anti-slavery works.'
No indeed, not one! I've always shut my eyes
and ears to everything of the sort; though now
that F rankle has paid transportation on a big pack
age of books; I suppose I shall have to read them.
I did once subscribe for the Anti-Slavery organ nt
Washington, but after a few numbers; the Pot
master refused to deliver the in to me, the people
of the Village had a meeting and sustained him
and I saw no more of my papef, you needn't look
so much scorn, Tracy; if yoii were in posse'ssiot
of a fine farm with a disputed title, you would ,'i
care about searching and prying round among th
county records would you ?'
riere a summons to dinner put a sudden close to
Uncle Wahei'd -iigitatirg' topic, but its impres
sion lingered long mTracy'a mind. 'What.' though
he.mustbe the effect upon the morale of a people,
when men, inclined to justice and humanity, dare
not sanction a statute that Shall make these vir
tues bmdi-g, lest the poor recipients of the favor,
inRlend nf r. I ; n , -
. ..6UIUIIIj. lt au unueserven nna gra-
ciouly-occorded privilege, should begin to imagine
that they might cluim such treatment as a right!
Surely, it is. a system the very breath of whose
life is oppression.' '
But lot no one fear that ourhero is yet in dan
ger ot becoming a 'hothead, fana'io, a ranting
uuuiuioDieis.' i lie leaven was working, but in u
mind like his it dues not do its' work instantaneouslv:
and his favorite molto, and one which he still re
peated to Fra'nkie occasionally, was Moderation
is the golden thread running through all tho virtues:'
A fe w woeks after this, Mr. Herbert, wishing his
son to suspend study for a time, proposod to Tracv
Hammond to make a trip to New O. leans nnd oth
er southern cities, for the double purpose of nt en
ding to come business for that gentleman and giving
himself a glimpseof the country. Thisloiir, which
occupied several weeks, introduced him to many
families, and somewhat familiarized him with the
various grades nnd phafei of Southern society ;
n nd as Tracy was a qi.ick observer, nnd always trav
elled with u view of of adding to his stock of ideas,
ho folr on hU return, that he was not wi.hout ben
i fit from this extra course of lessons.
One incident, occurring during his sojourn at
New Orleans, we shall chronicle, only because!
introduces to our fenders, a personage who may
yet figure somewhat conspicuously among tbe ac
tors in our drama.
As Tracy dismounted at the slaps of tho St.
Chailes Hotel, late ono afternooni he happened to
observe two gentlemen nt a windoxv tibovo, appar
ently ndmiring hiin or his horse, most probably tho
latter ns it was a noble creature, tho sumo that
Mr. Herbert had so gratefully und geiicrousty
pressed upon hisacceptince, on the memorable uight
of tho boat accident. Giving his horse to the groom
ho entered the house nud was shown to a room,
which ho srlim fornd was separated only by fold
ing doors from that occupied by the beforo men
tioned gentlemen. A remark uttered by one in a
low vo;co reached his oar nnd otiused him to listen.
' I know that horse, by , and a devilish fine
animal he is. An old customer of ours owns him,
or did own him. The old follow rodo.him here
himself, let me soe not eighteen months ago.
Rich old cove has a plantation or two, up coun
try ; crack cotton-giower I tried to buy the horse
offered him all the money I'd booked in a week,
old skin-flint wouldn't sell him.'
.'It appears he taS8old him; said another voice.
j Seems so.. To a d-d yaokee too. Icanteli'
that by the hang of his nioulh corners;. " Look, ve
Gerard ! What say est thou, to plucking, thiaiiird:
I'll have the horse und thou an equivale'St.' . .
Then followed a consultation io low tones, that
could not be distinguished ; and Tracy, tailing hist"
hat, strolled into the street. ' " '
Of course he hod some sufficiently cool replies",
ia readiness, when a dashing, high-bred gentleman v
called at his room one morolng, to inquire if his fine .
horse, was for sale, declaring that , the price was -no
consideration he fancied the animal because ,
he resembled a f .rmer favorite which had the
. tortune to ke shot f.om under him in Texas. ,
&c, and did
not encourage the friendly advances
m uuomer, a pate languid-looking personage, with "
a shirt-eollar a U Byron, and a pair of fascinatine
Spanish eyes, who chanctd to meet hiin ifclfiej i
stairs nnd chanced lo give him a slight tap, by an
unguarded movement ef his eerie, which of CoHnse
gave rise to a thousand apo'ogies.
At .the last refusal of overtures f: om this gen- ;
tleman, which Tracy, took care to ciuoh in lan-
guage quite explanatory, the disguised black-lei -
turned pale and a sudden flash of the eye, changed
his saintly expression info ooe.of intense maligni
ty ; but. the next instant he politely bade the' '
young man good evening, arid . left the house. '
Next morning Tracy went on his way, unable for
days to forget tho circumstance, trifling as ft wasf 1
so indel.bly had that strange, glittering eye im-" L
prejsed it upon his memory, nd little dreaming -'
where und how he would next encoucterits glance?." ,
io be Continued.
For the Ohio Start
Tcrapcraficc Electing at siialersvilfe.
At a meeting of the citizens of Shalersville, -J .
held at the Town house," on the 18th diy of April,
IS53, for the purpose of -investigating the merits '
nf tho t.iV..,, r r .! .
. iiaiv ui .iuii winter, abhEB JtlOEa
Afas ,. appointed Chairman and Iea BUBEorGHS ' ;
Secretary. - .
The meeting was opened with an appropriate
Prayer by Rev. J. S. Smith. When, on motion.-
a committee of three was appointed by the chair, "
viz: Silas Crocker, Silas: H. Eldridge and J. R.
Pickett, to draft resolutions expressive of the"
cense ot the meeting. During the absense of
the Committee the meeting was enlivened WitM
singing Dy the Uhoir and remarks upon the' subs ji.
ject of Temperance and appropriate singing by
me iter. Air. Ularlr of Parbmnn
The Commirfef nftpr eLi-i .An.A -
- ,J w i- UU3CU1.I; uauie 111 . t
and reported tho following Preamble and Reso-.
lutions: - ' - ' ' -.
Whereas: We, the citizens of Shaiersviliel '
considering intemperance one of the greatest evils -
in community, the fruitful source of crime, pov- '!
erty and degradation, the enemy of domestic"'
peace and happiness, and of all moral virtue; and
finally, the ultimate destroyer of its deluded vir. "
tims, from whose ranks our prisons and , poor
nouses derive Inost of their inmates',, with these ,
undeniable facts fully before us, we consider it to
l. r n 1. . i ... - . --'
uc me uulv oi an gooa citizens to use their- ut
most exertions for the suppression of tippling
1 1 . 1 - . ,T- --
-- - - --- -" uuiuu i jji.oAii,aLiiji; UTlu&S, 1 IX
order to stay ' the foul destroyer, intemperance, "
and elevate its besotted slaves, if possable once '
more to the dignity of men, therefore; " - - - '
Resolved:. By the citizens of Shalersville iri'
mass meeting assembled, that the Trustees of the - -
Township be, and they are hereby respectfully,
requested, to pass an ordinance in conformity ..
with the Law further defining the powers of Trus- -
tees ot iownships, passed March 12th, 1853, for
the suppression of houses of tippling and intem
perance. '".. - - ' - '
itesolved, 1 hat the peace, prosperity, order -
and morals of our Township, require the passage
ui bam urumance. . L
Resolved, That we consider the passage of said -ordinance
as a part of the duties devolving upon.
the Trustees, and urgently demanded by correct
and enlightened public opinion. -
"u,lt,,i Auuiiiie rustees, in attending td
that part of their duty, will confer a great benefit
"upon onr immediate community, and be entitled '
to the gratitude of a large majority of our citizens,'--and
of all lovers of peace, morality and good" or-" -der.
I , . ... ' ' ";
Resolved, That it u our request said ordinance '
shall be to the full extent of the authority vested .
in them by the Law. ...
On motion of Dr. Hayes, the report of the.
committee was accepted by the meeting and the .
committee discharged. ...
The Rev. Mr. Clark was again called for, ' and
responded to the calf in a very; able and elo
quent address tipon the subject of Temperance V
and the Maine Li qn'or Law. ; ' ' ',.
At the close of the address,' on motion, of DK
Ilayes.the Preamble andR;solutioris were unam- , ,
iniotisly adopted. , v '
On motion it vas ordered that the proceedings . :
of the meeting together with' the Preamble and
Resolutions do presen ted to the Trustees of the'
Township, and also a copy of the sams be for- : !
warded to each of the presses in the county for ':
publication. - ' ; ... - -
On motion a vote of the thanks of the meet- - '
ing was tendered to the speaker. " ;
ABXER HORR, Chairman; -
Ika Burroughs, Sec'y. .' -
A New Maine Lavf;
We hear of the introduction of tho principles of
ihe M iae Liquor Law in qi.ita an tr g nal aid
novel manner. , , s
A few days since as the train of Cars were corri-
ing froth Newa'rk to Jersey City, when at a station 1
ash it distance this side of Newark, ii company
of men got into the c-irs who were' apparently ou
a hunting excunion, as they had a plentiful sup
p'y of (!;:. guns, and other hunting paraphernalia;
They were off-hand, ready, jovial follows, but
rather boisterous und rough in their rosnnere;
(caused evidently by a pretty fiee use-of ihe ar-
dont.) considerable to the annoyance of an-intel
ligent, modest uppeoriug lady passenger, seated ia
their immediate vicinity."
One of Ihe number took from his pocket a bottle
w hich he passed round, nnd each of the men took
a turu nt it.. . . .
As it p.isjed in the neighborhood of thsj ladv '
she re ched out her hand as thougU she wished to
take it. 1 he man surprised, hesitated a moment .
as if to I e sura she wanted tLe bottle, and then gal- .
I,..l I .1 : oi . -
"ou iru ii uver. one took me bottle, and
without a word of comment, but with asweot, gig. . .
n.ficaut smile pinying on her lips deliberately toss- .
ed it through the windowof the' cur,.' .
The man looked for a moment aa he saw to. ,
bottle flying through the air, till he saw it atrik-a i
a thousand pieces, aud its, to himi precious con
tents bespattering the eide of the rilm.,..v
and then exclaimed: that'd a new method of intro.
ducing the Maine Law:"
tu VUv . M""'I?rcr SpriiKr.
The ninnix tiif a... i... . l"
Phm murderer, now urUTu.i'
1.r;..R,,.''k "' "f """ lt winter. cZ,n
, ...... .,i,uui tani'inu ,i.
Phjladel
ItU: killed
Winter1, continue tii,
iiuuipiv, una i tiere
link, but aler having reduced himself to a very
feeble condition, heyielded to the craving of bun-
h l',,, . I1 1:',)"r,;',y. ''owever, as though he
had not rehnquwhed his dete.m nation to destroy
hi.iise f. ,Sp,,ng aUM,tHCed tobacco in his armplU,
"ration P ' ,hut P!ii"u"' lo holP on P" '
The soq of Spring visited his cell since he wa- '
centenced Id death. The father appeaiedj-"'
ed us ever, aud charged his sou with.Jcie naurder -of
the women, stoutly protesting hf4 own innr
cenee No reconciliation was effecld .