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.'.-jVr.i -r-.-:tS..s?v?- a:-- ,a.j ' v n- 4,
;-5:'k,TUt to-xnorrov tak wj of to-piorrow ;
4i ir$'h ra things of the futwre to fate; . f
' 1 , -,- " TCiat th use to anticipate sorrow Jf . .
. 5 -Life'fi "trouble come never, too late i
If te hope overmuch be au prror, ; .j, ,
)av en hearti heen in ..terror (
3- Czt Wvii? JhaneYet oocurrd. --;r. .
Uiveai-land thy fatth'shali tustain thee ;
' ; ' ' ' Permit not suspicion and .care . -
" .rWith inVisible bonds to enchain. thee, -
" 1 i'jfJta lew !wht God gives thee to bear ; .
-sA,iiSy'Ute Spirit supported and gladdened, -' '
S-tili'A Be ne'er by' forebodings? deterred? !
-ji But .think how hearts hvve been saddened
" - - ' Ski. ( - . ' -; - . .
'By-fear: ot what nevef oecurreal .. r
r x; -Let o-iaorrow take cdtre f o-mprrow ; ;
Short and dark as, r life may, appear,
- V c ; "mv it still darkerjb sorxow (
-V l; Still shorter iby folly and fear; .t X
tronVtlea Ara linlf our invention.
atwi often from blcssj ngs conrerrea
j ,, Hare we shrunk in the wild apprehension'
-"iff
,-!'C)fvevils that never, occurred I
THE QUEEN'S VOW.
SlVE 0P;ELl2:i.BETII. ' V
she gazed on it with white lips and gleam-
lnjr letes,!: the wholo crimson mass was
cautiously, uplifted, ; and the face of old,
Herbert looked out upou her. ; .v;
;! Hist lady, hist," lie said, laying a
finger warningly on his lips, 'do not scream
again, it is only , your old servant.: :: - .
. There was a sound at the door? as of
a oolt cautious!y withdrawn, old Tlcrbert
flung himself back,' and the cloud of Tel
vet drapery with its golden fringe,' drop
pad with a loud rustling sound over the
whole i.couch.a; r The crash - of . its lieavy
bullion tassels, - as they fell to th e fiopr,
was lost-in a shout of merrimeut, which
a,t that mVmenV arose from below; rj ,
"Did you call, lady?" inquired the sen:
tinel, thrusting his head, .cautiously into
the room. - ;' c'.
i ' Elizabeth ' answered, in a faint voice,
that she ;.had; summoned ino one, and re
quested birata withdraw. -
:"It was a bat screaming in the chim
ney, I suppose,'! muttered . the ; man, and
after .glancing keenly round the." apart
ment, he closed the door, secured the
bolts, and resumed his monotonous walk.
Again the , bed curtains were lifted,1 and
old Herbert stepped out on the floor, look
ing somewhat more robust in person than
he had appeared in the morning. : With
out 'speaking a" word, he took his lady's
hand, lifted the curtains again, and drew
her after -tim. 1 " ;; !' ;-v; ' .
; "Do 1 not speak," he 'whispered "hush!
is not that the sentinel again?" ;'i f: : r
Theto was a lamp burning in the room,
and for the space of three minutes the la
dy stood in the dim crimson light, shed
through the curtains, breathless Riid Le
wildered," lint silent as death. There was
an old portrait hanging behind the couch,
the picture of a female, set in heavy frame
work of polished oak.! After satisfying
himself that all was still, hi the ante-room,
Herbert began to fumble about this pic
ture which ilew back into the wall, leav
ings an aperture large enough for the Prin
cess to pass, trom ner cnamoer wunout
incouYenience," and with little ..risk 'of
noise. . , .k
' Now .tell me where all this tends?"
said Elizabeth in a subdued voice, as Her
bert led : the way through a large, room,
and began to search, ahout aportrajtj
corresponding to tlie Tone through which
they had just found egress, "I have no
wish to escape, and if I have followed you
thus far, it is that I may not be overheard
in what I wish to say
Elizabeth's eyes flashed light "Can he
escape?!'' she' exclaimed 'with, sudden en
ergy: n How, geod Herbert," bow:"
f.The old , man untied his doublet and
betrayed a corresponding one underneath
That picture opens to the Earl's room,"
he whispered.' f'l liave placed two stout
horses, bv the stream, in the park.' :Tbose
sots below, are half blind, with spiced
wines already.'? s i, ,7
Elizabeth, clasped her hands, and h
eyes sparkled , with gratitude - A . smihi
U with one hand, and noiatinir witbh4.''' ,v
- r i ' , ved, the sudden change. He: beckoned
nT.nr. rn inn nan nnnr. .-. . 1 r ..-. .
';-iint::J,..:r.pf:ft.i'-i:' 'y .- J ,
' P'-V' v.!. -V'; ' -
.?f;'j h ":tiiArTKit in. '
' A j'tJThe'' nnmblo leech may feast his eyes
V.'- foim Aatnn -4t will nnw hi
, -t;viia-rhe 6purnea aog oes not niways
f ,l;ahow; his teeth.1 Times have changed
.vTu 'giBce yon,' traitor ' lord," rebuked me for
;-nj4ring r to lift ' ray eyes' from the earth.
rsTh- leech - was overbold, forsooth.'. But
p:- 6 that he Tias travelled down from Lon
' . ri. ' iJortv to kiss this -dainty' hand, it would
v .!) -bot--charity to 1 yield the warm lips,
I. auch things ; hava-'been done by twilight,
.beneath a canopy ofoak boughs ha, your
' crace, tliat is a dainty blush ha-Vha
: nn'sned tn3 mocking speech, the
? ' Jngraie forcibly .seized . the lady's hand,
jRHI .coVered. it "with kisses, laughing and
C - J'ttering insolently all the time .
V ; '".tVjtb ",the energy "of ... a lion ,Weakmg
r ; .."7,;from his toils'r Devonshire dashed back
rj the'mauwhq sb-ove toehold him, and dealt
"'...tVeJnsolent monster. a , buffet that laid
"''im"'fdr a rmoment senseless at the Lady
; vr"DeaC. hint oat, if jou would not see the
I ; ' f bawj life;' crushed from his carcass!? he ex
1 claimed fiercely", to ' the astonished guard,
wayX :With imf' or I shall do murder!"
"f j JandspHrpingthe croature. with his foot,
"hnobleman 'stood pale and trembling
J 'iXwith' ragejr supporting the terrified Prin-
. .
.ThVlmen , approached, some to- keep
guard on the Earl, and others to remove
V .the.leecn. who gave indications of life,
vut still lay 'grovelling on the stone flags.
; pCsr'tbcj Jifted. him up,' his face was expo
Wot ' it' was ashy white, and.. his lips were
speckled with foam. . Devonshire was so
' 'f'?' fiercely angered that he. took . no heed of
.ine ingniiui -j appearance, umw jiiiiiucm,
. ' 'though a hrare woman, shuddered to the
heart's Core, as those small eyes glared
1. upon -hex. A dark rim encircled them;
nd their' glitter was like that of a veno-
rnooa reptile.- ' After' a few moments he
istood np, folded his arms, ! and langhed
thai low,' deadly laugh, again
i'tc"That night the Lady Elizabeth was a
"-'Vr-iwfgQKDer in-her chamber, alone and sleep-
r 3s,'i'J Thunders-of boisterons mirth now
vad thenTcama up from the hall, where her
J" . tiailoMi were caronsinflrJand the tread of a
.-cesittel ' totraded gloomily from the ante
Thoneh'her mind was filled with
V Vdark" forebodings, - the" royal maiden con
'v.templated1 her position with a degree of
- -forethought and calmness, worthy of her
: -.fim'ciiarcten :She was well aware that
V: VUhe late rebellion was only used as a pre
'i:Hi text bV he revengeful sister, for involving
v. Svtwo Tjerspns in ruin, who had become ob
Tri&Qi'hP!ct,je4rn&. that there was
.-less hope from f the Queen's clemency, or
XyMentt'-ot iustice. -than if both herself and
y i-'i the Ear had in truth, been gniltyoftrea
BOB. ..c.;,.,.-',;';.-- - -.j ? -
; - ' . She knew that the .Tower was crowded
! 'K'iHJt the; highest nobility of the laud, that
: ihi inlaws 'of -England were u'sedrbut as a
' -Tast 'iileht power,, under "whose shadow,
Bcaffpldi'stQpd reeking - with "noble and
Isnocent' hldod,', lighted up by the death
pyres of good men, and that , hundreds of
. tuman beings, were. daily. onerea up as a
, - ;rifice to'thebase. passions, 'and narrow
' ott of their, rulers. : V 1 -
"X It was' no "wonder that the'Iady be6ame
f a and that; she trembled for her own
.'if and for sthat of one still dearer," when
she -pooertd on ,those terrible themes.
had ' fellen back "in the huge carVod
'C thiir; oppressed with thought, and yet all
lscap&Ile of.aleep, whea a slight noise Is
if anal from vhehin4 tljet cumbrous drapery
f her bed-'' ''She started to hep feet, and
- 4'r Bering a ,faiut; cry, stood gazi ng. qa the
' r-'rASuB; marble, statue,- expecting
; ' - -tank, to', aee - .that , terrible Jeech
ajaih : to'overwhelnj her. with
- - t - rdly . malice, - The. fjrapery was
- -i if by a current of air, and while
she depart, in his company, and bad re
peated again, , and again, the confidence
whice she. really felt in her own personal
safety, that he yielded, a reluctant con
sent to depart. '
Without, further delay, Herbert flnag
off his, duplicate garments, and began to
fasten .them over the liarj'g rica attire,
explaining . his arrangements for escape
the while, and occasionally ..whispering a
word of encouragement to .the. pale, and
suffering lady.. She stood by, with palid
cheeky and trembling lips, till his disguise
was complete, out the anguish -throbbing
at her heart wai-too strong for control.
Wheu all was ready, she flung herself on
lis bosom, forgetful of .her pride station
everything save the tenderness and pain
of . that wretched farewell. . She felt; that
he was straining her to his bosom, that
his lips were pressed passionately down
upon her forehead, and, that tears wew
falling like rain-drops over her facer .. A
mist cam over her senses, and when that
cleartd away, she was,, standing '.in the
centre of the room alone, her heart deso
lated, and widowed for .ever she felt thai
it was forever. . ; . . -, r
... Devonshire ; followed the directions of
his humble i friend,, inelancholly, ' and as
one in a-dream. The agitation which
overwhelmed him perhaps, aided in his
escape, for his step was unsteady and fee
ble as .that of. an - aged mau.v The hall
was still thronged with rioters, but some
lay outstreched on the stone floor, over
come, wkli wine while others slumbered
with their faces downward, and their arms
folded on the table, and a few still kept
up their drunken wassail amid i empty
wine-cups, tan'iards overturned,- and frag
ments of a most prodigal sapper. ',. One
man sat alone at the extreme end of the
board; his elbows were supported by the
table, and his sharp, pointed chin rested
on his cleuched hands, while , his ' eyes
wandered restlessly from object to. object.
It was the Queen's leech. He had tas
ted no., wiue,. and was drunken only with
his own evil passions. , . He loaked vaguely
on" the distinguished nobleman as he en
tered the hall, but in the dimness, mistook
him for old Herbert., 4 .
"Hillo call that fellow back we want
jyiBteTwine, maL.Un," bcawledJthc lead
ing officer, rising unsteadily from his seat,
and throwing his ams wildly about, "ho,
Lt me
will I
he has
on him
.gone:
and I
with .his - hand, -and the next minute; she
stood before her lover. ....
I wil go and draw off the sentinel,"
muttered the -kind old - man, as he clo
sed the ,paucl afterj his- mistress,. Poor
ady poor lady, this M ilt be a sad. .. par
ting.". , And with those words, which but
feebly expressed the tnnatedelicap y which
made him risk every , tiling, fathfer than
iutrude en the sorrowul pair, he left the
room., -:..V ' , 1 -
Herbert stoie down to the hall. .. The
revellers were by this time so overcome
with strong .potationsritbaXhe foulidtio
diCiculty in - securing a flask of wine, and
after; extinguishing one of the lights, as
if by accident, thereby throwing a-portion'
of the hall in deep shadow-, he? bold;
ly presented himself (flask in hand) before
the seutinel who guarded the entrance to
Devonshire's chamber.. The man received
him Bomewhat suspiciously at' first but
the wine proved a quick passport to his
favor, , and Herbert took good care to
drown, by the loudness of his voice any
noise from within that might arouse at
tention.' ""'.' i ' . . -' - . ,
When Herbert again sought ihe pri
soners, he found the liarl painfully ag
itated, while Elizabeth stood before him
iu tears. She was speaking in a', low
earnest whisper, her eloquent face . lifted
to his, and her hands.clasped and wound
together in the energy of feelings she was
compelled to suppress,-: -..
"Urge me not,T--ceasc, I entreat you!"
said the Earl, a low treniulous whis
per, "I. cannot leave you to the power
of these men," . "
. "My Lord," said the old servitor' ."the
Princess is safe, they, dare not touch a
tress of that sacred head. The people
would defend her, even against their Queen.
She may suffer imprisonment nothing
more but for your lordship to remain is
tenth . .-' V - .. ';.
.."Nay, good Herbert I am innocent,
and must be tried by my peers," said Dev
onshire. ;.. , :
"Alas!" said Elizabeth, , "is not the soil
pf England how red With innocent blood
cast not aside this last chance of safety,
Devonshire, j go abroad but for one year,
and at the end of time, should return be
unsafe, J .will abandon this desolated land,
struggle no longer, with my fate, but share
yoer exile.";-,.; ..: t e.
- Still' the Earl seemed irresolute? and it
was not till she had urged the injury which
might fall o'q hep fame as a woman, should
there. . , Zounds,
but lay hands
will!'., . ; ; - v.1':'
j . Staggering a few "paces toward the
door where the fugitive, had disappeared,
the, fellow sat down again,, and waved bis
head in . a mysterious ond consequential
manner, which the little manin black re
gatfded with a smile of bitter, contempt.''"
I Vlli&t, hist; the , horses are tins way,"
said Herbert, gliding -up ta the fugitive,
as he found, shelter beneathjthe.elump- of
oaks, connqcted with so mauy sweet re
menibrances. . ; The Earl pausad a moment,"
dashed, his .hand across hisyes, and fol
lowed the old man in sihjuce.
V '.'God bless : yon, my lord God bless
and speed 'yon," said Herbert, fervently,
as the Earl bent from his saddle and wriiiig
the hand which had held his stirrup, "ride
cautiously the first league, then put tlic
horse to his speed, and he will bear you
half way to the coast before the knaves,
up yonder, shake, off thoTv debauch.'"' ,
Six months went by, and the scene of
our story changes to a room in Queen
.Mary's palace. It' was night, -and the
rays of a small, brazeajifmp, fea by some
cnemicai compoum-iia i luiciew sj-cong,
tiplfed and tinged by the. rcllection of va
rious bottles filled with colored fluids, and
ranged on a shelf over the fireplace. ' A
, - . m i i if
smaiutabie stocq in one corner, ooiacK
oak," with edriously-twisted legsvreathed
togethcrhalt way down, in a sort of ped
estal; and branching out iimuo form o
three serpents, with curving necks,1 and
heacs hideously life-ir.ee, which seemed stri
ving to discntaugle themselves, and crep
over the floor. On this, table lay a eru-
cible,; a crystal, mask, and a quantity o
dried - herbs. Alhick cloud &f unpleas
ant ' vapor, hung over a neighboring fur
nace, where a few embers smouldered,
whieh now and then flashed up in a slen
dcr flame, kindling the rtd atmosphere
to a lurid glare. At suchlimes the faces
of two 'human beings seated beneath the
lamp, ;were revealed with ' frightful lis
tinctness They seemed like twin fiends,
holding evil counsel together. One was
the Queen's leech, who sat crouching on
a low stool, nis boay Dent lorwaru, anu
his elbows resting on his knees. Hiscom
pauiou was a slight, ill-Tavored looking
man, habited in the garments ) of ,an
Ecclesiastic. His eyes wandered rest
lessly beneath'tho keen glance with which
Lonton regarded him, and he shuffled his
feet about on the floor as if anxious to
terminate a conversation that had already
lasted half an hour.
"I tell you," said the leech, -in a cau
tious under tone," "there is no time to be
lost. The Queen cannot live a- month.
The lady Elizabeth has become more pop
ular with the people thau ever, since her
long imprisonment,' and the triumphant
vindication of her innocence in the Wyat
affair.; Philip is informed df his' Queen's
danger and is raising forces - to - oppose
this offspring of King 'Harry's' spurious
marriage. France will remain neutral,' or
urge . the -claims of -Maryn Stuart, the
Dauphiness; every thing abroad looks fair
for our cause, and if we but weaken her
strength here, all may go well witfy Eng-
and and the Holy Church." , . .
"But what has the life or. death of an
exile Earl to do with these mighty plans?"
inquire the priest, for the first timelook
ed full at the leech. . V , " '
Every thing everv '. thing!" replied
the other, in a shrill, ec'g'cr? whisper ' "I
tell you,; Sir prior, if this haughty woman
once sets her foot oh the" throne of Eng-
and, the Earl of Devonshire will most cer
tainly share her state to"trample us under
his foot.' He is a Protestant at heart
as wily and nncompromislng a reformer,
as the Princess herself." '.
"But why not mix the drug for Eliza
beth herself,", said thd i priest,, quietly.
"She may be taken ill, and the Queen's
eech sent asr a special grace."!. -. '
- "No; no, . I could not do it!" exclaimed
the leech, starting bick,' and then slowly
resuming his position, 'while a perceptible
shudder crept through his crouching franve
"I would rather plant a aagger in my own
heart." " ' ' , "'"' ' ' ' : -
"Ho!" exclaimed the priest, and asmile
Of quiet meaning stole over his face. - "'I
thought you were not a man to lavish gold
and deal out precious nostrums for the
love of country or mother church. . . Now
we- understand each other. This Devon
shire" ' " ' " - : .
"Has crossed my path every where
trod upon me buffeted me to the earth
nay, spurned me with his foot ay, and
in her presence!" shrieked the pale leech,
in a voice sharp'and almost hissing' with
stifled rage. "'. ' : ' "-'-;;-' .
"And you would serve the Holy Church
and find revenge at the same time,"rcsum-:
ed the priest, softly. ' '
The crushed serpent ean : hoard - his
venom so long as there is life," . replied
Louton, more quietly. "L have told all
now; he shall die without seeing her, though
I am compelled to cross the- waters to work
the deed with this hand." ' : ' ';'
'It needs not that,1" said tthe spriest,
musingly. ' "Give me the liquid'yoa spoke
of" There" is a man,"2 even now, ;in .the
Earl's household, " beyond the ; seas,1' who
will administer it with due caution, for less
than the promised gold; be7 speedy with
the drug. " I-will -fina messehger." '-'-'
fit is here," whispered the leech, search
ing in the bosom of his' sable doublet. --
Drawing forth a smalt crystal flask, spot-
by. the wise and brave, and the noble of
her kintrdom 'Kovftlitv. niaeaificence.
... - , ef W '
power, youth every thing that could grat
ify a lofty mind, was hers, and yet there
was a shadow on her heart that nothing
could disperse. That one loved being,
without whom her grandeur seemed a
mOckery, was still absent 'in v a foreign
land.! Old Herbert had been sent to him
weeks before, and as yet, no tidings of
Earl or servitor reached the court. Eliz
abeth was seated one night alone in her
closet, weary with the cares of state, and
pondering on past scenes with a thrill of
recollection that made her eyes dim, and
her heart throb. - Thoughts of a meeting
that was to endow that one beloved ob
ject with a portiou of her grandeur filled
her dovoted and proud bosom, when old
Herbert entered the closet and stood be
fore her. The Queen sat speechless iu
her chair, for she read all in the old man's
grief-worn features;;: He drew a package
from his bosom; unfolded it, and laid a
single glove upon the table; :
.: ."'I found it lying against his heart when
they were shrouding'him- for the grave,"
said the Old servivnt, his yes filling with
tears at the sad recollection. ; " . v
The Queen fixed her heavy eyes on the
glove, an ashy paleness came to her face,
and her forehead contracted with intense
agony .beneath its glittering coronet: She
neither spoke, nor was aware : when the
old, servitor left her presence, though ho
had knelt by her side pleading with her to
be comforted, till his voice was choked
with grief and terror.: . - '. ;
r Three days after this agonizing scene,
Elizabeth stood before her people a chang
ed woman,-, and years after, when her corss
lay, surrounded by all tbo royal trappings
of a grave, in that very palace, those who
opened her cabinet, found one secret draw
er, in which lay a solitary glove, the em
broidery faded by time, and the seed pearls
dim, as if long ago they had been drench
ed with water. It was .cait forth " and
swept away among other glittering frag
ments of the wardrobe, but no one guess
ed how deeply the fate- of that" extraordi
nary woman was woven with a thing thus
carelessly regarded. , : o: :
Trial of Corn and Cob Crushers, r
On Friday and Saturday, of last week,
a trial of the Corn aud Cob Mills came
off at Cincinati. "
Tl,. -:n ,i t:
ted with o-old.und lookincrWntirtnRlT ronndi . cWivu lur cuuipcuHon were
i ... v. .uJlthe 'LMIe GianV represented
the dim appartment, he placed it in the
priest's extended hand. ' -;t ; .
"Is it sure?" muttered the mpnkj
-"Deadly as a serpent's' venonf," was the
reply.' - "-,'!,i ' -i - lvx
"And how," said -Ihe" priest; grasping
ae uasK cioseiv in iii3 palm, wmle a
strange smile 'gleairi2jP over his face as he
bent forward toward the leach, "and now,
fair leech, have ifo fear that these precious
drops will not sweeten the Earl's night
draught, : and ''speedily, too.-;5 That you
may be more certain ot revenge let me
whisper a state secret in your ear. - Should
her Queen's grace be taken from this peo
ple, as you predict, King' Philip, instead
ofurging war against the Lady Elizabeth,
Wilt aspire to her throne; as he has shared
that of our most -gracious Sovereign.
This Devonshire might stand in the way
6f such Resign, therefore, he dies: IIa!
good Louton, is the news sudden; that
yoiturn so pale? But' good night; be
content that revenge is at hand."
;5Vith hcse words the friar stole gent
ly iroraPthe1 room.: ' The leech sat several
minutes gftzmg vacantly on the floor, mo
tionless, and apparently overwhelmed with
a flood of new,.,, ahd harrowingAthuhfs..
At last a strange, wicked expression stole
over his face, and raising tov hn, feet, he
went tQ the table, powdered, a little of the
dried herbs.in his palm,, and proceeded to
mingle.thcm in the crucible, with1 a clear
liquid, which he poured from a bottle ta
keu from over time fireplace. . ;
,EoblUrhc,'Hiuttere3, stirring np the em
bers, and placing -the cradble on the fur
nace, ''fooll'does he think I can distil io
drops to sweeten a wedding" posset for
King Philip also?--fo5r!" r s.
For more than thteahours the furnace
sent its red .glare through that gloomy
apartment. .During all that time the leech
cowered to his scat again,, listening to the
simmcrincr noise'wliieh arose front the eru-
ciblc, as if it hMbeen delicions music.
At length just as the grey of morning
broke fainy into the room, he arose, lifted
the crucible, and began to stir the fire with
a bar of sldndcr iron. . It might have
beeii that his" hand was tremulous from
want of rest, or that he became dizzy from
the fumes of that poisonous decoction, for
it scut forth a sweet, sickening odor, that
would have enervated a much stronger
man. All at o-ice he reeled, and the cru
cible 6hook iii his hand so violently, that
half its contents fell upon the embers.
Instantly a clear flame of exceeding bril
liancy shot up to the roof; a dim, purplish
smoke filled the room, and when that roll
ed away, the morning light fell upon the
leech. He was outstretched upon the
floor, with his thin, white face turned up
wards, and a siigut irotn still increasing
on his' blue lips; his fingers worked-Hherc
was a faint motion hf the limbs, and; the
sunrise poured gently through the narrow
casement over his dead body.
& Hedges of Cincinnati; 'Leavilt's Ex
celsior, represented by Douglass, Smith
& Co., of Zanesville; the .'Star' represent
ed by Lathrop &' Jovce, and the : 'Slock
Mill,' by W. II. Brandt, of Cincinnati
Mr. Leavitt, patentee of Leavitt's Ex
celsior, offered a silver goblet," to any mill
that would grind faster, and finer than the
'Excelsior.' ' " '
' Messrs.' Scott & Hedges, Patentees of
the 'Little Giant, offered a silver service
ivorth $250, to any' mill that would excel
the "Little Giant,' in grinding corn and
cobs, both in fineness and rapidity
' On Friday afternoon, the contest took
place oh the levee between the 'Excelsior'
and 'Little G iant, for ' the goblet offered
by Mr. Leavitt. ".. .' '. ,'. -.,.
The 'Little GiantT ground two bushels
of corn in the car, selected by the Com
mittee, much finer "than "'the 'Excelsior
did, but the 'Excelsior' ground it in less
time!' The Committee reported that as
neither excelled in both points, that the
cup be returned to Mr. Leavitt.-
" Saturday proving an inclement day, the
place of contest, was removed from the
the lovee, to a largo barn, corner of Syc
amore and niath streets, where atrial was
ha3 iu.lhe .olio wing order: Little Giant,
ExcelsidrStnr, ami Braudt's Stock. Af
ter a fair trial with each hul, tlio size of
the mill, the. leverage, thoiforce or power
necessary to operate it; the quality of the
grinding and the speed, being duly con
sidtivedTiy tlio c.oniiiuttcc," their .-unaui
Communtciitiqns.
; " ; " 'For the "Spirit.",
Salmon P.' Chase and ihe Banks.
.Mo. .Editor: In my former numbers
I have called the attention of the . public
to the efforts of Mr.. Chase to favor the
banks, by giving them a monopoly of the
business of lending, by driving all indi
vidual competition out of the market.
In the following article I simply intend
to State jrhat are the elements which de
termine the rate, of interest . iq other
words the terms upon . which capital can
be borrowed or rather hired.
Now in this respect the rate of interest
is precisely like the price of all other
commodities. It depends upon supply
and demand. : In a. new country where
frugality and industry have had hut a
ihort time to accnmulate, aud where cap
ital is comparatively scarce, where roads
are to be made, lands to be bought, fields
to be cleared, cities and towns to be laid
off, cellars to' be dug, houses to be built,
horses cattle, grain and other commodi-'
ties to be . purchased , where, the : uses of
capital are numerous and profits large, the
rate of interest is high. In old countries
where capitals are numerous and large,
in proportion to the amount ot business
to bo done, the rate of interest falls low.
Iu England money is often borrowed on
good private security, at four or five per
cent; in Holland at three or four and some
times at two. "Why. how is this' sir?
There mast be a great deal of 'buying ancl
selling in England and Holland. , The
uses of capital must be very various and
very numerous, as they are highly com
mercial countries. 1 Yes, trne; it fa just bo.
But they are vary rich, and though the
uses of capital are' very numerous and
very great, yet as capital is very abundant,
the supply-but-runs the deTnaTudnchrlthe'
rate of interest falls very low. ' I will add
that la countries new or old, where indus
try languishes, where there is little trade
where profits -are small, where improve
ments are slow, the rate of interest is very
low- - - ' - ; -
I shall spare the reader, any further
observations of my own, and give him an
extract from the treatise of Jean Baptist
Say, a rk that -ought to be found iu
every house in the State : ""' ' ".' '
"After, having thus detached from the
rate of bare interest all that is paid as
premium of insurance to the lender, against
the ; risk "of total or partial loss of his
capital, . it remains, tovcpn6ider that part
which is purely and simply interest; that
is to say rent paid for the utility and use
of capital. ! ' ' " ' . ' ' - '',
' "Now this portion "of the gross sum
called interest is larger in proportion as
the. supply of capital . available for loans
is less; and as the deraaud of capital for
that specific ; object is greater; aud again
that demand is greater in proportion to
theu more numerous and more lucrative
employments of capital. - Consequently, a
rise in the rate of interest does cot infal
libly or,universally denote -that capital is
growing scarcer; for possibly it may be a
sign that its uses are multiplied. " Smith
has remarked this consequence upon the
close of the -very successful war dri the
part of England,., which : terminated with
the peace of H 63. .-The rate of .interest
then advanced instead of dccliuiag; the
important acquisitions of England had
opened a new field for her commercial
Going Pretty Fast. An old man-ond
his son, neithcr of them very well inform
ed as to railroads and their uses chanced
kno day to 1 be at work in a field near a
railroad' track. ' Ilailronds were' a novel
' institution 'rto thciii; and whon a train of
cars shot by, a thought was suggested by
the lad, who said to his parent "Dad,
why don't you take a ride' in the cars
some day ?" "Take a ride- in the cars ?
why, I haint- got time, ;: my son." '" Got
time! thunder! Ye can go anywhere
quicker in the cars than yc can stay at
home ! Dad's reply is not on record. '
' Mary the cruel was deadand Elizabeth
stood within the palace of her" ancestors'
The voice ot a whole nation went ' up to
do her homage, and she was surrounded
mous ddeisiou was, that: its' hgi'ther of enterprise'. ' and speculation; capiUl was
the mills had pr6vcd'cqual to .the Littlel not diminished in -quantity, bnt the de
Giant, they award that tho silver service maDd for ifc wa increased; and the rise of
be returned to Messrs. Scott & Hedge's, interest, . which ensued, though in most
cases a sign ;of impoverishment; was m
this, a consequence of the acquisition of.
new sources of .wealth. - '
"France in 1812, experienced.. the, op
posite effect of a cause directly the reverse.
A long and destructive war which had
annihilated almost all external communi
cation; exorbitant taxation; the ruinous
system of licenses; ' the commercial enter
prizes of the goverument itself; frequent
and arbitrary alterations in the duties on
import; confiscation,' destruction, ! rela
tion; in fine a system of administration
uniformly avaricious and hostile to private
interest, had rendered, all euterprizes of
industry difficult, haxardoas and ruinous
in tne extreme.' ,. ine aggregate capital
of the nation was probably on the decline;
but the beneficial employment.' of it be
came still more rare as well as dangerous;
so much so that interest never fell so low
in Fraucc as a( that period; and what is
in general the sigu of extreme prosperity,
was then the effect of extreme distress.
' "These exceptions serve but to confirm
the general and eternal law, that the more
abundant is the disposable capital ia pro
portion to the multiplicity of ;its employ
mcnts, the lower, will the interest of .bar-
rowed capital fall. . With" regardtq. the
supply of disposable -capital that must
, depend on the quaatum of pvetious savings
On this bead, I must refer to what I have
before said upon the subject of the for
mation of capitah
I wonder what has become of
the snuffers ?" said Mrs. Johnson; " I have
been looking for them all this evening,
and cau.'t find them, high nor low. No
body could give any information. .
r- After a while the hired Dutchman, get
ting sleepy, commenced pulling off his
boots, preparatory to goiiigtobed. "AJ1
dis day," said he, "I think 1 got some
little grabble stones ia my 'poot. I kess
I kit 'em out- now." Ho turned up his
boot and poured out the snuffers.:
p. T. Barnum, has been put into bank
ruptcy and Frederick Croswell, Fsq , has
been appointed Trustee of his estate.. .
' Airs.'; Caroline Lec Hentz,' the author
ess, died at'"Marianii, ' Fa " oil. the 11th
ulU
. "If it be desired, that capital ia aearcls
of employment, aud industry in search of
capita, should . both be satisfied ia the
fullest tnanneri - xnttrx ubeett or pcai.::
ISa MUST B ALLOWSO IX ALL ' XATTXSUI
TOuqmNO loams - at IXTXREST, ' Disposa
ble capital being thus left to itself will
seldom remain long unemployed: and thera
is every reason to believe that as ranch
industry will be called . into activity,' at .
the actual state of society will tjdm!t.M -
Say't Political Economy, jtagit 348-9-50,
Governor Chase may be actuated by a
strong feeling ' of favoritism towards tha
paper-money banks, and desire to girr
them a monopoly of the business of lead
ing, by driving all individual competitioi
out of the market, but It is to be regret
ted that in order to accomph'sh that ea4
he should recommend measures worth"
only of the darkness and ignorance of the
middle ages. - PuiLAXTrxsovotv
,. March 1, 1850. . . K v? , ''
... Tor the -Spirit,
Six James Jlacklntosh and , Wflllsar
, .? ... -r. . Fen&. -
Mr. Editor : Ia your last oambar 1
submitted a few paragraphs coacerninf tbar
unfriendly strictures of a v portion' of tha
newspaper press, on the historian, lacau-'
lay, for his notices of William Pen tha
celebrated quaker. . The acrimony of th
censures bestowed on a writer so folly
entitled to the" admiration . and gratituda
of mankind, as Thomas Babington Macau
lay, has induced me not to rummage my
library for authorities on tho subject, bat -simply
to note with more attention thosa
passages, which occur in a course of mis
cellaneous reading. . No one intendr.any
injury to the memory of Pcna., He was
a good man and a friend to the species,
and therefore entitled to. eur love ia re
turn. But we ought to know tha truth
concerning him. , Surely, surely tha hum
blest elector ia tha proud and mighty
State of Ohio ought not to be igaoraal
of the real character of any man, who has. r
acted a conspicuous part either in English-.
or American history-NorcaB the hum- -
blest elector, in this great and tDfluenual -State,
be ignorant on such subjects with
safety to ' the interests of himself or hU
posterity. If knowledge is power, igno
rance is weakness. . Thenars we to bhuaa
Macaulay for giving us an accsrate pia--
tura-of the public characters whom ha-'
mentions. But is his picture of Pcnrv
accurate ? It seems so.- My fonner eom
munication contains the testimony of Dr.
Smollett, the ' tory historian. Ia this I.
shall lay before the reader an extract fronv .
that of Sir James Ma6kintosh,' the gen ,
erous friend of human liberty aed, humaav
progress, o Speaking of Penn, hesays r
. " Compassion, friendship, liberality and
toleration led him to support a systara,
the success of which would have undone. -his
country; aud he afforded a renarkabTet
proof, that in the complicated corabina
tions of. political morality, a virtae mi-
placed , may produce as ranch immediatav
mischief as a vice. The -Dutch minister
represents the " arch quntor," as travsUns;
over the Kingdom to gain proselytes ta
the dispensing power; while Doncombe .
banker in London, and," (it must in justice1
though in sorrow be added,) Pana art
stated to have been the' two protestaat. :
counsellors of Lord Sunderland. Ilenca- .
forward it became necessary for the frieafia
of liberty .to deal with' hies as with an :
enemy to be resisted when his associate -possessed,
and ' watched after they sad -lost
power." Miscellaneous works of Sit
James Mackintosh p. p. 334-5. Carey & '
Hart's Edition of I848.;r ; " 1 ; . -
Let us either cease our cansnras oT
Macaulay, or extend them to a great raaoy -other
writers.' . By tha ' way 1 hope to ' ba
pardoned for adding that literary mistake
are often adopted and obtain a wide cir
culation without much examination." . ' '
The ssbscriber hasknawna great jaaay
political writers and speakers attribute the .
phrase "masterly inactivity " to John C.
Calhoun, a roan,' whose memory dcrerTca
neither love nor respect. He is believeel
to have invented that rather singular but
expressive phrase, iv tha debate in tha s
Senate, on the Oregon question." TL:
phrase was nscd by Sir James Mackintosh. "
in his defence of the French Revolution
written' in April" 11 91,' when John C '
Calhoun must have been a boy at schotJl -
Sea same volume, page 4 IK' v".
It is true that it is of rry little, la '
portance who is the original author of att
oft reiieated ; phrase. ' But it is of nn ;
portance that as citizens and. as men, wc; -should
love tho truth and refuse to be the
credulous victims of error in small things
or in; great. ' And it is. of vital' import
ance to the citizens of Ohio, that t-y "
preserve the respect and good opinion it
mankind. This great State arast after
a while, sit for her portrait' ,Th histo-
nana are the pajaters, ami we aaro ai
present the best possible reason ta feap '
that they will lay on the colors according
to the truth. . ... . ' :,;:.';
V Just think,' teader, ff State trde t2 .
patriotism - will permit you, of tha etrrv -
actera of the agents . executir andir -lativc,,
whom the mistaken Ttes cf ia -elector
. have assembled as Coluxius.
The electoral body fell iuto grtuT4s er
rors, on the second Tuesday la Ortaber,
1855.. Let if our sicial'ftrf tis
those errors shall not V repitted,, : , -
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