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iger one, trn cents per line for the first
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those who advertise by the rear, a
UM will bo made.
WETKV.
Frcin the Boston I. itcrary Magazine.
jimioky. m
pTiiere is an isle ! where lingering: plays
jjThi luulight of thie earlier days,
"V 'hen o'er the .onl'i most sadde-fM feeling
Hotue joyous future would he stealing ; ,
And everv p;i -si in moment brought
some rapVrons sense some glowing thought,
Bdaaing tbut v!ii h went before,
'Like waves upon the moonlight shore,
AVhich come, and die so ipiick to bright
Thai to the wikter'd hraiu I he iht
i-Couvrys th' idea, froiD this ils seeming,
I ' i'i but the same w iM wave thus beaming.
The breeic may blyw,4he waves may roll,
tTnat Isle is centered iu the soul I
lor teniiest's cliill ran eor tear
The flowers which bloom lorever there.
'Til Meiuirry !
Moments there are! when we mustbrood
O'er broken vows m solitude;
Then, who does not death! to turn
Pfcurful eye to friendship's urn!
Ai, thro' the shades ol Time he trfcr3
Those long beloved "familiar Jaces."
IV hose loml alfuelioiis u-eU to cast
A radicnt halo o'er the put.
And there are lipnrs! when earth ami .-ky
IWhisper the sadeart mournfully ;
When chuerles- as ulie winter'.- snow
' Were life, did not that li.ht still grow.
For, as upon the crumbling pile
The moonbeams rest with MNld'ning smile ;
Po gently on the heartH decay .
Will shine the pure and quiet ray
.Of Memory !
Tho falling tear! that clirystnl gem
' act in the warm heart's diadem,
Were but a cold, u sense. 'vss thing,
IIMd it not sparkle from the spring
-lOl Memory. Arid, dar'i the mind !
1 titj senses dulllloc soul common :
,l)ii tlaif 1 lld.iliiltfiln .1 u.Au -limpllll
fWnl "ltfl consecrated gwinnrt.
fWhl feelinge were there, then to bind
Unr social hearts to humankind
Fur who would idlv seek to cherish
Joys that lie knows mu-t surely perish?
lake those, w!ioo hie, as many (leem,
Depends upon tlie sunny beam.
1 el Uie whoji in that beam you've laid thorn,
Destroyed by tho same beam that made them,
Ko would our joyous hour- depart.
Ami leave no lr. ense ou tnu neari
Noleiuory .
If there's) a mnric can control
Tbe softer breathings of U. - snul
Wftosc magic c hord- hare power to baro
The mysteries worded there;
It is the deep the moral tone,
Which sprnei from menu. ry 's harp alone,
When mingling with its solemn lays,
ArS vjices heard-of by-gone days.
A o'er the cold and icy Lake
L The w inds of Spring their pinions shake
i linking that ( hilK depth toxalliMi,
WJiere t lev nave c m'n I inr ivm.-a ai .1 t..n
f. -k-j win uie ntartugiiiti expand.
Touch'd by that sweet sung fro,.. tU. r...r -1
OfMemory.
f. X. T,
MtSVV.'.l.WV.W?;
I From the Georgia Scenes, &.c.
A SYCE UOXVEKSATIO.-V.
I love the aged matrons of our land. As ti
InoD iov nirt trtilur Mlma lli.i in innnl-n.
H we most A'lul, and the most liani)Icj?s
-. .'
I IT: 4 i . l V. . . V
care, economy and hospitality; a-
j-VFpad, thoy arc ministers of comfort, pence
nnrl nnmtii I t'tnn VV i - ;if H ir t m ts t koivi
i; ii v. i.i iiii i'ii lit 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1 .- . vi mi i t: ?s ri -
-i- : i j : l :
tei V cold, nrr an;,;rv elements, can deter
III I Mill KI-IIIII'V III . I r I li 1 I M I 'J illTil 1 I'l
r c .. i j '
arc t'.ie hrst titttin fevered cnueh, and
. i pi i.i.i .i. j
:up tithcparijred lip. They Lin d the
tho deallKstrtclicn habitation, jto pour
t i . . . i it, - . i
uf lite hereaved. 1 cannot, thero-
, riJioule tiicm mjfself, or hear lo hear
v.. h, 'li nfl 111 II1V mom' U'O. U l . I
often amoused at their conversations;
have amused tlum witlia reltenrsal ot
ownconvcifutions, taken down by mc
' .1 !...!.. . II... I I ,, . i, ..
to them. l eilMjw my rovcr-cuco lor
. . - . I . t. v v "'l f n mtU'nn wii ( I in , I
; Wissos unacr my oDservunon, nas ac-
itotned me topy a 'uniformly strict attcn-
o all they say in mv presence.
.'iM.u much in extraordinary conrtfisv tii
I M J V .
R n llUUBI..."'. U.'"I1.SU.B.. "V". VVM I. 31111-
...U....or.nt niulii-xri.iali hnlunon'n Dim.
t narrative ot an amusing interview, nnd
. . . . ' .
jtit ttfrocoro, win do consiueroa amusing
nuiseuieiit ot ine reaiiors oi my own titles,
WZVW.-. vj. ,i ...a r d . -
Hkia-Scenes;" forlorn as may be
l in
their main object will over
an
icet now
ly to de-
o ladies,
confining
o
from
the ladies' own ihougjiLs, uauwakcucd
the suggosrlonS uotiw- but, as tho fh
nor ol its uitiuducuju will neth iw inlet
eSt
iuuic ui tny reailei-,ii'Wtll iftre u . . W
I was Unvoliuig with my'eld frionoeJ
IJruce, wheu wsiopj.l at the liusk utho
evening at a Umsc on the rid side, for the
night. Hero'u found three nfte, itdy,
aged niatioiis, the vouneestof wlioui cojid
uul have bvi. :i uuder sixty r ouo ut' thom tl
..i... . . .1 . r. i.. J.i ' , m .
iwisu was mo oy oi me uouscj whose
huaanJ, old ajijit.is, had gotia frorahoine
uiKiu-a lnd exnlorlUg ctpodition. She re
ceived us hpsiuibh , lniJ our h .rsc? well at:
tended to, and soon pfoiJarcJ lor us a eoui
(ortabio supjKtr. Wlnlo. these things were
doing, Ned and 1 engaged the ' other two ui
eon venation; jnih course of which, Ned.
hn solfoulj to so much of i:, aa gprun
-j'i 'eu liiuiscll v, n;t uc.'"is ''MjyMjLjl4HU
. iwiyu iauy oi mo ujuiio oeeaBtunkiiy
joiiiou us, anu oecatnu pertnancntty one uf
tho company, from tho Uirie tho fiat diah
was placed on. tlioHuble . At tlio usual hour,
wc were summoned (0 supper and us soon
us we were seated, Ned, unsolicited, and
most unexpectedly to me, aid grace. I
knew full well that this was a jjreludo to
some trick, 1 conkinot conjcctuio what.
ills explanation, (except so nuchas! dis
covered invisolt ) was, lli.it he knew that out
of us would bejgfkeuto say grace, undlic
thought ho njSBAw oil save die good la
dies uie troifl Kkmg The mutter was
however, nmM txplaincJ, j iir,t before
'lie lOMQettt of our letinug to bed arrived.
To this niotucnt the cotivo. tauoii went round
between tliegofd ladies uud ourselves, with
mutual interact to itil . It was . mucli enliv
ened by .ud, ho was b&pnble, as the reaa'
crhas been horetoioie iufoiined, otTli.iktng
hunself c:ai!i'oly agrce.Oile m all cous
in ; uud w ho, upon .ins occasion, was upon
his host hehavio.ir. . it was irinuodialely
alter 1 had looked at my watch in ujken ol
my disposition to retire for the night, thai
the con'vers.-.tion turned upon marriages,
nappy and unhappy, siiaijge, unequal, run
aways, Sfc. Ned rose m the midst ol it,
and ojked the linjiady where wo should
sleep. She pointed to an open shed-room
adjoining the room in which we were sit
ting, and separated from iUy a log partition
lietweii the spucois oi which, miglii Lo seeu
all that passed ui ill' diuiiig room; and so
eh- e to tho lire-place of this apartment,
that a loud whisper might he easily heard
from otic to tliu other.
"The strangest match," said Ned, resttm-
i iig the conveisulion with a parson's gravi
ty, " J wit ever 1 heard oi, .' .hat ot Geo.
Scott uud David Snow; two most excellent
men, who became so much attached to each
iuW- tlut thuy aetully gvt iniiii ioj'1 .
''The luckadas V exclttiniOu one of tho
I tdies.
"Aud was it really a fact ?" inquired anodic.-.
"Oh yes, ma'am," dbntinuaJ NorJ, 'J knew
thenl very well, and ot'ton went to their
house j and DO people could have lived hap
pier or managed hotter than they -did. And
the h ive raised a lovely parcel of children
as line a sot as I ever saw, except their
youngest sun, Billy; he was a liillo wild,
but upon the whole, a right clever boy I im
self. CaraC, friend Baldwin, we're selling
up too late for travellers." iio sayiug, Nod
moved to the shed-room and I followed him,
The ladies were left iu silent amazement;
and .Ned suspecting, doubtless, that they
were listening for a laugh from our cham
ber, as we entered it, continued the subject
wnli unabated gravity, thus; "i'ou knew
those tur.pnnjdi o..io yo.i?"
"Where did they live?" unpaired I, not a
littiie disposed to humor him.
"VVhyj they lived down there, on Cedar
Crsjik, close by Jacob Ekmrnan's Oh, l,il
tell you who their daughter Nancy married
she married John Clarke you knew"Ai;i
very well."
"Oh,yes,"!aiilI,"I knew John Clarke
very well iiis wile tpM a most excellent
woman."
" Well, die boys were j ist as clever, for
boys, as she was for a girl, Cftcept Bill ; and
1 never he,anl any riling very bad of bid;
unless it was his laugMng in church; that
put me wore out of coui.'eii ol Kim than any
thinji I ever knew of him Now B'.M-
win, when I go to hod, I go to hod tcrtlcep,
and not to talk and, there;" re, from the lime
my head touches the pillow, there must be
Demote talking. Besides, .we must take
an eariy start to-morrow, and I'm tired."'
JSo sayiuK, ho In pod into his bed; anu I o-
bcyod his injunctions. , ."'' '
Before I' followed his example, I could
not resist the temptation of casting' an eye
through tho cracks of die partition to see the
effect of Ned's wonderful story upon the
fine ladies. Mrs. Barney (it is time to give
their names) was setting iu a thoughtful
posturej her left hand supporting hcrchin,
and her kuee supporting her loft olboW. lj .r
counlcoauce was that of orfe who suffers
pfrom a slight tooth-ache. Mrs. Shau loan
ed forward, resting Jifcto.-o-arm on tier Juices
and tonkins into the Breas if shesawif'oipi
of children playing in it.
Mrs.
landlady, who was .the fattest of the three,
wiwHiuikmg and laughing alternaely at
short intervals. From my hod, it required
but a slight change ofv position to see auj
one of (lie roui aploasurc.
I was no sooner composed on my pillow;
than the old ladies drewdheir chairs close
together, and began the following colloquy
in a low undertone, which rose as it pro
gressed; 1 aim. tiannpii. am iu iun;m sav uwid
ir n i l Li .... . 1 L.
""V0 that ot ,mu md 10 0UV l"-
iltfr. Shad.. It soeaied to me so.
Mrs. Meed. Why tobcfurehe did 1
-cow he said so; ftis ho said what their names
W&6. ' "
Mrs.B. Well, in tho namo oT sense,
iying Aey rai:
Jkfr . Why, Mess your heart and
soil tl inov ! th ir.S What I'v' i th.nlr.n'
'bout. It seems nutrhtv curious tome some
how or oijicr. 1 can study it out no how.
Mrs. .. 1 he man must be jokuir-
tainlv. ' -
Mr. B, N i, he was'nt joking
at him, end he was jitsi as much
as any body I ever wed; and
Lhrultan inar woukUteil such
that eokitnn waf.'And did'nt
that other man say; he knew -tl;
.aucyr
' Mrs. H. B U la messy ! Mis'
can t he su. It d es';it stand to reason
you know itd.m'if " .,
Mrs.K. Wall, I would'ut thhifco; but
tj,;
Mrs. B. Ijn been thinRin' tho thing
over in mv inlHd, nnd I reckon! don't sa
it is so. tor
orjf don't know not him at nil about
it but I
jflckon ono o' them men was
woman dfeas'd in men's clothes; for IVe off
ten ham 0' vomendoin' things, und follow
nig miwi j-ue-iovu iu me wars, ana ucin
waitin'-httjf to 'em, and all sich.
irn. ft Well, in be ii's some how in
that wtiy put laVnellwouMo' been ailiw
cd to been tound out; don't you knon.it
would? Only think how manyvhildren ifle
harj Now it stands to reason, that at sornc
time or oiticr it uiist have been -found out.
Mrs. R. Well,-. I'm an ohf worn ui anv
how, and 1 reckon tlio good man won't mtnd
what an old woman says to him; so bless the
Lord, if I live o see the 10 rning, I'll ask
him about it. l-
Fknew thnt Ned was jurpugsed bv no
man living f ,r exlri.-ating himself' froinif
tieuitiesf but how he waato, cpe from
this, with even tolorable credit to himself, I
could n devise. J
The Jadies here took laivc of Ifed's maN
eUm story, drew thensclves closely
r utndihe fire, lighted their pipes, and pro
ceeded as follows:
Mrs. Ii. Jist before me and my old man
was maried,4hdre was a gal named Nancy
Mouiitenstle,(putt'-..rtjff;) imd she was a
inightry likejy gal (puff) 1 know'd her
mighty jvoll she dressed horself up in man
clothes (puff, puff,) and followed Jemmy;
Daroen from I'iankatank, in Kino and
Qt'::t. .x (ptitf) cwan.up to Locdov.
Mrs.S. (PulHpuli; pulf,pufi; puff.W
And did he marry hoi ?
Mrs. B. (.Sighing deeply .) No; Jemmy
did'nl iimi-ry Inn- piry he had'nt ptnw thing.
mi, i know a gtil on Taf rty-
thllL-r t
L. . . li . n - '.
nu .
wnni am no BOI
Mrs. R- AJj-(pulT, puff) Lord bless
your soul honey, I onu'l tell you what he
did. Bad enough.
fifrt.B. Well now it seems to me I
don't kn .'v much about'it but itseemaVto
tneuKii dona like to marry ffnls thattakoon
that way. It looks like it
puts 'em out o'
conceit o' em.
Mrt S. 1 know'd one man that married
a wowuti that followed him, from C.r'lun to
lliis'statc; but she djd'iit dress herself in
uifii's elo.hes. You birth know 'em. You
kiunv Simpson Trolly's sister and Rachel's
son, Reuben, JTwas him and his wife.
Mrs. R. and Mrs. B. -Oh yes, I know
'cm mighty well.
Mrs. o. ell, it wa.j hhi uifc hn blrja
lowed hmi out to ilnStnfe.
Mr.t. B. I know'd 'em all nihrhtv wnll
Her I'ter L'icy wtis the littlest teeny bii
... o-j --ra
a tiling wlien it was born I ever did see.
But they toll me that when I Was born
now 1 don't know any thing about it myself
out uieoia loiitstued to toll mc, that when
I was born, they put me in a quart mug,
and moughto' covered mo up in it.
Mrs S. Tho lackadify!
Mrt. U. What ailment did Lucy die ef,
Mis' Barney?
Mrs. R. Why, first she took the eccr
and fever, and a 'bundance o' doctor's uie ins
ior mat. ana then she got a powerful bad
cough, and it kept gittiu' worse en,d worse,
til at last it turned into acousumption, and
she jist nat'ly wasted awuv, till she was
jelling but skin and bone, and she died ; hut
poor ming, she died very happy; and I think
in my heart, sho made the prettiest corpse,
tMusiuenn ,or any iwoy i most ever seen.
Mrs. R. and Mrt
A'. Eiiipli! (Bolemii-
IJV)
Mrs.R. What did the doctors give her
for the fever and ager?
Mrs. B. Oli, they gin' her a ' bundance
o' truck- I don't know what all; nnd nofie
of 'em holp her at all. But at lust she got
over it, some how or.other. If they'd have
just gin' her a sweat o' tiittor yorhs, jist as
die spell wafcomion, it would have cur-
! ilit niunir
'Mrs. R. Will I
, . . . 7uccp-sqjivil
theinliest thing in na$er for the ager. .
Mrs. B. I've always hearn it was won
derful in hives, and mcaslw'ailtuonta.
Mis.sxm cu, ii-sjisi as good for an
'aster it's a powerful Sweat. Mrs. CHA.
sopiolu ma that her cbustii Botsey's aunt
Sally's Nan;y was cured sdund and' well by
it, of . hard shakiti' ager.
JIM. Su Why you don't tell me sol-
Jflrs. R. Oh blees your heart, htgioy,
', ite
with
rtm
atery word true; for Aq idti
her own mouth.
. Mrt. ft "A hard, hard sh
Mrs. R. Oh yes. honey, it's the tru
Mrs. Sv Well, I'm told thai if yo.
Wrap die niside skin of an egg round yi
little finger, and go thrc"e days rcg'lar tc
young persimmon, an.l tie a siring rarjnd
and evofy day, tie tinea knots iir it, u
then not go agin for three days that the as
will leave you.
Mrs. B. l'vo often liearn o' that, bu
j what did the man mean
sed a hoc par el o' child
for I looked
in nairm.t
tesafes no
storv i
yoMrcar
cir oa'ter
lvT. it
.ndbrt
or, done same mit-'puirutdil MiffiyaMM
R5iR! lono-nxu iviosos Ktisher 'wlfy down you wno tie married!
somewhere m the Sjuth Stale (puff, )J(l'.) dy Johny Honor's da'ter,
.ur. o. ii uu, nun, puu. nu .1 And mrs. a. wii
IT its .ii' i V 'm. - iV. '. mm- n van
Some people don't be-
Mn,8. Well, Dtiry Cooper's wife told
mcshe dWm believe hi it; but she tried it,
and it curtjd ber sound and welj.
Mft. R. IVe hearn of many folks hein'
cured in tlut way. And what did they do
for Lucy's coujrh, Mis' Barney.
Mrt, B. .Why dear me, they gin her a
powerful chance o truck. 1 reckon, grsl
d last, she tk at least a pint ' lodiaiy.
n I Mrs. X and Mrs. It. The law !
Mr.$. Why that ought to hare killed
hor,if od!liing else. If they'd iist sin' her
la oai- cajnt ry and alecampnn
lecampaneTcwed in
lasnes, wflR lump o'
l it ; it would have cu-
noney , or sugj ir, or mo
mutton suet or butter in
red her iu two days sound and well
Mrs. B. I've always counted cumfi
fl.l i.l('"-Hin rm f 'MtF" II . .
Ilorehouhd arid sugar's mazin
Migjity good rnighR- goo.
Powerful good. 1 take miidili-
vto a sweat of .sase-tea. m desnorate uad
cnWs. - S
Mrs. S. And so 8o J, Mis' Reed. In
deed 1 have a great leaniu' to sweats of
verbs, in nll-ailmcnte ich as colds, and
4tFitmntv i . .. im. mi. ,t ..I.. .... . I ..: -C
JB i J r-.. , pic.uioii.-p, unu sieu
nay'ro won la id gpod , Q!d brother Sin
canieto my house fi ona Botlnny meeting,
in. a tingtit;,'- bad way, with a cld. und
cobgh, and his throat und nose all s'tont oa:
seemed like it would 'most take his breath
away and it was dead o' winter, an ) I- had
nothin' but dried sverUk sich as' cunnnile,
sage, pennyryal, catmint, horehound. imd
sicnj so l p. u hot rock to his fee', and
made bim a large bowl o' catmint tea, an !
. L 1 . . . . .
i reciion lie ornnK moat vo quarts ot it
IrrtflwIffUe uight, ami if .put him in a mighty
fine awcat and loosenednll the phleem, and
opened nil his head; and the next'm irniug,
says he to me, sys ho, sister Shad you
know.he's a mighty kind spoken nun, and
always wtis so before he joined society;
und the old man lilts a joke yet right we'll,
the old man does ; but he's a inihtv "ooil
m in Mid f think he prays with sreat libilv.
.i . . i .
tii.iiiuiusi u;y one oi ins age l most ever
seeiU-Don't you think ho does, Mis' Reed?
Mrs. K. Powerful.
Mrs.B. Who did he.irmr.ry?
Mrt. S, "Why, he married strip I'll tell
vo l directly Why. what does make nu
old head forget so?
Mrs.B. Well, ii seejps to mc I don't
renienibemjike I used to. Did'nt he marrv
u Ram
ottom?
jlfrs. R,
No. Stay, I'H tell you who h
led
gently Oli, atuy 1 why 11i.lflt
Ife" married old dad-
Mournin'.
y, la! massy on mv me. so
he did!
Mrs. B. Why, did he marry a Hooer?
Mrs. S. Why, to be sure he did. YouJ
knew Mournin.'
JBrs. B. Oh, mighty wejl; but I'd forgot
that brother Smith married her: I really
thought he married a Ramslxittom.
Mrs. R. Oh no, bless your soul, honey,
he married Mournin'.
Jlfr. B. Well, the lav me, I'm cloar
beatl j ,
Mrt. S. Oh it's so, you may be sui it is.
Mrs. B. Emph emph emph emph!
.'vuu-iirutuKr esinitii marrieu Jionrn-.u' loo-
er! Well, I'm clear put outl Seefm lo
me rm gittia mighty torgettul some how.
Mrs. &. Oh yes, be tnarried Mourniu ,
(HUefftiJmr when she joined sooioty.
Mrs. d. TVIiy, you dop't toll me sol '
Mrs. S. Oh it's the truth. She did'nt
join till after she. was married, and tho
church took on migUly about his Marrying
one out of society. But after she joined
they all got satisfied.
Mrs. R. Why la! me, the seven stars is
way over here !
Mrs.B. Well, lei's light our pipes nnd
take a short smoke, and go to bed . How
did you come on raisin' chickens this year,
MlsVShad.
Mrt. S. Li masy, honey,! I havo had
mighty bad luck i had the prettiest pa'sel
you most ever seed till the varment took to
kilhnjem.
JWfT R '. and Mrp. The varment !!
Mns. S. Oh dea r, y es. I Tie hawk oapjh
cd a powerful sight of them; and then the
varment took to 'm, nat'ly took nm tore
and aft, bodily, till they loft most none at all
hardly, Sueky countod.'cm up t'other day,
and (tore wnr nt hut thirty-nine, she said
cotnitin' iu tho old speckle hen's chickens
that jist come oft'her nest:
Mfo. R. and Mrt. B. Humph-h-h-h-!
Mrs. A. WbII, I've had bad luck tpaj
Billy's hound dogs broke up most ull my
nests. i
Mn. B. Well, so tficy did- me, Mis'
Reed. ,l always did despise a hound-dog
upon the face of yeu'tb. m
.r t ..... .. ...
i9fs. k, .un, tixey ro tho bawiiiBcsj,
squaaiueai, thievishajt things over was ubont
one; out Billy willdiavo 'em, and 1 think in
my soul his old Troup' tho beat of all crea
tcrs lever SM& in all my born days amickin'
o' hen's oggs He's clean most broke mc up
eniirelvi
Jfr. S. The lackadav !
Mrs, R. And them that was hatched out,
some took to takin too gap?, and Uie pip,
and one ailment or other, till they luqgLaU
died. ' 1
Mtt. S. Well I reckon there must be
iiui' in the season this year, tint nn't
g'K'd for fowls; for Larkin (ioodm i's broth
er Jimitae's wile's aunt Penny, told me, she
lost most all her fowls with different sorts of
ailments, the like of which eho never seed
before Thoy ;d jist. ;;o 'lone lookiu, rigli'
well, und tilt right over backwards, (Mrs.
B. The law !) and dm righl nwny.llra. Jj.
Bid over!) with a sort o' somefhin' like the
Mr
don't know ahcht it
lieve in it.
Mn. S.
vk.oi.
Mrt. B
:,m Mrs. R.
R. Mcasy on mc !
Mrt. B. I reckon they must 'have, eat
somcihiii' did'nt agree with them.
Mrt, A. No they did'nt, for ahc fed
every morin' with her own baud.
Mrt. B. Well, if s mighty curious!
em
A sh irt pause eased, whieh wu 1)
by Mrs. Ilirney, with-MH brotliei Sum!,
tn.ir.jed Mouram' Jftjoer!" It camolike an
opiate upon my senses, aid Id. opt asleep.
The next miriiiiig, when- we rose ftfem
onr beds, wo fjumf the good ludios anting
iuunu mc nrc just as i iit them, for they
looB liillo oeioro us
Airs. B vrooy was just in the act of ejeeu
Urtiug, -And haotnc'r Jjuuth married Mom
in' "-when site was interrupted by our en
iuto the dining routn. Wo were hardly sc
oru
entry
If room. V e were hard v seal
ed, bcloro M.-sJleed began to verify her
proniiso.y-'-Mr ," said she lo Nad.
ku say fast nlghl, thwt tWw if a!)
u tr, i mat 'ut married to one anotherf
'And did ut you say they rahjed a fine
pa'eel of children?"
.o .l.ll.l ass
" Yes in idiini, except Billy. I said, you,
know that he was a little wild."
" Well, yes; I know you said Billy was'nt
as clover us-the rest of them.- But we old
women were talking about it last night after
y ou rent out, and mme of us could make-it
OUti llOW .heV COUh! luivnAil.lrnn nnj I nill
4 ' ... I j .- . ..-.
icci.uih:j you W1HUU Ut InlQU an OKI woman s
chat; and therefore, that I would ask von
how it could be? Isuppoie you won't mind
telling an old woman bow it Was."
' Cestui .! not, madam. They wereboib
widowers before they fell in love with each
oili and gofc married."
" The lack-a-dtiy ! I wonder none of us
thought o' that. And thoy had children be-
tore they gut marrico ?"
"Yes, madam; thev had none afterwards
thai I heard of." i . . ; r.
We were here informed that our hors
es were in waiting, and we hade the gicd
Iadi6s L owell. , BALDWIN.
Mississippi le(;isLaturk.
MR. CORDON, of the House of Repre
seatiUire from the Committee on Domes
tie Slavery, made' the following
REPORT:
The Con5nitfle$, fo whom wa referred to
mucli of His Excellency, Governor Qnitiuaira
message, at riates to the institution of itomf'ic
lavery among us, and the intertBrence ol tlie
Abojruonistol 4lie north, beg leave to Report, .
That Bhm the higln importance of the sub-
fijA presented to them, they 'have given it
the most calm and d cube rate consideration.
Your committee view with feelings of
the doepc-t concern and indication, the
attempts tha, h ive becq.made in the north-
iMm statM ut eur eWipWIgBV', tflrniii fhr-
last two or three years, hy onrtain fanatic
al societies and individuals, tor the avowed
purpose of effecting the immediate abolition
ottavery in the slave holding states, un
der the shallow and hypocritical pretence,
of. philanthropy and benevolence to the
slaves. And although tbendvocates of this
iniquitous system, may not have any thing
like a majority in tiny, one of the northern
states, but the industry of what there are,
renders their exertions more prejudicial
than their numbers would seem to justify.
They have succeeded m deluging our
Opuntrjuwith tracts of the ritost incendiary
character Ihcy have found their way into
otir schools and into our chambers, and even
mil- private sanctuary has been invaded,
and books and pamhJe'ts of this character
have been put into the hands of our children
and our shifes. The slaves have been hr
dhced to rebel agaiaaf tfTeir masters, and to
plot the Njurderofour white population and
when the abolitionists have discovered tha(
these were tho only fruits of their exertions,
they have remixed not in their mad course,
but still persevered as if a state of civil war"
and the destruction of our people, was a
consummation ef their purpose, which they
ardentlv wished. One would have Uiought
that the cvntsof last summer were enough
to have 'convinced them of their error, it
the good ofHhe slave wm their only Qbject ;
but not so; their exertions have by nomjans
abuted, nnd our country is sfnr flooded with
publications of this diabolical character.
Agents areNcnt amongst m: to distjibute
those vile productions; the garb of the ped-
ler; the schoolmaster; and ovon tho sacred
dosft have been assumed by their emissa
ries toconceal theirdeiuouiac purposes; aud
although they have had n practical illustrtr
tion that if c are determined not to become
the dupes of their vile treachery, still their
publications rind their way into the heart of
our country, and we know not by what
moans. .
Bat notwithstanding these fanatic! seem
to he looke l upon with contempt and the
highest indigontiorr, and large meetings
havfe frequently been assembled in the
northern states, who have denounced them
and their proceedings in the mojt unirfoasu
red terms cjsapprobution, yot yoaroom
mittcc view fi!h partieulut au-fdeep con
cern the peculiar condition in' which the
slave question preseuta itself in those states
ut the preseriuima; for when we seo sover
eign commmiities, united under a solemn
compact, which guarantees und secures this
institution totlioso of their comtutes in which
it exist:., in direct violation of this Compact
of their union, permitting the organiz ttion
and establishment uf societies among them,
wpinc openly avowed ol ject is the lomiedi
ate abolition of slavery in thoao states, even
at the risk of sacrificing the urnon end the
lives of the owners of the slaves, wo think
it high time to assume a firm and determin
ed stand, and iuiporio isfcr domand of our
non-hern confederates tho immediate adop
tion o such measures, as will cngurtj Uie
entire suppreBSiun,nwthiu their borders, of
the iucendiary movcidents of this lawless
band of fanatics, who are thus meditating
the destruction of our peace and very social
clisteiic.e. Wo claim the right to make
this demand of our northren brethren, a
well from the sacred obligations which eve
ry state ia under bv the great aud ftfcaowl
edge principles of i'ntCrdltionalUw. sot ant
to abstain from any interference in the im
tenia! affairs o another, calculated to dis,
turb its peaie Ind qutetude, but to prohiM
its inhabitants from thus, intermeddling 91
mi' 'stag the severest penish nent on thn
ofiendlirs, or by surrenderijg'lhem up to bo
punished by the aulhockfes nf the WjL
whose rights and tranipillity they li,tvp:
wsailod and jeopardized, a, also from thf
vciy nature of the compact of 'our. mu m
which i . grossly secures auitaredUwir
righ'tif of property, the peace, uud thonrojr"
tection of each, and tho who!-?.' f
I: has been urged tn.somd, UiatnH
tempt upon the part of the northadfen'-iff s
thfr Aheibn Societic
10 cuio.i laws to suppress Uie
rh,r
Hon of their opinions, e'od be a vial.itkimif
the rights and liberties of the prre, Bat
your Committee are not anions those who
would believe, that it would bo violation of
the rights, to prevent and suporcss bv the
severest legal punishment, the plotting of
the most criminal unu diabolical designs a
gainst the peace and happiness of a sktr
Slate; no press can or ouht to be free to
disseminate Mbasonable iuccndiarv docu.
inrnts, and a ueihhoruig iioutr.il Cjntrv,
who was not uniind to us in the bonds tf sis
terriood, could hot certainly wis
Our slaves to rebellion. thol
seeing uur women nnd
and our fair land dc.'iigcd ir
vomintuee ivere omen g
course pursued, by tho Post .
mem in relation to this
confidsnUy hope that Co
such steps, as will effoc
U. 8. M ui tmm bem? naoalita
unhallowed . nurtiose ot c.otivcv in thisn
mfambiis publications; btitehouM she not,
it will devolve upon our fth government
to adopt s;jth measures fWiat purpose,
us u:u wi.-uom oi lie l.egisiuture shaU.
deem most ndvisaLlt,. Your Coiniuitton,
wou!il sugst the propne'y o; p.v-smg a
law, imposing Uie severest punishment up
on any person who shall he found ihstribyt
mg,oi who shall have distributed or. in an
lUiiniier rireulated any of this kind of maua-zine.--,
pamphlets or publicaliona, and tor
caiumenil to our I'cHow'-eulzeOs, to use re
doubled exertions, to prevent their introduc
tion or circulation in the State; and while
wc recommend the uec.-.wity of usiug every
possible means for the protection, of our
rights and safety within the State, we would
also recommend the Pl'y.ofwaigfc
of our sister States of the Nor&dj(!ggUUb
ifiiite adoption of such mbaSHBiP
fectually prevent Uie printing and
ainoiyrus, these irtcendiiirj publicatfotis.
Yotfr Committee most folly concur in tho
views ofor late wordiy acting Executive,
in his able and patriotic message to the Le
gislature, that "The morality, the expedien
cy and duration of the institution of slavery
are question which belong oxclusivcjy to
ourselves, nnd that it would degrade tnn
character of a sovereign Slate to step down
into the arena of controversy, and discuss
the morality, tho propriety or wisdom of her
civil institutions, with foreign powers or
with self-ccnstituted associations of individ
uals, who liavo no riht to question them."
Oariiis.itiitionsane our own, and so long as
we tee fit tojjon'tiuue them, we recogoize
ine rignt in no power or person on earth, to
interrero in any manner wtth them; And
while wc would extend to our sister states
every eoiirTesy "wfJieh friendship and sister
ly levo would dictate, we wdukl in the most
respectful terms say to them, that this iafa
quesUoiriii which we can have no party,
no discussion: and wo most positively re
quire the Abolitionists oftnd North, toleava
us in the quiet possession ol our institutions,
.n 1 cease their unhallowed exertions to dis
turb our peace and quietude. ,
Agrcdiibltj to the views he ein set forjih
your Comiiiiitee beg leave tj offer too mi- .
lowing resolutions ior adoption.
UKO. H.UOKrjU.,CiVirman.
Resolved, That the people of the StsW
of Mississippi, look uponthe Institution of
domestic slavery, as it exists among them,
not as a curse, but as a blessing, as the
legitimate condition of the African race,
its authorized both by tlie lwwa of .God npt
the dictates of reason and philanthropy, and
that they hope to transmit this Institution
to tlicir'posteray, us the best pan oftheif
inheritance.
instifatP
other donieoj
the touch of
Resolved, Tliat we bo our
domestic slavery, like all oiir o
tic institutions, as saercd jrom
foreign inturforence; wd Sold dicossiou on
this sobjeet. 4IS- equally' iinpei iiiuiiit with
discussioi) upon our relations with our
wives and children, and we will allow
no
presenfiihajuge, or hope of future ultoranoB
in tms luttttei-. - .
Resolved; That by ther comity of notions
aud s.ill fMOJjp by the roiiipautofUaion.it
is the dutjifejef every Suite to prnvent, by
the stronpP legislative enactments, all
treasoiiabio and- soduious JnachinnUpns,
within its wnits, against the ihstitutions and
safety of sister States, and from this duty
arises, to suth States co-ehije right to
domantl tho enactment of l.iwCTb prevent
such imcrJta3UJiii,when endanorod there
by- . ,
Resolved, Hint the Stain of Mississippi
respectrully, but
and deeidedlv
elairos.of hjpr sist
the north as a
of the raw of
iiHittucinf right, ar
nation?, tho coinpai
and the dic-
tates of juctice uud Ii
terpos by logislati'
flboUiionist.n, in
e nnactmeut
their mad
scamon anirime.
iioA'l'hat sliould our sis
contrary TTOur antieip itioosroft
ton to our just demand, wo must
such meaiis of protecting oiirsef
vital iuiport-.t nee of the subject uu
Hrpuse of
hildriuKssacred.
ijHI. Your
.own at ttio
jflPe Oepart-
snflt; mi wo
uJm:,. H . u.
(um orevoit tha
tc. lo thn
estate. Of

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