The Wyandot pioneer., September 29, 1853, Image 1

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VOL. I, NO. 22.
THE GRAVE.
BT R. JOSKLTJT.
, m Why should the good go there?.
'Tis a dark and cold abode, , ,
For the holy men of praise and prayer,
Who have dwelt so long in the pleasant air
And sunshine of their God.
Why go the learned and wise
To a house so close and damp?
They can gaze not there at the mystic skies,
Nor watch the stars as they fall and rise,
" . . Nor read by the midnight lamp.
Why g the rich and gay
To a hut so mean and small?
No chance is there fora proud display; .
There is scarcely room in the walls of clay
For the lusty worms to crawl I
But foe him who is struggling on
, In wild ambition's race,
Who foels that the goal cannot be won
That his spirits droop and his strength gone,
'Tis a quiet resting place
And frr him, who Las weary grown .
" ,?lUitfld'4&L loVes him not, '.
Whoso joys have vanished and hopes flown,
Whtee on ly wish is to be alone,
Indeed, 'tis an envied spot !
THE BOY HEROES.
A. Scatclt of the Earlv Western Life.
-
When Kentucky was an infant State,
and before the foot of civilization had to Lis litde room. 'Help us! - Help us, father, cried Phil-1 the slow and humiliating expedient of
-trodden her giant forests, there lived up- The two boys thought not of sleep, or ip, as he hurried down the ladder. 'I've 'climbing it. But an outline of the form
on a branch of Green River, in the west- if they did it was only to avoid it. Half shot one of them! They are murderous of the fugitive, fleeing in the direction of
era part of that State, an old hunter, by an hour passed away, and. they could hear robbers! . Hold 'em! hold em!' the boy ! the house, assured him that he had mis-
the name of John Slater. His hut was their father snore. Then they heard a continued, clapping his hands to the dogs, j taken the species of the game. His heart
" upon the south bank of the , stream, and movement from those below. Philip Old Slater comprehend the nature of the j throbbed from an hundred sensations, a-
savea small patch of some dozen acres crawled silently to were he could peep scene in a moment, and sprang toward the mong them an apprehensionfrom the con
that had been cleared by his axe, he was down through a crack, and he saw one of : spot were the hounds had the two men up- sequences of what would" have resulted
shut up by dense forests. Slater had but the men opening his pack, from which he on the floor. The villains had both lost from discharging his rifle, when he had
two children at home with him twosons, j
Philip and Daniel, the former fourteen,
ana ine latter iweive years oi age. ins
elder children had gone South. His wife
was with him, but she had been for seve
ral years an almost helpless cripple from
"the effects of severe rheumatism.
It was early in the spring a,nd the old
hunter had just returned from Columbia,
where he had been to carry the product
of his winter's labor, which ' consisted
mostly of furs. He had received quite
a sum of money, and he had brought it
home with him. The old man had for
several years been accumulating money,
for civilization was gradually, approaching
iiim and he meant that his children should
.start no fair terms with the world.
. One evening, just as the family were
sitting down to their frugal supper, they
were attracted by asudden howling of the
dogs, and as Sfater went to tne door to see
what was the matter, he saw three men
approaching his huf.
"lie quickly quieted the dogs, and the
strangers approached the door. They
asked for something to eat, and also lod
ging for the night. John Slater was not
the man to refuse a request of that kind,
and he asked the strangers in. They set
their rifles behind the door, unslung their
packs, and room was made : for them at
the table. They represented themselves
i 1 1 . . i j a , p - tt;
jis travelers bound farther west, intending
to "cross the Mississippi in search of a
settlement. . . .
'"'The new comers were far from being
agreeable or prepossessing in their looks,
but Slater took no notice of the circum
stance, for it was not his nature to doubt
any man. The boys, however, did not
. like their appearance at all, and quick
glances which they gave each other told
of their feelings. The hunter's wifewas
'not at the table, but she sat in her great
easy hair by the fire,
r Slater entered into conversation with
the guests, but they were not very free' j
after a while the talk dwindled away to
mere occasional questions.' Philip, the
elder jof the boys noticed that the men
cast uneasy glances about the room and
he 'watched them narrowly! His fears
had become excited and he could not rest.
He knew that his father had a large sum
of money in the house, and his first
thought was that these men were there for
the purpose of robbery,
i; Afterthe supper was finished, the two
boys " quickly cleared off the table; then
they went out of doors. It had became
dark, or, rather, night had fairly set in,
for there was a bright moon, two-thirds
full, shining down upon the forest.
'Daniel,' said Philip, in a low whisper
at tho sametime casting a look over his
ehottldef, do yu think of those
4rto TOM?'
'I'm afraid they're bau ones
returned
.'So am I. I believe they mean to steal
.father's money. ' Didn't you notice how
"4hey looked around?'
. ?Yes.'
-'So did I.. If we should tell father
what we think, he would only laugh at us
that we are scare-crows.'
I 'But we can watch, 'em.'
'Yes, returned the other; 'and we will
watch, 'em; but don't let them know it.'
4 he boys held some further consulta
tion, pnd then going to the dog house they
iet the small door back so that the hounds
might spring forth if they were wanted
Soon afterwards they re-entered the
' house. . If they had desired to speak with
their "father about their suspicions they
jti'dXH) chance, for the strangers sat close
by him all the evening.
y At length, however, the old man signi
fied his intention of retiring and arose to
go out of doors to see the state of affairs
without, v The three men lonowea mm
but they did not take their weapons.
The old lady was asleep in her chair.
'Now,' whispered Philip, 'let's take two
of father's rifles up to our bed. We may
want em.
We arc as good as men with
Daniel sprang to obey, and quickly as
possible the boys slipped two rifles from
their peckets behind the great stove chim
ney, and carried them up to their sleeping
place, then they hastened back and cm
tied the priming from the strangers re
turned they had resumed their seats.
The hunter's cabin was divided into
two apartments on the ground floor, one
of them, in the end of the building, being
the old man's sleeping room, while the
"other was the large living room, in which
the company at present sat. Overhead
there was a sort of scaffolding, reaching
only half way over the large room below
it, and in tlm opposite end of the building
from the V.ifie slecp;g apartment of the
hunter. $. rough ladder led up to the
scaffold, and ' on it, close up to the gable
end, was the boys' bed. There was no
partition at the edge of this scaffolding,
but it was all open to the room below.
Spare bedding was spread upon the
floor of the kitchen for the three travel-
lers, and after everything had been ar-!
ranged for their Comfort, the boys went
up to their bed, nd the old man retired
took several pieces or raw meat. The
man examined the meat by the rays of
the moon, and moving toward the end ;
window he shoved the sash back and
threw the pieces of flesh out to the dogs.
Then he went back to his bed and laid
down.
At first the boy thought that this might
be thrown to the dogs only to attract their
attention, but when the man laid down, j cast his eyes about the room. They rest
the idea of poison flashed through Phil- j ed a moment upon the body of him who
ip's mind. He whispered his thoughts j
to his hrother. 1 he first impulse of little i
Daniel as he heard thathis poor dogs were
to be poisoned was to cry out, but a sud
den pressure from the hand of this brother
kept him silent.
At the end of the boys' bed there was
a dark window a small square door
and it was directly over the dog house.
Philip resolved to go down and save the
dogs.
The undertaking was a dangerous
one; for the least noise would arouse the
villians--the'boys felt assured they were
villains and then the consequence might
be fatal. But Philip Slater found himself
strong in heart, and he determined upon
the trial. His father's life might be in his
hands! This thought was a tower of
strength in itself.
Philip opened the window without mo
ving from his bed, and it swung, upon its
'leathern hings without noise. Then he
drew off the sheet, and tied one corner of
it to the staple by which the window was
nooked. The sheet was then lowered on
the outside, and carefully the brave boy
let himself out upon it. He enjoined his
brother not to move, and then he slid
noisely down. The hounds had just found
the meat, but thev drew back at their
young master's beck, and Philip gathered
the flash all up. He easily quieted the
faithful brutes, and then he quickly tied
the meat up in the sheet. There was a
ladder standing near the dog house, and
setting this up against the building, Phil
ip made his way back to his little loft and
when once safely there, he pulled the
sheet in after him. -
The strangers had not been aroused,
and with a beating heart the boy thanked
God. He had performed an act,simple
as it might appear, at which many stout
hearts would have quailed. The dogs
growled as they went back to their kennel,
and if the strangers heard them they
thought the poor animals were growlinc
over the repast they had found.
At length the hounds ceased their noise
and all was quiet. An hour passed away,
and so did another. It must have been
nearly midnight when the men moved
again, and then Philip saw the rays of a
candfe flash up through the cracks of the
floor on which stood his bed. He would
have moved to the crack where he could
peep down butat that moment he heard a
man upon the ladder. He uttered a quick
whisper to his brother and then lay per
fectly still. The man came to the top of
tn ladder and held his light up so he
could look upon the boys. The fellow
seemed to be satisfied that they" were as
leep, for he soon returned to the ground
floor, and then Philip crept to his crack,
He saw the men taking knives from their
pack, and he heard them whispering.
We'll kill the old man and old woman
first,' said one of them, 'and then we'll
hunt up the money. If thosehtUe brats
up there (he pointed two the scaffolding)
wake up, we can easily take care of them.
But we must kill 'em all,' said another
of the villians.
Yes,' returned the first speaker, 'but
the old ones first. If we touch the young
ones first they may make a noise and start
the old man up.'
7. 'Philip's heart beat with horror., .
' 'Down the- ladder outside! quick!'
he whispered to his brother. 'Down, and
start up the dogs! Run fox the front do,or
and throw it open -it isn't fastenedl O,
UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPT. 29, 1853.
do let the dogs into the house as quick as
you can. I'll look out for father while
you go.' N
Daniel quickly crawled out through
the little window, and Philip seized a rifle
and crept to the edge of the scaffold. Two
of the villains were just approaching the
door of his father's room. They had set
the candle down on the floor so that its
light would fall into the bed room as soon
as tho door was opened. Philip drew
the hammer of his rifle back and rested
the muzzle upon the edge of the boards.
One of the men had laid his hand upon
the wooden latch, The boy hero uttered
a single word of prayer, and then he pulled
the trigger. The villain whose hand was
upon the door uttered a sharp, quick cry,
and then fell upon the floor. The bullet
had passed through his brain.
For an instant the two remaimna: vil-
lains were confounded, but they quickly
comprehended the nature and position of
their enemy, and they sprang for the lad
der. They did not reach it, however, for
at that moment the outer door was flung
open, and the hounds four of them
sprang into the house. With a deep,
wild yell, the animals leaped upon the
villains, and they had drawn them to the
floor just as the old hunter came from his
room.
their knives, and the dos had so wound-
ed them that they were incapable of fur-
ther resistance
With much difficulty the
nimals were called off, and then the two j
men were lifted to a seat. There was no
need bf binding them, for they needed J
more some restorative agent, as the dogs
had made quick workm disabling them,
After they were looked to, the old man
had been shot, and then turned upon the j
bovs. Philin told him all that had han-
pened. It seemed some time before the
J r r
old hunter could crowd the whole teeming ,
truth through his mind; but as he gradu
ally comprehended it all; a sofl, grateful,
proud light broke over his features, and
he held liis arms out to his sons. .
'Noble, noble boys!' 'he uttered, as he
clasped them both to his bosom. 'God
bless thee for this. 0, I dreamed not
that you had such hearts! Bless thee?
bless thee!'
For a long time that old man gazed on
his boys in silence. Tears of love and
gtatitude rolled down his cheeks, and his
whole face was lighted up with most joy
ous, holy pride.
Long before day -light Philip mounted
the horse and startled off for the nearest
settlement, and early in the forenoon the
officers of justice had the two wounded
villains in charge, while the body of the
third was removed. They were recog
nized by the officers as criminals of old
notoriety, but this was their last adventure
for the justice they had so long outraged
fell upon them and stopped them in their
career.
Should auy of our readers chance to
pass down the Ohio river, I beg they will
take notice of a large white mansion that
stands upon the southern bank, with a wide
forest park in front of it, and situated some
eiyht miles west of Owensboro'. ' Ask
your steamboat captain who lives there,
and he will tell you 'Philip Slater and
Brothers, retired flour merchants.' They
were the Boy Heroes of whom I have
been writing.
THE SHINING EYES.
The first meeting of Daniel Boone, the
"hunter oi Kentucky," with the maiden
who afterwards became his wife, is thus
narrated by his biographer:
Young Boone was one night engaged
in a fire hunt with a young friend. Their
course led them to the deeply timbered
bottom which skirted the stream that
wound round Bryan's pleasant plantation.
The reader may have an idea what sort
of a pursuit it was that young Boone was
engaged in, during an event so decisive of
his future fortunes, we present a brie
sketch of a night fire hunt.
Two persons are indispensible to it.
The horseman that precedes, bears on his
shoulder what is called a fire pan, full of
blazing pine knots, which cast a bright,
flickering glare through the forest. The
second follows, at some distance, with his
rifle prepared for action. No spectacle is
more impressive than this, of pairs of hun
ters thus kindling the forest into a glare.
The deer reposing quietly in his thicket, is
awakened by the approaching cavalcadej
and instead of flying from the portentous
brilliance, remains stupidly gazing upon
it, as if charmed to the spot. The animal
is betrayed to its doom by the gleaming
of its fixed and innocent eyes. This cru
el mode of securing a fatal shot, is Jailed
in hunter's phrase shining tlie eyes.
The two young men reached the corner
of the farmer's field at an early hour in
the evening.---Young Boone gave the cus
teaitCry signal to his mounted companion
that preceded him to stop an indication
that he shined the eyes of a deer.. Boone
dismountd and fastened his horse to a tree
Ascertaining that his rifle was in good or
der, he advanced cautiously behind a cov'
ert of bushes, to rest the right distance
for a shot.
The deer is remarkable for the beauty
of its eyes when thus, shined. The mild
brilliancy of the two orbs wa3 distinctly
visible. Whctherwarnedby presentment
or arrested by a palpitation and strange
feeling within, at noting a new expression
by the blue and deAvy light gleamed in his
eyes, we say not. But the unerring rifle
fell, and a rustling told him that the game
had fled.
Something whispered him that it was
not a deer; and yet the fleet step, as the
game bounded away, might easily be mis
taken for that of the lighted animal.
A second thought impelled him to pursue
the rapidly retreating game, and he
sprang away in the direction of the sound
leaving his companion to occupy himself
as he might. The fr.W-re had the advan
tage of a considerable advance of him,
and apparently a better knowledge of the
location of place. But the hunter was
perfect in all his field exercises, and scarce
ly less fleet-footed than a deer, and he
gained rapidly on the object of his pur
suit, which, advanced a little distance par
allel, with the utmost accomplishments of
gymnastics, clearing the fence at a leap.
The hunter, embarrassed with his rifle
and various accoutrements, was driven to
first shined those liquid blue eyes
The dogs opened on him as he ap
proached the houze, and advertised the
master of the house that a stranger was
approaching. Having hushed the dogs,
and learned the name of his visitant, he
introduced him to the family as the son of
their neighbor Boone
Scarce had the first words of introduc
tion been uttered, before the opposite door
opened, and a boy apparently of seven,
and r'girl of sixteen, rushed in panting for
WafTi nnrl smmo- nfTWo'nfnnPfl
" u.v-v.
'Sister went down to the river, a panther
chased her, and she is almost scared to ;
death,' exclaimed the boy.
The ruddy flaxen haired girl stood full
in view of her terrible pursuer leaning up
on his rifle, and surveying her with the
most eager admiration. , .
'Rebecca, this young Mr. Boone, son
of our neighbor,' was the t laconic intro
duction. Both were young, beautiful, and at that
period when the affections exercise the
most energetic influence. ;
The circumstances of the introduction
were favorable to the result, and the
young man felt that the eyes had shined
his bosom as fatally as his rifle shot had
ov er the innocent deer of the thickets.
She, too, Avhe.n she saw the light, open,
bold forehead, the clear, keen, yet gentle,
affectionate eye, the firm front, and the
impress of decision and fearlessness of the
hunter; when she interpreted a look which
said as distinctly as looks could say it,
'how terrible it would have been to have
fired!' can hardly be supposed to have
regarded him with indifference.
Can it be wondered at that she saw in
him her beau ideal of excellence. The in
habitants of cities, who lived in mansions
and read novels stored with unreal pic
tures of life and the.heart, are apt to im
agine that love, with all its golden illusions
is reserved exclusively for them. - It was
a most egregious mistake. A model of
ideal beauty and perfection is woven in
almost every youth's heart,of thebrightest
and most briliant threads that compose the
web of existence. It may be said that
this forest maiden was deeply and foolish
ly smitten at the first sight. All reason
able time and space were granted to the
claims of maiden modesty. .
As for Boone; he was remarkable for
the baclj woods attribute of never being
beaten ouLof his tracks and liftceasprl not
to woo until he gained the heart of Re
becca Bryant. In a word, he courted her
successfully and they were married.
Wonderful Parturition. The Mis
sissippi Times, (Holly Springs,) of the
first September, comes to us with the fol
lowing announcement:
Seven Children at One Birth Mississip
pi against the World! The most aston
ishing parturition recorded in the annals
of the human race, we are informed, oc
curred last week in the vicinity of Salem.
Tippah county, in this State. Our infor
mation is from a gentleman of veracity,
who states that a lady of that neighbor
hood has just become the mother of seven
children atone birth!
Was there ever a woman in the world
that beatfthis? Is there a woman living
that can beat it?
An Important Land Office Ques
tion Settled. We hear that the Secre
tary of the Interior Department has very
recently render his desision upon theap
peal to his judgment from the Land Office
Commissioner's adverse ruling, in the case
of the Camanche claim to certain veryval
uable lands near St. louis. The decission
comfirms that of the Commissioner.
Many women are loved without knowing
it, and many think they are loved when
they are not. They generalty find out their
mistake after marriage. . . .
A COLUMN OF FUN.
BY SHEARS, JR.
Marriage Licenses. A fellow went
into a Squires's office" up in Norwalk not
long since, and said, "Squire I swear !
want an order for a woman!" lie was
of course served "with a marriage license.
Speaking of licenses, reminds us of an
other incident which occurred not a great
way from the same place A long and
lean Yankee came into the office one day
and asked for a marriage license. It was
accordingly drawn up. Zeb, (so we call
the Yankee,) gave in his name, but on be
ing asked for the name of the lady, re
plied: " There, now, Squire guess you've kin
der got me."
"How so sir?"
" Why, d'ye see, up to where I lived I
have been courting two gals; one 'em is
poor and the other rich. Now, Squire,
darned if I liketu tell about it, but I will,
by golly. You see I like both gals all
fired well, but somehow 'nuther I like the
poor one best. My folks think tother
way, darn 'em. So I calkelate I'm in a
quand'ry, ain't I, Squire?"
" Rather, sir. What do you propose to
do?"
" Golly, Squire, I've got it. You jest
leave that ar place for the gal's name,
blank. I'll go to hum, put on my Sunday
go to meetin' clothes, go and call on both
of them critters, and which ever one I !
like best then why, darn ye, fcquire, he!
he! don't you see! I'll justput her name
in the blank, the darlin' gal!"
- " No, no, sir!
the law,"
That is not allowed by j
"Neow du, Squire; du. I'll act honest,
I swear."
But our legal friend was inexorable.
He explained to Zeb that no such arrange
ment could be made without breaking the
laws. The Yankee coaxed, Pegged, pray
ed, entreated, but all in vain. At last he
gave over, and seating himself was ab
sorbed in silent meditation. In ten or
twelve minutes he got up.
" Squire," he said, my mind's made up.
If I can't have that ere place left blank I
'spose choosing one or tother's the game. that gushes forth upon the devoted au
Jeminy, but it's hard to give up that poor ! diencc. Imagine Trinity Church organ,
gal, but our folks don't likelier, so jest
putthe rich gal's name down Utere golly, !
I'm a married man."
This was accordinvlv don
r.na
dZeb
walked away slowly and half
lj to-.
wards his home. This is all true Aader.
Extravagance. A full grown buck-
eye in rather an oblivious and "bamy"
state, tumbled into a stage coach one brifi-ht"
morn, beside a traveler who was in pursuit
of knowledge, certainly at thst time "un
der difficulties." After the ribbons had
been picked ups and the horses received
notice to start, the traveler remarked that
Ohio was a fine country.
"T hie an'tnothingelse!" hic-cou-h-ed
the Buckeye.
" What is the staple production, sir?"
" Co-or-on."
" You must raise a large quantity.
What is done with it?"
" W-h hic-why, a great deal is used up
in wh-hic-isky, and some they waste in
making breudf
Anecdote of a Widower. A minis
ter who had lost his wife and had become
wearied of his second edition of the sin
gle state, was once instructing a congre
gation from the passage. "" Use this
world as not abusing it," &c. In the
course of his remarks he took occasion" to
mention some things which" a Christian
could dispense within this world. In the
category he placed a wife. He had, how
ever, scarcely said, " A man may do
without a wife," when his own experience
stoutly .protested, and he finished this
branch of. the subject by saying in the
simplicity of his heart, "but my brethren,
it's mighty hard!"
Apropos of "Bores:" they are of
a good many kinds, and very long winded
preachers may certainly be counted among
them A good story is told of a certain
preacher in a Western State, who was
wont to indulg in unconscionable long ser
mons, and who once exenanged with a
brother who always delivered short ones,
and always very good ones, also. At the
usual hour for closing the services, the
people became uneasy, and being inspired
with the love of warm dinners rather than
long sermons, went out one by one, till
the preacher was left with the sexton.
Still he continued to " blaze away," till
that functionary, seeing no prospect of a
close, walking deliberately up to the pulpit
stairs, and handinghim the key, requested
him to lock up when he got thrcvh, and
leave the key at his house as he went
along.
i5TThe Proprietors of a town site in
Wisconsin advertises his lo'.s for sale on
this wise:
" The town of -and surrounding
country is the most beautiful the God of
nature ever made. The scenery is celes
tial divine; also two wagons to sell and a
yoke of steers."
ifSFAbby Kelly, in one of her lec
tures, expressed strong faith in Providence
ultimately coming to the aid of the'wo
men, in their attempt to gain their rights.
' All things are possible with God," ex-
Maimed the pious Abby. v
"Divil the bit!" responded an Irish list
ner in a dark corner. " lit
make a man of yees"
nut al fe to
The Women Movement A Highly " Col
ored" Speech.
At the " Wvmans Biglds Convention"
in New York, where all shades and hues
of character and skins were mixed up, 'and"'
where so much of the scandalous was ac
ted on the most notable speech was made
by a colored woman. The report gives us
the particulars. Sojourner is evidently
" one of 'em!"
"Sojourner Truth, a negro woman ask
ed permission to speak in the afternoon,
which was granted by the chair. Yells
and hooting from the gallery.
- The meeting was declared adjourned to
three o'clok.
Cries of " We'll be here to hear Sojour
cr Hurrah!"
In the r.fternoon, the President ascen
ded the platform, and with commen
dable composure took her seat. She
was soon followed by Miss Lucy, in pants,
and .ias or Mrs. Sojourner Truth, a col
ored lady of some sixty winters, in a wo
man's blue gown and black pinafore. " A
white cotton 'kerchief was bound around
her sable brows, and in the immensity of
its folds her phrenological developements
were concealed, and her hair retained in
proper position.
The President then announced to the
audience that Miss or Mrs. Sojourner
Truth arose, and so did a perfect storm of
applause, hisses, groans, and undignified
ejaculations. One young lad, with red J
hair, whose education had evidently been
greviously neglected, insinuated that the
colored lady was not then acting in her ac
customed spheie, by calling for "an oyster
stew with plenty of crackers." Another
young rascal, witn a curty smrt ana lace,
said he would take " half a dozen one half
shell." Another scape-grace called vo
ciferously for a " six-penny plate of clam
soup."
Notwithstanding these unmannerly, un
handsome and ill-timed calls for bivalves,
Sojourner Truth came forward to the desk,
rolled up her eye-balls in scorn, frowned
indignantly, and raised her hand and voice
in wrath. She spoke. Ye who have not
heard the roar of the cataract can form
but a meagre idea bf the volume of sound
forgetful for a time'of its sacred duties with
its Tow bass and trumpet-stops pulled out,
all the keys down, and two men and a boy
working for dear life at the bellows, and
you have a gentle specimen of the angry
voice of Sojourner Truth.
ffije said: " It is good "for me to come
forth for to see what kind of spirit you are
made of. . I see some of you have got the
spirit of the goose, and a good many of
you have got the spirit of snakes. Great
applause, and cries of 'go on,' ' that's the
style,' ' show your pluck,' 'give it to.them, '
during which that young scapegrace in
the gallery called for a ' small fry,' I
feel at home here. A venerable old gen
tleman, occupying a front seat, said, 'so
you ought, '11 was born in this State,
I 've been aslave in this State, and now
I'm a good citizen of this State. Vocif
erous demonstrations of applause. I
was born here, and I can tell you I feel to
home here. Queer man under the gal
lery, 'that's right; make yourself at home;
you're welcome; take a chair. I've been
looking round and watching things, and I
know a little might 'bout Woman's Rights,
too. Applause, and cries of 'go it lively;
you'll have a fair show.' I know it feels
funny, kinder funny and tickling, to see a
colored woman get up and tell you about
things and Woman's Rights, when we've
all been trampled down so't nobody
thought we'd ever git up agin. But we
have come up, and I'm here; There was
a king, in old times, in the Scripters, that j
said he'd give away half of his kingdom,
and hang somebody as high as Haman.
Now he was more liberaler than the pres
ent king of the United States, 'cause he
wouldn't do that for the women Roars
of laughter, on the conclusion of which a
middle-aged gentleman, with a florid coun
tenance, short hair and old fashioned shirt
collar ventured to correct the lady as to
the title of our Chief Magistrate, but the
lady would not change the name, and con
tinued. But we don't want him to kill
the men, nor we don't want half of his
kingdom; we only want half of our rights,
and we don't get them, neither But we'll
have them, see 'f we don't; and you can't
stop us, neither; see 'f you can. Ap
plause, and some hissing.
Oh," you may hiss as much as you
please, like any other lot of geese, but you
can't stop it; its bound to come. That
young rascal, with the dirty shirt and face
"Harry up that stew; it's biiing.'.
You see the women don't get half as much
rights as they ought to get. We want
more and will have it. Loud laughter.
Then you see the Bible says, sons and
daughters ought to behave themselves be
fore their mothers; but they don't; I'm
watching, and I can see them a snicker
ing, and pinting, and laughing at their
mothers up here on the stage. , PThat
young scape-grace again "My. mother
ain't up there, and I don't believe any
body's mother is." Applause. The
ought to be ashamed. They ought to
know better,. an' if they'd been brought
up proper they wuld. Queer man un
der the gallery " They ought to be
spanked." lfoars of laughter. Women's
snhere ouTht-' to rise rise
as
high
as
hangs Hainan, an 1 spread out all over.
Great applause,' and that queer man un
ider the gallery insinuated that might be
WHOLE NO.- '405.
done hy the least possible extension oi
their - bustles. I'm . round watching
things, and I wanted to come up and- say
these few things to you, and I'm much?
obliged for your listening. I wanted to ,
tell you a little mite about woman's righU
and sol come out and said so. : I'll be"
around again some time. " I'm watchful
things, and I'll get up agin,- an' tell you
what time o' night it is. Great applause. '
And, with another request from the young'
rascal to "hurry up the stews andthings
the lady took a seat on the step which led
to the platform. r
The Austrian Protest.
It seems that the Austrian Government
has made a formal protest against the con
duct of Capt. Ingraham, the spirited
American commander who afforded the
protection of our flag to a semi-citizen of
this country, who had been kidnapped by
the Austrian authorities upon Turkish '
territory, and have sent a copy to all the
different Courts in Europe. The ground
of the protest is that Capt. Ingrham broke
the international law, as laid down by
Vattel and other jurists who have written
upon that subject. The impudenceof this
protest is not a little remarkable, when it
is considered that Austria, in the first place,
violated every principle of the law of na
tions in seizing Kossta when he was in the'
Turkish territory, that even admitting
Capt. Ingraham not to have' acted strict
ly according to the principles of interna-'
tional law, she was primarily in fault, and "
that the outrage she committed justified
the prompt interference of Capt. Ingra
ham, and completely palliated his con--duct
in preventing a great wrong from bet
ing successfully consumated.
Austria appeals to the law of nations (of
redress against the United States in the
Smyrna affair, because her governmentap'
agents were not ed, by those belong
ing to this couniry, to successfully kidnap
an American citizen upon the territory of
a State not subject to her jurisdiction; a
most foul and atrocious act, that was not
only in disregard of every principle of in
ternational law and comity known to reg-;
ular governments, but which, under tho
circumstances, has as illegal and unjusti
fiable as if it had been committed by a
band of brigands or outlawed pirates. It
was a duty, that Capt. Ingraham owed to'
humanity and justice, as well as his coun
try, whose flag he had in custody ,P"and
which he was bound to protect frof"1dis
honor, to see to it that the AustriaJbffi--cials
who had served the Hungarian fugt
tive in that unauthorized manner were not
successful in carrying out their nefarious
purpose, if he had force enough to pre
vent it; and his interference in the matter
was to prevent the law of nations from be
ing violated, and properly comes under
that category. " .' .
As well might a robber complain of an
honest citizen for a breach of the peace for
knocking him down when he was going off
with his booty, as Austria find fault "with .
the .United States for preventing her au
thorities from succeeding in a scheme,' of
kidnapping, accompanied with a most fla
grant violation of the territory of a heigh- '
boring power and her appeal to the strict
principles of international law, as condem
natory of the conduct of Capt. Ingraham,
when they apply with so much force andt -
severity to her own officers, is certainly
one of the most remarkable instances 'of
diplomatic . impudence that can be. found
in the annals bf history. This Austriaa
protest, however, is a very small affair.
and we do not imagine it will give the Cab-
inet at Washington much concern, of that
any importance will be attached to it even
in European diplomatic circles, to whom .. .
all the facts attending the Smyrna, caser
cannot but be well known. Cin. Eng. : r .
The Story Told. ; " sa
llow many have wondered that so great.
popu lar, wealthy, and elegant a gentleman
asJas. Buchanan, now our Minister to "v
England, should have lived so long in
' single blessedness." The story is told -tlie
mystery is explained, a corres-'-
pohdent of the New Haven Palladiwiii " ,
writing from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, V
briefly recordsthe reason: "Ashortdis-1 '
tance from this city is the country rest- " '
dence of Hon. James Buchanan, Amfri-
can Ambassador to the Court of St James . .
Its general appearance at once, indicates. -
that no fair hand is there to train the creep- -ing
vines or budding roses to their befit. "'
tin? nlaces as you are n-erar'fkf.-fki--r:'V -ii.; m.
honorable gentleman still remains insin 4
gle blessedness ! The story islmeflr toldV ' v :
Paying his addresses to a youngand beat " '
tiful lady of this city, each became'deepl ' ,
ij euaiuureu, ana iney were- engageo.
On a given evening sherequested hiscom- '
pany to a party at a friend's, .hich be'de , , ' .
declined on a pleaj 6f business,, engage-
ments. Circumstances rendering it nec; - .
essary, he, late in the evening, gallanted."'.
a young lady to her home, and on the way..v - ,- 'f
they met. Mortified and chagrined it-
what she deemed unfaithfulness and de
sertion, and imagining the worst, she left'.
the city early in the morning and returned
a corpse. Such is the sad story of his'
early love, nor qan the high, places of -dis-"
unction and trust make him forget, nor tha
wreaths of honor that encircle his brow ,
bury the memory of the early loved Vnd&
lost!" . l
There is nothing like, couragoan mlsfbr-"
tune ; next to faith in God, and in His over
ruling Providence, a man's faith in himself
is his salvation- . 1 "
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