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An Independent Family Newspaper, devoted to Politics, Literature, and . Our motto ?Truth without Fear.
VOL. 2, NO.~24 BEAUFORT S. C? THURSDAY, MARCH~T71*72. "
gcaufort County Republican
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1872. |
A CARD FROM COL. C. W. DUDLEY. j
Messrs Editors:? Y<>u m intake. me
entirely in your remarks at. the h^ad of
an extract from the Malboro' Times,
wherein you se^ra to assign as a easoti
for my warring with the It publican party
in this State no longer that it is' the
strongest party." So far as this is calcu- j
lated to produce the impression that my
course in the future will be influenced in .
the slightest degree, I beg to he allowed
to disclaim, and in order to pnt nnself
right with those who have r?ad t.he brief
sketch of ray remark* in the public meet- !
iog at BennettsviHe. on the 19 h ultimo
respectfully ask the use of y.ur co'umns
to set forth the true reasons which caused
those remarks to be made. I Rhail he j
happy if ray fellow cit;zens w?U f? el the
force of them and one and all determine
to unite with me in an honest endeavor to
do something for our uehappv Srate in
the only practicable manner which re
mains at our disposal.
* Adversity has been teaching its cruel
lesson since the sutrend^r at Appomattox,
in vain. Had tho?e who have influenced j
public opinion in this State fu'lv realiz d |
the situation, the i>eople woii'd have been
spared the tortnrs ihev have since in- ,
curred. it would have 1 een sheer mercy
to have toldth? ni plainly that from the
time of the, surrender ad? f-*atMl puople
had no right to mew terms me w re
compelled to accept such as were made*
the conditions of p^-ace. and accept. ?hem
in honest hearts, intending to observe
them in letter and in spirit. It. mu*t he
admitted that our conquerors were generous?not
a shout from a victorious soldier
insulted the misfortunes of a brave bu*
unfortunate army end when the din of
war was over, these conquerors liberally ;
contributed from their ovn private re
sources, to furnish the Southern people j
with food mcessary tasudain the lives of
tbems. lv< s and their famishing f?nrlie*.
L -njnage is too p ?nr to com mend such
magnanimity in suitable terms but i< did
not evok" that spirit of loudness which
ought. to have b -en the natural ?< quince.
Human nature coii'd n ?t Ktmnres* in the
puh'i heart, the hiuermss of d"f?at and
it exhibited itself too plainly toestabish
that, confidence in the Xorthern moid
which was n< C-'SSSrv to a reconstruction
that wouM have b >en accepted at the
S?u'h Wh n tlcir rnis?'onari-s w?m
sent to instruct the col .red people they ;
wtre calbd 4'school nurm* " and were
treated with scorn and contempt, as
aiders and abetters of negro ?quality
when in fact their mission was not only
hemic in i?? nature. hut ?Ks ?1 u? -1 v n*c- s
sarv to promote the peac and harmony
of the new element introduced inio politi- j
ca1 ljTe and wh 'S" mind-* had to In* trained
to make them useful. or even tolerable, iu
th> ir n^w relations to the ? h?t# 8
Mit?i?t. ra of the eoso. 1 fa ed noh?tter
and Ndlhern yenitenvn vi?ititi<;1 h-- >n'h
with the view of ?'??n<*ii'tini? i*? >idv ?nt tvreg
for locations* hu???n s* s?w to ? (dandy
tliat. fhev w- re only etidur d aod that
mal cordiality was out of t.h?> q j. a'i >ii
The wives of th >?e who hud followed th- ir
husbands h?T?'were Rhut un in the mid
prisons of iheir own solitary d ltings
and scarcely a frhnd't hand wi. h hi out ;
to th?m. inviting fh-m to th.- cl? erfu1
h- siutaliti. s of a >5 u*hi-rn fir sale
Xow all th?? c "I'd bip htd t ? 'h-- |>1 in
conduftiou that a d? ?t lv-ro-? . d tepidity
lutd yet to he overcome hef-r. a pr <p f
national feeling c-u'd be i<s" -r- th tie
t he ions in 180- demonstrat. d ?h?t mi h .
tary jjenmaN. who hid been con?i?ieu uin
the armv fi-?hritit; against tte U-oon,
std' t-he choice o*' If p ?ple tor.pi.s.m
yet longer the vitality of the apiui of irbeliton.
Now. thi"?e thing* art m?l\ ri:'? r ?t *
as historic biota ar.d not Aim ?ti vt. w ?* ;
>nr>ii-hiiij hNuit- in ih. n<in ti. ,in t-?r
beiii* governed hi it* o*n m-' nc?-. |i
w s 1)U' prttu. il *ill? I. ?-' ??? s ?i???u <1
tXiS'eil, ai)<i il in *?uI utiiirii i.n.t i*u-v ;
t^h*ill ?) IllVi* |ir< d'l ?I II:- r .? v-,-1ton llil..
UIll- "8 ih-M- \\"? ll <1 tun* M"i plib'ii- |I umd
iu S 'U b (J una e u <i ?' p ?- <1
from tn? ir p oiiiiins of ,?u imnr, i. <. r
was uo hop-, or thil r?-uu' n of ?li
States, s ? nee- 8>-*r\ ?or rh; Ml' ?f the ut
tiou. iieiioe th? XIV A>ii ii<i i?111 io ihr
Coiik ituiion -vas Wi-vi- o, - !ia rhi^ob
ji*ct brills; i if ?a*d. no vio . c w <iiW| hidone
to the use o* lb? t It-riiv fr no U?\
as it h-td pr-\i-?UNi> . x'sied Hir ifus
reaiK nai'd pro,ion ti ??i w i* r- j e <i >?) a
vote lb at was unauiui'-u> si v. .-u- s -I'l t
ry hiave v iu*. that dtnd xp s mc If in
puhuc odium for ill* welfareoi ih-Stm?
Kec instruction ih iih.nl l- he elf end
io Soin?- other wi\, and -s I lore ahu u
element iu the popu'a1 lo.i thai wou d imi
h' siia'e to aeo? pt thr terms |?* ?p ? d '?>
C ihe ij? uro was ca 1 d lti hs H??*
last resort, and by bis v??l? S .uih Caroli?
bh was ouce more introduc.-d imo the
family of S>at?-s. ! ihero aie any wh j
date the r misfortunes ?ro u ibis iv nt,
they will uoi tail loseethat it was nrom-ht
atM.ut by ih? t-ou'S'l of l? ad< rn ?*h mi
they ha<' so l?0ir and s ? taially oil ?w? d
The elfort si nee th-n ha* he? n to regain
the lost yr?uid. The s>ru^il s have;
beeu ti rce. and d ?'eal has om uou-dy i
? hovertd over ill m all. L'mil the el?c ;
& tiuUH of 1S70 i he the public mind did not
|; despair of attaining some form of governV
ni' Dt which w nild restore the white man
RF t-> his supremacy. Bo' it was Hin dis
covered ttiat it was in vain toexp?ct any
co-operation from the colored v ?ie without
a full aud honest c meession of al>
their rights under the reconstruction
laws. and. for the ftrst time since the war,
jr the vote of the whit* people was east in
Y favor of the terms prop, u-d by Con^nss.
The platform o* the Reform party was all
that auy honest Republican should a?k. i
for it was identical with their own. But'
*y.'\ . .
the colored people were easily persuaded j c
by artful iutiigUeis that the whites should ; I
not be trusted, ?Dd the olive branch held ?
out to them was rudely rejected. They 1
were made to doubt the sincerity of their 1 *
former owners, aud cast an individual i
vote agaiust them. Had ih-y known the
real facts of the case they would hare f
dime othei wine, tor by this time all reflect- <
ing rnen had despaired of raising them- '
Stives by I in'Democratic rope auy longer, '
and with muscl-s psral>z*d by continual I
leimion, had concluded to let it go. aud ?
unite honestly with all those of every i
party who had the real welfare of the t
State at heart, in puii'yiug the abus s of 1
the Government. I
Siuce theu,the Tax-payers' Convention
has been held, and the people were great- <
Jy encouraged to believe that mu-h go.id 1
wou'd be the result. Miuoriiy repnsen- '
ia i??u seem d to have been secun d, and
ilie .State had a cheering prospect of relict '
from that m asm e alone. But the illusion J
has been dispelled aud the people uow 1
fi id thems Ives absolutely without auy ]
hot?e of r< f.?rm, l?y auy measures t? be i
tak. ti in tbe hue of operations hitherto I
pu sued j <
The real difficulty is, that the vote ol I
the colored people has in every instance ! t
b- eu given agaiust us. The reason of this t
s, that the white peop'e have refused to I
attend their meetings, or show any syra- f
paihy for them in the only way 'hat could I
reach their ^luderstaiidings. They hive I
heard no voice of friend y counsel from
thus - who have asked ih- ir confidence. '
No one has mingled with tin m. exo-pt
strangers, who were ostensibly defending
thr-tr rights since tbe war, which they
pretended they had fought for whil>t it
was pending. Will any one he surprised
now that the colored people, under such
circumstaue? 8. would be tore rt to tru^L ,
these strangers. wb? had aided to give
them their lights, in jmft rence to th- ir !
hornet iuasfeis from whom tfi"Se rights
had been taken? They w? re obliged. for
obvious leas ma to lean upon <m? <?r the
other?and much as thy might pref.r
their former owners, they dartd not trust
theui when th*y ept them?*Ives cutirely
alo<if from ih?ir public me* tings and
thereby shoved signs oT d ssal'sfaction
w th th- lib.-rty they were enj ying asfne
and iiidependt ut Vuiz us or a common
count rv.
Tney had h< ard much stid against <he
Republican p*ri\, to which they all belonged
very f? w of tin tn united with it?
hut t'? all ihog- who did thee ?lofed people
have tl " k d as to friends and de ivt re?s,
and have surrendered th? ii rights tothtir
k epiog wi hout tn - slight- st, h situ i .
They were sure that those who had t.!iuidentified
theni-elv.-? with the pi rty c uld
b tni-l'd. and they cannot und*rstand
how their form* r nns'-r* can bern'ly
fri< ml I v t-> the n- w r> la ions b twc? it ill m
so long as they detioonce ihat party which
gives 1 belli pr. Cliotl
II .-re th.-n ties the real uity?""'tv '
thousand ui>tj ?r:tv ?? c >r ?J r* ask <1 ;
I r rv |.r ?of r.n tr. ran -?a?ist\ h m of j
the cordial n*e Hjeili tl'^u ?? inei t ?nu< r
own. rs ioth:s new e >niii'i<m <? things, j
thev wid (li ^aies ??f the fmf
w tliii) which ih-y 4i"K entrench <1, and j
mini th? ir IdH't-tick t> th'wc, from wh.uu j
III*y h?ve been wrested. When l.he prol?'?
??f S'Mi'h Caioiina btiMnn ful'y sans
tied to m ike this pio-if, llrti. and dvu
uly. will he v-?te of the ooored j e pe V ;
hi ih. ir rii-poMil.
F ?r one. 1 iiii wil du-f to s I'iw^v th-ni ??f ;
ii\ sincerity in any wax 1 ?i? \ pop-.s- It |
I in d i s ? nv 'inn. line iv 'i i h. mi hi i h. ir j
,-u -I e mih.-i d s hioI off ri ? > mi > r uii- I 1
hi in i\ in* in my .?.?tver or i?y .r in sim<>
thrin thai 1 il .mo % titi-i pnl? ir? j
longer, h.tl Vote x - I <h o ??r 1 ;i *p r
I en H"l| ill* HMI'i J* 1' I US '?* ill s (VI(i
oil IU\ tIH' I- 1 am viPine I oink It or
t'lr ,# !( . I 81 H 'I' ;i 111 I y of ||iV*Me l,l<? f||
H' Hi ivnli -III itifi j-ilM*. H I-t? virV s iihv i
I) ||>rk|'|lli it -II |Hl.It'll t'SU ' I 11 * I A I i I ,
r. -en - >U' ru in it M i'< * -?i? oi miim'ii'I |
11 e 11 >iii* tot M s?? ? E ii o s Ii -iU>H
i' 4lh? ft |ok||^. ?>l oa t " HN VMM e
III uk' Ill'efM 8. nil to I II Jy. hip III the
hop 1 hat a i e v iiii. ;i i ev 'tui*
s v <1 up -ii iiirhi -to in .r< w.i it it).in itv
n.mix oii'i rtu 'adores o a l it' m,)" on
m?\ <?ilv r ua*'*
\\ t?ao V r ilia\ ?? sold of i t ]{ .tih i
cm 5 a" v t>\ r? H%oii of 'h hi ? r<h i> ss
0 s ni nt ii> iiimi Uik if im i" v*'fIn
't- H' Hi Shap-lfO Mn ??u >'m* p Ii?->
it tiit-M LT??i.?i *?tat.s And it hi filing;
tl'Mli I'lt! V"ll<ld* tif So.llt- of H* 111- illbnTK ]
K i- ho.i'iit (1 bv Mi us im'ii of n,i'iit'\ tru h
all <W'iii-tinl for H Mm* iri of mankind
in all Mm t? T?i?* South na? uo j
ihma to n-^r bom it a* a patu ju*t s 1
1 ?l|o ai 11 ipV.s ? V?deuet* o' <1 wi l uj f.?
op ra i"U wi santHiirtis* loo p ineipl. s up
hi wliit ii ilia* puiy is biu -il But'o niv j
mill Mia^ eo-oooraii ?u ?s inilintensub1 . '
and i? ?s?mi y n- c ?sa y *?>* mm* p--?|?i. lode- i
lei inn e 'i ov uiu -ii hi i e ' h.y wi 1 -uttVr hi
alloAiuu ito foiorni pio]i|- auit ?luir par
1\ to on ad i lii*?r li*?^tilit \ I) ?or?* t ey
Ai l timl ) foiiS' iit toj mi wi Ii uh- in the
d clar.-iiiou thai we * i'l oj.p?!-e ih il party
no long' r bill wi'l eusttiu) ii h reafier ;
id supporting h I th-ir good uifii and
tin isiirts. U wdl not do io n sol\v upon
ibis in sterol. AN'hat is want* d h an op> n
txp ession and an boiienl intention to eon- j
." in t.i it I w .iiiit wt-11 f ir s in1 h
Carolina it every canity in he S' ate would
furnish its ist o? wnt'en p'edg- s *o that j
it muht be known throughout 'It- N >rih
that an armed soldiery wis 110 longer
ueed?d here, against a d- fuuc? d-moeracv. !
There are those of our friends and fela- j
tives, now pining in Northern p>i?ong,
who w nild f?el the b< u? lit of this Appo [
nia'i'ix s irreiyder in an ex-c >tiv*- clem j
eiiev. whe n no threats or vi ?lenc will j
ever extort. If (Jen- ral Grant is a nn re j
man. he has had enough of vituperation i
from the press of th'8 State to cause him
to fear the spirit of rebellion yet existing,
and to view the white people of Snuth
Carolina as a c ?rapact mass of hitter, p >
liiical, and p rsoual ent mits. How then
could it bo expected tbttt their very worst
jonditiou could ever excite his sympathy?
[Juforiuoaiely we have furnished bim
witb no reasous, but to deal with us as
us deadly foes. and to see the best intersts
of his administration to consist, if
leed b \ in our utt?T extenniuation.
Having accomplished nothing hereto I
ore in the way of reform, by holding oft*
Tom the it -publican party aud a'm-dug it j
without m rcy, it is time, to consider j
whether a hue of polie?, which has not
Drought hu) thing but defeat, t-hould not
it once be abandoned-, aud even at this
j>'ry late day we should uot consent to
i'-eepi ihe terms, in their broadest ex
:eni, which a disastrous victory in the
jattle-ti.-lcl has imp-'S-d.
I frar, Mssrs. Editors, that I have
irawn too largely uuou your courts sv, in
:his leugfhy statement of the r? as >n8
(vho-h induced me to ptni.-ipiie with ihe
It puolicaus in their Oonveniion at Ben- j
ciettsvith- on the 19th ult You have a
right to conclude that they are of no public
concern whatever?yet with myself,
personally, it is tar otherwise. I owe too
much to the people of S' uth Carolina to
hazard the cons queue s of being misunr*
^ i. 1. ! L !
leratood as to tile mow** or a st-ep wuicu
has received euch au extended public no
tier. I do uot fear they will misunderitaud
me now. nor that the r arms which
have influenced my own course iu this rejard,
will tail t<r receive that consideration
in other minds to which ihey may be
fairly entitled.
1 have the honor to he. very respectfully,
your obedient servant
C W DUDLF.Y.
Beunettsvillj, S- C F hruarv 20 18"'2.
? Charleston Courier.
J. APPLE |
I > E G S TO ANXOUXCE THAT HE
s constantly receiving tlie finest and host stock of
DIIY AND FANCY GOODS,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
and CLOTHING
ever offered in this market. Also a fine assortment of
K"<1 Gloves. May.6-1 y.
PAUL BRODIE,
ARCIIITEO T .
BEAUFORT, S. C.
I>r iwln of pr*panii f ?r Pa'-nt Offic\ St'rli^
|".?r ?]> fial j?url???s>.>s, mud at sh ?rt no'.i.v. Ilox :>], P. O
I). < .!.ly.
PORT ROYAL SAW MILL,
isEM'Foirr. s.
>. C. WILSON '& CO.
MaNITA' Tl ltr.KS OK AMI Deai.kks in
YELLOW PINY AND CYPB333;
A MMUl AN'2? II XGi ES.
SuiHers an.. Contractors,
>i:in:n< run ash timiikh i;y tup
CARCO Pi'JiMI'TI. ) ril.Llll).
TERMS CASH.
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DRV <;<)<>l>v
( J 01 IJIVG
ii \ rs arni r a p?it
<iROCEKIE>
HARDWARE.
C'U FLERY,
CROCKERY
10'.J AC '()
CON FE TIOXERIES
TINWARE &< .. &c.
ill I ? s'<?iv ??f
F W. SCHEPER,
BAY STB BET,
HEAD 0? NO. 2. BOOK,
whirh ht* vVlll s< 11 lower than any other
store iu
T3 B A. UPORT.
j*n:4 1y.
m a w A t
J. A. Hi MM u ru .
Ih > | r iii
F!!I>!! VK\r*. VrOKT'.ni.K^
P'tl'irs I? K, Ar..
Which will ?>< fu n'-luil Iii niiv 4|u:mtfty.
Dec. 1,
j. e. McGregor.
House, Sign and Carriage
..- jk " ss
Gliiz:n? and Paper flarmin^ prompt 1>
attended to.
Olfi'ie corner of C and Seventh street,
BEAU FOR r. S. C.
EDGAR G. XICIIOLS,
Surveyor.
UlUCUIfTSM W ^ I IVII, K\(ilNKBR,
DErUTY TO THE SURVEYOR OENE ^AL.
Offlee at Dr. NTcboIb' Drug Store, corner Sth mil
B Mi, Beaufon? 9. Q, 4ec.U-ly.
Travelers' Sketches.
From Palenjne to Peten.
Some rear* ago, M. Arthur Morelet, a
French gentleman of extensive scientific
acquirements, made up his mind to ex*
plore one of the most seclude I and unknown
port ons of the earth: that vast region
which liea l*)tween <'hiapas. Tabasco,
Yucatan, and the republic Guatemala,
comprises a considerable portion of each
of those s?a es. and marked on the mao of
'Central Anieiica either by a blank, or by
conjectural mounnins, lakes, and rivers.
A week's journey thrmgh the lagoons
of Camneachy, with their strange reptile
population and pest of insects, a slowj?oling
canoe voyage, in which the wonderful
forest* piss drea ni'y bv the traveler,
brought M. Morlet to 1'alenque. Such
wonders of vegetation hid already be ;n
di?c'oried. that he prepared for his tramp
through the forest to the ruin* with composure.
which, how' ver, was occasionally
d;s ur!>el bv what hesiw, for instance, an
ar'im. whose leave* he mca<t ired. Each
wa? two yards in lengfh by on* an I a half
in hre dth, and capable of afford.ng sb >de
to three person i The d msity of the
forest concealed the ruins until M. Morlet
and his companion w?r>' close uoon them;
and on ascending a steep elevation, they
fo -n 1 themselves at the portal of a vast
edifice, until that instant hidden. There
' ? note ua! unt n'tw nttuo'iu/1 t r\ tlia
IP 111" O lll?Oi v rwiiyimi nuiiv v" vuw
ah olu'elv obscure aut'quity of these reoo-ds
of the pas?, in the Xew World, than
to even Mie most venerable re ordi of the
Old. The latter have an unbroken seBaqpnce
of tra lition an 1 history ; th >j are
links in the great progress o! the evolution
of trasHnl events : we und rstand,
or think we understand the n. But the?e
New Wor d tnvs eries bailie us, existing
in all 'be unfathomable an 1 [uity side by
side with all that is mod rnolern, and
most full of change, evidences of extinct
nres which existed, unc nscious of one
hilf the planet, as on* half the planet wai
of them. The travelers found themselves
in front of the bu lding cal el t':e i'alace,
j of which thev took possession, and whers
they made the r abode or a fortn ght.
From the platform crowned by the vast,
silent ruins, a great ocrtan?f trooical forest,
the atudv of ou y a few of whose forms
would absorb a lifetime. st etch's out il1
litnitably, and the awful soli'udet ire people!
w th the rarest and most beautiful of
j tr atures.
'I hey resume 1 their river-journey after
a detour to au<ib'ronim? an 1 neighborhood
where the pup ila ion so mn to be
letting itself sin c out of existe ice througj^
eueer l:r/.ines-?. The ha ienda life of the
re -:on close'y approac! es absolute stagna
i ;n : the > illness of the 1 igwool .or
e-its of Campca'hv broods over the scene.
Men co itent themselves witli the barest
neoesoiic* oi#ure. an i t ie one recreation
of tii women i* thnsd '.-crib--d " Atsuus
t. gro-.irsof women with bronzed com- '
p'e\ienf? and iloating hair, half n ikel. but
frittering with tinse1, thr >n<j the paths
leading from the lnciemla, to bath in the
still wntes of the lairo ma. They chant j
1 inelnncliolv and drowsy pongs, the nie'ody j
, of which is doubtless in-pired by the gloom
of ever'thirg around, though tlu words
! fecm to belong to some more fortunate
clime.
an Ger >nimo is exceedingly fertile, yet
there is not a f:nir tfeo or i use ill testable
in the whole di?tr c'. The lag on9
awnru with tish, h t all that are e ten are
ituo rted. nth midst of herds o'cattle, i
tin* inhabit.-nts di .e on beef sa ted in the
ITti'ed *ti'e<, aid drink the i anaemia
wa er of the swamps. And yet. tlose
( re le Spaniards are the deg eudants of the
Co vuiista lores, and a B tllio t, wb > knows
his <?r gin 'o*. is a simple herdsman.
Wo de ful natiril bea textra irdinarr
pr ifusion o un mal an I ve e a ?le life,
e\tn-mo ainrdicitv of manners. un I entire
isol <tion. < li B -nl un I mental, from all tlie '
lest o ti e woil I, on ilie p rt of the inhabitants?rtliese
are llie hi -f char ctera o:' 1
tlie roiuan ic 1 ee which the tra l-*r had
; reached with such di'l'mlty.and where lie
had a lonur and dan^er-ms illness. Here
l e made valnahle a nliti ns t> his collrcio
i, for ; 11 tlio cliil ren in the p ace were
employ d n ndincr " sp? iimvii " for id n^
I.iz ar hirde, serpents, insert*, they
brought them n larjj numb rs their parent>
d epens'-d th"in run point? to a ho >1,
that they miirht devote themselves to tho
r -111 iterative task. Tliesell olniaxter vainly
r tn 11-tinted ; the men act a ly took to
the permit of specimen! ; the women
b ought th? pro lnco of their p lultry-yards, ;
and one inhered M. Morele 's dwell
with their n '.is rl uina e con trio itions.
Ihirinrr the whole of h s so ourn, tho only
branch of indnsfv ever sun ess uMvintro
duo il info Klo-oa fi mrieh d. 'I'll town is |
jrro/ul riy bui t tin dwellings, for the
iwM part,arc h mole huts thatched \v t'? j
p tin 1 nvt*-1. The u e oi cli nitmys and
windows is unknown Inthcstrets.th.ro
lire neither shops n r worltm n. u >r is \
; t.:or?* n public market. Kvery one dei
ponds oi his ow i prolucton. or on exl
tin noes with h 8 tu-Lhbo. s, for food.
1 anv out* has need of money, lie pro
pines soiu article of domestic cousirnp- j
ti n ?s oh a* bread cho ola e, >r candles
on I s- nds his cliildr<'ii about with tbem
from lint to hut in bout h of a purchaser.
Very 'ittlo su'diee-* for a p ipu'atio i whosa !
only ambit on is to live without labor. 2s*> i
one e t-r thinks of nc iiiir n<? wealth. Pos
s ssion te the only title t t soil tiny
; rec>?ni e ny one who c \ piece of
ground makes use of t so .on# as ho j
i p e se ; and if any dispute a:b-S as to it*
ownership, it is settled by tiie paternal tax
of the corregidor. Instead of the sounds
of the hammer and the sugar mill, one's
ears are filled constantly wiih the harmony
of musical instruments. As soon ns the
s n eoesdown. and the evening bree en set
in. the towu is full of sounds of mirth and
hiiarity, which continue t.ll the night is
far advanced. Everyone having r ceived
the i-aine amount of education, and eu oying
in an equal degree the privilege of
doing nothing, the most perfe;: epiality
exists in soeie y, which is no- troubled by
the pietensons o' ts members ou the
score of birtii, learning, or fortune.
Wealth, want, and crime are equally unknown,
The.e are no robberies an l no
murders at Elorcs. The people are very
hospitable. v< ry gentle, entirely ignorant
of all t at is lak'ng place in the world outside
the r own beaut if .1 no k of it, 'lheir
cut rtainment are very simple, and no iuvitatlou
is ueed 'd. '1 he chords of the maritu
a strui k before a door denote that the
tertulia is to be held there, and every one
poe . 'I he alcalde and the c'rr gidor itlt>
mate in the same fnndnngo with the
meanest eiti'en. Tite mother sucree-is he
daughter, the n^gress tlie white woman,
lank age. caste, and all the c mdi i>ni
w irh e sew'n re sepaiate so lot/, seem 10
be C"ijiouud< d oere.
^ ^ ?
IViTrk Henry.
The moment that the Utd'ed States had
estaili bed their independence on a fiim
basis 1'a ri k Henry, a? renowned or the
bold and a live p ot which he o k in effei'iiii
; th s re oiulioti, was the lirst to forget
all prev oils a.dm wities and to h >ld
out the lift d of reco tcili it on an 1 peace,
lie was a strong a Ivoc.te for every meit
u re wliich c ill 1 i ml tire the return of the
refugees, who had e p *use I the cau^e of
the motl er-countiy; an 1 made a'T pta.tion
in their favor, which was very severely
an mad verted up- n by : om of the most
respected member* of Congress. Among
o hers, Judge Tyler, the .-p r'ut of the
Assembly, vehemently o po ed him, and
in a committee of tlie House demanded
" liow h?, al>o e nil oilier men, c >uld think
of inviting into hi* fa mi y. an e. em * from
wlio.-e insult'* ami i i uries lie had sufl'ered
so severely?" The following was hia
prompt an I b'.iuti u' rep'y:?
"I acknowledge, iudee 1, sir. that 1 have
ma iv ] ersoi.al in'tiriea of which to coinplain
; but when I enter this hall of legislat'on,
I e deavor. as far ns linmin infirmity
will pe.tnt, to h ave a;l personal feelings
behind me This ijueation is a na
tional one, and in dec d ug it, if you act
wisely, you will regard nothing but the
intprestof the nation. <'n the al ar of my
coun'rv's goo!,'I am willing tosacrifh ea 1
personal resentments all pr vate wrongs,
and 1 am sure 1 sho 11 m ist a's ir liy 1 at
ter myself if I thought that 1 was the on'y
person in this House capable of n.a .ing
such a sacrifice,''
Mr Ilenrv then t.roceeJed to show in a I
cry forcible manner the policy of using
every po>s !>'? menus of augmenting the
populat'on of a c > intry as ye bo th nly inliahited
us America; whose future great
ne.sa lie thus pro.di ticnlly de]>i<*ted :?
"Encourage emigration?en ourage the
husbandmen. themechanie, the merchants
of the old world, t > conn- and settle in this
Inn 1 of promise ?make it the horn ; of the '
skilful, the industr'o is. and happy, as we I
a- the asy'um of the dhtrcssel?fill up
the measure of your | opula'ion as s e.-di
lv as you can. by th mentis which Heaven
hath la *ed in yo ir power?a d, I en'lire
to pronhe v. there lire those now liv lig
who wiil see this la <>rud lunl amongst
the in st power.ul o i out i. Ves, sir. they
w.ll see i.er g:o-.t .n arts, ami in arms?
lier go le i ha vous vavi g over iiumea
nuitblee ent?her 0:1.mer e | ene rating
the most tiis a it mois, and her cannon .sile
ic.ng the vu 11 hoist ot th se who now
al ect to rule the waves."
Mr. Henry's reposition wasrarr'eil,and
ev r succeed ng year prov s t ;at h s antici|
ati uis were woll t'o ndo-1. Atneii a
- .....n I it.u n i.Mr.nt !i u nnn
r"??n r^iTU 'irv * i??' v# .. ~....
B is; and tide alter title. < inigr ti? n hag
ever since continued :o roll w ultU and
impiovcim ut over her provinces,,
' ^ ^ ^
General Putnam.
ru'inur the wr in Cnna 'n, between tho
riencil mid Publish, when General Am
heist was march ng across tlm country to
( Htntd , tim r.uy c mini; to one of the
lakes u- j. h tliev were obliged to pas.
found ih i reu h had an armed ves el of
twelve u:.8 upon it. The eral w.is in
great d'st r-s, lis 1) ats were no mat h for
In r. u .d >he n! >n w .? cap ih!e of sinking
h who army in the situation in which
it \\i\- p a e!. NVhi e lie was pondering
on wliat iiould i?e oiio. General Put am
c.i e to him hi. 1 said. '*<?en r.t'. that tth'p
ii ust lie taken.'* "Ay," -ays Amherst, "I
wo ild -rive the wo> id if she was taken." j
'111 tike h"r," says Putnam. Amherst
mii: d.i?nd ask <1 how' 'Give me some
widges, a licetlu 'a largt ivoo.hu hammer
,.,..1 (a. .Ir'iu.in ? * n't ft
f ?l I i I I ! IV 1< T\* iwi Ml *? "ln M ? , M?* 4 M I
ft-*v luoa of inv own clioi'M).Amherst
coui-i not con eive how ;-n armed ve sel
w** i<? be inUv-n by f ?ur or five n:ea, a
bi er t*. h: d wi-d^e-*. Ho vtiwr. he granted
1 ii?n. ?:)' r?? n a\ When : IgrU <ame. Puti)
in w: li i-m :er a s an 1 m-n. *t le<|ui
etly iiv ah nt tinder ihe \easel's utern,and
in u in t;'D dr?>v.> i.i th** wedge* behind
the odder. u he little cavity between the
r ihivr ami ?h'p,: nd lef her. In the mo n
i s. the sail* were a en fluttering abou ;
! p -vaa drift in the m ld'e of the lake,
a -1 iie'ng presently IIIJWU oakoraw Wi?
1 eaa.ly take a.
Life in n Caltioi ifU (iambi In?
Hell.
""A moment If y >u please," quietly re
make] an almost bear Hess d-sporadi
corerin: his i ile w th a firm ha :d, and
ti\iur daigerous < ye* on the burly d altr
of niont whuin be addressed, "you cau'l
stop there."
"Well, s r."
"Well, excuse me, but I think you drew
two ca ds."
"I bel eve not. I'll ta'retour pile, idyou
ple'se, the kerwajo takes it.
"Two cards!'
"Your money
And in such case the words are accompan'ed
bv a quick but qu et movement,
which disc os a a revolver. With the sp-.
pearance of the e two new disputants?
polished, curt and brief, but sba-p and
downright spe cli-Mhrre is a quick but
fuss'.ess stir among the specators around
the a le. In a moment a clear space is
forme 1. in the midst of a et 11 circle ot
flashl g e/es,' 0 upressed lips and clenched
hands. You may count twenty, del beratel
*. ere you hear a breath or see the*
slightest movement
"Well sir?"
"Well!"
"Your money !**
"Your cards!"
Up st' ps a bystander?some cool, steady
veteran expert in the game, and versed in
the law of diffiou ties?a man of awfni
nerve, whose tympanum, accustomed to
the crack, no pistol shot ala ins.
"Gentlemen," says he, "try arbitration
first."
Another ruick change of mquiring. and
responsive glanres bctwe n the d'spotants.
Not a w< rd. but the eyes of each say
plainlv, "Agreed.' Both throw tlie uselves
back in their ehaira, and withdraw their
hands from the table, with the air of men
inviting exam.nnt'o i,and resolute to abide
the result The veteran calls up two brothers
o! the Green ( loth, co upetent to act
as unrt'res; and tlnee minutes fraught
w th mortal dan er, art pawed in deliberately
count'ng the cards as they lie on
the cloth, an 1 naming them slowly?liker
th toll ng of a bell, or the measure I pronut
c ft ion of a death sentence, ex ept that
there has been no noise but the simuitaneo
.a <licking ? f two p'.strd locks. The
dea'< r and his young vis-a-vis are seem,
ing'y tin one rted for the even'.
"Vou are wro i?r, my friend, says vetel
an "No < ar i was drawn here. Mistakes
will happen to the 1110.t careful gentlemen."
1 rom that de -Von there is no appesl.
His finger on the trigger after that would
have cost the young feliow his life. So. pistols
go hick to their res ing pla e, hands
??!. o!ioIior (i(.r,iaa tlm drinkl) furilin
atu oiiaiwu ...... . ? company
at the expense of the "barker"'?
as he who plays against the bank is called
?nnd the frame proceeds with a better
understanding?Suit Luis Obispo {Col.)
Standard.
The el^brated Galen said mployment
was natures physician. If i indeed so
important to lmnpine*s, that ndolence ia
justly ton-i le e l the parent o aihtcry.
? m v ??
Story of Polly Baker*
Tt has been iustly ob erved that several
m ilern h stor'ans, who have pretended to
w:ito in a philosophical spirit, have been
very n ttentive to the truth or falsehood
of the facts en which their philosophy
res cd. The eel brate.l Abbe Haynal ap.
pears to have been a writer of th s class,
as wi 1 be seen by the following aneclote.
' Towar's the end of the year 1777, the
Abbe called one even'ng on Dr. Franklinat
h h lodgings, in Paris, and found, in company
with the doctor, 1 heir common friend
s:ii* IVunB 'Ah' .Monsieur l'Abbe.' said
reane, 'we were just talk'ng of you and
your works. Do yoa know that you hava
been very ill served by a mie of ihoso people
wb ? have undertaken to give you infoinia'ion
on Anterb an nffa rn?" The Abb?
res;8ti<l this a aek with some warmth;
and l'enne supported it, by eitiug a variety
of pass tges fiotn Rayna 'a work-, wb'cb
lie alleged to be incorre t At last they
caine to th<- anecloteof Polly Baker, on
whieh the Abl e had display-d t. great d al
of pathos and eenliimr.c. 'Now. here,' says
IVane, 'is a tale, in which there is not one
word of t:u h.' Hay.ial tired at tl Is, and
asserted that he h td taken it f om an authentie
memoir received from America,
l ranklin. who had amuse I hraself hitherto
with li-ten'ng t^the dispute of his
friends, at length inte posed. 'My dear
Abbe, said he, -shall I tell yon the truth?
AVI en 1 was a young man, and ra her more
tho glides-* than is becoming at our pros
nt ime of life, I was employed in writing
for a newspaper, and. as it -onv-times
ha peurd that I wante 1 genuine material!
to till up my page, 1 occasionally drew on
the stores of my imag nation for a tal?
which uiipht pass* current as a r-el'tyf
now tliis very aneedo'e of Polly Ba er was
one of ntv inventions' 'And upon mjr
word.'cried Kavnal, qutttin? at once tha
tone of dispute for that of flattery, ' f
would tint h ta h'*r insert your Actions in
nr-' work- than the truths of ninny other
people ' " fchr 4 s the way in which ni<*
deru philosophers write h story!
A marred wom.tn of the Shawnee Indians
made this benu'iful reply to a man
whom she met tu tire sroods. and who itaplored
her to love and look oq him:"?>14.
man. my husband.'' aid she, "who U fof?
v?r Ueiost i?v ere*, landers jae from if*
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