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$l)c Cutljbcrt Appeal.
I. P. SAWTKLL,] tH. H. JONES,
Proprietor*.
TKKMH OF 8UU8CK1FT10N:
Four trnnlhi $1 *W
Onoytor H 00
'tg- Invariulily in auvaxc*. All pnpoit din-
isontimn-d on expiration of time paid lor.
In The Sprint*
Ilnppy forintep*. to and fro
Through tbo frwh men c<tp«* apringing ;
Ilnppy laugliUM*, whu-por# low,
chiming witli the atre»mW-t’# kinging.
Twittrring Urdu and voices clear,
Duddinu violets, lirightcninR eyca ;
■Spring of life and spring nr year
Ulcndlng nndcr April #kh*.
Hranchca arching over head,
Brave in 8pring tldc'a bright array.
Uiittorlng fleck* of run-light •lu-U,
I,ike strewn jewel* on the way.
Primnwe, virginal and pure,
tiallaut crocus, bright and bold ;
Red anemone, secure
In bis oiuaaua* chining hold.
Hide tofgeWne-'Hbl, Uist gaica
Ou her own eVeM lrt tbe rivar ;
Gr at convnlvulna, Uiat twine*
lllnaaonk* where tbe willow* qllilcr.
All these geiu* of nature lay
SealU rvd brondcaat on your road ;
‘ ‘ e you may,
>n you
V*jWth* arid maidens, wbite y
'lake tbe boonaujr Spring bcalowcd.
Never Summer* lovkb glory.
Never Autumn'* tender *adn»w*,
«bpriug-t'
r Siring U
Blight amid Ufa hull# will cteep,
Thorns *Mid the rue.* alii«*;
Fresh to gather. *weet to keep,
Ar.* the buds that bloom in Spring.
Gordon.
BT MAX MOM'S TON.
No blush ol slain upon hia naroo -
I tony it vo w bo cau—
For Iriend aod foe have but one volte—
‘God wot. n kuigbllr man.'
'Through him the grant Arthurian days
Are brought again to earth,
Aod courtly dewls and courtly fame
Ueuew their golden birth.
’The gorgeous splendor of tbe past.
Which labb-d legend tell*,
'Through him is brought before our gate
lu lit ing miracles.
No booUtl knight in arms begirt
K'er wore a lordlier name ;
Aod gl«*j never haloed ruuud
A grander pnrtT fame.
lie ball Ini f»r hi* own ; but when
Kale crusbetl the fabric down,
film, still. Unit she might bl-a* Uie world,
atbed it hisieuuwn.
We praise the warrior ; but to praise
Tbe hero ia more meet,—
TIm hero wIiohc uotaniished sword
(ilearn* brighlcat in defeat.
Hat* off! Although no victor be,
Tb>> laurel* lie h»n woa.
Stand purr hesido the prtNideai baya
The proudest braw upon.
Hat* off! - A hero passes by,
A Ms of chivalry.
Who shews the world how grand a thing
A vanquished man mny ba.
J»T Own.
IVrimpa her lipa no redder arc,
Than tbnac of every oilier ;
But. oh. I know those lip* ure mine
Aud not shared with another I
To vitu hrreyea may not lie bright,
Nor of a charming hue ;
lint conaiantlv tin y say lo me,
1 love aud only you.
I'erliaps h*i feet no smaller ar#
Than other feet you sec ;
Hot Iheo they gladly run In meet
No oilier love than me I
Ami lip*, and eyes and feet— aye, all,
I claim them a* my oww ;
And. oh, 'Ha blisa to know that they
Belong to me alone.
Tub IIboion or tub Bbautivuc,.—How
hi any nre there who*e religion ia noth
ing morn than a shallow, and sometimes
pretentious, sense o( tho beautiful ?—
Their religion ia made up of decencies,
if not ga/elioe, in the bouse of (!od—
velvet, gilt, fine carpets, with hymn
1*0011, prayer book and cl thing to match.
Their rapture* are transports of wethet-
ic fueling over operatic, uud a finely in
toned liturgy. Their interest in the ser
in on ia rhetorical it hne its hold on forme
of expression, on figures ot speech, on
tones of vuioe. And even when Christi-
anity ie more broadly and profoundly
Viewed, it ia to be feared that sometimes
even (lien ita strength is only admired
H* sublime ; and ita revelations of heuv-
cn as beautiful. In such a case ua that
it it only a wretched,sterile, oriliaul taote,
handling Hie word of life. Multitude*
THE CUTHBERT APPEAL.
Vol. II,
Cuthbert, Georgia, THURSDAY May 14, 1868.
STti. 28.
Extract from it Report Upon
the Heat Mode of Employ
ing Freed me n In the Cult I
rntlon olOur Farms.
At Submitted hi/ 7V. 7T. IF. McCargo,
Chairman of the Committee to the Plan
ter' $ Agricultural Soi-ietg of Centre Ifill,
Minitntppi.
• * •
But what shall wo do with the four
millions of negroes left in our midst ?-
Employ tlieiii by all tiionns—provided,
however, we can do bo with profit to
ourselves nml to them—but pot without.
The present plan of employing them is
so manifestly ruinous to tbe lust inter
ests of the country-Mlilnous both to the
planter and labofeh, thnt your commit
tee feel justified in extending their ob
servations into tbe experience of other
countries upon ihia ull important sub-
.fact { atid hope that they may be in
dulged in some dbtulik in tlieir invostiga-
tions. History ufibi'iis no inetahee oi h
people suddenly emancipated becoming
successful cultivators ol tbo soil. Tho
trunhilion from slavery to freedom is so
great, and the multiplication of cares
and responsibilities so numerous, weighty
and perplexing, us to be altogether
above the energy und capacity of even
the most intelligent rnces, without Uh-
dergoing a lohg series of years of active
contact und experienoo with the hard
ships of tho world. There may be
some individual exception* to this rule,
blit the genera) proposition is so uni
formly Irbe, ns to admit of no denial.—
Hence we oarnnt expfefct tbo successful
employment of Iruetllncn on our furniia,
whetl.tho ruNtUltlRibility and care of man
agement iire loft to them. Failure and
disaster will be tbe result in every in
stance—an thbir whole history abun
dantly proves. Take far iustunoe Ht
Domingo. This magnificent island, the
queen of tho Antilles; and the most
Stately mofumdntsot European Opulence
that had yet urisen In the now world —
next in size to Cuba; and beyond till
question, before the Evolution-, the
uiost flourishing of tho Went Iiidit
now without conunorce und without
wealth. " The industrious habits," says
Consul General McKenzie, " the flour
ishing usneuts of the Island tiuve disap
paareJ, llie surplus wealth, lM* ngrlctll
turul opulence of the tiulda have ceased ;
from being the greatest exporting Island
in the West Indies, it ties ceased to
raise any sugar; uud the inhabitants,
red need to naif their former amount,
have rolupsed into the indolehtie uhd in
uutivity of savage life." The ((tinnier-
ciul statistics und population, us given
by Duma*, Tor 178t), and contrasted
with 1882, forty years of negro dominie
tiou is truly dcplurable;
1789 J 882
Population, 000,000 2811,006
Sugar exp’d, 072.000,000 H*e. none
Cull' e uxpM, 35,400,000 lbs. 82,000,000
Ships in trade, 1800 1
Import* from
France, 35,500)000 none
Exports to
France, 49,400,000 none
Not* It will be remembered that this
Inland is entirely under t he control und
management o, negroes. Their luw*
prohibit uny white mun from oH-uing
land in the country, nr from nflfrtylng a
negro woman—so exclusive urc the' .—
Here, too, it was that the most heroic
and intellectual of the negro race have
figured—Tnusaint, llyucinthu, Francois,
Bnissoti—in many respects runmrknblo
men, yet they utterly fuiled to imprest
tlieir higliet qualities upon their follow
era, or inspire them wilh any nobler
views. The failure, then, of this great
exporimeut, so favorably situated fnj
success, authorizes the belief that the
negro is incapable of mui.uging either
the affairs of a State or the business of a
farm with any sort of success, and if w«
will look more closely into the internal
policy of this negro government, we will
find additional and conclusive reasons
for both assertions. Tousaint, incompur-
bi such people attend fashionable church ! ably the gfeaU-at mun that has yet up
es, of whom the Prophet might repeat | (wared among t'
his words,
Tnphet might repeat I jH-areu among the colored race, ut
They come as my people very ourly period of this government,
come; they sit as my people ait ’; tlmu | found it necessary in order to make Is
art to them, Bon of Man, ns one that bnT efficient to bring it under the con
hath a pleasant voice, and cun nluy skill- j trol of public authorities ; P is tic did in
fully on an instrument, for they hear the most effective manner The Code
lliv ■i.nl* But tlmv .t.i IV\»m ri.it
thy words, but they do them not.'
Henri prescribed the most minute und
rigid regulations to bo obeyed by the
laborer* of the Island. Work was tri
commence Ml daylight and continue un
interruptedly till eight o'clock, one hour
was then allowed for breakfast on tlm
spot; at nine work commenced again
und continued until twelve, when two
hours repose was given to the laborer
XfZfZf Accord ing to recent statistics
the t«»tnl number of Jews in the world
I* 7.000,000, one half of whom live ■ lo
Europe. In Russia the Jewish popula
tion is 1,220,000 ; in Austra 853,000 ;
in Prussia 284,000, aud in Germany
162,000. At Frankfurt-on the-Muin, ev
ery sixteenth inhubitu.it ie a Jew, and j at two ho commenced again and worked
in the whole of Prussia every seventy- j until oight. All these regulations *010
third. There are fewer Jews in Saxony I enforced by seVefe penal enactment*.—
than in any other part of Germany.— Tousaint, in one of his proclamations,
In Sweden and Norway the proportion I peremptorily directs “ all free luborers,
of Jews to the rest of tbe inhubitdiits is men and women, no# ih n stab* of idle
about one to 6,000. In France, Bug-' ness, and teing in town*, villages andVm
land and Belgium, where the Juws are I other plantations than those to which
under no disabilities, they are less nu-! they belong, wi h the intention to evade
(nemos tlmn iu countries where they work, even those of both sexes who hud
have not yet been placed era an equulity 1 not been employed in field labor since
with tbe believers in other creeds. I the revolution, sro required to return
■ -- j immediately to their respective plunta-
K^Thefs ia a story from California tions." And in article ac-ven he direct*
of burglars who st midnight climbed up " that overseers and drive s of every
to a chamber window and cautiously plantation shell make it their business to
opened it. Tbe occupant ehaOccd to bo inform the commanding officer* of the
awake, crept softly to tlws window, and districts in regard to the conduct of tbe
ju*t as tho robber’s fuco nppeur«<f, pro- luborers under their munugernent, a*
seated the smooth morale of two revul- well as those who shall absent thorn-
vers, with this injunction : selves from tlieir plantation* without a
“You get !*’ ipnss, and those who residing ou the
'You bev !’replied tho honss-breaker, plantations shall refuse to work, they
dropping and running. There is no Khali be forced to go to the labor of the
sore pithy dia!ogoe ou record- field, uod if they prove obstinate, they
shall be arrested and carried before tho
military commandant, in order to suffer
llio punishment above prescribed, ac
cording to the exigency of tho ease, the
punishment being fine end imprison
ment.” Pretty effrntive measures for
negro rulo, and no doubt secured n Inrge
amount of work, und yet the produc
tions of the Island rapidly declined.—
How is tin’s to bo accounted for except
upon the supposition that the negroes
wore wholly incompetent to oonduct the
management of their own plantations ?
potibUess tho same sort of work was
there performed which we witness
around ua ever} day, where negroes nro
employed off to tlieitiRelVes—misdirected
lttbor, want or foresight, and a total ub
sonce of all judgment und skill ill direct
ing the general concerns of the fartn —
Nor huvo the civil uffairs of the Island
been managed with uny more success
than the planting. Revolution and
counter revolution succeed each other
wnb such htpldily tis almost to make says : " I was surprised to *co it ussert-
ciVil war the normal cttttditlun or Urn »d lutely in print, that his (Mr. Steele’*)
State. Thu Island at this very moment plantation succeeded well under that
is convulsed from ono ond b> tlio other
w itli the strife of Nix or eight hostile
chiefs hi deadly conflict. Buuh is Ilayli,
and such is the result of this great ne
gro experiment, showing ihoat oonclu-
(lively, that he is really incapable of tak
ing cure of himself; as till 01 his previous
history abundantly inoWs.
With these facts before us we fool no
hesitation in asserting that uny attempt
to inaugurate u *ystem of land-renting,
or tenantry with the negro at tho pres
ent time, will result ib the m<*t dtswa-
Irons fuiiure and Tdili to both tenant und
landlord. NVe are quite apprised of the
fact, thut in the older Btates of the Pn-
ion whefe free labor hu* been practiced
for ovefr three quarters of a century, thift
iB almost ilia universal custom. Munv
K-nsons conspire to produce this result
—the ca*e of the landlord, exempting
him from the care* ami vexations of ft'u-
(•erintendiug his estate; tho great Value
ot his land*, the rent! being in ihuny in
stances three or four times ns much ns
ours would sell for—tho nuture of the
crops produced, und more especially
that intermediate class bf intelligent
farnturs who rent Urn land and direut
the lubor to the very best advantage, it
being n* much to bis interest to prbteot
olid enrich the soil us it is to the laud
otVner. Fucli u system, in such a conn
try, necessarily works to the niUtual ad
vantage of ull classes, and is a Success
of itself. But with us it is nlthgether
different; the market value bf otir lands
i* *0 low und the urea necessarily so ex
tended fur the growth of qur staples,
that the rent would linrely keep up the
necessary repairs. Then, too, we hnve
no intermediate tlarl of intelligent far
mers unmng us, owing (b the l-.tibhpness
<>f land ull of this class enn, and iin ob
tain their own home*. We should then
be entirely dependent upon the freed men
or laboring class tor tenant*, w hich has
not only never sue.vevded wi lithe negro,
hut with ho hllier recently chfrutihhiued
people.
Kx|>eriinnnt* of this charnrter hnve
been repeutuly tried, and though oocm-
Hionally set lnrth as successes, yat when
thfl real facts cuine to light, they invari
ably turned out to !>o disastrbus failures.
Mr. Burnett, in his v.^vgef Polund,
gives the results ot one of these preten
ded successes: " In the year l7C0,"ss/a
Mr. Burnett, “ the Chancellor, Zarnoy-
aki, enfranchised six village* in ttie Pal
atinate of Musoviu. This exp-riment
Iihh been much vaunted by Mr. (Joxe, os
having been atteiidbd with all the g<*)d
cfleets desired j und he asserts that the
Charicellnr Imd, In consequence, enfran
chised the peasants on all of his estate*.
Both of these assertions nre false. 1 in
quired particularly of the son of the
present Count Zamnyski, reflecting
these six villages, und wiih grieved to
learn that the exiiei iment hud complete
ly failed. Thu Count said, that withih
a few yeur* he had sold the estate; und
added, ' I w as glud to get rid of it, from
the troub'e the peusunls gave me.'- ■
hod therefore, a better obph'hilnity of
forming an opinion than Mr. Clurkson
can have; and ha has read Mr. Btoelo’s
account; I witnessed In* operation* und
the effects of his plans. 11c possessed ona
of the largest and nv»st seasonable plan
tations in u delightful part of the island;
frith nil theso advantages, hi* estate was
never in as good order ns thoso in the
same ncighboi hood, and tho crops were
neither adequate to tho size and re
sources of tho estate, nor in proportion to
those of other estates in the same part
of the Inland. Finally, after an experi
ment of thirty years, under Mr. Steele,
and his cxeqptor, Mr. T. Boll, Mr
Stoelu's debts remained unpaid, und the
plantation was sold by u decree of Court
of Chancery. After debts und costs of
suit were paid, very little reiuuinod out
of|225 ,000 to go to the residuary lega
tees ’’ Tho attorney geuornl of Barbu-
does, corroborates the ntatemeut of Mr.
Heyley { n the moat positive terms, lie
maungoinont. I know it to be false. It
fulled considerably; and had he lived a
few years longer, he would havo died
not worth a farthing." With those ex
periments before us, nml the result of
our every day’s exjrerionoe around us, it
is to bo hoped; that tho policy of rent
ing, or leasing land tb fruedmon—which
bus tibbtihed but to a limited extent as
yet, will cetiso altogether; for it oan
result in nothing less thun ruiu to both
parties.
By far tho Hwst usual modo of em
ploying freedinoh, with us, has been af
ter the manner of Mr. Sterile,eXOHpt that
they are paid in kind—tsbch u part of
the crop, ranging from one half to a
fourth, according to circumstances. To
us, this copyhold system is but little
better, if any. than the tenant system ;
und tu some respects worse'; for it en
tails a vast amount bf liarrassing nnd
vexatious annoyances to both purtios
with sn equal certainty of ruin to each.
Why tho Stnto Cbhtrul AgHcultural
Society should have recommended thin
inode of employing freodinen, i* a mut
ter of surprise to un, for we notice the
names of many of tho uhlest ahd most
BncuaBsful pkiulert of the State, nfe mom
hers of tliut society. To differ with
these gentlemen, is u matter of eibeod-
ing regret to u«; ond wore it iu a Hint
ter of less importance, and one in which
our convictions were less clear, wo
should hesitate lo record ourselves in
op|Hwi|ion to gentlemen so much ad
mired uud looked up to. But as prac
tical planters of sumo experience ut
home, and some knowledge ol thritVork-
ings office negro labof JH HtlibF coun
tries, your committee feel bound to dis
sent from tho reeommehdotfbhft bf the
(Jeiitrill Sbcltity upon ihifl important
sulgoet, und lllbrb hupbfciillly tv licit a|v
plied to their owli section ol the .Ttatc.
In the prairie country, and in some of
tho bottom cohntlbs, where large num
ber* of bundfl were formerly worked on
a singlti plalitation, the system of break
ing up tile fbrcu find dividing them up
into squads, muy be practiced with sbmo
show of advantage ; and it may be pos
sible, tliut in those eountibfl Where the
Iiegri) element greatly (ircpondoralcs
over that of thb ^hite, it may work to
advantage to make the laborer interest
ed in the sncccM of the crop; but. ill
this, we greatly doubt; for utter ull, it
i* but uuother mode of giving the negro
control of your farm. The bos* of these
squad* will maiiuge your cron in spite
Of all tliut you cun do ; ho fuels this due
tb his importance, and will accomplish
it, ut the ri*k of the entire haw of his
own, and tho Stages of the hands under
him; no exception (b tills rule hus come
under tho observation of your commit
tee. In our section of the State, where
tho plantations, for tbo mo*t part are of
mtfro moderate proportions, the most
unmitigated evils result from squad
working ond shares in thri crop os wa
ges. It ut once brouks up ull unity of
These degraded beings, on ia eiving action, combination ot force, precision
their freedom, w« re overjoyed at they ,,{ calculation, and general progres* in
knew not what, having no distinct com-1 1 *" ! business of the farm ; uod leaves
prehension of whut freedom meant; but' uverylbing in that irregular Guerilla,
merely a rude notion thnt they may now j bushwhacking confusion, which brings ,
do w hat they l.kud. They run *nto ev- 1 discouragement und dissatisfaction to j 0 f pcrununt but of a fruo-bom nobli
ery species of excess and cxlravagiincw 1 the hands arid certain ruin and disaster f or which, indeed, ho wus noted through-
the Jumnica planter was once distin
guished. Hero the finest luud iu the
world mny be had at onv price, nnd al
most for tho asking. M Mr Barton Bre
tninm's account of British Guinea in still
more gloomy if possible; and yot South
ern men aro endeavoring to regain their
lost weullh by relying on free nogro la
bor, and flint left to. their own control
and direction, lu the oplnidti bf jrollr
cortIHiittoc, should this policy bo pursist-
od Ih, it will not bo long before some
other Bigelow will write of Us " that the
time has arrived when thcro nro none
left to represent the wealth, intelligence
nnd hospitality for which the Southern
planter wn* onco distinguished ; and
here, in these Southern State*, the finest
land cun bo had at any price, «iiu dimoat
for asking " Now if wo wo Id escape
this impending ruin, this inevitable fate,
under the present policy, let ub righta
bout, take Imld ourselves, with our own
hands, and control the labor, nnd direct
the management of tho farm in person.
Thi* wo must do, or ruin is inevitable.
The negro, we admit, is nil Important,
nnd uhnoHt ind'iHpeiiHaltlo adjunct, and
deserves well of us if lie will work for
hi* living; the best laborer in tlm world
is he; »* a politician or manager sve do
not like him, but ns n lahnrur wo do.—
Then let us pay him well nml promptly
for his work, and see to it, thnt lie
work* with us and by our direction ; by
so doing, sucoess will crown our efforts,
nnd the colored man reap thnt just re
ward that honest labor deserves.
Tbo Castle of Gricfcnstclu.
A QKIlMAIf I.SOSND.
It was a happy time for the peasan
try ot Nesuhuug when tlieir brave Duke,
Henry I, pu**od through his dominions.
Ho wus on his wuy, accompainod by
hia ronsutV lledwig and their children,
witli u numerous retinue of follower*, to
visit his burg of Lulirborg, built by his
renowned father, Duke Bolssluus.—
While Hu stopped a duy or two to rost
from the fatigues 01 tlm travel, his sub
jects from the uuighborhood oamo to
petition favors und redress from vurious
grievances, for they know the good will
of thuir sovereign, and thought his pow
er almost boundless.
Among the petitioners was an old
herdsman, whoso nuine was W oll'gung.
To the grucious enquiry of tho Duke
respecting his wants, hu wus onswerod
tliut the whole country was tormented
with u condor, tliut took off thy greatest
part of the flocks, and even muiiiied ox
en ut the plow. The bird hud u nest
somewhere aud young ones, and when
these were grown, children, und per-
hups men mid women, would not besufu
frun its rapacity. 'Take compassion
upon us, gracious Lord/ prayed the
hcrd*mun, "command your soldiers to
Blaj' tho coudor und destroy it nest.’
"Where bus the bird its eyrie V ask
cd the Duke.
‘1 know not,’ answered the herdsman,
hut, iiiulhink, it ia beueuth tlm Bullion
berg.’
I10 Duke gnve imrnodiuto orders that
the bird of prey should be hunted and
killed with its young. Tho whole ooun
try was iu m.Aion ; the knights were ea
ger to fulfill their lord's command and
gain ruuown by the slaughter of so des
tructive u toe to the herdsman. But
the condor seemed to defy them. Sheep
disappeared daily, us it by m.igio. On
ly at intervals could the bird be scon,
souring upon the outspread wings at no
vast u height that no uihiw could reach
it. The puss apt* mourned, and tho baf
fled warrior* murmured at their want of
succrise. Meanwhile Schaffhold, tho
son of Woifgung, a youth of aspiring
spirit, but little inulined, as his lather
often complained, tu the hcrdsmatiV Hi-
bor, had oucu curiously wulching the
knights, apparently charmed with their
brnto apparel ,und armor, und following
at a distuiica those who wW« nearest tho
Duko, uud though in humble gurb mnn^
u high born cavalier might have envied
tho noble und graceful term and the ma
jestic bounty oi his countenance. Na
ture hud gllted him wilh matchless per
lection of person ; his mien was nut thut
out tho country
As the Duke with bis train entered
the castlo where he was lodged, young
Bchuffliold pussed mournfully ulotig tlm
which their circumstances admitted— to the employer. And yet men are ea-
Drunktmness, instead of being occasion- rushing into> the same arrange-
hI, became almost perpetuul; riot und , fnent again. How incredibly strange i*
disorder usurped tbe place of quietness it, that whole communities should rush „ VIJUllI , uiu panot;u iiii'ui uiuiijr uiuiig wiu
and industry ; the necetejry labor sus- '"endlong to rum, after all the dreadful' mounluin side under the shadow ofpro-
pended, the lunds worse cultivated thun experience uf the hud two year* ; im- j jnoting fotfks. Ho had not gouo fur
before; the small rents required of them jwlled, us it were, by some strange,' when his steps were arrested. At a
they wt re often enable to pay. ’ Nor mysterious power, and encouraged by * ...
wus the famous experiment of Mr. the universality of their folly; forgetting
Steele, with 1 the negroes ol Barbados*” alike tho touchings of history, and the
any more successful than thnt of tho hard earned l•. , Hso|lB of the ptist, they
Count Zamoyski, with white people.—
Mude in the midst of s'uvery—surround
ed by indttstry, and n moved from every
temptation of idle association*, with ev
ery inducement to excell. Mr Steele
parcelled off his lands to his negro**, nnd
pu d them wages for their lubor. In St.
Domingo, the laborers I.a I received from
u lourth to a six .h of tho crop ns wages;
hut here, they received money wages
for their work, and were parcelled out
in rquads or fumiles, as fn ; ght be agreed
upon| sffd Allowed to work ns they
U ntight best This experiment, like the
one above, went the round*, ut tho time
it wus being made; aud tho reading
public was told by Mr. Clarkson, mid
others, thut it was K complete success.
But see whin Mr. Beyfey says : " It ao
happened, (writes Mr. Beyley,) that I re
side on the nearest adjoining estute to
Mr. Steele, und superintended tbe man
sgemeut of it nq s If for many years ^ 1
seem only anxious to excel in the ox
travaguncu of tlieir mndiie*s and tbe cci
tuinty of their ruin. Why I no country
few paces dintunt a young and beauti
ful woman, richly dressed, lay sleeping
upon the ground, her fair cheek rested
on her hand, her soft brown hair, un
clasped followed the waving lino of her
figure. Bo exquisite was this imago of
beauty that the young herdsman stood
has ever succeeded by free nogro labor ( gazing at her several minutes, unable to
mono Heur what Mr. Bigelow, a remove his eyes ; suddenly, however, he
V.i.l nn.ll Alu.lll • I. ,.4" I ............ • a m II ...
Northern Abolitionist, says of Jumuica :
“ Capable us it is, of producing almost
everything; uud uctuully producing no
thing which might not become a staple
with u proper application of rnintul und
skill, iu ftmabltunlfl aro miserably poor,
and are daily sinking rfefrpcr and deeper
into utter helplessness or uhjcct want.
Shipping bn# deserted her porta ; her
magnificent sdgur ond coffee plantations
aro rnuniflg to weeds : her private
dwellings are fall frig to decay; tbe
comforis and luxuries which belong to
industrial prosperity hnve been cut off,
one by om-, from ber inhabitants, ond
the day, I think, is ut hand, when then-
will be none left to represent the wealth,
intelligence, and ; hospitality for which
started furwurd, he saw u viper of the
most poisonous kind glide swiftly over
tho moss toward the head of the sleep
ing girl. Buhuffhold sprang forwurd in
time to striko the reptile dead with his
stuff. The noise awoke the young girl,
when, seeing the sn-rke, she started up i
witli a cry of hottor. The next instant,
comprehending (he dunger from which I
she hud escaped, she turned with a look I
of gratitude to him who had saved her.-
At tfio next instant u voice called frufti
the thicket, “Princess Roberta Y I
‘I urn hefe/ answered the young girl
and Bchaffhold at otice knew hef rank.
Bh'e wus the oldest duughter of the
Ditke.
With a heavy heart ho turned away
nnd wn* out of sight when tho servants
came to the spot. The Princoss walk-
cd on tH tHe OHMtlh, .afld.fiB sooner was
it known what had befallen hor.thnn the
young nagea and attendant hasteHed td
hor. Bilt no tracos of tho youth who
had rondoK'd her his signal service could
fth discovfcred, TlltU diiy before Hun*ut
tho peasantry i^erb ussoifiblrid in holiday
nttiro, docoruted with ribUttU nhd flow-
ers, to appear before llio l)uko nnd his
family. All (ho herdrtfiion oxoept Sohafl-
hold were there, dnd the eyes of the
Princess sought only him. When she
found him not sho sighed, and tears fill
ed her beautiful eyei.
Bclmffhold wandered in ihb ftotfda tho
rest of the evening, nnd returned homo
late ut night to think und dream of Ku
bota. With the morning resolution
‘She feannot be ini no/ ho adit]
modrMtllly, ‘but I mny nt least wm n
name thHt sho mny not disdain to hear/
he quitted his father’s hut early, ond
bis steps involuntarily tnrned toward the
uastUi where the Duke’s party lodged.
There was an unusual ooncourso before
tho gutes. A herald ouine forth, moun
ted on u white horse dccornteu witli
gny trappings, procoajud by a trump.-
ter, and aceumppinctl by aovernl knighta.
Sebud hold approached ns noar aa pesai-
b.e- I ho trumpet sounded, and after it
criasod, the bcruld nfad« this proclama
tion in n loud voico ;
■Our gracious Bake, Henry tho First,
»odfl1 greeting to his lieges of tho coun
try of NcuWrg, and having heard that
the whole VuliSy i| p |» KUKl hy acondor
of nn uniisiin] and oztruordimuy magni-
tude, by wliiuli tho livoa of hi* suliieelH
are endangered, he doth hereby prordiso
to the brave man who shall kill this bird
AQd destroy its nost, tho band of hi*
daughter, 1 nooefla Kubcta, in marriage.
Bewildered and trombling with new
born life; otrlfggllng will! four, tlio young
herdsmatf ItsteHod tb the words of the
herald. When he hrid eudod, tho trum
pet again sounded.
Tho young I'rmcosa adi ^ofc'R'inft in
her chamber. The Duclioes, her mother
*tood regarding her ulinost sternly, and
reproved hor for her want of submission
to tho paternul will
'Ah I my mother/ inurnilired liubetn,
'must I then wed n man wKVrri I ennndl
lovo if lie ohance to slay tho bird ?’
‘llio Duke’s honor is pledged, my
child, and the man that shall do this
act iu honor of thee and him, is not un
worthy, though ho should be tho lowly-
born of thy hind.'
Tho Princess shook her liond nnd con
tinued to weep.
'Ah I’ exoluimed tho duchess, 'oan it
be possible that thou lovest already ?'
Thu Princess covered her blushing-
fuce with her hands.
‘Ilis name I' demanded tho Duclioss,
‘who lias dared to aspico unknown ?’
'None I none !’excluiDed Roubeta, he
but snvud my life/
‘Hu I tho youth who killed the smfltb
whilst thou west sleeping f
‘The same.’
‘ V\ hy, it was but a hind, a peasant
out on thee, forward girl.’
Tho Princess lifted up her eyes.—
‘Was not Pro tut, tho founder of my
father’s honored race, a herdsman, too V
Tho Duchess frowned, and ordered
her daughter to attend hor to her apnrt-
moot.
It is needless to any that the Duke’s
proclamation caused u grout deal excite
ment amongst the pages and knights of
the court. Each wa< eager to obtain
the prize. r I ho oountry was scoured
by huntsmen in every direction, and
every ernnny of the rocks was scuuned
for the oyrie of the condor.
•Thou, too, my son,’ said old Wolf-
gang, surely thou dost not dream to
contend in this pursuit whiah only muy
be accomplished b’^' a knight/ us he
saw his sou preparing for the ohase ;
'they will chastise thee as an upstart.’
'I athor, I fear them not, fur tho Duke'
proclamation said not, whoever of ot
bio blood slay tho condor. I know not
if this was tttM/U tif thHd^nboer, but
upon this I biH fefioHea/
. fyd/uffhold wont forth' wiM Id*
fltuff and nxo to hunt tho bird ot pro}.~
All tho morning ho wandered in the
foreat. At noon, wearied but determin
ed not to yield to fatigue, ho climbed the
loftiest tree that he could find, and
which commanded a view of life coun
try. Tho day had hitherto l/eeo beauti
ful; btft Hchuffhold descried a dark spof
i/i tho diutant horizon which betokened
tbe coming storrn.
. Suddenly a dark spot, so distant thnt
it soeincd but a moat dashing over the
struining eye, caught his attention. His
heart bounded within his breast. Tho
speok grew larger; lift olaspqd bis hands
m eestucy of joy. It was tho obMor I
Soaring a height immeasurable, it still
drew nearer. Sciinffbold hid himself in
tbo foliage of the troe, and watched the
flight of the nnij.!8tio bird. Of the con
dor, it is said, that it will remain for
days on the wing, and nevor fight upon
the earth, save for food. Rapidly it
oamo on, flouting oulmly in mid air . Ms
eyes followed its flight, which wus now
directed toward a lofty and inaccessible
ri»ck, on tho summit of which was an
uged tree, which, donbtless, contained
tho ne#t of the cuudor.
Descending from his elovatod situa
tion, ho crowed the valley/ nnd forded
hi# passage through the thick and Inter
woven boughs und wood 6f the /mast.
But the storm which hud threatened
had now begffn, Put on ho preened
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s kfe guidance to Providenco. Grasping
the shrubs growing on the foot of the
rook, Rutting loofrtops as ho slowly nu-
vuncod, he reached the most dangerous
part. The cliff projector! over tbe abyss,
hud upon its verge stood tho lightning
f icatncd tree. lie could see tho dark
bhn oi me bir^ above him. Her fiery
eyes flnaticd! aiul she flopped ber wings
at tlio intruder. Tho, uiynorous impa
tience of her young for food alone stay
ed from making a swoop at him when
half way up tlio side: nnd a hitherto un
seen cleft in the rock, which ascended
lha side*, Jed him by n tjlccqjtops routo
to tho iiimfflit • this peril surmounted,
be itm'S now t^s^lye Pit his life with
the firce enemy wlibebj;pnln\ ho had in-
vuded. The condor ant nbrcfiej ..upon
her nest, whetting her beak for the on-
tiditflUii'; lifer large keen eyes glaring ae-
fiance: To ascauct,.Ut 1 e tree woul t liave
boon destruction; apd no crqssbow,
bolt from which would huye stood^him
such need, had he. A thought struck
him to kindle a fire benoath the tree.—
With speed he gathered together a tow
dried boughs and brushwood ; lie fas
tened it (9. the pnd of a lopg polo which
he find ojjit down with his ax. Thcq
striking nre, be kindled it, and plnoed it
as high ns ho could reach in the branch
es oft he tree.
Tlm half decayed boughs wero in*
stantl^ on fire. Tlio viojyncq of tli|0
wirnl sweflt it upward, and tho nost it-
sell wus flo^n in (lames. , Tho condor
hud taken flight at tho first gush of
smoke, but, recalled by the cries of her
young, wheeled round the blazing troe,
uttenug a hoarse, short cry at intervals,
Mnd i flapping her jiuge wings ns it mad-,
dehed with rack and despair. A»on
she dashed furiously and fjluhuffhold,
who, nothing daunted/ struck at her
with his axe, his only wea(kin ofdofenso.
The bird wheeled round him qnd plunged
madly into the flames to the rescue of.
its young. Long and. friiftlfess , wpr3 its
•Aorta; It tofhgjed its horria shrjoka. in
t|lq.blast of,tlio fl'tpnn tilj, the country
around was aroused;' but all io vuiu
woro ils struggles, tlio fire had so weak
ened it thnt, overcome, tbe huge cren :
turo tell at full length, exhausted, at the
feet of the youth, who with one mighty,
Htroke of his ax sevorod the head from
the prostrntp eqoriiy, whifeh should now
iio lonjjbr be, the/tcrrqr of,the huslmnd-
men, of wheb, if tbo Duke wero l ut
rightly minded toward tbo honest anl
deserving, should leud him to his for
tune. Dragging tlio carcass of his pros
trate foe to the edge of tbe precipice, ho
proi i.iitutod it over the a de, ond at
length managed to make a lyife dcpceot
with it Into the valley. Here, to his;
surprise, the whole population, ps we(l
rt# tbe stately followers or tho coiut,
!toro ufueiribledi aUrpcted by the ffro
aud the wailing cries of the condor,
und had boon the witnesses of his prow-
Tt(o il)q^e listened Id flfi ncjCpunt ot
liKrid^fentqr.e ilrid dejTOApdod his name.
‘Oohaffholdi.tftp aou of Wolfgang, tho
herdsman/ was tho reply; and tho
youth *nw with pain the, smile which
pasnod round tho nohlo circle. -
But tho Duke exclaimed, after a mo*
ment’s hesitation :
‘Bring forth my daughtor I’
Several knighti ventured to romoi -
struts. But the Duke once more bado
them do his bidding. •
There wae a pause, nnd presently
Hubert* appeared, leanlngbfl her moth
er's nrin, pale and trombljng. Again
thoro Wuri d rffttririri'r, but tho Duke ox-
olaimed :
*1 pledged m} foyal word that who
ever should slay tbe qondor should, rbr
cieve my daughter's handit is true t
did not think oriel 16'wly born wotfld aP:
tempt, or ii attempt succeed against
such noble knights; but as succus* has
utteudod his efforts, and ho has shown
himself more worthy than you all, I will,
not break my word. Young qian; takp
my daughter, thou artoopiely us thou art
bravo, nnd lot no knight here murmur
at my royal right to do justice to do-
sari.
Bchaflhold advanced to the Duke, and,
knorilhig down, exclaimed;
‘I would risk l;fe a tl|Ousand timee for
so fuir a prize, but I will nqt, take thy
hand that Uiri' lady doth not willingly
bestow/ , . -
•Now, by.tlie forrd; thy spirit is
knightly enough/ eiJcIriimed Duke Hpn-
tf; ‘JbYrt ft If.,our will tbai.tbbri dost wod
the Iridr.’ Kribertu, vy^iat suys tlidu V
I will ubey Dies, mtfather/ said the
maiden, from whoseMieek the flush 6f
joy had charted away its paleness.
The Duke joined their hands. 'And
that thou mayest have a homo stately
enough for a princely bride/ he continu
ed, ‘Twill give thee us much |ai;d ua
thou caoBt encircle in a djiy’s journey.’
On the rock thou (fiast cti/rib—the
condor's eyrio—I will build a stately
ca*tle for thee and thine/ which Ahull be
called Greifenstein, ia reiriembaruce of
the l)ird whicn ffai brought thee fortune/
Tho stfrne duy v^as tlio betrothal of
the Princess und herdsmen solemnly
eelohrufed. On the ioY/6'wing morning
Sohsfftiold commenced the oircuft of the
lend which formed the domains of Grief-
eustein. The Duke confirmed tbe gift,
und, in the presence of the whole court,
creuted the young man a krrght and no
ble, with tho title of Bnrori'Sliusfgottsch. |
. _“"Mother," said 1 a little urchin the
olA'ir duy, “why are orphans the bappi-*
ost children on earth ?’’
« . r — —| “They are not, roy child, but w|mt
“Ud clambered tho mountain to the foot makes you ask that question/’
of tho rock, tho perilous ascent of which I “Cause they have ift> mhuttna'to spank
hu now OvDium.nced, entrusting his em' Y x