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POETRY. __
Prom the No) York livening l‘u)l.
TO A I,ADY.
'• 7< requested a few original Linen for lur
.11 bum.
Nay, lady, ask me not to rhyme,
For by the ‘Nine” 1 have ho time
To blot a page so f iir :
A note ot" mine is due to-day—.
But where the lucre is to pay
The p iltry debt, I cannot say,
And —liaug me if 1 care 5
Not care a pretty merchant thou !
The Pearl Street (Vs. would say, yet now
I feel in quite -a rage;
And thu, fair girl, is my excuse,
(Which thou, 1 trust will not relume,)
Tor disobeying while my muse
And I fierce war wage.
For know—that when araan in trade
Kmbarks himself, he will he made
Assuredly to fail,
If h ; the Poet’s lyre attune,
And sigh to the unconscious moon—
My Jove, ha’ll be, and that full soon,
The tenant of a jail.
Th< u lov’st to read sweet poesy,
And if I could, I’d write for thee
A talc to make thee sad :
I joy to see the glistening tear
Stand in thine eye ; 1 joy to hear
The soft sigh when tf.y lips are near
Mine own —such bliss I've had.
ldut lady, I have bid adieu
To labouring with the “immortal few,”
llowe’r it be unwise :
And yet, alas ! I can but feel
Regret, that thus I’m doomed to steel
My heart, too prone to rhyme, and deal
ju vulgar merchandize.
"Were 1 alcarn'd philosopher,
A lawyer, doctor, editor,
1 freely would indite ;
As memory brought ray youthful dream
Of love and thou, I’d seize the theme,
And with it pen and fiolacap rcum,
To scribble day and night.
Put therein-it !—bless me —what have I
To do v, ith jingling poetry',
With images and tropes !
O tr poems love, are long accounts,
With interest added, and the amounts—
A< six months credit sold—the founts
Whence flow our brightest hopes.
Yet since, f.itr girl. I disobey’,
I’ll “ recommend !” thee (as wo ‘ay)
In earliest, not in fun,
To liiilieck of the sprightly muse;
To Wetniore, Sands, or if thou choose,
To \\ illis, who will ne’er excuse
Hitnsolfas I have done.
* A. U. C. A Cos.
-OOO
CAN’T PLEASE THE I.AIPES.
“ W ant is the scorn of every fool,
And wit in rags is turned to ridicule.”
It has always been my wishes to please
Ihe ladies but I find by experience that
it is a difficult office. However, the
better liked. 1 was in company the
other evening with a fine parcel of ladies
—very handsome girls to be sure—
should have spent the evening very a- j
gi ecubly, had not Miss Simper got vexed ■
with me—said I was a cursed ugly fel-;
low—i am ni ,v„„- x,.. v I
ltopt moving—the girls kept cutting
their eyes at me—that wasn’t more than i
1 expected—l liked that—but whisper-j
mg I do detest—cursed bad practice a- j
tttong the ladies to be sure. lam used
to such kind of treatment——so don’t tnind
it. In came Miss Snarl—fine girl—
with dark eyes—skin white as a lily—
rosy cheeks—smiling countenance just
in tiro fashion—l lik’d that—l was very
polite—had as many motions as if I had
been in a ball room—l run on lor about
an hour with a great many borrowed ex
pressions—I heard her whisper tooneof
the girls, he is sensible —l lik'd that—so
dash’d on, kept moving—happen’d to;
cast my eye at Miss Simper—she look’ll
very mad—l liked that—so mov’d my
‘-hair close up to hers—she mov’d oil—
so did [—l lik’d that—girls all sociable
hut Miss Ibimper—she was cursed mad
to be sure—l told her she was handsome
—sac lik’d that—this looks something
like a whale. A boy came about with
tea—l lik’d that—took a cup—wasverv
pobtc—much like a dancing master—
let the clip fall—cursed clumsy fellow,
whispered one—clown, whispered ano
ther. Went home—cursed my want of
politeness—and went to bed—swore I
would nol go among the girls this year.
Tommy Sx'kker.
Vrom tlic Saturday Bulletin.
Rats!—At a late hour of night, the
watchman was alarmed lv the j>it< on-,
cries of a young laily in a house near the
' corner of Second and Ghesnut Stro. t,
who stood at the third story window im
ploring assistance against a gang of rob
bers, who, she declared, were at that
moment in the house, malting their way
tip stairs to do she hardly knew what to
her. She was told by the valorous guar
dian oi'onr slumbers to come down ami
open the door! This she vowed she
Was afraid to do, and besought him in
return to get in at the window—a nia
incuvrc lie contrived very mg niously to
effect. The house was searched from
top to bottom, when 1<! on going into
the kitchen, their eyes were horrified l;v
the sight of a huge rat, safe in the re
lentless jaws of a steel trap, with which
nncouth appendage he hud been dan
cing a hornpipe over adressorfuii of chi
na 1 waking
“ A thousand melodies unheard before.”
A mill was carried away by a freshet
and a miller following after it, wrote on
the door,
lice goes my old mill down the water.
A darn’d sight furder than it ought to !
fAMni,rNO.—.Most of onr read' rs
have heard of the officer, who having
l*Mt all his money at play, received as
sistance from a friend',on condition that
to would never afterwards touch u
■ard or a dice, but a few weeks after,
. c. ... i i-j an otTt-houo drawing
straws with a brother Gambler for hundreds!
of pounds.
The most singular species of gambling I
which we have over witnessed, we believe to'
lie peculiar to the blacks in Cuba. Ma
ny ol these stout, hearty, goo I humored fel
| lows dayly collect about Lie quay in Havana,
j waiting for employment; all gambling for
{ sugars, they are inveterate sin >!;ers and forms
| one of their most lav :>rite ainusem*. nts. Two
j parties challenge each other, and each lays
j down in separate places, three or more sugars,
■ forming a figure resembling a triant.de; they
j then withdraw a few ae -s. and eagerly wttcii
j their respective piles. The owner of the
j pile on which nfy first alights, is entitled to
i tnc whole.—r News Letter.
Prom the Bo ton Centinel.
AxrrooTi:.—ln the small town of R—in
this State lives Dr. W. an old eohlior of the j
R<velutio:., he is highly respected by all the
inhabitants, and lias several times been elect-;
ed a member of the Legist iturc. Dr. W.’s
greatest enjoyment was smoking, and in this \
he indulged himself frequently, in oilier res
pects he was very temperate; he drank noth-,
ingof any kind of spirits, and of wine but ve- j
ry seldom. As he was one morning purcha- j
sing his favorite cigars at the only tavern in
the town, he encountered a neighbor, one who!
was once a flourishing farmer, but whose farm !
was a short time since mortgaged for nearly
its value and its possessor was fast hastening!
to ruin hv the use of ardent:?: the glass was*
just raised to hi? lips, “ Ah !” said W “still
at the old habit.” “Dr.” says the other, a
little nettled at the remark, “if you will a
gree to smoke no more, l will leave off drink
ing”—Done” said \V. “1 take all present to
witness,” and tlie hunch of real “Ilavannas,”
was immediately deposited in the stove, the o
ther paused, then dashed the glass from his
lips, and from that day has not drank a drop
of spirits, the mortgage has all been paid ;dj
end his family rescued from destruction.
The old veteran has strictly kept his promise,
and can still be seen drawing Ins chair close
as possible to any one smoking, in order still
to inhale the fumes of the fragrant weed, while
the Landlord complains that he has lost two of
his best customers.
W. If. R.
British Liox-Tionns.—This, wc are told
is the name given by George IV. to a cross
breed produced at Aik ins’ Royal Menagerie
in London. Three beautiful cubs, the inter
esting offspring ot the Lion and Tigress, arc
now exhibiting at this menagerie and arc the
wonder and delight of all England.
Charleston Courier.
Bright’s New Orleans Price Current of
tli‘* 18th in allusion to the Stock Market the
previous week, says, public attention has been
exclusively occupied with the City Bank; on
tlm first instalment of $lO, upwards cf
$500,000 has been paid in; two shares per
subscriber is tha utmost that can possibly be,
obtained. Such a run has never before been i
known in Louisiana—the shares have already!
been sold at $5 a 0 advance.
The word “Fast,” is as great a contradic
tiw, as "x.r.a.tx. er H’l.n
ware was fast, because the ice was immovea
ble; and then the ic.e disappeared very feist
for the contrary reason—it was loose. A
clock is called fast, when it goes quicker
than time, but’a man is told to stand fast
when lie is desired to remain stationary
People fast whin they have nothing to eat,
ami cat fast, consequently, when opportunity
offers. — Salem Mcr.
It is stated in the Providence [Rhode Isl
andJJounial, that the Theatre in that town,
has been converted into a place of public
worship ! This calls to our recollection the
following lines which were found attached to
the door of a T.ieatre, the use of which had
been granted hold a large Religion.: meet
ing:
If, reader ! you have time to spare,
Turn o’er St. Matthew’s leaves,
You’ll find that onee a house of prayer,
Became a den of thieves.
But now the times are altered quite,
O ! Reformation rare;
Tins modern den of thieves, to-night
Became a house of prayer.
An American gentleman, a correspondent
of the Xew-York Observer, and now in Eng
land, thus speaks, in c unparing English agri
culture with that of this country.
“ Manchester to Birmingham, with
the exception of the eoal regions of Wol
verlmpton, and another few miles of poor
li.nd, the w hole country is a perfect garden.
An American farmer knows nothing of Eng
lish husbandry. The difference is 100 wide
fur him to be able to appreciate it. Selec;
(lie most cultivated grounds of the rich on
Manhattan Island, or behind Brooklyn, or in
in the immediate vicinity of Philadelphia, or
oi Boston—and they arc only ordinary spcci
mens of English farming. A poor English
cottager displays a taste about his humble
dwelling, and gits a product from hi a ’ i 11) ■
patch, which might shame the wealthy form
ers ol the United States. I wish not t. r
disrespectfully of my country, or fc-'L-gV
meu—hut 1 should like to provoke them, I \
whatever in '.ins, to more rapid improvements.
Loth in agriculture and horticulture.”
nnsTnucriox or the cot.cmiua iiiiidoe.
Extract o(n Lcllc -from York , dated Eeb. 1 sth,
I mii truly sorry to say that two thirds o.
the Columbia Bridge has been carried oil by
by the Ice, and that on part of the bridge vet
standing, the iec is Mountain high above the
roof, and it is the opinion of tho-e who \v<
’ see it, that there will not he one vestige ,
that noble structure standing' in h. monoii.
1 mes (trace, a mail driver, w ' tuo<- ;
volunteered his servi' cs md actually succeed-
J in climbing over the huge piles of ice. t-. t,,
tiie great Southern Mail. The Stage loaded
with passengers, had just passed ov* rthc cb
about five seconds when it fell with a r.
tnendous crash.— Balt. (niz.
[This bridge crossed tho Susquehanna, ni
■'oinhia, and was a noble structure, a mil,
in length.j> i
'!d
INUNDATION oFciN
A i woof-slip from the office of the Ciucin- j
ii iti American, under date of the llt > insi.
furnishes the following particulars of the in
undation of part of that city :
1 he Flood! —-The Ohio since our last no
tice has continued to rise rapidly. L illy on j
Sunday morning it took a fresh start, and con- j
turned to rise a, the rate of about 3 inches!
per hour. Yesterday it rose it the rate of
about one inch per hour, overflowing the
great part of the tliiid and fourth wards.—
Water-street is navigable for brais of almost
any tonnag . The Robert Fulton, which
left yesterday for Louisville, was obliged to
back up the street toclear t!ve Uncle Sam.—
The office of the Commercial Advertiser, at
the corner of Water and Front, is flooded with
water about lour leet on the first floor. Our
publishing office at the corner of Columbia
and Ma n, is surrounded with water, but we
hope to r ach it this morning by small craft.
The destruction of property is immense—
collars filled with water—board-yards swept
of every stick ol timber—and some houses
already on the more.
Since writing the above, w r c have been out
reconnoitering the premises. What a seen
The water still on the rise—people moving
in every direction—some from the first to the
second stories—others from the second es
caping in boats. It is undoubtedly the great
est rise ever known. A friend, who arrived
i:i the Napoleon from above, reports nineteen
houses on the may, which may he expected in
due season. At Lawr meeburg, below us,
the houses were secured by good cables to
the nearest hlufi's—this, however, we should
| not be willing to vouch for,as many entertain
I serious doubts whether auv vestiges can he
left by this time. There is scarcely ground
J enough to he seen at Marietta for the dove to
rest upon. No one can say when the waters
will subside.
1 The above was written for the American,
i which we hoped to publish this morning, hut
it is impracticable. Our printing office can
| only be reached by boats. The composition
room being in a separate building,(intending
j soon to move) renders it impossible to issue
J the paper for the present. There is yet no
j abatement of the waters. The rivers con
j tinue to rise above, swelling the Ohio to a
fearful height. Steam boats can neither load
nor unload ; every one is employed in mov
ing. Mill Creek Bridge is decidedly on
“ one side cf the question” and the whole
bottom above presents a “ sea of waters.”
The Uncle Sam, Atlantic, Parmer, Ten
nessean, Carrolton, boats of tlm first class,
with a great number of others are in the ri
ver,.wc cannot say at the landing. The ’76
has just arrived from New-Or*!eaes.
'The following accounts s.V-nv that the floe !
has also been destructive in North Western
Pennsylvania :—•
J ram the Bla-irsrillc ( Penn .) Recorder .
TIIE FLOOD.
Iho dam and its embankments opposite
this borough, stood perfectly firm until the
water rose higher than t lie embankment.—
About eleven o’clock on the night of the 9th,
tms was irrscovc re a to ue ine citej„ „
hours tiie whole of the embankment was
swept away—the Lock slightly injured.
The damage done to the canal above this
place we understand is not very great, hut
below it has been serious.
Between this and the Tunnel several
breaches were made ui the canal and one of
the abutments of the Tunnel (lain was slight
ly injured. Messrs. Sterett <V Trax, con
tractors for archingthe Tunnel, lost all their
tools and the timber they had collected for
the tow path.
One half of the lock at dam No. 0, was
thrown down and the upper lock at dam
No. 3, was swo; t off.
'lh Lock an 1 embankment of the Leech
burgh dam have been swept away—the dam
is uninjured-.
These arc the principal injuries done to
the public works as far as v. e have heard.—
Accounts of private losses are coining in
every hour.
The saw mill at this place was carried off
bodily.
The frame of the canal boat which was on
the stocks, owned by Mr. George Singly,
floated several miles down the river.
immense losses have been sustained by the
proprietors of nearly all the salt works on
ho'li rivers. Messrs. Boggs, Hill, Talmage,
Iligham, Kecslcr, Browneman &. Cos. and
C'osscn, are the principal sufferers on the Kis
keminetas. The loss ol the first named gen
tleman alone is estimated at from 10 to 50,000
dollars. On theConemaugh, Messrs. Rogers
a:ul M'Cowcn, who were tho heaviest losers,
William M Tat land, Arts & Dobbins, Henry
Ai Jacob Drum, Barker and John Rover.
I housands of barrels of Salt havt been
destroyed, and many of the salt establish
ments completely demolished. Houses, gta
hies, salt pans, fixtures and tools were swept
o:2 by the resistless torrent.
H ith painful feelings wc record also the
loss of one human life. A man in the em
ploy of the Messrs. Drum was endeavoring
‘o get the horses oul of the stable which was
urroundod with water. lie was drowned,
and two of the horses.
Prom the Heaver (Penn.) Argus.
THE FLOOD.
i-noli a scene has never before occurred in
our neighborhood, as that produced by the
risen! the Ohio river and Big Beaver creek,
on Friday and Saturday lust. The water at
the junction of those streams was seven or
eiglu foot higher than cv< r was known he
fore. Bridge-wafer, Sliaru, and Fallston were
ali inundated, as well as the buildings up and
down the river. In some of the houses th.
w ater was up in the second story, and most i
of them near the ceiling in the first. A great j
many light buildings wa re carried away, to.
I' I** 1 ** " i'll hay and grain stacks and fences. '
The loss in the range where the watt r ilowc-d I
is inealciilat le. 1
Among the sufferers in this vicinity, Ste
phe Vionr, Em. is the greatest. He esti'm
atc-y Ins 1 iwarkm thousand do!!.u.
His old dwelling house and stable were car-1
ried away: and a large new brick lions , late
ly finished, and which cost about 84000, is so
much injured that it is believed that it will
tall—a brick kitchen attached to it was torn
away. Messrs. U. Minis and II J. Wasson,
suffered considerable loss, the dwelling house
of the latter being swept off.
The water was up to the celling in Gen.
Laeo-l. s house, and his stable anti other out j
houses, fences and hay stacks, were all carried j
away, and his valuable Library destroyed.
At Sharon, the Foundry of Messrs. Dartgli
and Stow was turn away, and at Failston, the
Scvtii Factory of Mr. D. 8. Stone was de
stroyed, and Messrs. Pughs, Wilson A Cos.,
have sustained considerable loss. The Isl
ands above and below, have been stripped of
every thing, their occupants barely escaping
with their lives.
The public works on Reaver Creek have
sustainedlittl ■or no injury.
J .
Notwithstanding the uncommon rapid rise i
of the, river, and the distress produced by it, it
is with gratitude we have the pleasure of sta
ting that there were no lives lost.
From the Columbus (Oh ici) Journal.
% the Ravenna Courier, we learn that great
destruction of property, by the rise of water,
took place along the Buyahoga river, on the
10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th inst. From this
we may infer that the Muskingum and Sciota
rivers will contribute their full shares to the
already overwhelming volume of the Ohio;
, and tiie rise of the Monongahela and Yough
iogany gives us assurance, which experience
; forbids us to distrust, that the Kenhawa will
• also contribute largely to the work of destruc
tion. We have, therefore, great reason to ex*
; pcct most disastrous intelligence from be
low.
Ttiih'd States Hank.
Me have before us a repoit Iron the Sec
retary of the Treasury, dated Jan. 231, in
compliance with a resolution of the Senate,
directing him to Communicate, if able, a
list ot the foreign stockholders in said Bank,
—the amount of debts due the Bank and its
Branches from individuals and bodies corpo
rate, —a list of the Dirt ct-ors of the Bank and
its several Branches, —the names of domestic
stockholders, with the amount held bv each,
and their places of residence. The Secretary
of the Treasury riot having in his possesion
the means ol answering these inquiries, ad
dressed a note to the Piesident of the Bank,
soliciting the information, which was prompt
ly furnished.
New York Journal of Commerce.
It anpears that the amount of stock held
by foreigners is 84,055 shares; equal to
•V-vlGo/iOO, without including the premium.
The heaviest foreign stockholders ureas fob
lows:
Shares.
Raring, Brothers 6c C’o. 7915
John Marshall, BtTS
Charles Dixon, 2500
Thomas Cotertlo et el. trustees, 1829
Sparks A- Cos. 1836
Benjamin Haywood, 1781
Jonathan Austin, 1200
Ihe Most lion. Francis C. S. Conwav,
Marquis of Halill', 1003
JjUno llrako. (luvna 7 XOOQ
Abel Smith, 1000
John Martin & Cos. yog
Don Jose Xafrc, * gyy
Samuel Sherwood, 875
James I’eirson, gqy
Cropp< r, Benson A Cos. 815
Robert Philips, gyy
Gen. Sir Win, Keppel, 720
Ann P#feen, 715
Maj. Gen. Macdonald, oiO
Mrs. C’ondolaria Bell, 037
Lord Erie Reery, opy
John \ an Baize, .qyg
Jas. 11. W illiam P. A Win. 11. Anderson, 550
Thos. P. Acklai.d, 540
Thomas Sexton, ,533
Sanies Brown Leeds, 537
Edward Ball Hughes, r ( jQ
Sir Edward Tucker, 502
J. L. Lane, 500
f*’ 300
LL Gen. .... r Mar mad like W. Peacoke, 500
John Oiercnd, r,Qy
Hudson Gurney, gyy
R. <A J. Barclay, .500
Sir Colin & Richard 11. Campbell, 371
Rev. Geo. Gordon, D. D. Dean of Lincoln,3ll
James Dunlop, 333
There arc 31) or 40 others, besides those
we have enumerated, holding from 300 to 500
shares. The whole number of foreign stock
holders is 470.
The- amount of hills discount
ed by the Banks and its
Branches on personal sc
curilies, is " 843,’758,670 34
Bills discounted on funded
and, bt > 18,850 00
Do. on Bank stock
Domestic hills of exchange 16,091,139 34
Mortgages 205,394 06
Total $60,405,103 87
Due from State Banks 3,944,847 74
The domestic stockholders of the Bank arc,
as we count them 3602 in number, residing
in the following states. The number of
shares held in each State, is given in the
second column.
Slates. No. of N o . o f
Stockholders. Shares
Maine 1 1 499
\ ermont 2 *^7
Now Hampshire 24 *39)
Massachusetts $ Besi(los Bos ’ n 53 l „, * -
and Boston 168 S 11176
n. . . .
Connecticut c-o 1 VP)
Bliodo Island 39 I°lH
N.w York (“• "i'J, 3o ; w ,
1 New Jersey 7:. 2,787
I Pennsylvania 872 51,028
| Delaware 43 16*11
is)
District of Columbia ci 2,725
Virginia 258 llgHT'
North Carolina g 3m
s. Carolina [chartsVn h ’ l ° n JJJ] 40,242,
Georgia 42 1,981 I
H ! “? , 4 55.i!
Keotuckv <>3 grot
Tennessee 5 258 (
Indiana 2 50
Illinois 2 107
Louisiana 17 119
Arkansas 1 42
Domestic share holders 3002 sh’s 195,(;•?(!
Foreign share holders 470 81,055 ■
United States 70,000 j
In trasitu between the different
Transfer Offices 325
Total 350,000
These, at SIOO each, make the amount cl
1 capital, viz : $35,000,000. Present premium
! per share, 124 1-8 to sl2 1 1-4. Some of the
• largest domestic stockholders are as follows:
Shares.
Steplin Girard, 0331
j Charles Carroll, of Carrollton 2683
; Robert Ralston, of Philadelphia 2026
• Wet. J. Bartvsdale, Virginia 1500
Bernard M. Carter, Philadelphia 1417
John Potter. South Carolina 1400
\\ m. G. Bueknor, N. York 1168
Don Ftancis Layzcir do 1150
Peter Harmony do 957
Lewis K. rshaw 6c Cos. S. C. 942
John G. Coster, N. York 900
Mills Smith do 875
Lemuel Taylor, Maryland 860
domiciling, New York 850
Don Francis Lazua, do 850
15. 6: J. Bolden, S. C. 839
Daniel C. Yerplanck, N. York 805
Stephen Burkely, S. C. 7e7
Wm. Patterson,Aid. 730
; Robert Gilmor, do 703
i Mrs. Ann Donnell, do 700
Prime, Ward A King, N. York <683
< vVri. Coleman, Pa. 680
j Johu Gibbs, do 650
i Brown, Brothers A Cos. N. York GCO
I Thomas C. Yanderiiout, S. C. 028
j James De Wolf 632
W m. Brown, Pa. 600
' Gardner Green, Boston GUO
■ Col. Wm. Alston, S. C. 000
' Wm. Wig)i tuum, do 600
i Isaac Smvthe, Md. 5 1
J Coster A: Carpenter, N. York 531
Titos. P. Cope, Pa. 520
I Paid Bc<ck, Jr. do 513
Mrs. Alary Ann Gilmore, S. C. 510
Robert F. Stockton, N. J. 500
I W tn. Ai kin, Charleston 500
The amount of specie on hand at the Bank
of the United States, and its several Branch
es, on the Ist of January 1832, was as fol
lows :
Rank United State* $2,811,640 83
Portland, 70,452 22
Portsmouth, 50,11170
Boston, 328 8:7 58
Providence, 102,626 74
Hartford, 28.094 00
New York, 604,686 04
Baltimare, 228,000 00
Washington, , 54,610 53
Richmond, 197,212 02
Norfolk, 112,150 38
Fayetteville, 18,943 75
Charleston, 271,468 80
Savannah, -376,640 24
Mobile, 15.3,671 72
New Orleans, 510,346 06
Natcl.cjr, 57,825 83
S<* 136,897 51
Nashville, 167.806 36
Louisville, “m jqi or:
Lexington, 91,513 28
Cincinnati, 111,028 16
Pittsburgh, v 31,809 84
Buffalo, 105,232 46
n< ; a * • 67,750 60
Burlington, 72,422 48
Agency, Cincinnati,
do Chillicothc,
i 1 °i a !’ 7,038,823 12
j * n<”i< appears to be a mistake in the num-
I her of shares owned in New Hampshire,
which should be 511 instead of 30] ; and of
! course the footing would be affected accord
j itiffly—leaving a less amount in transitu.
/'hits. Jour, of Com.
j From, the Banner of the Constitution.
j For the benefit of such of our readers a?
! may find Political Economy and Constitution
al Law too dry a study, we publish th,
| ‘“lowing story, leaving the reader to make
Ins own application of its content? •
THE THREE TRAVELLERS. I
Some forty years ago, three young friends
sat out together upon a distant journey, in
order to better their condition in life; and.
having, heard that a famous town, called
Union I own, held out the most encouragin''
j prospects for new beginners, they resolved
to pay it a visit. Upon inquiring tho road,
they wire told that the most direct one, and
indeed, the only one that could bring them
speedily to their journey’s end, was that in
w hich they then were—that it was a straight
road, and one having very few impediments
or obstructions, and so easy to find, that no
body, who possessed Common sense,' could
fan to keep it. With this plain and simple
direction, and under a mutual agreement
that they would follow it, they proceeded on
ward harmoniously and with perseverance,
and made great progress during many davs.
I lie road was a fine well made highway, en
livened by the numerous travellers who pass
ed through it, and presented, every where
'he appearance of general prosperity amongst
I,c inhabitants whose farms and villages it
passed through, in some places it ran" near
the margin of a noble river, whose surface
was whitened by tho sail boats and
winch Iroquented tho market of Union'
and thus did prosperity appear not *, h 0
lined to those who were laborin'* tm ih.. i, i
but ctndlf citadel to ttto,
eupied on tho walc-r. tU “•
After joufiir-y mg, for some days, a’on-r this
delightful route, an occurrence took ptac
in elle , rs OVC n a '"° &t ,Jn, ' or ‘ unatc one (o - m
tinvel'ers. Having arrived at a point wl.
anew road struck ofi'Trom the main high y.',
m a diverging direction, one of the part’,
who was a native of N w . K, lfr i., r ,
Hie others shorl, and pointing to thc'ilciv rill,l
insisted upon it that that was the Hue mu’
best route. Another ones of tho (lire., who
happened t? bo born i n the SguUurn Sh-'I,
.'.pressed a different opinio,, u „o~ . . "
ret. He said he had studdieK !e •
that lie knew precisely where tVi
that a continuance it, the strub,Lm *•,
carry them directly to it ... a\7 “ Kl,i '•••till!
new route would most
a lu "H Lr tm,c ’ as the distance would
;er and the fatigue conseq.mntlv
i besides, he said that the new road J r d ’*~
j stumps, hills and hollows,
; If 11 . 0 tbeir progress, and primus Tf >%
! their limbs, and, what was worse
! not fare as well as on the old road I 7
,have o ,K,y dearer for their S
• ug. lo all tliisappgrentlv sensible ° d "'
inig, the New Englander replied, 0^
> ■' Js Kt> soundness in it, —that L -e o , rr ' , hcre
j a mere theory, and not to be put r*
! facie— that lie was well Stai ,l. .1 “‘(fade*
fuels tliut lie was well assured
road was the shortest, and th c bet , 1
cheapest to travel on, and he WMno. , I*
convinced by such flimsv °L bc
broußbt by ,ho &JIZ, ?,$>
ter then took out of his pocket a alnal rS
map, containing the geogranvofthl d(i<
and, making the spot at which
holding their discussion, and poitffi*
locality of the town, he clearly sh O L .
the new road would he two side- of atd l '> al
whilst the old road was hut
with a triumphant air, such as mnl, 1Cn ’
mans have a right to use, followed u ? 1
demonstration of what he thought coni
longer admit of a doubt, with “this meoml
verubh i.v.oni ‘A two sides o f a tr ls s
* a than the third.” ' ‘ an ° e
lne I nkv a in) iiaii i,ecn wcl l ,
and ', as a famUisr as his untogoniSSg
cl:„ a Elements, filming that he could noil
eoinplish his purposes by argument, resorted
o the only expedient wliicl, remained b
him. He urns determined that the nan
should go by the new road, and, as |„. 0
no compel the Southerner to co with if
i unless he could win over the third man, w ], o
Ih ul listened to !,oth arguments, and ffia
i rather inclined to favor (he views off
; .-Oiitlierner, he began to appeal to his nrciu.
I i hls thlr( T l r man was a native of tl
j Middle ..tates. He was altogether irony
j °J. Bt’Pefal’kj’,B t ’Pef a l’kj’, and, in fact, was of that flat,
ol people who always think by proxy 51 ,!
are vi ry happy and content lo pin their’ faith
upon tnc sleeves of those who wifi fluttettW
vanity and minister to their false notions o{
: patriotism. 80 to work Jonathan goes.-.
j“ \ou see,” said he to tnc Tennsylvaihaii
; this fellow from the .Soutl. wants us to m
sue a road which at one point actually crossd
1 over the Canada line. For my part, 1 hati
I no idea of being tributary to foreign coin,
I ,r,cs - i l°re my o>.\ n country too well to h
j beholden to Canada for the privilege of trar
I oiling. lam for being indepententofforeig
nations for roads, and will never consents
traul this road ; for, how do we know hoi
soon the Canadian Government may shut il
up 7 ” Tins poison soon began to work, an<
tlie Southerner, finding that he was likelyt<
be left in a minority, endearored to counter
act it by administering the antidote of rei<
soil. “It is true,” said he, “that this oH
road touches (or a short distance upon tin
territory ol Canada, but, as we arc' permits
to travel it without molestation, there iscer
tairily no good cause why we should refuse!
enjoy what is clearly an advantage, lti
not the interestc of Canada to shut up this raa
tor she gains by the travelling that tdi
place upon it, hut, should she ever be so 111
wise as to do it, it will be time enough ttei
for us to travel anew route —and even them
much shorter cut can Ire found than theol
now urged upon us by our friend from Nei
England. Let me nsk, would either of y
agree to give .six dollars (or a yard of (iouiei
tic cloth, now and forever hereafter, of th
same quality as a foreign one which youcoul
buy for three dollars, merely because ilim
was a possibility that, at some future day,tin
foreigner would be such a fool as not totrali
with e
The P uiisylvnnian listened attentivelyk
this argument" which he no doubt thoughtki
much weight in it; but, no sooner was thi
perceived by t c Yankee, than he fol:oweduf
his appeal to the patriotic prejudice of hi
dupe, by crying out that the Southerner tti
iu the interest and pay of Canada, This set
tied tho question, and the Pcnnsy Ivanianlia
itated no longer to unite in opinion that ih
new road was the shortest, the best,andtk
cheapest; and these two, now constituting
majority, lold the Southerner, that, iflictvoil
not go along with them bv fair means,iSf
wouid make him go by fou 1 . Upon this tint
drew a cord around the neck of the Soutli’itß
whojcontinucrl refactory,&pulled him along
’Fhey had not journeyed many days belt*
the Southerner began to discover the roast
w hy (he New Englander was so anxious thi
the parly should follow the new route. Jon*
than was no stranger to the differencebelncei
tho two roads, but he had lately bo ughtatrac
ol land on the new route, and had built s tav
ern upon it, for which custom was wanted
and, besides this, a number of i" 3 relation'
and friends had settled upon the n e "' TO!U ' 1
and had hired him, as a shrewd acute fellow,
to assist them lo put money into their poev
els, by inducing travellers to pass by I' l ' ll
doors. This was the whole secret of vlie b#*
si ness; and, ass on as ‘.Vie Southerner was cob*
vinc.ed of it, by fading Jonathan extreme!;
anxious to slop at every tavern, anil to
his companions to call for something to cd
and dnii!., for which they were chargedU
as much again as they had to pay onthcoi
rosd, he could no longer contain hinist !f am
he broke out into a terrible passion* * l
ciiargod the others with a combinctioß *
plunder him of his properly —with having!®
I pr.vcd him of his rights as a fret? man " !l
having violated tho contract under which , ‘ IC
had commenced the journey, by which it"*
agreed that they were to keep the stw'U
road—and he finally concluded by deeknnj
that ho would not go a step fur titer
them,
At this stage of the business, the
vanian himself began to have *oino , ' oU *’ u
vbout the advisablencss of dfoggittff *- !£
f-outherncr any further. Tic began to <! •
cover that w hat this latter had predicted J
:he new road was truo enough. It wasp”i'
in many and sd miry in th