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On Monday, the 18th, Mr. Zollicoffcr, of
Tennessee, introduced into the Here of Rep
resentatives, the following Resolutions, to
wH: - ‘jfv-
Rewired, That thecotnmittee on thafjndi
clary be instructed to inquire into the expo
dieney of reportings bill to regulate and re
strain, the emmigration or importation into
the linked States of foreign paupers and
criminate- ‘ ’ ,
The Yeas and Nays being demanded, the
Resolutions was adopted—Yeas 136, Nays
37.
Recorded among the Yeas we find the 1
names ofjpmwford, Gartrell, Jackson, Sew
ard, and Trippe ot Georgia; and among the
NaySi those of Stephens and Wright. Mr.
Uill, being sick, was absent. —Atlanta Alter.
ANTI-iLAVEBY BRACTHW. =--r-
A change of opinion, too marked to es
cape notice, is gradually taking place on
the subject of negro slavery. The dimin
tion of the productive capacity of the
West liidia Islands by the act of emanci
pation ; the failure even in latitudes sup
posed tfc be the most favorable tor the cul
ture of cotton to compete in the production
of that important staple, either in quality
or quant ty, with the southern portion of
the United States; and .the evident decline
in tne moral and social Condition of the
black race wherever considerable numbers
have been endowed with! freedom, begin to
correct that false philanthropy which had
rendered the negro the idol of Exeter Hall
and the most potent element of political
discord between the Northern and Southern
States.
It is true the agitation of the vexed sub
ject of negro slavery in religious conventi
cles and on the political arena has not sen
sibly subsided yet, as the barometerr indi
cates an approaching change in atmospheric
phenomena before the sunshines to succeeds
the storm cloutls, saibe sentiments utlacad in
private questions of political
and commercial economy and fire authenti
cated movements of governments tbemselvn
palpably ptove the progress of a radical and
important revolution of public opinion.
The anxious search ot the cotton manu-1
facturers of Manchester for a supply of raw
material independent of the Uuited States
gome, time since, elicited reports of the re
sultsof experiments in India, Africa and island
under English dominion,which conclusively
proved, that the great advantage the United
States possessed with mainly attributable to
t tie species of Ia hor em ploy ed in it s cotton fields
The employineut of emancipated or mo,e
recently impoi ted negroes, and the substitu
tion of Chinese coolies alike proved unsuc
cessful. But here is a fact which is highly
.signified. Legalized, ns was the trade in
tree black and Chinese emigration, human
ity was outraged no more by the regular
slave traders who run the gauntlet of the.
combined fleets stationed on the African
coasts, than by these masters of English
ships ladened with apprenticed laborer*
Yet professed philanthropists of the British
Empire maintained n profound silence in
regatd to the sufferings of those* who be
came ignorant victims of this system of ap
prenticeship, seemingly unwilling to throw
an obstacle in the way of the success of
the novel labor scheme, though they had
engrafted upon their religious -creed itself
the dogma of universal freedom to all bond
men.
Franee has shown a much more decided
reactionary movement, and the prominent
reason given for English opposition to the
step taken, is a strong evidence of negro
sympathy huvingccascd to be an enthusiasm.
The slave trade itself tins virtually been rees
tablished under the sanction of imperial au
thority, though as in tint.'case of its neighbor
across the channel, an awkward attempt is
made to conceal the reality under the guise
of “ free immigration.”
The Earl of'Clnrendon, in the House of
Lords on the 11th nit., said: “There was
no doubt that a contract had been entered in
to by the French with a certain
commercial mrfi to supply negroes for tlje
French colonies, which only received the
sanction of the French. Government on condi
tion that it was to be botui Adr a free emi
gration.” But he tersely and truly added :
*• there could be no such a thing ns free emi
gration from Africa.” The English Govern
ineuthad itself (red the experiment, sixteen
years ago, and the plan had utterely and en
tirely failed. Nor could it succeed under any
circumstances. This is an announcement to
the world, on the autbority-of the House of
English Lords, that France bas virtually re
established the slave tmdo. The extract be
low, from the Earl of Clarendon's speech,
will show the reason why it was deemed of
sufficient importance to become the subject
of debate :
After describing the competition which
this inode of supplying the French coloi ies
with negroes was creating between the con
tractors and the regular slave dealers, and
the manner in which the native tribes enter
into the excitement, the speaker continued :
- ““But he would re nind their Inrdships,that
it Wng putting • stop to that legitimate and
prosperous trade which within the Inst few
{fears had sprung up on the coast of Africa
in almost every locality in which Jhe slave
trade had been earned ou, and by which the
natives of Africa were greatly benefited. In
the spring ofthis year he (the Earl of Claren
don) received two despatches on this subject
which were of such great interest,and con
tained such full and valuable information as
te the trade in the palm oil that be did
to have then published iu the regular course,
hut laid them at one?, upon the table of their
lordship’s House. [Hear hear.] Since that time
he bad ascertained t hat the trade at Lagos in
palm oil had increased 60 per cent., and now I
amonuted to upwards of -£2,000,00 a year.
But (he whole of this rising trade aud increas
ing prosperity to the Africans were now
threatened with destruction if this system
were carried on. (Hear hear.] There were
now extensive preparations for war being
made in all the countries form which the
shires were brought,”
The pith of the objection seems to be the
Jeopardy of the ttade in palm oil, rather
than considerations of humanity or religion.
So, humanity, or what has worn its livery, is
becoming a politic; and national interest is
pfirgbtg out*, costly, iltfoundod and imprsc
ticable religious enthusiasm from the native
land of this m<> wide-spread heresy, k re
fboV 0 Blve . r y- hks lighted up .
t'** %h of domestic these States,
and even threaten* the demoliatioe of the i
luluio.of our constitutional government•
Northern mind is more readily influenced
by European, more particularly English,sen
ti'nient than is geudrally supposed. Is it,
then, an improbable supposition, even at th : a
period of domestic cottfiict, that more reliable,
more constitutional opinion and action on
this vexed subject, are likely to be exhibi
ted by not only the more temperate portion
jof the Tree States, but also by those which!
seem at present the very hot beds of anti* i
ahivery zeal 1
Ihe article has reached a length which
precludes the notice of reaction st the North ;
but that it has commenced is apparent to all
who coolly and intelligently scan current
events. It is manifes'ted in the results of
popular elections, in the increasing number
of able productions of'Nurthern pens in favor
of Southern slavery, and m many other
modes. It were well for the South cautious
ly to observe tho favorable as well as the
unfavorable omens of tb? future.— Picayune.
THE RECENT ELECTION IN KANSAS.
The Washington Star gives an emphatic
contradiction to the rumor of a Black Repub
lican victory in Kansas at the election of the
4th of January. So far to the contrary, the
Star figures out n very decisive success for
tbe pro-slaverv candidate. In so many
words it declares that tho Topekaites were
defeated by nt least 1,000 majority, and the
statement is applied as well to candidates for
the Legislature as for tlie Executive offices
of the State. If this report be true, the
South may be congratulated on an unexpec
ted and signal triumph. The Star claims the
latest date for its advices, and ascribes its in
formation to a “gentleman who in personally
familiar with the facts in the case.” For all
that, we doubt the accuracy of the statement,
and admonish our readers against accepting
it with implicit confidence.— South.
BITTEH TIMES AHEAD.
From every quarter of the commercial
world teem hopeful tidings of better times.—
The catalogue of failures is about ended.—
Asa necessary sequence from the disturbing
causes with which confidence has been assail
ed, those mercantile hoi i -s whose only foucin
tiou was credit, have fallen. Their
for a while blocked up the channels of trade.-
but the res.tslesa current of enterprise has lif
ted them from their places and cleared away
tin* obstructions. Our groat staple,
has so long writhed in the grasp ofthis mon
ster panic, is.o:i its feet again and rapidly ad
vancitigto the, point where it was so sudden
ly and causelessly bnrle.d. The indications
from which we make these deductions are
multiplying daily. Every steamer from
Eur ope. is freighted with the intelligence of
a reduction of interest, an improvement in
trade, and, ns a consequence, an advance in
cotton. In this country, tho reaction is cor
respondingly great. Our cotton mills, all
over the country, which, for want of means
to purchaseibe raw ijjlate,rial, have lam idle
for three months, ve resuming operation, and
the evidences of returning prosperity arte dis
coverable in every branch of industry.
How could it be otherwise? what a
plethora of money there is, even now, in the
great commercial centre of the country. The
New York banks have within their vaults at
this time nearly thirty millions hi specie, al
most treble their supply in ordinary tunes.— j
With this amount of mouey nt that point, and j
with a partial restoration of confidece, it was)
impossible to keep down tbe “ AineicJn peo-1
pie” or the price of cotton.
One word just here, to our planting friends, i
The improvement in price juat noticed should |
induce the planter to sell, at least so much of j
his cotton as will pay his debts and relieve
his merchant. The balance he might hold on
speculation; but lie should recollect if his
merchant is not paid, lie cannot pay and his
credit is thereby injured. We fear that this
fact is not sufficiently appreciated by (lie
planting com manky. We ■purchase from
the merchant during tho year on n credit till
the first of January. At that time he 1ms 1
contracted to make his payments. These j
obligations are generally bought up by j
Southern bnnks or sent to them for colldc.ion.!
If they nre not met, he is protested ami his I
credit dishonored. This inflicts upon him mi ■
irreparable wrong, and can only he avoided f
by the coarse we Imve suggested.
Mr. Cyrus W. Field and engineer Everett
left New York for England in the steamer
yestejrday. for the purpose of making arrange
ments for laying the Atlantic telegraph in the
spring. They take with them tips model of
anew machine, invented by Mr. Berrien, for
paying out the cable, which is said to uossess
great advantages over any other-that has been
made. Mr. Berden has, in the estimation of
those best qualified tojudge, succeeded in ob
viating entirely the great difficulty which
others have sought to overcome—the strain
upon the cable produced by the rising and
falling of the vessel. This lie lias done by
tho use of a compensating weight and move
ment so delicate, that the excess of a single
pound beyond any given weight or strain
produces instant movement of the apparatus,
and secures exactly the relief needed. The
apparatus, too, will apply its own breaks,
should a break be necessary. It wilj be *n
subject of congratulation, should this enter
prise be brought to a successful termination
by the genius of sn American inventor,
A SPECTACLE AMONG THE BRITISH PHILAN-
TiIBOPISTS.
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The pauper lunatics in Scotland—one-half
of the whole number of Innatics—are al
lowed for their support from 4Vd. to6jd.gg
week. The London Times says:
By day oppressed with fetters and mana
cles, by night lying naked three or four in
a bed of straw without covering of any
kind, rolling in filth and starved to despera
tion, the poor wretches, who, in their helpltW
uess, and passed into the hands of men
whose only object to keep them as cheap
ly aud as long as possible led a life iu com
parison witb which that of a well-fed pig iu
a sty seems a sort of paradisaical existence.
Where is British philanthropy ? Where
M the most accomplished and most negro
loving Dutclicsn of Sutherland, whose noble
Lord turns whole families of tenants into the
stjreet, while thepoor Scotch wife and mother
is suffering the pains of child-birth / Did
any of those lunatics come from the vast es
tates of the Noble Duke l
[ A well know political economist says:
** We pay best, first those who destroy us—
generals; second’those who cheat us—politi
cians and quacks; third, tiissc
üß—singers and musicians; and least of all
those who instruct us—authors, schoqpaas
ters and editors,” ” I w#
PICTURES or OSINA.
•WMM* *
The following paragraphs ar e extracted
from a late Shanghai letter :
tllK SHOPS OF SHANGHAI.
Some of the best shops of Shanghas city,”
open upon the te* gardens; some resound
with the buzz of imprisoned insects and the *
songs of caged’ birds; ’there are “ curio”
; shops, where aru to be seen antiquities of dy
nasties long anterior to the Christian era,
carefully wrought by living hands; there are
caricatures of the English barbarians, one of j
which I cannot refrain from {buying ; there ■
are carvingwn bamboo, very inferior to Can
ton ; there are simps for fans and embroider- j
ifs and silks, decidedly inferior to Ningpo.— i
There is also the studio of a portrait painter, ‘
ot probably a dangerous rival of La in qua of
Mac oh. There is loud talking in that studio, j
A Yankee Captain is inspecting a portrait of
hi mselft which ha* been painted t con
tract price of some s2o.The Yankee is a
man about forty, with streaks of gray in bis
bushy hair and beard, with a slight defect in !
one eye, a large nose, and a pockmarked 1
face.
Yet, withal, thanks to his uflluencc of hair :
and an expression of jnnfity determination!
devil-may-care go-nheadness, lie is a manly- j
looking fellow, lie is looking ruefully, how
ever,at this counterfeit presentment, of him-.;
self which is to go to the girl of his heart at
Ne w York. It is a langhler-moving curies- j
ture of all the salient points of hit physiog
norny. The Yankee swears that it is no ;
more like him than hickory nuts are like i
thunder. The artist has produced a small !
looking glass, tv hicli he places beside the por
trait, and pointing to the gray hair nnd the
squainting eye and the pockmarks of the
portrait, and then to the present originals
from which they were copied, says triumph
antly at each verification. •* Hab got ?. Ilab !
got? Ilab got ? How can make handsome’
man s'pose no got handsome face?” Let ns;
leave these patties, for there seems likelihood i
of a hot dispute, and, arming ourselves with !
another cberrmt as a- defence sgimmt bud
smells, retraced our steps tlirongh the cjty,
and out nt cast gate.
FOOT TORTURING.
In the fifth girl I saw the commencement
of the second operation—a torture under which
sickly children frequently die. The sole of
tiie foot was now curved into the shape of a
bow,the great toe and the heel being brought
together as nenr as possible. Take a jujube
and double it till two points of the lozeuge
nearly meet, and you will see what 1 mean.
This is done very gradually, The bandage!
is never slackened; month liy month it is
drawn lighter ; the foot inflames and swells,
but the tender mamma perseveres; as the
bones and tendons accommodate themselves
to the position constrained by the bandage,
so it is drawn tighter. At last the hall of!
the natural foot fits into the hollow of the!
sole; the root of the great toe is brought in- i
to contact with the heel. The foot is a shape
less lump. The instep is where the anele
was, and all that is left to go into the slip|ier
and to tread the ground is the ball of the
g eat toe and the heel. This is the small
foot of the Chinese woman—a bit of toe and
<r+dt of heel, with a mark like a cicatrice left
after a huge cut running up between tliem.
‘Two of the girls were yet suffering great
! pain, and their feet were hot and inflamed,
but in the eldest the queration was complete.
! She had attained to tIW position of a small
! fiolc 1 woman, and her feet were quite cool, j
i and ho corns, and were not tender to tho 4
touch. One of the mammas, influenced per- j
! haps by a little liber; lity in the article of
rue money, intrusted me with a Chinese
mystcre dr toilette.
Bom-dimes, it seems, when a woman is ex-:
peeled to have to do hard work, her toe and
heel are not drawij so tightly together ns to
produce the true “ small foot.” To disguise!
this imperfection upon her marriage day she j
! lias recourse to art. A piece of cork shaped !
j like an inverted sugar loaf, is strapped on to
| tier foot,and the small part goes into her slip
per and passes for, her foot. Thus are we
1 poor meii deceived! While we are gossip
-1 ping'about small feet the old Indy’s burial
! procession comes to an end. It would be
j hissed-at Astley’s, and would be regarded
; with blank nslouislfment at the Priiieteas’,but
jit it, very successful at Shanghai. The opi
i uni broker has done his duty as a good son.
If he keeps his two years mourning proper*
ly, and if none of his wives should commit
the of hnvinga child within two
years, commencing ftom nine months after
this time (for the present emperor is supposed
to owe ull his misfortunes to an unfortunate
accident of this sort,) he will be esteemed a
respectable man for evermore.
A CHINESE TEA GARDEN.
We bustle our way through the narrow
streets. We pass the temples and the Ha
mlins, unentered for we have seen a hundred
such before, and we reach the tea gardens of
Shanghai city. These are worth a visit, for
.they are the best I “have seen in China. A
Chinese garden is usually about twenty yards
square, but these cover an nrear of ten acres.
It is an irrcgujjPfigdre flanked by two rows
of shops, rudely analogous to those of the
Palais Royal. The a rear is traversed in all
directions by broad canals of stagnant water,
alt growirover with green, and crossed by
zigzag l wooden bridges,of the willow pattern
plate model, sadly oat of repair, and desti-.
tute of paint. Where, the water is not there
are workabT artificial rockwork, and largo
pavilion shaped tea-rooms, perhaps twenty
iu number. Here self-beatiiig kettles of gh
gfintic proportions arc always babbling; and
’ at the little tables the Chinese population are
drinking lea. smoking, eating almond hard
bake or pomegranates, playing doininos, or
arranging bargains. There are interstices al
so of vacant land, and these are occupied by
jugglers snd peepshow men. From the up
! per room of one of these tea-houses we shall
imve a view of the whole scene, atid A'Lin
will order u#a cup of tea and cakes for lunch.
The jugglers and gymnasts below are doing
macli the same kind of tricks which their
brethren of England and France peiform.
Mons. Houdin and Mr. AndersoA would
fiud their equals among thtese less pretending
wizards. 1 am told that those peepshops
which old men are looking into and laughing
and which young boys are not prevented
from seeing, contain representations of the
grossest obscenity. Here is a ventriloquist,
who, attracted by*our European costumes at
the casement, has come up to perform.—
“ Givo him a dollar, A’Lni, and tell him to
begin,” That dirty, half clad wanderer
would make another fortune for Barnum.—
He tinfekU his pack, and constructs out of
some curtains a smal| closed ro*m. Into this
he ratkes,nd immediately a little vaudeville
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mentjh and cries and tbc^claUer
In truth, there is no difficulty, even to us, in “i
comprehending what is supposed to be going ,
ou in the little room. The incidents are, in- i
deed, somewhat of the broadest—not an had ,
jas the scenes InNmr old English Comedies, j
such as the custom* of the country, for in- i
stance, of the eonscioos lorers; but still they ;
j are very minutely descriptive of feasts not
proper to be described. The man’s talent,
however, would gain film full audiences in ,
■ Europe, without the aid of grossness.... M...
Samivle, Samivle, beware of the vimmen
that reads no newspapers! Your lather
married a vnman that read none aud you are
the sad consequence ? You’re as hignuraut
;as a ’orsc. Hignorant people say it’s tlirow
i in’ money away to take papers, and foolin’
away time to read ‘em.
FIRST BELIEF OF LUCKNOW.
Calcutta, Thursday, Oct. 8, 1857.
I give you the following account of the
relief of f.ucknow, as described by a*a lady,
one of the rescued party: On every side
! death stared us in the foee ; no human skill
coatd avert it any longer. We saw the mo
meut approach when we must bid farewell to
earth, yet without feeling that unutterable
liorror which must have been experienced by
the unhappy flfetiins at Cawnpore. We
were resolved rather to die than yield, and
were fully persuaded that in twenty-four
hours all would be over. Tho engineers had
| said so,and all knew the worst* We women
strove to encourage each other, and to per
form the light duties which had been assign
ied so us, such as conveying orders to the
! batteries aud supplying the men with provis
iquß, especially with cups ql coffee, which
we prepared day and night. I find gone out
to try and make myself useful, in company
with Jessie Brown, the wife of a corpotil in
my husband’s regiment. .Poor Jessie had
been in a state of restless excitement all
through the siege, aud had fallen away visi
bly within the last few days. A constant fe
ver consumed her, aud her mind wandered,
occasionally, especially that day, when the
recollections of home seemed powerfully
present to her. At last, overcome with fa
tigue, siie lay down on the ground, wraped
up in her plaid. I ant beside her, promising
to awaken her when, as she said, ** her fath
er should return from the ploughing.” She
fell at length into a profound slumber, mo
tionless, and, appnrenily.breatliless, her head
resting in my lap. I myself could no longer
; resist the inclination to sleep, inspite of the
I continual roar of the cannon. Suddenly I
! was aroused by a wild, unearthly scream
close to my ear; my companion stood up
right beside me. hor arms raised, and her
head bent forward in the attitude of listen
ings a look of intense delight broke over
her countenance, she grasped my hand, drew
me towards her, aud cXqlaimed, “ Dinna, ye
hear it? dinna, ye liekr it? Ay, I'm uo
droamin’, it’s the slogan o’ the Highlanders !
We’ie saved, we’re saved!” Then flinging
herself on her knees, she thanked God with
passionate fervor. I felt utterly bewildered ;
i my English ears heard only the roar of ar
tillery, and I thought my poor Jessie was
I still raving, but she darted to the batteries
and I heard her cry incessantly to the men,
“courage! courage! hark to the slogan—to
tho Macgregor, the grandest of them a’.—
! Here's help at last!” To describe the es
: fact of these words upon the soldiers would
lie impossible. For a moment they ceased
jfiring.and every soul listened in intense anx- i
i iety. Gradually, however, there ai-Ttse 4*
{ murmur of bitter disappointment, and the
wailing of the women who had flocked to
the spot burst out anew as the .colonel shook
his head. Our dull lowland ears heard noth
ing but the rattle of the musketry.
A few moments more of this death-like
suspense, of this agonizing hope, and Jessie,
who bail sank on the ground, sprang to her
feet and eried.iu voice so lorni and piercing
that it might be distinctly heard along the
w.hole line, “ will ye no believe it now ? The
slogan has ceased, indeed, but the Campbells
nre totnin’! D’ye hear ! d’ye hear f” At i
that moment wc seemed to hear indeed tbe
voice of God in the distance, when the pi- j
broch of the Highlanders brought ns tidings
of deliverance. That shrill, penetrating,!
i ceaseless sound, which rose above all other;
sounds, could come neither from the advance
j of the erffcmy nor from the work of the Sap
! pers. No, it was indeed the blast of the
| Scottish bagpipes—now shrill ai|id harsh, as
. threatening vengeance on foe —then in
| softer tones, seeming to promise succor to
f their friends iu need. NeVer:surely was
• there sch a scene ns that which followed.—
Net a heart in the residency of Lucknow
i! but buried itself before (rod. All by on*
j simultaneous impulse fell upon their knees,
I I and nothing was heard but bursting sobs and
;! the murmured voice of prayer. Then all
arose, aud there rang from a thousand lips a
great shout of joy, which resounded far and
j wide, and lent-new vigor to that blessed pi
broch. To our cheer of “ God- save the
yuecn !” they replied by the weell known
strain that moves every Scot to tears, “Should
Auld Acquaintance be Forgot.” After that
! nothing else made any impressiS'n on m; I
scarcely remember wiiat followed. Jesse
i j was presented to the General on his entrance
into the fort, and at the officers’ banquet her
health was druuk by all present,- while the
pipers marched around the table playing once
more the familiar air of “ Auld Lang Syne.”
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BAMS AND HIMB
A maiden lady, suspecting ‘.hat her female
servant was regaling her bean upon the cold
\ mutton of tbe larder, called BUy, aud in
; quired whether sli* did pot hear someone
speaking with her down stairs.
“ Oh, no ma’am,” replied the girl, “ it waa
j only my singing a psalm.”
j ” You may amnse yourself, Betty,” repli
,, ed the maiden, “ with psalms; but let us
, have o turns, Betty. I,have a great objec-’
tiou to kitnr”
a Notion.
We perceive that N. P. Willis suggrats
that we should give cliloriform to criminals
about to be bung.
Wfß would suggest that “ Namhy Pamby”
: j should receive an everlastiog dose of cblnri
frm to check bis gasq|gg and -his idlcwild
u Debugging —Set earn ah &tmfram.
. i Mr * J 0 ’
SUT LOVEITCOODS, UZZARD,
9 , uiuujimui (
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.rjsis^r
I found Written copies of the above high
1/ intelligible and vindictive proclamation
.jH-L. hh Art a i.„„ .LrurOfli V
KtUCK tip Oti oVrfy tililCWlni™ litfl'Pi y
in frog mountain range. Ita biood-tliimty
vindictive spirit, its style, and, above all its
chirography, intcrcstedme to the extent of
stealing one from a tree for preservation.
In a few days I fonnd'Sut in gftod crowd
in front of Copehan’s small doggery, and as
he proved to be about •• in tune,” I read it to
him. Ye* George that ar dockymint am in
yoarnest, sartin. They fins want pie power
fal bud, but I spec elt duHers wont fetch me.
I ll go myself for fifty, planked down if yu’l
go long an see me liev jestic. Lite, lite,ole
foliar, an let that ronn ovo yonrn blot Jeelle,
an VI splain this enssed afar what has ruina
ted thy kniacter ns a plus pussion in the scie
ty about here. Ye see I went tu last year's
big rnetin at Raftl Snai* .Springs, and war
settin in a nice shady pla* cohWirsin wish a
fl ien in the huckil berry thicket, when the
first tiling I ktiowed I woke from a trance,
what I’d been knoced into inter by a four
year ole liickery stick in the han of ole
Passon Bullin, durn his aligater iookin Ifide!
and lie wur stand straddle ove me, a foam
in at the moth an a preachin to me about
sartin sins an tnv wickedness ginerally. My
poor friend wur gone anT nas glad oveit.fuf
l thought lie ment to kill me with his
club es he failed to pforach me to doth an J
didn’t want her to see me die.”
“ Who was the {Hen yon speak of Sut 1”
“ Nu-n-o-v-e-y-o-u-r-b-i-s n-o-s, durn your
leetle ankehunspietcr ! But I'll tell you
one tiling,<Oe6rge, that trite a neiber gal got
an orful confounded stroppin from her mam
with the stirrnp leather of a saddle, an ole
Passon Bullin hod et supper thar that nite;
and what’s wus nur all she cooked it for him
an beged him a tremblin an crying not tu
tell on her the durned hyperkritical pot
biliied, wbysky-wasting ole gronnd hog;
but I paide im for it all, of I Imint I will;
I mean to keep paying ove him all the time.
Well at nex big metiu at Ratil stiaix I wur
on han, as solemn as a hat carrier at a collec
time fur I had promised tiro ole hog to come
an be couvarted jist tu keep him from killing
me. I tuck a scat on the pulpit,step* tu prove
I war in yoarnest,
“ Ther was a montrous crowd in that grove
an 010 Bullin wur a preachin tu era at an or
ful rate—how the Hell Sarpints wud sarve
emit they didn’t repent—how they’d craw!
over them tap thar taila round thar necks,
poke thar tangs inter thar eyes, and blow in
i ter thar iyears ; an es it war a otnan, how
! they’d quite in tier her bosom, and try to
crawl down under her frock string. Anlie
| lied cut all, hollerin, all scattered, the foe is,
! the thing was a working powerfully. Now
I’d koteli five big, gray, pot-belied lizards,an
lied em in a loctle narrer bag what I raude a
: purpos—thar tails all at the bottom, ab pack’
led os tite ai * honndil ove sticks. So while
i lie was a rayiu onto his tip toes.unbeknownest
; tu any body, I outted my pose an put the
i mouth up under his britches leg an gin their
’ tails a suqeeze an ■ shake when they all
j tuck up his tar leg,making ove a,, noise like
j squirrel a climin a shell bark Iticdory.
“He stopped preachin an looked fora mo
j inent like he wus a listenin for something,
sorter like an ole sow dus when she iiears
you wistle for the dogs. I give a big groan
and hilt my head between my knees. Then
he commenced n slapin ove his self whar ye
cut the stnk onten a beaf, then he’d fetch a
rough nth whar a bosses taH sprouts; then
j he’d stomp ; then run bis bands at wren hi*
waist ban and his shut and reached down and
’ roun mitily with it—then he spred his years
and give his back ■ good sliakin sort es rub
again the pulpit, sorter like a hog scratches
[ agin a stump ; a leaning tu his work powerful
and squiremen ginerally /.if he’d jist cum au
-1 ten a dog bed, ur he’d step on a pisaut trail.
| About this time one oi iuy lizards (scared an
! hurt I suppose, by all this rubfn an acrotli
i in an tdappin) poked his head out at ween the
] passou's shut collar an his ole hr own ueck,
| tuck a peep at sircumstoccs, and doged back
*g'”- .. •. Z f
• Ole Bullin'* speech now cum to him; bis
eyes stickin out like buck eyes flung agin a
inud wall, and bis voice triinblin, Sez he
‘Brethren tk keeryeraeifs.tlie Hell Sarpcnt*
hev got me 1 Som ove the wiinmen fetch a
painter yell, au a ramrod leged dgptor what
set near me, allowed it war a clear case of
Belieious Tremendjns : au I thot jie wur
rite, fur it wur tremendjas afore it wur dun
with. Off went the claw hammer coat, an
lie thing it ahiud him like be were a grine fo
oter a tile, (tie bad no jaetket on.) Nex be
fetch bis sliert over hi* head foster nor l got
! ouien ray pasted wun, an he flung it up in the
! air like hedidii’i care duru if hid kep on Op
forever but bit lodged outo a black jack. *1
seed wen ove my hazard* a radii about over
the big ole dirty lookiu, but scared like the
devil. Thfe Tie gin a sort a shake an a twist
au he come outen his britches, an be tuck em
by the bottom ave the legs swung ronn bin
lied a few times an then fotcb cm down a
cherallnp pver the front ove the pulpit.
You could’ve beard the scrith a quarter of
a utile I Nigh onto about fifteen shortened
| biskit, a brilod chicken with its legs crowed
a big double bladed nife, a slab tfv terbesck*
er, a pipe, spine copper speciments, a heap
ove broken glass, a cork, a sprinkil ove
wiskey, a sqnt an three ove my lizards
flew pcrmiscusly all oyer that ar metiu
ground outen the uper bid es thorn big flea
britelies. Won ove the smartest ove my
‘ blue hazards IH bed fast inter the bußsnm
ove a sot oman, as big as a skin’d boss, an
nigh onto ** *gly, who sot thirty yards off
a fannin with a tuCky-tail, and smart to the
last, hit commenced rnonin down.
— —T-’ *” v ‘wap"”
* | ia&twVl l>Hck from it lik n IJmL f.n
* tottin ove a big drum at muster, a t heart*
note on as big as warms ts, an a?I over
eat secriest an fusgieat rnnnin I ever good
luster than it viit* W oil tie clifia pnetreu jn
alint l.nl thar iuw.
u„. , i lunicu uiev.way sue ©i©
waken wuns, an the most dangerous ove est
k... k, If . a . __ tm
door caiicu a Rttipiasin, a i6W rocKDattd atcit
Bum darned fool dun this, who ‘had
(|A -l. hlf tlf *1... Y_ 3|*| ** *.
■ Willi A IIOQ HnIKIIIf Sit fill
iisiut prenchrd by wnitst, Afi then h adult r
inter the wus Id and j'si outen It the
ove em. An an finally that
wish I mav he durned
year© whisky (shaking his flask,) afore yon