The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-11-07

that it is dearcr than any sort of Iabour
which can be applied to lands in Maryland !;
and wherever white labour completes with
Int, it underSells it, and drives it out in all
temperate climates. Thus ii the man who
possesses fifty negroes, sells them, and in
vests the proceeds in United States six per
cents, and cultivates only what land five
hired white men can tend, his dividends
ard the result of this hired labour will out
weigh the results of the labour Of the ne
groes, after deducting their support. The
truth of this statement is made clear by tho
disuse OF slave labour, not only here but
i'll Virginia also, to considerable extent
Louisa was the wife Of Henry, respec-
table and wealthy merchant of c..
She was young, gay, giddy, and handsome,
aud possessed qu; .ties of heart that al
ways surrounded her with many warM and
valuable friends. Her husband, in eally
life, had, to contend with the rugged hand
of poverty, and prudently postponed "a nmt-
rimonial connexion, till he had accumula-
ted fortune. He was, perhaps, forty
years of age, when, in travelling through
New-Jersey, he accidentally met Louisa,
who was then about fifteen years Of age
he addressed her; her parents were pleas
ed with marrying their daughter so advan-
tagcously-and in fortnight no welded
her. He was gentleman Of elegant adj
! dress-preposscssing in his person, and it
is not doubted that Louisa loved him. But
she was imprudent was familiar with the
clerks who were employed in the counting
room Of her husband-jealousy inflamcd
! his soul and before she was aware of it,
he suspected her constancy. Yet he did
not npbraid her; and she was too artless
to read in his manners tho torments that
rendcd his soul.
Sitting one morning at breakfast table,
she handed her husband cup of coffee, on
the surface Of which foated particle of
butter. My dear, said Henry to Loui-
sa, what have you put in my cup" 'No-
thing" she replied" give it me, l III drink
it, and you shall have another" Frown-
ing indignantly, he replied, "no," and at
the same instant dashed the coffee in her
bosom. 1t was enough ;--the insultcd
Louisa suspected his jealousy was assu-
red that he was apprehensiye she had put
poison in the chalice. Almost Instantly
reason lost its empire and in a few days,
Louisa became confirmed maniac. She
| spoke not foresome time, but her days and
nights were passed in tears. In a moment,
| when those who watched her neglected their
duty, she escaped, and hurrying to the ada
cent river, plunged into the waves and was
never more heard of. Henry grew mel
ancholy--he was sensible that he had dri-
ven Louisa to the rash act soon madness
and despair overlook him, and with the
contents of pistol he relieved himself of
the tortures he endured. Thus did so
small a triae hurry two persons, once bles-
sed with competence and happiness, to am
other world, with all their imperfections
on their heads. A child, then an infant,
still remains on this side of the grave, to
tell the melancholy tale of her wretched
parents.
That we may not be charged with pla-
giarism, it is proper 10 add, that whilst wri-
ting for another paper, some years since,
we published the substance Of this little
talc.- Cadet.
| THE WHALE.
From Scoresby's Account Of the Arctic Regions.
BY means of the tail, principally, the
whale advances through the water. The
greatest velocity is produced by powerful
strokes against the water, impressed alter
nately upwards and downwards; but slow
err motion, it is believed, is elegantly pro-
duced, by cutting the water laterally and
obliquely downwards, in similar manner,
as boat is forced along with single oar,
by the operation of sculling. The fins are
generally stretched out in horizontal po-
sition; their chief application seems to be
the balancing Of the animal, as the moment
life is extinct, it always falls over on its
side, or turns upon its back. They appear
also to be used in bearing off their young,
in turning, and giving a direction to the ve-
locity produced by the tail.
Bulky as the whale is, and inactive, or
indeed, clumsy as it appears to be, one
might imagine that all its motions would
be sluggish, and its greatest exertions pro-
ductive of no great celebrity. The fact
however, is the reverse. A whale extcn-
ded motionless at the surface of the sea,
can sink in the space of five or six seconds,
or less, beyond the reach of its human enc
| mics. Its velocity along the surface, or
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