The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-01-29

He binds his own chain, link by link and
wien completely ninnacled in every lLnb, sits
down, in stupid inanity, to gloat over his bond
age, and clank his letters, for pasti,ne. In this
melancholy condition, neither the tears Of his
children The imporing of his wife the pray
ers OF parents avail--anything. His pride, his
moral sense, his honor, are all drowned in the
cup and he " grins horribly ghastly smile"
as he hugs his misery and his ruin.
Is such man sane ? lie requires rs much
! watching, and care, and medicine rs the tenants
OF mad houses His mind is drelcled in the
poisonous liquor And he can no more, 10y force
OF unaided resolution, abandon his death, than
The scorpion can burst the circle Of fire iliat
vrons him. The current of life, in his veins is
ruminy Bleed him and you may smell the
odour OF the rum, in his blood. Ifhe has any
heart left, TO resolve on REFORM" it takes nearly
n year to change the corrupt current OF his
blood. And, the mental agony he suffers 3
particularly in the lonely night the horrible
visions that stalk before his diseased iniagina-
are Understandable Death is pleasure TO such
misery Oh ! touch moi taste not for troes
cluster in the cup.-ItmeS.
MAHoMED ALI In the review of Stephens's
Incidents of Trave!, in HE last number of the
North American Review, attributed to the pen
Of Lewis Cass the reviewer does not seem to be
very strongly prepossessed in favor Of Nlehem-
sent him as furnishing ruther an unfavorabe
specimen of humnn,y-as will be seen by the
following extracts.
"While the Mahlnondeh Canal is one Of the
most useful monuments ofihe re- gu ofMehemet
Ali, it is also one OF the most sriking' monu-
uinents Of arbitrary power and oppression, re
corded in ancient Modern history. Instead
of just and systematic arrangement for the en-
pioyment and subsistence ofthe necessary labor
ers, the miserable Fellahs were literally driven
from their villages, aud compelled TO work up
on this canal 1t is computed, that not less than
three hundred thousand thus seized, Of
whom at least twenty five thousand persisted
from hunger, fatigue, and the har,'ships incident
10 want and exposure. We are informed 10y
most respectable witness, that these wretched
beings were furnished with no instruments Of
labor but that the earth was dug with their
hands, and carrie, away in the miserable rags
which sbarely covered their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
nately, we'll for them for the successful
termination OF the eterprise, the soil is alluvial,
and without stone upon the whole route The
country is almost dead level, and there is not
a lock upon the canal. There is sluice at each
end, to regulate the admission and escape of the
water, bat means for the passage Of boats
The work is in fact large ditch, without sci
ence in the plan, or skill in the execution. 1t is
so crooked, that the distance is probably in
creased one third, without the slightest necessity
for this deviation from direct line, and appar
rently because chance assigned to the laborers
their Stations
ave ourselves saw ut Boulah, the port of Ca |
iro, police officers impress n crew for the boats
which had been assigned TO as, hy pushing INFO
a crowd with long rope, and sending on board |
all who were encrcled in it, without the slight !
est regard TO any arrangements for their pay or
subsistence"
ADVICE TO PARENrs.-Ther is nothing SO de-
a.,
peace of any community, as the neglect of pa
rents rich or poor, to teach their sons the inn
of being early engaged in some active
employment. Too many of the citizens OF ev-