Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-12-02

and ail slaves top Should tsogh so ieuS
and 90 long Jast hear that r., low no
with his 'baugh ba--ha-- he---ha-h-
ha--hs--ns-hs' :. tlow very OH
sWhy. uncle !" sa q ii;,fe ,,..ns.
George, ont your people laugh To- ~ y,
Not quite 10 lood. my jiu,. NV
s~s'ed ososge. I'm fact our people N sad
mol ~ they could, For some OF them =.
very deep IN the earth digging coal snS
others arc IN the iron works, whers ,hs
Ho'se - too great; and then again rr.ss
men don't saugh unless there /. 49,.
thing TO laugh about" sweli. ,b.n
guess" said the .itils Yankee. .xo ~ -
pie don't Sc much TO laugh ab,u,. To-
our boys" laugh IN the feel 4, III, i.,,.,h
ia their huis, they laugh in IN. g;ns
'hen when their work 10 done md ,nsv
get at play. oh how they do laugh
George employed his time. "a h.e,,.
sa''' during has visit. in carefully Gran
ming into the whole arranpsm.o, Of o..
oro'ner plantation; aud was par,icu,ar.
struck with the comfortable cood,,;o,
.' the OLD and infirm who were I'm, HE o..
90 any work. but who were com6,r,.h,v
ciothed and housed aud well t.ts, =.
OF, as much so as ifthey had worts5
When the period OF h,s dan.~,,
came, and John, the oIa,,.
,sckcd Vt 10 accompany his brother
'eorge tine ironmaster) back to England
scene occurred as remarkable as il
was Psne'ra'lng' Every negro ON the
p'aniatior had come 10 The house 60 TAXI.
: ave oi "massa," and such bowI;ny a
mon inc younger ones. and expression
OF since-e grief on ii part OF The elder
ones, was truly distrs ssiug "hiassa 90
away ober de sea--he no come h,cL
long tims--and IL massa ee, drowned h..
neoer como back--O, o, O',-and so the
lame uiat'on passed round in The orong
'iii the two brothers were out of sigbt
wei, George" says John, that WINS
Trying scene; but if you were To he
present when | return II would gl.ddsn
your heart for their will he The 60.
grouping and such a display OF ivory
anu nearly congratulations. Now. IL by
ny departing from them for brief peri
% only they discover so much grief what
would De the scene were 4 10 Tell Them
tney must all cave me aud 70 TO Afr;ca
and never see me aeain2-
George was lutte puzzled FIR 81, m
swer, and confined himself 10 m. rs,,si
I"s"sn expression. chow very oddi:'.
- W, o'"'hers proceeded on their Jour
ney, John related to George many inter
esuhg events I'd occurrences in and n
bout the life OF plantation, with his
slaves; how that, for some seasons. byl
reason OF frost and by q low stale or
marker, the productions Of the plantation
wosid not amount TO enough To boy a
jacket Tor a negro but This made
NO difference 70 Them, they woaId ali
get their usuG sunply. And when
they got odd OF. inlirm, or sickly. il made
no difference TO them on the score of
being taken care of--thcre were NO
asyiums, no poor houses; every PAINTER
- expected 10 take care Of his own pau
pers. r-
sill, this - slavery" says George:
III these negroes were only frecmen
ike our worknien in Wales, Il would aIl
be very we'll" "But are our vorkmen
ireemen7" replied John. ssare thew NOT
slaves TO their commo9est wautf And
are nose wants batter supplied by their
employers han J supply my negsoes9
their hopes Of lettering their ondi
.son surerior 10 those of my ncgr esq
Does the parent feel that, if death or in
nrm''y arrests the power Of labor, his
who and children, unless they arc able
. work and earn their wag:;s viii hg..---ii
IS - Ne hospital or poor house r.
George was puzzled agnin. he h.o,o
70 see little bito he practical piIoso~
ply Of the question. and. sbak;pg ~
head, sa d. ''iiuw verv oddlD
They arrfvo1 ,~....k
'ne Immediately proceeded to Georges
-es'oence IN Wales, the Old pa5rimoniaI !
,s,ese OF ne tvens's Of Mawher deyl
Ety'h. IN the midst ofmines and forges
! was almost new scene to John. he
'ao been 80 loAg absenl, bur having os. |
'ome soC9ething Of Yankee bv his
ongresidence IN America. he was verv
'urlons and eraminafiUe. The rasalt ocl
lis curiosity and examination will form
ne subject Of my next communicable n
VALUABLE PRIVATE L.IRR any
"A correspondent Of the Comercisl a.
cruiser gives the following brief account
! me library OF Geo. P. Marsh ESQ. of
'euII.s'ngton Vermont aud now member
4 Congress.
'ir naFsh's library is a very rematk
Die one.--liis collection orSwedish. Da.
'sh eelandish literature is probably an
quailed oai OF those countries, IL indeed
can be matched there. lie has ali ths
DIGEST works IN the whole rauo.s ri
;andinevian literature, aacient and mo. !
'rn and valuable series also IN CO...
an, Italian and Spanish. His collec,io,,
engfaviHKs Is doubtless uBrlvatie.t an
lis country .includioO s,.,.i,,..,.. 81