Washington telegraph., 1851-07-23

letv TO Know whether the social, civil and
religious bonds of union between the
North and the South are to be as 'hooks
OF STEEL" or ':ropes of sand" waits with
intense interest to know whethera South
ern man, before a judicial tribunal Of the
North, to reclaim his slave property. is
considered a ''dogged Jew refusing
"ducats'' to demand his "pound of flesh, y
or to be esteemed as Philemon, aud 10
have his fugitive. Onesiinus. restored.
! remain, sir, yours truly,
ROBERT COLLINS.
A THOUGHT FOR YOUNG MEN-No
wreck is SO shocking to behold. as the
wreck of a dissolute young man; the
vIgor of life exhausted. and yet the first
steps in an honorable career not yet
taken; in himself lazar-house of dis
ease; dead, but, by heataenish custom
of society, not buried! Rogues have
into the palms of their hands; even for
murder. CaiE was only branded on the
forehead; but on :he person of the
debauchee, or the inebriate, the sigma
lures of infamy are written. How ma
ture brands him with stigma and appro-
brlum! How she hangs Ia bels over him,
70 testify her GisG;.ss at his existence, and
to admonish others to beware of his ex-
amples! How she loosens all his joints,
sends trelnors along his muscles, and
bends forward his frame, as if to bring
him upon all fours with kindred brutes,
or to degrade him to the replies crawl
ing! How she disfgures his counte-
nance, as if intent upon oblitera.ing all
traces Of her own image, SO tina. she may
swear she never made him! How she
pours rheum over his eyes. sends foul
spirits TO inhabit his breath, and shrieks,
as with trumpet, from every pore of his
bodv-"BehoId a Beast" Such man
may be seen in the streets Of our cities
every day; if rich enough, he may be
found in the saloons and at the tables Of
supreme ton,. but surely to every man of
purity and honor; to every man whose
wisdom as we'll as whose heart is un
belnished, the wretch who comes crop
ped and bleeding from the pillory, and
redolent with its appropriate perfumes,
would be guest or companion far less
offensive and disgusting. Now let the
young man, rejoicing in his manly pro-
portions and in his comeIiness, look on
this picture and on that and then say
after the Iikeliness of which model he
intends his own erect stature aud sub
lime countenauce shall be confgured.-
Society is Infinitely too tolerant of the
7aone,. The wretch whose lifelong pleas
ure it has been to debauch others, whose
heart has been spotted with infamy SO
much that it is no longer spotted, but
black all over. and who, at least, desevers
TO I've treated as travellers say the wild
horses of the praires treat vicious fel-
low-the noblest of the herd forming
compact circle around him, heads out
ward, and kicking hun to death.
AN INDIAN LEGEND.-The aboriginal
tradition concerning the origin of the
well known inhabitant of our forests.
whose plaintive cry has induced its cog
nomen of whip poor will. is highly I'M
aginative and worthy of the ancient my
biologists.
Ranchewaine. or the Flying Pigeon
of Wisconsin, loved Wai-o-naisa, a young
maiden were opposed to her wedding
Wai-o-nalsa.
In the beautiful islands of the rlver
near the home of the Indian maiden,
the lovers had frequent stolen interviews.
The young chief was forced to go out
on war scout against the Sioux. 1i!e
maiden dsconsolate during his absenc
was accustomed to swim nightly to the
loved island, and there, wandering among
scenes hallowed BY his remembrance
call plaintively on the name of her lover
Que night some Of her fathers people
heard her voice and pursued the sounds.
Whilst flying from them, just as her we a, !,
nv limbs were about to fail her, the kino KIN.
Monitor changed her into bird when
has ever since borne the name OF ner
lover, and fits continually from oush &c
bush, repeating i'll melancholy no'es
Wai.o-naisa! Wai-O-naisa!
A wise man endeavors to shine IN nmseh'
| fool 10 outshine others