The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-08-06
Number 29.

PEoN SLAvERr.--It is not generally
known that this species of slavery now
exists in New Mexico, under the sane
tion of law. 1t is the worst possible
form of slavery; for it enslaves the white
the free man who chances TO be poor.
Misfortune may reduce the independent
and wealthy citizens, and their children,
to the servile chains of peonage. A man
is sold for debt. A certain sum is al
lowed as wages, and every thing he eats
or wears or his family obtains. through
him, is charged TO his account, which is
lien on his la Dor during his life, and on
his children after his death. In this way
hundreds are born slaves and remain i'm
slavery all their lives, OF until they be-
come old and useless. Their allowance
is so small. that instead of reducing their
Indebtedness, it is constantly increasing.
ly a Peon has wife, the death of child
would create debt for its funeral, that
would reduce the father and other TO
hopeless bondage. When they become
old and decrepid, the owner discharges
them and leaves them TO beg or starve.
To them the day of jubilee is a day of
mourning. We hope that some speedy
means may be adopted gradually to re-
move this evil. Governor Calhoun, in
his message to the Legislature, makes the
following recommendation:---S. Sen.
The relations between masters and
poems should be distinctly defined, and
each should understand their respective
obligations, and appropriate remedies for
violation of them, upon the part of
either, should be provided"
ADVICE TO LITERARY ASPIRANTS.
Seek first of all things. position of pe-
cuniary independence; learn to live BY
the labor of your hands, the sweat of your
face, as necessary step toward the ca
reer you contemplate. If you can but
earn three shillings a day by rugged vet
moderate toll, learn 10 live contdntedlv
on two shillings, and SO preserve your
mental faculties fresh and unworn. 10
read, to observe, to think, thus preparing
yourself for the ultimate path you have
chosen. At length. when mind crowd
ed with discovered or elaborated truths
aciI have Inference, begin TO write spar
ingly and tersely for the nearest period
ical no matter how humble and obscure:
if the thoughts is In you, it will find its
way to those who need it. Seek not
compensation for this inference until
compensa ton shall seek you; then accept
it if an object, and not involving too great
sacrifices of independence and disregard
Of more immediate duties. In this way
alone can something like the proper dig
nifty of literary character be restored and
maintained. But while every man who
either is. or imagines himself ca pa Bile of
enlightening others, appears only anxious
TO sell his faculty at the earliest moment,
and for the largest price, cannot hope
that the public will be induced to regard
very profoundly either the lesson or the
teacher.
A Nsw Remedy in Diarrhea, Cholera
hfamtmm and Cholera Morbms-The
following good receipt is from Laurence
Reid, Professor Of Chemistry in the New
York Hospital.-'.I would wish, through
the medium of your paper, to give pur-
licity to the fact, that / have seen in
slant relief given in cases of Diarrhea,
by the use of hydro sui phuric acid, a tea
spoonful of saturated solution being
mixed with four times its bulk of water.
Also in case of cholera infantum, i'm
which the child was very much reduced.
m ho ctn oh
irritabiity, so that nothing would be re-
tanned, this remedy was administered
with ease, and the child Immediately
improved, and has since recovered. |
believe that this is new remedy, and
that there is no reason to apprehend any
bad effects where it does not produce u
cure, and believe that it has some spe-
cific effect in counteracting the cause.
and Immediately arresting the diseases"
No MARRYING ALLOWED IN Iowa YoR
80 DAYs!-We are Informed that under
the new code which went into effect on
the lst inst. marriage licenses can be is
sued only by the county judge-and hat
during the time which will elapse from
the taking effect of the law and the cleo
tion of jude-a month off yet-no pro.
vision whatever has been made suthori-
sing the clerk of the district court, au
heretofore, to make out the neceesaYy
documents" This is a Joke las is u
joke" and one which will probably be
felt as pretty serious one in some quar-
ters. If, however, parties cannot wait,
and prefer to have the law on their side,
they have the opportunity of crossing
over into the States of Missouri, Illinois
or Wisconsin, against which privilege.
we believe, the new code, in the haste OF
preparation, neglected to provide de.-Bxr-