The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-04-10

we'll enough for freight, but passengers can
not endue them; they 60 laboting ant
splasbing along along at snails pace, ant
they are CROUCH 10 wear out any mans pa
tierce. Yet the steamboat was the creates
stride ever made at any one time in the way
! of locomoiiiiccns; and was very credtable tt
Fulton and the age in Which ne hveo'-
"That's admitting something" V".S' ou
Fulton, who sat like statute. watching the
little mans volubility. "Mcn and then
works" continued Fulton, must be judged
by the period in. which they lived. Each
improvement, as i, succeeds the last, is aided
by its predecessor, and altogether they make
out the chain of science" p" But, said Uncle
Ben, all this talk don't get me on my way 10
Boston. That is my birth place. was there
for the last time in 1863, and you know that
according to the provisions Of my will, there
is more than four million pounds sterling Of
my money, which has by this time been
disposed of by the State somehow. Uncle
Ben was always shrewd fellow ir the way
of dollars and ceuts, and could see he was
very anxious about that money. soho W
said the little man, $50 you are Ben Frank
lin, and you are the old gentleman who left
legacy. We've got portrait of you up
stairs, more than two hundred years old,
and it does look something like you. Glad
10 see you! You said something in your
lifetime about immersing yourself in cask
of madeira wine with few friends, and
coming 10 the world in hundred years
again. These are your. friends, l suppose %
"These gentlemen" replied Uncle Ben,
"are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson,
signers of the Declaration of Independence >
"The other gentlemen, continued l, "is
Robert Fulton, whom you have spoken oi.'
"Well, declare w calculated the little man
"this is meeting! But about that legacy,
Uncle Ben, of yours two millions has gone
10 build the Gutta Percha Magnetic Tele.
graph line, connecting Boston with London
and Paris, two of the largest cities in the
eastern Republic of Europe. "Gutta Per-
cha! magnetic telegraph Republic of Eu-
ropew repeated all of them. "All built
under water, and sustained by buoys," con-
tinued the little man, and it works to a
cham-plan up stairs in room 2O4-and can
be seen in a moment, and as told you be-
fore, it writes the English language as fast
as my deputy. Republic of Europe ex.
claimed Jefferson again. {" Yes SIR" said
the little man, "f for more than century.
No more thrones ; no more rulers by divine
right; no more governments sustained by
powder and ball no lords or mobiles; man is
man, not merely Que of class Of men, but
Individually man, with rights as perfect and
powers as great as any other man. The
principles, Jefferson, which you did no,
create, but only asserted, have prostrated
every arbitrary power on the face Of the
globe. Even the Jews, since their return TO
jerusalem, have organized republican
form of government, and have just elected
Mr. Noah, President" DWELL" thinks to
myself, "that can't be Mordeeai M. Noah
anyhow, for politics must have used up his
constitution before this" But the little man,
chatiered away, and declared that Europe
was divided into two republics, the Eastern
and the Western; that Constantinople was
the capital of the. Western; that Asia and
Africa were also republics, until the three
signers Of the Declaration, perfectly wrought
up in phrenzy of Joy, rose from their seats
took off their hats, and swinging them
around, gave "Three cheers for '76 and the
old Army of the Revolution !-and verify
believe Uncle Ben forgot all about going to
Boston, for he did not allude TO it any more
in my presence.
"Great changes these !" continued the
little man, ''from your days. Blu, you must
not think, gentlemen, that we have forgotten
you while we have improved in wisdom
and strength Look here gentlemen" and
he motioned us away, and leading on, he
conducted us 10 an observatory on tho top ol
the building. Such prospect never be-
fore beheld. Away, around on every side
stretched mighty city, whose limits the
eye could not reach. Towers, temples,
spires and masts, until they were lost in the
distant haze. Canals traversed every street,
and boats of merchandise were loading and
unloading their freight. Steam carriages
were putting along the roads that ran by the
canal, some filled with pleasure parties, and
some laden with goods. Turning my eye to
an elevation, | saw fifty-six gigantic monu.
ments, whose peaks were lost in the sky
ranged in line alike in form aud sculpture
"These," said the little man, "were erec'
ted to the Signers of the Declaration OF In
dependence" ard taking out his telescope
he handed it TO Uncle Ben, who read aloud
among the inscriptions the names, FRANKLIN
JEFFERSON, ADAMS
81 But let us know what this is calledp
inquired jefferson. This, sir, is called
Coiumbiana; il lies on the west bank Of the
Mississippi, population five millions, acoor
ding 10 the last census.n But what sup
ports itp' "Su,ports itl the great Eas
Trade. That vessel down there is dirsc
from Canton, by ship canal across the 18th
mus. All Europe is second afy 10 US now
No doubling capes as was done in your day
Yonder stands the Capital, and the who'll
North American continent is annually rep
resented there. The city Of San Francisco