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For the National Era.
THE FREE DEMOCRACY.

A plan for the organization Of the Free De-
mocracy" has been proposed by the~ETa. Ger
tainly, no one can object 10 the name, but there
may be diversity of opinion among anti-slavery
men, as TO what minor points Of political policy
may be strictly eomprehended by it. ] refer only
to the item Of 3" Free Trade or the removal Of
all restrictions on commerce. IL we adopt this
as one Of the essentials of "Free Democracy
we must also include direct taxation for Govern
ment expense and the payment Of our national
debt. "Direct taxes shall be apportioned among
the several States, according to their respective
numbers" and State with population Of three
millions must raise, by direct taxation, about
s0,00o0 900 per year, two dollars for svery man,
woman, and child. To many, this policy would
not be acceptable. The opponents Of slavery agree
upon the necessity Of locali1ing il, but when
Free Tradsn comes TO be the test of " Free De-
mocrscy," they are not all agreed. Why should
we adopt this course Ii is said that no attempt
will be made to materially change the present
tariff Why, then, should we attempt to change
it2 Why divide ourselves on points that are ac-
knowledged not to be points Of dispute7 There
Is general disposition to acquiesce in whatever
system Of duties will yield the highest revenue
at least, till the National debt shall be disposed
Of The question Of slavery demands immediate
sction-this does not Why, then, shallone delay
ton of the old line Democracy Ifso, have they
required this pledge at our hands, Are they
not content with revenue tariff ~ five gain
political ascendency. We Of course mean to prac-
uCe our creed, ana estapnsn free trade and direct
taxation. FIVE avow this purpose, we must lose
IN one quarter what We expect to gain in another
But If this measure were neeeary to secure US the
help Of anti-slavery men of the Democratic party,
what better have We to expect from them than
from men of the same stamp, of the Wing party
Is there any greater detection froupslavery among
Democrats than among Whigs2 The question
seems to be, shall we divide ourselves, and re-
fuse the assistance Of snti-slavery opponents OF
free trade, or remain undivided, and unite the
free sentiment of the Wing and Democratic par.
ties, without interposing minor points, that may
prevent q concerted movement of men of all polit.
ical Names who are unanimous in refusing the
demands of slavery | am "one idean man
only 80 far as secondary issues conflict with the
accomplishment of a greater object.
IL all this be founded upon misapprehension
of the design of the plan proposed it is of course
gratutous but could put no other construction
upon IT, and some of my Wing neighbours, who
want to vote for Freedom, are in the same pass.
"UNIoND
East Union, Ohio, Apra II.
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lie responsibility of the discussion, and the i'm
mense working force which it is hoped will be set
in action by the proposed organization.
1fany persons have considered the plan more
maturely than have done, so that they are pre-
pared, with sufficient authority, to present the
draft of constitution, and sketch the form OF
organization, hope we shall hear from them
through the Era without delay. J. X. A.
Bangor, Maine, Apra "a, 1851.
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TINES.
BY s. BoUToN.

"A time 10 sOsep ami time TO dance time 70 lore
time TO hate a f'Hs Of Odr, and tiTIs efpeaos"
SOLOMON,
There Is a time to weep,
When by the sufferers side
Despairing their vigil keep
Der life's fast ebbing tide;
And when the eyeliss sSOse
Ia deaths enduring sleep,
Too well the sad survivor knows
There Ia timer ~ssS y -
There is time to dance,
season to be gay,
When all the ills Of life, perchAncs,
Like dreams have passed away;
When men no longer PROSTATE lie
In deaths profound, appalling sleep,
No longer helpless orphans cry,
Nor pale, responding willows weep;
When sable garb, and village bell
With solemn peal, no longer tell
OF one Just gone-to heaven-or hell
When from the earth diseases fly,
When Death throws down his lifted lance,
When there none TO weep sigh
When gladness beams from srery eye
There is time to dance
There Is time to love,
When maiden ehaste and coy
And amorous youth embrace, and prove
The bliss Of nuptial tie;
And when the youthful mother keeps
Her patient watch beside the bed
OF her sweet babe and, while be sleeps,
Impiores Heavens blessing on his head
And when the loneliness Of Him
Whose beauty angels make their theme
First opens on the sight,
Unseen, till on our vision dim
He pours ray OF Heavenly light;
When He displays his mercy, when
He sends his Spirit from above
To purify the hearts Of men,
There is time to love.
There is time to hate,
When God his smile withdraws
And leaves proud man TO violate
And spurn his holy laws;
When emulation pride, and strife,
Envy and wrath and fierce debate,
. bert II "a .it"v W
There is time Of war,
When murderous passions rage;
When men their fellow-men abhOr,
And in desdls fght engage
When many bitter, loud lament
From riyen hearts TO Heaven Ia sent
When wives and mothers look In vain
For those who late TO battle went,
But come not home again;
And when the fearful strife is DER,
And peace resumes her welcome reign,
When the clash Of arms is heard no more,
And few come back from the bloody plain,
The shattered limb and frightful scar
Too plainly tell Of the time Of war.
There Is time Of peace,
When the proud waves Of the human will
Their foaming and commotion cease,
And sink TO silent quetness;
When God looks down on the sea Of minds,
And utters 10 the waves and winds
His mandate, "Peace, be STILL"
When the strong nations he rebukes,
And they obedient to bis word,
Convert their spears to pruning-hooks,
And beat the murderous gllttering sword
Into the harmless, useful share,
And learn no more the art Of war.
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in one Of Boonss visits TO Kentucky OF all the emigra
ting marty only be and his brother reached their destns
lion soon after found necessary for the ister 70
rtnrn 10 the settlements for supplies and Daniel Boone
was left alone the wilderness seven hundred mes rom
va sst white settle nent and spent almost ihree months
in This soitary mode Of life amusing himself oy hunting
Yporng expeditions He Ia supposed TO have been the
only white At that time west OF the Aleshae-'"'
Timothy F2DfS Life Of Boone, p. 62, e"q
t will be generally recoected that few years since the
Of Daniel Boone and his wife were removed TO en-
ucky and reoommtted the earth with distinguished iu
neral honOrs.
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A time 10 Osep AMI time TO dance time 10 lore and
a time TO hate iH'e Of oar and time Qfpeaos"
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THE NATIONAL ERA.
WASHINGTON, MAY 5, 1881.
For the National Era.
BOONE IN THE WILDERNESS
By ISAAC JULIAN.

Bright waved thy woods, Kentucky,
In the summers sunset glow;
Enamour'd evening smiled upon
The scene Outspresd below
Natures Eden, wild, magnificent,
Fresh from her hand was there;
Even angels might admiring loOk
Upona scene so rair.
Like mighty temple, old and gray,
Waved the dim wilderness;
Gods ancient music spoke his praise
Amid the spreading trees:
BY the dark and lonely rivers,
Flowing on In light and shade,
The red man, and his shaggy train,
In sole dominion stray'd.
From the forests deep recesses,
Whence curls that wreath Of smOkel
Nv what startling crack Of ride
Are the slumb'ring echoes wOkef
For twice two score of nights and days,
The observant savage race
Have zaAIkd with wonder and with fear
The dreadful strangers trace.
lie has rear'd his lodge among e.. g.
He has hunted far and wide
Alone in the wide wilderness
To range II is his pride!
Now at nightfAll by his mansion door
He marks the stars appear
His heart is flrd with hOme-bred Joy,
He smiles at thought Of fear!
WO to your fair dominion
We to your day of fame,
We dusky dwelers Of the woods
Your glory's but name
Awaken from your slumbers,
Awake, or perish all
The foe Is on your hunting grounds,
The herald of your fail!
In vSin-the tide Of life flows In
On the daring hunters track,
And not the Indians If emprise
Can turn the current back.
Fierce battled he by force and fraud,
Like a savage beast at bay,
But his star Of empire went down
In many bloody fray.
Bright wave thy fields, Kentucky,
In graceful culture now;
The red man, like thy mighty woods,
Has seen his glory bow.
And by the dark Missouri
The lone hunter pass'd to rest,
Till him thy late remorsen calld home
To slumber on thy bresstt
Kentucky, oh Kentucky,
Thy 'scutcheon bears stain!
How can thy generous heart endure
The clsnking Of chain3
Forbid, the Indians sacrifice,
The white mans chiyalry,
Should, through the negroes crying wrong,
Be but curse to thee!
,, NOvoasIsy, 1s4e.
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Damn takes 10 part us, leaves thy heart In mins
Wish pulsss that beat doublsW

And when the day came for the farevei vlsl,
she knew that her hesrt would oetrsy isse,I anu,
resolving 10 spare herself the torture Oh ias' IN
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31
POULTRY.

There seems to be no branch Of domes-
tic economy less understood than proGla-
bly, raising poultry. When we say profit
ably we do no. speak of their value in dol
lars and cents, for we hold that every dwell
ling however humble or splendid ]. may be,
should have few chickens around it; for
there are times, in almost every family, both
in sickness and health, when money cannos
buy the little luxuries that chickens give us.
What profit is there in keeping fifty or a
hundred hens without corresponding num-
ber of eggs? Most people think that chick
ems mus. pick up their own living, and yield
a good supply of eggs in the bargain, but
we have found that chickens forced 10 roam
for their daily food have ll,,ie time or incll-
nation to lay and those who expec, good
supply Of eggs without generous feed, may
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as well plan. their choice vegetable seeds in
a sand bank, and look for tender, delicious
vegetables.
We have had some little experience in the
s'henery," and have found great secret in
getting a supply Of eggs through the whole
season, but not in driving the hens uphill,
or feeding them on gravel, or supplying
them with chalk nest eggs. The whole
secret consists in giving them plenty of food,
grain and flesh, any kind Of grain will an
swer, as the chickens mill is very conve-
nienI. For or 8 months in the year, they
will supply themselves with animal food, in
the shape Of insects, but the res, of the time
feed them regularly with flesh rs we'll as
corn. Boiled potatoes are excellent food
for fowls but with i, they want grain Of
some kind, and flesh also. In our long, ho,
summers, poultry are inclined to become
lousy 4; but il clean good ashes are placed
convenient to the hen-house, the hens will
dus, themselves until The vermin disappear.
Nature is their teacher, and here is an uner-
ring guide. A good shelter should be pro-
vided for the chickens TO roost under; the
manure Of chickens properly saved, will
icPdy CApCuoCS VI ICCutuE. ~ 10 q
grea, error 10 crowd too many chickens to-
gelher.
We know nothing Of the patent chicken
Matching machines, but we know that fifty
hens will lay more eggs and raise more
chickens upon one lot or enclosure than will
one hundred. They do no, flourish in
crowded state, neither will hens lay as well
when great numbers are together. A hen
is righ. proud old lady, and affects great
modes.y in selecting her nest, and laying
her eggs, always taking quiet, sly place,
when ii can be found. We say then to our
readers, keep no more fowls than you can
feed WE'LL Provide shelter for them, save
all the manure, and your gardens will pay in
their increased 2roductiveness for all your
culture of chickens; and when beef resem-
bles sole leather, and bacon becomes stale
young chickens and fresh eggs will prove
luxury indeed
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31

SELF-NADE NEN.-If you are to be an
exception you will be The 81 10 all my OBJ
servation and experience. You may take
The whole population Of Maryland, or any
other State; select from it fifty men who
are most distinguished for talents or any
description Of public usefulness, and / will
answer for it they are al, every one Of them,
men who begun the world wilhou, dollar.
Lock into the public councils of the nation,
They are men who made their own fortunes
self-made men, who began with nothing
The rule is universal. Ilpervades our courts,
state and federal, from the highest TO the
lowest II is true in all professions. II Is
so now. !, has been SO a, any time since
have known The public men of this State, or
the nation, and it will be while our present
institutions continue. You must throw a
man upon his own resources to bring him
out. The struggle which is 10 result in
emnence is too arduous, and must be con-
iinued 100 long, 10 be encountered and main
tanned voluntarily. or unless as a matter Of
life and death. He who has fortune to
fall back upon will soon slacken from his
efforts, and finally retire from competition.
With me il is question whether j. is desir-
able that parent should leave his son any
property at all. You will have large for
tune, and ] am sorry for it, as it will be The
spelling of q good lawyer. These are nv
deliberate sentiments, and shall be rejoiced
10 find in your instance shall be mistaken.
l-Letters TO a Young Man.
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EXECUTORS NOTICE,

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
Il scrber has obtained from the Orphans Court
of Charles County, Maryland letters Testamentary
OH the personal estate of JOHN f. SrRoMATr, late
of said county, deceased. All persons having
claims against said deceased hereby warned to
exhibit the same, properly authenticated, to the sub
scriber, or before the expiration of six months
They may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said deceased's estate
Given under my hand this 18th day Of Decem-
ber, 1851. WALTER A. HAISLIP,
dec II. EXe'r of John E. Stromatt.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

TIHIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
i scrber has obtained from the Orphans Court of
Charles county, Md, letters Testamentary on the
personal estate of ZAcHARIAH BOND, late of said
county, deceased. All persons having claims
against the said deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouches thereof to the
subscriber, on or before the expiration of six
months. They may otherwise be excluded by law
from all benefit Of said deceased's estate.
Given under my hand, this 9th day of Decem-
Der, 1851.
IEZEKIAH G. HAYDEN. Exe'r
dec II of Zachariah Bond.
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ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE That the sub
Il scriber has obtained from the Orphans Court
of Charles county, Md. letters administration on
the personal estate ofWTLLIAM BERRY of John, late
of said county. deceased All llpersons having claims
against the said deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, properly authenticated to the sub
scriber, on or before the expiration of six months.
They may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said deceased ds estate
Given under my hand this 9Th dayof December,
1851. WILLIAM II. BERRY, Admir-
dec II. of William Berry of john
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

TlHIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
i scriber has obtained from the Orphans Court
of Charles County, Maryland. letters of Admins
traton on the personal estate of OswELL GIB-
BoNs, late of said county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the said deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the to the subscriber, pro-
perly authenticated, before the expiration OF
six months. They may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said deceased's estate.
Given under my hand, this 10th day of December,
1851. JOHN J. GIBBONS, Admir-
dec II of Oswell Gibbons.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
TIN, STOVE AND HOUSE FURNISHING
ESTABLISHMENT

TDWARD ]. WARD, TIN and SHEET IRON
IL WARE MANUFAcToRY, No. $50 Pratt Street,
between Charles and Hanover, respectfully an
to his friends and the public that he is pre-
pared to furnish Housekeepers, Hotels, Steamboats,
and Packets with every article in his line. STOVES
of every variety; HARDWARE and CUTLERY; BLOCK
TIN; BRITANNIA and JAPANED WARE; Brush,
WOODEN and WILLOW WARE, with great variety
of FANCY ARTICLES, all of which he will sell at
wholesale or retail, on as reasonable terms as can
be had in the city. Improved WATER COOLERS.
BATHING APPARATUS made and put up to ORDER
RooFING, SCOUTING and JoBBING done in a work
manlike manner and on reasonable terms.
May 7, lS5l-ly
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BY e. WELLS, JR.
f EDITOR AND PROP PRIE II o r I.
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Communications addressed to this Office must be
POST PAID.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31
Ladies', Gentlemen's and Servants
BOOTS AND SHOES.
HENRY l.. SIMPSON,

HENRY L. SIMPSON,
(Royal Street, Brick Store, doors north Of King
Street, alexandria, Va.)
TNAKES occasion to express thanks to his old
Il customers and friends generally in Charles and
the neighborng counties, for the liberal patronage
they have bestowed upon him. He also respectful
ly invites their attention to his present extensive
and varied assortment of Ladies' Gentlemen's and
Servants Boots and Shoes. For Ladies' wear he
has all descriptions of Gather Boots, Slippers Ties
&c. For gentlemen, he has fine, kip, buff and thick
Boots, sc. For Servants, coarse Brogans, &C.
suitable for farming similar purposes. Also, q
general variety Of Misses and Children's shoes
&c. &c.
Sept. 10, lS5l-1y.
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to deal ''gently" with me. Bu. first, dear
reader, the lines. Here they are:
Touch us gently gently Time!
Let us glide adown thy stream
Gently-as we sometimes glide
Through quiet, quiet dream!
Humble voyagers are we,
Husband, wife and children three
Zone is lost-an angel-ted
To the azure over head y
Touch us gently, gently, Time,
We've not proud nor soaring wings;
Our ambition, our content,
Lies in simple, simple things.
Humble voyagers we.
O'er lifes DIM unsoundcd sea,
Seeking only some calm cline;
Touch us gently, gently, Time.
Are they not beailu: recolIect distinct
ly, years ago, looking with a sort Of sym
pathetic pity upon a relative Of mine. whose
hair was turning grew, and was qniIe sur
prIsed al his apparent Indifference to the fact
"a, The same time believing i, out Of the
question that nv dark wool would ever pu,
forth any sIlvery HERS; but here they are
by the score, and vet do not actually mind
il though j. isn't !hr pIeaSan.est Thing in the
world i" have 9 fellow come up 10 YOU q
dnzen times a dsv witi,-"Whr. you
are getting quite grey, declare ~ There
fore, old Father Time, "iouch US gen,lv,"
il you please. Many years ago At parting
with a very dear sister. she remarked to me:
II will no, say good b,e,' for know we
shall meet again, al least before Time can
have made any material change in either OF
us" She is dead and my hair is turning
grey. Time has made changes, but gently
has he deal, with me. In what wsv, after
years Of separation, do We meet? Do We
look al each oIher with the same feelings
this, We had a. parting? Does not, in MANY
cases, the surprise fell, if not expressed at
The impress of the "seeds of mortality" in
our outward appearance, amour, TO posi-
tive pain? think so. We par, in youth
- bright, JOYOUS ruddy youth We meet
again in middle age. "Touch US gen,ly.
time - Has the heart changed, have The VI
fec,ions waned? No!-but touch Us gem
lly, gently, time! And some have gone t."
dig goId-lhe Young, middle aged, the old.
They have lef, the hnmrseads Of their ryoulh.
the plessan, freside, the smiles of wives, and
voices Oh tUeiT lHtIe ones, 8nu iUcy nave
ioiled and labored, and what in many cases
has been their reward In lheir.wooden
rocker peeping up from heap of mud, sand
stones, few specks Of the g!nlerng metal
make glad the eve. Gold found al last -
we want more!
Touch us gently, time! They toll and
toll traverse The hills, valleys and ravines.
In abundance they find The bright. bright
metal. They will return to The loved ones!
Touch us gently, time! And years have
passed, aud the footsteps are homewsrd
bound. Oh! then lie, there be some green
spot left ,ha, has not felt the wIihering in
fuence Of thy cold hand, old father lime!-
upon which the eye of the wanderer Can
res, with pleasure unspeak ahle-,hat will
bring back to him through the long vista OF
years, touch Of boyhood-thal will make
Inn remembered, even though the spriss of
mortality are fast thick ening. and the wrink-
les growing deeper! Touch US gently,
gently, Time!
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31

The knowledge Of evil may help TO good
and assist me to measure its value, every
new idea should be to US as a new feather
in the wings that bear US upwards.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31

Fools measure good actions by the even,
after they are done; wise men beforehand
by judgment upon The rules of reason and
| faith,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31

Aristotle seeing youth very conceited,
and wilhal ignoran,-"Y Dung man," said
he, IL wish were what you think yourself,
and my enemies wha. you are.'
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31

Dishonest men endeavor 10 conceal
their faults from themselves, as well as
from Others; homes, men know and confess
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31

Self-love often make US mistake our lheo-
ries for our principles.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31

He that is choice Of his time, will also be
choice of his company, and choice of hi:
actions.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31

7OH BAGS Java, Maricabo, Laguyra, and
lcc Rio Coffee. just received, and for sale by
d. s. S. BLACKLOCK,
dec II Alexandria,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-12-31

The longer The saw of contention is drawn
The hotter it grows.