The Nevada journal., 1851-12-25

But the Alayflower VIII bloom O
another shore for untold years, whicI
no man now may number Alon
the Mayfower speeds upon her way
with her band of Pilgrims, one hun
drcd souls in all. Rude rolled tn
ocean before the wintry storm, but tn
bark rides out the raging sea. The,
are borne far northward of the Lane
selected for their home, to a bleak ant
| barren coast of Massachusetts. TIL,
Mayf1ower was moored in shallow
bay, and the Pilgrims in the freezing
cold wade to the shore 1t is now the
latter part of November, and all re.
mains to be done; a settlement and {
shelter are required. The land is ex-
plored amid severe winds and storms
of snow. For month they search
over the land and along the shore fol
favorable spot. On this day of the
week and month, a portion of the Pill
grim Fathers landed on the spot which
they were to make their permanent
home, and Plymouth rock was conse-
Grated forever and aye to memory OF
civil and religious liberty. That
winter required all their energy and
power of endurance. Freezing storms
of snow and sleet; disease diminishing
their little band, and rendering the
most incapable of labor; the want Of
shelter; were the trials to be encoun-
tered and sustained. For three years
they endured the want of food and
comfort, without repining. Imprison-
ment, exile, poverty, bosterous
ocean, the seventies of a freezing,
stormy winter; famine, disease and
death, all, they encountered, and mur-
INJURED not After the lapse of ten
years, the colony numbered but three
hundred souls.
Such was the settlement of New
England. And it was only such men
that would have borne up under such
dships. All the circumstances
connected with that settlement were
peculiar. Other colonies had been
under the protection of charters and
power--not seeking, but rather sent
to the shores of the New World. Do
main and gold were the objects Of
their acquisition. Gentlemen, as they
were termed, mere drones upon soci-
ETY., constituted large portion of the
Virginia colony, (and the vessel which
bore them was laden with what was
supposed to be golden sands, to enrich
the company and colony, which prov
ed to be but worthless earth. All
power and government remained with
the king and council by him appointed
A conformity to the established church
Of England was ordered. The king
drew up the code of laws and no ele-
ment of liberty, civil or religious, en-
tered into the charter or code. Of the
105 emigrants then here, but twelve
laborers and few mechanics-forty
eight gentlemen to four carpenters;
no families. They sought for wealth
and power, not for freedom. Ere the
the Pilgrims embarked for the New
World, the thirst for wealth, the am
bition for conquest, the eagerness for
adventure, had invited many across
the sea. Many a wild dream of anl
Ell Dorado land, had hither allured
the adventurer, and the victims OF de-
lusion had found their graves where
they sought for gold. From Flor
ida to Labrador, gold glittered tol
the eyes Of men, and ice bound
coasts and inland bays had been ex-
plored, and every danger encountered
in the wild pursuit. From the Atlan-
tic to the Mississippi, the ayaricious
Spaniard had sought to realize his
dreams of treasure, and after rovingI
expedition of three years, Ferdinand
De Soto, its leader and the companion
of Pizarro, acquired but a restingl
place for his body beneath the waters
Of that mighty river, and the golden
land of Cathay, where the precious
treasure lay deep and glittering on the
surface. was sought under the patron
age of the Virgin Queen amid the ice
bergs of the northern seas.
How different the New England
colony! How different the men, theI
motives, and the incentives, connected
with its settlement. In their own Ian
guage, accustomed to plain country
life, and the innocent trade of hustan-
dry;' to the severity of labor, they had
long been accustomed In exile, they
had engaged in any pursuit that would
afford them the means OF subsistence,
and become familiar with every varie-
ty of labor. The rights Of conscience
they had long regarded as of higher
value than life, and at the stake and