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common sitting room is up stairs, tho girls 6,
| down to receive the company and L remain.
1 Morgin said, Clara, do any enquire fo
Jenny"
Clary replied, "Yes sir-or rather, they dc
not enquire for her. but ask about her. tell
them that she is in much trouble, and does moi
| wish to see company yet"
Morgin replied, That was well done my dar
ling, come and kiss me-
She came; he seated her on his knesS 5it s
And then said, "But Jenny my Coz, DOM
You find it very lonely and monotonous with
no one but these wild children to associate
with" 40
She replied, "Ohno, We carry on very spirited
conversations sometimes; and would you be-
lieve it, had the hardihood to enter into an
argument with Frederic the other day on reli-
gion. I mean religion of the Bible. Just think
of that I mere infant not more than q
month old, to undertake an argument with one
who has been familiar with that precious book
all his life."
"Well," }" said Frederic, "Cousin Jnne, if you call
yourself an: infant now, I should not like to en-
counter you, when you get fully grown. Papa,
she used me up completely, exposed the sophis,
try of my arguments, and showed that they
had no more foundation, than the baseless fab
rio of dream;" and her reasoning was SO
much like yours, that accused her of getting
a leaf out of your book, as the saying is."~
Morgn replied, "NO wonder in that my son.
She didnot get y leaf, but the entire book. She
derives II er information from the same source
that do, Gods Holy Word, the only source of
true knowledge. Jenny. (he continued address
ing Miss Miller) the difficulties you complained,
of at first in studying the Bible you are ever
coming, are you not2 you can now understand
better than at first"
She replied, "Oh yes much better, but for
that, nm much indebted to most valuable
work. which l found on tho book shelf"
Morgn enquired, "What work is that .,..
She replied, pages Commentaries"
Morgin replied, :" Yes, that is to me valua-
BILE work. But my dear cousin, consulting that
book will not be forming your opinions from
the Bible with an unprejudiced mind. The au-
thortof that work will bias your opinions and
get you to his way Of thinking. 1 formed my
opinion unaided by man; the only works used
were Gods Works the book Of nature and the
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1ksGxkl71<&Ak&0SKHspeOple are
much mfe ignorant of The state of things at
the Souh than are Southern men of Northern
affairs, We have no "Uncle Toms" circulated
in onE @mnunity for the express purpose Of
eSe5tBig prejudice and hate against Northern
s6eiety, tnd We have no Seward politicians who
deliberably seek to advance their own fortunes
upon thl ruins of Northern institutions. Hence
it would have on excellent effect for. Northern
men to fsit the South and see for themselves
how different is the real state of things in the
FSoutheriiStat from that which they have sup.
posed tcexist.. But this sort of social inter
change would not suit either the political or
specializing spirit of our Northern brethrep.--
We cannot but admire tho -hs,.,LlSs rurglYing,
cl,ild-lIis and submissive spirit which lends
Soutiert men to repay all the indignities and
wrongs hey have received from Northern hands
by patrthizing every branch Of Northern indus
try andIpending fivc millions a year at North
ern watering places. The underground rail.
road takes the negroes, and the oyerground
railroad carries their masters to the same in.
viting attitudes. The greater the business done
by the l,wer branch, the heavier is the travel
on the upper. The more Mrs. Stowe and her
allies the press and pulpit abuse US, the faster
and thicker we hurry on to stop the mouths oi
our csigmniators with shower Of gold.
"Fafisir, vou spit on me on " ednesday last;
You spnrh' d mo sucll day; another time
You aalrd me dog + for. these coprtesies &
I'll leId You thus much moneys
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7EN~NSsSs7s
,hklhsfsSM M - q q sar;ly d:
sad sariiies -
81 lisht iife and fruth;s 8 81 IS
foss TIE brain, >N7',s 49,.
And lore is The theme of that early dream,
sf So wild, sps warm. 30 new,
Thatin AL after years deem
& IhatS earl dreamswere true.
Obi there is aE dream of maturer years,
More turbulent by far:
fTise vision Of blood, and of woman's tears
- For she theme Of that dream is war:
And we toifin the field Of danger and death
3:t5 33s And shout in the battle array,
SsIiilw Ind that theme in a bodilcss breath,
Which sani.hes away.
OIL there Il q dream. of hoary age,
lis . vision of gold in store-
Z sums noted down on the figured page, -,
ITO be counted Ger and Ger:
Andswef foEdly trust in our glittering dust
AS refuge from grief and painss
TIL our limbs are laid on the last dark bed,
Where the wealth of the world is vain.
ssAnd is 1t thus, from mans birth to his grave
rs: In the path which all are treadingf
4 4, there nought in that long career to save
bpm re,noirss and ssself.opbraiding,
{ QhTesf there q dream SO pure, 80 bright :
~: That the being to whom it is given,
hathed ina sea of living light
And the theme Of that dream ID heaven.
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chaHcatIy, never gave religion a thought.
Now, perceive that all things in nature de-
clares that God is impartial and perceive now,
that the Bible confirms what nature declares" I"
Morgin was in perfect ecstacics, at hearing
these sentiments from the lips of Miss Miller !;
lie believing that he was chosen as the instru-
ment used to bring her to the glorious light and
liberty of the Gospel He took her hand, and
was in silent prayer and Thanksgiving for mo-
ment, and then said:
"IIow refreshing, Oh how delightful to hear
such sentiments from one just merged into life
from that mass Of corruption, the~ Romish
Church') ~. !.t fss-r..
i BUTT would be fatiguiug to restate all the
conversation that, Morgin had with his family.
There was not the slightest allusion made 70
Mr.. Tanes. And now we will drop the curtain,
and lot Morgin enjoy bis day and half with
ahis family, in his own way. f:s,i'a
{ told his father that "He was much
ssh the village, about the lady at
'ig!as 81 sssaid, lie told them that She
lAssa whowas III much affection, and
q ME- $sl Seyhe to spend somo timo with us. !"
M5ssgia y ninended his son for his prudence,
ana gsd him so;bs uatiring ii his vig-
isplied That cousin Jane was $50 50
mild tile, SO intelligent in fact SO intor-
s3HpxsSVSy way, that he required no other in
ksep.up his watcbfuluess." -; ae,s
- returned to his school on: sunda eve.
nIdS h tie Tuesasy after Morgin left q poor poor
woman came to THE house tobeg soy assistance
i
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an old deceased man, with worn. n.out spirit
an exhausted heart and used-up body. La
dies and Gentlemen, pass oni"
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MISCELLANY.
Southern Migrations to the North.

According to n statistical table recently pub
lished, it is computed that Southerners have
spent %, 100000 the past summer in Northern
travel. Commenting upon this fact, the NJ y
Times remarks that ''the social and moral effect
Of this annual migration can scarcely be appre.
ciated. Associations spring up; friendships are
formed; opinions interchanged and prejudicea
corrected; similar tastes are cultivated, and
homogcneousness promoted by this free and un.
restraiIe ed intercourse Whatever strength there
may be in our political ties and in those rela-
tions that are founded in business necessities it
is very}obvious that the highest Importance is
to be attributed to those social interchanges
which make us favorably acquainted with one
another. Ignorance is the most efficient ally
of malice and pride What we want most is q
reliable knowledge of all sections of the coun-
try, and as this is obtained, we shall see the
utter folly of indulging the evil tempers that
always characterize sectional vanity. The free
intercourse of domestic life is essential to this
end" "'... -
The Times adds -
"Bnt a step further. The irresistible tenden-
cy of ofthingsistoward centralization at the Nus.b.
Saratogs, Newport Nahant, Niagara, Hudson
River, md White Mountains. are hers. FASH
ion, tastS wealrn, ambition, talent, will come to
them. Business men, for the most part, are in
timatcly connected with New York and Boston.
It is so, Too, with religious organizations educa.
tionul facilities and general interests"
The sduth has the White Sulphur and hun
dred other mineral Springs tho meanest of them
possessing more majestic scenery. a more genial
and salubrious climate and more natural attrac.
tions of every kind than Saratoga; she has her
own Old Point, Hampton, and fifty other pleas
ant resorts on her extended line of sea, coast :;
she aA'noble rivers of her own, and her own
peerless Blue Ridge and Alleghanies, but NIL
these her people habitually neglect for Northern
watering Place @ghieh have nothingto recon-.
mend ,tGsf but fashion and o crowd They
leave behiid them the simple, hearty and pure
it for the hollow and heartless thing called Life
at the Springs, which is a miserable compound
Of foreign manners, uniting the hauteur Of Eng;
q 3; Isa $
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/, 4FRRScHMAN's YANKEsvGsk FrelSEyrsssssssl z
In tAe United States sends thS' ollowipa
teriby sketch to PafiBiat 10trnnf IL
"Psture to yodlsel1 II SsE pisass, = lssn
pre WIN. bonY wrists; an with dap15
that woNd forever tarnishs NE eseptS Shee3 Af q:
gentlemah hat stuck Gnss ahs. .6sA ssske
head, straight hair, mouth ed 6tbld norm,
ing till nightby'a lump Of tdtaaeof
yellow by the Juice Of thessts ssd .A - !.
coat with narrow skirts; hlsds ~ NJ
glovesof gendatme: troussfs ii hs,3lls
the rest Of the equipment, .xhd ~ ;9se
before you the exact Portfaat| % ID
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! OUR PAPER DID NOT COME, Sin We re
commend careful perusal of the followin,
subscribers. 1t is from a paper called The Ad
vance, published at fernando, Mississippi:
The uncertain arrival, or uncertain delivery
OF papers, at country post offices, is often the
ground Of complaint against publishers and cd
itors Many of the Offices are poosly supplied
with the conveniences of taking care of papers
no matter with what certainty they arrive
The papers are jumbled up into few pigeon
holes, or piled upon desk, box or barrel, to
await the call of the subscribers. In the midst
of boots hats, brides, horse collars, and other
coarse wares which may be called for during
the day by customers. Country postmasters in
most cases. being engaged in some mercantile
some obscure corner, where they are hid for q
time from human eyes, as completely as if bu.
ried in mountain cave. In the meantime the
man comes for his paper, and as it can't be
found, Of course it didn't come. The indignant
subscriber consequently abuses the rascally ed
to write letter of complaint, about not send
ing his paper punctually, when if said paper
were endowed with speech, it would cry out,
hero ! am, squeezed to death, behind this box
or under this barrel We have seen Just sucl,
things Mt country post Offices and elsewhere as
well as the country. These remarks have no
reference to any particular Office, and are meant
s
TnE RAvNas OF RoMANIsM-In the April
number of Brownson's Reuie,o is the following
phillippic' against our country, which bears I'M
mistakeable evidence of being from the pen Of
It's sSa;tor.-------.-- N~'''''
We are mixed Protestant, Infidel and Cath
olic people. The non. Catholic clement howev-
er, predominates; and owing TO our vast extent
of cheap and fertile lands, we are free from
many Of tho material evils of older countries.
Bu. in real we'll being in the reinements of life,
in the culture of the soul, in the higher civili-
zation, or in true national or individual virtue
and happiness, we are far below the lowest Cath
olic state. We,can boast only of our industry.
Our literature is not worth naming; our news-
papers, for the most part, are a public nuis-
sance; our common schools amount to but little,
and cannot be named with those of Austria !;
we have not respectable library or university
in tho county; and the liberty we boast Is
merely the liberty of the mob to goystn us as
it pieases. There is, perhaps no people on
earth that has less Of moral and mental inde-
pendence, or less individual freedom and man.
illness. We arc slaves of committees associa-
tions, cnuc,iscs, and public opinion formed by
ignorant aud fapatical and lying laetusrs
eEssshess. q q Z.
8 's6:ss sass 5ss
IIsi,ss isI'I - s|iia,.-..,y M. .,...u.,
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OnIaM OF THE .PnRAsE sBpsooMsE.nn--The orr
gin of the expression 81 .Buncombe speeches," is
said to have been % follows: Some years since,
q member of Congress, [Hill, from the county
of Buncombe, North Carolina, was induleine in
. long and very uninteresting harangue in the
House Of Representatives. Some attempted to
cough him down, others called him 10 order ;
but it was Of no use-he was determined to have
his say, let What would occnr At last the
members began to leave, and there was soon
scarcely any persons left except the reporters.
had sis ssa
gested to him that he would soon be entirely
destitute ofauditors; whsreupon he very coolly
was speaking for Buncombe. not Washington u
in other words, that his speech was intended
for the perusal of his constituents, and not at
all to influence tho action Of his fellow members
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ORIGINAL TAaaN|

FeSsr1surp.l !
d before Miss Miller went to Gorgo-
sn young man, of handsome property,
16tlistyated intellect, SOME refinement and
HnStM was paying particular at
Ar "a few days after Miss Mil
dressed her, and she consent
q her father did not object.
some very bad hahits Of
rant but fortunately MOI,
lprgin yes esss 16ps1ss :l1le,,
=! ) Ehd q good opportunity of opening
- ;at once, which he did in the follow
s. Swould observe that .he had
timulns rather fraely on the
in the house and accosted
= = e,E arc you, how are you, old
81 ~ r house ths for school
= I'm toh have quite fine school"
mil that the house an
I'D that .ss. ashad .a"
Z 3 sS!lII 4 q g 1Esls 81 ~
- fIl is 8 81 "a g g
usry. :sss,ss ssls s, s.
in, adisolosS StiS -
rep sln't much. 1 have jusf
moAI your conaeut to my marrying yotr
II ter Clara. She is a.fine girl, and all.
n prstty." z. 81 g. $ef
II Taness 2 ssid Mofgin, very gravely,5
~ gaR ny daagLter on tho SUBJ;
"a and .he referred - ! i. 4 ]:
y aapli5 p, sir, I must beg leaye
alliance with yop'
hnt5 moro sobefly:
,yl joking Not give give
ESss S msrrr:y your dad aghteril
bss mush 1 NH worth y
frR replied = Mora ii ny
M s HiotSlp to the, highest bid
in In sthis MAJ ;;assS:
What d your ,fia objssstioh
gnfl flsmln 1, Fl. Z, 4 q.
)1 pretend 20 dispute !
i.otk Teilins yens ny ,lj
q ist tas af.
M s ey,.,a,n i a5s 'ss'si 4.
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So
yoang man, n,sWhea shs. imfnst iAts az IS =
nfsrads Eainst him for, ,tat ling stich ~
with heri that =, putt ling hfss md NJ 81
waist TO Lit her frorn tis
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IMPORTANT DIcmIoN-Welesrn from the GAv.
annah Republican that thsscase of che Stakeys,
THoNAs MANNIoN, charged With the crime Of 4
suit with an intent to murder il6ve Gtdd2$
FLEN1sa made the following impor tanta ds4a66as
Messra B1cos & Levy and d. IL IIM.s sthss
no such offence was knoYn 70 the penal eods
OF Georgia; that the slave was BY cdIhtdoii lxW
chattel and had original PeisoiaAl IN ilfas
os;tiao ,nsa all s,Sh as he hadSgess thosa By
gia contained separate dSfsi6n relatihe %
offences against slaves that. murder, ii,siiSinf.
and Others, were especially Heticed, but not 20
the offence charged On the other side. &c vs.
argued by the counsel for thSpiosscutson. Mp,
JOHN owESs that assault with iRtant % mssfd
fore, included within the penal stAtutss OF Hsssl
gia- The Judge decided with the epspsSSatips.t
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st5DenkinN for BQnCOmbe not Washington"
IN lotter wor3. tb.t .h;s s,,eecS wss ;nteSdsd
for the nerusaI Of his constituents and not At
ali to ii1Ausnee tho action Of his fellow members
-. =. -. -
.,5., ,------ - = - =: Z: .s:4c = i
OF WIsE AND CoIp " Wirr.a,--Mr. Secretary MIR
Eey recently told an anecdote At 2 dinnerPafty
in this Oily, whichsfuns thus: He said $tiIat g
few weekss since, Gov: Seymour of New$yf9r
wrote 70 him, that since l,e had yoted for the
liquor Inv. he had received various letters from
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WHOLE NUMBER Sc

/ .
"A Lospos MnLIoxA1rn- Fr.noi.
Wey, French writer Of distinction, who psssad
several weeks in London during the Great Ell.
bition, has recently published il Paris his fii,
pressions" under the title of "The EpeIish At
HomeR On one occasion, while riding n nn
omnibus, he formed an eequsintanca with q "a.
low passenger. from whom he derived many
explanations Of the strange things he saw. One
OF these we gives:
II addressed to hinfa few words concerning
carriage which just then drove by. It was too
fine to be elegant and was drawn by two ma.
nificent bay horses. On tho box. adorned via
beautiful fringe sat black-coated soachman
and there was not a wrinkle in bis white crayat
his snowy gloves were spotless. In Che vs- 70,
hicle, on down cushions, ,ssrslessly Jo,sanai
man without dest, ia sslss kssSs ~ ~ 49,
ssrr;sl ssrpsa 1R S;n to I'll the 9 sASsss sss M
dress. Sr:sssssSa' "a hssf f.isfSss Sss51
Mr. Wey asked HI: RSiahhas sItS; q sye1aR
was the strange looking oeeupant g sissfing
"The richest butcher in Londonn,," ~ was tho the
reply. "He is returning in his own carriage
from his slaughter house to his residence. Hi
forcfathers We're in the business. Hisfather Left
him fortune Of over two millions, and he. ont
Of modesty, follows hisafathers profession@a
very honorable old custom, & This sgentiein41
butcher possesses four million.v iflasr ~;
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4 DEVoTRD no MTERATURE, THE ARTS scIENcH AaRIcy

y of the Press is the Palladium of all your Rshnu.
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Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-10-06

because it is sin against God, is a much
higher motive, and one that will give stri.
wing spirit power over all its enemies -
You acknowledge God, and that he is
ever present; and rewarder of them that
diligently seek him?"
ooh, yesl So the Bible tells u.s."
"ltis all true Whatever power we have
to oppose evil, 10 from Him. If VIC look to
ourselves, and upon the little strength we
that we are weakness itself. But if we
strive to act in all things from religious
principlc--and fear to sin against him, we
shall receive all the strength we need, no
matter how deeply we may be tempted
From this hour, then, my friend, resolve to
put your trust in him who careth for you.
After all, this is the reformed mans only
hope. The pledge is mere external, tenn
polary safeguard, that must be superced-
ed by deeply grounded religious prnc-
pie, or he will be every hour in danger Of
falling We must be supported from the
centre and not from the circumference.
The pledge is hoop that is liable to break
but obedience to God is strong attraction
at the centre, holding in perpetual consist
ehce all things that are arranged in Just
order around it. Will you not ther look
up"
Il feel that it is my only hope"
Take my solemn assurance that it's
'fo home, and carry with you this truth
that f you will try TO act from the higher
motive have given you, all will be right"
1t was perhaps half an hour from the
time hat Simpson left his house, that be
rc.entered it. His wife looked up with
some concern in her face as he came in
But first glace dispeled the fears that had
stolen over ner spirit. Before going TO bed
that night, Simpson got the family Bible,
and read chapter aloud. In doing So he
felt sweet tranquility pervade his mind,
such as he had not experienced for long
time. On the next day he tried to elevate
his thonghts to the power above, in which
he wished to put his trust. He found il
much easier to do so than he expected
1t was not long before, in addition TO the
reading of n chapter in the evening, before
retiring, brief prayer was said. From
that time deep religious sentiment took
possession OF the mind OF Simpson. Light
broke in upon him. He saw clearer the
path before him, the dangers around him,
and the way to escape. Some years have
passed, and he is still sober man. He
does not think Of his pledge, nor of the
degradation of drunkenness as a reason for
abs tinence; but deems it sin against God
L.
would unfit him for those duties in life which
as man, he is bound to perform.
Let every reformed man look up to the
same all sustaining source, and he is safe
from all danger.
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CaIifOrnin wonders.

California always was a wonderful coun-
try, but it is now getting to be more won
derful than ever. 1t is land of marvels
and marvellous phenomena. natural and un-
natural. The papers, by the last steamer
told us of the discovery Of a lake the waters
of which were SO largely possessed Of the
principle of buoyancy that the human body
would not sink in it. Still more extraordi
nary is the discovery of a subterranean
pass through the mountains of the Sierra
Nevada This pass is described as begin
mig near the head of the 10 Lemity Valley,
and containing many internal evidences
that it was once great Indian rendezvous.
Pits were discovered in it, too, in which
were the ghastly remains of many victim
of savage cruelty. The adventures who
explored the passage tell us they met two
live Indians tall and manly looking"
Language cannot express the astonsh-
ment and rage that was depicted on their
countenances upon beholding US. and had
it been in their power. we would have been
doomed to inevitable destruction. But af-
ter awhile | ascertained that one of them
spoke little Spanish, and with some diff
Guilty | made him understand that we had
been directed through the mysterious pas
sage by the Great Spirit. Then they told
me in broken Spanish, that we were scarce
ly half way through the pass-tbat little
further on was an immense chasm, but that
it was bridged by logs-which We found
petriiied--and that there were other passa-
ges that led into lakes and rivers, but with
out an outlet; they said this pass was known
only to the 7 tribe and ourselves; it had
been mentioned to Major s., but had
never been shown to him; that they were
the great medicine men of their tribe, and
were returning from visit to the white
tribe, at the eastern end Of the pass. They
then gave us some of their torches-5id US
good bye and departed. We congratulate
ed each other IN our good fortune, and
continued our march in high spirits. We
found the chasm yawning abyss. into
which had been thrown many victims Of
savage cruelty. for al the bottom. by the
aid Of a torch thrown down. we discovered
the bones of many human frames. We
found nothing to obstruct our passage ex-
cept few massive boulders. which we.
however, passed, and on the morning Of the
fourth day we entered the village Of the
white Indians"