Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-10-29

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tion if Z could go to Boston; but sas a m!
time is. very limited, cannot. - y
sSend you therein FIVE minutes by th'
watch answered the little mans;;. tor = i
that's toe. soon5 in twenty -four hours. !
requires powerful lungs to gosby balloon
time five minutes departure every hal
hour. The magnetic railway train will taxi
you through IN four hours, OF the old fash
Toned railroadsin twenty. -four. I ~
NV hat 2 said uncle Ben, sis the old stage
company entirely broken up. e - ss S.
Don't know what you mean by stages,
said the little man, sbut Twill look for tht
word IN the big dictionary = ~. &,
sGo by steamboat, said Fulton. =
8 Steamboat repeated the little man
steamboat too everlasting aslow-1not owe
twenty Eve miles aas hour-well enough fol
freight, butpassengera cannot endure them
they go laboring and splashing along at. |!
snail's pace and they are enough to wear.eu
any mans patience. Yet the steamboat wa
the greatest stride ever madeat any one
time iuss the way: Of locomotion, and wa
very creditable to Fulton and the age II
which he lived. - 81 ~ ~ 5.ss Z.
That is admitting something burst on
Fulton, who had satike q statue, watching
the little man, golnbi bility 1g.:s' -: -:
But, said Uncte Ben sall this talk dom dom
get me on my way to Boston. That is my y
birth place. Twas there .for the last tims
lin 1858, and you know that according to she
provisions Of my will there is more, thar
four million pounds sterling Of my money
which has by this. time been disposed Of BY
the State somehow. :. y f;.R-sSS : g, -s,
p well, + declare calculated The slitae
man, his IS meeting About that legacy,
Uncle Ben, Of yours two millions sterling
has gone to build the Gutta Percha Mag.
netic Telegraph line, connecting Boston
with London and. Paris. two of the greatest
sc cities 10 the Eastern Republic Of Europe
.Gntta Percbaf magnetic telegraph Re.
,puaSliic Of Europe repeated all of them.
S. III built under water and sustained by
.buoys, continued the little man, and il
works to a charm plan up stairs; in room
2O4-and can be seen in q moment;; and as
Ltold :yon before, it writes the Engglish, Ian:
guage asfassas my deputy -
Republic of Europe !! exclaimed Jeffsr;; q;
son again. Z - -; S.s:
yes, sir, said the little man, for more
than century, No more thrones; NJ
more rulers. by divine right; ]; no more gov,
ernments sustained by powder and ball nor
lords nor mobiles man is; man, not merely
one of men, but individually man, With
rights as perfect as powers as great as5an55 y
,o,her man. The principles, Jefferson, Of
your Declaration, which you did not create,
but only asserted, have prostrated every ar.
:bitrary government on the Globe
The littleman ehatted away, and declared
that Europe was divided into two republics,
the Eastern and Western : that CONSTANT
nople was the capital Of the Western; and
that. Africa and Asia were also republican,
until the three signers Of The Declaration,
perfectly wrought upto frenzy of joy, rose
up from their seats, took eff their hats, 2and
swinging them round gave three cheers fol
ZIG, and the old Army Of the Revolution!
and I verify believe Uncle Ben forgot al
about that money, and about going to Bos
ton, for he did not alude to; it any more in
my presence. - y. !.
Great changes these, continuedythe lit
tie man, from your days. But you mus
not think, gentlemen, that we have forgot
ten you or your services, while we have i'm
proved in wisdom and strength. Look herr
gentleuen,' and leading on, he conductee
US to an observatory on the top Of: the build
ing. Such a prospect never before be
held. Away, round on everyside, stretched
a mighty city,, whose limits the eye coute
notreach. 7 49, ss5j3s& 5s,,,. ::
Towers, temples, spires, and masts, unit
they were lost in the distant haze; Canal
traversed every street, and boats Of. f.merchan
die were loading andunloading theirfreights
Steam carriages were putting along the road
that ran by the canal, some filed with plea
sure parties, and some laden with goods
Turning my eyes to an elevation, saw fifty
six gigantic monuments, whose peaks wer
nearly lost in the spray, ranged in line, al
alike in form and sculpture. These sai'
the little man, swere erected to the signer
of the Declaration of Independence; AM
taking out his telescope, he handed it to Un
Gle Ben, who read aloud among the inscrip
:tions the names, Franklin, Jefferson, ant
Adams But let us know what this city j
called?' inquired Jefferson. This, sir, i
called Columbiana; it lies on the west: :banl
of the Mississippi; population five million
according to the last census But whaa
supports it?' Supports it? The grea
East India trade. That vessel down ther
is direct from Canton, by ship canal acros
the Isthmus. All Europe is secondary t
us now. /. No doubling capes as was done il
your day. Yonder stands the Capitol ! an
the whole North American continent is an
nually represented there: The city Of sa'
/ francisco alone sends forty-four members
There, continued he, pointing his finger
'that balloon rising slowly. in the sky ha