The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-14

Herman in due time toe his degree of Doc
tor of Medicine and then being by that time
in some need of rest and rS.reation, he took a
journey with a three-fold saotive thereto be
wanted to see Kansas, az .ce Of which we all
hear so much and know &, little; he had an
old schoolmate i'll in the arsay there, and kind
new friend of his, his schot4esuate's mother, was
very unhappy about her d, and anxious to
have him resign and come aome, on more &C,
counts than one. HermsA left his emigrsnt
fellow-travellers at the lttIs cluster of wooden,
mud, and matched houses, which has since
made so much noise in the world under the
name of Lawrence. But, as he rode ON over
the purple and golden flowers of the quiet
prairie, his ears still, for an hour or two after,
seemed to ring with the words which he had
left behind, ringing through the streets of that
busy little town:
Anticipate III have much difficulty in
locating site, sir? ?"
Wall, | don't, num-"
"Want to sell your claim, stranger?"
"Wall. don't know. How much do ye
want to give?"
Whitfield
Stringfellow,"-
"How'd the voting go, up to Hoba.nob Pre-
cinct2 You was present, sir, presume"
swell, pretty much as it did down to Buga.
boo, sir judges disagreed. Biggs and Sharp,
Pro Slavery, they thought best to let the ruff.
fans vote without swearin. Blunt FreeState,
he objected The ruffians got some leavers,
an pried up the cabin ar let it down again some
two or three times; an Blunt he attempted to abb
stract the ballot-box an quit the premises but
old man Fitetur, of Missouri, accompanied with
his two sons, encountered him to the back
entrance, an put pistol to his vest an says
he, You better return an deposit that there
box, or one or the other on US will land in hell,
says he or eternity forgit which. Never
mind. It's ell the same"
well, yes, cir guess it was in that case
about synonymous. Continoo."
as Drop it, says Raymond Firetur, a.pur.
ducin a revolver, or I'll put sixteen through
ye.' So Blunt he jest dropped it an resigned,
like desperate mean spirited Teller as he is
an they elected old man Firetur Judge, in lieu
of him an he an the other Pro- Slaveries, they
let all the rufians vote themselves, an put down
lots of other individuals that want there be.
sides-Isrsel Putnam, an Ben Franklin, an
George Washington, Colonel Fremont Sam
Slick, Mr.. Garrison, an cetra. They got the
returns to mount up to eight hundred an up.
ards, an report says there amt more'n one
twenty legal voters in that whole precinct"
the distance by the sweet voices of the birds,
and the muffled patting of his horses hoofs on
the turf. He enjoyed the charms of solitude
thoroughly, after days spent in cars, steam.
boats, and inns, but had had enough of it before
he came in sight of the sentinel pacing to and
fro before the temporary barracks in which
Lieutenant Charles Marshall was at present in
dulging in dreams of glory and the realities of
fever and ague. Perhaps Lieutenant Charles
had he'd enough of it likewise for his "What ?
who? Arden where did you drop from oh,
by George, now, if this isn't jolly /" when our
hero was introduced, was extremely emphatic
and hearty. He was miserably i'll, thought him
self dangerously so, and was very glad to get
Herman's opinion to the contrary, as we'll as
his attentions as nurse. In this capacity, Her.
man devoted himself to him for a fortnight,
and 80 successfully, that at the end of that time
he thought him we'll enough to discuss his res.
ignation, and proposed it to him accordingly.
Why" said the lieutenant, putting his hand
to his pulse, you don't think I'm going to re.
lapse. do your"
| "No, no. Let that alone, Charley. You'll
only put it out of order, like a watch, by finger
ing it. But, excuse my preaching bit,' as
heard Methodist minister say, in the steam
beat which brought me down the river we ore
all of Us going before long to relapse into sec
ond childhood or DEATH"
swell, what then2 One ia more in the way
of second childhood out of the army than in it
and since death must come, let it only be tht
death of honor and fame, and find us doing oul
duty"
"'Lst it only find us doing our duty yes,
said Herman, rather sadly, and come when j
will But one of the first of our duties, ant
hardest, too, sometimes, is to find ont what ou
duty is. Tell yourself, Charley-I won't ssl
You to tell mellow much honor and dot,
there is in selling ones sword to a most anprin
cipled Government, as you won't deny that our
is just now, for the sake of fifteen hundred dol
lars year, of figuring in two or three para
: graphs in the newspapers, which is what sup