Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-09-08

Pile say. Il nodded to him'-not 'spoke' or bowed
The hot afternoon was drawing to a. close, and I
was YEARLY looking out for Spotswood, when a
little Incident occurred, the memory Of which has
ever been as refreshing to me IS the act in itself
was Mt that time. / stopped to geta Drink from a
well in front Of a neat little farm house. While
was awkwardly preparing to let down the buck
bet, a kind, sweet voice suddenly said Let me do
1t for you.' looked up, and saw before me a
girl of sixteen, with blue eyes, wavy auburn hair,
and slender %form-not strikingly handsome, but
with q shy, pretty face, which blushed the least
bit 10 the world, as she met. my gaze. Without
waiting Tor my answer, she seized the pole, and
soon dew up the dripping bucket, which she plac-
ed upon the curb. 4 will get you a glass she
then said, and darted into the housc-reappeariug
presently with a tumbler in one hand ond q plate
Of crisp tea cakes in the other. She stood beside
me when | drank, and then extended the plate
with a gesture more inviting than any words
would have been, l had had enough Of cakes for
one day, but | took one, nevertheless, and pot a
second in my pocket, at her kind persuasion. This
was the first Of many kindnesses which 1 have re-
%oeived from strangers all over the wide world; and
there are few, if any, which l shall remember Ion
ger.
At sunset l had walked twenty-five miles, and
had taken to the railroad track by way of a
change, when ] came upon a freight train, which
had stopped on account Of some Slight accident
Where are you going" inquired the engineer.
TO Amboy.' Take you there for q quarterp 1t
was too tempting; so l climbed upon the tender,
and rested my weary legs, while the pines and
drifted sands flew by US Cor an hour or moro-and
| had crossed New Jersey! .-4gi r
There was the ocean AT least | thought so, for
| head the dash of waves on the beach, and the
Neversink was invisible in TIE faint mist and
moonlight. Instead of supper; I took a bath
tasted The water, and found It bitter salt. There
was no doubt of it; l was swimming in the Atlau-
tic. A'deep sleep in some tavern followed; but,
hearing at d~aybreak the sad sea-waves again, l
was up, and down to the beack hunting for shells.
| expected to find all the pearly and rosy marvels
which had seen in our country cabinet of natur-
al sciences, profusely scattered along the sand and
was greatly disappointed to see only a few clans.
This did not prevent me from writing a poem en-
titled The First Sight of the Ocean, which l
thought a very fine production. 1t never appear.
ed in Graham's Magazine, however, Ito which l
sent it, and is now totally lost to the world.
The trip from Amboy to New York made q
great impression upon me. The beauty Of the
shores, the breadth of the bay, the movement of
the thrOnging vessels, gave me new and grand
ideas Of the life of man and for the first time |
saw the place Of my nativity, not as a world round
which all other interests revolVed, but as an in
significant speck, the existence of which was as
unimportant as il was unnoticed. The magic Of
that first impression has never been weakened.
Our stately harbor is to me now, as it was then, a
type of the activity of the age, aud after years oil
wandering | never return to it without the old
thrill of admiration-the old instinct that here, oil
all other places in the world, is the great arena o.
lator. t..-..T ... -s- ,
readily found the soda water establishment
and was joined in the afternoon by my companion
We went out for a stroll up and down Broadway
The first thing we noticed was a red flag, and the
voice of an auctioneer selling watches. Oh saiG
my friend, here is one of those places where yoy
can get gold watches SO cheap. Let US 60 in P
and in we went. Two or three fellows with heavy
chains at their vests, were bidding upon a silvel
watch. Only two dollars going cried the auc
tioneer. Two and a halfH eagerly shouted my
companion. Evidently the Peter Funks wished K
lead him on gently, for they allowed him to ge
the watch for four dollars. The earnestuess .anC
volubilty. os the auctioneer amused me, and l cOulC
with difficulty restrain my laughter. lie, howev
er, put a different Interpretation on my merriment
and looked quickly away whenever he caught m,
eye. Innocent as | was, he must have supposed
that | understood the Whole business. Let m,
saa shat uaEnh-I'pn q yrnFabn,ala, r,...If5 -.
one Of the heavy gentlemen. lie opened it, OK
aminei the works, and said It's worn out; i
won't 60, but the silver is worth something. II
allow you two dollars for it, and sell you this
which l carry myself, for fye.' My companiol
was taken in a second time, and made the ex
change. The watch, however, though it was no
silver kept pretty good time for a few weeks.
At night, the question was where shall we 90.
1t occurred to US, finally, that there was a hote
called the Howard House not far from John street
The size of the building imposed upon us a little
but we had never heard of more than twenty-fv
cents being paid for lodging, aud went c~heerfully
to bed. But in the morning our eyes were open
ed. six shillings ! said the clerk, in answer t
our inquiry. six shillings p we both mechanical
y repeated, in GREATNESS ast5nishment. YES
that is the regular charge he replied. We pai
the money in dumb bewilderment, and went rouu,
. 20 Gqslips's, in Ann street for our breakfasts
' The next day, our names appeared in the publish
ed list of arrivals at the Howard House, and thai
my companion declared, was worth at least foo
r ~shillings.
At that time, there were several lines Of steam
boats on the Hudson, aud their competition ha,
reduced the fare to Catskill to twenty FIVE cent
which was greatly to our advantage We euioye,
to the fullest extent, the scenery of the glJriou
river-still, to my eyes, after seeing the Danube
the Rhine, the RhOne, the Eile, and the .Ganges
the most beautiful river in the world. Insensibl
to the cold wind and occasional showers of rain
we walked the hurricane deck while the splende,
panorama of the Palisades, Tappan Zee, and til
Highlands unfolded on either side. While / va
trying to pick out Snnnyside among lie villa