New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-28

Of this letter, they will be jursts, who will reno
Der tnaI this town gave to the country judges stor,
and Sewal; divers into the old witchcraft era ,r..
know that out On the reside here HUH ps,...
preached; readers Of Mrs. Stowe who Know ,.h..
romance Turks in these queer old coas a.
New-Eogiand which have Listory ard ehsrae..,
and diaiect Of their own; bn. tho lnsioity will \.
those who remember Winters thrilling story of
ga tMd Q.rson for hi, hold hort.
! IoIicc end iusacred aud rod. in a cort
ny 'h' women Of Morb!ehesd.
Few Tyres written by Whittier have gone 10 "A,
and been - generally admired as this; and dar.
say 'ba. mos. Of those who have read it have co.
cludcd Tat il was founded upon some very socis,.
Legend Of the Town. Bu' the skipper FLOYD fresm
10 whom II relates died here ony las, Summer IuI.
over seventy years Of age am tod that leciu,.,,
nj the Lyeeaa here have repeatedly alluded to tina
poem when the old man OK relatives Of ls ware nrss
ont. The real story, told and believed BY per,o,.
who lived here AZ the time OF Us occurreuce--sor,.
fifty years ago-was that the skipper, coming into
the bay, passei the on their wreck, and refussd
account Of either head wind ora scarcity Of pro
visions, to save them. The wrecked men vsrs.
however, all saved and when they came 70 Maabls-
D
Whereupon the citizens with only few women in
I the crowd, pat the boat known a. Il 'dory" or
Shcrry,' Ia q cart went 10 ais house. aud Gro;s
bin all the way 10 S.lem and back a ml.esl one
pouring on pitch another feathers II ras long
lime before lrsson recovered lie lived fly years
after. Supporting himself by selling tsh 10 the
iuhs bitauts which lie took about 10 I: ~heel-barov
the BOYS frequently co licg him Oh tar Gad lcsh-
ers." lie never turned nor made reply. Hs main
tanned, however, az the tine ne was Jared and 70
the END Of his he that he wished take the men
from the wreck, but tat his refused 10 do it.
There s 30 doult, By general az, cement, that If the
crew bad been disposed indisposed 90 do II, the
skipper would pave been forced to their VIII And,
inde cd iud he general belief lere to be in the Old
maI's favor. Blt hOweYer that mas be. he siands
mpsied BY Mhigtiers poem, and will DOUBTLESS be
ezecIated by BIS readers macy generations after this
plea has been forgotten.
The curious oialeci in which that poem is written
:, that which Was once that OF Marbehesd, and
must say that /, lingers lie IN tic tones OF many
very cultivated people that l met; and must alse
gay that liked t: it is deep, strong and far more
pleasing than any Scotch or Yorkshire speech.
The people of MarDlehead have never forgotten
the bigl compliments paid to their officers and req
nenls in tie Revolutionary War by Washington
himse aud they have been true 10 the record in he
present war--haviug had hundred men over their
quo.a 10 add 10 that Of Salem. l thought 100 that
hev took ONE pride in showing tier two old forts
emergency milh; be quickly repaired and turned "
good service.
MarbIehead has also, | an glad t. state face u
flint against all c@'npromis: win Slavery. One o.
their mos Uublic-spirted men II me Hon Frederick
Robinson formerly President OF the Nfssachc scisg
senate. lie has always been a Democrat, and
always radical 10 nis opposition 10 Slavery. 0se
OF two st5rcs be tells, b. the way, are Of General
interest. Ia reiltes That when ecu Jackson made
be sous Of tie Northern States during his admins
tlation, he Robinsoni was snpoilted 20 meet him
- tie bouu-aIibs Of the toWu, AID welcome him In
2 sh0r Gd1ress. They then rode through The town
Ia The sal.c cauiage. Robinson iaea quoted several
OF Ihomas Jehers MS strongest expressions ngGnf
slavery, and said: General, an Jefferson Demo
Graf, and agree with hin about slavery" - And 20
DO /, SAID Jackson, warmly, "SlAvery 10 the
curse Of tine country, ana lear Will De The cause Of
our d.sauiou.' hr. Robinson Wa q delegate 10 tho
Convention which nominated Gtn. Case for tho
Prsla,ncy Sen. Cass ,4e says) o.1 Squa.ter
Sovereignty YET / knew thai G.n Cass was OPP
uosed 70 the extension o, Slavcry into The public
dom-in. lie ;hoa<ht that the doctrine Of 81 laIIer
Syver,lgnty migl. sally Tie south; Dat &c Tod
me that ho icl' assured IN III Own mind that
urder u tie emigration ifon tie Free S'aics would
AWAY oufnumJr. that Of the Slave States and no
iao!o save Sta g. could be formed under u. Gen-
Case was mol i.,ed AID recouoiled H. se!i 70 his
We've. After TIC Convention was dissolved went
South in fhe cas- with all the SOd'he~l members,
aia heard che expression q then Ll4n!lols oppo-
rtlOA I'D me CoNiiAc az tlti.cf oiltitiS-l' sSs
ou tsc -cst wi, one ten. Houston no. Tie hero OF
S.u J4cIrf0,I WHO tod lie ia. we must hghi tho
North. SUPPOSE hs thought ne Sorhcrnori aud
VIXEN sn., ,es,ed tlgt the North v9s the IloIg,sS
ma the South Ingn. be aquersd, 20 replied, NO,
We a.. .r strongest: We aro . AIT, b., tue No'.n
is AWAY DIVIDED, aud We shall always have pirsy
there IN our lrvor We can whip tie Nostli sob
due th.m and bring ttCm E.ccr cur control Every
man Of ug can hels, and Our slaves Can supply Us
win all the neecssaIes VI lie, willie sRe d
Yankees nr,t keep ~ home TO worA. We muss
,Dt, Sir, We must .atW
As you may guess, Democrat who thus teIis
iairs out OF scnoo Il very much halo4 by bis party
But enc by all the True aro leaving that Old
party hulk, aud .hil DO surprised Il Ii ioes not 20
to pieces ia tlis Storm At any rate i, has served ~
lime. and now leaks hOgsaoat for every gallon
lha, can be pumped out, and 20 tie eye which can
look ahead Is already bcueath the waves And
think 'Aa' ile ..isuGs OF tiOcdon should now lake
lacir name away: Democrat is = tgGsr word than
Regu5Acra, waea Analysed, and move that We
ii oursclycs The Free Democracy, aul so longn
tle, .fc G4Uurisd il. them have tho nsne laE
lHinvyi lss given, the Sham Democracy.