Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 9 April 1863 — Page 1

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On a bleak and chilly day in the month of January, the Doctor, late in

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afternoon,

She eyed hira with that cold look of disapprobation which most^people assume who imagine themselves insulted b}T being supposed to exercise an employment. which they deem a degree below their real occupation in life.— She assured him he had been misinformed—she did not keep a tavern, nor did she keep a house to entertain strangers. It was true, she added, that to obligo some members of the legislature, she took a small number of them into her family during the session that she had four members of the House of Representatives, who then boarded with her, and that all her beds were full.

Having said this, she resumed her knitting with that intense application which said, as forcibly as she could, if you have concluded your business, the sooner you leave the better. But on the doctor wraping hie cloak about him, affecting to shiver and observing that the weather was very cold, she pointed to acbair, and gave him leave to warm himself.

Tho entrance of boardors prevented all further conversation. Coffee was served and he partook with the family. To coffee., according to the good old custom of the times, succeeded a plate of pippins, pies, and a paper of tobacco, when the whole company formed a cheerful semi-circle before the fire.

Perhaps no man ever possessed colloquial powers in a more fascinating degree than Doctor Franklin, and never was there an occasion on which he displayed them to better advantage than the present one. He drew the attention of the company by the solidity of his modest remarks, instructing them by the varied, new and striking lights in which he placed his subjects, and delighted them with apt illustrations and amusing anecdoats.

Thus erhployed the hours passed merrily along until supper was announced.

Mrs.

eould most easily rid herself o'f his presence. The old gentleman assured

th

1 a a a a young man of good education, and to all,, appearances, a gentleman—that

He returned to the comp'an't, filled his pipe, and with the first whiff his powers returned with

SJr. Franklin andhis Mother. their noble defense of the character of It was an idea of Dr. Franklin's, if rights.

not a settled opinion, that a mother During a discourse so appropriately might, by a kind of instinct of natural interesting to the delighted company, affection" recognize her-chMdren, even no wonder the clock struck unperceivIhough she had lost the recollection of their"features. And on a visit to his native town of Boston, he determined to ascertain by experiment whether /his theory was correct or not.

Franklin, busied with

her household'affairs, supposed the intrading stranger had left the house immediately after coffee, and it was with dislike she saw him seat himself at the table with the freedom of a member of the family. rw

Immediately after supper"she called an elderly gentleman, a member* of the Council in whom she was accustomed to confide, into another room, complained bitterly d£ the rudeness of the stranger, told the manner of his introduction to the house, and observed that he seemed an outlatidish sort of a man. She thought he had something very suspicious in his appearance, and she concluded- byr soliciting her friend's advice- as to th'&- way she

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knocked at the door of plainly that she thought herself im-

his mother's house and asked to speak posed on, but that she had friends who with Mrs. Franklin. He found the would defend her, and insisted that he old lady knitting before the parlor fire. Ho introduced himself, and observed that he understood she entertained} travelers, requested lodgings for the night. I

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in. agreeable company, he

had paid no attention to the lateness

of the hour. He advised her to call the stranger aside, and repeat her inability to lodge him. She accordingly sent her maid to him, and with as much complacency as she could command, she recapitulated the situation of her family, observed that it grew late, and mildly intimated that he would do well to seek lodgings.

The Doctor replied that he would by no means incommode the fatfiily, but with her leave he would smoke one more pipe with her boarders, and then retire.

He recounted the h&rd-

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ships by their ancestors, he extolled lfl'oo their piety, virtue and devotion to religious freedom. The subject jof the

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sentatives was mentioned by one of the2M0 members. A bill had been introduced

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the prerogative of the royal

Governor. The doctor immediatcly

joined in the discussion,supporting the

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the influential men in the

House when Dudley was Governor. 1 recited their speeches and applauded

ed hj them. Nor was it a wonder that the patience of Mrs. Franklin became entirely exhausted. She now entered the room and addressed the doctor before the whole company, with a warmth glowing with a determinotion to be her own protectress. $ She told him

should immediateld leave the houBC. The doctor made a slight apology and deliberately put on his great coat and hat took leave of the company and approached the street door, attended by the mistress and lighted by themaid.

While the doctor and his companions had been enjoying themselves within, a most tremendous storm of wind and rain had occurred, and no sooner had the maid lifted the latch than a roaring northeaster forced open the door extinguished the light, and almost filled the entry with drifted snow and hail. A8 soon as the candle was relighted, the doctor cast a woeful look toward the door and thus addressed his mother: "My dear madam, can you turn mo out in this storm? 1 am a stranger in this town and will perish in the street. You look like a charitable lady—I should not think that you could turn a dog from }"Our house this cold and stormy night." "Don't talk of charity!" replied his mother, "charity begins at home. It is your own fault notmine, that you have tarried so long. To be plain with you, sir, I do not like either your looks or conduct, and fear you have some bad design in thus intruding into my family-"

The wrath of this parley had drawn the company from the parlor, and by their united interference the stranger was permitted to lodge in the house, nnd as no bed could be had he consented to rest in an easy chair before the parlor fire.

Though the boarders appeared to confide in the stranger's honesty, it was not so with Mrs. JbYanklin..',,,.

With

suspicious caution she collected her silver spoons, pepper-box and porringer, from her closets, and after securing her parlor door by sticking a fork, over the latch, carried the valuables to. her chamber, charging the negro man to sleep with his olothes on, to take the great cleaver to ted with him, and to waken and seize the vagrant at the first noise he should make in attempting to plunder.

Mrs. Franklin rose before tlie sun, roused the domestics, and was quite agreeably surprised to find her guest quietly sleeping in his chair. She awoke him with a cheerful good morning, inquired how he rested, and invited him to partake of her breakfast, which was always served previous to" that of her boarders. "And pra?, sir," said Mrs. Franklin, "as you appear to be a stranger in Boston, to what distant country do you belong?" "1 belong, madam, to the colony of Pennsylvania, and reside in Philadelphia."

At the mention of Philadelphia, the doctor declared thaS he for the first

Franklin then proceeded to describe the scene at the front door—the snow drift that came so opportunely into the entry—his appeal to her "natural feeling" of a mother—her unnatural and unfeelingrejection of his prayres—and, finally, her very reluctant compliance with the solicitations of other persons in his behalf—that he might be permitted to sleep in a chair.

Every word in this touching recital went home to the heart of Mrs. Franklin, who could not fail to perceive that it was a true narrative of the events of the preceding night in her own house and while Bhe endeavored to escape from the self reproach that she had acted the part of an unfeeling mother, she could not easily resist the conviction 'that- the stranger, who "became more and more interesting to her as he proceeded in his disconrse, was indeed her own son. But when she observed the tender expressiveness of his eyes, as he feelingly recapitulated the circumstances und6r which sh'G attempted to turn him shelterless into the Street, her maternal conviction overebme all doubts, and she threw herself into his arms exclaiming, "It must be—it must be my dear Ben!'-'

Debt of the United States. The following official statement of the whole public debt of the United States up to this time, is furnished from the Treasury Department

Bonded debt $159,996,950 7 3-10ths, convertiblein 6's of'81...... 92,625,905 Five per cent.debt 30,483,000 Ono-year Certificates... 273,880,.176• U. S. Notes 345,555,600 Quartermasters' and other requisitions 46,646,615

The TTnion, in any event.

time percoived! 86^ethiriglike!&Tfipti0n in her. ,, "Philadelphia!" s&vd. &he'f rv^iil© th& earnest anxiety of a mother ioaffused her eye, "why if yon live in Philadelphia,perhaps you knoyf my Ben?" "Who, madam?" "Ben Franklin. My dear Ben Oh! how I would give the world to see him! He is the dearest son that ever blessed a mother." "What! is Ben Franklin the printer your son? Why, he is my most intimate friend. He and I worked togeth-

er and lodged in the same room. _reaj. framer

Oh! heaven forgive me! exclaimed5Zr

the lady raising her tearful eyes, "and I have suffered a friend of my son Ben to sleep upon this hard chair, while I mvself rested on a soft bed!"

Mrs. Franklin then told her unknown guest that though he had been absent from her ever since ho was a child, she could not fail to know him among a thousand strange facos, for there was a natural feeling in the breast of every mother, which she knew would enable her without a possibility of a mistake, to recognize her son in any disguise he might assume.

Franklin doubted and took leave to dispute his mother's proposition on the power of natural feeling. He said he had tried the "natural feeling" in his own mother, and found it deficient in the power she ascribed to it. "And did your mother," inquired she, "not know you? or if she did not seem to know you, was not her kindness to you an evidence that she saw something in your appearance which was dear to her, so that she could not resist treating you with particular tenderness an! affection? ".No indeed," replied Franklin, "she neither knew mo nor did she treat me with tho least symptoms of kindness. She would have turned meoutof doorfj but for the interposition of strangers. She could hardly be persuaded to let me sit at her table. I knew I was in my mother's house, and had a claim upon her hospitality and therefore you may suppose wheu she peremptorily commanded me to leave the house, I was in no hurry to obey." "Surely," interrupted his mother, "she could not have treated you so unmotherly without some cause.' "I gave her none," replied the doctor. "She would tell you herself I had always ijeen a dutiful son—that she doted upon me, and when I came to her houso as a stranger, my behavior was scrupulously correct and respectful. It was a stormy night, and I had been absent so long that I had become a stranger in the place. I told my mother this, and yet, so little was she influenced by the "natural feeling" of which you speak, that she absolutely refused me a bed, and would hardly suffer what she called my presumption in taking a seat at the table. But this was not the worst, for no sooner was the supper ended than my good mother told me with an air of solemn earnestness, that I must leave tho house.

Total United States debt .....$929,186,146

The average interest on the whole amount is three add one-third per cent. The Aggregate interest on this amount' is $30,966,871.73.

From tho Washington Chronicle.

Jefferson on Slavery. The following letter from Thos. Jefferson has been sent us by a valued correspondent, who informs us that it has never before been published. A more complete refutation of those sophists who have endeavored to enlist the woi'ds and writings of one of the greatest fathers of the Republic in the cause of slavery could scarcely be found.— The terseness and vigor, of the style, the prompt and unequivocal testimony in favor of freedom, are characteristic

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the Declaration

of Independence, and his thoughts are singularly applicable to the present time:

MonticelLo, August 25, 1814. Deae Sir:—Your favor of July 31st was duly received, and was read with peculiar pleasure. The sentiments breathed through the whole do honor to both the head and heart of the writer. Mine on the subject of tho slavery of negroes have long since been in the possession of the public, and time has only served to give them stx'onger root. The love Of justice and the love of country plead equally the cause of these people, and it is a mortal reproach to. us that they should have pleaded it so long in vain, and should have produced not a single effect, nay, I fear not much serious willlingncss to relieve them and ourselves 'from our present condition of moral and political repro bation. From those of the former gen eration who were in the fullness of age when I came into public life, (which was while our controversy with Eng land was on paper only,) I saw that nothing was to be'hoped. Nursed and educated, in the daily habit of seeing the degraded condition, both boJily and mental, of t'hose unfortunate beings, but reflecting that degradation was very much the work of themselves and their fathers, few minds had yet doubted but that they were as legitimate subjects of property as their horses or cattle. The quiet and monotonous course of colonial life had been disturbed and no alarm, and little reflection on the value of liberty. And when alarm was taken at an enterprise of their own, it was not easy to carry them the whole length of the principles which they had invoked for them selves. In the first or second session of t&e Legislature, after I became a member, 1 drew to this subject the attention of Colonel Bland, one of the oldest, ablest and most respected members, and he undertook to move for certain moderate extensions of the laws of the people. I seconded his motion, and as a }*ounger member was no more spared in the debate but he was denounced as an enemy to his country, and was treated with the greatest indecorum. From an early stage of revolution other and more distant duties were assigned to me, so that from that time til' my return from Ehrope, in 1789, I had little opportunity of knowing tho progress of public sentiment here on this subj.ect, 1 had always hoped that the younger generation, receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every breast, and had become as it were the vital spirit of every American, that tho generous temperament of youth, analogous to the motion of their blood", and above the suggestions of averice, would have sympathized with oppression wherever found, and would have proved their love of liberty beyond their own ahare of it. But my intercourse with them since my return has not been sufficient to ascertain that they made towards this point the progress I had hoped. Tour solitary but welcome voice is the first which has brought this sounjl to my ears, and I have considered the general silence which prevails on this subject, as indicating an apathy unfavorable to every hope. Yet the hour of emancipation is advancing in the march of time. It will come and whether brought on by the generous energy of our minds or by the bloody process of.St. Domingo, excited and conducted by the power of our present enemy, is once stationed permanently within our country, offering asylum and arms to the oppressed, is a leaf of our history not yet turned over. As to the triethod by which this difficult, work is to be effected if permitted to be done by ourselves, I have seen no proposition so expedient, on thg whole as that of emancipation of those born after a given day, and of therr Mocation and expatriation at a proper, age. This would give time for the &i4aclir extinction of that species of l£fc£fi»! acfdTCsubstitution 6f hnother, and'1 lessen- the severity of the shock which ali "operation so fundamental would produce. The idea of emancipating the whole at once, the old as well.as thp youngf and*retaining them here, is of those onljr who have not the guide eftbetf of knowledge or experi

ence of the subject. For men, probably of any color, but of this color we know, brought up from their infancy without necessity for thought or forecast, are by their habits rendered as incapable as children of taking care of themselves, and are extinguished promptly wherever industry is necessary for raising the young. In tho meantime they are pests in society by their idleness and depredations to which this leads them. Their amalgamation with the other color produces a degradation to which no. lover of his country, no lover of excellence in human character can innocently consent. I am sensible of the partialities with which you have looked to me as the person who should undertake this salutary but arduous work. But this, my dear sir, is like bidding old Priam to buckle the armor of Hector, "tremcntibus aevo humeris et inutile ferrum eregere." No, 1 have outlived the generation with which mutual labors and perils began mutual influence and con--fidence. This enterprise is for the young for those who can follow it up, and bear it through its consummation. It shall have all my prayers, and these are the only weapons of an old man.— But in the meantime are you right in abandoning this property and your country with it? I think not. My opinion has ever been that, until more can be done for them, we should endeavor with those whom fortune places on our hands, to feed and clothe thom well, protect them from ill-usage, require such reasonable labor as performed voluntarily by freemen, and led by no repugnances to abdicate them and our duties to them. The laws do not permit us to turn them loose, if that were for their good, and to commute them for other property is to commit them to those whose usage we cannot control.

I hope, then,

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will, my dear sir,

reconcile yourself to your country and its unfortunate condition that'you will not lessen its stock of sound disposition by withdrawing your portion from the mass that, on the contrary, you will come forward in the public councils. become the missionary of this doctrine, truly Christian insinuate and inculcate it softly, but steadily, through the medium of writing and conversation associate others in your labors, and when the phalanx is formed, bring on and press tho proposition perseveringly until its accomplishment. It is an encouraging, observation that no good measure was ever proposed which, if duly pursued, failed to prevail in the end. We have proof of this in the history of tho endeavors in the British Parliament to suppress the very trade

which brought the evil upon us. And you will be supported by the religious precept, "Be not weary in well doing." That your success may bo as speedy and complete as it will be honorable and immortal consolation to yourself, shall as fervently and sincerely pray, as I assure you of my great friendship and respect,

THOMAS JEFFERSON.

Ejdward Coles, Esq. ,,

A Cruel Deception. i'

A painful circumstance was related to us yesterday, the accuracy of which we are able to vouch for. A hardworking laboring man, who came to. Geelong about three years back, had by long toil, and of good thrift, saved as much money as enabled him to remit home a sufficient sum to send for his wife, a very amiable and respectable woman, and her young child. This sum he intrusted to a fellow home towsman, with instructions to hand it over to bis wife, at the same time directing in what manner she could secure her passage out to this colony.

This friend on arriving in England, instead of following out the instructions of his friend, informed the woman that he h^d died of fever in the hospital without leaving a single penny. Allowing sufficient time to elaps, the confidant of the unfortunate man's dearest wishes made overtures to the wife, and ultimately by his diabolical misrepresentations prevailed upon her to marry him. The marriage had not been consummated more than two months, when another acquaintance, arriving from Australia fell in with the woman and related to her, the anxiety of her hu&bandj who would by that time be expecting her arrival.— Terrified by such anppuncetn^nt, and scarcely knowing .which story to credit, the woman charged her pew husband with the d^pli6ity he had practiced, when, takeb by surprise, he confessed that he had made h&r the victim of his4 deceit. A separation immediately followed, when the unhappy woman instituting some searching inquiries* ascertained that\her husband- was a? married man, with a wSfelamd several children, whom he had left behind him in Australia. Absolutely helpless, and

SO PER YEAR IN AliVANCF 2 00 WITHIN THE TEAR.

without one penny in the world, she laid her complaintbeforc some wealthy gentleman in Rochester, where she was residing, who, sympathising with her distress, raised sufficient money (o pay her passage out hore, where 'she arrived a fortnight back. On Seeking for her husband she ascertained, that be was x'esiding in South Geelong, but was horrified on being informed that he had lately got married. Seeking out his residence, she met him at tho door of his own house, and, while re* lating to him her own sad story, she accused him of having betrayed her by marrying another woman. The husband (with two wives) then explained that he had some time back received a letter from the friend by whom he had remitted the money for her to come to the colony, stating that she was dead, and that he was taking care of his infant daughter, for which reason he had not returned the money entrusted to him, as he was applying it to the child's support and education. The husband then introduced his first wife to his new bride, when, wc are told a scene ensued which beggars description. The whole affair has been submitted to mutual friends to decide on. The originator of all these domestic troubles is still in England, and it will bo difficult to decide how he shall be dealt with. All tliepartiesare very respectable persons.—Australian Paper.

Ancient Chronology.

Creation of the World was 4004years Before Christ. Deluge of the World was 2348 years Before Christ.

Calling of Abraham was 1921 years! Before Christ. Exode of tho Israelites 1491 years Before Christ.

Dedication of Solomon's Temple was 1004 years Before Christ. Battle of Marathon was 490 years Before Christ.

Birth of Alexander the Great was 356 years Before Christ.* Destruction of Carthage was 146 years Before Christ-

First Capaign of Julius Ccesar was 80 years Before Christ. Building of Bable was 2247 years Beforo Christ.

Tho first Imperial Dynasty of China called Hia, began 2205 years Before: Christ.

Atlas the Astronomer flourished 1588 years Before Christ. Assyrian Empire founded and Babylon. its Capital, built by Nimrod the mighty hunter 2204 years Before J. Christ.

Nineveh was built by Ninus, son of Nimrod, 2159 years Before Christ. The Egyptian Monarchy was founded by Menes,the sonofHam,2188years Before Christ.

Sicyon, the first Kingdom in Greece, was founded by Aegialus 2089 years Before Christ.

Troy was founded by a Colony from Crete under Scamander, 1546 years Before Christ.

Athens was founded by a Colony of Egyptians under Cecrops, who institutes the

Arespagus,and builds 12 cities

in Attica, 1556 years Before Christ. Thebes was built by Cadmus, aPhconician, who introduced the letters of the Alphabet into Grreeco 1573 years Before Christ.

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Hercules celebrates the Olympic Games 1222 years Before Christ. 1193 years Before Christ the Trojan War was began by the Grecian States, for the recovery of Helen. Agamemnon, Ulysses, Hector and Achilles, were the leaders. The fleet consisted of 1200 vessels, the army of 100,000 men. 1184 years Before Christ the Greeks took the city of Troy, after a siege «f ten years.

Solomon was married to Pharoah's daughter 1012 years Before Christ. Samson was born 1152 years Beforo Christ, in«•

Carthage was founded by Dido, a Tyrian Princess, 869 years Before Christ.

The Kingdom of Maeedon was founded by Caranus 814 years Before Ch rist. Syracuse was built by Archias of Corinth 769 years Before Christ.

Rome was.founded by Romulus 752 years Before' Christ, on the 20th of April in thn 3961 of the Julian Period. 588 Before Christ Nebuchadnezzar entirely destroyed Jerusalem and caused Zedekiah and* nearly* the whole nation to be brought captives to Babylon. 'sJi 517 yoars Before Christ Nebuchadnezzar took the famous city of Tyre after a siege Of 13 years.

The Contest of Babylon by Cyrus took place 538 years Before Christ

mgft- A letter from Port Royal says the number of freed slaves in that department is nearly 17.000.