Plymouth Banner, Volume 3, Number 3, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 March 1854 — Page 2

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Y)I. J. BURXS, Editor & Proprietor. I'IAMIOUTII IND. nnr-d i) 3Iörniüg, March 23, 1851.

; --WvcrtHijiiicitls wjure inser- .. i. 'ij ; - h-n!ii in by Tuoday precedj . .e diy of publication. .j-j. new Advertisements. Rare in ducemeuts offered. Hons. I'ettit, Bright, Mace, Eddy, Djnham, an J others, have kindly favored us with interesting documents. jiCW Firms. We notice that within the ;a3t few days, several changes in propri eiorships have taken place in our little coiniiierrhl community. In the Grocery tc-'t Provision business, Packard & Furry rs doins the business formerly done by l li. Furrj, and a great deal more of it. vr-.it Vai'enburgh & Co. are busily and -.i-..;.t:sfull operating in the stead of Irvine & Van Valkenburgh. J. H. Case is now alone in the management of the Clothing and Shoe business; at the old stand. C. D. Burch and A. Shinnabarger have purchased the Dry Goods establishment of C. D. Clark, and we suppose they will Conclusion next week. THE COALITION NEBRASKA. We are led to infer from the proceedi:.S of the various anti-Nebraska meet' jg9 which have been and are slill Wing Meli in various portions of the north, that there is quite a manifest desire on lha part of the leading Whigs to coalesce wuh the Abolitionists. Grcely of the New York Tribune prompts the actors, whilst other smaller, yet equally honest lights, apparently operate as the pliant ins! ruiututs in his hands. We have been connected with the Whig Tress of Indiana with few intermissions from 1S32 until 1S50. Until the last Presidential election, when we did not rote at all, we invariably voted with that party; but we are not transferable property in a political sense. With the coalition alluded to, we have no sympathy. With either of the extremes the abolitionists of the North, or the fluvery propagandists of the South we never have nor never will affiliate. In il.i Presidential campaign of ISIS, we placed at the head of oar Newspaper col. Linns the principles avowed by General Taylor, winch in aubsiance were a3 fol low s: "Let the TEOPLE, through their Representatives, adopt the lavrs that are to control their ofnefj'insti'utions, and I will sanction them. With what little ability and sagicity we possessed, we battled for the success of those principles and their author, upon an honest conviction of their correctness. Our notions have undergone no cnange iu relation to the right of the people thus to manage their own domestic concerns; and with this honest conviction, we expect to be found nowhere else than on the SuS-ISiEBVEÄTIOS rLATFORM. It ig totally r.nmaterijl to us who are our associate; it is enough for us to know, or believe at least, that we are right. We recognize the right of every free man to a voice in the enactment of the I tws that are to control and protect him. Cecai-se he happens to find his home in an unorganized Territory, he is none the less entitled to this right. The privations and disadvantages he necessarily encounters in the pursuit of his wilderness home, are enough to inflict upon him, without saying to him that he is not a citizen! He is as capable of self-government in a Territoiy as he is in a State, and he should have the right in its fullest sense. That carping and sjcophantic policy that prew ads to claim thi largest and most unrestricted liberties for the black man, when it denies to our white population thes privileges, carries hypocracy and demagogueism upon its face. Whilst it is alledged by the Nouh that Congress tamely yields to the cravings of the South upon all occasions, the Louth crv more! more!! The non-intervention e policy takes from that body the power to give more, and releases them from the odium that attaches to all their acts upon the subject of slavery, by the party not suited and when were the north & south both suited by Congressional interference? This power they surrender themselves in the Nebraska Bill. The demands of the South are no longer to be heeded. Congress will no longer endorse the sin of slavery by recognizing either north or south of 36-30 as its appropriate sphere or legitimate boundary. A Celd is now open for the widest philanthropy. To what extent it may b xercised, remains for the future to develop. Talk alone, however, nay not avert the results anticipated and so highly deprecated by those most clamorous in the North. Action vigorous action may be necessary, but we doubt it. Suppose, however, it does become neceirary are not those who now make th loud professions, ready for the work, ' uld it devolve upon them? What they ave loudly denounced in their Bepreieatatives, they certainly will not repeat themselves, when the whole control of slavery extension is submitted to their own hands. Congress has heretofore been nothing but a stumbling block in the way; but with

! the passage of the Nebraska bill, it steps

aside and leaves the settlement of all future difficulties in relation to slavery ex tension, where it legitimately belongs WITH THE PEOPLE. Already we set the frame work of several new buildings erect in our town, and we can scarcely go amiss for stacks and piles of lumber preparatory to the commencement of others. An t legant new corner building is shortly to take tho place of the old building at present occupied by Mr. Chas. Palmer as a store room. Jos. Evans is making ready for a splendid new business property on Michigan Street, at the corner south of the Dunham House. On the south side cf the river, we see preparations making for the erection of several new buildings. We have an enterprising go-a head population here, and we entertain no fears of not having a big town in a very few years. The Lildirs. In sov ral instances of late, our lady friends hive reminded their liege lords that they mu&t have the Banner.As an eidence of our warmest thanks for their partiality, we shall next week commence the publication of a deeply interesting tale entitled the ''Hollow-Tree Home," for their special benefit. HorsCX. Every few days, large and fine droves of horses pass through our place to the northern markets in and Wisconsin. Michigan TItP XeV Board. Our newly elected board of Trustees have dipped right into the work in good earnest. They are favoring the principle that there is no use in paying a heavy tax and deriving no benfit from it. In the first place the corporate limits were found inadequate to their enterprising notions, and they enlarged it, and upon the true progressive principle have acquired more territory. They have however, totally failed to recognize the principles of the Missouri compromise, and we know of no other remedy than to call o public meeting, and denounce the non-intervention policy they have recog nized. Read the ordinances, for partic ukrs. Tcrfcct Harmony. On the first page of this paper will be found the Nebraska bill as it passed the United States Senate, and in another column will be found the preamble and resolutions adopted by a maetof some of our citizens, assembled at the Court House on Friday evening last. We apprehend that the sentiments of neither will materially suffer from a comparison. The preamble says the people are capable of self government. Congress says so too, and the bill gives them the right. The preamble says that Congress has betrayed their trusts, and violated good faith. Congress thinks so too, or they would not have passed the Nebraska bill. forever removing from that body the pri vilege of repeating the offence upon the subjet t of slavery. A resolution of the meeting says, that an effort is rcoguized in the bill to disturb the vexed question of slavery, supposed and declared to have been settled in 1S50. Congress is of the same opinion, and have fully surrendered their right to ever disturb it again, and referred its future settlement to the people who arc capable of self government. Well, ieally, from the manifest harmony between the meeting erd Congress, we should be at a loss to determine whether it was a Nebraska or anti-Nebraska meeting, ws it not for the terrible scolding and denunciation of Congress by the meeting, and we -believe this might be amicably settled, if Congress will apologize to the meeting. Denunciation and scolding, however, do not es. tablish principle. The utter abhorrence manifested by the meeting of the idea of disturbing the sleeping subject of slavery , so effectually quieted in 1850, is such a strange position for Free Soilers to assume that we might err, in calling it a Free Soil meeting. We had understood that their only living watchword in relation to the fugitive slave laws of 1850, was repeal! REPEAL!! Taking the preamble end resolutions as a whole, we cheerfully endorse the main principles inculcated by them, and to enable the reader to determine what kind of a meeting it was that adopted them, he must carefully read the Nebraska bill on the first page of the Banner, and then turn to the preamble and resolutions themselves. We were furnished no other proceedings of the meeting, than simply what appears in our paper to-day. The Fruit Piospwt. A majority of our Farmers think the peach crop in this vicinity is destroyed. The Apples have also materially suffered from the effects of the very cold weather during the past winter, yet there is a prospect for a part of a crop. The April elections take place on Mon da week. Who and where are the can didates? Agitation. We are truly glad that our citizens adopted the first resolution next succeeding the preamble of their meeting on Friday last. We of the North have so often been denounced as slavery agi

taior ourselves, that we have been sick and tired of hearing the question mentioned, and since we have now repudiated our desire to agitate a question so amicably settled in 1850, and boldly dnd unequivocally denounced and scolded Congress for agitating it, we hope never again to have the little charge placed at our door.

The Martha Washington Case Another exj citing investigation of this perplexing case is now going on in Arkansas. We have but the commencement of it, and are unoble to furnish anything farther than that the prisoners all protest their entire innocence. Quite natural. The War Question. Negotiations at an End. Id addition to the vrry interesting details given in our last issue, we have some more particulars in relation to the Czar'sdrtermination to refuse all further negotiation unless upon the principles at first proposed by hiinrelf. It is very true, then, as is said by a Paris Journal, that "all doubt is at an end." A deaf ear has been turned to the last appeal in favor of peace. Russia is resolved on war. Be it so; let the destiny of things be accomplished.' and, as Lord John Rossel said eloquently in the House of Commons, "May God defend the right." Hesitation is no longer possible in presence of his haughty refusal given to the most straightforward of propositions. Moderation has exhausted all its pacific combinations; patience has exhausted all its delays. I: is proved in the face of the whole world tkat the Czar is not accessible to any sentiment of conciliation, and that, led away by his blind passion, he intends carrying out hi6 rash projects to the end. Be it so! He will find before him France and England, more united than ever in action, as they have been in negotiation. TLe Banner. We take a couple of scraps from our exchanges, as they are more especially addressed to our readers than to ourself. Read and respect the wishes of our good friends, by liberally patronizing your county paper. The Plymouth Banner came to us last week, enlarged. It is now about the same size of the Whig; we trust that under the energetic management of Mr. Burns, it will receive a support worthy of the effort he is making to furnish the people of Plymouth "and Marshall County with a good newspaper. Plymouth is a thriving Village, and with the assistance and facilities that the Rail Roads which are now being built through that place will afford it, it cannot fail to be a good place in which to locate for business. There is a large body of good farming land ;n the county, which is being rapidly improved, and we see no reason why our neighbor of the Banner should not receive a liberal support. Laportc Whig, The Plymj uth Banner has been taking a step towart's greatness having grown from a little paper to a great big one. The editor certainly deserves great credit for his energy and perseverance in trying to give the citizens of Marshall county as large a pr.per as any in the State, and they should see that he does not lose in hi3 liberality towards them, for we look upou a newspapers as one of the essentials of this age; there is no getting along without them. Give the Banner a liberal and hearty support. Delphi Journal. The Forest City Democrat says that George E. Pugh, Senator elect from Ohio, is a printer by trade, a lawyer by profession, and a politician by practice. Since the conviction of Dr. Gardner as a punishment for his fraud upon the U. S. Government, it is strongly intimated that others of a similar nature have been perpetrated, aud that the government authorities have determined to ferret them out, if possible. Hon. Thos. Corwin, of Ohio, pro. ecuted the claim for Gardiner, for which he received quite a liberal retention fee, but since the conviction of his client, he has determined to return the amount to the government. There will be an extraordinary eclipse of the sun on the 2Gth of May next, such a one as none but the oldot inhabitants have witnessed in this vicinity. It will be similar to the great eclipse of 1806, since which there hat been none resembling it nearer than that of 1830, when eleven twelfths of the sun was obscured. At a meeting held in this place on Friday evening last, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted. Whekeas. good government affords protection and safety to the people, in such a manner as to enable them to pursue substantial happiness, which is and ought to be the aim aud effect of all government, And whereas, in republican governments like ours, the will of the majority is and ought to be the law, while the will of the minority shoald be heard and respected, And whereas it is the duty of every citizen where he cannot do all the goodreal or supposed, that he wants to to do all tiie good he can, And whereas we look vpon American slavery as a monstrous evil, aud its further extension as subversive of republican principles and inimical to equality, liberty and good government for free men. And whereas the enactment of Congress on the admission of Maine and Missouri into the Union in 1820, commonly called the "Missouri Compromist," prohibited slavery in the territory ce-

ded by France to us, belonging to Louisiana north of 36 30 north latitude, forever, And whereas said compromise was at the time acquiesced in, and has not been controverted since by Congressional enactment. And whereas, we believe the question as to the power of the Congress of 1820 to bind any subsequent Congress, is perfectly immaterial. And whereas, by the bill now before Congress called the "Nebraska bill," we recognize a repeal of said compromise act, And whereas, by said bill. Congress have betrayed their trust, violated good faith in attempting to disturb the compromise law of 1820, and misrepresented the wishes of a majority of the people represented, and by so doing have shown themselves unworthy of confidence on this subject, and have violated the principles above stated as the aim and effect of good government. And whereas, under such circumstances, it is the duty of the people to protect themselves, and make them stives heard on subjects so vitally important, and inasmuch as they are the sovereign rulers, are capable of self government, and nearly a century's experience in consolidated and separate States has demonstrated that their virtue an 1 intelligence is a firm foundation for good government, that they are free from the excitement of legislative bodies, and can act coolly and advisedly, And whereas, we have confidence in the

people, and believe hat a majority of them are now misrepresented by the action of Congress on the "Nebraska bill;" therefore Resolved. That we recognize in the bill above referred to, an effort to disturb the vexed question of slavery, supposed and declared to have been settled in 1850. Resolved. That we recognize this bill as one which, if passed, opens the door through which slavery may be introduced into that vast territory, in direct violation of the compromise of 1S20, which deflared that slavery'should never be introduced there. Resoleed. That the bill now before Congress for organizing said territory upon principles which violate aud totally annul the provisions in favor of freedom above referred to, is "in direct violation of the rights of the free States, whether regarded in the light of a pure moral law, or even in that of the more flexible prin ciples which usually control political movements." Resolved, That we solemnly and earnestly protest against the passage of the bill above mentioned, so far as the same is in conflict with the Missouri Compromise; and we do hereby instruct and request our Representatives in Congress to use their influence and rote in the defeat of this bill. Resolved, That the foregoing preamble and resolutions be published in the Plymouth Banner, and a copy forwarded to each of our Rjpresentatives in Congress from the State of Indiana. THE "EXPERIENCE" OP TUB BLACKSMITH CF THE 3I0CSTA1X PASS. At the entrance of one of those gorges or gaps in the great Apslachiau chain of mountains in the pasruge across the northern portion of Georgia, a blacksmith had erected his forge, in the early settlement of that region by the American race, and drove a thrifty trade in the way of facing axes, and pointing plows for the settlers, and shoeing horses for the wayfaring people in their transit through the country to examine gold mines and land. As he was no ordinary personage in the affairs of his neighborhood, and will make a conspicuous figure in this narrative, some account of his peculiarities will not be uninteresting. Having acted all his life cn a homely maxim of his own "pay up aa you go up" he had acquired some money and was out of debt, and consequently enjoyed the glorious privilege of being independent, in a degree that is unknown to many who occupy a larger portion of the world's attention than himself. He was burly, a well-looking man of thirty-five, just young enough to feel that all his faculties, mental and physical, had reached their greatest development, just old enough to have amassed sufficient experience of men and things, to make the past serve as a finger-post to his future journey through life. Ned Forgeron, for such was the name he had inherited from some Gallic ancestors, was a good-natured man, yet the possessor of great muscular strength and courage, and the admiration which a successful exercise of this power never fails to command, had somewhat spoiled him. With very few early advantages of education, he had, nevertheless, at different periods, collected a mass of heterogeneous information, which he was very fond of displaying on occasions. He was a sort of political antiquary, and could tell the opinion of Mr. Jeffenon or Mr. Madison, on any subject, and was referred to on all disputed points of the theory and history of the government, that arose among the candidates for the legislature and country politicians. But why he had treasured up an old well-thumbed copy of Paine's Age o( Reason, and affected scepticism as to the veracity of the story of Jonah and the whale, and Balaam and his ass, would be hard accounting for, unless it proceeded from a desire of a character for singularity and erudition. Rut a circumstance occurred which gave his zeal a distinct aud sectarian direction. A Methodist preacher in Tennessee, who was fond of spicing his dis courses with anecdotes, once made the blacksmith the principal character in a long sermon. His peculiarities were dilated on, and his heresies dealt with in becoming severity. He was ridiculed by the preacher. All this cam to the ear of Forgeron, with such additions and embellishments as stories generally receive in passing to a third person. It would be as useless to attempt to describe a mountain storm, as to picture the wrath of this mountaineer. But if we cannot portray the storm, the consequences may be easily told. The blacksmith swore, in hit wrath, he would whip every Meth odist preacher that passed his gap. ili revenge for his insult.

ry , r i . the bruised features of many of John Wesley s disciples could testify. His cnaracter oon went aDroad, and the good old matrons of the surrounding counties, on each side of the luuuutaiu, weiflülKU at his name. The preacher, whose circuit lay on either side of the mountain, at the time Ned's direful edict was promulgated to

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the world, was a meek and lowly man, whips every Methodist preacher that and only muttered to himself Ned who approached in his natural dhposi- &os throngh this gap?" was asked, with Forgeron whipped by a Methodist preachlion to willing obedience to the min iate an audacious look; "and hjw dars yuu er.

relative to turning ths cheek to the smiter. He inquirtd if then was no other plate at which the mountain could be passed, only to know his dootn more certainly. Bving a timid man, but wiihal devotedly impressed with a 6ense of duty he resolved to discharge his dutirs fathfully, be the consequences what they might. Like a lamb going to the slaughter did he wend his way toward the gap, as he came in front of the shop, the black smith was striking his last blow on a shovel, and singing to the tune of "Clear the Kitchen" "Old Georgia is a noble State, Her laws are good and her people grat." On catching a glimpse of the poor parson, who flattered himself that he was about to pass with impunity, Ned sung out "Stop there, you eternal shad-belly. pay the penalty for my inju'ed reputa tion." The holy man protested innocence of having inlentioually injured him by word or deed. The man's subdued looks and earnest oice had half dissuaded Ned from his stem purpose, when the giggling of his striker, and the cheering of two or idlers, nerved him to do what he fe mean, sny 011 pause s mumeni ana reflect if he has ever been urged on to acts his conacience smote him for, by the opinions of others, before Mr. Forgeron is sentenced as a devil. The preacher received several boxes on his ears, and heard mnny denunciations against his sect, before he was permitted to depart; and when that permission was received. he was not slow the privilege. in availing himself of At the next annual conference, when circuits were assigned to the different preachers, this one made his appearance punctually, but, by some process of casuistry, convinced himself that his duty did not call for a revelation of his sufferings. If he was too sensitive of the blacksmith's character to expose it to rude remark, or if he had any preference that some other worthier brother should occupy that healthy station among the mountains, is difficult to conjecture. But Forgcron's reputation had extended beyond the circuit, and was done ample justice to by others, who had heard of his fame. It soon became the subject of animated conversation, and there was no little wincing; each one feared it would be his cruel fate to be sent a victim to appease the wrath of this human mon sler against the Methodist church. After a time, it was decreed that the Rev. Mr. Stubbleworth was the doomed individual, and vrhea the annunciation came, many an eye of mingled pity ar.d curiosity wae turned on his ruddy, goodnatured face, to see how the dispensation was borne, but not a muscle moved. With a quiet smile, he professed a perfect willingness to go where he was sent. He was "clay in the hands of the potter," he said. If he piqued himself on a stolid indifference to the blacksmith's pommeling, or if he relied on his ample dimension to protect himself, he never disclosed it. but seemed as self-satisfied and contented as ever. His predecessor looked for all the world like a mouse just escaped from the fangs of some terrible grimalkin. Mr. Stubbleworth arranged his few sublunary affair?, and bidding his friends adieu, mounted his old roan and departed for his new home of trials with a song of praise on his lips. Let us hope the best for him. The Rev. Mr. Stubbleworth was very much pleased with his new situation. Having been transferred from a level pine woods country, near the confines of Florida, the novelty of the mountain scenery and a pure bracing atmosphere, seemed to inspire him with new life. Complimenting all the mothers on the singular beauty and intelligence of their children, with a delicate allusion to their own personal appearance, he soon became a general favorite. Mr. Stubbleworth "knew which side of his bread the butter was on." The time arriving for his departure to visit the tramontane portion of his pastoral care, he was warned of the dangers he was to encounter, but they were with the same placid smile. The worthy ladies pictured to him "chimeras dire," sufficient to have abated the zeal of any other individual. But the gentleman quieted their fears by appealing to the power that "tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," with a countenance as lamb-like as could be imagined. Aud he departed singing 'At home or abroad, on the land, on the sea. At thy wants may command, shall thy strength ever be." They watched him until his portly person grew dim in the distance, aud turned away, sighing, that such a good man should fall into the hauls of that monster, the blacksmith. Forgeron had heard of his new victim, and rejoiced that his size and appearance furnished a better subject for his vengeance than the attenuated frame of the late parson. Oh, what a nice beating he would have! He had heard, too, that some Methodist preachers were rather spirited, and hoped this one might prove so, that he might provoke him to fight. Knowing that the clergyman must pass on Saturday in the afternoon, he gave his striker a holiday, and reclining on a bench regaled himself on the beauties of Tom Paine, awaiting tho approach of the preacher. It was not over an hour before he heard the words "How happy are they who their Saviour obey, And have laid up their treasures above," sung in a full, clear voice; and soon the vocalist, turning an angle of the rock, rode leisurly up, with a contented smile on his face. "How are you, old Vlab sides! Get off your horse and join in my devotions,'' sail the blacksczith.

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tjie preacher, "and I havn't time, my : j friend; I'll call as I return." "lour name is MuöDieworth, and you ; are the hypocrite the Methodists have ! "sir, cm "My name is Stubbleworth." he replied j mcCivl.r,' . I "Didn t you Know that my name was . Ned Forgeron, the blacksmith, what come here? The preacher replied that he had heard ForgMon's name but presumed that he did not molest well bt bared travellers. 'You presume so? Yea, you ar the

most presumptuous people, you .Metho-j cause of his feelii.gs. but tho bruise on dists.lhatever trod shoe-leather, anyhow, j ,is face and Nxly soon called them to Well, what will you do if I don't whip mid, ns well as" the promise. Ho muet.you this time, you bctf headed disciple, led ,js ,orbQ jn sj!cnce, and went to reyon?" j,je0Tn it. Mr. Stubbleworth professed his will-; From thai time, hi wholo conduct maningness to do anything reasonable to Tested a change of feeling. The g.ssip avoid such penance. . 0f ,., neighborhood observed it, and whis"Well, there's three things inn hr Lv.l .1.,. v. r

' o- - I 111 1 1 1 t uo. 01 11 maui jou iiiiu a jeny. ine first is, you are to quit preaching: the second u, you must wear this last will and testament of Thomas Paine next to your heart, read it every day, and believe every word you read: end the third is, -t iw. u..t. j-..-yuu are 10 curae ine iuewioums in every crowd you get into." The prehcher looked on during these novel declarations, without a line of his face being moved, replied that the terms were unreasonable, and he would not submil to them.

th 'Well. )'ou lia7 g a whaling to sub- j tho Methodist preacher, and as tho latter "C ; mit to he. PU lrrup you like blazes! ; gentle.n ui ha i no vanity to graiiiV, tho scwa!ii'li tear you into doll rags, corner-ways! i cret remained with Ned. nt and ; fP , ... VAM nn.r,-,i h nltrr; o i t.,;.. i r . ..

p.,,. jnwn t ..-.: 1, I w O J 17 " . VI V VIOIf IJ. 1 J LA lUII'iaLt'tl II V 1IUI.I 1 LB. The preacher remoustraled, and Forgeron walked up to his horse aud threatened to tear him off if he did not dismount. whereupon the worthy man made a virtue 01 uece&&iiy, nuu uiäin juniea. "I have but one request to make, roy friend, that is, that you won't beat ine with this overcoat on. It was a present from the ladies of my last circuit, and 1 do not wish to have it torn."

"Off with it, and that suddenly, you love feast, a short time subsequent, he basin-faced imp, you." I gave in his experience, and revealed the The Metho list preacher slowly drew mystery of his conviction and conversion off his overcoit, as the blacksmith con- j t( bis astonished neighbors. The Rev. tiuued his tirade of abuse on himself and ; Simon Stubbleworth, who had faithfully his sect; and, as he drev his right hand I kept the secret until that time, could from the sleeve, and threw the garment j contain himself no longer, but gave vent behind him, he dealt Mr. Forgeron a tre-'t" his feelings in convulsive peals of menuous blow between his eyes, which j daughter, as the burning tears of heartlaid that person at full length on the j felt joy coursed down his cheeks. "Yes ground, with the testament of Thomas j y brethren," he said, "it's all a fact, I Paine beside him. The Rev. Mr. Stub-! did maul the erace into his unbelieving

blewerth, with the tact of a connoiseurl in such matters, did not wait for his adversary to rise, but mounted him with the quickness of a cat, and bestowed blows with a bounteous hand, on the stomach and face of the black?miih. continuing his song where he had left off on his arrival at the smithy "Tongue cannot express the sweet comfort and peace. Of a soul in its earliest love." until Mr. Forgeron, from having experienced "first love," or some other sensation equally new to him, responded lustily, "'nough! 'nough! take him off!" But fortunately, there was no one to perform that kind office, except the old roan, and he munched a bunch of grass, and looked on as quietly as if his master was happy at a camp-meeting. "Now," said Mr. StuhVcworth, "thero are three things yon must prnmise me before I lot you up." 'W hat uro thoy?' asked Forgeron, ca gerly. 'The first is that you will never molest a Methodist preacher again." Hero Ned's pride rose r.nd he hesitated; and the reverend gentleman, with his usual benign smile on his face, renewed his blows nnd sung " ro le on the sky, freely justified , And the moon it was under my feet." This oriental langusge overcame the b'acksmith. Such bold figures, or something else, caused him to sing out, "well Fll do it I'll do it." "You are getting on very wcll,r said Mr. Stubbleworth; I think I can "mako a decent man of you yet, and perhaps a Cheistian." Ned groaned. "The tccond thing I require of you is to go to Pumpkinville Creek meeting house and hear me p:each to-morrow.' Nejl attempted to stammer some excuse I I that is " When the divine resumed his devotional hymn, and kept time with ihe music, striking him over the face with the fleshy part of ihb hand "My soul mounted hither, in a chariot of fire, Nor did envy Elijah his seat." Ned's promise of punctuality caused the parson's exorcise to ccaso, arid the words redolent of gorgeous imagery, died away in echoos f rom the adjacent crags. "Now, the third and last demand is peremptory." Ned was all attention to know what was to come next. ,4You are to pro miso to seek religion, day and night, and never rest until you obiain it at the hands of a morciful roJeemor." The fallen man looked at tho declining sun, and then at the parson, and knew not what to say, when the latter individual raised his voice in song once more and Nod knew what would como next. Til do my host," ho said in an humble voice. "Well, that's a man," said Mr. Stubbleworth "now get up and go down to the spring and wash your lace, and dust your clothes, and tear up Tom Paino'a testament, and turn your thoughts on high." Ned rose with feelings ho had never experienced before, and went to obey the lavatory injunction of the preacher, when that gentleman mounted his horse, took Ned by the hand and said, "Keep your promise and I'll keep your counsel. Good-bye, Mr. Forgeron I'll look for you to-morrow;'' and off he rode with the same imperturable countenance, singing bo loud as to scare the eagles Horn their eyrie, in the ovorhanging rocks. Well, thought Ned, this is a nice business! What would people say il they knew EJward Forgeron waswhip't before his own door in the gap, and that too by a Methodist preacher! But his musings were more in sorrow than in anger. The disfigured countenanca of Forgeron was, of course, tho subject of numer-

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friends, to which he reified with a stern look ihey well understo. nnd the vnguo remaik that ho had met with an accident, Ofcou-se, they never dreamed of the cause. JPOfecrOn lOOked in Ihn rln nd omnnr. ed the changing of his black eyo from a recem 8cu&V to the rainbow shipwreck scene blending every color into one Or rerhans hfi had j ,jr0tm, ,,., lli(Tj. .vprp f,r n filli rUSC(j nQi disagreeable imturr; nnd waking j lh9 morning, he had an indistinct mem ory of something unpleisanl having occur red. At first he could not recollect tho ; ititu mat iiej was sunn una seiinus, OllQ 1 T ; had pono to nieetin every Sundnv sinco tho accident. They wondered at his bur- ; ning the books hous-d to read so much. j Many strange storiw wore circulated as I to the metamoruhoüe of this iovinl. Hnrnicevil blacksmith, it; ton gloomy and taci- : o. j turn mnn. Sjme supposed, very sagoly, j that a "spirit" had onticed him into tho j mountains, and after giving him n glimpse ; into the future, had missled him to a crag, where he had fallen and bruised his face, j Oihcrs gave tho prince of darkness thi ! credit ot the c-lmnpn hut , , " " CU.-H.1.IVU Inis gloomy state of mind continued until Forgeron visited a cunp-mectiog. Tho Rev. Mr. S'.ubbfcwonh preached n sermon that scorned to entnr his soul, and j relievo it of a burdon, and the sung of "How hippy arothey, Who their Savior obey," was oniy hilf throngh. wln n he felt like a new man. Forgeron was, from that time, a shoutin Methodist." At a soul, there's no doubt." The blacksmith of the mountain pass, became a happy man, and a Methodist preacher. ARRIVAL OF TUB ARABIA. Hamtax, March IG. The Arabia has arrived, with Liverpool date to March 4ih, onoweck later. Austria adhere to the allies.. Eastern affairs are unchangef. Wheat dec'ino GJ; fi ur deelito 2; corn dec! in 0 2s. No hostilities yet on the Iinu!e or ir Asia, in consequence of heavy snows,Tho weather is now rr.i!dor. Fiance and England insist that Russia shall cvticuato the Turkish territory before iie 30iu of April. All parties are still arming, Tho Greek insurrection was in a way of being suppressed. The Times Vienna correspondent, undar date of March 2J. says tho Austrian manifesto announces that Austria will occupy Bosnia and S rvia. A panic was caused in cjosequmce on tho Vicuna hour so. Viexsa. Feb. 27.-Movrmcnts of troops towards the frontier contir.uo. Tho Government has dpei led, in connection with the Western power, to summon Russia to evacuate the principalities, nnd. if necessary, to employ forco to compel her to do so. Intelligence reached Brussels that the Russian Heel were preparing to leave Constadt, probably to gain the sea before tho arrival of the combined fleets. Negotiations between Uusia and Sweden were not yet terminated. Fears wera entertained at Stockholm and Russia, in order to give weight to nor demands, will mako demonstrations with her fleet ngaiust that Capital. A Russian Envoy had a private audience with tho King of Sweden on the 21st of Febtuiry. France, England, and Russia, continue arming on an immense scale. Sir Chas. Nnpier is appointed lo the command of the Baltic allied fieots. Twenty ships had already assembled at Spithead. Tho ice in the Baltic was breaking tip, and the Russian fleet at Cronstadt is liberated, and ready to sail. There weio doubtful rumors lint tho Czir had laid an embargo on BritUh vessels in Russian ports. The Russians were making preparations to cross the Danube. Omar Facha was making preparations to check them. ADDITIONAL BY THF. ARABIA. Boston, March 17. Tho nrabia nrrived in 30 hours from Halifax. Later advice from Spain report an insurrection on an extensive scale. The Russian expedition left Shanghai Dec 21th for Japan. Com. Perry's squadron ij to follow shortly. The Moniteur publishes a decree ordering French naval officers loactwith the Kngtish as if of one nation. Lord Ellenborou&h, in moving, in Parliament, for tnalitia rourns, insists strongIv that the troops should have been sei.tto the Baltic instead of Turkev. Tho Duke of Newcastle, in reply, said that England had plenty of ships nn l mon to send both to the Baltic and to Turkey. Enrl Wincholaea recommended the establishment of an independent Greek Empire nt Constantinople. France Napoleon opned the legislative session on tho 2J. His speech commenced by referring to the deficient harvest. But seven million measures of wheat have been impoited, and more was on the way. The famiue night have been aveided.

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