The Liberator from Boston, Massachusetts • 4

tw yv '7 7 viicttj luuiu vXJgacr 111 buvh a uuBiucoa They hate our blettingt but they love our follies and our er satisfied with themselves and their own con erimes I dutt at this time it is incontrovertible that their measures are indefensible in any iust view of vi rMir AAiinl rvntftnwaWhft in fnAiP wxnnP jlt it burning to be free to the house my books from the box of the ba rouche omitted the anti slavery tracts and other pamphlets Their being overlooked did not occu py the attention of either of us and on Monday morning the barouche was taken to the shop of Mr Stout to be repaired' In the course of the day MrS remarked to his workmen as he after wards informed me that perhaps as I camo from' Cincinnati I was an Abolitionist On this one of them commenced rummatrinf? mv carriage In the box he found among: the other pamphlets a ebruary No of the Anti Slavery Record with a cut representing a drove of slaves chained the two foremost having violins oh which they were the American flag waving in the cen tre whilst the slave driver with his whip was urging on the rear This added considerably to the general excitement which I afterwards learn ed was prevailing in relation to slavery and in a short time it was noised about that I had been incendiary periodicals among the free colored people and trying to excite the slaves to So soon as the report came to my knowledge I 'went to Mr Stout and explain ftl fr i li 1 1 1 kU mutiiuw it WU3 UJaL UJU lcLUipiliCLo liaU DccD left in the barouche 1 then took into my custo dy the remainder of them and locked them up in my trunk Mr on this occasion told me that the scene represented in the cut was one of by no means unfrequent that it was ac curate in all its parts and that he had witnessed it again and again Mr is himself a slave holder though as he says opposed to slavery in principle a member if not an elder in the Pres byterian church and one of the committee of vig ilance which afterwards sat in judgment upon me The excitement continued to increase and it was soon added to the report that I had been posting up handbills about the city inviting an in surrection of the slaves Kuowing all the charges to be feeling unconscious of any evil inten tion and therefore fearless of danger 1 continued the sale of my Bibles in and around the city till Saturday the 18th day of the month when as I was preparing to leave town to attend a camp meeting held some 8 or 10 miles distant a Mr Estell formerly an auctioneer and vender of staves at puonc outcry in Aiaoaraa met me at the door and demanded abolition docu ments' 1 had in my possession' I replied he should have them and proceeded to get them for him When he made the demand he was under the influence of very highly excited feelings his whole frame indicating agitation even to tremb ling4 On presenting the pamphlets I requested him to read before he condemned them This seemed greatly to inflame his rage I then proceeded to the camp ground where about two hours after my arrival I was taken in change by Mr Braughtou the principal city offi cer I take pleasure here 'in stating of Mr that allowing his conduct to be strictly official he exhibited to me throughout the whole of this mel ancholy affair the kindest and most delicate de portment si immediately accompanied him to town where on arriving at my boarding house I found the mayor Air John Erwin waiting for us He remarked he was afraid I had got thyself into difficulty and wished me to appear before the Committee of Vigilance To this I replied it would give me pleasure to do so as I wished it understood just what I had done and what I had not done He then asked me if I had any wit ness I wished to have called Aly reply was I knew not what need I had of witnesses till I had heard the charge brought against me that I sup posed it would be necessary to prove me guilty of some misdemeanor and not that it should be upon me to prove that I had broken no law To his demand if I was ready for trial I answered I wished it to take place immediately as I was anx ious to return to the camp ground VVe repaired to the court rogm which was at once crowded full to overflowing The roll of the Committee (60 in number) was called and the names of the absentees proclaimed The meeting being called to order the mayor stated that he caused me to be arrested and brought before the Committee in consequence of the excitement produced by the periodicals known to Have been in my possession and that he had also taken into his charge my trunk which he had delayed opening till my return The trunk was then produced before the Committee and a mo tion made and carried that I should be interro gated' as to its contents before opening it On being interrogated accordingly I replied as the trunk was before them I preferred they should make the examination for themselves It was then resolved (the whole house voting) that my trunk should be examined The officer first laid before the committee a pile of clothing which was examined very closely then followed my books among which was found one copy of the one of Letters on and one of Picture pf Slavery in the United State These I informed the Commit tee I had put in my trunk for my own perusal as I the result of my own observation while in the slave states and that no individual had seen them besides myself A careful inspection was made of the books also Then was presented my busi ness and private letters which were read with eagerness and much interest Extracts were read aloud Among them was one from a letter received fropj a very aged and venerable lady running a stream of abolition two hun dred and fifty miles in travelling fromCin viunau io vieaveiauuo vrrat importance was attached to this Another spoke of the sistency of celebrating the 4th of July while so many among us were literally in Anoth er from a letter of Mr Ensign (a gentleman well known to entertain no very favorable sentiments for Abolitionism) which after urging me to dili gence in the sale of my Bibles1 (obtained from him) jestingly concluded spend more than half your time among the This was cheered' by the crowd The last was from the letter of a friend of' mine a minister of the gospel who remarked that on visiting his friends at the east abolition had been the principal topic of conversation that day and he had preached on slavery at night Great stress was laid on these extracts and I was questioned very minutely as to the authors of the letters They labors much to prove I was sent out by some society and that I was under the guise of a religious mission performing the odious office of an insurrectionary agent My journal was next brought jn review but as it had been kept in pencil mark 'the memoranda short and hastily written it served them very little purpose It was laid down again by the Mayor who had attempted to read it aloud with this It is evidently very hostile to A witness was now called forward bv whom it was proved that an anti slavery periodical of some kind had been left by some individual on the coun ter of the Nashville Inn That it was left with a copy of the Cottage Bible at the time I arrived On being questioned by me it turned out to be a No of the Emancipator used ns an envelope or wrapper to the Bible Other witnesses were call ed but this was the substance of alt they proved against me It was conceded without hesitation on my part that I had sold a copy of Letters in Sumner Co and that I had read to Mr Cayce nt his request the number of the A Record before mentioned which he said contained noth ing that any candid man and especially any Chris tian could gainsay The chairman of the com wanted i 4 A GOOD Journeyman Tailor of moral habits" XM to whom liberal wages will be given' ply to GEORGE BLACK Exchange street Portland Me I Sept 8 1 A colored man would be preferred 1 John Nichol Jphn Vaulx James Clark Hill Robert Woods Thomas letcher James Irwin Alpha Kingsley A A Caseday Mason Vannoy John James A Porter John Hill Thomas Wells Edward Hicks George ilson Wm Armstrong Hasell Hunt J'homas Callender ames Woods George Brown' Greenwood Payne John Estell Thomas Read 'Joel Smith Joseph Miller Nicholas Hobson Samuel Al Barner Was i ton Barro Joseph Smith Cartmell and Moore Elder in the Presbyterian church Noeg bvMrDresser Camphellite minister Claiborne 1 I am requested after having examined this list candidly to say whether four ortive hours'spent by such men in the trial and "pearly as many more in subsequent deliberation is not evidence of their calmness patience and of a wish to act with im i My reply! is that tnen who proceed to try and inflict infamous punishment upon an individual who had violated no 'law as the Banner asserts or in respect to whose case their own At torney General says was a case not adequate ly provided for by law and until thelegislature shall make proper provisions against the incendi ary publications of abolitionists it will be very dangerous for them to meddle in an improper way in so delicate and dangerous a concern and the public feeling cannot be restrained in that re must necessarily be excited beyond the exercise of a sound judgment It is impossible that' sensible and respectable men not thus ex cited could enorarre in such a business Howev 4 I NOTHCE' BOARD can be obtainedfor four or five per 4 sons at No 12 Belknap street CHARLES Vi CAPLES Boston Sept 12 rom We the People AIORAL A CONVERSATION Is moral principle the same the world over? I' Why yes I suppose sd But is the standard the same as viewed by men most deserving the name of moral No: in barbarous and uncivilized" countries morality is scarcely 'known In such the best among them would here be considered grossly immoral but in christia'n and civilized countries there is no dispute about what is moral and rirht? But is itso are not gambling houses of assign ation lotteries considered rifht and moral enough and licensed in Paris New Orleans and other places called Christian That may be true' but it prove that they are even there agreeable to the moral principle ol the best portion of those communities it only shows that the standard of morals with: the major ity is low and dreadfully defective Thenyou admit that the standard ofmoral prin ciple is different and very low even in some por tions of christendom i Well yet moral principle is the same whether recognized or not Though it may be scarce in some places still even there a man detected in theft fraud robbery or murder is not spared I am not so certain of that Very little notice is taken of crime in those places "still I know that flagrant instances are punished if the raSbal be caught But is moral principle the same in Boston and the city of Washington' Oh yes if a man does not pay what he qwes another or does not do the best he can though it be but a dollar he is marked as a rogue or if he in any way abuses or oppresses a man though lie ss be an idiot he loses his character and it is just so in Washington 'J i Ah! is it? Is the black biped in the shape of a man that is daily spld there a man i Yes negroes are men their shape and color make no difference Well is the moral standard tlie same in regard to our treatment of them i Yes if I defraud or oppress a black man herey it destroys my character i But is it so at the city of Washington Why I know I they always treated right i But you say the moral standard is the samel If so where do they get the right to practice witli impunity all possible fraud and oppression I But they are slaves Well yon say toothey are menyou admit mor al principle to be the same south as north Then how do you show that it is right there to withhold from the laborer his hire not one day merely but every day during life? 'But they fecd'and clothe them and take care of them when sick this is theTr payj Very well suppose you try to make colored folks work you so here hire them fced and clothe them as they do at the south and at the! end of the' year balance accounts with them by telling them have been clothed and fed am) doctored Would it satisfy any of them who are not candidates fofthe alms house Would you suffer in your moral character? would you bo permitted to remain in any church or have any moral standing in the community Try it! tryitf' and see if you escaped castigation in the news papers You would be marked and known every where as aswindler and an oppressor and fee hooV ed out of decent society I know it do here but it is thought nothing of at the south J' But you say morality is the same every where or at Boston and Washington But I what you was at Then you will admitthey have a different stand ard of morals even nt Washington than here 4 Why it seems they have yet I should think) no Christian a good moralman who was concern ed in withholding wages and using oppresaion It is so they have a moral sense 1 that is per fectly compatible with all possible oppression andl fraud they are considered the best men for mor ality and religion professors of religion and cler gymen of all denominations think it all right just and equal doing as they would be done by membering them that are in bonds as bound with them But where' do they learn their moral lessors I not from the bible Oh yes they call it all consistent with the bi ble Well I have but a word more to say TThey! will find in their last account the earful mnstbe their forebodings and dismal the i prospect the vengeance of a God of Justice will overtake such high handed oppression I rom the Cincinnati Gazette 'AMOS CASE Aly editorial notice of Amos case is not well received by the Nashville Banner jin this am not disappointed But it is not my pur pose now to discusa with that paper the points of difference between us except in one ox two particulars The Banner savsf HAD NOT LAID ABLE TO ANY PUNISH MENT KNOWN TO OUR LAWS the defect of which in that respect we trust will be remedied at the approaching session of our General Assembly' This assumption to punish a titan that has violated no lajw by the creation of the law and the tribu nal to try the accused in the midst of furious ex citeihent is new in our country And it is most dangerous The law is defective and exasperated pre judgmenl assumes to supply the deject This is preciselythe argument upon which the recent mob in Baltimore proceeded the exact doctrine that originated the monstrous enormities'of the rench revolution Tbe Banner alleges the respectability of the Committee of Vigilance as a safeguard for the ac cused In my view this very respectability is the circumstance in the transaction most to be deprecated When respectable men engage in the perpetration of illegal violence for what they deem a correct purpose the example is set for airmen to pprslue the same course And it is an example too fertainly nnd generally followed Does not the temper of the times now evince the truth of Tlie names of the Committee of Vigilance are givpn in the Banner and are sub joined Committee of Vigilance and Safety i Johx Shelbt Chairman George Crockett Thomas Crincher1 John Erwin' i Douglass Thomas Claiborne i Allen A Hall Robert arqharsori John Somerville Samuel Seay I i Samuel WatkinSv Beverly White Robert Greene Robert I Moore John Bass James Young Andrew Hynes Nichol loyd Hunt Anthony Johnston Edward Trabue Knowles Stout Robinson George Wm Al Berryhill Theo Minor' ElihuS Hall oster Crutcher Wook mittee asked pie if I remembered the places where I bad circulated anti slavery tracts Thus by the form of the question" as well as by the manner making the impression I' had circulated them somewhere and that the fact of my having done so was known to! the committee To this 1 replied that what I did I did that 1 had not distributed any anti slavery publications what ever in Tennessee except the one above men tioned and that if any had been found under cir cumstances calculated to throw suspicion on me it was a device of myienemies On being inter rogated as to ray former connection with Lane Seminary I informed the committee that had been a member of that! institution ns well as of tlie A Society formed) there more than a year ago and that li had voluntarily withdrawn ant had received an honorable dismission from the same 1 1 A handbill was next produced and I was ask ed if I had ever seen it After having' examined it I'replied I never had I was then asked with strong emphasis if I was sure I had never seen a copy of it I again replied 1 was sure I never had I was asked a third time with a provoking and still stronger emphasis if I was positively sure I had never seen tony thing of the kind I again took it into my liand and after examining it more minutely again replied I was positively sure I had never seen any thing of the kind' The trial continued from between 4 and 5 Al till 11 at niht when I wascalled upon for my defence The perplexity I must' have felt in making it may well be imagined when it is recollected that I was charged not with trans gressing any law of the state or ordinance of the city but with conduct! to which if the law had attached the penalty of crime its forms were to tally disregarded and this too before an array of persons uunueu lugeuier in contravention oi law and from whose mandate of exeention'there was no appeal However jl took the opportunity thus offered to declare fully my sentiments on the sub ject of slavery Whilst I told them I believed slaveholding to bp inconsistent with the gospel and a constant transgression of law I yet said that in bringing about emancipation the in terests of the' master (were to be consulted as well as those of the And that the whole scheme of emancipation contemplated this result that the slave i should be put in possession of ngnts which wc have declared to be inalienable from him as a man tht he should be considered as an immortal fellow) being entrusted by his master with the custody of his own happiness and accountable to hirrl for the exercise of his powers that he should be treated as our neigh bor and our brother Ip reference' to my demean or towards the islave ttjat in the few instances in which I had casually conversed with them I had recommended quietness patience submission teaching them: to render for and dis countenancing every (scheme of emancipation which did not during) its process fo( its success in the good conduct of the slaves whilst they remain such and the influence argu ment and persnasionaddressed to the'iinderstand ings and consciences jf slaveholders exhorting them to obey God in doing justice and showing mercy to their fellow nen After my remarks wfcre ended the crowd were requested to withdraw (whilst th committee de liberated on the case In company with a friend or two I was directed to a privates room near at hand to await their decision Up to this period during the whole proceedings my mind was com posed my spirits calm unruffled nor did I entertain the i most distant apprehension there would be so flagrant a Violation of my rights as an American citizen and so deliberate an attempt to dishonor me as a man In this confidence I Jvns strengthened by the consideration of all thelcircumstances of VVhat lhad done I had done openly There was no law forbidding whatj I had done I had con tracted no guilt thatthdi law considered my intentions had beemthose of kindness to I had no secret feelingi' of guilt arraigning me before the bar of my conscience for any meaner clandestine movement In addition to this too among my triers ia erreat portion of the respectability of Nashville Nearly half of the whole number professors of Christianity the re puted stay of (the church supporters of thecause of benevolepce in the form of Tract and Alis sionary Societies and Sabbath schools several members and most of tjie elders of the Presby terian church from whose hands but a few days before I had received the emblems ofthe broken body and shed blood blessed Saviour My expectations however ete soon shaken by Air saying on Entering the rctom where I was that het feared it (would go hard with me that whilst some of the) committee were in favor of thirty nine for inflicting one hun dred lashes whilst others still thought me worthy of death Aly suspensq was at length terminated on being summoned to hear the decision it was prefaced by a few retparks of this kind by the Chairman that they hail acted with great caution and deliberation and hojvever unsatisfactory their conclusion might be they Jiad acted con scientiously with a fill (recognition of their duty to thpir God that they had found me guilty 1st of being a member of an Anti Slavery Society in Ohio: 2d having in possession peri odicals published by the American Anti Slavery and 3d thej believed I had circula ted theseperiodicals and advocated in the com munity the principles tliey He then pronounced that I wa condemned to receive twenty lashes on my ba'fe backhand ordered to leave the place in 24 hpurs? This was notan hour previous to the commencement of the Sab bath The doors were therii thrown open) and the crowd admitted To them it was again remark ed that the committee) had been actuated by conscientious motives and to those who thought the punishment too severe they would only say that they had done what they after mature delib eration thought to be tight and to those who it too light thejf must say that in coming to their decision the committee had regarded not so much the number of (stripes as the disgrace and infainv of heinrr Innhliolr sentence being again repeated it was received with great applause accompanied by stamping of feet and clapping of hands The chairman then called for the sentiments of the spectators in reference to their approbation of the decision of the committee "desiring al! who were satisfied with it and would pledge them selves that I should receive no injury the execution of the to 'signify it in the usual way There wasfno dissenting voice The chairman hen expressed in terhis border ing on the extravaganthis high gratification of the sense of propriety that had been manifested in the conduct of the meeting and that so much confidence was placed pn the cpmmittee The crowd was now ordered to proceed to the public square and form a ring I had been assured thkt my trunk withall its contents as they were taken out should be re turned to me But whilst the crowd were leav ing the house Mr Hunt Editor ofthe Banner and am informed fin emigrant from New Englanu where he was sborn set himself busily to work to secure in his (own hands my journal sketch book business and private letters By mo one Concerned in the whole proceeding jmuch exasperated feeling shown as by Air It was now displayed in the pale death like countenance the agitated frame the hurried furious air with which he seized the pa pers and tied them up ir his handkerchief clinch '(rom the Essex Gaxeite) OUR COUNTRYMEN We do not know who we have read auy thing which' grated more harshly spun our Republican iceliugs than the following seateuceIvis from a letter of young American giving an'accuuhi of bis interview with Prince Metiernich Is then true that anyuf our institutionsare such as to give pleasure to the Prime Minister of Ett ropean despotism jAud is it also true! that tlie effect of these tusuiutious upon the moral of anytof our citizens is such as to make them ashamed of the honest pursuits of iadustry If so is it not time they were modified Louis Observer 1 Among other things the Prince arked me if I was en gC commerce HNow 1 knew commerce was de spised here) I answered 1 was the proprietor of land and Staves The company seemed to (be pleased tor each Hungarian or Servian nobleman is so under the feudal system of this Morning proud Vienna on spire and palace wall A broad brightcoloring of gold the early sunbeam I I 3 I The soft rich breath of breezes come laden with per fume h' 5 romhe dewy groves of citron and the orange tree in' blooin In ihe gardens of the palaces the hand pf art hath given A beauty that might well awaketbc dream of Heaven I Where the fountain gushes cool beneath the greenly arch tug vine And flowers of magic loveliness bencath its shadow (' Sa" Where the wail note of the prisoned bird tell dhe story of a land i Glittering in stolen wealth retained by stern hand a I i Within that lovely city of vassalage and power Of poverty and wasted of hovel and of tower vAre gathered on their kingly pride a pnwpr abusing 'The tilled heads and iron hearts of groaning rom halls and mines the prince and noble meet 4 To forge anew the chains that bind the! serf beneath their j) ri hearts and feelings like his own Prince Metternich is there 'J A tyrant that would crush' the soul of freedom every where? The hater of all freedom! a spirit in whose power The light of liberty would be the meteorof an hour 1 1 One stands' within'a gorgeous hall amidst that despot A stranger from the western our freedom favored land I Where the Heaven appealing vow hath saidthat all man kind are And where poor down trodden for hope andrefuge flee 1 A sotrof our a wanderer where the soul The life of freedom sleeps bnchaiued in con trol! 1 Where crowns and titles and the pomp of kingly power have crushed And trampled myriad of the poor and suffering to the 4 dust Will be not seorn the princely hand that binds a brother down? I And hate the land of lord land of fetter and of crown ing'them in his hands and at the same time eye ing me with an intense yet vacant gaze bespeak ing not only rage beta consciousness of wrong Of my papers I have heard nothing since Air took them into his custody I entered the ring that had been formed "the chairman (accompanied by the committee) again' called for an expression of sentiment in relation' to the sentence passed upon me again the vote! was unanimous in approbation of it didJie express his gratification at the good order bjj hich the whole proceeding had been characJ tenzed Whilst some of the company were en gaged in stripping me of my garments a motion was made and seconded that I be exonerated al together from the punishment This brought many and furious imprecations on the head and created a commotion which was appeas ed only by the sound of the instrument of torture and disgrace upon my naked body I knelt to receive the punishment which wasi inflicted by Air Braughton the city officer with a heavy cowskin When the infliction ceased an involuntary feeling of thanksgiving to God for the fortitude with which I had been enabled to endure it arose in my soul to which I began aloud to give utterance The death like silence that prevailed fora moment was suddenly broken with loud exclamations him stop his I was raised to my feet by Air Braugh ton and conducted by him to my lodging where a it was thought safe for me to remain but for a few moments And though most of my friends were" at the camp ground I was introduced into a family of entire strangers from whom I received a warnr reception and tho most kind and tender treat ment They will ever be femembered with grate ful emotions On the ensuing morning owing to th? great excitement that was still prevailing I found it1 necessary to leave the place in disguise only what clothing I had about my person Leaving unsold property to the amount of nearly three hundred dollars and sacrificing at least two hun dred on my barouche horse which I was obliged to sell Of my effects at Nrshville I have heard nothing since my return though I have frequently written to my friends concernrn them AMOS DRESSER Cincinnati Aug 25 1835 i Shame rel upon our who in their wander ing claim Companionship with tyranny by kindred deeds of shame 1 America a mockery a tirengthener to th hand Vv Of robbery and wrong and crimej in les enlightened land I Where the fires on' altars with feeble flicker ing bum I 'j The hearts that light and nurse them there to us for guid ance turn! i a Million of children of every clime and name Watch anxiously liie western world and 'glory in our The guie of nation hal our path so blind and erring That hop must die a heart Haverhill 10th of 8th month 4 4 So thou art from and pray what thou A I ihprc i Toil like our Servian or trade in I 1 i Bland are the tone of but a bitter smile re veal Lj( The hatred that his tyrant heart for birth plaee feels: A son of free America amidst those tilled answers haughty 4 My trade is in my slaves A smile of mockery and joy each stem visage steals'Aslhe answerjf our countryman a kindred soul reveals The bosom friends of Metternich the tyrant of the times sound morals public safety or legal obligation Precisely asthcy sustain themselves upon their epccial case may every Special case be sustain ed bn the bpinjpu of tha actors Gamblers may be hung banks demolished batik agents plunder ed (churches torn down This is no idle specu lation We have but to look at daily events for theipractical illustration 'Of this enough Mr Hunt supposes his name was invidiously introduced into the notice of case Nothing of disrespect or ridicule was in tended by the repetition of his name Having appeared in the Banner it was used in the Gazette as convenient for oersoicuitv in illustration In this Gazette we publish Amos Dress I Wished to compare whst had been written with era own account ot ms journey to ixasnvme ana of his doings and treatment at that place Upon inquiry we find that Dresser is a native of Massa chusetts that he lost his father in his infancy arid that he remained with his mother and her second husband laboring on a farm until about fifteen years' of age He then set out to get a living and an education for himself He was for a time en gaged in a store he then taught a school after wards became a student in the Oneida Labor In stitute in New York from'whence he came to Lane Seminary That he abandoned upon its prohibition of the Abolition Society His object is tp obtain orders as a minister ofthe gospel and thus qualify himself for a foreign mission or therestt let his own story speak AMOS OWN NARRATIVE As my name has obtained an unexpected noto riety I ask the public attention to my own ac count Of the transactions that have given me ce lebrity On the first day of last month I left Cincinnati for tljej purpose of selling the Cottage in ordeiyfrem the profits of the sale to raise funds sufficient to'ejiable me to complete my education The largest portion of my books was sent to Nash ville by water I took several copies of the Bible with me besides a considerable number ef the lit tle work entitled Months in a In packing them into my trunk and the box of my barouche a number of pamphlets and papers ef different descriptions were used to prevent theboocs from injury by rubbing intending to dis tribute them as suitable opportunities should pre sent Among them were old religious newspa pers anti slavery publications numbers of the Missionary Herald Sunday school periodicals temperance almanacs At Danville Ky wheje a State Anti Slavery Society had been orT ganized some months before andiwhere the sub ject of emancipation seemed to be discussed with out besides selfing several copies of my books I parted with a large share of my an ti slavery publications In travelling through that state I distributed most of my' temperance alma nacs and other papers above mentioned including fiffV tracts on slavery given to those who were willingto receive them gave none of these to any person of color bond orfreenotkad I any intention of doing so i Near Gallatin in Somner'county Tennessee I sola a copy of Letters on Slavery I arrived at Nashville on Saturday the 18th of July and took lodgings at the Nashville Inn The young man accompanied me in bringing in THE MEETING THE SHIPS BY MKS' HEMANS We take each other by the hand and exchange a few word and look of kindness and we rejoice together a few short moment and then days months years and we see and knew nothing ol each trasningion erring 1 Two bark met on the deep mid sea When'calme had the tide A few bright day of Summer glee There found them side by side And voices of ihe fair Snd brave Rose mingling thence in mirth A ed sweetly floated the wave The melodies of earth i Moonlight en that lone Indian main Cloedless anti lovely (slept While dancing step and festive strain 'Eash deck in triumph swept 1 1 I I And band were and answering eyos With kindly meaning shone brief arid passirig sympathies Like leaves together blown 1 A little while such joy ws east the repose Till the loud singing winds at last Like ttumpet musie rose And proodlyi freely on their way Tho parting vessel bore In celtn er sterm by rock or bay To Oh never more Never to blend in cheer To aid in hours of wo And thus bright spirits mingle here Such ties are formed below 3 4 THOUGHTS Haht thou seen 'with flesh incessant" 4 Bobble gliding under iee "Bodied forth and evanescent No one know by what device Such are a wjad swept meadow Mimicking a troubled sea 1 Sueh i ami death's shadow rom the rock eternity I Words woktr ujl.