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      TO XSE RESCUE , CHAKTISTS ' . !! BT COXilODOM : MEAD , OF BIB . HJNGHAX . j 0 the reseue , Brother Chartist * , flj—the noble and the brave Vast not be left to pine and die within a living grave : It * b 0 *^ ^^ ** Yeiaxt » orth » St Criapin - B valiant gage ! Aafl Gwper , that resplendent star , the eomat of tt » age !! I ^ t not the Stafford Jesl Asset , tho * clo& '_ in Don ' s bids , jjjinke ' er to dannt us ChartM * , by theij tyranny and pride . tfg heed them not , we fear them not , for we hare beard tbeir bray , ^ nd from thosefanded Hong we most snatch tbeir pitriot prey .

      jke Whigpab spite ol Danman , too , it must not be torsct , jbe friend of all the Corn Crsik crew , that monevymbringlot . _ jbe bwp d » toiling in my velni , to see the legal grmine jj ^ nc'd by him , and Gnmey , too—the spitefnl Whiggi ^ i TenaiE . y « mast the Tktina be forgot , that modern Jeffries made : rp , Ch-rtistai ! to the recne fly , and never be afraidpde yonr petidoaa round the throne , till not a mbi is seen IB the " Bonad aEd top of Sovergignty" that crowns the British Q-een .

      gfga the Lords and Commons , too , with pHes of rags __ / i ^» ¦ 5 Q jjjej * t all common justice do—the question we ttod ^ bfck . i jrose , ixui let the tyrants kxow that Chartism ' s a « ie . ' Pnas tfce land ' s Zad to John O'Grcats , and make the ¦» eiki _ shake ITJfii sboBts of indignation . '—let the tyrant facfions see , Inar piecemeal marders of onr friends mvsi not and shzli sot be . flgy are not felons , rogues , or thieves , bnl brave and yjTtscus men J If { bey h-Tc fallen in the net ; and shall they aby them then ?

      { jjvion &nS HoTberry they slew . By Freedom ' s God we e * £ sr , Here Qartiai murders Trill not do , for more we will Mibt-r . To , Cfc-rtis » ! if one drop of blood is flawing in- yonr veins Tfr ** earn * frosQ patriot ancestors—np , np , and break their ciains ! Hare Koc-5 i the vampires ! no , no , no , fey Heaven ! it mo * : » 5 t be . B « r Uhs , ye sneaking Scottish enr—Graham , I speak tothrti T / te tell thce to thy craven sc _ l , no flattering section i * y . T * -. t tbca csasst spill more Chartist bjood—tyrant , we tell t _ ee nay .

      Here is a point of Ecfferance—then , Renegade , be ^ ware ' Sot lion shalt dare to pass that point—again , I ay , tie ca ^ c ! ny , Chartists' to the rescue , fly ! and ' quit yourselves Eke men ; Be covards , and onr brothers die , by inches , in their den . "The iron is entering their souls , " there _ mst be no delay ; The great __ j > aid we must defeat , nor loss a single day . Hood-thirsty dastards ! how they grin , exulting in their power ; Ccrse on their malice ! leeches , wolves ! but they shall not devour .

      let sot these bloody T ^ agoers boast the Leicester lion ' s fell : By Beavens 1 if yoc . do—a deep damnation waits yo __ lL Sir for this once , like x _ e _ , J say—and tyranta soon wDlqcail , these lions are but Jack Asses , and they will soon torn tail ! £ ]> , then , ye real lions brave , and lei them hear yonr rear—Tp . ' and yonr friends from torture Krve , their liberties restore , ftmeosabe shall bear onr load complaints to Queen Yietoria'a feet , lad is the Commons beard the SCOT , and blanch his reeraant chefk .

      Peel most be told the cation ' s mind—aye , let the trickster bear Plain truth , and " Hy yonr rfpmnnfln like t—ncdfer in Ms ear . Xtaa and Repealers tnuVa firm pale ; he trembles in his s ^ at , Asd the fcam _ ini _ u 3 g on the wall his staring eye-balls mtet r ?! up ! the wind and tide are both set in for freedc-ai ' a ishore—2-st , Wtst , and Sorth , arid Sonth , abise > cries the Old Commovobx . Ssockpori , Che ? h » ra , 24 th May , 1843 .

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      THERE TO , AM 3 HOW TO PROCEED . I 0 IES GF A TOTTB . THKOCGH A POETIOX OF CANADA , jyi ) 5 XT £ BAL OF THE STATES OP > "OBXH A 3 IEE . 1 CA , PaMICCLAKIT THE STATES OY HASaACHrSETTS , BHODE ISLA 5 D , > 'XW TOB . S ., P £ > 55 TLVaKIA , OHIO , JJICHIGA ?? , ILLT 50 IS , "ViSCOSSlS , A 5 P JSEW JEB 5 £ T , OCBBJiKES tlTH A TIEW OF ASCESTAISIXG THE DESIXlEILITT , OB OTHEBWJSE . OF EMIGBaTIO ; A > "D TO JTDGE OF THE BEST LOCATION , FOS £ > GUiH EXIGBA _ STS , TZOX ACTCAX OBSEETaIIGS .

      BT l i FBEXCE TITKETELY , cf Hsddersfield . ( Continued from our last tceek ' s paper . ) „ JOrBXAI DESCBEPTION OF 1 ITLWAXKET , TOBI ATKINSON , BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP , BOCK ISLAND , AND IOWA , &c Iterinf oar short journey this morning , we passed Weal burial places with ' oot any enclosure whatever ; JBri , in macy \ r >** xntf * there were scarcely any mark to i&dkats that the remains ol a toman being had bees fcae deposited . Indeed , this is the ease generally fiawjhoat the country . These resting places , how-* W *» are no doubt as good as any " consecrated ground " ^ atcTcr . In some places a wooden railing surround

      8 * gr&T&s ( A the departed ; orer others the sheep , * che » , aiid other ymmaH ramble nartstrained , and fed , some upon the graat grown from the putrid ttiffia ! nutter , and some upon the carcase itself . We * cpped for refreEjaoent at Mrs ^ or Widow , Fidda , a * sB tavsrc at a place called 3 SE"w Beui . is . She Wd at that her family had sold eighty acres of land *» 1 , GOO dollars , twenty acres being cleared , and a waned log-house npon it . She also informed me that fisyhad psid ~\ 4 olls-per acre for cleazimj and fencing . A portion of the clearing and fencing was considered * ° ^ Tc been done very cheap ; the wood upon it being * & } daee and heavy .

      A fallens in here informed me that on a resent visit J ^ ost atkixsos he was very much disappointed « e Kal be foui : d to be very good , but he expected *^ € excellent waterfalls ; yet be found none , nor any-• fcisg dse attractive . This information surprised me , as Had ^ maastood the district abounded with splendid ** tE * fcn *; tad that , fine as the country and beautiful "ttaieenery were on Pex river , it was not at all ^¦{ arable to Rock river . This statement shewed me « importance of personal examination . Qbobt -ray we crossed a very large wooden bridge *** the F ^ x river , which here appeared like » sort ? * t » paEt tx » 1 . ox a , kind of morass , the current

      * j * g almost imperoeptifele , being upon a ptrfect **^» and nearly choked wUh weeds , grass , and a *^ fy rf water plants . "Uim a ftw mOe « of MittrAXKET we f # und the 2 *^ a li ttle im provei ; and one man was employed « « ting down a bank . This was the first person I ~* d s&en employed on any road , excepting railroads , ** my landing in the country , - ^ e entered the town of Milwauket a little before rjj ^ P-Bt , a beat courtsjing w » acrow the river , on the ¦*» of which etood s warebouse , wbicb , by the sign , fr t&Q to be the « "v > at which my trunk was to be *** 7 Mr . Kelsey , clerk of tfce Cbe « apeake steamer , ™* way to BTJFFAiOfrom Chicago . in

      , , * JiTrALEST has on ^ beea existesce about nme •**¦ It consists princJpally d a long street which rj" * e * iiy parallel wifli tbe river , which is o ! the fj * same , sad nna in a peculiar bending eonrse , ** &iag a peninsula , the town being ntsate be-5 ?* tt » lake and the river . On the west of the r ** a large marsh , « ahnt- « p water , almost eo-^ eBQ with grass , over which aa embankment is being S * ^?* tor * mid or street . Eii the mcmthol ?* f *« not bMB oboked « p and torn pnffMtod ??« i » d other b » ihmU ten eowsc « P to th

      ""¦» woda bneberiMd ^ nttpidlT ; l »* iw , j ^ y ^ fte fasmb&m . ii abo # f , ett , aad * V * of Jk «» tte north of the rhtt tovmtti * « mtn of tte ^ * e mm b flat ; and over tbe seek ol bad , ^*** na \ o \ he b * B , * nrnj ha * been jnade for ;~ g * Pwe ef « miftneUng a canal , \ j » B * » >¦ to " £ Z * L ****?*»*» ©* every b » and barden may be ?* W up to the town . This will be of great advan-^ . mbow the pTimagus for the steamers have to be Sr'y * long sad ehndtoas route in B ^ bters , » t conu ~*« nw » ov « iiance and txpeace , and in rough wea " ¦ » w » ^ argrr

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      Between ttie street above iar-n : . Dned and the like , before raaclaag tbe cen :.-e of ihe ci-j , a flue rising gr uad comm-nees , tbe ascMjt to ^ hich is very -i « p Da the acdmty are a few hnildinqa , ar , d many on the wp . it there leaving a flit surface ; wnich is laid out for « ttee . s to a great extent , pn the verge of the lake , on uns , wnat may be termed table land , stands a neat ligbt-house , and on the town side Milwalkey house , an notei , Kept by Monsieur Juno , or Junot , a rich Frenchman \ . ** \ t » ge showy building , and casts all others near it into the shade . T ml i ^^ ^ ""rtit ® i « light , more gravelly than sandy , and , of come , very apt to be burnt up in dry weataer ; therefore it is best adapted for building purposes . Being situated reore distant from tbe marshes , and also mere exposed to the refreshing bretza from L" **^ Michigan , it is more likely to ensure the health of the residents .

      Mons . Juaot , the above-named landlord , ( who married his squaw , ) was one of the first settlers of the place . He was offered five years possession of the steamer » Milwalkey , " ( respecting which there were great disputes among the shareholders . ) if he would take her over the bar , at the mouth of the river ; which he effected , and which was considered a very great feat She now lays in ibs river , close to the town ; and being one of a confederated number , she is receiving her share of the profits , after deducting the expences of those in combination to keep up the fares , and plying beiween Buffalo and Chicago . This combination is very injurious to Emigrants , who come fa vast numbers to this part Tbe vessels sail evary two days , and have often from 300 to 509 settlers on

      bo-. rd , who land at all the intermediate ports between Buffalo and Cb ? caso ; as Dunkirk , Cleveland , Fort Maldon , Detroit , but principally at Milwalkey , Racine , South port , and Chicago , from whence tCi-y spread themselves to whither their friends may have gone btfure them , or in search of a home . Those who have good management , and a little capital to enable them te purchase an allotment of land , may do well ; but those who Lick the means , and only depend » pon finding employment undtr others , generally fiad thtmstlves disappointed in consequence of the great icflax of Emigrants and deficiency of capital , in combination with the very low price at which produce is sold . Females may succeed much better than the other sex ; and I have seen none without situations who were waling to enrage as servants .

      Near MilWaLKET I saw what was net inaptly termed a bee palace . It was eight feet high , eight feet long , and four-and-a-half feet bread . It was very ingeniously constructed , and the bees were busy at work . Being on travel in England , a few years age , from Newcastle to BoToughbridge , 1 met with a young man , a native cf thcr latter p ? ace , who give me a very interesting account of Milwalkbt , at which place he had resided in the capacity of a shopman , and said he had ccnia to England on & visit to bis relatives . He informed me of the extreme dissipation of the Indians , whom the Whites had corrupted in every possible way , siid also of their taking every advantage of the ignorant simple natives , by giving them valueless trinkets in exchange for the most costly furs ; honesty and religion befog totally disregarded by the Whites , but every scbesae resorted to , to possess themselves of the produce of the Indians' three or four mouths' bnntiue .

      He like-Rise informed me that a person who had purchased treland upon which Milwalkey is now built , resized an immense fortune by selling it in building lots at an exorbitant price . He also told me that here a quantity of sugar was produced frcm the maple tree ; and that land of an fcxcellfeEt quality , part wood and part prairie , cnuld be easily obtained at one dollar and a quarter per acre . Being now upon the spot , I made enqniry for this same person , asd was grisved to learn that when I Haw him in England be had decamped with considerable property belonging to his employer . O * course he never returned , as he stated was his intention .

      In addition , the same person informed me that the cutting of a canal was in operation from Milwalkey to R « ik river , a distance of fifty or sixty miles , ai « d that when completed the vessels could be navigated from Xc * York by that ccurse , down the Rock River and Mississippi to New Orleans asd the Crulpb of Florida . This description gav 6 me a very favourable opinion of She Iocs'it y . His information I found to be correct , as respects the country , the treatment of the Indiana , the m&ncf&cture of sugar , fee . ; and before I take my leave of this interesting territory , I feel it necessary to give the following information , extracted from a letier written to a friend in London from Fort Atkinson , which will in some measure supply the gap left consequent upon my before mentioned inability to visit that place , and will contrast with the information retajved from tbe gentlemen at New Beblis given above . I deem it right to observe that tbe writer of tbe following , resides on the spot he describes : —

      "Imd firmly convinced that Wisconsin will soon be a great c&nstry for manufactures . "At present money is exceedingly scarce ; but this need not be wondered at , as all who come here wish to possess as much land as their means will reach , after buying which , and paying down tot it ( which is the uniform rule in all surveyed distriets ) farming implements are to purchase , fleck , to buy , house and « £ ccs to build , which drains the limited means that sew settlers are generally possessed of , and leaves them " poor indeed ; " while markets being so bad , tbe crops , for a few years , do not raise them above their poverty .

      " At Watertewn , twenty miles from Rock River , running through a bed of limestone , in three miles there is a LiH thirty three feet . On this spot an incalculable amount of machinery could be driven . At " White-TiTEE , seven miles from us , there are three or four excellent mill sites ; a : d on Cosconery Cretk there are two good mill sites . From the bottom of those falls a steam boat plyed during all last summer to St . Louis . " This is a fine country for sheep . One of my neighbours has already got 100 tt that valuable animal The quality of tbe land is excellent " The MLwalkey and R : > ck river canal , which i s now in progress , is only sevpn miles from us . M Frem Madison , the capital of tbe territory , we are thirty miles . " This is » 8 plexdid ctuntry , and where I hope you will have tbe pleasure of a dajs bunting with me , ere many years . "

      The letter from which the above is extracted bears dateTth December , 1841 . Tbe canal referred to is now like many ether valuable public works , lying dormant for lack of the necessary funds . My intention , when at Chjcago , was to travel westward still farther . My be<b , however , Tendered it impossible to bear the heat , which was excessive . I was glad to meet persons of intelligence and experience to aid me in my enquiries , during which I was repeatedly informed of the great danger of life and property , in

      the territory of Misouri ; and had from this become strongly impressed with a belief that safety to either was at least a matter of great doubt , in consequence of the territory being overrun with horse-thieves , smashers , ( coiners ) , gamblers , rogues and vagabonds of every description . In opposition to these statements , I five tbe evidence of Mr . Manning , Bidwell Mills , of Brighton Township , ( where lie holds considerable lands , ) Washing ton County , State of Misouri , between forty and forty-one north latitude , and forty-flTe miles west of Mississipi , lying between the Bis Monies and Skenk rivers .

      This gentleman states that tbe inhabitants of his territory are intelligent , temperate , and generally religious . That few outrage * are committed , and that life and property are perfectly safe . The land in general is a black loam , from two to three feet deep , and dry . The surface undulating , or rolling . No marshes in his neighbourhood . The principal productions are wheat , barley , rye , oats , Indian corn , hemp , flax , and tobacco . The settlement being new , fruit trees hare not got matured ; but no deobt exists that fruits in great variety will be produced in abundance . Plums , blackberries , and various wild fruits are Tery plentiful ; also hickory , hazal , and other nuts . Springs are few . By digging from twelve to twenty-five feet , tbe purest , coldest , and best water is plentifully produced . On Skonk river , in every five miles , there is sufficient fall for any description of machinery .

      Rich silver ere has been discovered in the immediate neighbourhood ; indeed , in Brighton township , which , according ts tbe general rule , is six miles square , silver ore is found at a depth from five to ten feet from the surface . Mr . Mills carried a small quantity with him . which be intended to have analyzed in Ohio before his return . Coal io abundance is found on the surface of the banks , tbe beds of which take a Bloping direction into the earth . The seams average about four feet in thickness . The desse woods are generally situated on the borders of the streams . The timber iB very large , and consists principally of a vast variety of the oak species , ash , beech , hickory , ehesnut , walnut , and butternut ; maple is not plentiful . Four parts of the coantry is prairie , and one-fifth part wooded . This is a rood yiopertion .

      Wfld horses tarem the country by hundreds in a drove . The Indians catch tfcem by a peculiar mode , tame , and sell them for from eight to ten dollars each . Tbe country abounds with deer . To the westward , bnffiUoes are very numerous ; and in the spring and autumn they herd together and traverse the country by thousands , and as they march along , they make the earth vibrate with their enormous weight and motion . Prairie wolres are not entirely extirpated . But they are not at all dangerous fhtT ^^^^ fIl cranes , wild turkeys , turkey buzzards , prairie bens , partridges , " wild geese , wild docks , pigeons , herons , rooks , and others of the feathered tribe inhabit ffirtm xegions . The plumage of the birds far exceeds that of thoee at home ; bat the notes ef our little warblers as much ft ^ l theiri , M the variety «» 4 riehnesi of their eoloBBi those of thiseoutrj .

      smrpaa The markets aw badto tWs forte ; consequently -rbeat is selling at IS c « Bt « per fcisheJ , oats and Indian OBlSjeento , aad e «>« predate proportionately low ; ftffnffiufPtij momy is wj HHet Potatoes are prodneed in abundance ; other yegetable productions not ascertained . Mi Mills ' residence it distant forty-five miles from BrainieiOK and *« fto » Bi . Louis . They hare to go to the latter place for their goods , it being the great martfer an immense extent of territory . In the Far West' they haw to scrape together what money they e » , as tie merchant * frois the East will take nothing

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      in pv"nient but ir . onsy . Sush is the substance of Mr . Mi ; i- >' s jnfi > rns » tion . Tiesda Y C : h . —T got up early and went on board the Indiana k ^ mer , whi ; ta was on htr w-. y from Chicago to BtjfpaJO . My trunk was brought on board by my kind friend , Mr- John Mather , in whose enre Mr . Kelssy had left it . We were soon under weigh ami had a yuy pleasant mv'niisg . Tbe ship was crowded with a cheerful company , with whom I mingled for the purpose of eliciting information . The shore was flat and uninteresting , being covered with wood of a middling size .

      Mr . Trneman Beaumont Tripp , of Rock Island , State of Illinois , was on board , and informed me that he had 160 acres in his possession , sixteen of which were cleared . It wm situate on the Misaisaipi , the banks of which are , at that place , from thirty to fifty feet high . A mile distant from tbe river tbe land rises thirty feet additional , and here commences theptairie which stretches out to a distance of ten miles by six or even . It is dry , and well stocked with timber , and has also some fine springs . Wild geese are plentiful ; also turkeys , prairie bens , quails , wild ducks , partridges , wild swans , pelicanB , sand-hill cranes , eaglea , and tuik « y buzzards , a bird in shape and sj&j somewhat similar to a wild turkey . AU here are opposed to the

      destruction of the turkey-buzzard , becanse they devour carrion anil prevent disorders that might be produced by the tffluvia if lift uneaten or unburietl . There ate also herons , jajs , rooks , likewise rabbits , hares , prairie squirrels , ( spotted like fawns , ) goffers , skunks , badgers , racooons , small pigs , prairie wolves , deer , and buffalos . Fish also abounds in great variety ; among which arc eels , piko , suckers , and trout , which are generally taken with nets and fixed lines . Fruit is a'ao very plentiful , such as apples , pears , cherries , plums , strawberries , quince * , grapes , gooseberries , currants , and mandrakes . I bad some of the latter at an ion between TROY and MlLWALKE 1 - , the first I had Been , and the richest fruit I had ever tasied .

      The'r vegetables consist of tomatos , sweet potatoes , turnips , carrots , and cabbages . They have potatoes of every description aud of the beat quality ; also wild hops in abundance . To procure water they have to dig to the depth of thirty or forty feet , or otherwise fetch it from the river . This gentleman has let kis farm in the West , and is going to reside upon an estate be possesses in the State of New York . He is to have one-fourth of the whole produce in lien of rent

      About thirty ste&m-boats pass this place daily upon the Mississippi , going aud returning between New Oflleans , St . Louis , and Galena , tbe capital of the mining district , the latter being sixty-five miles , aud the former thirty miles from this gentleman ' s estate . Mr . T . B . T . informed me that he had disposed cf seven swarms of bees , before the regular swarming time for twenty-one dollars , and now there are nineteen swarms produced from the seven . In his neighbourhood bees thrive well ; there are many bee-houses , and honey is v « ry plentiful .

      The Mississippi , at this place , is three-quarters of a mile broad , and is crossed by hand , horse , and steampower . Too climate is exceedingly temperate ; tbe cattle are only fed within doors for the spaca of eight or ten weeks in winter . The principal market for wheat is at Savannah ; considerable quantities being also t-ent up to Galena , ar . d Peaieie Du Chien to supply the mines . Nothing k sent to New Orleans , with the exception ol a few vegetables . The upward markets answer much better . This gentleman also told me that in the district there were both horse-stealers , snd forgers , or " smashers . "' But that Missoubi vraa tbe most infested with them . He also informed me that vast tracts of land of tbe first quality and in good situations may be had in the territory of Iowa , that might be " squatted" upon until surveyed by the government agents , —a thing

      which may not happen for several years . But unless the " squatter '' be prepared to pay wilhin a given time after the survey , the land will be put up for sale , and he may thus lose all his labour and expence in making improvements . Nothing whatever can invalidate the right oJ the squatter to retain possession of the laud , provided he pays the government pries when surveyed , not even the State , should it be required for a centre , a capital , or a ceunty site . When a survey is made , a certain extent of land is always allowed for tbe erection of a Court of Justice , and likewise to defray tbe expense of such erection . Shoula the portion squatted" upon tun out , on the survey , to be in the sixteenth section of the township , ( a portion uniformly appropriated to the use and support of schools ) and if the land has been paid for , and the Republic require it for public purposes , the holder can demand fuA value and compensation .

      Where minerals are discovered before sales are effected , the laud is retained by tbe government , and sold only on condition that when worked , a given portion of the produce of tbe mines shall be paid into the States exchequer . After the first sale of land , should the " squatter , " for want ef means , be compelled to let it pass from him without purchase—which frequently happens—then it is often sold at 1 ^ dollars per acre , —the same as that without bniltings or improvement ; aud thus the poor " squatter * ' loses the wnole . But if it bo known to his neighbours that be , the " tquatter , " is short of money , and any of them go and bid at the land office and take it out of his hands , Ida life would not be worth a week ' s purchase : tbe neighbourhood would

      be aroused by the advantage taken , and the aggressor would speedily be " lynched ; " that is hanged to a tree , or otherwise put to death . This is by no means uncommon , especially on the West of tbe Mississippi , where culprits are e-eu sometimes t ; iken out of the bands of the authorities and " lyi . ehed" by common assent . In many cob ; a % hv conservators of the public peace aro saved the trouble of assenting or dissenting . When the population incrtasea this will be stayed . It frequently happens , however , that strangers , ignorant of such circumstances , purchase such plots with impunity . This occurred with Mr . Bower , formerly of Nethertboug , near Huddersfk-ld , whom I met , at Chicago , and also at Milwalkey last evening , he

      having been that day along with bis son to the land-office of the latter place , aud there paid for an eighty acres lot , adjoining the fcrm and residence of my late neighbonr , Mr . J . Kaye , who is living in a remote place , without having any human being near him . His farm is fourteen miles north-west of Racine . A poor fellow who held the plot bought by Mr . Bower being unable to pay for it , went to tbe land agent , and begged him to allow two months , in whicb time be would pay tbe money . The agent did not object to the proposal , except on tbe ground of the law binding them , as public servants , to accept tbe first money offered . Bower going the next day , tbe unfortunate man lost his labour and improvements , which in eqnity Bower ought to pay to him .

      When at East Jhot , 1 thought of my friend and neighbour , Mr . Wilson , shoemaker , who might do well at that place , they being much in want of ene of his craft there . A young man , a tailor , named Mansfield , from London , is doing exceeding well . A flour mill is about to be erected at this place , and a saw mill is already in operation . At present corn has to be conveyed twenty miles to grind . One half of the timber taken to saw iB returned , . ind the other half is retained for the sawing . Wood is not over plentiful , and persons make no scruple of going into the forest , and there , without asking any question , hew down what timber they may require . Indeed this can hardly be prevented , while the land remains unappropriated . At Teot , I saw sixteen sand-hill cranes flying in the same line of order as I have seen Solon geese in Scotland . These cranes weigh from twelve to sixteen pounds each , and are very fine eating .

      After this digression , I must again return on board the Indiana steamer , which has made great progress while I have been hastily and irregularly embodying my notes . The " Bunker Hill , " a fine steamer , was in Milwalkey B iy , on her way to Chicago . I got on board for Buffalo , while she was taking in firewood . It would be a great novelty in England to see the decks of the steamers literally covered with billets of split and round timber , four or five feet in length , and piled up to the height of eight or nine feet , and to see

      four or six men constantly employed in throwing down those large billets into an open space , fronting tbe furnaces , sometimes with their hands , and sometimes , where the distance is greater , they have two pieces of wood with ropes fixed between , forming a sort of handbarrow ; by this means they throw them down with great facility , while two other men are engaged in cramming them into the fire j one or two men are also employed te supply other fires with coal . The qnantity cf fuel consumed is immense , and astonished me and others , whose attention I directed to the circumstance .

      Wood is supplied at every station in quantities not to be believed by those who have not witnessed it . Were not the vessels constructed in a peculiar manner —having a second deck above with sleeping births , occupying Dearly the whole length , With openings at the ends , and a walk ronad for the passengers—the immense gnastily of billets would be most inconvenient , and indeed dangerous , from the falling down of the piles . The decks are very spacious , extending over the sides of tbe vessel , and have otherwise a very different appearance to any seen in England . The captain ' s station is above the second deck ; the helm is worked by chains of great length , the steersman standing forward near the head of tbe vessel , so that nothing may obstruct his view .

      On this long voyage the steerage passengers can purchase no provisions on board in any other way than by going to the same table which the cabin passengers have left , when they have to pay twenty-five cents per meaL Provisions being so very cheap , this is a source of great profit At the fuel stations provisions may be procured . As «• jouneyed along , the shore of Wisoonsim mmofl quite flab Daring a portion of our time , w « stood opposite Grim Bay , bat were not in sight of land . Before nlfhtfall , we « aw the opposite shore in the State of MiAt g an . and in the night we passed the Uanito Islands . At day-break we found ourselTes approaching the Narrows . Some lean were expressed during tbe night that we should have to land on the Manitoa for a supply of firewood . This would have caused considerable delay . However , it was fortunately avoided . Wednesday , Sept 7 th . —At seven this morning we touched the pier , of M JrtinHiPiK'k <* ri P i or M it is sow

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      called , for convenience , Mnci'iack , an (^ somatimrs iUcino . I was informed that at this piL ' . a f ' - days flgo , there had been 4 , 000 Indians on an annual visit to receive the instalment for tueir various settlements sold to the government , who sends an ageat to meet and pay them there . Those poor Indians bring c' ° ng with them toys , of their own manufacture , of various kinds , and which they dispose of as they best can , but principally at the stores , or shops , where they exchange them for " firewater , " a name they give to whisky . Ta « Btoies generally keep wtnsky ; and as the Indians neatly ail get intoxicated , they are all but robbed of their property . They seldom tafce anything away with them , but return destitute to the forests there again to pursue their occupation of hunting and fishing . Many of them were encamped in their wigwams , which consiat of a few rough poles set on end , and tied together at the top , forming a rough tent , by no means

      waterproof , generally having only around them a loose matting , or whatever else they can procure . Here the inmates lay or squat on the graveL To the westward as far as the eye could reach those habitations were visible , and in aome parts they wore very crowded . Numbers of these natives were to be seen strolling along the beach , of different ages and of varied dresar ; some moat fantastic , some plain , some smart , and adorned with jewels , and others quite the reverse . Many were loitering and others fishing , and some carrying away very fine fish of a large sizs . I was sorry that none of them could speak a language to ba understood , as -we bad to stay about five hours taking in firewood . The store-keepers ask extraordinary high prices for the Indian manufactures , and , during tho absence of the aborigines , they always flnti a sufBcient number of travellers to take them at their high charges . 1

      I visited thefortress at this place , V £ hich is maintained in tolerable repair , in order to keep tbe natives in check . I did not ascertain the number of troops stationed , but I think there ia not more than 300 or 400 . A fort was formerly kept in good repair , upon u high point of land , but it is now dismantled and in a state of delapidation . This is the most northerly point I have touched . The country appears bleak , and the shores lofty and prominent . The town is small , containing only five hundred or six hundred inhabitants . The

      houses are in a dirty and ruined state . The fortress is on an eminence cL . se to tbe town , and leading to which there is a foot-way principally by steps . This fortress ia built of rough stone , and has a very imposing appearance . A small apace of tbe plain in front is cleaved , but within a few hundred yarda the ground is covered with brushwood , bo that an enemy might approach very close without being perceived . The appearance of the soldiers w ; is very sUvenly , and every means of defence was far inferior to what is seen in our British garrisons .

      After viewing this place , I visited more of the Indians , and was much struck at seeing a child of a peculiar shape , it being exceedingly short and stout made . A board was affixed to its back , from the top of whicb a curious bow extended which it could take bold of ; it was well wrapped in flannel er blanket ; ita feet were also covered , aud it se&raed te stand upon a sort of projectlen . In some of the wigwams , there were blankets spread upon tbe ground on wbieh the inmates sat . They poa-Bess no furniture , no cooking utensils ; and bow they prepared thrir food I could not conjecture . The only kind of food I saw among thorn was fish . Their costume was varied beyond description ; some wore shoes of their own manufacture , while others were barefooted . Many had a strange sort of head-dress , and were adorned with ear-ring ? , brooches , and girdles , which varied in

      quality . In tho State of New York I had observed that many of the female Indians wore around them a piece of broad blue cloth , two or two and a-balf yards in length , having the coloured list upon it as a sort of ornament : it was not cut or shaped in any way whatever . Here I also saw the same , while others had blankets wrapped around them . The men seemed proud of wearing netted sashes , like those worn by eur military effic ; ra ; yet some of them hud only old handkerchiefs , ragged cloth , or a nondescript sort of bandage tied around them . Some wore what in Scotland is called a bed-gown—a kind of loose jacket reaching to the middle , and generally bound round by the strings of an apron . * Fish abounds here in great variety . I saw several people packing it in barrels on the pier . The barrels ate similar to our herring barrels , and might be bought at 18 s . English money . '

      We again set sail about noon , and were soon through the Macinaw Straits , when we entered Lake HrRON , and keeping near the Michigan shore soon lost sight of tbe port we bad loft Tbe shore was flat , with nothing to be seen but the small-timbered forests of Michigan . A sameness of aspect coatiuued the whole distance to Presque Island , where we arrived at halfpast two , and stayed to take in firewood , and left an hour before sunset . At this place is a lighthouse , wbicb is only visible from some points , being obstructed by timber . There is also a wooden pier , whfch seems only to have been constructed fer the accommodation of ships coming there for firewood . No settlers appear to have made this er the surrounding country their resting plac , except a fi . w men who cut , prepare , and convey the tlrewood to the pier . I saw only three wooden dwellings , a store , a wooden hut in ruins , the lighthouse ,

      and a small habitation on the opposite side of the bay . I found two fine young women in one of the habitations . I asked them for a glass of -water , but they bad none . However , they gave me p . glass , and said I might supply myself from the bay . . I returned to the house , and was seeking information , when a Jew , one of the passengers , came in with a splendid assortment of shawls , scarfg , sewed collars . &is , which gave an opportunity for some fine jukes . The goods and the prices not suiting , the Jew returned to the ship . Tho goods wire of French manufacture . A third and very spirited young lady came , but the Jew could effect no sales . They talked of what was faabionable , and seemed to understand matters in that way equally as well a * the generality of the same class of persons in lursje towns and cities . This certainly astonished me , they being in a place so remote and bo secluded .

      In the cottage I observed Bome crevices through which the light was perceptible , aud I enquired how they endured the severe winters . They told me that they plastered up those crevices on the approach of winter , and thus rendered their dwelling very comfortable . I confess I did not envy tbeir anticipated comforts , during a six months dreary winter . Soon after leaving this place nightfall precluded further observation . Thubsday , 8 . —The shores of Michigan continue of tbe same character as those I described yesterday , being flit and covered with trees of a small sire ; with the exception of the North West Point , just before reaching Macinaw , where there is a little elevation . During the night we crossed Saginaw Bay , where , I was told , it was always rough . Ik was so now ; and many passengers were sick .

      About ten tun . we reached Fort Gr&tiot , where , leaving the lake , we enter the rapids of St . Glair , the outlet fron Lakes Superior , Huron , and Michigan , with their innumerable rivers , streams , and springs . It forma a large river , at least three quarters of a mile across , having a moderate current I looked out on the Canada side for the settlement and residence of the family of my kind friend Captain Jones , who unfortunately has been so long detained ia London by harassing litigation . I felt sorry on accouut of having no person en board acquainted with the district , and , of course , I could not obtain thej desired information .

      At the entrance to the Rapids the current is rather strong and the water shallow , but very soon it becomes wider , deeper , and more smooth . We soon reached La rrica , on the Michigan aide , there being a village also directly opposite on the Canada side . I fait greatly annoyed on account of those who could afford me the necessary information being so much engaged as not to permit them ; while the labourers , who really knew a good deal , only langbed at my anxiety , and said I would run a thousand times across the vessel , and be constantly in their way , to see ft single wigwam .

      Tbe wood on the Canada side was the finest and the largest It was principally oak , beech , maple , hickory , elm , and other hard woods . That on the Michigan side was Tamarack , with some pine and underwood . However , as we proceeded , it beeame more assimilated to that on the Canada side . Several steam saw mills were observable as we passed along . The banks ware pretty well cleared of timber , and there were a good many houses , generally of the log hut kind , some miserably small and mean , and others of a superior kind . I saw some Indian habitations , on the Canada side .

      There are many islands as we advance towards Lake St Clair . The banks on both sides here become perfect marshes , and the country flat as far aa the eye can reach . To distinguish land from water is almost impossible from our situation . I should say the surface is composed of equal quantities of both . To the west the swamps appear to extend six or eight miles , and are bounded by a sloping bank , covered with , wood , wbicb stretches along the whole length of Lake St Clair . Some parts of the lake are very shallow , and vessels often run aground when approaching the southern extremity .

      On crossing this comparatively small lake and returning to tiie line of rapids , I had the pleasure to see some neat dwellings and extensive clearings ; some free from stumps , those never-failing nuisances to the eye , and from which few tracts are free where improvements are being carried on . The same may be said of theix girdled trees , where the bark is all cut away to * about three feet from the ground . This destroys them by preventing the sap from rising . When dead , and consequently bearing no leaves , they allow the rays of the sun to spread on the ground beneath , and thai give vigonr to vegetation . Bat still they are tremendous eye-tores .

      On leaving Lake St Clair , w « pan between two islands , and next approach a larger and more proaiaent one , covered with timber , and having a lighthouse npon it The river , or rapids , being only three ioarten of a mile in width , those Island * are necessarily « nalL When we had passed the last mentioned one , we immediately got a view of Dstboit , at a very abort distance . Aa we approached the city , we found the wooden houses become more dense , and superior in appearance . Opposite Detboit , on the Canada aide , there is a considerable village , with several stores , a large hotel * and other good houses .

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      THE NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY . THE "DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE" Ver $ UJ "DESPOTIC AUTHORITY . " '

      TO THE CEAKTIST PfTBLIC . Brothers , —Mr . Galpin and myself have joined issue uuiitr the aiwva nataert principle , -upon the question of tha kind of authority to be vested in tho chief officers of the proposed society for the amelioration of the people generally . Mr . G ; lpin urges , in his second paragraph , that ths president should be invested with unlimited , arbitrary , and despotic authority ; and in paragraph six , he says : — " In order to preserve entire thf unity of h ' s own mind , to select the persons that are to be associated with him as a cou 'oil , and to ch ; inge them as often as be found tbe body imperfect , tee number also to be at the

      option of tbt * president . " Those assertions are placed strongly before us indeed —justly plain and fairly bold—there can be no mistaking them ; and [ in acknowledging Mr . G . ' s compliment towards myself , expressed in tne letter I qir . te from , I must say there is much to give me pleasure , both in the spirit and matter of our social friend ' s letters ; but if there is one thing that I am pleased with more than another , it is the bold manner in which ho puts forth his views , tbe apparent absence of any attempt to mislead by milder terms than th < j subject warrants . I can , therefore , the more easily combat his opinions that 1 deem unsafe or unsound , and our readers vrill the more readily understand us .

      But Mr . G . in the third parapraph , contends that tb . 9 re is nothing contrary to the democratic principle in what he has laid down , and adds , whether it be called despotic , democratic , or by any other name , the thing itself is not thereby altered . Now , I very readily admit that names do not alter things , and that despotism would be despotism , though it were called democratism ; nnd to simplify the case , yea would ba nay bad our forefathers bo ordered it , and it must bo remembered , that they are our rulers still , in matters of words , and that we cannot now altar or reverse tbeir terms , without greatly inconveniencing ourselves and the whale world , therefore wo are bound to usy their words according to the ruleB of vulcar enstom ,

      wherefore I submit to you that none of us would now think ef calling the system democratic , "which gives such powers to a single being , and which Mr . G . has properly termed despotic . In further proof that it is entirely opposed to the Democratic principle , I refer you to the eighth paragraph , where the opinions of the members are limited to the influence of council or suggestion , to the central president , bat no voting to take place on any subject . Tbe local branches of tbe society are to be governed by dittos of the central government These extracts from Mr . G . ' s propositions evidence most clearly that his plan , in its details , is opposed to what we generally understand by , and ; what the English dictionary teaches us , is the meaning of the term Democracy .

      Having , as I think , established this point , I now proceed to the question of its effect and utility in such a society as bas been proposed . On this point , Mr . G . by way cf illustration , bas referred to tbe repeal movement in Ireland , and tbe Chartist movement in England , and urges the Buportor position of tbe former over the latter , which he attributes to the concentrative energy of Mr . O'Connell ' s mind being easily distributed through every portion of its proceedings . I must here first remind Mr . G that in the first part of this paragraph , ( tbe fourth , ) he has described this as a question affecting the feelings and prejudices of the people . Now be must be well aware bow powerful are appeals to the better passions to rouse the possessors into action , and what a bond of union it forms . These reflections induce the question , whether h it not Mr . O'Connell ' s appeals to tbesa feelings that produces tbe effect set forth , rather than the influence of his mind .

      Again , Mr . G . does not show that Mr . O'Connell ia president and appoints tbe Council , nor that such power does , or would , give him any part of that influence . And in comparing this agitation with the Chartist , I niuBt remind Mr . Q . that both bave passed through various phases ; their tips and downs . The Repeal has occupied tbe people of Iivlanrt and O'Connell for years to talk about and agitate . To-day the people were re ; idy to take it , to-nionow it was put in abeyance , and this , too , by the quieting energy of Mr . O'Connell's mind . Remember , too , tbe funds that have annually been drawn from tho Irish people for the K-peal , and the little that has been yet done to obtain it , by the energy of that man ' s reind . When the Whigs were in power , it was premature to bring it before Parliament ; and of it now , I can orly refer you to Mr . O'Higgins ' 8 letter in the l » st Star , hopici ; that his predictions may not be realised , for if they should , we shall tctn see that the infl lence of an individual nilnri

      over a body of men is sometimes an ev ) l . Indeed , this hath been proved over and over again . The history of out country and all others teems with proof that individual influence may be obtained by errois as easily as by truths . Indeed , the majority of instances are on tbe side of error , and even now is , whereby truth hath been held in abeyance ; and whom would tbe peopie be likeliest to elsct to fi'I their chief office , but him who possessed the greatest iuflaence over them , being tbe person in whom they would place the greatest confidence ; and it our fellow-countrymen are too wanting in discernment , as Mr . G . has described them in tbe ninth paragraph , in the following sentence : — " But if election of the members of Congress , and voting en its affairs bi allowed , it will be composed generally of tbe most unfit , because the most talkative , self-conceited , and speech-loving individuals that can be found . "

      Now , if our brethren do so lack discernment as to elect the Council from men such as are here described , would they not be as likely to elect the first President , and all the local Presidents , from the same class of men ; yet , in paragraph six , Mr . Galpin says" He would give to the society , in any manner it may deem proper , the election of the central president . And in paragraph eight , tbe localities to elect their presidents ; and it the people elected them from the empty-beaded fellows above described , what sort of councillors think you these presidents would chose ? Why , as a matter of course , the more empty-headed still , lest they should outshine their master in ability , and threaten the SBfety of their seats . Now , could tbe members eleot a worse batch of blockheads , if tbe whole power was left where it is , ( and never should be taken from ) in the hands of the people .

      I think out friend Galpin will now see that ma phantomed evil of election by tbe people , is sow recoiled upon himself ; and stands a gi : vnt scarecrow to all who say " the people may elect one man to the highest office , but are unfit to elect all their servants , but this plan of attempting to follow the patriarchal government , when all the paternal feelings of mankind bath merged into that of self-interest , has been tried through ages past , by clans , by towns , cities , and nations , and bas , in every instance , glided into appal , ling despotism , bringing with it slavery to the children , and ease and luxury to the rulers , with increasing toil and poverty to the slaves , and in the end a bloody convulsion , by the attempt of the children to regain the rights their early fathers bequeathed them , with tbe title deed in tbeir own persons . "

      It appears ) that Mr . Galpin trusts to the publishing of the transactions and the power that tbe people would have of removing tbe presidents , to prevent any improper proceeding taking place . I think in this be trusts to a slender reed , fer how much misbief could the president do us if he fait inclined to better bia condition at our expence , before we should see such publications , and when discovered , bow much ill-will and dissension he may create ? enough to blast our hopes for ever , by destroying all confidence in the movement For instance , where the people elected such a man as the late secretary of the Charter Association , and gave him the power Mr . Galpin lays down ; for it does not follow of necessity that the people would elect always under the best of circumstances , the most fit person to

      fill the office . However fit Mr . Galpin may think Mr . Owen , and however strongly he may recommend him , and though I may do my best to urge the necessity of Mr . O'Connor being elected , it does not follow that tbe people would elect either ; and , if fortunate in their first choice , th « y may not be in the second . On the other hand , if the membeis elect the Council , there will be a good chance of their choosing some of the number intelligent , honest , energetic men , the influence of whose minds would not fail to make an impression on the less intelligent members , and guide their actions . Having gone somewhat lengthy into this branch of the

      subject , and shewn that many evils are likely to ensue from this individual government , and that all that could be argued against the members electing the whele of the officers , may as justly be urged against their electing the one supreme officer , I shall , seeing that my letter will fill all tbe space that can be well afforded , here close , with the intention of resuming the subject again In my next commnnlcatton , when I shall reply to the observation * on the Ghartiitbody , and enter into the necessity of acting strictly on the democratic principle , and tha practicability of thi National Benefit Society , thai I have ia the coorta of these letters , reeonuaended .

      I ooncUde with & atro&g faith in tha powers of argument to licit truth , therefore , believing that this controversy win tend to place more prominently forward , and engraft upon the minds of our readers , and even on tbe disputants whichever is true of tha two . opposing principles . Confldentally leavio-g my observations to mv diatoming follows , I remain , Theirs , in hope , GftACCHVS .

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      • A Brother an . l 5 > is » , cMl' ^ n of Mr . Campbell Adair , t , i , , I | I 0 a vas at j i ; il . boroiu , , ^ ri <\ we k , aud were scalded to dcalh .-2 >« Mw f \ araer . Si . noulaB Attack . — Oa tho morning of Sundav Jirst tfes foi ' owu . j- ; singular attack was made by a cock on 3 raan vsmod John Thorn ? , living at Hangrehiil Lodge , Twyford-abbey , near Ealing , Middlesex . It appears that about half-past six o ' clock Thorne von * , into the hcahousofor the purpose of feeding and Jetting out the fov / ls . He bad in his hand a

      measure with ty quantity of barley in it , and on comi 11 . ^ . to some Sne chickens , he took up one in his haniJ in order to examine if it tvas fat . On taking it up the chick cried out , and the cock immediately flew at him and fastened himself on his head , and be ^ an pecking and spurrm /? him in a most furious manner . From th& extensive hemorrage which followed , medical assistance was procured , when on examination there wera found to be four pecked wounds ( deep holes ;) and six or seven other holes i . ifi cted with the bird ' s epurs and feet .

      The Militia . —A plan is now under consideration , and will be submitted to Parliament during the present session , to remodeljthe Militia , and to place that branch , of her Majesty ' s . ' orces on a more efficient establishment . The present expensive and oppressive system of raising the men by ballot to be suspended , the same as impressment of mea for the Navy , and the men t « be raised aa volunteers , the whole to be trained annually , and at the end of such training , such number of men as may be required to keep the regular army complete , will be atlovred to transfer their services thereto , by which means abater description of men for the army will be obtained , a great saving eff-cted , and the present demoralising system of recruiting done away with .

      Greenland Fishery . —Petebheai * , Mat 22 . — This afternoon the Ranger , Ogi-ton , arrived with 5 , 600 seals from the seal fisbing at Greenland , wnich she left on the 13 ih instant ; reports the following particulars : —Peterhead vessels : Gleaner , 4 , 600 seals , fipoken 22 ad April ; Resointion , & 000 Beals , spoken 10 th May ; Jane , 1 , 800 seals , spoken . lOih May ; Mary , 2 , 500 seals , spoken 10 th May by a foreign vessel ; Union , 3 , 800 seals , spoken lOtb May by a foreign vessel . Of Weser : Honover , 4 , 000 seals ; Ageria , 3 , 600 seals ; Alliance , 1 900 seals : Frederick , 2 . 300 seals ; Patriot , 3 , 200 seals ;

      Pauline , 400 seals . Of Hamburg : Jungo Gustor * 1 , 000 seals ; Junge Conrad , 4 , 000 seals ; Neurkinchin , 1 , 200 . seals ; Kleine Henriette , 2 , 000 seals ; Of Hariingen : The Dunkje Adamy , 4 , 500 seals ; Spitzbergen , 3 , 000 seals , Of Fiensburg : Hoffuung 1 , 000 seals ; Junge Martin , 9 500 seals ; PrhJes , 500 seals . Not known : Skieg Piscator , 300 seals . There were at the fishing in all 43 vessels , many of which , however , had be : n much less successful than those above mentioned , as they will not average , Mr . Ogston thinks , above 1 , 500 seals each . During tho whole season the weatur continued stormy and rough with the wind chiefly from the eastward .

      A rhuDE Disappointed . —** Many a slip , " &c . This ada « e was never more fully verified than iu a case vvhioh occurred at Cheltenham parish church , or rather in the churchyard thereunto belonging on Monday last . About twelve o ' clock , a youthful coHpIe—the lady somewhat on the shady side of forty , of diminutive stafure , and dressed in all the dimity and gingham finery of bridal costume , and a gentleman , the groom ' elect , of rather seedy exterior , were seen wending their way up tho umbrageous archway towards t . ho church portal . Their object being ssspected —what couple can walk towards a church during tho hallowed matrimonial hours without suspicion 1—the usual number of stragglers followed in the wake , to witness the ceremony . The

      happy pair were unencumbered by either bridemeu or maidens , no anxious attendants waited on them from their carriages . no groups of friends or kinsfolk , in favours and white satin , had been invited to the wedding breakfast . Tne happy couple , apparently satisfied with their own , bl ss , had no thought of its being shared in by tho obstrusive gaze of strangers . Well , iu this order , and attended only by the crowd of unbidden guests before spoken of , they reached tbe portals of St . Mary ' s , that mystic portal , through which so many maidens have passed only to return wives , and within which so many maidens' names hare been eschewed for ever ; bat , as we said before , the old adage was in this case too sadly verified , and M a slip between the cup and the lip" did occur ,

      which sent the elated and expectant bride again to her solitary homt * in single blessedness . On reaching the door a halt was suddenly made by ; he bridegroom , an earnest consultation took place between the parties , and at length the lady , " all blushes and smiles , " dragged forth from the deep recesses of her pocket one of the current coins of her Majesty Victoria , with which the eager swain made off in double quick time towards the High-street . Tho gratuitous visitors doubtless thought that the ring had been forgotten , and the swain dispatched to purchase one , and they accordingly hun ^ about tho avenues for hia return , to witness tho upthot of the matter . The disconsolate fair oj . c maintained her stand at the church-door , of ; . en sending furtive and anxious

      glances- towards the gate . In the meanwhile the minutes , rapidly passed ; time , that waits for no man , and who , on ibis occasion , put on bis swiftest foot , " kept pace with her expectancy , and fitw ; " not bo tho missing bridrproom ; the minutes decreased to Eaomen ; . s , tho bell oi St . Mary ' s cluck boomed forth the ' * witching hour of noon , " ihechurch doors were ruthlessly closed , and the biushiug bride elect , a " Kcibe , all tears , " found herself wandering about like the Ghost in Hamlet—alone , unblest , unwed . What was now to be dono ? What was a delicate and tender and blushing woman , thus the victim of disappoint to do ? No frionds to sympathise in her sorrow , and exposed to the derision and jeers of a churchyard rabble . The moment the Vestry-door

      was closed she darted to another , bHt that too was barred against her ; sho flaw from door to door , made the circuit of ths sacred edifice , but all to no purpose . The mob , ever ready to insult misfortune , now turned their jeers into open insult ; tho fair ¦ victim was regularly mobbed , and only saved from peTwnal injury by the interference of some of the more decent of the bystanders , assisted by the police . The ancient ballad bas it , " There is no faith in man , e ' en jour " own brother ; " and , gentle readers , this sweeping denunciation against the sterner sex was in this case but too well merited . The simple cause of the disappearance of the bridegroom was this : — feeling , on arriving at the church , his resolution , like

      Bob Acres' courage , oozing out of his finger ends , the faithless man begged of his chere amie the loan , of Is to procure " a drop of smmut short , " to" screw his courage to the sticking point . " The too easy bride , alas 1 consented , and . the sequel has bees told . Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage , Judas betrayed his master for thirty pieces of silver , and the marital bliss , hopes , and prospects of our little heroine , on the shady side of forty , were sold by her 11 faithless swain" for a paltry shilling ' s worth of beer . Moral—Ladies , never lend a shilling when you are at the church door , at all events , before the knot is tied ; and , above all , marry none but teetotallers . — Cheltenham paper .

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      London Corn Exchange , Monday , Mat 29 . — The stands were , on the whole , fairly supplied with samples of Wheat , the demand was somewhat active , and the prices advanced , on those obtained on thia day fie'nnight , from Is to 2 s per qr . Fine foreign wheat about Is per qr dearer . Bonded grain was a mere drug . Barley at full last week ' s prices . Good sound malt taken frceJy ; other kinds at previous rates ; Best qualities of Oats 5 d per qr higher ; the value of other sorts was supported . Beans and peas were the turn dearer . For flour prices remained

      unaltered . . Corn Exchange , Wednesday . —A fair average arrival of English Wheat has taken plaee this week , yet the number of samples on offer to-day was by no means large . The finest samples of both red and white were taken at prices fully equal to those noted on Monday ; but in all other kinds exceedingly little was passing . Foreign Wheat in which only a moderate amount of business was transacted , supported its previous value . Barley and malt were taken slowly at about late rates . Oats , Beans , and Peas were quite as dear .

      London Smithfibxd Cattle Mabket , Mondat , May 29 . —The Beef trade was exceedingly dull , and the prices ruled from 2 d to 4 d per 81 bs lower than on this day se ' nnight , while several droveB were turned out unsold . Sheep—Prime old Downs , at fnll currencies , or from 3 s 10 d to 4 s per 8 Ibs , but the value of most other breeds had a downward tendencysay of 2 d per 8 lbs . The gale for Lambs was excessively dull , and the . rates declined from 2 d to 4 d per libs , the very highest figure not exceeding S 3 4 d per 8 iba . The Veal trade was heavy , at barely Friday ' s depression of 2 d per 81 bs . In piga little or nothing was doiag . Wool Mabket >—For all descriptions of wool , there is a very steady inquiry , and the prices aro well supported .

      BoHOTJGa Air o Sutauiklds . —Potatoes on the following terms : —Scotch RedB , 55 ato 70 s ; York ditto , 80 s to 100 s ; Devone 65 s to 75 s ; Kent and Essex Whites , 45 s to 55 s ; Kent Kidneys , 55 s to 60 s ; Wiabeaoh ditto , 60 s to 55 s -. Jersey and Guernsey Blues , 50 to 55 s ; Yorkshire Prince Regents 30 s to 50 s . BoaoTJGH Hop Mabkbt . —The demand for all deseriptions of Hops contiauoa firm , and the prioee b * Te farther advanced , owiug to the we * state of the bine , and the email number of samples offering from . 2 s to ? aper cwfc TAU . ow .-The market tenttiM in a dril jnaetijj Btaie : the demand is supplied from week to weer by public sales . There is almort a «« ffl * SSS * from other sources than Russia W ^ jMESff ? the use of Y . C . Tallow . The price is still Kkely to decline . By » dvi (^ ftomSt . PeteMburgh ^ moBa . ing prices were a little b « i < fLt * SJ 2 T ZSSnt Tfiese are selling at 43 s for the . talttoeeinonth £ and 43 s 6 d for Eeparate mon « w . Tovm Mlow l » plentiful , and may be had at 42 s 6 d net cam

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      _______ , - _ -.-.-. » .-. •• - I had ai" > M w ' . Ui C , 5 onel Jobps fo .- ' ay here a fewdays on n , y return t ' rum the WH , for tho pu'poso of recuivinc ; from hi . n h ' . * j-r-miorrt kif . irmstHn resuectin : ' that country . Bat imagiainf ? that he cou'd afford n \ - V 3 ry little more ? ban what I was already in possession of , nnd my time bein ? precious , I did n-. t call upon tre Colonel , knowing , from his kinlness , ' . hat an apology for net remaining would not satisfy him . After leaving Detroit we goon reached Fort Sandwich , which I confess had tery little of the atpearance of a garrison , ( British ) . There was nothing interesting till we reached Fort Maldo . v , war to which tfco vp . sni-l struck the bottom twice , with sucb force as to brin ? up the whwle or the passengera in . jlarni . She W 3 S soon got off , and * re again returned to our bedie . ( To be continved . J

      Market Intelligence.

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 3, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct484/page/3/