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VOLUME V. ROCKLAND, MAINE, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1850. NUMBER XN’XIV.

T H E M U S E . THE BLACK SAXONS- and the skillfulest soldering of casuiltry could •When wo had our Inst menting,’ said he, j meeting In Tavar of his views. But the aged I cation or his Indignant question why setft by no means make them adhere together.— I suppose mostol you know, (hot ue nil con-, mat. leaning on his oak staff still mildly spoke should toil unpaid, in wind and sun, that lords Pootry is the silver sotting of golden thoughts. I1Y MRS. L. MARIA CHILDS. Clear as the tones o f a wathedral bell above the eluded that it was best to jo in the British, if ol the blessed .Jesus; and the docility o f A fri- m ight sleep on down an,I em broider their gar- Tyrants are but the spawn of ignorance, hacJs and drays of the city; tho voice of so ho we could get n good chance, But w e, can tcniprnmoiit responded to his go title uicnts with pearl. From the St. Louis Roveillo. Begotten by the slaves they trainplecd on ; THE GOBLIN TELEGRAPH, Who, could they catch a glimmer of the light, Reason rose above all the pretexts of selfisli- didn’t nil agrea about our masters. Some words. j -And those Ratlin Hoods and W a t T ile rs - O i l - And see that tyrany is always weakness, |ness; and the apologies o f sophistry,and lo ud­ thought we should never be able to keep our | Then rose a man o f middle age, short o f ' were ...y SaXon ancestors,’ thought he W ho Ghostly Knockings. Or fear with its own bosom ill at ease, ly prod,aimed that his sympathies were right, freedom, without we killed our masters in stature, w ith a quick rogUeish eye, and a spir- -.ball so balance effects arid i-i.uses, ns to de­ M imld laugh away in scorn the sand-worn chain. I and his practice wrong. Had there been at m ocrat place; others didn’t like tho thoughts , it of knowing dollery lurking nhntii his motiih. wbat „ f ,„v present freedom W iif .n first the lightning’s stylus traced Which their own blindness feigned for adamant. I Wrong ever builds on quicksands ; but the right his elbow some honest Jolm Woohnnn, or Its characters of wonder, o f that; so we agreed to have another meet- Rubbing his head in uncouth , he ho- prong front their seemingly defeated efforts? i To the firm centre lays its moveless base. 1fenrless Elias Ilicks, that hour might perhaps , ing tn talk of it. And new boys, if the Brit-.gnu: ‘1 don't know Imwto speak like Bob; NVe stood amazed as folks conversed J . K. Lo w ei.l, W as the place I saw to-night,in such w il l and A thousand miles asunder ; — I luivo seen him n freeman, in giving freedom lish land here in C arolina, what shall we do for I never had no chance. H e says de devil fearful beauty, like the haunts o f th " SaXo." But what arc lightning messages M n. D uncan was sitting alone in hisele- to his serfs. But lie was alone; and the with our mnsters.” made white men our masters. Now dal's a Robin Hoods? Was not the spirit ih." Prom Buffalo to Nfitches, gantly furnished parlor, in tho vicinity of prejudices of education, nnil the huhits of his ' He sat down and a tall, sinewy mulatto tiling I've thought on a heap. Main a time ed forth as brave as theirs? And v I sin:'', Compared with news from Kingdom-Come Charleston, South Carolina. Before him lay [whole life, conjured up n fearful array of li- stepped into his place, exelaimin w itli fierce • I ’ve axed m v-i I f how pon n rtli it was that just calculate what even such Impelc-a . .. By underground despatches ? an open volume, I hierry’s History of the oils in his path; and lie wist not that they gestures. ‘ Ravish wives and (laughters lie- as sure as black man and w bite man came io- may do for the future • I o of this down­ Norman. 1'ram the natural kindness of his i were phantoms. The admonitions of awn- The goblin telegraph’s at work ! fore tlieir eyes, as they have done io us!— : guilder, de while man sure to get he fool on trodden race?' character, and democratic theories deeply ini- kened conscience gradually gave way to con- A hollow kind of rapping, Hunt them with hounds, as they have hunt-| dc black man. Some lime I tink one ting, deli These cogitations did not, so far tie. 1 ever As if the ghosts of publicans liucd in childhood, his thoughts dwelt more I siilcrntious of personal safety and plans for ed us! Shoot them down w ith l ilies, ns they I (ink niioder ting; and dey all be jumble,I up heard, lead tn the emancipation o f his bond­ Were empty barrels tapping, with a nation prostrated anil kept in base sub- !asertainiiig the real extent of his danger, have shot us! T h ro w their carcasses to the ; in my head, just like seed in de cotton afore men; hut they did prevent him revealing a Is heard in old Connecticut— jection by tho strong arm of violence, than I Tho next morning he asked his slaves with crows, they have fattened on our hones; mid ho put in de gin. A t last I find it all o u t.— secret, w hich would have brought some hun­ Perhaps for her demerits. with the renowned robbers, who seized tlieir assumed nonchalance, whether they had a then let the D e vil take them where they nev- While man always git he font oil de black dreds Io an immediate and violent dentil.— In showing, by her license law, rich possession, ntid haughtily trampled on good meeting. rake up fire o’ nights. Who talks of MEltcv man; no mistake in d a t . But how he do it? After a painful conflict between contending Antipathy to spirits. their dearest rights. ‘Oil, yes, massa; berry good meeting.’ to our masters?’ I show you how.’ feelings ami duties, lie contented himself w ith ‘Where did you meet?’ But uo — that cannot be the cause ; , ‘ .And so that bold mid beautiful race be­ ‘ I do,’ said nil aged black man, who rose up 1 lirnsting his hand into his pocket lie took advising the magistrates to forbid all meet- For in our western cities, came slaves I’ thought he. ’ T h e bravo and ‘In de woods behind Birch Grove, Alnssa.’ before the fiery youth, tottering as he leaned a crumpled piece of printed paper, and smooth- , mgs w lialsoever among the colored people lin­ The operators down below ; free souled Harolds, strong of heart and 1 bo newspaper was brought and found to both hands on his oaken s ta ff ‘ Id o ;—because ing it carefully on the palm of his hand, he til the war was coded. Are bothering the committees ; strong of arm; the fair haired Ediths, in tlieir contain a renewal ol the report that British the blessed Jesus always talked of mercy.— struck it significantly w ith his finger, a id ■a- lie visited Boston several years after, and A ml unbelief, however buhl, queeniv beauty,noble in soul ns w ell as unces- 11oops w cm piiiw ling ahoiitthe const. M r Dun- | know |,„ve been fed like lings, and shot j claimed triumphantly, 'Dili's de wav dry do 'old the story to a gentleman, who often re­ To superstition truckles, ; try they all sank to the condition of slaves.— can slowly paced the room for some tim e ap- Ht |ike w i)l| beliat3t M yse lf found the hotly o f As ghosts their strange impressions make it! Dey get de k n o w i.b d o e ! N ow , it ’ll do peated it in the. circle of his friends. In brief They lamely submitted to their lot, till their pnrently studying the figures of the carpet, ,nv hkliest liny under the tree where huckra W ith telegraphic knuckles. no more good to rise agin our masters, dan outline it reached my ears. I have told it tru­ yet utterly unconscious whether lie trod on rifles reached him. But thanks, to the bless- free, bright beauty passed under the heavy put de bead ill de fire and pull him oat agin, ly, with some filling up by ininginuiinii, some Sonic sneering editors, at first, cloud of animal dulness, and the contemptu­ eanvass or tho green sward. A t length he cd Jesus, I feel it ill my poor old heart to for- W h en 1 was a boy, I hear an old conjuring additional garniture of language, . ,d die Deemed these rcvcalings fables, ous Norman epithet of ‘‘base Saxon churl.-” ordered his horse and drove to tho next plan­ give him. I have been a member of a Meth­ woman say she could conjure the Devil out adoption o f fictitious names, because f have But when they went to Rochester, was to significantly true. Yet not without ef­ tation. Seeing a gang at work in the field lie odist church these th irty years; and I’ ve heard forgotten the real ones. The. spectres turned the tables. o f anyboilv. I asked her whv she don't forts did they sink. How often renewed, or stopped; and after some questions concerning many preachers, w hite and black; mid they till : j,,,.,. bcr nitissa, den; anil she tell me, Oh, aig- Some messages from heaven were sent, how bravely sustained, we know not; for the crop,Ini said to one o f the most intelligent tcll me Jesus said, ‘Do good to (hem that do I „nr nelier conjure huckra—can’t rio’t.’ But I What a Prudent Wife did. And some from regions warmer, j Troubadours rarely suig of tho defeated, and — ‘ So you had a fine meeting Inst night.” A correspondent of the National Era, re­ And lately sundry knocks were heard evil to you, and pray lor them that spite you. , sny nigger can conjure huckra. How he do conquerors write their own history. That Now I say, let us love our enemies; let us pray [it? Get de know ledge! Dm de way. We lates the follow in g : From Knox, the great reformer. ‘ Oh yes, nnissn, a berry nice m eeting.’ they did not relinquish freedom without a ‘Where was it?’ for them; and when our masters flog us, and make de sleeve wide, and full to de tea and A fact which I came in possession o f a The apostolic hierarchy I struggle, is proved by Bobbin Hoed and his ’f'he slave pointed far east o f Birch G rove. sell our piceainnies, let os break out sing- de sugar ubery time we get into misis' closet. | co" l,le of yul,,s UK° "*"y illustrate the char- Have made new revelations, bold followers, floating in dim anil showy glo­ The white man followed the direction of the . mg:— I f we take h a lf so much pains to get de ncter of the New Englanders, a I reveal the And criminals have got mixed up ry on flic outskirts of history; brave outlaws bondnian’s finger, mid a deeper cloud gather-' origin of some branches of tlieir most pr ifit- In saintly conversations; You may heat upon my body, knowledge, de white man take de foot o ff do ol the free forest,and the wild mountain pass­ cd on his brow. W ith o u t comment he rode But you cannot harm the soul: ulilo business. S. W . was the sun o f a cle r­ And sundry sinners down below, black man. Maybo do British land, and M ay­ es, taking back, in the very teeth o f danger, a 1 shall jo in the forty thousan 1 by and bye. gyman, mid was accustomed .to I.,billing on a As questioners and repliers, on in number direction, and with apparent in­ be do B ritish no land; hut tell your sons to school in ihe Have proved themselves, sans doutc, to be. precarious suhsistanee from the rich possess­ difference made similar inquiries of another You may sell my children to Georgy, marry de free woman, dat know how to read 1;ilin summer, and keeping But you cannot harm tlieir souls; The most consume I liars— ions that were once their own; and therefore gang of laborers. They pointed north ofi and w rite; and tell your gals to m arry de lieu winter, lie was moral, industrous and fru­ They w ill join the forty thousand by and bye. styled thieves and traitors by the robbers who Birch Grove, mid replied, ‘In the H'.igonot I man, dat know bow to read an I write; and gal, and took a wife possessing the same quid- Where it w ill stop, Heaven only knows— lilies, together with n shrewd ptopcasity 10 had beggared them. Doubtless they had woods, ninssa,’ Come, slaveholder, come in too, den, by’m bye, you bode British yo u rselves! 'I’lie lines are fast extending, minstrels of their own: unknown in princely The Lord's got a pardon for you; I calculate tile cost of all articles of living And messages both East and West W ith increasing disquietude, he slowly [ You shall join the forty thousand by and bye. You want to know how I manage to gut the halls, untriiuipted by fame; yet singing o f1 I One day her husband brought home the The spirit world is sending. turned his horse towards the city. He eudeav- j knowledge? 1 tell you. I want right had tu tlieir exploits in spirit-stirring tones to hearts * Come, poor, niggnr, come in too, | cloth and trimmings for a new . The ’Twas once said “ dead men tell no tales,” ered to conceal his anxiety under a cheerful The Lord's got a pardon here for you; learn to read. M y old boss is the most be- i burning witlt a sense of wrong, Troubled | wife inquired the price of buttons which she But now a murdered man, sir, brow; for he was afraid to ask eouncel, even', You shall join the fort;' thousand by and bye. gruilgfullest massa, mid I know lie won’ t let I must lie tin: sleep of those who rule a con­ me learn, sp, when I see lectio massa wid de ll