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KEATS DYING POEM
Tho following lines were wrillt'n by John
Keats tm his ilealU bed, tin I are ihelast vet
sescviT peiineil by Ilia! gifieil yonna poet. It
will be ri'ine.nbered I tin I he ilieil lluouyh in
tense grief, on account of (ho too severe nml
unjust 'criticisms of GifTonl, Ihe Enrrlish Ju
venal. Tlio youthful poet was removed to
Italy, wlirn he expired ; and Iho last sad
words he w hispered were, "I dieof a broken
heart." He was uuried in Ihe protectant
btirying-ploeo nl Ihe base of the pyramid of
Caitis Cesiius, near Rome. Many pieces
have appeared purporting to bo his last pro
duction, but these now transcribed are Ihe
last that ever emanated from his pen.
JIv spirit's lamp is faint and weak,
My feeble senses bow ;
Death's finger pales my fading cheek.
His seal is on my brow.
My heart is as n withered leaf,
Each fibre dead nnd sear ;
And near tne sits the spectre giicf.
To drain each burning tear.
The earth is briylil with buds and bees,
The air wish purplo beams
The winds ate swimming with the trees,
Or sporting on Ihe streams.
But nol fur mo llie blossom's brealh;
Nor winds nor sunny skies
I languish in ihe arms of death,
And feed my soul with sighs.
1 s!l'1i lo hope ' Come back ngain,
My lu-ail is weak for thee !"
But woe is me ! my sighs are vain
She Hies from misery.
It i not thai I fear to die.
Thai burns my withered breast
But ihns In waste with agony,
And sigh in vain lot rest.
To count ihe minutes one by one,
And loiia for coming light,
inl ere the liniicring day is done,
To languish lor thu night.
To feci the sinking of the mind,
Thai nolhinuiiess of soul,
Yheie all is dead, and duik, and blind,
As drops of Lethe's bowl !
And yet, O sunny Italy !
'Twere sweet lo find a lomb,
Where wild (lowers ever strew n to thee,
Above my couch shall bloom.
Farewell, my harp! I kiss thy strings,
(in hanii Ihee in tho bower.,
Where oft thy dreamy w hisperings,
Have charmed Ihu btitied hours.
And if some finger fain would wake
Thinp nnremembered lay,
And bid thy sleeping silence break,
Then, haply, will ihou say:
'Oh! stranger' seatlered roses,
And slips of cypiess burn
A broken heart repo.-s
Within this silent urn."
Worn Dodge's Literary Museum.
MY GRANDMOTHER'S GHOST.
by riitnxrLY.
"I rol married when I was t went v," said
Bill Gull, one day. ,;I got married to j
Pliebe ClialU, and all tnese young uuiis
that you see running round here came from
my lump of Chalk by Gull !"
Bill Gull always swore by Gull. It was
his only oath. She was a lump of chalk
as large one way as the other. Bill Gull
was always a bashful, backward youth
and some surprise was expressed that he
ever got married at all.
i.Mo Cull"' c.iid li 'mv crrandinother's
ghost did the job." '
"J . - "v o- - I
"Ghost job how's thai ?" ;
"I'll tell you all about it. You see, I
was about as green as a spring gosling, and ;
I thought Phebe was too. By gull ! she I
wasn't though but she knew I was. Well, j
we had a sneaking notion of each other tor ;
. . . . .. ii , ,
about two years, but it never would have
j ,
come to anything it it had'nl been lor tne
ghost. 1 was too bashful, in the way ol
making love, Could'nt say as much as boo!
too a "oose. And I'hebe was utst as uasii-
(ul that is I thought so but she wasn't , geize it. Ba nol deceived bv nppnnratices ;
though not by a long chalk. One night, j te not misled by the cowar.Uy sophistries of
about hall" an hour alter L had gone to bed, 1 lukewarm men. Tho enlire suilaee of Eu
as I lay thinking of Phebe for 1 had been ropp r,om Spain lo our own land, from
.. .:.!. i .:il .I.-- - l-i., 1. I ' 1
sitting tip wmi uer mi i-ui.r. .me- ..uu.,
as usual without bringing anything ;tc '
-the door of my room opened slowly and
t.. J ! i 1 1 . . .
The monn was shinin" III into IT) V Win-
dows, and I could not be mistaken. It was
.n : ...t,:u T o ;., mi. h.d urhU
" -1
t 1 1 tl vt tlltVi . Wi-t, V I ' St s .......
my teeth chattered, and the perspiration
run off me in streams. It came almost to
my bed-side, and pointed a long, bony fin-
per at me. that uvn thrniif 1 me like a not
iron. I tried to sneak, but it 'twas no go.
At last a husky voice said
'tsill Uull, you must marry Phebe ChalK
right away. You have fooled away your
time long enough. Pop the question belore
to-morrow night, or I shall appear to you
.111. uo it, i3i ii uuii :
Then the old Udv disappeared an ruiirk
that 1 couldnt tell where she went to, 1
aian't sleep a wink that night. The sensa
tions that kept crawling over me were aw-
iui. r thought 1 telt my hair turning gray
my teeth sailing outmy legs dropping
off-tuid all kinds of queer reelings. Ii wa
tne longest nisrht ever T r,r',ur,. ,1
Morning came at last. I met Plwh in ik
dining room, while she was prenarimr for
breakfast.. She had been our housekeeper
I avi.1 tin it A A!pnnl,nlL . I I .
Mother died the vea, before y
Bill, what'i the matter with you?' said
Phebe.
'I feel pale,' said I.
You look pale, said she..
'Such t night,' said I.
What was the matter, Bill?'
My grandmother's ghost.'
You don't say !'
Yes, and ihe said thai'
'What, Bill?'
That I must marry you.'
What else, Bill V
That I must pop the ques'ion to-day, or
she would come again to-night.'
Bill, take my advice pop the question,
and let the old lady rest in peace.'
I do,' said I.
Well, Bill, I'll have yon just to keep the
old lady quiet, provided, Bill, that you
won't ask me to lo to sleep with you,
Bill.'
'I promised (or my grandmother's sake.
Afler breakfast, I'hebe spoke to the old gen
tleman about it. lie said it was all right,
go ahead. We went ahead. At least
I'hebe did. In three weeks Phebe Chalk
became Mrs. Gull.'
She pulled you completely.
Yes, I found that out, and I'll tell you
how. On the night of our marriage she
went off to her room, and I went lo mine.
It was according to agreement, but some
how or other I couldn't help thinking' it
wasn't just right, and the more I thought
ol it the more it seemed not just the chalk.
I reflected upon it for hours, and indeed
more than once I provoked my grandmoth
er's ghost in hopes that she would appear
to Phebc and soften her heart toward me.
Finally as the old lady's ghoit seemed to
take no further interest in our affairs, I con
cluded to be ghost myself. I crawled out
of bed, and enveloped myself from head to
loot in a sheet. NIot without great trepi
dation, however. I have often wondered
at my temerity, for there was a total lack
ol courage. I walked into rhebe'n room
and stood by her bed-side.
Good Lord ! said she.
Phebe Chalk!' said T.
'I ain't Phebe Chalk' said she 'I am
married, find my name is Phebe Gull.
Who are you V
'I am the ghost of your grandmother-in-law,
and I have come to tell you that it
ain't good (or man to be alone especially
if he has got a wife.'
Well, grandmother, that is what I have
been thinking about ever since I came to
bed. It is very cold, too won't you get
into bed and warm yotirsell ?'
By Gull ! I had "a great mind lo but I
was afraid.'
No,' said I, 'I must go back to lb? grave
yard. Remember that Bill, your husband,
is shivering with cold, all alone by himself.'
Well, grandmother, had't you better go
and keep Bill warm."
No, do it yourself, or I shall appear to
you ajain remember !'
I growled out the remember ! with a fear
ful cmpha'i.-;, but do) you think she was
(tightened ? Not a hit of it. She burst out
laughing with all her might, and kept it up,
too, ever so long, while 1 stood there shiv
ering and shaking with cold, like a pauper
in an ague-fit.
'Now, Pill,' said she, as soon as she stop
ped laughing, Bill, don't you think I know
you V
'How do you know me?' said I.
Well enough besides, there ain't no
such things as ghosts.'
'O yes there is, though. Did'nt my
grandmother's ghost tell me to marry you ?'
Bill, that was me!'
You ! by gull !'
Ye, ,ll it was me, Bill!'
'Well, Phebe?'
'How sMipid you are, to stand there sha
king, half Irozen.'
Well, Bill, sro on with the story.'
By Gull ! I have nothing more to say.'
MA.7.IM S l'UOl LAMATION.
The following proclamation was posted all
over Milan, and has been spread in other
Parls uf llallJ-
Italian inatiosi. committee.
Italians ! Brothers '.The mission of ihe
National Italian Committee ia ended ; your
misfiolls begins. To-day,' ihe last words
vvllich brolhets, utter to you, is
....,
-1 surreci on, iu iihmiuw. iiii.iiim mu
1 h i,
,b. ,.f ihu niinn . via a i n.il' mil to
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: maintain ir.
I R.surreclion I Hie moment malnreu, pan-
j tea lor three long years nas arnveu. i-e. u.
Grcece , ,,,,1 , puiallj) j4 a volcanic ciust,
) beneath which sleep, a lava which will
, 0 nnhe.vin of
It-ilf Four vears ago Ihe insurrection ol
:llJ1)' rollr )cu,
' r..ll I I... j 1. iti-r.nnii lovn.
aiouy was r .. -
lotions : twenlv European revolutions will
. I i
follow yours all bound by one compact, all
sworn to one fraternal aim.
Vfe have friends even in the ranks of ar-
mies who rule us ; there are enlire peoples
u'lmtA alarm crv will answer lo yours. The
national democracies of Europe form one or
ganized camp. Vangaardof Ihe great nrmy
nf ihu neon'e. fear no isolation. The iuilia-
- . i '
live of Italy i lh initiative- of Europe.
Insurrection ! Sacred the thought of
country that cor.secrales it ; strong in will
and in concentrated energy as ita aim
which is justice, amelioration, and" free In
ternal life for all J let it rise and conv
martyrdom into viclory. The thousands of
victims who have lallen wnn me sacreu
name of Ttaly on their lips, deserve this at
our hands. Be it Iremendous a the temp
est on our seas. Be it obstinate, immovable
as the Alps which surround you. Between
the Alps and the extreme Sicilian tea are
25,000,000- of us, a:id a 100,000 foreigners.
It ia ihe atruggle of a moment if you do but
will.
Insurrection I Let the grand' woid leap
from cily lo city, from town to town, from
village lo village, like tho eleoliie current.
Arouse, arise, awake to Ihe crusade fever,
all ye who have Italian hearts '.Italian
arms !
Remind the people of their unjust suffer
ing', their ligh's tlenied them, their ancient
power, and Ihe great future of liberty, pros
perity, education, and equality ihey may
conquer at a bound.
Remind your women of the mothers, the
sisters, Ihe Irientls, who have peiished in
unconsoled weeping for their loved ones,
imprisoned, exiled, butchered, because they
had not, but desired a country.
Remind your young minds of thought out
raged and restrained, of the great tradition
ary past of Italy, which Ihey can continue
only by action, of the absolute nothingness
of the stale Ihey ore now in they Ihe de
scendants of the men who have twice giv
en civilization to Europe.
Remind the soldiers ol Italy of the dis
honor of a servile uniform which the foieign
ers deride, of the bones of thoir fathers left
on ihe bottle fields of Europe for the honor
of Italy, of tho true glory which crowns
the wariior for rij-lit, for justice, for nation
ality. Soldier", women, youths, people ! Let
us have fur the moment but ono heart, one
thought, one desire, one cry in souls, ore
cry on our lips : "We will have a country ;
we will have an Italy ; and an Italy shall
be."
Attack, break at every point the long and
weak line of Ihe enemy. Prevent Ihem
from concentrating thrmsclvee by killing
or dispersing their soldiers, destroying roads
and bridges. Disorganize Ihem by striking
at their officers. Ceaselessly pursue fugi
tives ; be at war with Ihe kite. Make arms
of t lie liles of your houses, of the stones of
the streets, of Ihe tools of your trades, of
tho iion of your crosses. Spreail ihe alarm
by watch fires kindled on every height.
From one end of paly to ihe other let the
alarm bell of the people loll the death of ihe
enemy.
Wherever you are victorious, move for
ward at once lo the aid of those nearest you.
Let the insurrection grow like an avalanche
wherever the chance goes against you ; run
to the gorges, Ihe mountains, Ihe fortresses
given you by nature. Everywhere ihe bar
tie will have broken out, everywheio you
will find brolheis, and, strengthened by Ihe
victories gained elsewhere, yon will de
scend into the field again ihe day ufler.
One only be our flag the flag of Ihe nation.
In pledge of our fraternal unity, wrile on it
Ihe words God and the People ; they alone
are powetful lo conquer, Ihey alone do nol
betray. It is th ) Republican flag which, in
M8 and '49, saved ihe honor of Italy ; it is
ihe flag of ancient Venice ; it is ihe fi.ig of
Rome eternal Rome, the sacred metropolis,
the temple of Italy nnd of the world !
Purify yourselves, fighting beneath thai flag.
Lei Ihe Italian people arise, worthy of lha
God who gnidxs ihem Let women be fa
ciei! ; let age and childhood be sacred ; let
property be sacred. Punish the thief as an
enemy. L so lur insurrection the arms, pow
der and uniforms taken fiom ihe foreign sol
diers.
To arms, to arirn ! Our last word is Ihe
battle cry. Let the men yon have chosen
to lead you send forth to Europe, on ihe
monow, tho cry of victory.
How to Pacvrnt Wet Fiet.--T1io Me
hanies' Magazine ays:
"I have had ihtee pair of boots fur the
ast six years, (no shoes,) and I think I shall
not require any more for Ihe next six yeais
lo come. The resun is that I Ireat ihem in
the following manner : I rut a pound of tal
low and a half a pound of rosin in a pot on
Ihe fire: when melted nnd mixed, I warm
the bonis and apply Ihe hot stuff with a
painter' brush until neither l lie sole nor Ihe
upper leather will suck in any more. If it is
desired that the boots should immediately
take a polish, dissolve an ounce of wax in a
leasponnfnl of lamp black. A day afler the
boots have been treated wilh the tallow and
rosin, rub over Ihem this wax in terpentine,
but riot before the fire. Thus the exterior
will have a coat of wax alone, and shines
like a mirror. Tallow or any other grease
becomes rancid, nml rols Ihe stitching as
well as the leather ; but ihe rosin gives it an
antiseptic quality which preserves liie whole.
Boots and koe ahould be so large as to ad
mit of wearing cork soles. Cork is so bad a
conductor of heat that wilh it in the boots
the feel ate always warm on the coldest
stone floor.
THE AXGE. err CRFEFi
BY WH1TTIEU.
Wilh silence only as iheir benediction,
God's angels come.
Where, in the shadow of a great affliction.
The soul sit dumb.
Yet would we ay, what every heart appro
vein,
Our Father's will,
Culling to him the dear ones whom he luveth,
1 ineicy win.
Not upon us or ours ihe solemn angel
Halh evil wrought
The funeral aiilhem is a glad evangel-;
Tim good die nul !
God calls our loved' onesj but we lose not
wholly
Whnt he has "iven :
They live on earth-in thought and deed, at
truiy
As in Hi Heaven.
Tribute to Mb. Fillmorb Ai boat of
President Fillmore, by Dr. Horatio Stone, the
eminent sculptor of New York, of pure Italian
marblo, is now in the rot-jnda of Ihe capital;
previous to ils being deposited in ihe presi
deuiinl mansion. Il is a tribute of lepect by
gentlemen of boib parties to tb lata es
timable Chief Magistrate,.
DA MIL WEBSTER.
ar Theodore farkcr.
MR. WEBSTER'S ORATORY.
His style was simple, the business style of
a strong man. Now and then It swelled in
to beauty. He always addressed
the understanding, not the reason Calhoun
did that the more, not the imagination in
his speech there was litl'e wit, little beauty,
little poetry. He laid siege to Ihe under
standing. Here lay bis slrenglh he could
make a statement belter than any man in
America ; he had immense power of argu
ment, making a causeway from tho will lo
Iho hearer's mind. He gathered a great
mass of material, bound it together, swung
it about his head, fixed his eye on the maik
I fieri let the ruin fly. If you want a woid
suddenly shot from Dover to Calais, yon
send it by lightning ; if a ball of a ton
weight, you get a steam cannon lo pilch il
across. Webster was the steam gun of elo
quence. He hit Ihe matk less by gunnery
than s!r?ngih. His shut seemed big as his
target.
The orator biings down his quarry wilh a
single subiile shot, of sixty to Ihe pound
He carries death without weight in his gum
as sure as fate. Here is another, the lin
pcdlar of American speech. He is a snake
in the grass, slippery, shining, with a bale
ful crest on his head, cunning in his crazy
eye, and the poison of the old serpent in his
heart, and on his slim) jaw, and about the
fang at ihe bottom of his smooth, and fork
ed, und nimble tongue. He conquers by
bewitching ; he fascinates his game to
death.
Commonly, Webster was honest in his
oratory ; open, English, and not Yankee.
He had no masked batteries, no Quaker
guns. Ho wheeled his forces into line, col
umn afler column with the quickness of
Hannibal, and the masterly management of
Cicsar, and like Napoleon, broke the centre
of his opponent's line by the superior
weight of bis own column, and the sudden
heaviness of his fire. Thus he laid siege to
Ihe understanding, and carried it by dint of
cannonade. This was his strategy, in the
court house, in the Senate, and the public
hall.
A PRICMDCIMT 1XCORMTO.
A Washington letter, w hich appears in
the South Side, Virginia, Democrat, Ihus de
scribes iho manner in which Gen. Pierce
dodged the politicians and office seekeis
w hen he arrived in Washington city :
"I understand thai Gen. Pierce run a very
leep set saw on ihe oiTice seekers last night
when arriving at the Washington depot.
The committee, some of whom had got
themselves appointed to receive him wilh
'!o grande flourishe,' were arranged about
the inner door of the car house, written
speech and hats in hands The instant the
trs stopped, a seedy looking individual
jumped from the baggage car. He was ha
biled in a rusty overcoat and shocking bad
hat, and his jaws were tied up iu a haud-
rchief. With hands iu his pockets, he
elbowed his way through the eager ciowd
of committee mer.j who were ttiaiuing their
eyes lo discern the persons of Ihe President
elect and those known lo be in attendance
upon him, among those dismounting from
the paasenger cars. While so engaged, a
patriot, deeply inleresled in the division nl
ihe spoils, hearing the steam w histle, had
rushed fiom Ihe avenue lo the station, and
eaping into ihe door, ran bull against ihe
seedy looking stranger, ho was just then
striding out of il. The latter gave bis as
sailant a look from head to fool, saying, "Is
it absolute necessary to run a man chuck
lown ?" passed on, taking the first buck at
hand, and driving to Wiilard's. A ihe
backman was closing the coach door on
his 'fare,' the committee learned that iheir
prey had escaped ihem. On arriving at
Willard's, Gen. Pierce managed to reach
his tooms wilhout ils being known by ano
ther soat- that he was in Ihe house. His
piivate secietaiy, w ho had selected his suite
of rooms some lime before, had so de.se ii bed
lo him their locality, as to enable him lo
reach them without even acquainting the
person in ihe office of his presence."
Another Webster and Parkman Tracedv.
A letter in lha Lynchburg (Va.) Express.
from Ihe Kanawha Salines, stale lhat a man
named Stnghun went to the house of a neigh-
bor to pay him seveial hundred dollars he
owed hinv. As he was not seen afterwards,
his friends instituted inquiries for him, and
finally searched the house where lie bad gone,
wilhout success, until' one of Ihem commen
ced scraping Ihe ashes of a laige fire place,
and, to his surprise, found several human
teeih and the cheek-bone ; also pari of lha
flesh, supposed to be that of the missing man,
which had run into a crevice in ihe fire place,
partly roasted. The occupant of the house
was immediately arrested'.
Sr-ANimi Nobility.-According lo the Span
ish law, daughters inherit lilies of nubility,
and pieserve them nol only while ihey re-
lain their family name, but transmit tnein, in
marrvinir. to their husbands. Thus Napo
leon 3d will receive the title of nobility from
the head of Mile. Montijo'a family.. If he
accepis it, it will become his duly, in terms
of ihe law, to mak a deolaraiion of his ao
eentanco lothe chief of Ihe Spanish nobility,
who is now the Duke ofMonipenaier, son of
I nuia Thillinne. who attained lhat distinction
bv Tiitue of his marriage with the sisier of
Ojieou Isabella Boston ,mtiicr.
AARON BIRR.
To the Editor of the Evening Mirror.
In your paper of yesterday is an article
from the "Savannah Couu'er," headed Aaron
Burr, which, afler going into a detail of fic
ticious circumstances, winds up with stating
lhat 'aficr wandering on the face of iho
earth, shunned anil despised by all afler lo
sing his fortune, his daughter and his grand
children, he sunk not but walked erect at
R0, among those who despised him that he
was Lear facing ihe storm."
There is no character connected with the
early hisloiy of our country so little under
stood and so cruelly misiepresented as the
subject of this article. The wiiler was inti
mate with him, both personally and piofes
sionally, during the lust fifteen years of his
life, and knows almost every circumstance
contained in Ibis article to be found in er
ror. For instance, he was not disowned bv
his relatives ; on the contrary, an eminent
judicial character, who represented Ihe
senior branch of Ihe "Edwards" family
in this Stale, as well as several others of
Ihe name and blood in this cily, were wilh
him al and before his death, and intended
his remains lo his grave in Princeton, wilh
ten or twelve of the most respectable) and
iulluetitial old citizens of New York, who
ranked among his friends, and acled as pall
bearers. A funeral sermon was pronounced
over his remains by tho President of Piince-
ton College, in ihe Chapel of that institution
and probably few distinguished men receiv
ed as much attention, and drew forth more
sympathy than was apparent at the funeral
of Aaron Burr.
Again, il is mi it! his daughter was baibar-
onsly murdered when on her voyage lo visit
and console her father. Thai this is an error
1 had from his own lips ; for, once mention
ing to him the story, that il was asserted by
some that she had been captured by the Al
gerii.es on her voyage from Charleston lo
New York, and that she was probably yet
alive, he replied, wilh great feeling : ' No,
no, she is indeed dead ; rho perished ia the
miserable little pilol-boat in which she left
Charleston ; were she alive, all the prisons
in the world would not keep her from her
father." "Willi her, loo, (said h-) were
lost all my valuable papers ; a loss to me
and to the history of the country, which
can never be supplied. When I realized the
trulh of her death, the world beenrno a
blank to me, and life had then lust all its
value."
As lo his circumstance?, ihey were cve
rylhiug but these of beggary ; cn Ihe con
trary, he was always in comfortable circum
stances, living like a gentleman, nnd enter
taining his friends ; nnd even occasionally
when success in tome great cause (in many
of which he wns engaged up lo his death)
put him iu possession of considerable sums
of money, he was lavish, piofuse, and gen
erous lo a fault. He never begged, and
never needed or received ehaiity; had it
been so, he would have felled lo tho earth
Ihu band which extended il ; for hi pride
and self esteem were indomitable. Nor
was he "hunted from lown lo lown, and
from city lo city, fleeing in disguise fiom
tho face of war ;" on Ihu con'.rary, up to
a peiiod very shortly before his death, he
went into Court lo superintend the liial of
his important cases ; and I well temember
loo, the one Iried at Tioy, N. Y., and Ihe
other involving ihe title of the Union Raca
Course, on Long Island, Iried al Jamaica,
where ho was present, and an object of tho
greatest interest, so much to. lhat ihe
schools were discharged to allow the pupils
to see him, and spectators camu many miles
to look upon Aaron Burr.
Il is true, however, thai a certain reserve
and gloom hung over hinv; it proceded
parity from his natural disposition, which
was taciturn, d'iatant asid diguilied. He
was doubtless so when a young man, and
when in the heighlh of his prosperity ; bul
his feeling and his looks w ere not those of
being rebuked by the world, bul the oppo
site of rebuking. No man was found bold
enough lo meet the piercing gae of his
keen blaek eye wilh anything bul courtesy.
He discovered a few years before his
death what he called "Ihe wrong which
was done him by public opinion ;." and in
quired of me ils cause insisting on its In
justice. I told him that in my judgment he
bad throughout commitle.r a fatal mistake,
in allowing the thousand newspaper para
graphs published lo his degradation In pass
uncontradicted ; lhat I Ihotight he owed il
to himself, to bis fiictidv, and bis history,
to set his- personal contradiction iu opposition
to this romancing at his expense.
Ha said, "The federalists did this, and
they would never forgive him ; that he had
acted on the principle lhat his character
was strong enough lo bear such petty as
aul:a without a contradiction ; and lhat he
had supposed be was safe in treating ihem
with contempt ami silence. Bui," .aid be,
"T fear I have uointnit'sd n great error ; the
men wbo knew iheir falsity are mostly
dead, and ihe geneiation who now read
them may take thein for tiulhs,. being un
contradicted. I- adinil I have committed a
capital error, bul it is lo lata to repair il."
The recollection of this conversation
(which I noted duvrn at the time) is the
cause of this reply to Ihe article from the
"Savannah Courier. " Poor Burr ; he was a
man of sorrow and of many giiefs, but he
was a child of genius a brave, intellectual,
brilliant man and had within himself ma
ny of the noblest qualities which distinguish
his species. But he had his weakness an !
hi petty vices in addition. Who has rot ?
Ho was Ihe victim of n combination of cii
cumstaiices, railu r lhau of his own f.i'l -The
hale of ihe Fedetal parly, and i!
jealousy of Jefferson and his party, do-:
political grave of Burr. His history l.
yet written perhaps the lime 1 .is ',..-..
come lo write; hut, whenever ii -i . ;
fairly presented, it will be prove,! !.. "
a patriot, a slatesman, a lawyer, and n t:;
far oulreaching lha thousand who have n.
ployed themselves for neaily half a ceutui,.
in traducing him. CATO.
New York, Feb. 19, 1853.
"Truth is confirmed liy investiration ami fl '
fnlselmod a-jni! Itself of twite and aueeiluiiity." "
t:n-s.
The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
Company, which Ins added to its stocks S750.
000, subscribed by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, has now, it is said, ample meal -for
completing Iho road lo Wheeling, loucl.
ingal Farkersburg Messrs. Wiusluw, La: i. :
S: Co. have contracted with iho company t
deliver 2,500 tons compound rails, of V:i.v
luw,s pattern, 5lbs. to I he yard, to be ma
nufactured at Hanging P-Jck,on ihe Ohio Ri
ver, to be delivered next mouth.
Found at Last Curt for Corns. Rub
Ihem every morning before breakfast, (ex.
cepl cloudy weather,) wilh a solulion of tar
and spirits turpentine, for nineteen mornings
in succession, pare ihen closely with a Ihree-
bladcd buck-horn handled jack knife, nnd
wipe ofl the blood wilh a napkin. Then
soak every nightrlor llree weeks, in a mix
lure of salt water, nitric acid, rectified w his
key, eau d' Cologne and glue, (equal parts.)
and cut them off close to the ancle.
A writer in tho National Intelligencer com
plains of the names given to new cities,
towns, kc, in this country, and says that he
himself is a citizen of Dresden, close by Vi
enna, on Ihe road to Naples, between Ant
werp and Cornith, in Indiana.
Acii.mer Jayer Pa.-iia, who recently died
at Alexandria, assured an English traveler
that in one season he had lost thirty of his
children by infantile complaints. This ca
lamity reduced tho number uf his offspring
to one hundred aud thirty !
The Longest Stiiau;ht Line in ti:s
Would Tho Illinois Central Railroad ia
TOO miles in length, and has G2G miles in a
straight line, which prepares Ihe road for a
speed which no ether road in Iho United
States is capable cf.
The Power of ICi.sdness The power of
kindness is great. Men whom no bli-.-s
could move, no punishment quail, have
before a k i nil word, mild toned, and gi;. .
manner. A blow hurts Ihe exterior,
merely enrages !ho more. But nbov'r
times is it pleasantest lo heat kind v .
w h?n a person is sick and suffering, or when
bowed down wilh care; When almost in de
spair, then
A li'.lle vc.-.t in kindness spoken,
A moti'ni nr a tf.ir,
riu'.li or.cii hcaletl tlie lic.rt that's broken,
A:nl ruuie u friend sincere."
Whilst, if jou experience bad treatment, it
sinks deep into the hear', and time i'.s- . '
scarcely can elfucc it from your mind.
"A vnl a look lias crashed' to enrth
Full iimuya bu-JuiiiK flower,
tY)iH')i. had u situ'.e ktit owned its tiirll;,
Would bless tile's darkest hour."
Then be careful how yon speal:. fi
You may feel angry and provo'.is.!,
strain your wrath, for futnio dcvol.
may showjou il was unjust. Eecar.Mul. !r ,
easier to lose a friend than to ma-e one -Treat
others kindly sp--ak kindly.
''Tlien deem il iut an idle tliii
A p!erm-ut wold to speak !
Tlie fu-eyou wsiir, t!ie tbunptits you Lrii ;,
Ti.e heart may heul or break."
One of our exchanges snys that hall n, v
ni.-.g is a positive luxury to the ladies, ami
that many of ihem would like to keepa flock
of cousins shut up like chickens in a coop, t .
wring Iho neck of ono whenever Ihey wens
lired of gay colors, and- wanled a change . .
half mourning.
Wisco.N.'iN, wilh a spans and c-:' i
population, has a school and univesiiy fir. I
of 5850,000, and an annual outlay for ihn i:-.
slruotion of her cl.ildien, of $120,000; 80.0CC
of her l-:0,000 children have atlended schoi ;
luring the year.
,:Bob, where is the Slate of Matrimony?'''
"It is one of the United Stales. It is boun
ded by hugging and kissing on one sido, and
cradles and babies on Ihe oilier. Its chief
-iroducts aio popuiiiliun,. IrcoinaUcks, and
i. .i : i.
slaying out late o uigms. u a uutu.ticu
by Adam and Eve, while Irymg to nml a.
norihwest passoge out of Paradise. The cli
mate is sultry till yon pass tha tropics of
houskeeping, w hen squally weather common
ly sets in,-wilh sufficient power to keep al?
hands as cool as cucumbers. Fur the princi
pal roads leading to Ihis interesting Stale,,
oonsiili the first pair of blue eyes you tta
against."
S.mitiiers, on going home the other night,
was tun against by a three story brick house
which was chasing a lamp post up Ihe struct.
On coming to, he thus reasoned with himself:
Is that mud, (hiccup) nr is it brains 1 (hiccup. )
If it's mud I'm mortally 'loxicated. If ils
brains I'm slightly dead, (hiccup) that's all.'
When we left he was trying to persuade .i
freestone step that il was unconstitutional U
hsve swning posts out ef door aftei nighlU.