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BOIiROVYLNG rOLITICAL < .\FIT.\L.
Some ot the Abolition-Republican leaders in
this neighborhood are becoming extravagantly
eulogistic ol Henry Clay. Their panegyrics
of that eminent statesman are as fulsotn ■ as they
are hollow and insinceie. Lacking political
capital of their own, these trading politicians
are attempting to borrow the n.i ne of the dis
tinguished man who, when living, repudiated
their treasonable schemes and disunion princi
ples. If he were now alive he would denounce
the men who seek to hide their political de
formity beneath his mantle of patriotism. In
1851 Mr. Clay made a speech to the J.* 'isia
tineof Kentucky, by invita'ion, ami foretold
with almost prophetic ceitaiuty, the formation
of the very party which now attempts (u claim
him as its champion and fri* ui. It he bud
been gifted with the power of second siMit he
could not have predicted ine- which
have already occurred uit t m.iv uneriin.'
precision. The .language we are ab mt p, q Uo t°
applies with overwhelming fore-* to tile inis
callcj. "People's Party,' whose |. a-lers are
en. to dupe the on I.c into believiiw
that they were the friends, and are now the i
admirers of the principles of which Mr. Cfav
was the distinguished advocate and d> fender.— !
In that speecli Mr. Clay said :
"Sir, 1 go a step further;! have hi! nr. at •
(tope ami confluence ill ie principles of the I
whigpartv, as being most likely to conduce to !
prosperity, and g! ry of our country. |
Hut if il be merged into a contemptible ~ibuli- ,
Hon party, an lif abolitionism is tube, engr f- \
ted on Hit Whig creed, J com that moment J /<- ;
nounce the party and cease to be a Whig. Igo j
yet a step (urthei. If I am alive. J will give j
iny humble sup] oit for the Presidency to that
man, to whatever party he may belong, who i>
uncontaininated by fatialicism, rather limn t.>
one w ho, crying out all the iiuie ami aloud
thatheisu Whig, maintains doetiiue.-. utterly
subversive of tin* I uion.
Again in the same speech
••Out of our lale hrat-*d th> Missions and i!i- j
versions, one goo J lesult has IHVII produced.— j
i'.'ie neople gent-rally, Whig- and !) -Minerals, i
have been mole thrown log-ttmr in tree and
Irieiidl v intercomse. Holli have lean if It) ap
preciate each other. For mi soil, 1 say, alike
with true, hearty ph tsure, that during itn- lute
arduous and protracted session, / was in confer
ence. and consul la! ion ijitile as ujle.n, ij not
ojtenrr, with IDemocrats than Whigs, and I
found in Iho Democratic pasty y/ile as much
I cat riot ism, devotion "to the i nioii, probity and
honor, as in any other party."
We should like to hear our Opposition ora
tors, who appeal so loudly and so earnestly to
the Old Line Whigs to affiliate with what Mr.
i'lay called "a contemptible Abolition party,"
comment upon the extracts we have <pmted
from the speech of that remarkable man. Ii is
it Ire.-iingly cool loh ar aCat reor.ian, or diet ly
or STEVENS di.-emi-bisl, claim to have been
t'liy Whig,and that they still follow in his
loot steps. Is this not the most barefaced i fironte
i\ that can well be imagined ?
I b< re is not a man possessing three grains of
common sense, who will doubt lot one moment,
that it Henry C lay were now alive, that he
would not ait as lie then declared he would,and
renounce al! connection with a combination
which had become ''merged into a contempti
ble Abolition party," and would unite himself
with the Demotratic party, where, as imdecla
red, he had found rprite as much patriotism, de
votion t.> the I nion probity ami honor, as in
any other patty. He would be w Imre bis pa
triotic son now is, fighting tire men who always
opp ud him and bH raved him. It is a libel
i oontbe ineinoiy • i the dead for {the |b aders of
Hi" People's Abolition party to claim Henry
Iby as tlieii political god father. Ibe people
know that the assertion i; untitle. l'/ri/a.
tiLOWLW HiS OW.V TRUMP El
Kuwait n MCPHERSON, iti • Composition car<Ji
dato tor Congress, :s engaged in blowing bis own
trumpet. In the Philadelphia Press, we ohsei ve
two letters, one purporting to be fiom Btdford,
and the other Iroin Patterson, tins county, so
similar in tone, style arid composition and
comporting so strongly with the language used
hereby Mr. MCPHEKSON in Wis celebrated speech
against Mr. Rr.u.r.v, Ins democratic competitor
as to stamp hint as their author. Of course the
letters make out Mr. MCPIIERSOJS one ot the
most brilliant men and orators ol the age, (very
modest, surely !) while Mr. REIM.Y is sadly de
preciated and underrated in his abilities as a
man and a citizen. Such is the honesty and
manliness ofllie Black _ Republican candidate
lor Congress, who being unable to cope with
Mr. RKILI. on the stump, resorts to cowardly
letter-writing to a distant journal to manufac
ture public opinion (or himself. The ridn st
joke, however, is the signature to the Bedford
letter, viz:—". 1 !>uch<tn in Democrat of 1 So(i ."
EDWARD MCPUERSON a Buchanan D < inocrat in
iSnti ! O, tem porn ! O , .Mures ! Tell it n>t
in Gettysburg, publish it not in the streets b>f
Lancaster. Where is Jot: CA>EY and his
Fulwiler story ! But Mr. MCPHEESON blows
t)is trumpet to little purpose.— Juniata Register.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE!
Keep it before the people, th.itJ he Black Re
public ins opposed the Missouri Compromise
line,"on the ground that it favored slavery; and
that since !S >}-, the abolishing of the said Com
promise has been equally as vituperously oppo
sed by them, (or the same reason. In 1818,
they Voted against adopting and extending it,
as a filial settlement of the slavery question in
the Territories; and, in 1851, when thai line
was superseded, and the principles of popular
| sovereignly adopted , by the Democrats, they
called it sacrilege.
Keep it before the people, that they cry out
that th* question of Constitutionality shall b.
submitted til the Supreme Court; ami when de
cided by that Court they say the decision is
wrong, heap unmeasuied abuse on the Court
and want to t/itou> it back again into Congress.
Keep it before the people, that in their Fre
mont p'atlorm, they claimed for Congress the
tight to control tin* question of slavery in Kan
sas: and now shriek i mliy that v.-w'of the in
habitants have riot enj wed the right tjmy d. si
red in that platform t . /,/.• ■ ,/, /„ Congress.
Kep it before tin* pw.pl.-, {hit 111 I Shi- they
deno'iitced lire "Demociutii parly" for adopting
the principles of the Kansas law, and now they
assail the party more than ( v.-r, if p.,:sibb*, for
carrying out tfiise same principles.
Keep it before tin* people, that they attempt
ed to force Kansas into the f'r.ion in the pro
ceedings of a mass meeting field 3t Tope La in
iV>.>, saiil j-iore.'-l ' •- -r ' ' -.ur d'fittnn
i)j mm, and afterwards raven _ " junce
oceans of crocodile teais about the in formalities
and lack of legal aulhority in the fnntnijdoii
Convention ffv.es '/artishad free negro, , from the
Territory and tolerated slav ey, by the lopeka
Convention, and abused the Lecomp'.onites for
following their example.
Keep it before tin* people, that in June, 1857,
they were invited to make Kansas a free, or
slave St de, and they would not act; tin y put
no tickets in the field, but all nved the I'ro-
Sl aver if men to be eh d w itliout opposition,
because, as they said, Hie lairs were bogus, and
the Registry .'let I.ad m r been fairly uJ/ain-
i si i'red.
Kyep it be fire the people, that in the 10l low
ing September, (IS.) i) there was anode r elec
tion, not about slavery, but loi a Del ego!e to
Congress and I'm local officers* under the eamt
/dliis, "bogus" too. as they in June before call
ed them;, then tliey lushed to the polls, and
.suit "J'arrol" lo Congress, and eh ( led all the
officers and secured the emoluments; the ques
tion not being as to slavery, they voted under!
the laws tliey in June In love repudiated as bo
gus.
Keep it before the people, that on -Ist De
cember, !So7, the vote was to be taken as to
whether "Kansas" should be a Jrcc. ui slave
State, and ago in they remained al home ami
allowed slavery to triumph at this election ;
and when slavery was the question limy wuiilu
not vote.
Keep it before the people, that on the 4th
January, IS'fiS, (fifteen days alleivvaid-,) there
was an other election, and that t lection was for
officers, and not upon shvery; then again they
lushed to the polls and caitied all the oJjldiS
provided lor in the Lecomp/un Constitution,
which tliey had before repudiated as ' bogus.'"
When slavery was the question they ciied out
'■• bodies taws" and would not vote; but when;
officers and emoluments were to 6a secured, the
laws were legiti/nute'enough loi them, and tin y
voted, is there anything plainer, than that
they cared nothing alout shivery!
Keep it before the people, that the Free j
State Representatives in Cong!ess last session,
alter they had for months denounced the Re- .
compton Constitution as a swindle, and the
vrrv embodiment of corruption, voted to make
Kansas a Slat' under it. Tiny declared nine
tenths ut the people were u -ainsl slavey, ami
then voted to admit lu'r as a stave • •lute. I nder
tiie "Crittenden amendment, 1 they attempted to
authorize (he people oj houses to make at uii
slitiilion ami State Government, adopt it, and
put it into the Union, trillion! ever bringing it
| before Congress.
Keep it before the people, that they pioposed,
! under the "Chittenden amendment," to give
the people certain sections ot land, and then
when the Democrats did precisely the same
j tiling under the ''English bill they cull it
\ bribery.
Keep it before the people, that tlley ueie
Clamorous against accepting the Lecoinpton
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1856.
Constitution without the consent of the people;
and when the Democrats presented the "Eng
lish bill,'' providing for that assent , they all
voted ag/ inst it.—P/iiludelphiu Jlrgus.
MA POL EON'S OLD GI'ARD.
Napoleon's "Old Guard" gained by their
many desperate instances ol bravery, an immor
tality in history : but their grand crowning act
was at Waterloo, which has few parallels in
ancient or modern warfare. They fought for
their adored Emperor, and to retrieve the* evil
fortunes of thejday, and they felt as though to do
so would s-cure to them immortal glory and
eternal bliss in the world of spirits. The most
graphic and stirring account of that last fearful
and fatal struggle, that we have seen, is from a
recently published work, it read-- like war it
self— this is it:
"During the day the artillery ol the Guard,
under Drou.f, maintained its old renown, and
the Guard itself bad been frequently used !o
restore the battle in various parts of the field,
and always with success. The English were fast
becoming exhausted, and in an hour more would
doubtless have been forced into a disastrous de
feat, but for the timely ariivalof Bltjcher.—
But when lliev saw him with 30,000 Prussians ;
approaching, their courage revived, while \a- ;
poieoiq was fillet] wilh amazement. A fc* uRn .
enemy about to foima junction with allies. '
while Grouchy, who had hem sent {•> keep in j
check, was nowhere to he seen ' Alas! what I
great plans a single inefficient commander can !
overthrow.
in a moment Napoleon saw that he would
not sustain the attack of so many fiesh troops
if once allowed to form a junction with the
allied forces, and he determined to stake his
late on a bold cast, and endeavor to pierce the
allied centre with a gtand chargeof the (bid
Guard, and thus throw himself between the two
armies, lor this purpose the Imperial Guard
was called u;> and divided into two im.m nse
columns, which were to meet in the British
centre. Those under R- iile no sooner ertered
the fire than it disappeared like mist. The
other was placed under Ney, "the brav?st ol
the brave," arid the order to advance givtn.
Napoleon accompanied them part of the way
down the slope, and halting for a few moments
in tilt* hollow, he addressed riiein a few words.
He told then, that tiie battle rn,fed with
them, a:.d that he relied •" rir Jf' >■ ■* •
... „.,ne It 11.-
the thunder of artillery.
The whole conlioJ"! struggle exhibited no
sublimer spectacle than ti.e lait effort of Napo
leon to save his sinking Empire, f!'" greatest
military skill and energy that the vvorlo ev°r
possessed had been tasked to the utmost during the
day. Thrones were tottering on the turbulent
field, and the shadows of fugitive kings flitted
through the battle. Bonaparte's star trembled
iu its zenith-now blazing out in if s ancient splen
dor, now paling before his anxious eye. The
intense arxiety with which lie watched the
advance ol that column, and terrible suspense
lie endured when the smoke ot the ba tie wrap
ped il from sight, and the utter despnr ot Ins
great heart when the curtain lifted ovr a fugi
tive am.v, and the dispairing shriek lang out,
"The Guard recoils !'" "The Guard recoil,!"
makes us fin a moment forget all tile carnage
in sympathy for this u ild distress.
The Old (Juan! felt the pressure of the im- j
mouse resp>nsibi!itv, and resolved notlo prove;
uuworiiy of the great trust committed to I hem.
Nothing coukT be more imposing than its move- ;
ment to the assault. It had never recoiled he- j
fore a human foe, anil the allied forces beheld >
with awe the firm and steady advance to the j
final charge. For a moment the bat tones stop- ;
ped playing and firing ceased along the British !
lines, as, without the jbcating of a dmm or a
bugle note to cheer their steady courage, they
moved in dead silence OV*T tfie field. I heir
tread was like inufiled thunder, while Ihe daz
zling helmets of the cuirassiers flashed long
streams of light behind the dark and tenible
nnss that swept in one strong wave along. Iho
stern Drouet was there amut his guns, on eveiy
brow was written the unalterable resolation to
conquer) or die. 'l'he next moment the ajrtillery
opened,'and the head of that gallant column
seemed to sink into the earth. Rank after rank
went down, vet they neither stopped nor tailor
ed. Dissolving squadrons and whole battalions
disappearing one after another in the destruc
tive fire affected not their steady courage. The
; ranks closed up as before, and each treading
over iiis fallen comrade, pressed unflinchingly
on.
Hie horse which Ncy rode h'ii under j
him, and scarcely had he mounted another be- j
loitiit also sank to the earth, an ! so another
and another, till five in succession hail fallen
under him. Then, with his {drawn sabre, he
marched sternly at the head ol his column. In
vain did the aitillerv huil its storm ol iron in
to that living mass. Hp to the very niuz/.le
they pressed, and diiving the artillerymen from
tlu-lr pieces pushed on thiough the English
lines. But just as the victory seemed won, a ;
file ol soldiers, who had laid llat on the ground,
behind a low ridge ofeailh, suddenly rose and J
poured a volley in their very face. Another
and another followed, till one broad sheet of
11, one rolled on their bosoms, and in such a
fiei ce and unexpected flow that tiiey staggered
under it. Before the Cuard had time to laliy
again ami advance, a heavy column of infantry
fell on its left Hank inclose ami deadly volleys,
causing it, in an unsettled slate to swetve
to the right. At that instant a whole biigade
of cavalry thundred on the light flank, anil
penetrated where cavalry had never gone be
fote.
That intrepid Cuard could have borne up a
gainst the unexpected fire from soldiers they
d;d not see, and would have rolled hack the
infantry that hail boldly charged its left flank,
but the cavalry finished the disorder into which
they had been momentarily thrown, and broke
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
j tin? shaken ranks before they had time to re
j form, and tfit* eagles of that hitherto invincible
! (-Hard were pushed backward down the slope,
i ft was then the army seized with despair,
j shrieked out, "The Guard recoils !" The Guard
j recoils and turned and tied in wild dismay.—
| 1 o see the Guard in confusion was a sight they
never before beheld, and it froze every heart
with terror. Still those veterans refused to fly;
(ally ing from their disorder, they formed into
two immense squares of eight battallions and
turned fiercely on the enemy, and strove to
stein the reversed tide of battle.
I or a long lime they stood and let the can
non balls plough through their ranks disdaining
to turn their backs to the foe. Michael, at the
head of those battalions fought like a lion. To
every command of the enemy to surrender, fie
i' pii.-d, "I he Guardjdies—it never surrenders," !
and with his fast hreath bequeathing this glori- '
oiis motto to the Guard, he fell a witness to its j
iiuth. Death traversed those eight battalions;
with such rapid frotsteps that they soon dwin- I
| 'bed away to two, which turned in hopeless I
, oaring on the overwhelming number that!
pressed th< ir retiring footsteps.
Last of all but a single battalion, the debris
of "the column of granite" at Marengo, was
left. Into this Napoleon flung Cam
bronne, its brave commander, saw with terror
the Lmiv-ror in it. frail keeping. He was not
sfrug.Jing /, (1 vicfory, he was intent only on
sfiov. nig (e.\v the Guard could die. Approach
ing the Emperor, he cried cut, "Retire! Do
you not see that death has no need of you ?"
and c: 1 - sing mournfully, yet sternly around their
expiiing eagles, those brave hearts bade Napo
leon an eternal adieu, and flinging themselves
on the enemy, were soon piled with the enemy
at their feet.
Many of the officers were seen to destroy
lliom.-ej ves rather t nan suffer deft a!. Thus great
erliii ils own defeat than anv oilier corps of men
in gaining a victory, the Old Guard passed
from the . (age ami the curtain dropped upon ils
slrang. career, it Had fought its last battle."
a IR.I RD , 77/ E MONK 1' MA RED.
A it cut nuiiiuer of the Household Woids
contains a sketch ol Stephen Guard. It is not
Coin ct in all particulars, and yet it embodies
many int. wealing facts, in the lustorv of the cel
ebrated uatikvr. After giving the leading *•-
vents in the eur.'y lite of uii mi, i*c wriur pro
ee.jjs as follows :
pn softf-'A-iVOfti one-rye.! cab
(whose character was not renewed) and staited
the Girard Bank, a large private establisment,
which not only conferred advantage on the
community greater than the State Institution
w ~-n which it was founded, but, while the pub
lic croA"' was shaken, the Government finances
wereexhau'L" 1 war ,ht " (;,rarJ could com "
mand large sult. of loan, and put itself
in the position of the pr.uCif"' creditor of the
countrv. In IS! 1, (iirard subscrib*ff the vvliole
ofa large Government loan, from patriotic mo
tives, aiul mIS 17, he contnbuted hy hisunsn.-
ken credit am! undiminished funds, to bring a-
bout thr the resumption of specie payments.
In IH3f. his operations wvre so extensive, that I
win-n llie country was placed in extreme em
ban assn.en' from the scarcity of money, by rea- •
son of the balance of trade being against it, he
was enabled by 3 single transaction with an
eminent English firm, to turn the exchanges,
and cause the specie to flow into the States.
To add to his singular and deficient charac
ter, he was deaf in one ear, coulif only speak
broken English, never conversed upon anything j
out business, and |wor* the same old c - at, cut in
the French style,"tor five years together. An
old rickety chair, remarkable for its great age,
and matked with the initials 'S. t*., drawn by
a laded horse, was used when he rode about the
city. He find no sense of hospitality, no fnend
to share his table. He was deferential in ap
pearance to rank and family, violent and pas- j
sionale, only to one man—an old and laitt.lul
clerk, named ftoberjot. . i
His theological opinions wire heterodox in
I lht . extreme, and he loved to name his splendid
I vessels after Voltaire and Rousseau. He was
devoted to the improvement of his adopted coun
tiy and he was a determined follower of osten- (
rations charily. No man ever applied to him
tor a large public grant in vain, while the star- ;
vj n; r bo'ear was invariably sent from his gate. •
He steaSriv rose every morning before the laik, ;
and unceasing labor was the daily worship ol
Stephen Chard began his remarkable trading ;
career with an object, which he steadily k. pt in
view all his iong lilt —the making of money lor
the power it conferred. He was content, at
starting with the small profits of the retail tra
ders, willing to labor in any capacity to make
these profits secure. He practiced the most rig
id personal economy; he resisted al. the allure
meats of pleasure; he exacted the last farthing
r, *. L i'"". 'i'• <■ iar "'iK
that he owed. He took every advantage the
law allowed him in resisting a claim; he use..
men just as far as they would accomplish his
purpose: he paid his servants no more than the
Lrket price; when a faithful cashier died he
exhibited the utmost iuditierence, making no
| Provisions for his family, and uttering no senti-
ment of tegret al his loss. He would higgle tor
a penny with a huckster in the street; he would
deny the watchman at his bank the customary
Christmas present ofa great coat.
Thus he attained his eighty-second year,
IS3O-. he had nearly lot the sigl.t of his one eye,
and used to be seen groping about his bank, dis
rm-ardin* every oiler of assistance.
one of the Philadelphia roads, he was knockt c
down bv a passing wagon bis lace ■£"<•£
anil Ills rigbt oar ™lv tut oil. "
eve which before slightly opened, "as no
entirely" closed; he gradually wasted away and
h i health declined. On the 2t>th o December,
sle,,hen Oirard expired, in the back room on
the third floor of his house, in Hater S .iei.,
| Philadelphia, leaving the bulk of Ins large tor-
Cine, upwards ola million sterling, to found
, charities, and to benefit the city and the coun
try in which he acquired it.
lie left his monument in the 'Girard Cc liege,'
-but maible rooted palace lor the education
and protection of the orphar. children ol the
poor, which stands the most perfect model of
aichitecture in the New World, high above all
the buildings of Philadelphia, visible from every
eminence ol the surrounding country. Hverv
detail of the external and internal arrangement
of this orphan college, was set forth in tl7e will,
showing that the design upon which lie had
lavished the mass of his wealth was not the
hastily developed fancy of a lew hours or days, j
but was the heart-cherished,silent project of his i
whole life.
THE HEROINE OF THE INDIAN WAR.
jhansi, one of the divisions of the Presidency
of Bengal, contains an areaof2,f>32 square miles
and a population of 200,000 inhabitants. A
boul the time of the breaking out of the present
, rebellion in India, liie ruler of this district
! died. On his death, his wife, a woman ol 23,
was chosen by the people to fill his place. A
recent letter in the foreign news, an- I
uounces her death, and refers to her choice by !
the people and her subsequent caree- as follows.
Act wanting in ambition, she accepted
the offer, and for a time luled well. Bui the
•paik had touched the train—Bengal was in
flume, and now or never was her time to re
gain her Independence from the British yoke
her ancestor:, ad lost. IVe know what her first
st -| >s were the blood ofour fellow creatures
bt ai s witness unto them: and though some well
meaning gentlemen have endeavored to show,
and I sincerely hope with truth, that the atro
cities attributed to her were greatly overrated
they siilJ admit, reluctantly, that "those poor
creatures were only cut to pieces. Henceforth
of course it was war to the knife. She be
came the very soul ol the movement in those
parts. Ikr forts were strengthened, her men
gathered together in masses, stores were laid in,
and ev. ry preparation made for siege or fight.'
For herself,she dressed in male attire, °for
greater convenience in the saddle y " l
fight; was aliped 4% ihi of picked horsemen,
but j 0 f which she appeared almost üb
iquitous. " Was there a flagging of the oecessa
r lerver? she was on the spot to rally and to
rouse. Was their a voice ol dis disfocUoirneaoJ
men hung back in tear there sword in hand, |
she led the way, and braved the fury ofa fiery
storm. Jhansi overwhelmed, she fought her
way with her body guard toCalpee. Here the
same determined will was seen, here the same
spiiit shown. Beaten, but not conquered, she
upidlv followed the clever move of Tantia to
ward Gwalior, previous to which, from the at
tack on Jhansi to the fall of Calpee, she had no
less than six actions against our forces, comman
ded by Si? Hugh Rose in person. As betore
j{ Jhansi, she was always first at Gwalior, and
even .at the last, fell sword in ban d when struck
by a sln'li from Smith's battery.
VALUE OF KIND WORDS.
by a slu'ii from Smith's battery.
VALUE OF KIND WORDS.
Kind words do not cost much. They never
blister the tongue or lips: and we have never
heard of any trouble arising trom this quarter.
Though they do not cost much, yet they ac
complish much.
I.' They help one's own good nature and good
will. Soft words soften our own soul. Angry
! words are fuel to the llame of wrath, and make
' it blaze the more fiercely.
2. Kind words make other people goodnatu
red. Cold words freeze people, and hot words
scorch them, and sarcastic worths irritate them,
and bitter words make them bitter, and wrath
ful words make them wrathful.
There is such a rush of all other kinds of words
ill our days, that it seems desirable to give kind
' ones a chance among I.em. 1 here are vain woids,
' and idle words, and hasty words, and spiteful
words,and silly words, and empty words, and
profane words, and toisterous words, and war
like words. . -
Kind words alsoipoduce their own image
'on men's souls; iipnge it is.—
I They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer,
i'hev shame him out of his sour, morose, un
kind feelings. We have not yet begun to use
kind words in such abundance as they ought
to be used. 1 hey should be on our lips fiom
| morning till night.
Tun SKA. —I must confess that no one thing
impresses me so much with a sense of divine
ordi r and goodness in the material world with .
conceptions of a stupendous machine which j
the almighty wisdom has designed, and as this j
wondrous, beneficient, magnificent system of ex- i
change between the land and the sea, carried on '
IhioiHi the pipes of the atmosphere, and veins
that cross the azure lloor of Heaven; and mighty
wheel, that turns this way and that keeps the
pulse of every living thing in motion. "A
■ crreat waste" is the expansion of water that
! chafes the"vexed Bermoothes" or lies swim
ming under a tropic sky. Bat far inland the
heart of the continent pants tor its blessing, and
stately forests sigh for .1 through all their leaves;
and to-morrow this outlying element that qui-
vered like molten lead or dashed in feathery
foam has descended on the lawns of England, j
the vineyards of the Rhine, and the wheal fields
ofliie West. It has touched with tender cool
ness the wide prairie, and it opens its lids, more
innumerable than the eyes of Heaven, the
humble plant lilts up its grateful head, as though
it felt Cod's care for it, and the orchard and the
warden breathe rich (incense of thanksgiving
wherelit has passed along. The little brook babbles
with joy over, its new filled cup; and Mississip
pi and Orinoco,back among their hidden springs,
send up their great voice in exultation. But
the vast wheel keeps turning, and as it were
WHOM-: \l TlltliK *HIH
to-morrow again, the moistiue that trickled from
t he rock or dangled like a thread ol diamonds in
the grass, is surging in that mighty pulse, the
t'Ulf Stream, scoffing at the Orkneys or sparkling
in a wake ol glorious light under the Southern
Cross.
Tike's Peak—Gold ou this Side.
Ihe telegraph from Leavenworth states that
twenty wagons are about to leave that city for
I 'kes mountain, and that VVm. H. Russell, the
celebrated and energetic government coitfrac
or, is fitting out forty wagons to follow in a
<vv us. He have taken some pains to ascer
tain, says the Washington Union, the charac
ters of the parties who have reported the 2 old
deposits at Pike's Teak, and find that at Leav
enworth tliev are fully credited, and the beliet
universal that very valuable mines are abun
dant. -Vol long ago, in speaking of "the o- lvat
events on the Pacific,'" anticipating just what
is now exciting the cupidity of our frontier peo
ple we asked : 'Who shall say that California
and frazers river have an exclusive deposit ot
the precious metals ol the precious metals oi
this great country ?' We have, indeed, believ-
jed I liat explorations would disclose great miner
j . throughout the whole mountain re
gion extending from about latitude thirly-lbur
i|> to the parallel ol fifty. Major McCulloiwh
and (or. Powell, in passing to and horn Utah,
were invited to examine what the InJians ima
gined to be rich gold deposits. Those gentle
men, however, do not think it proper to 'depart
from their line of travel, hut express considera
. confidence that at an early day valuable
j mines will be disclosed near the f7tali rock.
We know nothing of a definite character ol
the alleged discoveries at Pike's Peak, which
; is somen here in the neighborhood of six hun
dred miles from Leavenworth City, in Kansas.
; should piove to be valuable and exten
sive, a new torn will be given to the frontier
settlements. Leavenworth City, now nomber
i'ig near ten thousand inhabitants and situaled
on the extreme western river, on the direct line
to blah and New Mexico, and commanding a
large share of the fur and skin trade
great interior, promises to hec-r , ;
influencexdM>, uuU naving just elected Mr.
Den.nan, a Democratic mayor, and set out in
its orand career of advancement under the
stimulants of large gold deposits, we may well
look with interest to its future progress and de
velopment as another " Wonder ol West.
R-i '\li .CfcAr Trtt-y 'CtN'iViT an acPVpon such
[testimony. We are not prepared to say that
the half has yet been told of the mineral wealth
of the country. We are confident, indeed, that
the work of discovery in that way has only
just commenced. Meanwhile the richest de
posits are poor, when compared with the solid
fruits of agriculture in any part of the country.
Pittsburg Post.
STUPIDITIES. —Walking along the street with
the point of an umbrella sticking out behind,
under the arm or over the shoulder. By sud
denly stopping to speak to a friend, or other
cause, a person walking in the rear had his
brain penetrated through the eye, in one of our
streets, and died in a few days.
Stepping into a church aisle, after dismission,
and standing to converse with others, or to allow
occupants of the pew to pass out before, for the
courtesy of precedence, at the expense ot a
greater boorishness to those behind.
To carry a long pencil in vest or outside coat
pocket;, not long since a clerk in New York
fell, and the large cedar pencil so pierced an
important artery, that it had to be cut down
upon from the top of the shoulder to prevent
his bleeding to death, with a three months ill
ness.
To take exercise or walk lor the health*
when every step is a drag, and instinct urge?
to repose.
To guzzle down glass after glass of cold wa- -
ier, on getting up in the morning, without air y
feeiing of thirst, under the impression of thi ;
health-giving nature of its washing out quali -
lies.
To sit down to a table and "force'' yourself
to eat when there is not only no appetite, but
a positive aversion to food.
To take a glass of soda, or toddy, or sangarec ,
or mint drops, on a summer day, under the Ix -
lief that it is safer and better than a glass of col J
water.
To economise time, by robbing yourself < >f
necessary sleep, on the ground that an hour st t
veJ from sleep is an hour gained for life, whe 11
in reality it is two hours actually spoiled.- -
Journal of Health.
EX-PEESIDENT PIERCE. — Letters from Ex -
President Pierce have been received by hi. s
friends in this city, dated at Geneva, Switzer- -
land,; Sept. 1. He was soon to leave for Italy,
by the Mt. Cenis route, and alter visiting Turin,
Florence, £cc., would proceed to Rome, where
he will spend the winter. Our readers will be
glad '.o learn that he was in excellent healthy
and that the health of Mrs. Pierce was muclt
better than when they left the United States.
.V. It. Patriot.
The most capacious pocket-book on record
is the one mentioned by a coroner s jurj. in
lowa, thus :—"We find the deceased came to
his death bv a visitation of God, and r.ot by
the hands of violence. We find upon the body
:i pocket-book, containing $2, a check on
Fletcher's Bank $250, and two horses, a wa
gon, and some butter, eggs and feathers."
DEED SCOTT, who recently died, was a very
old negro and enjoyed perfect freedom even af
ter the famous decision. At the great railroad
celebration in St. Louis, in June, 18;>7, he was
upon the lair grounds, and an object of greater
I curiosity to most people than any of the white
lions in the city. He was quite proud of the
i "fuss" he had created in the United States, and
'enjoyed notoriety mightily.
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