VOLUME 19,
THE WEEKLY 01 ERVER,
ERIE PAS
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1848
DEMOCRATIC CLUB MEETING
Pursuant to notico given, a largo ; enthusiastic, and
spiritetkmooting of tho Young ItTen's Democratic Club
was held at the Court House, on Friday evening, the Ist
iust. After being called to order by tho President, on
motion, Murray Whallon, -Esq., proceeded to address
the meeting in his usual interesting style. but before con
chiding ho was interrupted by the entrance of ;our dis
tinguished representative in Congress, Hon. James
Thompson, whoio appearance was greeted by repeated
demonstrations of applause. Tho Judge being then
called upon to adliross the meeting, responded in an elo
quent anfl pOwerthl speech of an hour and a - half's
length which; was listened to by the audience with breath
less attontion and with ovidont feelings of
. satisfaction.—
Ho gave a clear, explicit and lucid exposition of his course
in Congress, of tho manner in which ho had discharged
the' important and responsible trust his constituents had
assigned to him. Ho showod up in its truo light tho'
alive position of the two groat political 'parties which di
vide our county; he proved the opposition of the' Whig
party to tho-war with Mexico, and their disgraceful at
tempts to embarrass the administration by refusing to
vote supplire for our army at a critical moment when
appearances indicated that overything depended upon the
ability to act with energy and effect; he alluded to the
sncrifice of principle by the wing party on the altar of
madibility, and the political docapitulation of the great
champion; lie beautifullly and foelingly alluded to the
influence of tho glorious principles of deMocracy hero
upon the advancement and dissentination of liberty and
human rights throughout the,various nations of the old
walk and concluded by urging upon the demcratic party
the vast impottanco of tho approaching state elections
and the consequent necessity on their part for unity, har
mony and enorge c tic action.
A few solitary whigs wore present, scattered through
the crowd, and their elongated risages, and the sinegar
td,c asina which their countenances wore, indicated the
unpleasant predicament in which they were 'Armed, and
fully showed that the Judge told somo truths that wore
to them very impubstextble.
The foll Owing resolution was than offered by Wm. A.
Galbraith, Esq , and unanimously adopted:
nesolred, That the nomination of Mounts Lorrosrarrit
by the recent State Democratic Convention, for the of-
Etre f Governor of this Commouwoaith, meets with tho
hearty - approbation of tho democracy of Erie l l ounty;
and entertaining entire confidence in his pure pp ciples,
,!i•tingiiislied talents, and uncompromising integrity, wo
pledge ourselves to use all honorable effort to secure his
election on the second Tuesday of October next.
On motion, the Club adjourned.
Wino Lode.—Tho Koystono mays the whigs applaud -
Mr. Clay bocatioe ho rode fifty miles to vote at the late
Kentucky election, and then applaud Gon. Taylor be
cause ho never voted in his Igo!
lit thtVouth tho whip sad• Gon. Taylor is opposed to
the prohibition of slavory in the territories, because ho is
stareholdor, whilst the northern Whigs assort that ho is
ttvor of tho NViltudt proviso, becauso ho is a southern
man with northern principles.
It ii alledgad hy the whiirs., that General Cass a civil
ian, if elected President, will involve the country in a war,
loUl that Gen. Taylor, a soldier by trade and profession,
will make any sacrifice for the preservation of peace.
The whip, thig-matically maintain that GOD. Taylor
wa.s. nglit in recommending the eimiloymont of hood
blinds in the Florida war, hut that Van Buren was a
ink for' adopting the recommendation!
Whig logic demonstrates that the following extracts
rout Gen. ITitylor's letters aro perfectly consistent, and
tirat the one is clearly inferable from the other:
"To the points cited iu sour letter I do not feel myself
at liberty to express my frank opinion."—Gen. lujjlur lo
Mr. Ihrlay, June, 13181 d.
"I hold nd opinion which I would not roadily proclaim
niya ,,, lnbled countrymen."—Gcn. Taylor to Capt.
Nilson .Iprit
Amhew Stoh•art nod his brother whig,s bring forward
,;,,cost G•n. Ca•s individually, all his official expenditur
-3 whilst Governor of the-north=western territory, o . y of
li:,ttatn, transporters, clerk, rents, fuel, &c.. &c. They
With equal propriety, charge Genoa! Taylor
'ith the pay of the soldiors, teamsters, boatmen,
of his Mexican campaign. The expenditures were
LS 11114 and proper in the ono case as in the other.
!liar or Suermurs TAvt.o•t.—All indoponont paper
13 New York called the Day Book, editod by Dr. ! } !aeon,
ht.: an associate editor of the Courier and Enquirer, and
I ° ,ll ng to Taylor, thinks that his refusal to pay $7 70
p)Eno when his own nomination was expected, entitles
hat to the office of the Presidency on tho scoro of so
?orhtit•o meanness; that he (the editor) is dotorminod,
: , 4stici r , to go for the meanest man squaring his action
L that of the Philadelphia convention. That Gon. Cass
:al little of the necessary qualification; and ho could not,
. th ' rer " °, bulTort him. Mr. Van Huron was an exceed
ugly mean man, but he would not go for him; but ho wo'd
to for Talor,astho Meanest man of the lot,rind urged or
try one Who appreciated the action of the Phila' Conven
tion, and was fond of the meanest kind of mon,to throw up
their cars for the bloodhound hero. Pretty good for tho
Doctor. The truth is, the General haS managed so tia to
make himself the laughingstock of almost ovorybody.
led the indications now certainly aro. that ho will not
tarn half dozen States in the Union.
Tatt•oittsu Is .Nlicitinss.—Wo havo hoard of whigs
1 1 - 110 claimed Michigan for Ta)lor—the same mon would
l'enils)lvania, also—and the prospect of carrying
' 5O f , t the "available" is just ahout nn promising as the
` °l ' 'r • As to Taylorisin in Michigan, our accounts aro
I 'u it Will not poll as many votes as the Free Sonars.
arnin g of the desertions From the whig ranks in that
the Detroit Free Press says, there appears to have
' , II a concerted plan to tionMt Taylor all over tho State.
Fl 4 the Taylor club at the Stato Capitol, (Lansing)
ut sad repudiated him, and next, the Jackson Gazette,
,1 !111 0 whip of Jackson county, cast him oIV and adopt
.; Van Buren. We understand there aro soon to ho
•r repudiations. 'rho following distinguished whigs,
t^ Darn, havo entirely repudiated Taylor, since dto But•-
+ , l Convention:
Hon. J. M. Lamb,
" J. W. Gordon,
" Henry W. Taylor, ,
t " Austin Blair,
" Joseph It. Williams. '
The funat r was lately the whigcandidato for Lieut.
hoverer, the Kcond whig Liout. Governor and whig
tauces candidat e for U. S. Senator; the third, into whig
''i' re ""`Mativ ,, in the Legislature, and a formor whig
ihri,ib er of Congrch e from the Canandaigua district in
York; tho ftiertli, the whig loader in the House of
it ,j , reseutative s in 1847, and the fifth, a whig candidate
Cougress, and delegate to the late Philadelphia Con
' 11,1 1. In addition to the above, there aro hundreds
ank end file of the party who have withdrawn, and
tub, to hupport Taylor. There will also soon Lo a
of the wig or a neighboring township, at which
l'a‘lor.‘%lll be formally abandoned. •
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At the bend of a pleasant winding road, under
the shade Ole large elm,istood a small school-hourt.
It was tihamble building; and the little belfry on
the top seemed hardly large enough for the motions
of the cow-bell suspended there. But it was a pic
turesque feature in the landscape. The elm droop
ed over it with uncommon gracefulness, and almost
touchedtho belfry with its light foliage. The weath
er-beaten, moss-grown shingles were a relief to the
eye of the traveller, weary of prim storing white
houses. " Moreover, a human soul had.inhcrilied on
the little place a pastoral poem in vines and flowers.
A white rose bush covered half one side, and carried
its offering of blossoms up to the little bell. Cy
press vines were trained to meet over the • door, in a
Gothic arch, surmounted by a cross. On the west
ern side the window was shaded by a profusion of
morning glories; and a great rock, that jutted out
into the road, was thickly strewn with iceland
moss, which In the spring-time covered it with a
carpet of yellow stars.
It was at that season iti was first seen by George
Franklin, a young New York lawyer, on a visit to,
the country. He walked slowly past, gazing at the
noble elm slightly waving its young foliage to a
gently breeze., 'Just then out poured a flock of chil
dren of carious ages. Jumping and laughing, they
joined hands and formed a circle wand the elm.—
A clear voice was heard within the school house,
singing a lively tune, while measured strokes . on
some instrument of tin marked the time. The little
band whirled round the tree steping to the music
with the rude grace of childhood and joy. After
ten 'ori fifteen. minutes :of this - healthy exercise,
they stopped, apparentlyin obedience to some sig
nal. Haller them held their hands aloft, and for m
ed arches for the other half to jump through. Then
they described swift circles with their arms, and
leaped high in the air. Having gone through their
simple code of gymnastics, away they scampered,
to seek pleasure after their own fashion, till sum
moned.to their books again. Somo of them bowed
and courtesied to the traveler, as they passed; while
others, with arms round each other's necks, went
hopping alongyfirst - on one foot, then on the other,
too busy to do any more thhn nod and smile as they"
went by. Many of them wore patched garments,
but hands and faces iwore all clean. Some had a
stolid; animal look; but even these seemed to sun
their cold nature in the rays of beauty and freedom,
which they found only at school. The wbole semi°
impressed the young man very vividly. He asked
himself why it could not be always thus, in the fam-'
Hy, in the school, everywhere. Why need man
forever be a blot on Nature? Why must he be
coarse and squallid, and grossand heavy, while Na
ture is ever radiant with fresh beauty, and joyful.
with her. overplus of life? Then came saddening
thoughts how other influences of life, coarse parents,
selfish ettployers4 and the bard struggle for daily
bread, would ot‘d r -4tulow the genial influences of
that pleasant school, which for a few months gilded
the lives of those little ones.
Signed by the officers
When he repassed the spot some hours after, all
was still, save the occasional twittering of birds in
the tree. It was sunset, and a bright farewell
gleam shone across the moss-carpet on the rock,
and made the little &ware in the garden smile.—
When he returned to the city, the' scene often, rose
before his mind as a lovely picture, and he , longed
for the artist's skill to re-produce it visibly in its
rustic beauty. When he again visited the country
after midsummer, ho remembered the little old school
house, 'and one of his earliest excursions was a walk
in that direction. A profusion of crimson stars.
and white stars, now peeped out from the fringed
foliage of the cypress vines, and the little front yard
was ono bed of blossoms. He leaned over the gate
and observed how neatly every plant was trained, as
if some loving hand tended them carefully every
day. He IPiened, but• could hear no voices: . and
curiosity impelled him to see how the little -build
ing looked within. He lifted the latch, peeped in,
and saw that the room was empty. The redo bun
ches and.white-washed walls were perfectly clean.
The windows were open on both sides, and the air
was redolent with the balmy breath of mignonette.
On the teacher's desk was a small vase, of Grecian
pattern, containing a few flowers tastefully arrang
ed. Some books lay beside it. and 'one had an ivory
folder between the leaves ' as ,w recently used. It
was Bettine'e Letters to Gut:V . -ode; and, where it
opened at the ivory folder, ho & t 1 thee° lines, en
closed in pencil marks: "All thatl see done to chil
dren is unjust. Magnanimity, confidence, free-will,=
see not given to the nourishment of their souls. „A
slavish yoke is put upon them. The living impulse,
full of buds, is not esteemed. No outlet will they
give for Nature to reach the light. Rather must
net be woven, in.which each mesh is a prejudice.=
Had not a child a world within, where could he tike
refuge from tho deluge of folly that is poured' over
the budding meadow-carpet? Reverence have I be
fore the destiny of each child, shut up in So sweet a
bud. Ono feels reverence at touching a young bud,
"which the Spring is swelling."
The young man smiled with. pleased surprise; for'
he had not expected to. find appreciation of such
sentiments in the teacher of. a secluded country
school. Ito took up a volume of Mary Hewitt's,
Select Voetrg and
NIGUT 'WATOICING.
,ERON THE EVIILIN NATIO:4.
Cood night, good . night, ascushla mercy,
Dark is the night that is seiting fur rue.
And my tears that are falling so quietly
Will gush in a torrent soon.
There no one beside me to cheer me to night—
No one to tell me Cafe will is right t.
But I know - 't (Era dewily sin to fright
The soul which is going to Bum.
So I hold my peace, and In murnmrslow,
Tin none could - guess I am grieving so;
To Him and his angels I tell my woe,
• And pray for the soul departing
He was my all In the world-below, -
No other friend did I Seek or know.
But I will not grudge hinitaileav en now.
Since 't Is God's high Mil to take him.-
Long, long the dark night seems to stay,
Yet more I dread the morning gray,
For the weakening breathiwill have chill'd away;
• Ere its full rays brighten round him.
Ire will not bid me cease M moan;
Illy sorrow must now be MI my own,
My darkest grief I must bear alone.
Astor machree, you're going
I will watch no more with longing ear
The full of your proud light foot to hoar,
When your quiet home you are drawing near
Oh!—dark 'twill be without you
willl thrill no more to your words no fond,
Nor proudly think how a fairy's wand
Could MN cr bring me a joy bey unit .
The bli.a of being near you.
I mill, hula my head legs tufty now,
•
‘Vhen y •
ou aro laid in the church-yard low—
Too ranch I gloried long am)
the ham lot God gath_!
No more for me is the laugh and song;
But stilt .1.4 the darkening night conte4 on,
The neighbors will see me creep along
To the cold ground where you're lying
And they'll tell the young how my heart beat high,
And the flashing joy was in mine eye, • 1
And small thought of care or death had
When first We two-were plighted.
HOME AND POLITICS.
BY L. MARIA CIIILD
'TURDAV MORNING, SEPTEMI3ER I
and saw the name of Alice
Birds and Flowers,
White_ written in it.
fastened delicate. you
_ On all blank spaces wore
, g fern leaves, and small bits
He glanced at the low •ceil
hos. "'This seems not the
such a spirit," thought he,
onsequetice is that, since such
orywheter He took n pencil
arked in Bettine's Letters:—
' r the every-day life of nature.
voning clouds are thy dear
m thou canst converse when
I thee. Let me be thy scholar
of richly tinted moss.)
ing, end the rudo bon
appropriate temple fo
"But, after all, what
spirits' find temples e
from his pocket, and
"Thou hest feeling,f
Dawn, noon-tido and
companions; with will
no man is abroad wit
n simplicity."
He wrote his initial
shall never see this Y
“but it will be a little
life to conjecture wha
ing into her books."
son the page.' "Perhaps I
i oung teacher," thought ho;
' mystery in her unexciting
tcuriotts eye had been peep-
Then he queried with himself,
"How do I know she
He stood leaning a!
the beds of flowers, al
-hair, as the breeze p 1
ed to Bay that a you
remembered the clear
hum ming the dancin . -tune in the Springtime. He
thought of the moose= and ferns in the book.
"Oh, yen, she mot be young and beautiful,"
thought he. "She -cam& be otherwise than beau
tiful with such tastes." He stood'for some' mo
ments in half dreaming reverie. Then a broad
smile went over his face. 'He, was making fun of
himself.' " What consequence is it to mo whether
she be either beautiful or:young?" said he, inward
ly. "I must be hungry for an adventure to indulge
so much curiosity about a country scheol-mistress."
' The smile was still on bis face, when ho heard a
light stop, and Alice White stood before him. She
blushed to see a stran_er in her little sanctuary,
and he blushed at the wkwardness of his situation.
He apologized by sa •ing that the beauty of the lit
tle garden, and the tasteful arrangement of the
vines, had attracted lis attention, and, perceiving
that the school-house N'as empty, he had taken the
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liberty to enter. She eadily forgave the intrusion,
and said she re
freshed.was
the eyes of the o who pass by, for it hadas glad f the humble little spot
given her great,pleasu eto cultivate it. The young
man was disappointed, for she:was not at all like the
picture his imaginatio had painted. But the tones
of her voice were llexi le, and there was something
pleasing in her quiet, bet timid Manner. Not know
ing what to say, he init c ved and took his
_leave:
Several days after, When his rural visit was draw-
ing to a close, he felt the need of a long walk, and a
pleasant vision of thq Winding road and the little
school-house rose befo o him. He did not• even
think of Alice White. Ho Was ambitious, and had
Well nigh resolved neve, to marry, except to advance
his fortunes . He admi tted to himself that grace
and beauty might easily, bewitch him, and turn him
from his prudent purpdse. But • the poor country
teacher was-not-beautiful, either in face or .figure.
He had no thought of Amer. But to vary his route
somewhat, he Passed though the wood, and there
lie found her gatheriuglmosses by' a little brook.—
She recognised him, and he stopped to help her gath
er mosses. Thus it_ happened that theY\ fell into a
discourse together; and Ithe more he listened, the
'nom ho was surprised to find no :ELM a ..joulel-in-ao
plain a setting. Her thoughts were so fresh, and
were ao simply said! And now he noticed' n\ deep
expression in her eyes, mparting a more elevated
beauty than is ever deri v ed from form or color. •He
could not define it to himself, still less to others; but
she charmed him. He (lingered by her side, and
when they parted at the School-house gate, ho was
half in hopes she would invite him to enter. I
expect to visit this town again in Autumn," ho said.
" May I hope to find you at the little . school-
house?,
She did not say whether he tic ight hope to find
her there; but she answered with a smile, "I am
always here. I have adopted it fur my home, and
tried to make it a pleasant one,_ since I have no
other." , i
All the way home hi 4 thoghts wore occupied
with her; and the memory ofher simple, pleasant
1
ways, often recurred to yin ar id the noises of the
city.. Ho would have easily forgotten her in that
stage of their acquaintanpe, hat.lany beautiful heir
ess happened to cross his path; for though his na
ture was kindly, and had t, a touch of romance,_ am
bition was the predomin nt trait in his character.
But it chanced that no woman attracted hi.n very
powerfully, before he again found himself on the
winding road. where stood the picturesque little
school-house. ' Then came frequent walks and con
fidential interviews, whiCh revealed more lovelinoss
.of mind and character thl n he had previously sup
posed. Alice was one of those peculiar persons
whose history sots at naught all theories. Her pa
rents had been illiterate, and coarse in manners,
but she was gentle and relined. They were utter
ly devoid of imagination, and she saw every-thing
in the sunshine of poetryll " Who is the chill like!
Where did she get her queer notions?' were ques
tions she could never. ansWer. They died when alio
was fourteen; and she, unaided and iondrised,
went into a factory to earn money to educate her-.
self. Alternately at the factory and at school, she
passed four years. Tim ilia to h r notable mother,
she was quick and ski ful with her needle, and
know wonderfully well haw to make the most of
small means. She travel ed along unnoticed through
the by-paths of life, rejoicing in birds and flowers
and little children, and finding sufficient stimulus
to constant industry in tl i i ll e love, of serving others,
and the prospect of now nd then a pretty vase, or
some agreeable book. } 'rat, affectionate commun
ion, then beauty and order, were the great attrac
tions to her soul. • Henan, she longed inexpressi
bly for a home, and was always striving- to realize
her ideal in each humble imitations as tho little
school-house. The fami'y where she boarded often
disputed with each other and, being - of i rudo na
tures, not al! Alice's unassuming and obliging ways
could quite atone to them for her native superiori
ty. In the solitude of the little school-house she
sought refuge from things that wounded her.—
There she spent most of the horirs of her life, and
friend peace on the bosom of nature. Poor '
and
without personal beauty, she liever dreamed that
domestic love, at all reser bling the pattern in her
gi
own mind, wasa blessin she could ever realize.—
Scarcely had the surface f her 'dwell been tremu
lous with even a passing excitement on the subject,
till the day she gathered mosses , in. the wood with
George Franklin. When he loOked into her eyes to
ascertain what their depth expressed, she Was troub
led by - the earnestness of his glance. Habitually
humble, she did not ventue to indulge the idea that
she could ever be beloved J by him. But when she
thought of his promised visit in! Autumn, fair vis
ions sometimes fl oated before her of how pleasant
life would be in a tasteful little borne, with- an in
telligent companion. - ,AlWays it vas a Mlle home,
None of her ideas partook of gr . ndeur. She was
a pastoral poet, not an ec.
George did come, and. they h d many pleasant
elks in beniniful October', anal drowned each other
vith garlands of bright rinturtinal leaves. Their
.arcing betrayed mutual a r ffectiOal and soon alter
eorge wrote to her thus: 6 I frankly acknowledge
o you that 1 am ambitiot7, - and had fully resolved
- ever to marry a poor girl Beall love you so well,
.1 have - no choice left. And now, in the beautiful
light that dawns upon me, I see how mean and sel
fish,waa that resolution, and hoW . impolitia w i t h a l.
For it is not happiness we ail ] seek? And how
happy it will make me to fulfil yOur long-cherished
dream of atastefid home! i I cannot help receiving
front you more than I can give;lfer your -nature ,is
richer than mine. -But I believe; dearest, it is al
ways more blessed to give tan - to receive;-and
when two- think so of each othe ,: what Mere need
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of Heaven?
"lam no flatterer' and I tell ' .ou frankly I was,
disappointed when I first saw Yuji.. Unconsciously
to myself, Iliad fallen in love wth your soul. Tho
rq,vr A rt
is a young.' teacher," •
ulna the Window, looking on
d the vine leavos•brushed his
yed with them. They seem
g heart planted them. He
feminine voice he had hoard
tranSCript of it wlfich I saw in the
flowers attractedlne first; then a
from the marked book, the mosses a
imagined you 171118 1 1 be beautiful; an
you were not, I did not suppose I
of yoti 'more. But when I heard
soul attracted me ,
Irresistibly again
ed I ever thought you otherwise thl
14rely is a beautiful soul shrined
fiil body. But leieliness of soul hal
vantage over its ;frail envelope,
crease with time, but ought rather to,
"Of one thing rest assured, dear A
impossible for me l ever toi love anoi
you."
When she read this letter, it see
11.1 to were in a delightful dream.
'possible thnt the love of an intelliy
soul was ofrered to her, the poor
How marvelous it seemed, that whe
expecting such a 1?lossom from Par
ger came and laid it in the open boo
in that little school-house, where eh.
patient humility through so many •
Sho kissed the dear letter again
kissed the iniatials he had written '
fore he had seen her. She knelt d
ing, thanked Goff that the great hun
for a happy home was now to be
when she re-read the letter in caltn:
rightness of her nature made her
proffered bliss. He said he was am
ho not repent marrying► a poor girl,
and without social influence of any
he not find her soul far less lovely
it? Under tho influence of these
swered him : 4103 y ham your
made me, I dare not atty. My heart
den when the morning sr shines 0:
cold storm. Everlsince 9 the day we
es in the wood, you have seemed so
dreams of my lifedthat I could not I
though I 'had no hope of being belov ,
Even now I fear that you aro acting
rary delusion, and that hereafter y
your choice. ‘Vait long, and (Amer
I will not try to conceal any of the!
Seek the society of other women.
many superior to me, in all respect
to give mo by inny change in yo
love you with thd,disinterested love
rejoice in your best happiness, thoug
you away , frOm me."
This letter did not lower his estim
ty of her soul. Ho complied with I
cultivate the acquamtance of other woi
many more beautiful, more graceful,
plished, and of higher intellectual cd
none of them seemed so charmingly
as Alice White. "Do not talk to
about a change in my feelings." ho
your principles, I like your dispositio
thoughts, I like your ways; and I tiln
them. "rhos assured, Alice joyfully
fears, and became his wife.
Rich beyond comparison is a man who is loved by
an intelligent woman, so full of Home-riffections!—
Especially if she has learned humility, arid gained
strength, in the school of early hardship r.nd priva-
INtaaneital eonle who learn each
lessons in adversity. In lower natures it engenders
discontent and envy, which change to pride and ex
travagance in the hour of prosperity: Alice had al
ways been made happy by the simplest means: and
now, though her husband's income was a Moderate
one, her intuitive taste and capable fingers made his
home a little boweri of beauty. She seemed happy
as a bird in her cozy nest; and so grateful, that
j
George said, half in jest, 'half in earnest, he believ
ed women loved their husbands as the only means
society left them of procuring homes over which to
preside. There was some truth in the remark; Mit
it pained her sensitive and affectionate nature, be
cause it intruded upon her the idea of selfishness
mingled with her love. Thenceforth, she said less
about the external Blessings of a home; but in her
inmost soul she enjoyed it, like an earthly heaven.
And George seemed to enjoy it almost as much as
herself. Again and again he said" he had never
dreamed domestic companionship was so rich a
blessing. His, wife, though far less educated than
himself, had-a nature capable of the highest culti- '
vation. She was 'always an intelligent listener;
and her quick intuitions often understood far more
than he had expresed or thought: Poor as she
was, she bud brought better furniture for his home
than mahogany chairs and marble tables.
Smoothly glided a year away, when a little daugh
ter came into the )domestic circle, like a flower
brought by angels. I George had often, laughed at
the credulous fondness of other parents, but he real
ly thought his child was the most beautiful one he
had ever seen. In the countenance and movements
he - discovered all manner of rare gifts. He was sure
she hail an eye for oolor, an eye for form, and an
ear for music. She had her mother's deep eye, and
would surely inherit her quick perceptions, her ley
ing heart, and her earnestness of thought. His
whole soul seemed bound up in her existence.—
Scarcely the mother herself was more devoted to all
her infant wants and pleasures. Thus happy were
they, with their simide treasures of love and tholfght,
when in-an evil hour a disturbing influence- crossed.
their threshold. Itcame in the forth of political
excitement; that pestilence which is forever racing
through our land,' se,eking whom it may devour; de
stroying happy homes; turning aside our intellec
tual strength from the calm arid healthy pursuits of
literature or science,i"blinding consciences, embitter-
Mg hearts, rasping the tempera of men, and blight
ing half the talent of our country with its- feverish
breath. -
At that time our citizens were much excited for
and against the election, of General Harrison.—
George Franklin thi:ew himself into the melee with
firm and honest conviction that the welfare •of the
country depended on his election. But the superior
and inferior natures! of man are forever mingling in
all his thoughts, and actions: and this generous ar
dor for the nation's good, gradually opened into a
perspective of flattering prospects for himself. By
the study and industry of years, ',he had laid a solid
foundation in his professioni and every year brought
some increase of income and influence. But he had
the American inipatience of slow growth.. Distin
guished in some way he had always-wished to , be:
and no avenue to the desired object seemed so short
as the political rice-course. A neighbor, whose
tcmperament wits peculiarly prone to these excite
ments, cameo often and invited him to clubs and
meetings. hen Alice was seated at her evening
work, with the hope of passingone of theirold pleas
ant evenings, she had a nervous dread of hearing ,
the door-bell, lest this man should enter. It was
nut that she expected ,or wished her husband 'to
sa crifice:ambition and enterprise, and views 'of pa
triotic
dnty, to her quiet habits.
But the excitement seethed an unhealthy one.—
lie lived in a species of mental intoxication He
talked louder than formerly, and doubled his fists in
the vehemence of gesticulation. He was restless
for newSpripers andlwatched the arrival of mails, as
he would once have 'watched over the life of his
child. All calm pleasures became tame and insip
id. He was more end more away from home, and
stayed late in the night. , Alice at first sat up to t
wait for him, but finding that,not conducilie to the
comfort of their child, she gradually formed the hab
it of retiring to rest before his return: She was al
ways careful to leave a comfortable arrangement of
the fire, with his slippers in a warm place, and some
slight refreshments prettily laid out on the table.—
The first time ho came home and sow these silent
preparations, instetid of the affectionate face that
usually greeted him, it made him very sad. The
rustic school-house, with its small belfry, and its
bright„little garden-plat, rose up in the perspective
of memory, and he t i retraced one by ono all the inci
dente of their lovo. Fair and serene cattle th - •
angels of life out of the paradise of the past. '
,1848,
I vine's and the
ovelation of it
d the ferns, I
I when I saw
ould over' think
you. talk; your
and I wonder
n beautiful.—
nhin a beauti
la one groat ad.
I need not de
increase.
a fled upon him and asked, "Aro there'any like us
i the troubled patk you have now chosen?" With
t eso retrospection e came some self-repioaches con
e. ruing little kind attentions forgotten, and profes
s oval duties neglected, under the in fl uence of polit
al excitement. He spoke to - Alice. with unusual ten
mess that night, and •villuntarily promised that
hen this election was fairly over, he would with
. a w from active participation in politics. But this
i i
cling soon passed away. Tho nearer the result
o the election approached, the more intensely was
s whole being Obserbed in it. Ono morning, when
t was reading ; the newspaper, little Alice fretted
d cried. Ho Said,limpatiently, "I wish you would
rry that child-away. Her noise disturbs mo."
Tears came to the mother's eyes, as she answer
• , "She is not 'well; poor little thing! She has ta
n cold." I
• "I am sorry for that," he replied,-and hurried to
out and exult with 'his neighbor concerning the
f ilitical tidings. 1
At night, the child was unusually:peevish:and rest
s .s. She toddled up to her father's knees, and cried
o him to rock her to sleep. He had just taken
e in his arms, and laid her little head upon his bo
.o , when the neighbor came fur him to go to a po
it cal supper. He said the mails that night must
r ng news that would decide the. gnestion. ' The
o parry wouldl wait for their arrisul, and than have
nhilee in hono i rof Harrison's success. The child
‘.ried and screamed, when George put her away in
o the mother's arms; and he said sternly, "Naughty
i 1! Father, dOn't love her when she cries." "She
a of well, " rePlied the -Mother, with a trembling
o co and hurried out of the room. 1
eturned; but. la e as it was, his wife was sitting by
li fire. `"Hurialt for the old coon!" he exclaimed. 1
'I arrison is elected?" ,
t ea w rs a , a s t o w b o be ° !lo ine ut, k " i O n
li t , hem
hush,othush,morning
be
clear fere
George! ceoorrageot
,
he threw he i rself on his bosom, and bursting in
ol
ur little Alice is dead?" Bead! and the last words
lice, it is now
her as I love
ed to her as if
Vas it indeed
,enr; cultivated
nfriended one?
she was least
diee . , a stran-
upon her desk,
had toiled with
eary hours !--
nd again ; she
n the book be-
I wn, and, weep
_rer of her heart
satisfied. But
r mood ' the up-
I •
hrink from the
itious. Wo'd
about beauty,
kind ? Might
heti he deemed
fears, she an
precious letter
is like •a gar
it, after a lung
athered moss
ike the fairest
elp loving you,
Id in return.—
under a tempo
may repent
le my faults.—
► from yon..--
IYou ►vill find
. Do not fear
►r feelings.- I
he had spoken toqis darting had been unkind.—
W tat would helitoiliave given. to recall them now?
An 1 his poor, wife had passed through that agony
m,i,bout aid or Consolation from him, alone in the
sil.nt \A terrible weight oppressed his
he:rt. He sank into a chair, drew the dear suflbr ,
er o his boson 4 and wept aloud.
*' * * • • -*
'his great misfortune sadly dimmed the glo . ry of
his eagerly-anticipated political tritium - h. When
the tumult of grief subsided, be revieVeil the events
of us life, and weighed them in a' b lanc'e. More
l'ull more he doubted . whether it were wise to leave
which - would
h it should lead
lito of the beau
her requek to lel
the slow eertaiittiespf his profession, for chsaces,
which had in them the excitement and the risks of,,
lie saw
more tiecom- .
litivation; hut gl
1.
imple and true -
mo any more
said, " I like
I like your
vat's shall like
dismissed her
MB
,ambling. J More and more seriously he questioned
whether the absorption of his faculties in the keen
conflicts Of the hour, was the best way to serve the
true interests Or his country. 'lt is uncertain how
the balance would have turned, had he not received
an appointment Ito office under the new government.
Perhaps the sudden fall Of the triumphal arch, oc
casioned by the'death of General • Harrison, might
have given him a lasting distaste . for politics, as it
did many otheraL Pit the proffered income was
more than double the sum he had ever received from
his profession. Dazzled by this prospect, he did
'not sufficiently take into the account that it
would necessarily involve him in many
,additional
expellees, political and social, and that he might lose
it 4 the very next turn of the'wheel without being
able to return easily to his old habits of expendi
ture Once in office, the conviction that he was on
the right side combined with gratitude and self-in
tere t to make him serve his party with money and
pers nal influence. The question of another elec
tion was soon agitatedi and these motives drove him
in - -
Ito the new excitement. He was kind at home,
at ho spent little time there. He sometimes
nil d when he came in late, and saw the warm
ippers by the fire, and a vase of dowers crowning
is sipper on the table; but ho did ,not think how
lonely Alice must be, nor cool I he possibly dream
what she was suffering in the slow martyrdom of
her Heart. Ho gave dinners and suppers often.—
Strangers went and came. They ate and drank,
and I:trtiolied, and tallied loud. Alice was polite
1
and tteritive; but they had nothing for her, and she
had nothing for them. How put of place would
have been her little songs and'her fragrant flowers,
amid their clamor and tobacco-smoke! She was a
past ral poet living in a perpetual battle.
TI e• house wai tilled with visitors to see the lung
whit procession pass by, with richly-caparisoned
horst e, gay banners, flowery arches, and promises
of-p election to everything. George bowed from
his chariot. and touched his hat to her, as he passed
with the throng, and she ' waved her handkerchief.
~
"Ho v beautiful! How magnificent!" exclaimed a
visit( r, who stood by her.' 'Clay will certainly be
elect d. The whole city seems to be in the pro-
CeENI D. Sailors, printers, firemen everything."'
'There are no women and children," replied
i t
Alic : and she turned'away -with a sigh. Theo i ly
prole tion that interested tier, was a protection for
homes.
So bbi ft • i ti. CI 1 :. ) f .' -
oerat•. The army of horses; temples of Liberty,
with figures in women's dross to represent the god
dess; rackceobs hung, and guillotined, and swal
lowe by alligators; the lone star of Texas every
wher glimmering over their heads- the whole shad
owy thass.occasionally illuminate d by the rush of
fire-Jvorks, and the fitful glare of lurid torches; all
this Mode l s strange and wild impression on the
mind of Alice, whose nervous system had suffered
in th painful interval conflicts of her life. It re
mind d her of the memorable 10th of Aug. in Paris;
and a to had visions of human heads reared ob poles
befur the windows, as they had boon before the
poise of the unfortunate Maria Antoinette. Vitii
!tore o served their watches, and said it took this
proce sion on hour longer to pass than it had for the
whig procession. "I guess Polk will beat, alter
ell,' aid one. George was angry, and combatted
the o Wen vehemently. Even after the company
had a I gone, and the street noises -had long passed
ow in the distance, he continued remarkably moody
and it itable.. Ile had more' cause for it than his
wife as aware of. She supposed-the worst that
could appen, would be defeat of his party and loss
of ofii e. But antagonists, long accustomed to cal-
Culat political games walla view to gambling, had
Idared him to bet on the election, being perfectly
I n ware of his sanguine temperament; and, George,
'mime ated solely by a wish to prove to the crowd,
who ward them, that he Considered the success of
Clay' party certain, allowed himself to be drawn
into the snare, to a ruinous extent. All his worldly
.i
possession, even his watch, books, and his house
hold ;'urniture, were at stake; and ultimately all
were ost. Alice sympathized with his deep dejec
tion, tried to forget her own, sorrows, and said it
'would! be easy for her to assist him, she was so cc-
Custoined to earn her own living.
On! their wedding day, George had given her a
landscape of the rustic school-house, embowered iii
vines, and shaded by its graceful elm. Ho asked to
have this reserved from the wreck, and stated the
reason. No one had the heart to refuse it; for even
amid the mad excitement of party triumph, every
body said,"l pity his poor wife."
She left her cheris:hed home before the finni break.
ing up. It would have been to much for i her wo-
Inauly heart, to see those beloved household goods
curried away to the auction-room. She lingered
long by the astral lamp, and the little round table,
where she and George used to read to each other, in
the first happy year . of their marriage. She did not
weep. It wbnld have been well if she could. She
took with her the little vase, that used to stand on
the dtak in the old country school-house, innd a cu
riousiWedge-wood pitcher George had given her
lon the day little Alice was born. She did not show
them 'to him, it would make him so sad.: r He was
tends and self-reproachful; and she tried to be very
-Iron , that she might sustain him. But health had
'urea in these storms, and her organization fitted
MI
her only for one / mission in this!
make and adorn a home. Thro
years she had longed for it. Sh
thanked God with the joyfulnei
And now her vocation was gong
In a few days, ihors'was pronoi
ancholy insanity. She was pl•
where her husband strives to so
erything to heal Idle wounded a
its her,, she looks at him with
still clinging to l i the fond ideal
pcats mournfully, "I want my
George come and take me home
« * • • ••-
Mhos left adrift on the dark oc
Franklin hesitated whether to
politics ',for another office, or to
profession, and slowly rebuild bi
from tho ruins of the past. H.
mined in favor of the latter, he
live economically, cheered by t
will again dawn in the beautiful
so truly.
is case may seem i ean e
truth lie' is one of a thousand ei
ually floating over 'the turbulen t
politics.— UnitinlMagazine
•
Great Meeting - at Bayou Got
loons Courier of tho 14th inst.,
seen a,gentletnat of the first
was at the Baypit!Goula meeting
who informs us that, for an asse
torier, it was the! largest ever w
ana. Including Ivetnen and chili
says the number, at a very mod
could not have Legit less than 30
were Whigs.
The meeting - was full of enthu
*cause, and animated with colitidu
trumph r in Novetnber—of which,
1, - um one ;in his senses entertains a
Col. W. B. G. Ruttier, who c
U. S. Drag,oons iti the Mexican ti
the chair, amid shouts of applaus
tributo•fretn the hearts of his nei
citizens to that gallant soldier
gentleman.
The meeting Was opened wi
Mr. Sigur.
Ire was followed by Mr. P. Sol
a discoursq full of ;that glowing i
eloquenceaor vlI h that emir
gentleman is distinguished.
TIM speaking was concluded b;
•,
ton Rouge.
Some 'short time ago, our Whi
mass tnceting at Bayou Goula, bt
they couldn't come it."
The following ftLem the N. 0:
the, Democrats are on the alert:
— Our political orators are all to
John C. Larue is somewhere or
stirring up the Whigs in that
bothering some of their. orators
Q,uotations, and tables of statisti
Pierre Soule; the Senator elec
olthe Democrats,lleft yesterd9
whero he will commence a politiSS
to extend into Opelousas and Atte
holds of the Whigti.
Mr. Prentiss, the incomparable wit, orator and
jurist, will leave id a few days n a tour, partly
professional and partly political, through the Florida
Parishes." He will address the Whigs at Clinton,
whore he will, no doubt, be replied to by his old
confrere and friend l ef his youth, the gallant and
able Gen. Felix Huston.
The Democrats l on the other hand, have, a host
of young* orators, begin to champ their bite
with impatience and eagerness for the fight.—
There is Col. Preston—he may not be correctly
styled' young in years, but he is in the ardor, zeal
and enthusiasm of his eloquence. He is brimfull of
war and Democracy, and is ready at any moment,
and on any emergency, to shiver lances with any
Whig knight. There, too, is the learned and ac=
complished Secretarly of State, and the invincible
Col. Reynolds, everlin the front of battle, where
the Democratic flag is borne. And the District
Attorney—sharp and angular, but vigorous and
etrective.
INGENUITY OF ScaiNCH.—Who would have ima-
Oiled,- when gun -lcotten was produced by Mr.
Schonbein, and the world was threatened with
being blown up by this terrible explosive material,
that within a few menthe it should be discovered
to bo an , xcellont styptic for dressing cuts and
wounds? Dissolved! in either and applied to the
severest cut, it forms an adhesive covering of
singular closeness land adhesivses, protects tho
wound and excludes, atmospheric air, or any irrita
ting matter, so that the process of healing is carried
on speetlly and effectualy, and when all is well,
the "protectionist" having done its duty, is removed.
So also has Dr. Siinpson, of Edinburgh, we are
informed, similarly applied chloroform and gutta
percha. This, mix ore, in a liquid condition, at
about the consistence of fine:honey, is kept in a
phial or bottle; and %Olen an accident of the kind to
which we have refer'reil occurs, it is simply poured
upon the wound; the l i chloroform instantly evapora
tes, and the gutta percha remains a perfectly flexi
ble like skin over the injured part, preserving it
for weeks if necessary, without the need of dressing,
bandages, 'or any other appliance, till there is no
more occasion for this admirable - agent. When we
call to mind the muck human pain that will thus be
alleviated, how many cures effected where hitherto
there has been danger anti uncertainly, and how_ a
number of surgical operations will be simplified, it
may not be considered to much to rank such inven
tions among the most valuable that could be discov
ered - and applie.l for the benefit of putukind—Lon
don Literary GaztllC.
WHARY OF LtEn.—ln a letter dated Trenton Falls,
Aug. 14, ,Mr. N.P. Willis relates thulollowing cu
rious anecdote: I •
Among our fellow passengers up the Mohawk we
had, in two adjoining seats, a vory impressive con
trast—an insane youth on his way to an asylum,
and the man that has achieved the greatest triumph
of intellect in Our time, Morse of the electric tele
graph, on an errand connected with the conveyance
of thought by lightning. In the course of a- brief
argument on the exuedieney of soino provisions for
putting an end to a defeated and hopeless existence,
Mr. Morse said that ten years ago, under ill-health
and discouragement, be would -gladly have availed
• himself of any diyine authorization for terminating
a life of which the possessor was weary. Tho ser
mon that lay in this 'chance remark—the loss of a
princeless discovery to the world, and the loss of
fame and fortune to himself, which would have fol
lowed a death thus prematurely self-chosen—is val
uable enough, I think to justify the invasion of the
sacredness of private' couversation uhich I commit
by thus giving it to print May some one, weary
of the world, read it to his profit.
, NEW9PAPI:a4.—A man eats up 'l{ pound of sugar,
and the pleasure he htis enjoyed is ended; but the in
formation he gets from a newspoppr is treasured up
in the mind, to be enjoyed anew, and to be used
whenever occasion oc inclination calls for it. A
newspaper is not the tvisdom of ono or two men; it
i s the wisdom of the age, and of the past nee too.
A family without a! newspaper is always half an
awe behind the times in general information, besides,
they never think much, or find much to think- about.
And there are the little ones, growing up in ignor
ance, without any taste for reading.
Besides all these evlis, there's the wife, who
when her work is done, has to sit down, with hands
in her lap, and nothing to amuse her mind from the
toils and cares of the domestic circle. Mho then
would be without a newspaper?—lirsj.LFranktin.
MBIt 17.
world; that waa, to
Igh hard and lonely
o had gained it, and
of a happy heart.
need a case of met
cod in the hcispital,
round her with ev
ul. When he. vie
strange eyes, and
.1 her -life, she m
emo. Why don't
4,
• •
can of life, Georgia
rust the chances of
start again in his
shattered fortunes
ving wisely &W
-orks diligently and
o hope that reason
soul that loved him
treme one; but in
ilar wrecks contin
, sea of American
OLD ZkII IN LOUI
lISIANA.
Ala .—The Now Or-
Isays—a We have
Ilespectability, who
on Saturday last,
ibla ge in the , in
tnessed in Louiei
rem our informant
rate. computation,.
in, ' few of whom
I insm for the good
ince in its glorious ;
indeed, we believe,
doubt.
tntnanded the 8d
•ar, n'as called to
—a well-merited
hbors and fellow
and accomplished
le, of this city, in
nd heart-itirring
iCnt and patriotic
1 a speech from
Mr. Lacy, of Ba-
brethren tried a
_
1 t it wad no go—
elta shows that
l ing the stump.—
. the Texas line,
mote region, and
, ith his Book of
s,
, and great orator
for Shreveport,
al tour, which is
kapaii, the strong-