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THE VOLUNTEER.
John B. Bratton, Editor and Proprietor^
CABBISLB, THVRSP»VrAUG» 17,1848.
THE BATTLE OP BUENA VISTA*
It was this battle which made General Taylor the
Federal candidate* Eleven days befoic it watffo'ughl
and whilc'lhc whole country' was agonized by the
reports that our troops had been overwhelmed and
cut *o pieces, Thomas Corwin stood up in his plnco
imthb United Stales Spnalc, and advised .the Mexi
cans to give to these troops .** A-WELCOME WITH
-BLOODY HANDS TO HOSPITABLE GRAVES.’*
This same Thomas Corwin is tibw Tuy|or*s friend,
ondlls Asking (the,'suffrages of the people for that In
dividual, because, ho fought .against the Mexicans! - t
'Sentiments*
, 'Boston Whiggery says:—“T consider the statp
.mpntthat tho Taylor papers make, that “Taylor is
tho pcoplc’s'candldate,” to bo Iho grcasl humbug,' or
TIHE BASEST LIE over promulgated. Some of
tUo editors, who have Ilia title of’/?™., know (if
they know the truth,) that IT IS A LlE—a black lie
MADE-TO DECEIVE. Such papers know that
the (ruth would ruin Taylor's prospects in a moment.
Hence.THE RESORT TO FALSEHOOD, to buoy
'up that arch slavcholdcrT-itbat slayer of men, women
and children,-and render him “atjflitoWe.'* • .!
- Louisiana Whlggcryi on the other horfd declares
of Gen. Taylor, tliat—" He is.from birth, ossoclutibn,
“and conviction, indenlified with the South and her
•• institution; being one of the most extensive slave
«• holders in Louisiana; and snpportcd by Iho-slnvo
“holding interests,' is opposed to the Wilinot Prqvho
“ and in favor of securing.(lm privilege to the owners
“ of slaves la remove with llioln to newly acquired
“territory.” ; Such is thebeautiful 'consistency of
Federal go-party Whig principles 11!^,
• A Wind loa«t whs
drahk at a Whig mass mect!hg,in||MaßBachuseitB, by
on ex member of Congress s.
“ T&e Soldier'f Land Right,'— *l.ol it lu four feet
-by six’.**- *■ "
* ' From lho Plifsliurg'Post.' ■'
HON. JAMES BUCHANAN.
' At llio instance of a number of distinguished Do.
roocrate, a letter was addressed to tho Hon. James
Buchanan, to ascertain whether ho would permit his
narnoto-bo used ns tho Democratic candidate for
Governor of Pennsylvania, at tho ensuing election.—
In his reply declining that honor, ho states U is his
dcslrtlo return to private'lift on the' day when ho
confidently expects. In witness tho inauguration of
Gens. Ooss and'Duller, and that it would illy requite
tho his native State,Tor alt they have
done for him, if ho wouldnow solicit new favors at
their hands, or stand ip. tho way of worthy Demo*
cratio friends, who may desire to become candidates
for Uio.offico pf Governor. .The following is the let
ter referred to above: r j • ,
Washington. July 15,1848.' 1
Chambers M’Kibdin, Esq;, Pilisburg:
Dear Sir :—ln answer to your kind letter of (ho
Uth instant. 1 hasten to say that 1 ahull not bo a
candidate for the office of Governor. It Is my desiro
to retire to private life on the day when I confidently
expect to witness tho inauguratlonof Gons.Cusaand
Bui lor. ■ . 1 ‘ ’' l . . .
I have been long and uniformly sustained by the
Democracy of n»y native Stale, and am coqtont with
the public honors which they have already conferred
upon mo. I shall bear with mo Inl6 retirement, u
deep devotion to their principles, and a heart over*
flowing with gratitude for thulr kindness. Indeed, 1
(should but illy requite (hem for all l|i«y have done for
me, were I now losolicltnow favorsat.lhclr hands,or
stand in tho way of worthy Democratic friends, who
may desire to become candidates for tho Governor's
* office, Yours,'very respectfully,
■V JAMES BUCHANAN.
* O^Ex.President Van Duron in his present factious
(and disorganizing course, must certainly when ho re
flects, upon the prist, bo deeply sensible not only of
tho gross inconsistency which now marks, his con
duct, but, also, of Ida ingratitude towards tho Dem
ocracy of the Union. '* V '■
In 1843, Mi*.Vun Baron, writing to the Democrats
of Indiana, said: . , . , ■,'
11 My name and nfetcnilonsi however stibordfnatb
In tmportarfco,'shall nbver bout
vho qp
companledGcncral Cuss to l|ia Blind and Ppaf and;
Dumb Asylums of ;our,cily, will bo; remembered by
all those.who were so,fortunate as to;hoprcsorit.—-
General Cass ty.as prevented by other end pressing
cogagemcntsTrom'attcndjdg, and ,was very reluctant- i
ly compelled to fonggolljg plqasuj-p, ; CrosdVJ
tho sweet poelcds l .wJid l iiUhbUgh her natural eyo be-'j
holds not llioboauties which ar bohoftccnt Providence '
has spread with such d lavished'hand over tho Taco j
'of nature,has yet such a beautiful'appreciation of
(hem through the' kcen'visioh of Her imagination,
tuned her poetic lyrc lo ono of its sweetest strains to
greet the ‘‘Star of the West” At the solicitation
of Colonel Benton, who was,deputed by General Gass
to act as his ropresonlativoi and thocompany, she
recited,' In ah' arch.’ahd pleasant mdmier, tho follow
ing beautiful verses:. , ~<• . ' . . ,
Awake. 0)1 my muse I from. Parnassus descending,
Here fold Ihy white pinions a moment'to rest—
• The harp (linn.liast tuned, In sweet melody blending;.
. Now halls lu Us splendor, tin* Star uf the West.
YeS, wolc'omd! thrice welcomol In transport wo meet tlicc,
Tho Uifht % broe*cs' murmur our songs as they pass ;
E’en nature herself, with a smite seems to greet ihce, ■
Am! shall wo bo silent? Long live Mr. Cass 1
What visions ofjoy.in tliyhosnm oro glowing?
(low bright is the picture which fancy hath drest: '
Thy thought's are Wlioro Huron's glad water’s pro flowing;
Thoudruoms't of thy homo in the beautiful west.
Thy hofno whore tho deer, o'er tho prairies is hounding.
Ami flowers am kisst-dby the winds ns they pass, it
And the horn of Iho hunter at morn is resounding—' ''
There fund ones Swait theo—long livo Mr. Oass!
Though lovely that spot from its peaceful seclusion
Events may occur which will call thbnway,
The future will tell, yet forgfvo.thu allusion '
/ .Theso lips may not after the words they would Bay.
Farewell I Yet the muse hath n dbliento flower,
And softly she whispers ihoso words In mine ear,
*• I gathered It flesh from ofTectinn’s own howpr.
Present it lo Houston, and .welcome him he^e."-
" That' flower Is 'friendship'; though times icy Anger
May leave Us sad tract-s ou nil that is fair;'
•Tls tho offspring of henvon. and ever shall Unger
The hues which so brightly are clustering there.".
Then welcome, brave Houston I thy name we will cherish,
Them guardian of,Texas. America’s son,
Tb.v Laurels of fame! nh they never can perish, ■
For they, in tho canto ofthy country, were won. ■ -
It is'a (rile, but at'(ho same lime, (ruo remark,
that tho real incidents,of life constantly occurring
around us, possess a.fur.iiinro romantic intorcst than
tho fanciful ones conceived in (ho teeming brain of
the novelist; “Gfflifs tllb folldwirig tale,'told
ns in brief by lhd:sleward of (he pnoUct-boal
ana, on Saturday, will furnish nnjliustrblion : .
Soipo ten years ago, as our readers will remember, 1
tlioro was what.was termed a “rebellion” in Canada,
nnt| .after the “ palri(jlM ,, -w’cro .subdued, eorne were
summarily executed, and a portion banished, for,’a
long term of years to Australia. Most of those latter
were men,of families, from which' they were torn
without mercy, to expiate In a,fur distant land, by
imprisonment and hard labor, the crime of having
failed in their attempt to rid (heir country of tho
evils of misgovernment. , We think they acted very
unwisely in proceeding to tho extremes they did, but
this point wo, will mil slop to consider, With one of
• the,so expatriated men our tnlo has chiefly 10, do.
For seven or ciglvl weary years he hud borne tho
hardships of a lonely captivity, hopeless of ever seeing
homo or friends again, when a general, amnesty was
proclaimed by tho British Government in regard lo
oft, with ono or two exceptions, of those wholiad
been concerned In the rcbillion. ‘ Our hero was now
ol liberty, and his first thought was to .seek his homo.
Dpi ho had .no.means to pay fits passage there, and
to®,loOcordingly.shipped 1 oOcordingly.shipped on'hoard a whaling vessel,
which at.tho find of years more, landed him upon
his native shores.
Wife, children, and friends filled his thoughts,and
ho hastened on to his.uld residence inCanadii.—
Everything remained us ii had been—friends and
neighbors greeted hlmqs ho, passed ulongr-bul how
his hoarf sunk within hipi. to find tha homestead de
serted, and to learn that his wife hud been married ’
two years to another,,supposing'the husband of her
youth tp bo dead.,. She and her new found mate had 1
left thaf. port of. tho ,country imU settled somewhere
In Illinois. ; " ’, / -
Tho poor man felt dosnjalq indeed, and. ho dei-ter* *
mined to sob,and if possibtd to reclaim,his,wife and 1
children. After weary travel and many inquiries ho '
traced .them to ICqox county, Illinois, where (hey <
were comfortably settled |n,jhoir new, home. There <
ho presented .himself a fevy days since. The wife 1
could not hoyo been more surprised or pained to sco I
on apparition from tho graven for sho had long con* 1
sidered Mui.bs dead. . Tjio, new husband, 100, was '
rather disagreeably surprised, to sco .before him n -
claimant for his wile. What'should bo done?. Tho 1
first husband was anxibus to obtain the lady, Iho
second was disinclined lo glvo her up, looking upon
his claim as good, , .
, Thoy> were roasonnhlo perplo all around. Tho
original claimant remained in tho neighborhood a
couple of weeks, during whjoh limp tho matter was
frankly talked over. At (apt iho rivals came to the
very just anid raftohnl conclusion, that thq lady was
flip proper 'person to make a final decision of the
question, arid to her it was mutually agreed to refer
It, giving her tipio’ to consider it In nil [(shearings.
. What morb perplexing position could a woman be
placed lq than that? dlero wcrb twd men with ut
most'equal claims \inon her affection. One was tho
father of all her children but ohc, the companion 'of
her youth—tho ollipf, bound to her heart by near and
sacred lies', and by tho mutual love they boro on in*
fnnl that hod been fiorn to them. Sho could not da*
ctdo— woman could? 'A tumult
of thougbts.and oiqotions filled her heart,alternately
swaying her from side 16 side. • Thus tho conflict
lusted for'sCve'ial'dnys, during which time sho was
enabled to look clearly Into her own heart, and at last
sho was ready for a decision.
Which could she choose but l)io man around whom
wore twined Iho tendrils of, a first and strong oftcoi
tloit—to whom sho had given thq first offerings of
her heart. Tho ncedlo may vibrato fbr a timo, but
it points at last with unfailing constancy (6 the hev*
or sotting star of tho North ; and In liko manner, (ho
heart of a true woman, having In tho tyide universe
but ono fitting mote, will', after nll vloisslludes/turn
lovingly to (ho sunny warmth of “first, only love.”
A disposition of| the youngest child must now bo
made, and it was mutually agreed by tho two men,
that, as it could not bo deprived of a moiljorVcnrc,
the first husband should take it with (ho htlior c(ill*
ren, (o bo roslorcd to (ho father at some future tlmo,
Tho re-united family now ihado preparations to go
to n now home ; and qp groat was tho. interest oxoi>
ted (n, tho neighborhood by this singular affair, that
ns many as a liundrcd and fifty persons from tho
neighborhood wore prosonllo witness their departure,
On Saturday lust they oumo up In tho pn'okct Louis,
lono, on their way to Michigan, where (hoy will lake
up tlioir residence.; ■. , , v ,
-AVo.ftMurally.sympalhlao iho first husband,
to whom wifo and bliildrcn orartitnrod,'but who will
hot fopf for'lho bereavement oftiho second 7 1.-
M; VAN DUREN,"
p3t Porno .men divide tlio,world Into * tlirop.class
,es—fools, knaves, and thbsowlho’think just as they
do.'• '■ v '' ‘ ' V
Hortetat.
THE PQETIIY OF TUB BUND.
Address to .General Cask*
DV MISS FRANCIS CROSBY.
3^tBccunnto«a.
Front ilia Cliicngp Trllmnc.'
a nW op noniANOE.
“OUR COUNTRY —MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIOKT—RIcitT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTR V-*’
CARLISLE, PA-, THURSO!!; AUGUST 17, 1848.
X from the Working-man. ; ?
SATURDAY EVENING.
f »0oW; evening, once again, season or peace;
Return, Bweetovening.aml continud long. 1
MoUiinks 1 spa llieo In the,strepky,west; .
With matron itbp'slow'moving,' whilp the night
Treads-bft'ihysWoeplng train I ono handemploy’d •'
In letting foil the curtain or repose :
On bird and ben?t. the other charged for man
With sweet oblivion of the cares of day.'-’
■ i ■ V. ,- , u .. . . . CoWPCR,
No one familiar with- tlitf, aspect of towns inhabited
by dSttaans, needs to bo' informed that the close of
the week'is'marked by very striking peculiarities.—
As tho ' jWdorous engine of human' labor, slackens
its rcvolulidhsV jhd al length stands’'still, and gentle
rest;.brglna.Vo 'her .tfiugs'dvcr tho liauntd of*
toil, ; lhete Wbt oAO6 : aR addition made to thd 'happv*
ness 6f rh'aii,.Alhij;li no cnthdsinsm can' well ovcrVol-
Oo.Tn a few moments wo'may apply to.lho groat cap
ital of mahufoclbrlhglown.lho expressive vbrsc ftom
Wodsworlh's fahtoUs sonnet brv Lbndon Bridgo, l
“ And all ihat mlghty heart, is lying siill.” !
The forgo andthoarmlhory are censing to smoke.
The mighty arms and.shafts moved by steam,'arc
dropping into repose: The quick report of millions
of manual utensils has terminated; /Jaded animals,
bowing their decks', arc set free from the yoke;
while Jnumorablo sond and ddngh tors of toil, released
from the necessity, of further work, arc ready for,
rest and pleasure, for improvement or vice. The
thought is pleasing."; As I survey jhV crowded- city,
and allow my imagination to picture (ho details of
tho scene, 1 behold a thousand delightful images of
domestic comfort. <-
Nowi according’to flh extensively prevalent cue*
tom, the well earned labor.of reward is received.—;;
Now tho anxieties of iho tedious week are suspended.
Famlics seporuted during tho preceding days, come
together, better prepared limn at other times to aid'
one another, and to enjoy ono another’s company.—
One unbroken day--between two-nights of unaccus
tomed repose, is a goldon prize In.expectation. The;
meeting of parents, brothers, sisters, children, some-,
limes of husband and wife; who have been kept apart
by tho stress of labor, is not. without some points
which deserve tho poelio touch ofa Crabbcor an El
liot. It is, with tho virtuous, a -season of hallowed
affections. • -. ' ,
Happy is’that working-man who, 1 when,.at the
-week’s end, hovthrows off, in the bath, tho soils- of
labor, can with equal caso lay aside the-wrong emo
tions ofovjlhahUs of the samp period, and with a.
clcarconsciiihbo jirdparb for the' day‘of rest ! Hap
py Is tho'yduih'who, s when.He comes l hofna to greet
his aged parents, aodtho sister of whom he is proud,
feels that no t4i;nlsh has c«mo over his hpart! Hap
py the blooming girl, however lowly her calling, who!
enters tho humble dwelling with (hq clastic tread bfj
conscious-innocence!.' Blessed family,-whfero the
call to rest'is but tho signal of every kindly siTefe
lion] •
' I know that with some' oven in early. life, tlib cqdj
of .the week is lliobogining of afrolic.' .'The'time;
when wages are received is apt to bo aseasoh'of mor
imerit if not of vied.; In summer, in cv>.
ety. sort of vehicle, stream forth out of the various'
avenues of our cities and towns. In winter the
streets resound till a laic hour with tho tread of idlers
and debauchees. And in every season, Saturday
! night fills tho-'taverns, oyster houses, porter cellars,
and‘other resort*, with a double allowance of halo fcl-:
lows.'. There is’a.tripple consumption of tobacco and,
• strong So that
Jdrk "side In tho'picture, as ’there is indeed tb mqnt
; pictures of human life. •-But even here Itind.an il
lustruti6n;bf some of my favorite positions about
tho' .influence ;.ofllhe, domestic insli-!
lotion! ■ The worsl’/nen, I will continuo to affirm,
ato lho>C,who, either from choice dr necessity, liuVo 1
no home; - Perhaps out of a thousand families gnllu
cred affor a week’s work', there is.not onffgathered
fur vicious indulgence. .Where youth, ore
they commonly halo* tho lioarlli slonc. S.iturday eve
ning is a good criterion of tho attachment which a)
young man boars to the virtuous attractions of home!
As (he guardian angel of the fireside, woman haq
horc a great and hopeful work. I wish I could irn
' press on-the wife, tho mother, and tho sistcrjtho val-j
uc of (heir influence in (his particular. Make homo
delightful, and you will'wbrk wonders. Tlint wayl
ward youth may, perhaps, bo won hv sisterly invita
tion. Spare nothing that is fairly within your power
to make it worth his while to spend -hisSathrday ovc.
hing with tho family. So long ns you have this hold!
Upon him', you may'almost bid doflatico to 1 (ho at-r
tempts of evil companions.
'Let it not be forgotten (hat wo own ail-theso good
influences to religion. There would ho no Saturday
evening, if there were no Chhsltan-Sabbnth.
Tjfficountries wlicro man bnd beast work seven
days in (ho week, (hero is nothing which resembles
iho pleasant scenes (b’which I have alluded. In such
countries (hero is Mltlo of wKat wo moan- by home.
Wlmivould undertake to explain to aTVonch laborer
“the Cotter’s Saturday night I” '• •
Arid since I have been led to name that oxquislt
production, I cannot leave it without commending
to the attention of every (yoking man who Sots a
value on family quiet ond contentmeiit. This single
effusion would not bo bought' too dearly at thb pricol
of all thb other productions of Robert Burns.-Though
written with special reference to an agricultoralpop;
utfaitidn, it presents a scone which might be realized
of qny good man of whatever calling. Tho return
of the cottager, offer his labors, is described with
the feeling of ono who know whnt it was to come {
libmo weary from the plough. Tho return ofliio j
sons, and of tho daughter, is described in tho very ,
dialect of nature ; and the cnlrnnco of the (over is ns
arch ns Si is accurate, the chut, (ho joke, tho-supper,
are ail admirably told ; tho crowning grace of Iho
poom is the account of family-worship:
“Tho.cJjodrful supper dotio, wp serious faca,
They, roupd the fugle, form a circle wide
' .The sire turns o'er, wi’patriarchal grace,
. The big ha* Uihlo, nnco hie father's pride:
.Ills bonnet rororntly is laid aside,'
His lyart hnflets* wearing thin and bare;
. Those strains that once did eweel ift Ziotj glide.
Ho wales a portion with judicious care;
And, * Let ns worship God I’ ho says with solemri sir." >
' Tho psalm is sung, tliO chapter rend ; (ho- family,
led by ‘'the priest Hfco father,” bows in prayer; (hoy
(rcporoto'TWilli affectionate solutions. Well hays Burns,
whom.wo will not suspect of being aTunotio:
" Prom scenes like those old Beotia's grandohr springe.
That makes her loved at homo, revered abroad;
Princes dnd lords nro but (he prokth of kings,
• An honest nihn’s tho noblest work of God'
1 Add cerlos, in fhir virtue's heavenly road, •• <
Tho colingo leaves tho pnlnco ftir behind.’ 1
, •Temples covered with grtjy, locks.
A Boston SoientivjoTiiiev.— While Mr, A.‘ S.Govc,
from Cambridgopnrt, says tho Chrorwlypi, was stand*
ing on tho steps of Quincy. Market, to witness llio
entrance .of tho MhjwaolmaotU Regiment to Fancuil
Hall, last Saturday, a person pplitcljrrdirected tiif at*
tention to somd mturdsling, object, and, when t Mr,
Goto, a moment afterwards, turned* to thunk tho
stronger ho foiinrl tho I UioVnan hod disappeared; ha
ving taken.this ingenious method to croato np oppor
tunity for stealing a valuable, gold watch from'his
vest pookfct. ’ ' ■ '
An Affectim, Inoipent.—The Pittsburg Journal,
In noticing. the arrival of Iho troops .from Maxiop,
says I ( u As,Mho volunteers ..won* jnarohlng up Iho
wharf, dflor disembarkation, a young gallant looking
soldier happened to oatoh sight oi’ a yuupg woman
ul Iheaamomoment that she sqw.him. She was
quite pretty, vary neatly dressed, and had u bright
little bahyfn Thoyqung tyoman uttered
a ihorljoyfiil.ory n» sho.saw l|io soldlor. Away
went tho musket, and.darting from his place in iho
ranks, tho bravo.follow,caught his wife and child in
his arms. To us this wqs'ono of the.most,touch*
in occurrences of tho day, so fruitful in touching
scenes, ; j , ! ..
.Tall Pupping,—An*.editor out Wml, in qpoaUng
of Slioknoy’s circus, say*,: 4 * Tho, wlinpsaing of,tho
performance, of tho horse, Tammany .ja .weil i wort j
Iho Jabt dime a .mpn lias-^lho-riding of NoVlh woH
worth all ho oan borrow—and that of Miss Rosalia
Btlcknoy, oil.he can sloai'l" ;
Juagmeii'i before Arguiittliti
Ldifetimo agothere dwelt in a cilyTof 1 the.West*
Pitlaburg, a worthy gentleman who hold
IpQ jrpiponalblo ofllco of’Juslico of.tho Pence. Ito
little about law,'and a’groat deal of
ttutiim justice. His decisions frequently excilcdthe
indimfetion'of thoyoung lawyers who. pleaded before
W D hSBt he never suffered himself to.be influenced
statues which wero brought up.againal his
opinion's, or the indirect threats of disappointod'law
expounders. In fact, his office was a cou'rtof Inqui.
sense* It was useless to bring law in
;oppqpllion to hie sense of right., Ho used to say, ‘ 1
t qn) a fbstlco, and bound to administer justice, and no
sliall ever make mo decide against
thd ijjS'cliings of my conscience.’ It Is hardly.nce.
ossaryfto say that many curioustirings happened-in
llift.olfioe of this independent justice. A case was
one diy brought beforptho squire, which certainly
required his peculiar system of administering justice.
Jofm ude had sued Richard Roo for a jCist debt, but
Ridinfltihad.rijy the uid of attorney, found a loophole
by 'whlclThe./expectcd to creep out of-the nocfessUy
of payment. The cnee word a very doubtful aspect,
and both parties employed lawyers to plead for them.
. hoard the witnesses ''jialienlly, rose to
IrisYeef, wrote a few seconds at his desk, scaled him
self'ogljin, and gave signs of being ready la attend to
whatovorraighl ho said. The counsel for tho defence
made (ho most of his quibble in a speech ..which last
ed ah Iroiir. When ho had concluded, tljo plaintiffs
cotinsbrrbso and labored and psrsptrcd for another
•hdur'tbjnvcrltirn the quibble. Ho also finished; and
.then a slight pause., Tho.Squiro sot still,
pufllngnsogar and apparently quite at cose. Tho
both picked up their lints, looked at each
other arid then at the motionless Squire. - At length
the cotipscl for defendant spoke.’, '*
you’ll require a day or two to think
aboutsiis case, Square. , - ■ , .•
“ Con’l say I’ll ever "drink of it again,’* replied
the SqUlro, with an air of mingled indolence uncj in
diffe’rcdfcb. ’’ - ' - ‘ • . v .
do you mean?” .inquired the other.lawyer*
you.,mcap,.gpntlcinon?” askc.d the
’• ' /
“ WdfwTsh to know' wlipH wo may look for a deci
sion,” s|id defendant 1 ? coif/tseh ■. •
iookfdr It now if you ploaSo, gentlemen
—horotgr.tho docket;'.'
“Thdjdockct.!” . - ,
“•Ydsl- I chfered judgment for tho plainliff (look
ing ot lij? watch) a little better than two hours ago.”
: “Tlril'gonllemcni is my^i— : i • ; .u
.But wait until’ the sentence
was finished; nor did.t|icy, cyqr again oppoar before
the jus.l Justice'without being surd that they dealt in
plain fais>, tinacc6mpanied ) by''tauF-tebhnicalities and
qiiibbles/- . . \iny- i V .
: £’• 'TV “-.TV- ‘ v-. > ■. - 'I
CCT.ljja following prcUy‘*Song” ista-ken- from
Ifio'lasl'jrumbcr of the.Llicrqry World's! ~ h '.' ’v'
Love me—not wi|)i‘fancy ’ ,l 1
Lovo'md-*-ho^in'fcaP‘J :;,;n - J
fßut love na if life-doubled
In thee wjiortl was near,
' ‘ . |As if-lliou'khbwcsl i bring ihcb ; •
-• ii.| AH—all that heart oan bring;
, if thou (rembl’sl only,
. - doubt that wring. , ,
, .With fervor jlruo oerninp}.
Unchanged—unchanging meet
As lam changeless thine.. ‘ ! ” ■
( Wiii)o wo like, birds wlod driycn . J /.
.Apart o’er ocoanV breast.
Grow strong, our flights when '
1 At thought of one dear nest. •' ■
The Lnu*' of Nowipapen.
1. Subscribers who do not . give-express uoticb to
the contrary, avo oonsidcrieduvishingto continue their
subscriptions, ( . , IV
3. order the discontinuance of their
papers, Hie publisher may continue to send,them un
(il all arrearage* are paid. ' ' ,
■3. ‘lf subscribers neglect or 1 refuse'to take tbeir
papers.from thb office where they are they
nro hold responsible until they have ordorcd,lheir pa
pers discontinued ond settled their bil|s. . .
4. If subscribers remove ‘io other plaqcs without
informing the publishers,-and Iho papcr is'scnl to
the former direction, they arc responsible.
5. The Courts have directed that refusing to take
a paper or periodical from .the office, or removing
and leaving it uncalled for, while in arrears to the
publisher, is evidence of Intentional fraud, ; . ~
( Philosophy of Beauty*
, Wo find bcuuiy itself n’.very , poor thing, unless
beautified by sentiment ,T)ib render may tnko'thls
confession os ho pleases, either ns an evidence of
abundance of sentiment on our pari, or want of: pro*
per ardor and jihpnrliolity; but wo cannot ,(arid that
Is the plain truth) think the most beautiful oroaluro
boAUtiful,or boat ail affected by her,or.lqng to sit
jidxt to her, or. listen to a concert wjlh. hbr, or walk
R ( a field or forcsl’wilh her, or caliper k/ Aer Writ*
Uan name, or ask her Ifsbb likes poetry, or lie (with
any . satisfaction) her gown for her, pr bo unktd
whether wo ndmlro her ahoo, or lake her arm. oven
Into a dining room, or kiss her at Christinas, or April
—fooUdav, or on May day, or ony other day, or |
dream ofher, or walto lliinkiog of her, or feel a want!'
in the room when she is gone, or pleasure the more 1
when aho slio has a heart ns well as
a face, and U a proper good lompcrcd, natural, sin
cere, honest girl, who has a lovo for other people and
ether things, apart from self reference and tho wish
to bo admired. Her face wquld pall upon us In tho
coureo of a week, or oven become disagreeable. Wo
should prefer on ,'enamelled Ica-cup, for wt> should
expert nothing from it. Wo remembered tho lm*
prosslon made an us by a female plaster—oast hand,
sold'in tho. shops as n model. ; It was beautifully
turned, though wo thought it somewhat too plump
and well fed. Tho fipgcrs, however, were delicately
thporod: tho outline flowing and graceful. . Wo fan
oled It io have belonged tosome jovial bounty,a llttlo
too fat 1 and festive, but laughing withal, arid an - full
of'good nature. ’Tito possessors told ns It was -the
hand-of Madam Brinvillieis, lliofamous .poisoner.—
The word was no sooner uttered Mhah wb shrank
from It as {fit had boona toad. It was now literally
hideous; the fat scorned sweltering and full of poison.
Tho beauty to tho deformity. 1 You* resented
the grace.. You shrank from the look of smoothness
as from a snake.- This woman went to tho souffiiiJ
with.as much indifference os slio distributed her pan
1 sons. Tho character of her mind was insensibility,
Tho strongest of cxblicmhnts was to her what a cup
ofloa was to other people. And such is tho choree*
ter mbro or less of all more beauty. Nature, If ono
may so speak, does not soom to intend it In bo botu*
lifnl. It looks as If It wore created in order to show
what a nothing tho fbrmal'part of boanly is without
the spiritflf it. Wo.Kovo boon so used to it with
roforonco to cortsidbrallonsoTthis kind 1 , that Wo have
• mot with women generally | renounced boautifnUnnd
spoken, of with transport, wljo took ft sort of ghastly
and wiioliljko aspect in our ayes, os without sou), or
wtlbanmo evil Iritdhlloh. Tho 1 wdm’ah'ivhrf sunped
with (he Ghoul, In tho Arabian Nights, must hove
boon a boauly of tins speoios.-f/rflgA. Hunt. ■ I •
TUB BLDPHANT’S SAGACITY#
When a crowd of fashionables was greatest at an
exhibition of animals, a girl who had fadlthoehmhant
with sundry cukes and apples from her bOg,drew out
her ivory card case, which fell 'unobserved in the saw
dust of tho rjug,' At the close gf tho ring perform
ance the crowd opened to lot tho clophant'passlo his
recess, but Instead of proceeding as usual, he turned
aside and thural hie trunk in the midst of a group of.
ladies and gentlemen, who na might bo expected,
wore so much alarmed,Uial they , soallqrcd m every
'direction. Tho 'Keeper at this motntnl discovered
that tho animal had' aqmothlrig’ln hie trank. ’ Up&n
examination ho found ; it lo bo tho youngdady’i odrd
ease, which the elephant had plokod'up,and vyas qp
ly seeklngmul tho fair owner., _ ~
SLANDER.
W.l 2 i . ■ By ROYAL. W. BRYANT.
How foul thirriauio! . ilu\V poisonous must be that
heart from syhened pd* slander issues.. A sink.of
iropurily sd.vile that vvhat originates therein'seems
vilosl of thb vilo ! Slander seems to be (he most po
pular and fashionable vied of the day. 1 - We have our
Moral-Reform nnd anli-Slavcry Societies, Temper
ance Societies, etc. etc. Bot-we need another still,
and that is; an anil Slander Society. True it Is, si
though greatly to bo lamented, that slander Is. the
besotting sin of many. And although they themselves
Aro',awnre of its blighting influence, still they will
persist in it* and. very often too at the, expense of
their own character, as well as that of their
How often is it that some snake In the grass, through
envy or revenge, assails the good natnu of un Individ*
ual who really ie> virtuous and deserving, and by
throwing.out sly insinuations and .hints, succeeds in
destroying hisvicUms’lnfluence, and perhaps stamps
misery arid disgrace upon him forever* It is often
(he case, some person atlholoa table, or,in company
Wilh.somo half dozen differs, will rehearse a story in
relation to an individual, who,.perchance, his been
and till those will soon recapitulate, nnrt
MsiV audltors in turn will every one bo ooger as pos
sible to do the same; being careful in the extreme, ln
handing from one to another, that not a particle bo
los(;.but try and add a little, until, finally,.the poor
victim sinks under it no more, to rise. Yes, pass it
along Uriiethcr you befibtfo it or riot-' You say you
don't beltece U* but still you wiHonddavoMo keepil
a going-use ydur Influonde to bear up the false; ro
port, and keep it on the current*. - Strongo; creatures
uro mankind ! How many hearts, bleed at a wills-'
per! How many benevolent deeds have been chilled
by n shrug of (ho shoulder!' How many individuals
have, been shunned by a dark mysterious hint! How
many, chaste, bosoms, have been wrung by a single
word! . How many early graves have been, dug by, a
single false rbpnrt. Yet you will push the slander
along, when, perhaps, without a ward you mighlsink
!t forever. ' Wo entreat you destroy 'the. passion for
telling a talc! never lisp a word that will injure the
character of another. If on individual hastened,
forgive the past. Nothing can be more Christ like
tlmir forgiveness, and nothing more • Z?eci7t«A than
hatred and revenge. Slmmo on the heart that can
not forgive, but-that will from feelings of revenge,
slander tho victim of his malice.. If we wore all de
termined never to repeat n story tq tho injury rif an
other, nor listen to one; slander would die. But re
peat it again and again, rinlii the poor, heart-broken
Croat uro becomes a maniac, or is.consigned to the
grave, and tee have the awful responsUp ily resting
Upon us. Lot every one beware, leal in digging pits
for others ho /tills In himself.- '
STORY OF A SAILOR.
Four years ago Heft the port of'Boston, ihb master
bf o fine ship 1 , bbund for Cliinftr'.'i was woMh ten*
thousand. dollars, ai)d, was thehukband of a young
and handsome; wife whqjn ,1 ;li£f3 -married but six
months before. *, WkWHoft hoy t promised (o return
to her in less than a tWbtv'd'fftnAlh. 1 look all my
money with mo save enough to support my wife in
any. purpose of trading wlma io Chi
na, pnuny own account. Fur a.long lime.,we were
favored with prosperous winds, but when, in the Chi
na acas a terrible storm came upon us, so that in a
short lime I saw tho vessel mUst be lost for wo were
drilling on the rocks of an unknown shore. I order
. «d;.theArgo'q..lp provide eacb for, himself in thq-bosti
possible manner, and forget the ship as it was an, in
possibility (asavo her.’ Wd slruck—a sea t)irre pleased when we'6od, inUie.wrltlagsof «
-professed aristocrat, such'testimony to the worth
end dignity of the masses as'that contained Ihlhs
following extract from Wilson’s on tiio genius
and character of ;; ' ”• ■ *•*
Show us any jerics of , works, in prpse pr yers.eyln 1
which man’s bcing-is sd well illustrated 'as to lay it
bare and open lor the benefit of- man, and .the enidf
pictures (hey contain are drawn from (select apWety/
Thera are nonp such* o,nd for iHis fensdn, ihal in
such society there is neither power to pilot them, nor
materials to bo. painted, nor cpiote Ip Jay,oh,t.lUlhb
canvass shall speak alangdage whhjh all the dwlfi
os it runs may read. . What would Scott have beep,
had ho not loved the people? . What would his woHks
have been, had he sat shown lnomany*colored char
aclcra of.the people? .What haW
been had he not often turned majestically frbnvkings
and 'lords and dukes and mighty curls, 1 to their, sab)
jocts and vassals and lowly bondsmen, and counted
the beatings, of lonely hearts’ in the' obscure, but
impoTssioned life that stirs every nook of this earth,
where human beings abide 7 What would Woods*
worth have been had ho disdained, with his high In*
lellectnnd imagination,'to stoop Ills onnoinied head*
beneath tho wooden lintel of the poor man’s door?
fts lyrical.ballads ' with all the innocent brightness,
of a now-born day,* had never charmed Iho meditative
heart. .His.'i' C.hurch yard among thb mountain*' nop
never taught men how to live and how to die.- Those
are hiefi ivho have descended from aerial hejghta intd
tlip humblest awpjflngs; wlip have shown ihesngel'd
wing equally, when poised near the earth,.'end float*
ing over Its cottage voles t os when seen sailing -ori
high through the-aiifro deplh.nf heaven, or hanging
bn the towers ond temples of greattcltles;
' . WjighVi Pajpir. .
Remedy against Moths*
ll is an old custom with some housewives to throw
into their draws every year a number offir.e'onw,
under the idea that their strong resinous smell mishit
keep away the moth. Heft as. the ordor of these
cones Is dpo to turpentine,.it occurred to Reaumur to
try the effect of'this volatile liquid. 'Ho rubbed ono
side of a picce of cloth witli turpentine, and pat some
months on tho other; tho next morning they went
all dead, and dtrongo to say they had all voluntarily'
abandoned .their sheaths. On smearing some papdc
slightly, with (ho oil,.and putting this into a bottle
with some oftho grubs, tho weakest Werc immcdiflo-!
ly killed; the most vigorourstruggled violently Tor
two or three hours, quilted Iheif sheathes and died
in convulsion,St* It was soon abundantly evident that
(Im vapor of oil or spirits, of tuf pcnti’n'a, a cls.as, a,terJ
rlblo poison .-to tho grubs.. Perhaps it (nay-be’flald,
that even thisrorpedyls worso lhaTvihe disease,bat*
oa Reaumur justly observes, we Upcp away flepm %
newly painted room, nr loavp off for. a few days a coat
from which stains have been removed by
why therefore, can,wo-tfot.onfce.a.year kebp aW«£«
day or Iwp from rooms that havo been fumigated
with turpentine 7 . ■ .. .
It is, however, surprising how small a quantity of
turpentine is required;.a small piece of paper of
linen just moistened therewith and put into the ward
robe or' drawyot a single- day, two or three timet k (
year is'sufficiontTprcservatiao pgoinsl giothj,,-
A small quantity of turpentine dijssojvqd ip
spirit of wine, (tho vapor of which is also fatal to tHo
♦noth) .‘will entirely rcrfiovO the bfienslvc order *OO
yet bo'a Vufßdibnt ThefumeedfUHirbt
ing paper, linen, wool, foathersi.ttnd of jcather.
also. effectual, for. the .insects perish .. in a rery.lhiclf,'
smoke, but tho most ofTectdalamoko ip that of
A coal smelling hot sligljify bf lobaccols'eaJßctenX
to preserve a wnolo drawer. We (rust our fair ireacl*.
ers will not sopld os,for thus offordjpg.lbsjV.bosbandir
or lovers an additional excuse for perpetuating a. bad
habit, ‘
Tho vapor of turpentine and tho smokp.oT tobacco
arc also effectual in driving away spiders,snty'eAi*..
wigs, bugs and fleas, The latter tormentors are An
abundant on the continent, as frequently to deprivp
the weary traveller of his ni;jl}l’e* rest,. If be would
provide himself with a phial, contalning (
and spirits of wine in equal parts, and would sprinkler,
a few drops over the sheets ond -coverlid beforero*
firing to rest, he would probably have reason Id.bp
grateful forth© hint. Foreigners are in tho habitat
smoking . In their habit which, cxcllw
surprise and disgust in England; It will now botteen,
however, that there *is reason for the practice, ‘'■
Sharped London Iktag*.:.
Ohsnge of Air*
. An occasional change .of. air. may. bq «Jd. fahp
* oluioal necessary lo the perfect well-byjog. of.
• man. Tho workman must' lea veil ia workshop,
’ student hl§ library, the lawyer hi# office, or abonor'dir
1 (attfr Ms health will pay (ho penally fiand (bis, no
in a tier how groat hia temperance in eating end drink*
|ng—no rnntler how vigorously and rcgulnrlyfto OP«f
his Ilnibs—no nmller how open, and dry, Anfl /fao
from sources of Impurity ’may-bo the air of Ihoplaeb
In which ho is employed, in (he slightest esses of
Impaired health, (he sleeping In. tho;yuburbs pf,tbo
(own in which (ho life.ls chiefly spent, or.eyen tho
spending a few hours.of detached days in some.aJ}.
cc-sihlo rural district, at a few miles* distance from
the dwelling, may suffice to restore the hpalthy bal*
nnco of the bodily funcliuns,iind maintain the bodily
machine in a fit state for its duties; or in oases of
somewhat more" urgency, nr of somewhat more og.
gravnted character, a nioro decided change of air, for.
| oven a few days, twice a yepr, mqy suffice lo
1 adjust or restore tho duo economy of the system, n
How they Imtld Ilouses'ln New York*
The following account of civic lf.
York is by Mißß.WALsiit-who is now connected w|th,
a newspaper in Boston. The'characteristic.whiph
he ascribes to thti stylo’ of building arc strikingly in
dicated by Uiq illustrations heglvci: *1 -p
Most of the buildings .in Now York a.fov York, ho must hove been awafo,
of this peril, npd was not entitled ta pbrnpensalVon
for harm of his own wilful or careless sooßtn^ 1 *A
washerwoman in Onnal street, going Wdrlve a udit
into the brick wall of tho next house, thereto to aftach
hpr clothes lino, struck tho iron through port jh
into the skull of tho tenant, who happened to ko la,
king his afternoon'mtp in thoporlhrobfthb saflarfer
of tho proceding Rtory, end killed Mnv a* dead’at
Siscro. She was tried for manslaughter thereof, ,- j
(£3*Ala,Dainocraiio mass roooling held In
polls, tiiirtv bcvrn Whigs com? forward in‘d dedl«Md’
that (hoy could no longorgo.With the anti wit
and would support. Cass and Duller. The UoQsiera
uro coming,, . ■- 1 • -. ,t
: ctj*lt U a pretty-' strong dvidtmco of.lhaislnhjftg
\v|ioi> iU very candidate fofjEJW*
ident rofaJoa lo BO fpr postage on h|s pout*
leal leUers/oul of his ampel'funoer T '. l “ '
S£2
'ny/twr
irms
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