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VOL. Ul
THE, AMERICAN VOLUNTEER,
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THE VOLUNTEEE.
John Bt Bratton, Editor and Proprietor*
CARLISLE, THUUSD>Y, AUG. aiVlB4B* .
Principles ron Sale.— The Albany Express pub
Hslicb the following notice, whether by 41 authority•*'
we are not aware
For Sale. —A larga lot of Whig Principles,.snori
.ficcd at Philadelphla,’rendcrcd useless in consequence
of the nomination of Gen. Taylor. They-,'will bo
sold cheap, to close a concern., -
ffj* A now paper has been established in .Albany,
culled the Clay Danner, It advocates :lho,claims of
Henry Clay' to the Presidency. So goes harmonious
wlnggcry.
e, 3QQi] q Q Q.-Q.
A Meeting ,of 5000 Democrats!!
DEAR COL. WV.VKOOI’
. Tho groat Democratic Meeting in Bucks County
camo off - on last Saturday, and, .among tho dis
tinguished Speakers present was FRS. M. WYN
_JfOOP, tho bravo Colonel ortho First Pennsylvania
Regiment. Wo copy liis remarks’,below, arid Invito
for them an attentive perusal. Tho. way he makes
(ho ftir fly from that same old Tury*Coon is a caution
to all aiders and comforters of the enemy in limo of
War. Let all holiest WHigs take counsel from'this
brave soldier. Col. Wynkopp.sujd i
Old friends and playmates of Bucks!—for I Was
born among you—l hdvo wondered long from you,
but never have forgotten you,nnd;my heart.has
yearned towards youas.l have sojourned in distant
lands. The sumo impulses which influenced you to
send your soldiers to fight your.battles,Tm your
country’s honor and glory, influenced fnc. (Cheers.)
I went out from among you a Whig, and I can count
hundreds of my. Whig kindred among you—but.l
coma buck to you a full-blooded Democrat—as the
Whigs say, a red-mouthed, venomous Democrat!—
And I thunk tho Mexican war for my conversion.
(Loud and prolonged-cheers.) From the moment ofl
my entry into Mexico ufitil this llfne, tho convictibn
has been pressing-iipon mo, df-the T(Hsiiy, tho rotteiii
( HCB9 t of .lhnl party. I clung.to that,party.wllh pll
Ihe.'urdQr or.un.cijluQated ,Whig£?' Blit
party''opift'slng a jua^
'^fiaasb-blood—good, red, American blood—had been
'Shod upon American soil. When I saw thok dis
graceful opposition, 1 became disgusted; and I how
trace buck to them tho great burden of the war.—
They caused its prolongation, and I charge upon
them the aulhuraliipmfthu whole guerrilla system—
Chut vile system which has laid so many of my brave
men iu foreign graves. Salas pointed to tho great
Mexican party in the United States, led by Mr.
Clay, and urged his fellow-citizens to adopt tho guer
rilla system, and to hold out against tho United Stales
forces until this Mexican party obtained llio ascen
dency, and then they should have an honorable peace,
without loss of territory. Let thb bodies of the brave
ofliccra and men who fell along tho National Road
sustain mo in what I say of tho terrible destruction
• which this hoi riblo system caused. Our bravo men
looked to their friends at home fyr approval and en
couragement for tho sacrifices they .made. What
did they find? Instead of approval, bitter hostility
and fierce denunciations—almost preparing the gun
powder which was to destroy us. But tho crowning
act of all which drove tho last.drop of Whig blood
from rno was Henry Clay's Lexington speech. (Loud
cheers.) And where did 1 read it? In good Span
ish, in a Spanish newspaper, at Puebla. And from
tho moment I road, my Whig principles were tram.
|dcd in . llio dust, so help me God, forever. (Groat
cheering.) A fuw days after, I saw in n Mexican
paper the proceedings of the Philanthropic Society of
Mexico, constituting Clay, Giddings, arid other
members of that society, for their
cxorlionenn behalfnf Mexico, and may they remain,
follow-citizens, honorary members of that society
until llio end of lime. (Loud and prolonged cheering.)
I know both your candidates. 1 know thorn both to
bo gallant soldiers and honest men. I know General
Taylor well, add feel with you nil, that he is entitled
[to (ho grn.tituda of llio American people for Ids con
duct us a soldier. Tho very men who, six months
ago, talked of bloody hands and hospitable graves,'
have thrown away Mr. Clay, tho representative of
their feelings, for expediency, and have taken up
General Taylor,the lioud and front oflhSs unrighteous
war. Gen. Taylor hns received, ond.is now receiv
ing his reward, and you might us well expect u black
smith to muka a good watch as Gem Taylor to make
a good President. I give way to my friends, Gon.
Patterson and Col. Black, who are belter able than 1
am to address you.
Clear the Track (or <• Old Whltey.w
' &
I Our roadors will poroolvo from llio subjoined dor*
t-CBpondence, which wo find In,tho .Raleigh (N. C.)
Standard, that Mr. Fillmore bus opposition from hla
bwn aidoi in the Vico Presidential face. Old Whlloy
has boon ltd out auro enough: ' ) . ■
did Whltoy:—l havo boon selected by *o portion
bf the wbiga of Ohio to make known to you your
hominalion for llio office of Vico President of tho
United States.
I liopo youwill find U oonvonionl to Indicalo your
Wows ut large, and to answer distinctly whether you
Will accept this nomination or not.
Yours, dec.
Allrn Wilson Collier.
Baton Uooue, July 4,1846.
Sib—Your letter of 10th Juno is just received? As
(o Intimating my views, I shall dono such thing. I
Imvp not “slept in a house for two years** nor road
& newspaper. lom for the Constitution, though my
interests uro specially identified vvlth the corn grow-'
ing section. I bImII sland up lo llio rack for the |
people ut large, fodder or ho fodder. 1 accept the
nomination of my whig friends of Ohio, but I will
hot bo bridled by it us a whig nomination. My posl.
lion on this point Is “ immutable.’’ il cannot con
sent to botho Vico President "dfany party," nor ho
Saddled by any “ pledges.*' 1 bliojlu prefer Mr. Til.
more for'tlm ofjico. to iyiy man In thb Union, but I
will not hack far.him or any opo.olspt. I w||l tfcar
the Uoery of no party, but, I approve the course of
our Ohio whig friends. “lam a ,whig,J # but hot d
morougA bred whig. In a word, lam not to bo rtidi
wer rpugh aAod, by “ wings, donu>crn(e,dr natiyes/*
! , Yours, Old Wnmsy t
Al)sn Wilson Colllor. .
Ills said that Louis riiillinnu’B income is only
'•1500 a year.'
Optical.;.'
For the American Volunteer.
PEACE.
Bviassri.. MOORE.
Tim boon.is granted,
■■J ' • v.Thedomorvofwar
Has flown on hit dark \vings
’• From us nfarr
<;; • And high, on the pinnacle . •.
.. Cloudless and bright, r , . ; -
TheßtarbfPEACEboanicthi ' ;
In unlading light} .
May Its glorious brightness llhupinp the world,
And the banner of war.ne’r again ho unfurled.
$ 50
7.1
I 00
Laurclsworo wort - ,
: ‘On the battlefield I ‘
Proud hearts were there ‘
That never yield:
We quaff h goblet ~ T
Of sparkling wine," ’’
To those who have knelt.
At ambitions shrine;. .. .
They have deeply drank' of tho-drnughlsof Fame,
And a haltf ofglury l» ’round oachivamo;' v' 4
A The -j "honorod tines’’ _ ’ , , i ,
~.. Hove won renown— ’ .
Bach brow is decked " *
With n lou'rel crown ; ■
.. But whero are the I 'men.,
. That fought to the death.
' That for honor priced not* '•
• 'Life's precious breath) " ! • • ’
Are their deeds Inscribed on the roll ofFame •*
Do ye award thorn a glorlpus name?. . , • ;
No monuments rl«p ‘ ‘
• Or columns tell; ii*
. , Of thu sacred spot, ,> '
Whore the mighty fell,
Out lovml ones rest •
’Ncnlii lho beaming sand; -
.' ’ On ,thq sunny banks
. Oflho,flip Grande :
Peace to,your ashes,yo honored and.brsvo,
Ye have nobly won.the victor's grave,, ,
In tho da\Vn 'of youth ; ; i! <
. \ And manhood* bloom,. ,
- > They have,passed away
To tho’sllont tomb,
■ light Is (rpno
Freni the sparkling eye, '
.i From t jiu cold pale cheek
■; .Tlio rose-bud dye; •
Lovod ones sleep, 'Heath tho vojley’siod,
Ami chrrialicU oncs'ncath the clay-cold clod.
. Diit.Peaeo hath come
' pii her dove-like whig* ,
Tollingot brighter'^’
, And bettor tilings, •
Than,. '* tho clash of arms: ' •• '. !
, ■«, •, And tho din ol war”,
Tho sabres gleaming ' .
i 'Orcnnhon’s roLr,
,,Thah tho glory which mockingly livelh a day,' ’*
Then fii:Tc(h like oefeon’s crested spray.
Ittcllcthof laurcls; . . y"' •;
*l’ V ; - * • Unboughttby thustain; j
V- - 1•-<, -Of the
i- '.Ofperfect peace ■; *'i !
>'* ■ When war and tho rumor ,
'* Of war shall ceaso; .
When naught shall bo known bat pence and good wll
Where long has been kept death's carnival.
There rltoih h star >
On tho darkness of night.
Wo know that its dawning
lloraldcth light ~ .
And this beautirnfearth ,
Though lowly it lies
At length from its bandogs
Anti thraldom shaU rise,
Then Peace universal on earth shall reign,;. .
And Paradise flowers blossom again- , • • •
SHtoccUnncoufl.
From tho London people's Journo).- -
THE DAUGHTER.
BY MARY: I* GILLIES.' \
“ Shall you bo.vcry Into to-night?" Tlii. question
wa# asked m a poll low voice, by a very pale, but
very- sweet young crealaro.ae elio parted from Jier
husband in tho street*
“I do not know that I shall," ho.ropjied somewhat
coldly, as replacing -his cigar between Jus lips, he
(urncd-Bway. There was a carelessness rather than
unkindaeas in his manner, and she looked after him,
moro In sorrow than reproach. Taking the hand of
her Ilttlo boy, she slowly bent her steps homeward,
with that drooping of the head which bespeaks sad*
ness of the heart. It was o Saturday night; she had
been marketing, and her little purchases were con*
laincd in a basket which hung upon her arm. On
reaching home, the very uppermost floor of a house
in a poor, but decent neighborhood, sho roused the
lire, sealed Philip, her lllUo son, beside it, gave him
■ a piece of broad and butter for hia supper, and began
' to busy herself in putting away the few necessaries
sho hud bought. By tho time this was done, the
drooping head of little Philip told her ho was ready
for hli pillow. How tenderly was ho taken to hia
lopcly mother's lap—his pretty facts washed—llls
bright hair brushed, and ho arroyod in his snowy bed
gown. Pressed to her bosom, sho warmed his little
loot, her fond hand returning to thorn again from'(ho
fire, to which she over how and then held her open
palm; then pressing (he soft foot, sho kissed it play,
fully, and provoked tho laughter so sweet to n moth,
or’soar. Those were Philip's first charming lessons;
thus worn gentleness and love awakened in his infant
spirit by his capable, but uninalructod, unassisted
mother. How full of moaning was his smile—how
full of animation 1 and wlioh kneeling inhor lap, sho
Joined liis little hands, and.bado him' ask his Honv*
only Fatlicr to bless Ilia earthly parent, how sympa*
thelically ho caught tho sweetly serious look—the
calm and holy ,lono of his instructress. •When his
little prayer was said, ho flung his arms about her
neck {they murmured together tho lulling song which
concluded this little drama} Tor his eyes slowly closed
and the smile softly passed from hia face, and then he
was gently consigned to his anug and snowy bed.
So far all was sweet; would it might bo said all
was.oalm ; but tho aching Void in Susan's heart was
not calmness, it was rather a-craving for that menu)
and social ailment which is necessary to every breast,
*nd cannot long bo healthily denied to any. The
moro cnorgotio spirit seeks such associations or
stimulants ns ohanoo present them; the gentler aub.
mit and suffer, often perish In silence. Susan put a
Ilttlo fuel softly on tho Tiro, trimmed her candle, and
sal down with tho lonely woman'* companion* her
work basket. A deep sigh stole from her bosom.—*
Still tho careless nccdlo Was plied. Now and then I
she paused—it was to wipe away the tears that would .
gather on.her lushes. Shu was just two and twenty, i
and had been foflr years married, during all of which i
time, with the brief exception of a few weeks previous 1
to thoir settlement in town, she had thus boon loft I
night after night in loneliness. Philip Motrin, her <
husband, vfraa an honest* Industrious itfanywllh a 1
hundred good qualifies; sober, and nolioUoua of so. i
curing to his family all tho comforts |iis moans uffor. I
dod, ho brought his weekly earnings, with a very i
■mail reservation for . aoma trifling ’indulgences-fur I
himself, to Ida wife, and with the utmost trust in her j
management and economy, left them to her disposal. I
But while thus trusting and liberal ho segmed to 1
consider that ho acquitted hhnsolfdf all Susan might I
demand of him. While be sought improvement I
for himself* it never occurred to him that her I
i l4 otm Country— rMAY it always dc aioiix or-wronGjOur odtmTRY.”
CAIIUISLE, PA., TIIUIISDAY,. AUGUST 2-1, 1848.
. jqqual right, would bo their equal advantage. While
Tie..sought' the, interchange of thought with other
minds; he never reflected on tho ;utlcr privalioiT of
: such communion he had entailed on her. He had
taken her from tho homo of her father's, a small far
mer, where .her mother, a^p.ains.taking .woman, had
hropght ,up Susan and,several brothers and sisters,'
ibr their station, remarkably well. Her father's heart
Waa'ond'oVcr flowing with the milk of human kind,
dess;-tuid.thus aided by thO'Oheerfttl spirits of their
: cherished children, a.moral sunshine had ev.cr liglit.
GdTup. tha.t_ lowly, homo, and give to it a thousand
claims upon Ibvo: : ond memory. .At moments Susan
; wbiild look back on the brief time that had been em>
: ployed towob her from U as a dream ; tho worship
: ped. word.'of love—tho promises of devotion—of cn*
deayors for her, happiness—tho mighty city in which
she was to dwell, (which dow appeared to hor a maze
of mud and stone, ill exchanged fqr the daisied fields
with their sweet breath and bright atmosphere)—
had all tended taon undcfiablo disappointment; yet,
: in tho.ignorance of her heart, she could scarcely have
stated, of-whqt she had, to complain. Slip loved her
husband, slip, was proud of his superior abilities; and
rfjadc, no mean estimate of his hlghihondcliaractcr,
undobqscd in llic slightest, degree, by the gross vices
which, secluded, as was : ner-lifc, she could not but
perceive marked many arouqd her; subjecting'their
wives to brutality and privation. Compared with
such offcnco r Bhe,persuaded herself that Philip's neg
lect tyas a'vcVy liglit 'ahd venialfaillt, and blamed
herself for feeling-it io much. But SusnW Was one
of those flowers of humanity that would have amply
repaid, cultivation, and that needed; tho sunshine of
sympathetic klndness.lho art oftlio social atmosphere,
to keep them In health and life.' Daily food was
scarcly more necessary for her physical nature than
the interchange-of thought and kindness was to her
spiritual nature j all this her husband's habits, and
tho unsociable plans of life in England, and especial,
ly in London, denied her,
It was trqe, except morally, she. \yas uncultivated,
but had talent 4 and temperament that would soon
have repaid a littlo kindly oarci .Too timid, too lg.
non)nt, .to plead her own cause, or urge her claims to
him wliq had precluded appeal io others, she uncom
plainingly lived oh without change, wjthciutstimulous
rtr excitement; shut up within' the four walls of her
humble home, walking unrelieved, the dull-lihvarying
round of her domestic-duties, with hot spirit full of
capabilities unexplored, and -unexpended. She grew
nervous and hectic, her appetite and.spirits failed,
her frame wasted, while, quiet and uhrcptnlng, almost
unconscious of her malady, or Us cause, consumption
was rapidly developed.. She was deemed delicate;
medical advice was sought, and medicines and care
assayed, while nonq guessed the quick fueling that
flowed beneath tho quiet bearing of that, subdued,
decaying woman ; it wore the channel through which
it made secret way, but seemed to brighten the spirit
It was soon to extinguish.
Susan, after a time, felt that she was passing
through tho Valley of the Shadow of Death'. This
conviction (fid not depress her energies—it awakened
them, She hud communed .with lierdwn meek heart,
lifted it to her Maker, mid remembered, with conso*
lution, that it said, •* those also servo who only stand
and wail." She struggled on from day today, in the
performance of hor duties aniid many privations, tho
worst of.aU'privaliqns, that of mental development
and social cheer; yet.had she a.conscious account in
her own-heart, and her sinccra-ohd .unassisted endoav.
or Imd no.doubt a register amid (he Jilghep achieve
•ments of more favored minds,. With tho certainty
£h&tV*ho; vva* not' long for this redoubled
hep eVdrlinns lb ptil her' Iltilo lionsaliolcl in order.—
Slid repaired and niado clothing for her child, and as
she lald lhom-away; embalmed -them with her tears;
In tho-samo manner tho needle tqllddfor. her h usband,
and her savings which her. frugality-cfreclcd were
employed to purchase him sundry little comforts.
‘•These wilticccp him warm when I uni cold," she
thought; "ho will little think' that
get mo, for better company,' ’lis true my only,happi
ness was to remember him, and that I shqll scarcely
bo more solitary in the grave to which I am gojng,
than I have been in tho homo to which ho brought
me" . .
'' - *
- Sometimes a little inkboltio was taken: ftonl (he
mantle shelf, and a sheet of paper from her little la*
blq drawer, and then, with effort, a few..lines were
lrabcd,’and the paper hidden carefully away, as if
she : had committed a crime. ■ One night'sho made
more 'endeavors .of. this, kind: thanmsual, and the
*frugglijiff, and the unassisted spirit of intelligence
: was burning in her bright, hazle eye and glowing on,
: her bbautlful check, When sbo'Was startled by an tin
usual noise. The paper was hurried into (ha drawer,
the ink bottle restored to (ho shelf, and taking a can
dle, she went to the landing place. She beheld her
husband, assisted by.two men, slowly ascending the j
stsirsi. Ho hud met with an accident; hud broken
hid arm, It had been set—ho had fainted-durtng the
operation—and, with the ghastly aspect incident (o
such circumstances appeared before her.
*• This event prostrated Philip Morris for somo lime,
during which Susan nursed him with unremitting
care. It was long before he was able to return to
work, but his employers were liberal and considerate,
and .did not forgot, in' his-woukness,'(ho man who
| had toiled/qr their advantage in his days of health
and strength. But, although unable to pursue-hjs
manual labors, Philip Maoris soou’nmdo an cffbrt to
got abroad in search of mental occupation, and soaiul
enjoyment, lie went to his club, to the Mechanics*
Instituc, to the coffee shops,.where ho could find the
best selected-boohs, and the newspapers. All this
was Well done; be nobly determined to rescue him
self from becoming the mere machine of toil and
drudgery Torso much “ trash as can bo grasped thus.*’
Alas I" hnd ho thought of her whom bo promised to
love and cherish till death should purl thorn; had ho
considered whether she had not d «oul of equal value
with his own, perhaps an intellect us capable of to
paying culture; and then lie was. twice blessed;
blessed in the net ami in its rc-acllon. But selfishly
devoted to his own objects of pursuit, habituated to
(ha wan looks of ins quiet wife, ho failed to porcp}v,o
(hat her check grew paler, and her voice weaker; hot
, that ho had boon insensible or indifferent, to-her care
; and anxiety during his illnpss, but with renovated
, health, ho returned Ip his bid. habits and nccustomcd
I to receive sacrifices without making any, ho sinned
against gratitude nhd good feeling almost unCon
i sclously. Gradually, Suhiiii 'found herself unequal to
oven to the dally walk witli little Philip,or the effort
, of going up and down stairs, qnd lliqn Ihoro was
, some talk of returning.homo-for a Umo, and trying
tbo effects pf her Imlivo nir. She smiled feebly os
this was spoken of, yet left it, uimtlcmplcd; she
know that she was going to a further and a bolter
home, and. often.did slip wish to soy much J but she
was hot eloquent of words, not sulUcicntly strong in
spirits, and after two or three fruitless attempts gbo
desisted, and pursued, ufl far as she was able, tho
oven tenor of her woy, ’ •
Philip Mortis recovered his health, and was ro*
stored to work ondifull wages; again he talked of
tho country, for'Susan, and insisted on her’trying, a
now dpetor ; iio sought to tempt her oppclilowUh
sucli rarities ns ho could afford, but still ho could not
resign his own peculiar habits and enjoyments', and
among tho evils these ontulled wcro lute hours. One
night he returned homo,as usual, a.bout midnight,
when, on opening the roam door, instead of the small
bright (ire, tho trimmed candle,and the pale, patient
worker, bb was' uccustpmcd to behold, all lyas dark*
ness and sllondc. lie n moment—an Indo*
soribablo sensation of told Crop! oVoV.liis frame, ami
fuart.liko a paralysis, invaded his licaft; at length
ho exclaimed—*• Susan,-Busan, my, dear,” There
was no reply; ho slopped'.further into tho roorp; ho
Repealed her numo ybt louder; all was still. Ho'
groped his way to tho firo-pluoo—on tho mantol-sbolf
ha found u box of lueifor rnalchoa*-obtaincd a light
and lighted a candle, 110 how boliohl Susan, With
her hand resting on tho table, seated in her usual 1
pfacC; Ho approached and'.look her bund—()h,
Heaven! it was loy coldness* lie flung Idufsoff on ,
his knoon on (ho floor, and looked up into her face ; ,
Ihoro was rf tfwoct placid smllo upon her lips, for n
forgiving, gontle Spirit bad passed fVqm them, but
the eyes were fixodv ami— Susan was dead—had boon} J
dead some hours. The distracted man rushed down
Stairs, alarming all the inmates of Iho housOi as he
passed. A medical man was soon present, and-lho.
chamber Inf which that young creature hod almost,
lived arid dipd klonc, was thronged by a'crowd, any
ono of'whom,’inB| ired by a belter social system,
would, willjflgly have sustained her to a longer life,
or cheercd-'.qte. brief timo that had been allowcd hcr.
All were horror struck, arid one heart-struck; parlic
lilarly whes 'the child; awakened by the tumult,
, scrambled out of his liltlo bcd,and rushed for prolec
tion lo his lifeless mother. Not even that voice, elo
quent as it,had been to her, could waken her again !
The surgeoij declared that hor death had been sudden,'
and from natural Causes, but that it was a casowhlch
demanded oft inquest.
An inquest was held. Among the evidence was a
sigularly affecting memorial; it waa tho liltlo jour
nal which Sgipn Imd for sometime kept, like the poor
dungeon prisoner, who daily notches a stick, that ho
may bo abld ; to number tho monotonous days of his
captivity. /J’lio angel of death had arrested her hand
just as it had traced the following words—
“lt will r(ot bo long now—uiy child—my poor liltlo
Philip; Ho who calls away your mother, will* care
for you. Philip Morris, my husband, my dear bus*
band, I wish you were beside mo now. Yon Imvo
been kind, and generous, and I was not
(ho wife yoo should have hud. Bo a kind father to
oar child when lam gone. You will—yes, surely
you will oq<i day,-'iakomriolhcr wife. Philip! (hat
which you.povor ga?e,(o,mc, giro,to her—your sod.'
ely, your counsel. - If shd has been untaught, teach
her—at loait do not leave her'to continual loneliness.
You neverknew it, and therefore; cannot tell hdw
sad were thb long hours." ' ,
As tiia reading of this liltlo paper proceeded, Philip 1
Morris struck his heart as if ho sought to crush it
within his breast. That heart had*not been fashion
ed for severity or unkindness; on the contrary, much
that was mild and generous, mingled in its formation,
but tho second nature induced by habit, had encrust,
cd his original feeling and faculties; ho-had grown
up to regard women as the mcro machines of domes
tic life, with ’ neither-necessity hor capability for
higher things, and which, to spirits masculine, he
deemed .so essential that ho made much sacrifice to
secure.cultivation for himself.
Too-lhte.tonvictions had dawned upon him, but it
came nccqrtipanied by a contrition that attended him
through Ihc /rcmaindcr of his life; and ifalany mo
ment-ho felt the promptings of self concern rated
satisfaction'which (ho self-taught and Isolated man
(unable 10 compare himself with the more gifted and
more ondor/cd,) is apt to do, he thought of Susan and
felt huinblqvj; ho thought of her, and lookqd.around
him with a desire to partial pa to, not appropriate, the
feast that hod been furnished for all'.
Tub one legged puatForu of tho Buffalo Conven
lion people, bud that leg a side legof tho table, won't
do to stand a party upon, no more than Native AmcrU
canism. / Like every new thing, it will have Us day,
and die* aml lhcmcii who figure in it will die with it,
not the principle, wo mean, but the ono leg.on which
it is to,staild. Every thing in this life Inis two or rnofe
legs,at th&'fenst. The Sublrcasury, even, was twoleg
g-e</. Therefore bipods and quadrupeds,and centipedes
wo believe ; r but a one-legged party would bo almost a
novelty, if it had not a precedent in tho Natives, who
exploded whjjo standing upon it. r ■,
iicl U 4 loHfgino the onc-lcgged party In Convention
at DufTi}jlp v &m) some of-tho ptobublc icenei lhere.-rj
Xho Hon Mr« Wilson of Mass,, rises and/says i
• *1 am In favor of a protcolivo tariff; 1-hdVo always
been, and must be.'- (Intelocutor, John Van Buren,
“hist, hies, none of your whiggery here.”)
Tlio Hon. Mr. Wilson is hissed down,’and John
Van Buscn rises. John dwells upoirtthe: glories of
the Sub. Treasury, (hiss,) tho veto power, (hiss, hies,)
and tho’cxtavuganccs ot Internal improvements, (Ire.
mendous hissing) but is willing to stand ou one leg,
if every body also will stand on one leg, tod; (chocis)
but if other people aro to use both legs, ho must have
as ninny legs as other people. . Equality in legs is
his democracy ; (hiss, cries of ‘no democracy-here,*)
but ho.cun get a long with ono leg, *al Uasl illl hc
can see through his hay pile, that tho caricaUiros'itfy
‘. Dad is under.* (Laughter.) S#'
.Abby Folsom—Gentlemen ought to havo'somedel*
icaoy in. (ho presoaco of females. (Abby had nolgol
any further before thcrebroho out a treinondousstorm
of hisses, applause,.cheers, catcalls, and whistling—
but Abby’ja form loomed up——
; •» I,"— —President : I" Kchcors, hisses.)—
“ I, I, I,V—(overwhelming coufusioto.) '
Tho result was, that Abby was not permitted to
stand upon any limb at all.
VV, L. Garrison—Gal a hearing. This is a glori-'
our day. Tho sun is auspicious. ’My heart pulpa*
totes with joy, (Cut calls of‘come to the point.’)—
Twenty long years hayo I been struggling for this
glorious ora. I was onco-a Whig—but os they could
not go with me, 1 could not;go with.them. I was a
lllt|o while a Democrat, but as democracy was a He
(hisses from tho Barnburners, but cheers from the
Whigs and Abolitionists) —a lie ( repeal, (hisses) yes,
1 say,riie,—who says if isn't-a He? (Garrison
gets mod and explodes, and is-not permitted to stand
on any leg.)’ ... - ‘ •
I lion. Proslon King rises—(Cries’, **givo us a speech
from a Whig?) ’Mr. King: (aside) There aro no
live Whigs dorr, only dead ones. ,
An Ex.CJay man—l'm a Whig. I’vo always boon
on out qnd out Clay man.
Hisses from thoßarnburners and Abolition sido of
tho house.,.
A Voice—Whot does Cloy think of the Wllmol
Proviso 7 •
Ex-Clay man—Not knowing can't soy/
Abby Folsom—Don't Mr. Clay own ninety odd
mman beings, called In derision niggers, of hi crime
slaves 7
Ex-Clay man—l don’t care for tho ni<rgarB.~~
(Hisses from tho Abolitionists, and groins from the
Van Duron men.) I’m hero far revenge! reetnge! kc
vknqel’
Preston King (yet standing, and now screaming'
11 So am I.V. 11,
John Von Burcn—So au I.”
Marlin Grover l —" Soam I.”
llcxckUb Flagg—“So au I,” ,
Voice In chorus—“So.ure we all .. •
Abby^guin—“ No I’m boro for Jove,”
Voices—" With whom?" (A general laugh.)
Fred Douglass rises—
Voices-*—no nigger allowed in (bis Convention.”
Crips—lsn't tide £ nigger Convention ?" . .
Answer—“ No; a frep soil Convention.”,
Abby—" Free speech,,as wall as free soil. Let
brother Douglass apeak. Isn't ho a man 7"
Voico—” No; ho Is only a rtiggnr.” •
Fred Douglass—l am a man, If my skin is black;
your equal before. God and man. (Cheers, especially,
from tho Abolitionists.)—iV. V. Expreu'.
LooKiNa-GuasEb.—As ladies are proverbially fond
of looking-classes, they should bo made bt£]uain(cd
with n fuel, but Hula Unowhor attended to, that the
beauty and truth of (heir reflected images,very much
depend upon (ho quality and color of the glass itself,
which aro easi'y detected by merely holding while
papor edgeways to the glass; and just,so much as the
reflected paper varies in culor from tho papcrappliod,
in-tho.some proportion-arc. their complexions appa
rently, llngdu or blaokencd'.by it. Thus many per-,
sons arc continually imagining they “IboklJf," and
porhup», from this ciroumstanco really become so,
fj-umliiQ habit of usingaglass that thus unconscious
ly disfigures them.
' Caution To Housekeepers.—A family In Lancdi
tor county, Pa., wertq alfbw days since, made very fll
by oaling-ofVn sponge iako flavored too highly with,
"poach water*" Wq bi’d aur young housekeepers to
bqworo how they usu lids Vpry.«ffrec.qblo ami oom*
man addition to plus,'confectionary, ot'o., ns itJs but
a mild form of that drbodfUl poison, Prueeic Acid,
r i'lio fndst tender bqartod man that Wo oversaw
was' a sboomAkor< who always Shut bis eyes and
whistled when ho run bis awl Into a shoo;
Why Is ti.ipomlrilVtf pilraoliho.a thunder cloud?
Ugouuao it hoops continually llgljl’nlng;/
THE ELEPHANT*
. It lias,been said,ihutif the,Elephant once escapes
after being taken and .partly tamed, ,ho becomes sol
cautious as never to bblakcnagnirj,' But ‘that this,
is not always the ease, nitty 'bo seen from llie follow*
ing story, which is .taken from the London Phtlosopb*
leal Transactions for 179 P. .
A (emale Elephant was taken in.the nsiial manner,
and,'after being tamed,'and taught, wos worked for
two years; wnen she escaped into the broods. She
was taken again, but liking the wild state, where shb
had nothing to do, better than hard labor among men,
she bAokolooso on a stormy night, and once more
ran away into (ho woods.. Ten years after the see*
ond’escape she was taken, with several others, in an
enclosure, by the Elephant hunters in tho’fecrvico of
Mt. Leeke', . When Mr. Lcoko bn the next day went
to see the herd which his hpniers had secured, they
pointed her out (6 him, ns the Elephant that' had run
away so many years before, for some of the hunters
were certain that they knew. her. They frequently
called her by name, to which she paid some attention,
by looking at (bo person who addressed her I nor did.
she act like the other Elephants, who were running
about and constantly trying to get away, while she
seemed to bo contented with her situation.
i For eighteen days she did not go near enough to the
. gateway of (ho small enclosure to bo got In i and se
cured. By this time, oil tho old Elephants except
this and one more, had been laken.away, and besides
these, there fcmhlncd In the enclosure eight yonng
ones.. ' Afr. Leeke now went with his: hunters-and
hid the other old dne.seourod, and removed from the
enclosure. Ho then ordered■ ills hpnlers.’to call the
female runaway by name, on which slie showcd.somo
signs of obedience, by coming near the. man who
called her. She was now offered some food,'which
she took from the hand of the hunter and ale. After
this he fed her with more, at the tamo limo speaking
kindly to her, and calling ,her by name. One of tho
tamo Elephants was then brought to enresu her, and
one of the hunters look'her by the car and ordered
her tolio'down. At this she drew back,and seemed
to be angry, but when again called by. name,.she
came forward, and allowed the men to pat and cn
rcss her; ot ih'q same 4lmo a hunter, on tho-buck of
a tamo Elephant;'threw a rope around her body,- and
fastened it, and then jumped on her back. This lib
eriy, she, however, did hut like, and acted qs though
she.was going.to do mischief; but in a; few minutes
she,became quiet, and the man.drovu. her about the
enclosure, ns hd wpujd a thine'one,' and from this (inic
she became perfectly obedient 1 tp-llio commands of
her master., . - i - ! "
INDIAN ttLOQUKNCK.
' Nowhere can bo found a more poetic thought in
more captivating simplicity of expression, than in
the answer of Tccumsoh to Gov. Harrison, in (he
conference at Vinccnhes. It .contains a high moral
rebuke,and sarcasm, heightened in effect by an cvl
dent consciousness of loluncsl above the reach of in
sult. At tho closo.of his address ho.found that no
chair had been placed Tor him ; a neglect which Gov.
Harrison.ordered to be remedied as soon as policed.
Suspecting, perhaps, that it was an affront more than
a mistake, with air of dignity elevated'almost to
haughtiness, he declined the seai proffered with the
words * Your.father requests you. to lake a chair, 1
and. answered,'as He "calmly disposed himself on tho
ground: • jlhe sun Is my father and
the; earth u ipy.Mother—l will repose on her . bo
som V- • •, ‘ ' r
1 Revolutionary -luol<le**t
' Hero is an anecdote of the. Doriin£avplution
the evening of the 18th ultimo; a body-of the citizens
who wore engaged in constructing a barricade, broke
intba hbusc in tho OrancnburgslVasscs. They pene
trated to the first -floor, ond forcing open a glass door
found themselves in thc<pfis£nce 0 f a venerable old
man,.with long while ha&'/yne of the mob inquir
ed who ho was. The name
is Humboldt.' ‘flow! urcyduthc celebrated Hum
boll?’ Tho old man replied—‘l am Alexander Von
Humbolt.' Instantly every hut and cap was duffed
—the mob made many protestations of regret at
having-Inconvenienced (heir illustrious countryman,
and'placed at tho door of his house an honorary
guard of citizens. -
Plato*
'• “Several anecdotes of Plato are preserved, which
reflect honor to hia moral principles: and character;
Having raised his hand to correct a servant when in
anger, he kept his arm fixed in that poslurd for a
considerable lime.To a friend coming in, and in
quiring the reason of hissingnliircotnlucl, ho replied,
•I am punishing a passionate muni’ At onollicr
lime, ho.said to' one of his slaves, ‘I would ohasliso
yon if I wore not angry.' When (old that his ene
mies circulated reports to his disadvantage ho ro : .
marked, 'I will so live that no one will believe them.'
A friend,'observing his studious habits, even in ex
treme old oge t inquired hew Jong ho Intended to be
a scholar. *As long/said he, as 1 have need to grow
wiser and belter/
OfltolU for iiext Soaaoii.
Many experienced gardeners sow (heir onins. fur
next season as early’os July, orbcginnlngofAugusl.
Formerly it was (ho practice to sow (hem In Septem
ber,'wfdoll 1 was considered sufficiently early; but wo
are a people ftill of experiments and inventions, and
uro. making wonderful Improvements in nil (hut per.
tains to (bo farming art* In semo sections, acres of
onions may be seen, alt wed and rapidly growing in
July, promising an abundant und curly crop fur. the
market,.the ensuing spring. As a general.tiling no
vegetable la more profitable than tho onion. It docs
not, like most other garden productions, exhaust the
soil sufficiently to reuder it a costly product, and as
it is rather hardy and very prolific, under proper
management, it amply remunerates tho cultivator
for his time, and cost of soli.—Germantown Telegraph
Witty Apology.—A Physician culling one day on
d gentleman who bud'been sorely afflicted with gout,
found to his surprise, the disease gone, and the gen*
man rejoicing In his recovery over a bottle of wine.
“Como along, doctor,” said (ho valetudinarian, “you
are just in time to lastd (his bottle of Muderia, it is
(lie first of. a pipo that has been broached.” “Ah,"
replied (ho doctor, these pipes of Madcria will never
do;.tliey‘.ard the.cause ofall your suffering." “Well,
then,” rejoined tho gay incurable, “fill up your glass,
for now that wo havo found out tho cause, tho sooner
wp get rid of it the butler. 1 ’
Wurx Answered.— A friend related to us (bo other
day an’unocdolo of Judge Porter, of Easton, which is
I characteristic of the man. Wo will 'attempt In ro-
Into thu story, although wo iqny spoil it in tolling.—l
He was addressing a Democratic meeting in Monroe
I county,-a short’ time since, and during his speech,l
f. which is always replute'wUh eloquence, wlt, ! nndj
sound reasoning, a Whig in tho assembly, hoping to 1
perplex tho'Judge, (which is a very silly undcrlnk
l iilgi) asked him if be whs not ot.ono time n-Tavlor
I muu, and why bo now withdrew bis support? ,The (
> questioner was,answered by the speaker In.the fol-
> lowing manner i . ...
1 'An old gehtleinnii, died, leaving two sons, one of a
' very bright Inlollcot, olid the bllicr'qullo tho reverse;
t and among Ibo personal properly to bo divided bo* ‘
twoen lhom wos a Hook ofsheep. ’The wiso.ion, In
(ho obsccnoo of Ids silly brother, selected, aft Uiq.Lobl' 1
sheep, and placed thorn in a pen by .tljqmscives, 1
wbllo all the poorer sheep, lu connection'with a pet 1
lamb of tho foolish brother’s, wcVo placed in an apart
merit adjoining.. .Tf»u« Uio<\Hsu son on I led
fits brother, and thinking tho fuvoritu iamb would bo
an inducement fur him to select tho inferior lot, very
generously govo him hU choice. After casting Ida
oyes very onroftdly over tho suoep in tho two apart*
mente, ho lime oddtestfed hi* favpillo lamb: “Well,
Dick; I hayo loved you—r have slept \Wlh I
have fed youp but tho fact Is,'you arc found in d—d
bad company y Und lam compelled to leave you.',’
lu. around for tho, Whigllng, after tho
cheering Imu atflujidcil; it wad ascertained (bat ho
baa sloped.—Carbon Demo’. ’
Why Is a Bloro-hoiißO guarded by a dog'liko a
tree ?; ( ~ *
DooaUso It la defended hy ha\ht t
AT?2t)b PEB ANNUM.
FELIX GRUNDY 51’CONNELL A*D Tlfo tit*
.'••.c,-; , ble. ■ :r:- .«
I Poor McConnell! -He frail gifted by nature both
in body apd mind; bravo; generous, hohbrsble, afisc*
liquate and faithful. Tiierb Ua. vicowhich; as lha
canker worm, fastoits Upon the richest fruit, destroys
the noblest nature! ‘ It rtiddo hini a madman; and
laid him in a gratfb Which his owri right harid ; hkd
reddened.’ .'Yet, living; with'all his excelled;' there
were biirsis of liis better nature breaking InroUgh
the darkiieee; Which forced men to lotehitn; aAd£ly
ing. no one remembered that there was anything' (o
condemn,' • ' ' . '-'I .?
The deihpn of the cbp whe never mbreawenon
Ih-iri When lie oVerbame McConnell; a ‘man rich', In
homo affections and homo virtues—wllhdlilwMoliiall
more expanded arid' boastful mcrllSace nothlßg»'tfor
unless tho.centre is bettdin, the
man excellence la dubious and WotUfless. Shetdjr.
before hts death; ah incident occurred, which waa’dc
latcd to us by u gentleman caaiially present ai Ihci
lime, which, wo think worthy the space in which it
I will bo recorded. We recognise and bow to the rulo
Oe iHortuia nil nisi bonurA ) and narrate Iho’lnctdcpt
, because we believe Si Id be hbnbrablo to the unforld
note who was the principal
i /jMcCopqel, then a. member of Congress, sfpod ai
the bar of one of (ho principal hotels at Washington;
Beside him and.drinking with him, was one whpl
without a virtue or a gene,tons feeling, had enjoyed
all the advantages of cxaUed.furoily and great wealth
—advantages which his innate and ungovernable vi
ces, to a great extent forfeited. He was shunned bjr
the good; but McConnell had long since loft 100
choice of hjscompanfoos to chance, and (hen chapco
was gencrnlljrtimofrard, 1 The individual referredtqj
spoke of the bible; sneered at Jlsauthorily, ridiculed
its injunctions; and repeated Us most sacred passa
ges with ribald comments. McConnell, who hajl
been ail excitement and cxhiiiralion, stood, silently
and sadly by withottt a word of remark. The blas
phemer continued in language more and more often*
nive; and it war remarked tliot the eye of McCou*
neil flushed with an unwonted fii:c,and that his cheek .
flushed even with u deeper glow than that which dis
sipation had fixed there. At length he Stepped for
ward and said t
. “ Stop, my friend. -From llio monlcnt 1 first looked
into your face, I feared that you were a scoundrel;
for God lias set the mark of Caln upon your forehead.
I now know. it. I am a bad man—a lost man—a man.
every moment of whoso life'upbraids him. But !
have one grqcn spot still leA in my filiart—l love my
wife, and my wife loves the bihlc. I believe In whal
my vvifb believes, ond her,.faith Is in the,. It
has made h'erannngcl pn earth ; it mbit,' be true i
the man who derides 11, insults hbr, : iihd I'will-nola
(hat man-accountable,unto Ihb death
It is ticcdlcsa-lo add (hat thowrelch shrunk atamy
-from.this unexpected burst of Jccling; and waa not
known afterwards to hazard the"experiment pf assail*
ing the blblo.in a crowded barroom.—Cify'Jlrtru ' *
Tiie A.nqko SAxon Rack, —The Rev. Theodore Pac
ker of Boston, recently preobhed a sermon, In the
course of which ho thus alludes to tho
Race... . .
4 ThjaAnglo Saxon race, inhabiting England aba
has a strong nationality. It hasVdrbatE
ful genius for material-activity; 1 mean activity; tH
all industrial ptirduitS ond 01l that rela(es-la poliilff •
In these matters, industry and politics, It far itifpas*
sea any farmer nations; • This race has moro nrpctU
out sense, it sc&ms ; tp me, than any,other;racp paa.or
had.. It Wnt[w*i thorsubliinp reyereneb for God whigfi
so wonderfully marks.lhu Hebrew
adorns every page of this blessed book. ' It has. not
the lovo oCbcouiy which appeared in
It has not that terrible. pnrfsioU and genius for yrvt
which marked the Romans. li lies not tl|o plp'louty!,
thought of tho Germans, nor that mercurial briljjon.
cy, lovo of glory and martial spirit of the FrenefiV
but in plain and practicable sense,ln induslnA/acft
llvity and political cogacity, It is superior to'any* tft
all these.- This race is industrial and commercial
more than military. Look at ,Its ships all over the
world} Us railroads that cover England, making ii
os It were u gridiron. Look at its mills and mahai
factories, enough to clothe a whole race. In war.thH
race has always been able to hold: its own or morcu
Yet it has a good temper, and takes to trade rather
than fighting. When you consider the position jt
occupies, you will see (hoi (ho jroddhese of temped
and abstinence from war is an important chaVebter*
istic. It conquers by trade. The army goek-qefbro
to.make a market for the merchant and manufaetbry
cr. Its energy is terrible. It never (urns back.- .Mi
is tho.mosl terrific and onergetib pboplp ever - develo
ped on earth.- In 1548 there were not three mi/llonh
of Anglo Saxons in all England ond wmoft
was all the land they possessed. There
000,000 in England, 20.000,000 in America, posses*
sing; all (ho’nhrfhorn continent nnd is Incfensintf
with terrible rapidity. In England the territory is
small, and therefore (hoy are more remarkable Ibalf
.(hose here. England with its o/*Vtien
I rules one eighth part of tho inhabitants n f IHo globe,'
1 125,000,000 are subject to her to*day* This shows,
the power and energy.oflho race. There fq lid tdhb*
In (ho world to equal it in war, thought, Indtutry’of
politics, because it is by nature filled fnr ihal stork* •
JOHN ViN DdRCNAND THEdLO GehtleMan.—
Noah, of tho New York Sunday Times, hartcehexJ
citing our risible faculties-with the following dneci
dole of Iho younger ami tho elder Von Burehf : ’»• -I
Inqurlcs weto made at (he meeting of (ho Patk for
John Van Duren. Ono iitilfof tho company oamo to
boar him speak, not caring a sfrnw for the issuer—
John was there, but ho refused to speak, , Ho sawi
all tHo old faces, and t w,ould nql.repeat that ohd
speech again, and he had dished up’nothing new*.
When John established thuAlbuny At hi to“put
down the Argtis —tho thing of all others which -Hs*
created (ho present muss in tho pnrly—l|io old gqtM
lleinon wont up to Albany from
monstrato with John, and to preach coiitlpn, mildness,
and forbearance. He saw what would grow oufdf
it, ami admonished (ho son to he cnroful and not gel
into a fight with llio Argus. . Young hotspuf lissrd!
him out with his usual amiability, and said In
“ My dear sir, 1 Imre tho greatest respect for .yogr
opinion, your experience, and your judgment, but'
whnt tho d—rl do you know of politics ?**, r .
There is no dohbt that flio old genl/emon his great
confidence In John’s talent, bill not in his discretion)'
and they have nOsecrol* from each other. .-i /: ji.iy
'lho Van Duron. family afo oil dreadful slucpqffll.
llioy sit up half the night, and lay Ip bed until npqnr
1 A droll scene occurred onco at Washington whfctf.
Mr, Von Daren was Vico President. Ho laid in' tidd ;
so hitu that ho coqld not rduch the Senate \\l 12,0’,
clock lu call that honorable body to order; Lnnfddti
ing bis sleeping propensities in John.lio. declared!
that (hero must ba a reform—lhoyi all Kjvpt Ipp foie.//
•‘Lei’s make a bargain,” said John. “Tho. ftr.it
who rises shall call Iho oilier up, with leave,tb'*'iVdff'
•ho dolirtqudat out of bed ifj.not out, •>
, “ Agreed J” said the old,gentleman, ~ ...
Ono.nlghl John sal.upjdnySng brag wlVhtf jiSfcVj;
oif royslorcrs until the mbrnlnfc’s snn' tliii'U'iTlW
through the green blinds^ < BlcsH.mo,” aald:hof”wiiy<;
its eight o’clock. I must go and call the ul,<J.gf
man up.” John went to his nwn chamber, inadonis
toilet, and (hen wdntUntu his lulher’a bedroom.:'-*!
“ Uallol do you know lioivUio ftii!, fiUltvrl PmK
eight,. ..Come,.tumble up.!** i
Oh, John Met mu hlcojj a HUld,longer 1 ‘.V’*
“Not a minute! You remember our (flr'jjfiiitf
So he roliod tho'oid’gcntluinah Into hU 'ilunkut Vndi
uhoct, deposited him.very gqlilly on ihu llpo« l«lW
'Mm. : , .( ,
Onp thing’.is certain between the olil.phd yountf
magicians, they (llulnlßlouch other’s
noRB, und tlif«orlinlnn(i6n. : 'Bomd time ego thorie’«*«*&
a onoou at Flagg’s, nt Albany, to tulkctiveftpidiliotu
mailers.- Col. Yodng, John Vao Burin, lhA.fi»-J\rth**
idonl, with other leiuling tucM, wcro prcßcpl., ;) Mr.,
Van Boron, as usual, wi\h preaching caption, opnclw
allon, moderation’to all John’s prdpo£ilmfift-ij’ J
u There,” said John.to nno of Uu> party,.“JjtulJ
l;« \Vni ah old Ilunkci! Ho ain't toning’ ,
UiT
'NOJll;