Ammi' mi VS Mmtux.
Br JOHN B’ BRATTON
YOL. 38;
3JJo luteal.
ADDRESS
Of the Democratic State Centra!
Committee.
To Ihe People of Pennsylvania:
«i in «^u enemies have long since ascertained
llml their principles are condemned by a largo ma
• iJi tho . P 6o^o * For this reason they are con
stantly urging upon Democrats the propriety of
Voting without regard to parly principles. For this
reason, they are endeavoring, at this moment, to
Deceive the unwary into the belief that party.princi
ples oro not involved in the election of Judges—that
the Judiciary Ticket should bo a mixed ticket—that
the best men ought to bo selected, without regard to
the political principles of the nominees. We might
Ineol our opponents fearlessly on tho single issue of
i]ualifioations. Every man on the Democratic Ju
dicial ticket has, long been before the public, exer
cising. tiiO' solemn and important duties of the Ju-'
dicial station-every man on our ticket has been
tried, and has proved himself able, experienced, safe,
and upright. Not so with the ticket nominated by
our, opponenle. - With one exception, the Whig nom
inees are comparatively new men, inexperienced
and untried. But it is not our purpose, at present,
U speak of the qualifications of the candidates.
.J itat shall be done as occasion shall, require. Our
object at this timo is to draw tho attention of our
Democratic fellow citizens to the importance of the
political questions Involved in tho approaching elec
tion, and to show the danger of listening to the
advice of bur enemies, to disregard tho high and
important principles of the Democratic creed in tho
election of Judges. In this our first experiment of
our elective J udiclary—in this thd groolosl of all (cals
of the capacity of the people for seif government, it
is more than over necessary.that the Democratic
parly should not bo deceived into an abandonment
of its exalted political creed. Principles can only
bo maintained by placing in power thoso who are
deeply imbued with (heir truth, and sincerely de
termined, on all proper occasions, to support them.
It is true that, in an ordinary controversy of citizens,
respecting (heir private rights, no political question
can or ought to be involved. In such oases, if tho
Judge bo.compotonf c «nd upright, it is not material
to what politioal')iߣty ho may belong. But other
cases aio constantly rlsingiin which the Domoorulic
faith, embracing the true principles of our free gov
ernment, is distinctly Involved. Upon the proper
support of this faith by tho Judiciary, in their ap
propriate sphere, tho rights and liberties of the peo
ple, and stability hot only of our State government,
but of this Union‘of Independent States, must ne
cessarily depend. Our government is established
with chocks and balances wisely ordained for the
preservation of liberty and equal rights. A Lcgis.
laturo to make Laws—a Governor, to execute (hem
—constitute tho, depositories of. sovereign power in
tho Slates; and a similar organization of co ordinate
departments marks the features of our National
Government. In the exerciso- of powers by the
latter, a. strict construction of the Constitution “has
over been held to bo the fundamental principle of
(bo Democratic creed, and all powers not expressly;
granted, to the Notional Government, or necessary
to tho exercise of (he powers thus granted, ere re
ferred to the States respectively, or to the people."
In the construction of the powers of Government,
thns distributed (here has been a constant difference!
of opinion between the Democracy of (ho country
and (heir opponents, by whatever names' (he latter
may eali Ihomaulves. Tliq» Democratic parly deny
* l,b . Uio federal government to charter a
United Slates Bank—to prostitute the tariif. power
to tho purposes of building up one branch of indus
try at the expense of another, without any regard
to the revenue principle—to squander the money of
the nation on local objects ofimprovoment, in favor
ite sections, without regard to 100 general interests
of the whole nation.
They also deny (ho power of (he General Govern*
rnont to interfere with tho domestic institutions of
Che several Stales, and’lhey are so deeply attached
to the Union, and to (he principles of national jus
tice that they do not believe it to be politic, or moral,
or honest, while they receive protection to their
property, and of tholr lives and liberties, under our
t-onslituUoa, to refuse to perform the obligations, in
1 r f Bl * 9 cowpacl, which secure to other members
of tho Union rights of property equally well recog
nised, and equally dear. They boliovo in tho ca
pacity of (he people for self-government, and are at
all times ready to submit to the decisions'of tho
majority, and to support, fairly and honestly, the
distribution of power proscribed by (ho popular will
in (he Constitutions ortho Slate and Union. While
every department is loft within the limits assigned
to it, and this groat frame of Government ie admin
istered according to tho true principles of Domoera.
cy, it will, continue to bo the asylum of liberty hero,
and tho hope of (ho oppressed throughout the world.
order that this distribution of power may be
fairly maintained,’every department of tho govern*
menl should bo placed in (ho hands of tho friends of
human liberty and-Democratic principles. *.
The Legislative, Executive, and judicial depart*
iqents, should bo in (ho hands of honest and fearless
Democrats. It would be madness, by Democratic
voles, to place either of (hose departments In the
hands of our political enemies, who would deem it
a maltbr of duly to exorcise the power thus conferred
Upon them, for tho destruction of (ho most sacred
principles of (ho Dobiocratio paity. Tho Judiciary
should bo filled with men whose attachment to Dem
ocratic principles is unquestioned.
Will it the country, in tho present mo.
monlous crisis,'lf wo soouro a Legislature to onaot
laws, and an Executive to enforce them, but fail to
secure a'Judiciary to give that construction to the
Constitution and laws, whioh, from the days of Jef.
ferson, has formed as essential a part of tho Demo
cratic faith as any other clement In (ha political
ereed? Of what avail are (lio triumphs of Domoo.
racy, if a Judiciary bo elected by Native Americans,
Abolitionists and Federal Whigs, who might oon.
eiruo tho Constitution and laws, in aueh way as to
advance tho objects of those who aro hostile to equal
rights and to our happy and glorious Union 7
When questions concerning our free institutions
all arise, every reflecting mind must perceive the
importance of having on (no bench sound Democrats
and, at this particular crisis, tho safety of our Union
requires that every man of oven doubtfhl principles
thould be opposed by tho true friends of the country,
as entirely unsafe for a trust so important.
The fines, imprisonments, persecutions, and op.
rrossions practiced under tho alien and sedition
>*ws might have boon instantly.arrested by a DEM*
OCUATIC Judiciary, faithful to tho Constitution
«nd to tho (ruo principles of liberty. Tho country
f flight have boon saved tho fearful struggle against
*(!io moneyed power of tho United States Bank if
thoro had been a Democratic judiciary ready to
flush (ho monster by the application of the Demo
cratio principle of construction, which denies to
Congress the power to charter an institution so
dangerous to liberty. In a more recent but equally
rosmoruble attempt to trample upon (ho rights of the
people by “ (rooting elections as if they had not
ftken place, ’* and Imposing upon tho country a
■purlous House ofUoproßontalivos who had not been 1
footed hy a majority of the people, tho importance
of s Democratic Judiciary -was equally manifest. 1
Under tho control of a judiciary not attached to tho
Democratic principle, of submission to the majority,
Dio acts of tho people, in- iuppart of their own rog.
uUr and constitutional .House of Representatives,
•night ))avo been comrtruod (o bo (reason or some
other crime, and tho free citizens of this Common
vvoaltii might have boon deprived of liberty and llfo
for no other oiibnco Ilian their patriotic efforts to
Maintain their own rights of self-government. Un
der a Federal Judiciary, tho acts of tho spurious
House of Representatives might havo boon recog
nized and enforced as constitutional. It Is easy to
ualiovo that power thus unlawfully acquired would
have boon used to perpetuate itself, and to enslave
D] 0 people. But, in (hat dark hour of (rial; how
•fleering to tho heart of Uio patriot wub tho rcfloc
tion that If the oodstitutlonal House of Represents-
Uvee should bo driven from the capital, and a band
of usurpers placed in their stead,' by the power of
ü ßuehshot and JSall, u Democratic judges sjood ready
lo sustain tho unconstitutional acts or the usurpers.
It was tho knowledge of this important fact that
kept our political enemies in check, while it gave
confidence end energy to the true hearted Demoora
oy. To this cause may he attributed, in a great
measure, the triumphant defeat of this fearful at
tempt.to overthrow our government.
Wo know not at what moment an attack upon
our institutions may bo mado by tho enemies of
Democratic principles. «The price of liberty is
eternal vigilance.'* Let every department of Gov
ernment, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, be al
ways prepared for tho assault! «In peace prepare
for war." Tho existence of*n power always ready
to repel aesaulte upon oar principles ie tho beet
method of prevent!eg them.
There ie nothing in tho ri.o and fell of nations
which have passed away—there is nothing in the
history of oor own nation—which should induce ui
to believe for a moment, that the blessings of free
government, acquired by-tho blood and-treaeore of
our ancestors, can be perpetuated without tho eaor
cieo of conatant vigilance by Ihoir - descendants.
On tho contrary, wo arc, at this moment, in tho
midst of dangers of tho moat alarming character.
The attempts of fanatical abolitioniala in tho eastern
Stotoo to disregard a port of the National Conslitu
tion, and interfere with the domeatio institutions of
tho Southern Slates, have driven the latter in desper
ation to tho verge of secession. Tho slate of public
opinion in certain portions of (he Union is such, on
Ibis question, that it ia believed that aecoseion can
never lake place withonl tho introduction of a most
appalhng and bloody civil war—ending. at last, in
Ilia destruction of our glorious Union, and all tho
hopes of freedom throughout tho world. Tho peril,
by winch our Union is surrounded have brought out
from- tho trammels of more party discipline the
grout and the noble patriots of tho land. Each
brought his sacrifice to the alter, and a compromieo
was at lest otfooted lo preserve the Union.
The moons of compromise adopted by the lest
Congress, (including tho act for tho surrender of fu
gitives from labor,) have made a sottlamoiit—we
trust & nnal settlement ortho questions which threat
ened the destruction of our Union. But these moos,
ures will but increase the danger, if not honestly
carried Into execution. We boo that a large portion
. ou / enemies, for the purpose of securing
tho abolition vole, have determined lo interrupt the
peace of the country by keeping up tho exciting and
dangerous agitation under pretence of "amen dment”
or modt/ieatwn of the fugitive slave law. We
see also that the fanatical demagogues have sot up
their own perverted judgments as a revelation of a
■■higher law,'under which they Hold themselves
reedy to noiito the rights of a portion of their
follow Citizens, and to trample down tho Constitution
1?' a\u r..f°V ,, 2 , . throu « lloul tho length and
breadth of this broad land, that the Tugilifo slave
law hat been denounced by our politicf opponents
as unconstitutional and void. Our citizens have
boon invited to resist il by open violence, and -Stale
laws have actually been pasted by tho enemies of
Democratic principles, authorizing State judges to
disregard it, and to issuo writs of haftea* corpus, and
other writs for-the purpose of nullifying its provis
ions.. If these viowsore carried out by their ad
vocates, rebellion and civil wur must ho tho inovilt.
ble results! end our happy country will be deluged
with the blood of her own citizens! How can we
hope for the blessings of God to preserve ns from
111... great evil., unless wo endeavor Ip render our.
■» "• H'm by ani honeat fulfillmentufour con.tl.
tuiional obligations?
In tho midst of (he portentous darkness which
thus surrounds os, thank Heaven, wo also perceive
the lightning Hashes from (he Democratic judges of
lbs Notional Government, illuminating (ho path to
n.jianal safely. Bui whit can their cfforli avail,
udlcm aided by ho tjwj, knd , h , aull.oritlp. ofthe
teporolo onto. ? Ala. i nothing. Let the people
of UiQ States come forth to tho rescue. Lot tho
thunders of democracy be hoard throughout every
State in the Union, in support of (he Constitution,
and an honest discharge of our obligations. Lot
every department of the government of our good old
Keystone State bo placed in sound hands, (hat sho
may proudly and firmly sustain (ho AroH of our
great Union. Let no unsound or oven doubtful
judges bs elected to defeat (ho will of tho people, or
to embarrass tholr Representatives or Executive In
this groat struggle to preserve the Union and to per
poiuato our free institutions. Lot - the people speak
in a voice which shall warn all abolitionists, fanatics
and agitators, to desist from tholr treasonable prao
“®Cl* Let tho people also speak out in a language
whioh shall vindicate their own justice Rom re
proach, while It gives assurance to our Irritated
brethren in the South that their constitutional rights
shall bo respected, and that “tho Union must and
shall bo preserved."
• 18 ky this coarse, olono, that peace, harmony,
and safety osn bo restored. Every consideration
which can Influence (ho friends of freedom, how
demands of tho Democracy a firm support of their
WHOLE TICKET. Tho loss of our Governor, or
Canal Commissioner, or oven Legislature, might bo
remedied in a brief space of time, because (hey are
ohosan for short terms. But tho Judges of tho Su
promo,Court are chosen for fifteen years, and their
decisions aro final, without appeal to ony higher
power. An efror In electing our political enemies
to such high and responsible stations, could not bo
corrected until (he mischief was irreparable. Such
an error would bo an act of political suicide that
would justly bring tho intelligence of tho Democracy
into deserved ridicule and reproach. Let every
Democrat scorn tho counsels of those who would
soduoo him to botray his parly and his country, in
whole or in part, by moans of a mixed ticket,
Tho (linos are full of peril. At this critical juno.
ture the Interests of the country demand of ovory
Democrat the performance of his WHOLE DUTY,
Lot tho Democratic ticket bo oupported throughout.
Lot not a single namo bo stricken from it. Noml
: *V al0 „ » 118 il * 08 » 11,0 and ablest lawyers in
the State,it is worthy tho cordial and hearty support
of ovory man who lava claim to tho titlo of a Dem
ocrat. The high estimate placed upon all our nom
inees by tho venerable William Wilkins, President
of the Convention, after (he selections had boon
mado, will, in Itself, bo sufficient to satisfy (ho whole
country of (ho ability and purity of our candidates,
regardless of any slander that may bo oonoooted by
onen enemies or soerot foes. A united and harmo
win . soouro (ho election of our ontiro
ticket, by an overwhelming majority,
Chairman ,
WILLIAM S. ROSS.
WILLIAM DEAL,
THOMAS J. POWER.
J. ELLIS BONHAM.
JAMES BURNSIDE
GEO. W. BOWMAN, V
JAMES L,
F. K. BOAS, Secretary .
Harrisburg, Aug. 13,1851.
PnsTTY Good.— l knew an old man who believ
ed that “what wbb to bo will bo.** He lived in
Missouri and was ono day going out several miles
through a region infested, in tho early times' with
very savage Indians. - Ho always took hia gun
with him, but this time found that somo ono of the
family had it out. As ho would not go without it,
some of his friends tantalised him by saying that
there was no danger of tho Indians; that ho would
not dio until his lima camo, anyhow. “Yob,"
enya the old fellow, “but suppose I was to moot
nn Indian, and hie time had oomo, it wouldn’t do
not to havo mi/ gun."— Ohio Ukachcr,
An old merchant in Dpllimoro said (ho other
day, that a man might ns well think of being Pre
sident of tho United Staton, without haying his
name in the papers, ns to ho wo)l known ami suc
cessful in business without advertising.
* OUR COUNTRY—MAY 1 TALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT ’ GUT OR WRONG ,OUR COUNTRY **
CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY,'SEPTEMBER 4, 1851
pOttUßl.
THE FARMER’S DOT*
BY FRANCIS D. OACR,
O, a Jovial farmer's boy I'll bo,
Ae fresh as (be birds (bat sing.
And carrol my merry song ofgloo
Among th* flowora of spring.
With a whoop who hoy, to drive my team
Before the rising sun,
To slake .their thirst in a silvery stream,
Shall bo my morning's fun;
To see the hungry porker fed,
And hear him grunt bis (hanks;
T «. rou . flfl . t l , ° CQ, ve» from tholr grassy bod,
'To shako their drowsy flanks;
To draw firom the generous cow her store,
With young hands strong and free,
Till the brimming polo is running o'er
With the foaming luxury; ''
To haste to the garden with hoe and sood
While the dow is on the spray,
To plant, to trim,' to hoe end weed
The morning hours away,
To raise tbo flowers for the honey bee,
With their petals bright and Air
O, I love the budding flowers to see,
In my garden boro and there;
Or away to the fields with the reapers hie,
And toil the livelong day,
And think of tho happy tiuio when I
Shall be a man as they.
To plow, to harrow, to plant, to sow
Tho rich and fertile lands; -
To reap and bind, to pilch and mow,
With strong and .willing hands.
6, T would notiivo in the crowded town.
'V’lth its pavements hard and gray, ’
With its lonthcned streets of dusty brown.
And its painted houses gay—
Where every boy his ball may bound
Upon his neighbor's dome, .
And every shout and every sound
Disturbs some other’s home.
Tho squirrel that loaps from limb to limb,
In tho forest waving high,
Or Iho lark that soars wlth liis matin hymn,
It not more free than I,
Then give mo the trade of a Armerboy.
Front city trammels freo.
And i’ll crack my whip, and cry, “ Who hoy 1”
Oh, a Armor boy I'll bo t 7
From Graham's Magazine.
THB.LOVIEO OF OTHER TEARS.
When summer flowers Are 'weaving
Tholr perfume wreaths in air,
And tho zephyr's wings receiving,
The love-gins gently bear;
Then memory’s spirit stealing.
JJfis up Ihe veil sho wears.
In alilhoir light revealing
Tug loved of other years.
Whoa summerstors are shining
In tho deop blue midnight sky.
And their brllliaht : fays entwining.
Weaves coronals on high;
When the fountala'Siwqvcs'nro singing
In tones night aulyVhoAra,
T ™-'‘ # . wco t thoughts woken, bringing
The loved of other yckrs I 6 6
The flowers around me glowing,
■Tho midnight star's pure gleams.
The fountain's ceaseless flowing.
Recalls life's fondest dreamt.
When all is bright in heaven.
And tranquil are Iho spheres,
*oJho sweet thoughts are given,
•The loved of other years 1
StltaccHnncoitfl,
Father Hovro’s Dream. ■■ oft
i Kov. Mr. Howe, lately of Ilopkinton, ia known to
h«*o boon an origmal man. Hia waking tbooahla
woro paouliarljr Ilia own, and bU dreamt may bad
peolad lo partake of (ho lame quallliu. Till* dream
wo place in onr columns on account ofita orioinalitir
Wo give it publicity, :l to for benefit ofsin e ln r choir.
wild are sometimes liable to fall out by iho way.
At ono time during hia ministry, tlio singers all
took offonco and loft tho choir. On tho next Sab*
bath ho related tho following dream, which had tho
desired effect of restoring them to their places. lie
dioamed that a spirit from the other world appeared
before him, and informed him that thorn was singing
enough in heaven bat none in hell; and that ono of
tho most essential distinctions between angels and
devils consists in this, that tho former delight in
flinging while the latter havo no inclination to en
gage in this heavenly employment.
The angels, (continued the spirit) wore oil created
in holiness ; but in process of lime a part of them
became tired of employing (heir faculties in singing
the songs of heaven. When those wore urged to
uso all their talents in tho service of God, they said
they had no encouragement to sing, or, in other
words no pay ! They would not trust the Lord lo
reward them, but must bo paid by their fellow tor.
J?" 1 * A,ml Chty, therefore, prepared them a
different place and name,
I awoke, (said Mr. Howe,) and lay musing on the
subject for some lime, and then foil asleep: mv
thoughts turned lo my former dream , departed splf.
its appeared to mo, and their conversation was audi.
bio. At length ono of them stood forth lo interpret
the dream and said it had respect to (he people of
tlopkinton. Your last year’s singers (observed tho
interpreter) ere alt dead. 1 saw them go to heaven's
gale and knock for admission; whereupon Gabriel
opened|the gate and said. "Who are yonT can
sing ? ’ «Nol" “Then you cannot be admitted
here, “Wo did sing for a time,” replied they,
“but were dUscoucaffod." “ lie that, pulloth his I
hand to the plow,'* answered Gabriel, “ and looked] !
book, is not fit for tbo kingdom of God ; yon cannot
bo admitted boro." •> Wo would havo oung, if tlioro 1
had boon tuilablo encouragement." “Those who I
mil not ulna on earth," returned (ho angol, "shall i
not.sing in heaven. You can’t bo admitted hare.—
Deport, Depart!" Upon tills, the gulf opened and I
swallowed them up, "Then 1 awoke, (aaid Mr. i
Howe,) and behold it was a droam j but the thing
toao certain, and the intsrpr •lotion thereof, aure,"
Hear Him Talk*
, Saunders of the Evansville Journal, wont to lowa
j for a new wife. After many Incident! and accidents
by flood and Bold ho reached tho place of hia dusti<
nation, and having scoured tho object sought after,
returned homo. After announcing his arrival, and
his change of condition, he volunteered tho following
advice to his old bachelor friends :
“ In announcing the faol of our return homo with
a rib, wo cannot refrain from expressing our pro.
found disgust of bachelors—>snd wo expect to bo
disgusted with both for—several weeks. Wo nro
woJI awaro that In times gono by, wo occasionally
mado ourselves ridioulous in tho eyes of sensible
men, by upholding (he bachelor state as (ho only
life of happiness, independence and earthly glory.—
But wo wero young and greon then, and of course
know but one side of tho subject. Now stand up
here, you oonsarned ugly pictures of humanity re.
joking In the name of bachelors, and answer us a
few questions.
What are you fit for in this world? What good
are you doing for your country? What are you
doing for posterity ? What interest have you In tha
“generation yet unborn “ that you read of? Where
will you be, when old men, if your vile habits over
permit you to arrive at old ago 7 Won't you bo like
a lonely, seared and soathedlree, standing In a large
clearing without a companion, and your life unpro*
looted from (ho frosts by your saplings and shrubs
at your feel? Or won't you bo like pumpkins in a
cornfield, more prominent because of your prodigious
ugliness and loneliness; than the stalks at your aide
laden with golden grain 7 Hold up your heads and
talk like men, whether you ban aol so or not. Now
don't you feel ashamed of yourselves? Look at the
girls about you, all smiles and sugar—hearts over*
flowing with lovo ready to bo spilled on the first
good fellow that can touch your eympathlos.. Look
lit ’em and fuel tho disgusting position you occupy
in the cabbage garden oflmmanlly. What are you
holding back for? Now just reform—put on your
best looks and other coat—talk to thorn prettily—
then propose, got accepted, marry, and—(ho country
will rely on you as a faithful and well disposed
citizen."
WOMEN AND DANCING.
The following humorous yarn was spun by Le
ver, tho facetious author of Charles O’Malley.—
The Bloomorß'may.take-a hint from it,' and partly
on tholr accoUht .we give the extract a place;
“I-believe iUwcman would do a great deal for a
dance,said DftGrowllng; “ they are immensely
fond of ealulatd|ftnotion. I remember once in my
life I used to.flHft with one who was a great favor
ite In a provincial town whore 1 lived, and.confid
ed to mo she had' no stockings to. appear in, and
without them hpf presence at the ball was out of
the ’; -
“fhat wasTOftint for you to buy the stockings,”
said Dick. , * ,
“No; you’re opt,” said Growling. “She knew
that I was as poor as herself; but though she could
not roly on my-purso, she had every confidence in
my taste and judgement, and consulted me on a
plan she formed for going to the ball in proper
twig. Now what do you thinUt wasl”
“To go in
“Out again, talc—ydu’ihnever guess it, and only
a woman oouljdhave hit upon the expedient. It
was the fashion *in those days for ladies in full
dress to wear pink stockings, and she proposed
painting her legsl”
“Painting, her legs!” they all exclaimed.
“Fact, sir,” said the Doctor, “and she relied
upon me fdH<U&ag her if the cheat was success
ful.”
“And.'was Durfy.
“Don’t bo in’a burry, Tom. I complied oh one
condition, namely—that I should be the painter.”
“Oh, you obi rascal!” said Dick.
“A capital bargain,said Durfy.
“But not a;saf6‘,oonvenant,” added the attorney.
“Don’t intnrthpc roe, gentlemen,” said the doc
tor, “I got some rose pink, accordingly, and I
defy all tho hbbiere In Nottingham tomakeatight
or fit than I did on little Jenny; and a prettier pair
of stockings l.never saw,”
“And 4110 went to the ball 1” said Dick.
“She did.”,
“And,the trick succeeded 1” inquired Durfy.
“So completely, said the doctor, “that several
ladies asked herto recommend her dyer to them,
bo, you see what a woman will do to go to a dance.
Poor little she “is a merry minx—by the
by, she bpxea injrears that night fora joke, 1 made
about the stockings, “Jenny,” said I, “for fear
your stocking*'sTuiuld fall down when you.are
dancing, hadn’t you better let me paint you a pair
of garters on iheml”
A SKAKE story.
Some years ago there lived in Barnwell Dis
trict, a Df, - -.-r.who was looked upon by his
neighbor* as an. excellent physician, and highly
respected by the whole community; but the Doc
tor had (as all.meri.have excopl the heroes of nor*
els) BjWShk point,and this was—concerning snakes.
Ho possessed a most perfect horror of everything
in the form of a serpent, and very often prophesied
that he should some day or other die from the bite
of one.
On on'iPourth of July, the Doctor had been in
vited to r. picnic, and on their return itome the
parly agrooa evening was very pleasant and
tho moon ibininjpbrightly, logo by way of the
I AcceriHwglfrtlrtys-iiatidfd the.ladiofc Info-the
boat and Shoved off, having sent their horacaby
another route. .
Suddenly a tremendous yell arose from where
the Doctor was silling, and halsspodfrom hiasaat
ao violently as lo almost overset the boat. ' The
ladies shrieked and the gentlemen seizing the Doc
tor to prevent hia jumping ogprboard, demanded
ihocauae;
“I'm shako bitten,” screamed he; ”1 always
aaid J’d her and you see 1 was tight,"
"Where has it bitten youl” asked one of the
terrified ladies;
"Doesn't matter," groaned ho, presaihg both his
hands lo the (ail of hia coat.. "I’m bitten and
that’s sufficient. I always told you that I'd be
killed by t snake, you wouldn’t believe me. Now
yon see ilhas coma true.”
The poor fellow, in spite of . tho agony ho suf
fared, seemed’ to take melancholy exultation in
showing them that his prophecy had been fulfill
ed.
"But I'shalt not die Unavenged,” he exclaimed;
seizing a valklngeliok'and belaboring most furi
ously at something in the bottom of tho boat.
"Stop Doctor,” said one of tho gentlemen very
quietly.
Tho Doctor, surprised by the calm tone in which
this was said, suspended his flagelation and look-
ed up.
“1 should be very much obliged to you if you
would not demolish my whip entirely,” continued
the gentleman, picking up a hunting whip which
had tho handle carved in imitation of a snake’s
head.
"What!” exclaimed.,the Doctor. “Isn’t it a
snakot” Well, he must be aomewhere, or else
how could I bo bitten I”
"I don’t know whether thero is a snake in tho
boat or not,” said tho owner of the whip; "but this
I do know that if a man comes into a boat with
spurs on, ho lo very apt lo ait down on them.”
The Doctor eat down amidst shouts of laughter,
and ho has never as yet, boon known to repeat his
prophesy since. —Soul hern Literary Messenger, '
A Cold Bid of Oiiti
A few ycare ago a farmer, who was noted tor hla
waggery, slopped at a tavern; which.ho was in tho
habit of plopping at on his way from 11— lo
Salem. ' '
The landlady had got the pot boiling for dinner,
and tho oat was waahing her face in tho corner—
The traveller thinking it would bo a good joke, took
off the pol-lid, and while the landlady wae absent,
put grihmlkin into the pot with (he potatoes, and
1 pursued his journey to Salem.
The atnarpmonl of tho landlady may well be eon-1
1 delved when, on taking up her dinner, she discovered
1 the unpalatable addition which wae made to It.—
Knowing well (he deposition of her customer, she
hsd no difficulty In firing on the aggressor and do.
lerminod to bo revenged. Aware (hat ho would atop
on his return home for a aold bite, (he oat was care
fully dressed. The wog called as ho was expected,
and pussy was put on (ho (able among other cold
dishes, but so disguised that he did not know bis
old acquaintance.
lie msdo a boarty meal, and washed it down with
» After paying, bis bill ho a.kod th.
landlady if alia bad a oat that abe could give him,
ft» ha woa plagued aluioat to death with mica. She
■■ld aba oouldnol, for aba had loal hara,
" What 1" aaliMie “ don't yon know whero aha ia ?'•
“Oh yeal" replied the landlady, “you have Juat
oalan It."
Ha wav never known to boil a oat afterwarda.
The man that will taka a paper a length of time
and then aend it back 11 refined ” and u unpaid for*"
would awallow a blind dog’a dinner, and then atone
the dog for being blind. -
An old n*' ’
An old maid waa hoard to exclaim, whilo aiding
At her toilet (ho other day—“ I can bear advereUy, x
om encounter hardahlp, and withatand the changeo
of ficldo fortune, hul O, to live, droop, and wither,
and dio like u single pink, 1 can’t onduro it, and
what’i wore, I wonll”
Il Is a good rule, noysr to speak of man's fiiulls la
Olliers, (ill wo lisvo first sml loilhfully spoken of
them la the oftbnders llieiiisolvos. This would pro
vent o vast amount of inisohlor end slander, and
perhaps save many from persisting In sin,
A LOVE-SICK SWAIN.
A lore sick swain—who says ho has been
wounded In a lender place—poetically pours forth
his sorrows; thipugh themedlumof Cohen’s Ches
ter Herald, in some heart rendering stanzas—ad
dressed to the “ Chester Belle.” who did the mis
chief—two of which we subjoin:
Oh! I’ve keen her at the window,
With all her fixins’on,
As lovely and as tender
As a blossom newly blown; .
With eyes like melting violets,
And dimples in her cheeks,.
And a yoice like twenty clarionets,
Unbushed for twenty weeks.
I’ve-eeen her at the museum,
Lord knAwa how many places,
And by the great Methusalem,
Her’e the face of faces;
She looks for all the world, •
Like ah angel just come down,
To get her raven tresses ourled,
Then burry oat of town.
OEMS.
Some men dfa secluded and studious life, have
sent forth from their closet, or tholr-cloister,' rays
of intellectual light that have agitated courts and
revolutionized kingdoms; like the moon,-which
though removed far from tho ocean, and shinning
upon it with a serene and sober light, Is the chief
cause of all those ebbings and flowings which in
cessantly disturb the world of waters.
A man’s troubles are born and grow with him;
.as they become oppressive, he is heller able to en
dure them; but they who go out the common track
to speculate upon happiness not only have, but
deserve a larger share of misfortune than he who
keeps on the well known beaten track, and is con
tented with being moderately happy.
Time is a most valuable steed, which while
we ride, wo cannot control; and which, if wo do
not well, will certainly throw us; lovers, in parti
cular, who trifle with him, are sure afterwards to
repent it.
Want of sense renders, some people obstinate,
while wisdom makes them firm; since that which
would be obstinacy in a-wrong-cause becomes
firmness in a right one. To discriminate between
the two is often difficult.
Sophistry is like a window curtain; it pleases
as an ornament, but Us true use ia to keen out ihtf
light. !
Life is like a* portentuone cloud, fraught with
thunder, storm and rain; but religion like those
streaming rays pf sunshine, will clothe it with
light ae with a garment, and fringe ita shadowy
skirts with gold.
Nature’s beauties do not fade with her leaves,
nor with her flowere.
Beauty, as flowing as the blossom, ebon fades;
but the divine excellency of the mind, llko the
medical virtues of the plant, remain in it, when all
those charms are withered.
A fop is like a cinnamon tree, the baik is worth
more than (he body 1 .
When .there are more children in school than
the teacher, can supply with suitable instruction,
they may bo compared lo the inhabitants of a be
sieged city, where there is ioo.litUa tood. for tho
mouths of the besieged. Each taualbe pul upon
short rations.- ;
, What.a majesty there is in the chrislaio’o death
-—what a glory fn. hie ’hope!, As the rivers run
tho smootheet the nearer they approach Iho ocean;
—as the rose smells (he sweetest when dying; .
no the.eun appears most glorious when selling—so
ie it with a Christian’, death. '
The violet grows low, and covers itself with its
own leaves; and yet, of all flowers, it yields the
most delicious sad fragrant smell. SuoK is hu.
mility.
Many an enamored pair courted in poetry, and, .
after marriage, lived in proae.
Understanding Human Nature.
As tact is practically batter than talent, so to
possess a knowledge of human nature, is in many
vocations, the great secret of sucoess. We recol
ieot having read a striking illustration of this truth
in tire case of the celebrated preacher Howland
Hill, who, although a roan of eccentric habits, was
a devoted clergyman, and labored hard in the cause
he bad espoused.' At one lime be was earnestly I
entreated to visit a town in England, where the
small meeting-house had been closed by the hand
of violence, and whose inhabitants were entirely
without religious instruction. On his arri val, it is
stated that the house was crowded, chiefly with
enemies to the gospel, and hie friends entreated
him not to preach, as among other plans the oppo
sing parly had obtained the presence of a most no
torious prize fighter, on purpose' to annoy the
preacher personally. But Howland Hill was one
of the last men in the world to flinch from an en
counter libs this. He declared that he would
E reach even though ho died in the attempt; and
aving obtained an exact description of the person
and dress of the prize-fighter, ho mtfdb his way,
unguarded and alone, to the pulpit. Looking
around him from the pulpit, as he never fails to
do, his eye caught the pugilist, when be very res
pectfully beckoned to him. The man, apparently
full of fifty, ascended the pulpit stairs, when he
told him his name was Rowland Hill, that ho was
the son of Sir Richard Hill, of Hawkslono I’ark,
and a clergyman, that he was come to the town to
preach, and had been told that some bad men in
tended to disturb him| that ho had full confidence
in his talents as a prize-fighter, and therefore put
himself under his protection as a gentleman; that
If any disturbance should arise, he should fiely. up
on him to quell it; and at the close of tho service
he would be glad if he would accompany blm in I
bis carriage to dine at Hawkslooe. The fury off
the man was enllrely subdued,- he promised his
best efforts to maintain quietness, which he actu
ally did secure, and went away.at the end of the
service apparently ashamed that he had intended
to interrupt so complete a gentleman In his wishes
to do good. Did. not this conduct show that Mr.
Hill understood human nature!
Ifloe Corn Bread*
For (lie special benefit of our djrepeptio reader**
wo gi»e the following receipt, from the American
Agricultural:
•• Wo «r. in lb. dally habit of ..ting corn broad
mado after the following racoipa, by our good land,
ady, Mra. Nqrlon, of Aalorla. I| ia oqu.l lo any.
thing wo ever tasted:—To one quart of sour milk
add two toa.*poonfula, well atirred In, of finely pul
voriaod aalooratu*. (wo eggs well beaten, one table,
spoonful of brown auger, and a piece of butter aa
Urge aa an egg. Salt to suit (he taste, and then stir
In the'meal, making the mixture about aa stiff aa
for pound cake. Now comes (he great secret of its
goodness. Bake quick— lo the color of a rich light
brown. Eat it moderate); warm, with butler, cheese,
honey, or sugar-houae molassos, as most agreeable
lo the palate.” , •
i r^, niR 1 t ' T wo J oan ß ladies belonging
to the <■ upper tandem," wore oat riding in a bugg?
by thomssivos and otter driving through (ho
fashionable avenues, hoy concluded totry the plant
rood. Well, ta tlm plonk road.lfiey wont, nnd wlilio
Irouinff briskly ttlonjf (hoy wore iiiddcnly urreßlod
by a tell.galo keeper, who domondod his toll. d
"Ilow mueh lo.it?" asked tho girls.
"Wo r i| B lh’on n g. n t , U ni rS nr , H fil ' y lia replied,
won uion, get .out of (ho why, for wo amVirl*
and a mare 1 Got up Jenny," anif awoy tUi wont
leaving tile u.au mul. with astonishment. W ’
AT $2OO PEH ANNUM.!
The Day of Judgement*
Consider whalinfinite multitudes of angels, and
men, and women, shill then appear! It ie a huge
assembly when the men'of one kingdom, and the
men of one . age in a single'province, are gathered”
in heaps-and confusion of disorder,; but then, all
kingdoms of all ages, all tho armies (bat ever
mustered, all that world that Agustue Caesar taxed,'
all (hose hundred of millions that were slain in all
(he Roman wars, from Numa’a tlmo till Italy was
broken Into principalities and small exarchates; all
these, and all dial can come into numbers, and (hat.
did descend from (he loins of Adam, shall ai onos
be represented; to which account, if we add tho
armies of. heaven, the nine orders ofblesaed spirits,
and the infinite numbers in every order, we msj
suppose the numbers fit to express tho majesty’ of
that God, and the terror of that Judge, who is tb%
Lord and Father of all that unimaginable multitude I
In that great multitude we shall meet-all those
who by their example and dieif holy precepts have,.-
like tapers, enkindled with a beam of thoSuiftbf
righteousness, enlightened us, and taught us to walk
m the paths of. justice. Hero men shall meet the
partners of their sins, and them that drank the' 1
round when they crowned their heads with folly and
forgetfulness, and tboir cups with wines and noises.
There shall you see (hat poor perishing soul, whom’
thou didst tempt to adultery and wantonuess, to
drunkenness end-perjury, to rebellion or an.evil In.
(erest, by power or craft, by witty disoouftes or deep
dissembling, by scandal or a snare, by evil example
or a pernicious counsel, by malice or unwarlness.—• -
That soul (hat cries to (hose rooks to cover her, if ift
had not been lor thy perpetual temptation, might
have followed tho Lamb in a white robe; and that
poor man that is clothed with shame and flames of
fire, would have ihined in glory, but that thou didst
force him to be partner oftby baseness. • *.
Jeremy Taylor . *
A Rowland for an Ollrer*
Soon after the revolutionary war a brave Yankee
officer, a former captain in tho service, happened to
bo at St. Petersburg, in Russia, and while there was
invited to dine 'at tho table of a distinguished mer
ohont. Tbero was a largo camber of guests at the
table, and among the rest an English lady, who was
anxious to appear as one of the “ knowing onsa."—•
On understanding that an, American was silting
near her, she expressed to oho of her friends a deter
minalion to quiz him. She fastened upon him likfe
a tigress, making numerous inquiries touching our
habits, customs, dross, manners, mode ofljfe, edu
cation, amusements, &o. To all these queries the
officer gave courteous answers, which seemdd to
satisfy all (he company, with the exception oftho
lady herself—She was determined not to be satisfied,-
and wont on :—“Have the rich people in your coun
try any carriages 7 for I suppose there are some who
call themselves rich 7 1 ’ "My residence, 1 * replie'd
the captain, "is in a small town, upon an island,
whore there nto but. few carriages kept, but in largo
towns and cities on the main land there are .quite A
number maintained, suited to our republican man
ners,” " Indeed," replied the fair questioner in a
tone, which was both interrogative and exclamatory,
11 1 can’t fancy where you find coachmen; I should'nt
think tho Americana know how to drive a coach.",
"Wo find no difficulty on tjiat account, Madam,”
calmly rejoined tho captain ; "wo can have plenty
of drivers by sending to England after them. 1 *
England!" exclaimed the lady, speaking very quick,
ly; “I think tbb Americans ought to drive tbeJEla
instead of tho English driving tho Americans,"
in (lie late war,” rejoined the
officer f » the peace, we have permitted (h£
English:io.drive us J’’ Thera was no more "Unix
xing” of dur Amoriosn during the dinner. He
wafted In vain, like* Sam Wolfer
Pickwick," for the next question. . / .
Knickerbocker Magazine, 4 '
Vegetable Xnatlnot*
• * P an Wl *® r placed within six inches,‘oh
either aide of the item of a young pumpkin brvtgo*
table marrow, it will, in the course oftho nighUapt.,
proach it, and will bo .found in the morning
one of ila leaves floating on tho water. This expert.'
mont may be continued nightly, until the plant begin■'
to fruit. If a prop bo placed within six inches of a
young convolvolus, or scarlet runner, it will find It;
although , the prop bo shifted daily. If after It had
twined some distance up the prop, it be unwound
and twined in the opposite direction, it will relprn
to its original position, or dio in tho attempt; yet,-
notwithstanding, if two of these plants grow near
each other; and have no etabe around which they
can entwine, one of thorn will after tho direction of
its spiral, and they will twino around.each olhor.-*-
Uunamcl placed some kidney beans in « cylinder of
moist earth. After a short time they began to ger
minute, of coarse sending the plume upwards to the
j light, and the root down into tho soil. After a few
days, the cylinder was turned ono-fourlh round,’and
•gain and again this, was repeated, until an entire
revolution oftho cylinder had been completed. Tho
beans wore TOii oarth, and it was
found that both tho plume and ra<lldl».had been bonk
to accomodate themselves to every revolution; and
(he one in its efforts to ascend, and the oilier to do«
scond, had formed a perfect spiral.' But although
tho natural tendency of the root is downwards, if the
soil beneath bo dry, and any damp substance bo
above, tho roots will ascend to roach It.
A Hot SpniNo.—Onooflho member* of the Mex.
loon Boundary Commission, writing from Santa Rite;
Now Mexico, to the Providtnc* Journal, thu* de
scribes a spring discovered ou tho 2nd of May t ‘
“Hating heard of a remarkable »»hot spring" k,
few mile* from oar road, all that woro mounted
tormlncd to vlsll It, and on leaving oampiilruok off
Into tho plain in a straight dirsMjon for it;. la A,ri'do
of about five miles brought igtyp-to the spot. jSliloh
wo* indicated by a hill about£*lx linndrearfest in'
circumference at Us base, and about thirty or forty
feet high, which was formed entirely by doMsite
made by the waters of tho spring. On tho stalmiL.
oflhis hill was a basin twenty feet in diameterTcSll
ISlnfng tho -hot water,* the surface of which
or eight feet below the top of the basin. The te|H[
perstaro of the water waa found to be one huadrmr
and twenty.five degrees, andofeourse so hot that the
hand could not bo borne in it. Dr. Webb collected
the gas which bubbled up from the bottom, and found
It to be. neither hydrogen nor carbonic acid gas.—'
Hl* conclusion, therefore, woe (hat It was purely
atmospheric air. The water was pleasant to the
| taste, and would be palatable If cooled. At one side
of the hill a small spring burst out, and at a short
distance where it collected In a poo), the water wsrf
cool enough to bathe in, but even then it was literally'
a hoi bath," f
Too Good to n Lour.-We hoard of a oonreraa.
t‘° n which took place a few evening. alnoo. between
one of E mira’a fair daughter. and a young matchant
of the place, which rone thue :_The merchant waa
•peaking of the excellent qnalillee of a young Amain
1 ft “ Bd „ °. f hl *' ,nd Jf'°« d 1111 romarke by obierrlog
* h “ l ,“‘, h *""" ou ’ hearted lady, an”
one that waa right hero," accompanying thela.r
word w Ih a geituro which bordered niar tha hear"
Her reply waa 11 fudge I that ia half cotton I"
’ Hwlrd DimocraO
C
!««.—Why U a aohoolm»«l«r, who ehuliaii »•
"wmS Wd W “i°?f g ' Uln? ltt » Hk«
R.V.»1l i • don voyage to (be Pacifier
Became he is a pac\fio vthaUr. . <
..-A** 'hu* describes a talkative female
I know a lady who talks so incessantly that the
won t give an Oeho fair play. She has auoh an ever,
laaimg rotation of (onguo thot an echo must wail
until alio dies before it can. cotoh her iaat word#, 0
A chop down East liua invented a maok|ae-lo”
make pumpkin pice. It is driven by Ike <bfoo of
circumstances* <* .
flnwio knivea are nuw made wil/i.tho fulhufino'
initariplion un them—"the common hw of
Rather pointed. , ‘
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