Wf- Unluntcfr
BY JOHNS BRATTON.
VOL.- 38.
Prom the Jefiursonian.
CUBA WILL BBS FBSB t
BY R. K. it.
’The Cuban Sun of freedom no*,
• ‘Hat ceas'd to shad its light;
And Cuba’s gulden hopeshave sunk,
'Doncaththo tyrant's might.
But they who fought, and they who bled,
Proclaimed this bold decree:
That man will learn to know bis rights,
And Cuba will be free I
Hops over has its ebbs and flows,
’ Right some times sinks to earth,
.BiU Truth triumphant in her course,
‘Breathes Justice into birth I ■
And fffapgh the patriut’scause has fail’d,
Outwlrttie rolling sen,
A «blderi (fay shall yet spring forth,
To moke fair Cuba free!
Thin apeak not llplitly of tho braves—
Oh! tarnish not their name—
For they who fought for Cuban rights,
Deherve a aharo of fome;
And though they atruck the blow too soon.
They attack for liberty,
And fighting thus they bravely foil,
.To make tpe Cubans free j
Had Lopes and hia valient hand,
..Triumph’d,in C'tba’e cause.
The universal tongue ofpralio,
Would ewcll their great applause.
Cut he who frits In freedom's strife, ' ■
The cause to freemen dear.
Deserves the praise ofpetiiut's longues,
Deserves a patriot’s tear 1
And oh) I envy not the lips,
. That shout when hopes are bright,
That only knows to cheer the baud.
-That triumphs In tho fight.
(Nor can I have a heart to tove—.
k (Nor could I wish to be,)
Hi champion of a coward slave,
K Who loved not to be free!
f*" What though the Cuban patriots bled, '
L- While fighting freedom's wars;
It: Whnt though the Cuban patriot* fall,
Allcovcrd with their scare I
Oh I they have fought and they have fell,
To dll their destiny—
To wake the Cubans to their rights,
That tell them to bo fteel
Dot night has never been so dark,
‘ That day did not return;
Nor manglodjnstko bled in vain,
• - While freedom’s Ares burn.
And Right shall spring afresh from Barth.
her cause,
While FamefUkunphing in her strength,
Bli.ll •pr.MScltil oiiplau.Dl
* • » *• ' ,
The blood of mufdeVdTreemen now, ■
Has stained that lovely (s)e.
The blood-hounds glut thumselves on gore,
* And tyrant’s rule the while.
But million voices will unite,
And million tongues decree,
That freedom’s sons will lend their might.
And Cuba shall bo free !
jfHtoccUamoim.
THE BLIND MAN AND THE BLIND ODD.
BV PREDERIKA BREMER.
All ages, all people, have (relieved in Special Prov
idences. The heathen believed in favoritism axer*
cited by (he gode, in their protecting and favoring
certain Individuals, to the exclusion <*f other*. It is
the privilege of the Christian to believe In the ape.
dal providence of « paternal God manifested to
ovary child of manj and which, sooner .or later, du
ring his wandering through the many mansions of
existence, will clearly bo.disclosed to him* ** God
enters by a private door to every individual !*• says
one of America's moat genial writers. So In his
heart, so in house, dr outward wirld. And though
that divine visitation does, for many persons, not
lake place during Ihelr stay on earth, there are aev.
oral Instances io which it is so dearly seen, oven
hare, that we cannot help exclaiming, •* It is the
Lord!" Such an Instance we would give, in the
following atory of two yet living individuals. And
that the blind god la here made the messenger of the
seeing one, will not impair lila reputation.*
The young Charles A. followed, as physician, with
tho Swoedieh army, when that, in (ho yesr 1844,
with threatening movement entered the valleys of
Norway, then resisting the annexation to Sweden,
resolved upon by the 'European monarchs at the
Congress of Vienna. A dangerous disease of the
eyes broke out in the camp. The young and talent
ed physician exerted himself in its cure with aa
much asaidoity aa good luck. All tho patients re.
covered, but bo himself finally caught the disease,
aftd to him alone it proved fatal. No help would
help him. Ha eyeballs bulsi, and his sight was
lust without remedy. Ho was about fivo and twenty
years of ago when he thus was bereft of the sight
of the day. Ho was a young man of the highest
promise, handsome in person, ardent, aspiring, and
gifted with rare faculties for his profession. He
Waf ambitious; and visions of future fame and
gfeatneds had, aa brilliant stars; beckoned him on*
, ward. To be, from these sunny heights, oast down
and shut up in the abyss of utter darkness, was a
shock to inch a mind. It waa to be buried
[ye. So he felt it. Life was to him a’blank^and
llian a blank. His active soul preyed upon*
itself. And (hough lio grappled sternly with' hi*
destiny, bearing without complaint what ho. must
bear, black melancholy soiled upon his mind, and
made him sovago and solitary. He shut himself up
from the company of his follow creatures, and 1
scorned to waste away. 1
**ll must not be so!" said to him, one dny, a kind 1
and earnest friend; “it must be otherwise with you.
Come, let us go together into tho country, among 1
forests and birds and people there, and soe if they 1
will not give ui t bolter fooling of life than this
close and smoky city. Como, 1 am going to see my
relations in Wirmiand, and that is about a hundred
miles from here; come with mo—be my companion;
we will rnako friends with nature and men, and for*
got all our sorrows.”
The good friend carried his point, and wont off
with Charles on his journey. On (he second day
after their departure, they stopped at a Utile country
town to change their horses. “ Walt for mo here a
moment,” said Charles* friend to him after having
led him into a room at the tavern. M I will be beok
within balfan hour, and wo will proceed on our jour*
ney.” Ho went away, and Charles waited half an
. hour, and then another, and yal another half hour,
and still the friend did not come baok. Impatient
and anxious, the blind young man began to walk
about the houso, fooling his wav pith his stick. Ho
found bis way out Into the vestry, and hearing light
fuolilops on tho alalroase, he called out, -asking who
was there. . - ,
"Who is U that calls T” answered a young female
The blind man named himself, his condition, his
friend, and his anxiety about him. ...
"Chnrtc. A.r ropo.tod «Ml "oh.th»n you
.to ra» cousin, ,nd 1 har. lis.rd of .ou, and, I dar.
••jr, ,oa of mo and my family. lnoo,H wo
sever seen one another. My name is Maria W.
My f.ihor .nd rnywlf ara on our way horn, la nor
country place in the vicinity of U»U town, pile* n
journey of somn weeks. Permit mo to lead you to
my father's room, while wo will raako inquiries for
yourfridnd.” ' _ , .
Charles's hand was clasped by that of Marla, and
ho was led by hpr to her father*
Inquiries wore mode for their friend, which
brought tho melancholy lldlngf that ho had, In the
Hreet, boon seized by an attack of apoplexy, taken
into an apothecary's shop, and expired an hour alter*
wards without rscovsrlng his senses. ,
MarU and her father.took Charles with them to
their home in the country. Marla felt as If a broth*
•i had been given unto her whom ebo •ought to
•ooifort and cars for. Uw
was moved for the aolitary aufferpr. Slip led him
about in the foroila on lli« groort mndow# around
her home. She made him fool (ho fresh, ewcet, per
fumed air | made him smell the flowers of (he field,
listen to the birds and singing brooks. It was
spring then, and the birohwood putting forth its
leaves Ailed the air with fragrance. The ikylark—
(bat wonderful bird which America, with her riches
and all her wonders, has not—the lark, circling in
the azure sky, made the space ring with song; and
every little rivulet in tho fields warbled joyously,
winding its way through mosses and grasaeg.—
Charles and Maria wandered hand in band In, that
beautiful and expanding nature, as two beautiful
and happy spirits. Then they woro happy, there, in
the company of one another. Charles awakened to
new life. Near Maria, he felt as if he saw the
green fields, (ho sunshine, the blue sky that she
saw. ' His sense of smell, his feelings, his ear open
ed with delight to the fragrance, the winds, the
sounds which surrounded him, like loving, minister
ing spirits. And the lovely girl, his faithful com
panion, shared and heightened still more every bap*
py feeling. She brought to him tho flowers, the
grasses and messes, and described them (b him.—
Ho (old her their name*, their qualities, their .life |
(old her much of the great mysterious life in natu n e.
In the evenings she read to him, or he played to her
on the piano; and that talent, which he had early
acquired, developed itself at once with a power ana
beauty which was a surprise as well as delight to
himself. The harmonies of life, of creation, which
now dawned upon his soul, were embodied in bis
music, and his soul seemed to rise and expand on
its wings. Even his intellectual powers'acquired
ngw strength and thoughts, and words came to him
which made him a poet. His health, his strength
came again—he was again, though deprived of his
eyes, the handsome Charles A.
So passed a year. Then came a crash, which
threatened to destroy the innocent happiness of the
two lovers—for lovers they were, (hough they had
never said nor thought of it. Maria’s father died,
and.his creditors seised upon his fortune. All debts
being paid, nothing remained for hi* only child'but
a small annuity, scarcely enough for her support.
. " What shall we now do,” said Charles, and with
a smile, which only served maro to set oft the deep
melancholy of his fooling, he added, I can only
play for you 1”
“And I shall work for you!" exclaimed .Marls,
with a sudden inspiration, and with cheerful firm
ness she went on: “Charles, we must not-part. I
shell, work for you, for us both. I can—l will.—
When I was very young, I used to make dolls, rep.
resenting bur peasantry in* different provinces In
their provincial costumes, and other toys for 'fchil
dren, and had them sold at (he fairs to procure me
some needle money beyond whait my father allowed
me, and it was astonishing how much I made by it.
Now, I .will again take up (he play of my childish
years,, and make earnest of it. And 1 have (ho
feeling that I shall succeed, and by that moans get
a livelihood, tor us Then we must not part."
“ Marla, my sweet; companion, roy dear Marls, 1
how good and noble you are! But I.cannot con.
sent. No, I cannot selfish. You mail not, In
(he bloom of your life, bo chained to the destiny of
a blind man; indeed you must not. Ah S if 1 was
not poor, or if I was a man (hit could, support you,
do something for you, oh then'bow blessed should I
be with you. But now, Infirm, unable—"
“Bo still, Charles. Speak not- so. ‘You know
better. You aiy I mdsl not. Charles, you know I
mosl.-'You roust feel (hat, separated from you,* I
never more could be happy; that life would be
worthless to roe, if 1 cannot devote It; to you, iserve
jroo,loarjfaot' Oty I way Biijrft,
for I know Uis so. I love you, and must always
love you! And can you donotbiag.fpr.jmeiChcvles?
Cannot Xsopw-yoo ba
happy with me T . And cannot you talk to ms and
play to me as nobody, else sen 7 Oh, Charles, since
I am with you, a new being baa awakened within
me. Tho whole world Seems changed; it has be*
come more’ wide, more beautiful; life seems enno
bled. When I hear your music, all mysteries In
heaven {and earth seems disclosed to me; alt care
seems so little, ail goodness so great, and every dis
cord is of life ]• solved In harmony. And is that
nothing, to impart such life, such‘delight? Ah,ny
rather that it is nothing (hit I can do for you. I
can. work for yon—yes, ted cherish you, end lead
you ad your servant or your dog. But glidlv will
1 take up my humbler pari, and (hank Him that has
appointed it to me. Charles, let as both thank Him
and obey Him, for Ho has given you to me, end me
to you, as help and joy in Fife. Do you not feel, do
you not know, do you not see it, dear?"
Ho knew, lio fell, he saw it all. The light and
joy of love dawned upon tho blind man.. Clasping
the dear inspired girl to his breast, his heart beating
against her heart, lie looked Into her soul, in bis own,
looked out In flilurity, time, eternity, and saw all 111
up as by a rlaing aun; all was clear end sure.—
Glistening (cars of joy started from his eyes.
“Como!" said he, “come, let us go to the al*
Ur!"
They were married. From the alter she led, him
to their new homo, a neat and comfortable little
dwelling, provided by ono pari of their small fortune.
There was his piano, and there, in the same room,
; was hor working deik. There they sat together.—
How pleasantly she worked away while she wee
listening to his music. Then came the regular
■walk, before dinner, in the open air; llien thb little
dinner, always heartily enjoyed. When evening
came, Maria reposed from her work,and read toiler
husband, or wrote what ho dictated, thoughts, poetry
to her very dear. Oden would a friend drop in, take
part in their lea, and enlivan the hour with news
from without, or . pleasant talk. So years glided
swiftly and peacefully away, Maria sueecededln her
plans; her dolls and toys for ohileron enabled her to
sustain prettily the household. She even could afford
now and then, to treat her husband with some of the
little luxuries of life. His happy smi|e was (ho sun.
shine of her soul.
When I saw them they were old. They were
walking under shady trees, arm in arm. It was a
summer's day. Ills hair was silver grey, and fell
down in graceful looks; bar dress was while;—they
looked noblo and surene.
“See, that ia beautiful! 1 ' laid my companion
taking offhls hat to them. “She is with him always,
so gentle and cheerful. They are a happy pair I”
And he told me the story.
Alphabet of Faeea*
It Is related of Carriole, an English comedian,
that passing along the street one day, and observ
ing a hackney conch standing at the corner, avail
ing passengers, as is usual in large cities, ha hail*
ed the driver, inquiring if he had made out his
compliment. •'No, sir,—gel in,' M was ths prompt
reply; upon which Garrick speedily appropriated
to himself, one sesl In the empty coach. Present
ly another man presented himself; another, and
another enleied the carriage, until the driver, eup-
S oping the seata were all occupied, prepared to
rive off, when a man, panting tor breath, (books
and umbrella in hand*) hailed him with ••atop,
driver! another passenger,*'and had already seis
ed the door, when ha was coolly thformed that he
could not be accommodated. He reiterated loudly
that there was reora enough for half a dozen; as ia
often the case, a great altercation about a little
matter ensued, the driver constantly affirming that
there was no room, and the tenacious would-be
passenger, as often giving him the lie. At length
the driver dismounting In a rage looked into the
vehicle, when lo t to his infinite chagrin and aston
ishment, ho saw nobody but our hero enugly en
■doped in ono corner, qul.lly »weliin ß the re.ull
of this arrange controversy. This was totally In
oomptchenalblo to the poor ooaohman. but wo .an
aasllv aolvo ilia myatery, by our knowledge of the
raueoloa; Garrick, loving laughter more than ho
did the interest of the ooaohman, had, through an
oxpreaalTe countenance, succeeded in paaiing for
(Wo different individuals, in the apaoo of half an
hour, oddiy illustrating the motto of our national
banner, E Fluribu* Cfnum, from many, one.
1 dCR OOUNTET—MAY I TALWATO BE Biair*—BOT ORTOB WRONG ,0U BCOUNTRY **
CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY,‘OCTOBER 2, 1851.
FAREWELL TO THE BROOK.
BT TENNTBOIf.
flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea,
Thy tribute wave deliver;
No more by thoe my atop* shall be,
Forever, and forever.
Bel here will sigh thine alder tree,
Am) here thine aspen shiver; ,
And here by thee shall hum.the bee,
Forever, and forever. -
A thousand suns will stream on thee,
A thousand moona.will quiver;
But not by. tbeo ray stops shall be,.
Forever, and forever.
HOW HHHO KIDI.Bip.niB UOTHEA,
D DE auinorv.
For certairi reasons of Stale, ta Nero attempted
to persuade himself, but fit reality because ho other
crime had the same attractions of übnatursl hotror
about it, he resolved to murder his mother, Agrippl.
na. This being settled the nbxl thing wss td at*
ronge the mode and (be tools. Naturally enough,
according to the custom then prevalent in Rome, he
first attempted tho thing by poison. Tho potion
failed, for Aggrippiha, anticipating tricks of (his
kind, had armed her constitution sgainst them, like
MUhridates, and daily took potent antidotes and
propylacties. ’ Or else, (which is moat probable) tho
emperor’s agent In such purposes, fearing his sadden
repentance and remorse on first hearing of his moth*
er’e death, or possibly ever witnessing her agonies,
had composed a poison of inferior strength. This
had certainly occurred in the ease of Brittanicus,
who had thrown off with case the first dose admin*
iatered to him by Nero. Upon which lie had sum*
moried to his presence the woman employed in . the
affair, and compelled her by threats to mingle a
more powerful portion in his own presence, he had
tried it successively upon different animals until he
wai satisfied with its effects; after which, immcdl
alely inviting Brittanicus to a banquet, he finally
dispatched him.
. On Aggrippina, however, no change in the poison,
whether of kind or strength, had any effect; bo that,
after various trials, this mode of murder, and the
emperor addressed himself to other plans. The first
of these was some curious mechanical device, by
which a false ceiling was to have been suspended
by boltjk above . h*>r bed, and In this middle of the
being suddenly withdrawn, .a vast
weight would have descended with-a ruinous do* :
•truetion toalibeiow. This scheme, however, taking
air from tho-indiscretion of some amongst the tp
complices! reached the aar of Aggrippiua; upon
which the old lady looked about her too sharply'lo
leave mueb'hope In that schemes so that also was
abandoned. Neat he conceived the idoa of an ferti*
fibial'ship, which at the touch of the springs, might
fall to'pieces in deep water. Such a ship was prs«
pared and stationed at a suitable point. But the
maln.difficulty remained, which was to persuade (hi
old go on.board. Not (hat she knewin (his
casp wbojiad bcerv.tty) builder, for -that would
turned-all r that ahe took It ill to
boTjaunVedim (hirih'drdofoue spirit, was out of Hu*
mor wijh;her *pn lhat any proposals from
him, .would have instantly become suspected. To
meet Ibis difficulty, a sort of reconciliation was pro
posed and a very ifffeClibnitd tirtfodgo sent, which
had the effect «if throwingAggrippina off her guard,
and •edaced tit« -purpose dfJotMnfS’
the OmperbrVfMrly at a greet banquet held in com*
memomicm-bf--a-*oletnn f<*!|»al. Sho'oame by
water'lna *orl -of light, frigate, and »ij«a to return
in the same way. Meantime Nero tampered with
the commander of her vessel and prevailed upon
him to wrack it. What was to be done 7 The
great lady was anxious to return to Rome, and no
proper conveyance wav at hand. Suddenly it was
suggested, as if by chance, that a ship of the em*
peror’s, new and properly equipped, waa meorod at
a neighboring station. This waa readily accepted
by Aggrippins; the emperor accompanied her to the
place of embarkation, took a most tender leave of
her and saw her set sail. It waa necessary that iha
vessel should get into deep w.a(or before the experi
mcnl could be made, end with the utmost agitation
this pious son awaited (ho news of the result.
Suddenly a messenger rushed breathless into l his
presence, and horrified him by the joyful information
(hat his august mother had mat with an alarming
accident; but by the blessing of heaven, bad es
caped safe and sound, and was now on her read to
mingle congratulations with her affectionate sen.
The ship, it seams, had done its office, the median*
ism had played admirably ; but who can provide for
everything T The old lady, it turned out, could
swim like a duck, and the whole result had been to
refresh her with a litlle sea bathing. Here was a
worshipful intelligence. Could any man’s temper
be expected to stand such continued ilegeif Money
and trouble, and Infinite contrivance, .wasted upon
one old woman, who would not upon any terms, bo
reordered. Provoking it certainly was, and of a
man like Nero it could not be expected (hat he
should any longer dissemble hit disgust, or put up
with auch repeated affronts. He rushed upon his
simple congratulating friend, swore that he had
come to murder.him, and as nobody could have anb*
orned him but Aggrippina, be ordered her off to
execution.
II la singular, and ahooklng at the lime time, to
mention that for hie atrocity Nero did abaolutsly
receive solemn congratulations from all orders of
men«
The Cold Spot*
The Earlli has no spot upon Us surface, at the
present day,either inhabited or otberwiie, which la
so cold as Yakutsk, a paltry, yet principal tpwn of
Eastern Siberia, whore a lew wooden houses are
intermixed with numerous huts plated over with
cow dung, and windowed with Ice. In this dreary
and remote - region, the earth is always froaon—the
Summer thaw never reaching below three feet from
the surface, the subtorrenean ice having a computed
depth of two hundred yardai Yet manllvoa here,
and eternal enow, which seems to tel at defiance the
notions of sundry modern philosophers, that tropical
fruits can, or will In time bo made to luxuriate even |
at the North Polo 1 At all ovonta, tho researches of
science have brought to light sumo of the wonders
of creation, even fn desolato Siberia, in respect to
the fossilatod remain* of animals, which cannot, by
the laws of nature, exist in any other than .the torrid
tone. Out whether our earth has shifted its position,
{according tosomeOor whether m«n, by.his departure
from the laws of,us lure,.has caused dreariness and
desolation to a vast portjori of tho globe, Is a problem
which has yet to bo solved.
Cohoehmno Pius.—" Never buy a fat pig at
Brighton,” woe th® advice given us by one, who
had been there,
“And why note fat pig 1 .
u cause you see they f»* •« too fait for the
Brighton market, sometime*/*
* “Howaol" - •
••Why, yon' eee come of them west country
dealers fetch thorr plga in pretty nigh ekln and
bone. Well. Jnet afore fair day, they.glyo r em
Corn and ealt—nothin* but jee corn and •nit—no
twill—no water.—Nea* day plga la amaxln
thirsty. Then the earpinie gin 'em Jae as muon
water ae they ken drink. The plga puls into it
and keeps a drinkin* an’drinken.* Spoaen on an
average they awaller about a bar’l apiece.—That
makes 'em look dreadful nice, 1 tell you, all filled
out sleek and heavy. But there ain't no heart
and substance in it. You carry one o' them crit
ter* home, and oalkilato you've got a bueterln*
pile of pork* But Jeel you look into your hog pen
nea' roomin’, and you won't find-nothin'but a
hog frame, skin and Hone, lend dear at that. You
eanU tell mo nothin* abttat falplge, I’ve been there
and I’ve teen 'em hianhyfactuitd/” -
Ueke Homo Besmtlfal*
It is a true index of th’s progress of our race, to
observe the regard paid to homes, and it is a eon*
soling reflection (hat its sanctity has attracted at
last, the attention it deservss. .To be loved as it
ought, (o awaken tho affection home should inspire,
il must bo beautiful, ond worthy of bsing cherished.
Whca it is so easy a thing to beautify and adorn
honio, is it not a matter of surprise that so little at*
tention in this respect, is given to il in many parts ,
of bur ‘country ? Indeed, we may fear that this
neglect will become “ a byword of reproach," It is |
a mistaken idea that homo cannot bo made boauti
ful, but by (he ooally exotics. Incentives, of the
highest character are hold out to induce man to
plant end cultivate shade trees. No argument is
needed to confirm tho truth that shade trees promote
health, and he is truly, to be, pitied who sees no
beauty in trees, nothing majestic or grand in trees,
Nature’s waving, “ frowning Titians. If more is
required to induce (ho growing of ircet and shrubs
fur shade and ornament, compare the appearance of
somtT of our villages, where, for near the full circle
of a mile, scarco a solitary (roe Intervenes its grate*
fal Shade to break tho roys of a summer sun’s roast*
log boat, or to invite the cool refreshing breeze I
compare ono of these, (for there are many such,)
with-lhe neat and ploaiant (own whose streets end
squares ars tastefully planted with handsome elms,
maples, or locusts. Not only is tho aspect of tho
latter 'more pleasing, or tho effect more delightful,
but it ia the safest criterion by which to judge of
(he virtue, refinement, and intellectual cultivation of
ita citizens; for where Nature’s beauties nro cherish*
ed, vice and sensuality cannot flourish. What ia
true of towns and villages, is equally true relative to
the tames of men, except tho influence of the former
is more general, whilo that of home whether farm*
house or.villages—residence, more directly affects
the individual’s family. There is no investment of
labor, or time that remunerates man with so much
and healthful enjoyment, as that boatowed upon tho
cultivation of shade and ornamental trees and shrub*
bsry. These make home beautiful; beauty will en
dear Uto his soul, and make It “ part of him;” (hen,
in (ruth will il bo bis own u sweet home,” and his
country— * *'
“Tlis land of the myrtle, the cypress and vine,
Whero all, save the spirit of man, is divine."
Onr Country*
Wo.cannot honor our country, says an author,
with too deep a reverence;. we cannot love hef with
an affection too pure and fervent; we cannot serve
her with an energy of purpose, or a faithfulness of
zeal, too steadfast and ardent. * What is our country ?
It is ,nol the East, with her hills, her valleys, with
her “bounties* sails, and the rocky, ramparts of her
shores. It is not (he North, with her thousand vil
lage#! her harvest home, with her frontiers of lakes
and ocean. It is not the West, with her forest-sea;
her inland isles; her luxuriant expanses, clothed in
verddnt corn; her beautiful Ohio, and her majestic
Missouri. Nor is it yet the South, opulent in the
mimic snow of cotton; in the rich plantations of
rustling cane, and in the rustling robe ofthe rice*
field. No! What are these but the slaters of a
greater, better, holier family, our country.
• “ What’s the matter, uncle Jerry 7" said Mr. ——
as old Jeremiah R—— was passing by, growling
moat ferociously. “ Mailer," said the old min, slop
ping short: “why, here I’ve been lugging water all
the morning, fur Dr. C "*• wife to wash with, and
what d’fa •'pose I got.fot il?”—“ Why, l.aopreta.
iwi nut Iff ** answritwl Mt —jsi*V»vpewcel
She told me the Doctor wpuU 'puH a tooth for me
some time." , -
The Devil to-Pat.— Thia phrase doublftss origi
nated in a printing office, bn-some Saturday night's
settlement of weekly wipes, '’•John," says (ho pub
fisher to the book-keeper, "Ifow stands the cash ac.
count7"—“Small balance off -hand, air."—“Let’s
■ae," rejoins the publisher, “ how far wilhtfiat go
toward satisfying (he hands?" John begin* to
figure arithmetically—so much dus to Pdtkins, so
much to Typus, so much to Grabble, and so on,
through a dozen dittos. The publisher.slands aghast.
“Hera is not money enough by a jugful."—“No,
sir; and, besides, (hero is Me dseillopay."
Scene in a Grocery Store.—" I want’s one cent’s
worth of Scotch snuff and change for Haifa dollar;
and my mother wants to borrow your spade and
half gallon measure, to try if the vinegar is right she
bought at the other store." ‘
“My mother says-you moat lend her fifty cents,
and put It on the book. She says your bacon ain’t
good, and she don’t keep no account no where else. 1 ’
Salstations.— Perhaps there is no phrase in com.
mon use more-trite and unmeaning than that of
« How do you do, air 7'* as applied by persons meet*
ing In tho streets, or by those who are introduced
to each other. If this mode of salutation were
altered to, “ Health and happinesa to you, sir," it
would not be without meaning, and would generally
express tho sincere wish of the heart; for no man
desires the unhappiness of a fellow-creature, unless
he be Ms inveterate enemy.
Repentance.— *ln Overton, Tennessee, two bre*
thers, professing Christianity, had, some days since,
a difference about shooting, and being stfong, able
bodied men, engaged in a torriblo and bloody fight
in consequence. After the fight, they agreed to
permit their mother to give (hem each a complete
eowhiding, which she did with severity, to the satis*
faction of both parties.
Some people, even in very high
h'uarteri, it is laid, have an object lon to thirteen at
dinner. Dr. Kitchener! the other day, happened to
bo one of a company of (hat number, at Dr. Honder. i
•on’*, and on lie being remarked, and pronounced
unlucky, ho.eald,*—“l adroit, that it ia unlucky In
one caee.** “What caee ie that When there
ie only dinner for twelve.**
An Irieht nlh« ! -;htdi
An jnuD )iaving driven, (he other nig ,* du
ring the rain, a fcenlleman and his family home
(Vom the theatre, waa, on reaching the gentleman's
rcaldence, accoited thus: “ Are you not very vfot?"
To which he replied, “ Airah, I don't Know about
1 being wet i but plate your honor, I'm very dry."
I Rustic SiMruorrr.—A young countryman, a short
time since, was sent to Now York to amuse him.
self, and see the Hons. After wandering through the
various parts of (he city, and sufficiently satisfying
hi* curiosity, ho returned home to hle'Aflior, (ogive
an account of his adventures* " We». John," said
the old men, »* what da you think of York 7" John,
stretching up his nook, and looking vary wise, said
—.“Why, daddy, 1 think it will bo a tarnation nice
piece when It gets finished."
A boatman asked his captain what A. M. stood
for after a man’s dame? to which the captain an
swered, with a look of great sagacity, "why Anti-
Mason, you darned feel 1" •
A lUaa.—l want to sec some ofyourgim&Jrfs,"
said a greenhorn one day a* he entered a hardware
•tore.' The dealer took down several parcels, neither
of which suited. "Well, then, what kind do you
want? hers is almost every, variety." " Why, data
It, 1 want them whet bores square, hotee."
Two travellers being 1 robbed in a wood, and tied
to tree* at soma distance from e«bh other, one of
them in despair exclaimed, "Ohl I’m undone!”—
"Are youf".said (ho other, "than I wish you
would come aod undo me.". ...
On Hsxino.t— ln a certain village, lived a very
honest farmer, having a number of men hoeing
In a field, went to eee how |i!e work got on.' Find.
Ing one ,of them sitting 1 upon a stone, ha reproved
him fbr idleness* The man answered, “ I thirst fbr
the splnt." " Yea are very apt at quoting sorlplare,"
said the farmer, "and 1 with you wore as ready to
obey its Injunctions i recollect the (ext, Jfoi! ever?
one thatlfilretethl" Iris needless to add that the
man immediately resumed hie labon - *
political.
From the Democratic Union. - -
A SCATHING- LETTER.
Governor Johnston Imputed*
Tho Rev. J. S. Gcrsuob, Pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Washington city, a son ofthe
venerable gentleman who was murdered at Christi
ana, in Lancaster county, writes tho letter hereto
appended, in reply ; (o a letter of Governor Johnston,
and if the Governor’s feelings are not case-hardened,
by cold-blooded abolitionism* It must speak daggers
to his heart* This reverend gentleman seems to
understand .Governor Johnston thoroughly on this
subject. He reveals a fact that We were not atvare
of, and that ia that hia maimed and wounded brother
came to tho Governor with a requisition from (he
Governor of Maryland for a free black fugitive from
justice, “ Abe Johnston," and tho Governor refused
to deliver up this black thief, although he has never
refused to deliver up white men upon the requisitions
of Governors of sister States. Ho might have added
another instance of the Governor’s abolitionism.—
We refer to his pardonieg Mioajah Williams, arun*
away tlaoe , who was under ’sentence in a Philadel
phia prison for burglary, to enable him to escape
(be warrant that was in (he hands ofa United States
officer, to take him back to his master, and (his same
man was exhibited in triumph at (he Syracuse
amalgamation convention, as an evidence of Gov
ernor Johnston’s clemency. He alao pardoned, at
(ho solicitation of (ho abolitionists, a notorious jail
bird, Thomas Richardson—excluded from the wit
ness stand by divers convictions of felony, on (he
morning of the trial, to enable him to give testimony
against .Alberti, who is now nnder erroneous sen*
tcnce in a Philadelphia prison, for kidnapping—Al
berti's offence being his assisting to arrest a female
runaway slave, in Now Jersey, who had been deliver
ed of an infant child in a free State. When the
woman was taken she refused to leave, her child
behind her, but took, it with her to Maryland. Al
berti was convicted and ia still in prison for kidnap,
ping Mis infant, and Governor Johnston scoots the
idea of pardoning this man, .although he grants par
dons in all oases to runaway slaves where they are
convicted of crime, and confined in our prisons. He
not only refuses to permit them to ehter-our prisons
as fugitive slaves, but when they come hero and
commit offences sgainst our State laws, and are im
prisoned, ho pardons (hem, to give them a chance
to run off to. Canada.
It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that tho
Rev. Mr. Oorauch ahould say to the Governor, “ tee
knew your course—tee kacs watched it with pain. u
It is not to bo wondered at (hat he should feel indig
nant when he'heard that (he Governor of the Com
monwealth passed the house where the murdered
remains of his venerable father lay, on the day of
the murder, that (ho oars stopped, and numbers of
the passengers went in to view thosad spectacle,
and that when (he Governor was spoken to on the
subject ha said 11 it tears no affair of hit, but belonged
to (be United States government." Well might h*
say to the Governor; that at this moment, “you torrs
rejoicing at Mis, Me first fruits of your official and
personal hostility to the rendition of fugitive slaves :"
and he might have said directly *• that the Governor
had acted tratoriously ; that by his previous course
he had been the oegaaignof this outrage, and that
tho bloh*«ff Eowa'rd Gortuon is on Hit skifts7 r '~*'*^--
' Tho; following it the fetter, copied frqnv the Built,
more Bun.
' Washington, Sspt. 18; 1851.
Hon.. Wm. F. Johnston, Governor of Pennsylvania:
The. undersigned, a son of (bo late Edward Gor
such, the victim of abolitionist enthusiasm and high
handed rebellion, is sorry thst so painful a duty is
imposed upon him as (hat to which he now addres
ses himself. Ho writes to you sir, with no vindic
tive feelings, but only to assure you, what he desires
every one to know, that he thinks tho lack ofofficial
promptness on your part has resulted in the escape,
hitherto, of the slaves, and some of the principal
murderers of his father. It would havo tended in
some degree to relieve tho anxiety ofthe family and
friends of the deceased to have known that (he Gov.
ernor of the Slate in which this foul murder was
committed had ..acted as promptly and efficiently as
the circumatanbee demanded.
I know, that. yetf. passed within a few yards of
where the bodyjnfjmy father lay, the afternoon of
the intno day ofeTthlo/j die was murdered. The oars
stopped at the dMfsflhe house. Some of the pasC
■engera went inTo look.«l,lßd*ghastly
But, sir, you did not Yob,' who ought, beoauM bf
your responsible station, to have boon most interested,
showed the least concern. And ‘this is not to be
wondered at* II would seem natural that (hen yob
should bavo beon rejoicing at (his, the first fruits of
your official and personal hostility to~the rendition
of fugitive slaves. Did we not well know what y6U
have done to render inoperative the law under whose
>roteotion my father entered your 'Stale,-td secure
ild properly, in a manner strictly legal, some pxouse,
might bo found in oar minds for your strange iqtg.
Uvity. But We knew your course# ”Wo had wstch.
ed it with pain, and wo did not expecCyotf w'odld be.
induced to change it even at this-.ejttraordfnarvi
crisis,
Allow me to call your attention (o a-fedt’ which,-
perhaps, you will remember. Those slaves;, fbr! ‘
which my father was searching, were to be-free at •
the ego of twenty.eight. They were detected in I
selling stolen wheat to a free negro. Before the writ
which was gotten out against him could be served,
ho escaped to Pennsylvania. This brother of mine, i
now so near to death, was sent to you with a requi
sition from the Governor of Maryland for (hat free
negro, "Abe Johnson." But you would not deliver
him up, and sent my brother home convinced that
further effort In that respect was unnecessary.-
That " Abe Johnson," it is said, was present among
the rebels on laal Thuisday morning.
I have read some letters which you wrote to some
gentlemen of Philadelphia, who were urging you to
action* 1 marked the strong contrast between your
| words tnd actions. Now, sir, if you were so anxious
to vindicate the character of your State, so proud to
1 have, those offenders arrested, why did you not
imitate the noble example of (he Executive of the
. United Slates? Why did you not issue your proofs.
1 (Qfttinn as aoort os you reached Philadelphia 7 If It
* ought to have been done at all, were there nolsiron*
\ ger reasons to have It done on thsjfref day, when
tho murderers woro sthawd, than on Iho fifth, when
most of thorn hud escaped? You cannot plead
Ignorance of (bo not, for it was well known to you.
You will not pretend to say (hat It was more
necessary when several prominent actors In that
tragedy were arrested, and the whole neighborhood
scoured by vigorous young gentlemen from Mary,
land, by a host of your own citizens and United
States military, than when every one (hat desired '
Che punishment of these murderers was afraid to ’
move; when the rioters—still wet with (he blood of 1
innocent and peaceable men—were triumphing in 1
their victory, and their confederates congratulating *
themselves upon Successful treason I Why, sir, did i
yeu not show sour promptness then 7 You applaud. 1
ed (he decision, energy end promptness of (he 1
Lancaster county officers, and In this I most heartily '
concur; but in proportion as you prsiee them.you 1
condemn yourseir You know of tbs insurrectionary 1
movement before (hey did. If they had waited, as
rou did, until (he fifth day, to do what ought to have ]
lean done on the first, you could not have applauded '
them. You must, therefore, sir, be selfoondemned. ,
Do you know that thjrty-six hours passed before i
one writ was taken oup against these ment Do
you know that Mr. Thompson, the State's Attorney, ,
and Mr. Reigart. to prqteot (heir own lives and to '
quell the epiril of vesistpaoe which fortified the trait
ore and terrified the loyal, had to collect a posse of
men from Iron works and diggings on the railroad 7
Do you know that not a magistrate or constable
would act until compelled; that the sheriff refused
to act; that your attorney general, true to hie lupe*
rior, would not aidl lhq*e men whose activity you ao
[xealously commend 7 . 3
AT|SOO PER AHNDB.
NO. 17.
With these facts, sir, before us, wB cannot bo
charged with calumny la'saying that we do honestly
believe that your, proclamation WoUld neveV have,
seen the light, had you not feared that the activity
of others would censure yonr own indifference. : f
We believe that the majority of Pennsylvania is
right. Wo have.been pleased at,the zeal, and grati* •
fied with the sympathies we have met. But, sir, if
the laws shall now bo sustained; if the Country shall
be satisfied that Pennsylvania is right; if the South,
is to find this law.will not bo inefficient; be assured
(hat not one particle of the honor'Will be'gtySn to
the Governor. We. will hot eay. ttiai fie' ha* acted
traitorously; that by..his previous course he has.
been (he indirect occasion'of this outrage; that the
blood of Edward Gorsach is on his skirts; but we
must say that he has not been “clear in his great
office,” but recreant to the trusVinbpbied on him.
Much more in sorrow than in anger, I subscribe
myself your much injured friend,
J. 9. -
Front tho Harrisburg. Investigator. - . ~
An Appeal the Democracy of
Pennsylvaniai
F'rremf.h ok Pennsylvania, you at® Stlmtnohsit
to duty* .YOURCOUNTRY call Tor your ser
vice®. It will be expected of you that, next Tues
day week, you will, one and til, abandon your
homes; your fields and your workshops, or what
ever else may be the theatte ofyOur arocations, to'
exercise a right and a duty which you cannot pos
sibly estimate too highly. It is no .time to tfuntc
ber . Arouse to action, and devote yourselves td
the service of the great cause of Democracy and 1
the Constitution. Persevere in your activity, and'
labors until the hour arrives when you can lie down
upon your pillows satisfied that the sacred institu
tions of your country, purchased by the blood ef
your ancestors, have been secured beyond the reach
of impending danger. We would not unnecessa
rily alarm your fears, or harbor a doubt “of your
loyally or courage. Neither can we cry hack,{
peace!! when there is no peace. The foe is in
the field, organized and marching to the. bailiff
ground. The arch spirit of Federalism again es
says to bind you in “chains and penalties.*’ Open*
ly the enemy makes no serious pretensions of suc
cess; but wcrc//y they are exorcising the vigilance
of an tfrgus, and the toils of a to effect;
the prostration of the Democracy.of Pennsylvania.
Will you by your supinoness permit the consum
mation of their nefarious purposes I Will you, a
very Sampson in might and strength, rest iq fatal
security on a a> “bed oj roses,” and suffer the DeHtah
of Federalism to.rob you, in an unsuspected mo
ment, of your power ? We are satisfied that each
a deep and disgraceful reproach will never rest
upon the Democracy of the Keystone State.
We are convinced that a people who stood firm
and nnterrified amidst the terrors of BUCKSHOT.,
and BALL in 1838, will not quail at the.approach
of an inferior foe in 1851, led on by the jaded and
Imbecile officers who commanded the Federal
foyces, and were so ingloriously routed. In. that'*
memorable campaign. It cannot be, that you*
who so gallantly rose to defend the sovernlly of
the PEOPLE’S WILL, and prevent (ho traitorous
hordes under Ritner and Stevens from 11 treating
■&*.ekt(ion.aa if it had not been held,” will now—bou.
content .tQ_siay fiway
same party again slip tntq power. It must noK
WILL NOT, be,'that those guilty culprits, who
in December 1838', fied from (be back windows ofi
(he Senate chamber, shall now be permitted
ter tho front door with the smile of triumph and*
exultation upon their faces! No, your principles,
your fifmneis and your patriotism forbids an ap
prehension so fatal to the hopes of freemen!
But we must be prepared for the battle. W &
must be thoroughly, minutely"and efficiently or*
ganizad in every oily, borough, ward and township
in the Commonwealth. VV% roust call EVERY*
DEMOCRAT to the : vi
Organize then in every election district, and sni
rol your forces in suobnft’liianner that you may
know with accuracy your strength And power to
cope with your enemies.
Organize so that you may discover if there her
vrnan whom their falsehoods have deluded; and If
•utkan one be found, reclaim him with the light
of tfttb* »
' .xQrganize, so that you may place inevery man's
haWd the (ruth and (ha facts, that he mayLPOI Wavv
er or doubt for the want of them.
.organize t so as to secure
polls of every voter far every ward, township of
election district.
Organize, peacefully, but /irmly to maintain the
right of every Democratic voter at (he polls, ana
see (hat no illegal votes bo received. '
is no safety for tho Democracy .of■ the
Wnffy, none for THE PEOPLE, but in tho most
effectual measures to prevent a recurrence*of (bat
system Of Vraud by which there is too much, ret
.adh ’lo bilipVe (he election of Wm. F. Johnston 1
waa in 1848, and which is* at this 1
preparing to spring froth Its
nhryswitf‘lo vigorous maturity on (he 9d.
Tuesday of, (Jolbberi t lp cheat the people, and de
bauch the purilk franchise*
Democrat* or-^pfirWjitLVANU! Rouse every
where to orgaltizMioh And action* The dcmonof
disloyalty to the Constitution, and want of alle
giance to the laws is spreading his Utopian influ
ence over the land; and TREASON, the hydra*
headed monster has recently been seen stalking
abroad. To you the country looks for hope ana.
refuge. On your exertions depend the salvation!
and the perpetuity of our happy institutions. Let
i no Democrat think himself 100 humble toservohie
1 country in this emergency. On (he contrary, b«
r should feel as if the fate of his country depended
, upon his individual exertions. Reflect seriously
, upon these matters, fellow Democrats, andpreptro
t for united and vigorous action. Let every c/uW
i Democrat, overy lover of bis oonntry aud its fastf-M
. lotions stand to.his arms ready lo tmuhvfor his
country's good. Let him fee) that In his hand
feats a share of the responsibility, and on the beads
of his children may, perchance, real (he
the penalty of his negleotorapostaoy. Dsmocaats
or Pknnsvlvania, let not tho second Tuesday of
October dawn upon your lethargy, nor Its sun g?
down upon your defeat.
The Dlflfereuoa*
Whin tbo Whieboy Insurrection brolta out in,
western Pennsyleenis, although not * .ingle llflt
wee lost, end the only aOhnoo committed witjg.-
refiiiel la pey tho United States In on whiskey.
Got. M'Keen took the field in por.on, Under, Iho'
dirocllon cfGon. Weehlnglon, lo com pal bn oi.diimce .
1 0 tit hut I but >t lllio day, when a rebellion egelob*
(be Uwe of Iho Unilod Slaloe broeke out, end eef oral
men ero murdered, Governor lolmilgn koepaon hie
way rooking elump speeches, telling bin IVlbndt ho ‘
onee Iheao lawe no aHegionee, end Ural they' might
lo bo , . • .
Freildent Fiuuoax ia again on a jaunl lo tbo.
Beet, attended by aseetal mombore ofhie Oahioel.
There are but two or llitoo members of the Cobinot
now in Washington—and there have not been more
then that number together at any one (Imo, at the
■eat of government* for the tail aix montha—and*
yet theae men charge the people full wageal
A largo meeting was hold at Philadelphia, in.
Independence Square, on Wednesday evening ’iaai#.
in reference to the recent outrage at ChrlaliaiNt.~
Qen. Robert Paltenou presided, and apaeoboa Ml
made by Col. Jamoa Page, Hon. Charle# Rroirn.and
others. Strong resolutions nf a national cgarepler,
ware nailed, and dtnoouolng the conduct, qflpq
Abolltioniala, etc. ,