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BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 40.
3Pp£t{cal.
•WHEN STARS ARE IN THE QJJIKT SKIES.’
BT E. ti. OULWKR.
When stars arc In (ho qalot elcios,
Then most I pirib for thoo; •’
- Send on mo then thy tender eyes,
Assists look on tlio sea.
For thoughts, libo waves that glide by nighi
Arq elilloel whon they, shino,
Mine earthly lovo lies hash’d in light.
Beneath (ho hoavon of Ihlno.
Thoro is an hour when angels keep,
Familiar watch o’er men,
Whon coarser souls dro wrapped in sloop—
Sweet spirit, moot mo (hen.
M Thoro is an hourwhen holy dreams,
* Through slumbers fairest glide,
And in (hat myslio hour it scorns,
Thou sliouldsl bo at toy side.
Tho thoughts of thee 100 sacred are,
For daylights common beam ;
I can but'bnow thee as my star,
My'ongcland my dream!
« When Mars aro in the quid skies,
, • Then most I pino for tlico ;
Bond on mo then thy lender eyes,
As stars look on tho sea.
HfttoccUamous.
THE FLO WE ft OP THE FLOCK.
Some fivo years gone by we know an unbroken
family. . Father, mother, sisters, brothers, all, all
here. The third son was a dark-oyod, massive
brovvod, hopeful boy of four summers. He was a
romping, and yet a thoughtful child; there was a
light in hio-large eye that showed on earnest pro*
miae of future capacity for usefulness, or an early
flight to the world beyond (he tomb. Wo played
with him and wondered at him; as ho romped wnh
ua ho taught us to admire and Jove him; ho show,
od us, all unconscious, what a boy could bo. Ono
day we bid him “good-bye.” Many a time and
oft, did wo think of that bpy.
Days run to weeks—weeks glide into months
—years roll away. “A rumor of death' 1 comes on
the evening breeze. “The pitcher is broken at
tho fountain.” The silver cord that bound that
family in.ono is harshly severed, and tho clods of
the valley .havo fallen cold and heavy upon tho
coffin that cases the remains of one of thdflb little
ones. Scarcely less heavy and cold docs that
sound strike upon the.living, beating'hearts, of
those who.orowd around that “silent abode.”
And is it the boy we sq fondly loved that now
lies under the clay 1 Our heart tells us that ilcan
be no other; for “death loves a shining mark.”—
Idolatry is forbidden, and (here were those who
worshipped that beautiful boy. Our lesson was
given as wo needed, and also strength to bear,
Ol ever tliui, from childhood's liour,
fvo seen my fondest hopes decay;
I never loved a tree nr flower,
But *iwaS the first to fade away.
I never nursed a fond fnrello.
To glad mo with its soft black eyes;
Bui when it came to know me well,
And love me, it was sure to die.
The heart will often tell us what the smses will
not. Who visited the broken family. We miss
ed our favorite. Our forebodings wero realized.
The mother nqlicod our wandering eye, and with
a quivering lip she asked. “Do you miss one of
my fUtle ones I
We loJd her as boat wo could, that our favorite
was gone.. ,
“Yos,//ic 'Jlowtr of my Jloch lips undpr the sod;”
and she sobbed again as she told us of his sickness
and death. He was so patient, and so sensible,
and so observant of the wishes of others, (we know
ho would be,) and bo lay upon his pallet and
breathed bis beautiful life away.
There are others left to that stricken molhcr,
and she lives and loves them as a mother can.—-
She is glad at heart, and hopeful .in that which is
left, but she remembers, in sweet sadness, that she
bnco cherished what is now an angel In heaven.
Thnflowoj of the flock now blooms in Paradise.
—%. Whig.
PRBTTV INCIDENT*
Wo hoard a very little incident, tho other day.
which wo omnot help relating, A young ludy from
tho South, it scorns, was woned and won by a youth
ful physician living In California. When tliocngngo.
monl was made, tho doctor was rich, having been
very successful at San Francisco. It had-nut existed
six months, however, when by an unfortunate invest
ment, ho lost ids entire 'beep’. This event cumo
upon him, it should bo added.just as lie was making
toady to claim his bride. What docs ho do 7 Why,
like an honorable and chivalrous young fellow, as ho
is, ho sits down and writes Ilia lady every particular
of tho unhappy turn which hod taken place in bis for
tunes, assuring her, if tho fact produced any change
in her feelings towards him, she is released from
every promise she had made him. And what does
the dear, good girl! Why, «ho takes a lump of puro
gold, which her lover bad sen) her when in prosper!*
ty, as a keepsake, and having U manufactured into a
ring, forwarded'it to him,'with the following' Bible
inscription, engraved in distinct characters, on tho
insider ■
“Entreat me not to leave tboo or to return from
following after (lice, for whither thou gocsl, will 1
go,and whither thou lodgcst, wilt I lodge; thy peo
ple will bo my people, and thy God my God ; where
(liou dicst will 1 die; and (hero will Ibo buried ; tho
liord do so unto me, and more also if aught but death
port thee and mo.” * v -
The lover idolized his sweetheart moro than over
when, lib rccolvcd this precious evidence of her do
votion lolilai, both in storm and sunshine. Wo may
add that fortune soon smiled upon tho young physic
ian and (hat ho subsequently returned to tho North
to wed tho sweet girl ho loved, and who loved lym
with such an undying ufluotlon. Nay, mare, the
happy bribe and bridegroom passed through our city
nut long slnco on their way (o (ho homo of. tlio lat
ter in (no golden Stale, Header, flits is all true.—
Young ladies who road (ho Dibio as closely as tho
heroioo ofour Incident scorns to have done, are pretty
suiotomake gooil sweethearts and bolter wives.
Heston Payer.
\Vno Sent Them I—Old Mother Bonder was
pious but poor. Ip tho midst of her extreme want
her trust and oonfidonoo was in God.
It wap lain one chilly night in tho autumn of tho
year when two rather wild young men wore pass
ing her cottago on their way home. One of them
had under his arm somo loaves of broad which he
had procured at tho villago store. A faint light
glimmered from Mother Bonder’s casement. Bald
the one who had the loaves to hlscompanioni “lot
us have some fun with tho old woman."
spld tho .other. They approached
ij PO OPud Into the window* saw the
old woman upon her kneqs, by tho hearth, where
a few embers were mouldering inihonehos. Sho
was ongagcdjn prayer, ; They Batoned and heard
Iter oDerlng on porncst petition for brood. Blio
was utterly destitute of food.
In furllieranbo oT their fun, one of them with tho
loaves climbed softly up tho roof of tho collar™
and dropped oqo loot after tho other down tho oltim
r\oy. As they rolled out on tho hearth, Dioyoaught
the old lady’s eye, and in tho fullness of her heart,
fiho exclaimed-
“Thank tho Lord, bless the Lord or his boun
ty.” ;
“But tho Lord didn’t send them,” shouted a
yp.ico from the chimney.
4 ‘Yoa ho did," cripd she undaunlingly; “the
Lord sent them, but the devil brought them."
COLONEL BENTON’S HISTORY.
[ANNO 1831.— ANDllEW J’AOKSON, PRESIDENT.]
military Academy*
Tho small military establishment of tho United
Stales seemed to bo almost in a.ataio of dissolution
üboot tins time, from tho frequency of desertions, and
tho wisdom of Congress was lazed to find a remedy
for the evil. It could devise no other than an increase
of pay to the rank and file and non-commissioned
officers; which, upon (rial, .was found to answer bat
little purpose. Mr. Macon, from his homo in North
Carolina, having his attention directed la the subject
by tho debates in Congress, wrolo'mo a letter; In
which' ho laid his finger upon tho true cause of these
desertions, and consequently showed what would bo
tiio true remedy. Ho wrote thus: 1
“Why does the o/my, of late years, desert more
than formerly 7 Because' tho officers have boon
brought up at West Point and not among tho people.
Soldiers desert because nof attached .to tho service,
or not attached to the officers. West Point Cadets
prevent the promotion of good Sergeants, and men
cannot liko a service which denies them promotion,
nor like officers who got all the commissons. The
increase of pay will (ho evil, And nothing
but promotion will. In tho revolutionary army, wo
had many distinguished officers, who onlcrod'lho
army as privates.”
This is wisdom, and besides carrying conviction
for the truth of all St says, it loads to reflection opoo
tho naluro and effects of our national military school,
which extend boyond tho evil which was tho co'uso of
writing it. Since tho act of ISIS, which placed this
institution upon its present fooling, giving its stu
dents a legal right to appoint men,(us construed and
practised,) it may bo assumed that’ there is not a
govcrri>uont in Kuropo, and has been none since
llio commencement of tho French revolution, (when
the nobles had pretty nearly a monopoly ofbrmy ap
pointments.) so unfriendly to tho rights of Ibo peo
ple, and giving such unduo advantages to some parts
of tho community over tho rest. Officers Can'flow
rise from the ranks in oil tho countries of Eiifripc—
in Austria, Russia, Prussia, as well au in Greater!-
Inin, of which thoro aro constant and illostrions ex
ample*,’ Twenty three marshals of tho ompirft rose
from the ranks, among them Noy, Masscna,'Oudinot,
Murat, Soult, Bcrnodollo. In Groat Britain, not
withstanding her Royal Military College, tho largest
part of tho commissions are-now given to citizens in
civil life,“bod to non-commissioned officers. Are*
turn lately made to Parliament shows that In 18
years—from 1830 to 1847—the number of citizens
who received commissions, was 1.20 G; tho number
of non-commissloncd officers promoted, was 44G ;
and the number of cadets appointed from the Royal
Milllary College was 473. These citizens appoint
ments wore exclusive of those who purchased com.
missions—another mode for citizens to got into the
British army,and which largely increases the number
In that class of appointments—sales of commissions,
with tho approbation of llio government, being there
valid. But exclusive of purchased commissions
during the some period of eighteen years,’ the num
her of citizens appointed, and of noncommissioned
officers promoted, wore, together, nearly ibur-limcs
the number of government cadets appointed. Now,
how has it been in our service during any equal
number ofyoars, or all the ydb'rs'.’altVcb the Military
Academy got Into full operation under the oct of
1012 T I confine tho inquiry to tho period subsequent
io tho war of 1812, for during ‘that war thoro were
field and general officers in 1 service who camo from
civil life, and who procured the promotion of many
meritorious non commissioned officers, the' act not
having at first bean construed to exclude them.*—
How mapylr'.FrtrpJf none, of citizens appointed,
or non-cdmmlssicincd officers promoted—only In now 1
or temporary corps—tho other being held to belong I 1
(0 the government cadets, ‘
This rule of appointment (tho graduates of tho
academy to (nko all) may now be considered tho law
of the land, so settled by construction and senatorial
acquiescence, and, consequently, that no American
citizen is to enter the regular army except through
tho gate nf the U. S. Military Academy; and few
can roaeli that gale except through the weight of a
family connection, a political influence, or the Instru
mentality of a friend at couil. Genius In obscurity
1 1 - 1 " Hu uiancc; anu uio whole tendency of tho In
stitution is to make a governmental, and not a na
tional ormy. Appointed cadcl’by the President, nom
inated officer by him, promoted upon his nomination
holding commission at his pleasure, receiving his
orders ns law, looking to him as tiio fountain of
honor, the source of preferment, and the dispenser of
agreeable ond profitable employment, these cadet
officers must naturally feel themselves independent
of the people, and dependent upon the President, and
bo irresistibly led to acquire the habits and feelings
which, in all ages, have rendered regular armies ob
noxious to popular governments. The instinctive
sagacity of the people has long since comprehended
all this, and conceived aversion to the institution,
which has manifested itself in many demonstrations
against it —sometimes in Congress, eomotimcaj.n the
Stole legislatures; always to bo, and- triumphantly
mot, hy adducing Washington os’* the. father and
founder of the institution. < * . r ‘-
Col. Benton shows no addpcflorT. Jcoutdi lib morp
unfortunate, and ho proceeds-to stioqf that the Act of
1812 has done (ho mischief, that it ohaO&estaiUlory J
training from the camp to the school. Ho says ho
was (old by an officer in (halimo of tho .Moxican
war, (hat, of thirty six cadets .who had graduated
and been commissioncd al tho aamo time with him.-
self, there were only (hen about a' half a dozen In
service; so that this great national establishment is
mainly a school for (ho gratuitous education of those
who have influence to got there. Ho continues :
These aro vital objections to Iho. institution ; but
they do not include the high practical evil which
the wisdom of Mr. Macon discerned, ond with which
(his chapter oponod—namely, a monopoly of (ho
regular army commissions for the graduates of tho
academy. That is effected in tho fourth section, not
openly and in direct terms, (for that would hiivo
rendered the act unconstitutional on its face,) but by
(ho use of words which admit the construction and
(ho practice, and therefore make tho law, which now
is, tho legal right of the cadet to receive a commis
sion who has received the ncidomical diploma for
going through all the classes, This gives to those
cadets a monopoly of tho offices, to the exclusion of
oilizonnand non-commissioned officers; ond it de
prives (ho Semite of its constitutional share In ma
king those appointments. By a “regulation," (ho
academic professors ore to recommend, at each an
nual examination, five cadets’in each class, on ac
count of their particular merit, whom tho President
is to attach to companies. This expunges the Senate,
opens the door to that favoritism whibh natural pa
rents find it hard to repress among their own chit- ,
dron, and which is proverbial among loaohorß. By
tllq Constitution, and for a groat public purpose, am*
not as n privilege of tho body, (bo Senators to
un advising unu consenting power over llio army A
polntmonts: by practice pm! construction It is
(ho President and Senate, but tho President andi
academy who appoint tho oflicors. • • • 'fflw
effect of tills mode of appointment will bo to orqfato
n governmental, Instead of a.national army, and/tho
cflTocl of this exclusion of non commissioned *o£Rors
and privates from promotion, will bo (o degraup-tho
regular soldiers Into a mercenary, serving for pay,
without affection for a country which dishonors
Mm. Ilonco tho desertions and tho co relative evil
of diminished enlistments oil the part of native born
Americans. • •
As now constituted, oar academy Is an imitation
pftho European military schools, which create go
vormontul and not national oflicors—’Wl|loh f/ mafco
routine oflicors, but cannot croalo military gdnipl—
apd wbioh block up tho way against
otully barefooted genius, such as this country abounds
i’iii ,0 alone can develop. “My
children,' tho French generals woro aoouslomed to
um 10 ,n,y° un ff oonsorlpls daring’ (ho revolution,
iGhljdron, there oro >omo captains among you,
and tho first campaign will show who they Pro; and
“ OUNTRY—MAY T ALWAYfI DR RIOtiT~BUT RlOllTon YVRONtf, OUR COUNTRY.’!-- rSW
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1853.
they shall have their places.” And such express
fllons, and the system in * which they arc founded,
have brought out the military genius of the - country'
in every ago and nation, and produced such officers
as, the schools can never inako.
The adequate remedy of these evils, is (o repeal
the act of 1812, and remit (ho academy to Its condi
tion time, and as enlarged by soVo*
ral.ocls up to 1802. ,-T.hcn no one would wish to
bocomo cadpt but ho that had (ho soldier in him, and
meant to stick to his profession, and work his’way’
up from (lib'pay, ration and clothing of a sergeant,'
to (ho rafik of field officer or general. Struggles for
Wist Point appointments Would then cease, and the,
boys on (ho'Grampian Hills* would Jiavo their
chance. ‘ This is (bo adequate remedy. If thot ro; ;
pool cannot bo had, then a subordinate and halftyay
remedy may bo found in giving to Citizens and non
commissioned officors o share of the commissions,
cqual. to.what Iboy get in the British service, and
rcstdring (ho Sonata to its constitutional right,of
rejecting as well as confirming cadet nominations. 1
—N,Y7Pctt, 6 ' ■ .
A VISIT TO PISA*
Advancing along tho banks of the Arno, after a
pleasant drive, wo arrived, somewhat early in the
day, at Pisa. All visiters most have fell tho effector
this city's singular aspect upon the mind, It Is not,
like several ancient cities of tho easl,dcseHcd.' Its
buildings have not fallen into ruins, its streets
oro not •entirely silent, grass docs not wave on |(s
highways and public places. But it is fast approach*
ing this state.
At Thebes and Memphis, o( Babylon, Nineveh', hbi
Pcrsopolis, yoa ace Hie process of desolation accotn*
plislicd. The nations that inhabited (hem huvo died
pul, the languages they spoke are forgotten. Thbir
history has become a fable, thoir religion a mockery.-
Sealed omong thoir crumbling fragments, your heart
is oppressed by sorrow, by tho fnlo which had ovor-
Jakon so many millions ofhuraan boings, onco quick,
like yourself, with life, and agitated by the fierce
sway OMIIO passions. You: behold thorn matching,
m endless procession, as it were, down the groat high*
way of eternity, emerging from darkness, and swal
lowed up by darkness. What infinite untold histories
have perished with (hem !—what loves ! • what ha-,
Itcds! what struggles for fame I what bitter and
agonizing disappointments! ’But those generations,
have been so long at rest, that you contemplate their
falo with serenity, as you do the general aspect ofna*
lure. You acquiesce in thq award of lime, you itn*j
agino they have boon reconciled to death. Certain ;
you aro that unbroken poaco broods over them with
its dovo liko wings, and soothes them in thoir ever
lasting repose.
But walking through Pisa is olmost liko sitting
bosido a death bed. Strength, end health, and vivq~
city arc gone, the form is attenuated,tho air languid
and painful, tho voico reduced by decay almost loan
inaudible whisper. Sometimes you imaging that tho
wiiolo octivo population must have gone forth on
some groat expedition or /or tho celebration of sumo
Vl g^wfcßUw l in tho mountains, and lea
their dwellings desolate for a season. . .
bomotimes tho thought strikes you that ifio' oily
was built In expectation of inhabitants, who have nev
or come to lake possession ofit.eo mhny of tho houses
oro empty, without the half-chcorfal, half-melancholv
inliinolion that they nro to bo lot. This 'would in
dioato eomo hope, but the poor Pisans havo-nono.cx.*
ccpl when a few English families arrive,-and excite
in (hom the idea that more may follow, and infuse
life into those dreary chambers which have nplocho.
od to a human footstep for centuries. --2' •
Yet (hero is, after all, an inexpressible.oh(Uro ip
tho place, especially when tho brifllanpe oTfialTirah Is
diffused oyer jt, j.iko Honshifle;ovor;a
There Is a Btrangc plcssuro.in JUtkin
dying things, which, by ihoToroo arima^hatl6n t yoa
endow with a part of yaor own - aodsciuuaodss.vsiitf
send forward, as it were, liko ptoUoor* - or! explorers
into the regions of doath. You imagine you canlook
through tho agonies of lliolr spirits Into the world boi
yond tho grave. Exactly so is it with 4 dyiog oily,
and Pisa is in extremis— ready to have l|io last t,itcs
of religion paid to it, before it is packed;up in the/
colUn and sent (o tho universal ccmolcry.-iiSf, JbAn’s
Here and There.
Losing a Sent In Congress.
' Sir, bring 1 mo a good plain said a melan
choly looking individual to a waller at one of our
principal hotels.
Tho dlhpor was brought and devoured, and the
outer called' the landlord aside, and thus addressed
him : ‘ .
• Ydu ofo tho'landlord V
'Yen.'.
‘Yptt.dd a good business hero 7
‘Yeb!*(ln astonishment.) ’ 1
‘You make, probably, ten dollars a day clear V
•Yes.*
'Then lam safe. I cannot pay for what I have
consumed, I havo been out of employment for seven
months, but liavo engaged to go to work for 10-mor*
row. I had been withdpt food for four and twenty
hours when I cntercd-yiiir place. I will pay you in
a wcCkj : ' tt f * : *’• ; ■
, ‘I Capnol pay nfy b’lftf wlih such promises,* bluster*
od.tfio landlord, andj*T’dd hot'keep a poor hoqso,—
Y4ii.should JU’oovo
ino snjoothing as security.*’’ « (
' ’*l haVo nothing’.* . , ‘ ■"■
\ M Will take your coal.’. "
•If I go into (he slrool* without (ha[,6Uoh weather
as it' Is, I may got'my deal)).’
.‘You should hav« thought oCtbat,before you carnd
boro.* ,1
*Aro you serious.? Well, I :do solemnly aver that
in one. week from now 1 will pay you,'
‘I will uko tho coal*!* '
Tho coal was loft, and in a week afterward redeem
ed. Seven years after that,.a woolthy man entered
tho. political arena, and was presented at a caucus us
an applicant fdr Congressional; nomination. Tho
principal of the caucus hald bla peace, lie heard tho
history of (lie applicant,.; who’V.as a member of a
church, and one of the moat.ttwpi»clablo of oilmens. —
Ho was The vote was. o tic, and ho cast
n negative, thereby defeating whom ho
mot an hour afterwards, dndto whom ho sold—
‘You don't remember mo 7'
‘No.*
‘I once ate a djoocr.ol your liblot, and although I
told you I was famishing, and pledged you my word
and honor to (lay you in a week, you took my oont
and saw mo go out into the inclement air at the risk
of my lift) without it.*
•Well sir, what (hen 7*
•Not much. You called yourself n Christian. To
night you wore a candidate for nomination, and but
for. mo you' would havoboon elected to Congress.*
. Throe years after, (ho Christian hotelkeeper became
bankrupt, and sought a homo in Bellevue. Tho poor
uinnorlcsa wretch (hat wap, afterward become a )iig|i
functionary in Albany..
Effect of Xilgbti
W Dr. Moor, tho celebrated metaphysician, (bus spooks
rof light on body and mind:
“ A. tadpole confined in darkness will never become
a frog, and an infant, being deprived ofUoavonVlrcp
light, will only grow into a shapeless idiot, instead pf
aheautiful and roasonablo being. Ilopoo in,tliodoop,
dark gorges and ravines of,the Swiss Valais, where
(ho direct sunshine never roadies, (ho hideous pro
vn lonco of idiocy startles (ho trnvollor. It is a strange,
melancholy idiocy. Mony citizens arc incapable of
any articulate speech, some ora deaf, spmo.aro blind,
eunio lubor'undor all theso privations, and alt are
misshapen in almost every part of tho body. I be
liovo there is, in all places,a marked difference in the
hoalthlhinoss of (ho houses, oocording to their ospoot
with regard to the sun, and those are decidedly the
healthiest, other things being equal, In which all (tip
rooms arc, during some part of the day, fully exposed
to tho direct light. Epidemics .attack., inhabitants
on thp shady s|do of lho street, and totally exempt
those on the other side, apd oven in epidemics, such
as ague, the morbid influence is pflbn thus partial in
l(s labors.*'
Atnerlean Manners;
Dr.’Pottof, laa rccont'addross at Albany, said t
• “tanru. liulo aTraidr that d great , many people in
lh|s,country aro.ralhoMpo, prone to undervalue this
pari of dducaUon.. Cortaiply Wo have no admiration
-for anything finical or 'affected In manners. Wo
don’t want the manners of a-villago ’dancing school.
But genuine good brooding,'gonllo maonors, case,
modesty,and propriety ofboaring, wodoexceeding"
Jy^voluo.' When shall wo coasd to bo described as a
spitting nation 7 as a lounging people 7 When shall'
wb cease to be known by our slovenly speech, by
oiirprrfctico of sitting with our feothighot than our
7,. -Durlng un excursion of sovoral months jn
Europe laslyear, 1 mol hundrcds.oT English at homo
arid on tho continent, in every sort of silaatipn. I
nbveraaw ono spit. I'Cannot remember that I oVb>
saW any dno, however fatigued; lounging or siding
in'.jin, unbecoming manner. So long as thfc/Stalp
sliiyl feel ilsolf obliged to provide ‘spittoons’-for' its
legislative halls—so long as the directors of bur rail*
rofids shall find occasion to attach Id tho irisido of
their carriages printed requests to the passengers to 1
*uso the spittoons’ and not tho floor,' and not to pUtj
their feet upon tho seats—eo long as wo ehallcon~J
liriuo to fill our conversation and our political.har
rarigucs-wilh tho slang of the fish market, let ud'nut
bo 'surprised, nor angry, if foreigners sometimes
I make themselves, witty at oar expense; And in tho
meantime, lei all those whn'aro entrusted iwith tho
carq.qf the young, use their utmost efforts to correct
thdso.tiollonar barbarisms,.and IdTor’m.tho’ t rrianper
ofUlfiTUing generation after a model more elevated
andrjb'ofo refined.’ 1
id I
V American - Citizenship,'
condaci of Capt. Ingrahani.of Iho
.American frigate, Si. Louis, at Smyrna in Me gen- -
cfoufillompts to release from -the grasp of Austrian
revenge, M. Cosld, fqrmcrljyiiddoChmp of Kossutb,
lias ?omc|ljing-iD It to gratify Iho just, pride (ifevcry
true American heart. At the tocilal of iho eifeum.
stanied oftliat transaction, Iho blood 0001*808 more
merrily in iho vcins'of every oho, who holds to iho
principlo.lbat American'Citizenship, in tiro broadest
sense oJF the term, should meet the fullest immnnjly
of cordial .recognition from every foreign power. To
bo surtj froni iho almost unaccountable • misappre
hension; or lack of address, on the part of iho Hun.
gariaa himself, ho did not immediately receive tho
;freed,ofcn.which Iho gallant American offered him;
ychithfbold and-manly course ofCapt. ( lngrabam, in
cbnfcrcncp with llio prisoner on board
(Hd brig, end in bringing \hat brig under
tlio own eliip, to prevent its escaping to
Aaitrtajpilli tho prisoner, pending negotiations, has
served la joaoli thg despots of Europe a lesson, ip
respect to American citizenship, whicji thqy .will not,
bo likely? Soon to forget. Not only (ho,na(ivq born
citizen; bin Iho foreigner who has sworn ollogiarico
lo^ the T/nilod Stales Govcrnmcnlis entitled to and
will receive, tho fullest prolcctiofyof, Government—
this is.(ho Josson. And whal/B .glorious lesson,,in
those days, when tho victims oPJfbrdfgn despotisms
are crowding to tho shores of (hl's'itopubllc I #
| ’ Iri-tonfo tense, the Austrian aod American policy
wcrbircprcacntcd in this transaction; Tho sneaking,
arbitrary! and cowardly course of tho Austrian offi.
clals in filsl dragging away to their vessel, a poor
; oxilo, add tho' attempting bjr lying to conceal tho
ulijuojiffabld.doed, affords a fair specimen of (he
dealings of that nation and its proverbially Ircach*
Contrast. with this the .bold, open
handed coarse of tho American officer, in proffering
aid to onp,-wlu»m he supposed entitled to tho'prolcc.
llotj of tho';-United Slates. Mark tho true American
pluck'of'the-folio wing bold utterance, os tho Austria
on coramarjdor''hesitated : “Boar in mind, that if
the my protection, and,has the
I will remove. him myself, dnd
t| lo pnsddor7 I wish losoohim,”
*«i®;ivas open,"direct 'American polliy,.i A. demand
oi nothing bat what was
that u most bo granted.
° n Administration liko the present, pledged i
to lh6 fullest protection of our citizens everywhere;
With gallant tors and strong hearted officials abroad, i
lolcorry out the policy of that Administration—the
American name will, liko tho Roman of a former
day, bo a shield of defence, to slay the hand of him
who, in whatever climo and amid whatever people,
ho may wander, cun say "I am an American.”— Old
Guard,
Tlie Emperor Nicholas.
A foreign loiter ID the Baltimore American gives
the following description of the Emperor of Russia :
"The personal appearance of the Emperor, and
ijit mangers, bo dignified 'and yol so graceful, struck
too al once,-abd In all my neap approaches to his
. person and his society, tlioso fcatares'acquired now
•force; I .regard him as a moil extraordinary por
eonago. In slaturo six foot two jnehes, but with the
| symmetry of a man of five feel nine Indies 5 with a
a face uniting, which Is rarely found in the same
person, remarkable personal beauty and marked in
.dicaUoiVf of intellect; I cannot bolter describe his
fascination ofmannor than to flay Ifho wore to sink
all rccolfcohon of his position, his destiny and asso
. (nations; and enter one of our pulilioal assemblages,
he could make as many friends In an hour as any
stump orator in our country.. Ho is distinguished
for energy and a high -[iprder of talent. His plans
for the amelioration of the condition of his subjects I
ard worthy of his ancestor*. Peter and Catharine.—
The measure adopted'as to the sort*, as well as to
U)0 ancient, pobjlity, and jiis vast designs os to rail
roads, will reign,an ora in.the Empire. Besides (ho
-road to Moscow 0f '430 miles, ho designs to make
pne.to Columns on (hoOkii, 100 miles from Moscow,
below which there is constant steam navigation to
the Caspian 80a. Another is projected from this
point to the head of steam navigation on the Don of
the Black-Sea; and Oom this point on the Don cast
to Ssratol, ncar.lho,mouth of the Volga, (ho Missis,
sippio of Europe. Tho domcsllo relations of the
Emperor «jro subject of constant commendation
by hie subject's; exhibiting in this respect a favora.
bio contrast to the days of Catharine.
- Thb ,Bjbls.—Thoro nro In all sixty six books
whicli compose tho volume of Holy Writ, which arc
attributed to more than thirty different authors, or
writcra of tho whole. Half of tho Now Testament
wasi composed by St. Paul, and the next largest wri.
tor is tho gentle and beloved St. John, With (ho
single oxcopllon ofPoul neither history nor (r<tdi
llon has over testified that those powerful tinkers
anj) writers over enjoyed (ho benefits of education,
or (hat (hoy were (ruined with scholarship and learn*
Injt and how ably have (hoy written; what emi
nent characters l)avo l b'*-n chronicled Uy them; and
what groat events recorded, both for llmo and otor.
nilyl Jcromlah Is sorrowful; Isaiah subtlmo ; Da
vid poetical; Daniel sagacious; 1 Ilsbakkuk and
Ihggal terrible and denunciatory, but they all seem
od to have exorcised their natural gifts under (ho In
floonco of Divine direction and Inspiration I Moses
with his vest knowledge and profound Intelligence
—the legislator, (ho reformer, the deliverer, com
menced the work, and John, with his doplh of feeling
and exquisite tenderness and simplicity, completed
it. ' And, what do wo know of tho lives of all ihoso,
orovon oftlio two last, mentioned? Nothing (hat
human vanity might exult in. . Moses was rescued
from tho oozy rushes of (ho Nile ; and John died in
his uld ego, a lonely exile on the small , island of
Palmos.
“DU you over go to a military ball 3” ashed a
lisping maid, tlio other night, of on old veteran of
Jackson's army of’ls.
“No, my dear,” growled Iho old solder, “in
(hose days 1 had a military bull to oomo lo mo,
and what 'dye think? ft took my leg off."
At tho mention of tl)o, word “leg,” tho bolb>
.fainted, of course.
Mrs. Partington says she has noticed that who*
ihor flour, was dear or cheap, sho, had invariably
to pay tho samo money for half a dollar's worth.
Scone-In a Tankee Shoemaker** Shop*
u Yoa hain’i no occasion for a jer, nor nothin. I
a'pose,!’e&id a jolly son of St. Crispin from the
land of wooden nutmegs,’as be entered a shoo es
tablishment, with bis kH. nicely done-up in his
apron.
‘‘Wonder If I hain’t,” was Ihe reply of tho boss,
‘‘why I should like a dozen if I conld git ’em;
oat what kind of a shoo can you make t”
“Oh, as to (be matter *o that/* said the snob,
“I reckon as how I kin make a decent sort of a
craft.”
“Spread year kit, then,” said the boss; “I’ll
fftve yon a pair to try, and if yoor work suits me,
1 can give you a steady seat of work.”,
Crispin was, soon hammering and whistling
aW a y» as happy ae a calm at hign water, and tho
bobs was called away on some business that de
tained him two or three hours; meantime the tram
per jer produced a thing which bore some faint re
somblpnce-to-a' shoo, and feeling somewhat asham
ed of it, laid It in a pile of leather chips that lay
on the floor, ahd_ proceeded to make another, which
he had barely time to finish, when bis employer
entered and began to examine it.
“Look here, roister,” said he, “I guess you
needn't cqake the mate to this; it is the great
est botch that was ever mads in my shop that's
fact,” '
“P’raps you’d like to bet a trifle on that,” said
the snob.
“Bel!” responded tho boss; “why, I’ll bet a
ten dollar bill against a hand of tobacco, that there
never was a shoe made in this shop half so bad as
this.” . r
‘Done. said Crispin, at the same lime casting
, a Biy at his shop-mates; “but, atop, let me
i ßee if I’ve got so much of tho weed with me. Ob,
y°®* here’s a whole handful of Cavendish,” and
laying it on the cutting bodrd, he ventured to Bug.
geal the propriety of having the suet-skin laid
alongside of it, which was no sooner done than he
proceeded to draw from its hiding place tho other
shoe.
“Hero, boss,” said he, you roust decide tho bel;
say which of the two shoes is the worst V*
“Well, I guess I’m fairly sucked in this time,”
said the boss, pushing the Cavendish and shin
plaetor towards the rightful owner, and throwing
a nine-pence to the youngest apprentice. Tho boy
needed no further instructions as to his duly, but
ran off In tho twinkling of a bed-post, and soon
returned with a <juart of black strap. After all
hands had sufficiently regaled themselves, the
shtewd Yankee put his sticks together, and bid.
ding the boss a hearty good-bye, started again on
a tramp, very well satisfied with his forenoon’s
work.
The Angela Gift to Spain.
In (ho early ages of Christianity, said a hermit,
there lived in a cave, somewhere * about the sources
of the Manzanaros, an extremely old hormit. 11 is
piety was great, his charity extensive, and bis love
of Spain predominant over all other feelings. Youths
and maidens in love; young mothers ,desirous of
offspring ; worldlings oppressed by debts and diffi
culties ; religious men and women straggling with
their sins, repaired constantly to consult tho holy
msn, who sent them away refreshed and comforted.
A little lime before his death, ono of tho -angels,
1 who forsaw ho was soon to bo their companion, do
■ scondcd, through impatience, to converse with him
f a little beforehand, or else commissioned to bestow on
1 him a blessing/-.The saint-hpd. probably boon used
to such visitants, and ihqrdfhrooxporionccd little or
no . • ur P^ s ,° M*~Uu&Jvbk»~wlagk, ho
entered Into hisTflve. vOfl thoioantfssypbe polltely
saluted/j;m, .desired him ,lo bo - sealed (w*«meo(h
ledge of rock, close bosido himself, and (ben courla .
ousiy Inquired to* what circumstance ho owed (ho
honor of his visits • •• v . • 1
*1 am come,’ replied Ihd angel, ‘to‘bestow on you
a blessing.’ J ;
‘lf I have found favor in your eyes,’ said the holy
man,Mel not your blessing bo for me, but for my
country. Heaven has already given mo more than
I can desire. I have had a long and happy life, 1
have closed tho eyes of my parents amid abundant
blessings, I have beheld my brothers and sisters grow
up in honesty and integrity, and I havo had besides,
the inestimable satisfaction of augmenting the hap
pinosa of thousands.
Lot mo now, therefore, obtain for those whom I
never could reach, or aid, or comfort, the "blessings
which my Lord is pleased to offer mo.*
‘I consent,’ answered (ho angel, -to bestow on your
country not ono, bat many blessings. Choose for
her, and bo not bashful, for 1 know net where I shall
stop.’
‘Then I ask for a folr climate.’
’ll is granted.’
’1 ask for magnificent mountains.*
’You shall have them.’
‘Noil, for fertile plains and noble rivers.’
‘They are youra‘
‘Then for beautiful women an bravo men to inhab
it (his glorious land.’
’I accede to your wishes.’
‘Then for excellent fruits and rich harvests, and
oil and wino, and whatever ofso (ho comforts of- life
may need.’
’I concede all your demand.’
•Last of all,’ said (ho hormit, *1 pray you to ensure
us good government, to complete (ho crown ol (he
blessings you hdvo lavished on Spain.’
Tho angel rose in hosto, if not in anger 1
‘You ask 100 much,’ friend,* said ho; ‘all tho rest
you shall have and welcomo , but good government
—oh, no—that is never to bo granted to Spain while
kings are your idols snd palaces your temples.’
So saying, ho extended his wings, darted out of
tho cave, and in a moment was lost in tho blue depths
of space.— St. John't There and Back again.
Politeness at Home.— Why not bo polite ? IJow
much docs It costto say‘l thank you?’ Why not
practice politeness nl home? To your husband,
your children, your domestics? If a stranger docs*
you somo litllo act of courtesy, how sweat the smil
(ng acknowledgement J If your husband—oh ! it’s
a matter of course ! no needs of thanks.
Should an acquaintance (road on your dross, your
very, very best, and by accident leant, how profuse
you are with yuur’novdr minds—don’t think ofit—
-1 don’t care at oil,* If a husband does It, ba gets a
black frown ; if a child, ho la chastised. I
Ah! those arc little, things say you. They Coll I
mightily upon tho heart, let us assure you, litllo as
they are. ,■
A gentleman slops at a friend's house, and finds
it ail in oonfujion. -‘Ho don’t boo anything to apolo
glso for—never thinks of such lilllo manors.' Eve.
rylliing is all right—cold slipper, cold room, crying
children—’'perfectly comfortable.' Goes homo whore
(ha wife jiosbocn taking care ofsiok onei,and work
ing her life almost out. 'Don’t soo why things can't
bo kept,in bettor order; they never word such cross
children before.* No apologies accepted at homo!'
Why not bp polite at homo 7 Why not use freely
that golden coin of courtesy 7 How sweet (hoy
souqd, little words, 'I (hank you,' or 'yon pro
very kind!’ Doubly, yea thrico stvoolfrom tho lips
wo love, when heart smiles msko (ho oyos sparkle
witli the clear light of affection.
Bo polite loyour children. Du you expect thorn
to bo mindful of your welfare 7 To grow glad at
your npproncli‘7 To bound away lo dd your pleas
uro before thp request is half spokon 7 Then with I
your dignity and authority, mlnglo, politeness; givo
it a .nitclio in you; household (omplo. Only fljon
will you have (earned tho true secret of sending out
in Iho world, really ‘finished’ gcnthjmon. and ladies
•What wo say, wo say unto a|l* —bo polilo.
“I understand," said a person to Ida noinhbor.
“that you are becoming a liard'drlnkor.*’ ’ •
"Tbal’o elandnr," replied tho neighbor, for no
ono can drink nnalet.” * ’
wmvmmJ l *
NO. 14.
XB INOHJEHT' , r t
Wo heard a friend relate the accorntfantiotf fa
cident the other day With hdlVlilileW, and lq
the amusement of a good many by-slanders s
Jumping into an old fashionfcdeiage-coach laat
month, ip eompanj with falrie'& Ibri fibfii, to joa
llo over ten miles of unfinished toad between Pitta
burg and Philadelphia, 1 was very iniichjmiued
wilh the followingoharacteiietiodlaloiroe between'
a regular question asking ’“dfovn eastbr,” ind m
high-heeled southerner. We-were scarcely Betted
before.our Yankee began: * ,
“Travelling East, ‘fexpect!”
“Yes, sir.
“Goin’ to Philadelphia, I reckon V*
“No, sir.**
“Oh, ah, to New York; maybe V*
“Yes, sir.*’
“Calo'latin* to boy goods, I prebomeP*’
“No, sir.”
“Never hen there before, I wouldn't wonder V
“No, sir, never.**
“New York is a wonderful place*”
“Such >9 my impression/sir.”
“Got letters, I expect 1”
“Yes, sir; I am provided *UR te tiers of fntro*
duction.” .
“Wouldn’t mind showln’ you rooond myself a
spell, if you wanted.” . -
“I (hank yon, sir; but I shall not require your
assistance.”
This last remark of (he polite rswrri
stranger was a poser, and the “inquisitor” Wl
back a moment to take breath and change his l«e»
tics. The half suppressed smile poop the facets
of the other passengers scjott aroused the Yanked l
to still further exertions! and sutboionlbg bp mon*-
resolutlon, bo began again:
“Stranger perhaps you are not aware bpwaT
mighty hard it is for a Yankee to control Ms oufl
osily. You’ll please excuse! but 1 would really
like to know your name, abd residence, tnd Ujo j
business you follow. I expect you ain’t asbamecF
of either of ’em; so now won’t you Just oblM&e
me?” “ *r
This last 'appeal brought out our Sonrtharn
friend, who rising up to tbo extremes! height'•al
lowed by the coach, and throwing back tie shout*’
ders, replied : ~,r
“My name ie General Andrew Washington. P
reside in the State of Mississippi. lam a.gqatfc**
man of leisure, and I am glad to be able tp eaJr, of
extensive means. 1 have heard moch bf-NoW
York, and lam now on my way.to see It; and.|f I
like it as well as fam led to expect,l inledd (b—
-bu y»/.”
There was heard a shout of stentorian laughter l
throughout (ho stage oosch; and.(his wasthelqst
of that conversation.—//arper’a Magazine «
Worthy l of • Totakett
A Jcrsy Tavern keeper who had bccoMe-iuora OOJd*' 1
brated for tho length of his bills than for llm
of bis labloi met with 000 as sharp as himself
,on one occasion. A Yankee happening to pssi J
• through that barbarous region, slopped VuhWroatfSk’
, hotel and ordered dinner. When be came t*payAlf»i
! hill ho was astonished to find it stroached oot loth#*
round sumofsix dollars. This rathor startled the
, Yankee* and ho demanded lo know wbalho bsd tf|.
, « ibal sack a bill should ho charged. The l*ad*.
. 'ora replied, *Tho bill will show you.’ On consulting.
, Ithe found several kinds of wines and extras.
, ‘Well, (ook’bero I J dido,t haW» none tifyobf *
I wines—there, was none of that 'cro staff brought
for me,.end I won’t pit the. WU!’ . j.jh
"Ob wofl«Af*raU for ocd«FA*». wo hno* «or-
A. c pl ,Cl lbo landlord,Hbp wine wssoo Ifco
.Tba Yankee iaw •bomCio'nd mo inodarrelllttfr
atiool Iho maltar, ao _WiII» a broken boafl h*,p.|a;ifi,
bill. Throo months oftor Ihil ou t EailcrnfrW..,fa,
rtodo bi. appoarsneo at iho fio(o) and Called for din
nor. Whan ho aat down lo Iho table ho laid i ttfonV
V dollar bill 01 the aido of bio' plots odd ordered <ll
the dolicocioa ho coaid think of ond olltho whur ha
could atemaeb. While eating h|a dlnoot ho colled
(ho attention of the londlordtd thb bill oa to whollior
it woo ecDuino or nol. Tbo landlord Tookod : 01 it—
replied that it woo, ond bonded it boob. Atooonu
the Yankee hod finiobod bo put the tnooop in bio
pookoi, walked out of the liouao ohd jumped Into bio
waggon. ■ - ■ v t ■
•HeMowf tho landlord, • yooVd ho! mU*
bill!’ , ■■ ■
* li’b vour own fault; said Iho Yankee, *1 nerst
wait lo have a bill presented to mo—Me money Uid
on Me table an d you could have taken it or flof fuiTka
you told rao abooi the wine three months ago y«*j
torday.’ ‘ *
The landlord swore a few os the Yankee’s bovsn
>pa(tercd Uio mud up iho rood.
**lt • Dody Meet a Dody.rr
Ifo follep catch a Toller carrying -off bis W9odi
should a Toller whale a Tcl/or iTa Teller coaid /—O'er.
tnaniomn Emporium. ' • 11
IT a body catch a body stealing hlso&.rw#,
slioald’nt a body kick a body till a body crV T—tin.
cinnati Enquirer. * *
If a body spy D body crocping around lili lit 1
ahould nl a body treat a body lo a load of ahoit-.
tyanoicft JVeios.
IT a bodv catch a body stealing his Expreti,
Bhonld’nl a body toiza a body and try to get redress ?
—Petersburg Express.
If a body wants a body bie store lo patronlxa.
should nt a body pay a buay money to advetUsa ?
Lynchburg Expreet. * 1
Ifo body eoo a body -proprialo Ilia hat, ahould a
Sy k «W a b ° Jy j “’ 1 r ° r d9in,! lh“lJ
IT a body ootoh a nigger stealing alt bis chickens
should’! a body tick a ufgger like lbs Torydlokeds ?
—Central Democrat, 1 ■ \
If a body mod a body what had taopp lo yvppt,*
should a body say lo a body ‘5O it dollars end epotl*
Doyleatown Democrat,
If a body know a body lhal takes no paper at «IL
should’nt a body mako a body taka (ho Stale Copi _
toll—Alexandria Gaxette. ' '
If a body should hoar a body say, *f pay my print*
1 ing bill,’ wont a body ataro at a body for luob'td
expression of will I—Maryland Sentinel,
If a bi?dy catch a body who steals tho Democrat.
should a body knock a body into a cooked'hal7—
Louitville Democrat,
If a body soo a Galphin coming the meabstsslert
ehould’nt a body- put that body into the Plain
Dealer 7
If a body 9010 b a body picking of| hlo poojui,
■boald nol a body colob l bßdy (md'lioW liU'fmad
oiidor bio arm gni It lio could mo»( aayqrbty knock'}]*
WiTnotrr * Biiioliko.— Tlio Woililnolon EiettUk
Star relates the following incident % •. f
No ‘'“".B Ptooidoijt. In an alWnooi)
rldo with Ina oollraablo lady and a fcraiiloTrlohi), ndj
bfbugln up by iho (tato imlio Columbia - tiimblWion
UlO oppoailo aide of llio Potomac.' .' tllo cOaohmin
iwaroliod Ha pookolo In vain foMlio roggiiHoaliilJjpg.
TIIO Proaldonl aoarcM Ilia. Bui aUa, nol a aolilary
■hilling had limy among tliom I T|io toll iub&er.
Who Is XI lime* annoyed by (ho pranks of‘f«il’ folks
P?, B, | n 8 W® gHlo pt) llioir way ,(o tho' l/6\lipg Qoario
without ‘hhldlng up* lo pay 1011, began' to thlhkof
o.lpsing tho bar upon the carriage, when the driver
informed him that l|io gentleman thsldo wait the
President of tho United Blulcs, and the gehtleriln In*
side made it all right by nromlaiog to pay.tb* .khift*
log when next he slioqty venture to fldf PMb* V4f«
glnla side.’*
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