BY JOHN B. BRATTON,
VOL. 40.
factual.
- TBE DETROTIIED.
Had I mot theo in thy beauty,
When my heart and hand wore free,
When no other claimed the duty
Which my soul would yield to thee,
Had I wooed thee—had 1 won thee—
Oh, how blest had boon my fate,
Bill thy beauty hath undone mo—
I have fobnd thee—but 100 lalo !
For to one my vows wore plighted
Willi a faltering lip and pale,—
our cruel sires united*
~ Hearts were deemed of slight avail!
v TPbU* my youth's bright morn o’ershaded,
A; Thus betrothed to wealth and slate,
-All Love’s own sweet prospects faded,
I have found llico—but too laic 7
Lika the fawn that finds the fountain
With the arrow in his breast,
Or like light upon the mountain
Whore the snow must over rest.
I have found theo—but forgot me !
For 1 feel whal ills await,
Oh ! *lis madness to have met thee—
To have found thee—but too late !
JUDGE GENTLY
0 ! there has many n tear boon shod,
And many a hour! bcon broken.
For want of a gentle hand set forth,
Or a word in kindness spoken.
Then, O ! with brotherly regard,
Greet every sub of sorrow,
So from each tone of love his heart
New hopes, now strength, shall borrow.
JWfactUjiiTtoim.
From Scotia Weekly i’aper
THE VOLUNTEER COUNSEL,
* TALK OP JOHN TAVLOR,
John Taylor was licensed. when a youth of twenty
ono, to practice n t Llio bar of this city. Ho wus poor,
but well educated, and possessed extraordinary ge
nius, The graces of Ins person combined with (ha
superiority of his intellect, enabled him to win (he
hand of fashionable beauty. Twelve monl hs u nor
wards, (ho husband was employed by a wealthy firm
of [he city to go on a mission as a land agent to the
West. As a heavy salary was offered, Taylor bade
farewell to his wife and infant son. Ho wrote bock
every week, but received not a lino in answer. Six
months elapsed, when ho received a letter from his
emyloyors that explained all. Shortly after his de
parture for lliV'West, the wife and her father re
moved to Mississippi. There she immediately
obtained a diveteo by an act of the Legislature,
mirried again forthwith, and to complete the climax
of cruelty and wrong, had the name of Taylor’s sun
changed to Marks—-that of her second matrimonial
partner. This perfidy nearly drove Tuylor insane.
His career from that period became eccentric In the
first degree. At last a fever corned him off at a
comparatively early ago.
At an early hour, on the Dili of April, 18-10, the
court house in Clarksville, Texas, was crowded to
overflowing. Save in tiro war times past, there had
never been witnessed such a gathering ip Red River
mnnty, while the strong feelings apparent on every
flushed face, will sufficiently explain the matter.
At the close of 1839, George Hopkins, ono .of the
wealthiest planters end most Influential men of
Northern Texas, offered a gross insult to Mary El
lision, (ho young and beautiful wife of his chief
overseer. The husband threatened to chastise him
fur the outrage, whereupon Hopkins loaded his gun,
wool to Elliaton’s house, and shot him in his own
door. The murderer was arrested and bailed to
answer the charge. This oocurronco produced in
tense excitement, and Hopkins, in order to turn the
tide of popular opinion, or at least to mitigate the
general wrath, which at first was evident against
him, circulated reports infamously prejudicial to the
character of the woman who had suffered such cruel 1
wrong at his hands. She brought her suit for slun
dor. And thiis (wo cases, one criminal and the!
other civil, and both otU of the same tragedy, wore
pending in (ho April Circuit Court for 1840.
The interest naturally fell by the community as
t'j (ho issues, became far deeper when it was known
(hat Ashley and Pike of Arkansas, and the oulubra
ted S, S. Prentice, o( Now Orleans, ouch with enor
mous fees, had been retained by Hopkins for his
defence.
The trial for the indictment of murder ended on
the Bth of April, with the acquittal of Hopkins
Such a result might well have bcon Torsten by com
paring (ho talents of the counsel engaged on either
side. The Texas lawyers wore utterly overwhelmed
by llio arguments end eloquence of their opponents.
It was a tight of a dwart against n giant.
Tko Slander edit wad sot for the h, ami Iho
throng of spectators grow in number as well as ex
citement) and what may seem a'rongo, llio current
of public sentiment now ran decidedly for Hopkins.
His money had purchased pointed witnesses, who
served most efficiently hia powerful advocates. In
deed, so triumphant bad been (ha success of the
Itio previous day, (hat when the slander case was
called, Mary Ellislon was left without an attorney
they had all vVithdmwn. Tho pigmy pettifoggers
dared not bravo again tho sharp wit of Pike, and llio
scathing thundei of Prqntico.
‘iiavo you no counsel?' enquired Judge Wills,
looking kindly at the plaintiff.
‘No, air, iboy have oil deserted mo, and I am too
poor lo employ any more,’ replied the beautiful Mur)
bursting into lours.
'ln such a case, will not soma chivalrous momhur
of Iho profession, volunteer I' asked the Judge, glan
cing around Dio ban
The thirty lawyers was silent as death.
Judge Mills repeated the question.
‘1 will,'your honor,' said a voice from the thick
est part of the crowd, situated behind the bar.
At the tone of (hat voice many started half from
their seats; and perhaps there was nut t head in
that immense throng whitfh did not beat something
quicker—-U was so unearthly, sweet, clour, ringing
and mournful.
Tito first sensation, however, was changed into a
general laughter, when n spectral figure,
ilui nobody present remembered over lo have soon
before, elbowed hie way through tho crowd, and
placed himsolf within the bar. His appearance woe
a problem to puzzle tho sphinx himself. Ills high,
palo brow, and small, nervously twitching face
seemed alive with the concentrated essence and
cream of genius; but then his infantile bluooyos,
hardly visible beneath thoir massive arches, looked
dim, dreamy, almost unconscious: and bis clothing
was so shabby that (ho court hesitated lo ioltho
cause proceed under his management.
_ , *, our nn . ni ? too l * onlorod on tho rolls of (ho
Staled demanded (ho Judge suspiciously.
•It is Immalor nl about my name being on your
roll., 1 answered Hie .(ranger, hie thin, hloSdle.e lipe
curling up inlo u hendleh aneor. •! may be allowed
to appaer onee by tho oontlesy oflbo eourl and her.
Hero a my license from (he highoel tribunal in
America 1 and ho handed Judge Mill, a Jroad'
porohmonl, Tho trial Immediately wont on.
In tho examination of witnesses the stranger
evinced but llttlo ingenuity,as wo commonly thought.
Ho suffered each 000 to toil liis own story without
interruption, though ho contrived to raako each (oil
it over two or throe times. lie put a few cross
questions, which, with keen witnesses, only served
to correct mistakes, and ho made no notes, whioh,
In mighty memories, always tends to embarrass.—
The examination being ended, as the counsel for the
plaintiff ho had a right to the opening speech as
well as the close: but to tho astonishment of every
poo ho declined tho furmer,and allowed the dolonco
to load off. Then a shadow might havo boon ob
served to flit across the features of Pike, and to
darken oven the bright oyes of Prontico. They saw
that they had 'caught a Tartar j’ bat who it wee, or
bow it happened was impossible (o guess.
Col, Aehly spoke first. He dealt tlio jnry a dish
of that close, dry logic, which years afterwards ron
dered him famous in the Spnalo of the Union.
The poet, Albert Pike, followed with a rich vein
of wit, and a halo torrent of ridicule, in which you
may bo sure neither the plaintiff nor the plaintiff’s
ragged attorney wore either forgotten or spared.
The groat Prontico concluded for the defendant,
with <t glow of gorgeous words, brilliant as a shbwer
of fulling stars, and with a Anal burst of oratory
that brought the house down in cheers, in which the
sworn jury themselves joined, notwithstanding the
stern‘order’of the bench. Thus wonderfully sus
ceptible are (ho south-western people to the charms
of impassioned eloquence.
It was then the stranger’s turn. Ho had remain*
cd apparently abstracted during all the previous
speeches. Still, and straight, and motionless in his
scat, hie pale, smooth forehead shooting up high
like a mountain cono of snow ; but for the eternal
twitch dial aamo and went in his shallow cheeks,
you would have taken him for a more man of mar
ble or a human man carved In ice. Even his dim,
dreary ayes were invisible beneath those groy.shog
gy eyebrows.
But now, ol lasi, ho rises before tho bar railing,
not behind, and so near tho wondering jury that lie
night touch the foreman with hia long bony finger.
With eyes still half shut, ond standing rigid as a
pillar of iron, his thin lips curled ns if in mcasurlcss
scorn, slightly part, and tho volco comes forth. At
first it is low ond sweet, insinu iting itself through
the bruin as an artless (uno winding its way in
to tho deepest heart, like the melody of a magic
incantation ; whilo llio speaker proceeds without a
gesture or tho least sign of excitement to tear in i
pieces tho argument of Ashley, that molls away at |
Ins touch os frost before llio sunbeam. Every ono 1
looked surprised. His logic was at once so brief,
and so luminously clear, (hut the rudest peasant
could comprehend it without effort. |
Anon, ho came to (ho dazzling wil of tho poet l
lawyer, Piltr. Then the curl of his lip grew sharp J
cr his shallow face kindled up and his eyes bo
gan to open, dim «ind dreamy no longer, but vivid I
as lightening, red as fire globes, ond glaring like 1
twin mulcois, Tho whole soul was in the eye the
full heart streamed out on the face. In five mlnu* 1
tos Pike’s wit seemed (ho foam of folly, and Ills '
finest satire, horrible profanity, when contrasted with
the inimitable sullies and exterminating sarcasms;
of the stranger, interspersed with jest and anecdote
that filled the forum with roars of laughter. ;
j Then, without ay much aa bestowing an allusion
( to Prentice, he turned short on the perjured witness,
j CS of Hopkins, tore their testimony into atoms, and
.and hurled in their faces such terrible invective? 1
that uII trembled us with an ague, and two of them
actually fled, dismayed, from the court house.
The excitement of the crowd was becoming tre
mendous. The united life and soul appeared to
hang on the burning tongue of tho stranger. Ho
inspired them with the powers of hia own passions.
: Ho saturated thorn with the poison of his own m&
I licious feelings. Ho seemed to havo s lolon nature's
I long hidden secret of attraction. Ho was the sun
to the sea of all thought and emotion which rose and
full, and boiled in billows as ho chose. But his
greatest triumph was to come.
His eyes began to glare furtively at (ho assassin
Hopkins, and his loan, taper finger slowly assumed
the same direction. Ho hemmed tho wtoloh with
a circumvolution of strong evidence and
bio argatifetu, culling off all* hope pf.
•piled np It ago bastions of unsurmouiiUblt^vfqblv./ 11
110 dug beneath (ho murderer and slanderer's
feet ditches of dilemmas, such ns no sophistry could
overleap, ond no stretch of ingenuity evade; end
having thus, as ono might say, impounded his vie
lim, and grit him about like a scorpion In a circle
of fire, bo stripped himself to (ho work of massacre.
Oh ! then, but it was a vision both glorious and |
dreadful to behold the orator. His actions, before
graceful as (ha wave of a golden willow in the
breeze, grew as impetuous ns the motion of an oak
in the hurricane. 11 It voice became a trumpet filled
with wild whirlpools, deafening the oars with crash
es of power, and yet intermingled all the whilo with
a sweet undersong of the softest cadence. His face
was as rod as a drunkards—-his forehead glowed
like a heated furnace—his countenance looked hag
gnrd like that ofa maniac ; and ever and anon ho
flung his long, bony arms on high, as If grasping
after thunderbolts. 110 drew a picture of murder in
such appalling colors, (hat, in comparison, hell it.
seif might bo considered beautiful. Ho painted (ho
slanderer so black that tho sun seemed dark at noon
day when shining on such an accursed monster;
and then lie so fixed both portraits on tho shrinking
brow of Hopkins, that ho nailed them there forever.
Tho agitation of llio audience nearly amounted to
madness.
All at onoo (ho speaker descended from his peril
oas height. His voice wailed out for the murdered
dead and living —the beautiful Mary, more boautl
ful every moment, as her tears flowed faster—till
men wept, and lovely women sobbed like children.
do closed by a strong exhortation lo the Jury,
through them to the bystanders. Ho entreated the
panel, uflor (hoy should bring in their verdict to the
plaintiff, not to offer violence to (lie defendant, how
over liclity ho might deserve it; in other words,
'not lo lynch (ho villian/Jlupkins, but leave his pun
ishment to God.’ This was the most artful trick of
all, and best calculated to insure vengeance.
The jury rendered a verdict of fifty thousand
dollars, and tho night afterwards, Hopkins was ta
ken off his bud by lynchers and bouton almost to
death.
1 have listened to Clay, Wobalor and Calhoun—
to Dovvoy, Tyng and Baacom—but liavo never hoard
anything in tho form of sublime words, even rcitto
loly approximating the okquauoo of John Taylor—
inusaivo as a mountain, and wildly rushing as a
oaluruol of fire. And this is tho opinion of all Who
over heard tho marvellous man.
Mushroom Aristocracy.— The Newburyporl Her
ald, alluding to llio Uuuilod Status, says :
‘There is not a country in llio world whore tho
people oro becoming so extravagant in their mode of
dross and living ns in tho United Slates, It is one
of llio worst signs of the times. Tho habits of this
mushroom aristocracy are realy disgusting. How
it looks to see boys spurting diamonds by the thousand
dollars' worth at a lime, whoso fathers wore accus
tomed lo wheel barrows and whoso children are
pretty certain to bo in llio work house. And girls
silly simpering things, weighed ddwn with jewels
and bracelets, whoso mothers broke thoir backs at
the washing tub scouring floors and picking oakum.
Tho real substantial aristocracy never indulge in
such fopperies and fooleries,
Kicking --Two gentlemen wore walking together
in Paris.
*1 will engage,’ said one to the other, ‘to give (hat
man before mo u goad kicking, and yet he shall not
bo angry.'
lie did us ho had undertaken (o do. Tho strang
er turned round and looked astonished.
'1 bog your pardon,’said llio kicker, 'I took you
for tho Duke do la Tromvillo.’
Tho duke was very handsome—(ho man was very
plain—bo was gratified by the mistake under which
lie believed ho iiad suffered, shook himself, smiled,
bowed and wont on his Way.
Chinese Savings.— Some of the ordinary sayings
of tho Chinese are sarcastic enough. A blustering
harmless follow, they call ‘u paper tiger.’ When a
man values himself over much, they compare him to
a *ral failing Into a scale and weighing himself, 1 —
Overdoing a thing, they call ‘a hunchback making a
* >oW ** Ibojr compare to ‘rocket which
gops off at unco.* Those who spend thoir charily
on rompto qbjqots, but neglect their family, are sal(J
to hang thoir lantern on a polo, rylfloh is seen afar,
but gives no light below.’
“ OUR OUNTRY HAY T ALWAYS BE RIGHTOR tYRONO, OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1854
How to Tell a Toucher,
A gentleman from Swnmpvillo, Slate ofNew York/
was tolling how many different occupations-ho had
attempted. Among others, ha had tried school (cach
ing.
‘How long did you loach ?! asked a bystander.
*Wal, I didn't loach long, that is, I only went to
hire out.*
'Did you hire out?’
•WaJ, 1 didn't hffqbut, I ohly went lo hire out 7‘”
'Why did yqu up?’
|Wal, I give U sumo reason or ’nuthor.—*
Ydtf epe, lnto a deeslrici and Inquired for
'llifrtiualtftHi •Somebody said Mr. Snicklcs was Ike
mkn *l’'wqnl6d 'to see. So I found Mr. Snicjtlcs—
named.my objiok In Introducing myself—and asked
ho
whh'thb-big boys and uoruly gala in tho dcestrict
He'warilcd (o know if I rcilythought inysDlfcapa , »
bio, and 1 told him I* wouldn’t mind his asking mo a
few easy quqsllonpjn.’rllhmoiio and ’jbgraphy, or
showing my hand-writing. BuLho said no. noyor
mind, hocould tell a good (oachor by his gait.*
•Lot mb seo j?oq walk o(Ta llttlo ways,* said ho»
‘and I can tell, 1 strip pio, ‘jisl’e well’s I’d hcerd you
examined,* <
‘He sol in tho door as ho spoke, and I thought ho
looked a lilllo skittish, but I was consid’rablo frus
trated, and didn't mind much, sb 1 turned about and
walked off os smart as 1 know’d how.
Ho an id lia’d [ell mo when to slop, so I kep' on till
I thought I’d gone ’bout fur enough—then I ’spooled
■'thing was to pay, and looked round. Wal, tho door
was shut, and Snlcklcs was gone.'
‘Did yop.go back ?'
‘Wnljn.Dv-I didn’t go back.’
‘Did yoirnpply for another school 7*
*Waf, no—T didn't apply for another shool,’ dald
tho gentleman from Swampvillo. ‘I rather judged'
my appearance was against mo, 1
A JadgeU Jolcei
Tho collision between Judge tho
Ohio Press, on tho conspiracy enso, appears lo.occupy
all minds in lhalregion, apropos of which tho-ColUm
bian tells (he following:
Another Judge,'* jbcuU'r follow,happening to moot,
among others a well known reporter,"hamed‘Jack,’
on that common neutral grotihdpa bar-room in Col-,
umbus, tho conversation"urned'on tho - all,absorbing
topic, as a matter of course, ilia Judge sustained-tho
legal rights and dignity hencb—Knit the report
er, tho liberty of the press .and the undonaliiullopall
ty of the order of prohibition, ’ ,
Tho conversation'bocarho exceedingly ahl’malod
and heated, and a number* of* persons congregated
around the disputants, listening with intense interest
ond avidity.
I bmally tho Judge bo.oamo .excited, and said ho
would eject any reporter who would daro disobey tho
! order of liio court. 1
Jack flared up, anathematized such a court, and
asked how Uo could turn him out.
Would yon,’ buml ho, 'call upon ono ofyour super*
numcranes, n Deputy Sheriff, to thrust mo out 7'
i-i V* ? l l * lo -I "dge, in a most excited manner,
w nlo the bystanders, with eyes open, expooted u
collision. ‘No. sir I would camo dofrntfff tho benbh
myself and do u !’
‘How, air 7’ said llio ropOrlDr, ‘by btulo, nliv.ical
force 7’ J
1 ‘No, 1 replied llio Judg^jrmlling,mould simply I
ask you out to dtinhb T--
At (his sudden lf(,(TjinaH‘on of such a foarful oatas
tropho; in embryo, outsiders exploded, Tho
Judge looked calm irod* complaisant; Jack 'caved in, 1
anddld -tlio. honors on
Qatm pii'‘ • * * ~
Hopeful Youthr - ’
Wo have hoard of a good many promising and
precocious children, but (ho following specimen of a
hopeful youth is ono of a class (hat ‘wo road of—
Perhaps it's well enough that tho genius is scarce.
‘1 want to know,' brawled out Speargrass, 'if that
boy hain't got through them talers yet?'
'Snakes alive !' responded the old woman, 'yon had
better bo lookin' artcr that J.ibcz, here it’s night, and
ho hain't been end brought a single bucket of them
tutors from tho field this blessed day.'
‘Tow bad,' continued the old man,'l’ll bet ho hain't
dug a bushel of potatoes this day, and I strictly
oharged him to bo spry, and dig and carry in ton
bushels before sundown, or I’d give him tho all
flrodst walloping ho over had in his barn days.’
I With this piece of eloquence burning on ills lips,
Sparegrass took down a watte! and started for the
| field. Thera stood Jabcz, a groat loblolly of a slab
I side, dulees looking whelp, digging for dear life, as
i though ho was afraid dark would catch him before
he got the last potato out of tho ground.
'Why on nirth,’ brawls out tho old man,‘hain’t
you been and brought in them talers? Whore are
they 7 How many hovyoadug?’
‘Well dud,'responded (ho hopeful, trying to wipe
tho sweat from his brow, and straightening up his
long lazy body perpendicular with llio shovel handle,
*1 have been tuckerin’ away like sin all the afternoon,
and—’
‘Wliar’s tho (ators 7 brawled (ho old man.
‘Wall, dad, there’s one! I wore a snakin' out
another when you come, and as Soon as 1 lip t'other
out, (hero'll just bo throe of thorn.'
Old speargrass wont in, and (ha way lip lot loose
with his watte), and Jabcz out louse fur hoiHci, was a
fine illustration fur a comio almanac.
Show us a Udy'a bonnet, and wo'll 101 l you what
soil of an institution alio is. Ifit is showered with
rod ribbons, cupids, bows. &0., alio is as full of lovo
and poetry, as a country inn of politicians and loaf-,
ora. If it goes in for tbo simple wrinkles, plain col'
ora, and u couple of modest knots, alto la a perfect
jewel, sweet, sunny, mild, but as ufToollonalo ua u
freshly nursed kitten. If it is ‘stuck all over' with a
paradise of clover, throe-story ostrich feathers, wax
ihulyhoeka and juniper berries,pul H square'down
that the calico is a single establishment, and will
never see a fortieth birth-day. Bonnots are a Ifuo
index of woman.
Ha apnoarod in tlio House of Representatives I
but dno day—the day oft which it was organised.
Before ho had fairly entered upon tho disohargoof
the high and responsible duties assigned him by a
confiding constituency, with tho path of glory
bright before him, in the noonday of life, we are
summoned (o mourn his loss. Dul a few weeks
ago his' friends and neighbors at Heading, his
place of residence, gazed with admiration upon
tho erect and manly form of their favorite; to-mor
row they will soo (hat form stretched upon his
lowly bfar, brought baok to (hem for interment
w|lh his fathers by a committee of the House of
Representatives. Ho has, however, left behind
him his character, (ho influence of his example,
and. In his unexpected death, tho admonition that
public honors and oxalted station oan add no
strength to the tenure by which life is hold.
During his illness (typhoid favor) Jttjmd tho
consoling presence of tho partner ofy bis Ifasora,
and.a devoted sister, whoso nttentions to him, day
after day, and \Veek after week, were as assiduous
as it.was possible for the most devoted affection
of the living to bestow upon tho most beloved of
the dying. The warmest and londorost ties have
been severed by his death. Ho has loft a widow
and an orphan boy tomomn his untimely death.
May that .“Doing who tempers the wind to tho
shorn lamb”fproloot |hom against tho “wintry
blasts** of a ooid and heartless world.
Mr. President, I Ifavo’ In my hand resolutions
which I Intend to submit for the adoption of the
. Senate, that wo may unite with the Houso in pay-
Tnus Wisdom.— ‘Enjoy tho blessings of this day,’ | n <, some tribute of respect to tho memory of tho
eaya Jeremy Taylor, ‘if God sends them, ond eofia9fl j. The last ono provides for an adjourn
evils boar patiently and sweetly. For this day only i mon j, |i fa usual to “alrlko our colors” ot each
la ours,—wo arc dead to yesterday, and arc not born rcpoa iod triumph of the “foil destroyer.”
to-morrow!’ . I offer the following resolutions;
Tho Boston ilfuif soys that remain oomposlloriltro Jießo/ved, 1 hat tho li 0 1l a HitNnY 'A* I MoH-i
coming into demand as assistant editor, for coah.ry nounoomont of «ho death of Hon. A, Mutt
papers. Really, this will bo a blessing to tom* WWW. • inf foXcs
country journals tybioh come to us, ths odilofs ,of l ly® B rO P ®
Which are sadly in need of something to makolffam of deep sonslhillly. , r, mJ
more prolific. • Jfcto/cerf, That, tn testimony of respect for his 1
Jokes Never Die. —Jokop are immortal. Capital
or shocking, they survive ilia most studied speeches
of orators, Iho profoundost papers of statesman. If
some antediluvian editor Iroalod his readers to ono,
wo da not holiovo (hat all ilia waters of the flood
could drown it. A good joke now-a»days. goes to
help (o digest iho roast bool' and cherry puddings of
a thousand families. It makes the circuit of the
ocean, steams over tho ocean, skates on tolograpliio
wires, tunnels, mountains, rides expresses, excites the
risibles of armies, and of evening circles, makes
many merry, and harms no ono. Verily, a good joke
lls a great think, and a bad one is abominable. Lot
I jocose people bewas.
Juvenile America. —in President Allen's lecture
before Iho Mercantile Library Association, in Boston,
on Monday evening, ho alluded‘to Young America
in tho following stylo i 'Our children show oxlrsurdt*
nary preooctiy. The Miss drops the bib in tho
ovoning, and dons the bodice in tho morning, and
tho hollo makes but a single jump from the cradle to
the col lllion, from pup to tho polka. Tho boy—but
we havo no buys now—young gentleman is the word
—feel insulted if ho Is mol in (ho street, and pel
called 'Mister.' lie goes frorp the baby cap to the
beaver, and in a twinkling frum peanuts to politics.
I llu finishes his education at 14, goes into business at
18, marries at 20, and Is bankrupt at 21.'
.DEATH OF HON. HENRY A. MUHLENBERG.
. tHon. Hrnry A, Muhlenceoq, Member of Congress'
ffoCrlho Borks county District of this State, died
of Senator Brodhead, in Washing*
Monday evening the 9lh insl. Ho had
,t»spjhiyfjPg ill for some time, although his friends
hldfl&mg hopes of his recovery. Mr. M. was a
lnto Honry A Muhlenberg, was a man of
and groat energy of character, and if
detftp had not col him down at an early ago, would
hojq&lht have taken high rank among the statesmen
This Is a groat loss to Pennsylvania,
to his native county of Borks,
thojhwad of hlp.childhood, and (ha scone of his early
qsc|ii{ije9P,‘ On Tuesday; the lOih Inst., Mr. Brod*
tho- death of-Mr. Muhlenberg in
.thtt: &ina,lo,7ih feeling*.land.clgquonl terms, while
flirts. Drum, Dawson and Straub performed tho
Baoiomolonoholy duty’ in.ljio House of Representa
tives, -Wo subjoin tho remarks of Senator Bnoo-
UCADit
*X*& eßßa ff° was received from the House of Rep-
by W. Forney, their Clerk, communi
calftjg to llio Bonato Information nflho death of (ho f
HdnA»ENitY A. MuiiLENDERG.a member of ihoHouso '
frbHl tho Slate ofPonnsylvnnia, and the proceedings 1
oflM House of Representatives iheroon. j
jilr; BRODHEAD. Tho melancholy event of!
which' tho tttCßSngo from liio House of Rcprescnla-1
lives gives us official notice is of painful interest in I
this Capitol, B.nd especially in Pennsylvania. To 1
mo^pOrso^illl^U'is a grout affliction, for the do. 1
cease,d typVpiyTricnd in tho true sense of tho term,
tfietlby.Jlrhkb n U‘the hour of need. I was much ]
with'mnVdtiring his protracted and fatal illness.— ;
Ho br«t»lKi(tl?his lasi at my rosidonco last evening,
at q’clock ; ond I can now hardly corn,
man'd my feelings and arrange my thoughts in a
manner proper for this occasion. ;
Thb’name of Moin.ENDF.no is intimately associ jlod 1
with (ho history of Pennsylvania ; and, 1 may add,!
with that of this country and government. Upon
llio records of (ho old Continental Congress, and ,
Upon iidarly ovory page of the history of our Rcvol. t
ulion»ry struggle, it can bo found. For more than
nno hundred yocrs tho family has been conspicuous |
in everything oalcululcd to advance tho cause of
roligluh, of loiters, and of good government. |
Tho groat grandfather of the deceased, an cmi.
ond divine, settled, at nn curly day, in
Pennsylvania, then an almost unbroken wilderness,
and welt earned .tho name of the Father of tho Las
lharan Church in America. His three sons, one ,
tho gland father of tho deceased, wore educated for I
the sumo profession ; but (ho difficulties with our I
mother country oamo on; their country's agony I
called them'' from tho temple and tho alter to tho!
council-board and tho camp; 'they wielded their pens j
and lbolr,,g’it{ordrio their country's cause, and be
came Um associates of Washington, Franklin, Jof
fursoiVUVayno, and Greene, and rendered good sor |
vice over almost every part of the revolutionary
contest. Tho battle-fields of Brandywine, Gorman-1
town, Stony Point, ami llio scigo of Yorklown, attest 1
i their heroism. . 1
} Tlio father of tho deceased, although ho lived In
' mure peaceful v\mo«, wu scarcely tattdiilingaUUod.
During the whole of General Jackson's presidential
term tuVwas a representative In Congross.'rfJojWas
a'slafifttoan without the aria of (ho domdgoguiPlr
wise IVifpuncil and resolute inaction. ’Such'n.man
jsoaldiaftLXuOo attract tho alloijtion ofiProsldopt
' V/dwi>
(boy cunßcqaenl)y, persunBr r aiffi' l pd)ltlflsl
friend*. Ho was r 'sQbsequcnlly,~our minister (o (lie
Court of Austria i 'end, on hie return, was nominat
ed as tho democratic candidate for governor of
Pennsylvania, Ills native Stale. His friends respon.
ded to bis nomination in a way (hat demonstrated
their confidoncd in tholr chosen cliiof, but ho was
t stricken uown with the banner in his hands, and
Idled but a short lime before the election.
! His son, llenut A. MuiiMt.vDßna, my deceased
I friend, not desponding upon the fame and fortune
I left him by his ancestors, as is 100 often tho case in
' this country, thought it his duty to mako himself
i useful in his day and generation, and lay in a largo
' stock of reputation on Ills own account. Ho puss
cnbcd the qualities of head and heart to enable him
to do it. He wss honest and industrious, sagacious
and patient. Although a man of self reliance and iron
will, (essential Ingredients In the composition of a
loading mind,) his pretentious never exceeded his
real merits. Ho was tho most fearless person I ever
knew in the discharge of duty. Uo never sougnl
security from censure by prudent silence or time
serving neutrality. And groat as wore (ho quali
ties otitis mind, (hoy were fblly equalled, if not
eclipsed, by thdso of his heart. Thousands through
out the country, and some of (bo members of this
body, who have shared his hospitality, will attest
tho trull) of this remark. On my way to this place
I was a guest for days, with my family In his lioa
pliable mansion.
Although but about thirty yoara of age, bo had
mado himself a man of mark. H« was an accu
rate and well read lawyer; an energetic & thorough
man of business, connooting himself with every
enterprise calculated to advance tho prosperity or
give employment to tho labor of his native place.
Ho had distinguished himself as a member of our
State Senate, in which ho served for throe years,
and was then elected a member of tho present
Congress by tho same “old Berks” district, so
long represented by his father; and oamo horc, at
tho opening of the present session, to onlor upon
tho discharge of his duties in this great arena of
national concern. But, aUsl how little Uo we
know that which wo arol how leas what wo may
bo!
meraory, the members and officers of the Senate
.will wear crape on the left arm for the space of
thirty days.
Resolved , That, as a further testimonial of re
spect for the memory of the deceased the Senate,
will now adjourn.
An Imperial Bedroom,
T he Paris correspondent of (be Alirror of JFhth •
ion gives the following account of the bedroom of
the Empress Eagenie, at the Tuileries, having
It previous to her Majesty’s recent return from
Fonlainbleau. We copy it by way of a sugges
tion for those who cultivate imperial splendor and
luxury on the rich metropolis of the new world:
“The upholsterers have furnished it with ai
magnificent sky blue silk Unturt along the walls,!
which Is fixed by gold frames, in the style of!
Louis XV. Tho arm chairs, chairs, sofas, and I
lounges are of the same stylo and like silk. As'
I for the bed, all made with gilt carved wood, It is
covered with a eouvrepieda of Malinelace, and the j
curtains, of blue silk and lace, are hung down all!
around it, In the samp manner as the old beds of
our grandmothers. The carpet is also of a blue
, color, and so thick that one would take it for a
ibear skin. It was made at Aubusson, expressly
! for the place in which it lays. Tho ceiling of the
i room was painted by Mr. Bresson, and it repre
sents a group of geniuses throwing flowers from
j rich baskets. Tho painting is so well done that
, no one could believe that the figures are not alive.
ln short, this magnificent bedroom is tho ne plus !
,u//ra of riches and elegance. But whut are tho!
. dreams under those laces V’ \
A Situation,
Twoyoung officers were travelling in the fur
West, when they slopped to take sapper at a Rina[l
road side tavern, kept by a very rough Yankee
woman. The landlady in a calico son bonnet, and
bare feel, stood ol the head of the table to pour out.
She inquired of her guests 'if they choose Jong
sweetening in ihoir cofloo 7' The first officer sup
posing that 'long sweetening' meant a largo portion
of the article, chose it accordingly. Wlml was his
dismay when he observed llio hostess dip her finger
deep down into an oarthorn jar of honey that stood
near her, and then stir it, (her finger) round in tho
coffee. Hts companion seeing this, preferred ‘short
| sweetening.’ Upon which the woman picked up a
largo lump of maple sugar that lay in a brown pa
per on (he floor beside her, and biting off a piece
put it into his cup. Both gentlemen dispensed with
coffee that evening. This anecdote we hoard from
tho sister of ono of those officers.
Work for 1854.
| Tho Now York Sun, speaking of tho questions
' awaiting solution (ho present year, cuts out the fol
lowing work for Congress. The job is rather nn
extensive one, and involves many intricate questions:
First, Tlio Railroad to tho Pacific.
, Second , Thu annexation of tho Sandwich Islands.
Third, Tlio Question ol Cuban Independence.
Fourth, A now settlement with Mexico, including I
thfe'McsilU Valley and Tehuantepec disputes, and j
Santa Anna’s Imperial pretensions.
Fifth, The practical assertlon'ind vindication of
tho Monroe doctrine against British colonization
schemes in Central America.
Sixth, Opening:*!,© Valley of tho Amazon to Amor*
ioanlradoopd enterprise,
I Besides these ifioro afo ptircly local qubstioos df
groat intoh3|t, Such as Tariff* Amdndment, Nsvbl/
( Reform, Public Land Distribution, Cheap Postage,]
Increased Ocean Steam Mail Communication. Fo>J
mation of Now Territories, Mint in Now York, &c. I
Tho ensiling dialogue will remind bjir rodders ofj
(ho colloquy which onco found a place in this pari of
our Magazine, embracing an inquiry as to who was |
the father of Shorn, Ham, ond Japhot, and a familiar 1
illustration of *‘Mr. Smith’ and hia throe sons, John, '
James, and Joseph ; {
*La&i Sunday, I was endeavoring to explain to ono i
of my Sabbath school scholars, a boy of six or seven {
years of ago,-tho manner in which the sinner, being j
clothed wilb UiC.rlghloousDOss of Christ, became no- 1
copied by God- ‘Now, Tim,'said I,‘what color is
that w all 7‘ I
• While, sir,' ho replied. i
'But took through those green spectacles, and what
color does it appear 7'
'Green, sir.'
‘But is the wall really green, or docs it only seem
so because you are looking through a green glass 7'
'll is while, and only looks green from the spec
tacles.’
'Very well, now. Just so with God and man.—
Aro not all men sinners ?’
•Yea. sir.’
‘And doesn’t God hate sin ?'
4 Yes, sir.’
'Well, now, if God looks at us through (ho par
factions of Christ, how will wo appear V
'Orecn, sir.’
A Sister’s Influence. —‘l was drunk once,' said 1
a young nun to us tho other day, 'and I shall never
forget it. la company with several jovial follows, I
was induced to drink freely and by the lime I got
homo, 1 scarcely know where I was of what 1 was
doing. 1 was pul to bed. and how long 1 laid there
I do not know ; but whun 1 awoke my sister was
silting beside mo engaged in sowing. Tho moment
hoc eyes fell on my taco she hurst into a flood of
tears, arid wept as if-hor heart would bionk. Over
whelmed with shame for my conduct, 1 then form
ed a resolution that 1 would never got drunk again.
IJtavo adhered to it tor sumo yours and 1 mean ii.'
OCJ* A Western editor of a country newspaper
thus announces iho acquisition, in his domestic cir
cle, of two “fair, fat and nourishing" babies :
“firing out the brass band,and pluco its nuisost
members on tho highest pinaolo of Iho lion coop!
Sound tho loud horse fiddle, und let (ho nation re
joice; for ono oflho humblest citizens of the Cum
monwcallh hath boon justly exalted over his coin
poors, and W« have the honor id bo that fbrtunate
and meritorious individual. Still wo aro not proud :
wo yot speak to our neighbors, occasionally : but a)
tho same time it must bo admitted that wa fool sev
oral Inches tailor than wo did a week ago !"
(j~7* An Irishman who was busily engaged in
swooping the flour of a grocery store up (own, a few
days sinco, was interrogated us follows :
( I say, Pat, what are you doing there? swooping
out (ho room 7'
'No!' exclaimed Pa. I'm swooping out tho dirt
and leaving tho room.'
A day or (wo ago a Quukoi and a hot headed youth
woro quorepiing In the street. Tho broad brimmed
Friend kept bis temper most equably which loomed
hut to Increase (ho anger of tho other.
‘Follow,’said tho latter,'l don’t know a bigger
fool than you aro,' finishing thw expression with an
oath.
‘Stop, friend,’ replied the Quaker, 'thee forgoUeil
thyself.' _
A tippler called at ono of the Now York Ilololit
and asked for a room with four beds in it. Ha said
he usually retired so drunk, that ho could 00l find
tho bod, unless there was ono In each corner.
Tho editor of ono of two rival newspapers in a
villogo out West, boasted that bo had just obtained
a font of new typo. To which lha other retorted
'Why wo procured oars a long ihrto ago !' *
Tho fountain in iho wilderness of life, where
man drink, of water totally nnmljwd with biller
no.9, la dial which gushed for him In (he calm
.and ahady racesflea of domaaticlifa.
IT S 3 DO P'EIS 4NWPII
The Oldest LAWtetu—"We ffie
“Death of the Oldest Lawyer.” Ho> V>l4'tte
was, wo cannot say-—but we always thodlftil
“The Oldest Lawyer” was what is probefifriffl
ed “The Nick of Time.” v r i
The Russian Loan.— The Sultan has dwpsloh
ed a member of oonnoil to Paris to negotiate “a
loan.” We very much fear that he will find
himself “alone” in the undertaking.
A scientific.hair dresser is about to favor (ha
ladies with the discovery of a wonderful daw
pomraade, which, he guarantees, will preterit thb
bonnet falling off the head.
Visitors at Niagara Falls will remember a stair*
case on the west aide of Goat Island, called the
“Biddle Staircase.” Some one asked a friend of
oors why it was called by that name, wßeddnao
, it wound up the bank,” was the answer.
“In all labor there is profit.” Trub 5 bni who
reaps itl Verily the printing business Was ntt
known when that idea was started.
A follow out of health went to Saratoga (opfck
up a Utile, and picked up enoagh to send him 1b
the Stales prison for three years. Thai isrfeoruU*
ing with a vengeance.
Wo wind up a watch in order io set it going,
but when we hear a merchant speak of “winding
up” his affairs, we arrive at the conclusion that
ins time has come or more properly, that hb hfes
slopped.
“ ’Tis strange,” muttered a young man, da he
was staggering home from a supper party, («boMb
evil communications corrupt good manners. l*Vfe
been surrounded by tumblers all the evening. end
now I’m a tumbler myself.”
“My brudders in inffliclion,” said a colored
preacher, “in all your troubles dar is one place
whar you can always find sympathy.” “Wharf
Wharf” inquired several of his hearers, “In
de dictionary,” replied \ho preacher* ftllh a big
grin.
The Portlander says that the reason Vvby the
Vermont and New Hampshire boys are so (alt, Is
; because they ere in the habit of drawing them*
selves up so as to peep over the mountains toedb
j the sun rise. It is a dreadful stretching work*
: It is said that printed declarations, wilhiilaDk
forms, are to be kept by young ladies yeho-baTe
lovers 100 modest to propose. The ladies them*
solves fill up ihe blanks; and of oonrseiiOißhhilblo
men can refuse signing them. 1
I If the girls would spend as much lithe With
j encyclopedias os they do with milliners, Ihby
I would soon find their heads as attractive fed theft
| bats.
Habiis, which to young men are like ihfdifli
of silk, so lightly are they worn, Soaobn htbkftiV
hang on old limbs as if time had stiffened them
: into gyves of iron.
Johnson says that the greatest magiolanb of the
ago are the paper makers. -They UaDsfoita ibh
beggar's rags into sheets for editors to lie on.
- No woman ban i)0 hcndfiomo by the force of
features alone, any raoro than she, can be Witty
; oil lc(i by Iho noso withgold. ~ ■,•,■. . ,
j If dull weather affects yoe, marly soma /warm
hearted girl, and raalte eunshlnb for yourself.
It is only shallow-minded proKmdofs Who otUt
mabo the humblest origin, matter of personal, re
proaoh. Taunt and scoffing at the humble oondl
lion of early life alfodt nobody in this country
hot thoio who are foolish enough to Indulge in
them.
In the bottle discontent soaks for comfort, cow
ardice for courage, and bashfolnoss foroonfidenOe.
Assumed qualities may oatch tho affections of
1 60(no, bul ono mast possess qualities really good,
jlo fix iho heart.
Affliction is the good man’s shinlngscene; pros
perity conceals ins brightest rays; as night to stars
new lustre gives to man.
j A lady at a parly up town, tho other evening,
1 was asked what raado her lips so unusually red,
! and she promptly, tho chaps.
. There is a man in Boston who is suoh a strict
j sectarian, that ho won’t go lo a fire unless the
| alarm is given by the boll on his church.
I I’m sitting on tbo stylo, Mary, as the fellow
said when ho sit down on a bonnoi of the latest
fashion.
Miracles ore not wrought on the challenge of a
blasphemer, more than on the demand of a scep
tic.
A western paper, speaking of a newly elected
Senator, says his ignorance is So dense that the
auger of common sense will bo longer la boring
through it, than it will lake a boiled carrot to bore
< through tho Hoosao mountain.
An old topor was overheard, tho other day, ad*
vising a young man to got married, “because then,
my boy, you’ll have somebody to pull off your
boola when you go home drunk.”
| A dealer in ready made linon in New Vork.
'advertises his shirts and shomizotts under (he
I mclinuous appellation of “Afa/o and Femafo on*
! velopce.” He’ll do.
I .Mrs. Partington eoys she never cared muob
about grand spectacles, or other sights; but there
are two things she would lilio to have sgen—the
innooulation of Frank Pierce end (ho corporation
of Quern Victoria.
The prido of (ho heart is the attribute of honest
mon; pride of manners is that of fools; and pride
of birth and rank is often tho prido of dupes.
Mock Turtle. —Calling a husband “ray dear’*
in public, and “you brute” in private.
Ban.—An article in which wo sleep and pass
a happy part of our lives, and yet one Which we
never wish to keep.
Ai Cork, n bill atlokor, roconlly, in postlpw
some bills relallro lo purgatory, stuck one dybri
railway announcement, which, at a little distant*
road—“Heduued faro to Purgatory,” ;
1 am glad you are going to stay hora to teW'lbW
afternoon, sold a little boy to a lady VlsttW ofhl*
maternal patent. “Why so, my boy t «’Cavtss
to°ioa " B,S 881 1,01 ° ak ° S Wl * en lhor# ’*
Tho follow who onta hia dlnimwllfi thofoYkof
Made r * 80p0tally car,<)B I,is “». eat ’witli,n,slrauldm
-
Complacency is a coin by tho aid of Which «)|
tho world can for tho want of essential moans nay
his club bill in society, it is necessary* finally,
thnt it may lose nothing of its merits to asdooUte
Judgment and prudence with it.
Exquisite boanly resides with God. Unllysnd
simplicity Joined together In different organs; «>4
tho principal sources of beauty. *lt resideslo (he
good, (ho honest, and tho useful, to the highest
physical and intellectual degree.
NO. -ft.