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" vr.c,nr.:i JUB F»BWS 4USO.V., :
Snccciiedb r nie'ioll , y;bM'fnwor’'\* : ;
Who«ingsnnhetgtor_fhoplengti, ,
¥ho monarch efbroWotaa fwcsi, . . ~ ,
■'STIs only toDod Wmay-bow i,,.., , ; ~, ,
ll6lasnrtly> : fonunMoro)lo)Vi. -
Ue raises Wit brend'epd his cheese, ..
And thohgh herd summer, ;
lurrinter he lives nt his <MO._' , _ ~
When the oitllt Witter J» broken, • - •
■ And spring cbmos tcfeladdon'mid bless I.
When the flocks id tbo,mc»doiv ore spoiling,;
.And the robbln is biilldmghernest—.... ;
tflid rannerwalks tbrtb. to his labor, _ .
And ninily and Arid Is his tread,
As ho scatters tils seed for .(he har vest,
That yields <9 Ihqnallons their broad.i ■
Ills banka are all chained bj*.nature,
Ihelc credits, «fo snrojv]»/V t.
His clerk* übvcr'slppo >y||h deposits*. j u
Pursued by the curse of the poor.'
Uis stocks are (lie .best in the market, ,
His shares are the shares ordlis.pldilgh}
They bring tho bright g .Id to J>|s cpflera,.
And pleasure and health to hi* brow.
TVhen his crops are All gathered and sheltered,
Wheh liis cattle rro snug in the fold,
Hositshlmsolf down bj’-lils ffresldo,'
And l.uighs at.thp,tempest.arid fcoldi i"
A stranger to pride, and ambition,.
Ills duty ho strives 16 fultll/ ' \
Determined, whatever bcltdcblln, I '/' 1 -K;i
To let tho world jog as It will. *•
Ills (fust is fti Him who haa w glve»v* 1 * * •' '
The seasons, tho min ;
ffbo ha* promised “aebrftllmo'and harvest,”,
•So long aMhe earth'shall remain, ' •' ' ‘
And if from bis duties die wonder,
Led on by bis ffpnjimms U;;■ -„r
Through life and its changing,relations, . v
God’s providence fol|o\vs litni’"slljl.
Blsrjllnitemis: :
A RACE FOR! X.IFE : 1
i STEEPLE- CIUSE M TUG PIUiniES,
The first of June, 1849 ! Seven years ago!
HoWstrangcr tlian.flclion'it'secinß that'on this
seventh anniversary of that eventful day, after
iravcrsing.nlt ihcyicisSilpdenpfcjcperienco, af
ter boxing stormy .sea. pad
shaking, hands with every extremity qC fortune,-
I should - be 8 oted'at last in ‘this quiet little
sanctum; the hum of lha£ mighly.city,’ which
was* then' the gonl of till our hopes around mp
tho’vrild - freedom of’ihqjiliimitabld prnjncs'iii
clmnged /of'ftic coniines of a dingy qfflce ; ; my.
snorting'chnfger diKcardccl,r6f. this old- arm
chair ; c ,tlic h.-idge of the pioneer. laid aside for a
more peaceful weapon, .this .‘gray goose.quill.’.
Tt Wftft’onlhiaday seven years .ago,., Eighty*
five,p[ s .uß. l iVeary wanderers over '.thc/trocklcss
Vn\)yu». wrerp, day after flayand- month* after:
.month toiling onward,lo ; Huh: land of gold;
I whoso lofty sierras and summer, plains- have
r to (hcirclcnial cmbracesomany
ihat^Uahiyouthr t il_l»n|jd, • It was
Sunday hi the wilderness? tlie’nmpons'nll *cok--‘
railed'qrr (he; battles-’of tho 'Littleßlue,’ Mjc
toil worn moles : iscQttend' around;'joyfully
cropping thfegrastf tmdcrthcwntcl.fnl viglfnncc
of the guard. Some of the parly werebathing
in the dear stream, ; s6uiq opoKing, I ,mending
clothes, washing,’ lounging. or’smokiiig;. nnd,
nil enjoying 10/thc full n. glorious aunshmyday
of rest and indolence., when some evil genius
possessed tpowith a ; sudden.desire,to bathe
first of.the,;parly to slay the long cxptcUd
•buflalo,’ an animal,we bad not.yct encountered,
b t which now begun to bo »ho constant theme
of conversation-one! conjecture; Several of the
boys were hunting turkeys in (be* margin of
timber which skirted the river, so that when T
saddled eft) mystecdl and; with rifle ftt-my sad
dle-bow, started ©lit to the northward, the few
who obsened’ iriy*dopnrlurc exchanged sly
wink* at my probable disappointment, but nev;
er dreamed of.tho thiillipjj adventure that Lwas
s > rashly rushing iqlo,.
Although Vre knew .that we,were about, Il;o
coniine's of ibcJPavVhco-Tcrritqncs, anil bail in*
deed been,warned;by, a convoy, of trappers,
whom wo hidmct .bt|t a few days previous, re-,
turning from their distant, wintering ground in
the mounUins, that war parties Were put, yet, -
wnfident inrOtir end the entire innbilr
ll rofTmr nfiprecticcd eyes to detect any traces
oi them, we had attributed the well meant
r ! tn '8 oP Ihfcold mountaineer,s mtiicr .to n
•h i *^ B, biOugering-tbah Anything else. 1
ftwßc wild Bedouins of Uio
JTV. r < ’Li W ? loni heard so;much, tut had
ns 3 vt laued to see. •
V* 6 beautiful undulating and.
v ~iij 350 m
i!!, tho s‘fi t-n-5 /dr nny.jndica
aions of too object of cpy desires,- hut though I,
eagcaly scanned.tho hortzarr’oa I ; proceeded,not
*living thing wqt my except a, few antc
lopcs, whoso .wary coulion and quick' pCrccp- ,
tion rendered them impossible to -approach up-*
the open prairies, *•
Far as tbo vision could reach, nouglit but a
monotonously* tthditlaiiug surface of gently
•Helling and naked hills, covered only by the
outlaw grafts end flowers of every hue, extended
towards tho. fair horizon,,
f'J® blno sky of 'summer kissed tho dls
•nt hills glowing ln‘ the fresh verdure of the
-Wrincmg season. 1 ■; * ,
Struck with Uiq voiceless solitude of tins qn
vwden desert, Xryde slowly along, Iszilv nm
?nK pn the strangO; vicissitudes which so sud»
*5)7 translated mo from pollcgo balls to, this
r and had almost imperceptibly pi*;
JW fiomo seven or eight inilcs between me and
Jftmp. whani far in the distance, directly in
mo; I discerned a column of dust;
322% 52- 1 .WPMrf* tho loit&dc-
JE*^ ald * romance and refleq
u* - Iheardor of the hunter took possession
.hastilyloojMng roy. pistols and
an( t K fonvani/ncvcrjloubjjng
®»»»tlm°nT rtll ' nilJ ' 80 “ rdo^lly “voted wol
W-JStoK.doyri 11,0 nil mid m* 1 the/nlor-
Jl"fv ,, 'oy. 1 I “M another gently swelling ;
ie>in ,i!‘°f™' 1 -* 0 ' ""' I 08 1'gnlncd tliO unmtait:
of dual met my gatO, i
elMcli" coifsidcrably. nearer, end, es J
WlveniV^^i■ l lj.K', >twasrgn. :
Htsiinfi"?. 0 !.. , 1 keg 0 ! 110 , aWeern llid ’
ohscurfi? b &‘ ol) .K'o |s 'B>™nittig out from Its I
tho looked less, hko.butlhio. -As 1
a Jtet, wtißlcvce it might ,bq continued to ;
notX* V 1 IsWlw holler vicir, end was I
a°anß°- S.L" ont “ i’anii.of nidnatcd' In'- 1
Unp^’a.^ l, aow-while 'Shicldfi and iurnished l 1
™cc-hcada gleaming blightly in tho morning i
n»« l '*j, , il l0 'v c Ver, I, scarcely tliought of ;
PirtvnrrJ 111 ';, 08 ” 1 ‘ t h| igid ho some liunllng
•I an rottawatomics or Sioux : and; 1
>»v , r ‘°l v ‘ n E iho mottle nud power of i
retreat at plcasuro. I i
l l s . tneurred no great risk by waiting for ]
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i BY JOHN B. BKATTON.
VOL 43^—^
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“JT 1 -totoh-ylrtHdta;- "• Gradual^ 1
c *l j “ flse - it the’ prairie, they
from 1
53w7 )88,^4 8 W cohcpplcrri,6llo|, ind f
«c ii 8, n^ ln *'°ld rchcraghinst the sky
as they siu'nioiinltrkfomc'prmll.neht'riaKC.
•i „ ,I ll ® l 1 *^ cll "ll'fl(a'irCC wflu'dimiuitUKd to
Icss.tlian a qiiarter of-a mile, ntut-thinking n
roarer acquaintance. undesirable.’ Illumed my
jibrscs howl lyiih.oyiipv: of,riding -moderately
towards the 'enthp, tilt they should ‘mrinifos'l
s ?!?, e Pni-at'chid; tehchr-imagine the
chill of ( horror tyliich: curdled'my blood, as I.
saw two smaller parlies in. my rear, galloping
together-from-cither side (o’cut off my rclreat,
and heard the terrible yell Which all three rais
' Ll 88 f wild mnnccuyrc discorer
' lfl e ,rL . ur iclence would be useless.
f , Whilst the tniin'-body h*d contlnut-d to at
- tract my attention, by advancing conspicuously
towards mo; thced tttVpartwa b’ad'taken ad
vantagO; of- rtj-e; ; *al
tipica nad conccalcd w thcm temporarily from
view, to diverge, and by a f'wfde'oircnit. attain
hiy rear. I. greenhorn that ! was, never dream*
ing of this common Indian stratagem, while
Blupirtly-'rdgardirg the first and 'oirlj objtdf
wbicli attracted, my gale., - The two intercept
, pQities -were rnpfdlj’’ £ortvergirig Inwards
tljc line of my. re.lreat, and were already’within
a quarter of a mile of each other, while I was
no more than half IhqdistnM from the centre.
The main body, with w fearful nboop, dashed
on to CTOscmefn.’ ■ * 4 *’ ‘ ' ' 1
;My horse was fleet opd ti;oe..bnrhc Was also
travel ivorft.apd; fntlgticd. - Hoxvlobg fcblild he
dislanbc those wild coursers o! the desert, even
iTI escaped the imnitdiatodangcr ? But there
was no time Indeliberate... Nownr never was
the chance. ’Another rhoment would bo 100
hvtc. Grasping my rjfld“wilfi a finner clutch,
and reassuring.,with . cnrrcssipg words the
frightened steed.' who alone could save me from
a |iorrihTs.‘fftte.‘’b,tjWdo :ti b’old'idash for the in*
tcrval which still separated the detatchcd par
ties. fmd. vypTf which Ihfcy ,wcrq'naprdly closing;
Noolylhb gallant animal responded,to*the
call. {ct'rprat theVildshouts'
of, our pursuers, trembling in every limb with
the intensity oMnij-exertionSi he-flew-over the
ground. nntP>nh the UcetposS wf theWiml.’bc
dnshed between the approaching hordes, within
d hundred yards of ns on cjlHcr hand.
‘.-jWiih the epergy ofdtspafrCT grasped the
saddle with my kneefc, and bent forward to as
sist his flying; chursO.-V; On, 1 dn.'towards the
only hoikof.MfclyV yoiling .demons hard
upon our tracks; their blankets and. fincry.Uf
login the wind, nnward"Wo speed;'pursuers
and over: ,tho broad,expanse of that
pmitip dccait- , .
.; Soon the ftcolncss and blood of my American
courser began to tel! oh the enduring but slow".
tnustpvgs. ofj the Indians. ,• Some of
fhfe worst mounted-were grndlinlly-'dropping to'
the rear, and after rtmning two or three miles
they wero strung out in a long line behind me.
Gradually I-'slackened my speed', for I well
knew that the bottom and endurance of Indian
b.o'rscs, accustomed to traverse - Immertsc dis*
fauces at a single stretch is almost Wltho'ut lim-
it. ond many a long mile was still bi-fore" us.—
Again tlicy'wmilil diniiluiih- thc dislancc, and
ngain I was oLligcd to urge my jaded stced r to
lus best cflons.
n ’ But 1 was beginning freer, the
first startling rnlnrm was. over, half the dia-
I?*’??- ~i n % JXtaiqy gnllant.criy,
coitJa. but tnomtaiu bis Jreniqndoii^exertions"
biit foMr miles inoro I was safe..,. Onoe.fti sight
of.cnm'p prudence q( my' .wild purs»>cra
Woifld glnncc but once nt tho r/ghti*. American
rifles which would, gleam frp;q behind Our
>vngon wheels.
Si I dtsccndlng a-long; but-gtnllc inclina
tion towards a broad IqyVl depression in.the*
praivic which spread out abouto *opplcofhun
drtd yards Wide nt its base. ' My 'savage pur
suers wn-e for ; cv moment out of sight ochind
.the ridge I hod crossed. I reached the foot of
the hill rit ! Tull* speed ; my steed plunged for
ward on what seemad hard ground: and, 0.
despair! sank to his belly.in .a treacherous
swamp! Ah! can the gathering years ot nil
futurity ever-blot from my memory the
spairof that awful moment 1 - How for this
seemingly Impassible, harrier extended up and
d6wh thu rivulet which divided it. I could .not
guess. A terrible yell burst-from the exultant
warriors as they appended Ofch'lhc crest of the
ridgo and recognized the dilcpiintt-they had-(oo
truly anticipated) ' ;
Terrible fears chilled my blood. In that
. brief moment,.ns the wild Ravages, came charg
ing ddwn the hill,tumultuous thoughts of home
and friends; mingled with tho.bright anlicipa
lions.’ as long'clienshtdl of a‘golden future in
the land of‘promise; coine thronging in wild
vonfusion through my teeming brain,." There
wnS one hope left, desperate ns it seemed { but
there was no‘ time for*;Uvlibcralion, no oppor
tunity 1 for choice. Resistance was madness.—
Iwns hcmmcd In on every side but one.—.
Straight ahead was my only chance, t might
flounder end, at alt 'events Suftbention
or capturein (hq bog was noworsethan in
ptadtnnreiis destruction where I was. • # -
.Dashing the rqwcls into tbo frcmbling ani
mal,-I mdcll/- urged'him forward.’ The soil
though covered With gross and apparently firm
gave way at every step. • Ploughing Ins way
by gigantic tflorU, now for • an instant raising
hiuisuf.porno harder spot, then smking’to
hla saddle-girths, urged, by my . frantic exer
tions, terrified to phrensy by the appalling
yells ■'of the rapidly approaching enemy end
the shots which began to whistle around ua.
the:hoblc animal toiled gallantly on and gained
Ihe'flrm bank just as tho dusky forma of my
aursuers; infuriated at the 1 possible loss of
iplr prey, wpre clustering on the opposite side
seeking a favorable spot Ip follow, Their de
liberation fcaycd.mo. It required a strong cop
troll of reason to walk my foiling horse slowly
uti the hill, while tho Indians were floundering
after mo through tlw swamp. But 'I rightly
fudged tbnl a.little breathing.thpp would not
i p„ hint'. ‘ I turned.tin*summit of tho
hill Just ns (h 6 discomfited Indiana were begin
mhg to crawl out from the bog, and again put
ting spurs to imy. Jaded horse once more wo
sprung forward in that;mad mco for*llloor.
death. ; s pmvnfd we rushed, over hills and yal
|cyH, across streams and'ravines, in head-long
and pursued.''‘ - -
The, timber .which-; marked * the -camp grew
morjo and more distant: now for a moment
morp concealed by an, intervening hill, and
again os-wo flew, over its summit rising nearer
and’dearer, to view.'. My. horse was-rapidly,
failing—great 'flakes of. foam" flew from. his.
mouth,' Covered With thud and drenched whh
sweat, ho; Still, hoWdver,■ toiled gallantly on
wnrd, epqrning tho-sod of) tho. prairio with his
flying .hoofin' : But U»o goal waa ; nearly won.—.
Oh | if ho could hold his pace d little longer!
The tireless, inuslangs of the Indians, no match
for his fleet; limbfiu a short stretch, now ex
hSbUcd iih(;)r. wonderful powers of endurance.
Onward; they swept after pa wlthundiromlahcd
filled, their unshorn manes.and. sweeping tails
mingling with; tfjo flowing drapery of tho Wild
flying.out : upon the wind, •. >' t •:
The timber banks of the 'Little Blue,! Which
I hod so eagerly longed for, bad for same mo
ments beep concealed,by a long but gently
swelling oscent, the summit of which I was a'p
preaching. If from hero tho white wsgona^of
.fj
bur chftVshmfH be viiiblc'pvcr! (he ‘unin'ter
rlmtcd pom I should yet raich lhcm.'- H ' ' •
lin i 1 't'! . ntlt ’ t * l4r ' thostriinlcrminablc
l My poor horse was
?£ ’ ft 8 ' • But t 0 cris, ‘ in ' 6 'glii of safe
ly, to be taken m new) of the catap by those
.implacable brail, IcM w°h
these madflanmg’doußlk * I-hcircd the’spot
winch was to decide ,ray.fatc,.and I trembled
will, eagerness fdr the view which might con
sign mo 10-dcapdir..
<l l nc " rr,i another,-bound and
went over, and-flying with faltering steps
doyrn .n.dpngegcntlo, inclination, which) swept
fW ,n to the, longed for
timber, still about a mile ahead. I atraind mV
eyes for indications of comrades: ah'd oh i ran
ture unapcakabie-I far, away, but, di-eelly be
ort’ me; nestling at the base of, the long dark’’
hne of cottonwbod;ih full view of ilia pirating
fugitive, loomed,up) the whllcm’rClt df tents and
wagon tops—dearer to my fonging-gaio Ilian
to the descrt-wom inlgrim-the lofty minarets
ond irmible peaces of Eastern story.-,-,-
i A shout of'triumph (ra’d‘ exultation burst
Irom my lips os I-discovered the welcome settle
and recognized the gate of my deliverance. I
looked baak. One after, pilot her .the savages
came bonmhng-Ovcr'.the ridge ’pressing on
wuh tlio, wild fury of .disappointed rage: But
their practiced eyes' were not slow' to discover
my refuge; tu.d' one; after auoihor pulled iip liis
panting steed »m» gazed. with baffled malignity
after their expected victim. ' •'
■Bu 11 was saved!, ’Covered -with (bam and
sweat my gallant prcseryer -burst into camp,
and, ns I sprang from my saddle into themidst
of my startled comrades, with a of ex,
haastpon, ho sank quivering to the earth. The'
faithful ereatpro liad toiled to Iheiast : he had'
done his beat, his powers were exhausted,' aiid'
yielding at last to ntter prostration,’he stretch
ed ins weary limbs upon the swafd. and I
thought that the last rac’d pf my gallant grey
wtis run. How T nursed him through the tone
night, how I covered h\m with .my o\vti shnre
ql; blanket* and supplied him carvfnlly ami
cautiously .with grass and water, how-T-thidg
td along on foot day after day for tho next two
weeks, and cherished him like d feeble child I
liayonot tlmo ’toUell; bnf’ttUhough many a
m|lo he carried; me in after days over these
dreary deserts, and many a time-brought me
alongside the dying bnlfaio in his mad career,
yet never again did ha riirian eight mile stcc
plc-jehase against the- field,.with fifty uhtaimd
coursers of the desert for his competitors, and
Ully painted warriors yelling in his rear. ‘
UFE •
Ser. Mr. Bc-nchumn, a minister of tho “Lon
don. Wcslbyarr Mission,” recently returned from
a yislt to Africa, npd in ja sketch of the/social
condition of (he negroes inhabiting the Golden
Coast and its vicinity, hb’ furnished a 1 truly iw,
lul picture; thusi‘. •!; . * •
.. aeeteejy has orio, of their barbarous. and
bloody cuatoma been abandoned, from tho curt
Heat period of which wd, know bl them.. Ibey
will-oven pave tbeircbnrt-yard'plncoß, and even
the street* or market places of their villages or
towns willi the skulls of those butchered in tho
wars or ot feabla, funerals; or at aacrillces to
iuo&Rom. ; •.i.,| r ■ , i-
f f Still their wives and sltivga are.buried,alive
• ''‘Jib UlqlP: 'dcccasodrlKuBbEndB-‘ arid --mums.—
•* bfrt ApAhanzon hundred and eighty
of Ms wives were ‘butchered before’ fho arrival
in n(her-TT«ra. Tho ilvlhff'‘wive-* iWoro/huricU
jilivo,' fho
,pofso of muskets, , h-ms', drums, yells, groans
ond scrcOchc* }*the women tnarohod With head
less trunks; -bedaubed thenißulvcs with blood
nud mud. Their victims - mnrehed along with
large Hujvcs passed through their checks; • Tho
executioners struggled tor tpo bloody office,
while the victims looked on and endured with
apathy. They were too familiar with tho horrid
sacrifice to show terror or to imagine It was qot.
ns it should be. -‘Their hands Were chopped mid
then their legs wero-sawed ofT, to prolong the
amusement. Even soroo who assisted (o till
thd graves were then hnbtlcd 'in'ollvo, In order
to add tntho sport °r solemnity of dhooccasion.
Upon the dcoth of tho king’s brother, four thou
sand were thus sacrificed. These ceremonies
are often repeated’,' aild»a hnmlred'slAughtcrcd
at every rchparsal which takes place. .!•>
««At their Tam' > tnßtom3,‘Jlr. Bowditch wit
ncasc(tBpcctaclos:oftth&-mr«t
Evfiy cothfrco or hobto sneriffeed a slave ns
ho qntered tho gate. Heads and skulls formed
tho ornaments lu Hundreds
were sluhi. and tho streaming blood of the''vic
tims was pnngJcd lu one vast pen, with various
vegetable matter, fresh ns well as putrid, toe* m
pose a powerful Fefchic. 1 At these customs the
aanlo scope of butchery recurs.-'-:Tho lung’s ox
eculioner’s traverse (he city, killing all (hey
meet. Tho king, durhig lhd blobdy saturnalia,
ipolccd on eagerly and danced with delight in
hlsjclmlr. . ■
. *< The kingof Dohoncy paves the 1 approaches
to his residence, and prnnmcnls the battlements
ofhls pained’s with the skull* of his victims, nnd
tholgrcat Fefehio tree at Barbary has ifswido-
Htircnding limbs laden with oarcaac3<and )imb*f
Tpe wdnt -or-ChiisfJty Xs‘m> dl«gm6c,'and‘ thd
priests are employed as pimps,.- t Alnrdcr, adul
tery and thlovory nro 60 sins (
Vasilla.—Tho vanilla, - so' much'prized for
its :dollclous flavor, is ,thq.product of o vino
which grows on the top of tho loftiest trees.—
Its leave* somewhat resemble tbqso oftho grape;
the flowers aro red and yellow, and when (hey
fall off are. succeeded ;.by pods, 'which* grow lo
clusters like 6ur ordinary bennsj - green nt first,
they change to yellow, and' finally to a dark
brown. To bo preserved they aro gathered
when yellow, and put' In heaps for a few days,
lo fbnnont. They are afterwards placed-in tho
Sou to dry, flattened hy the hand, and carefully
rubbed with cocoanut ,611, and -then packed In
dry plantain leaves, so as.to confine their pow
erful aromatic odor,. Tbo vnnllltt might ho made
a comjideraWoftrftclo.of trade on tho (Mosquito)
coast, but at present only a few* dozen packages
are exported.' » -
Ancient Inventions.—' there are reasons for
bolloving (hat many nf tho Inventions wo boast
of at the nrcscnt.dsy ar.O' by no means original.
Iron bridges, it waq recently stated In an En
glish work, aro tho exclusive Invention ofßrit-'
fsb artists, whereas It ISiWalMcnpwn that there
was mi iron bridge ot Antioch; In'Syrla, erected
Romo (imo before (ho first'ernsado 1 it had nine
arches, nnd.nt end there wgs & massive
stone towerofanlld ma'soiir)*. Gunpowder, lire
arms, paper ond printing were not now disco
veries in (ho aft* by Europe, but (Upy Jiad (heir
‘origin—so their Is good ground for believing—
In'Chlpn and tho Indio*.' > The murlnor’s coin-
Sabs, also, for which, it Is.assertod, wo aro in
obtod to one of tho Popes, Is believed (0 |i ft vo
boon usod by thfaThoonldans. •‘ ' ’
[p-trvtoo-oN-SouM— A'good Methodls*
minister In (ho Wjrrffcon a Tory small Salary, was
greatly troubled at pno (Imp to got blsmuytorly,
Installment.’ Ho.called.on Ids steward a num
ber bf times but at oaclr time ho had been, put
Ofl*.with somp excuse;. His wants at length be
coming Urgent, jho wont (u his steward and (old
ujni ha inuat have his money,’as his family Were
Buffering for lho.ncoeftftltiofl of life. * >; i
“Money replied the steward* .“'You preach,
lb* humoy.l I'lhbught J’ou preached tor (ho
good of souls I ** ' ‘ ‘
“Soulsl" “l,can’t cut
souls, and if I could. It would fako a thousand
as you aro;tomalcoa'doce'nt m'oal,V' ;i
;“oob qqujtrnr—sur liionr on wnoko.otm codntht.”
r CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1856.
I ne'er on that Mp.lbfftiinpmcnt Lave gazed,,.
But a thousand temptations beset me,
And I've thought that tiie rubles vrlifch raised)
How delightful 'Would bo if you'd—let me.:
Then bo tint so angry Tofwhatl have done, A '
Nor say thnt you've sworn to forget mo j *
They .were buds of temptailott too pouting to
\slmn, , . •'• . ; '•*; •• - ,
And thought that you could cot but—let mo.
When your ,lip,with a whjsper cabin close to ray
’ ..'chock, . J 'j ,■' ‘ „■ , , ‘
Qb) think how bewitching it mot me j
And plain) if iho.eyes Of a Venus coiild speak)
,Youf eyed Seemod to say you would—let mo.
Then forgive tho transgression- and■ bid mo re-
• main,.!: i.' ~r\.
For, in tru(h, lfl you*!! rogrot mo,
TJien, oti, let igo.try tbo again,
l'll do allyou.wiahj if you’ll—la me.
m'DHOWSM PICTOEB-feilK TDE MFSTE
‘The great painter. Ruben's, during bis stay
at Madrid, in ihc’ycar 1626, ; made many ex
cursion into the neighboring parts', and die
following 5a related of him during one of these
excursions: >
There was, In (lie environs of the city, a con
vent inhabited by one,of .ibemost austere and
rigid orders ofraonksj into this Rubens entered
and observed, much to his surprise, in the
choir of the chapel; which Wfta,othcfwisc hum*
bly and even - mcaply adorned-, a , picture which
cvmccd the most superior toknt. '.
The subject of this picture, was' the Death of
aMphk. Every shade, cvciytonch.fipokcoflho’
soul and snMiijje genius .of the painter : and
Rubens, dcHghtcd,. .balled'.his pupils, some of
whom usually artotnpnnted him in his expedi.
lions, ’Alljoimd
with him in expressions of admira
tion. 1 ' 1 ’ ’
•Rut who canbc the avithdpfthls c/ic/dVrt
vre?, cxclairhtd ' Vnh Dyko,, Rubens’ favorite
pupji- / /v.V/ ,l. .. ■.
‘A nniDD hos/cyidcntly bccn.Writtcn beneath
the prunting.'but s(.hie ohc.haa carefully ef
faced iti* replied Tan TliuldcjC
Rebena carved an interview .with the pribrof
the convent, and; at.tbc ohtuionk’s approach,
engtrly Inquired; the name, of .(he artist whose
work so excited his admiration. -
• *Tho no,longcr In the World, re
plied. the '; ‘ f- f
‘Dead!’ exclaimed 1 ‘he is dead.
And did he die'unknown 1 was there no onoaf
,ter ho was gone to give (6 the, world a name
which should havc'.bcch imtnortftl—a name be
fore which even vf'nic' might- bo\y ? And, not
withstanding,’ added the pjcht artist, with a
noble'> prides ‘nolwilbslnndjng.-.my father,.!
am Paul.Rubcpa V.’ v #
At lhis name the palc/aco of the prior Ugh*’
ted up with ah unwonted brightness. His eyes
sparkled’, and the fixed arid .eagfer.look, which
be turned on Rubciis;.Bpbke-of somewhat mdro
than curiosity; but Ihis cxcitohapnfohlylaitcd
for an instant. The monk’s again
cast on the ground, and hishanrfit whldiihebßa
raised to heaven in the m6mcht&f, bnlhusiasra,
•he once'more crossed upon hitf PFeast, and re
pealed— , . - • -•;> , -
• ‘The pointer is no longer hi iTic vrbrhLi ‘ .
OVay ’fcll-ft to hist
cclre though /ate, the glory justly doo i
tohitn-’* ; ■ - j
.And Rubens, Van Dyke. Jacques JonJaens,
and Tan Thuldcn, his pupils, .one might almost
say his Wva/a; surrou'ndsd the! prior. and car
,n«9tly entreated him to name tpo unknown ar
list. , Tho monk A cold prespara
tion trickled from lus forchcaddown nis wrin
kled cheek,.and his lips contracted almost con
vulsively, as though eager to reveal a mystery,
of 'dhc secret of which he alone was master.
•Ilia name! his name!’ repeated Rubens.
The monk mado a solemn gesture with his
hand. v
‘listen 1* said he,,'you have.nnsonderstood
me. I told yon,that the author of this picture
wap no longerjn the world ; hyt Idhl not.mcau
to Bay thht he was actually dead.’ '
•He is,living!’ exclaimed aimpltanconsly Ra
vens and hid pupils. ‘Oh, tell as then his name,
that we may become acquainted with so sub*
lime a genius ” , .
‘Ho has long since renounced- the world, re
plied lhc f prior; calmly; ‘helms entered the
cloister: ho is a monk/ r >f : '•
' ‘A.monk, .my falho-, n Tutmkri* cried'Ru
bens. *OU! tell me in whaticonvcnt; for he
must Icnvcit. WhcnGodmar|cß,A man with
thc;scal of genius, that man'has no right to
bury himself in solitude. God has entrusted
to him a Sublime mission : it’ls lusduty to do
coniplish it. Tell me, then 1 the name of the
cloister where lie is hidden.will bring him
forth, and show him the glory that awaits him.
I flic refuse me, I will obtain on order froraoijr
Holy' tether the Pone for him to return io the
'world, and resume nis pencil/ The Pope loves
roe,* rov father, the Pope would* grant-my re
quest*. ; >* •.* 1 ,-•
can neither tell you his name.* nor .that of
tho convent to which he has retired/ replied
the monk, in n resolute ;
•The Popo will command yoti to do so/ cried
Rubens, exasperated. ' •V v
‘Jjisten to me/said tho prior, ‘for hehrcn'a
sake listen I Do you believe that tins man, bo
fore giving up the world, before bidding adieu
to fortune and glory, had not struggles against
such a resolution ? Do you not feel that ho
must have experienced biufcr.'deccpilons and
cruel disappointments, before lie was brought
to acknowledge that all Into in vanity 7’ said lie,
striking his breast. ‘Ledvo him, .then, to die
pcaccffnly in Chat .which ho has at
length found from (ho wdridaniJUs deceptions.
On tho other hand, your efforts. I am con
vinced, would bo of no (jvail; it is a tempta
tion, I feel assured, ho would resist/ added lie,
crossing himself, ‘for U6d will ; not withdraw
Ilia Help. God who in mercy, designed ip call
him. will; not now chuSo him from His' pres
ence.’ \
•Rut, my father, it la immortality which he
renounces!’. ■ _ /
*My son, immortality is jn
o t f ‘eterntty;*• and tlw prior, pulling bis hood
over, ids lace and slightly lowing, quitted tlic
chapel, thus leaving Rubens no time to press
hla solicitations further.; • 1
celebrated FlcmingyelirC't from tho con
vent with hfs brilliant cortcgoof pupils, and all
returned to Madrid silently rousing on what
had transpired.
Tfio prior Bought hit cell, and throwing him
self (ipon his knees on the straw tpat.which was
his only couch, ho praved long and fervently:
then, gathering togoinOf his pencils, his col
ors, and an easel which was lying on the floor
of h|s doamltory, ho throw them;*!! Into, the
river which flowed beneath, tho window- Ho ■
gaxed for some time trilh & tncalnnoholy smile
upon the water which boro thenf away from
his sight. When they had entirely dlsap
plcortd ho returned onoo morcto kneel* on hla
straw mat before his wooden crucifix to pray.
C 7" No proof or Tciripcrancb-fft man with
his hat ofi' nt midnight, explaining to a lamp*
postjthb political principles of his yarty. '
“ LET, 3115.”
riol’s mist
1. A. Capital Stoat.—The -Hawkeyq ond lowa
/Patriot fc|H» (vjganitßl tewperancoatory./ - •
.Wofi knowing that bU bettcr balf oc'cn*i6a*lly I
took,ft “drop or ao*Mf It oamo In her way, and
nowand then would havoo drop at all events,
ho then endeavored to conceal tho keg from her
by suspending U In the bam, somewhere near
tho vldgo pole..
PEnrvATibx or tub wobd nox-mc.—ln the
oldon time, fires used to 1* made in fho streets
of cities and towns on festive occasions, around,
which tables were-sutout with sweet-bread and
good drink. Generally these occasions wore
seized upon to reconcile-differences among
neighbors, who were brought t-i sit together at
those tables in amity, where before there had
boon controversy j and hence these' fires wore
called good fires, or bon-flres, on aco-mnt of tho
good accomplished'at them. At least so says
old Stow, that veritable chronicler.
Dcceptiov. —“Well, if tin* ain’t mean I”
said a disappointed pickpocket, »* here’s this
fellow been again about with this hero yollcr
chain, and when I pulls It out, thoro’a no watch
on the end of It. Tbo conduct of those flashy
dorks is enough to break (ho heart of a poor
fellow Hko mo, who has to depend on bis trade
for a honest livin’l”
man, klllinghogs, became vexed, and,
venting ids spleen, wished they were in h—U.
••Oh, dear me I what can ho mean!” exclaimed
a little girl, who heard him. “ Mean I I sup.
pose tho awful wretch wants his provisions sent
on beforehand.”
’OS’* Habits aro ns easily caught as «y«fler
birds.” Lot a circus arrive m town, and in less
than a week half tho boys In town will bo throw
ing sumorsotts, and breaking their nnclts over
an empty mockoral barrel.
Gralilnde.
A Welshman coming late to an inn,
Asked of tho maid, “what meat , (hero was
within?” .
“Cow heels,” she answer’d, “and a breast of
mutton.”
But quoth Uio Welshman, “since I am no glut*
ton, •
Either of ibese shall serve--to-night tho breast,
The heels at morning; then light meats arc
best.” • ‘
At night, ho toofc the breast and did hot pay.
At morning, ho took his heels and ran aiyay.
Ip-Wlso men say nothing In dangerous
limes. Tho lion called tho sheep to ask, her if
his breath was unpleasant, sho raid : “Aye ;”
he bit-off her head for ,b foot.’ * Ho colled the
wolf pad asked him, ho eadU “No bo tore
him in pieces for n flatterer. At lasi ho called
the fox and asked him. “Truly,” said the lat
ter, “I have caught a cold and cannot smell*”
. * is a singular fret that a woman can
not look from a precipice , of 1 any magnitude
without becoming dizzy. But what is still
more singular, tho dimness departs the very
moment somebody path foia arm’ around her
waist, to “keep her from frilling.’? Queer, isn’t
fey* ‘What is tlio difference between a young
girl And Art old hat ) Merely a dUlcrenca of
t has feeling other haaftlt*
tty* Ex*Goveroor ’ John ''Bigler ami futqily
leavp for California da tbcXSlh prox. ’
I { fp ‘ 'iiA ' ' jtfyj rSik&J
'Jr 'w .4
GllilS WD BOYS;
' We caa retncmbcr when tHeroworo girls and
boys, .but wo believe 1 the time has passed) at
least in cities and largo villages,when anything
so tnio to nature can. bo found.. Away, perhaps,
among the.green bills';JiV.rurol'dißfricts, nod in
country school-houses tho genuine article,' trtU
spoiled by imported-mannerisms, tuny yet bo
discovered. .places; they arc a)l
young,laidies'aiid gentlemen, as-soon as they
ccaso to bb. babies. ; They como cut ol the nur
sery miniature men ebd women,-
The girls are trained at home and at school,
to walk quietly and genteelly,lp keep their far
too fine clbthcß clcfto, to practice airs and graces
and not to laugh aloud, ‘ , •
Tho boya assume tbo high shirt collar,• loatn
to puff cigars, swear and bandy slang phrases,
and would wear moustaches, if they, conld, as
soon as they doh the integuments of masculinity.
Tho pleasant and Innocent'joys of childhood,
are entirely wanting in their' lives. 1 They haver
bo childhood; and,-whllothoybefcomo prema
turely old in manner,. Judgment and mental
power, - lag sadly la their growth. i
Thla is a pttiablo stato- of things, and they
who causo It should bo assailed add condemned
by the popular voice.. XVe know not which is
most to bo pitied, ffio.sllly parents or their silly
chlldrch. Wo think tho;parents, however,"be
cause (hoy have so little'proflted by tho lessons
of experience which mature age should have
taught them ? and because they and
bye, almost inevitably reap tho bitter fruits of
their want of.forethought and foolish vanity/
whou, perhaps, tho" evil Is beyond remedy* Bui
tho children, whilo they sigh In; tholr JBfasa
youth for tbo innocent and untromracled happi
ness that should havo boon (heirs, if any spark
of genuine thought and feeling bo {oft beneath
tho covering of affectation ahd folly, may strivo .
to redeem tho lost time, and’become more wor
thy of tho names of men and women. 1 ’ • •
Cut this stato of things Ulossto bo deplored
In the case of boys than girls, < -Roys and young
men, In their rude jostling with men and things
amidst tho hurrrlng life uf thta “Model Repub
lic,” arc apt behave (ho wconcclt knocked orit
of them” and to find their level,. They will
pass In .society for what they are worth, and if
they have pride or worthy ambition, will strive
to increase t(jelr owh-value*” -
Rut girls brought up, as too many afo, nbnost
from thccradlo, to bcltevo tho solo aim of llfo
to bo to look prettily, to dress prettily, and ac
quire and 'show off accomplishments, treated
with that deference and gallantry the sex meets
everywhere in America, have little idea of (lie
real cares, duties and responsibilities.of life.—
Wlien experience forces its lessons up-ni theta,
they baVe, but fn few Instances, strength enough
of body ot ol mind to fe« elve or profit by them
for their own happiness or that of others. Tho
duties forced upon them are performed In n fee
ble and Incomplete manner, tholcchUdrontrain
ed after.their own mismanaged example, or left
to utter neglect* while frail and Incompetent
thcy.fcooo sink to unrogretted graves.
Life is real—actual—filled with burdensome
cores, deep sorrows ond holy Joys, How wrohg,
then, to ranko it around of artlnl seemlngsf—
How wrong to force upon the pnro mind of
childhood (heso ortlflcaUtics! How wrong (o
deprive It of its buoyancy ond grace I • r ■
' Lot children bo children while thoy.mayvyot
so Instruct and train them that when borne be
yond tho peaceful haven of home, lhey!miy
gazo tvlth eye unfoarlng- over the broad sea of
life, not dreading Its storms and prepared to 1 en
joy its calmer moods. , ' „ * ‘
. The oaglo eyed, or rather uhawkoycd” wife
got sight of It, however, and resolved upon ob
taining a taste. It was impossible for her to
reach It. At length sho hit upon (ho following
expedient, which worked to a charm.
Taking down her husband’s rifle, sho pnt in a
charge with a good hall, and taking dolibeiato
aim nt tho keg, topped it with a ball, ond brought
down tho whiskey at tho first shot! Raving ft
tub previously prepared, sho was thus enabled
to catch all, without losing a drop, and left her
poor husband to weep over and wonder at tho
loss of his whiskey. ; • - • . '
.AT S2,OOP£U ANNUM.
Desperate Attempt ot u Wife to Harder bet.
nnatmnil.
, Tho Rochester Democrat of the 28th gives
the following particulars'of a jealous wife’s at
tempt to mnrdcr her husband :
“A serious and nearly fatal occurrence took
place on Smith street, in the northwest section
of the city, on, Saturday, growing out of the
jealous suspicions of a wife toward her hus-.
band. The parlies are Charles' Hedges and his
wife. The former is ; a farm laborer, an En
glishman who has been in this Country some 8
years.., In the same house Kith his family re
sided a Mr. and Mrs. Barton, with whom tho
Hedges appear to have been Intimate. Mrs. B.
! had recently disposed of a part of her furniture,'
1 and oh nobopri Saturday* Hedges went into her
/apartment nnd/had an,, interview with her.—
Mrs..Hedges’ suspicions led her to watch their
proceedings,and she saw .through the key hole,
which they had attempted to stop up, Mrs.
pßartonshowto her* husband, tho money she
had obtained from the sale of her effects, and
heard her say that she would go- to the depot
and ascertain jvhen, the Cars left. Hedges re*
turning to his own apartment desired his wife
to get his best clothes for him. She declined,
saying thru she feared he was going to forsake
her and their children—of whom they had three,
the oldest seven and the youngest two years of
age. Mrs. H. asked her husband if he would
not lake dinner, and ho replied, in d rude man- ■
ncr, that hp would pot cat dipper with her and
if she didn’t get-his clothes, he /would. • Hej
went out of thclionsc, upon the walk, and she,
taking a large carving knife from the table, fol
lowed, putting her left arm . about .his neck,
and told him’that he should never go away
with that* 4 bundle!” Almost immedi
ately she thrust tho knife, a large Waded in
strument, about an Inch' and a half-wide. Into
bis breast, striking his breast,bone and glan
cing off through .the.lungs,.ahd ’between-tho
second and third ribs/ ' The \vonnd was a ter
rible one, and bled profusely. "Mr. ——-was
standing near when the act was done, and he
ran up and caught the: hand of Mrs. Hedges •
just as she was'in the act of giving herself a -
mortal stab with the same knife. Another •
person caught hold of Hedges before he fell.— ,
Dr. Dly was scot for and at oflee attended the ;
wounded man. whoso perforated lung gave
vent (o'tho air-through thb wound in the
breast. It. was; deemed, best by the physician
to remove lire wounded man to the County
House,, ns there was no one at his own homo to
take care of him, his wife having been immedi
ately put under arreflt. She made no effort to
escape, and . was washing the dinner dishes
when the officer arrived at the house 1 . At the
police office, shc.undcnvcnt a brief examina*
lion, and was committed to jail. She said she
bod often desired to end her own life, on ac
count of her domestic infelicity, but refrained
on account of her children. i
JV Well-Spent Sabbath.
A wcll-Rpcnt Sabbath promotes domestic af
fection; Tho members of-the family have tho
opportunity that day ofbeing altogether; and of
cultivating ono another's acquaintance. Neatly
dressed tn their Sunday clothing, and cleansed
frojn. tho dirt that begrims some of them during
tho,week, their appearance is better fitted to be
got respect and affection. ■ If tho Sabbath did
nothing more than encourage cleanliness, it
be. an Important blcying. Solf-rcspocf
turn ont on- A' Sabbath morning with Ills tvoll-
ftnd nil ttiolr po win the house
of God. -Tho respcctial feeling* of others aro i
attracted to such.a family. - . Tho workman fects
that to bo ablo to appear thus on tho Sabbath,
is something worth exerting himself for. Ills
industrious wife fodls the same; Both aro re
luctant to squander money and time, because
one of tho oßecta of such extravagance will be,
to prevent them from appearing’ at church with
tholrchlldrcn*
It la remarkable how closely tho loss of Sab
balh-fcooplng habits aro connected with aelf-rc
; Bpoet. When a man has no dcsiro to appear
decent with 1:1s children on tho Sabbath, U may
bo presumed that bis self-respect is gone, and it
will bo no easy matter to keep him from degra
dation and ruin. * "
A well-spent Sabbath furnishes moral energy
against temptation ond vice, Tho jmmonso pro
portion of crimes that spring fVodi neglect of thn
Sabbath Is n well known fact. Many criminals
•while under sentence of death, or of transpor
tation, have confessed that their career com
menced with Sabbath desecration. Tho painter, I
Ilogath, ao remarkable for bis minute acqunin
tanco with human nature, In hts series of pie
tares illustrative of “Tho Hake's Progress,*'
which ended ot (ho gallows, introduced him os
an apprentice playing marbles on a tombstone
during divine service.
Tho committee of (ho House of Commons ap
pointed In 1852, to investigate tho subject of
Sabbath desecration, remark In their report (hat
Sunday labor Is generally looked upon as a de
gradation; and it appeared In evidence that in
trade, in proportion to tho disregard of tho
Lord’s day was (ho Immorality of thoso engaged
In It. One of lbs witnesses examined, a respeo
table bakor, declared that he would hardly train
up hla cblldron to tho business, boenuso ho was
afraid of their morals being corrupted, through
tho Sabbath desecration required by (ho occu
pation as practised In Loudon, amounting to
eight or ton thousand, aro seldom In church]
general looseness of moral principal is tho con
sequence, from this very clrcumstanco they feel
that they aro degraded ; .and no loss from a re
gard to their character than to their health,
comfort and npirltual welfare, petitioned Parlia
ment in a body, to deriso means for relieving
them of Sabbath work.— North ~3mtricaa Jit
view.
A SanKWD Reply.— Sir Walter Scott soys
that (ho alleged origin of (ho Invention of cards
produced one of (ho shrewdest replies ho had
over hoard given In evidence. It was made by
the Isto Dr. Orogoiy. of Kdinbnrg, (o a conn*
sol of grant eminence nt (ho Scottish bar. Tho
doctor’s testimony wont (a prove (ho Insanity
of tho party whoso mental capacity vran the
point at issue. On a cross examination lie had
admitted that tho person In question played ad.
rolrably nt whist. .
“ And do yon solemnly say, doctor/’said (ho
learned conuscl t “ (bat a person haring a supe
rior capacity for a game bo difficult, which ro.
quires, In a pro-omhiont degree, memory, Judg
ment, and combination, can b 6 at thosamotlmo
deranged io bis understanding?’* ««I am no
card player,” said the doctor, with.groat ad.
dross, “but I have read In history (hat cards
were invented (or (ho amusement of an Insane
king.” The consoquoqco of this reply was de
cisive. '
Ahead or Uim.—A certain peer in Yorkshire,
*rho Is very fond of boasting of his Norman
descent, thus addressed one ot his (chants, who
ho thought was not speaking to liim with prop.
4r respect, “Do you know Hut roy ancestors
canto over With William the Conductor?” “And
mayhap, mtoftsd tho sturdy ijagan, nothing
daunted, “ they fouhd mine bqre when (hoy
corned.”
QT" A'Tennessee popor talks of a chap at
Holly Springs who was so astonished ot Booing
a lady'briny iuublq from her piano, that after
listening for a motudit or two ho withdrew Ms
bead nod helloed aitoi* Ms companion—** I say.
Jild, jint co(D»hcrai (arbailon If hero ain’t - »
Tnpfcan pulling music out $f her chlst I’*
Hr.’’OJajr rfllirf. ■
Wofind in.the
porter, a letter copiedfrom thoKcntdckySta/cj*
wan, which we publish with:'
It is from the pen of Jams 3.; &«vr,.a £on of-
Henry CtAT, the great American. Statesman,
whom all men delight to honor.*
• Tho letter is. the best refutation that ronld
bb made of the stale slandersTtew attempted to
be revived by a venal partisan press, relative to
the unfounded charges against Mr. BucnAiTAir.
[.from the Kentucky Statesman.]
NO. 10.
:Mr. Editordesire,' through.your cour
tesy, fo correct a Rtatement made to the State*-*,
• man ofthc4th inst., which does great injustice
/ to two of my friends,, and polilical brptijera,
' the I?bh. Joshua'F. Bell, of Boyle,dnd lho
Hon. Wm. B. Kinkcad. ofKenton, -and which
; moreover is untruc. r . .Thearticlo to.which'! re
fer, states “that resolutions expressing
fidence yf tlje Wlugs.Df Kentucky, in Mr. Fill
more, and saj'ihg he’ was .worthy of tHeir Sup
port os in 1848, werp rejected by the votes ot
[ sixteen counties to one, in,the Stale Convention
J held at Louisville, on the 3d Inst.Vabd (hat Mr.’
■ Bell and Mr. Kinkcad advocated them.
It is undeniably true that,Birch resolution!
I w , e ™ °" ercd >» the Convention by Cob, Hop kin*, -
. -? f J lende ; fion « ftnd is also true that they were
laid on the table by a vote of sixteen counties
5 to ono. But it is not true that either Ur.- Bel!
•. or Mr. Kinkcad voted for them; on thccontraty
' both gentlemen opposed them, as I have reason
to believe they would have done resolutions to
’■ endorse any ono but a true old line Whig for -
tho office of President. It wxs, also,’ at the
express desire and request of Mr. Kinkcad that
Mr. Adams withdrew his motion, to the effect
“ that the Whigs of Kentucky have undimin-
Ished contidcnce in Millard Fillmore.” It is,
however, hut candid to say, that every member
of the Convention understood that Mr. Bell and
Judge Kinkcad preferred Mr. Fillmorcto either
Mr. Buchanan or Fremont : neither of them
made any attempt, to do so gross and, unjust &
thing, as to commit nn old lino Whig Courtn
tion to the endorsement of anybody but a Whig.
. There is also a statement copied in the Ob*
server and Reporter ot tbcSlh irist., “that I
had been heard to say. that I was not for Bu
chanan.” I may have said that Mr. Buchanan
was not my candidate, or was not my choice -
for the Presidency; but I have hot said that t '
should not vote for him. - I prefer Mr. Fillmore
personally, and if he atudd on the same princt- r
pies ho did in 18501 would vole for him in pre
ference to any man I know. But t expect to
cast «»y vote forihat candidate who in my opin
ion may hare the besf chance to defeat the Can
didate of the Black Republican party,'and, it'
present advised, I think Mr. Buchanan has the'
best chance (o do so. I'.wislrjt, nevertheless/ *
to be distinctly understood, that if l shall think
it my duty to vote for Mr. Buchanan I shall
vote as an Old Llno*\Vhlg‘, making a choice of
what he believes to be evils, for the good of the •
country: and that whenever the Whig standard
shall again be raised, adhctjng always to the
principles which I have been instrumental in
assorting at Lexington, and at Louisville on iho
3d of July, I. shall be ready, fairly* honestly
and fearlessly to battle against those principles
and practices of the Democratic party which
conflict with onr own views. -
I feel sure, Mr. Editor, that your‘readers
Will not do roe the injustice to attribute (o ma
too great a desire to force myself before their *
notice, in venturing to correct misrcprcscnta-~
tions affecting niy friends and myself, however'
well I may know the littlo importance that may.
be attached to any opinions of mine. I bora
the Observer and Reporter will also do metwr
favor, as well as justice, to copy this letter. . .
I am sir, respectfully, &c..
Your obedient servant, ■
JAMES B. CLAY.’ ;
Ashland, July 8,185 G.
PROCESS OF ISFIDEUTIf.
We hare heretofore given onr views of tho cf
; feet upon Christianity of political preaching— -
; tho desecration of bouses of worship to purpo
- scsof pattisamrpliffcs. An Instance' in ©ofJ.
T ranmeonimus our
f If the fact that when religion is made subsom
f cat to party ends tho church and Its teachings '
are brought into contempt.
It is with feelings of pain that we inform ow
readers that the namo‘'Abolition Opera Homa"
is now pretty generally given to tho -building •
formerly occupied as a houseof worship by tho
Congregational Church, in consequence of tho
fact,, that where “Christ and Him crucified •
was once preached, “Fremont and him nomi
nated is now tho theme. Freedom-shrieking
has taken the place of songs of praise, and how
to save 16tes, not soulr, is the aim of tho onco
reverened who holds forth irf it.
On last Sunday morning a rope. • stretched
from tins “Opera House” .to the abolition club
room opposite, with n flag hung out as “tho
®gn»” not "of salvatioh,”bat of n political
party, showed the connection and alliance bo*
tween the two 1 Wo are sorry to say that flag,
put to So sacrilegious a.nsc, wastlj3“stor-spat|.'
glcd banner.” -No patriot hand could havo
placed that flag in so unflt a place, It dots
not aspire to;uaurp the place of tho • “banner of
! Ihe cross;” it assumes to bo tho emblem of an
earthly powep only, and not of the “Priuco of
Peace," “whoso kingdom is not ofthfs world."
How lonp hos'it boon since there Was a rcrl.
ral of religion under tho ministrations of tbo
political pastor of a partisan flock ? We were
taught in our youth to revere tho ohurch and
respect its ministers. Our Sunday-school les
sons made an impression upon us which would •
never allow us spc&k lightly or jestingly
even of God’s sanctuaries, or those who minis
tered in them, and those impressions never left
us until we were nearly thirty-three ytrars old,
and htard the first partisan sermon we ever
heard in our life from the mouth of Mr. Hol
brook. Wo thought then. And think now, that
if partisan politics aro to bo dragged into tho
churches, too politicians haro a right to foUov
to sco fair play, and then preachers must taka
politicians’ luck.
Wo would not refer to tins matter in this
way except to show tbd naturai and inevitable
tendency of turning churches into political are
nas. The very “nick-namo” already given to
this ohurch is a fearful commentary upon tho
i evil to follow. Let tho churches and the min*
istcra once cam the contempt and derision of tho
public, and the moral restraint they have here
tofore exercised upon society Is gone tbr.cycr,,
and infidelity and licentiousness will toko its'
place. A little more prayer and n liltlo lets
1 politics wo honestly believe would bo more ben
eficial to tho church and to society*-• Staff,.lf
wo have offended any sincerely religious ojan or
woman, whoso piety is tho offspring ,of a true
devotion to the principles, teachings, and exam
ple of tho Saviour, wo do most hum ply «sk for
pardon, for wo recollect with fear and reverence
that Ho has raid “Whosoever shall offend one
of tho least of these ofhndcth mo.
Wink.—lt was agreed at (bo wine-growers
meeting in Cincinnati, that (Vooslng does not in
jure wmo. A heat of 110 deg,, however, will
completely destroy 11. We have soon champagne
Iced, and it did not appear to hurt (ho wipe in
the least. .
o*By the recent examination of the schopls
at Cambridge, Mass., a very small boy was
asked to define the meaning of tho word, "pro
gress.” Ho hositolcd a moment, and then, in *
clear voice, answered "Go ahead ,
Ky-ThQ Baltimore Patriot condemns, the
practice of running excursion trains on rail
roads, which, it a)lfgc(. has been (because of*
largo proportion of tho railroad accidents that '
have occurred in this country.
fICrA new Fillmore paper Is about being
published at DUlsburg; - ■ "
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