ApMGAN VOLUNTEER. EVBBT TUtmSDATMOnNING DY if., Bi’Uttou* s 9t7BSotiit , TiON.'—Otit! Dollar and Fifty C6hts, Hild in advance )■ Two Dollars 11 paid within tho iV ehr . and Two Dollars and Fifty Gents, if not >aid within the yepr. Those terms will bo rlg rnyadltcfod. to, tn every' instance. No sub scription discontinued,until nil arrearages are Uld;uiileBB nt the option of the Editor. -Xdvjbiiti9BMKNtB— Accompanied by tho gash, and not'exceeding one square, will bo inserted tlitoo'times for and twenty-five cents | o t> each additional insertion. Those of a great tor length in proportion. 'Job-Pkintino— Such-ns Hand-bills, Posting bills, Pamphlets, Blahlcs, Labels, &c., &c., exc eed with accuracy and at tho shortest nolico. X' ' ‘ INAUGURATION OF JAMES BUCHANAN, piltecnlb President of the United States. His iNAOOnnAL Addbbss. ■Washington, March 4th, 1857. • A brighter day seldom dawned upon tho Fed eral city than this 4lh of March, 1867,which was to witneas’lhorotlrcment of Franklin Pierce and tho accession of James Buchanan, to (ho Presi dency of the U lilted States. ~ Tho. 6»ty has been Ailing up with strangers from ajl parts of thuTJlilon, for a week or two, and yesterday and tula morning, many thousands jlrtived by tho trains and steamboats- Last night, (here woro thousands who encamped in jiarlors, dining rooms, and other apartments, Iho .sleeping rooms of (ho public and private liouscS.bbing totally unequal to the accommoda tion of thO -vast multitude. Tho event of tho night iyas tho Democratic Inauguration Ball, given, by. tho Twelfth Ward Democratic Asso ciation of Philadelphia. It took place at Carn al's Saloon. Tho tickets wore five dollars, and the proceeds wore for tho benefit of tho poor of Washington City.- A largo miscellaneous com* hany were present, and tho President and Vico President elect word present for q short time, being received with acclamations on their un i vat. -'There were, in tho course of the evening, salntcs .tired, rockets discharged, and various other demonstrations in view of the coming event. Tho city woke early this morning, being arous ed by noivsahTtosnnd the ringing of bells. The streets were soon alivo with moving multitudes. Pennsylvania, Avenue presented a en appoafAhcol Flags waved from ail ttie hotels and public buildings, and from many private houses, Tlio’ movements of tho military com panies, preparing to take their places in the lino of procession, gave a particularly lively charac ter to the scene. Tho streets were further enlivened by (he ra pid movements of tho Marshals and their depu ties, -These numbered- altogether nearly two hundred men from all parts of the Union. Fire Companies and the various political and civic societies were also early In. motion, pre paring Is talib their place In the lino of proces smn. Towards 0 o’clock they and tho military all began to form in procession an Now York Avenue, the' right, consisting of tho military, resting on 10th street. This is close to tho Pro eldont’s llouro and the public Departments There was necessarily a good deal of contusion and delay in forming into Hue; but (he proces sion got Into motion about 12 o’clock, and ad vanced down Pennsylvania Avenue. Its ap poarance, as a popular demonstration, without the trappings and insignia of royalty, was very fine, and the masses of people In iho Avenue cheered frequently as it passed. On reaching the National Hotel (hero was o halt, and after-u short delay an elegant barouche, drawn by four horses, containing tho President and the President elect, -joined tho proces*slnn, immediately in (no rear of tho military. The Vico President elect was also in an open car riage, with severalollicrgenflemcn,and the two carriages wero surrounded by the Keystone Oluh, preceded Hy tlio military and representa tion by a lady dn-sac-d as tho Goddess of Libor- IV, on a nigh pMlorm drawn by six horses, lol loped by a miniature ahip-of-war of considera ble slf.6, wvadc'by the mechanics of tho Wash ington Navy Yard. Tho crowd cheered tumul. tnously ns tlio President elect appeared. The procession then moved on In the order agreed upon. x TJjoro wore a number of flue military bands (n tno procession, Including several from Phila delphia, New Yprk and Baltimore, which gave additional eclat to (bo scene. As tlio lino mov. eel on towards the Capitol, the crowd, which was much move dense at this end of the avenue than at tho other, repeatedly cheered the Pre sident and Vico President elect, and they bowed their acknowledgments an all sides. As the head of (ho column icachcd tho north gate of tho Capitol, which it did not do until .about 1 o’clock, it halted, and tlio military open ed ranks, facing inwards and presenting arms, forming what (lie French call a <> hate,” or dou ble lino of soldiers, through winch tho carriage with tho President and President elect drove to tho gate. There they alighted, and were recei ved by tho Committee of Vito Senate appointed for tho purpose. There was an enclosed pus- Mgo constructed thunco, through which they were escorted to the north door of tho Capitol and thon to the Vico President’s room. SCENE IN THE SENATE CHAMBER. Tho most interesting scene, (hough on a smalt scale, wus that In the Senate Chamber. Owing to the Small size of fho apartment, only a limit ed number of persons could ho admitted j but those comprised all the chief dignitaries of (ho government. The semi-circular gallery wus (Hi ed with ladies nt an early hour, and members of the 81th and 85th Congress were admitted to the eastern lobby. Tho Diplomatic Corps was in Hill force, all tho Minister* end Charges being m their full official costumed and looking quite alongside o( the republican black confa of the rest of tho assemblage. They oc. copied a space set apart for (hem, on the 10/t of |}° Principal entrance/ Oh the other side, the a™ °M* 10 Departments, (Jovornors of State® and Territories, and some other privileged "pur. sons Wc/o afeommodeted. Jn front of tho cafit ora lobby wero'-tho Chief Justice and Associate Justices of (ho Supreme Court, in their official m L8 ’ distinguished army and naval officers wore nlao present. In front of (ho Se cretary's desk wore chairs for the President and President elect. The Senate mc( at 12 o’clock. On tho an oiinccinont of arrival of tho President and Pro went elect, all rose to their feet. The Prcsl. I a ,. President elect look the places assign and In ft few minutes, nil being lire. B tbu venerable 'Roger D. Taney, Chief JHitico Of .tho Supremo Court 6f.thq tlnljod States, advanced with, the Holy Bible l« b£ liana. The Proaidont elect rose, and then took the oath of ofllco ns follows : 00 { «I do atvleinnly'swonr tlmt I will fiillhfiillv ox fculo tho olßco of President of (ho United States, nnd will fo (ho host of my ability pro bcito, protect nnd defend (ho ComdltiUlon of the United Staten.” Those In the Soimlo Chamber then formed a one nnd proceeded to the eastern portico of (ho tapliol. | ftlE SCENE IN FRONT OF THE CAPITOL There was probably never assembled In Wash ington so vast a multitude ns that assembled in Jont of the Eastern portico of the,Capitol.— Oio procession that had (fecortcd the President *nd President elect had been admitted: but mi and horses were excluded from the en closure. There was a countless crowd of men, women and children, occupying every foot of •T&co ih&l afforded an opportunity of seeing the ceremony on the portico. As for hearing the address, that was a favor only enjoyed by the rfin eged’ few .thousands tlmt could gather closely around thc-porlico. There was a gbod deal of. concision and scuff ''JJB m the crowd, mid many grew impatient, jucr watting long hours for the grand event of "} e dft y* A very spacious platform was erect 'd on tho portico, on which places were assign hj r ° r those who had been admitted to the _ tiMc Ulmmbcr. At last (ho procession emerg -1 ,B C o P* l oi door, ana appeared on tho tWt° ri > n, » / s ,0 figure of the President thhio C - a t * ,at ftniouß black suit, with thfl cam/«uui Bta r s c,, »kroldcrcd on its lining, Le the thAi 0 ’ lcro rose a deafening shout from t human mass. It spread over tho whole DY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL, 43. multitude, and it was some time before it could be quieted. Tho President elect, with .hat in hand, bowed repeatedly In acknowledgment of tho popular acclamations. In the very front of the platform was a scat to which thu President elect was conducted.— In his rear were tho President and Committee of Arrangements; back of them were the Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court, tho Vice President and members of the Senate.— Then came the Diplomatic Gorp cn gram! tchue, and then the other persons who had been in tho Senate Chamber. When quiet was restored after tho acclama tions that greeted the President elect, ho pro ceeded at about o’clock, to deliver his Inau gural Address as follows; THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Fbixow Citizens;—l appear before you this day to lake the solemn oath “that I will faith fully execute the office of President of the Uni ted States, and Will, to the bust of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” In entering upon this great office, Ijnost humbly invoke the God of our Fathers for wisdom and firmness to execute its high and responsible duties in such a man-1 nor as to restore harmony and ancient friend ship among the people of the several Stales, and j to preserve our free institutions throughout many generations. Convinced that I.owe my j i election to the inherent love for the Constitution ' and the Union, which still animates the Imparts | ♦the American people, let me earnestly ask I their powerful support in sustaining nil just; measures calculated to perpetuate these, the ! richest political blessings which Heaven has ever bestowed upon any nation. Hating de termined not i» become a candidate for re-elec tion, I shall have no motive to inliuence my con duct in administering the Government, except the desire ably and faithfully to serve my coun try. and to live in the grateful memory of my countrymen- We have recently passed through a Presidential contest In which the passions of our fellow citizens were excited to the highest degree by questions of deep and vital import ance. But when the people proclaimed their will, the tempest at once subsided, and all was calm. The voice of the majority, speaking in the manner prescribed by the Constitution, was heard, and instant submission followed. Our own country could alone have exhibited so grand and striking a spectacle of the capacity of man for self-government. What a nappy conception, then, was it for Congress to apply this simple rule, “that the will of the majority shall govern.” to the settlement of ihequcstion i of domestic slavery in the territories. Con gress is neither “to legislate slavery into any territory, nor to exclude it therefrom," but to leave th»* people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way. subject only lo the Constitution of the United States. As a natural consequence, Congicss has also prescribed that when the Tern lory of Kansas shall be admitted ns a State. it shall be received into llieUniqp with or with out slavery, as their own Cohslitulion may pre scribe at the lime of their admission. A differ ent opinion has arisen in regard to the point of time when the people of a territory shall decide thaqucslicnTocahcmsclycs.. TjuaJ&bappny-h. matter of but little practical importance ; be sides it is a judicial question, which.legitimate ly belongs lo the Supreme Court of the United I Slates, before whom it is now pending, and will; it is understood, bo. speedily and finally settled. To their decision, in common with all good citizens, I slndl cheerfully submit, what ever this may bo, though it has ever been my I individual opinion that, under the Nebraska | Kansas act, the appropriate period will be when I the number of actual residents in the Territory I shall justify flic formation of a Constitution with a view to its ndmissiouas ti State into the Union. But be.lhis os it may. it is the imper ative and mdispchsiblc duly of the Government of the United Statca.to secure to every resident inhabitant the free and independent expression of his opinion by his vote. This sacred right of each individunUniust bo preserved. This being'accomplishcd, nothing can bo fairer than to leave the people of a Territory free from all foreign interference, (o decide (heir own destiny for themselves, subject only to the Constitution of the United Slates. The whole Territorial question being thus settled upon the principle of popular sovrcignly—a principle as ancient as (ree govennent itself—everything of a practical nature has been decided. No other question remains for adjustment, because all agree that, under the Constitution, slavery in the States in beyond the reach of any human power except i that of the respective Stales themselves where-, in it exists. May we not, then, hope that the long agitation on this subject is approaching its I cud, and that the geographical parties to which it has given birth—so much dreaded by the Father of his Country--Will speedily become' extinct? Most happy will it be for the country when the public mind shall be diverted from this question lo others of more pressing and practical importance. Throughout the whole 1 progress of this agitation, which has scarcely i known niry InlcniiKsion for more than twenty I >‘tars, whilst it has been productive of no post- 1 live good to any human being, it has been the | prolific source of great evils lo tho master, to the slave, and to the whole country. Tt has I alienated and estranged tho people of sister I Slates from each other, and has even seriously I endangered tho very existence of the Union. ! Nor has the danger yet entirely ceased. Under I our system there is a remedy for all mere polit-' icol evils in the tound sense and sober judg ment of the people. Time is a great correc tive. Political subjects tvhich but a few years ago, excited and exasperated thfc public mind, hate passed away and nra now nearly forgot ten. But tliequesiion of domestic Slavery is of far greater Importance than of any mere ‘politi cal question, kcausc,-should the ngltalian con tmuo. it i,wv eventually timlarfgdr the personal safety of a largo portion of our countrymen ' 1. f Government, however mlmirablo h, milf, lion ever productive of material bcndl'l, can compensate for tho loss of peace anV fn' mcatic accimly around the family allnr £t .every Union-loving man, therefuro, exert iS I best mltucnco to suppress Ibis agitation, which I since the recent legislation of Congress is vvithl lout any legitimate object. It is an evil otoei* of the limes that men have undertaken to cal culate the mere material value df tho Union.— Rescued estimates have been presented of the pecuniary profits and local advantages which would result to diflerent States and sections from Us dissolution, and of the comparative injuries which such an event would indict on other Stales and sections. Even descending to this low and narrow view of the mighty ques tion, all such calculations arc at fault—tho bare reference to a single consideration will be con clusive on this point. Wo at present enjoy a free trade throughout our extensive and ex- 1 pending country such as- tho wprld never wit-1 neesed, This Irado is conducted on railroads and canals, on noble rivers and arms of tho sea, 1 which bind together tho North and tho South, the East and tno West of our Confederacy.— Annihilate this trade, arrest its free progress by the geographical lines ofjcaloua and hostile Slates, and you destroy tho prosperity ahd on ward march of tho wholo and every part, ahd involve all in one common ruin. But such cbn* siderations, important ns they are in themselves, sink into insignificance, when we reflect on the terrific-evils which would result flom disunion to every portion of the confederacy. To the North not more than to the South—to the East not more than to the West. These I shall not attempt to portray, because I foci an humble confidence, that (he kind Providence which in spired our fathers with wisdom to frame the most perfect form of Government and Union ever devised by man, will not suffer il to perish, until itghnll have been peacefully instrumental,, by its example, in the extension of civil and re ligious liberty throughout the world. Next in importance to the maintenance of the Conslilntiun and the Union, is the duly of preserving the Government free from the taint or even the suspicion of corruption. Public virbe is the vital spirit of Republics : and his tory proves that when this has decayed and ; the love of money has usurped its place, altho’ I tlic forms of free Government may remain for a ! season, the substance has departed forever. 1 Our present financial condition is without a 1 puraihl in history. No natron has ever before been embarrassed from too large a surplus in , its treasury. This almost necessarily gives birth to extravagant legislation. It produces 1 wild schemes of expenditures nnd begets a race bf speculators and jobbers, whose ingenuity is exerted in contriving and promoting expedients 1 10 obtain public money. The purity of official , agents, whether rightfully or wrongfully, is suspected, and the chnrnoterof the Government I , suiters in the estivnation of the popple. This is jin itself a very great evil. The natural mode ! s of relief from this embarrassment, is to appro-' pnate the surplus in the Treasury to great nn- I i iional objects, for which a clear warrant can be ! , found in the Constitution. Among these T ; | might mention the extinguishment of the public | i debt, a reasonable increase of (bcNavy—which j }, V present inadequate to the protection of our j vast tonnage ati..ai, and now greater than that ,of any other nation—as well as to the defence |S( our extensive sea-coast. U is beyond all i question the principle that no more revenue ’ought to be collected from the people than the amount necessary to defray the expenses of a wise, economical and efficient administration of the Government. To reach this point it was necessary to resort to a modification of the Janfi, and this has. I trust, been accomplished in such a manner ns to do ns little injury ns may have been practicable to our domestic manuTactures, especially those necessary for the defence of the country. Any discrimina tion against a particular branch for the pur pose of henefitting favored corporations, indi viduals or interests, would have been unjust in the rest of the community and inconsistent witli that spirit of fairness and equality which ought t". Sherri m the adjustment of a revenue tor , But the squandering of (he public money sinks into comparative insignificance, as a temptation Vo corruption, when compared with the squandering of ihc public lands. No nation in the tide of time has ever been blessed with s> no ‘*lc and an inheritance os wc enjoy liv the Public Lands. In Administering this important trust, wlulstlt may be wise to grant portions of them for the improvement of the reniainder. yet wq should' •nevx'pforgot that -itisrCitrWlifia! policy to pfe-' serve these lands, as much as may bo, for actu al settlers, and this at moderate. prices. We shall thus not only best promote the prospen'ty of (ho new Slates and Territories, by furnish- t. h n ,iit„ r intnn ing thein a hardy-add independent race'of lion- A vae,l,n S cst nnd Industrious citizens, Iml shall secure I Two young surgeons of Paris once had a dfs* homes for our children nnd our childrens clfil- J pule, on some trivial aflnir, which resulted in n dren. os well ns for (hose exiles from foreign challenge, and (ho subsequent arrangements shores who may seek in this Country to improve for a duel. They reached the ground early in tlu ir condition and to enjoy the blcsnngs of (he morning with (heir seconds and pistol* and civil nnd religions libeny. Such emigrants found an old woman there holding a youth by have done much to promote the growth and the hand. prosperity of the country. They hove ‘Why arc you here? 1 a«kcd one of the cora fuilhful both in ncncc nnd in war. After be- ba'anLs, turning toward the old woman. | coming citizens they are entitled under the con- T heard last night from old Pierre, the boat- Ih button nnd laws, to he placed on perfect man, that he had engaged to bring over two equality with native born citizens : and in this young gentlemen this morning, and I felt sure character they should ever be kindly recogniz- there was to be a duel,’ answered the female. e<l. The Federal constitution is a grant trom ‘And are you fond of such sights, my good the States to Congress to certain specific pow- woman? 1 era. nnd the question whether this grant should ;No.' she quickly returned; ‘but on the con be liberally or.slrictly construed, has more ortrary. I dislike them. Yet I meant to come Undivided political parlies from the begin- j and see this one. This is my grandson. His ning. Without entering into the argument, T fattier, my son nnd only child, fell in a duel.— desire to slate, nl the commencement of my ad { Young Lnlien is hot and impetuous, and I have ministration, that long experience and observa-1 feared ho might, at some time fall into this same linn have convinced me that a strict construe-1 error if he wuenot warned. So I have brought linn of the powers of the Government is the on- 1 him out here ihnt he nughtsed one friend shoot ly true, ns well ns the only safe theoiy of the another, hoping that the scene will tlleclunlly . Constitution. Whenever, in our past history, cure him of nil desire to maintain his honor nl | doubtful powers have been exercised by Con- such fearful expense. You may go on. I will gress, these have never failed to produce mju- not trouble you. 1 rlons and unhappy consequences. Many such The two surgeons gazed first upon the old instances might bo adduced, if this were llnr woman and her fair-inured grand-child, nnd I proper occasion. Neither is it necessary for the I then upon each otljer. They blushed, and then public service to strain the language of ihc Con- smiled. slitulion. because all the great and useful pow- ‘Shall we give her the lesson?* said one. ers required for a successful administration of *No. We’ll give her a belter,* answered the the Government, both in peace and in war. have other. been granted cither In express terms, or by the And they shook hands and went back to th plainest implication. Whilst deeply convinced | oily, of these truths. I yet consider it clear, that un j der the war-making power Congress may ap- I propriatc money'towards the construction of a military road, when this is absolutely necessa ry for the defenstt of any' Slate or Territory of the Union, against foreign invasion. Under the , Constitution, Congress has power “to declare 1 war I ’—“to raise and support armies I '— “to, provide nnd maintain a navy,*’ and to call forth 1 the militia to “repel invasion.'* Thus endowed in an ample manner with the war making pow- I or. tlie corresponding duly is required that “the United States shall protect each of thcm?tho, Stales) against invasion. Now is it possible loofliud this protection to California and our Pacific possessions except by/means of a mili tary road through the Territories of the United Stales over which men and ammunitions of war moy be speedily transported from lha Atlantic Stales to meet ami repel the invader? lit tho event of a war with a naval power much stron ger than our own, we should then have no oth er available access to thu Pacific edast, because s'uch a power would instantly close tho route across me Isthmus of Central America; It ia Impossible to conccivo. that whilst the Consti tution has expressly required Congress to de fend all tho. States, it should yet deqy to them by any fair construction, tho only possible nlcans by which one of these Stales can be de fended,. Resides, tho Government ever since its origin, has been in tho constant practice of con structing military roads. It might also be Wise to consider whether the lovo for tho Union which now animates our fellow-citizens on tho 1 acme const may not bo impaired by our ne glect or refusal to provide for them in their rc mo o and isolated condition. Die only menus by which tho power of tho Stales on this aid* of the Rocky Mountains can roach them in sSfli ctent time to protect them against invasion. I forbear for tho present from expressing an opinion as to tho wisest and most economical mode in which tho Government can lend its aid \t\ accomplishing this great .and necessary work. I believe that many of the difficulties in the way which now appear formidable, will in a great degree vanish ns soon ns (he nearest and best route shall have been satisfactorily aweer ertnined. It may bo right that on this occa sion I should make some brief remarks in re gard to our rights and duties as a member of the great family ofnations. livour intercourse 1 “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWATSbIII ‘ RIGHT —BUT' RIGHT Oil WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” x ~ CARLISLE, Mock 12, 1857. with them, thcre.aro somc plain principles ap proved by ,our own experience from which wo shonld never depart. tb r We ought to cuUiratc peace, commerce, and friendship with all naftepg, and this, not mere ly ns the best means,ofe'pitJmotmg our own ma terial interests, but in# spirit of Christian be nevolence towards fellojy men wherever their lot may bo cast. ■ , . -i-4 Our diplonaacy-shotted be direct and frank, neither seeking-to oblalfi more, nor accepting less, than is our due.' ; |Wo ought to cherish a snored regard for Ihe indepcndfince of all na tions. and never atitmpl’to interfere in the do mestic doncerna of any Sinless this shall be im peratively required byHpe great law of seU-prea ervaiion. To .avoid, alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and itrfqfrisdom no one will at tempt to dispute. ' ;vj. Tn short, justice in a kindly spirit to all nationrf,'4mJ require justice from them in return. ■,?; . It is our glory that'whilst other nations have extended their-dominions by (keyword, wo have never acquired ftVjy .territory except by f-dr purchase, or ns case of Texas, by the voluntary dctcrminaTlon of a brave kindred and independent people blend their destinies with our own. - Even /our acquisitions from Mexico form no exception'. Unwilling to take advantage of the fortune-Of war against a sister Republic, wo purchased*,these possessions un der the treaty of peace for a sum which was considered at the timq-ttVfelr equivalent. Our I past history forbids tliaj&wo should in the fu ture acquire territory, unless this be sanctioned 1 by the laws of judliCo Rnfl -honor. Acting on lids principle, no tiattotCwjll have a right to in lerfoie or to complmhrs£-in the progress ol events we shall still fuld-bgr «jytcnd our posses sions. Hitherto in altaßUr acquisitions. the people under the protection of tlffc American Hag have enjoyed civil (th'd-religious liberty, as well as equal and just fawSvand have been con. tented, prosperous and’i;liappy. Their trade with the rest of the world'.has rapidly increased, and thus every commercial nation has sham! largely in their progress, I shall now proceed to take 'proscribed by the Constitution—whilst? liu&lbly Invoking the blessings of Divine Providence on this great people. JAKES BUCHANAN. The rending »f the Tnimiural Addixss hav. ing been concluded, the Pmh was administered to Mr. Buchanan. Ex*R!rcsident Pierce then advanced and offered his congratulations to the President, and he was followed by the other dignitaries. The crowd at the same time re in wed their cheering, and tboguns on thp Cap itol Hill bellowed oat the tkvra that a new Pres ident had entered upon hls'tcrm ofofUcc. The salute consisted of guns—otic for each State of the Union. - r The ceremony being contended, the President returned to thd Senate Chamber, ami soon after resumed hia scat on tho ranimge'and was con ducted to the White Hon*?.' the ex-Prc3idcnt and others accompanying hijn. The military and a great borlion of the civic procession formed again,, to the Presi dent and those along >vill>li!w to,the Executive Mansion---.' •• Twenty-four Military Companies, seven Clubs aid Associations.’and several Fire Com panies participated .in tho procession. : , I How to hr BKArxintL.— How? Put on fine i clothes and cosily? Tip off, butterfly fashion, with jewels, golden trinkets, and artificials?— Strut about, dandy-like, in a suit of superfine broadcloth, studded with breast-pins, and dang ling watch-chain and seals! Reader, is tins your idea of the beautiful. 1 Wpthink not. What would 1 be? Not rich In gold, And with a narrow heart, Or misanthropic, stern and cold, Dwell from my kind apart. If either man or lonian, lad or lass, wishes lo realize the power of personal beauty. It must lie by cherishing noble hopes and purposes—by having something to do, and something to live for which is worthy of hnmauitv, nnd which, by extending the capacities of the soul, gives expansion and symmetry to tlio body which contains it. The principal beauty of the countenance de pends upon a mysterious expression which con veys of the amiable qualities of the mind, of good sense, good limnor. candor, benevolence, sensibility and love. ‘Handsome is that hand some docs. * Solemn Questions for Marrying Miin.- An exchange propounds the following questions to nil who contemplate matrimony : What is the market price of Point Applique lace? llnVo yon any idea of the moral c(leel of while kid gloves and slippers? What is the general effect on society of a new dress for every parly during the Winter? What is tlic chflorenco between Point Blond and Brussels lace, and which should a lady prefer,for confidential adornment? If a bonnet of the present stylo cost fifty dol lars, would (no thousand dollars complete an appropriate costume? ilavo you rtny rule to compute the solidity of a woman who is in full- dress, tcilhout her drew? And in conclusion whereabouts in ths hoops, 1.1 the woman? Bnclielors would do well to podcr these ques tions,, ns connubial felicity is Impossible with out tile required' information, Some hearts, like primroses, open most beautifully in tho shadows of life. ffoetinil. LEARN TO LABOR. Ono morning of the first sad Fall, Poor Adam and his brido Satin the shade of Eden’s wall— But ou tho outer side. She, blushing In her fig-loaf suit, For the chosto garb of old, lie, sighing o’er bis bitter fruit, For Eden’s grapes of gold. -Behind.them, smiling in thdjubrn, \ Their forfeit garden lay; Before them, wild With rock and thorn, Tho desert stretched away. They heard the'air above them farm'd, A lighffllcp on (ho sward; And lot they saw before them staud The Angel of the Lord I “Arise!” lie said, “why look behind, When' hope is all before, And patient hand and willing mind, Tour loss may yet restore? “I leave with you a spell whoso power Can make the desert glad, And call around yon fruit and flower As fair as-Eden had. “I clothe your hands with power to lift Tho curse from off yonr soli; Votir very doom shall seem a gift, Your loss a gain through toil. “Go, cheerful ns yon humming boo, To labor as to piny;” While glimmering over Eden’s trees. The Angel passed away. Tho pilgrims of tho world went forth. Obedient to tho word; And found where’er they tilled the earth, A garden of tho Lord ! The thorn tree cast its evil fruit, And blushed with plum and pear; Ami seeded grass and trodden root Grow sweet beneath their care. tVo share our primal parents’ fate, And in our turn una day Look back on Eden’s sworded gate, As sad and lost as they. But still for us his native skies Tho pitying Angel leaves, And loads through toil and paradise New Adams and new Eves. BHiattllamnna. MARY AM’S WEDDING. A 3 RELATED BT UR3. JONES, go to tho wedding. 1 was going, father, was going, the gals was going, and we was going to take tho Baby. But when we come to dress the baby, couldn’t find the baby's shirt. I’d] laid a clean one out of the drawers on purpose. / I knowed jist where I’d put it; buLcomo talook I fork ’(was gone. I For mercy’s sake!’ Kays I, 'gals. 1 says I •ban any on ye seen that baby's shirt?’ •Of course none on 'em had seen it; and I h>oked, ami looked, ami looked again, but 'iwant nowhere lo be found. I’ls the slangcst tiling m all natur,’ said I. ‘here I bad the whirl in my hand not ruor'n ten minutes ago, and now it's gone, and nobody can tell where. I never seed tho beat. Gals,’ says I. *do look around, can't yef But fretting wouldn't find it—so I give up, and 1 went to the bureau and fished up another shirt, and pul it onto the ba by, and ni last we were ready for a start.’ •Father harnessed ujp a double team—we drove the old while mare then —and the gals and all was having a good time, going lo see Alary Ann married; but somehow I couldn't git over that shirt! Twant the shirt so much, hut lo have anything spirited away right from under my face and eyes so, ’twos provoking.' •What ye thinking about, mother?’ says So phrony, *what mokes yo look so sober?’ says she. •I'm pestered to death, thinking about that arc shirt. One of you must have hove took it, [ am sartnin.’ says I. •Now. iiu, 1 Kays Sophrony, soya she, ‘you needn’t say that,' says she. mid as I'd laid on* to her a good many iiiiicn, nlic was beginning to get vexed, and so vve had it back mid forth, and all about that baby's shirt, till we got to the wedding.' •Seeing company kinder put it out of my mind, and I was gmmg good Matured again, though I could not help saying to myself eve ry few minutes, ‘what could become of that , shirt?' till at last they stood up la be mark'd, and I forgot all about it. Mary Ann was a real modest creature, and was mor'half fright ened to dehlh, when she came into the room with Stephen, and the minister told them lo jlne hands. She first gave her left hand to Ste phen. ‘Your other hand,’ soys the minister, says he, and poor Steve, ho was so bashful 100, ho didn't know what he was about: ho thought ’twas Ins mistake, and that live minister meant him, so he gave Mary Ann his left hand. That -wouldn’t do anyway, a left-handed marriage all around; but by this time, they didn't lyjow what they was abutit, and Alary Ann jlned her right hand lo his left, then tier left with his right, then both their left hands again, till I was all of a fldgit, and thought they would never get fixed. m ( Mary Ann looked ns red ns a ttfrkoy, ond to make matters worse, she began to cough to turn it of!. I suppose, and called for a £lasa of water. The minister had just been drinking, and tho tumbler stood right there,-and I was so nervous, and in such a hurry to sec it all over with, I ketched up tho tumbler, and’ run with it to her, for 1 thought to goodness she was going to taint. She undertook to drink I don't know how it happened, but the tumbler slopped, and gracious me. if between ua both, wo didn’t spill the water all over her collar and dress. •I war dreadfully flustered, for though it looked os though 'twas my fault, and tho ftist thing I did was to out with tny handkerchief, and givo it to Mary Ann; it was nicely done up. and she took it and shook it, tho folks had held In putty well up to this time, but then such a giggle and laugh as there was. I didn’t know whnl had given them such a start, till I looked and seen that 2 had riven Marti Ann ,that badxf’s shirt f* Hero Mrs. Jones, who is a very fleshy wo man, undulated and shook like a mighty jolly, witii her mirlji, and it was some time bcfgro she could proceed with her narrative. ‘Why, said she, with tears of laughter run ning down her cheeks, “I'd lucked it into my dress for a %erohlof. That enmo from being absent-minded, and in a fldglt.’ ‘And Mary Ann and Stephen—-wore they I married after all?' j ‘Dear mo, yes,' said Mrs. Jones, 'and it turn- AT $2,00 PER ANNUM, cd out to be the gayest wedding that I ever tended.’ b *And the baby’s shirt, Mrs. Jones?’ ‘La, me,’ said Mrs. Jones, *how young folks do ask questions. Everybody agreed that I ought to make Mary Ann a present on’t.’ ‘Well, Mrs. Jones?’ ‘Well,’ said Mrs. Jones, ’twant long before she had a use for it. And that’s the end of the story.’ Plagiarism, Poets, philosophers, nnd even divines, all seem at times to manifest a propensity to pla giarism. For fifty years. Parley has stood at the very head of all original writers on Natural Theology, nnd his work on that subject will last ns long as time lasts, in all probability.— Where is thn man of education who has not ad mired its wonderful lucidity, the simplicity and force of its argument, the beauty of its illustra tions. From the watch picked upon the heath, with which he commences, to the astronomical arguments with which he concludes, all Is seem ingly perfect. But alas, the whole argument, the watch, wheels, works and crystal, were nil stolen from a Dr. Nlcnwcnlyl, a philosopher, who lived in Holland, nnd published the entire substance of the book a hundred years before. That work too had indeed been translated into English and published in London in 1718. There ore passages copied almost rerbatim, and the plan of the whole work is seemingly a great and vyilful plagiarism. As if to bring the theft home to him. he even refers in one edition lo the original work of Dr. N. us his authority for a particular statement while making no other acknowledgement of indebtedness. A fvw years ago, Dr. Keith brought out a treaties on fulfilled prophecy. Every one ad mired it. until the Quarterly Review showed that it was but a recast of Newton on the Prophecies. The poets arc equally guilty. One of the finest things Lord Byron ever wrote, was on the death of Kirko White, where he represents him by a struck eagle stretched upon the plain, viewing its own feather on the arrow, the plu mage that had wanned its nest, drinking the last life drop of its blood. The whole of these lines are copied, not quite verbatim, but nearly so. including almost every rhyme, from an old English poet, who clearly got the idea of his figure from the Greek poet, two thousand years before. The “Hymn of Life” is changed with the same want of originality, even in that inimita ble figure: ‘‘And our hearts, though stout and f bravo, Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches lo the grave.’* Even Jefterson, who wished for no other epi taph than “The Author of'the Declaration of Independence,” was nof the author, but rather the editor of that document; from a pre-exist ing declaration,.drawn lip the year previously, at Mecklenburg* N. O-Vand containing two same essential features, and indeed many of the same paragraphs.' _ The fable, so bcadlifully told by Dr. Frank lin, to enforce charity—about the old man ( whom AhraJjam drQVftfrom ror Idolav , try, urnil it wass/inwn him that since the Lord had borne with him seventy years, he might well afford to endure him for one night—is all j clearly taken from Jeremy Taylor, who avow- I cdly got it from some Rabbinical work, I But ft is by no mcansccrtain that thoso par- / I ties were morally guilty of any plagiarism whatever. On the contrary, (hero is hardly anything about which n more false opinion reigns in the community. For any man lo pro- j (end to write nothing hut what was absolutely i original in thought nnd expression, woqjd he | absurd. An Idea is scarcely ever perfected by the man who first concicvcd it. Parley, forex ample, did not compose his work on Natural Theology until thirty years after he had first declared the substance of it in the form of lec tures before the University. These lectures wpuld of course be mere compilations, and itjs easy to suppose he may have forgotten the sources of his ideas. It is also perfectly cer tain that the charming style in which he cloth ed (hough's, is what has carried them home to men, and given them their real value lo thous ands. Byron (fared fitlfq where he got Ins rhymes so that they pleased his own car, all he Knfcw was that no drank the pin and water, nnd the verses jingled from his lingers* ends. He mny often have rc-produccd what he had read thus without knowing it. It frequently happens that men nnd facts, and thoughts, and even sentences, and write and tell them as their own. without knowing, thinking or caring where they came from, because so much more crtgrosiY rd with conveying The idea. Many an author has written twice over the same thoughts, in almost the same words, without the least knowledge (hat he was thus, as it were, pla giarizing from himself. Coleridge thus abstract ed from himself, nnd from the flernij>n writers, thoughts and pages, without knowing what he was doing. In fact ins whole lifo/and philoso phy was a grand reconstruction of other men’s thoughts. Further than this, it should he distinctly ob served (hot the lalior of polishing up an old thought, and setliiu k forth in a clear and lu cid connection nml style, is often great, and gives their .diief Interest to many of these pro ductions. The additional value thus conferred Is too much lorft sight of by those who accuse of plagiarism in such eases, Where nn author knowingly conceals his indebtedness to those who have gone before, it is an nef unworthy of n great mind, Bht ibis' is not Go ofiorr the case mfjs supposed,— Phtf'a. Ledger. Shocking a liAliv’s AlomflYy. —A singular occurrence happened during tho past summer in one of (bo provinces of Franco. An honest country genttuinan, possessed of a veiy liand dbmo park, hud found (ho weather oppressive, and Was tn the habit of taking n morning walk in Ids park, with a cigar In bid* month and no clothes npon Ids back. A lady in tho neighbor, hood, fronVtVhoqo windows tho park might ho aoen, considered' tW gonlloman’s proceedings as entirely too primitive, and cited him bolero a magistrate, Jfho defendant contended' that, npon his own property ho had tho' rtgiif to do ndiat ho pleased, and, moreover, that tho lady’s nrniso was a mile frdVn tho 1 spot where ho was thus In tho habit of walking In vuii't mturali but. “She must havo good eyes to distinguish at that distance whether 1 am dressed or not,” said tho gentleman. Interrogated upon (his point by thotnagia. Irafo, (he lady, whoso modesty had boon so rude ly shocked, naively replied-^ ’* Oh, but I looked at him with the aid of an excellent telescope.” K7* A rapid mind continually struggles, the feeble one limps, but a gr«kit mind selects the surest point, and upon these it stands. Ov" There are echoes in the air, hut few in tho hearts of our fellow-creatures when the re verbation would tell of distress. (C 7“ For attaining .perspicuity and precision of style, first, consider t chat you wish to say, and then hhto to say it. [£/' Keep your temper In disputes. The cool hammer fashions the red-hot Iron into any shape uccdcd. TruiuUUifnm Ihe Otrman of Illltt. 1 a swEEDisn mi | , In Folum, a mining town in Swetdcn, a-fenp drcd years and rooro ago,, a young minor itiltif ed his fair bride andssidtbher; “On St. Lucia’s Day oaf love wfil bcWeswf by the priest’s hand. Then weshpUße hua band and wife, and we will bdila us' 5* little nest of our own.” “And peace and lovo shall dwell 10 It.” said I the berfuliful bride, with a sweet smile, “for thou art my all in all, and without thee X would choose to bo in my grave." But when the priest, in proclaiming Ihcfr bans in the church for the second lime befdfS St. Lucia’s Day, pronounced the a words, ‘Tf # now, any one can show reason why these per. sons should not bo united in the bonds of maU rimony,” Death was at band.. . .young man. as he passed her’house next morning ia I his black mining garb, already wore bia shroud. Ho rapped upon her windowvamfc said, good morning—but never returned to :bid her good evening. He never earner babk from the iniue, and oil jn vain she embroidered Jpr him on that very morning a black, cravat wilhv red border, for the wedding day.’ .ThfssheMa. carefully away, rind nerer ccnicd_la itWQm or: weep for him. ... ••• Meanwhile, time passftTon; the SeWrfyfeirV war was fought: the partition of 'Poland- tajS l p[ n £ c • America became fixe; Napnlroh'SaTxm ed Prussia, and the English bombarded*Dopemr hogen. The husbandman sowed ahd’.rolpbd, the miller ground and the Eunth and the miners dug after the veins of. metal m‘ their subterranean workshops.’ As theminers of Falum, in the year eighteen hundred «od r nine, a little before or after St. John’s i were excavating an opening between twodhsftfcl full three hundred ells below the ground, tier dug from the rubbish and vitrol water, lh# I body of a young man, entirely saturated with 1 iron-vitrol but otherwise undccaycd an£ dual*-’ tcred— so that one could distinguish his, f€& ; turcs and age as well as If he had died only an hour before, or had fallen asleep for a HtUo while at his work. But when tliey had brought him out tor Ifja- 1 light of day. father anil mother, friend# *ha-' acquaintances, had been long dead; .-no cm’ could identify the sleeping, youth, or tUI aay*. thing of his misfortune,’till she came, who was! once the betrothed of that minor who had ootf' day gone lo the mine olid nCvtr returned.— ‘ Grey and shrivelled, she Came to (he place faolA i Wing upon a crutch, and- recognised her hrido- • groom, when, more in joyful ecstacy than pain,! she sank down upon the beloved form. A# soon ns she had recovered her composure.sbfr exclaimed. “It is my betrothed, whom I havo mourned for fifty years, and; whom God noir permits me lo see once more before I die. A week before the wedding time, ho went the earth and never returned.” • ’ All the bystander# were moved to lcari;a* they beheld the former bride, a wasted and fee* - blc old woman, and the bridegroom still in the. beauty of youth; and how, after the lapipoF fifty years, her youthful lovo awoke again.— ; But he never opened his mouth to smile, nor * his eyes to recognize; and she finolly, os the only one belonging to him and having a* right to him, had him carried to her own little rooJn, 1 fill a grave could be prepared in the church* yard. The next day. when all was ready, and the minors came to take him away, she opened i a little drawer, and-taking out the black.allk cravat, tied itarodnd his neck, and then acobtn* panied him in her Sunday garb, as if it were their wedding day and not the day of tria bariv al. As they laid him in the grave in. t hoi, churchyard, she said “Sleep welt nowVfor" a few days in thy cold bridal Jet. hot the time seem long to thee. I have now Utile more to do. and will come soon, and it will be day again." As she was going away,' she looked back onefe more and said, “whal the earth has once restored it will not a second tuo’4 , withhold.” NO. 39. 1 Political PaBAcmKO.— W« find the filVwr*. fng'in’lhd'NeW York JouriiaVof 'i-1 1 “An American clergyman in Asia Minor. : writes as follows: ‘lf any man wishes to ae£ what comes from a secularized ministry or priesthood, let him come here, where there ' thousands of priests end church meriifcjrs;—' There is no curse on earth like a secularised w£ : litical priesthood. wonder (hat in Jforop* • and the East there are so many infidels. I can not but fear, from what I read, that the Amer jean ministry has seen its best days. Puri 1 Christianity has existed only aliout three tunes m any country, 'ihen coftos corrupt » \ion.' ” The Journal, commcnling on' thl) aibvs; “JPe Ifrc not ro desponding, tf wo t&slaW not, there Is already a marked change for lha k-Uer in the mailer ho Justly complained of by our correspondent. Many a good minister vvbQ ivsk lid away by the excitement of an hour, and by a desire lo meet the Wishes of his peo ple. has (we iljirlk we, piny say) preached his last poUejcal scimon. lie wilt know belle* dcA lime.'', * TiVk Cn'msTiAh’l?Euoioi».—’The will of th> late Hon. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, has* lieen published. The Urat clause of it is as’ follows; ••First—l hare to my friends and rclaliretf. ’ as well as to ott of hcra'who may think my opta* lon of any value. ibis testimonial, that fhors ligion taught in the New Testament is tho beat iliui Irta Urn qffered for our adoption, both ibis world and for that which is to come, and that Jesus Christ was the true Messiah, and • will remain forever Ibo Redeemer and Saviour.' of fallen man. Let my humble testimony sUodf' in furor 6( the ClirlftUan retTgiAnP—f am deeply; lliorongldy convinced of its truth. n Tirit Uiur.iiT or funuiDKxcE; —A y6unjjf Kpark who boarded at one of our principal ho tels. managed, for a long lime, bypnoartifica or another, 16 postpdnd the pdyment of hfs bilf At lust the landlord became quite Impatient, and stepping up lo his Juvenile) boarder, idapp-* t-d him gently on his shoulder, and asked Mm, for some money, •1 have not a red cent about die, at . was the laconic reply. * ■but my dear sir/said (he landlord, *1 can't nflordto keep a boarding-liouso withbut bchrf' paid,’ • W ill, It,* exclaimed our voung pht losopher, *if you om’l altord it, stH £lu to aotud onetluUcao'.’ C 7" A writer In (bo tfWadolphU EtOnlri* Joiinml advances a novel Idea in respect to thrf; growth of flio beard, which nil itho' dultlrata. “ hair” upon (holf face would do well to con. aider/ lie assorts (hat (bo growth of (he beard 1 diminished' the growth of the lulr,and prodilcW b.ilitnoss. The argument is that tho fecrotlqn designed for (ho hair Is diverted for tho nouiW-• rnent of tho beard. (C 7“ ’Gra^<lmothcl 1 , , ui'd a child otT return-‘ mg frotn Sunday School one fine morning.- ‘U. the Bible true v . . , 'Certainly,'replied the old lady,'but itfllj Jo you ask ?’ , , , ‘ ‘Because.’ replied the juvenile, ‘lt liayf every hair of our head* la numbered, and *4 V pulled out a handful to day, and'there wasn't a nu . bar on any of them.” •What heresy ?” exclaimed the old Istfy, and fainted clean stiff stone dead on thdflooh > 1 (CT'Sotnc meteorologists o&tcA.tliht there or* cold ami warm cycles, which return every ibr-.- ■ ty or flflyycara. the winters' growing roorflond, | more severe until Ihdy 1 resell a maximum, - when, th y begin to grow milder-. A Ocrinlih man of* so.ence who had carefully observed ihetfdatbef * fs>r a. long period msfnWtns that (ho lost half oft each decade Is colder than The first. ■ -If fchq, iimhi theory is (rue. that (hero arc cold! and, warm cyclcs, It explains why our fathers have * boon telling us. until lately, that there ”arb nd : such winters now a days as when- lhay wtri hoys.” Old people, however, say this noldb* ger: they admit that tho winters acp cMUb cold again, and that is, mosl, dbcldcdly, our bwa* 'humble opinion; < 1
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