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•jMcal.
i DRIMABD’S WARNING.
/Ii ! D crmol, you look iiealtby ao»r, yo.nr droca ia
neat ami clean, .
I uover see you drunk about, oh! tell mo where
you’ve been; -
Your wile and children, arc they well?.. yo\i opco
did u*o them fltrango.,
Arc yon kinder to Lhe-u: grown? 'bov cuuioiihie
happy change?
II whs a dream, a warning voice, which Hcavou
j<*nL to,mo, A '
T'» .-mitch IV*iin the Drunkard's cuTdc —gylih Want
and niisjry.
■yir want's wore all spent in drink, oh! .what ,a
’ . uretched .view. ,>
1 ulnni'i broke my Mary’s heart, and starved my
children, too.
Wlml wh* my home or wife to me, I hooded not
her sigh,
Jlur |mU*'ni Miiilo lins -vclcom’d me, when"tours
heilimm'd her eye.
Ob I my children, too, have oft awoke—“Oh!
Father, dear,'' they've said,
Poor, mother has been weeping so, because there
was no bread !”
My Mary's form did waste nway, I saw her sun
ken eye ;
On-straw my babes in sickness lay, I beard their
wailing cry;
I laugh’d and sum; with drunken "100, whilst
Mary's lour* did stream.
‘Ph<w Ike heasl I full asleep, uud had tliLj wain
ureaiv.
1 riionjrM once inor.* X Htngger’d home, there was
it solemn gloom,
I inis“'d my wife, where cun she he, and' strangers
. in the room ?
I heard them say. poor thing she’s dead, the led‘a
h relein (I 1 ife.
‘iriifand wmil did hreak her lieart. wlio'd be a
(ironkiird’s wife ?
1 raw my children kneeling round, I scarcely drew
my breath ;
They kueh amt kissed her once warm lips, forever
.-till in death.
"Oh’ Talker, come and wake her up, the people
sny she's dead,
Oh 1 make her smile and speak cuco more, we’ll
„ never '-ry for bread”’ ( '
■".''lie L 1 a;.; .load,” 1 frai.tk* ci'ivd ; then nisliud to
whore aim la.v;
1 innuy kiss J her once warm lips, forever oohl as
‘■lay.
’ Mar\; speak one word to me, no more I’ll
niu.-e y i,ii jiain—•
K‘< mijrc I*ll break \oiir 1 *>l ll heart, not’ never
drink ng* in ;
f| n; .Mary speak,’li.-) Durmot culls; “well sol
? 'W simen.-r. 0
I and fruo, lay Mury, dear, vius kueoling l»y
my side;
1 <1 her to my loving heart, while joyous
tears did stream,
Hum ever since \yo’vo heuvou blessed fur sending
me aucli a dream.
.GOV. SFJ.UQUR’S iIIESSICIf.
'"m. -.Seymour delivered ilia annual mes
fl to the Legislature of Now York on tho
: ‘ ! l' instant. It is an able, a powerful docu
•wiii, and—4n connection with other splen
did emanations from lils comprehensive, well
balanced and well trained mind—places him
'•‘i thelVont rank uf American HtatLsmen ami
patriots. We extract that part which re
,;;ii(e,s particularly to Federal affairs, luid-oar
n'’Ktly request our readers to give it a pa
tl!'ui J«»tV attentive .perusal. . The 'Governor
-lie pnal year has bean cro~.vd(itT with
events, both civil an kmilitury, of the,gravest
interest. The establishment of a National,
hank sysllmu ; the issue liFc nor mono amounts
|‘l paper money, which Is .made a ,Jcgal ten
. >r ; the adoption q{ a law for,coerced mill-.
iary service ; themet indopiiufying; and ahicl
j* ln S officials charged with .offenses against
tho person and property of citizens-;-the; sus
■penaiop of the .writ o.f habeas cot pus in pence*
,'d and loyal communities, ace
winch g° f lir towards destroying the rights of
tatcft and centralizing all power at tho Na
lional capital.
■iho Executive hnd military officials as
fimne to declare martial law and to arrest
J 1 izomj whore the courts arfc in undisturbed
to try thom-by military tribunals
fiau to impose punishments unknowh'to the
customs of our country ; to administer arbi
rary tost oaths; to interfere with tho freo
l°m of tho .press and with 'State and local
c cctions by military decrees and the display
U ,p power,
>1 ,10 President claims the right to do acts
1 on'i *l^ 3 jurisdiction, and beyond the
liio' 8 .T c power, of Congress, by virtue of
position as Commupder-in-Chief. * In this
ho is sustained by both branch-
Pooni' S resB > and-by aJafgo shore of tho
• P IQ of the country: These proceedings
nud° ,1? r eSB an( * ftC^on °f tho Executive,
lOI f ll ,[ ar y officials have wrought a revalu
ed u i - c ‘. P owo ?> the Jaws of States,
undo 10 1 l ei ?* oDS of the judiciary have boon
this ti ßUboi ; diDat o to military authority. At
tarv rr ol0 ’ ™ en » wo-.are living under a mlli
ostinjP Vernai QQt, which claims that its high
eilhnt r °^ at^os . 6 P r * n K from martial law and
BUj daii/n eC * efiB *^ o3 * acta have been
tho r C n C i m lO . arm y an( l acquiesced in by
accente 1 °* revo^u tlon if permanently
uf 08inn’ U i lU , )0 recognized as an overthrow
Govern J lB l an( i cherished principles of
upon « ent ; 01 'caftor it will force itself
T\-‘h o \viii o <.f.^ en^ 0n the American people,
Bult«. ui l? n . s °° a . n d fool its nature and re
euhinfti. 0 their decision in calmer hours this
I'f tl* nUBfc bo referred.
•financinf 0 mcaBu . ro& of military, politioal.and
.?, onBo )idation break down, their
tution ?n V 1 • t ?, low fc bo wisdom of tlio Consti
<ifnniont vlt l boldiag from the" General gov
■ "‘ell* oxol’ciso wisely and
upon „ i tho rights of States
Juuko thn p lB au( * undisputed, and will
lining it e t aora l government strong by con
fcnd wo ftkoii P l ’°P or jurisdiction. In tho
which wo b wturn to, the principles from.
In Hm , ava bo . en drifting"
Sher eah^T™! 0 ’ aro threatened with
winch demand our immodi-
ate attention. The rights of the people and
the restraints of the Constitution can be re
asserted whenever the public shall demand
their restoration, but it is beyond the power
of the popular will to rescue us from the ca
lamities of national bankruptcy or national
ruin, when these have befallen us. The pro
gress of events has brought us to a j>6int
where wo arc compelled to contemplate these
calamities and to consider bow they may be
averted.
.AVhile it ia a duty to state plainly my
views about public affairs, I shall do so in no
spirit of controversy or of disrespect for the
opinions of those who differ from mo. The
questions of the day are beyond the grasp of
any mind to comprehend in their influences
or results. AVc see them from different stand
points and wo reach conflicting conclusions.
None but the ignorant, the bigoted or the
designing will make these differences of
views occasions for fcproach or contumely,’
The times demand outspoken discussions—
When wo see good and earnest men, under
the influence of some absorbing sentiment,
overlooking the .great principle of good gov
ernment, trampling upon usages and procee
durea which have grown up with the history
of liberty in the .civilized world, wo are
warned that, none of us can chum to be above
the influence of passions or of prejudices.—
While I do not agree with those upon the
one hand -who insist .upon an uncondi
tional peace, or with those upon the other
extreme, who would use only unqualified
force in putting down this rebellion, I de
mand for tlicm what I ask for those who con
cur in the views which ll present, a fair, dis
passionate and.respectful bearing. Let not
the perils ,cf bur country be increased by
bigotry, by partisan passions, or by an un
willingness to. allow opinions to bo uttered
in forms and modes in accordance with the
usages of our people and the spirit bf our
laws.
Since tho outset of the war the National
administration has asked fur nearly two mil
lions of men. To keep up our armies, the
avarago annual calls have, been moro than
400,000 men. • ■
In addition'to tho loss of life thevebaa been
a diversion of labor from peaceful and pro
ductive occupations to war, which -destroys
tho Hccu.nuilated wealth of-the cow-try.
The Secretary of tho Treasury states tho
National debt will bo sixteen hundred mil
lions in July next. This does not include
unascertained demands. Jn our former wars
theso’latcn claims have nearly’ doubled tho
liabilities supposed to exist during their pro
gress. If tho war should cease to-day the
national indebtedness could not fall sljort of
two thousand ’millions of dollars. To this
must Uo added the aggregate of Stale, coun
ty and town obligations. Tho coat of carry
ing on tho war hereafter will he increased
by larger pay to our soldiers, by interest ac
counts, by enhanced prices of provisions,
transportation and material, growing out of
U depreciated currency. The proposed issue
,of three hundred millions of paper money,
.under the. National banking eohcpics,,m ad
dition to tho vast sum now put out by gov
ernment, will add to the inflation of prices.
Conflicting \ lews are held a^,,to tho amount
of indebtedness which would cause national
bankruptcy, and with regard to tho length
of time tho war can go on without causing
national ruin. All.tfgrcc Ip this-r-that there
is an amount of indebtedness which would
overwhelm us with bankruptcy, that there is
a duration of war which would bring upon
ns national ruin. The problem with which
we have to grapple is: How can wo bring
this war to a conclusion before such disasters
overwhelm us? These perils must he con
fronted.
Two antagonistic theories are now before'
the American people fur bringing to an end
the dostmetivo contest ip which wo are en
gaged. The first is that contained in the
resolution adopted by Congress and approv
ed by the President gt an early day, and.up
on the faith of which tho people of this coun
try, without distinction of party, have fur*
,nifihed more than one million of men to our
armies, and vast contributions to tho treasure
ul our country.
This resolution consecrated the energies of
war and the policy of government to tho re
storation of tho Union, the support of our
Constitution. It was a solemn appealdo-tbc
civilized world that tho objects thus clearly,
sot .forth justified a war which not only con
cerned tho American people, but which also
•distorted the commerce and industry .of-all
'nations. , ' v
The opposite theory prevents the rctgr.u of
>the revolted States upon tho condition of lay
ing down their .arms*; it denies them a po
litical.existence which enables them to come
back upon any terms ; ,rt holdothat States in
the revolted section jof the country must bo
•“reestablished; 0 that-the .States‘hereafter
,mado may or may not hold names or bcum
dariea of the States thus destroyed, although
it is suggested as not improper o that these
names'and boundaries, &0., should be .-main
tained.
The war,.therefore, is not to be brought W
an end hy the submission of those States to
the Constitution and their'return to the
Union, but it must be prolonged until the
South is subjugated to the acceptance, not of
its duties under tho Constitution, but of such
terms as may be dictated. Until States aro
thus “ reestablished,’'’ it isdiold that there
are no political organizations "which can
bring back" tho people to their allegiance ;■
that if the nine States spoken of in tho proc
lamation of the President should lay down
thoir arms,, and should return to the perfor
mance of their duties, they would not ho re
cognized or received. This theory designs a
sweeping in the section of our
country now in rebellion, and tho creation of
a new political system hy virtue of executive
decrees.
Js this calculated to stop the Waste of blood
and treasure ? If tho South is revolutionized,
its property devastated, its industry broken
up and destroyed, will : this benefit tho
North f
Those who -urge the .restoration of tho
Union and tho preservution of the Constitu
tion, contend that in addition .to upholding
our armies and our navies, every measure of
wise statesmanship and conciliatory policy
shall bo adopted to bring this war to a suc
cessful close.
Only tho ends for which this war was be
gun should be sought; because they aro tho
most easily attained, most beneficial 'when
gained, apd in their support the most varied,
tho most enlarged and tho most patriotic in
fluences can ho exerted. , . .
On tho other hand, it ia insisted that the
•war id:all ho prolonged by, waging it for pur
poses beyond those avowed at tho outset and.
by making demands which will excite a des
perate resistance. A demand is made that
tho people of tho South shall swear to abide
by a proclamation put forthwith reluctance,
and which is objootod to by a large share of
the Northern people, as unwise and unjust,
as it nmkes.no distinction between the guilty
and the innocent.. They arc to take an oath
“OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE EIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY
to which no reputable citizen of the North of
any party will subscribe; that they will up
hold any futiu‘o proclamations relating to
slavery. They are to submit themselves to
uttered and unaltered opinions and decrees.
'No longer regarding the war as directed
against armed rebellion, it is to be waged
against people, property, and local institu
tions 1 It is hold that the whole population
within the limits of certain States are stripped
of all political rights until they are purged
by Presidential clemency.
The disorganization and destruction of the
South a: e pot to save us from the cost of war.
The plan for tho future government of the se
ceded States demands t‘he maintenance of
armies and a continued drain upon tho per
sons and property of our people. Whenever
one tenth of the voters Of 'either of these
States shall submit themselves to the condi
tions imposed, they form new governments
with new or old names and boundaries. This
inconsiderable minority is to be supported in
tho exercise of power by tho firms and trea
sure of tho North. There will bo no motives
on their part to draw the remaining popula
tion into tho support of the governments thus
created. There will be every inducement of
power, of gain and ofanbition, to perpetuate
the condition of affairs so favorable to indi
vidual purposes! it will .also be for tho in*
tercst of the national administration to con
tinue this system of government, so utterly
a-t variance with a representative policy, la
not this the same mistaken theory aipon
which other nations have tried to govern
their dependencies ? Has complete subjuga
tion for centuries .produced the quiet, the
obedience to law, the order, the security to
life and property, tho kindly feelings of the
mutual enntribusions .to prosperity which
belong to real peace?
Governments thus formed would represent,
not the interests of their citizens, but the
wills and interests of the power that creates
and sustains them. The nine States thus
controlled would balance in tho House of
Representatives id tho choice of President,
and at all times in the Senate, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Mas
sachusetts, Missouri,-Kentucky and Wiscon
sin, with a united population of 10,533,1)83 ;
which is more than one-half of that of our
whole country. The one-tenth who would
accept tiie proclamation for’ the price of
power would not only govern the States made
by Executive hut they would also
govern tho North. While the plan is harsh
to the body of the .Southern people, it is etjll
more unjust towards the North. Fourteen
hundred men in Florida.would balance in
the Senate of the United States the power of
New York. Less than 70.000 voters in the
nine States named in the President’s procla
mation would wield a power sufficient to
weigh down that of tho nine most populous
States in the Union.
We should thus have, with the nominal
States of Eastern and Western Virginia, a
svstem of rotten boroughs which would gov
ern the Union and destroy tho representative
nature of our government. This, in connee
■iion with existing inequalities in State re
presentation, would bo a dangerous invasion
of the rights of a majority of the American
people. It would enable an administration
to perpetuate its power.
It is a fact full of significance that every
measure to convert tho war against armed
rebellion into one against private property,
and personal rights at the -South, has been
accomplished by claims to exercise military
power in the loyal Slates of the North.
The proclamation of emancipation at the
South, and tho suspension of the writ of ha
beas .corpus at .the North ; tho confiscation of
private property in tho seceding States, and
the arbitrary arrrests, imprisonment and
banishment of the citizens of the loyal States;
the claim to destroy political organizations
gt Uic.Sqgth, and the armed interference by
government in local elections have been con
temporaneous events.
These acts at first wore justified by some
upon the ground that they were necessary to
save tho national existence. Wo now find
that new and moro extreme claims to arbi
trary power are put forth when it is declared
that tho strength of tho rebellion is broken
and that our armies are about to trample out
every vestige of its incendiary fires. More
prerogatives are asserted in tho hsur of tri
umph than were claimed ns a necessity in
days of disaster and of danger.
■ The doctrine of Southern disorganization
and* revolution Is a doctrine of national bank
ruptcy and of national ruin; it is a measure 1
for .lasting military despotism over one-third
of our country, .which will bo tho basis for
military despotism dver'the whole land* It
.does not contemplate *th'o ;rcbnrn of our sol
diers to their families, or relief from tho cost
and sacrifices of war. It will make an en
during drain upon oar'(homes, .and impose
•crushing burthens upon our labor and indus
try. it willppen a wild and lasting-field for
speculation and fraud. It tends to perpetu
ate power by making and *unmejking States,
as too-interests of factions may dictate. It
will be a source of internal disorder and dis
quietude and national weakness in pur ex
ternal relations. Ibwjll give dangerous al
lies to invaders of our sdilT •
If this war is to make a social revolution
and structural changes in great States, we
have seep only its beginning. -Such changes
are the work of tho time. If they are to be
made by military power, it must be exerted
through long, periods. Whether white or
black troops aro used, tho diversion from la
bor and tho cost of war will be equally pro
longed, and wo Jmve just entered upon a
course of certain cost and uncertain results.
No such changes as are now ujged, have ever,
in tho world’s history, boon without strug
gles lasting through more than one genera
tion of men.
What has government accomplished in the
territories wrested from rebellion by the valor
of our armies ? Has it pacified them ? lias
it revived the arts of peace ? Has quiet and
confidence been restored? 'ls commerce re
newed ? , Are they not held as they were
conquered, at the expense of Northern blood
and treasure,? Ara ,not our armies wasted
by holding'under armed control thgso who,
under a wise ,gnd generous policy, would
have boon friends ? The spirit which prompts
tho harsh measure of subjugation has driven
off many in tho Border States, qvhje, at tho
crisis of Our country's fate, broke away from
their ancient sympathies with tho seceding
States and clung to tho Union. States which,
-by tho election of tho people, ranged them
selves upon the side of tho Constitution, are
not allowed the.free exorcise of tho elective
franchise. In soriio quarters discontent has
been increased, in no place has tho wisdom
of government gained US allids.
There is but one course which will save us
from national ruin. Wo must adhere to tho
solemn pledges made by .our government at
tho outset of tho war.
Wo must seek to restore tho Union and to
uphold the Constitution. To this end, while
wo put forth every exertion of material power
to beat down armed rebellion, wo must use
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY is, 1864.
every influence of wise statesmanship to bring
back tho States which now rejec v t their con
stitutional obligations. AVo must hold forth
every honorable inducement to tho people of
the South to assume again tho rights and
duties of American citizenship.
AYe have reached that point in tho progress
of tho war for which all have struggled and
all have p-ut forth united exertions. Our ar
mies and navies have won signal victories ;
they have done their part with courage, skill
and success. By the usage of tho civilized
world, statesmanship facet bovv exert its in
fluence. if our cause fails, in the judgment
of the world it Will be charged to the lack of
wisdom in the Cabinet, and not to the want
of bravery or patriotism in the Army. ' The
groat object of victories is to bring back
peace ; wo can now with dignity and magna
nimity proclaim to tho world' our wish that
States, which have long boon identified with
our history, should rcasaumo their positions
in the Union. AVo now stand before tho
world a great and successful military power
No one cap foresee the latent victories or de-
feats which iio in our course, if forco and
force is to bo exerted. The- past has
taught us the certain cost of war and the un-
certainties of its results.
In this contest belligerent rights are ftccc*-
sarily conceded to tho South. The usages of
international warfare are prrcticed in the re-
cognition of flags and the exchanges of pris
oners. It is wise to putoff the end of the war
and hereby continue a recognition which
tends to familiarize tho public mind in our
own country And in tho world at largo with
the idea that we are disunited into two dis-
tinct nationalities ? A needlessly protracted
war becomes disunion.
AVise statesmanship can now' bring this war
to'a close, upon the terms solemnly avowed
at the outset of the contest.
the public creditors; to nll.chisscs of citizens
of our country; to tho world, demands that
this be done.
Tho triumph won by tho soldiers in -tlic
field should ho followed up and secured by
the peace making policy of the statesmen in
fclvGfOnbmet. in no other way can wo save
o,ur Union. 1 (.Vcnr-de-Uinn and tho n’npo|uilur Kin" John.
The fearful struggle which hns taught tho ! Philip’s reign was a benefit to France, ns he
North and tho South the courage, the endu- ! I ihured sncccsslullv to overcome feudalism,
ranco and tho resources of our people, have iim l strengthen and consolidate the power of
made a basis of mutual respect i>po» .which a tho crown. lie came to tho throne when he
generous and magnanimous policy can build was only fifteen years of ago, and already
lasting relationships of union, intercourse and displayed a vigor of mind wliich was beyond
fraternal regard. If our course is to he 1 his years. One of the earlier acta of his reign'
shaped by narrow and vindictive passions, hv j was the persecution of tho Jews, who, on the
venal purposes, or by partisan objects, then ! charge of having crucified a Christian child
a patriotic people have poured out their blond | at Master, were,stripped of their pvspssions,
and treasure in vain and tho future is full of ; and banished from Franco; hut this was loss
disaster and ruin. : an aid of religious higotrv than prubahlv an
, Wo should seek not the disorganization but ; expedient for enriching his treasury. While
the pacification of that section of our country plvi'og Henry 11, of England lived, Philip on
devastated by civil war. . j emiragcd the two young English princes,
In this hour of triumph appeals should he 0,.,,|1Vcv and'jticliard, in rcJicJUng against
made to States, which are identified with g,mir father,.because he a,imod at getting'pos
growth ilhd greatness of our .country, and scsshm of iho En.tlis.ii territori.oa in France ;
with some of which are associated thojnij^- Wi and alter Honry f a death, he .professed the
Otic memories.of our revolutionary atruggfBf7ijfee.it friendship fur Itichai*!, \vfio sycceudud
Every generous mind revolts at the thought him on the throne, and joj»io.l with him in
of destroying ail these memories that cling the third Crusade. This.diowover, was .the
about tiio bettor days of the Republic ; that result neither of religious zeal upr of'rincere
■arc connected with the sacrifices of the men friendship, for, as it is well known to all rea
who have made onr history glorious by their 'ders..hc quarrelled with King llichardon
services in the cabinet, in the forum, and in the way to the Fast, and became his hitter
the field. ... enemy, and soon abandoned, tho crusade and
Tho victories which have given our govern- returned home. lie was restrained by his
mont its present commanding position were oath, and still more by tlie.lhroatsof tho Pope,
won by men \vho rallied around and fought lln j t, y the fear ef incurring tho odium of
beneath tho folds of a flag whose stars repre- all Wosteren Europe, from attacking King
sent each State in our Union. If we strike I,’iehard’s possessions .during his absence :
out of existence a single State, we make that but he intrigued agaiust.hiip, incited his sub-
flag a falsehood. When wc extinguish the
name of any ono of. the original thirteen
States, wc dishonor the historic stripes of our
national banner. Let the treasonable task
of defacing our flag bo left .to those who war
upon our government, and who would destroy
the unity of our country.
.Faith to our armies and to our citizens de
mands that we keep sacred the solemn pledge '
made to our people and to the civilized world
when wo engaged in this bloody..war, “ that
it was not waged in auyspir.it of oppression,
or for any purpose erf conquest or ’subjuga
tion, or purpose of overthrowing or interfer
ing with tho rights of established ipatitut’mns
in those States, but to defend and maintain
tho supremacy of the Constitution, and to
preserve tho Union with all tho dignity,
equality and rights of tho several States un
impaired'; and that as soon as these objects
gro accomplished the war ought to cease:”
Horatio Seymour.
Love and Strychnine. —Yesterday a sin
gular transaction occurred ip rtbie .city, in
which the properties of love and .strychnine
were brought to tho test. It appears a man l
whoso locks have been somewhat frosted by
passing through -fifty winters, named f)ayid
McKeefer, whose place of residence is Brown’s
Yallay, heqaipo desperately in love with a
young and fascinating and beautiful girl, of
thirteen summers, residing in this city.~
McKeofer, who amused himself in tho occu
pation of driving an ox team between the
Valley and this city, would spend his leisure
hours while in town beside the object of his
affections. During the -past smpzpor dm
whispered gently in her ear, and asked her
consent to weave tho silken cord which should
unite them forever. Tho fair one declined.
Thereupon ho threateped to swallow a“ cup
of cold pizen.” He appealed m vain for the
hand of the young girl. Tho mother remon
strated, and told him- her daughter had yet
to finish her education—that she was but a
school girl, and* too young to think of love
and marriage. iCeoferihen wrote a long let-*
ter to his fond parents in Wisconsin, inform
ing them of his intention of commiting eui
.cido, and requesting them to write to the girl
who was the cause of -his seeking the grave,
and get the particulars of his death and .bur
ial. Tho letter was .placed in-the hands of
the fair one with auburn hair, while the old
lover took his departure, only to return again
the next week, looking halo and hearty,
bearing no evidence of-throwing off this mor
tal coil. Still he pressed his attachments,
and was bent on having Winter linger in tho
lap of. Spring. The ippocent young girl'fre
quently declined, and tho disappointed suit
or would often threaten to swallow strychnine
and end his troubles. Yesterday he visited
tho young lady, and commenced to give evi
dence .of the manner iu which she.caused his
heart-strings to vibrato, when she plainly
told him it was not her intention to Outer in
to matrimonial negotiations during the pres
.cut year. lie then drew a vial from his (jack
et, and’pourod a largo quantity upon an apple,
which ho did cat. Tho alarm was immedi
ately given, and tho disconsolate lover taken
to the station house by the police, where a
powerful omotio was administered, and tho
contents of his stomach ‘wore ejected in a
lively puvnuor. At last advices ho was doing
well, with good prospects of living to make'
many more proposals. —Marysville (Oah)
JSxprcss.'
0“ Mivny juries think themselves; grand
•when they sue potty. ■
Tho King cun drink the best of wine—
So can I;
And bus enough when ho would dine—
So have I;
Aifd cannot order IjLjjdp .or Shine—
. Nor ean I,
Then where’s the difiernneo—let me see—
Betwixt my Lord tho King and me !
' Do trusty friends surround his tbrouo
Night and day ?
Or make his interest their own?
No, not they.
Mine love mo fbr myself alone—
Bless’d bo they.
And that’s one difference which I see
Betwixt my Lord the King and i^e.
Do knaves mound me lay in wait
To deceive 'i
Or fawn and flutter when they.hate)
And -would grieve ?
Or cruel jponjpa oppress my Stale
i}y my leave ?
No I Ifcivpp );u that)l ed ! And here you see
Mure difference ’tv'Lyt the Jfing.;tud i^c.
lie has his fools, w.sth Jests and quips,
)Vhen he’d play ;
1L- his ftrouie* tutf his .-hips-
Great are they ;
But not. a child to kiss his lips,
w ell a il,iy !
And that's n difU.-runcc sad to sue
Betwixt my f.urd tho .King and me.
I wear the cap mul ho the ti
I Mk'y eu i'traw and ho on down—
And he’s the King and I'm tho clown--
What of that 4 ?
If happy I, mul y, retched he.
perhaps the King would change with me
Good fnith”t«»
'f.he namo-’of Philip Augustus Ls hotter
kmAvn in English history than those of most
ut the earlier French monarehs, on account
of his relations with the chivalrous Richard
jeets to rebellion, assisted his brother John
in his attempt to usurp his throne, and when
Iliuhard hjvd boon seized and imprisoned by
tho Emperor of Austria, ho offered money to
that monarch to indpqo 'hirp to keep him in
confinement.
By the death of "Richard Cocnr-de-Lion,
Philip was released from a powerful and dan
gerous enemy, and he soon commenced hos
tilities against his successor, King John, with
whom he had previously been in secret and
not very honorable alliance. Tho result of
this war was, that in 1204, I>ing .John was
stripped of his Norman duchy, which was
reunited to the crown of Franco, and the
English king gained from his Norman sub
jects tho derisive title of Jehp,n-sans Tc.i;i;o,,
which was Anglicised by the Inter English
annalistsinto John Lack-land. Philip’s plans
of aggrandisement in tho north and west,were
-no doiibt .aesiated by. tho absence of the
great barons of the south, who might have
.e.mbarrassod'him in another crusade, in which
they conquered not Jerusalem, but Constan
tinople and Philip invaded ‘and oc
cupied Brittany, and other provinces which
were under English influence and rule, while
King John made a feeble and very short at-'
tempfrat resistance. Those events were fol
lowed by tho terrible'crusado -against the
horotrioal Albigoois, which Philip encouraged
no dqubt from motives of crafty policy, and
not from either religious bigotry or attach
ment to the Pope. Nevertheless, tho Pope,
as is well known, was so well satisfied with
Philip’s conduct in this cause, that ho struck
the English nation with the interdict, and
nominally deposed King John from,his throne
• transferred the crown of England .by his au
thority to..the head of Philip' Augustus, and
authorized him to go and take possession of
it by force, promising tho privilege of crusa
ders iu this world and the next too all who
should assist Kim in this Undertaking. This
expedition- was retarded by a war with tho
Count of -Flanders, which led to a coalition'
between the Count, tho Emperor of Germany
anfi Tho King of England, against the French
king ; but t lie war was ended advantageous
ly for Philip, by his victory in the battle of
Bonvmos.. Philip now found sufficient occu
pation for a while in regulating til'd internal
aifqic3*of his own country, and iu resisting
the rather undisguised aspirations of his sub
jects for popular liberty ; while hi* enemy,
King John, was e'ngagued iu a fiercer strug
gle with,his owii‘barons*, but there "had been
ti change which Philip did not expect, for the
Pope, who bated everything like popular lib
erty, no sooner saw that it was for this ob
ject, *hi Bofeio degree, that; the English bar-’
ons were fighting, than he altered his policy,
took King John under his protoctian, and
forbade the King of Franco to., in fere further.
Philip had no love for tho Pope, and was sol
■dom inclined to submit to any control upon
his own will; and when the English barons,
in their discouragement, sought his assistance
and offered the crVwn of England to his son,
the prince'.Louis' (aftcrwaids King Louis
VIII. of franco,) ho accepted and sent Lou
is with.an army to England, in defiance of
tho Pope’s" direct prohibition. . Tho death of
King John, ami tho change of feelings iu
England which followod.Jlint event, finally
put and'end to his ambitious, hopes in that
direction. The remainder of Philip’s reign
presented vT.o events of any great importance
• except the renewal of tho war in tho south,
in which tho first Simon do-Montford was
slain in .-the year 1-18. Philip Augustus
died at Mantes, on tho 14th of July, 1223, at
‘ the age of fifty-eight, leaving tho crown of
DIFFERENCES.
nv CM A ULE3 JIACKAV
What.of that '{
iVf hut of that '!
Philip dugus.tus nf prance.
Franco far mord powerful than ho had found
it.
Philip’s accession to the throne of France,
when ho was only a child, was accompanied
by a rather romantic incident. Ilia father,
who, as was then usual, was preparing to se
cure thV throne to ids son by crowning him
during hjs.Jifetime, and who was residing, iu
a declining state of health, at Cumpicgrre,
gave tho young prince permission to go to
the chaco with Jiis huntsman. Ifhcy had
hardly entered the forest, belure they found
a boar, and tho hunters uncoupiodtho'hounds
and pursued it till they were-dispersed in
different directions anjong tho wildest parts
of tho woods, Philip, on a swift horse, fol
lowed eagerly the boar, until' his steed slack
ened its pace, through fatigue, and tlrop tho
young jlfinoe fuupd that h'c w^entir.ojy sep
arated from his companions, and ignprnnt of
the direction in which ho pjight hope to find
them, jitter he had ridden backyards and
forwards for some time, night set in, and the
nrince, left thus alone in tho midst of a
vast and dreary format, became seriously
alarmed. In this c.ondit’on he wandered
about for several hours, until at last, attrac
ted by the appearance of a light, ho perceiv
ed at a distance a peasant who was blowing
thofi.e of a charcoal kiln. Philip rode up
to him, and told him win, lie was, and the
accident which had happened to him, though
his fear was not much abated by the collier's
personal appearance, for he was a fargo stout,
and rough-looking man, with a forbidding'
fn.oo, rendered pjoro fete uni’s by being black”
on.eij! with tlii dust, of his charcoal, and ho
was armed with a formidable axe. His be
haviour, however, did not aecoid with his ap
pearance, for he ipi.pi.ediately left his char
coal, and conducted the pginco safely back to
Compoignc ; but fear nrtd fatigue throw the
child into so violent an illnes that it was found
nocesary tu postpone tho coronation more
than two months.
Fatal of tup, Colo—A
Family ‘Frozen to Fkatii. —By the passen
gers who arrived here oh the Central Rail
road last night from the West, wo learn'of
one of the most fearful and heart-rending af
fairs that has ever occurred in th'ui section of
the country, namely: that a family of seven
persons were frozen to death during the Cold
weather on Friday last. About 30 miles
from the boundary lino between Wmhigau
. and’lndiana, in the hitter State, about mid
way between Centrevillo' and Crown Point,
lived a (jcrman, with his wife and live chil
dren, named Krutzor. The oldest was a boy
of .seven years of ago, the no-£t a boy of liyc,
and three girls, all of-loss ago than the boys,
the youngest but an infant.
The country where the family resided is
.very rolling, and the srnnr had drifted into
the hollows, making the roads almost, if not
wholly impassable fur even pedestrians.
The driver of tho., stage coach coming from
Ciown Point to Fake, via Centrevillo, found
that Krutzer’s dwelling had been burned to
tho ground, it is supposed the night pre
viously, but none of the family were to be
seen.* About a.mile further on, however,-lie
was horrified to find the father and ,iwo boys
frozen to death. The boys were iy the fath
er’s 'arms, and it is supposed that lie had
fallen with them after having-been so far af-'
footed with the frost as not to be able to pro
ceed. The three corpses were placed ip the
stage, but before it had proceeded more than
a quarter of a mile on its destination, the body
of the oldest girl was found in a snow drift,
with a shawl wrapped closely arou.nd it,
where it had doubtless .been deposited by its
weary mother while yet alive, in the hope
that some chance traveler might rescue it
from an impending fytp. This corpse, too,
was placed in the coach, :and again it started
on its way, only to-find, after travelling a
short distance, tho lifeless .remaps of the'
mother, witii the two youngest children.—
Tho bod3 r of the rppthcr was standing erect
in a snow drift with the children in her arms,
the youngest one being at the’breast.
The seven ilifelesa bodies *vero conveyed .to
Centrevillo by tho driver of the stage, at
■which place they were decently interred hy
the inhabitants.— Detroit Advertiser, Jan* b-
How Dick Took the Turkeys. —A story
is told of Dick, ft darkey in-‘Kentucky, who
is a notorious thief,so vicious in this respect
that all the thefts in the neighborhood wore
charged to him. Qn one occasion Mr. Jones,
,p neighbor of Dick’s master, called and said
that Dick must be sold out of that part of the
country, for he had stolen all his (Jones’)
turkeys.' Dick’s master ; could not think so.
The two, however, went into the held where
Dick was at work, and accused him of the,
disputed -theft, “i’uu stole Mr. Jones’ tur
keys,” said the master. “No I didn't mas
sa,” responded Dick. The master pors'sted.
“ Well,” atjepgth said Dick, “ I’ll tel* you,
rfmssa, I didn’t steal dem turkeys, bit last
night I went across Mr. Jones’ pasture, and
I seed one of your fails on de fence, so I
brought home de rail, and confound it, wjhen
I come to look dgr was nine turkeys ,pn de
rail.
Death from t.jie Bite of a Fl,y.—Recent
ly# William Lindcll, for.spqio time.emplOyed
in collecting and burying dead animals found
in the streets, was bitten on .one of his eye
lids by some kind of.pn insect, believed 'to be
.a.fly, .w-h-Uo in the exercise pf bis calling.—
The part immediately became swbllen and
painfully irritated, and next morning the
eye was almost covered by a/’h'im.p.ot inflam
ed flesh. Several remedies were applied, but
with no effect, as the swelling continued to
Increase, proceeding dajvn one side of the
face, which enlarged to extraordinary pro
portions. At last the unfortunate man wris
sent to the hospital, but in spite of all that
could bo done, his .condition became gradu
ally worse, until 'death freed him 'from his
suffering. It is supposed the fly which in
flicted the fatal injury had bean feeding on
pome putrcccivt carcass previously.—Montre
al Gazette. *
X 7“ The velvet moss .will .grow upon the
•sterile rook—tho misletoc on the naked
branches—tho ivy clings to the mouldering
ruin—tho pino and cedar remains fresh and
fadeless amid tl}o mutations of tho dying j'ear
—and Ileaven be'praised 1 something beau
tiful to see, and grateful to the amd, will, in
the coldest and darkest hour of fate, still
tvine its tendrils around tho crumbling al
tars and broken arches- of tho desolate tem
ple of the human heart.
|Tho following are tho dying words of
six of our country's most eminent men :
‘ X resign my soul to God—and my daugh
ter to my country.’ —Thomas Jefferson.
• It is-well,’—' ‘iVasliinylon.
independence forever.’—Adams',
it is tho last of earth.’— J. (0. Adams.
I Wish you to understand the true princi
ples ot the Government. I wish them car
ried out. X ask nothing more.’— ]lar\'ison,
‘ I have endeavored to do my duty.’— ih}/-
lo)\ ~ ; ■, -
i Trip to Japan.
Iho following is an extract from’ a private
letter, dated .November 1; ‘I Jiad a moat
delightful trip to Japan, with which and its
people I was truly delighted. Exclusives I
f they are the most cosmopolitan people I ov
er met. The GovernicoEt and its officials of
all degrees, who have all they want and op
press the masses, are, no doubt, extremely
anxious to prevent friendly intercourse ■with
us, (and muroeo the 'Ou.iniios,) which would
lend to the croatic-n of an enlightened middle
class, when their arbitrary and unjust rule
would ho ended: but, I repeat, the people
themselves, as far as we have yet become ac
quainted with them, long for foreign inter
course and th.c cw.cots of conunerce. Wher
ever J went, and I walked ami ro.de for miles
around /okonamn, the country people begg
ed me to stop and chat, offering tea ,and pipes
and • 'sake/ and anything they hadl This is
wh'sp po o/JJciala' are looking on, I am
afraid Wc shall not bo allowed to carry on
trade much longer, unless serious notice is
taken of our failure to enforce our .demands
on Satsuma, and -his successful resistance to
A .powerful British sonadron. We have eve
ry reason to believe ‘that the Tycoon is with
us,, (ho prnlits very largely by foreign trade
j at Yokohama,) aiid is only waiting to see
whether we are both willing and able to force
1 ourselves upon the country, if necessary, and
i maintain our. treaty rights ; but we cannot
expect bin to openly declare himself on our
side a? Jung as he sees a possibility of being
left in the lurch, ami at the mercy of the
| powerful Daimios who have sworn that the
j hated foreigner shall never have free access
I to their territories, &c. Everything will do
| pend .upon the instructions which may bo
j srq.t out in reply the dispatches announc
ing the Kagosima nction. Well may the'Ja-
take our conduct at present for any-
I thing i>u,t forbearance, seeing, lying' at an
chor-at Yokohama, sixteen British vessels of
all sizes, two Trench frigates, a Prussian
frigate, an American and a Dutch corvette.
They lump all Europeans together, and not
understanding the,idea of awaiting instruc
tions, after the Kagosima rough handling and
the tiring upon any vessels of any European
nation (even Dutch) that attempt to "pass
through the Inland Sea, they must, indeed
feel proud, and declare, as they do, that wo
must get greater* force from England before
attempting- anything against' t:iom. No
doubt there is a strong ‘party unfavorable'to
foreigners, and these will grow emboldened
i( they see that Satsuma escapes with impu
nity. Indeed, my firm belief is that we shall
have to evacuate Yokohama very soon after
it becomes known that we do not intend vig
orously to assault Satsuma. This prince has
an English agent whom I saw at Yohohama,
who is commissioned to get him a hundred of
the best European guns, Whitworth or Arm
strong. It is a wonderful country. Beau
tlUil hills with cultivated slopes, and crests
wooded with magnificent timber, surround
ed by sca-likc plains of rich black volcanic
soil, bearing crops of every line which vege
tation can produce in a warm and humid cli
mate.’
In the Wrong -Bed.— We 'dip the .fallow
ing account of an amusing - occurrence in
New York from the correspondence of the
Boston Journal:
An incident of an. Unusual and att embar
rassing .character • occurred in this vicinity
the other night. Two gentleman doing busi
ness in New York lived sjde by side in the
same block. Their bouses were not unlike.
A stronger wouldeasily mistake the one for
the other. With thp!t scoyrity for which we
ace remarkable, the night key Oflho one not
only .unlocked the door of his immediate
neighbor, but also every house in the block.
Near the front ,doar ,<pf the ;c«rie a,drain was
open, ever which he stumbled many a dark
night on his way to rest.
Both of these friends -were out quite late
the sumo night. Oa their return home their
respective families were in bed. During the
■ absence of both parties the drain before the
one house was closed and a new aperture
opened before the door of A little
mystified by the lateness of the hour, one of
the parties taking the drain for his,.beacon,
unlocked his neighbor’s door, put out the
gnu, add went to bed, both in the wrong
house and both of them in the wrong bed.—
Things remained quiet until morning. Both
houses were alarmed at an early hour by
screeohinga. out-cries, shouts of robbers,
thieves, and other manifestations of alarm,—
Mutual explanhations were given—attempts
were made to keen things quiet. But mur
der will out, and the neighborhood has had a
hearty laugh,, that will continue ti.ll New
Year’s.
1C?" The following anecdote is from the
Columbia §outh Carolinian : • Two Old la
dies .wore recently conversing on the Battle
of iChickamauga. Said one: ‘I wish, as
General Bragg ia-a Christian man, that, ho
nere dOad -and.in heaven ; I think it would
be a God-s’end to the Confederacy/" 4 Why,
my dear/ feiiid the other, ‘ If the General were
near tlio gates of heaven,-and invited in, at
the critical moment {lO wpuld back.’ 1
O* A Chippewa squaw who was the belle
of her people a hundred years ago, still live."
on the shores of lied Lake. She is ahu
dred end twenty yeftvs old, She and hv
husband were the first settlers in tbntregion,
and hhe and a French dealer in furs were the
progeuitors of the half-breeds there so numcr-
[C7*on the rocks along the beach in Scit
uate, Massachusetts, Irish moss has been
found growing abundantly, three thousand
barrels of which are gathered annually. It
is worth at first hands from $5 to $6 per bar
rel.
XT" A Cotomporary finds fault with the
practice of putting Latin on
tombstones. , But what more appropriate
place than a grave-yard can there be for .-a
dead language?
Never send word to the Printer to slop
.yqur paper until you are sure you do not oh o
for it. Pay up.*' Then you can order your
paper stopped with a good graco.
XT" A henpecked Unabahd writes:—Be-,
.fore marriage, 1 fancied wedded life would
be alVcunshme ; but afterwards I found out
that at was all moonshine.
During the tulip mania in Holland, a
root worth- $5OOO was eaten by <a sailor in
mistake for an'onion.
O* r -Tho London Examiner speaks of an
address by "Henry Ward Beecher, as ‘stark
and profane nonsense.’
JSST* A man with glass eyes can't reul-eyoa
anything.
NO. 33.