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VOL. L.
SIT CURA FUTURI.
Equitable life insurance comrany
Office — No. 74 Walnut.treat, Philade’phia.
President—JOHN W. CLAGHORN.
Vice President—PETEß CULLEN. . *
TRUSTEES:
Joseph T. Thomas, Edw. C. Markley,
William Craig, Robert Morris,
George N. Diehl, Stephen R. Crawford,
Peter Cullen, vAlve E.Laing,
Wm. G. Alexander, William M. Bajrd,
Wm. W. Haly, R. F. Loper, f
Clayton B. Lamb, Harry Conrad",'
Peter Rambo, Franklin Comly.
H. G. TUCKETT, Secretary and Actuary.
Capital s2so,ooo—Charter Perpetual. Make In
urance on Lives at their Office, in Phijadelpha,
and at their Agencies throughout the States, at the
lowest rates of premium. Persons should insure
their lives, and do so without delay, whilst the
are healthy and fit subjects to be insured.
In this- Office there are advantages greater than
have ever yet b'ecn derived from the system of Life
Assurance; which reason and experience convinec
the Trustees may with safety be offered to the
public. It will be found, on inquiry, that most
offices have in the outset professed to act on some
new principle; or to. offer to assurers 6ome on*
particular benefit not to> be obtained from other
societies. But policies are effected under various
circumstances, and with widely different objects,
and what may facilitate the views of one man , af
fords no accommodation to another. . It appears,
therefore, to the Trustees of the Equitable, thai
the greatest good will be effected by that office,
which allows such -reasonable advantages to every
assurer , as at the time of completing his Policy , hf
considers to be suitable to his particular case. On
this principle they act, and a few instances wil,
suffice to show the benefits derivable from it.-
adoption—the greatest good of the greatest number
No policy will be disputed, unless under an ac
of fraud by the assured, and after the same shal
have been declared by referees of undoubted char
acter. In case of error, either as to agt, or in tht
form of policy, or the answers of referees, such
errors, yilful and fraudulent, will not be
deemed to vitiate the policy.
The travelling leave is extensive and liberal
Persons insured for life have liberty to pass to anti
from theStatesof Virginia and Kentucky, and we»i
of the river Mississippi, between the first day o'
November and the first day of July following. Ami
to pass from any place or port within the British
North American Colonies, or United States north
ol thirty-four degrees north lat:tude, without pay
ing an extra premium. They are allowed to cross
the Atlantic in first class steamers during May.
June* July, August and September, free of charge;
during remaining months of the year, 25 cents on
each $lOO insured.
The age of the assured will be adm.tted on tin
policy. If the insured die in a duel, by his owr
hands, or under sentence of the law, such death
wil! not invalidate the policy, except so far as it
was the property of the deceased.
Thirty days allowed after each annual payment
becomes due, and filteen days utter each quarter!)
and half yearly premium becomes due, without for
feiture of policy. Premiums or lapsed policies
may be renewed at any time within six months on
the production of satisfactory evidence as to the
health of the insured.
When a party effects a policy upon the life of
hnother, the Company will be satisfied if the party
aad, at the time, a bona fide interest in the life ol
the assured. The policy may be assigned to whom
soever the assured pleases, without the knowledge
or assent of the Company (there being no clause in
the Equitable policies usual in the policies of .Mu
tual Companies, claiming a right to be notified of
an assignment and their approval obtained) so long
as the assignment or transfer of a policy in the
Equitable is a legal act, and the party who claims
can give a legal discharge, the amount is paid by
the Company.
The extraordinary advantage afforded by means
of the. Half Credit system, in not requiring, under
any circumstances, an outlay of a larger sum of
money than is absolutely necessary to secure the
amount insured, is peculiarly applicable to the
creditor desirous of possessing a policy on the life
•his debtor. If the debt is during these
five years, he can discontinue the assurance alto
gether, having secured the amount, in the event of
the debtor’s death previously, at a lessexpense than
would in any mutual office be charged for assuring
the life for seven years. If the debt is not paid he
would be enabled to continue the assurance for the
.remainder of the debtor’s life, whatever might then
be his state of health. Attention is particulary re
quested to the
HALF CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM Persloo,
(Without security or deferred note.)
Half Credit. Age. Half Credit,
during 5 years. during 5 vears.
90 40 $146
98 45 175
$1 09 50 213
125 55 2 64
The assured has to pay the premium in all cases
in advance, and has bo liability of any kind,
sort or description. A deferred note is not neces
sary to pei feet any operation, and none will be
taken by the Company.
Persons insuring should bear in mind that a pro
missory note given to a Mutual Office at com
pound interest, soon amounts to more than the sum
assured. Thus, $lOO per annum for 20 years at 6
per cent., would cause a deduction from the sum
assured of three thousand six hundred and
seventy-eight dollars and fifty-five cents.
The premiums of Mutual Assurance Companies
being, as they profess, (though the Mutual offices
“do somehow” advertise guarantee capitals) free
from the burdens of dividends to shareholders,
should be very much lower, than those of stock
companies; yet the Equitable is lower by six
teen PER CENT. THAN ANY MUTUAL OFFICE, and
at the .‘same rates of premium charged by the
“ New- York Life,” “The New York Mutual,”
“Albion,” “Worcester Mutual,” “Connecticut
Mutual,” “Pennsylvania,” “Girard,” “Penn,”
“New Engljßid,” “Hartford,” “Baltimore Mu
tual,” “ Boston Mutual,” &c., &c., &c., in the
Equitable the payments cease altogether after
twenty-one years.
Annual Premium payable during Twenty-one years
only , for an assurance of $lOO at death.
Age. An.paym’t. Age.An.paym’t. Age. An.paym’t.
•20 SI 77 35 $2 75 50 $4 60
26 2 04 40 3 20 55 5 76
30 2 86 45 3 73 60 7 00
The assured being thus entirely relieved of pay
ments (if he is under 35 years of age) before he has
passed the prime of life, and that for the same pre
mium charged by the Mutual Offices.
The premiums charged by the Mutual Offices
are all on the highest scale, (and by their own ad
vertisements) much beyond what is requisite for the
purpose of their business. 7
Their “profits” can only be realized, if ever
realized at all, after a lapse of twenty years. The
word Profits, therefore, is an abuse of the term, a
WHOLLY CONTINGENT AND REMOTE PROMISE, for
it is self-evident, and cannot for a moment be ques
itioned, they must suffer loss by every insurer who
dies before the amount paid by him in premiums ,
with the accumulated interest, shall be equal to
the amount of his policy —nevertheless, in the Mu
tual Offices the “ € profits” (???) are to be shared in
by th'd representative, should the insured die im
mediately after one or two payments.
By the diminution of the premiums in the Equi
table, THE GREATEST PRESENT BENEFIT IS SECURED
to all persona assured by this company; whilst
-those who wish to participate in The profits can do
so, by the purchase of the reserved shares, (first
instalment, 10 dollars) which at all times afford a
good and really profitable investment for capital,
beside a vote lor each share. This action the
Trustees conceive must commend itself to the judg
ment of every unbiassed inquirer , being based on the
broad principle qf equity ; and securing to all the
members, the advantages to which they are justly
entitled by their actual payments; without opera
ting to the peculiar benefit of old standing members,
or placing recent entrants at & disadvantage—a
combination presented by no other office than the
Equitable Life Insurance Company.
The Actual Money Bonus given by the Equi
table, saved, is upwards of 15 per cent., at the time
of effecting the insurance; or in accordance with
the Scrip Bonus of a Mutual office; the saving
ib equal .to two hundred and fifty per cent
Profit Scrip (?) S3- Pamphlets, tablea of rates’
lists of agents, obtained at tho office, 74 Walnut
Street, or from the agents throughout the United
gtates.
The public are requested«to examine carefully
the Prospectus of “The Equitable” before insuring
elsewhere. JNO. W. CLAGHORN, Pres’t.
Francis West, M.D.)
J. B. Biddle, M. D. } Medlcal Examiners.
;>fcTln attendance daily from 12 to 2 o’clock.
Treasurer— F. W. Rawle.
Solicitor—' Wjh W. Halt.
Actuary —H.- G. Tuckett.
GEO. A. MILLER,
Agent for Lancaster, Penn’a*
April 17 ’49, . ' 21
New Arrangement.
PH(ENIX LINE WAY TRAIN now o leares the
Depot, No. 272 Market. Street, EVERY DAY
(except the Sabbath) at 11 o’clock A.M., for Down
ingtown, Lancaster and Columbta, and on its return
to this city, will leave Columbia at 8 o’clock, and
Lancaster at 9 A. M., and in. Philadelphia
at 1 P. M. This line is intended to accommodate
the public in general, and Passengers will be taken
up and put down at any. point along the road.
The Cars will pass the iqllowing places at the
following times for Philadelphia:
Columbia 8 Midway 10 15
Lancaster 9 Downingtown 10 30
Bird-in-Hand 915 Oakland 10 45
Lemon Place 920 Steamboat 1100
Kinzer’s 930 Paoli 1145
pap—Buyers’ 950 Eagle 11‘45
Penningtonville 950 Morgan’s Corner 12 00
Parkesburg 10 00 Philadelphia 100
The undersigned have purchased the entire stock
of the above Line, which will be run in future under
the control or management of DAVID MILLER,
who will spare no pains or expense to make this
Line the most comfortable and accommodating on
the road.
PROPRIETORS-.
David Miller, Henry Musselman,
Benjamin Mishler, Mich’l Musselman,
Henry Schenk, Benj. Snavely,
David Hartman, Henry W. Hess,
Henry Hines, J. B. Groff,
loiin Hertzler, A. C. Buyers,
Hbediah Rock, Elia 9 Eby.
OFFICES—At Philade phia, 272 Market Street;
it Lancaster, Lancaster City Exchange; at Colum
bia, Washington Hotel.
P. S-—Io returning my most sincere thanks to a
renerous public for the very liberal patronage be
stowed on this line under the fo-mer Proprietors, 1
>eg leave most respectfully to ask a continuance of
t under the present.
v1ay;29,’49-18] D. .MILLER.
Strasburg and Lancaster Stage.
r undersigned, thankful for the encourage-
J_ ;meni received since the establishment of this
me] begs leave to inform his friends and the "public
renerally, that he continues running a Stage daily
■etweeu Strasburg and Lancaster.
Leaving Miller’s, Strasburg, at 7 o’clock A. M
“ Shertz’s, Lancaster, at 4 P. M.
FARE—Each way, 37i cts. Children under 10
ears of age, half price. Each passenger will be
•ntiilcd to 50 pounds baggage.
The cars from Philadelphia and from the West
irrive in time for this stage.
The subscriber has purchased the interest of the
irm in the Stage, and intends to drive and manage
t personally.
Passengers .will be called for when requested.—
\.lso taken up at any place along the road.
The borough of Strasburg is situated iiFthe most
beautiful aud fertile section of Lancaster county,
ibout 7 miles from the city of Lancaster, and is a
most delightful place of resort for the summer
reason. To the citizens of Philadelphia, who are
desirous of securing a quiet and pleasant retreat
from the pestilential atmosphere by which Jhey are
surrounded, the Borough of Strasburg is recom
mended as possessing many advantages over other
places. It is but a few hours ride from the city,
and board may be obtained of an excellent charac
ter upon the most reasonable terms.
July 31-27] C. EDWARDS, Proprietor.
-Vo. 80 - IMPORTANT Vo. SO
Fall and Winter Pry Goods.
CLOTHS, Cassimeres, Satinets, Vestings, and
other goods for Men’s and Boy’s wearing
apparel.
Merinoes, Cashmeres, Alpaccas, Delaines, Ging
hams, &c., of various shades and styles.
BLK. DRESS SILKS, Silk Cravats, Hdkfs., &c.
Calicoes, Hosiery, Gloves, bleach’d and unbl’d
Muslins, Tickings, Checks, &c.
LINENS, bleach’d and unbl’d, Cloth, Linen and
Cotton Table Covers, Flannels, Blankets, Shawls,
with a general assortment of good* «jenerallv kept
in a DRY GOODS STORE.
To which we would expressly invite our friends
and the public in general, as we will spare no pains
to please all who may call. Our Stock of Goods is
new, bought for Cash, therefore wc are satisfied we
can and will sell goods as low as any other estab
lishment in the city.
Our friends from the country who wish to pur
chase materials for a suit of clothes, would do well
by calling to examine our stock ot Cloths, Cassi
heres, ficc.j in this they will realize a great saving,
as well as in any other article we offer for sale.
Groceries and Queensrvare, c
Te§, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, with every article
in (he grocery line. Oranges, Lemons, Figs, Rai
sins, Candies, Almonds, Filberts, Cream and
Ground Nuts, &c.
Baskets—French and other travelling, also mar
keting Baskets, with or without covers, Basket
Carriages, Chairs, &c.
MACKEREL.
200 Bbls. J and ± bbls. of the choicest brands—
Mackerel warranted.
T OBACCO AND SEGARS wholesale and retail.
We would especially invite the attention of all
who wish to purchase articles at the lowest possi
ble prices to call at No. 80 North Queen St., under
the Museum, two squares from the Court House.
PINKERTON & SMELTZ.
ly-10-37
October 9, ’49
Conestoga Foundry.
STOVES! STOVES!! STOVES!!!
STOVES on hand, comprising the best
assortment ever kept in Pennsylvania.
The following list includes a part of the .pop
ular kind:—
Hathaway’s Improved Cook Stoves. 4,
Buck’s Superior Cook do. iga
The very celebrated “ Victory”do. IfSflg,
Cook do_.
Also'j a new Cooking Stove, called the “Farmer.”
Application has been* made by the proprietor for
Letters Patent for this stove, which he has desig
nated “THE FARMER,” in view of its complete
adaption to the wants and uses of this class of the
community. It has been constructed with great
care, upon the most scientific and approved princi
ple, and bids fair to become the most celebrated
Cooking Stove in the country.
In addition to the above, the subscriber has an
assortment of other COOKING STOVES adapted to
the use of coal or wood, such as the “Complete
00k,” the “ Parlour Cook,” &c., &c., with all
sizes of NINE PLATE WOOD STOVES, and a
targe variety of Coal Stoves for parlours, dining
rooms and offices.
proprietor of the Conestoga Foundry has
purchased the right for manufacturing and selling
the Hathaway and Buck’s Patent Cook Stove for
Lancaster county.
■ The castings at this foundry are made of the best
No. 1 Codotus and Conowingo Iron, long celebra
ted for strength.
All kinds of CASTINGS made to order.
fcr Stoves will be sold and orders for castings
received either at the Foundry or at the store of the
subscriber in East King Street, a few doors from
the Court House in the city of Lancaster.
June, 13, ’4B-20-tf.] C. KIEFFER.
SURGEON
»» EiwTri;snr 9
OFFICE —In Kramph's Building ,
NORTHEAST CORNER OF
Orange and North Queen Streets,
LANCASTER, PA.
Lancaster, July 3, 1849. tf-23
GETZ & HARBERGER,
PRACTICAL GAS FITTERS,
WEST KING ST., LANCASTER.
PLAIN and Ornamental Gaa Fitting, and general
furnishing of Gas Fixtures. Gas Pipe! intro
uuced into Churches, Stores,Dwelling Houses, and
public establishments, at the shortest notice. All
their work warranted.
Old Fixtures repaired, and alterations made in
the most improved and substantial manner. Orders
strictly attended to. [oct 2,*49-tf-36
George w. M’ELroy,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
Offers his professional services to the public. -Office
in Centre Square, in the room formerly occupied
by M. Carpenter, Mayor. [May 1,:»49-U
Alexander l. hayes,
JL ATTORNEY AT LAW:
Office West King Street, next door below C. Hager
, A & Son’s Store.
January 9, ’49 50
CITY OF LANCASTER, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1850.
SHENK & IX3NGS’
Coal and Lumber Yard.
rriHE subscribers have Jaken the CoaS Yard on
A Prince Street, in the city of Lancaster, lately
owned and occupied by Messrs. B. & J. Reinhold,
where they intend keeping a general assortment of
COAL FOR FAMILY USE,
such as Lykens’ Valley, Baltimore Company, Pine-
Grove, Shamokin,Pittston,-&c., with a great variety
of Coal for Ikne-burning and Sulphur Coal for
smithing. Also, a general
ASSORTMENT OF LUMBER,
will be kept constantly on hand. Having made ar
rangements with the Saw Mills, every kind of bill
stuff will be furnished at the shortest notice!
It is the intention of the subscribers to give their
personal attention to the business; and their object
will be at all times to please and accommodate all
who may favor them with their custom, pledging
theitiselves to sell as low as any others in the city
of Laucaster or its vicinity. Now is the time for
Bargains! B. F. SHENK,
R. H. LONG.
retiring from business, our friends and the
public generally have our thanks for the very libe
ral patronage they bestowed upon us while in busi
ness, and hope the same may be extended to our
successors, Messrs. Shenk & Long, as we are
confident they will merit the confidence of the
public. B. & J. REINHOLD.
May 27, ’49 18
London Mustard, Pickles & Sauces.
Mushroom and Walnut Ketchep.
Prepared Salad Dressing for Lobsters, Chick
ens, &c.
English Mustard in pound and half pound bottles.
Dunn’s Chemically Prepared Chocolate for Inva
lids.
Spanish and French Olives, Capers, & Sweet Oil.
Currie Powder, Indian Soy, and Cayenne Pepper.
Anchovy, Shrimp, Bloater and Cavier Pastes.
RICH SAUCES of every variety imported, such
as Reading, Harvey, John Bull, Worcester,’ Camp,
&c. See. &c. ' .
Preserved English Fruits and Provisions. •
Jellies, Jams, Marmalades, and Preserved Jamai
ca Ginger.
Real Gorgona Anchovies.
Stoughton Bitters.
Syrups of every sort.
Liqueres of the choicest kinds.
London Pickles, Chow Chow, Piccalli, Gherkins,
Onmns, tzc.
PaCL DE \ ERE tz CO.’S flavoring extracts for
Confectionary, Ice Creams, Jellies, &c., viz:
Lemon, Mace, Nutmeg, Peach,
Vanilla, Celery. Rose, Orange Peel
Ginger, Clove, Almond, Nectarine &c
1 he above articles, and many others of the choi
cest kind, are imported from the principal houses
in England. For sale lower than any house in the
United States, by- GEORGE RAPHAEL,
262 Pearl Street, U. S. Hotel, N. Y.
Perfumery in every variety, Imported & Domestic.
New York, Sept. 4 6m-32
Sprecher & Rolirer’s Cheap Hard-
Ware Store.
HARDWARE, Glass, Paints,Oils, and Varnishes
at that long established stand, East King st ,
Lancaster, formerly occupied by Howett & Km dor,
a few doors east of the Court House, next door to
the Drug Store of James Smith, and opposite Geo.
Messenkop’s Hotel, which they have recently taken
and where they will carry on the business.
They most respectfully beg leave to invite the
attention of their friends and acquaintances to their
stock of Hardware, which they have just opened
and will sell at the most reasonable prices, includ
ing every variety of Iron and Steel, Latches, Locks,
Bolts, Hinges, Screws, and all kinds of building
materials, every description' of Files, Blacksmith’s
Bellows, Saddlery, best warranted Edge Tools,
Planes, and Veneers. Also a complete assortment
of CEDAR WARE, such as tubs, buckets) butter
churns, together with every article in their line.
They will keep constantly on hand every variety of
Coal and Wood Stoves; also a highly approved
COOKING STOVE.
The attention of young beginners is particularly
called to their full and complete assortment of
household utensilß.
Determined to spare no pains to accommodate
purchasers, and ,by steady adherence to business,
they expect to merit a continuance of the liberal
patronage thus far bestowed upon them.
GEORGE D. SPRECHER, -
REUBEN S. ROHRER.
Old Metal and Flaxseed taken in exchange for
goods. jan 13-60
Geo. W. Hunter, ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICE —North Queen Street, first door to the
right of John F. Long’s Drug Store.
All kinds of Conveyancing, writing Wills, Deeds,
Mortgages, Accounts, &c., will be attended to
with despatch.
April 3,’49 < ly-10
Ornamental Marble Works.
EAST King street, next door to John N. Lane’s
store. Charles M. Howell, Marble Mason,
respectfully informs the citizens of Lancaster and
the public in general, that he carries on the MAR
BLE BUSINESS, in all its various branches, and
invites all to call on him, as he is satisfied that he
can sell cheaper than any other establishment in the
city or state.
He invites the public to call and examine his
stock of finished Mantels, Monuments, Tombs,
Grave Stones, and also his collection of designs for
Monuments, Tombs, &c., before purchasing, else
wh*re. ; jan 16
Dr. S. P. Townsend’s Original and
Genuine Sarsaparilla.
6 GROSS of the above original and only genuine
Sarsaparilla, for sale by
CHAS. A. HEINITSH,
Wholesale and Retail Agent,
Nov. 20—43-2m] East King street.
JOHN A. HIESTAND,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ,
Office in West King Street, fourth door West of
Peter Reed’s Hotel, Lancaster.
Lancaster, May 15, 1849. 6m-15*
WILLIAM S. AMWEG,
Attorney at Law,
OFFERS hie professional services to the public.
He also attends to the collection of Pensions,
and the prosecution of all manner of claims against
the general government. His residence in the city
of Washington for several years, the experience
derived from the duties of the office, which he had
filled during that time, and the mode in which claims
of this.6ort are most speedily adjusted, give the
most ample assurance that business placed in his
hands will be attended to in such manner as can
not fail to afford satisfaction.
Office in South Queen street, second house below
the Lancaster Bank
Nov. 20, 1849.
Landis & black,
ATTORNIES AT LAW:
Q^ doors below the Lancaster Bank,
Soutli Queen Street, Lancaster, Penn’a.
OCT All kinds of .Scrivening, such as writing Wills,
Deeds, Mortgages, Accounts, &c., will be attended
to with correctness and despatch.
January 16, 1849 51
W. Whiteside,
ATTORNEY ATLAW ,
HAS removed to the office formerly occupied
by E. C. Reigart, Esq., in West King street,
3d house below Mr. Reed’s Tavern.
April 10 n.tf
OFFICE FOR THE
Purchase and Sale of Real Estate,
WEB'S ESSES© B3HRJE2BSP,
PENNSYL VANIA,
nov 13-42-3m] D.. W. PATTERSON.
Dr. M. M. Moore, Dentist.
STILL continues to perform a. operations on the
TEETH upon terms to suit the times. Office
North Queen street, opposite Kauffman’s Hotel!
npril 19 "
Sign Painting.
JOHN L. KEFFER has commenced the above
business, in A. N. Brenneman’s Building, Cen
tre Square, Lancaster, and will do the best he cob,
by strict attention to business and moderate charges,
to satisfy all who may be pleased to favor him with
their custom. c fMav 1848.—15.
1849—New Mackerel.
OfjA BBLS., I and J, received of this seasons
&\J\J MACKEREL, of the best and choicest
brands, which we have and are selling at a small
advance. Please call and see. All Mackerel we
sell warranted. PINKERTON & SMELTZ,
No. 80 North Queen st., under the Museum.
October 9, ’49 Iy-ld-37
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KOSSUTH’S SOLILOQUY.
BY ALTADA THE BOUTAIRE.
When bandied war-dogs’ victor howl arose,
From blood-stained fields of conquer’d Hungary,
On breath of Autumn breeze ’twas borne along,
And"anxious nations list’ning stood with deep
Amaze, as fitful.gust in whirling eddies >
Echo’d back the sound, commingling harsh
With Freedom’s smother’d cry. ’Twas then great
Kossuth —mighty exile hence—by secret
Access sought the embattled plain, where star
Of hope effulgent rose, then glim’ring, fading,
Sat in horizon of blood. Around, O
Ghastly sight!—there sepulchred in mother
Earth, scarce screened from loathsome vulture’s
A sacrifice to freedom’s god, hia brother [prey,
Heroes slept— not waking slumbers soft—
Repose eternal. Then waters deeply
Pent in inmost soul broke forth. Ye spirits
True! e’en now amidst yon rolling spheres, where
Star-King sits enthron’d in peerless majesty,
In one unclouded blaze from glory’s orb
Ye shine; whilst here, by pearly moon-beams
Scintillated light I kneel upon thy gory
Graves, yet dare not call this consecrated
Spot— to freedom sacred—free. Ah, would !
That despots glittering Irnce deep in my j
Laboring heart transfixed, Jifes vital flame *
Had quenched, when Hungary’s last hope sank '
Down in blood. Ye mighty spirits slain, sleep 1
Sweetly on, the patriots welcome sleep! -
As wailing sea-dirge nightly moans its lay,
Or lamed JEolus tunes his sighing harp ;
So vesper winds thro’ drooping willows play,
In cadence sorrowing, a. requiem sad
O’er fallen hero’s urn—to fame’s illustrious
Shade.
And thou my country, bleeding, fallen,
Conquered! Where, O where now sleeps the aven-
Of thy wrongs? Martyr ol liberty! thy [gor
Resurrection yet shall be. Thy battle
Fires now mouldering low, then bursting foVth
Anew, like meteor’s glare yon darken’d
Sky shall light, while thousand thunders peal
On peal thy fetters all shall rend.
Till then, home of my childhood—sad emblem
Of my fondest hopes—adieu—farewell T
For thee I prayed, for thee I dared the cannon’s
Breath, and for thee hence an exile lone
I roam. Farewell ye fields, dyed with the blood
Of the brave! Farewell ye mountains robed
In thine own azure hue. Mine eyes have watch’d
A lingering day-beam play upon thy
Green tops, like as I linger in thy lovely
Vales, unwilling to look a last adieu
E’er I hieme forever away. Friends,
Kindred and country, all farewell—hope on,
A day of vengeance draweth nigh !
Montrose, Pa., Jan. 1850.
THE BROWN SILK DRESS.
BY MRS. PUILIPS.
“ Why Eliza ! what a strange wedding dress !
Your other dresses are in very good style, and you
have a plenty of them, considering the change in
fashion—but a brown silk dress to be married in,
whoever heard of such fancy in a girl of eighteen !'’
Tis true, aunt, that my choice may seem
somewhat sombre, but you know very well that
I am about to become the wife of a poor mechan
ic, who depends on his daily labor for support.—
As the wife of such a man, I must necessarily
limit my expenditures to my circumstances, and I
have thought it better to purchase something that
would be useful for some time than to consult
my appearance as a splendid bride for one short
evening- -especially as I am to see no strangers/’
“ There is something in that: There is my Ma
ria's wedding dress. She will never w&ar it again
in the world. She had a white satin,.with a lace
dress over it Oh ! she did look beautiful! Ido
admire to see a handsome bride/’
“ Yes, it is very well lor those who can afford it.
But it would be quite absurd for me to purchase
an expensive dress for one, or even for a few even
ings, when, by the expenditure of half the money,
I can procure that which will be serviceable for
some years. But come, put on your bonnet and
step over to our new house. It is all furnished,
at least all that is finished ; I value it more highly
than I should if it were not so near my mother's."
“ There, William has lelt this small parlor, this
sitting-room, and three chambers, to finish at his
leisure, when he is out of employment. See how
everything is arranged. So handy lor my work.”
“You don't say you are going to do your own
work ?” •
“ Certainly, I do. There is only one apprentice,
and I should think it strange if I could not do it.
with ease.”
“My heart, what strange fancies you have To
be sure it is well enough, if you can bring your
mind to it; but then folks do so differently now
a days. There is my Maria, she has moved into
an elegant house, all furnished from top to bottom.
She keeps a great girl to do the wonc and a small
one to wait and tend. Oh, things do go on beauti
fully, I promise you!”
“ Her husband is a young lawyer, is he not ? Is
he wealthy T*
“ Oh, he is very well off He does not get much
practice yet, but I dare say he will in time. He
has a thousand dollars at interest; besides Maria
would not have married a mechanic—their hands
get so hard and black, and their complexions, es
pecially if* they are exposed, get so brown. I
would not wish to hurt your feelings, but I do
think for pride sake, for the sake of the family,
you might have made a little different choice.”
“ Oh, aunt, excuse my language—l have yet to
learn that man’s bonest occupation, whether it pro
duces hard hands, or white soft hands—whether it
gives the cheek a brown or pale hue, is any dispar
agements him. You must get acquainted with
William, and hear him converse. You will not
think of hard hands, anJ his animated, intelligent
countenance will drive his bronzed skin quite out
of your head. But, aunt, you don’t say anything
about my furniture—and you must see my nice
closets.”
“ Oh, your furniture is well enough. The less
you have, the less you will have to take care of,
you know.”
“ Yes, we could not get much furniture. I in*
sisted upon William taking the money which my
grandfather left me, to pay off a few hundred dol
lars which he owed for this place, in order to ena
ble us to begin in the world. We both have such
a horror of debt, that we are determined never to
incur any if we can possibly help it. See what a
nice press for the bed clothes this is.”
“ Why, what a quantity of bed and table linen!
it is really nice, too. You have more than my
Maria has, I declare.”
“ Yes. I always want an abundance of such
things. The drawer is filled with towels—this is
for my ironing sheet and blanket—and this closet
contains my tin and wooden ware.”
“ I declare, Eliza, you are a strange, thoughtful
child!., I must tell you one. thing about Maria
that made us have a good hearty laugh. The
Monday morning after she was married, the girl
came to ask where the tubs were, and don’t you
think the child had actually forgotten to buy a
tub, a clothes-line or pins! She said it never pop
ped into her head. But, la! it wasn’t strange—
she had never been used to do anything of the
kind.”
“ I believe, I have shown you all now. We
will go, if you please. I hope you will not let ray
rown dress or William’s brown hands frighten
you away this evening.'’
“ Oh, no! But as I must take the stage for Ma-
early in the morning, you must allow me to
retire early.” • *. *
“ What fellows these Yankees are lor combining
elegance and useiulnesss,” said a Southern gentle
man to himself, as he sat on the piazza of the
Hotel in the town of . “ Sir,” said he, ad
dressing himself to a venerable looking man near
him, “ can you tell me who resides in that elegant
cottage, where the grounds are laid out with such
taste ?*’
“ Oh, that is Squire Bill Thorndike’s. You must
be a stranger in these parts, not to know him.”
“ I am, sir; and since he seems such a promi
nent member of society, I should be happy to
know something ol his history.”
“ Oh, there is nothing remarkable in it—nothing
at all, sir. His father was a man of great learn
ing, but he nearly run through a fortune in trying
to live in style. He died and left three boys. Their
mother, who went from this place, was a woman
of strong sense. She sold the property, paid off
al. the debts, and had enough left to buy that
little house to the left. It has but two rooms, and
there is a garden spot attached to it. Here s-he
put out her boys to trades—one to a mason, one to
a wheelwright, andthis Bill to a carpenter, They,
were mighty smart boys, and settled in distant
towns. Bill stayed, however. He married the
widow Perrys daughter. She was as smart as a
steel-trap. She was a right good scholar and she
has made an excellent wife. They have got along
wonderfully. Every body wondered how it was. He
diil not make better wages than other men, but
so nehow the money increased. It was no myste
ry to me, for I watched them pretty sharp. You
ne . f er saw him, before he kept a horse; riding much
lb? pleasure. No—they both pulled one way, and
toi*k their pleasure in being sober, industrious, and
usofel; and now they reap their reward in being
universally respected.
‘Why, there aint a man that has so much mo
ney to let as Squire Thorndike, and he is never
hard and screwing about it as some are. He isn't
sthgy, He has taken the two chiluren of
one lawyer Willis to bring up, and he does as well
by them as he does by his own. Lawyer Willis’
wife was a kind of cousin to Squire Thorndikes'
wile. She was a dashy, showy gal. Lord! you
would have thought the richest iolks upon airtk
w**re married when they had the knot tied. Poor
fellow! he had a hard time, notwithstanding, to
support his lady wife in style.
“He took to died. I’vo heard say
that she turned up her nose at her cousin's match;
but she little thought her boys would be glad to go
to that same cousin lor a home, while she would
be glad to take up wth the little house that Squire
Thornton's mother lived in.
“Ah, sir,” continued the old man, “this is
a charming world; but, to my mind, if folks only
wouldbe prudent and industrious, and give up han
kering after things beyond their means, there would
be more real good done in the world, and lewer
Changes.”
Fearful Death of a Robber.
Stopping at a miserable ranchero, near Carmil
!o. over night, in the forepart of the next day we
approached a narrow mountain pass, when sud
denly the deep solitude was broken by an Indian
who made the woods resound with the echo of
shrieks from his stentorian lungs. He was pur
sued by a Mexican robber, who held his musket
poised for a shot. Hurriedly and unexpectedly
they dashed past us, from the woods, upon a broad
surlace of rocks and sand, interspersed with stunt
ed bushes, at a place which, that starved and tan
gled chapperal will hardly ever again live to wit
ness. The robber sometimes tripped and fell. The
thorns and branches had torn away fragments of
his clothing, and bared his grey head, but intent
upon his victim, he cared for none of these things.
All around towered high hills, half clothed with
shaggy forests, while their precipitous crags and
scars of avalanches, gave them an appearance of
savage desolation. These hills, in the province of
Coahulia, are the terminating ridge of that chain
of the great Cordilleras, called the Sierra Madre, and
are channeled by ravines often extending from top
to bottom, presenting the appearance of deep gash
es cut in their sides. Many of them expand and
grow shallow as they approach lhe base, where
the torrent of earth and stone spreads itself over
the valley. To such an ascent, the unarmed In
dian made his way, pursued by his furious anta
gonist. Our party all paused to witness the strug
gle. A little stream, whose waters at this season
trickled down the narrow chasm, spreading over
the rocks, affording’ a precarious foothold, but the
frightened savage groped his way, the sides of the
ravine towering above his head, and leaving only
a strip ol blue sky visible between their verging
edges.
A ;1 fire in the rear" was suddenly heard, and the
mountain bellowed back the report; but the In
dian climbed unhurt, gaining rapidly on his pur
suer. At length a smooth rock, nearly perpendic
ular, arrested for a moment, the progress of the
robber. He looked and saw nothing of his prey.
| At the renewed activity of the savage, his anger
and disappointment seemed to generate new fury,
and he passed on. His whole desire seemed to be
that of overtaking and slaying the Indian. With
every physical faculty strained to its utmost ex
tension, he worked his way up the precipice, over
the steep rock ; he was compelled to pause, and
while his blood cooled, he became conscious of his
: danger. Above him he could find *no crevices
, laige enough to thrust his finger, nor a projection
: th Lt his foot could rest against—beneath he saw
the sharp angles of the rocks protruding from the
sides of the ravine, and below which, all lay in
dejp blackness, like a bottomless gulf. He tried
to descend, but his feet found nothing to support
th> m, and while dangling thus, over the awful
ch ism, his gun fell from his grasp, dashing from
side to side, and splintered into a thousand pieces.'
Tie thought that he must perhaps soon follow, ap
peired to urge him almost to desperation. The
gr.y bristles upon his old head began to take a
pe pendicular position, and perilous as was his
task, he ascended to the top. His success was al
most miraculous 5 and'his limbs ached from the
lorg continued strain of every muscle—the ends ot
hit fingers worn to the bone—the flesh rubbed from
his- bare knees—and his heart throbbing with a vi
olence unfelt while he was climbing, his energies
rel lxed, and he sank down under the effort. In
the heat of the excitement, our party had witness
ed the scene unobserved and when we came up to
the exhausted and prostrate robber, in an instant
he bounded upon his feet and assumed a belliger
ent attitude, as if expecting to meet the object of
his pursuit. The stern, rigor of his features soon
changed to suppliancy,' and he immediately began
to warn our brave captors” of the imminent
danger of the pass, upon whose very threshhold
vvt then stood. We had approached the edge of
the pass anu dismounted, preparatory to crossing,
when a fierce shriek called one of our party back
to the robber. But he had disappeared, and near
the spot where we had left him, stood the Indian,
peering down upon his adversary from behind a
stunted pine that projected over the gulf. He had
turned upon his pursuer, and hurled him headlong
into eternity over the frightful cliff!— Donovan's
Adventures in Mexico.
The Texan Boundary Question.
We have seen intimated in some of the news
papers, that|President Tailor intends to recommend
to Congress the reference of the determination of
the Texan boundaries to the Supreme Court of the
United States for the decision oi that tribunal. The
matter is one of great importance and of a daily
increasing interest.
The following remarks from the Bangor Democrat
upon the territorial claims of Texas, are expressed
with point and' earnestness:
We believe the opinion of the Advertiser is, that
Texas has no just claim to any part ot New Mexico,
while we think that a portion of what is generally
called New Mexico constitutes a part of the State of
Texas, and wb abb not nr favor of dismembering
a Sovereign State of the Union. With those who
arc engaged in keeping alive the free soil agitation by
invading the rights of the State , ice have no sympathy.
Texas has sufficient territory for several States, and
new States will doubtless be formed when the popu
lation authorizes it, hut until then there should he
no interference with the domestic affairs ol the ex
isting State , and no forcible change ol boundary-
Texas was a nation with certain defined boundarie.
when she came into the Union, Neither at tha9
time, nor subsequently, has she relinquished any
part of her territory. The government and people
of the United States regarded her claim to indepen
dence and her claim to territory, as she asserted it,
to be valid against' Mexico; but the Age has put
forth a novel doctrine, that a distinction should be
made between Texas as nation and Texas as a
State. Its language is this:.“Now that New Mex
ico as well as Texas is embraced within the limits
ol the United States, our inclination wouldbeagainst
pressing the claims of Texas • to the extent we
shpuld have been in iavor of pressing it, as against
Mexico herself.”
’ We think this is neither sound public morality
nor sound sense. It appears to us that to the ex
tent that the claim of Texas was good against Mex
ico, it is now good against the United States; and
to the extent that the United States was willing to
enforce the territorial claim of Texas against Mex
ico, to the same extent the general government
should now admit the claim of Texas to teeritory
as against .jtsell. Is it right and equitable for the
United States to deprive Texas, without her consent
of any portion of her territory which she obtained
by successful revolution and held afterwards in her
own right? Ib it right for the United States to back
up Texas in her territorial claim against Mexico,
and then turn round and cheat Texas out of the
same territory. We cannot stand on such a “plat
lorm.” Public morality*, national justice, State
rights, public tranquility, and the constitution of the
country are all against it. The constitution guar
antees to every state the integrity of Us territory, and
and as the boundary of Texas existed when she was
admitted into the Union, so it must continue, unless
she consents to have an alteration of it; until there
is sufficient population for new States.
Maj. Gen. John E. Wool.
We copy from the “New Hampshire Patriot,"
the following just and merited tribute to the char
acter and services of “ the gallant soldier,” whose
name stands at the head of this article.
Gen. Wool is our fellow citizen and was so
when he received his commission as captain of the
last war, and no people in this nation have watched
with deeper interest and warmer hearts, his career
as an officer, than those of our citizens, from the
day he entered the army in 181*2, down to his
crowning act of glory on the bloody battle field of
Buena Yisla. where he won imperishable renown.
His name and his noble deeds will fill a bright
page in our country's history, and he will go down
to posterity among “the bravest of the brave,*
who have periled their lives in defence of the rights
and honor of our country.
The article has done him no more than justice
as a citizen and a soldier.
“ The events of the last few years, particularly
those of the Mexican War, have placed the name
at the head of this article among the most con
spicuous of those whom our country has delighted
to honor ; and it will not therefore be. deemed in
appropriate to give to the readers of the Patriot a
short sketch of his life and services, gathered from
such a source as happen to be conveniently* at
hand.
Gen. Wool is a native of the state ol New York.
His family were whigs in the revolution. He
was born in Orange county, but has resided in
Rensselaer county since his early childhood. At
the early age of 12 years he removed to the city
ol Troy, where he now resides. In that city he
prosecuted his business as an intelligent and suc
cessful merchant, until the loss of his property by
lire gave a diflerent direction to the energy which
distinguished him as a merchant.
In April, 1812, he leceived and accepted a com
mission as captain in the 13th regiment of U. S.
infantry, from which time his civil career termina
ted and his military career commenced. Having
raised a company in Troy, he made his military
debut on the heights of Queenstown. Previous to
that remaikable action, our army had suffered so
many reverses as to occasion the imputation ol
misconduct against our officers and troops, gnd
therefore it was thought necessary to make some
brilliant effort in order to redeem their character,
and inspire the country with confidence.
Accordingly Maj. General Stephen Van Rens
salaer who had command ol the militia at New
York on the Niagara frontier, determined to storm
the heights of Queenstown, a strongly fortified
post then held by the British army.
Captain Wool and his company were among
those dispatched on this hazardous service. Three
companies were put under his command, and with
these in company with Col. Van Rensalaer, he
crossed the Niagara river to attack this position ot
extraordinary strength, lnflhis desperate encoun
ter, nearly every officer and many of the soldiers
ol Capt. Wool’s command tfere killed or wounded,
and he himself was shot through both thighs.—
Some one in the wing commanded by Captain
Wool, raised a white flag as a cessation of hostili
ties. Wool struck it down, trampled it on the
ground, and rallying our forces once more, drove
the British from the heights Gen. Brock was
slain and his forces defeated.
Thus opened the brilliant career of General
Wool, v His daring and military genius were at
once conspicuous,.and proved to be one to whom
his country could look with confidence in an emer
gency that might call her sons into the field. For
his gallant conduct at Queenstown, he was promo
to the rank of major. He was engaged at the bat
tle of Plattsburg, and was the hero of the action
of beekmantown, where, wi:h 250 men, he held
4000 in check, killing and wounding 300 of the
enemy. For his services in this brilliant battle he
was breveted Lt. Colonel.
At the expiration of the war, Lieut. Col. Wool
continued in the army, and in 1816 was commis
sioned inspector general with the rank of colonel.
Ten years after, he was made brigadier general
by brevet, and in 1841 he was commissioned a
brigadier general and appointed to the command
of the eastern division of the army. In this sta
tion he remained until the war with Mexico opened
a new theatre for action.
After war was declared, General Wool, who had
gallantly volunteered his services, was gratified to
receive instructions to proceed to the western states,
to organize and muster into service the volunteers
of Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee,
and Mississippi. In about six weeks he accom
plished the work assigned him, in a manner which
reflected on him great credit lor skill, zeal, energy
and despatch. He sent 10,000 volunteers to re-in
force Gen. Taylor—the remainder being retained
to form part of his own division, which had been
ordered to concentrate at San Antonio de Bexar, in
Texas Having fulfilled his instructions in organ
izing the volunteers, and despatched the required
re-inforcements to General Taylor, General Wool
made preparations for his own march through the
province of Coahuila. This march terminated at
Siltillo, and is one of the most memorable events
of the war.
In the battle of Buena Vista, Gen Wool acted a
most conspicuous part. It was he who selected
that battle ground, arranged our forces for the bat
tle, and directly conducted our operations in the
field. Although second in command, yet to him
Gen. Taylor intrusted what may be called the ex
ecutive command, in the engagement—and during
that desperate and bloody conflict, Gen. Wool was
to be seen every where through the field, anima
ting, superintending and directing. He exposed
himself to every danger and won the admiration
of his troops by the valor, while he led them to vic
tory by his example'and his generalship. For his
heroic conduct in this remarkable engagement, he
has received from the state of New York, andjrom
the city of Troy, two beautiful swords as testimo
nials of the high appreciation of his valor and dis
tinguished talents.
This distinguished general has not been brought
so prominently before the public, as some of hi*
brethren in command, yet he equals any of them
in intellectual acquirements and possesses military
abilities of the very highest order. Nor is he less
remarkable for the virtues of social life. He is
equally estimable as a soldier and as a citizen.
He is now second in command of the U. S.
army, standing next in rank to Scott, and his dis
tinguished services, his acknowledged military tal
ents, his devoted patriotism, and his unblemished
reputation, have placed him in the front rank of the
eminent men of the country.
Life is a wildering dream :
To its reality we wake not, nor
Pause for once as thro’ its giddy circles,
Onward we pass, to the sleep that knows
No waking.
I saw a youth upon whose
Bjow the sun of life had brightly risen,
\V hose heart bent joyously ns hopes of future
Happiness her bhthsome bosom filled.
A maiden ! the world’was ideal, and *
Her imagination oft would stray, and
Gather up some fancied pleasure, till
In her snowy breast the artless phantom
Lingered, a bright reality. Her spirit
Knew no sadness, for the golden sun looked
Gently down on smiling fields, on laughing
Rills and singing birds, that warbled forth
An orison of praise, to the. Ruler
Omnipotent of heaven and earth.
And thus she mused nor heeded once, that
l ime in rapid flight was hurrying oh
His customed round-Her, to the bourne
Ot all things mortal.
ci , ■, , r Her ® aiden days were past;
bhe stood before the altar a gentle
Bride, and spake the vows of constancy
In accents bland with youthful love. J '
Yejrs flew by in fast careering course, nor
•Left one trace behind, save the care-furrow
On her marble brow, to mark the life wave
Gently flowing on, till lost in the wide
Ocean of wild forgetfulness, her spirit
*Vi ould haBten t 0 its God.
T * *0“ th e l Ql *e couch she lay, and
Thoughts of other days came'o’er her hallowed
soul m recollection deep and dreamy,
Her mind ran back thro» space long since traversed
Bv rolling years, and for a moment, lingered
l here a blissful smile upon her palled
* W tho’ a wandering thought, was
Playing round some pleasing reminiscence
0 halcyon days. ’Twas past; the tear-drop
Glistened in her sunken eye, her voice
In feeble accents murmured low, a lone,
Last wish of cartli, when ’neath ita cold, cold breast
She’d lay “A rose of beauty rare to blossom
On my tomb, and lend a fragrance to the'
Zephyr’s breath, as sighing past it chaunts a
Moaning requiem o’er my dust.”’
Then \j day the hectic mantled her
Pale cheek with crimson hue, there lading, like
Lea! in autumn air she pined, each pulse
Throb iainter grew ; like pearly dew-drop
On lily white as driven snow, the cold,
Death sweat stood on her calm brow, till Seraph
From the sky descending on angel pinions
Bore her hence to God above.
I stood beside her lone sepulchral home ;
Two maidens fair, in sorrow came, perchance
I o drop a pensive tear—One spake—spirit
Mother! hither now I come, thine ardent
Wish is granted—o’r theo blooms thy favorite
* ower; my mother, spirit mother, sleep,,
bleep gently on !
From the Troy Budget.
Ireland—lrish Landlords.
This unhappy country seems to be descending
with a dangerously .rapid momentum to universal
anarchy, ruin and depopulation. The owners or
holders of the land are exacting from the tillers o
the soil, with a remorseless exactitude, all the lights
which in a better state of society would be justly
theirs, without performing any of their relative
duties towards the class whom they oppress. The
consequence is, an organized system of opposition
to rents and of assassination. Let the reader peruse
the following, from a disinterested source—an Eng
lish source—and then ask himself can he wonder
ii the Irish peasant, subject to such a course of
heartless cruelty and oppression, sometimes sucks
“the wild justice ol revenge?”
From the News of the World.
Let anyone now look to the condition of Ireland
—to the evictions carried on by hundreds and by
thousands—the poor with their families cast out
upon the roads—without the mean 3 of providing
lor their subsistence, and without that, whfth the
poor in England under similar circumstances would
have—the certainty of shelter, food, and clothing in
the workhouse, and let us see if there is not to that
country, the very condition of things, which hap
pened in this, prior to the horrors and devastations
brought upon it, by Danish Invasions and the Nor
man conquest! Here, for instance, is an extract of
a privare letter from Ireland, addressed to the wri
ter of this article. It comes from a man incapable
of making an exaggerated* statement. *We pray
attention to it: for if the circumstances disclosed
in it are permitted to proceed unchecked, it is not
a revolution nor an insurrection with which Ireland
is threatened, but a complete ar.aTchy:
“ Things are going"from bad to worse in this un
fortunate country, Ireland. Another famine almost
certain; the landlords, out-landlording Irish land
lords, murdering the people by wholesale, evictions
without mercy, without fear, without the slightest
sense of shame, without remorse; but with the law
for TheS? protection, and the troops and the police
lor,their defence, while they are pulling down the
cabins of the pedantry in one place by dozens, in
another by scores, in other districts' by hundreds.
The smell of the burning thatch in some places, I
have been told by one who experienced it, has been
a perfect nuisance for miles around. At T s
while the work of destruction was going on, the*
people looked on in a stupified state of distraction.
Men, women and children, doomed, by this demoli
tion of their homes in the time of pestilence and
famine, to certain death? Thev looked on without
a yell, without energy enough for a curse. The
agent did his work coolly, and in a composed busi
ness like manner. The law' was adequately bayo
netted and carbined up on the occasion. There was
a time when her majesty’s troops and other forces
would have shown repugnance at such employment.
I hear people say—Liberals, too, of the first water
—that the people of Ireland—the peasantry of Ire
land—must perish, the race is worn out and deteri
orated : it must perish, and be replaced by another
and a better! This you will hardly bejieve ; but I
assure you, in all sad se/iousness, that it is most
true ; still I believe there is a God in Heaven, and
that he is a just and good God, and that His right
hand will be lifted up' for this mo.-t wretched peo
ple/'
The letter from which this extract is made t was
not written for publication; but it conveys in so
strong a light, the conduct of the Irish landlords,
and of their oppressive, merciless, and we may add,
diabolical conduct towards the unfortunate people
on their estates, that we could not refrain from pla
cing the picture it presents before English readers.
Here are men who have usurped the lands of the
native Irish. and who now treat them with an in
humanity, of which the most barbarous and Pagan
people are innocent. These things are done because
the Irish land owners are backed up by the wealth
and military power of England. Can this system
be much longer continued? We believe, that as it
ought not, so it cannot be.
ILr"The charity of the world, is very cleverly
caricatured in the following lines. Many people
can talk their heartfelt pity for hours, while the
object of their sympathy is perishing for want
the necessary sixpence. Few there are that par
take of
THE FRENCHMAN’S PITT.
A beggar, crippled, starved and blind,
Rehearsed his doleful story
To half a score of auditors,
Who all lodked vastly sorry.
Some pitied much,-some very much,
Some very much indeed!
But not one cent did they bestow :
To help the man of need.
At length a Frenchman forward stepp’d
• In pity halt, half choler,
And emptying his purse— u By gar!
I pity you two dollar !”
LLr" Half the noblest passages in poetry are tru
isms; but these truisms are the great truths oi hu
manity ; and he is the true poet who draws them
from their fountain in elemental purity and gives
us to drink.
CD* Critics are sentinels in the grand' army of
letters—stationed at every corner of newspapers
and reviews, to challenge every new author.
NO. 51.
For the Intelligencer.
THE IIST WISH;
BY ALTADA THE SOLITAIRE.