Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, December 07, 1850, Image 1

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TO4. F. OAZIAY I IN CAUFORNIA.
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bhittier; with thy Cherished, form departing.
iled Merest hope that made tire dear to me;
And in the angtiiih of that hitter tpaiting.
'lope breathed an whisperto.rny heart for thee,
Mil why did love out spirits tibia together.
iri joys and woe, in etudight add-in shade;
The tie in agony of grief to sever;' ,
'And prove the dreams ofhlissfal yorth betrayed.
-114 brother dear ; within thy sanguine' bosom
tßeeals there a thought that, we may meet no mom;
-M,d that the memory-of our pamdevotion,
t Is all that time may to our hearts restore! •
Its this that pales my cheek,and apes the fountain,
Of tears that *ow•fasttats she shmtnet bhower,
Par tong rye ;wept the weary hours counting, •
That pact as,and perhaps to meet no knave.
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Does such a tho7l evercheelr thy course of daring,
Or make thy proud step faker in its gray;
Or dues thy spirit never yet 'despairing.
Dream of no future save a brighter, dsy; •
I wilinot,ask.l know.thy:heart is beating
With firm resolve. and g ortmge, mountain ',big,
May ibey support thee mid the peril's meeting. ,/
That frowningly within thy palbw r ay lie.
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Yet Mon msyest feel, ho courage, can support thee,
If his cold hand, Disease should PO thee lay, .
I dare hot think what.sorkiw may befall thee,.
A fay,from home; and friend's, and lore, away,
But. brXther; should success crown thy etvilearors,
Could rich rewards of earthly gain be thine.
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I all the choicest ol prodd Fortunes, faydrs.
Reward thy worship at her golden slit - kit;
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Vet brother; say, can all the gold that glistens -
Within thestrearn4 of that far distant land.
Repay thee for the toil, thetinie, the distance
That separate: thee femitourloring land
I know thon'st toiling, Out fili wordly power,
Not servile homage, wealth too oft can bring,
lint for the gifts affection loves to shower
On the dear forms that id thy manhood
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but, oh! believe, thy preseAce is fat dearer,
On us, thy smile more plettsfire can. bestow,
Can wake within, an echo far sincerer,
Than Fortune's tide in "As roust prtitperous flow.
The lit-Jai,' Love. and Hope, and Pauli, is m tingled
With the warn:Lev rrefit of each -throbbing heart,
tt hfe sustaining equilly, onsiogied,
And only of Lis life, the. dearer Flail
Thou tiayst a few s'tort pintas will see thee Waling
In triumph basting to thy native allure. •
And that the tv•pes by long delay 'o wat:tinit,
Wtil he fulfilled in ttreetirrti thee once more ;
Ciat ble.l in +merit. long I've I inked before
low voize grew silent; and =Award
Bui now thy words of 61W-dullness come o 'er
Her song soars lighter than a human, bird.
brother; champion'of my clilidieh hntfr4
The proud protector of my youthful days;
My fir.t, best. only friend, .when Trouble lowers
Thy Ince; the value of the ,sitirlie tonweigts, ,
!day He, whose voice dad calm the sea's commotion,
send pro•perttus gales islien the Oat; huur . shalt
.. ns waft thee' o'er the the ocean, jcomc,
And safe ) unchanged. outaia ted to thy home.,;._.
The hntio.e. a heaven of reposiaitaits thee, "'-
While ht7h, the ioterreninrr dietetic* o'er, •
it% love-ht bacon hire the dayiirar gieets Mee,
Lariat., the wanifrer to ifts rest once m o re.
Th .11 11.1qte thee brother, while dor. prayer is canal . ;
, to follow evet in thy train,
for while its petee upon' our heitrts is falling,
We hope to joy. to-welcome thee arsin.
PUNTEII Po.r, ?C. V., Nov SARAH $. 1.163,19EY..
RANDOLPU'S DUEL WITH CLtY.
'The briercare.er itl6Mr. C lay as &Serelagy of State,
1,,1er John Quincy Aildmi t afaschiefly distinguish-
P.! her the glevektpment of what was, and still is,
ttmcn :14 Mr. Clay's American /stem . . berm.
an allionot . of 11)0,Uniled. its Les with all
iiie other powers on the continent, otainst the ,
1,0114 I.( the old world ctfliming a territorial
it• H i e advised dui iresident al' send Cozliino.'i
mont.rs to Panama to' tweet Ora tePierfetnalteti , of
the Spani.h kmerieutitsldtee: together
gutject. .flisiiVihe was accepted; l and
the Comniissimiont wird aPpOinted without waiting
fir the appmbation of •Congreste,.or kit '11,04044-
litie s to ph 3 l thetit *TV: Th 4 Was de e med a usutd,
Ation of iudoOkiiy by many, and by Atinfolph
alit; the rest, whoinnkibsailent only a. kw. days
a her get mesAago, containing, the norninatibas;
rhadeto that body': • •
o . u! of thWt*,o4 4 :4 : At'it*rit iSirtantnia duer.be•
Neer' clay and raGdolptycil i , which %recompile the
.following interesting pketclt from Eta. Garlandts in•
+eluting 'Unfit' Ilaridolpl I, jigs; pdblistietlfivhe o%p
pleintio : -
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tfieeietteitird callstapon the Pies lent fotLtei
liier itiformation, which wee dealtouttothe*na;e
t. o yaringly, they at length commenced is conclave
dlicuia the Muslim dhie4ion.
Ntr Van finten, oh the 15th of Fattfail;
a resolutinii, ,‘ 1,144 npcni the question,
I:beate r the ljnitej Sraishall be topretsented in
the Congress of Panaana,J the Sensie 'might 're fist
I ‘ l l' open Opens ; airless it' shall tipiriar . 1101 the
utlt;lication of iincurnents‘ - ne - ceisaty:io be selected
to at treb4lls w 111 lie piejotticiallikerrinitrg nernia
boos."
He subittitted a further" reshlutioh;-:-"!.:110 the
P.ehtlent be• resPect fully requetvieil - 14.:9 1 f0ral -The.
N , eitate whether sacs objection evisteilati-the pabli
cation iit the doettmentS einiteirMicateifty the r-!. - •
Prtutre, of atty portiotr .oltfOiji!; im4; iii iii, to
•••pec,ify the parts, tba publicatipfqf which-tid,
Art that r•Sation,-be otipittionablis:' 4
Mr. -Randolph opposed tbeiq resolutions. lie
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PTotetiteit agalnst (venire?, the ilOoric'• dcontend
" 1 that Me President was a co:ordinal breech of
the goveinnietil,ituwns, entitled to II passible
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.Ic.speO hoot the Senate': 4f ''ii his d' . ty,"said'he,
• to lay, before is- in lomialion . On .wir h ire 'must
e ta
act t if he does not give as Sulliereitt , in ttliali!in„ it
i% not our haairteis fo asleirlyie; l Y 'Th resolefiong,
lowerer, wbre-adopte I ; anti' Met net day, the
tresuleur sent the-following-terly - :• 44 in answerto
Pie two resolutions of the Scoot!, r t ti 't - , 151 4 i*•
ra.trked ( glectifi re) arid which 4 .have received,-1
'Lae respectfully, that all the emernen".. titsmtpuert
*lc to the Senate, rotating to Me ,Coil' =ytit'Fitt•
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them in eonip ; with d: 3 . ,t, a Of tbeiSeilate
*reistifini theta . , Aden th*: -8 0 161; htff:111.4 . it} •
eitablislied a'- _ _ :- :tfilfriel4fhfi , 6llikr Fecr;iilimn . t'
tions.betweisn the •seetitiee andthe Senate Might
for thaveblitt in • rest, to beiprettersed - tnijmpairetl
I deenrit my iti hipentrabre duty to lease' to' Ai -
Senate ititelf, (it -'decision M a guesiien , Mtoiting
departure, hitherto % so fax as 1 am informed, With'
out example, from that wage, and upon the:rattly
t 'w,
r -whielt, net btfjeg'infotteed of them, ido not fee
If competent to decide'"' : ~. „ •
ibis message changed.gees lone et StrvgandolP
towards the President. Some weeks afterwards
when addressing the Senate Witlfopen doors, be al
laded to this itubject. • 1
"I did maintain," &lid he, " the rights eft ,
President; but from .the moment he tient us tin
menet!, from, that Moment aiq my tone mid Man
ter fo liiin chau*e;„ firim thaf Monmaf wog 1 au al
iered niap42itiad, kw" afraid, net-alteted for lb ,
better," , , , • - "- • '
'(Sir, iFhe would teavelqutSenaltt the amis.
ion of the ifuestinni I rit'aiiiiPtigree r itth ; but
tbe evil genina l ot t ilio Arri.oriestrilionse of Stuart pre
vailed. He gots cm to say .that the question , L in
anities a departure, hitherto, so far as d ten inform
eil/Withob)!esittitpl,frairt..thai usage, any Open
the 4iiolrer:,•Yor whieh, net being informed of_ them,
I ilo d not feel reysell,computerit to decide." If this
hairbeewpmseented for alibel v wltat'fury won't]
'h e ave 'failed fa have found a veirdiit on such in ilia
endo !Thal' we were.hreakiug tap front our own
usagra te gratify personal spleen 1 1 any nothing
aboift our -movements, because he was •troritt rot med
-of them: The ttfal
our - motives were
btu + ctL and, tad Thin anima& did I put, like Han
nibal, my hand on the aintr., and *wear eternal en.
mitragainst him and his, politk.filly. From that
moment I ve'nohd do anything vriithiti the limits 'of
flue constituirin and the law ; tOr,ras Chadian:li saiil
at Wilkes , " I would not, hi the permit: oldie went
of men; violate those sanctions aril tpriv.leget *Weil
are the safeguard of the rights anti. liberties of the
best ; but, Within the limits cd t44Consthaticm and
the law, if I don't carry ou dui tsar, 4 whether, in
the Peninsula or any where ege, it shall be or
want of resources?'
And further ots , ervations on the re.m:utions may.
ed ill conclave, Mr. Itaudelph repeated - what he
had Caen said in reference to the ;teenage Of the
Pre-idertt.
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" WhO'rr9de him ajudge or oat usages 1 • Who
a . Llktiled.itior I Ile. has been aistofeeßsot, I ton
derstanii., I a-ish he had left glihe,, pedagivne
or hen - tte• got Mtn the 'Executive tOtir. Who made
hill - him censor rnorapt _of tlitf . body t',.Will any one
answer 'this .question ? . Yea dr Hull, Wltn? Name
flip person: Abizye alt, who made 'him the search.
, ey '
o f hearts', and vie him the right, l'' ati lomat
ei, ttick at hell, tOlilacitert our Motives I Black.
'•isa 01Ir Llieltilteta / did. not say that then. I was
more under self.ronithand ;' I. did nal use such'
dining langtr*e. I said, if he could borrow the
eye or aninincience himself, and rook into every
txcanichere; if he'could loOk into that awful, ca.
lam itomiould• tredreendous of alt poet , ible gul&,- The
-naked envy ?ted idimati heath, ctfipped of all Ogee,.
bring of siltfoie, exposed naked, as to the eye of
Chi—[ said, it he could do that, LC was not, AS
P I esiden t et the, ttnittal -Slates,' eniitljd to pass upon
'od‘ntniverr„nithoUgthit a itw mat' neat than- to
he bad. 1 Fetid ? , it he frad connected tie to the Cath
olic religion, and wag otiF lath& orl lessor, and
every man in this limuie at;lhe Ointstool.of the Con.
fessiotial had :confessed a:bad Motive td him hi the
law& of his church; as by thbli eonsfifriticin, at ore
the tjttc . fintl above the'chtirCh',le, as l'residept. of
the thtited Statesicouldnotiniss,eer cier mcsities;
.though me-hvidiettel'him with our own lips tracmo•
'zives,, shilchildilied 'tliciy, were Vad: said o'4 '
'tften, iik,rsai it novit. „Hare I plias toy lout ; ?rem.
r Rini defiance Irighl -into his teeth before As
-American peOpte f hetrel tiftoartha iOninilet Isa hien
rent, the hitt4st br i liteornpaet, lo copse forward
and defend' these 'miserable lank "'lnvolving a '
departure, hitherto,,ao 'far.JECitsun . lit :.
torme,a, with
otkeisinge, tmta ,that usage, and, upon the mo
tives for wheat, net being inforMill'of them; I do
nor' feel myself - CompetOril In ifeCi4e.!'*/tiiiiable
Ititalse - f ttlii44r we Ilid.nel, aii at once, tall
in iniU Wiih:hisp, runlAgree nutz-voce lopublishonc
proceedings, except inyself, for I quined , tHeSenata
ten - ctirMtell liekeie :- the -vote wite . 4 en . I saw
What WairinfolOtWO, knew die thine' to Mild, not
be done -4, nil r ox, would be done unanimously. .
•Thereforey in apitesottinefemornarera4emat friend's;
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liwenreleaf, 4 o ol-161 4iitietiirrifir et% doubt `."llo
'teliat :45 ,. : , roil o ,4.av 4 v,i, bog„ try IJad.*-0. 7 .-
A6 g ir. twauty-9..t,4ottis' ; exertion, it was time totals
in. Ireasde* , tedoimire-Aotiaiat dregt at up,
: nod dmn-loakew doren'ti• the rorilftibti
. of Breit! and
Black Giore,c: : -lii lke'"c`Oiniliiiigii)li
. iinheard 0 - tin
-Thca,cf fht.rptirifoii.wdA the idorklein .
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The ,remarks . contained • in - the lass pa L, ,
rapit
il - on
. were made in referenda to the chat" ' between'
I!tr:•Cias: . ittl, M. :41,414MY. ...Mi . . Randolph as fel.
VY'pensitadt4 Mit Aires- the result of carte I me
,i,
Oyes . i.tamlteing so persuaded, heatkinot hate
-to expreis hintself in thd - shaughst terms of . endit-
Ciation:' I'd, on tlik 'pre:Sant occasion; he ;so !at
torsot h emelt . tie to ill d ulgq,loauguagelo *epos.
east pommel irasnit: WV o doubt believe that this
teas a prenterlitaiddinuf Malielatis assault` en the
private repel:Viols 'el absitt'livai. the . "11:41:
of debate; 04010 ofteir , f .! k e izp& ft * 'titer .
Cooler teoutent,he tworeuvat. tuition lot
ihoughttand in!reisity of er i pfeatibe "tweris. Aid*?
teristiolif his Ain& ' met !'osl>#` sag more
1 1 4* AlPh
orisrus,y-ithotit st.stipeOitotakerrtenteett and Pin-
Isa,at • *lei fir _ ateseengor On, the preseat-iseeitaion,,
ht the bleed wits' op; itittf the mid' t16 ; i010 ,
rtb ihtheffe'ao.ticin
Al 4. 04; th;the.voithiess 'Ol4 iliestrettioakenti-the
iptaebsofttiselltutiotut. • , •
Haying flartgacieretht gintißri ald #31111 . 101
' ,a -66 4( 1 d t, 4,krii4 1 :44410 '4;
4 1 iPrbe*P4194 Ilie,,Wfv4, lake backAiy-inia 4
idg expressions that inightprosetelevaidepumers
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EVERY 'SATURDAY; AT - TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY -F;VMEARA, GOODRICH.,
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: ILIEULILDLEEN OT DENUNCIATION rtam ANT aUAILTICI6 ),
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'of Chiabelga: iha'vinti' olßeiiit' 'the instill: he,
calmly,..;vritttrid'tlle 'consecietences;'not.l4(ibting
: what thosevakatsequencet would bat,: tiff Clayman
-noon man of such fitrbearanceantl Christian virtue
'11.16 perrith ii:,grlisiinipchation on hi., motives to
circumstances by which Le
.was• aurrouadeti, and °the quarter front whitlk it
canto, forbade it en this occasion. Re was corn.
pelted WWI — He-hail reached a mil& iri his pub..
Yid Car7Viir • a aatAl suspictin hung uponthe integri.
the public.had flied a je.tl
ous eye ou his movement; had he then quailed, or
even been silent, ander the Charge of hankinptey in
utorals,"both pnbli6 turd private, I political for.
_lanes would have been.ininetl beyond the hope of
redemption. . Randolph, too, *as the man• to con
-front;. )'He had been the aril genius that from the
Litighiltikiiitocal in th bity , of his aspirations not
Alto„,tArtl, sisters-in the-path of hlailbcols,tocheer
Winton *Olt prophecies of batons greititeres, ben as
'the angel with'the flaming ertroie, that eheeted the
presum'Ptuaus taitlatn as It Wean s up to curse fia
,childrea . •
These two nemasitabie . men, tat often meeting id
the arena of debate; 4tit uow for the first time on
The blo4ity flea,' yrebom within a days ride . of
each. other. Cone in the lunottial balls otitis anees•
tors, on the lofty-banks of the A ppom ono:, the other
in an humble dwelling amidst the slashes of Han
over. WNW the pigir,dcputy clerk, in the, inter
ials of. toll, picked: up Itio scanty cruntbs ul knowl
edge, the proud win of fortune enjoyeittho richest
!nests in the highest seminaries oflearninr„. Iyhile
the one yet a yotith, was borne into the halls of
Congress by the sweet voices of the' - people, the
other was still lighting 1113 uncouth way to fame
and fortune among the 'hunters of Kentucky.
With a laittimble desire to terminate the 'Jill-et
once between, the parties in a manner alike honor
able to both, General Jesup -end Colonel. Tattna
mate:illy agreed to entpend thechatienge and ac
ceptance, In paler Ihat, ilpossible" eathiai:tal et.
planation .might be entered into.
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General Jessup, ar•. the friend of Mr. Clay, outlet)
that the Minty of w hit:101)M gentleman complained
consisted iu thief; That Mr. Randolph had charged
him with hating • l ihrged or manufactured a paper.
connected with the Panama mission also, that he
hail applied in him the epithet blackleg. General
Jesup conaldered it, necessary that Mr. Randolph
should.ileclare th# he bad no /ntention el charging
-Mr. ClayoLeither its, his public or private capacity,
whit loqing or falsifying any paper, or misrepre.
seating any; fact; and also, that tliA feria bkrckkg;
if used, was not intently to apply to 141.
Colonel Tattnall made the contManieation to Mr.
Randolph. - Itis . reitly cut off all hope of any anis.
fiictoryadjustment of the difficulty; " I have gone,
says he, u far , as I could in waiving my privilege
to accept a peremptory challenge froth a minister of
the Rsecutive Government; under any Circum
stances, and especially under such circumstances
The words used by _me were, _that I thought it would
Le ha. w 0 power to show evidence, sufficiently pre.
numpiiieon satisfy a Charlot te t jery,' that ills in
, thation was manufact ur ed rthere--that Salagat's
letter 'meek me as being a easing likeness in point
of style f &c to the other pailers. I did not u n der
take to prove this, but exineUed my suspicion that
'the fact was so. I applied to Ithe administration the
ephithet, l pentaitic, diplornatic, black-legged ad
ministration:
- • 4. I have no explanations tolgivo; ( Gill not give
'any--1 am Called to the field-}-1 have agreed to go
and antready•to,go," •
, • The night before the direl,tsays General J.imar
-lismateit,sittioudr Carotins, •Mr. Randolph sent
b 4
'forme.* 't tint4ll Niel calm, tin aisingulnuenn.
ficlitidatO r ,Re •tnld Amu di he Dad something
t .odhiit,iptud. he rioted: go tel EVIL He tiren ye.
' , mariced, , taueiiion, 1 havodeMfiii inks( to reeeive,
witbotinrettmtirg, ger* fFre ;Inothitt'slittlliiideee
finitti' hit m 'a
hail or hid ite"..d ; 1 ,1,8r fltimiM make his
' Wifti, a wi'd4;o; his ehiklrew dtphtuta. 'Mat team
would beibed•orrer his glitve;t•bet whea • the sod
ol Virginia rotas on my'boiern, -there is not in this
' wide world an'ithrfritliiatto, pi! Airs tiitiate upon
inine.' Us eyes:did; inut l' ing ins head upon,
his hand, we remained sonse °MMus silent. .1
replied,' Mp dear Mend (TM iittri kas a' iiiril:l4 1
pOsihtimous friendship, W4ffeallteil by (Stir quith.
1 ess,) I deeply regret that youinive mentioned this
subject tO•me; Joy you, calla spothme to go to the
fieldritnitseelohshot Overt, or hi assume the re.
Itrunt,t(itittily4 ill lligittllOoliitif ois li f e ; in sustain= '
hial°t.f.t j Af Zi‘ ri t l iV l tetiNAV! ii• i' a :ii; ,OA 4n
,
it#i-P.Pbrif.niiia.. 4.:9*44GetPi tee,efid his ow(
bisunnmew hist:tesb,nionitons, A . ill-. 7 not advise,
but , ondittritte entmihrihitiel'iltili v4ked personal
'MIMI Y , Orit , kitifi r :Oered:„Mr t glei cainot dirnuade
. I.' 441,tx,Utnit,',birwtO r er;•to comfit 'aiZ.. 4, to diiktnel
Teunall.your•deeisibtr2 - Ile, 'the not to de
leo, and saidAie Wakeer7 mach held that Tan.
tafewetild taVeritt# ettWs aiiir ! sr it ) , 6i.ut ,v.lll
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. 1 0 1 °:"fer. , : , iqtigiii ediii . r Tatuall. awl
we reps!rettliabout mid:34l-4o Mr. Itandolph ; ti
l e l :
'lodgingsktivhom we fon*4eai.in 'Minnow! great
- 1105r0.' flifiibiliiiiiits he a „ not permit as
to say,one
,word• in rlatitin to : w approaching
duel ;. and..hisa ouce.‘otnittetteed• of those de
lig-tntatiriticisprom wpaungeet i is rinet,in *Mil
Wittig:44mi le orithisiistiiiiiy tO intllitge. Alter
qi ii ii tl 4 ~'F'l' en- i 1: 41 ' 6 , 1 1A 4, ,,i ): Ai.:gansloißh
Laps, toltimial'.you.,have,detonn . 'riot its tinsiti
Mr: Clay's'firal I must sity , to ' mrdotir sir ; if
lon Mily•to' go Old to see.'yoti hot down, you
iiihst ad'ippie Ole( iiietid,', :Xi ,i;andolph.. re.
g 4144 4 that at NOB likdetertntnati n. - After much
citil
converiation on the.subjetry I its& Cotintil Tau
nalt to illoii Mr. Itatidolpf tritakei Is Oirg ...nuiise,
As' liiiirithiltawitV . iii i -40#1511Bill! . fitts, iiiiglt):tiae
lb Ofrinitiriotis, 'it'itieNtSinielit3ns._ At laic' . ilr.
'l49io,4ipis smilink.sisA i %Yell; Tit all) I pro nice
yotr, cone:thing, if 'th Sete' rthelkivil in Clay's-eye,
and that withtrtaliFe Teepeffie" he " :
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esissititig evening, on the banks of the raceme:—
Btit he saw ono devil in, Clay's eye t ' hill a 'man
,fearless,-and expressing the mingled eititsiiAly and
tiflaties•-whii,* belonged fa the occasion.
shag never for et tifis scene, Is long tut I lire
1111as been my raisin:bine to witness several duels,
hut I never saw one,, at least. in its sequel, so deep.
Itioreeting. The son wast jest setting behind the
blue tells of Randolph's own Virginia. Here was
two of the most extraordinary men our country, ie
its prodigality bud.produced, about to amain snot.
tal combat. Whilst Tatman was toasting Rad
dolph's,pistols, I approached my friend, I believed
for the last time; I took his hand; there was not
in its touch the quivering of one pulsation. „Ide
turned to me and said, • Clay is calm, bet not vat
sheave—l hold inypurp-se,'Hamillon, is any event ;
rerhEmber this.' On handing him his pistol, Col
sineyr annuli. sprung the hair trigger. Mr. Ran-
Aleph said, , Tattnalkulthough I am owe al the best
shots in Virginia, with Other e pistol of aeon, yet
I i4e4;er fire with the' hantlioeer; besides f have
btaltek in gloire en, tatieh,wlll de.itray the
deleacY ed my Misch, and. this logger may fly be:
fore f know where I am.' :But, Imin his great so,
licinele for hif friend, Tatman Waisted tipowisair
ing the trigger„, On taking their pusition; the Lee
turned out weal... Randolph anticipated.; his pistol
went off before the word, with the muzzle down."
"The enarrient this event took place, General.
Jessup, Mr. (Cat's Ideas( ) called eat that he would
leaert.lbe groom' with his friend, if..that °mailed
again. Mr. Clay at once exelaimed, It woe entire.
ty en 3iccidere, and betg,ll that the goa t tleman
might be allowed to g) on. Qu the word being
giving, Mr. Clay flied without effect, Mr. leirelolph
discharging his pistol in the air. The moment Mr.
Clay raw Mr Randolph had thrown away his fire
with a gush of sensibility, he instantly approached
M,r. lettistolph, and said with an emotion I never
shall forget :—'t trust in God, my dear sir, you are
entombed; after what has occurred ; I would. not
have harmed you fur a thousand worlds.'"
Thus ended this affair. None bat the uncliarita
lA° will believe, after what has passed bn the field
that gandelpli • had any malicious motive in the
'words that fell front him ou then of the Senate.
Had a bloodthirsty spirit burned mins bosom, 'the
best shot in Titginite . wonld twt have pennitree this
opportunity to escape of leveling his seel,apon at
the breast of an old rival,. Irliie4 I : :onderrias blows
he had felt fur fifteen yeast; and whose political •
opinions he considered so danierous to the country.
The true character of the man shone With when he
declared his intention not to injure a ,hair oh 34.,
.Clay's heatle—and a gush of sensibility came over
him at the thought of his Relent condition.' Mr.
Clay had a wife And children to mourn his lose;
but there was not one, to shed a tear over his soli
tary grave. He knewi the asfety-of his adversary
—but with the imminediate prospect of death be.
fore him, the stsblithe striins Of the godlike Milton
attuned hits heart to softest infitseeces4 anti the cords
of affection so (ring silent and rested by the chilling
breech of a cad world; awakened by the softest
echoes of long past meinnties, now -vibrated a
sweet, though harinonious mournful melody, tha t
.
mingles! its harmonious notes with the divine song
of the poet
liner reartenlislty alarm are the eehrws that earl
It hen aleatory plays an old woe ou the bean." •
John Randolph was not understood. -Briny who
professed to know him, and commiered themselves
Lur friends , could not etiiiiiwebend " the • hair-trig.
Der" sensibility of the man.
A few days after this affairs U Frilay morning,
April Ith, 1836;! he wrote 163 to his facial, Dr.
tiodfeubronigli.
, " - I cannot tfrite—l tried 'yesterday . to answer
yam letter, but I read not!do it. 117 pee ebbed.
The hyskria..passtacf peer old tear ,came ores me.
I lek a letter far you in. case of the worst k now
lies on my mantel piece. Perhaps yea may; ar.e
'time or other; see it. 1' TM a &tang!, I ;61 affbUl
Niandteisit. Only one human being - ever knew Me..
She only anew me. Benton -begins to love and
understand me. Nothing has - stead in hit vFal.
'No lions in . his path. Bad 1 fruffeiteil it, he 'etinld
have gr.ne with Me, as my . friend., 'ln that ease l
sliouldmit have violated, Ant laws of Virginia ,
was Downy intentionitirilopo.---and—x-- were ar
'dent, hatiomble l denoted to nty ciabFe, h obtuse,
wtinted fart'. I arn a iniaiiitT-an no one occasion
,ol.my We Wye I ever beewis exiseinity;that-they
Mk wheat lay heart Teamed aid tinned' for aid, or
at least for comfort,
,tiveitotappeared terhelifidticif
f)00 -1 7 1 . - I 41# 4 . .....,:t ilf: l ,4l. 6 )itr* B .
, was appearstmer,,onlY,./9 alas:instanceis, on the par,
of the two ;persons in Yirginia, Who shared-highest
in My erocittdene.a Mid refatd. • Bet 'when a man
•.er,nlbs libme 'Roth 'the strife' ain't conflict of this
tilejted tireild,. and its vita and sinful inhabitants,
ii is then that a certain tone of voice—an averted
look—or even the sweet nrunire eomposore of ohl:
'drat mother, ruts him to Old heart in tho rieep . lion
of the wife Of Rif hmom. The words are nothing
the countenance and tone of voice, the i 'hatt
c laity everything.
, Rcstssi ssLa Drl men V' in.
!atri-ten . Cher of is great - fabberty boy wto
had,lnieiy joined her class.
". Psi sr' knew P said he. •
1" Not know? Yon o> be ashamed of yorir 7
sett A boy fourteen sears old ! ! there's
liiqe Tricky rehop-e—he's only Areer:lte;eart tell. t
dare say, C ‘ orste here Dicky r who' inside you ?"
Dod rorw friFiii, icxligy.
"Thirrer
'heed' iinnembei." •
„"Veit, ho,oeghtei!"eaiii the stupiJ," 'taint but
a hula while niece ht was
44 WeiVyoa. Mirsay what fol itlaasit 'aboht
C 4 4., .(ii / 011ittii'mhiiitatAi---tberis know
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wilt jny tfti throe tapAita pit the „bat.
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Pull well I remethbet the days of my childhood.
To hear Sosquehimitthen called the fiontier,
Where emigrant settler*' went into the wild wood.
And lived npits Jai:lion, by hunting the deer,
Such tidings excited, My ydutbful ?lumina,
I hinged to be th;•re, and to be with the blest. ,
'I gaveto my parents'imy parting,desmitoir, .
And [Yeti I was
•- weadm.* my Way to tl.e West. • b
•T' S. •
My bean heat withloy as I e ntered the forest
And saw the wild deer as they nimbly pass'd by.
With scenes of tbe htineKit gate me a foretaste,
As over the woodland I then nisi an eye, .
trril
But learningrhat booing was sporting for pleasure.
A - milling more soli y time roust t espial% .
That I meat look oni r a more lasting treasure
To maintain 'lapse ;Oen a poor homeless boy;
The pine and the hemlock in splendpr were growing
And scented to look downward on man wit; dis
dain.
The brond Susquehanna through wotallasid .Sias
- Aid dew were,the.Cattasiken spotted the plain.
•The blows• of the axman rase timber was felling,
And trees though so ;only were made thus to
,
The pridb ofa homestead wie ksiaribin each dwelling
As clearings were made fur the lowans/ the plow.
• .1
Our fare was bot•homely yet nune were 'Complain
.
ing,
Slit all looking riliward to More happy days,
Whsn all should have plenty and aemerhreS re
maining,
Ane Tire on the bointy, industry, repays.
Each settler could boast of his tail and his ,labor
While I taught . the younger their morals at school,
That brotherly lifodness was due to each neighbor,
, And this was fulniling,the great golden tore.
This labor irent Onward, the forest 'redetia!:
And bowing its tall head to man as it yields,
The graififind the grasSei for man aid beast needed,
k Now grow iA abendatre in every cleared Geld,
And leara:ing and" acience'nme flOnrish around us
• Obr school* tire Made public and nigh at our band,
And none would
, go bac* to the place - Whele it
found us, • ~
`thew trending; otte*ay to this wilderness land.
lid.‘sacut. Pa. • • -
(From Curranitigs ACr.cfm Tour.")
ELEPHANT FlGlli* • ;
it a leNv 4 +Ca l one of those Wholla n d gone t oil
to out hilt cantle running breathless to say that he
had seen the mighty game. , I halted for,u minute,
and Insnucted Isaac, who cariied the big Dutch ri•
fle,fio act lit4,lepeudently of me, while Kleinboy. was
to assist me in the chase ; but, aluitual, When the
• row began,siny follower thought retry of number
one. I bared my atlialcitiS. shoullek, and hav
ing imbibett a draught of ogudintra from the cora..
bah t;.?:re of the spo orers, t &hasped thy misty
twolr,rooveLl Mr, and told my guide to go ahead.
t
We procittled silently a s might be expected, fur a
few hundied JON, following the guide, when Et,
soddenly imitated, +scfatming Klowr and before
us stood of herd of mighty bull ejethapis packed to
gether hypeapt a shady grove about .a butadred.and
O6r4artis in advance. 1 rode slowly towards
them; and as soon as they opservec•lMe , thermatle
.a kWh, rumbling tiOlsk, and, tossing their !narks,.
wheeled right about, and made off in,one direction,
crushing through/the (omit, arid leaiing a cloud of
dust behind them. 1 was accompanied by a de
tachment of my dogs, who assisted me in the pur
-1 snit,
The distance I ha'ireonie, apJ . the difficulties I
had undergone to behold these elephants, rose fresh
before sue. I determined• that, on this occasion at
least, I would do my linty, and, dashing my spurs
into Sandttfi ribs, I will very soon much too close
in their rear for safety. The elephants now made
as inclination to my left, whereby . 1 :obtained a
good vie* oi l the-ivory. The hilirfeenitistld'of his
brilli)' foie orthai . ii`te full giOirii
y fiiii,.rale ele:
Owns; the other two were fine ,leithwit, but had
not yecarrived at matire stanate.• Of the tour old
fellows, two had rtruelE .140 - i tutus thin the rest,
strait:ll.a kW' tfitctilds - rwas" iihdecided* Which of
these two I wou ld "follow ; when..alitlifeltib
. the`
one which .1 fancied had the stoutest -tusks, broke i
from hiscortirades; arid' P at °nee felt ctinvineed
that heywierthe patriarctotthe . heid; and folltitrett
hint accordingly. Cantering iTorii,siA, f wasabOul 1
to Ma i when.ho instantly. turned, end, uttering a
trumpet /a strung and sheaf that the earth Seemed
to vibritte belt anti *if feet, he thaigeditilioustylif
fel' me lor Several Itutki'lle, yards in n direct line,
tint altering in -the slightest &wee ler
the trees of the Mrest; which - he snapped and over
thtew like fees felilhkadfpor,d4Off,t r ,
Wheil,hip t eife i d,up,in * ilia iharre,, - , I hiAirise hal
, aid; add sukhe,t•lowly -tensed to tetreitt lei fly at
his shoulder, Innulay capering and prancing and
bring me mails trbehle. On "ree.e?ring the -ball ,
't . ,ie elephant shrugge d his shoulder,attO tihrtleoff se,
free majestic walk.' This AM. t hiiighl- Serisit'al 'itt
the slogs to M'y si:sislaiice,.whirl baboon lolloirr.:
blithe other elephituts ;'`and on their coming up
afti - dl;arking, anuter headlong.rifaio warr,,the .113 7
suit, accompanied by the never-failing trurnplus,
before. hi hi:. ehrrge he passed close to Me, when
f sainted hint with tiseconti bullet in the skit;l:ler,
of which he did 'not tal4 the slightest notice. ,enoW
determined pot to frit) until 1 could..m4Celt, ce-arly
Allot; hot chktiaugh the elephant touted repeatedly.
'Sunda); invariably distappointed ' me i capering so
that it 'iras impoSsithe tpfire. At length (.xasp ts •
rat ed theca' me reckissof the.danger, ;may samg.
Mg-, from she sada; I approached - the eh:Tilton-un
der enveitif a tree,...ha gave Wm 'S 'billet-ia Ihe
side of his head when irnmpiting So shrilly ,that
'the tiutug trembled,-he ,chargeil emcing, the tiaga,
,frout whom he.seemed to fancy :that the:Minx 1l
,1.
!eome; tiler ;which he loCik to -a piisiriiiiii it g rove.
'cif ditirtiS , wi th his head low ardti'#;AtrAt:ed
very near, and, as he l ices in: iikeAct cl44igist g . !..
.(betegin theism automata wtottrimplesetotis•Ms
to the impractibility of bringiftedfltftt an 'elePhitid
tilith
, u,siiiii`iit 'flfe;fciteljuit4littet.i:Obli
of sae,
ih his
:PA 1 1 P14 1 :4,ira4,withirf tt4ed fiatielle, ;44
timidnva-Mlistibullowritis forehearlkiv-therAtivite
4 ' 3 keiklikt-ifialifitMirite t:_ t tlljtiifikiliVii# ca::
4 : o " tillt4iiti S e. "i c i .4 1 4. ' M
'arrewal witk, ih r I hid tetnac if tou y
~ shot; in the leant
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'iorurinfity iirodeted; and, contitteittg - Ake
with incredible gill Marta and, inlieturtaitY, hat -in
but terminated my elephtiiithentiog fnreeer, to
tarp patty of the Beebuat list, who 'fiad come up,
yelled out ittstautaneottstAimagining fwas killed;
-lon the eleitiiant nue moment ajinngt Hh the
lop of me; 'flowerer etoittiedbi rind
ii j dodging mend . the I;tislay neck la' tiler ele
.igurt‘wini charging,' an enormous thorn ran:deep
into the sole of my foot—the s;ld ,fisdenireh ;brag
ties, width rttt ldarcititortg being iiom , throi4t, ;
hod caused me severe pain, laming inetbmagh
out the rest of theeinitliet.
." The elt;plthn helll'Op thrGgh: the fore ! ' at a
a sweeping, pr ce but he was hardly out cif ; eight
when I was loaded and in the saddle,. and 'Boren
once More alerigside. About this thy: t i Ireard
low ;404 away at ;mother boll.; be( when the
elephant .-harged,lfis cowardly 'heart failed Lan;
and he very soon de his apOrracce,ul safe
dist:Alice ip leg% My tel tap ke pt ctielteg
almigat a7itsady two, with blood ;hemp i'n,gficint
his it ourtils4the dog., Inch wore,knockil. up
iiitb,tangue and thirst, no longer ,barked,:ere*
hirrs,.bot had dropped, astern. it *pa,l9l4,lefeei I
again tired, Cori w!reafraid to dismonnt, ant Sun-
Jay wait este:Neely trobblflisome z. At length L br
ed sharp, right and
,inft,fpirrt saddle gel. both
balls behind thashoulder,, and make a .linig t charge
after me, rumbling and trumpeting as before- The
whole body of the Parnangwate men had , now
collie tip , mid dete. &flowing a.sliort distance be
hind um - .Among these was Mollyearri- On' sof
utiteeted to help and being a very active
filow„ he rendered me important service.by had
iti3; ,fi:iTgetti_fice: head WI ile,i Merl grid lan
ded. I then-fired six trordsides from the satlilie,
the elephant charging alatolit every time, and pur
suing us back to the 'main boiy in. par teat, *ho
Bed lean directions as lie approached.
It -The on had now punk behind the tops of the
trees ; it. would soon Pre very daAli i .tra/ theelephan t
did notseemitauChlistressed, ruitwithstauding,.• all
frehadreceiveli. I recollected th at . ir* time was
short, 'therefore al once resolved terve . no , mere
front the saddle, but to go close up to him and fire
an fixn. liiding.np tohim; I dismotinft.o, and ap
pro,ching, very near, Imave it him, rigid and left in
the rude Of the head, upon . which he made, a long
detemsirred charge alter me; Buti was now very
reekieas of-bis agog*, 4 , r-1, +saw that herould. not
oven? kelist; amiln twitilility, I , weal laded, and
again impionching; Aced sletip right 9d la be
hind his shoulder,- .dpi4 , he charged with a ter
fific trumpet, 'wliirsent Sunday By lug through the
fore.t. This wits bilast eliargE, The wounds
which he had received began to tell sir tits
tetion,.and he now stood at bay . beside if thorny
treeorith the dogs barking .around him. These
rehashed by the evening korente; an& ,Perericing
that It okar nearly itei with the elep!tanf,hail.oar
more
1644 assistance. ' I
loaded, .drew tirr
and fired right and left . re hie forehead. On nxceli
ing these shots, instead oe,On i rgl'ag, he tobert his
trunk up ar!ri . down, and by vericrusA&ndi said
i morions, most gratifying to thd .kung.uy natives,
eviiieetl Iliat i hrs.,dernitte Was nein A g ain I kid;
ed, and fired my last shot behind his 'boulder* on
rreceiVitrg he , turned rotnigt4; buskftree be si.tu
which he stood. and . l ran arour id,i o give him rt e
other bat the ritiglify aid monarch of the
west needed- noi
more; before clear the
kinihy beefier felt lievily on his Side, andirissOrit
had fled. My feeling* at . brit moment catroolpbe
mrderstood n, tr` e Nimnixi., 4E6 IWO
had the goon fortune to enjoy a similar eareanter.
1 never Mt Aro gratified on any occasion us•illid
THE a isiotro ElLassos. —" Dear Mamma," said
a little girt her Motheri.as they %iiroWalkis
,getlier in the men," why tro toe' have doll?, of
those beautital donitio Otno?tcli iN (fr 4 tileta
;Yon have halitly a Led Where there in nooonli of
'violets; and they ate :Kr math plaint • thal cart
be the Teasel?",
.
ea
5.4 Par • s the mi other, "gagtei me)
a hunch at each. iti; a lvrill tell .tau why I.jme
fer the trrintilelfiolet."- .
The 1;ulu. 4; and sin*, teturued tcith a
fine bunch itte beauti,ul alm44 and afew.,vio.
"
" &ail) elk my joTs, It saud die rest er,, g and'
„try alrbri t)se,ev; •
:The child emejleil: , agn - 16 . 1'sul again, and could
'scarcely. Inliete,-yersoli that the lovely aimed
h‘i Ao the violet had a delitztit;,
ful odor.
•, n • -
1, Well, my 1
:Child whickist . the sweetest!?
" 0 .dest mother, it is the little vit4et . I .:' ... .
" IV i ll, you know nor, my chill, why I.prefcr
ihegiain tliolet.hi the be:unit - el Almond. Beauty
witl,4l fragrance; in flowers, is ire my Opitlitth,
something rtgo beauty without genfienessand geed
irunper in little girls. When '.• yof those. people
who speak r without re fi ecti ' say say ID you ,
~ What charm lug- Mae eyes V.hat:bealtifui ea* !
What a fine coutple.T..ion t' . w , eV - knowing wheth
er you have-any gin,' quern . s,• and without think.
inapt' your defects and Win.: , which every person
is btitn with, remember the; my little girl, the al
-motel blossom; and reme;.., ... r also, when year af
fectimitt,e miltheelnuf isbt . , there to 11411 you, that
.
' beauty; trilAiruf scaler/tilt: r gaud. fer/I&ii."4#4-
A r . . rmitylrer" is she wow ot a
I:otolVietiviiiig a blue mark idler it has .asked an ea.
jointif t gentleitigt. 1
votil nce,P l lll*Aroi,": - ;141 : 4 . 7c‘re41 rnetli::
cal a1n4e41,, wlto,#lo.reactinivUell'isticii;• "Wpm
knee thaibtow ia.ttie reelect thiske..bies:P
,
PA - mm-4 1 4mA. lays 31satAsts - - .4ll*{Pnlaoits
belistati An-moon to have inhabitantofileasifimeo
'as ittrOta inapand'lliat theit day it 'fifteOxf
as ~gbg;aa opv i
tht, 6, fth•WhatiV.L.
Cltice com'inenca Pumg. good, an yott wll4l,
a thou time r hit. as easy as, ty ntip
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