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Let us not too much demand
Of a fellow creature's life,
yet us rather bear a hand
To assist him in the strife!
We may have had the power to Win
Just what God forbiddeth hint.
Let ns not too bars My speak
Of a fellow creature's fall,
Let us rather hel the weak
To mape polln p
tion's thrall I
Some Temptation we despise
M a y h a ve won his heart and eyes.
Let us not too rashly judge
of a fellow cream e's Faith,
Let as rather wave the grudge
And attend him what he earth;
ile may - have some doubt to tell
That with us did never dwell.
Let us always bear in mind
What from man to man is din,
Roar we need that human kind
Should forgive and love us too;
And afford a helping hand,
When we've fallen where they stand
We are not of equal mould ; .
We have different lots to bear;
Some have heritage of gold.
Some hove toil and want and rare ;
We should not our brother blame,
Till our lives are made the same.
It is harshness to require
Of our fellow creature man
That hr do what we desire—
If he do the best he can,—
Though he gather little .tore
We ourselves can do no more.
- Let this, Then, - our judgment be
Of our brothers here below;
While so much we cannot see,
While so much we cannot know,- -
" He does, well' whn does his best,"
Let us leave with God •he rest.
(Prom :be Lon-ion Christian Penny Magazine.)
SSE INQUISITION.
Having, in our last number,goren a comprehen
sive view of the principal Rominh tenet we shall
on the present occasion furnish a glimpse into the
dread recesses of one of its chief institutions, the In
iloisluon. 1n domg ihis, however, we desire it so
be distinctly understood that we are not to speak Of
things long since gone by, and which occurred in
far off lands, but events of recent occurrence, and
at our own doors ; events of which a large portion
of the living generation have stilt a distinct remem•
bunco. The specimen we shall select is that
branch of the lhr t tiisition whidh eitablished at
Sladrid, as the French found it in iBO9.
In 1809, Colonel Lehman owsky was attached to
the pan of Napoleon's army which was stationed
at Madrid; and white in dist cite the Colonel Used
to speak freely among the people what he thought
011ie priests and Jesuits, and of the Inquisition.—
It had been decreed by the Emperor Napoleon that
the Inquisition and Monasteries should be suppres
sed. hat the decree was not executed. Months had
passed away, and the prisons of the Inquisition had
not been opened. One night, about ten qt eleven
o'clock, as the Colonel was walking one of the
sheets of Madrid, two armed men sprang upon him
km an alley, and made a furious attack. He in
stantly drew his sword, put himielf in a posture for
defence, and while struggling with them he saw at
a &stance the lights of the pilules; French sold
iers mounted, who carried lanterns and rode through
the streets of the city at all hours of the night to pre
itise order. • He called to them in French, and as
they hastened to his assistance the assailants took
to their heels arid escaped : not, however, before
he raw by their dress that they belonged to the
guards of the Inquisition.
He went immediately to Marshal Soult, Govern
or of Madrid, told him what had taken place, and
rommtledhim of the decree to suppress this instita
tic'. The Marshal said that he might go and des-
troy it. Col, L told him that his regiment (the 9th
of the Polish lancers) was not sufficient for such a
service, bin if ire would give him two additional
•regiments, the 117th and another which he named,
be scald sinderuke the work. The 117th regi
ment was under the command of Col. De Lite, who
M tow, like Col. L., &minister of the Gospel, and
Imeetofen evangelic church in Marseilles, Prance.
T he troops required were granted ; and I proceed
ed (said Col. L.) to the inquisition, which was sta •
"reed about five miles from the city. It was sur
rounded by a wail of great strength and defended
by 'company of soldiers. When we arrived at the
*the, I addressed one of the sentinels, and NM.
Monett tre'holy fathers to surrender to the itnpeflal
... army and open the gates of the Inquisition." The
sentinel, who was standing on the wall, appeared
'center into conversation for a moment with some
one withi n ; at the close of which he presented his
nmr"et and shot one of my men. This was a sig
nal of attack, and I ordered my troops to fire upon
Hose that appeared on the walk.
It w as soon obvious that it was an unequal war
s The. walls of the Inquisition were covered
*MI soldiers of the holy office ; there was also a
breastwork upon the wall behind which they par
tially exposed themselves as they discharged their
m ashes. Oar troops were on the open plain and
"Posed to a destructive fire. We had no cannon,
Ind the gates successfully resisted all attempts at
laving them. I could not retire and send for can
non to break through the walls, without g ivin g thern
time for laying a train for blasting us up. I saw
l b% n was necessary to change-the mode of attack,
ant ditected'sonne trees to be Cut down and trimm
ed to be need as battering mms. Twool these were
take n up by detachments of men, as numerous as
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the wall s with all the power -that they could exert,,
while troops kept op a-fire to protect them from the
fire poured upon them from behind the walls.—
Presently the "walls began to tremble, a breaCh was
made, and the impedel troops rushed into the In
loisition. Here we met with an incident thatnoth
lug but Jesui - ical effrontery is equal to. The In.
quisitor•Geneml, followed by the father confessors
in their priestly robes, all came out 01 their rooms,
"as we were making_ nor way into the interior of the
Inquisition, and with long laces, their arms crossed
over their breasts, their fingers - resting on their
shoulders as though they had been deaf to all the
noise el the attack and defence, and had just learn
ed what wits going on, they addressed themselves
to the language of rebuke to their own soldiers,
saying, " why do you'Aght our friends, the French?"
Their intention no doubt was to make us think
that this defence was wholly unaathorrxed by them,
hoping it they could make us believe they were
friendly, that they should have a better opportunity
in the confusion of the moment to escape. Their
artifice was 'too shallow and did not succeed. I
caused them to be placed ender guard, and all the
soldiers of the Inquisition to be secured as prison
er*. We them proceeded to examine all the rooms
of As stately edifice. We. passed through room
after room; found all perfectly in order, richly fur.
Milled, with 'altars and crucifixes and wax candles
in abundance f bat could discover no traces of ini
qnity being practised there, nothing of those pecu
liar features which we expect to find in an Inqui
sition. We found splendid paintings arid a rich ex
tensi re library. Here was beauty and splendor.
and the most perfect order on which my eyes ever
rested. The architecture, the proportions were per
fect. The ceilings and floors of wood were scour.
ed and highly polished. The marble floors were
arranged with a strict regard to Order. There was
everything to please the eye and gratity a cubical.
ed taste; but where were those horrid instruments
of torture of which we had been told, and where
those dungeons in which human beings were said to
be buried alive! We searched in vain. The holy
fathers assured us that they had been belied ; that
we had seen all ; and I was prepared to give up
the search, convinced that this Inquisition was dif
ferent from others of which I had heard.
Bat Col. De tile was not so ready as myself to
give op the search, and said to me, " Colonel, yolf
are commander here to day, and as you say, so it
most be; but if you will be advised by me, let this
marble floor be examined. Let water be brought
and poured upon it, and we will wale? and see if
there is any place through which it passes more
freely than others." I replied to bim, "Do as you
please, Colonel," and ordered water to be brought
accordingly. The slabs of marble were large and
beautifully polished. When the water had been
poured over the floor, much to the dissatisfaction of
the Inquisitors; a careful examination was made of
every seam in the floor to see if the water passed
through. Presently Col. DA Life exclaimed, that
he had found it. By the side alone of these mar:
ble slabs the water passed through fast, as though
there was an opening beneath. All
. hands were
now at work for further discovery, the officers with
their swords, and the soldiers with their bayonets,
seeking to clear out the seam and pry op the slab;
others-with the bolts of their muskets striking the
slab with a:I their might to break it, while the priests
temonitrated against our desecrating their holy anJ
beaUtitul house. While thus engaged, a soldier
striking with the butt end of his musket, struck a
Spring, and the slab flew up. Then the faces of the
inquititors grew pale as Belshazzar's when the
handwriting appeared on the wall : they trembled
all over. Beneath the marble slab, now partially up,
there was a staircase ; I.stepped to the altar, and
took from the candlestick one of the candles, four
feet in length, which was burning, that I might ex
plore the room below. As I was doing this, I was
arrested by one of the inquisitors, who lattl his hand
gently on my arm, and with a very demure and
holy look, said, My son, you must not take those
lights with your bloody hands ; they are holy."—
It Well," I said, I will take a holy thing to shed
light on iniquity ct will bear the responsibility !"
I took the candle and proceeded down the staircase
As we reached the foot of the stairs we entered a
large equare room which was called the Hall of
Judgment. In the centre of, it was a large block
and a chain fastened to it. On this they had been
accustomed to place the accused : chained to his
seat. On one side of the mom was an elevated
seat called the Throne of Judgment. This the In
quisitor General occupied, and on the other aide
were seats less elevated, for the holy lathers when
engaged in the solemn business of the Holy Inqui
sition.
From this room we proceeded to the nght, and
obtained access to some small cells, extending the
entire length of the edifice; and here each sights
were presented as we hope never to see again.
These cells were places of solitary confinement:,
where the wretched objects of inquisitorial hate
were confined year after year, till death released
them from 'heir sufferings;' and there their bodies
were suffered tit remain until they were entirely de.
cayed, anil the rooms fit for others Jo occupy. To
prevent this from being offensive to those who oc
cupied the inquisition, there were flues, or tubes
extending to the open air, sufficiently capacious to
carry off the odor. In these cells we found the re
mains of some who- had paid the debt of more ;
some of them bad been dead apparently but a short
time, while of others, nothing remained .but their
bones, still chained to the floor of their dungeon.—
In other cells we found living sufferers, of both
sexes, and of every age, from threescore years and
ten, down to fourteen or fifteen years all naked
as when born into the world, and all in chaitis !
Here were old men and aged women, who had
-Wren shut op for many years. Howie() ) were the
middle aged and young man, and the maiden of
fourteen rots old ! The soldiers immediately
went to work to release the captives from their
chains, and took from their knapsacks their over.
costs and other clothing, which they gave to emir
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their nakedness. They were - exceedingly tinxious
to bring thern ) eut to the light of , day, bat. Col. L.,
aware of the danger, had , fitod given them, and then
brought them graditally to the ligh, u they were
able to bear it.
.We then proceeded, said Col.- L, to explore an.
other room on the left. Here we foUnd -the instru
ments of torture, of every kind which the ingenuity,
of'men or devils could. invent. Col. L here-descri
bed four of these horrid.instruments The first was
a machine by which the victim was confined, and
then beginning with the fingers, every joint in the
hands, arms, end body, was broken, or drawn one
after another, until the victim died. The second
was a boas ia *Web:the:head and neck of tfie-sie
tim were so cloiely cOnfined by a screw; that be
could nottno`re in any way. Over the box was a
vessel, from which one drop of water a seem:lien
cepon die bead ditto victim, every successive drop
falling upon precisely the same place on the head,
suspended circulation-in it few moments, and put
the sufferer in the most excruciating agony. The
third was an infernal machine, laid horizontally, to
which the victim was bound , the machine then be
ing placed between -two beams in which were
scores of knives so Yid that by taming the ma
chine with a crank, the flesh of the sufferer was
torn from his limbs, all in small pieces. The fourth
cur Passed the others in fiendish ingenuity. Its ex•
ierior was a beautiful woman or large doll, richly
dressed, with arm extended, ready to embrace its
victim. Amend her feet a semi-circle was drawn.
The victim who passed over this fatal mark, touch
ed a spring, which caused the diabolical engine to
open: as arms clasped him, and a thousand knives
cut him into as many pieces in the deadly em
brace.
Cot. L. said that the eight of these engines of in-
fernal cruelty kindled the rage of the soldiers to fu
ry. They declared that every inquisitor and sol
dier of the' Inquisition should be put to the torture.
Their rage was ungovernable. Col L. did not op
pose them ; they might have turned their arms
against him, if he attempted to arrest their work.—
They began with the holy fathem. The first they
put to death in the machine for breaking joints—
The torture of the inquisitor put to death by the
dropping of water on his head was most excruciat
ing. The poor man cried out in agony, to be taken
from the fatal' machine. The Inquisitor-General
was brought before the infernal engine called the
Virgin. He begs to be excused. "No !" said they,
" you have caused others to kiss her, and now you
must do it. They interlocked their bayonets so as
to form large forks, and with these pushed him
over the deadly circle. The beautiful image iq•
stonily prepared for the embrace, clasped him, in
its arms, and he was cnt into innumerable pieces.
Col. L. said that he witnessed the torture of tour of
them ; his heart sickened at the awful scene, and
he left the soldiers to wreak their vengeance on the
last guilty inmate of that prison house of hell.
In the mean time it was reported through Mad
rid that the prisons of the Inquisition were broken
open, and multitudes hastened to the fatal spot;
and oh ! what a meeting was there; it was like a
resurrection. About a hundred who had been bu
ried for many years, were restored to life. There
were Whets who lound their long-lost daughters ;
wives were restored to their husbands, sisters to
their brothers, and parents to their children; and
there were some who could recognise no friend
among the multitude. The scene was such as no
tongue can describe.
When the multitude had retired, Col. L caused
the paintings, library, furniture, &c., to be remov
ed ; and having sent to the city for a wagon load of
powder, he deposited a large quantity in the vaults
beneath the building, and placed a slow match in
connection with it. All had withdrawn to a dis.
tance, and in 'a few moments there wawa most joy
ful sight to thousands. The walls and turret of the
massive structure rose majestically towards the
heavens, impelled by the tremendous explosion,
and fell back to the earth an immense heap of ru
ins. The inquisition was no morel
STOP AND THINK.—Do your Inends ever think of
the glorious privileges they enjoy at this day over
their forefathers? Do young men who earn their
dollar per day, and spend it all or more, know that
the foundation of most of the fortunes, or competen
cies of those advanced in age, was laid when the
price of labor was not more than three or four
shillings? In their fretting and muttering about
their lot, do they not know patient toil and judicious
economy, is all that is necessary for their happiness,
or to win the reward of fortune? Do you boys elf.
er reflect of the glorious advantages they enjoy for
attaining an education over their fathers! do they not
know in their eager pursuit of enjoyments, which
are as fleeting as shadows to the neglect of the Ase.
honorable and intellectual, that they are alrelidy
fast on the road to ruin? Why will not ibe young
people estimate the great privileges with which they
are surrounded.
TEMPLE or Jimorrutser.—Who has not heard of
this monsterous idol l Few, however, heard of the
princely style in which he lives. The establish.
menu connected with the great temple of Jogger.
new, in India, is. immense. It includes thiny.six
different kinds of offices, some of which are sub•
divided into several more. About six hundred and
forty persons are required to fill the appointments,
a few of which are the following : The one w
pots Juggernaut to bed; the one who wakes him,
the one Who gives him Water end a tooth-pick, the
painter to paint hie eyes, an officer to give him
rice, and another to give him a pan, one to wash
his lines one to count his robes, one to carry his
umbrella, and one to tell him the home of worship,
Besides these there are, four thousand cooks, ane
hundred and twenty dancing girls, and eight thous.
and priests, Many of whom are exceedingly•riet...
Cong. Awned.
Qtr. Be charitable ; religion hu humanity for
buie, and they who are not aharil,ble
Chrlitiant
Hearth% Bjpeeth at Bunker BBL
On Monday, 3d inst., Kossuth wu reCeited by
the citizens of Charlestown, being escorted by a
large body of nilitary and citizens.
The processilin arrived within direst neighbor
hood of the Monument at about half-past 11 o'clock.
Bunker Hill presented a dense maz e of human be
intr. At !eliminates of 12 o'clock, Kossuth arriv
ed upon the standrand was received wittrenthusi
astio chem. At least there were 10,000 people
present.
Richard Frothingham, jr., Mayor of the city of
Charlestown and Chairman of the Committee of
Arrangements, welcomed Kossuth in a brief and
eloquent address.
The following is the speech of Kossuth, as repots•
ed for the Bolton Traveller :
ressirra's spasm,. .
My voice shrinks from the task to mingle with
the awful pathos of that majestic orator, (pointing to
the monument ] Silent like the grave, and yet me
lodious like the song of imwonality, Opon the lips
of cbernbim—a senseless, cold granite, and yet
warm with inspiration like a patriot's heart—im
movable like the past, and yet stirring like the fu
ture, which never stops it looks like a prophet and
speaks like an oracle, And thus it speaks :
" The day I commemorate is the rod with which
the hand of the Lord opened the well of liberty.—
Its waters will flow ; every new drop ol martyr
blood will increase the tide. Despair may dam its
Rood, but never stop it. The higher its dam, the
higher the tide ; it will overflow or will break
through. Bow and adore, and hope."
Such are the words which come to my ears, and
I bow, I adore, I hope.
In bowitig my eyes meet the soil of Bunker Hill
—that awful opening scene of the eventful drama
to which Lexington and Concord had been the pre-
face.
• The spirits of the past rise before my eyes. I see ,
Richert' Gridly hastily planning the entrenchments.
I hear the blunt sound of the pickaxe and spade in
the hands of the patriot band. I hear the paw&
say that " All is well." I see Knowlton raising his
rail fence, upon wich the guns will soon rest, that
the bullets may prove to their message true.
I see the tall, commanding form of Prescott
marching leisurely around the parapet inflaming
the tired patriot with the Classical words that those
who had the merit of the labor should have the
honor of the victory. f see Asa Pollard mall the.
first victim of that immortal day : I see the chap•
lain praying over him; and now the roaring ofcan•
' non from ships and from baueries, and the blaze
of the burning town, and thrice renewed storm
and persevering defence, till powder was gone
and but stones remained ; and I. see Warren tell
ing Elbridge . Gerry that it is sweet and Lair to die
for the fatherland; I sea him lingering in his retreat
and struck' in the forehead, fall to the ground; and
Pomeroy, with his shattered musket in his brave
hand, complaining that he was unhurt when a War
ren,had to die ; and 1 see all the brave who fell un-
named, unnoticed and unknown, the nameless cor
ner stones of American independence.
AU the spirits of that most eventful victory, un
der the name of defeat—l see them all ; the eyes
of my soul are familiar with the spirits of martyrs
of liberty. But those I see around me have no sad
ghostly look ; they bear no gush mg wounds, crying
for revenge to the Almighty God ; The smile of
eternal bliss is playing around their lips; and though
'welters of Heaven, they like to visit the place
where their blood was spilt; it was not spilt in vain
—their fatherland is free ; and there is a joy ,in that
thought adding every new charm even to the hap.
ness of blessed souls.
As the &Wow:divinities of ancient Greece like
to rest from the charms of Heaven on mount Olym
pus, so Most the spirit of Warren like to rest on the
top of this monument here.
Martyrs of my country ! how long will yet be till
a joy will thrill through your departed souls? when
will the smile of 'that joy pia,' around your lips 1
how long will yet the gush oryour wounds cry for
levenge—your fatherland still bleeding, down trod
den, oppressed 1 There is a sorrow in that thought
casting the gloom of sadness even over the bliss of
Paradise.
Almighty father of mankind, let the day of thy
'mercy be not too far.
Excuse my emotion, gentlemen. The associa
tion of my ideas are natural. Your Bunker Hill
and our Kapolna are twins—both" resulting in the
declaration of an independence; but yours acknow
edgul before it was achieved and supported by for
eign aid—ours not acknowledged even when whirr=
ved, and meeting foreign aggression instead of
ted.
. Well, past is past, and cannot be changed—but
the future is open yet—and often I have bowed be
fore the recollections of the hallowed ground. I
adore the almighty with unfaltering hope. Part of
my hope rests in the justice of Him who rules the
universe and holds in his hands the destinies of
mankind and of men. My people's sufferings are
recorded in the book of His eternal decrees t and the
tears of my people numbered in His iscale. I train
in Him.
Part of my hope rests with our own selves. We
know that God helps , those that help themselves—
and we will. We lea not for unmerited, good
lock, but for well merited reward—and we decided
lo merit it. Allow me to say that lam proud of
'my people—proud not only of its past, but proud
of its present also .
An elite heart not often does rejoice, but I rejoice
to know how my people behaved greater and no.
bier yet in its present sufferings than when borne up
against a world in arms, and raised its country's
name higher in its very fall, than it stood ever in
its brighest days. The responsibilities of my posit
Lion do well guard me from easily believing what
I *enmity wish.
I weigh calmly stein! Incident ; but joy is so
communicative that i cannot forbear so much tosay
that I have reason to be proni of enf midis, and
'bow with Profound veneratibn at itsnante.
dings I receive-entice me le say—:" Young gild hi
MEM
Vienna's old walls, thou may , et tag* and pout the
embers of thy fury over my people's head ; thou
mayst raise thy scaffold and people thy dungeons
with thousands of new victims, and drain the life
sweat of my people, and whip it with the iron rod
of thy unparallelled Irony.
,del Y thee to break
my people's high minded spirit ! Foolish boy !
thou mart torture my family—.break the heart of
my old mother—murder my sisters, send forth thy
assassins against hint who, with ill fated, but genet
old y, once saved thy crown. Thou mayst do all
thou canst ! Thy days are numbered ; thy point
is falling and my country will be free I"
Hue part of my hope rests alio with
, yOu, Amer
icana !. The distinguished patriot whom the geni
us of his powerful mind and the confidence of his
moms land entitled to act the part of interpreter of
his peoples' sentiment!, at the inauguration of this
Monument has but spoken an irrefutable troth when
he said that the results of the battle of Bunker Hill
will continue to rain influence not only upon your
Morin*, but upon the world. And indeed he was
right to say that at the tising of the sun, and the set
ting of the sun, and the Wee of noon day, and be-
neath the milder effulgence ot lunar light, yonder
obelisk will look and speak to the full comprehen
sion of every American Mind.
It has looked and spoken for nine years in its ac
complished majesty. Meanwhile you have glori
ously fought the battle of active vitality and extend
ed your sway to the shores 01 the Pacific, uniting
with new ties your own future to the destinies of
the Old World. The comfort of indolence, small
party considerations, and even the reputation of
well founded authority, may grasp) nto the rolling
wheel of necessity--the necessity will not change—
and you people of Amadeu have decided to answer
that necessity.
' I have laid my hand upon your people's heart,
and I have watched the logic in the progress of ex
igences, and I dare lay with firm confidence, the
foretold instruction of that monument's majestic el
oquence is felt by the people's instinct, and is fully
comprehended by the intelligence of Massachu
setts.
And the new exigences of the new times will be
answered by Massachusetts with that energy which
it has answered the.exiger.cies of all former limes.
The Pilgrim Fathe-s founded a nation—the ap.
proaching struggle for liberty in Europe will see
this nation a mighty power on earth ! That isjukt
what we wish, and that is what I hope. And that
hope will not, cannot fail.
Gentlemen, a great crisis Is approaching to the
condition of the world. But the world is prepared
for that crisis. There is a great change in the 84
it of time now.a.days, (and I myself am an hem
ble evidence of it) Principles weigh more than
success, and therefore principles will meet such
=l3
I remember Well when your forefathers were
about to tight the battle of Bunker Hill, there was
a periodical paper at Boston—Tory filassachumenis
was its name—which dared to say that the annals
of the world have not yet been deformed with a sin
gle instance oleo unnatural, causeless, wanton, and
wicked a rebellion. So it styled the sacred cause
which the Adams, the Hancock. adt;ised, Wash
ington led, and for which Warren bled.
And now that cause fills the brightest page in the
annals of humanity. But it was success and its un
parelleled results which cast the lustre of that
glory around it. Unsuccessful, its memory might
have been blasted with the name of an ill advised
rebellion.
Now•a-days it is not Pamela, which makes the
merit of a cause, but its principle The !Mutts of
the day of Bunker Hill have changed the basis of
future history because it gave birth to a mighty na
tion, whose very existence is the embodiment of a
principle, true, like truth itself, and lasting like
eternity. It would be strange indeed, should'that
principle forsake itself. No, it will not, it cannot
do it. Great is the destiny of your nation. You
approach it not in vain, with so successful, gigantic
steps. Opportunity will do the rest. upon this,
humanity may with confidence rely, and opportani
ty will come. Its forecast shadow is already to be
seen.
T could wish for my poor country's sake that you
should be pleased to make that opportunity, having
(he power to Jo so. gut I know great bodies move
slow, and Teel consoled with the asstirante that It
will move, when opportunity will come. In the
meantime, your private generosity tendered to our
unmerited mislorttines, is planning the way, and
should we hbt feel strong ehbfigh to create opportu
nity, supported by your benevolence we will not be
unprepared to catch it when it comes. It will be
gratifying to your noble hearts to hear the fact that
the reception America has honored me with, the
sympathy which you manifest, came like a healing
balm over my country's bleeding wounds, and war
ming my people's heart like as the May sun warms
the soil, added the Cheerfulness of confidence to the
resoltuion of patriotism. I know my people will;
I know that it did, what it was ready to do, when
it was but duty it felt; I know what it can do now
that n hopes.
I thank you for it, not only in my people's name
but expressly charged to tell the people of Ameri
ca, that it has not spent its sympathy to a corpse.—
Hungary will answer the expectations of Amer
And here let me cut short my words. lo the
place here, where the revelation of Providence is
told by the eloquence of yonder monument, reason.
log would be a profanation on my part. At this
moment my rely mind is concentrated in my own
heart.
There Wands the powerful orator (pointing to the
monument.) Let his words find willing ears and
susceptible hearts. ' I leave you to the influence of
his eloquence. To ere, his silent speech of henna.
ny is an angel'- song.
I leavp.this hallowed spct with consolation, joy
.and cpuhrdenCe. The memory of my having stood
here honored by your attention and enconiagikl by
your sympithy will strengthen my pinnies"' to en
dure, atm3 my jet - elation to act ; and though the
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happiness of Washington
,may not be, My lot, thi
devotion of Warren will dwell in my
~,breast I' r
With this resolution, t once more thank put sad
bid you cordially farewell.
The speech ol kosarth, which was delivered
with uccanal fervor and effective oratory, received
theirnord deafening plaudits of the vast tnoliitodi.
A Loves Mishap.
There Was two Sala livin' in opr torn—Sal Steb
bins and Sal Babit ; real corn fed gals, I swow.—
Sal Stebbins would lilt a barrel of cyder out of the
end ota cart as quick as any other feller, and drink
it tew. Sal Debit was so fat she'd roll one way
jest easy as t'othet, and if anything a little easier.
Wfll, there was a com husking, and went along
with Sal Stet bins; there were all the boys and gals
senile round, and I sot down so near Sal Bab and
11l be darned 111 didn't kiss her afore i know'd
what I was about. Sal Stebbins she blushed; the
blood rushed right up into her hair ; she was the
best red critter I ever did see. I thought it was all
up with me, and sure enough it was, for when t
asked her if she would go home with me, she
said—
" No, you needu't trouble yourself nothin'
'bciut it."
" Well, if you're mind to gel spunky, I guess 't
can git a gal that will let me see her hum. Sal
gabit, shall I go hum with you."
44 Well," says she,' I don't mind if you dew.''
Atter that, Sal Stebbins married a feller in our
town, by the name of Past—blind in one eye and
deaf in one ear—jist to spite me, whin' else; so I
thought if she was a mind to take a feller that
•could'nt see or hear any tew well, I'd better let
her slide; so I went hum, and was gone ahoutihree
four—five years! Yes, jilt about five years 'cause
I know when I got back she had four little Posts
I went to see how she got along. She asked me
to come in and set down : so I tuck a cheer and
squatted; then she tuck an other cheer and squat
ted ; and we both squatted there together. Her yowl;
ones was all runin' round on the floor : she plated
, to them, and said, in a sort of bragging way.
" You see them, don't you."
" Yes," says I, squintire up one'eye, " I see theii
all gist like their daddy, blind in one eye.
She was dumplings at the time, and is
soon as she saw me shut up one eye, she out with
a hot domplin, and let me have it in t'other, which
made me shut it up a dam'd sight quicker than t
ever did afore, and I hand been in love since that
time.
" WittsPrfts fin Joan."--in what is known as the
" upper end" of my county, there resides a man
who has the sobriquet of " Whispering John R—."
This title he has gained from the foci that he al.
ways talks—even in common conversation—like
he was a Msjor-General on parade, or to nse
more common expression, " like he was raised in
a &ill."
This gentleman, who, by-the by, is one of them,
mounted his horse one of the coldest mornings last
winter, before daylight, for the purpose ol riding
down to M---, in time to take the morning train
of cars to N----. He rode up to the hotel just as
*the boarders and travelers had dune their break
fast.
He thamonne44 anJ Walking into the Dar-room,
spoke to the landlord in his usual whispering tone.
"Good morning, Mr L— ; how do you do
this morning'!"
"Very well, Mr. R—; how do you do."
"Oh, I am well ; but I am so cold I can't hardly
Mil
must then a nervous tniveller who was present,
ran up to the landlord, and catching him by the
coat, •aid—
" Mr. L—, hese my horse caught as soon as
possible I"
"What hi the matter, my dear sir; has anything
happened I"
" Nothing upon earth, only I want to get ewny
from here before that man thaws:'
Tits EARTH'S Burr —The bulk of onr planet is
SO well adjusted, that were it increased or dimin
ished, the greater number of plants would die,
and the animals which did survive, would lead but
a burdensome,existence; were it greater or small
er, denser, or rarer, it would require
1 a Change in
the structure of all the stalks of the flowers. Was
out earth as large as Jupiter, motion would be op.:
prank's) to every living being;• the deer would,
crawl like the sloth, and the eagle would have nr,
higher flight than the chi mnay-top. In auntie case,
too, the air would become so dense that no animal
could sustain its weight. And were the earth to be
as small as Mercury, or the Moon; the animafi
would be exposed to the opposite ineonienience.
Goon Anvree.-11 is better to tread the path of his
cheerfully, skipping over the thorns and briers that
obstruct your way, then to Set corn nnder every
hedge lamenting our hard fate. The dlrearl or a
cheerful man's life spina obi longer than tbat nt a
man who is constantly flail and tievonding.
dent conduct in the concerns of lite is highly nee.
easary—but it distress succeed, dejection and des
pair will not afford relief. The beSt thing to he
done when evil comes upon us, is not lamentation,
but action ; not to sit and suffer, but to seek thy
rec.etly.
Ott -Everything has its ludicettis point of rim,
and fanny incideni went eten on such ,are c •
casions certain Bice Beard of tilt.
latitude overcome by his sensibilities, fainted at the
grate of his fourth sponse: " W hat shall we do with
him 1' asked a perplexed friet d of his. 41 Leihiti
alone," cried a wegglah by.stantlerintell soon re.
wire."
Qui:Molt for a WCOIIRTI debating Society :
'• Its man has a tiger by the taih which wouM
be best for bit genemal rafely-4o held en or to le!
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