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CHARLE
o f' t s eoNeK
• . 1 ‘ , 7;;;10§e .Dullin Xation. . -
Tontilt THE MOON. -
t
UNDER the moon the:twilight breeze, ' -
Ripples the *at r in pulses of light;
Vre stand'on the bridge by the sycamore trees,
And list to the i oices that come thro' the ni l .
Under the elm toe, misty andflank,.„ . .;,,- ~
Love's sweet laughter rings front the iu'ink—
sprinkled with many a dim red lamp, . . •
stretching nway through the'distanee damp;
/lark! 'mid the fort ige blossomed with June,
Tinkles a serenade tmder,tfitrtnOon.,
%Under the moon in.
Gossipping groups
Seated at dusky :d
Red-lipped maiden
lilispe.ring now O
Blue as the- heanti
Whispering now o
As autumn fruita6,
Under the cadence
Sat aS their pulses
the village street,
n the shadow meet,
rways, there, •
• taste of the air;
their kvers' oyes,
1 sin - timer Aides;
their, flatteries sweet,
dropped i' the heat, •
.a trembling tune,
under the mooom
I the: cool sea shore
r the, spacious floor,
bosomed .sails .
I ugh azure vales;
bearing-along •
's midnight song;
Ito Trith. hands" .
amp he stands,- '
e left at noon,
ore under the moon
ruder the moon by
The wind walks or
Courting the snowy
Daintily dipping the
Oyer the crisp foam
The musing niarine
tic the rising h
Lit in the compass •
Thinking of those h
Sad on the g,ieen4h
Under the moon by, the dusty. road ' •
Pace we on to the old abode '
•
nal listless splendor floating fans . - • ,
. Over its syt=tored roof and.walls, ' I
Peering into the"easeMent nook •
' Piled. with many a brow% old . look; - .
• Spirits are they .whose pag•es teem 4
With though tfUl 'di tty• and pictured • dream,
Spirits, amid whose silence soon.
Our own shall slumber under the moon.
. .
I, PUN. . • ~
' the State . of Maine,'3liss An
atiout two years ago, Co
eicourt.ship, of which the.
was .t he most original par,
Away down Easel
iu Mann was married.
Nott, after a br
COrreT. onden
"WI, that I could
out lot
=
,
rel.:ail, my air, : that we uOte
liana, and tie a double knot.
i me to despair-4for you- l'in
Oh take a rrov. , . Aman
Your coldae-. - 4 drive
"pilovNott."
`lf I should hear fir
you had died, 'Ovould kill. Ind
; on the :pot—
Yrt only y'c'tenlay,
were Nott." .
-The 'ehnrds, and-te
A 11, woula that : she
I drill of me heart around ti ee
finally twine—
Amanda! heal this ac
s" wine'.
=mart!ling mantb, oh! be
" These very terms, a.
LeC2 tie then, dear,
-menial
OP/lie, 511gge , t united tots—
ese `card ; :,' and twine' hyr
EETEES
IL %N . 'S REPLY..
bat a span,lienc6 I have
Thii life, we know,
afraid
That I should still rculain A. Mum,-. at last—
• a -maid.
+n•l often to myself ro 9ay , on looking ro un d,
Tialt!'s Non, a man I everj' , :ivaLt just to my
• mind,
" I fain ninth] whisper him, ,apart; 110! • ttinice ine
blest for
life—
"lf he would take ine to IL?, heart, and inr.lne A
Mann a•wife.
"Lore not, inc rnotbt
r often says, nntl so, too, says
- the song—
cu heed the hint in
and long
"Thou, oh !.
uture clays, and love !Cott sell
on the spot his chain around
me
And bind me in a last
. ,
!to km : 4, tied with ri tdegle beau.
•
fikeie es
'lt•iqbtzi, etc.
Correspond nee rif Mc' fielm . b(eran.
TravellingNotes
: . .f an "Unt -
raveled
" Tray-
i el er•-.-No. 4.. -
. P CATONICA, July a; 1855.
'.. Ens, REPUBLIC N:—The young. State-of . i
jo wa is fast beeom ng one of importance, and,
. will soon take ran with fnany of the 'older
States, both-in we Ith . and:influence. *lt is
being settled rapi ly,e and 'all the valuable
goterninent.lands and some that:nre not so F
valuable) are being" entered,"eitier fur the
.purpose of speculation, or. Attire satlement ;
. r that, those who Tri.sh to . get guod.farins,• in -
a destrahle locatio , wilr well to make no-1
i
delay. And, .as _ rogreSs r is: being marked i d
-upon the 'face of th country-the good eiti-1
tens of lowa seem eterinined that she shall
not_ he behind' in ~h oltolniielaw. Some of
their statuteshoever, are lialide to serious w
objections, althOtw wisely 'nu:tided. i Their f .
'exemption latvs;' enacted.for the benefit iafl
the honest pocAr, c quite too. liberal' fur'
rogue. If a 4 - lan is sharp; and has an
he
to
getting his effects "n the proper. shape, can
hold a nice little operty; in 'value'frOrn ten,
to fifteen lundred ollarS,' which ne, eiecutlun
can ever touch;, it'lionest-Imen will seek to
mail themselVes o such aprovisiol4. bp t they
are not 31 W 3 's sti 'cessfu I ;. and it thiS should
• meet the eye Ofty tri.llain6la
. wretch . who.
• wishes'ilms to. get rid of his . lionest dhts„let
.
bite have (..are h . w lie -makes the experi•
metit, for the sere , 1 behind 'which he : seeks
t 4 lide.'seemetv, nay .. prove - a - legal trap
aiii4 shall hold a ill expose him to the 4 •ten : -
;
der Mercies " .. tiil h injiirod creditor's.' - : ..:.'
linong the - ims rtant laws. enieted at: the
' - .
laq session' of the lowa . -nislature; ate the
Li2itor Law and. he;Hog Ay), which are es
- peeled to keep ail sorts. of ki - vg,' libmati and
.itthuman, within tAeir - prope a r:J4ntts• '-..
'their Prohihi iry statute4ms iiiii: taken
effect, (July lst) lid all lOvera`zif teMpc ram..T .
and good order. e resolved that its penalties' I
shall . be visited upon 'all known - offenders; ,
1
and thus test the wisdom of Its provision s .--.• :.
Judging from th quantitie s of ' liquor daiiyi s9 lll '
of Dublicvie, such i ul.
. w '
sold and .draokei the City
a law is very, .ve y much needed. : . ~. '1 lage r .
• Since sending . y last notes; wehaVe (...xPe- , :golsome . i '
rieneed some ye liotiveatheriii this region..' bold
interspersed xi h severe doindex: . ;
4 1‘ ; ‘ ,“ . . 1 „... , : I retu.r'
and heavy` winds' tO.which..the west is • sub7i . rth4..''
t.ili
lest. During . e oppressifee.. lieut.'s...of thel l'erit
Tlth , —prolilably lie hottest'of 1 he• : ;:e.i . son---1; i i - 9e ...s's
:! rode from Septc 1 .Grove 'to Dabitque; `OS I - s '
, - -
4Lies,) in a lum
er wagon, : U "if eivr 1130t.ii
f " caved-irt " eutuanit
e vary near being ticit itrri j
=Lunged to sweat-it:11ml,
x. P . :,..-'41)2 likcr„inak
took particular dote of bdt
Was 14C Catholic Cross..
a specimen
sute chat.' AA
yid ual. u
Ar , l. save in v
tj tr tr
uoservati\Ais
citic!
t
F READ 'H
11•122
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n otitfred'Ami:,tlie Was seine . distati6e baZ•k
.., fom the , 4ississippi7—indieating in:atOnly that
1
matter i.liereabout.§, but mind , adk ii,.under .
p:iestlyT'svr4. To
.be a notrui4Cailiailic, or
tpfavor •their advancement, Ii Ix heretofore
1 tena stirc:passport to office '; 'l'itit I was as
-1 stared ;by Men who are bound 4 prima the •
-
I ples,of to see; -save • the great 'principle 4
, .
I.',dtl and the right," that "lowa was -dr , a I •
. it...(.,)•
•
• I a aking herall, and )voultt eleanse.' her- gar
'lf
7AS-from" that dictation whiCh ruperv.has
I sa wilit to assunie in her; State affairs. •-.
I ,„"';: ,‘
ilturay oti the nwrning of the 28th, I ie.;
crossed the :Mississippi, anal 'Wilk the rails to
• Galena, Where I spent-the day. ; The location
I ()tithe place. was just as • repul;iye, as before,
I litiii bea,4*pl4,utiVinced that idaiee 'coat
i-tains sonie''verylline. people, acid that, fur the
great buSiness of :Oney-makingt,it offers some
I.rare induceimenis., The 'Lead Okinci In that
i vi
:lathy ,
i 1 .'
• I ntV . e proved a Nast. .4..ll ' n''Cl of wealth,
land are' yet! fir front being eithitusted: - The'
lei izeni arcl independent and public. spirited.
lati, - very tenacious for harinunv in social and
t i
. ,
lakmestiedife. - !As an instanec'of this last, a
1 friend of Mine • detailed to. me 'how Mansell
: an , ]several:of the merchants and others of the ",I
;
:I
pl o lace,-land taken IneanSto administer summat•
;
1 ry punishment upon a -wealthy old scamp,
wtio wtiliiiipens' ist -in Whipping hi s wif,„_
Se 4 lectinglaeold, stormy night, when the • p0i1144
i114 4 had mkeliwarnier tittarters than theop'en
; :Mt atfurdo; I they proceeded quietly: to the I
1 reidencelof their . victiin.. : lirt:akina in the 1
1-_,
deLr's, 141 y tiund him Warmly etv.coee
1 : t I.: . • • d by -
the side .af Ihs itfjtircd wife, and„-notwith•
Ist4ding, tiliatjslie,..:efino , to hint, - (;das , too !
, ' !1, *-- ' , • „ ' i ;
1. ; fidtl , ifin, ca}makingeromanoanu besought Wein
1 to -pare iiiin, i they drew- hint forth into : • the ;
I• heafn-miiitliglif air: t; ' They then divested hits
L..: • cii. ,
oT e sin l ,, ailmunt of drapery whieb he had i
- • .
on, Mani:Whim half a Mile out lit town, Mel I
• •- 1 1' '-' • Haitia '
pn. ceen,.,. ;to give warm dressing,a i
1 4 , L i m bider
. WI hid/ they cemented with ';bir
I aint oianithenfed With fialliere: This dine, 1
, I , ~, ,
Inoy , arneo lion loose, to vend his was- IRIMe, 1
1 , , -, 1
' or' ir.Lieil: \ler.,:i:llls ilic;i1:a1101;s • inigla it,•;oi.,— i
I Sntit Inea uris seenthiartess, its they • rettlly
I are, fait the respon,c-is "served him right."
He- I
has nth Whiptled his.wife sine;., ,
ikt, evetiiug; - I again g - ot on a train, (a thing
‘elJell; I L4‘c ireeem le 1 .1(41i. .q uite too 1 .41C1i
i . • J
~ ,
i
forla`Goo4 r l.a.nplar,.) and by the forth. of
4.4..J.:.•.,b,/i 4-irenMstauces was•brougitt hither.
. i.‘, - e , u i:qrin.., ,, my brief,3l,F,oirc•e - of :Iwo 1
I, . .1 .
ik-t.t.E.-;,:•N.fi.;ions noproVvMents have -I.cet,
made la.,•ei'im,l still the work g,•:::s bravely
.on.l",Mifl-1 sour own blia::ness," ks' die nta 1
jorltua.xim l ; but some 'forget it, au-I - cause- I
qmintly tare
4
is an oceasi,;nal street "cuili
.siun,',•Or lipilSeStie "S.i/NtSli up,",Whicii:llll,rds
gust ps mil backbiters a repast to- ;• feed. upon.
Thriy have as vet got but, one lawyer here,
midi have 1.6(1 but one important law-suit.—
'e; has til 4
Thi, anspired•-during my saijourti, and 'fl
- 4
a vdy Miff.' aflitir it• was. -1- am coMident i
c.,
that/ the citizens of li. will be satisfied itot to l'
hav , anotlid'sneh m
, this, any a day. • - The ;'
i•
. .
facts were.briefly these: - 1
Air.:Breken, one of the principal actors. is '
I. ' r 3 ....!
a writing master, Shanghai fitneler, &e. B e-;
forcitcoming to:reside here, he paid his most'' :
-'}liar addresses to a • .M.ss G., • by whom:.
special attentions, if not received with I',
fritude, iecte at . - least tolerated. During :
II
zourSe Ff the courtship, it seems -that gel
.:• 4 1-eil her sundry presents, (intended no
,
i t its hive tokens,) among which was an
tordebn: • The gifts. she accepted, (as'
1g I4dies naturally will,)` hut, fur reasons
eir own she rejected the giver... About .
time, Or,:which is more probable,a little
Omni, inother suitor presented himself
ting: - thJ musical name; of Bell. How he
II leer dill not ; appear—that is neither here
there-4but t 6 'sequel slMweth that, rah
!,
Itati,lie i' dune up Browny - ' she talaLse to
a Belli
,- (Perfectly . natural again, fur
.'
re is the yowl lady that would not 'like
i . .
‘ .. ..a bilit!) :Thus matters sfood, Until a
s - ec r ts 4 i4i e u r s i : t e : N , V i i i.. l e t n h.e . A .,: i . r v . i z .,. .7.4 Mrs. Bhise.,lll.-b.aes
-1 lug "Ian!! sync" finite:- too forcibly to
arraitl& ' Either•thef Music of the Acco - r :
al awaite'ned unpleas.:4lt Memories in the
~„
his
of Biiwn. or the frequent - sight .f s
•holaed-.:ror, but neVdrlrealtzed-angcl.rons..
i - the' -fire : -of vengianet: , in .his jaralons
a, for la.- at once 111141 liis plans to repay
t-atter irtraiment. i•h
a ecroWol hisfavor.
I „
katicsen - lo'';t its elfarm—the cutting of 1
litals" 'audr.`, '
` flonritlie, s " ceased to claitai •
tentivn—and. die force of his • intelldt
di is *Aid to Et - sonic) was 'turned to the
, am , orefii.„,..ster.ii: , ur6ll 7 n.iivenge, An
4 -
ii . Was . l ,-
00ir,gHit against lady B: and. her
laid; foi,tik:_reeovery.of the.presente, or
alue.:the*f. The . .sutt - was tried before
6• • ;:e,'iritAlb.S the'famelfierpQf had spread
•
id, it die4::to•;e•tliet a crowd, eager to
thelestitliOny, a:lA:know' the, result of
range, 4 p4i ceediag ' .': 'Sonia funny . things
devehiA bnt,''pne of - tWillithinst was .
pit . :4iJoilin'A'•icenee." Whktlic tri 7 ,.
,
Is in.p l iegres;k,n yininzladil of the_ ;rig:
tO:irltainn bal4:.Brown had ,presented .a'
lieniful excelling iti penmanship, came
w iiktoLOtirt,'. nun d, withtitit,etreiliony,
LA' hit .the gift,lkiying,, , as bile did - so,
she naiad wish to ; Marry at :some,futurta
d, aildishe bad nth desire to ytin the risk
di 'flti iaticiey - ae4u, Before a civil-court.
; produM ti -- seniaii*; but the suit ;Weut
h. ;wit •I,_ , •
pee
gait
gni
the
tett('
dou!
Acc.
Yoe'.
of h
tdis
pre
bea.
won
MEM
El
ESE
r kw
care
brin
EOM
deoi
Ihear
dnee i
ed u
brain
lisf,l
its; "1
" cap
:his al
cuiti
at tii)
hasb
the
J -
abro
hear
so :A.
=
'--
throti), ;t l l l l the, yordiet sues " fendered-:•-no 1 and tkree.hundied cone - Arles, W : ould it be
• ' i
entl.4 oratli.op. - Pool' Brickwn, his-last : court- Iu• in ''' ered ex-Pcd_ it..ti t. to incorporato wails a
'lug 1 .1 , -, II.) 111101 C r.IICCi!SS t) t 1:11.1 , IS fitiq.— 1 d., 4....vp, , , , ,,,,0 1 01 0 our dulitt.Astic,t.on.,4ltu-
Ilis 4r4. , 5t aiid his rept4ation lafie both fallen. 1 1 14);4.1 1 - - '"."': : . ''' -- . -
I.;et I tose: itia'appoi.ateil . gc4l tlipte'' In who think I I 'l'l4 . idea which 45 . ilgiiiattd in barbaric ages,
i. - -, ' • , i
to AI 1-I . love maileis by " legal suasion, take i that 4briste force" .was indispensable to
_se
warn its:. I,i ~ '• - - 1 - •
ti , i i= •
. . i cure obedience to all laws,"liowevir unimpart,
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1
I
Do -- A c -
mi - \\DD 1 - 2ge.imu. matam@rT) eLnwiEß,vizarAD
_
,
_ . .
Would it .not -be well flir tome of the
Aung limbs of:Montrose to come lint here
Mid oiien. Such cases must present a 'wide
Old fur
,t.h • display of genius and Black
siline;
;: , To-ticiorrolv, the glorious 4th is expected in
bra -
the earlylitrairi. - There is •to be bere
general celebration, some_ songs and an
tilin, reinlini the Declaration, and a.njty cent
collation—tli l end. with a jollification by the
drileing gene'ration. A liberty pole", is about
lkii4 erected. buy if their ideas of liberty are
raicruuked as the pole"; they must be inspired
4 some other Ppitrit than that of '76.
I see by the Dopers that the "Fliurth " is
td'hgppen itt)fontrose, also; and that "chit
.
dren '' and "jmti l iot;s7' are to do honor to the
'l4;t6t natal, day of Freedom .aceording tO. the
dietates . of—ihe Committee Of Arrangements !
au this reaches you, all will be over.
*rice. and tire-eraeliers will be spent—ha.
ttiotitvi and
; 7 ,l(.c'ifiNzade exhausted.
!now fhw thereareoVho appropt:iately re
paqaber.that4reqt event which' the dayrutnt•
i ' • V
nthtnorate:§, ti rn
nd who return , -suitable thanks
; . :i .
to!the God or Freedom for the innuilbid Liles
.llll.r,,ii whieit'cluster aroand our dear hon'te of
Liberty. ,; i:. .
..
stetore -e10in,,,, , ,, lltyo. Just: ink enough - in
,
ni• pen to' ti l you that there have been great
re.::yieings . oi4 this way, at the result. of the
1
Piiihulcipilia i:onvetaipn. . Heaven lie vraised
11it : giving us: ::;1 Wikon, and hii tfoble 'tain
t. The 1, , :n0w Nothing; have aveutnpfish
i.,4•,rreat ‘v , ;rk-L.-but their sticee,:'.4es are end.
di,. 'TI iutojih z-itall he on . the side of the
N - 4.1111. .I.';ing . to the breeze the haunter of
Fti-edept, and . on :its f;,,I,I ;; .fn.k. T. it, c ;. Ti n;
Noun, km) Tife. "K.NowsumirmNGs .!: rue
vier:. . ' !
_ Ti itthe .1.' , /,,ft/i..an.
, SCHOOL GOVERNMENT-
sEarrnes :—ln the " T: 1 1)(11411.:!81/ "
ohs , rved from the • pen of a
getltleman of ;lianesboro, an.artiele that, .ani
nutOverts with considerable acerbity ; on an
opinion; expreS , ol by me at the last meeting
, 1 ,,f th e T, , aeliel.s'.Assoei:"ltit.n, in 'reference to
wliitk ; !. ii due ti) myself:l:atsoiii cxplanation
he ralade eom•ernin.i. the matter..
, •
Ljailnti!, If, tiso r..;port of the Association
;;;;1,1-4-nt, the rem::rk. that " I trf , (1:(1:11SellIV
jr4.n .. c to I,l:k,i•Nr:.! r6A•ac:
•
fi . ( 1 11/ SZ-41c0 , 1, " mar be so con
strli..l as 'to co;:vey tho -:,inpression that I
,
woqui oo tuts,, on the first exhibition of ailis
i;biilient iitelitiation in .the and; before
;Surnitionmg t• Moral suasion " to my aid ; but
iht_its an erroneous conception of my nit_ , an-
What I remarked at the meeting ()file
AsSpciation.in:•rozacd to the matter, 1 will
nomtrepeat, I said in-substalice this :--- - - . Were
'a " large schiilar,'' one, who • -had arrived. at
• .
yeats of discretion,-to come to a
,school that
I was teaching, and manifested a refractory
'dispOsition, I Would, first, by mildness and.
Inersinasion, b,y appealing to the tender'Sensi-
Citifies ot his nature, by kindly 'repreSenting
the }:.importance of .acquiring an education
.young, and the necessity of , preSerVing
Ort4.r in'the school-room, endeavor to CIA
ivaywardness, and induce hint to Yield
,obedience to the rules of 'the school ; : butr it;
after:.' rcpeatec.lll attempts to . accomplish: this
end;=._after resorting to every; tutbans in my
powr, othtr. than " brute furee,"l - to obtain
•the respect and oliedienCe of the scholar,
he stiff continued incorrigible, I Would then,
•as a'.4ernicr resort, eridear . er, to have him Cx
pell'ed„. and. tbr 'this Teason ; viz.: I don't bC
observation. and, e:vperience& have
astditecupon.ne the Conviction—tlit schol
ars, - thy from the age of fourteen eighteen,
and ~ .,,,venty.-yeitre..., -are, as a general thing, if;
disotiedient, image any better by floving',--
Let Lie ask :oiy'eandid, intelligent person, if
orlsheis of the opinion that a young -wan
of s4itenteen oti,-twelity:years, Would be very
likelY to ailzpeet aleacher that was accustom
inflict corporal punishment upon him,
ud '‘vett - " felt • happy in doinr , so?". I as
,
sututCtlie scholar must respect and - repo..e
eoriiiileteconfidenCe in the Teacher if he would
prof cieney 'in his studies i±.4uid this,:he
Cantiot do-if he,;fears•hiS Instructor.'-
I •
' But the itlt:a: . of turning disobedient schol=_
arc won: permitting them to grow
ap iA-Aurante, Viciousness and etiine; to.be
on44:•ealididatea fdr the penitentiary and gal
ktws.;:ivery justly excites the sympathy of A
Dirc;Ctor." . .
Itt4rty humble opiniOn,, the . necessity; will
rarer: if -ever - occur, fur, expelling. a pupil
froni-schoo- nor need he; there, be
, .
govered by.the rod. I believe there . - is in
every individual; a• responsive
choirc .. which, if ,touched by a 'skillful -.hand,
will iwaken the better and finer emotions :of
.•
of r. Witure .and : the person who is so - unskill'
science of iiiintati nature"' its to
be irkarial46 . of strikbg this chord; aright',
OtigliVnever en - 1140)141 to train the
i • •
youthful mind.. • ' •,•-• .
AOin ;,"Spare the,rodand 'spoil' the Child,"
says " A Dirtxtor. - Well;
Soloi - inon . was itrluestionably- • a philospher,
and- E.uttered eery many wise and good
'•
sayings ;
.but,-*Aianse be practiced polygamy,
and Anpt it-Harem of 10_10 hundred .wives
Yours for Freedoin:
2" ' 4
•, .
ei#, thanks to the influence Of Chriitianity
:and an -enlightened public sentiment,: ;.is rap-
J
itli, exploding.: Th e United Siates,:hy-ahol
, b4iing flogging in the Nary, have sot :'.an i'ex
'
amplethe'world would.dos well to intitite . ;
ad must Teachers of Our common
. sehools
t
s 'II be perinitte d to inflict : a - pon - their', pupils
that kind Of 1 unishmettt whieff : ti' Nation's
wr.sdom, considered too degrading and: brutal
.1. ~ • I
la. the :goVernment•of: reekleSs,: abandoned
-17 1 '
:4:oinen ? :No, fur shame, - no ! i
•
. ,
• ilii my ()Onion, many chil(h4n Alva been .
sthoiled by an injudicious . appliCation of ithu
44," . A ..11i1 1 1-,. if possessed of a prOud and
sensitive spirit r .inust Ircalize,-keenly, the deg
' ratl
•-, _
ation and skarne.eonSequent ,
'upon ai seve r e
ellitstisement ; and as Many a brave,iltnanly
spirit has been hopelessly crushed by thetlse
-
ofi l
the lash, so also has the dispoisitiim Of many
• ,
a iroinising,child been Warpedfrunl ilkorted
h the same; barbarous Means.! • r
•p
I~i
• " A Director says "the Cominon I
f,SehoOl
• :,. •
• li(w makes provision for the. instruction and •
e (ro.e. - rinnent 1 0f all,
_and makes Lno• pr4vision
:t
. tu ; ita.refraetOry:ptpil."! 11 grant . the ;School
,Liilw provides . fur the etiticatien of all s above
- aiill under nspeeilled agtt ; yet if I Mistake
nOi, the State. Superintendent has' deided—
,•l
and reason and expedjettCy justifies his &til l
,-;i,i,__.ihat 'air incorri.rilili disob edient pupils[
:_hill hie expelled fro': t4iliool.• 1• . k i
- : The suppbstd ca,le with which" Director ,
.' 1
cl;)t r ses his article, need.nOt be - tiotiecd, inas
indeli as 1 apprehend a Teacherlis not td,ligat-
eil I to eject a disorderly pupil the'ischix)l- ,
roim, though authority .be givLn him i.)y- the
lit c , :tors to do so. . . . . ''.,' •-,
1
•, sincerely wish the 011th:twin or:Lane,s
,
-bat°, wouldcondetwt.l4.l to Inert ' - w i th the
l i 't.•actiers -l A•tsoe'atiott:" • unt.i endelVor to
1 , ' ' ' 1 ' .
set' its Itantibers - right; V iii , r es pect to that
p” , ;lit of school government, Wherein, in
,his
i
opitipii,,tlrey so grievously err. i .
, !
, . . S. W. 'rEWKSltiiltr.
. . ,
I,atliropi July 10 1855..,• . , .
•
bletelies
• .;
. .
. •
•j From the New York Evening rok!, 1
TAE MEMOIRS OF SYDNEY SMITH
• „
'h fifeinoirs of:Sydney
,St / tith, by his daughter, 'lady llolland, (edi
ted.lby hai.e appeared it last.
NV ei cinbrace - the earliest opportunity ,Of
uag
_;our rtmlcrs a-taste or thew.
i.S•vdney.. : had once to go to: . colirt,and
r lfiis : eS - riptiuri of What oCciii - red ..
.'"11 bound may colreague, T4e, the'; other
dayl in his simplicity, consulting rhea Arch,
dea4en of Newt )undland should wear
a6beflevee- 7 -a man who,sits bobbing for Cod
and ve
rpocketing every tenth. Itiweri I did
1,• ? •
wore Wheu I wCnt, by ! consulting no • one .
:IA through pure ignorance, pin , ' to the . le
ree In shoe-strings instead of shOe 7 bucklesl
found, to my surprise, peiople loOking
my. feet. I could not think, what
tif,eV, were at. At 'first I -thought they had
•41•6e - lnered the beatity of my legs, but la - St
tli truth burSt on Ine, by sonic wag laiighing,
ana it I had done it for a joke. ',I was,
of;:eOurse,
_excessively .annoyed to have- teen
suiTose'd capable of suck.' - a vulgar, untnean
ing !peace of disrespect, and kept my feet as
= co;Fly under my' pettieoats the Veriest,
pole : in the country, \ till i could Make rTly
e4te; .so perhaps,; after all,
.1 'had foetter
hai-e followed my ftirend's examPle."
hile residing at his .tiring in COmbe
!.
re*,la pon - Ous little man tn black -was us-h
-ere-41 p one rnoring,i who announced Alia. -he
. compOunding i a history_ of the ,distin
guished familie4 in s).,.iners!'etv.hir!),, isaid parsed
.to k.),i)taia the Smyth arms." . • Sydney regret
tee he could nitcontribute Ito - so
abf,. - ,la work,-for theiSmythsnever had' any
arni4 Ina • sealed I their letterS witli their
the - donVersatitnal area '•
with whill'the
aboand. wet meet with the 'original
of il2v.sa ying NV h:cli - ihas lately been populr'''
iied :among the AdMinistration reforindrs. ;.
Yeti ill ge.neridly inl thelfnman
the round man and the angular man [plant-
el 46 the wrong hi le ; but the Bishop, of=
—4, being, .a round -man, i into! a
triafignlar hOle, and is kir .better -off than`
inaby triangular men who have ftlleij into-.
round •
ft tv...as probably Of this bishop that he safd,
On lacing asked it lid were' piing ti)• bc,l mar.
•rio:, 3 `.,Perliai)s he May; yet. how can a bislp:
lnarry ? dap' he flirt ?! The*most
r 77
&in say is, I will see you iii !the vestry:
service. "
I
'the hi,-
- op
he.
aft
hierarchy was an eternal theme for his
d r(4 ['eq. " naturally I u
as •i.t get cold'vr; likti teeth but therolis no
estlvrtlit . to tit new
_sci to tour under ; stint ings. 1 ha ve, 4las, ott!y one illtt.,ien ltift
'an*(liat is the Arch!,islmp•of Canterbury"
Agaib : "It is a rat proof-..0f ihynciss..to
cruni br.'ad 'at dinner.-', '
.you
are*rakl . or me, (te rti it* , to 'a-.young`, lady
w4liat by bim,) yen crumble yeur= bread.'
I de 4it, when. I sit, by the Bishop of London,
au iVith both blind ,
when I sit by. the:Arai
hisho,p." • Of his Jiving in :Yorkshire % hi said,
" itlas actually' . twelve miles . from a leiir
on.l I
•
•
IT ?.once wanted - en:know why, - if a sailor
Wcreinutstleaded fof not doing his duty,yeu
shontd not weithereeek n - parishnmer Or net
pain* his tithes T. . lie announced the
val)kLonden of a,icew.Zealand lattomby
-a ' , m4.lcznan Who had Gs. Bti:tattoecd ad: over
.Hearing of the difficulty of oengh
ingldi,wit a speaker„he recommended as trial
of thg whOoping-mgh. --.:Niebtthea discOve
rie.4,he described as .history rarer's
rl'aniuiruriiine out an excellent fancily
trim)
. 3 -and . Lucretia' very : :duut . itful charae
ler,i, when; •:_ would :not have} visit;
ed •
D4niel-W:ebster hilikeinitto..” steaM•ta- .
4v**re,'-.! mode the
c 1404 ey'iliv think, diff4entfy
froi*the'i peop . l'oo.he ''that-__whe4 the
Nvis elept,t4 'and robbed, one df
.fliitpassetigoribeard , a sweet female voice
-behind thlr .. • _Shock :the
gint4tnan, dear." Seeing
child atrike. the shell I of A i ttlft.l.o, hawked
. the'
reason, " to i please the
turtle;" wheretipen -- Sydney said. It- ,evel,l4.;l!e.
, 1
ad;:iiittehto the P rpose- to strikel the d4tne Of
St; ?',tubs tO pi e 3 the dean and" chapter.
Children,. he'sai I on another Occasioh, at.e
txired• with 'the A isdoin :Of "Telatruu4M '' and
. 2 -
cant think why
,tlyfloso, is fond of hi ,
101.Miss 4 ox niece of the Sta . testna ,) he
Said_,' at 80w1:4%1,14e Landsownes sea - thht
she !"Was perfect, its she gave Mtn' the i ea iff
an'*ed angel. - Of a dressed lieinis, 4l .liieli
1 1 %
;he once i4liawin alScrious .family,:" .he - 'd lit .
waS - the"'Venus Alillinaria.: On exat lining
• : r, t t .
some flotver.s in agarden, a bedutifulgi I,wito
was; "of the party) exclaimed,'' Oh, Mr. ;pith
thisl,Pea I)Vill!•neVer come to perfectit n."-lh
." piirinte me; theii i " Said Sydney,•gentl tak
irigiher hand,' attwalking towards the plata:
"to::lendperfecti •n to the pea." i Of : trio'
"of.ether ladies, he said, f• Oh,. they - we .e G i ll s!!) - IVeautiful; .I?.aris . Could nut hate illeided
bet Ween them; lint Would,have cut his fipple
in 'shoes." :OfLit t ly Murray's - thotho. -who
hadlit most bencOlent " eciuutonatice, ht said
her . knilci avas so !riCiant that it ivould fore
al ~,,,o "selierrY - bus li . into fl o w er. ' ". 4
le• • • . • i 1
He'll:tied dogs, and, on being 4!asked byla
lady: for a motto for her poodle,' he s
, rfte.
ted," 041., datnnd -Spoil!" but: she tlidalt
think it sentimental enough,:though tbot •ipgli
ly Shalispearian. 1 : Of bores,- thongli lar Said
there were no 'eviiiiiiinds like!. tholin, .ts thto
miere utiOnisliable; he waS very tolerai ,sa'y--
ilig he never met! with
.unetall the -tit ehe
hid in the conntry";liut a Certain dean whb,
i
he declared; "deserved to be preach „I , o
- dk.'-iiiii by: *iia eiirutes.."• "i Being asked by la
I
' hidtifhii had' Bet i o remarkable it's ab° -, he
• lied that 3 %I.' • -•' • 1 . • TO • *
•rep at., t.,as a 1%.311.kr,a 2, tut b uy,
and!Was intende to.have 'been ii-Chine c•-sn
pereargo,l to",.lin ig ..K.Ong. Coinplaini ig of
14S fe•tiblehess - tis 'it drew iiigliAleath, h sa!ti
1 1
he felt se) weako tat if a knife were 1 t in
his himd,lhe'shoud hardly be able to S u_ •k tlu
,-
into aDittsenter. - .
, I Speaking uf ( iminutive men, •"who
li i inung the must i eminent in the. wurl
ihstanced.4iiS facial 'Jeffrey, and added
i
there wa anotilt.T. (name not given) lvlt
`1 not. body enotiiih to Cover his mind di
i
ly • ‘Ot.ll-411$ iti Met was improper
icost..4." - tJelfreyi once, coining to seej
Ode into th y [ . -.
tin 1- yard an a young du
he ((Mild butside,lund Sydney, on the la,
1 ailed liiin with "aictiliple of couplets, tli
- , J
' Witty as Hopatims - Flaceus,
- : i
. As treat a Jitibin as Graeclius ;
! : ; Short;' though not as .fit. as Bacchus, -
Ridilig on a I ttle. Jackass.
,- -•:.,-,
tiThis effusion • ad" nearly produced c,i
ronS restil.t.§-afte ,artis t ; for it took sad 1
.4eSSIOn (Alas certain gentleman, that ivli n
the point of beitne, introduced tti Jetfr(..
• l'ollau t l, Iloyse, , tilic imaze conjured ,"n
11
the lineS almost s iffticatartim. l.letter st
Was his rhytittilet Cal refusal of an invit! tit
to 'dinncr let the , 'islimongers' Hall, (i it
1 1
.ducing all the piSckturial 1 - illitrtnients, sa ce
and se forth, - ).on the- scor , e • of a • prioren , az
.ritetwt.2...4Orier ; ' e whom. he Amite_ said tha
6 had. tht.l.Ten , ')rtinui:idiiients writte 01
I fine, and :looked so virtuous that he n i ;11 ,
4;q i
. . : f, , ..
_ ninu,t any 'erifiles, alai no one wottld be ievi
i the posi , ibilit V• if his guilt.-
Biting once call , d' out by a" - POor wq 1. ... - na,i
4 14
to ehristen alchit iiiinediately, ;t it apbearl.-
;
tki tu.,be dYiiit.t, a d- asked on his retail) in
What,State- he lel it, Sidney answeredl
gave it a dose of t i astor t oil first and iztq
it; afterwards; so g l ow it lS'readS. for .ethei7
1
World." This 14titin Of-the oil wilL.api)eat i •
Miss strange, whenl it • is 'added that hews , a
sort Of phytikian . item - Tit! .to the !poor of hiS
1 . -
neighborhOod, and tttudit'll. medicine , and
fiery q ualify to . hi "Iself, sating: 7i . :.,,
' 3fai•want4Vtit littl 'here below, • • • :
i As beef
' eUll mut n ' port, iamb, venison, s - , - 2014
.
. .• -
nd dealt i'‘'ithith9llls arising the.reformi • 4
'
.M:iily and Curiars are the ' instances of-lii
~,kinddleart-cd pt.rfo ma:4,es in this respect, on
l'ltnan and beast ind'in all sorts ofliouseTiA
leconokiny'lic. I,VdS al first-rate proficieat, Win.;
indeed i f 1- a-.
-a ,veritably i)astor to his" tick, t(4tcli;.
'''' hem . 'IOW t 'li eomfi,rtab le in this lif.'
img t , .. o i t. . 1 t.. 1
4lis the bestqualification air htreafter... 'Mina"
1, -
Itl''''!
;Deo n e n aa p iisre +l,At.brvali , tast:'byAfr,-i , ar t ,
I et, the famous [ na tural philosopher, on i his
preparation, of pig,' he said, "Yes, our "hems'
4re the only true . .!iatns ; your are S 4 nris
l and Japhet:S." H I' ".
Breakfasts.he ,considezed theplexstintest - cif
1:
1.11 moils, ‘ ; ',.' because nobody
.fidt conceited bet;iore one o!clock2 1 1' - This was in the-spr47 of
118-10,1
hearwch he said was _ the only SClVibld.
isp i ring; emernh .red,a sit w e
a real Marchl
lot' intellect.. This Was not the year in w liclii
the surd, " there•wit4- never, such a surrinierl
i_ i ti
iwaterleelling.itt'theepeuee a pirit'.."-iity ck.v.ii
14 rink .beer'!in'V he -,.=es . - ile 4'
• " - i
1 Thesecond : NON nie contains a contintion4l
!eprrespondence of tiie Comical Canon :with alli
the Great Guns;ollthe dav, male antl•fAiile.l
the dissertation bkweenlim and Lady, or.;M
, .
ley' .zrijo the lio2lCly - of young QeakersStitli
,
he 'Mysterious: development- Of I.ll2m7tiqi(
oys,into advicseent.Friends, is -altogetlair a;
emarkable ierforbrance. Sydney, in' fowl
iinhatiOn of previous : . epistles, says .to _,.het .ia.i
!,
1 l ivolio :,, 'r . - r
',.. 1 • i • ~,' ~• , •., ir i
' .." urav tinuerstano me rightly ;
.1 do In, it.•
:gi-: is " tz s i ;. I - ''--'--- •1 Al
ve littrttnl.'4-COilt.-tacory es stn - establi l lieui
Pact. e .but as a higlill , - probable. conjectur4.---1
Look in the ciroT,tances. .14, a very- tar-1
y age4olingQiutiFers disappear ; at it !tferyl,'
~.arly age; coat-boy.> are set al
n ; at the ai'e (l
llieventeen Or , cigh ecii; - young Quakers frrel!
izatitieen ;" - ..akAcie ,same it,ge,! the "Coid-boys
disaprreor.,.:, Who lists ever :heard of.a Cat-'
i
nail?.;; The thing u utterly -unkriown.,4 . .ai, - -,i
. .ra.l histo r y., Upon" what other eviidence - • " epai
he Inigilitioi!:'of 46 grUb into the au liai
' est? ~Afteia 'certain,, number of day.i„the
rub ia.tio' ',mere ' keen,* ancl,,-Alie itureliift-il
ters over hit relit I , That such a promii r l ent 1
; filet shOuld have elsmptid., our, Jan:al:so!, is'
. (js . e4
,
truly iiiiiiiii;iiing. I ha}' iong,suspectecl- it,
but-wai - afraid to curie r out with a speehla-;
1 • -
ition so. bold ; rind pow mention it as pro' it. , -.
ted end iaOetiOned I by. you. .•'•- - • • • . -, -•--
1 " D iss' ectiOn wo!fld'throwireat,lighen on.
he qustion, and if our friecd—,--Wcfuld,
receive two boys into his hoilse
. about. i thei,
tline . 'of theib chanir.ine their, Coats, great,..rer::l
iviee 11' . /U Id ! tit : rex! erect to thV;cause: 'cause:.
!friend Lord i' i Grey , not.retnarkable,for MI ai:V.
tentionE to matural.. istory; was wood- deal;
1 strucki frith i the
no elty„.,,aud ingenuity:o4lElle
bywhe*. i-,1 'fiartViaseer . tained .thict tithe'
lyouti;;iPlueqcoOt-in ants-are fed with dra:: I.:.
ored - pap, ivhich - looks - very suspicious;.ore
hereafter on4thiS inye . iesting subject. ' Nill'ere .
reat.scieneelii,lo- be • promoted, I Will 'h ice
o.
n apOlogy to.your,dad)•ship t'or this. in .tu
f
sion.. - ;:, .••:...;:•-. . - . • • - •, ' • - iv/ ,
• . To this th e Countess, who seems to „have
been. so:rnethinjoila.wag.herself, rejoins , : i,
, ‘‘ Hacii..l Treceir t c . 4... yhdat fetter two Oy.s .
since; 1-shotilahavolisid that your giguirtetts .
p 3 . , i • . . I ‘ '!
1 . . ',.- I; ~ - • . . A., - , !
©29
..;
aid theory Were perfectly etinvincing,iinTl that!
the Most obstinate-akepthimust have .yielded :
tti them ;- but , t-have-coMe. across:a- perio4
icy that interval ' who gives. the. infinmatio4,
which puts us at sea again, - That. the 131 u
eclat boy : should' : b6 the larva 'orithe - Quake
...'
''''
inrgreat Britain is possible,' and even - ' probak
bre ; but we must take a wider - view of. die'
giestiolf ; and.here,- .1 confess, I 'am . : bevel‘
tiered by doubts and difficulties., `-The Blul .
cat is an' . iudigenou's animal—not so th
Q faker ; and now be so good as to give your
w Ole mind to theaeti I have te'"eoiiitnituiV .
cafe.
' and . -
`.l hav seen '.
talked Mach ' Witlt :Si
I ken. Porter,!on this interest - lug subject:
Il,e_ has - travelled.. over the' Whole habitable
gll,be, and lids' penetrated with a scientific and'
scrutinizing eye : into . regiona hitherto une4::
plbred by civilized man, -OA yet he has nel,.
eti seen a Quaker babY. :1-le i has liVed.„ . for
yCars:in Philadtilphia, (the .national nest. for
Qintkers - 0. he . has 'roamed up ..and • dow4,
• y 7
broad way S .andj lenfttliu it .vs, s, in -- eVer • nook •
i . •, • - - - -.:
aitd corner of Pennsylvania i and : yet-he .fiev r
eil . saw :i Quakes ;baby ; and; what is . new •
:aid moststrikiag oever, did . he see a Quaker
lay iu a situatiOn which gave hope that' a
Q aker baby might be .seeu hereafter : 4 '
q ;: s iti t ha ii a . : l, i sti a s s U ta Ci a i a , l inVe le n t etb d le r at v in ° y l ste via r g y t : l as e
w II; I fear,- def . { even your sagacity, aetue--
miss. and -industry, to elucidate. ',Outlet.*
but:Le cheeked-and . cast doWn ; `truth is the
i ll
et d and oi) . ;(;ct i'f oar research: ' Let us not
'lhte one, jut of heart and hope, but ..still bca.r
up and - steer out eourse right onward." t''
(From
Tpa Trollo_l,4 ....Adventures—or _ Womiifs
Rig iis Ev.•4lif.ed. '
1 , Cab, Sir ?• • • , • •-
• : lkot being disposed to answer an interroir- .
at l ory so rudely „uttetcld, I was tuoyin,4*'
Olen iny..aFin was rudely grasped, and I was
it4teremonionsl,y whirled about face:to fliee
. -
wnh the, intrinier:
„ .
•
I lave a cab, I- RAN. acco' Mmoda
.
ti toms . t• you to aline hotel4- 7 -airi apart: .
'furnished—supper ready and
writing.-Step in ,
Sir.'
.11av
I;z% collectedvselt6ufficiently toscon,
~
rs;kat the person who thus accosted, : nie I
;was
sulrprised to see a - ,short., chubbyl Specimen
.t i l k re:n.4l., sex staltdingbefore r tne!._,
blaek hair was dangling in slUventy loeks
uv,.er her- sunbrowned, forehead -and
~nee;lt,'
Hpr thished . and dusty abe had Teen so it i
gated:4Y-lier.Tiratitin, thatlittr fjature , s 'were,
alinoajobliterated while - she "rolled'a - quid "of
tobacco in a masterly manner frOni one side:
tot the , btlier:of her filthy mouth.{ . Her slou'elt
wa,4 conked on one side, ; midi her-sin:ill
bi4tek.eayes . kooked - atlei I v out. from beneath •
tla lovip . hanging-rim.• She, was attired a/a
Blootner, with the 4dilition of a pair of b00t.. - ,
into whi'ch thelegs of her trow4rs.,AvereerOwd.
ed.' Her little red hand flourished a Whip,
o 4cazsi On a lly bring:llg' it 'cavalierly. a erliAS her
beots4and ending the:l - I:4lqt with a &i.2..ni'fi
eait snap about her head. . • •
This palsQcno , er' roared a runner rof
•* 7 •
(14, opposite sex‘; hands eV'
'Yon'd best to keep - out of the rair;a,of
my whip: screamed the-indignant little eziih
wOinati, I'll, flog you within an.-hick of your
lith? '4lld suiting'lhe action: tiiAhe woid,
sh'poncerenioniously",laid the whiViibout
cais. l llackmen and hack-Women ru.shed•iin
tOltakl2, sides with the combatants; while
f.,:etea of the pugnacious little ctib-womliii7
ashe' Voeiferatfd,' Woman's Rights! Vito-
Rights I' rose eir'aboye the din. .
iht the
. Midst: of the uproar,. I .ucOede'd in
inking ,IIV escape 'from thefearful4nelange.
. .
wece
Ile
that
colt-
'
hi rii;
key
tan
Lint,
'us
rA visitor; sir; awaits you in the .parree.'
took the wril 7 J-it was from allady—Miss
SkRAPLIV,4I4, WCTORDIA TITANLL; How sWeit-
Iy it ova:. seentedL—what d,delie.ate : rose tint
it had. Some dainty finger must, have
cal that superseriWon,.taught I. 'A rose leaf
from the fairy wean ,- • .
liaVinfr' smoothed my' disordered. hicks,
stroked `my be:ird for the twentieth tinieotet.
tled . my "collar, and - straightene'd- my
hastened to pay court to her majesty.. I laid
but cleared_ parlor threshold, - When some-'
thing like a roll of muslin dropped at iiy.
feet.. I sank. instanianemislV .to pick, it
and to restore it ..to my fair visitor—who,
frcirii - the subdued light of the parlor,
yet incognito—when the • mysterious.buidle \
showed signs of life-r-inv•extenddd baud %Vas
caught and conveyed_ 'to . the ivarin lips. of a.
kn:puling - figure.' It was' itania heiSelf-ny
Visitor; bait her then visible proportionilis
polled the idea of a fairy.
Most lkautif4l Of 'men,' muriutired, the ',;v
deign to eoMpassionatethesituatiolkof
.Vo - nr,prustrate adt,rcr. See, I kneel - at yoryt;:
011, Mess inc with onelook-4 . -Mie wota.
S 4 that 3--on taine---mine to love
preitect forever ! Midi not tln4 blushing' :
flees from mc— I *ill not.,lpavV : yott until
y..!iirprotoi4e•to be mine:- 'T.: -
Stop, stop, my dear girl,' Cried, you
m:4 inist:l44 I have a: wife and seven Cyril
drclo 14 " - • •
.• • Unf.rtunatedlsecsure ThoLlady's face
arldatilly subsided into an exPi - resSioniof..
lea 'indiffc:renee, and she gathered. h ,
mattermg 4.4 :die left me,. l.thonglii: eioOk
-64.10.d,' and :his wird! ani. sure Muse be a pOor,
:weak-minded 'creature !'. • •'r
- •
.Stand back, sir; the Major General ge;
,
mitna JacK,t,on anout to pass this' way ! to
-tago comiritinlof the troops. The •enetily is
just`at hand "and 'one forcos - are - alreldy the
ground.:' Shontd-yoil like to see the engage..
yetirXest, -way :would be to iinount the'
battlemelti* seriout;one, Out
asyre yatt. , But I must go home. to seepre•
the door§,:andsee, that . the baby sleeps.'•
W eith the words, my eimnpation, an ath
letie multi - of Some . , thirty- years, left, me.
Sure enough, there was the.army parad'ed . in
beautiful' array,- below me. Officers, mount
01ton spirited horses: we're•blustVring about,
`ln every direction. They were'Ortmed 4ike
,rnen; bUt their long- hair streaming 4rheOful !
yput, upon the wind, -4ind_their beard_ less.
chips argued, • . 2', •
ai - «You ihould b women.". t
• • ...heavy .fire atitis;l4eri changed. - OPtosiO4:
ly.il-o:nsido to side; that IN* t 04114
Iliid Sla),itliirs'inight rest,'while
latetoq and: too - - heavy, .irrre cum s rani;
striving ;cover : :titoititorrit 01_
fright2L—'rhere wore) - niut-muts-iit.iiissap.iir - ",
aniOnt.fiha. soltiersi
Roily .tpiki jestloust.e . mvii,; ,,Qx -p A n '!,, ,1- : 1 , 1 . ) b I
as. scntlo. gay • "• 1
_ .
e'Builitlo.
CM
•
ral—the General !" and* that ' augus t ' ]arsoff-
age made tier app'eara n e e . ..She ia a -dre n nedf
in a military suit; which, front its et3i.le tut '
bge, I concluded might have belonged Vi.Gfli::- -
end Washington . ; Tiie breeeles wereAriiini
Up in ample folds:to fittife delicate litribs'af
the wearer,. and the 'hoots-seemed construe
ed to 'aupere.ede the, in:dessitjr of a kruitatele.-
Pardon the indignity-'—but I could nokrefrain
from smiling , as the story : of Puss in_Booke:
was suggested by the' comical ''appearance of,' -
the Major. She wasaiAted upon fr opiriteit
horse,` like the one upon *hid/ _artists; escudo ; -
ly represent - the Father of our Coubtty., - ..-•It -
was with Considerable difficulty tbat,,slierais
ed her plumed cap to the 'Shouts that fialutett•
her on her' arriVnl, and eloivily‘ , repliicV#.- •
nikin her lily brow,'she addresaed the r t*ttile
in, the fbllowing laconic style;.: '
Seldiers„ the eyei of tthe world aii:upotr
you." _You: ere day to , decide Whether:•
the eueray- 7 yonder
_cowardly. trienl l :-LshiA:
possess ouriair land—the home of Stead;
Brown', • and h 'Blotner—Or we: Fight'
bravely.-:'Fight tor. 'your hoities and 'year
husbands.' - -• •
She ceased... The armies neared the
test.' At the:first charge fired, the van of -fe
male forces bowed like a sea of grass:
w.estern wind. String to , madtiesbyllie fall' -
of their
,brave companions , the rear right "-
wing.and left, rushed in confugon'tpoh the
fooAnd closedin deadly -styife. = Fire.arms,••
bayonet and sword were soon cast.aside;aad.
eaps, were torn off—nails buried deeFf - in-th6
und eyes 'of the masculine eneray,Aind!
locks of hair, bleeding and toip; flew by"on
the passing,bmeze. Anon there was-straw:-
I
piing of hoofs in the distance, and 10, thore,,• :
treating forcCs were' straining-every nerve tc--
- overtake. their brave - General--ljrciliabli, to . -
get further
_orders. They were pursued in
hot haste by the relentless foe.
- As. soon as the . ground 'was cleared, I kis, -
toned •clown,,,,and followed It, barid of f dutiful
husbands, who„, with their 'babies' on - theil
arms, were hunting up•their wounded coo):
pardons.- Suddenly-there was a stir' : in tVei.
prostrate' van, and we bad he plea Sure tii.
find thht thC - ,victinia: were recovering' froth,
_the fainting fit, into which they had fillan.
the noise of the gtfns. -a = -
INIEw Yoe:: BTU PErnissimpre:--I'iott;
the . results already' arrived - at bx the' , eettsti
,_takers, the Albany . Argu.s arrivs at the esti;"--
mate that the population of ikrew Yorri:Staa,"'
at die present time will show, an anregatc
(4*.four millions of Persona. .This. conclusion.,
arrived at. by a comparison of the. kr,.!:llt .
fig res Nvi thlhos'e of theletraus,
gave the total population c it 8,099,000. -
this should prove accurate;tte State will show.
an increase infiVe years •of about 900,000- _
Thii shows that the procrress of the epuntry,.
during those-years, has Tieeti much more
id than diiriu,„o- 'the preceding deca4e, atuf
reilders it highly probable that qur eatimatC
'of the population : ofPentisylvartia, ba,sed-up
im the, last reFort- of - the Auditor Genera 4
were rattier under than over the tnark',. !Oar
lowest calculation then made the poialation.
of our State 3;071,298,.wifi1e a moriEvreba
ble estimate - gives it 3,349,416.: Abiuming
the , latter to be' correct, we have the chic't:
,Statei of the. Union comparing thus .!in '
gresa for the last'five . Years :. - t r
• -
• - ' lagreas;r.
New York, 3,099;000
..- 4,000,000
.901,00,r
PoinsTlyania' , 4,311,000 3,849,000 1,0 3 / 3 ,004:r
case 065ur State,"the Itaxablee bii '
.which our estimate isbasedare those teturn" , -
ed 144-year : by the assessors, a fitet
must be taken into consideration in iegarding .
the probable correctness of the calculations.
These two great StateS, it - is thus, rendered
certain, conta'n over seven millions of inhab
itants, an aggraate which, no doubt, exceeds
that orquite a number. of States conibined..
Their. rapid
_growth in populition,
commerce and all the requisite of pOlitlai-i
strength, pliice,s them at the head' ot
_the
.;?!.-Q Con
eraey; arid Might to give them. marecon
sideration in national affairs than has been
ace - op:led them. The steddy pace, the:y,keep,
together is remarkable, ,and shows thattlie'
elements of their greatness 'must be "eirnital- • ,
in character. It needs but a glancel at the
map to develop the fact that it is -their
.geo--
graphical position which gives thein.rituch , ? Of
their:importance. pod'. command - the , coin,
'Reran of the interior and exterior hi:their
dkriet."connection with' navigable `wat rs Qtr:
theiritastern and western extremities.-lj . Ne4-
York is ahead ellin in the race 4f p:
in (=sequence ofhaving long-. beforwi ;ink
proved the, riatural advantages of• hay piXii-. -
"tion., 'And since we have.done the.,inp!,e, we . -
too haw? shot ahead wonderfully: We - 44.
not doubt that , ill the interior cities of fßift,i,:t
Ivitnia exhibit most, gratifyhiecggte„, : „....
, gates of popalation and wealth when-the. ne x t ,
h ilationar , census; shall- be .taken in ,the ye.ar
1860. They flourished greatly-even wlien our :
railway system' was-but partial and 'lnman -
plete hut noviithat they enjoy the ;bentfita:.,
,exteraled . ..throrigh routes, carrying . .tha,
men* burthens of the trade -to their,, l 4atio4*
tatinot be otherwise than that they wit: ,
muve on much (more Thua Erie
on the'line of the throulr iontea • from',
Viitk to- the West - Lancaster _Co habit,.
,liiirrisburg and . Pittsburghitve,Stul.._oikli.
great Central road passing , by ,their;(*A.§.
0rk,h3.4 the extended Susqilehailud\ 1. 4.4.74. 4 - • '-
reaching fromlßaltiniore far' : away to
wards a connection with our coal:tvionS, rind
the Sanbury , and . Erie road . , - whieh read aftiO
.passes through
the line of, the:i great northern" and*eatatn
route,:vl4,-,Catitivissii, Williamsport .. - 4 1 ,4 1 ,"74- -
n - tira, new doing-„iinch a 11441aliitic,-: .
business. , And EasionAta',rtiliway**o4-
tion Opened with-both•Nel*lork kid, Thai.
dolphin.- Thus' the good "old emnrriotvikad .
ProlMasing:bravely. - Her= '4; 4 40 ;Owns!
and -cities: are., no longer Coifine - 444.1epel
_trade, but Aspire to matter 4 of mere -liv-'1
tance,,while at the same iftriOF:their-; eat
i„g• prosperity . imparts_„to,thia-,
settlement of the ,:ttestl
vigor-tO therde4lopemetit vf_ouraat .
s,arees.;. Thero'theight , ..of. - -Netrli -
FirgsPerity
vttpia,
Otter than the niosti 'O l ll riraf!,Yo7*Prii.
- 1 _ ot labor
w t4iirt .the htst tur
situilar ittir,tittsa,
Prr4at
tlio war and:tin
tially;iiii the
Itifited Statt4l,
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