IMMM fOol CZ .:. k •- ft ~ )ti r : w . F. Rith,if FRAZIER, EDITORS. " i'opfs Isolsgeh. ALL 3IIINGS ,ARE OF GOD. nbu art, 0 God,thei life and light, , 'Mall this woridriha world we see; gloir by day, ha smile .by night, Are but retleetionA caught from ohne, Where`er we turn, Thy glories shine, And all things fair and !night are thine. When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, " And we can almost think we gaze Through opening Vistas into Heaven-- • Those hues that mark the sun decline, • .So soft, so radiinti Lord, are thine. . When 'night, with wings of starry gloom, Vershadows all the earth and skies, Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes, That sacred gloom, those fires divine, So grand, so countless, Lord, are thine. When youthful spring around us breathes, Thy Spirit warrnscher fragrant sigh ; And every flower that Summer wreathes -Is born beneath thy kindling eye; . Where'er we :ttirn thy glories shine, • And all things fair and bright are thine.. THE LONAY FLOWER. . On the bank of,a woodland stream it grew— Fed with light and with silver dew . Yet was its life, or More, or less, Sustained by its town soft loveliness. And the stream tloWed on through a lonely dell, Where the softened sunlight loved to dwell; . Wrapped in a robe of forest trees, And lulled by the moan of the autumn bremie. And so it grew frotn day to day, A beauty and a rtrkery : Till. nt the last, in its sorrowful pride, It sickened, and faded, and drooped, and died.' But the.snalight cittke and arniled in the wood ; And stillty the Arena) the dark trees - stood; And the stretn'it4lf flowed peacefully -on,• Though the heantifill flower of love, was gone. ~l~isc ~i eoty~. THE LADIES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. " Ct!is:ltaritable trttnapi which told The public ear who had in secret done • Thopooia benefit, and, half the alma They told ot, took theMselces to keep them sounding, 110AL:ea bi. name-" They do say,".,aaid. Miss Pitkins to her nest neighbor, at It ineeting:of the Ladies' Be neolent Society; .4i...few months after Mel;- vibe Thorton's matiipsge, " they du say that el Thornton is A. dreadfully stuck up • :• ;o v ''' f 4l lt a !with, ,t;;'.7 4 ... the other, " and hadn't as briglicie. _ 4, tither, , a hen she came there spark sparkles; a t setA . do hold their bad high and stor,t , at if they happen ,to get .• The sl i thi li#., to ;.ir my. part, I wouldn't ty w hi c i tst, ... 4 7!er shoulJei,me, near . like Hitt • that suinte 411.1;s Was . f ain ufg rec-4 , 7 and ?digs Tompltinittve • h a ir iiiir,ean i nilicant toss. ' Out, ana l voln . T i t repeated Mies ,Pitk ins, about h'i t u e , what Was that story way-side • - "PeY .04.ogeNnotr• all about' . that, Miss ..acett-: - replied, - with r. consequential air; ti&s . inst nothing, alt." • „ . t" ns shout it," cried several ladies, who had• gathered around the.. speakers to hear the news: . I`.' • " Why, you see, I got Mills- Martin 'her Vice. there the old housekeeper, Pracio' I could know something that's going On. SO when Mr. Thornton brought his wife home, I say to her, keep y our: eyes and ears, ope.n,' and she did. Well, the very . .ost : day, after Mio Thornton had been round snd.seeti all the fine thingl4 be bought fOr her, I. s'pcise, she lilt kind O'.shamed, so she bribgs a pieelittle luricile and gives ;it . to him, tel-, tag hint that's her legacy. Doily says he lookeCreal pleased 'a'ben he first .opened .and she : eould.See through the keyhole some; - 'thing . shining justlike' gold . ; but pretty scorn Altessalkomithing .to Miss Thornton that madtitier cry,And:' Olen he got up and put it on the 'mantel shelf. Doll; . didn't .care to -stay anylouger fin., fear. they would co.-rte out and catch her, but she vent in afterwards to see Whit it, was.": "well, what was it T--what wai , it I" cried the eager listeners, as Miss Tof A kins sud- I denly ,stepped. - " I would call the meeting to order," said the president, whese • reproving glance had silenced the lociusscious spinsters , we, haVe several ;items of business to be disposied of, which May . as well. be done now. I should like t 6 hear - the opinion of the ladies as to the app r opriation, of our present funds, and also the object to*hich we will - devote our labors during the coming, year. We have in the 'treasury abont seventy-five dollars, whiCh, rightly asea, may do much to advance I the cause we profess to love.• The meeting is open' for discussion on this point." I Intar,7 said 111 - rad : Robinson, the deacon's wife, "that we have many families in town sho, Vona sickness!, -hard-times, and other causys,tare suffering„in some eases' at least, for ther`neeessaties of life. I think that sum, iity a doubled, Or trebled, would be well ap plied in relieving their wants.;' I, " This is a matter , in which , we are . all equally interested," remarked the president, blandly"we hope to 'hear from each. - you.' " lee, my decidetl \ opinion," said Mrs. Worts*Pod, "that : in-a thriving place like this, where work is, plenty, there is no.excuse fer poverty 111 . re:what Mrs; Robinson speaks Of. For my part, I go against encouraging lire Ore at _work for. the poor beatisn."„suggestoThress_Pitkins • sure I 'shoulO't have made so much. effort to at tend time meetings, ifl hadn'tsupposed so." t " Aiox'of elothing . for the missionaries, I /should ihe.best,r added Miss Tompkins.' .1 "Thee' SeetliS to IN a.division of I 43 0 11 4autong you;`: saki. the chair s " that lA, will veaure to make a suggestion. i see our estimeta pastor cotningt why not' refer the whole Diner ;Albin). :labs judgment must . surely 1 I)etter — tharC ours, for his position gives:bit a comprehensive view dbcith home ; and forth • Thietopk . expedient' was N'irell received, and fteMi.llint, us he appeared, was , at *nee eh(....11 the arbiter. 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But when some ministering Ju das' turns the liqnse of God into n temple .of money-ehangers., sharp indeed should be the' scourge which 'should drive him thence:" , Naturally erough", the,people undr. ,Rev. Mr. Flint's charge, with "here and .there a 111"P'. ble exception, had partaken somewhat of his nature. External religious forms were most setupulßusly observcd - ,.but the gentle peace able fruits of the Spirit were fearfully ',want- ISEI But' while we are thus dressing, eager faces are looking to their pastor for his de cision, 'llis worthy coadjutor, the very de., voted president,is !• sure his'extensive knowl- edge and sound judgment will render it eitsy for him to point out -st„ once the fittest object for their benevolence." - - - Rolling his tongue in the r pecaliar manner. he Was won't to do wheripleased,he "thanked the President for her Compliment. and would only say, that he considered the ladis pres ent fully competent to decide their. own cAse!..” Do you not think," asked . Mrs. Rohiu soN "that we should take care of the poor among us, before we send our charities a broad?" "Not always." replied Mr. Flint ; •" there is much danger in . helping our poor neigh bors,-lest we lf l arn them to dependon us, in stead of tryinOto help thernselves." , "That's just what I said," chimed in Mrs. WorrnWood : " folks hain't any business to be poor here, where they can get work." " Work is plenty, to be sure,'" said Miss Priscilla Pape, „with a significant glance at the last speaker"; "pity the pay wasn't.plen ty, too." e "I would he the ladies' attention to the subject under discussion,"-remarked the chair, "Mr. Flint has . not yet given his opinion,which I hope he will do freelV." • "As you have'calleti upon me quite unex pectedly. ..ladies. to advise you in this mat ter," said Mr. Flint, rising very deliberately, " it, wmild :he natural for me to mention the subject'whiith, just at this time, interests me most. Our soeiety . —' and I say it without boasting—has :become . one of the .largest, wealthiest and most influeneal in the State." Pou.ox. "It becomes us, therefore, to send a good name abroad, by the liberalitY - with'which we enter . into the spirit of the great reforms of the day. Among these reforms,- none seem to me so important as a union of the two continents, in one great Society for eyangel izing the world.' Such a society. yoti•know, exisis,and in . its councils are found some of the greatest men.of the age. One hendre4.-dol lars would censiltute your pastor a likdireet or in this society, and you a name and influ .ence in its councils. I merely mention ~his subject for your consideration, as we. are apt to - forget the duties we . owe to - the world,and confine ourselves to a narrow circle ofbenev olence." • Here Mr. Flint too his scat, -with anla:r of prOfound humility. . bare heard the very excellent re marks of out pastor," said the president ; I hope it will enlarge o'er views .of duty. Will you take any actitsn on the subject?' - • "1 more," said Mrs. WOrsnwood, "that we cOntribute one 'hundred - dollars .to this great object Mr. Flint has explained to us,to constitute hint n life-director.' The motion-was seconded. and. carried **about any oppositiop, save thateicTiressed by indi7nant looks and motionlestimuth. • " P.uelly, ladies," %aid Mr. Flint. again ris ing, "your liberality is praiseworthy. In the name and .behalf of the nOtile society you have itimord by your genemus I tend er you my sincere thanks. Your testimony of respect pii• myself will receive a more pub lic aeknowledg ment." . 1 4 Yes," muttered Mi,As Pristilla; in an un der tone, " I 'spose it will . be trumpted all over Creation, bow very benevolent, we are, While these pecir folks around us are dying from' peg lea." . `• oh, Miss Tompkins," whisPered.a young. lady; " I am dying to know What that legacy was of Mrs. Thornton's ;* do tell me now, won't vou • "01i, yes, yes, tell us . all'now," ar.- other, - as a knot-aif ladies gathered around her. - " Oh, 'twas nothing but just a little brass frame, with a verse from . the Bible in it, made barass letters," replied Miss lorrip king, contemptuously.. " Well, that was mean !" " Wtio ever heard any thing like it ?" " What' impu denee!" "I don't wonder he was angry 1" —these and manyvither - similar expressions, burst .from the indignant ladies, as - Miss Tompkins concluded her information. " One side of a story is good till: t'other's told;" •cried Miss Prircilla, who had, heard the whole' thing; " and as this is a benevo lent society, wit up for the benefit of our fel low creatures, it wouldn't do no haini tote!! the fother side right here, let it hit-. where it " Oh, by all'means; let's have your story, Miss Priscilla,"- vas the universal exclama tion; amid cries of " order" from the presi a dent. - "I -don't want to make no disotder . ,"said she, turning to the president ; " but if they'll all listen quietly ; Pt! tell the story as I heard and may-be some of you'll find omits to fit; if you do, why put 'em on, that's By this time eyes and ears were all open ; for Mil* Priscilla, an odd, quaint little lidy, had a. way-of saiing things, that was perfect,. lyirresistible . to all but the immediate sub jects of her sarcastic tongue. as you all seem to be listening, 11l begin With what 1 see myself. I didn't get no Dolly Matins to .lieak thro' the key hole for me. 'cause, you , sei, news that comes that iisy, has to - be made all over after it squeezes through ; and I don't like mine second hand, nt, how. 80, _as I • was Saying, I'll begin with what I see • and if any an-you want to know what true benevolence ,s you'll find out, I guess, before I get thro.' Well, a couple Oncaithe ago; 1 should think, as I was owning home from. my sister Sol i over the fields, I . tat a notion to go. I down the lane where old Miss Fletcher lives, who's. been sickly all along ..you know, and' so 1 want right in to see her without knock ing., -When i got inside-the door, _Wxd i‘ stock still plied wonder, fin- there was ber.4ol.*An4,;4led nice could be-- treaLwbiiii awiidat sikd of carpetortha &lc% 4iscoeivai- "FREEDON-nRED R 00011 7) anauge7 VLAYERV aRD wpoKaa99 E , onhi..r stand, And then the (Mindy herself 'looked so eo ni her white night-cap and gown; Ilthinight soiree fairy rattat have been there and-done: kali. But right *dose beside her bed ,sat,one pl ; the sweetest . look ing ladies yOnever see; they 'didn't neither of 'em see me, so I kept still, and the lady. read away in the Bible, and then she kneeled down and '-piayed--:Olt, so beautifully! I didn't wonder a bit that the tears trickled down the sick-- womati's cheek, fbr CoUldn't keep from crying myself. • When she'd dune, nlipped out as still as I went in, fi,r j felt like en intruder there ; and on my way home who should I meet but Polly - Bolls, who was bedrid for I dont know how', long. " What on. earth ,has -set you on your feet-again, Polly ?', says I. I never -Was so amazed in all my life.' Well you may be,' slys Polly, says 'she, 'tor I'm a- Maze& at myself: but come into my house, and I'll tell you all about' When we gOt in and sot down—' There, Priscilla,' says she, 'did you ever see,a.-nicer rootn--bran new stove, and wood.enough in the cellar to bum all winter—this new •rocking:ehair, and that nice bit of carpet; and what's better'ri all, here am I. able to walk about and earn my own living! Who do you think has, 'done all this'?" I guess,' said I, may he the Be nevolent Society's been helping on No, not a bit of it,' says she; I might 'a been lying on that bed now for all they'd a'done for me; 'tain't their kind o' benevo lence to help such as me.' Well, do tell me who it, was,' said I, growing- impatient • Twan't nobody more nor less than .Squire Thornton's new wife,' says Polly , says she. 'She found out how I was , and then slid went and got something to cure me; and every. day 'she come herself to see how I got along, and brought me all these . things ; and,when I got better, she gave the sewing to do, so as I should feel independent, she said.' I tiever was so beat in sll Toy life, and I told Polly sn. 'Oh, well,' says Polly, sacs she, if y you'd known halt she's done among the oor folks here, you'd.. be astonished ; but she has such a still way with her, nobody Int( those I she helps knows any thing about it.' Just that minute somebody knoekedat the door, and in walked the very lady I flaw at Nils% - .Fletcher's, Good morning, Miss Bemis,' said she, 'how do you find yourself 10-day 1' Nicely—many thanks to you, Miss Thorn- . t4n,' said Polly. " Olt, no, not to me arc your thanks due? said the lady, with a sweet but to Dim who has restored' your healo.' And then she sat down and talked like a saint to us both. I'd heard thiS very story • you've been telling about her; 'Miss Tompkins, and I couldn't hardly believe my eyes and ears when I saw her ; but I meant to find nut the truth ahon' 'lt ; so- when she wen!, sway,'l jtxt followed her out, and she asked me to walk home with . her. I .told her I should like to, if for one And what is that, pray?' said she. '•:Tosee the curious le . g,ac2; I've heard so much about,' said I : I's'pose you'd have no objections to [ shou it to'me.' . mean my mother's 'legacy-, i suppose,' said she ;" I don't' know what'you have heard about it; . but • come. wiih me, and I shall be most happy to. shoW it to you.'. And then; as we walked slot*, she. told me what a good, pious mother slu t had—how - she tried to impress upen 'her ebildren's minds the great object ,fiw: they should live—that the world might be better for their having.lied in it. • She wan't . one mire stuck up. Miss Pitkins, 'cause when :we got to her house. she axed me right into her grand parlor, and told rue to sit down: in the best seat there was. . 'I felt dreadful shamed when Mr. ThorniOn conic into the room, and she told hint what I'd carne for; but he looked real Pleased:—.: . That legacy, Miss Priscilla,' said be worth wining miles to see. If my wife had brought millions orgold to me., I should not have prized it as - . I. do this little talismark, which has made so,many hearts leap forjoy, end changed so many' abodes of misery into happy homes: The world has but few Such gems, -Miss Priscilla,' sa d he, as he took down from the mant e l-shelf a small frame of solid gold, and handeil it to me, 'and fewer still are they, whose lives.' are guided by these words, which shall know in the earth's millennium.' I didn't kn9v: what to say, he talked so beautiful, but,l made up my mind that that legacy was pin' to do •more- for poor people round here' than all our benevo lent societies together." • But you haven't cold us what the*legicy was yet,' said several. • '1 told you that Mr. Thornton showed me arame of solid gold :—well in this :frame ' 'were these words, all written in solid gold; too,—l wish you would all attend, 'cause I'm afraid our golden rules have been of lead, or sometbin' - worse,—this was it: " Whatsoever ye would that othirs should do unto you, do ye even so to them. Did you ever hear those words before; Mr. Flint asked the spin ster, with a mischievous look. You are very facetious, Miss Page, replied he. presume we have them engraveu on all our hearts.' 'When you voted, just now,to let our poor folks suffer. and 'diein their poverty; and send such a lot,of money to a rich society., jest to buy us a great name; I didn't see how we could reconcile it with suctra rule,' said Miss [ Priscilla • ' • ' Oh, fie! for shame, Miss Priscilla claimed several voices, while the sanotinioni oui president looked with holy horror,in the audacious speaker. You take a very narrow view, you must allow me to say, Miss Priscilla, of the - vast 'system of benevolence that rule enjoins, s said Mr. Flint, with feeling; but we pardon the allusion in consideration of your. ignorance of' these Matters. Shall. we close this meeting?' be continued, iddressing - the president. What but the cold, solemn mockery, to whose bosom glows' With sympathetic love for the suffering child a' . poverty, were the words of this world -hardmed, money-lov *Mg, professed disciple, as he . ti - eita hies singupon their Itnevoknt op era s. Would' that from imaginatisn only this -picture were'diawti,. but, alas.. hr -human na ture, even here truth Is stranger-than fiction. *—Ci'etden 'Legacy. ' . tar The Bucluinsa men, with the ,ahl of some fishy- Fiihnores.ni; &t the last succeed ed in forcing into the General Approris tion Bill a grant of $20,000 to Oar the" Bor der Ruffian ,sitarn, Legihlitttre.sof Kansas for their co.operation with. thr party to &sten Slavery upon Kansas: <Of course, the -Re. Phlit4l%tm opposed the graitt. (No dc:obt "it, is thelleniwraei thal .440 Finji for rrea, ifingt Ear &mull - RIM ,; . ',.,IONT:ROSE,'T.EIVRSI)AL,I i 4 - 1 1 ,1,ARCII g 6, 1857. 1111/1 A Touc'aini Inciderit. A correspondent of the Blair'county (Pa 4 Whigjurnishes tEat piper with:the:particu lars of the follow,)rig Interestink, incident of which he wais an tiye-witness. It occurred a few years ago on the line of the gre q t, internal improvements *of that. State. It. was' one of those acts of genuine kindheartedness which fill the mind with the involuntary con sciousness that there is somethiu'g'Of the angel still in our common nature. • 'At the . .point this Side 'of the mountain, where occurred' the transhipment of passen gers froth. the West,was moored 4 canal boat, awaiting the arrival of the train ere starting on its way thti:,ugh to the East. The captain of the' boat, a tall, rough,:. sun embroWned man, stood by his craft superintending the la bors of his men, when the cars rolled up, and few moments after a party of:about half a dozen gentlemen came out, and deliberately waking up to the captain, addressed him something after this wise: "Sir, we wish to go on ,East, but our fur ther progress to-day depends upon you. In the cars we. have jrt left is a sick 'man whose presence is disagreeable. . We_nave beet ap pointcda committee by the pas.engervOrk that you will deny this man a_ passage in.y our boat. If he goes, we remain ; what sa.kyoul" "Gentlemen," replied the earitnin, have • heard the passengers through their commit tee. Has the sick man a representative here?" To thisunexpeeted interrogatory there was no answer; when, without a moment's pause, the esptain crossed over to the car, and enter ing, beheld in one corner, a poor emaciated, Worn-out creature, whose life was nearly eat en up by that canker worm consumption.— The man's head was bowed in his hands, and he was . weeping.' The' captain advanced and spoke to him kindly. " 0,," said the shivering invalid looking UP, his face now lit with trembling expec tation, " are von the captain and w ill yoti take me 'I God help me! The : passengers look upon rue - as 'a breathing pestilence, and are so unkind! You see sir, lam dying, but.Oh, if I am spared to reach my mother, Ishall die happy. She lives in . Burlington, sir, and my journey is more than half performed. lam a poor painter, and the only Child of her in whose arms I wish. to die." " You shall go," . said the captain, "if I lose every passenger for the trip." - By this time the whole crowd of passengers were grouped arcund the boat, with their bag gage piled on the path and they themselves awaiting the decision of the captain before en gaging their passage, . A moment More, and that decision w made known, as they beheld him coming from the cars with hisdying burden cradled in his arms. Pushing his way through the crowd with the Man, he ordered a mat tress. to be spread in the choicest part of the. boat, where he _laid the Invalid with all.the iAr . e -Ara parent: V dca qui - captain or= - dered the boat to be got ready for starting. - .. Mut a new feeling seemed to poss e ss 'the astOnished .. passengers—that of shame and ,Contrition at their inhumanity. With one .t.‘iithmon itnpulse.they walkedaboard the boat, and in a few hours after another coriimittee was sent to the captain, entreating his pres ence amongthe passengers hi the cabin. He went, and trom •their midst there . arose a - white-haired - man, who, with teardrops in .his eyes, told.that rough, sumembrowned man, that they felt humbled before him, and they 'asked hi thrgiveness. It was a touching scene. The fountain of true - sympathy 'was broken in. the heart of nature and' its waters welled up; chia/eing the utterance of all present. On the instant, a purse was made up for the sick • man, with a "God speed " on his way home, to die in the arms of his storm& • RELICS OF FEUDAL DAYS.—The custom of uncovering the head and taking off the hat, or even simply touching it., is a relic of the old disarming—the removing of the helmet to in dicate that the party thus exposed himself to the mercy of an enemy. To take off the glove was in like manner to ungauntlet tile hand, the mere removal constituting an offer of 1 friendship. Even now it is considered unciv- I it to shake hands with the glove on. - Shaking of hands was formerly a tolieft of truce, in which the partieS tock hold each of the other's weapon hand, to make sure against treachery. I It was also a token of good will. A French man, a prisoner •in England,, once made a tnost ingenious use of this euOtotn. Having been "put up" against a nero boxer, and knowing notlung of boxing, heavailed himself of the shaking of hands beforti the encounter, to crush the negro's hand in Ids iron grip.— It is said-"that a few years sieve, a brutal fel low in Connecticut crushed &friend's hand in like manner, though he did kin sport. The bow, it is said, which is now a mark of politeness, is but au offer or the neck to the stroke of the adversary, while 'the .courtsy peculiar to the ladies is the elm of going on the knees to sue for that. met; „which, in ear lier ages, was difficult to get i i The hair pins 'worn by. ladies are reducaloniards. In some parts , of Sicily they ire still worn of such a size as to be convertilicinto weapons: The ear rings werenneieutly'hadgas of slave * ry, atm were soldered so thai . they could not be removed from the ear. I ,eir 'form. indi .: •1 a• I io• I I•I. . . • ',: DR. BANE.—Dr. Elisha I Kent Kane was born in Philadelphia, Feb. 3d,!180, and was consequently, but a little m re than 35 yenta of age. He graduated at Le !Medical Uni versity of Pennsylvania in 843, and imme diately afterward entered te :Paval service of the. United States as an Assistant Surgeon. He was attached to the 6 'American em- bassy to China, as a physi • • and' availing himself of the facilities of la pllasition he,grat..; ified his love of travel by v' :ng parts of Chi na, the Philippines, Ceyi • and the interior recesses of India, exhibitin_ Ia all his adven tures a remarkably bold l'fearless spirit. He next made a tour on f ,Orough Greece, and returned to the Unit: . tes in 1846. He was then ordered to, oust of, Africa, but haring contracted the lam fevti,be was sent lunT In a vea y precari istate Of health. As soon as his health was rtially 'restored, he went to Mexii4as a v, teer, war, then existing with that country Entreated with dispatches from the Presi. ni,;to the Ameri can Commander-in-chief, wigs assigned the furious spy company nf bOgade t and Do mingues for his escort., ,ceptiteriug•gi par ty of the enemy he was bilged to combat them single-handed. In - outlet he had his horse kilJed• under hi ar t il i mas himself badly wounded: . .,: ~10,1kbly ut.llsso, ba_aa Surgeon and naturalist* MEE expedition In search of Sir John Franklin.— The •distinguished manner in Which he per formed the scientific; portion of his ,duties, pointed him out as a fitting - person to com- mand the second Expedition- sent out in re sponse to the urgent appeals of Lady Frank lin. Government confered on him.the rank of Lieutenant in the Navy, to qualify him for the command. In tits gxpedition,Dr; Kane penetrated to a-higher point north than had been reached by any previousJivigator. and his discovery of the Open Polar Sea, when announced, caused the liveliest interest both in this country- and Europe. When; after his return, he. visited England. he"wfts received in scientific and general cir cles with distinguished honor, and it is known that Lady Franklin and her friends conteta plated fining out another expedition, the com mand of which they were solicitous to bestow on Dr. Kane. To the world of science, his death will be a grievous loss. • GREAT GEOORAPHICAL DISCOVERY IR GEOR, GlA.—lntcresting intelligence has just been received from;the State survey of the Okefe nokee Swamp, which covers nearly a fount] of the map of Georgia. The great swamp does not appear to be a swamp after all. So far from being-impedeJ by water, the. expe dition suffered' severely' from want of it; and were compelled to sink three wells for drink ing and cooking purposes. The underwood also was fouturof almost fabulous thickness, through which they were compelled to cut their way with knives, whereby they were so much delayed as to be in danger of starva tion, their supplies being exhausted. The most erroneous opinions have been enter tained of the extent and nature of any *hole region. No published map. gives any idea of its geography. The survey will prove a for tunate venture, The submerged portion is foimd to be easily drained, whereby . thou= sands of acres of the most valuable cotton lands in the South will be reclaimed.. EXTRAORDINARY CANINE ' INSTINCT.—The most remarkable instance of instinct Or sa: gacity in a dog that we remember to have heard of, occurred. in Fairhaven a few days since, and it was thip. Two children, between the ages of five and seven years, were playing in the middle of the street in' Fairhaven, 'when an unloaded wagon, without a driver, and . drawn by a runaway horse; was seen ap proaching at a furious rate. A large dog, a cross between the Newfountiland and nia.stiff breeds; who was lying near, sawthe approach. ing. peril, and going to' the rescue of the un cion---eious innocents, took up by their clothes in his teeth, first one of the children, and de posited the little thing out of danger on the sidewalk, and then returned and took the oth er and also placed it in safety on the walk.— As the wagOn was pasging, the 4g made spring at the horse, and tried t st*e him by. but failed to-stop .We have these curious facts . frtnti a gen lenan 'Whose veracity - is unquestionable. - shall say that the brute creation is dev.).id of rational. intelligence after this? • FORTUNE AND THE DREAM.--A dream flit-• ted past the cavern where Fortune was sleep ing, and awoke her from her slumber. "Whence comest thou?" asked the goddess. "From a maiden," said her feria' visitor, " over whose pillow I have hovered all night. I wore the shape of a lover of rank and wealth, with horses and equipages, and-a train of liv eried servants.' I kneeled and kissed her hand, and 'had just won her consent to be mine, when day broke, and I vanished. • But the good child will think of me all day long, and be haopy." "liiv fate is not so happy a one as thine," replied Fortune. "'Twas but lately I 1, isited a merchant, and made him prosperous and rich. While I remained with him he was con tented, hut yesterday I turned my flee from him, and he hung himself. Why should those whom thou iisitcst feel thy disappearance less? Am nut I, too, a dream " • TABING Cufee' said ti min ister to his:colored servant, ',What were you doing in meeting this afternoon V masse? Taking notes;' was his re ply, ' You taking notes V exclaimed the master. masse,,. all . the gentlemen . take notes Well, let me see them said he. Cuffee thereupon produced his sheet of pa per, and his master found it scrawled all over with all sorts of marks and lines, as . though a dozen spiders, dipped in ink, bad marched over it. " Why, this is all nonsense,.' said the niln ister, as he looked at the notes. 'Well, massa,' Cuffee replied, thought so all de time you was preaching.' RETURSTSO TO " PARLITIKEL LIFE. " -" I have recently given up all idea of women folks and come back to parlitikel life. lam more at home in this than in huntin' the fair sects. Aingils in pettikotes an' kiss me quicks ' is putty to look at, an' gin in, but darn 'em, they are as slippery as eels, and when i yoofish for 'em and get a bite, you somehow or oth. er find yourielf at the wrong, end of the-line; they've cotched you! A.n'. when you've stuffed 'em with peanuts,- candy and aerger tipes. , they'll throw you away as they would a cold 'tato. Leastwise, that's been my ex. perience. But I've done with 'em now. The Queen of Sheber, the Sleepin'Beauty, Kleo patry's Needle. Pompey's Pillar and Lot's wife, with a steam engine to help 'ern, couldint tempt me.. The- very site of a bonnet "riles me all over." . HAD Han Nnzaz.—Two little girls, one daughter of a clergyman, and the other of a parishioner, fell into angry dispute. To mor. tify and spite her antagonist, the layman's lit tle girl saw fit to remind her of her father's well, known poverty, And intimated - rather tartly that bad it not been for her father's be nevolent interference, the poor minister would have been in the work-house:. " Well, I don't care," replied the other, "if it had not'teen for my father, yours would have been in hell long ago," ; CONBIRVATIVLS.—In his lectute in Cincin nati, Wendell Phillips, who has very, little re-• spect fur " conservativp Men," spoke of them as men who hardly dared to tie their neck cloths without 4 'permit from a Justice of the Peace." Prentice rather out.dioes this-defini tion in a recent editorial in which he says there are some men so conieryative that " if their - bad been entrusted with the task of the Creation, they 'would have folded their arms supinely at the threshold / for fear of insulting ..Cheoss" edicts the seiaior, ,fort, Griw*3l ; . H. H. F4AZ1ER,.PU13.144.HEA.: . -4Vdts B. ! ,:sp. 11. the adif4tiik-.of-40:$ REPORT • Of the Select Comtnittie of the Senate Of Pens. sylva nia to whom were referred the'Resolu: lions presented fry Mr. Harris. relative to the admission of ansas as a free State. [We ha're • received • this able document; understood be tbe . Production,of the geni tor from this district, Hon, E. Reed : Myer, and regret that its great length and the de mands on our space', prevent.. our publishing it in full. To the concluding portion of the report, which appears' below, We invite the careful and thoughtful consideration, of Penn sylvanian freemen By no State, more than Penneylvania, should the summons to resist this:6.st great outrage [the admission of Kansas 9s a Slave State] be responded to with fearless firmness. Iltee.ifistory is a proud record of the achieve ments-of freedom ; and throughout her bor ders the richest trophies have been won by the free labor of her honest yeomanry..' On the Ist of March, 1780, while the Revolution ary struggle was yet pending, her.tiet for the gradual abolition of Slavery was passCd, and its preamble shows how deeply the hearts and minds of our Revolutionary anteaters were impressed with the inconsistency of the existence of such an institution ina free State, and the duty which they themselves, juist in the throes of emancipation from foreign thraldom, owed to others even yet more fully deprived of their natural and inalienable rights: , They say in that impressive preamble :—" When we contemplate our abhorrence of that con e dition to „whkdi the arms and tyranny ofGreat Britain were exerted to reduce us,,when we look back to the variety of dsngers to which we have been exposed, and how miraculously our wants, in many Instancee, have been _supplied and our deliverance wrought, when' even hope and human fortitude have become unequal to the conflict; 'we are unavoidably led to a serious and grateful sense of the manifold blessings which we have undeserv edly received from the hand of that Being from whom every good and perfect gift corn eth. Impressed with these ideas, we conceive that it is our duty, and we rejoice that it is in our power, to extend a portion of 'that . freedom to others, which has been extended Vto us, and relieve from that stete'of thraldom ; to which we our elves were tyninically doom elf , and from which we have new every pros pect of being delivered. It is not for-us to•, inquire why, in the'creation of Mankind, the inhabitants of the several parts of the earth were distinguished by a differeitee of fceitures or, 'complexion. It is sufficient to ktiew that they are all the work of an Almighty. hand. We find in the distribution of the huntin spe cies, that the most fertile as well 4 the meet barren parts Of the earth are intiabitp by 1 men of complexions different from ours and' froin each °diet.; from which we miry lea -1 sonably as well as religiously, infer that He who placed them in their various situations, 'bath extended equally his awe and protection' to all, and that it becometh not us to coun teract his mercies. We esteem , it a rcisliqr blessing granted to us, that we are enabled this day to add one more step to'universal I civilization by removing, as much as possible, the sorrows of those who have lived in uncle served bondage, and from which, by' the •as -1 turned authority of the, .Kings Of Great Brit t am, no effectual legal reli.f could be obtained. Weaned by a long course of experience from those narrow prejudices and partialities we had imbibed, we find our hearts enlarged . with kindness and benevolencelowards men of all conditions and nations • and rie conceive our selves, at this particula r' s eriod, eztraordina , rily called upon ~by the blessings which we ' hare received, to manifest the sincerity of our professions and to give a substantial proof of . our gratitude. - "'Aen WHEREAS, The condition of those persons who have heretofore been denomina ted negro and mulatto slave's, has been: at tended with circumstances which not only deprived them of.the common blessings which they were naturally entitled to, but has cast them into the deepest affliction by an unnat ural separation and sale of husband and wife from each other and from their children ; an injury, the greatness of which can only be conceived by supposing that we were in the same unhappy , case. ' In justice, therefoye, to persons so unhappily circumstanced, and who having no prospects before them, whereon they may rest their sorrows and their hopes, -have no reasonnble inducement. to render their service to society, which they otherwise might, and also in 'grateful commemoration of our own happy deliverance from that state of unconditional submission to which we were doomed by the tyranny of Great Britain." The Legislature of 1780 went on to-enact the gradual 'abolition of Slavery in this Com , monwealth. Such was the language—such was the principle used and entertained by the men of the Revolutionary age in Pennsylva nia. Their reproduction , now, no driubt, seems strange and their memory obsolete. They seem like sepulchral voices from, the heroic past, yet, for all, they seem 'More truly to express the right feelings of humanity—more justly to Interpret the law of God—than the doctrines of force and violence. set forth in the Ostend Manifesto for the purpose ( .. )f extending and strengthing that great myste ry of iniquity, oppression and wrong, which our Fathers felt themselves so strongl y bound by ties both of gratifude to God,and sympa thy for human suffering, to- abolish and de stroy. Slavery is now just what the act of 1780 pictured it to be , in colors ' strikingly faithful, as depriving men of their rights, and society of the benefit of their services„ and ir reoancilable with the principles on which we based the championship of ' our National In dependence, as well as incompatible with the gratitude which we owe: to the Almighty; powAr which wrought - for us great deliveranCe from foreign yoke. Bat we, the sons of men who passed thht great statute of liberty, are asked now to concoct and assist in fin-clog upon other men and , other soil, the same, great instrument of oppression : _ and wrong which they cast , away from damsel and us, when the wisdom as well tut the burn ity of the act has been proved ; in the la ty growth of Pennsylvania in all .the elements of wealth, PoPolatio4 Power, intelligence and happiness: are we not.bound by the love and reverence in Which we hold the -mernory_of our brave, patriotic, sagacious and conscien tious ancestors t raber to withstand these im= • pudetui requisitions of Slavery to ite,face thud ENE =I , e 1 ~ to prove recrei o t to their prind!plei and -tl. : worthy .of our own, genealogy 14 making \ ourselvekperties.te so great a wrong', , \ When the - MissourigoTP *Ale km. Pend" .. ing, Pennsylvania was 1;11040 thalrineiptes -'•• of the men who•. primed the act of-,•17,W".' ''' Freedom and _Slavery, were- then,ridtintWing for the possession 4t\ the vast- TerriteeltArest - of the Miasiesippl, , On the 18th dej,.4.,.Dil - camber,lBl9, a resolution was unaniatottely, adopte by the Houseof,Representatives of , this State, - in which, after setting forth' in an 'earnest preamble which will be found An the sequel, the Pennsylvania doctrine of freedoni _ _ as. .opposed'. to Slavery; it was, "Reiolved, That the Senators of this State in" the : Cep.. gross of the United States,be readthey . are, hereby instructed, and the Reprtiteeteatiees of this State in the Congress of the. United' : - States, be and they are hereby requeited, to -. vote against the admission of any Territory ' - as a State into the Union unless said Territta ry shall itipuLate and agree that " the hirther introduction, of Slavery or involuntary ;eery': tads, except for the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly col victed, shall be prohibited ; and that children born within said Territory afteritsadMheAtin into the lime as a State, shall be , free, brat - may be held to service until the agent', tisee: - ty-five- years." This resolution also:omA the Senite, with , some amendments, ens& • mainly. The, amendments were ,conch.rotd, in by the House, and it was approved by Gov. Wm. Findlay. Some' of the Mend that day who recorded their mares on the .. journals in favor of that resolution, still re main among us. As a recognition of - power in. Congress over the subject of Slavery hi _ the Territories--of power in ths• sense body to affis conditions to the admiesten of new • States. and of the inherent: evil of Slattery i self, the resolution atands upott the reewsl is proud monument of the fidelity of Pennitylz. vents to the principles of -human , liberty 4 -4 Previous to , its. adoption by thet Letslatnret - ' on the 27th day of: the witpfecedingitto: vember, a meeting, important front the Minitel and characters of those. Who, particip*ted iti its proceedings, was held at • Lancaster, over which Hon. WALTER. FRANILLIS, an OH** Democrat, presided, .and to which Mese* James Hopkins, William Jenkins and Jamei ' Buchanan, the first and, the last neared- of whom, were no lese eminent federalistv-z reported a preamble and series of resolution* - which were adopted, and in which ifter.fuit referring to the act of 1780, which hid -net only relieved by tire unhappy,and helpless Africans within the, territory ,of Pentesylvit ~--, niri from .the demoralizing influence of fdlaver.-i.. ry, but ameliorated his. state and Ls:tin:ll4nd theonghouto Europe, and, America." - I_ „:"., They instructed : the repeeseutatiVisof that distriet in Congress to, use their utinoit on:•• deavors to, prevent Abe eijaterice of Slavery in, any of the territormsormew Statei itth - may ,be ere c ted by poilluf„Aqy further re: solved that it 'would be • "high!_y deSeiv - W - 7 the wisdom and patriotism of the Lwislature" - then about to , assemble to instruct their rep • resentatives of the State in Congress Ito the same effeet—a suggestion which as WeJattre seen, was promptly acted upon--andfi.uallyi resolved That in their opinion, the members ' of CAngress who, at the last session hid stir; 4 - lined the cause of justice, humanity and pa: -, triotism, in opposing the introduction Of Ma; , very into the State then endesiored I,to be ,--- formed out of the Missouri Terntery r ,Were entitled to the warmest thanksof eeeryi r friend of humanity. . If such resolutions were prop , er, then by the people in primary, asseinblies and the Legislature in ofikill • itealtin, ~bow much more ,proper and necereary ate they new, when Missouri having nevertheless been Omitted as a Slave State, though on ea,seell , ' tion that the Ntuainder of Alm territory= out of which she was, carved was.to be the heri tage of , freedom forever, the peril - le inapt; nent •that Slavery will usurp •possession of Kan* as part of that heritage, and •rstablis h . itself in spite. notonly of "the cause Of Jus tice, Humanity and Patriotism," but even on the ruins of the barriera of plighted filth and • and solemn compact set up . in 1820 to bat its entrance to that region i In 1846, when the .tountry,Was engaged IF flagrant 'war with Jtiexico, President Polk tip: • plied to Congress for appropriations of mon ey wherewith to make a peace. A. bill was reported in the House of Repreientitives apprepriating three - 'millions.of doilies for that purpose; and •pending Its passage the Hon. David Wilmot, then a represent:give from this State, iii exact accordance with the . precedents, Jeffersonian and rennsylyanian ' already cited, moved a proviso, ',That there shall be neither slavery or involuntary Uhl. tude in any Territory on the dontinetit -of , Arneripa which shall be tereetter _acquired by, or annexed to the United States by vir: . tue of/this apptopriation, or in any l . other manner; whatsoever; except for alines _ whereof the party shall have been duly. cow . victed." This proviso was- , adopted by the House hut defeated in the Senate as Alleged by the lapse of.time, the hour of bail adjtltim ment having arrived whileit was under dis- - cussion, and the bill also fell. ' the_siikect was, however, considered at the ensiling sea: . ~ion of the Pennsylvania Legislature; the Wet' still raging and the acquisition 4 : territory a . most probable consequence otit r : The Leg' isliture then as - 1819 Was. true to die. free principles for which Pennsylvania hadilways contended, andajoint retollitiotkparisett both - Houses in the following terms„. • • "ResolVed. cf,c,, That our Senators and and our Representatives in Congresa , be re-- - qiiested to vote againstady, measure iirlutter. or, by which territcre,*will mitre to.the Un ion, unless, as.a part of the fundinnental law upon which any tompact or .=treaty for 'Oki' purpose is _based, SlaverY, or ittirthintial servitude except for efiniti stic*i4,be - M eter • prohibited.” , - ••- - Among the . dishnguished Men then in this • hall' who voted for the Ow* of the tesol* don was the Hon. Wn4 , lligleti our present Senator in the,Congrees of he ; united State .from this Stat e, who it is•:•liOPed WOI gladly' in the case of Kansas, oppire, the-biterpolaa , thin of Shivery , into her ColistltUthitt by foia , of the base tnethodi SliesdY exposed, ,which have been employed for bat purPoids ai In 1547, he would lute') reject ed the 01 . . new territory Which did,. not come te us ge:.• .._ contaminat4_*ith bowfin bondigei;i4 -& Your COMEnittetOn . Vitilf.d. the Opinions iherished. by the sages *404 of -ths , Reiolutioe end ,tbe Constitutflni, on *AO: beingof Wveri, of the- effort* . 44 4 . now being made to preieht -the 0114 of theemm.; - try on that subject of the breaches Of_fidtb -- and violation of cornp,scts, the frauds' *AO dleticee the indeffiesible-deetrinekfid 011 00 . .. MEM ENE ;v. 7 !f,L, =BE . fi iii>. ' . 4 . Au- U ," Ell E; .i. - ~~~ a'. `- ~'~
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