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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.
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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. Gray hairs and
'wrinYle-4tow e esgsaftentthe..4ype of wisdoth
did but tider more conspicuous and revolt
' ing the hit restless. eye, the sinister mouth,
And Oe. eiintour - of selfishness which
teirkAie inner 'inttort! - • of-this professed
9f Dolly* .sand . wits, eveni 'the
gause entire:lo his r istimstion—,
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that among the holy_ hrnther-hoed: of God . '8
ministering'servants, even one' uch sheuld
found-L-one whose sheep r s'elothing could not
emceel the wolf beneath. All honor would
renticeto - that.noble class of, iielf-detiYink
men, who shrink :not froipthe eat pf. their
Master, though earthly reiarcl pertain not to
his service. 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-
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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 -
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,; . ',.,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
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