IZI "5 s. C, F. RAD & H. H, FRAZIER, EDIVQ,RS. SONG Al D spirtmn. • HE CHARLES-SWAIN Whil;:t the golden band a morn • •••• • Scatters roses o'er the sky,' And the south wind,.newly boyn, . • . ' Wanders full of odor lir-- ' -Sin,c,—:for, summer speOeth fast! .• si n g,--and every pleasure .share Soon, alas, the,wintry blast Strips the woodland bare, Sweet bird, Strips the woodland bare . . „ • . Sing and make the'morn thy _frienti; Circle round each happy tree, •"- Where thy brother Mates attend, . • FUll of loyoni liberty t • Speed thy wing from spriy,to spray, 7 Teach the world thy merry sag; . Swiftly summer glides away, . • Pleasure lasts not long, - Sweet bird, Plea.sure lasts not long! THE• FRIGATES TPSDER ; aR, TH,E RU M:6 Ia was early on a Sim)) morning, -during the progress of the last war with great Brit ain, that a yating naval officer, walking on the ‘Battery at New York. had his attention drawn to a group of persons earnestly engag ed in watching -two vessels that were Just.vis. - we down the harbor. "What is it, ! my friends'?" he asked, in a frank. hearty tone, as be joined them. "The tender- again, chasing a schooner; sir," ansu eyed an old tar; touching the, }Colin of his hat ; as he noticed the anchor -button on the officer's coat. • • "Ilere IS a su-glass, sir," said a maker's mate who stood near, at the same time re spectfully handing it to . him. "Thank you, my man'-' answered the lieu tenant with a smile, as ,he . took the instru ment and 'placed it to his eye. - By it; aid 1w could clearly distinguish an armed schooner of about ninety tons, prowd ing'.sail in chase Of a trading fore and aft-. er," that was - making evey exertion to es ..capts.. both by towing and wetting -her,oils. • "The chase is' about half a mile ahead, sir," said the master'irmate; "but the tender sails like a shark in chase Of-a dolphin. _The fore and after.dotft stand any -chance get tin thelort." • - ft The tender can sail; and I. ara - the one that ought to know it," salon stout, weather beaten man. "She Was a-pilot boat, and the fastestcraft that ever danced ore. the water . . Three weeks ago, I and my crew were out in her, When yon frigate-strildenly made her ap pearance out of a fog.hauk and brought us to, But-i took .t.o.tay yawl.; and pulled :for the land a league - away, and escaped ; for the fog*-I ens so thick that the Englishman etnild nocr get 4 glimpe of me.. It i5..,r4 schoonerthei have turned into a tender, sir, awl thatlnade so malty captnres the last three weeks of our:I small coasters." "She carries forty met-fang - a long thirty two,'so. I hear," observed - a seaman in the t roup. - "And is commanded by - a luff and a reef er." added the master's mate. • "It wtwid be a ble4ng," observed a-rnan ofivar's.nutfi r who has not yet spoken, )":if that erafCeould be caught • napping. It .ain't safe.foi a sloop 'o put her nose out of the harbor beyond the Cape;` but While the_frim_ ate was there alone, they could slip aloria f the coast in light water, add shoW her their heels. But now, everything. that vebturei out is brought to by that long inn of the tender." - "That's_ sr - fact,... Ben," responded another seaman., "She has taken or driyen back into , port no less than twenty-six draft in the last 7tVee-weeks. I . shall 'he glad, for one, when laui - - - trigate, lying off there; gets her -arrnail ment.aboard; • fur then, I think, ,We'fl swal low the English frigate ontside;•and plek'onrs - -11th with the tender." • All these remarks .were heard by the -young <officer, who all the:While continued to look thrintah the spy:glass at the tender and her Anse. • " There goes a-..gun ;" cried' several of -the spectators,-as. a-flash and a jet of smoke can the tender's bOws. . , - "That's hold enougli" obser,ved the young officer; as if speal;mg his thoughts aloud ; " tl‘ impudent tender Is almost-up • to-"the fort, and dares to fire at_the chase in the verr face of. the batteries." ." It's only to try and •do her mischief, siq said the master's mate; . for she finds the.for:e and after will-est.':ipe her, so she fires.-a gun to cut away soniething." - . - You are right, my .man ; " responded the officer, "for she has_ put about .. and stands -seaward again. _ Ile Continued-0 watch the-retiring tender for some itioineas in silence. . It's a pity that we hadn't an -armed cut. ter in port that Would . sail faster . than she can,. so that . we might - give her.a „elapse out," said a lad,:approaching the group. His dress was that of a midsitioman. - and his air" • _ larly ftlee and careless. _ "Alt, Frank, are you here?" said the lieu tenant, "Come aside with rde,7 - said he;put-. Ling his arjnjll that of the midshipman, "I - hail conceived' a plan - for capturing that ten der." - • . • "In what may, sir r demanded the youth. "I will show you. The . tender'S gpme ap pears to be the coasting.. vessels, from' which she takes men to impress in the British navy, and also plunders the-craft of such things as they contain which are .of . any value- My.. plan is. to charter an Old 'Coop, the wOrst. looking oi:e tlytt it is possible - to find in port.; yet - a tolerable sailor, for She must Work well and' readily - obey the helm. ,1 will - load her deck w 91 hen \ coops,. flu ledt-with poultry, pens •-• crammed' with pigs and a few ,sheep,- and a calf or. two by way 'of • variety. You laugh, Fran, but the Commanderof the teniqr_l_will . find it . no laughing matter, if-I succeed as 1 anticipate. I 4411 ship about - thirty-eve men, ; and conceal. 'him in the hold; and taking. command mirieraft with . one ; hand only • visible on the jeek,.l stgill.set -sail 'out of the hal4 - ior. When get outside; I thick I shall • able to show John Bull a Yankee-trick be - wit not be likely to forget very '.souti. - - But • 1111 will depend '-on your-good Management of the. aIL ir. Now you see what I ; would be - Frank ! IV ill you join'me 7" .•. . • - " Heart andhand, sir !" - .resitunded.,Frank _Telhot,,with ..enthusitnsms. ~.''Now We whnt to 'proceed - at once to ac tion,"said the lieutenant; 1 - I Want you to, go . -to the anchor rendezvOns,-in Pearl street, and drum up about s thirty-five Mel). • Take only thOse that are daring and ready for any . ' ti!ing. Let, none of them know 'your object list we should be betrayed by juror -maim' . , .. .. . . . . - ... . .. .. . , . ..- ' " • ,e ',,,,,,,- 511sr --..,!J.-,.•,-r.... . , . ..,, ...„. .. '" ' '‘.. '''" ' ." i% . ' 5 '":-:- ',.: 'i -' - ' t -'-'''''''''''''''' "." '!-;----•• • -:!-' • 5 . .., :-, --.-. • ~ - - - _ -.. _ . . .„ . - . , ' . ll - ,:, : :; . ' . :: ...- ' 1 : L• r .• , • _ . .!.* •-; • ; . . . ....‘' . . - 7 7 - 5-- . .: f': . s,:st ''= s, •.- 4 - . . ..' . .- .. .. , ... .7. .. . - , . . . - .. ... . . . . .. : : -... : ,"..a... ;::......,......i... ... . , 4.- _,...,...„...;,... ~.,:,.,,,: . :.... ...7 . : : :::-;;e:, : " ..1 . ,,, e,,,r.. ,.." .: 15. 7 . :#'1 , .• ... ' , . . . r . . . , . . - ,r -- ' .- . . '0" 1 . • .... . . . ... . . . . . , _ - - . • - 4. . - . ' . . . -- . . , • . ....- . . , . , . being conveyed to the tender. You will find enough in these times that r ill ask no quk iions. Meet me at • twelve eclock at the Ex 'lenge reading rooms, and,report to me." ' The midshipman then took his lea and hastened up the Battery. Ale lieutenant re tamed to-the ,group, and taking aside the. master's mate, whom he knirit, he laid briefly before him his project. The old. tar entered into it with all . zeal. Together they went on the docks, where, on account of the blockade lay idle,a large number of vessels of every description. They'were not-long in discov ering such a craft as suited them—a 'Hudson sloop of 70• tons. She -was immediately put in trim for.sailing by the master's mate, and three or four-men whom he employed, while the officer proceeded. to buy up.and send on board his live sto4._ ' * * * • The morning following Jiese events, the tender of the British frigate was st:anding off and on under easy- Tsail and elOse in .with Sandy Itook. The . wind Was fron the south west and blowing a frve.knot hreeze. The sky *as without a cloud, and only_a gentle undulation lifted the surface of the ocean.-L— -r The.tender was a clipper built vessel; very narrow in the beam, and constructed wholly with an 'eye to her fast sailing,.qualitiesi and she gave 'proof of them by overhauling every- I , thing. She Carried amitiiBhips thirty men„ in I -the uniform of the Britiiknavy. They were now ptincipalltassembled in the bow and on the windlass, talking together or watching the shore. 'Aft, the officer of the- deck, a• bluff, Cult:faced - young English " - middy ( "Was 16ung ing.over the quarter railing, smoking a cigar. The ;Ilan at the helm had a sinecure of his • post, for* vessel tripped along so easily 'that she seemed almost to steer herself. . "Sail ho !" cried the lookout, from the-i i heel of the blziwsprit. "Where away ?" quickly demand - a the of fieer. I " In shore -two whits forward the beam !" "As,, ay„ I se fl" .ansivered the middy; leveling his glass at a stoop jut stealing out of the harbor closely, hugging the 'shure, "It's another of the Yankee coasters. A sail in shore, Mr. Stanley," said he, speaking through the sky I;ght. The lieutenant, a stout, fleshy-visaged John 13d11,Tame on deed t4k a. sight - at the stranger, which" was about a league distant.. "It is a lumber sloop, but we will bring her to, if she dares venture Out ;' for we may get some fresh prbvislons and vegetables, from her,.if nothinglndre." "Shall I put her on the other tack, sir ?" asked the middy. . - "Not yet. • KeeT on as we are till 1' .sloop gets an offing. If we run tbr her he will take refuge in the harbor," replied the lieutenant. The ,10.91 p str, , od out forliiilOtt, mile, and then hanlitT her•A‘ind, beat chisli% along the lane+ - The tender delayed her-elia-:e till she had got too far fr(Cal -th e e entraned.of the har bor to get backagain, and then putting about, ran for her so as to eutAer off.: The sloop seemed to7take alarrn,fand, • putting about, Venn to make the best'Orher:,way towards the harbor she • had left. Confident of :the speed of his own vessel; the chase was already his, and he laughed at the efforts of the sloop to get 'away. . - At length they came near enough to see that - he.r decks were , covered with pigs and poultry. "A rare haul. we shall make this morn ing," said the, middy. " Enough of chicken pie for the whole frigate's crew, to say noth ing of the turkeys and roast pig for the cabin." " What- a regular &NJ - I -sided Yankee skip per she has'at her helm ! Man and boy; she has a stout crew !".said the licutenadfjp, ugh ing. "They look frightened . out di their senses, as they begin to thitik therare gate for itl Slow ahoy-!" I • - . 44 What ye Want ?" came across the water, in the strongest nasal of Yankeedom. • . 4 ," I want you to heave in, brothcr_Jona than !" - " I , d rather not, if it's all . the same to you! I'm in a mitt' hurry !" was the reply. "Frank" added the disguised officer s in an' undertone, "when I order you to let go the jib,.you must draw it aft as your strength will let you. lat the same time will put the - helm hard up, so the sloop will pay rap. idly off; and WI aboard of the tender ; for I'm determined to fall, aboard of her. I shall curse yoUr'blun'ders, and - older you to let go; tut don't miiid - me; keep pulling the jib sheet hard to Windward. Lea\-e the rest to me. Now s _my men, take a *good grasp of your cutlasses and pistols. When . I stamp my foot on the deck over your heads. 'throw off the• ehe.s, leap on-deck,and'follow me." W • " Hen to, or. I'll sink you! hat are ht t you palavering about?" shouted the Eng lishmati. A. The two vessels wer.e'now side by steering the same course, abeam of each oth er—the tender to leeward, "about a hundred fathoms oft ofBTA be too free•with your pow der; and I will. Aminadab, let go -that. jib sheet.';# "Yes, I will," answered the young reefer; and with, a hearty will he began to draw — it to Windward; at the same moment the Amer can officer put "the helm hard up, and 'the sloop rapidly paid off right towards thetender. ." Let go that jib sheet !" shouted the Eng lish officer: " Yes, Aminadab, ybu tarsal fool you, -t I say let it go f - Don't you see we -are coming right aboard captain ' s vessel But " .../I.tninadab" pulled the harder, and &lay took a turn with the sheet about a b ‘ • laying pin. • • ' - - The English officer* was about to pour up- on him_a volley of oaths, when, seeing that the sloop •wonld certainly fall foul of him, he turned to give orders for the protection of his s own; but ere be could titter them,'the sloop's bows struck her . near the .fore rigging and swung _round,- stern with stern. At the same moment the American officer stamped upon the deck, and forty men made their ippearance from the hatches, fore castle and 'cabin, and- leape3 leapafter Percival upon -the tender's deck. The Englishman, takerv.by 'surnrise, )r.. sur rendered without scarcely striking a blow ; and getting btith vessels under sail, in the very sight of the frigate, the. gallant young captain sailed with his prize back into _the harbor,-andsafely.anchored her off the -Bat tery, after an absence of six hours and twenty seven Rinutes. - • * . :This espiuit was doubtless one of the bold: est and mcst spirited • affairs that came during the war, and the account given above is a faithful narrative of the transaction; . 1 HppEgpow aRp MORT nanomov. @LaWERY AHD ZVQ0M0,399 ISARRIAGF I AND DIVORCE SUIT. Marrying a Wife to escape being Eaten for Dinner. Tut rare gossip of the week concerns Most especially those who go down ter the sea in ship; and may serve as a ivarning lesson ,to those who prefer present security to fudge life and happiness. • A year or tWo ago, M. Malfilatre, liquor, hope, and. heir Of a-renowned calico printer, stocking maker, and night-eat:o vender of Rouen, set sail {from - Havre to proceed to. Sydney, in order to superintend the business which his father carried on in - that nlace, and which the death of his partner had left, with out surveillance. One of those Jiceidents which will happen, in spite of captain or compass, even to the...best goyerite4 ships on the ocean, happened, as a matter of course, to a rotten little 'bark in which Mr. Malfila tre set sail—and on the inhospitable shore of Wallis' Island want wrecked; everything lost. but M. MaWare. to whem everything was lost but !tenor. The plump person. and defenseless state of the young ni,e'rehant be. came a ~r eat temptation to the - dainty inhab itants of Wallis' Island, who have disgusted the missions sby eating each other, and . they carried him away to the chief but with loud shouts of triumph at tile sswt morsel which the waves had thrown upon their shore. ' The Catholic missionaries have a*nialr es- I tablishtrent of the-Maris - les on the island.— They. work ,night aid day, with iniremitting 'zeal, for the conversion of' theSe savages, and have got as far as the prevention of infanti cide for gastronomic purposes, , which is a - great step ; but they have not 4-yet been! able to inspire that wholesome drilike of hu man - flesh which should" certainly form the first step in every conversion to Christianity. Thp poor young man, in - his dilemma, ap pealed piteously to the reverend 'fathers ; - hut' they confessed that they possessed nb in- fluence, that they were barely, tolerated, and dare not:interfere. .The only rescue to be expected could be obtained by• choosing a wife among the native , Women, and consent-- 1 ing t 3 remain on the island forever.. After much persuasion from the Missionary, he ac cepted of the latter alternative, and the holy father, according to the custom of his nation, chose-a bride : f9r the young )man, and especial care to choose a flood poetic—no less a one than the daughter of the chief.— Oriething, however,,the father insisted on : the m'arriageshould be-Solemnized seriously with Catholi rites; and .rit all events Elie bridegroom should be bound by proper ,mg isters4find not he permitted to treat tTre sa cred ceremony %yid' the,s:ine lightness as it, is el;el,i here. Everything was. Conseil ed to - by the young man. who had crown n ri s 4.l meals of a good slipper : and accordingly, on the next day the beautifulSulcts.~all£ freshly tattooed frotb head foot—her fair proport•ons undi , figured by crinoline, was I, led to the attar of the Maristes by M. Mal filatre. But, of course, our hero from-Rou en had treated the Whole thing as - a little harmles's expedient to keep a safe skin and whole bones in this hungry land, and soon be gan to look out for. an opportunity of quit ting the scene -of his. connubial felicity:— Some months elapsed, however, before this opportunity occurred ; but at- length, one at ternoon, wandering disoonsolate on the beach, ho descried a vessel, in. the 'offing: It was a.rtEnglish vessel, whose boats crew, in an swer to the signal of distress hoisted by the bridegroom, hastened to the rescue and - bore. him / off to the ship without discovery on the .part of the natives, who would have killed and eaten them all had they been aware of the treachery intended. M. Malfilatre land- , ed safe arid sound at Ilavre only two nfonths ago.- Ile found that great changes la d taken place in his father's household during his rib. sence. An-inheritance had fallen in—fortune, had smiled most graciously upon the old 'man; and the son, after . all his wretchedness and misery, returned to find himself the heir of wealtli 'he had never dreamed, of. The first thing for a rich man in Fiance to do is; as we kbow, to provide fimself with ,a rich wife • the father began to look about him, and ; found a suitable match, the parties were straightway - brought forth to be married. . But now arose the. difficulty—young Mal filatre could not deny his marriage at Wallis' Island by a Catholic priest, according to Cath olic rites. The marriage was legal in every point of view, excepting in the one point of the non-consent of the parents of - the bride groom. So, therefore, notice was served by _a littissier upon the `) Demoiselle Suleta, falsely calling herself Madame Malfilatre," to show cause why she should not be dispos. , sassed of that title. Of course the whole affair-was considered a mighty good joke by the gossips, and laughed at accdrdingly; for, of course, after the delayexpired, no partie clinic appearing, judgment would go by de fault, and Malfilatre might be free to marry whom he pleased. Thus did,tbe affair stand until -last week, when 1p 1 to the utter confu sion of the sanguine bridegroom and his rich wife, comes the BishOp of Austjaliaand Oceani c; in whose diocese lies thatTaradise of which we have given some -of the most striking traits de maws, and in defense of morality and religion, proclaims himself ready to be. come partie civite in this case, for, ihe protec tion of the 'helpless Suleta. We may judge of the consternation thrown among the ranks if jewelers, costumieres, and modistes all engaged for the rich marriage—the tears -of the rich bride—tlie ravings .of the rich, bride groom,. The - debates, which are to come on directly, will be full - of interest, and of warn ing at the same time. The•case is consider ed one of the Imost curious -on record, and has been complicated since the issue of the first mis-en denier/re, by 'the arrival of the news-of the birth, at Wallis' Island, of a son to the house of Malfilatre, who now 'shares -the interest hitherto absorbed by the tattooed Suleta.—Paris O'er. of the Boston Post. rjr Ike Partingtoo, in an Essay on. To bacco, says: "Tobacco was fit introduced into England - in the year 1600, by Sir Wal ter Raleigh, and the people didn't object be ing introduced to it, though King James wrote something about intending to give it fit's became in everybody's mouth, and soon more " old soldiers"- of tobacco were to be seen than were in the army of England. Sir Walter--Raleigh's appetite for the weed • was afterwards impaired by having ,his 'geed cut off. His methory has been puffed as a great benefactors to * the human race that smokes." MONTROSE, THIJRSDA.Y,74-ULY 29, 1858. = From the Kennebec (.lfaitte) Journal. GOOD XANNERS. . KEEP on the right side of crowded or nar row SidevialkS, and always piss to the right women as well as men; the castoth of re garding the wall'side as the ".court side" is ob solete. The advarltageS of followjpg this rule would be felt. in State street every Sunday, As a cdollary tb'the above, when a gen -1 Unman gives a lady his arm, it should, be the I right one, so that the jOstlings of the crowd may fall on him rather' .. than on her. The • New York Tribune says , it should be the left; in order that he may have \the right one free to repel an asSault ; the reason is specious, for-in the case specified, he would - need ,his left arm as much as his right ;\ in fact, would need „them both, and Ifis directi o ns to the la ity would be, totet go his arm and " make sail." - But granting; for the sake "of the ar gument, that in the contingency of the Trib une, it would be better to have the right-arm " free, an 'opportunity for using that arm might not occur in .a lifetime, while as often as one couple passes anothd, the propriety of the first method would be-perceived, at least by the .lady. When a stranger comes to town—to reside, bild wishes to make acquaintances, it is for him to take the initiative, either by present ing litters of introduction, by sending cards to those of his own ago or . younger, •or by calling directly updn those who are older„ and inviting them to visit him. In. strict justice, it would_not be obligatory on any gentleman to comply with' such invitation, fur that would render the invitation 'a virtual infringement of the right which' every , one -has of selecting his own acquaintances; but no one possessing ordinary humanity. -would fail to do so, without good and "sufficientrea sons. Besides,l he has a point 4' appigi in the minister, through whom he can obtain in troductions to, others. it is easy for a well bred man to extend•his acquaintance where there are any people to extend it to. There is a tradition in the rural districts, that prof fers of service should be tendered. by old residents to new-comers; this may be prop er in sparsely-settled countries and under cer tain circumktances, but the rule of " society" is as stated above. ,It is Always in order, undoubtedly, ta_do a service . to any human being; but the surt:oundings ;must indicate unmistakably that it is a service, like rescu ing a man at sea r or joining a party for 'mu tual defence against robbers. It would kard ly be considered a service to join - a pih-nic uninvited, or to take the valise` in London of a French refugee. . Never introduce people to each other, ex cept at the request of one person and by per-. mission of the outer; nothing is more• disa greeable to a gentlenian than,to.beintroduced to people, or to have peoptis"• intrortiloorl to him, without his consent. No lady has a right ,to invite a gentleman. to a party at her house, upon whorn'her hus ',band has never called ; no unmarried lady i has a right to invite a gentleman to a party at her father's house, upon whom her father has never called.. In either case, it is the husband or lather who has the credit of giv ing the entertainment, whatever it may be, and upon him alone devolves Ihe \ duty of se, curing agreeable n'tale acquaintane for his house. Well-bred people r and all who take an elevated view of things, -A"nsider that it is he who accepts hospitahty', and nbt, the one that tenders it, who vanfers the obligation. When a gentleman calls upon a married woman, her husband should return the call ; it is the same as if he had called upon the husband. A wife ranks with her husband.; it is the husband who settles their social po sition. ` . None but a flunkey would take pleasure in the society of a man who neglected to perform his share of the courtesies of .life. When saluting a gentleman, pronounce his name; substituting the word "sir," as in " good morning,sir," indicates want of breed ing. Of course, it is proper to salute in that way strangers whose names are unknown, or those whom one wishes to treat as such. It is the duty of the superior to recognize first. This is the reason that ladies are re quired to do so, knightly courtesy regarding them as superior to every gentleman, what ever his f7lnk ; Who the superior is, there is no difficulty in ascertaining, for, other things being equal, age •decides it. Offering the hand, being an act of grace, belongs exclu sively to the superior; when therefore a brisk young man steps up,to a grave, dignified old gentleman, or to .a lady, and holds out ,his . , hand, he. is usurping a prerogative which does not belong to him. In the summer of 1849, the writer of this was sitting with some half a dozen other's in the ante-room of the Secretary of the Navy, at Washington,en Daniel Webster enter ed ; every one r 6, with the exception of an army o ffi cer, who 'as writing. Mr. Web ster bowed in acknoweldgrnent, of the cour tesy, and sat down. In about twelve or fif teen minutes, the army offieer,having finished his writing, rose, walked towards Ur. Web ster, and with en air peculiar to shaking hands people, said: "Ah ! Mr. Webster! How d'ye do ' at the same time inclining his body and extending his hand toward him. Mr. Webster rose with a surprised but not an offended or haughty air, stood bolt up right, hiaarms hanging stiffly by his side,and looked him in the face with s perfectly stony "Countenance; there was, not a ray' of mean ing in it. The officer then said: " I sin Capt. So-and-so, of •the artily ;" - not a mus cle of Mr. Webster moved. "I dined with you yesterday, at Mr. Gares's ;" still Mr. Webster made no sign' of recognition. By this time the officer had become a little dashed, and withdrew his hand, which had been extended all the while. Ho however made one more attempt: " I was introduced to you by Mr. -- s --- of Virginia." " Were you 7" said Mr. Webster, opening his lips for the first time, and letting a little intelli gence into his face. " Yes, sir," replied the officer. " Mr. —is my friend," resumed Mr: Webster, and waving his hand towards a chair ;• "Sit down, sir;" at the same time sitting down himself. Then opening a con versation with him, he made himself exceed. ingly agreeable until called away. Or The Rev. Charles Kingsley, in dis coursing on the advantages of out door exer cise,.and physical health and strength, says his idea of man is, " One who fears God,and I can walk a thousand miles in a thousand hours, who breather, the free air on a free earth, and who at the same time• l can hit a woodcock, doctor a horse, and twist a poker .round his fingers" LIBERTY TREE... 1765. [This beautiful ballad was written by Thames wine, th author - of "The Age of _Reason," and publiahed in the Pennsylvania Magazine, of duly 1'175, while he was editor of that periodical. He iMnipos.ed and published many songs and elegies during his commo tion with the magazine. Among thern, "The Patti of. Wolfe, on the plains of Abnzham, 4- Is uncommonly pathetic and graceful." In a eltpriot of light from the !Vous of day, Theffloddess of Liberty came • , Ten thousand celestials directed way, _ And hither conducted the dame. A fair budding branch from the gardens above, „ Where millions with millions -agree, She brought in her hand as a pledge of her love, And the - plum she named Liberty Tree. The celestial exotic struck deep in the ground, Like a native it flourish'd and bore ; The fame of its fruit drew the nations around, - To seek out this peaceable shore.- • Unmindful of names or distinctions they came, ...For freemen like brothers agree; _ With one spirit endued, they one friendship pursued i . And their temple was Liberty Tree. • • Beneath this fair tree, like the-patriarchs of old, Their bread in contentment they ate, Unvez'd with the troubles of silver and gold, The cares of the grand and the great. With timber and tar they Old England supplied, - And supported-her power on the - sea; Her battles they fought, without getting a groat, - For the honor of Liberty Tree. Buthear, oh, ye swains, 'tis a tale most profane, flow all the tyrannical powers, Rings, Commons, and Loads, sire uniting amain, To cut down this guardian of ours; Trim] the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms, Through the land let the sound of it flee Let the Otr and the near, all unite with a cheer, • In defense of our Liberty Tree. THE FIRST CONGRESS. During the year 1774 the troubles be tween the Colonies and 'Great Britain had reached such, a pointeassto render it advisa ble to have a more united action of the American people. • In May of that year a. committee of the Sons of Liberty in New York proposed, and were the first to propose, .a GENERAL CON GRESS. This proposal was transmitted to the other colonies, why received it with ap- proval. The Massachusetts General Assem bly being in session at Salem, Samuel Adams having previously secretly consulted many of the members, on Friday, June 17 confi dent of success, locked the door of lolie As sembly room,- and in the presence sof one hundred and twenty-nine of its members pro posed his plans. They fixed upon , Philadel phia'as the place, and September as the time, for the assembly of the firAt ,Congrest. In accordance with this appointment, on, the sth day of September, 1774, fifty•five\ delegates, from - eleven colonies, met in coun cil. • Pe) ton Randolph, of Virginia, was ehos - - en chairman, Among the delegates were Washington, Patrick Henry, John lind,Sam iiel Adams, John Jay, Richard Henry - Lee, onn preserved in tire histories of the tirnes. . The first question that arose was the mode of voting. -it was decided that each colony should have one vote, and -no more. It was next voted that the doors should be closed during the transaction of business, and mem bers pledged themsWves to keep the proceed ings secret, until they should be promulgated by direction of a majority.- The proposal that the-Congresi should be opened with prayer received some objection. it being feared it would lead to difficulty on account of diversity of religious opinions ; but on nomination of Samuel Adams, a Cat gregationalist, Duche, an Episcopalian, was chosen for the service. - We have not space to present the .doings of the Congress hi detail. The principal acts were a Declaration of Rights; Any Address to the King ; An Address to the People of Great Britain ; A Memorial to the Ameri cans; A Letter to the People of Canada— which *ere properly drawn up and publish ed in October. Non-importation and export ation agreeneiii were made. The slave trade, that had been forced upon the Colon ies, was • reprobated ; 'borne- manufactories urged, an committees of vigilance were ap pointed. • Joseph Galloway, of PennsylVanift, pre sented a plan for the continued union and •harmony of the Colonies with . the crown ;hut although not yet was independence thought of by the most " fanatical," his plan was en tirely too submissive to be adopted, and on_ the 26th•of October the -first Congress ad jonrrted and the members returned 'ter their homes, determined a they said, "That they Avere themselves to stand or, fall' with the lib erties of America." INDEPENDEJICE DECLARED. On the Bth of June 1776, Richard lietry Lee, of Virginia, acted upon the. instructions of his constituents, and in a clear, ringing voice read to the ongress the following res olution : - _ • "That these United Colonies 'are, and of ight ~ought - to be, free and independent States ; and that all political connection be tween us and 'Great Britain' is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.", -Fora moment -there was silence ; then John Adams, of _Massachusetts, simply and manfully seconded the resolution; but nei ther of their names were entered on thejour pats, lest they should be hanged i'or treason. It was decided' to postpone its consideration till the Ist of July, and that a committee to prepare a Declaration should be appoint ed ,June 10 ;) they were, Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, John. Adams, of Massachusetts; Benjamin Franklin, of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman, of Connecticut, and Robert R.Liv ingston, of New York.- The form and principles of this state paper were discussed by these five men, ond—then Jefferson was requested to make a draft ,of their Declaration. He was selected ato do this rather than Adams, for these reasons : Jefferson was a Virginian—he was a South ern,man ; his draft would not be sharply criticised, for he bad not been an extreme ad vocate of Ifideiendence ; and as Adams said, "I bad a great opinion oflhe elegatice el his pen, and none at all of my own." He there fcire took the minutes, and made the draft, which, with some alterations, was adopted. The draft prepared by Jefferson was sub mitted to the committee, and was somewhat altered and amended, mostly with the pen of Adami. • - Sotne.changes also were made, both by the Committee of rive, and bi l the Comrnit• tee of the Whole, none of which were vet:) , important. '0 On the 28th of June, the Committee., ap• peered at-the bar of the House, , and through their chairman, Thomas Jefferson, presented their draft, It was rend in profound silence, I, H-FRAZIEtt, and lisfened'to with intense interest. Thro' the first, second, and third days of July it was discussed in' Committee iof „the • Whole, and each paragraph received assent or alter; ation. • - - .1 On the 4th _of July_Johi Hancock, the Piesident of. Congress, in; the . chair—Benja- Min Harrison; of Virginia, reported that the Committee of the' Whole, had agreed" upona Declaration which they desired him to pre— " sent. The'Declaration of Independence was then read, beginning as follows:. • DECLARATION OP INDEPENDENCE. 4 OF THE ' • \ . . UNITED STATES OF ArtICA, By their Representatives in . Colgress assembled, July 4 1778 While this was being read;' in the Halls - of Congress; the streets were crowded with eiti, zens, anxiously awaiting the final decision. In the steeple of.lndependenea Halt stood the old bell-man, waiting to sound that bell Which bore as its'inotto : "Liberty thr.oughotit the /4nd to di the in habitants thereof." I At two-o'clock; the final rote was announc ed by Secretary Thomson. The vote was unanimous in its fitvor, s froM the thirteen United ~..Colonies. 'Thenceforth they became "The United State;" When Secretary ThomsOn declared the Unanimous vete, the exinsecrifted bell pealed out the news, and thrilled the hearts, of the crowd, froT °whom went up shout after shout, ..and bonfires, cannor, and illuminations spoke the asset of the. nation. The sound crossed the brond Atlantic, and reached the ears of king-ridden Europe. -The old woild was beginning to awake, and this, cry for Jiberty startled their dreams. - . Throughout the i;olonies the Declaration was received with joy and hope; for the pet.- ple had rapidly ripened, and men nosy felt that the die was cast, and that " who would be free„ himself must strike the blow."-- . Thencelorth was nti e dtSubt- .. -the end must be Liberty or Slavery. On'the 9th of July the Declaration reach ed the army, ?at its head-quarters in New York. Toward sunset, when nature was :sinking to rest, and the sun was casting -thoSe long, summer shadows over the landscape, the - di: visions of the army were drawn out under arms. Washington rode with his staff liking the lines ; all knew that new had, arrived, and the time was full of expectapon. At a given signal the - Declaration of fridepeildence‘ was read before each division, and with heads un covered every man listened to those words which made him thenceforth either a soldier of liberty or a traitor tolthu king. Vihen the reading was finished, the enthu• siasna-could not be: restraftieo, c eers. rent tic sky, find the soldiers etnbrae one an other in excitement: -Tears erect in the eyes of stalwart men, and their Chief covered his head and'rode to his quarters, determin ed to sacrifice life, property,‘mll but honor, in the service otliberty, and to Secure the rights of man for, himself and his fellow countrymen. • • 'lndependence was declared, but Independ ence was not yet won.:L.7.Ellioles New Eng land History. .- • ‘, 'WYOMING'S FAIM,,VALE. Ica well written'nOtice of Rer.33r. Peck's History of Wyoming, the 4V. Y. :Churchman quotes'frorrrkthe author.: "Wyoming," he states, ," a corruption of the name given to the dea Illy by. the In dians. • They called it - 1111iughwauwame,— The word is gompounded of maugfileats, large„and wame, plains. The ' name' then signifies THE LARGE Pteua. Th . fi Dela wares pronounced the first syllable .short, and the ` German missionaries nt order to come as ear as possible • the Indian pro aunciation, wrote the na e The early settrs finding nQunce the wod correctly, role, then Wiewurnie, the nally Wyoming." ' Its no particularly laid down Wyoming lies northeast twenty-one miles it, lengt of three miles in lireacltb. country is considerably !diversified: The -bottom-lands plong the 'fiver overflow• at high water. The plains ;tie in, some -places perfectly level, and in oti4ers rolling. The soil is exeeedinglyproducqive, being suited to all sorts of grain and glass. Two ranges of mountains hem in the valley, the eastern range being of an averagelheight of one thou sand feet, and the westenti about eight hun dred. The eastern range is precipitous and generally barren, but.is strikingly diversified with Oefts; ravines, and fcirests ' , and presents a most picturesque view. The vfestern range is rapidly. yielding to the process. of cultivation:: There are !several eliartntlig points,of vie* which invite the IttentiOn'of the lovers of the beautiful! and the grand in nature. Prospect Rock, west' of the old town of yirilkesbarre, 'being the easiest of access from the town andithe most frequent ly visited, is the most cel§brated . in the an nals of travel. Front thts point the ,valley, with the slope of the west. mountain, pre-, at sents the appearance of a beautiful' ascending plain, with fife remotest border ''merged in, the clouds, or bounded b the blue sky. 'A more charming landscape snot be imagined. The view.. from the mo ntain-side - west of Fyrty Fortgives you re extensive pros- pact of th9!torthern and Souther? extremi ties of the valley; Fr m 'this . pbint you have a fair view of then rthern gap through which the Susquehanna orces its way—ot the Lackawanna ;Valley, ittston, Wyoming; Wilkesbarre, - Kingston, -Newport, and Ja cob's. Plains. Campbell i s Ledge is becom ing.a.fiworite point of vihw for the romantic_ gi3 ii and athletic. This high' eak is situated at the head of the valley. The ascent is labo rious, but the sublimity f the scene amply -rewards the toil of the traveler. Torrents gush through deep gor ' in the mountains on either side :slackenin their•speed as their . enter the valley, and'. sluggishly meander through the level plains and ! the flats-- until they find, ,their way'tp the liver. These -creeks are-each dignified by the name of tit some Indian chief who - ' welt on, its banks, nd figure considerably in the history of the country. From- whateVer pointl'ille valley is surveyed, the noble. ) §usqueharmais one of the many beautiful objects which- present thethselves to the gaze. Such are its wind ings,.and such the variety which clutracterize 'its banks, that you hav6 no extended - view of it. It is only,seen in sections varied in and form 'by the Frositimi oeciipied. Now - it, hides itself among the bowers of willow; sycamore, and maple which fringe and -its borders, and now it-thr4*s m operi. iti mirror bosom to the kisses of the sunlight; and reflects the forms of beauty and grand: eur of the .aurroundjtig scenery.- - -" Count Zinzendorf is believed tote' the first white man who set his foot upon The Great Plains. In 1742 he came, with an in.; terp'reter,,and erected his tent near the - Li: dian village and-prciposed a talk. He was a messenger, from the Great Spirit, sent to teach the red man the true worship. .He ftint crossed the seas upon. this benevolent errand, without the hope of earthly, gain, - The say: ages could-not comprehend the fact that hei had taken so much pains to visit • them 'wttl4 no selfish- motive. Concluding that it; we the object of the pale faces to taketheir lands from them, they resolved to terminate the enterprise brtheir immediate destruction.—, A few warriors seleeted, for the purpose stealthily approached the tent of the ,unsps 'peeling stranger by night to aceomplitill their designs, when a strange providence interfered; t'eeping, through an opening of the . tent,tkey . saw a huge rattlesnake crawl over .the feet of the strange visitor --Without intelfrupting. his composure, as he sat upon a bundle_of weeds engaged in-writing. Considering that; he was protected by the Great, Spirit, they departed without , ofrering hiin thi4 l iast mo: lestation. To this circumstance has been at tributed the success of the Moravian mission:, cries among the Delawares, or at least theit first favorable reception among that Savage: people." .tti early as 1750, a fel daring adventnr:. ers from New_England had ,crossed, the: mountains, 'an pushed their .way toward the setting sun, until from the heights 9f theZus • quehanna range they g,azeta• upon the most' lovely natural landscape which the eye evgi beheld. Our space would fail-Us to. relate the L ef: forts that were blade in order to effect a per• manent settlement in Wyoming, and the coo; tintial struggles that had' to be undergone• iti order to secure tfie''set s tlers from the perfidy. and the fury of the Indians. The people of Connedticut appear to haVe beeh particularly desirous of peopling it, and more than one attempt: was made to do so by means .or as.: sociations.. The author of the volume ,he: fore us relates a variety of incidents and ad.; ventures connected with those attempts, all of the stirritig kind, and many of theni of the 'most heart-rending intere . He lelfds' e it the reader back frog( its ph. ent altered s t ate, under the great modern i nprovernents whi4 have been effected, by'which the spelt of te past has been broken, and to •Whieli the dark silence of the cast has .given place; to rage a u.. - 1 . v It:11 , /- MI: au uggrcz ~..... perils—their confliefewith the- wild beasts; - the wild Indians; ankwith each other." Tru-:. ly does he state that'`qfie histOry of no por:. tion of our 'great country is more replete with curious incidents and romantic adven- - tures than the history of Wyoming. Every; filot of the soil is rendered classic by• - onfe historic fact or soinecurious legend: BloodYc conflicts,' hair-br4adah - escapes, starvationsf, heart breaks, love 'adventure; prodigies of - h eroism, heroism, and iniracles of endurance; 'mark every pate of the-early history of NlV'ydi . -.. ming, and are a.ssOciated with every one' of, her ancient' localities." His object therefork . is to introduce this reader tci•ssome of. the-' • tellers of the wohdrous tales 'of the olden - i • - time. - ,_ • :'- ° • - - "They shall nw," he says, "speak for themselves. . Their own simple stories told' as nearly as may be, in their own language, is the desideratum which we propose to Sup- • ' ply, andlor which our materials,. are quite ample. Novelists and poets have. 'strained' their imagination to render the scenery and the scenes of Wyorhing enchanting to theii readers, while facts and incidents have'•been sleeping here, or have been but partially un derstood, which are really more wonderful • than the fruitful brains of these writers: were. - able to conceive. The truth, told . without - affectation after the excitements of the strange scenes 'described have long since passed away,. will be found to outstrip fiction in exciting interest." • - Such then is the character of the volume: before us. It is pleasing to find that one So' thoroughly conversant with the - whole !lista; ry of such a place should be able to pay gratifying a tribute to that production of the - , English poet, which has done so much, as we.. have already- obterved, to , make the name of • Wvoining known through Out-the "Perhaps the brightest gern,", he observes,. "to be found among the poetimil-effusions of • Thomas Campbell is his-' Gertrude of Wyo.. I ming.' There is much that is\ truthful in his , • picture; some few things whiellare'fillse, but nothing overdrawn. One of our `Own poets (Hatleck) who had gazed, upon the - objects . and scenes otthe valley =foe himself; Makes' the foll Owing beautiful allusion to Cainpbell's. • Gertrude-in a strain not below the poetic • beauty of the poem :,—' "I then but dreamed: thou art before ,me now, In life, a sision of the brain . no more. _ rveatood upon the wooded mountaites.brow; - That beetles high tilll lovely valley O'er. Nature bath, made thee lovelier than the potimi: • \ \ difficult to pro. poke it Wauwau. Wiomic, and fi. Lion is thus more "The valley of d southwest; is and an average The face . 1)1 the ' Even of Camp! ell pen hath pictured; ho Had wofen; had he gazad one sunny hour Upon Thy smiling "le ' its scenery • With more of truth, and ma4e.each rock and trio Known like old friends, and greeted from afar: And there are taleB of sad reality. In tlie ' dark legends of thy border.war,„ - With woes of deeper tint than his Own Gertrude's-fie." , A FAnuL--Once upon a time, a man (somewhat. in drink, belike) raised ,a dread putcry at the corner of the market-place; " That the world with all turned topsy.turvs. that the men and cattle were all _wal Ling with their feet uppermost;, that the:'houses and earth at large ,(if they did not 'mind .it) would fall into the sky ;that unles.4 prompt means were taken,lthings in general were on the highroad to the devil." As thd people only, laughed. at him, he cried the louder and more Vehemently; nay, at last began objuting, foaming, imprecating, when • a good•natured aUditor, going up; took the orator by the haunches, and softly inverting his position, set hint down -4-on his feet. The which upon perceiving, his mind was stagger: ed:not a - "Ha! deuce - take it !" cried he, rubbing his eyes,'" so it was not the World that was hanging by its feet, then; but I "that ' was standing on my .headl." Censor, Vasa:, gator inoriya, Radical Reformer, by whatev. ' er name thou art called.; have cafe! havd a care; especially if thou artitetting-loudIr;-' Tilos:Varlet: • U Ell 3 l•. 1
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