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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'
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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.
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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
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' 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;-'
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