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' - • • - 1 - . . . . - , . .; , . . • : . . „ Cljase pan, ttravittors oetra. Our Childhood. ET GEO. D. PRE NICE. 'As bad, , yet sweet, tb listen -To the soft wind's gentle swell, 'And think we bear the musk " - Our childhood knew so well, To gaze oat on the even, - And the boundless fields of air, And fed again - oar boy hood's vtish Toro= like angels ,there There are many dreams of gladness That cling around .the past— And from the tomb ,of • feeling Old thoughts come thronging fast— The forms we loved- so dearly, • - In the happy days now gone, The beautiful and lovely; - . . 8o fair to look upon. Those bright and gentle maidens • Who seemed so:formed for bliss, • Too glorious and too.beavenly •- ' For •such a world aslbi: %, . . Whose dark, ao:t oyes seemed liwitnruing Ina sea of liquid light, . • And whose locks of.gold Were-We:ming Cferlirows so sunny Irfght. • • • 'WhoSe smiles were like the sunshine In .the, spring time of the year— • - :Like the changeful gleirur of -April • 'They followed every tear • They have passed—like hopes—a Way And their loveliness has,.fled—, • Oh,inany a heart is mourning • That they are with the dead. . Like the brightest buds of suinmer, They bare fallen with •the item- Yet, oh, it is a lorely &nth To fade from •earth lika hem!' And yet thethought is saddening To muse on such as they, And feel that all the beautiful • Are passfug fist awayl That the fair ones Whore we tort) ' Grow to-each loving breast • , Like-.the tendril of the clinging vine, l , Then perish where they-rest. And wsean but think of these :In the soft and gentle spring, When the trees are waling o'er 'us, And the &titers are biosoming•! And - we know that winter's coining With his cold and stormy sky . — • And the .glorious •kienuty round-es Is budding but to die! • Nistellauthits. P T. L' A S Fk.f. IT was at the battle of Brandywine: that 'Count Pulaski appeared in his glory. As he rode .charging there, into the thick- est of the battle, he was a warrior to look up op but once and neverto .forget. Mounted on, a large black horse, whose streng,tli,and heinty of shape made you for get the plainness of his caparison, Pulaski himself, with a form six feet in height, Inas live chest, aitd limbs of iron, was seen nt afar relieved by the black, cloud of battle. frog. His face,. grim with the scars of Poland, was the face of a man who had seen much trouble, endured much wrong. It was stamp edwith an expression of abiding melancholy. Bronzed in hue, lighted• by large black eyes, with the lip darkened by a thick moustache, his throat and chin were covered with'a heaiy beatd, while his hair fell in raven mas ses from beneath his trooper's cap,, shielded with a ridge of 'glittering steel. ,Ilis halt and beard were of the same hue. The sword that hung by his side, fashion ed of tempered steel, with a hilt of iron, was one that a warrior alone could lift. 1 It was in this array that he rode to the I battle, followed by a band of three hutsdred 'ire; whose faces, burnt with the scorching I d a tropical sun, - or hardened by northern mows, bore the scars of many a battle. They were mostly, Europeans; some Germans, some Polanders, some deserters_ from the British army. These were the men to fight:, To be taken by the British - would be death on the !gibbet; therefore they fought their best, and fought to their last gasp, rather than mutter a word' about "quarter. IWhen they Charged, it was as one man, their three hundred swords . flashing over , heir heads, against the cloud of battle.— ey came down ut)on the enemy in terrible silence, 'without a word Spoken, or even a Whisper.' • . '. . 1 You could' hear the tramp of their steeds, you could hear the rattling of their scabbards, but that was all. - As they closed with the British, you could,hear a noise like the echo a hundred hammers beating the hot ir6n a the anvil. You could see Pulaski Mil li; riding yonder in his white uniform his lack steed rearing- aloft;as - turning his head ver his shoulder, he spoke to bis men: " FORWARTS, BRUDEAN FORIPAIITSr It was but broken German, yet - they un derstood it, those, three hundrecl men of sur • blunt faces, wounds and gashes._ With'one 'burst they rtishe.'d upon the enemy. For a ew moments they used their. swords,••and ea the ground was covered with dead , . bile their living enemy scattered in panic te- fore their path. It was, on this battle day of Brandywine, at the Count was . in hisglory. He under toed but little Engli s sh, so he,spake what be to say with the edge of the swerd. It as-, a severe lexicon, but the British soon earned to read it; and to_know it. An over the field, .From yonder Quaker eating house away to the top of Osborne's ill, the soldiers of the enemy ° saw. Pulaski ^A1pfe,..4441 learned to know his name by aeart. - . -' / 1 That white uniform, thitt bionzed visage, that tirtek horse with burning eyes and quiv ning n‘trstrils, they "anew the warrior well, ley torinbltxl when they heard him say— I'IF9IZWARTS;BRUDER'S FORWAUTS ri. It was at; the, rettat . of brandy trine that theTolander was most terrible. It was when 41e Men of _ armed, poorly' rod, ,shat.bikti"clottal•-•= g ave \way, step by 04, gore-te ()Verahet - ming dit:eipline the - Brifigi host, that Pulaski: looked like a hattle fiend _mounted On his demon steed. Ilia cap had fallen frOM his brow. his Ibroad-head shorn in an occasional simbnain rgrewerimson with the flash of an occasion .l cannon Or rifle. white uniform Was rent and stained; in fact, tiom head to toot, he was covered with dust and blood. • Still Ihis right arm wis.f there,' executing a British h fell ; his voice :has husky, but strong in every to Brudern I" • He beheld Vle division of ing from the field he sa ; yonder Stripping their '; coats fr I in the madnesS of pur4uit. South fir Washington', who, under Oreene,iwas hurVying to the Amilican!chief was not i Then iridaski was convulse Re rode madly upoti the b, pursuing Brittsh sword afterlloin, e'en thole, in, fro army ; :he thMg his steed ne the retreating' .Ameriens ; he in his broken English lio.tnrn effort; ho shuted it 4 hoarse daknot'vet lost! 1. • :. They' did - not understand the tone :in Ulich hie s&kei blood. • , . • . The picturO, too, 4tanctin clouds of haOle,'--tt Warrior passion; - covered 'with blood, h neck of!his sted, whihi his eyi • •ed,to fire, atjd the muscles c face writhing; like serpents -• say, filed many heart , with y • nerved ;many a` wounded or . - again. 1 , •1 • _ ' • ,"": Tried retreating, men turn( • .the ftit• again -H-like - the wolf blood-hounds-i4they sprang Alp the.fOe, land here them down perate charge.; . Those people know but . little of the char-. actor; of Wa4hiugtpn • who erns' him the e American° Fabius—that is, Generalm co pounded of piniKuce anti cant on,:with but a sparkOf enterprise. Atnerican :thins! When will ' . you show me the Rom. n Fabius that f tile, hod'a heart ore, - nerves of st 1, a soul that hungered for the charge, :an . ilterprise that rushed from wilds like Skippi)ek, upon an army_ 'like tbot of the BritiSh a Germantown, or started froui ice and shew, like that whiCh lay -across thei Delaware, Up - hordes - like those of the Hessians :it Trento —then I will i lower-}Washington down 'into IFabiusr This rcoMparison of our heroes with the,barbar; lion, de lige& of Rome, only illustrates the povert••l t of•the triind that make it. pare Brutus, the aisassi of - his friend,• ?, -- Corn with Washington, .the delivere of 'Ms peo pie Ocenn, - the ,opponent of ataline, with Ilenry;' the champion Of a_ coat neat! Whitt bef , gary of thougl2t. ! ILet 'us., leOrn to be :1" li t tie , indepet4nt; to l / 4 know .our great 'men as they. wi..-re,!not:: by ont4arison -ith the bar bariiati;herties of old Rome. Let las learn that W l ashingto ativie thine. bu't alrehrvalry an r:.• I . • 'lt Was at . the bathe of ,th 1 thaft thii truth Was -made pia i tfishitt,i. on t(:) battlei . lie IKI i hewn,iicwn by the .13riti:sh. 4 1 shriek: Ills name, and4ga •rdles.s al's:lfety, he rashel to pin then/ R -1t was. at thh .nfotnent tha I came rushing on once !more int 1 . YeOt was r iri the dead hay,. I treat that ‘Vashillgtotr, rushing Jibe Very centre of the inclix, N Lin . - the enemies ttioops on the hill,!sothwest of the meeting Pulaski Was•sweeing on with h i to have one more bout with th . • Washington was in terribl: trcxips were sweeping to thii so . , ish trOopers; were sweeping , itp around him—while Pulaski, on hundred..yards distant; wacat, ing ;blessing - among the hordes 1 It was a glorious prize. tbat M, i,Lgtoti:in the heart of ! the Britisl - Suddenly •Me Polander; fur i catiirli P t ' the sight - ;of the ,IrOn 1 :. rider.' : 1 - Ile turned to his troupe erect lip was wreathed with n be *cared his sword-be pointe . , 1 gray and his rider, 1 • , There was but One -movemen ;1 With! true impulse that it their war horses, and then a.g • a c and, compact, was speeding • , like a!thundor,bolt sped- from t ! three liti,ndred swords rose glitte, glimpse; of suillightnd in fro' lanelie, With his form, raised tO't a dark frown on his brow, a fi his lip; rode PUlaski, likea'spir' life; by - the 'thunderbolt be: r I were fixed one 'iron gray 4n.1 his band hadlnt one ,look, shout, NtASITINiGTON ! I The . British; troops had! American load4r-4-already the trail.or,. - Washiri,gtOn, seemed the zates,onotiden. . ' ;, I But !what trennbling of earth yonder ? -.. 11 7 h4t means What:terrible beating of bo it portend ? • That,' onntiois silence—and n —not of wodlslor of name, but half hurrah 'ull'..;clt shrieks - from as they , scent. !heir prey ? all ? • Pulaski is on our lila! the British ;army - Lai, in our Wake!- . Add. on be 4.atiie l and his. gal' A moment ,atidthe had swept or( ers—crushed, Mangled, dead 'and strewed the green. sod-he had the bill, he had passed the fom ton!'; : , t .'- 1 1: • AnOther moment, . and that' had adieeled---back to the or: death came.: Routed, d4fo t i the red coats gee - from. the . 14 iron band swept around . the torn Washington -- they encircle.. hi (onus •of..oak-:--theie .swords!,. i .o shout of his name shrieks throtig away to the AtneriCan host "they all a Soldier's'j4y; .:'. r • ', , It..was at Saanuah that night mien Pulaski: ;,.. .. .. • Yea,: :I. see liim now, under t -nig,lit riding inWard 'solider, .1 . black.steed reai.ing aloft,'while t; 'of his own menifOloared at his' in Right on, neither looking to left, be.rides. his eye fixed upo of the' British—his isseord_gleatu Lead e . For tbe4ast tit*ie they tear th "FORWARTS, Bgt*TRIC kenkta Then, they sa# the black bo forward, bis fore ifeet resting on of the enemy; w.Ple his rider pride of his fox* his face : bath of red, light. i 2 WEEKLY, SOURNAL-OEVOTE:g TO POLITICS, NEWS, I.4,l7BATurk AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE; AND MORALITY. ' The thtTsh once gohe, they sari \more. - But they found hiii—yes; mv's eunnon, crashed by the ' kilted his steed—=yes, they ve end rider ,` f together in 1 - ; still it Tol erlitig when it kl, - hoatse and - .—"Foi*arts, e dm the h • - . noble ..o glaring in t h e mulmgt 1 glassy eye. _. • So in his lory 11:0'died. He' died while America and ' land were yet in chains.— He died in the s suti' hope that both - one day would be free. ...NI • b regard to America, his hopes have been fult ; but Poland----- Tell me., shall - not • ie day i eonie when yonder monument--4erec d by ,!iliose warm SOuthern hearts nein. Sawa nah , --will yield: up its dead l -, . For Poland - will yet be free a ast, as sure as God is just—as Ore' as - Ile g , verns the . Universe.' Theti, When . re-creat Poland rears her eagle aloft again among th ban-7 1 nets of the nations, will children co , to'l Savannah to gather Up the as . lres of their he , and bear hinthorue,-ivith the chant of priests, with-the thunder Of eannor., with the tears of !millions even as repdntant France bore home . l i her own Napoleon . . 1 '.: • ~ - . . , 'ullivan retreat . "the British `oni their backs, looked rto the .ith the reserve the rescue, but view. w i th ra,e. - • Liyonets:f the tbering victim t of the whole Asa the.path of besought them . and make one tones that the . his words but thrilled their out from .onyulsed . with .aning.overthe •s seemed turn= Ills bronzed ha{ picture, I now courage, fin- the fight The Last flours of a Slagle This-morning,. Nor. 11. at 11; o'clock 'pre, cisely, an unfortunate man,.Mr. Edward Pink ney, underwent the Oa reme penalty of Meat ! nation, - b-y'expinting l his'attachment to Mary -AJ . ;:ile; in front of the altar railing of Si. Mary's Church. Islington. , It will be in the rOolleetion of all those friends of the party ivlto were tit Jones' at Brixton, two years.ago, that Mr. Pinkney was there and then first introduced to Miss Gale, to whom ha instantly . began to direct particu lar attentions-dancing with -her no less that six sets that eveniagdand handing her things at supper in the most devoted manner. Frbm that period cortumine l ed the intimacy between them, which ter-Initialed fu this mornings ca -1 tastropte. ' \ Toorllinkney had ,arely attained his 28th year; but there is no thief, but that for reasons of a pecuniary natter, his single' life would haVe crime to an tjntimely end. • A. change for 'the better, 11400, having Occurred in his circumstances, ihO yo - ung lady's friends were induced to sanction his addresses, and .thusbecome,accessOries to the course for which he has - just suffered. [. . i • . The unhappyyoung man passed the last night of his bachelbrlexistanee in 'his solitary chamber. From halt past eight to ten he was engaged in writing htter.g. Shortly after, his younger - brother Henry, knocked'at the door When the doomed votithtbld him to come in, Otkbeing asked Wfien he meant t( l go.to, bed. he-, replied,l '_Not yqt !"l'he question was then_ put to him, lhov. he thought he would sleep I To which he answered; '4. dont . nov,.. He* then expressed his 4sire Clun a cigar and a glass of,grog. lsis-brother who partook of the like refreshments, now deman ded if he - would - take anything more, that night.. He said, 'Niithing;' in a 'firm voice. His affectionate brother tlien rose totahe hi !i• leave, when the devoted one considerately ild 'eyised him to ?rile cart of himself.) . 11. - 'tecisely at a quitter of a minute to seven the next morning, tho victim of 'Cupiddiaving been called according:to his desire,.he,'"arbse and promptly dressed himself. lk -had the izelf-control to shayd• himself, without the . lighte. , •t. injury, for nt)t even a • scratch upon -his chin 'appeared after the operation.. t It would seem hedevotsid a longer tinie than Usti : al at his toilat. --. ; - • . l. i. —they faced atibap before 4n the neck of I wizi one des- was no new.- genius Prantivli-ine n.• lie came :field his men heard them , of his `person \% ishington ha e. 4c of that re forward into •aS enmngled op. of a high hone, while ;s grim smile, red eio.st.s. - danger- - Lis Brit the hill and a bill some ering a part.: 'f Hanover. . , The wsetehed mat* was attit&i: in . light blue dress coat, with frosted battens, a whit vest and Dankce trowsers, with patent booth. He wore around ,as neck a varig,ated satin scarf which party concealed the Camino Of thelJoSorn. . In frorit of the scarf, was ted :a breastpin 'o conspicuous diinensions. Haying descended the. Stair-ease with. ,a quick step, he intered . the apartMent where his brother arid lister, and a few f isher friends awaited him. He theu-shook hands cordial ly With all present;iandon being asked how "fie slept, answered, ' Yery . well! !And to the further demand is tai the'state of his mind, •he said that be 'felt happy.' One of the par ty hereupon suggt%ti that it would bens well to take something before the mela . ncholly cer emony Was gone, dim' ; he exclaimed with some emphasis, ' De4ith9.ily.', Breakfast .was acct rdingly served, is hen he ..ate, a French roll; a large round toast, two sinisag.es, - and drank three great breakfast cupsAof tea. In reply to an expression of astonishment en the part- of a person. Present, he deClared that, beliad never felthappier in his life. - Having-inquired ,the time, and ascertained that it WAS ten minu4. , s. of eleven, lie remarked Audit, would soon. bti over. His brother then inquired if he coubl iloanyibin for him, when lie said he ,would 'ink:, a glass of ale. Having drank. this .he appe*d, to be satisfied. The fatal moment tnow appoitching,, he de voted the remaining portion of - his time to distribute those liple;articleshewould no *lon ger want: To oi .4 gave his cioYar case; to another' his'tobacco qtoppei, and charged his brother Henry. with his lachley, with ins.true tions to deliver it, after all was over, with due solemnity to the landlady. The clock at, length struck eleveqandat the same moment 1 be seas informed that a cab - w.as'at the door. He merely said, ' I Inn.- ready,t,:and allowed himself to be conducted to the -vehicle, into which he got withOtis i brother,l his other friends f l pilowing 'on I.olnd, in others. . .: Arls rivinn• at the tragical spbt, a ;short but . anxious delay of ,Sonte . moments took place, after which•thev Wert , joined by the lady with her friends, :Little as said on either 'side; but Miss Gale' with customary decorum, shed tears-. Pinkney f ndOavo reCl to preserve deco- rum,but.a slight • twitching in his Mouth and eye-brows proclaimed , his inward agita tion. . , • , .., ~ STIIER Wash- . I army: eve 'Tray - and his his•whisk, rim smile— ! to the iron Inkwheeled k body, solid the e hearnns-- ing in a faint it-of the ava is full height, _ree smile on t.roused into e—his eyes his rider— one will, one circled the end of that yawn nixaa n the valley what does w that bbout Lit half yeti, be iron men at means it. terror of the lant. band.J-- r the Biitish- I dying, they Passed over of AVahing- iron band. pe career of if i ted, crushed, while the in of George with their f steel—the All necessaryi praliminanses baying now been settled, and the prescribed) necessai foinvdities gone i.bro'i the usual question was put—,Wilt. thoul, have this woman; to be thy wirer q will.' ' 1 1 . no then put the fatal ring on -Miss Gale finger, the hymenial ;loose was adjusted, and the poor fellow was tin - Imbed -into—mai. i. riniony i ! • 1 . ' 'the air, and bear him in came down H gloom of iimpart; Lis, Iwo himdr.l he -Tied or the cannon g over his Liglas Open thrigastizatio g u. , The I Kpow-Notbiag party ,:are discussing the jimpriety of di,siknsiog with their secret, oach-bound cerernonf t ...s. We, hopd they wily hive the trtanlinesq to meet the Democracy in a fair " . fight," in'open daylight. Throw Lopen your doors : gentlemen know;Nothingi, and let us see who and what Your party eon -sists of l . I 1 t war-cry ---j :, pjnngiog. the pennon, the, in • a flush: Dalai -1 6st, citiliutzunta nuntli,lnin'a, Tlurstair Denting, April. 12,:1155. Pulaski no :neath the saline gun found him, death, that. I t sky, with A 111isithisippi ." Can it' be passible that this handsome looking man is the far-famed Col. Bowie r whispered Mr. A--, in , my ear. " It. is so," I replied, and before I could add more Bowie was' by 113. My friend intro duceCl us, and soon we were-conversing to gether. "I have not seen you for some time," said my friend, at length; • "I am just returning from a trip to the Rocky Mountains," 'said Bowie. "Really, - Mr. M—l wish you had been along with :us. We ha d ' several fights with _the Indians, and in one of them I received a bullet in the arm. • Unfortunately for friendsithegam blers, it is nearly healed," and a terrible look -passed over his features.: .".Our party bad a most desperale fight with a party of Indians near Coons Bellow—there were twelve to one=but we beat them Off. At thii momenta loud shout 'caused n 5 to . turn - our heads : almost immediately the cry f "A man stabbed !" reached out ears. Soon th: crowd .epene±l,_ and:.the gambler came fort - hands were- coveQ — iiitb-It . Sudde ly he-,turned, wiped hi% knife on the coat of • man who stood. near him, and burst into a lon laugh. I . - . " What's • I this about 1" . . exclaimed Col. B. On he:irin, this, the • gambler thrust the knife into its she. th and approached us.' "Merely a mat stabbed—that's all," he said. "Any of you • entlemen wish to play cards ?" "I never play cards *th strangers," Said C° " l. A D V4 wie. tot ?"-- "Because, for all I. know t. the contrary, the person with whom I am pla *ng may be a gambler," was the r4ly. • On hearing this a crowd collect- around us. • "Do you niean-to insult me ?" " Insult you !" said BoWie, surveying t•e other_ with a look of contempt—" I insult no man,. si r !" • "Because you are too much of a Coward to do so," said the gambler sneeringly. "IS this gentleman your friend r " A new friend, sir," replied Bowie.!. "Well I insulted him a. few Miniite.4 . .agp,'' said thch.gambler. "Is this t-rue ?" asked Bow•ie s turning to Mr. M— replied in the affirmative. . " What is your name - r asked BoVvie. "My name is Meldullen," . replied the gam- " :" exclaimed with a look of " are you any relation to the duelist that slew Joe Wing.; a year ago ?" " Yes, it was I that slew. him," replied the zatnbler. • . A terrible lnok passed over Bowie's . 'face. " 110 l" he 'ex'claitued. " Perhaps you do not know that \Vingo was my cousin." • •" I dont care mho he was," returned the gambler. "If vou j,„4,1, I will-serve you the tqlme war."' • "Perbapc,", continued Bowie, a - strange simile creeping over his, features, ." perhaps you do not kdow that I swore -to' avenge his death r "Then ste 'out tbis.way, and fight me like a man " ".6r t m ne monient.. - Perhaps you do not kno ,at My name . is Col. James 'Dew ier On hearing this dreaded name, the gamb ler stafmered back, and gazing - Bowie. Va cantly in the face, he drew his hand. across his eves.. , "I.36Wie! Bowie he murmured. -"Aye ! James Bowie r' returned the other. "'Come, come, you wanted to fight me two minutes ago—l now comply with your re quest. lam the challenged party, andtthere fore„ I choose the weapons and the place.— Our Our Meeting will take place here; and our arms, shall be . the Bowie knife." "*Have it as you wish," said the gambler, throwing off his coat.: • placed his-hand, behind the backtof his neck, and drew forth a huge bowie-knife. Placing it between his teeth,.he threw off his' coat and rolled up Lis sleeves.. • "I am ready," be said in a clear -ringing voice. "So. am I,",:said the gambler. . Three - cheers for Bowie, were- given by the crowd. Bowie smiled, while the gamble:lA his lips with rage. - -"Make room," said Bowie, "I can't fight without a.clear field. Ceime," Mr; McMullen are you ready. • " Yes l' cried the gambler. . and sprang' his knife high above his head, and sprang' upon Both .struggled for an instant, and then fell to the floor. They ruled over the deck; the crowd making way' for them, until they „reached the railing.— Suddenly a stream. of blood flowed fromthe gambler's right arm, and he tittered a cry 'of pain. Still he -kept his hold. Again they rolled over and again] Bowie plunged ' the knife intohis arm. Suddenly cads released., his hold of. the other, and sprang to his feet. 'With the quickness tel lightening the gamb ler changed his knife from his- right:band . to his left, and sprang towards- Bowie. Bowie met him half way, and drawing back his arm, be plunged the knife into his body ; the gam bler herd up his , hands, dropped his knife and staggered• back. Bowie followed him step by step, still plunging his knife intohis body. At the fifth blow the gambler fell dead. " It is over," I said, drawing a long breath. "Gentlemen," - said Bewie, placing his foot upon the gambler's breast, and. half eitenth . ing his right hand, ." Ois man insulted me, and I sleW him. If anV one wishes to avenge his death, let him step out." BURIAL OF A &NOVI4a CIIARACTER.—The Auburn - . (N. Y.) Advertiser,' mentions the death at Weedsport, Cityuma county, on the 26th ult. of.one Ilarmcin Weedon, aged 86. Ile` had acquired a hadsome competency, and many years ag9 Made all his arrange ments for_his IHe constructed for himself a stone coffin, Of, the Cayuga lime stone, well finished, thelcciver raiting overthe sides oil a rabbeted sholoilder, and bolted to gether with six 'half--inc bolts, running thro' from top to bottom, au secured with coun ter sunk nuts. Ile req4ested to be buried in that, with "his cloak Wrapped,iround him," and no minister was tolbe allowed 'to come near him. His coffin Weighed sine thousand five hundred pounds, slid he save particular direetions how to Itwat him into the grave. All his directions wee*. explicitly followed, and by his directions tli4 coffin was not only 'bolted, but cemented together, so as to be water tight. -' Good Sera thntiats. . We copy the following' leiter from the Pittsburg Christian Adeoate. It contains the sentiments otbundreds of foreigners w io have Come to our hind. The sentiment is patriotic, and it is written in a spirit that 611 who read it must admire. . Blto7ltErt.CtAna:—The Provident.o of txpo so ordered my destiny that Lim barn outi of the limits of the United. States. While };et a mere 'lad, I . read- of the struggle of the he roes of the Revolution for freedom; nor did I fail to observe, that prominent among their grievances, was the effort of their tyraniCal rule to prevent the pOpulatipn of this cotin try, by restricting -the emigration laws:. I traced them through the varied scenes, frtim the first pistol shot at Lexington, to . the final consummation of liberty at the siege of York town; grieving at their defeats, and rejoicing at their. success; I saw . Laryette, Deßalb; Steuben, and others, from ~every nfttion of Europe, battling side by side with Washing ton, Greene and Gates, prompted . by no Mo tive 'but the . lore librty, looping/for no re ward but its triumph. Ili, that ! crisis th4re were none to charge that the stain 'of foreign birth polluted their souk; they went , down to their graves in peace, rejoicin# ilk by their blood and treasures .they bad assisted in es tablishing _on the footstool of .god, one aiy lumfor the oppressed. • .. . Inspired by ,their examples with enthusias tic love of libeity,'And encouraged by the Bo generosity Chi generosity of the .4.nierican people, I ent igral„ett to this country at an early ago, and 606 ventured my all, of hope,: fortune and .aspirations. You . will . notthink it strange, then, that I - become uneasy when - I see nn organization growing up amongtis, whose ob ject it is to blight my liopeS,rnirr my -fortiMes —when I see the religious presses of the country fostering and aiding this organia tion•—and, it is with regret I learned thattl e / AdroCate was among its: apologists. Wottld . not -the heroes Of the Revolution lie tineasylin sir . 0 -raves if they knew that! their names and their labors were perverted to aeccotri plish such an end.? Would not their blood cry ou - for vengeance, being spilled toreqiiht rtg,lits, t be thus bartered for privileged clas, ses and b . rthrights—the initiatory steps lof aristocracy . ' t I . • 1 - ' I have take an oath to . " renOunce forOer all allegiance to . ny foreign prince, potentate . or sovereiguity w atsoever, and particularly to the one-whereof was formerly a subject.l', ThiS c,ath makes it ps.rjuty forme to -elahn— any other country than his fOr I my hoMe.H. And .can I call this a hot 'e where I am not, •nor even can be (should t is Order prertip) recognized as possessitig fu privileges jot" citizenship ?,- lam rcee:•nizuci a, tucit by tb.) •laws and COnstittition-;- but this; der, cottn termining both the law and ConStit.tioNde. privies me of my ri , rlits, Caught in ti s trrip 'I • • - —robbed of, the privileges w nen were told out to induce me to -swear allegiance to tis i country, what place on earth may Lcall M . home? 'thaws renounced, on thy-oath, citi zenship to all, - other countries, and. - am I. then to be denied in this!' The Arabs or the Tar tars might refuse to admit MO to - their rights, but even their sense 'of honor Would forbid them thus to ensnare me.... I' must be lost; to every country, and every country lost to tic;' &are - that country. where the arm Of map can not not sway, the scales of justice. - ' I . read :my Bible in the language of Lu ther and learned to be a Protestant: • rind from'. my Bible and Wesley learned to be a Methodist.. No one asks me •to disbelieve the Bible because it came from', India,. Pro. testanismi because Luther was a • . Gerthan,lor Methodism because Wesley was an Engliih man. No ore refuses me a membership i in_ the - church because I was born inn foreign land. I can join them in praising God for his favors, and invoking his blessincrs on cs.nr country; I can commune with jtherm at the sacramental board, and - vet refusing me a vote, they will cast their - tballot side be side with the vilest scoundrel that eerdisgratied the soil on which he was burn. 1 Ministers of the gosp e l denounce me (with. all foreigners) from the 'sacrerldesk„ and for their proficie.u cy in the work.of the order,,are bribed lio abandon their professions, and mock the call of God, by entering the poluted' arena of po.„, litical warfare, and even endeavor:-to make the church subserVient lo their sebemesiH The lambs of God, which they were called upon to le'ed must; be left to thelnerey of .the wolves, whil . st they return to the fie :tit pot% of 1 Egypt. The voices which One day proclaim 1 the . unsearchable tides of Christ from the .1 sacred desk,"on the next may he seen wrung- I_ ling in the legislative halls: or. political ss Ou- l i euses,. about some schemes for party an•crrtin. I m i dizement. Of these things you cannot but lie aware. Many of your correspondents are rejoicing,lat it, and .yourself either cornmending or.silenkly acquiescing. I hope .fOr the :sake- of i c he church of which I am a member, for the c..alte of the reputation - of the Morale as a rel!g iOus Journal. and fin' the sake of Him win* cause it professes to sustain, that such .things may hereafter meet the . coiNumation they merit. • • A METHODIST: • . Woodsfield, Ohio, Feb. 14. TEmeErtascElSToiti.-- \ Ont.fevetling.laAt week we took our place ak the' supper table of; a Cincinnati- and _Louisville paCket. An ani mated conversation was going on betweeria somewhat ancient lady and a sober-faced male companion, on the subject of temperance. " 0 I" she exclaitned,with hermit. depicted her thin do despise thh WhiSkey drink er." The gentleman dropped his knife and foil, seized her hand, aud . giving it a hearty shake, we thought tears were' going to drop from his twinkling eyes. "Mzitlain," said, he," I respect, your senti ments and the heart-that dictated them,: -: permit no person to go' beyond thein despi sing the whiskey drinker:l have been disghs ted-on this very boat,- and I say it now before our worthy Captain's face. - What I ask you, can bemore disgusting than to see well dress ed; 'respectable. aye, virtuous looking yonng men, whose, mothers are probably even new putying.that the te;ider instruction by which their youth was illuminated May bring foith: precious fruits in their maturity—l . say,l to s.eeyoung men step up to . the bar'-of this boat and without fear of observing eyes; or the can.: demnation as en4htened opintan,- brazolily ask for old Bourdon or Rye, or Monongahela' whialrey, when in that very - bar they knbw thertis the very best ot Old Coguiac Brandy"' --Ogrida Sachem. A •Word to Whigs. -- , We clip the following article from' the' Lan caster .Examiner, that sterling Whig paper published by ex Senator Darlington. •We trust - . 1. - - the sentiments will find ,a' response in the hearts of many Whigs of this county...l - - •:•--- . /Or The object of the KnoW Nothing pat- - ty, is.saiii to be to carry out " American. prin-, ciples." One '. of - the most invaluable of those princtplea,'.is heretofore undersOod is the : right to fearlessly and freely vote as con science and judgement dictate: This(` right is perfectly abrogated-by this new party:- and its exercise declared a crime Of the*.tioat ig- . . nominious character. The penalty fair refu . sing to yote for any scamp the "Order" may 'see fit to put in :nomination' is etab4ied in the following extract, from the . Oath. The delinquent.swears . tosUbmit to the: di'ctation of the Order, under the : penalty," of ;having his name posted and circulated throughout t the different councils of - the United States,. i a perjurer and traitor . tO_God'and his Count y as beiny.unfit to be employed or trusted, tou - tenanetd, or supported in any - 6usine al tra4s. at. t ion,tai a. person totally unworthy of -the countenance and support of mee t, goOd. as one at whom the finger of scorn shoal& ever, lie pointed !" What independatit AmeriCan can_ bind himself thus? Are . not such obligations derogatory to the Character of honorable matt?Do not those who, assume them becoine, the mere tools and 'slaves of an organization which may he rendered subservient to the vilest ptli poses I • its internal constitution is of suchn character that its presents members. pre. 0- tirely powerless to control its action.. - Tie Delegates, to the -Grand . Council—most 1 ,; of 'them appointed b y the nine selected by, te -Deputies designated by the . President—hold th e ir places' for ' three years. This,: Grand Council does simply nominate elective ot- Cers. They assume. the right of interpretiiig the Oaths ...0411e Order, and. Of saying what duties 'are iinposed by those obligations. r — The Grand Council -of Cardinals • claim no greater power. They are said ard. the right of " private ititerpretation rf7arid - from this the whole protestant wcirld•: . drisents. ,2 ;,. And y e t this organization;, pfe-eminently.hos tile•to Catholicis,adopt* the most offensive ar ticle in i'the creed .of . the Roman Catholic. Church;' ' , - h. -there a -true, American; imbued With: the principle 4 of our Governinent—one indepen dent, ititeli , :ent, conscientious citizen—in This broad IQ, "wbo can justify such nn 6r i ganization in this free land. No marvel that_ 1 men of character deny their connection with such awA)rder ; although the denial may be a falsehood. It.evinces a regard for theit char-, aeters before the public, ifuot a conscientious I respect forthe truth. - . . • . .. Soldier's Wives in Ike Crimea. Mrs. Young; better known to the literary public by the name of. Mrs. - l'ustans, has pub li4ted a. graphic and -pieturesqUe account of her adventures" on. a visit to the camp in 'urkev : . - - . 'hu-_ ,,, in , ' , round :the walls of the Settaii z, - bar leks, we came upon the most wretched . mud uts imaginable, which had been erect ed for Ali soldiers' wives. • These edifices, more' ress;tablinu• the plastering: of Masons' wasps than irtythinrintended for habitation, were so low. :s to prevent the possibility f_ any one stand! .0 in them, and- were simpl patelled.against he wall, with - a . bit of ma - tingover the duo fray, and a small hole l e .admit air and light. It was of Course imPos- . sible that women con . 1 wash in Sueh . places as these; consequently, the poor creatures, with blistered arms and fa 'es, and often.bare headed, were standing expo •d , to the bOrn ing sun outside the tents - of le men: 54- respect waslost,.and the womei were a bur then, a disgraee, to the army, - in., ead of be ing as they ,s.hOttld have been, iisefu items in , their camp machinery. - • . J 1.. —' The French and English.'women ii'd not seem to associate at alb . - The" - wives :o our soldiers wondered at - the Manly costume 'if the useful cantineerS; who .have - ..their-lio -, and tent, and are treated with equal courtesy by , officers and, men ; and they, no doubt, were astonished:by the want of gallantry _in a people who bring women to the' Wars: in la -foreign land, .suffer theft' to stand unsheltered to wash the clothes . of the men in a burning sun with a thermometer of , -110 . degrees Fahrenheit, leave them unprovided with car riage when the regiment .move. 4., and Oblige each - woman to sleep, with- nine . Other peisons of both sexes in a circular tentscitne tiiveli . e feet iu diameter." i L . I ' ' 1 , A Saaktreoinbat. , , Combats between the :rattle . and biz k Snakes are certain if they meet, acid theibiatk snake is, with rare elteptions, the conqueror. Upon seeing each other; auintalS in stantly assume their- respective attitudes of: defiance, and display the greatemt differen6 in their organization.:The rattle snake eoils itself,up, ready for_ attack or defence; theblack=snake, black s ' snake, being a:constrictor, tnovesabont m fro side to side,, and. is in. constant activity —naturally exciting .each other's passtons.4 7 The rattle .snake finally settleardOwtOnto glowing' exhibition .of animosity, its fangse*- - posed, its rattles in constant ugitatioo. . The black snake, .seemingly - conscious -that the moment - of strife has come, now commence s circling round its enemy,. - Moving so iiivif6;, that it seems but a' gleamof dull light:; the rattle snake attempts to follo - w the moi,ement, and soon -becomes 'confused, and - diclps its head . in despair; then it, is that the !blaCk snake darts upon the batik of the neektof its deadly foe, seizes it between its 'teeth; end . springing upward, 'enveh)pes the mttlesnalie in its folds. The struggle, though not lOtg is painful-; the .cotnbattants .roll over ht -the. dust, and get entanglP in the bushes; .biit every moment the black snake...isAightenitig . iis :It old,:u'titil the rattle . stiakegaSpifor breath, becomes helpless - arid dies. ~For while the' black snake still retains its 'grasp-; yOu perceive, ts muscles -working with .coustaot . energy ; but finally, it-cautiously ungoils*- self,. ‘ tin& qUictly betakes to 'the Water, where, rrecovering-energy - , it dashes abOut!ti , meat isif in exultation, and aisapPea - ri the - - • - 1 •, liar Temperance, the only thing in t ren dem map int 'for employment ; 11 MorolifY the' only principle to fit him for society; Re igitie;=! that which brings to. God and piepares him for life t 'A 4 7-4 good barrel of tour weigbi . 106 pounds. When in the state of dough it weighs 305 pounds. When baked 265 pound ittithat - 1.7„_ it 40:41.,,t, . . _ . Singular,Conple.• . • . " Along with my brothei,-who was collecting matter for a work be Wai!about 'to:publish/I \ .1\ % • ited the inierestlng . ittrn of 11- ezbata-.-i--:' ter . ting.at least to him, for it WaAa fine fieist.., for ' tormal rmearch sithOugh,-for ,MY ,own ; ., part, found but little to admire•hesidea' its - =- ancient church.. 'The: ciicuiri - stalicelf which more than anything elsiktititaitied !.he.=-ilingy town a lasting . place at Jig mernOry, was, our taking a lodging with, an - extmoickluny * pair an old man and woman-4inebind and - wife - ' who lived by themselves, without:child- oreei:-. - mat, subsisting on the letting of their ps!lor ~,,, and two bedrooms. . TheY were tall, 'thin, and erect, though each -seventy ? years of age.— - When we knocked at the door for admittance, they answered it Mgether if We' ratig4e,bell , the husband and - wire invariably ippettred.iiairt by alde r :and all our requests _and , tlemancli; '". .rpre received by .both, and executed Withth e ,=:. utmost nicety-and exactness. -: ' '- ' - The first night, arriving late:..br'.t _ __! ach from Newcastle, and merely rqulri,g a 1 .... - fire, and onr tea, we were puz zl ed . tb -1112..er, ! . stand the reason of this double; - sttendanei.i . and I remember My brother, rather irterer;- ; .' ently, wondering whether - ice " were always to be waited upon by these- Siamese , Iwinir On ringing the bell, to-retire *ter' The . bight,:: both appeared as , usual:;-them wife earryit ig the - ' bed-room candle-stick,the husbanclAlandiegr.-- -at the door.:" I gave het some directions about :.. breakfast the followiug:. - Morning, Alien . the husband from the door quickly. Answered,. for . her. "Depend Upon it, she ii dumb," whii- -- pared my . brother. But this was not the ease though eh _ e- rarely made use of the faculty of speech: - They both attended - doe into my bedroom when the old lady,•seeing we 10 - ok with some.' surppriso towards her husband, - said : "There's - 41- no offence meant, ma'am, by my , husbinu#:, . coming ; with me into the chaniber- 7 11e'S stone; - blind--.' - - - - Poor - man !":I.cie,laiined. Bat' why' , , eu does : he not Sit' still Why,-4s. he aeeonftui ny von ererylhere 4 . 1 ” 1• no, use, ma'am, your 'speaking- to !thy old woman, said the husband;; she"-tarit hear you—she's quite .desE" - - • ; I *as astonisheil. here was compensation! Could:a pair be better thatched-I llfaii and wife were indee , one flesh; rot' he ,_saw With her _eyes, and she heard' with - his : eitsli it was beautiful t 4 -we ever after to, watch the old man and.ssUinan .o ( teir..inseperabler Their sympathy ; with. eaclkother was as swift as .pleetrici ty; and made depsivatioti as; =unlit • I. have often thC . ,Nlit of that old .Mats' and woman, and cannot 'Mt lope;.;that as they ware 'inseparable and indiApensubli;:ba each, other, so in death they Might' :not. 'be' divided, but. eithei Am spared The 'terrible ea lathity• of. being alone in the world.- Hear Refliapiiiirranklii: - , It is an mifortunateireumatatiee,foi Know Nothingism, that _the "testimony ofthe r fatherta of the republic is. all -against it. To that' al ready publiShed; We add .the 'opinion "of. Ben jamin Franklin. During the discussion attc4 : : ding the formation .of the Osnsiitution; . he said "He should be sorry to see ; anything law -*- illiberality inserted in, the Constitution.. - The people in Europe arefrieudly to this country: Even in the - countries with which- we =kith' lately been at_war, - -Ve have now, and had'dti; ring the. war, a great many_friends - oicit4nily among the people AtTihig - e ; :but in both ses of Parliament., every other._country-in Europe all the people are our frienas. , foundNin the course of - the - revolutichl,...that many strangers served us faithfully; rind- Ma many natives took punt a g ainst their Country. When foreigner's after loolcing - ,about. for some other country in' which-they can obtain more happiness, gme'a preferenceto,_oitrs;l.it is a proof of attaehrnC.'at which ought: to -ex- cite our confidence and affection?' . A PriipheNy. We some drys , a4O inferred tolhe prAsn ble result of the coming - oledion Virginia, to is strength- It iannot,,bo ,ginin'aitliki thingism, and (11 for such 'n, Froo•Soilisani Know-N otll-result will ThO : laver) , Know useCuti6n- In )43 surprised - to iiiiont man in te Presidency, In 'the -nation of principles lioNzsr LADOIL—X4bor, hone 't labor, ls • •!, right and beautiful. • Activity , is a ruling ' - element of life, and its:lll , lst Lts.tot , - ries And conquests are, the results.of''tit ! we can imagine nothipg- wittscut•Jt.- ha noblest man on earth; is- he that puts, tiffs ha d cheerfully and proudly - to holiest tither.'" La - bor is a business and an ordinance of God - Suspend:labor, and! Where - is • the gliny-:•ind•' pomp of earth—the ftvit'ef fields_ and places of fashion for which. Wen ! stsive - war Let the .labor-scoffer look - alOund at himself and leans *hi t - ire the'trophii:s of- toil;; From the crown of his head, to thesole or his foot, nnlesihe made as the beast, he - She debtor. anti slave of toil.; The labor shell he scorns bee tracked'llitu into,,tisti, • stature and appearaiiee "man. - he his garments and f ittuipage?' 'Let labor answer. Labor 'makeS Music IR themind and furrow, and at the far t- • • • - . . TnE,.CALIVi)IiNIA t Cmgoott.--;-• -The - higk. mountains of California are freqvented in. a- specicaof condor,. 011144 AlthOoglitrionievrisat - - inferior in size to the condor•oty.tbet-Audes„,. is probahlV the largeit bird to , be found with.; - in the ctielnes of the; Golden State. A full:' grown .California conilor nitiesinia ipivard of' thirteen feet from tip to tip of its Wings,. and ' when in its' latisiritti element i ,the -air, iaas.. graceful and majestic- as , any bird: iu gt, -world. They , make 1 their Immezt . oport-tha edges- or .lofty roe •' or in the eld:4eitilied rlests of harries= andj &Omi t ' ripiirthaisppei . branehea of lofty treelL": These i : 4444 ath' .. about twelve ounceti in Weighti ara, , kl. - id., 'to,bei t xqelient eatit 1 7 . 114- z*OetC - Pc , **,'.. gii% reit wing feathers of' t ,condur;araistiont,Tour inches ldng". and . tbrift.eigh4'erlin • inch `in - diameteliand'are naMl. - kyl titeitiluibitanta - Or Northern Mexico , fo leop gold - dastiii. --' - L - ,- - - - f;t1,•"-4`i-' ";.71:-P'-:-1-11;:"