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I hear thy Voice, 0 Spring
BY s' ILI.LA.I 1. PARODIF..
hear thy voice, 0 Spring' -
Its Bete like teem: are floating threitzh the 'air,
%Veining my goul.with their wilo ravishing,
From earth's heart wearying carp.
Dismely s rect thy stmg-- ,
But yet. methinks, as near the groves I past!; .
Low sighs on viewless wings are borne along
Tear: , m the epringiiig grass.
For where are th. y, the young.
Th e inv.d. the heautthli. who, when thy voice,
A ye:.r agnne along these valleys. rung,
Did hear-thee and iejnice!
Thou see I.'Bl for them in vain—
Nn more 'll6'll greet I lire in thy joy 0114 FOll,lll
Calmly they sleet, bencuill the murmuring main
Or moulder in the ground.
Yet peace. my heart—be slid!
Look upward to yo rOzu re s . ky, and know
To heavenher online now their bosoms thrill,
Where balmier breezes blow. '
For them hash lloomed sering,
W
-hose flowers peremat deck a hotter sod
Whose mustc is the 4tet_ that steaphs slug ;
Whose I etc, the smi le
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'UNITED sTATE' SENATE—March 31
Farewell Steeelkof Mr. Clay.
After the transaction of busine:4s of a price
nature, Mr. Guy rose.ao‘l spoke
I , li vl. 4
Mr. CI-%T said that he arose for the purpose of
cooking a motion, but, before doing so, he would
In•g love to make a single observation.in relation
to a subject which he should 'leave unfinished
lor mant the resolutioTis .which lie had proposed
a: amendment. , to the C-onstitution of the United
States. He had wislyd Prior to his retirement,
from the Scnafe, to obtain an ex pressi at of its
sense on these amendments; but, owing to ill,:
health and the state of the business of the body,
and owing also to the a b senc e o f severa l hi s
friends, lie had thought it to lie, unnecessary to
call for such an expression, or to reply to the :dile
aniuments which had been used on the other side
in opposi'ion to these amendments. However,
he would leave the subject in the hands of the
Semite, to lie disposed of as its meinbers might
thiiik proper, and he would remark that notwith
standing all that he hail hearol:the opinions winch
he entertained when lie introduced these amend
ments remained unchanged. And now he hoped
that he would be allowed to announce, formally,
his retirement from the Senate of the United,
Mates, and he trusted' that lie would be pardoned
for availing himself of the occasion to make a few
observations with regard to himself. He remark
ed that he entered the Senate, of the UnitiaP.States
in I sn6, and at th t time he regarded it as he
now did. as a body which 'might be compared,
withnut disadvantage, to any legidative body that
ever exi-tail, either in ancient or modern times,
whether they looked to its dignity, its powers, or
to the mode of its constitution, and, he would
so add, as to the amount of the ability which he
would lease behind him on his revrement. In
-comparison with the - Chamber of - Peers of France
and the House of Peers of England—he was sure
it could be made without the least disadvantage
to the American Senate ; and with respect to the
constieution of these• bodies, their members held
their places in virtue of no 6legated authority.
but derived their power by e a creation of the
'Crown. transmitted through -a course of heredita
'ry events, or the issuing of nerVprotents; but here
a different state of things existed ; fur Senators
held the pi:oud title of representatives of sovereign
States, of Common erealths. He had long been
in the service of the United Slates, and lie now
desired to seek that repose which wits citt'y t . . 7) be
fouhd in the bosom of his family, in private life,
and at his home. It had been his purpose to ter
minate his Senatorial career, in NoVeriber, in4q,,
after the conchtiion of the struggle.wtoich'ehar
acterized that yber ; but having at that time Nam
ed that an exult session of Congress was to be
called,
.and winch his subsequent - reflections
prompted him to think was inevitahle,•he felt de
sirous, prior to his retirement, to co-operate with
his friends and with the Senate of the United
States, in restoring the prosperity of the countri%
by the adoption of the measures which, in their
iinhzement, were best calculated to accomplish
the object ; and therefore he concluded to attend
the extra session. It was called. as is well known,
by the lamented Harrison But he died, and the
:succession which took place produced a new as
pect in the public affairs of the country. Had
thmeral Harrison lived, he (Mr. Clay) did not
entertain a particle of doubt that eveay measure
which it was hoped would have been accomplish
ed at the extra session would have b een
liv the comperatien ofithe Executive branch
iv tilt the Legislative branch ; anul he hoped that
he mi•Mt he allowed to say, with respent, that if'
there be any one who, free front part. feelings
. viol party bias, would reflect With candor and jus
tice, he would approach' to the conclusion to
- wlech he (Mr. ('lay) thought that the country
:would come, that. if there was any thing to com
plain of in council ton with the extra session, 'it
was not so much as to what Was done, but what
was left undone. Had Harrison lived, and the
measures which were so desirable been carried
out, he would have resigned his scat; he did not
do so, becaue lie indulged the hope, the vain
hope, that, nt the regular seekiim of Congress.
what had been unaccomplislied at the 'extra ses
sion would have been ace omplished in some of
the forms proposed,.or that tiro re would be' sonic
equivalent ; but, events soon 'after the extra ses
sion, events resulting from a failure to accomplish
the objects of the extra session, events which
seemed to throw on - his friendS , every where ap
parent defeat, induced him to •attend at the regu
lar session, and, whether in adversity or prosper
ity, to share the fortunes of his friends. Not
:Withstanding, he came here with the purpose he
was-now about to effectuate—to retire as soon as
he could, from the public councils. From 1806,
the period of his entering the Senate, down to
the present time, With but-short intervals, he had
- been engaged in the service of his country. Of
the nature and value of his services, during that
long career, it dill-not bcconie him to speak, - but
history, if it should design to notice Masi would,
' he-did not doubt, transmit to 'posterity an impar
tial record. But, on one subject he might speak
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VOL XVIII.
without vanity. His public actssand . conduct
were subject.; of public judgment, but the private
inotices of his actions, those which have prompt
ed him. to take the part which he had taken,
could be known only to the Great Inspector of
human hearts, and to himself; and he trusted
that he migh . t, be pardoned for repeating an obser
vatimi which he made thirteen years agp. What-
ever errors he may have committed, and doubtless
lie had committed many, many, since he entered
the public service, he might appeal to the Be-
sign Beil4 for the truth of the declaration;
which he made with great pride and confidence,
that he had been actuated by no motives, with a
deal of personal aggrandizement, in the advoca-
ey of measur •s upon which he had been called to
act ; but he had an cy e, and a single eye, and a
heart, and a single heart, deroteAl to the best in
tereAs hf his country. During tills long period,
he had not escaped the fate of Other - public men;
he-had been the object ol hitter and unmeasured
detraction and calumny ; and he had borne it, he
would not say almost with composure, but ire had
borne it without creating any disturbance here.
He had borne it with an un•haken confidence
that the -triumph of truth and justice was certain,
and that ;time would settlir all things as they
should be settled. He had porde it under the
conviction' that nu injury Au him would result
fri , m it, and that He to whom they were all re
sponsible would acquit him, whatever injustice
he might experience at the hands of those who
maligned airn. But he had not been unaustain-
ed daring this time. Every where on the ywide
spread continent., he had enjoyed the benefit of
warm-hearted, enthusiastic friends, who sppreciat-
ed justly the motives by which he had been actuat
ed ; and, if he had suitable language he woulit here
make to them a .public acknowledgment for their
kindness and affection. If he had been giiilty of
a want of expression of gratitude towards those
friends, what should he say, what could he say, at
all l'ollllllellAll rate with the many tokens of appro
bation received from those whose Semaiir he had
no long been 1 He emigrated to Kentm ky forg
ave years ago, and went there as an orphan, as
one who had not attained m ijority ; as an orphan
who had novel recognized a father's love. lie was
p or and penniless, without the favor of the grt at.
w oh an tin and inadequate education, and
limited to the means for this one object. He bad
scarcely put his foot on.the soil of that State be
fore he was calla:iced with. parental fondness, arid
caressed like her own child ; arid from that day
to this, her choicest honors, always unsolicited,
had been showered upon him. When he stood,
in the darkest moments of hts existence, abandon
ed by the world, and ealimmiated by his own
countrymen, she threw around hint her impene
trable shield, and, bearing him aloft, repelled the
attacks of malignancy and detracti. n. It vas to
him, therefore, an unspeakable pleasure that be
was shortly to return to, his borne, and that he
would eventually deposh, and the day was not far
distant, his last remains "under her generous soil,
where sleep her gallant and patriotic sons. An
epithet had recently been'applted to him whether
for the purpose of honor or detraction he did riot
,know.. He had beer. held up to pie country as p
Dictator. The idea of a dictatorship was drawn
from Roman institutions, rind when tt was created
the perdun who was invested with that authority
had - ciincentrand in his person till the powers of
Stale ; all the property and the life of every citizen
were in his hands ; he could raise armies without
levies arid revenue without law. Now, if he (Mr.
1; ay) had been a Dictator, what would. have been
the tamer with which he would have been en
trusted I , Would he not have hod an army, na
vy, revenue, and a distribution of the:patronage
of the Ci ivernment I • But had he any power, in
shprt, whatever T If be had been a Dictator, he
tlfouelii that thcrice who lately applied the epithet
must admit two things. First, that his dictator
ship had teen distinguished I y no cruel execu
tion ; that it had teen entitled by no blood, and
soiled by nn act utolishonor. And although he
did nut know when the commission of dictatorship
harp date—he supposed, however, from the extra
session—they moot admit that if he hatdbecome
invested with or usurped the power of a Dictator,
he had voluntarily surrendered it much sooner
titan the time fixed by the H n tan law for its con
tinuance. Haan eittleavor, at the extra session,
and at this, by a co-operation with his friends to
carry out the measures fur which they contended"
ut 1841) ; if a derareito see a discorded currency
arid the exchanges regulated ; if a desire to replen
ish the empty cullers of the Treasury by an im
position of suitattle duties; if a desire to extend
relief tot the unrirtimate bankrupts of the country,
who tail been ruined ‘ in 6 great measure, by the
polrey of this•Governnient ; if a desire, with the
co-operation of his friends, to limit. restrain, and
to cheek the executivF branch of this Government;
if a drsire to preserve the honor and credit of the
country 11 adequate and suitable provisions suffi
cient for the I orpose of fulfilling the public en
nteplents, if a faithful promise and an ardent de
sire to carry out and redeem the `pledges which
were irate by his friends when they were strug
gling for au a quisition of power—if these consti
tuted line a thutator, their he supposed that he
must hear the odium of the epithet. His dispost
tron in the pull service had been enthusiastic. he
was ready tin own : did those, who supp 'sea that
h.; hid enter! mined a de.ore to dictate, had only
mistaken his ardor in debate, a n d his pitrnitte ex
et Iliffis to fulfil the trust under which he held his
seat.—baring this long and arduous' services In
toe public councils, and especially during the fast
eleven years' service in the Senate of Pie Uni:ed
States, with an ardor of temperament and an en
thusiast:yr of character, lie had no doubt—in the
•honest ! pursuit and endeavor to maintain the o
pinions', which he entertained in oppesition to those
which prevailed on the opposite side with regard
to public affairs--otten; and unintentionally and in
discreetly, made use of language which was sus
ceptible of an injurious interpretation by his bro
iher.Senaters, But if there were any who retain
ed any feelings of disaffection resulting from the
employment of such language he b. gged to assure
them that he now made the amplest apology for
deviating from a parliamentary course of proceed
ing, : and ho assured the Senate, one and all,
without exception and without reserve, that he re
tired froln the Senate without carrying with him
a singlet - feeling of resentment or disaffection tow-
ards thrlSenate itself or any ono of its members.
He went from it under the hope they would mu•
tually endeavor to maintain - the honor of their
country, and, whatever Might be their personal
considerations, that they would only dwell tin con
flicts of mind against mind, end in the struggles
of intellect against intellect, in the inodgieff promo
' ling iteinterests and its happiness, These were
• the feelings under, which he had spoken, arid now
AND POTTSITHIE GENERAL ADVERTISER,
WEEKLY BY, BENJAMIN BAN_NAN, POTTSVILLE, SCHUYKILL COUNTY, PA.-
he trusted that he be allowed to make the
motion which it was his purpose to submit when
he arose. It was to present the, credentials of his
friend and .4necessor. If any ! void would be crea
ted by his withdrawal from the Senate, tit would
be filled to overflowing by his worthy successor,-
• •
whose c. gallant bearing and steadfast to-principle,
.and his uncommon powers in debate, were streatly
known to the whole country. Ile moved that his
credentials be received, and the oath required be
taken ; and now, in retiring, es he was about to
do, forever, from the Senate of the United States,
he would express the l 'earnest hope that patriotic
measures would be adopted for the relief of the
country; and that it might fulfil the destiny which
was chntempfated by the framers of the Constitu
tion; that the deliberations in the public councils,
now and hereafter, may be for the good 'of the
common country, and for the restoration of its for
mer prosperity, and perseriation and matntenance
of its honor abroad and its interests athome. He
retired from the Senate at a period of infinite dis
tress, and he wished that he could have taken his
leave under more favoro'ile auspices. Without
saving upon whom reproach ithotild fall for the
condition in - which the country was placed. he
thought that he might appeal to the Senate and to
the country for the truth of the obAervation, that
there was no blame which justly hated nr has door.
And ngw, said Mr. Clay, may the blessings of
!leaven rest upon the he.ds of the whole Senate,
and may they still advance in honor and foie,
and, et hen ttu:y shall return to the bosom of their
constituents, May they all individually meet there
the reward the highest of all human rewatds. the
grateful salutation of ft Well dope thou good and
faithful servant." Mr. President. and Mes-ieurs
Senators, I bid you. one and all, a long, a last fare
well !
We fiind in the New York Courier and Enqui
rer, a communication on the evil limes and their
remedy, from which we make the following ex
tract :
o The grand remedies would be a National
Bank, a Tariff. and aid furnished by the Federal
power to the States. The first is out of the ques
tion will' our present President, and the present
majorities in Congress. He is against the meas
ure, and there is not a constitutional majority in
Congress to overrule his objections. A tariff is
recommended by the President of over twenty per
cent. Let that go to thirty, and let t it go there
quickly. for the patient needs presenfremedies, if
lie is to be saved at all.
Next Congress should pass an act furnishing
securities for the `state debts in the shape of stock.
to the amount of two hundred millions of dollars,
if necessary, and place it beneath these State debts
as security. Mon may start at this proposition.
but Why should they What are they f Are
their not to the Federal power, what a family of
isons are to a parent f What parent, having twen
ty-six sons scattered over the common domain—
industrious, enterprising, honorable sons--who
in the course of their improvements, and the up..
ward and onward-course of their prosperity, should
be suddenly paralized by the inroads of a despot,
until their means were, for the present, dried up,
and their power to command them fir the present
inoperative, and yet with big hearts, and noble
souls and undaunted courage, were doing all they
could dd to rid themselves of debt, brought upon
them by the tyrant. I ask
_what parent, having",
the power of relief, and even hesitating moment
to grant it;, would be looked upon in any other
light than as a monster f The States of this Uni
on, I assume it, stand in the same relation to the
Federal power as such a family of sons would
stand to a common parent. The obligation to
relieve in the ono case, is no less binding than in
the other.
I assume it, and it can ho proved, that any ab
rogation of, or interference with the Land Bill,
(except to modify and sustain it.) by suspending
its operations. would ieflict a yet eeeper wound
upon the credit of both the Federal Government,
and that of the States, and injure, deeply, radical
ly injure, instead of benetitting either. "
My MUTIIEII.—AIas! how little do we appre
ciate a mother's tenderness while living--how heed
less are we in youth, of all her anxieties and kind
ness. 'But when she is dead and gone, and when
the cares and coldness of the word come withering
to our hearts, when wad how hard it is to find
true sympathy, how few love us for ourselves, how
few will efrientl us in our misfortunes, men it is
that we think of the mother that we have lost. It
is true I had always loved mother, even in my most
heedless.thys ; but I felt how inconsiderate and
how ineffectual had been my love. My heart mel
ted, and I retraced the days of infmcy, when I was
led by a mother's hand,,ond rocked - to sleep in a
mother's arms, and was without care or sorrow.—
•• Oh! my mother," exclaimed I burying my face
in dm grass of the grave, w oh ! that I was once
more by . your side. SI • eping never ti wake again
on the cares and troubles of this world ! "
TUT DIUVRIRD NWT TILE WORST Ills .—A
gentleman stevped into a tacecn, and saw a filth%
drunkard, once a respectable ni.n, viraittitg for bir
liquor. lie thus accosted him
, why do you make yourself the
vilest of men r
I aim the vilest," said the drunknril,
Yes you are," said the gentleman, •• sea how
you look—drink that glass, and you will be in the
g,ulter."
I deny your pozi-zi-tian," said the drunkard.
Who—who is the ad-vilest, the tempi.teaipted.
or the tempter? who—who was wor-werat, Sa.
Satan or,—hiccup—Eve ?"
ri
Why-, Satan," said the gentleman.
Well—hiccup—well, be-behold the temp
tempter !" said he, pointing to the bar: The ar
gument was trresi.itible. The bar•kcepir flew into
a pa , sion and turned the poor fellow out of his
house without his dram.—Moordia. z;
REFOTI3I. - Almut five hundred ladies of Mont.
tidier, Vt., recently addressed a JetitiMi to Mnj•lr
Kelsey, inn-keeper in that village, urging him to
repudiate alcohol and all that it inherits. 'the
Major took but little time to consider and answer
ed that he would do so cheerfully—only regretting
that he had not sooner ceased selling the, poison,
and thus escipkl their rebuke.
A tailor in Deptford, England, has placed in
'his window a long list of names of persons owing
him money, together with the various sums, from
a pound to fifty-four shillings odd, amounting to
£738, with a notice, that persons who had died
Or failed in business are not included. , Crow&
-of persons gather round the windoW to see the
list of debtors thus set forth.:
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1842
The It emedy.
Nothing Perfpet.
Row beautiful the rose!
. And yet
Sharp thorns its stem infest;
How bright the diamond glows!
But it
Has specks upon its breast.
Think not in man to fiLd
. throne
Of truth an,lsinless grace;
The best are ofl unkind,
And prone
To tread life's turbid ways
Love and Marriage.
Mr. Catlin in his new work upon Indian char.
acters, gives the following grsphic sketch daluve
scene between Graham, tho English fnent,l3(Oce.
014, and the niece of the unfortunate chief which
the balk has deliniAted with the pen of acaaster.
It was on one of those glowing evening; -of
sunny south, when the clouds are gilded it splen
dor to await the departing god of light, afte a hard
day's toil in pursuit of a tiger, which at Oat f e ll
wounded by the ripe of . Graham, and was finally
despatched by the tomahawk of his swarth: friend,
that the young t , fficer first experienced tht witch
ery of love.
'Wearied and feverish from excitemen in a
climate to which his system had •eareely *come
rem cited. he gladly accepted the protTerel ham
mock of netted crass,. suspended by Natlfeocee.
Oceolas niece, beneath the umbrageou..wide
spreading branches of a large oak tree, frotrwhose
limits hung the graceful, yet melant holy aoking
m a s s—at times in festoons, at others lallintin per
pendirular masses, to the length of etcher ten
feet ; forming a drapery infinitely surpasing in
beauty and splendor all the richest and mut t
orate works of art.
In this simple, yet ingeniously consiruced
al couch. the young hunter reposed hr wean,
while Nittitieoece watched his dtturbed
Teen, apd a.pu:ed her bill fancy with his dlirtous
unittoriiip in a liingua , ze she could not cimpre-
bend, whilst she carefully, with a fan tren' from
the leathers of the pinnawatv, or wild tut key, nush
ed away the intrusive musketoes, or the to less.
annoying sand flies.
:the; a few hours' repose, Captain Graham a
woke refreshed and turning his still halfelosed
eyes, they rested upon a face of beauty of to pe
culiar a character, and in such perfect aceodanee
with his own romantic disposition, that ha very
,soul felt suddenly a thrill ho had never liefre ex
perimiced. Beside him stood, iii blushing uodes
ty, a perfect child of nivure— her dazzlii.;.leaek
; eyAllaaittig fire under an excitement entirey new
to her unsaphisticated and pri louse consumion
—she felt abashed, yet new not why—whikt Gra
ham drank deep and largely at the first sping ul
love, and dwelt with rapture upon the perfil um
metry of her firm as she leaned against if huge
trunk of the oak under which he had slept.
Natbleogeo possessed not only a face olloveli
ness, hut a form which might vie in beautyof pro
portion with the most exquisite production; of the
Roman or Grecian sculptor.
Her costume was such as would shock the re
fined modesty of the more intellectual lass of
white females; but nature knows no shone but
that of sin, and assuredly, if virtue consist of pu
rity of thought, sentiment, or action. Ib artlr as
girl was pure as t' , e fountain which Jail; reflect
ed with her unrivalled charms.
The upper part of her form, according to the
custom of her tribe, was left uncovered—ter long
black htir floated to the winds, unbraidid, over
her finely proportioned shoulders, and as no zeph
yrs caught the unconfined trdsses, they world play
upm a bu:4 Venus herself might have proudly
owned. Her head wis surmounted by a tuft of
feathers plucked from the wings of the snow
white ortolo, or virgin crane, interspersed with
those of the gaudy crimsoned flaming i—the whole
i confined by pearls of value collected among the
Islands at the southern extiemity of the peninsula
of Florida.
She wore a skirt of Chnsaee, or fawn's skin of
the softest texture, which was embroidered with
minute sea shells, interspersed with pearls of rare
beauty. and extraordinary magnitude, and further
ornamsnted with strips of ermine skins and a set
riely of feathers of the richest hue. This huk-
kasykee, as it is denominated intho .arninole lan
guso,e, extended horn her waist to a little belol,
her knees
Her beautifully formed legs were encased in
uphetaikas, also made of Ghassee, ornamented at
-the outsides by a double row of beads—a pair of
prettily worked moccasins, or Indian shoes, made
to correspond with other portions of her dress,
completed the attire of the chieftain's niece.
Nathleocee was the orphan daughter of a neigh
boring king, who had hoen killed in a battle; from
infancy she had been. leered and cherished by her
uncle with all the find affection which a noble
minded man feels for a lovely object looking up to
him for protection. She was scarcely seventeen
when Graham became enamored of her estroritt
nary charms. With all the natural gra-e and dig
nity of one horn free es the bounding fawn of the
wilderness, she combined the retiring modesty end
fern nme timidity of girl jut blushing into woman
hood ; there was withal an arch play fulnevs which
caused the heart of many a young Seminole war
nor to bounibwith rapture when her piercing black
eves chanced to rest upon him.
Although .he loved her i• Hanlte-tustenuzVi "
or white warrior. as Captain Graham was called
throughout the Seminole nation, still she conceiv
ed it. 'a degradation to ho allied to a Istelialke. or
white - man ; hut at length yielded to hi's continued'
importunities, and the 3 were m uric,' according to
the forms and ceremonies of the Seminole Indians.
Three successive seasona produced ;lemony off
springs to gladden the hearts of the affectionate
parents ; then come a withering blight upon the
hones of future happiness—the tend wife was des
tined to be seperated by the rude hand of war
from her husband, and the father from his chil
dren.
Speaking of the Mexicans who compose the in
vading army, in Tetas, a writer says: •
They arc a very i n f er i or race o f nien ; general
ly very diminutive i ln stature, with dark, svkxrthy
14kitts, and numbers Of them look like a mixture of
Indian and negro blood, while . some appear to
have a small sprinkle of white blood in their
veins. They- are no soldiers—have small arms
and very little muscular sirength, lazy and cow
ardly by nature—half the day they want to be ly
ing down, taking a siesta on therdirty ground;
they are poor marksmen; and although they can
load and file a musket almost as fast as any sort
ed . men in the world, they never take their aim,
sad generally turn their _head away; when , they
pull the trigger. -
kTitriff Meeting wee held at Danville; Pe r on
Saturday last; • . •
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At the regular meeting of the r Home League'
of the state of New York, held in this city on
Wednesday evening the 23d inst., among the valu
able papers read was tho followingletter from His
Excellency Gov. DAVIS, of Massachusetts.—lt was
addressed to General Tazt..w•rm E. and not intend
id for publication ; but it is pertinent to the sub
ject and comes from a great and good man, known
to be devoted to the well-being of his country, and
thoroughly acquainted with the whole subject of
Prot‘ition to American Labor. We hope-Gover
nor Davis will not disapprove of its publication, as
it was demanded by the whole meeting. and seiz
ed upon as public property, whether Gen. TALL-
M inG g would conset or Y Tribune.
WORCESTER, March 21,1842
MT DE an Sin :-Yours of the Bth reached me
only a few days ay. and I immediately made
known your views in Boston. lam heartily re
joiced to see the spirit of the, country rousing up.
When I saw with what tranquility we were de
scending toward the verge of the Compromise Act,
I began to think nothing but the distress of long
experience could recall the sense of the people;
and it is that which has electrified them at this
early day. An empty Treasury and competition
with the starved labor of Europe will wake our
country men up and put then, upon the enquiry.
There is no doubt a tendency to over-production
of manufactures cn the old continent, and they
must balance better between them and food. Eng
land is in a sad position, having a vast surplus
population, with vast atrangements for manufac
turing, while her markets abroad have been dimin
ished by a great increase of the same industry
elsewhere.—she monopol zrs her immense colt,-
nial trade, but it happens that nor'.e of her Atlan
tic colonies arc producers iit ordinary f;iiid, and
here her sy stem pre saes heavily upon her ptipula
ikon on 'his pima, and I see no hope of present
relief. 11, however, she con oht in mist cotton ft out
India and su l ply in return the manufactured goods,
her system will acquire a new impulse, for she ,
will have a hundred millions to provide foir.
Our condition is exactly opposite—Agriculture
here predominates, and our policy here should be
to encourage other pursuits to maintain Agricul
ture, and this may do till we reach a point of ex
cess whit h will not be in our day.
It gives me great satisfaction to see other parts
of tile country moving. and especially New York,
for it is the business of the Agricultural States to
move and support a division of labor, for this is
the only process by which they can sustain them- .
selves. To talk of protection to Manufacturers,
widen the idea that they are reaping special bene
fits, is idle. - The policy goes greatly beyond the
purpose of aiding a particular class of persons, for
the enquiry no, shall we in substance be all fdr.
niers, or shall we divide into various employments,
that our tonnes may be supplied? If the far
mers feel no need of this division, then let us give
it up; for the manufacturers and mechanics can
live as well by the land na they. I have always
thought Protection to Manufacturers was an un
fortunate misnomer ; for it is labor of all sorts that
we aim to sustain and support, as much one class
as another, and let us hold firmly to that. We ge
for the great interest of labor, and if we can take
c ire of that, there is nothing to fear, for the coun
try will be prosperous an happy. Let us then,
under no name, late sight of ou object, or of our
identity. We ninanat free pros erous labor, while
Free Trade aims - at cheap - .ids made cheap
by cheap labor. In the eye 01 Free Trade the suf
fering, starvation, and utter neglect of the laborers,
ns well as their moral and intellectual degradation
a r e nothing ; a rent a yard in calicoes outweighs
all these mighty matters, and thus avarice is left
to triumph over humanity and morality. England
asks for free trade just to the extent that she wants
the markets of other countries, and no further.
Her position is the opposite of ours ; her surplus
is goods, while ours is produce. She wants free
vent for-these goods in our markets, but takes care
that our food shall not interfere wtth her agricul-
The United States are in a deplorable condition
—no currency—no confidence—with every thing
depressed, dark and gloomy. The Treasury is
empty and the finances distracted; but it is all
working out ono great problem, and that is, that
we must take care of ourselvei by fostering our
own-industry. Opinion is rapidly turning to this
as the great remedial measure which is to dispel
the clouds vi Inch hove gathered • around us,
and give us the bright sunshine again. God
speed your efforts.' I write in great haste, and
Remain your friend and ob't serv't,
Ftowsns,. TREES; SU 1111 oEn T.—We are not
about to philosophize at all, but we wish to ask
the farmer—the man who hes a house and a lot
with 'it—the owner of any. spot of solid earth—
why it is that ho does not more often realize the
power which he has, to make himself master
.of a
literal paradise 1 Our poets always talk of green
leaves, and bright fresh flowers, and noble trees, as
things belonging of course to a blessed place. Our
by nine sing of "t flowery plains" and o trees of
life immortal," and ail our representations 'of
happy places and scenery include them as a mat•
ter of course. Why cannot this be realized ! The
man who has a hotse, a garden, a yard, a firm.
can, with a little care, have all these, although he
can lay no claim to Therels wisdom in
cultivating these lovely ornament: ; although
we promise not to pli:losuidirr... tin cannot help
saying that there is mot -, pi d t-I , phy 1 , 1 thrse
no
tions than 01.151 b. lalatae. ' l ' it're is
reason as will as poor:. he ‘shu has about
his dwelling these children df dlie earth, will bare
among them the songsters of air; and tho fragrance
and music which comes on the breath of summer
titian.. his opened window will sweeten his in
telleCtual associations as well as regale his senses.
Now, if ads little' article should be the means
of planting a hundred trees and flooersove should
not be surprised to find out, in the end, that 0 had
cherished, also, a hundred domestic virtues.—&-
fated.
ECOSORT OF ANTRIIACITE COAL - YOU STE►?I
.uo►Ta,—The Report of the Camden and Amboy
Railroad company, mentioni a fact which will not
be without its influence- in materiallpexteriding
the consumptiOn of an anthracite coal. It is sta•
ted that in one of the boats of the company, the
Trenton, whose new boilers were , built during the
past peat., upon a• plan 'calculated for the best ap
plication of Coal, the consumption per day does
not exceed two tons and one quarter, costing ten
dollirs, whilst seven , cords of wood, consisting,
27 50400 dollars. were consumed formerly by the
same boat, on the same run. •
BY MRS. lIKM.tN
By the soft green light . ' in.the woody glade,
Ou the banks of moss where thy childhood pla:Cd
By the household tree through which thine eve
First lookbd in love. to the summer sky,
14 the delvy gleam, by the very breath
d'the primrose tufts in the grass beneath.
Upon the heart there is laid a spell.
Holy ana pree.ous—.7ohl guard it Well!
By the sleepy ripple of the stream.
Which loth lulled thee into many a dream;
By the shiver of the ivy leaves
To the wind of morn, at thy casement eaves
By the bees' deep murmur in the limes—
B) the music of the Sabbath climes—
By every sound of the native shade—
Stronger and dearer the spell is made.
Be the gathering round the winter hearth
When twilight called unto household mirth;
By the Cary tale, or,the ternd
In that ring of happy faces Mid; •
By the quiet hour, when heartS unite
In the parting prayer, and the-kind'. good-night!
By the smiling eye, and the loving tone,
Over thy life has the spell been thrown. •
And bless that gift hath gentle might.
A guardian power, and a guiding
11 hith led the freemen forth to stand
In the mountain battles of his land;
It hash brought the wanderer o'er the sea's;
To dog on the hills of his own fresh,breeze ;
barkAt.d to die gates of hit, tiolier's hall,
It hash led the weeping prodigal.
Yes! when the heart In its pride would stray
tom the pure first loves of its youth away,
y hen the sul yang 'Sreath of the world would come
O'er the flowers it hro't from its c hitd:mod', home;
Think then again of the woody glade,
Anil the sound by the rustling ivy made,
Think of the tree at thy father's door.
And the kindly spell shall have power once more.
, There's flange yin the mines old man.' I irv
claimed to a miner, who with his arnis bent, lean
mg against the sides of the immense vault, ab
sorbed in meditation ; ;it must be a frightful lif
The old man looked with a steadfast but some
what vacant stare, and then in half broken sen
tences he muttered, .danger—where i 3 there not
danger—on the earth, or beneath it, on the moun
tain or in the valley, on the ocean, or in the qui t
of nature's most hidden spot—where bath not
death left some token of his presence I'
•Truly,' I replied ; -but the vicissitudes of life
are various ; the sailor seeks his living on the wa
ters, rind he knew each moment that they may
engulph him ; the hunter seeks death in the wild
woods, the soldier in the field of battle . , and the
miner knows not but that the spot where he now
stands, to-morrow may be his tomb.'
-It is so, indeed,' replied the old man ; .we find
death in the means we seek to perpetuate life;
'tis a strange riddle, who shall solve it r
.llave you long followed this occupation 1' I
asked, somewhat struck with the old man's man-
'From a boy—l drew my first breath in the
mines—l shall yield it up in their gloom.'
- 'You have seen sonic of these vicissitudes,' I
said, , to which . you just now alluded.'
'Yes,' he replied with a faltering voice, I have
There arts a time when three small boys looked
up to me, and called me father. They were stur
dy .stripplings. Now it seems but yesterday, they
stood before me in the pride of their strength, and
I filled, too, with a father's vanity ! But the
Lord cha•teneth the proud heart.—Where are
they now 1 , I saw the youngest—he was the
dearest of the flock—his, mother's spirit seemed
to have settled on him—crushed at my feety-l-a
bleeding mass; we were together—so near that
his hot blood sprung up into my face. Molten
lead had been more lasting than those fearful
drops. • One moment and his light laugh was in
my ears—the next, and the large mass came;
there was no cry of terror, but transition to eter
nity was as the ligntning's flash—and my poor
boy lay crushed beneath the tearful load.. It was
an awful moment ! but time, that change - tit sll
things,'brou6lit relief, and .1 still had two sons.
But my cup of affliction was not yet full. They,
too, were taken from me. Side by side they died
—nd as their brother, but the fire damp caught
their breath, and left them scorch anti lifeless.—
They brought them home to the old man ; his
jewels— than whom earth's richest treasures in
his sight hail no - price—and told him he was
childless and alone. It is a strange decree that
the old plant should thus survive the strippling
things we shadedArind for whom it would have
died a.thousand times. It is surprising that I
should wish to die here in the mines?'
'You have indeed,' .1 replied, 'drunk of afflic
tion ; whence do you derive consolation
The old man looked up. 'From Heaie
God gave and he taketh away,--blessed be hi:
name !'
I bowed my head to the miner's pious prayer
and the old man passed on.
JOHN DAVIS
Msncn.—This is the month when hares, in
England, become toad. Hence the saying—""mad
as a March hare." It is singular, that the inferi
or animals should be so much more regular in
their habits than man. Hares go mad In spring
—dog's in mid-summer, when red Sirius rages ;
but men go mad at all times. If any given time
was set apart for the madness of mankind, we
might pass laws for its prevention, as well as for
the prevention of hydrophobia. This would at
one put a stop to gambling, whether in lotteries
or fancy stocks; it would
,prevent all doubly haz
ardous speculations; and such schemes as the
.dot . seheme," which beggared so many lunatics,
would never have lived beyond a day.—N. l';ok
TAKEN AT tits WORD.--“ I say, stronger, It
raina,": said a merchant the other day, to a square
built down easter who was quietly passing hi.
store irr you,had better stop in and buy an urn
sell .you one at half price." Without
a word of reply, the Yankee walked in, selected
one of very superior silk, and inquired the price.
o Five dollars, sir, we sell them at—have never
sold them for less," was : the polite responsa of the
merchant, who, in the eagerness for trade had
alicarly forgettenitis conditions of sole.—Jonathan
cool y lacing doWn two dollars and a half, took
the umbrella and walked oft leaving the merchant
to calculate his profits upon the sale of his goods
at half price.
A Mite RE.PIIOIIf.-I ' o a young infidel who_
was scoffing at Christianity, because of the mis
conduct of its professors, the late Dr. Mason,
said : • , - ,','.
~.,
'Did you ever kno v an uproar to be male be
cause an infidel went astray from the path of mo
rality " . • •
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The infidel admitted that he did not.
'Then don't you see,' said pr. M. that by ex
pecting" the professor of Christianity to be holy;
you pay it the highest compliment in your Pow.
er 1'
The young man was silent.
NO. 15
The Sven' of home.
The Miner
Dlr. Calhoun to 1b23.
The sentiments of Mr. Calhoun, uttered in our
National i.egislaturenearly twenty .years imie;
are strikingly applicable to - the present position
and policy of this nation. He says: • -
The result of a war in the present state of out • ,
naval power, is he Machado of our coast, and -
consequent destruction of our ttade. The wants
and habits of the country, founded on the use of .
foreign articles, must be grati6ed ;.; importation to
• certain extent continues, through -the policy of
the enemy, or unlawful traffic ; the expoitation of '
out bulky articles is prevented; the specie of the ?
country is drawn of to pay the balance porp•ettial•
ly accumulating against us; end the final result
is the total derangement of our currency. To this
distressing state of things'iliere are two remedies, •
and only two; one in our powfr Immediately, iho
othel repairing much time and exertion, but both
constituting in his opinion, the essential 'policy of •
this country, he meant- the navy, and domestic
manufactures. By the former, we could open the'
way to our markets; by the latter we Minn thein
from beyond the ocean, and natural zn them in •
our own soil. Had we the means of attaining an
immediate naVal assendenty. ho acknowlialged ;Mit
the. policy recommended by this bill, would be
ry questionable ; but as it is not the faet—ns it is ,
a period remote, with every exertion, and will
b. 3 probably more so, from that relaxation of t xer.:
lion so natural in pence, when necessity is not
felt, it became the duty of this blouse to resort to
a considerable extent, nt least, as far as it is pro.
posed, to the only remaining remedy, the protec
tion of the Manufactures.
This produced an interest strictly American, GE •
much so as agriculture. In this it had the decided
advantage of commerce ur navigatton ; and the
country will from it.derive much advantage. A.
gain, it is calculated to bind together more closely
our widely spread republic. It will greatly in.
crease our mutual dependence and intiiyeourse,
and will, as a necessary consequence, excite an in.
ef'ased attention to internal improvement, a sub
ject every way so intimately connected ( with the
ultimate attainment of national strength, and (ho
perfection of our political institutions.' He regiird
it'd the fact that it would make the parts adhere •
more closely, that it would form a new and most
po , erful cement, far out-weighing any political
ohjections that might be urged against the system.
In hi. opinion, tl.e liberty and tritioirof this-coun
try were inseperahle united ! That ss the desttue.
non of the latter would most certainly invtive that
of former ; sp l its maintenance viill, with (vial
certainty, preserve it. He dud not tipeak lightly.
He had often and long revolved it in his mind,
and he had critically examined into tl..e causes
that delgroyed the liheity of oilier states —None
of thein apply to iis, at bail with a force to alarm:
The I , a.iis of our n public is two broad, and its
structure too strong, to be shaken by them. Its _.
extrusion and organization will he found to [(Tor
effecti.al rocurity against their operatiiin ; but let
it be deeply impressed on the heart of this House
and country, that nMk they guarded against the
old they exposed us to a new and terrible danger
—disunion. This single word comprehended al. -
most the sum of our political dangers; and nitwit
tt we ought to lie perpetantily guarded.
Foreign Itcnn
H STEAMLIIS.—Two of the HalifaX
steam ships, the Brot,nia and Calitlonin, have been
this,week put into the giteen's. Graving Dock.—
We observe the vessels belonging to this line un
dergo frequent inspection there, that nothing may
bo felt undone that may contribute to safety. Our
nautical readers will be gratified by a 10. k at the
Caledonia's bottom, as she now lies dry. We un
lerstand that not a shadow of straining or twist
;to be seen. It is matter of considerable in%
t among shipbuilders and other judges kat
steamers, great as is their length, show less
straining than any other class of shipping that has
done hard work.
erect
heed
I‘l,, TIT A Lrrf OP Tilt MEMOPLI9.—The aztithe
register. d in London and no suburbs in the week
ending the 19th in.t.tet, amounted to 957, of
which number 453 were males ar.d 45* females.
The Porte has withdrals n its pretest against
he installation et Jetusultat uf the English Bishop
Alex ender.
The veteran r , pealer, Tom Steele, obtained hiEi
discharge as an insolvent del/ter or. 'Wednesday.
Mr. Oriel, of Devizes, states that ,the wages. Of
agricultural luboters, in Wiltshire, range from 7
to 9 shillings a wick, and that' the greatest dis:
tress prevails amongat them, many families being
uc'u.dly starving.
Sir Robert PO was burnt in fifty at Bathgato
on the 23d ult.; he was carried through the WWII
on a pole, followed by a large crowd, who kept
firing at the effigy during the whole of its grog.
ress. A halt was nude at the doors of the twist
obnoxious 'runes in the toWn—the crowd hissing
and shouting Down with the Tories." After
parading the town, tbo edigy was placed in a tar
barrel, atill set on fire, nn - individual pronouncing
the following words: "So perish all traitors to
their country." After the burping was over, the
large concourse quietly di-pc rued.— Glorgnur Chro
nide.
lc men of the name of Leary, a so'dier, is ii.onr
in C , irk jail claimed, on his own ronlessi:ln, with
the murder of the It v. Mr HUM Itoa, near Bandon,
in 1433.
TENIrER4tirE —Thu tir.t anniversary of the,
Washington Temperance societies of the city of
New York and its vicinity. wits celebrated by a.'
procession in'New York on Tuesday last. li . ear• -
Iv fifty different Societies Irontnong Wand, New .
Jersey, and the neighboring counties, were retire.
sented on the occasion. u Tbo•procession,' says
the Tribune, w was neatly two miles in length.
and marched through the streets, between lines of
astonished and rejoicing citizens crowding the cur
acre to behold this great and before .unheard-of
display of Temperance triumphs, to Wq:inatott
Parade Ground, were three stems had boen'etect•
ed, from which the gro it .coneourse, which must
have embraced same eight thou:and pe•iple,• was
aililreesed in hertfelt, eloquent language by Mr:
Barrel, District Attorney of. Queen's County,
Capt. W. A• Wisdom, of PI-diode:phi:l, Moira.
I John Holman and T. M. Woodruff, of this e irty,;.
Then funning in proces,in bgain, they marched
to the Park, where they went dismissed." •
.In the everling l ,a great number sat down to
grand dinner in ,the Centre Market Ilall.
night meetings ripe held in various parts of, the
city. The Holi.Tunopottu •ruittsonursEr
addressed a large; meeting nt the Tabernacle:
MECII.Of MAL tra.ants.—A good trade is worth
thousand dollars to any young man. ft is worth
more than money as at inheritance ; for this may
fail; that never! will if he bo industrious. We
thinh well of those institutions of teaming, whem
di's, tedium of att4ly is occasionally relieved by em
ployments in some mechanical operations. Theta
promote . : the heidth both of body and mind. and
may give the student a trade, which -in the event
of his not being able to acquire a living by his
wits, will still enable, hint to derive a elite support
from profitable labor. ,
„
A TEE-TOTALLER. — By the upsetting . of abertt
a feW days since in the Foto/lac., at Heiper's
Ferry, a man was so nearly drowned that the
greatest efforts wall required to restore animation:
Fhe usual stimulants .were applied, and es he re.
lived, an
,ef ,rt xvaslmade to induce hini . to swal
low some brandy. Exhausted as he was, how ev
eT; he refused, havirig signed the total abstinence
pledge, and being unwilling in any tiny to aiorate
it. • He recovered folly withoutthehrandy:
I A..meering in favor of Texas beiibeon Gel
Savannah,