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CLINTON WELCH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LEWISBIIRR, Vim.
W7IL1. prar.liro in tlie w.voval Courts of Union
anj NoilhumbcrlnnJ counties.
KlIKkll TO
Hon. Jumcj nurimidn,
J:mie.- T. Hale,
F.. C. Htimm Co.,
Hon. A. K Wilson,
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From llic Nntiiiii.il Miiguxiuc.'
THE FLOWERS OF GOD.
Consider the lillics of i he field.
Tlio veli-ome flowers nrr I'lossoming,
In jiijuuN tru"s n vi'Hl'il ;
Tin') lill iheir ilmt y buiN and bells
In pii.lt'ii ini'Hil un I lit'l.l;
Tin'v link in ev'iy (umIi?s ji.nh,
W'hcrf forest I'hil.lriMi In ml ;
Thi'v ilot likt K'nr. Ilif xicej tuif,
Wliich lies abuve I lie ilenj.
Thoy fpoit with every pl.iyfnl wind
Tnl s ins the LilooiMna tieef J
Ami lauull un evel) liaiiinl Lu.ll,
Ail loll ol loilmu bet a i
Fioni i tie krerii iiniiiio ol Like and ltani,
Fii'idi Valu and inonii:uiii m d ;
Tlie) look in genii'- liloi) loilll
Tlie pill u aweet ll.nverii of Uod
They cunie iili ieni.il niis u ltd i-kie(
l.i viiimiierV yolileii prune,
An. I in Hie Mi iek II uoild eiieb.ick
Lot K dun bliralul clime ;
Utitaliiiiiiig bi lciiiiuii they come,
And y lull soon mv.iy ;
But yet, like linn, they meeUy bieuthe
liue vvisJom while lliey stay.
'Il (Jtid," tlicy wliiiiper. "Kiniles on us
And L 1 1 1 3 tii bloom iiml t-liine,
Docs 11k not niHik, U laillile.'P man!
L.ii.li wish mid want ol thine. .' .
Think, too vth.it joys await in heaven
i he t'leM ol tinman Lnllli.
When lapluie. mh-Ii n wons I lice now,
Can leach ihe bail on caiui!"
Redeemer of a fallen race!
Mint merciful of kinii!
Thy hallow'd words have rlolhed with power
1 hose frail mid beauteous iruniis;
All lannht by thee, they yearly s-peak
Their messaire of deep love,
Bid.li m us fix, for life und dealh,
Oui hearts and hopes above
Biographical.
THE LAST OF THE ROMANS.
N A T II A X I E L M A C 0 X
The Nalional Intelligencer of July 19th,
gives us a sketch from Col. Denton's new
bnnk of the great man whose name heads
this article. That paper ms Mr. Macon
was a very remarkable man, and he was a
. '.!... : .n..i:..ll lw....ol. orwt fifing
- .Iaiat I lypr ui tiir aiiiiini hi i.t "" "
DOt'rOll I. W. llUtillKh. ol the Republican Siate of which he was a
the hemlock, and in lli.it f ill fti'h of v Lvcli p mdiMife,' and thnt thiess r event was
the Grecian saje had only a glimmering, fathi r lo the (rn nler. The Siate ol North
He directed his own grave on the point ol Carolina gave Oeneral Greene 2,000 acri
0
FFIC'E on Broadway, near the I.i.iscpi.uI
Church. Sunbury.
Sunbury , May M, 1S53. tf.
STJNBURY, PA-
THU inilscrilier rc-pf ctfully informa bi friends,
ami Uw public generally, that ho h;i opened
tlte'-I.wnce House" and will do his beat en-
d,or..0 l'lcls0 ibf. i't, Timnsnv
R-' " Fell. 26, 1853. tf.
YWAKER & HASLETT.
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W"h ? . , " V nver Book-, of all kind,,
geat "f the '' oV Vennsylvania, edition of 1851.
Pn:' la. ,V,tion of Blackstone. Cnmmen
na'ive. Scarcely ever did any ot our ear
lier .'j'ulative statesman exert so decided
an influence in atiaping the course of the
Government in its foreign relations as he ;
and during the critical and important years
preceedino; the war of and throueh
all the trying exigencies in which this
countt v was placed by the wars of Europe,
his opinions, ever frankly espiessed, were
always looked lor in England will) pecu
liar solicitude, as affording a reliable clue
to the policy and intentions of Congress.
Mr. Macon was a model republican, and
his character is eminently valuable in a
republican Slate, as an example for all who
would serve their country honorably, and
give dignity, purity, and perpetuity
to our republican institutions. Colonel
Benton has drawn this portrait admirably,
lor bis heart was in it ; and every reader
will be n!ruck wi!h the .implicit v, clear
ness, force and bejuty of the delineation.
We have read nothing lor a long time wilh
more pleasure or a deeper interest ; and,
as we know of hardly anything in Ameri
can biography so worthy of the study of
American vntith. we conld wish to see it
I :ri.urlu.l in u&.i.ru crtinnl lirt.b in thi rnun-
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COL. niMOX'S HISTORY.
A n im IS? J. Qttliiry Aduin Prr.'.drill Kctir:n;;
o( Mr. iVlat'tiu.
riiilosophic in his temperament and
wise in his conduct, governed in all his
actions by reason and judgment, and deep
ly imbued with Bible images, this viituoiu
and p;itri'.tic man (whom Mr. Jefl-rsjn
called '-the last of the U imans") had long
fixed the tnrmofhis political existence ut
the age which the Tsalmist assigns lor the
limit of maul v life : "The davi of our
years are threescore years and ten; and il
i)V reiii.m of s'rength they be fourscore
years, yl is their slmiuth lalior and s ir
row, for it issoon cut nfl,and we fly away."
lie louchu) that age in lS'.'S, and true to
all his purposes, he was true to hU resolve
in this, and executed it with the quietude
und indifference of an ordinary transaction,
lid was in the middle ot a third Senatorial
term, and in the lull possession of all his
faculties of mind and body ; but bis time
lor retirement had come the time fixed
by himself, but fixed upon conviction and
(or well contidered reasons, and inexora
ble to him as if fixed bv fate. To the
Iriends who urged him to remain to the
end ol his term, and who incited that his
mind was as good as ever, he would an
swer that it was good enough yet to lei
him know that he ought to quit otlice be
fore his mind ouit him, and that he did not
mean to risk the fate ol the Arch-bishop of
Grenada. He resigned his Senatorial lion-
ors, as he had worn them, meekly, unos
tentatiously, in a letter of thanks and gra
titude to Ihe General Assembly ol his
Slate, and gave to repose at home that in
terval of thought and quietutie wmcn every
wise mart would wish to place between
the turmoil of life and Ihe stillness of eter
nity. He had nine year, ol this tranquil
enjoyment, and died without pain or suf
fering, June 'jyth, 1SJ, cnaracterisiio in
Heath as in life. It was eight o'clock in
the morning when he felt that the supreme
hour had come, had himsell full-dressed
with hi hahi'.ual neatness, walked in the
room and lav upon the bed, by turn, con
versing kindly with those who were about
him, and showing by his conduct that h
was readv and waitins, but hurrying noth
in". It was the death of Socrates, all but
a sb rile ridg", (where noimdy would wish
'n n'riiL'hl and covered a idle of rriiieh
(litits'oie (which nobody would wish to
build with) deeming this sterility and (be
use. sn s. ot this rock the best security
for. thai undisturbed repose of the bones
which is still desirable lo those who ore
indiflerenl t monuments.
In almos, ail sirongl vmaiked characters
there is usually some incident o1- sign iu
early life wliich shows that rharat ti r and
reveals lotlie close obs-rvor Ihe type of the
f'utnr- it ah. Si it wa with Mr. Macon.
His firmness, his patriotism, Ids sef'-d nial,
his devotion to duty, and disr'-eurd i f office
and emolument ; his modesty, integrity,
8-i!-contiol, and mi'jerlion of conduct to
the convictions of reason and the dictates
oftirtue, all so steadily exemplified in a
long life, were a'l shown from the early
nge of rinhleen, in the miniature repn sen
tation ol individual acli':ii, and only con
firmed in the subsequent public 'Xlnbilions
of a long, beautilul, and exalted career.
lie was of tb.it ag', and n student at
Princeton College, nt the time ol the De
claration of American Independence. A
small volunteer corps was then on the
Delaware. He qmt his books, joined il,
and served a term, returned lo Princeton,
and resumed his studies. In the year 1 71 S
(be Southern Stales had become a buttle
field, tig with tlu ir ov n fate, ntid possibly
involving the i.isiie ol the war. British
fleets and arini' S appeared there, strongly
supported by Ihe friends of the British
cause; and the conquest of Ihe South was
fully counted upon. Help was needed in
these States; and Mr. Macon, quitting col
lege, returned to his native county inNorih
Carolina, joined a militia company as a
private, .and inarched to South. Carolina,
then Ihe theatre ol the enemy's operations.
He had his share in all the hardships and
disasters of that trying time ; was at Ihe
bill of Fott Moultiie, surrender of Charles
Ion, defeat at Camden, and in the rapid
winter retreat across the upper part of
North Carolina. He was in the camp on
the left bank of the Yadkin when the sud
den flooding of that liver, in the brief in
terval between the crossing of the Ameri
cans and Ihe coming up ol the British, ar
rested Ihe pursuit of Curnwallis, and ena
bled Greene to allow s.nne rvst to bis
wearied and exhausted men. In this camp,
destitute of every thing, and with gloomy
prospects ahead, a summons came to Air.
Macon Irom the Governor of jSortti Caro
lina requiring him to attend a meeting of
the General Assembly, of which he had
been elected a member, without his knowl
edge, ,y the people of his county. lie
refused lo go ; and lie incident being talk
ed of through the camp came to the knowl
edge of the General. Greene was a mm
himsell and able to know a min. He felt
at orce that if this report was true, this
young soldier was no common character,
and determined to verify the (act. He sent
(or the young man, inquired of him, heard
the truth, and then asked for Ihe reason ol
this unexpected conduct this preference'
lor a sufleiing camp over a comfortable
seat in the General Assembly 1 Mr. Macon
answeri d him, in his quaint and sententious
wav, that he had seen the filers ol ihe Bri
tish many times, but had never seen tluir
buck, and meant 'o stay in -the army lill
he did; Gieene instantly saw Ihe material
the young man was made of, and (he han
dle by which he was lo be worked. That
material was patriotism ; that handle a
Kfiise of duly ; and laying hold of this
handle he quickly woiked Ihe young sol
dier into a liilT. reiit conclusion from the
one that he had arrived at. lie lol.l him
he could do more good as a member ol the
General Assembly than as a soldier; that
in (be ormv he was but one man, and in
ihe General Assembly he might obtain
many, with the supplies tbev needed, by
showing the destitution and sufT ring whiih
be had seen in the camp, and thai it was
his duty to go. This iew nf duty and
usefulness was decisive. Mr. Macon obey
ed the govi rnoi's summons, and by his
representation contributed to obtain the
supplies which enabled Greene to turn
hack and face Coi invallis, light him, clip
pie him, drive him (urtln r back than he
had advanced, (lor Wilmington is south ol
Camden) disable him from remaining in ihe
South (of wliich, up lo Ihe battle of Guil
ford, he believed tun s-1 1 to ne ma-frj aim
sending him to Yorktown, where he was
captured, and the war ended.
- The philosophy of history has not yet
laid hold ol the battle of Guilford, its con
sequences and ellecls. That battle made
the capture of Yorktown. The events are
told in every history ; their connexion
and dependence in none. It broke up the
plan of Coriiwallis in I lie South, and chan
ged the plan o Washington in the North.
Cornwallis was to subdue the Soulhern
State, and was doing it until Greene turn
ed nnon him at Guilford. Washington was
occupied with Sir Henry Clinton, then in
ol Western land (or that day's work, now
worth a million ol d iPars ; but the day it-
President to the day laborer no other tie, or to a vote which would n a'ie a tie,
lil.V being necessary to enter hi houe but claimed hi contilutioDaJ light lo rota as
that of an hone.t man; rich enough to , member, obtained i', gava the vote, made
New York wilh 12,000 Brilish troops.
He had lormed the heroic design to cap
lure Clinton and his army (Ihe French fleet
co-operaling) in that city, and thereby pur
ting an end to the war. All ni preparj-
tion were going on for that grand consum
mation. when he cot the new of Ihe battle
ol Guilford, Ihe retreat of Cornwall! to
Wilmington, his inability to keen (lie hem
in the South, and his return northward
through the lower part of irgmia. it
saw bis advantage an easier lrey ami
Ihe same result if uccess(nl. Coinwallis
or Clinton, or either ol them captured
would pdl an end to the war. Washington
changeu hi plan, deceived Clinton, moved
rapidly upon (ho weaker general, captured
him and hi 7,000 men and ended Ihe war.
The battle of Guilford put that capture in
to Washington' hand, and thu Guilford
and Yorktown became connected ; and
the philosophy of history howf their de-
snf has not yet obtained its proper place
in American his'ory.
The milit iry life of Mr. Macon finished
with big departure from the camp on the
Yadkin, and his civil public lile commen
ced on his arrival at the General Assembly
to which he .had been summoned that
civil puMic lile in win c 11 tie was continued
ubove forty years by Iree elections Rep-
esenfalive in Congress under Washington,
Adams, and Madison, and long Speaker of
111" House: Senutcx in ('onrress under
M:i lis in, Monroe, and John Qnincv Ad
ams, and often elected President' of the
Smale, and until voluntarily declining;
bve relusitig to b Puslmasler-General
under Jefferson ; never taking any office
but that to-whirli he was elected ; and re
signing his lai-l Senatorial teim v h n it
was only half run. But a characteristic
(tail remains to be told ol his military life
one that has neither prvceedeiil or imi
t.ition, ('he example of Washington being
out ol liie line ol comparison,) he refused
to receive pay or to accept promotion, ami
served three years as a piivate through
mere devotion to his comdry. And ell
the long length of hislif- was conformable
to this patriotic and disinterested begin
ning; and thus the patriotic principles of
Ihe future Senator were all revealed in
early lile, and in (he obscurity of an un
known situation. Conformably to this
beginning, he relused to trke anything un
der the modern arls of Congress for the
benefit of Ihe sut viving officers and soldiers
of Ihe revolution, and voted against them
all, saying they had all suffered alike, (citi
zens ami military) and all been rewarded
together in the establishment of independ
ence; that (he deb( (o (he army had been
settled by pay, by pension to the wounded,
by half-pay and land to the officers ; that
no military claipi could be founded on de
preciated continental paper-money, from
which the civil functionaries who perform
ed service, and Ihe farmers who furnished
supplies sulli red as much as any. On this
principle he voted against the bill for La
fayette, against all the modern revolution
ary pensions and land bounty nets, and
relused to take anything under them, (for
many were applicable to himself.)
Ilis political principles were deep-rooted,
innate, suljecl to no change and (o no
l inaclinicrv ol party, lie was IJemocratic
in the broad sense of (be word, as signify
ing a capacity in (be people (or sell-government,
and in its patty sense as in favor
of a plain am! economical administration of
the federal Government, and against the
latitudinal ian constructions of the Consti
tution. He was a pnrtv man, not in the
hackneyed sense of the word, but only
where principle was concerned, find was
independent ol party in all his social rela
tions, and in all the proceedings which he
I disapproved Ol ibis he gave a strong in
stance in the case of General Hamilton,
whom he deemed honoiable and patriotic,
and utterly refused to be concerned in a
movement propn"d to affect him p- rsonul
ly, though politically opposed to him. He
venerated Washington, ad mi led Ihe varied
abilities and high qualities of Hamilton,
and esteemed and respected (he eminent
Federal gentlemen of hi.s lime. He had
nirectiona'e regard for Madson and Monroe ;
but Mr. Jefferson wa- to him (he full and
perfect exemplification of the Republican
statesman. His almost fitly years of polit
ical friendship and association wilh Mr.
Randolph is historical, und indisolubly
connects their nanus and memories in the
recollection of their friends and in history,
if it does tin m justice. He was the earlv
friend nf Gen-ral Jackson, and intimate
with him w hen he was a Senator in Con-
rcss under the administration of Ihe elder
.Mr. Adams, and was able to teil Congress
ind the world who hi' was when he began
to astonish huiope and America by his
victories. was a kind observer of the
conduct of young men, encouraging them
hy judicious commendation when he saw
them making efforts lo become useful and
respectable, and never noting Iheir fault.
He was just in nil things, and in that most
lilicult ol all things, judging political op
ponents, lo whom he would do no wron?,
not merely in worn or act, hut in thnugl t.
He Minke Jr. qni'iitly in Congress, always
to the point, am) br'n fly and wisely , and
w as one ol those speakers winch Mr. Jel
fi rson described Dr. Franklin lo be a
speaker ol no pretension and great perform
ance, who spoke more good sense while
he was getting up out of his cbnir and get
ting back into it than many other did in
long discourses j and he suffered no report
er to tlrets ;:p a speech for him. He was
above (he pursuit of wealth, but also a'jove
dependance and idleness; and, like an old
Koman ot the elder Cato's time, worked in
the fields at the head ol Ins slaves in (he in
tervals of public duly ; and did not cease
Ibis la1.. or until advancing age rendered
him unable to stand Ihe hot sun of the
summer the only season ol the year when
Senatorial duties left him al liberty to work
in his field. I think it was the summer
of 1817 he told me wa Ihe last he fried i(,
and lound the un too hot lor him (hen
sixty years of age, a Senator, and the refu-
erol all office. How ollen I think of
him, when I ee al Washington robusiiou
men going through a fcene of supplication,
tribulation, and degradation to obtain olfice
which the salvation o the soul doe not
Impoie upon the vileet sinner! His fields,
his (locks, and his herds yielded an ample
supply ot domestic productions. A sma
crop ol tobacco three hogshead when
the season was ood, two when had pur
chaser! the exotics which comfort and ne.
cessity required, and which the farm did
not produce. He was not rch, hut rich
enough to dispense hospitality and chanty
to receive an guest in hi boue, Irom in
bring up hi family (two daughters) a ac
complished ladies, and marry them lo ac
complished eentlemen one to William
Martin, Eq., the other to William Ealon,
Esq., nf Roanoke, my early choo!-fellow
and friend for more than half a century ;
and, above all, he was rich enough to pay
89 he went, and never to owe a dollar to
any man.
He was steadfast in his friendships, and
would slake himself for a friend, tint would
violute no point of public duly to please or
oblitfi! him. Of this his relation vtiih Mr.
Randolph ave a siininl instance. Ho drew
a knife to defend him in the theatre at Phi
ladelphia w hen menanced by eome naval and
military officers fur words spoken in a debate,
and deemed offensive to their profession!
yet, w hen Speaker of the House of P.epreien
latives, he displeased Mr. Randolph from
the bead of the Committee of Way and
Means, because the chairman nf that com
mittee fhould be on terms of political friend
whip with iho Administration, which Mr.
Randolph had then t eased to be with Mr.
Jefferson's. He was above Executive office,
even the hiehest the President could pive;
but not above the lowest the people could
cive, taking thai of justica of the peace in
his county and refining that of Postmaster.
General nt Washintton. Ha was opposed to
nepotism and all quaiteiine of his couuex
inns on the Government ; and in the course
of bis forty years' service, w ith the absolute
friendship of many Administrations and Ihe
perfect respect of all, he never had office or
contract for any nf his blond. He lefused lo
be a candidate for the Vice-Presidency, but
took ihe place of elector on the Van Buren
ticket in 1836. He was against piper money
and the paper system, and was accustomed
to present Ihe strong argument against it in
the simple phrase, thai this was a hard-mo
ney Government, made by hard-money men,
n ho had seen Ihe evils of paper money, and
TtniCJLY AND RCSaiA.
Thirty years ago Russia at war with
Tu'key. As that event ma; pon.bly apain
the Iwo-thirds, and carried tha amendment, ooour, it is interesting (ay the Ji, , Tri-
And, what may well be deemej idiosyncra bune) to recur to tha sentiments of two of
tic in ihTse days, he was punctual in the! the roost eminent men that existed at that
performance of all hfs minor duties to ihe lime, of the merits of the question, and of
Sanaie, attending its silting to the moment, ar in general. Jeffeison, when be wrol
attending all ihe committees lo which he ,hi letter, was 82 years of age, and John
was appointed, attending all the fnneiala of Adams 90:
the members and officers of (he House, al- Mohticsllo, June 1, 1822.
wnvs in time at everv nlaeii wheie dntv re- "To return lo Ihe news of tha
quired hirr, and refusing double mileaae for d' i il eems that the Cannibals of Europe
one traveling, when elected from the House fe going lo eat another s-ain. A war be.
of Representatives to the Senate, or sum- Ueo" RuMia "d Turkey is like the baiila
moned to an extra session He was an ha- 01 ltl8 kl,e lu snake ; whichever destroy
bitual reader and student of the Bible, a pi- lna other, leaves a destroyer less for the
ons and religious man : and of the "Basritf world. This pugnacious humor of mankind
persuasion," as he was accustomed lo express seems lo be the law of his nature ; one of
it. tna obstacles lo too great multiplication, pro-
1 have a pleasure in recalling the recalled 'ded in the mechanism of the Universe.
tions of this wise, just, and good man, and in Tne coc,i, bf lha yard kill one another ;
writing them down, not without nrofit. j I bear, bulls, tam. do the same, and Ihe horm
hnpo to rising generations, nud at least as n' vvild state kills all the young males,
extending Ihe knowledge of the kind of men u""' wor Jo n wilh age and war, soma
to' w hom w e are indebted for our indenend- v'gorous youth kills him. )
ence, and for the form of Government which noPe WB sna" prove how much happier for
they established for us. Mr. Macon was Ihe man ,llM Quaker policy is, and lhat ihe life
real Cincinnati), of America, Ihe pride and ' lna '"eucr is better than that of the fighter
ornament of my native Stale, my hereditary And it is some consolation that the desolation
friend through four generations, my mentor y these maniacs of one pait of Iho eaith is
in the first seven of my Senatorial and the ,he means of improving it in another part..
last seven tf hia Senatorial life: and a feel Lel 'l'8 latter be our office ; and let us mills
i'ig of gratitude and of filial affection mingles
itself with this discharge of historical duty
(o his memory.
THE HORMOM Attn THE MEW nF.PT.niC.
T. CHARLES.
Iho cow while Iho Russian hold her by (he
hoins, nud ihe Tmk bv the tail. God bless
you, and give you health, strength, good .pi
nts, and as much of life as you think woith
having.
THOMAS JEFFERSON:"
MR. ADAMS' REPLY.
Qctsrr. June 11. 1822.
"Dear Sir. Hull an hour i.gu 1 received.
and this moment have heard read, for the
Il has alieady been slated that the Mor
mons have purchased Charles Island, one of
the Galapagos group, itilh the object of re
moving thilher and founding a new Republic
This is important if Irue. The Galapagos third or fourth time, the best letter ibat ever
form a cluster of islands in the Pacific! Ocean was written by an ouiageiiai ian, dated June 1
near the coast of Columbia. They lie uudei This globe is a theatre, ol wui ;
uie rqiimor, anil uie treoire isiuuu in in iui.- i na iiiuauiiHiiis Hie all Heroes. i ne little eels
I er, l.. on .: tr Tl...,. .... ;.. i .1 11
m .,m ii H B " "r- " "'J """'i iiuiiuaicuics 111 pepper-
.. , . 1 l 1 1 .1 . habited, but ate frequently visited bv the vvater, I be!, eve are qniiriel.oine. The bees
was supposed lo securiiyslnp., and held that I . , ' ,,,.,. ... ,
.... : 1 , . .. cr ooiiui oca wnaie Ruin, lor iresu waivr nun are as war lice us uie unmans, lvussiaus, un
110 man otioht lo be entnno eil in ihe affairs 1 1 I ' i-n-i 1
of another, and that, .he interred parties j PW- The-largest l, sixty (o seventy tons, or F.encbmen. Ants, rale. pillars, and
aloue-tbose w ho exnected .0 find their nr0. miles long, and fifty broad. In general they cankerwoims uie the tii.ly lubes among
. .. u 1 1 v. .u V 1 aie barren, but some of Ihe hiuhest have
III 111 Mil, traiiiiacllfm .hnti hi hmir Inn hnil . '
,, ... , I stunted brush-wood, and all are coveied
consequences, as well as entov the good ones, ! ... ... ' ...
.... . ,. ,, ., , ; with Ihe prick. y pear tree, upon which a
of their own dealings. He never called any ! '. ' ' , , . ..
. . ' large species of land tottoise lives anil
nut i't r lf.nitt.' ' U'llhfiiil lieinir.ri' ami nf.vwpi i
iliil.f. 111 a viuiiuciiui iiirttuiri. inwiiiiu);
to Captain De'ano, some of the largest
of Ihese-anima'a weih 3Q0 or 400 pounds ; with his akic
but Iheir common size is between 50 and
100 pounds. He has I'een them with necks
between two and three feet long. ''Fnnv Fkrn says: 'If there was but
Their flesh is described as of delightful orie woman in Ihe woild, the men would
flavor, and iheir fat is much sweeter than have a terrible lime.' Fanny is light; but
hogs' lard. Charles Island is one ef the
principal and most feitile of this group. The
contemplated colony indicates sagacity on
Ihe pari of (be leaders. They mus( be con
vinced lha( with Ihe approaching wave of
civilization, they will bo swept away, espe
cially should they continue iheir infamous
ai'.lf.m nf nnlrnmnv. Tii.lec.il Inn i.i..n
i.,.,,i ,i:., ,i.,:. 1 ... jvn "
" ii.. ., nii.i uiiriii min 11 u-i n linri lllBm- 1 e e n . , i -
of-tba. is .0 say, having full faith in the j Mi b(l, a rilV0rable ilT,pre,8ioni be the rage, and bo,h cup. and characters
honor and integuiy of my executor above . ' . . . . . j, would be lorn .0 ta;.e,s. I iimei-tne il would
- 1 1
vai ions quarters, at ihe appointment of such
a man to such station. At our last dates
from the city of Ihe Salt Lake, great prepara
tions weie in progress for the .erection of the
new temple. We may infer, therefore, that
ine new colony is intended merely as a
stowed that confidence. He had his peculi- bianch, or perhaps as a place of refuge in t'0" 'o anoiher, and frantically and diplo-
cvpressed faith in the honor and integrity of
a man wiihont acting up to thu decimation
when the occasion required it. Thus, in
constituting his friend Weldiiu N Edwards,
K-q , Irs tesuimentary and sole executor,
wilh largo discretionary powers, he left all
to his honor, umMorbid him lo account to
any court or power for the manner in which
he should execute thai trust. Thi. prohibi
tion was so characteristic and so honorable
In bolh parties, and has been so w ell justified
by the event, thai 1 give it in his own words,
as copied finm his will, to wit :
"I subjoin Ihe following, in my own hand
writing, as a codicil lo ibis my last will and
named, he shall not bo held to account to
any court or power whatever, for the dis
charge of ihe trust confided by me lo him in
and by the foregoing w ill."
And ihe event has proved lhat his judgment,
as always, committed no mistake when it be-
whom I have not seen battles: and Heaven
itself, if we believe Hindoos, Jew, C'lnia-
ians and M ihumetons, has nut alwajs been
at pence. We need not trouble ourselves
about these things, nor Lel ouiselves beeain-u
of evil doeis; but suLly Hunt the 'Ruler
"JOHN ADAMS."
we would nsk her what kind of a time the
women would have if there was but one
man in existence. Sets York Musical World
and Times.
What kind of a lime would (hey have?
Why, of course no grass would grow under
their slippers! Tha "Wars of the Roses,1'
the battles of Wateiloo and Bunker Hill
would be a farce to it. Black eyes would
iniaj.-tiu
not be much of a mille ilium either lo Ihe
moving cauie of the disturbance. He would '
be as crazy as a lly in a drum, or as dizzy
as a bee in a ten acre lot nf honeysuckles,
uncertain where to aliftht. He'd roll his
bewildered eyes from one exquisite organi-
aiilies idiosyncracies, if any one pleases
but they were born with him, suited lo him,
becoming in him, constituting a pari of his
the hour of danger.
mati;ally exclaim with Macbeih '-How
happy could 1 be with either, were t'other
Wnr.RE is the West t-On Friday last, at dear charmer awav !"
chniarler, and neees'nry to its completeness. 4 i P. M., Samuel Lawiei.ce, Esq., was in "What kind of a time would the women
He never subscribed lo charities, bul gave, ' Boston, having left Lasalle, Illinois, at 3 have were there only one man in the w orld f"
and fieely, according to hi means the left o'clock, Wednesday, P. M, pioueeding Why, they'd resort to arms, of course!
band net knowing what the right hand did. j He came by way of Chicago, looked in upon What kind of a lime would lhy have
He never subscribed for new books, giving j Cleveland, called at Buffalo, was sped over What is that lo me 1 They tnwht "take their
as a leasnn 10 the soliciting agent lhat no. the plain by Ihe "lightning cxpiess" (rain (o own time," every "Miss Lucy" of 'em, for
body purchased hi. tobacco until it was in- Albany, and w ished over the Western and all J should care ; and so might the man
pet-ted, and he could buy no book until he Worcester Railroad to Boston! Once, and himself : for with me, Ihe limited supply
h id examined it. Ha would not attend the 1 wilhin the memory of the middle nred man would nol inciease the value of ihe article
. . . .1 o 1
Congress Piesideutial Caucus of 1821, al
1
though it was sure lo nominate Ins own
hice, (Mr. Crawford ;) and, when a reason
was wanted, gave il in the biie.f answer that
he attended one once and I hey cheated him,
of this day, Buffalo was considerel "out
west." Chicago, but yesterday, w as a "far.
ff land." Now. a meichant shake, hands
Olive Branch.
Fasny Feus.
Mackerel. The catch of mackerel al Ihe
and bids goop-bye lo his customers 180 miles I f Skoals this season, says the Boston
west of that, Bnd in two days and an hour Transcript, has been very large, being esti-
ud. he had said lhal he would never attend ; and a half greets his fiiends in Boston ! Ii mated by good judges oil Ihe Is'and as more
ano'her. He ulwavs wore Ihe same dress
thai is to say, a suit of the same material,
cut, and color, superfine navy blue the
whole suit fiom the same piece, and in the
f.nhion of the lime of the Revolution, and
always replaced by a new one oeiore 11
showed age. II was neat in Ilis person,
always wore fine linen, a fine cambric
stock, a fine fur hat wilh a brim to it, fair
mp boots Ihe boot outside the pantaloon, on
he principle that leather was stronger than
cloth. He would wear 110 man's honors, and
when complimented on the' report on Ihe
Panama mission, which, as chairman tf the
Committee on Foreign Relations, he had
presented to the Senate, ha woulj answer,
'Yes: itisa gooj report; Tazewell wrote
it ." Left to hiunelf, he was ready lo take
the last place and ihe loesl seat anywhere;
but in bis Representative capacity he wonll
suffer no derugatiou of a rnuaijiulinnal or of
a popular right. Thus, when speaker of ihe
House, and a place behind tna (resident's
Secretaries had been assigned him In some
ceremony, he disregarded the programme,
and, as the elect of the elect or all the peo
pie, took his place next after those whom
the luMioual vole badeleoied. And iu 1803,
0.1 Ihe question tp change ihe form of voting
for Piesideut and Vice President, and the
vole wauling one of the constitutional num
ber of two lhiids, he resisted the rule of the
House which restricted the Speaker's vote to
is in fact only eleven hundred and fifty miles. I than 2000 barrels, gcneially of good quality.
boston Journal.
Ma. Hoicemsn. of Wheeling. Va , has re-
The RtroKTEO Obdination or Siluman Leived authentic itiformaiion from England,
Ivm, Esq. The Boston Pilot, a Roman Ca- that he -is one of two hundied beii to tn
tholie print, states (he following reasons estate valued a( $3,000,000
which will prevent bishop Ives fiom receiv
ing ordination a a Priest of the Ca'.holic
Church. It says:
"He cannot be mdained Priest without the
consent of hi wile. Tu make her consent
worth any thing, she mint be a Caiholic
Even then, it will be woiih nothing, unless
abe retire voluntarily toa convent. Even so,
there will be some difficulty in obtaining for
him permission to be a Piiest."
VtBACltr. On the trial of a peison
The Dancer of Stoit Women. A mag
i.liale in Cn.cinna'.i fined a smut women tlO
for a breach of the peace. She seized l,L
msgislrate immediately by the ihtcai, nnd
snnndly boxed his esrs, taking out a full lea
dollars' worth.
The tiros, receipts nf the Pennsylvania
Ceniral Railrnml for the first six moiitl . of
1852, were 980 9n3: for the- time p r.oi
in 1853, SI 459 137, showing the exlrari Ir.
Boston for violating the Liquor Inw, a wil. I nary increase of (478,233. The incie.ow u,
ne, who was pnt npou Ihe stand to impeach expenditure duiitig ihe same period was
another, swore thai ihe character of Ihe but $94,45J !
; 1 1 , ... 1
Elijah Fbkimak, w ho has figured a a
fugitive slave, stole a valuable horse from
Mr. Brainaul, of St. Albans Vt., IJih insl ,
and made off for the Suulb, instead ol purs
suing his journey to Canada. . He w as caught
and caged.
' ' ' ' 7i N-4-' in f
One half Ihe army of Ihe United Stale i
employed upon Ihe Mexican frontier, . j
witness for Ihe Siate might be good enough
for common affairs, 6u on a fox hunt he teas
tk all firedett liar a r fnf "
Lamabtimc'i Motheb It is currently
reported and believed lo be quite authentic,
that the inoiher of the celebrated French
patriot, Larmarline, was a Massachnsells
girl, named Wuiistill Biigham. .he married
the father of the eminent statesman, Lamar
tine, w hen quite young, in Boston, and ihen
went lo France, w here the remained during
her life.
The Crystal Palac Inauguration Banquet'
cost T(200.
TENEB A CO.