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THE LITTIfi BOY THAT DIED.
1 BY JOSHWA U. ROBiXBOS' tSJ.
Four verges of this beautiful poem wni
publ;hed few weeks since, the proline
lion of Dr. Chalmers. Tho Boston Coiuiei
corrects the error, and says Ihey were written
bv Joshua D. Robinson, Esu , of Newbury
port, Massachusetts on the occasion of the
death of his brother a loved and interesting
boy of four yeafs of age.
I am all alone in my chamber now,
And the midnight hour is near,
And the fagot's crack, an-l the clock's dull
tin, '
Ate the only sounds t hear ;
And over my soul in its solitude,'
Sweet feelings of sadness iite ;
Eor my heart and my eyes are full when I
think
Of the little boy thai died
I went one nighl In my father's house
Went home to the dear ones all,
Arid softly I opened the carden Bate,
And softly the dnor ol the hall.
Mv mother catna out to meet her son,
She kissed me, and then she siahed,
And her hand fell on my neck, and she wept,
For her little boy thnt died.
And when I pazed on his innocent fiicc,
As still and cold he lay,
And thoncht what a lovely child ho had
; been,
. And how soon he must decay ;
"Oh death, thou lovesl tho beautiful,"
In the woe of my spirit I cried,
For sparkled the eyes, and the foruhrad was
fair,
Of the little boy that died.
And I will go to my father's houfo
Go home to the dear ones an,
And sadly I'll open the carden cate,
Ami sadly the door of the hall.
I shall meet my mother, but never more
Wiih her darling by her side ;
And she'll kiss me, and siah and weep again
For the little boy Ihnt died.
I shBll miss him when the flowers come
In the garden where he played ;
I shall miss him more by the fire-sidp,
When Ihn flowers have all decayed.
I shall see his mys and his empty chnir,
And the horse he used to ride ;
Ami thev will speak with silent speech,
Of the little boy that died.
I shall see his little sister again,
Wiih her playmates about tbe door,
And IMI watch the children in their sports,
As I never did before ;
And if in the group I see a child
That,s dimpled and laughing-eyed,
I'll look to see if it may not be
The little boy that died.
We shall all go home In our Father's house
To our Father's house in the skies,
Where the hope of our souls shall have no
blight,
And nur love no broken ties ;
We shad roam on the banks of the River of
Peace,
And bathe in its blissful tide;
And one of the joys of our heaven shall be
The little boy that died.
And therefore, when I'm sittiiit; alone,
And the midnmhl hour is near,
When the fagot's crack aud the clock's dull
tick
Are the only sounds I hear,
Oh sweet o'er my soul, in its solitude,
Are the feelings of sadness that glide ;
Though my heart and my eyes are full when
I think
Of the little boy that died.
Select (Talc.
MY FIRST EVENING IN WA1ACHIA.
BY A HONVED.
My readers will recollect (lie melancholy
occasion on which the picked men of (he
Hungarian army, alter the two extraordi
nary days of the 9th and 13th of August,
1819, were compelled to abandon all hope
of liberty, and to escape the monstrous
cruelty of Russia and Austria by emigrating
into Turkey. That day was a bright day
for the Sultan it was a bad day for Russia.
The men who were driven by the force of
Russia to seek refuge on the territories of
the Turk are those who since have drilled
and organized the Turkish forces, while
many of them are at this moment burning
fur the time when they shall come into the
Geld against Russia. It matters not now,
nor why but I, in those days, was in the
service of the Hungarian revolution.
I was at Halzeg, just recovered from
wound, when 1 n-ceived (he fatal intelli
gence of the surrender of Lnzar and Torok;
and of the inei plicable day at Villagos. 1,
like all my companions, cried out with
fury against the treachery of Georgey. But
rage and lamentations were too late! The
only thing we could do was to join Gener
al Bern. All was confusion and doubt.
Some said that all was over ; some thought
that there was falsehood in much of what
was said. None would decide. decided
for myself, I had a good horse, a warm
cloak, arms, and a portmanteau I accord
ingly, knowing the country tolerably welt,
determined, alone and unassisted, to join
the general and ascertain from bis lips what
was to be done.
Had I waited few hours longer I fhould
have found that Bern waa at all events try
rng lo resist, trying to save the nation from
the fearful blow it nad received. 1 took
my way toward the Iron gate. I traveled
at night for fear of meeting with Austrian!
or Russi ins, though I chiefly dreaded the
former. I succeeded in reaching tbe Iron
gat about twelve at night. I passed it
and made for Weislowa. Tb it city was
calm and still, as if tbe savage dogs of war
had Dtver been loosed, and as if nation's
liberty were not crushed under tbe iron
heel of the ruthless Czar, against whom
few hi high places then cried u the do
now, though A was the ssne ambitions
despot nt ia now. J mistrusted the till
nets, and tent my horse dashing through
in sticcii wuBout nailing.
SUxWRY, NOKTIlUilBBJBLASfD COUNTY, IA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 2G,1$54.
I soon,' hbvyever,' pulled up, as I fudhd
myself in the, very, act of falling into an
Austrian corps of observation. Luckily I
drew tip just os the first sentry came' in
view, and walking my horse slowly back,
I retreated into a little wood, where I
chose a close thicket, fastened my horse to
a tree and look some relreshment. . I
found that by standing on my horse's back
and holding on to a branch, I could just
see the Austrian tents. ( determined,
therefore, to keep very close until these
leiiows removed from the neighborhood.
Being an officer, my name known, and le
gally in the service of the empire, death
awaited me if taken. I accordingly wrap
ped myself m my cloak, alter cutting a
good handful of grass for the horse, placed
my pistols under my head, laid a carbine I
had provided myself with by my side, and
sought repose. I slept until near midday,
when I awoke much parched, having had
no drink but raw brandy since I 6larted. J
knew not what to do, and was about to rise
to seek for water, even in tome pool, for
myself and horse, when I heard the steps
ot a man and horse, the clanking of heavy
boots, the rattling of cavalry sword, and
oilier alarming signs, close at hand. 1
cocked my gun.
"What it that?" said a voice as of one
exhausted and worn out a gentle voice
too.
"A friend," 1 replied, recognising a Hun
garian uniform, and hastening forward.
"Heaven be praised !" continued the
stranger, who was sinking with exhaustion.
"I have been chased ten mils by five Ans
Irians, but a trumpet calling them, they
joined some comrades.'?
Some comrades," said I "an army.
Tne knaves will bring a cloud upon us.
vv e must to horse."
"I can go no further now," replied the
stranger, who was not more that eighteen,
and yet an officer; but this was nothing in
Hungary, where boys did deeds of manly
valor.
"But death will be our portion if taken,"
I said.
"I can but die once," he continued,
sinking on the ground.
"H hat is in that gourd !' I said almost
fiercely.
"Water."
I snatched it, drank a draught oh,
how delicious lo my parched lips! and
then held it to those of my companion, this
lime mixed with the coarse brandy of the
country. The stranger would have resist
ed, but his strength was gone, and I forced
the liquid down his thront. 1 then moved
away and watched, for I heard the Aus
trians moving. But it was the whole divi
sion and in the direction of the Iron gate.
I returned to my companion ; he lay still
upon the ground, and I understood he asked
for food. I gave him bread, meat, and a
knife. He began slowly to eat, and as his
strength revived, I thought I had never
seen so handsome a youth. The small
Kossuth hat, the hussar uniform, set off to
advanlagn a regular and rather efTeminate
visage, on which there was not even a
sign of dovn. He explained that, having
fled from Lagos, ne too was proceeding to
join Bern, when a patrol of Austrian: with
a sham flag of truce chased him, and drove
him to this extremity. Having said this
mueh, he wrapped himself in his cloak and
went to sleep.
I woke him immediately it was dusk,
and saddling both horses, assij'ed him to
mount, and away we sped toward (he point
where we believed Bern to be. We avoid
ed towns and villages; we halted before
turning a corner. . We were making for
Kavanseber.
in the middle of the night we found a
roadside inn, and here wc heard for the
first time that all was over, and that all
those who had to dread Siberia or the gal
lows Irom the tender mercies of Russia and
Austria had determined on emigrating to
Turkey, convinced that the Turks would
treat us far better than either ot the two
Emperors. This was horrible this was
fatal newt.
"What is to be done?" I said'wildly.
"Go to Turkey," replied my companion
gently.
"But how !"
."By what merns we can. On !"
And the young man struck his spurs in
his horse's flanks, and lead the way. It
was a stupendous journey for two men to
perfoim, across (lie mountains of Moraul,
he volcanic ridges of the Carpathians, up
hill and down dale. But death by the
Austrian hangman was worse, and we nei
ther of ui then or now utterly despaired of
"Jngary, '
We look still more care than ever to
avoid any communication with the people
about this part, they being that slavish pea
santry called the Mautzea, who are to at
tached to Austria; but that morning we
found a hut, where a man recognising us
as Hungarians, cheerfully odered to give
us shelter. My companion hesitated, and
shook his head. 1 laughed at his fears, and
he agreed to chance it. We accordingly
locked our horses in a small out-house, al
ter giving them food, which we paid for,
and went up into a kind of a loft to rest.
We wrapped ourselves in our cloaks, saw
that our primings were all right, and lay-
ing our neadt on a bundle of straw, slept.
I was awoke at last by the tound of sev
eral voices conversing in a mysterious
whisper. I moved not, but I listeoed. We
wef in room which could only be ap
proached by ladder ; it was sleep ; at Its
foot were about a dozen of tha rascally
Mautzen discussing who should go op first.
I had my pair ot American pistols which I
brought over in 187 from America. I
cocked on and peered through. crack.
They wer eleven men, armed with knives,
old pistols, piktt, Wbil two beld cords to
tie us vrilh.
I rot to my fef with bound, rushed
to th bead of th it airs, and fired my five
char?! as rtpidly as totaibl. YalU and
foait eixeeeded, and lava tb ooh was
cleared.' My companion Ws by -my aide"
we rusnea down stairs, arxi I avain let fly
at the retreating crowd, Four were se
verely wounded, arriong whom was our
treacherous host : 1 could not but feel glad
that his case was hopeless. We (hen
walked out into the open air, and while I
levelled my trusty carbine at th& tcoun
drels, my Companion brought out our hor
ses. We mounted, and giving the fellow
another volley, rode off.
We sought no more hospitality after
that. When in force, we look food and
paid tor it.
One day we were in the mountains,
climbing a rocky palh, when, suddenly
reaching the crest of a hill, we saw beneath
our feet a small army, hussars in front, a
carriage next, staff, several carriages, some
infantry, and then two squadrons of hussars.
We knew what it was : it was the tad
remnant of Hungary's heroes. The reader
may imagine our hurry to descend the hill,
which we did by a mountain path that
brought us out on the road ahead of the
army. We were in an instant made pris
oners, and taken back to the front carriage,
in wnicn sat a man in a gray bine coat.
with gold embroiderr, torn bv bullets and
sabres, with a Kossuth hat on his head. It
was Bern. .
"Good day. lieutenant." said he to me.
and then his eves dilated wi(h surnrise :
"Miss Kalerina B -, have vouesooed ?"
"Miss !' I exclaimed, wild with surnrise.
while my companion smiled and blushed.
nnd the old general and hit staff laughed
heaitily nt my unfeigned astonishment.
I was overwhelmed with confusion, but
it would have been pleasant to remark the
change in my manner to my companion in
misfortune. I treated her at once as a wo
man, and was rejoiced when she joined a
party of refugee ladies. I then heard that.
after joining the army with her brother and
tather, she was, by the death of (hem, left
alone in the world ; she would not leave
the army, and her sex and courage had
been universally respected.
Our journey over those hills, through
the Carpathian mountains, those glorious
scenes, our dangers, and our difficulties, are
historical. At last we crossed the Turkish
frontier, wereN welcomed gladly by the
peasantry and authorities; and will the
reader be surprised to learn, considering
her forlorn position in that country, that I
found a priest, and was married to my
present good and gentle wife on the very
first evening I spent in Wallachia?
THE AMERICA BO 71 A PARTES.
It has been slated that Mr. Jerome Napo.
loon lionupart, of Baltimore, and his son have
arrived in France. The Steele publishes the
following details respecting Ihem :
"It is on the invitation of the Emperor and
Empress that these two members of the
family have come into Europe. Their stay
will not exceed two mouths. I'eihaps. how
evfr,'the son, uliujs a Lieutenant in the
Army of the United States, will remain in
Europe, and go to the theatre of war in Tur
key. It has been rumored tnat he had man
ifested the desiie to serve in the French
urmy; but, at tbe young man himself a) si
this is not true. As to bis father,' it is not
from personal ambition that he has come to
Paris. Mr. Jerome Napoleon Bonapaite is
proud of his title of Ameiican cili.en ; he is
wealthy, is the head of a numerous family)
and dues not meddle wiih the political
affairs of Europe.
"Our readers no doubt remember that he
is a son of Prince Jerome and of Mrs. Eliza
beth Patterson, of Baltimore, whom the
Prince married in 1803, w hen he visited the
United Slates. The Emperor Napoleon re
fused to recognize this mailings, and he an.
nulled it by decree; but Pope Pius VII, re
fused to sanction or ratify that decree. The
wife of the Emperor's brother was not allow,
ed to enter France. She retired to England,
where her son Jerome Napoleon was born at
Cumberwell, in 1805. Tbe Baltimore citizen
is (hen at present in his 4 0 1 h year. His sun,
w ho has passed his examinations at the Mil
itary School of West Poini, is 22 years of
age. One of the passungers of the Franklin,
the steamer in which the two Bonaparte
arrive.!, has told us that Ihey. caused them
selves lo be generally remarked during lb
voyage by their modesty, tho simplicity of
their costume, and their desire to remain un
perceived in the crowd.
The father ia a living poilra.it of the Em
peror Napoleon 1 , as represented by painters
and sculptors. He is very tall,' ha a dark
complexion, black hair and expressive eyes.
Tho son is still taller than tha father, but
h hat not the family air.' His 'mother was
Mist Williams, of , Baltimore. Mr. J. N
Bonaparte wat carried by Mis.' Patterson to
the United States, aud (here received au ex
cellent education. On leaving the diversi
ty he studied law, and was admitted an
advocate in the Stale of Maryland. His
private fortune has been increased by Ibat
which bit wife brought him, and by a lega
cy of Cardinal Fetch, uncle to Ibe Emperor.
The preseut it not the tint time luat wt.
Bonaparte bat visited burope. in is7, tne
ex King Jerom reeeived him In hit palace
al Ftoreuca wiih th greatest mark of afleo-
tiot I '
'Mrt. TaKerton, who divorce wa rati
fied nd regulaiized by a law of the Legit,
latur of Maryland, visited Paiit after lb
retum of lb Bourbon ia 1816. Her pecu
liar position, and th affection which the
eolsftained for her husband, though separat
ed from him, attracted to bar tb tympa
thietoftb first female of Paris'. Mm,
d Ganlit, who bat devoted tome ptget to
Mrt. Patter o a In btr memoir, eoncelvtd
gital friendship for hmi. Mi. Pat t lean
ttill live In lb Sttt f Maryland, happy lo
'vbxcttrlty, anil without regret' for Ihd rank
j she has lost. Her brother, Mr (tVorgo Pal
J lerson, is one of the richest farmers in; Ma
ryland. Mr. Bonaparte hat occupied him
self a good deal with literature, kcience and
agriculture. In agriculture he it practically
experienced nnd hat obtained unprecedented
results. Th two American Bonnpaites hav
been received at the Tuilleries and St. Clnu.i
in the same way a Princes of the family."
Jt'DGK 1. BLACK'S LETT PR TO THK
TEMPERANCE STATIC COMMITTEE.
To the President of the "Prohibitory State
Convention :". . . ..
Sir. It appears that the friends of a pro
hibitory liquor law, who met here Teome
months ago, appointed a committee to inter
rogate the several candidates and lay thoir
replies before the body over which you pre
side. 1 he Chairman of that Committee has
addicssed me, inquiring whether 1 believe
that a law prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating drinks, except 'for ceilain
specified purposes, is constitutional.
I suppose I cannot mistake the meaning of
this interrogation. It is, of course, not
prompted by motives of mere cuuriosily.
My private sentiments are not wotth to you
ihfl trouble o! ascertaining them. But you
desire to be informed how far my judicial
derisions may be counted on, at favorable to
your viewt of the subject. If t reply in the
affirmative, you will regard it as a promise
to be with you when the question comes be
fore me ; and if I break the promise, after
being elected by your votes, I will be justly
exposed to charge of obtaining the office by
means of raise pretences. If my answer be
the other way, you will know bow lo disarm
an avowed opponent of Ihe power which he
might use to yonr disadvantage. These I
think are the only reasons that could induce
you to question me on such a subject.
I know the value of your votes. I do not
underate the power you will probably exert
in the next election. And even if I were
not a candidate at all, I would feel a natuial
anxiety lo win your respect and escape your
censure ; for no man is belter assured than I
am, that some of the best hearts and Ihe
soundest heads in Ihe country are engaged
in the present movement for a prohibitory
liquor law. Nevertheless, I cannot answer
your question consistently with my sense of
propiiety ; and I am not without the . hope,
that my reasons fur declining will be entire
ly satisfactory. .
When you speajc of a law to prohibit ihe
manufacture and sale of liquors, I take it for
granted you do not mean so senseless a thing
as a mere naked prohibition, without affixing
a penally, or providing Ihe means for its ex
ecution. The law passed in Maine is the
model on which Ihe other States have gener
ally framed theirs. I believe the one propos
ed oi the last session of out Legislature was
almost, a literal copy of the Maine law.
Its constitutionality did not seem to be
doubted by any one of its numerous and able
advocates. But it was violently opposed, on
constitutional grounds, by others, who are as
intelligent and conscientious men at any I
know in the Commonwealth. v In somooftha
Slates, ihe power lo pas it . was not chal.
enged. . In New York, on tfce other hand, the
Governor declared it lo be wholly inconsist
ent with the principles of a free government,
and for that reason refused it his signature.
Such, also, was. ihe unanimous opinion of the
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts;
and the highest tribunal in Miehlgan, com
posed o! eight judges, stands at this moment
equally divided. Von probably think it quite
clear. But you must not forget that there
are olheit who think it equally cloar against
you. It is", at least, doubtful enough lo have
procured conflicts ami division among times
men, judges and lawyers, as well as among
the masses of the people. It is, moreover,
a question of great magnitude.- Everything is
important which touches the woi.tiiiuiiou.
A judge never acta under responsibilities so
hi 'li as when he deal with the great charier
by which a free State hold itt libertiet; and
if any pari of the Con.titution it mor tacred
than another, it it that which marka the
bo-indariet between legislative authority and
the reserved right of Ihe peop.e. .
he law on which you ask my opinion, ituim
s hich will directly jiffect ibe character, mor
tis, property and business of Ihe whole pop-
illation of the Commonwealth.
Hre. then, ia a much debated and vexed
question of constitutional law Important In
' ..neoi which must come before the
Supreme Court for final adjudication ; and 1
a candidate for seal in that eouit, m ask-
ed I determipo it in advance, wiihoulnotice
to the partie inierettadj without beanng
the argument on iiber tid j without even
teeing the law ; withou having any one of
the materials from which a 'judgment ought
to be made up. If I would do ibis ihing I
would render myself utterly unwonny oi
your confidence.
It Ihe precedent set by yea were submitted
to and generally followed, it it easy1 to iee,
that many disastrous evilt would rush into
the Slate by that example. The tuocest oi
all political pariiet may depend wrnelima
on judioial decision, lieiigtout teoi, corpo.
rationt, and olber largo bodi of moo '
ofln auilor in oourl. All . the hav an
equal loaton lo xpct pledge Interested
indiviiitti alto ttand on lb him platform.
Shall oaodidaiea for judioial officea commit
themselves all lbt If not, whei hli
ih. slonntn plao b found ftr tb ooslom
i.eoc. bgun,or ih fight to inLrrogal
th.m cknowl.dged I Tb lW 'T
: j i.i J.U.SSS ik accordant al hi
in.., wiih ih wl.k..l a aaosi e.m.r
'oil Or powerful classes, Courts would cease
le be "plneea vvere justico is judicially ad
ministered," and become a mere ministeral
erganiem f6r registering the foregoing de
ere of convention! and other public assem
blies. What, then, would become of , th
weak and unpopular for whose proteeflOri the
law was made? ; - i
tVheri the constitution was amended, to as
to give ihe election of judges lo Ihe people,
il was fer.red by many that candidate would
sei! their integrity for votes, and conciliate
one portion of the people by promises incon'
sistent wiih the just rights of others. 1 am
glad to say that ihe letter of your committee
was the first demand ever made upon me for
a pledge of any kind the first question that
was ever asked me concerning any matter
which I might be called on lo decide. Up
to the time when I received that letter no
member of either convention by which I was
nominated, nor no private citizen of my own
political party, or any other, ever hinted at
to bind me by a promise in Advance of his
vole. I feel warranted in saying "hat this is
the experience of all my brethren ; and I do
nut doubt that the candidates who opposed os,
including the honorable and talented gentle
man who is my present competitor, has been
treated with equal forbearance.
I acknowledge the obligation of a candidate
for political or representative office to make
his opinions known. Bui it is Ihe duty of a
judge to keep himself uncommitted until he
hears all that can be said on both sides. I
will promise nothing at present, except to de
cide it honestly and according lo my best
judgment, when il arises. If I should be
elected, ( will lake a solemn affirmation
(equivalent by the laws of Pennsylvania to
an oath) that 1 will support the Constitution.
This vow I mean to keep ; and that 1 may-
keep it ihe better I will make no other,
which can by any possibility interfere with
It has struck me as possible that Ihe com'
miltee misunderstood its instructions when
the candidates for judge were addressed. If
such instructions were given, it was probably
done without thinking how improper it would
be for us to reply in the manner expected.
At all events, I have faith enough in this
republican system of ours to believe, that no
State Convention ever did, or ever will as
semble, in which a majority of me-nbers can
be found, who will deliberately insist upon
their right lo demand pledges of judicial can
didates on questions of law.
I am, with great respect, yours, kd.
. S. Black.
A SSAKE-KILLIKO CAT.
The Warrentown, N. C- Flag. says that a
gentleman living at Elk Run, in the lower
end of that county, has Ihe good fortune to
possess ihe most grimalkin yel known of the
eat kind. Itt body it of unusual length, its
legs like those of a bench legged fice. The
fur it of a reddish color, the whole deutified
with black spots and streaks of different fig
ures ; Ihey are long in the back and round on
the belly and jaws. Black stiipes ion across
the ears, which are very long and lipped at
Ihe ends with a blue tuft of hair. Its physi
ognomy is fierce, and its nature savage.
His master's house being infested with
snakes, which had been bred in a neighbor
ing stone fence, he took it into his head lo
eschew such game at lata and mice, and
make war upon Ihe makes, all of which he
destroyed. Having acquired a taste for this
kind of sport, he extended the field of his
operations, frequently making excursions
more than a mile distant from the house, and
returning each and every day with a snake
ranging from two lo seven in feet in length.
He has continued this pracliro for eight
weeks. On one occasion he returned much
fatigued, and perfectly wel and covered with
saliva. It wat supposed he had encountered
one of those large but rare serpents known a,
the Goobat. This turned out lo be true, for
Ihe day Iheieafter Mr. Harvey B. Ralls found
ihe snake dead, and signt of a dieadful con
flict on the sand. Most or neatly all the
wounds had been inflicted on Ihe back of the
neck. The weight of Ihe honid serpent wat
fourteen pounds eleven ounces 1
'bis class of serpents is a native of Eastern
Virginia, with very large heads and great
jaw s ihe mouth is armed with cutting crook
ed lecth, among which are twa lunger than
Ihe rest, placed in Ihe forepart of ihe upper
jaw. All around ine mouin mere is a Droau
scaly bolder, and ihe eye srr large thul ihey
give it a terrible aspect. The forehead it
covered with large scales. Each tide of Ihe
belly is maibled with large spots of chetnut
color, in ihe middle of which it spot per
fectly round, and like burnished gold. They
have been known to swallow small pigs,
muskrats, oppoesums, be. They avoid the
sight of man, and are but rarely seen.
The cat still continues bis war upon the
snake. These fact! may not gain credence
al a distance but they are so'Vell known
and attested, that no one in the neighborhood
doubts them for moment.
A Cuaioct Ihvintiok. An inventor in
Logauspott, I nd., baa patented a conlrivano
for catohuig tap worm In the unman tiortv
ach. H had mad a email trap, on wbioh
a ball hi leeorod, and after fatting for some
lime, tb patient twallowt lb trap and bait,
tbe Ulter bing snapped at by th worft,
wbieb geil Mi head into th trap, and i at
one drawn I lb turfao. Tbi It ipoci
of sport wbiob probably nn of or radif
will wise aa porioo)ir I indulge ia.
A rash and otnwhal deluded young man.
hat lbrtd apply tb M'ui Uf
hi wihrl, tk iotoaicate bim to.
OLD SERIES, , VOL. 14, NO. 48
, A SKRTC II or THt FAPAL STATKS
A letter from Italy , dated Jun 12, quoted
in Iff New 7ork tribune, tays; . 'I
The misery in Ihe State 6? the Pop is
extreme. Last year Ihe harvest and Ih vin
fag failed, and how ihey woold sell them
selves for a piece of bread- Mother artd
even fathers sell Iheir daughters at the fen'
derest age, even of ten' 6f twelve years; and
there is among Ihe poor suffering creature'
universal corruption. The piico of a piece
of bread has risen fiom ffonf tnree lo six fold1
and that of the comm6uest wine (here a no'
cessary of life and used by all)' Ibree lime
or more. When I go fo lake rny brealfajt
al the code house, (where even at three high
prices,) I slill bavo an excellent mtig of cbN
fe, milk, sugar, two rolls, and (0 bolted"
eggs, napkin, &o., in the best cofJe-hoBse1)
for 9 cents 4td, I have sedn littte chil
dren, miserable women1, ttnd even old ' ft?
once evidently In bettei1 Circumstances', and
educated, too, come and learn by the dooi1
lock wistfully in, and humbfy waft tot you
to see their miser)-) Or beg you, for Ihe sake
of tbe Blessed Mary, to relieve their hunger !
Tne people generally da not gef one-third Of
what they wjinl lo eat. Meantime they so"
tain 72 cardinals, idle and Useless prinies,'
besides a host of priesis that eat Op the hhc,
and a good round number of their own good-for-nothing
soldiery. Then ft require moTe
than 10,000 French soldier to keep th cap-'
ital, eternal Rome, in order, and Ihe Pope'
from running away, or being massacred, anff
at least 10,000 Austrians for tbtf north art
Bologna, Ancona,' Forli, Faenza, o.,- Wha
a picture I Aud yet it is not exaggerated, but
underdrawn. Meantime the nobility aro"
also sinking; for iho law of primogeniture'
has been abolished, and ihe estates are divi'
ded, and I can see nothing before the Papal
States bat Universal decay, misery arid down"
fall.
THE SfSEWSOF THE WAR:
"The governments' of Continental Europe
find it difficult lo obtain money 10' carry on
war, and this difficulty it is more than any
thing else,- which doubtless causes' therrr to
hesitate in involving themselves tn what ar
likely lo prove long and cosily wars.
France aud Prussia, though the (after - haj
a smaller debt, in proporlion to her meant
than most of the other rrftlion,- found It dif'
ficully te effect Iheir loans, and ft wat neces
tary lo appeal lo the patriotism of tbe wealthy'
merchants in Prnssta, and all classes irt
France', before the amount necessary lo placet
their armies on a war footing could obtained,
In Austria a still more earnest appeal was
made to alt ranks of Ihe people In every
tow n and city in the country.
A subscription has been opened in Austria
for a loan of $140,000,000. The Emperof
headed the subscription with $600,000, and
the nobility and rich, bankers followed.
Prince Louis Lichenstein,' rtQbscribcd 81
200,000; Prince Paul Esieihazy, $1,150,000;
ihe Archbishop' of Vienna $100,000; rarof
Bach $35,000, and so on. The largest sob'
scription, $2,500,000, was made by lb
banker, Baron Sine, and Arnistein and Eis'
kellet came next with 91,500,000.
The National Bank, at Vienna, received" iff
small subscriptions' on the first day of th
opening of the books $6,000,000. The citie
of Hungary had responded to the call for
subscription with unexpected alacrity. De
breeczin, the former residence of Kossuth,
had subscribed for SS'00,000, and Pesth for at
similar sum.
Tbe Vienna correspondent of the London
Times, however, slates One fact in regard lo
this loan, which throws' dome doubt over ft
only five per cent it deposited at Ihe time of
subscription, and Ihe writer thinks it likely
(hat in many cases this will be forfeited.
THE BLESSINGS Ot OLO AGE.
The venerable Josiah Quincy, Sen., et'
president of Harvard University, having been
toasted at the Alumni dinner, rnad bit ej
celloui speech, fiom which this it an extract i
"Oil every occasion, whether in publics 01
private, an old man wat tutelo be reminded
of hit yean. Why wat Ihrsl Old age did
not simply eorrsist frt length of days, for at
the Piesidenl had quoted-
'Wisit'ini is arcy hairs rif man,
Aud nil unxittal life is bis old (.
If it aiose from eympttthy, ihefe' was nc5
ground for h, the" sympathy wat absolutely
thrown away. So fair at hit experience
reached, old age v?ai th happiest period Of
life; And w hy not 1 Had we not then got
fid of ihe nonsense of love, (laughter,) the;
folly of ambition, the grumbling of eny,
ibe delufkms of hope 1 H repeated lhat old
age was the happiest portion of life, provided
that in youih and manhood the individual i
obedient lo tbe laws of nature regulating
health and '.length, and leads a life of re
speclabffiiy and tisefulnett. In order lo b
happy and long lived, it wai important lh
there thonld b a harmony between tbe be'
ginning, Ihe middle, and ihe end of life, and
especially between tbe begiunirg and lb
end. Thtf joong man should cultivate and
foster ihe qualilie which he sees to b ie
speclable and esteemed iu the old, and th
oldmae, oa tb oihi band, should retain,
and seek to perpeloale tb feeling and vi
vacity of youth.
Tb x preident loted wiib ihlt tend'
WTb hoary hair with which wUdom crown
tb. J oong .nd Ih. unspoiled lif wbtcb i lb
on of man at eiy point of hi. ..u
oo. (Much cbMring-J,
Why it a yonng lady Ju worn a boarding
school, likt a buil ng eommitte ! Pectus
tbe 1 l7 la reiv preposaf.