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THE VOICE OP THE WINTRY WINDS.
ET MILES i'AK80N', JR.
Th embers ore 8loeiin;,
Pnrk shndovfs nre preopinrj,
Like midnipht nssn.ij.ius thry ti'tmly prowl j
The taper's faint glimmer,
Slow dwindle)!) dimmer.
And fearfully dismal the. tempest doth howl.
ITow mornful it monneth !
How Bwful it pronneth 1
How terribly tlirii-keth the voieo ofthe gnlo !
llow'feuiful it sihetU 1
How fndly it tlinth !
flow wild otid pathetic its lingering wail 1
Strnnpe Forrowful noises,
Like fur-distant voirps,
Of dylnc iinfortnnnte., laden the blast;
The pasp of the strnnjrlorl.
The pronn of the manpled,
Tho shriek of the drowning seems hurrying
past.
Wild rvrcent!" ofhorror,
I.oiul fhriekinp of terror.
And deep uttered murmurs of anguish and
woe :
Now wild and pacific.
Now wild nnd terrific
Now shrill and henrt-rending no solemn
and low.
There comes ft loml roaring,
And voice, imnlorinir
For mercy and succor in tones of despair;
A nd mid the wiiii clangor
Ilinph voices, in onjer.
Aro fitfully borne on the mimicking air.
Oh ! verily, verily,
Pisnml nnd drearily.
Soundeth the winlrv hurricane's wail I
Hiirk ! how it monneth,
List how it pronneth,
Hear the sad tones ot its terrible tale 1
'llfbi)Iuiioiinrjjlict(
THE BATTLE OF TRENTON.
The fullowinp interesting account of the
battle of Trenton is believed to be the most
pniticuliir and authentic yet given to the
world. It is from No. 13 of the series of his
torical articles published in the State Gazette
at Treutun. March 17. 1843.
On Wednesday, the 2illi of Poreniber,
1 1 i0, Oeiieial i iisliingtoti, with his army,
was on the west bunk of tho Jelnwiire, en
camped near Taylorsvillc, then M'Konkey's
ferry. 8 miles above Trenton. Tho troops
under Gen. Diikiiisf n were nt Yiiidleyvillo ;
and detachments were encamped still further
tip the river. The boats on i lie river had all
been secured when Gen. Washington had
crossed with his army on the first of this
month. Tho Pennsylvania troops were in
two bodies; one at' Bristol under General
Uiulwiillader. und the other ut Morrisville,
opposite Treuton, under General Kwing.
At this time the Britijh under Gen. Howe
were stationed in detachments at Mount Hol
ly, Hlark Horse. Burlington, and Hurdentown
and at Trenton there were three repiments
of Hessians, uinounling to about lfillO men,
and u troop of LirilUh light-horse. Divisions
ofthe army wcro also at Princeton any New
Brunswick.
One part of the plan of Washinpton was
to recross the Helaware with liisariny ut M'
Konkey's ferry, in tho nifjht ofthe 2.")th of
December, and for Gen. Kwing, with the part
of the army under his command, to cross at
or below Trenton thus both nitpht full upon
the enemy ut the suuie time ; lowing at the
south, anil General Washington ut the north
end of the town.
At dusk, thee Continental troons. comman
ded by General Washington in person
amounting to 240 men, with 20 pieces of ar
tillery, begun to cross at M'Konkey's ferry.
The troops ut Yurdleyville mid tho stations
above, hud that dav assembled nt this ferrv.
Among the prominent and active men who
were employed in ferrying over the troops
Lriali alack, illiam Green and David Lun.
ing. It was between 3 and 4 o'clock in the
nuriiing bpfore all the artillery and troons
were over and ready to march Many of the
men were very destitute as regarded clothing.
The present Mr. George Muirheid, of Hope
well, informed the writer that he noticed one
man whose pantaloons were ragged, and who
had on neither stockings nor shoes. The
ground was covered with sleet and snow,
which was fulling ; although before that day
there was no snow, or only a little sprinkling
on the ground. Gen. Washington, (who had
sat in tileuce on a beehive, wrapped in his
cloak, whilo his troopf were crossing,) as they
were about to inarch, enjoined upon nil pro
found silence during their march to Trenton,
and said to them, I hope that vou will all
Jight like men."
don. nshington wished to get 12 men
who should be mounted on horseback, with
out arms or uniform, in plait farmers' hubit,
to ride before the urmy, to reconnoitre and
get w hat information they could, with respect
to to the British army, their outguards, Arc.
There were but three who would volunteer
for this service ; these were David Laning,
of Trenton and John Muirheid and Johu
Guild, of Hopewell. The following pertons
were also guides, and marih.d with the urmy,
viz: Col. Joseph Phillips. Capt. Philip
runup, ami Aujutunt Kliaa Phillips, of
iUauieulinaU ; Joseph Jneloe, Kdoo Bur
roughs, Ephruim Woolsey ami Henry Sim.
monds, of Hopewell ; and Cupt. John Molt,
Amos Scuder end William Green, of Tren
ton. The army marched wilh a quick step in a
body from the river up the cross-road to the
Bear Tavern, about a mile from the river.
The whole army marched down this road to
the village of Birmingham, distant nhnut .11
miles. There they halted, examined their
priming unit louna it all wet. Capt. Molt,
who bad taken the precaution to wrap his
handkerchief around the lock of his gun, found
notwithstanding, the priming was wet.
"Well," tayt General Sullivan, "we must
then fight them with the bayouet." From
Birmingham to Trenton, the distance by the
llieer road und the Scotch road it nearly equal,
being about 4J miles.
The troops were formed in two divisiona
One of tin-in, commanded by Gen. Sullivan,
marched down by the river road. The other,
cominauaea uy uenerai v asliinglou, ccom
puulod by Geuerals Lord Stirling. Green.
Mercer and Stevens; (with David Laning and
others for their guides.) filed off to the left.
crossed over to t he Scotch road, and went
down this road till it enters the Pennington
road, about a mile above Trenton. Scarcely
a word was spoken from the time ths troop
left the ferry fexcept what pnsssd between
the officers anil the guides) till thev reached
Trenton ; and with such stillness did the ar
my move, that they were not discovered un
til they came upon the out-guard of the ene
my, wiueli was posted in the outskirt of the
town, at or near the house of tho Rev. Mr.
Frostier, when one ofthe sentries called to
Laning, wbo was ft little in advance of the
troops, and asked. Who is there? Laning re
plied. "A friend," "A friend to whom ?" "A
friend of Washington's." At this the guard
fired and retreated. Tho American troopa
immediately returned their fire, and rushed
upon them, nnd drove them into town. At
the head of King street, Capt" T. Forrest
opened a six pun battery, nnder the immedi
ate orders of General tV nshington and Lient.
James Monroe, (afterward President of the
united Mates.) perceiving 1 lint tho enemy
were endeavoring to form n batterv in King
street, near where tho feeder crosses the
street, rushed forward with the advance guard
drove the nrtilleriits from their puns, and
took from them two pieces, which they were
in the act of firing. These officers wcro both
wounded in this successful enterprise. A
part of this division marched down Qticen
street, and extended to tl.o left, so ns to cut
off the retreat of the enemy towards Prince
ton. The division ofthe nrmv which enmo down
the river rond under General Sullivan fell np
on the advanced gunrd of the British nt
UutheiTords s place, adinininp Col. Dickin
son's, near the south-west part of tho town,
about the same tune thut aslungton enter
ed it nt the north.
Both divisions pushed forward, keepinp np
a running fire with light arms, meeting with
but little opposition, until tho enemy were
driven enst nurd in Second street, near the
Presbyterian Church, where there was some
fighting, the enemy having made a momenta
ry stand; but finding themselves hemmed in
and overpowered, they laid down their arms
on tho field, between the Presbyterian
Church and Park place, then called tho old
Iron Works.
Gen. Raid, who commanded the Hessians.
nnd had his head-quarters nt tho house of
Stacy Potts, opposite Perry street, on the
west sideof Warren, (occupied for mnny years
as a tavprn.) was mnrtallv wounded car'lv in
the engagement, being shot from his horse,
wliile exerting lumsell to fnini his dismayed
and disordered troops, but where or by whom
is not at present known by the writer. He
has heard several statements on these sub
jects, but no two of them agree. When.
supported by a file or sergeants, he presented
his sword to General Washington, (whose
countenance beamed with complncency nt
the success of the day.) he was pale, bleeding,
and covered with blood : nnd. in broken ac
cents, he seemed to implore those attentions
wnicn tlie victor was well disposed to bestow
upon him. He was taken to his head-quartern,
(Stacy Totts's,) where he died of his
wound.
"The number of prisoners wns 23 officers
and SSG privates ; 4 stand of colors, 12 drums,
C bruss field pieces, and 1000 stand of arms
and accoutrements, were tho trophies of vic
tory, ine iJrilisli liglitliorse, and 4(1(1 or. 100
Hessians escaped at the beginning of the bat
tle, over the bridge across the Assiinpink, at
Trent's Mills, nnd fled to Bordentown. If
Gen. lining, whose divisions of tho army
were opposite Trenton, hnd been able to
cross tho Delaware. a9 contemplated, and
tiiKe possession ol the iirnlgo on the Assiin
pink. all the enemy that were in Trenton
would have been captured ; but there was so
much ice on tho shores ofthe river, that it
was impossible to get the artillery over."
Tho Hessians lost 7 officers, and 20 or 30
men killed ; 24 of these were buried in one
pit. in the Presbyterian borying-groutid, by
tlie American tmnj s.
Immediately Hfter Ihe victory, which great
ly revived the drooping spirit's of the army.
Gen. Washington commenced marching his
prisoners up to tho eight mile (or McKon
key's) ferrv: nnd before liiclil all were safelv
1 Hided on' the western shoioof the Delaware.
nut Mr. Miiirhead (before mentioned! snid
that General W. would not suffer n man In
cross, more than was necesarv, until all the
prisoners were over. Tho Americans lost
two privates killed, ond two were frozen to
death. The lute Mr. Richard Scudder in.
formed the writer, that t lift niirlit after the
taking ofthe Hessians, several of the Ameri
can soldiers, worn down and poorly clud, and
Having guile rcil much Irom tlie cold, stayed ut
hi father's house, which is about two miles
below the ferry; that Severn' of them were
very sick in the night, nnd thut two or three
died. M ight not these have been the persons
reierreu to lu History as liuving Irozen to
death ?
Tho next day, tho British thnt were nt
Princeton, marched on to Trenton in pursuit
of tho American army, and went up the
Scotch road us far ns Mr. Benjamin Clark's,
now F.dward S. M'llvnin's, Esq., ond inquired
which routo Gen. Washington had taken;
and being informed that he had gone with
ins prisoners up the river road, they compel
led their son. John Clark, a lad of 12 years,
to guide them across to Birmingham : (some
ofthe American soldiers were at this time in
Clark's house.) His mother, with true Spar
tan courage, unwilling to trust her son with
the enemy, pursued tho British and got him
released. Soon after, the British, finding
Washington had crossed tho Delaware, re.
turned to Princeton.
More Lf.ap-YeaiiJDbvei.opeme.vts. The
Lowell News says thut the Leap-Year Ball
ofthe carpet factory girlsjcume off according
to announcement, on Thursday evening, and
was a very pleasant affair. "The ladies," it
says, "to the number of about seventy-five,
healthy, robust, cherry ond lovely, took their
carriages, called for their beaux, were driven
to the hall, where ladies managed, selected
their own partners, ordered the supper nnd
gloriously paid all the bills !" The partners
selected spoke well for the judgment of tho
girU. The News says:
'Y were amused, however, on observing
bright-eyed lus&es, with roguish eyes, trip up
to demure young men and solicit the honor
of their hand fur the 'uext cotillion.' Who
could retuse? One enraptured soul engngod
himself to eicht different ludiea tor 'Mouev
Musk,' and to six others for 'Hall's Victory'.'
Many a poor heart hid away under a vest was
irretrievably ruined. But it could nut be
helped."
The company broke no about 2 o'clock.
when the ladies escorted their beaux Lome,
aua men went oa to their own.
Caroline, the wife of George II, attended
to her toilet and devotion at the same time.
While her nymphs were adorning her bodv,
the chaplain, Wbiston, stood at the door pre
ferring prayers for her soul. Sometimes the
nymphs would shut the door, and then the
chaplain would stop. This nettled the
vneen, wno inquired, "Wby do yoo stop r
-uecauie,' eaia lue chaplain. -I do not
chose to whistle the word of God through a
An Anoodoto of Jenny Lind.
After a dumb sojourn nt Paris, Jenny T.ind
has gone lo give concerts In London. Eng
lish ears have no terror for her. Three weeks
of silence have oppressed her; for, after all,
she is a woman, and, liko nil women, she
loves to talk ; but she will try to indemnify
herself for it.
A very pleasnnt anecdote Is related of the
journey orthc nightingale, the scene of which
is laid in Calais some say Boulogne but it
matters little whether it be Calais, Boulogne,
Havre or Dieppes. Here is the story :
Leaving Paris by rail, Jenny Lind arrives
in the evening nt the sea coast, and Tor the
sake of repose, determines to pars the night
there!. Great artists take very pood care of
themselves, nnd so the cantatrice will pass a
comfortable night, und not cross the straights
nntil tho next morning. At Calais or Bou
logne her arrival is announced. There nre
distinguished amateurs there, dilettnnto who
will bo delighted to bear the Swedish Night
ingale ; but tho nightingale is ns dumb in the
provinces ns in Paris ; Jenny Lind visits with
her displensuro the departments as well as
the capital, and has placed nil France under
her interdict. Poor France I
Among the provincial dilettante ; nre somo
who prido themselves upon their skill and
boldness. Must thev cross the strata to
hear the nightingale in London ! Of rlint
avail are their wit and audacity, if they sim-
piy content, incmseives witn making n journey
w hich any one can accomplish who has monev
and time to spare t What a delightful thing
it wonld bo to hear Jenny without paving a
sous, or without leaving the town, ond to
cause her to break her obstinate resolution
not to sing in 1' ranee! and what a triumph'
could they succeed in the undertaking. But
what hojie is there of success.
scarcely had the nightingale been installed
in the apartments prepared for her, when
three gentleman make their appearance.
They disregard the directions to admit no
one. and enter by authority. Their severe
deportment, their magisterial air, and man
ner, cool and self-possessed, denote persons
charged with business of importance. One of
them, addressing tho nightingale, whom lie
accosts without any salutation, says, in a
6harp and peremptory tone,
"tiive me your passport, mudnme." Jenny
Lind. astonished, but still faithful toher vow
of silence while on French soil, surrenders
her passport without n syllable. The pentle-
mnn having examined it with a carefulness
indicative of the most profound distrust, re
marks, with a roughness mingled w ith irony :
"Oh, you are aware that vou have neglected
no precautions, and that you travel under an
assumed iiame."
"For whom do you take mo ?" replies Jen
ny, compelled at last to speak.
"Do not hope to deceive ns. You seo that
wo are well informed. A very clever female
impostor, who has been living in Paris for
some lime past, where she has deceived num
berless dupes, having collected a considerable
sum of moncv, is endeavoring to reach Eng
land." 'Well, and perhaps you think "
"That you aro the person exactly so. ma-
dame : your features, person nnd general ap
pearance conform exactly to the description
we have received. Our imstructions aro posi
tive." The Nightingale protests loudly and indig-
nantly that she is Jcnnv I ind, but her angry
explanations nre met by the most ironical in
credulity on the part of her visitors. The
spokesman of tho party inquires if she can
hnd nail or establish her identity, but Jenny
ooes not know a soul in the place.
" 1 lien. Madame, we must take vou into
custody for the present."
At these words the protest ions of the great
artist nre redoubled in vigor, but are met by
the following answer :
"But, Madame, there is n verv simple wav
of confonnd'ng or convincing us. You pre.
tend to be Jenny Lind very well ; if you nre
she. you have no need of procuring bail or
witnesses, for yon carry with you the dtstin
euished proof of vonr identity. Xothinrr is
easier to prove that you nre really a great
artist, a resplendent genius, a wonderful
singer. 1 am enuugh ot a musician to decide
that, nnd now give us the proofs.
The argument was unanswerable, nnd the
Nightingale, in a dilemma, hesitates before
accepting the alternative offered to her.
"Ah, I w as sure of it," replies the author of
the proposition ; "yon nre confounded. Put
oh" then this disguise, ond cense to sully an
illustrious name."
"Which is my own, sir."
"Very well, mndanie but yonr protesta
tions are of no avail if yott are unable to give
lis tho proofs which we require. It remuins
for ns only to execute our orders."
"Well," exclaims the Nightingale, van
qtiished und resigned, "if it iliust be so, listen,
and judge for yourselves."
Then, after a moment's pause to collect
herself, animated by the cerlaiiity of the effect
which she is going to produce, and of the tri
oniph which awuits her. she commences the
cavalina from "Norma." Her voice, so pure,
so melodious, so powerful, displays all its for
mer richness; the three gentlemen are in a
state of ecstacy nnd delight.
"Bravo I admirable ! sublime 1" they ex
claim, as tho last note is uttered. "Admira
ble ! sublime!" is repented from the adjoining
apnrtment, the door of which opening, dis
covers several other persona applauding vehe.
ineutly. At the sight of these new hearers,
Jenny discovers the device practised to en
trap her
'You must pardon us this artifice," exclaim
the culprits, "and also the discomfort we have
occasioned you, and the restraint tinder which
you have been placed. However enormous
limy huve been our error, we have not the
courage to regret it, since it has been the
source of so much pleasure to u. Our ex
cuse must rest in your renown, and our desire
to listen to you. N'o one is more competent
than yourself to detect the vugaries of musi
cal fuiiatieisni. You are generous, you are
charitable be appeased, then, with the re
flection thnt you have sung for a charitable
object. Euch of us pays u hundred franc for
the inestimable happiness that he has enjoy,
ed ; we are ten, and the whole will muke a
purse of a thousand francs, which we shall
present to the poor in your name."
The culprits pleaded their cause so felici
tously and eloquently that they were forgiven.
Besides, what would have been the use of be.
ing angry ! The evil was irremediable, and
the cantatrice could uot recall her notes. In
spite of her severity toward the French pub
lic, Jenny Lind is a woman of spirit, amiable
and warm-hearted, and she pardoned them.
Aud this is the way in which the amateurs of
a provincial town nave succeeded in getltug
the start of Paris, and have heard Jenny
Liud sing.
Tin Enousu Lanocacb. There are ia the
English language 20.500 nouns, 40 pronouns,
9.200 adjectives, 8,000 verbs, 2,600 adverbs,
69 prepositions, 19 conjunctions, 68 interjec
tions, end 3 articles in all above 40,000
words, .rfccordiug to Webster's dictionary
mere are luo.oou words. .
From ths Boston Atlas
THE WEBSTER BANQUET.
The anniversary ol the birthday of Daniel
Webster was celebrated nt the Re'vere House
last evening, by a grand banquet, in which a
large number of personal and political friends
and admirers ofthe great statesman and jur
ist participated,
After noticing that Mr. W.'s mind wes
powerfully drawn to agriculture, M r. Everett
said i
And whnt worthier theme, my friends, can
occupy the most exalted intellect, what sub-
ject is so well calculated to task the highest
powers ol thought T u here in the natural
world do we come so near the traces ofthe
ineffable Power, which in thv great economy
of vegetation, hangs orchard nnd prove nnd
lorest with the pompous drapery of May, and
strips? them to their shivering branches in
iovemoer; which lavs out universul nature
ns we see it now in this cold winding-sheet of
snow, not to sleep the sleep or death, but to
waken her again by tho concert of birds and
warbling brooks and the soft breezes of spring;
and which, when man cries to Heaven for
his daily bread, instead of giving him n, stone,
smites the marble clods of winter all round
the globe, with his creative wnnd, and bids
them bring fiirth grns for the cattlo and
herb for tho service of man, nnd wine that
mnketh glad the heort of man. nnd oil that
causeth his face t shine, and bread which
strengthenct'n thu heart of num.
J he following passage concluded Mr. Ev-
erett'g address.
Two days before the diense of Daniel Web
ster, a gentle nnd thoughtful spirit touched
to "the finest issues" (Rev Mr. Frothinghum.)
who knew ond revered him (as who that tru
ly knew him did not) contemplating tho set
ting sunns ho "shed the parting smile" on
the mellow skies of October, and anticipating
that a brighter Run was soon to set, which
could rise no more on earth, pave utterance
to his feelings in n chaste and elevated strain,
which I am sure expresses the feelings, of oil
present:
Sink, thou autumnal sun !
Tho trees will miss the radiance of thino eye,
(lail in their Joseph-coat ol manv a dve.
The clouds will miss thee in tho fading sky:
liut now in other climes thy raco must run,
1 Ins day ol glory done.
Sink, thou nobler light !
Tho land will mourn thee in its darkling
Hour,
Its heavens grow gray ol thy retiring power,
i lion sinning orb ot mind, thou beacon tow
er I
Bo thy rrrent memory still a guardian might,
w lien thou art gone Irom sight
Great men The Jewels of God It is
man's duty so to set them that they may shine
uciore the worhl.
The President then introduced Dr. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, who read the following
brief poem written for the occasion. We
give it in full, because wc regard it ns the gem
ofthe occasion:
When life hath run its largest round,
UI toil nnd triumph, jov and woe,
How brief a storied pago is found
I o compass all its outward show 1
Tho world-tried sailor tires nnd droops;
His Hug is dust, his keel forgot ;
His farthest voyages seem but loops
1 hat float from life a entangled knot.
But when within the narrow spneo
home larger soul hutli lived and wrought,
Whose skin was open to embrace
1 lie boundless realm or deed and thought,
When stricken by the freezing blast,
A nntiou's living pillars full,
How rich tho storied page, how vast,
A word, a whisper can recall !
No medal lifts its fretted face,
Nor speaking marble cheats ronr eye
Yet while these pictured lines 1 trace,
A living linage pusses by.
A roof beneath the mountain pines;
The cloisters of a hill-girt plain ;
Tho front of life's embattled lines :
A uiuuiid beside the heaving main.
These are the scenes j a boy appears ;
bet li!e s round dial in the sun,
Count the swift arc of seventy years,
His frame is dust ; his task is doue.
Yet pause upon the noontide hour,
Ere the declining sun has laid
His bleaching rays on manhood's power,
And look upou tho mighty shade.
No gloom that stately shape can hido.
No change uncrow n is bruw ; behold !
Dark, calm, large-fronted, lightning eved ;
Earth has no double from its mould 1
Ero from tlie field by valor won
The battle-smoke had rolled away,
And bared tho blood-red setting sun,
His eyes were opeued ou the day.
His land waft but a shelving strip
Black with the strife that made it free ;
He lived to see its banners dip
Their fringes in tho Western sea.
Their boundless prairies learned his name,
His words the mountain echoes knew,
Tho Northern breezes swept his fame
From icy lake to warm bayou.
In toil be lived ; in peace he died ;
When life's full cycle was complete,
Put ofThls robes of power ond pride
And laid them at his Makers feet.
His rest is by the storm-swept waves.
Whom life's wild tempests roughly tried,
Whose heart was like the streaming cuves
Of ocean, throbbing at his side.
Denth's cold white hand is like the snow
Laid softly on the furrowed hill, .
It hides the broken seams below,
Aud leaves its glories brigter still.
In vain the envious tongue upbraids.
His uuiuu a Nation's heart ahull keep,
Till morning's latest suulight fudes
On the blue tablet of llw deep !
Profits of tub Nkw York Tress The
profits ofthe last year of several of the leal
ing papers of New York are given as follows,
by the Mirror t Where it got its information
it does not say: Tnbuue, $95,000; Herald,
$75,000; Journal of Commerce, 50,0'J0;
Courier and Enquirer, $50,000 ; Commercial
Advertiser, 15,000.
Rki.ics or1 tbb Rzvoltjtiok. Gun barrels
have lutely been found on the field of Hub
bardton battle, in' Vermout, some ot which
after being buried more than, seventy-five
years, contain cartridges that exploded with
considerable violence, when the barrel was
heated in the fire.
Prom the London Times, December M.J
Return of the Irish to IrelandTheir
Conduct and Fortune in America.
A "multitndinnns" immigration of Irish
men into Ireland is one of many fncf3 which
no man with the least regard to his reputa
tion wonld have predicted twenty years ago.
Nevertheless, it is a fact. The provincial
journals nre daily announcing the return of
numbers to the old country, nil with money
in their pockets. Some of them have even
had the precaution to send home orders for
pnnno nnd seaweed in anticipation So far,
of conrse, it has been with these emigrants a
question between moral and physical con.
siderat inns. Few men, certainly not fathers
of families, will leavo their native soil but
from the necessity of subsistence, or, whnt is
equivalent, the maintenance of their rank in
society. Numbers, famine nnd the inextrica
ble entanglements of landed propriety re
duced it to a matter of self-preservation, and
there wns no choice but to fly to a land, if
not of kind hearts, nt. least of good cheer.
Hence that unparalleled migration in which
two millions went "with n run" in les: then
ten yea: s. Now, considering the. very little
progress we hnve made ourselves in the
course of seven centuries in assimilating the
Irish element considering thnt nt the end
of ihe seven centuries the relations of the two
I countries were hardly lietter than nt the first.
we ought not to undertake the difficulty or
tho task thus suddenly thrown upon our
trnns-ntlnntic cousins. Tho Irish carried
with them not only their rngs, their dirt, their
diseases, b'at. what wns more serious, their
unthrifty find slovenly habits, their turbu
lence ; their love of combination on every
pretence, and all thnt sets them at war with
civilized society. Happily for the Irish,
happily for human nature, there were pood
men in the Union, who seeing a good work to
be done, buckled themselves to it; and, at
great cost and trouble, made all sorts of ar
rangements to liphten tho misery of the im
migrant and save him from the temptations
nnd snares of a new country. The struggle
that has been going on for years in the great
ports of the Union between the swindlers
who prey on the immigrant nnd the societies
formed for his guidance and protection would
furnish ns many materials for the novelist ns
the contest bet ween the , slaveholder and the
abolitionist. The results have been of a
very mixed character. It cannot be said
that the immigration has been disastrous
when railways have been carried into the
heart of that vast continent, and new cities,
ports, and even universities, have been raised
out of the wilderness by tho labor of Irish
men, nnd when it is contested that without
the Celt, nothing could hnve Deen done. On
tho other hand, there is the melancholy fact
that nearty a third of the immigrants are
computed to have died through poverty,
chance of climate, or the seeds of disease
brought with them, within ft twelvemonth of
their landing. There is, too, the not less
serious fact of a permanent hostility of feeling
between the Irish nnd a large portion of tho
native Americans.
Tho moral tie that binds the heart of tho
emigrant to the soil of his birth cannot but
be weakened every year. The parent who
carries the tradit on becomes feebler and
feebler. The children acquire new ties.
Present scenes engross their attention, and
it is only, as it were, through a bright and
living viel that they dimly Fee the far land
of their infnncy. Wait a few years, nnd the
Ireland ofthe Irish settler will be only the
region of harmless legends, unless, indeed,
the commixture of American blood and re
publican ideas convert the grand sons of tlio
original immigrant into sober, calculating
citizens. Nothing, indeed, is so remarkable
ns the rapid assimilation of English, Irish,
Scotch, German, ond even French nationali
ties, not to sneak of some half a dozen lesser
distinction of race, in the average American
type. Jt might have been expected. that the
fact or this continual fusion would huve led
the citizens ofthe Union to assume it as a
political condition, to reckon upon it, to pro
mote it, to remove all obstacles, and to nail
as second only to those who signed the decla
ration of American independence any one
who should devote himself to the task of
concilliating and harmonizing the heteroge
neous muss of immigration. There are men
who do this great work. There ore others
who do their best to hinder it. Thanks to
the efforts of this latter class, the Irish im
migrant finds, if not actual persecution, ut
least the treatment of uliens and intruders.
He is confronted by cold looks, invidious
rules, by factious demonstrations, and every
thing short of law and worse than law. No
doubt this, as fur as it goes, drives the Celt
back to his old country. He will not make
his home where he dm s not find himself at
home. This unkindly rebuff hus already sent
back many, it has discouraged still mora
from ever leaving Ireland; it may ultimately
stop the immigration altogether, and produce
the most serious results on the social and
commercial condition of the States. The
working classes aro there kept in a certain
degiee of submission, if not subordination, by
the continual influx of immigrant labor.
When that influx ceases the working man
w ill soon feel himself better able to make his
own terms, and Ihe contest of labor and cap
ital will probably assume a character injuri
ous to trade, if not dangerous to order. It
is the very fact of the immigration keeping
dowu the pretensions of labor that chiefly
inspires the movement against it.
Ireland, there is little doubt, is now a bet.
ter country tor the farmer than it was ten
or twenty years ago. The land is generally
in a better slate as regards the proprietor
ship ; there is not the same burden of pover
ty ;' the potato is sound ; and, what is more,
prices ore high, and will probably continue so
as long as the war lasts. In a mere com.
mercial point of view, tillage, and still more
pasturage, must be more profitable within a
hundred miles of the market than across the
Atlautic.
In other respects Ireland is a more agree
able place to live in than it was Political
agitation is almost extinct ; no demagogue
is able to take the place of O'Connell j the
question of tenant right is but a poor substi
tute .or the repeal ofthe Union, assassiua
tious there still are, but few ; and there is no
longer that frantic competition for furms that
once beggard the small class of farmers. The
railways have thrown open parts of Ireland
that once were almost inaccessible ; and there
is now hardly a poiut where the farmer can.
uot bring hi crops or his cattle to a good
market expeditiously and cheaply. It may
be observed, by the way. that' the three
Queen's Colleges have received as unexpec
ted testimony in the shape of pupils sent to
them from America by Irish emigrants, now
at liberty to educate their sons as they please.
Thus it appears that these colleges will serve
for the States as well as for Ireland, ud will
be a link between the two countries.
(Fioea tb Publia Bvsauug Mail of Dm. n
The exodus Is coming back. Vast num.
bers of our nomadic tribes, to whom we
thought Old Irolaud bad bidden a final adieu,
ftre droppiug homtwsrda, as4 making about
"the cabin door close by the wild wood, with
a strong feeling of the immortality of tenant
right. Politicians may be disposed to regard
this ns tho advance guard of the projected
invasion; but. if they ore connected, in any
way with (he promoters of that scheme, .we)
should say that they belonged to the com
missnrint, for they come unarmed. No re.
volver, no bowie knives, no pitchforks, no
nothing. But they bring dollars ; and, like
the Earl of Richmond, goat once "into the
bowels of the land ;" their first inquiries be.
ing about potato soil, and the probability of
obtaining manure for tho next year's crop.
Some are even so provident os to have writ
ten over from the States to bespeak seaweed
and guano, to be deposited against the time
of their arrival in the locality where they
purpose te commence operatiops. The most
probable solution therefore of this turn ofthe
tide is, that the soundness of last year's
potato crop has revived a foith in the old soil,
and that these poor people are coming back
in full belief in the restitution of things to
the status quo.
The unconcealed dislike of the American
citizens for the turbulent and unthrifty habile
of the Irish settlers hns also, no doubt, had a
considerable effect in disgusting the latter
with their transatlantic homes. The fact of
the multitudinous return of Irish emigraets
is true, and not unimportant.
Enomrti Nkwsfapkrs anJ) AiyF.nTisu;o.--In
the office of the Londoo Ti'me9 there is a
sort of a map which gives a graphic represen
tatinn ofthe fluctuations in the circulation of
that journal. It is like the sectional profiles ,
ofour railroads and canals, an increased cir
culation being indicated by a rise in the sur- ,
face line, while a fulling ofTin the circulation
is represented by a depression. During the '
yenr 1845 the circulation of the Times aver
aged only 23,000. and it begaii the year 1P43
with nn edition of no more than 20.000. The
excitsment consequent on the revolution of
February raised it nt once to 43,000. It fell,
however, with the full of libertynnd averaged
but 3R.000 during 1852. . The long suspense
preceding the present war gradually raised
it until tho war nctnajly broke out; since
which time the edition has fluctuated be.
tween 58,000 and 68,000 copies, affording so
income . from the sale of paper? alone of
about $26,000 per week. Advertisements
ore, however, the great source of profit,, as
the cost ofthe paper on which the Times ia
printed, nearly equals the amount received
for it. Common advertisements of five lines
or less, pay seven shillings and sixpence each,
or nearly 82. The Times has an average of
eight or ten pages of advertisements, which
cannot amount to less than 30 000 per week.
The receipts from this source have, in .some
single weeks, amounted to neaily 40,000.
The weekly average of entire receipts can
scarcely be set down at less than 860,000, or
three millions a year. Nowhere is,adfertise.
ing carried on to so great an extent 83 In
England. "Professor" II olloway's Pills are
advertised to the amount of $150,000 an-;
nually; Moses & Son pay 850.000; $50,000
if almi paid by Rowland for his Macassar
Oil; S50.000 by De Jongh for Cd Liver
Oil. Heal & Sens pay $30,000 per. year for
advertising their bedsteads and bed furni
ture, and Eben Nicholls. a tailor, advertises
to the extent of $20,000.
Inojt and Gctta Pf.rcha CARS.-Somebody
in Albany is getting up a railroad car out of
wrought iron and pntta percha. Such a car
can be jammed, but not broken. It may
smash up, but it can make no splinters or la.
cerate limbs. The idea is a good one. If
they should make some ofthe employees on
railroads of India rubber, they would be quite
a useful, and less likely (o suffer injury from
the results of their own carelessness ond in
efficiency. Railroad 'operators," of course,
could not be made of gutta percha, (or it is
necessary for them to break sometimes.-ZJo-ton
Courier.
Crckltv PcNisnnD. Wm. Bell, a planter
of Tensas Parish, La., was tried at the late
term of the District Court fer that rarisb.
for erne' treatment of one of his slaves, end
convicted. Ho was fined two hundred dollars,
apd the jury decreed that the slave should be
sold away from him,
Wokdekfi'i. Escape. A few days sinre a
woman, while drawing-water from a well at
Burlington Illinois, fell head-foremost (0 the
bottom, a distonco of 30 feet. She managed
to get herself "right side np," and was extri
cated with very little injury.
A Prxiesyt.TA.vtAK Gonsj to Rcssia Vi.
eholas K. Wade, of Pittsburg, Pa., left New
York for Russia on Saturday, for the purpose
of superintending the manufacture of ordi
nance at St. Petersburg. He is to receive
g.'iOOO per annum, to commence on the day
he left home, and continue nntil the day of
his return.
Robert Buchanan, of Cincinnati, sat that
he sold lust year, from his vineyard, 140.000
cuttings, end thinks that the whole number
sold iu one season would number 2,000 009
cuttings ond 300,000 stalks.
IIorbib!.e Affair. An Easlon (ra.) pa
per state that on old man, a laborer, n
some public improvemrn s near White Haven
wns beaten to death by some others who had
struck for wnges. and wanted to compel the
old man to join them in the strike. Three or
four of the party have been arrested.
TniC SUAI.I POT Yl A1U....V T T
.... ,.i.iiT.i..jlqir.
nal learns that this nrn,t ti...,. u
epidemic at Prattsville, Greene coo nty. N.
.. and it has raged there so violently that
stranger hnve been prohibited from pattinr
throuch (he villuo-o. "
O "
The citizen of Loubville have decided, by
a majority nt thirteen only, to loan $1,000 000
to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
Major Oeneral Williams, the gallant de.
tender or Kara, has no immediate relatives
in Ensrland. Ilia family i. .....
, J mvw resiuillif in
America. 6
The averairji ttl..!.. e v- r. . . -
.l.t . i . " i,rw J'nFlrl -Me-
"iu, (wu a j ear.
Old Ireland and Yonn-Ireland, in (he per
sons of Mackenzie and O'lWn have had a
personal encounter ia the offloe of the New
York Daily Times.
SoMRTHIKa TO Driww A -J .
gwu siiiry was
once told at a temperance meeting in Now
ItaninahiM A -1 0
. . '""it" cam ap tea
ashingtonian with the inquiry r
(oMdCr!nVr UK " Wh,W C" tbin8
"Oh, yes-," said the other, "follow mej
miK" fo'lowd h'-n twe or three streets',
till he begin to be discouraged
r.n0W m;ch fnrtW' B,Mt 1 fr said le.
, Only a few steps farther, said the Wash.
The man turned tibout aud "tooted, bia