II 352 vauataacaszo I'a 21° The Pilgrim's Legacy. cianted bq 'the Sacred Iffii,firiet . il Soddy . Ytirk. at the close of a la& keture at T j ern ode,dilitiered by the .t'i'ev.G_eo; ,Chtirtx. g ß y , Flower on New England'Scoast, has! i i dd her tattered sail, ugh her cliartf and moaning. shrouds rtealber's breezes wail,, l • , . icy deck, behold ! a meirk - bia daunt on s tand, %kr the right to worship f God, hate left yeir D ative land ; , . , 114 to this dreary wilderness, -this glorious • oaa they bring, urch withont a biahap 7 -a state without a ',, ne z daring men-z•those; gentle,wives—say otetefpte tfo they comet ' rent they all the tender ties of kindred ant of home! - • • ; wren assigps their noblest work, man's spirit to unbind; come not for themselves , alone--they tme for all mankind; the empire of the West; this glorious In-they bring, ii . _ _ rch without a bishop--a state without nice and Prelate, hope no more to bend • yoar sway, -n's fire inflames, theit . P ieast, and free- I points their way; th'eir . brave heart's estimate, 'twere bet- not to be, 'all beneath a despot, where the Eat ,ot be fret i :refore o'er the wintry waves, those ex- come to bring •rch without a bisholra state without it their spirit in their sons, with freedom Mks abroii , acs is one only creid—our only mon- h Gun 1" end is roiseil—:the word is spoke—the anyledge is given, ' ly on our banner floats, in the free air EMI of our sainted eves, and loud we • t ring, 7ithout a bishop—a state without MO The Dying Soldier. of a warrior passed away , soon shall lack a name! ;h flushed with pride but yesterday, ldreams of future fame! .t or thy patients, whO 4jiall guess ,- lak, thy lineage, or 'race 3 ;;hty chieftain holding sway, ' Alier, destined to obey ! . I light of thy fix'd eye inset, .112 d thou art dyin.now, at Pwa ti ' s traces linger yet Xlailwu upon thy brow ; I , ress - 13a not_yet wax'd weak; fr.zzg lips yet seem to speak, : ® led and cold thy Wt . :feted hand, the battle brand. that head, late towering high, raving plume is torn, as in gust thou soon shalt lie, zhonor'd had forlorn ' • ` Death's dark shadow cannot hide' graven claaracters f pride, ' the lip-and broliv reveal, Tress ofthe spirit's seal. are a mother to deplore kott she ne'er shall see-! on some distant shore, : Teak her heart for theel to roam a maniac there, ild-flower wreaths to deck her hair, nigh the weary night to wait Asteps at, the lonely gate. di, she linger there, in vain !, 'ening' fire shall trip, on the daikeningrmain ften call on him is her not—who cannot hear— leaf forever is the ear ce iin listening rapttire hupg lc music of bar tongue ! sp she dream—to wake is wo ! r ulay'remembrance tell to bid her sorrows flow, hope to sigh farewell,— • , hereiving of its stay; 4 the beams that cheers her way the . waste` of life—'till she • ' her down and sleep like thee !. her eponse could not bestow tear of sorrow when he died; 'I bad made so many flow, NI in the, briny limit was dried ! Letter S from )Ir.l . Van Buren. HARRISBI7II6 9 Jan. 20,1844; Eon. Marlin Van Buren: . DEAR With 1116 .lett ' er you will receive a copy of the proceedings of a State Democratic Mass meeting, held at the seat of Governreent of Penn sylvania; on . the 17th inst . ., which we have thelionor to forward in.compliance, with a resolution adopted at the meet ing: , IThe Democracy of Pennsylvania, in common with thesr brethren of,the oth er-§tates, are anxious to viipe away the upon stain.which res upon our country in consequence of t e result (tithe elec tion in 1840. It 11 be a glorious re versal of that decision to r&-instate you in the position which you filled with such distinguished honor to yourself, and advantage to the country ; and a return to thoSe yepublican principles which characterized your administra tion, and that of your predecessor, will give assuranceto thariends of liberty, ,that our republican institutions are des tined to Va perpetuated. We ought never to despair of the re public when the popular voice is left to the guidance of reason and - virtue ; nose, these , are in the ascendant ; then, rea son wag dethroned, and a whirlwind of passion:folly, and madness, swept through theland. The deceived vota ry, like the wanderer in the desert, led by the niirage, pressed on to grasp the delusive representatiOn. The sober second thmight will redeem us from such errors; and place the American character and popular suffrage in the high position to which they are justly entitled. . Your firm and inflexible. _adherence. to republican principles, demands our admiration, and fully entitles you to the warm support Of every, - Democrat and friend of his country. and in so doing he teels,the assurance that he is advane ing and sustaining those principles which directed a Jefferson, a Madison and a: - .fackson. . Be pleased to accept the assurance Of our high regard. • Very truly, _ r Your friends and fellow-Citizens JAMES R. SNOWDEN, and oth ers, oficers•of the meetiing.. LINDENWALD, Jan. 29, 18.14. GENTLEMEN :-I have had the honor to receive your obliging letter, com municating the proceeding of a State Democratic Mass Meeting, held at Harrisburg on the 17th instant; at which niy name was, With entire unanimity, presented, to - the Democratic party of Pennsylvinia, as their candidate for the Presidency: I cannot refrain from saying that I have received your communication with feelings of no ordinary character. An expiession of opinion so imposing as that, which you have been deputed to convey,to me, Coming from any p'ortiori of my, political associates, could not fail to - excite my profound gratitude. There. are circumstances, however, at tending this, which - seem to deserve a more particular notice at my hands. .My relations with the Democracy of your great State have beekin some re spects peculiar. They sustained me by their confidence and support, at a most interesting crisis in my political career. I have been honored and cheered by their gOod will, when h was not intheir power to render it effective, and their support-was at one time withheld from me, and conferred open another, when I' received that of their political brethren , of the Union. Why should I not em brace an occasion , so opportune. and possibly the last that may occur, to as. sure. them, that neither then, nor atany other.time during the whole course of my political lifeo have I ever, for a mo ment, doubted 'their disposition to do me, amp!e justice ? Although they dis sented from my nomination, I felt as sured that they were actuated by mo tives which were entitled to my ,entire respect.- Lhavo, therefore, neve; ceas ed to cherish, in common with the friends of our cause throughout the Un 7 ion, towards the unconquerable, and as the fulles.i , experience-- has Proved, the unpurchasable Democracy of Pennsyl vania, sentiments of sincere. respect for their adherence to demecratic princi ples under circumstances ,the most ad intVidm' iration to the, unfaltering ,spirit with':*hichthey have from time to, time struggled with domestic dissent,. : stone. canard Oierefore,' Gentlemen, too highly appreciate an expression of confidence and favor, proceeding from so respectable' a portion of them,. on this, tile last', occasion -on 'which my .nanie can ever be presented to the,donn= try for'any public station. Regardless of DenuncUttion frorn any (Quarter.-Gov. P"T". &wma i , IaIIiLDUOMD COWSTrEt9 )i.al,.Ø,sszimarat ®9 mei& r . °ZO Yet these are not the only ionsidera does which give interest'to the proceed ings which you have transmitted to rrie. It is known to all, and by no 'one more cheerfully admitted' than by myself, 'that a large majority of our political ,friends in Pennsylvania• preferred that honor which those whom you represent have now so cordially-awarded Ri s me, should be bestowed upon a justly dis tinguished citizen of their own State— hne; admirably qualified for the 'success ful dischame of - any ' public duty, and , possessing b likewise, in an. eminent de gree, the confidence and good will of the Democracy of the Union. 'lt cer tainly becoMes others better than my self, to comment on the propriety of his withdrawal from the canvass, when it had - been ascertained that the wishes of his more immediate friendi were not, for reasons however not detractingfrom the merits -of their favorite, in accor dance with those of the great body of their political brethren in.other States. I should not, however, do justice to the occasion, nor to My own-feelings, were I to pass over in silence the fabt, • that but' for this surrender of his pretensions topromote the general harmony, the o y j p ceedings for which lam offering my rateful acknowledoTnents, could not a ..s. (tow have taken place. Nor will it, I hope, be thought amiss in any quarter, if I avail myself of the occasion to thew that this commendable,desire to promote unanimity among Common friends had previously, though to a less important extent, been acted upon by myself. It is well known that amid the prevailing preference of the. Democracy of Penn, There. ' for her distinguished son, here was a portion of them, of whOse confidence any public man might well be proud, who avowed a preference, which they had early imbibed, and zeal ously cherished:lm. myself. It is not, however, so well known, that; withbut attempting to interfere with their free exercise of opinion, I caused them to be informed, that as far as my individu al feelings were concerned, it would .he entirely satisfactory to have them unite with the rest of our political friends in the State. in 'riving its vote in Conven tion to:him w ho was the choice of the majority. That this suggestion had not been adopted, was, I feel assured, riot beeause those to whom it was ad dressed were less friendly to the favor ite of the State, orless sensible of his claims upon the respect and confidence of his countrymeri; but altogether ow ing to considerations growing out of the contest of 1840, which they deemed imperative. I cannot, lam confident, add anything to the masterly and elo: quent description which you have given of that national struggle. Neither am I unmindful of the bias, which the re lation in which I stood towards it, is calculated to exercise upon my . opinion of its character: Yet I cannot, I think, deceive myself in believing that the jus tice of the censure which you have pro nounced upon those extraordinary scenes, will now, at least, recognized by a vast majority of the American peo ple:,- , however difficult it may have\een,, to define with requisite certainty the political Objects for, which our oppo nents waged the contest of 1840, there '-can, now assuredly be no room for mis apprehension upon that subject. The extra session, followin g immediately , upon its heels, unmasked those objects ' too clearly to admit of their being again obscured, or misrepresented. An op portunity, and it . is earnestly to be.liop ,_ed that both parties will concur ill 'en ; deavoriug to make it a fair one, will, therefore, now .be presented fo,r the people of the United States to make a choice between two opposing Systems for the administration of the govern ment, the 'in fl uence .of one of b Whielf g will in all Probability affect the interests of the country, for good, or evil, for a series of years to come.- Nor is this the only, nor even the most important aspect, in which. the renewal of the contest of which you have spoken with 'so much emphasis. -and in so patriotic a spirit, may well: be regarded. . . Singular as 'it May seem. to those who are not in a 'situation to judge cor rectly of the circumstances, it is never theless 'true, that' a condemnation by the people of the United States, of ma ny. of the :means to• which ' our oppo nei3ts had recourse in' that canvass, is not less. itaportant -to -the 'permanent ,welfare of our country and .itepolitical insthutions, than the overthrow: of the principles they labored . to estahlish.— While thieffeets of the success of the tatter were in a . . measure limited and temporary,' the eniployment of the' for. met, struck at . thevery foundation upon which our political edifice . was based. ELI It.has hitherto been'our pride to live -tinder political institutions , which are founded upon reason and virtue, in the estitblishmenscif Which- neither 'force nor fraud vas employed, and we have cherished - the belief, that—kis only by an inflexible observance'of the exalted irinciples which prevailed,at the period of its formationthat our Government can-be - upheld. , Without more partici'. larly'noticing the blimiliatitig- details to- which youk allude in your cominoni cation, can 'it be pretended that there could be any expectation - of success for 'such efforts, unless founded , upon •the assumption,that the popular voice Was . not 4. under the guidance o f reason and virtue,' or upon the su pposition, that the moral principles of the people to , whom those . degrading s .-appgjals were made; might' be corrupted by a resort to such practices?,., The belief that the use of such means contributed to the result of 1840 - must have.lowered the character or our people in the estima tion of mankind, and if so, hoW , , much would their,respectfot us be diminish ed, should the coming canvass be so conducted, as to establish the .impres sion that the Ameriein 'people are lia ble to be always thus imposed upon. L- -. Liability to occasional error is an infir mity, from which no individual is . , ex empt. What right have we then to ex-, peel that communities should be infalli ble. But ' there is , a wide • diffetence'l between an occasional aberration, and a. confirmed defect of character.. Can we . expect the people,. of this country to maintain the elevated standing in the eyes of the world, which they • have hitherto enjoyed, if, after the lapse of years, and the fullest opportunity for ' reflection, they suffer themselves to be a . second time operated upon by at pliances; froM the use 'of which. every friend , to free. government must turn with mortification anti disgust ?. . You do not therefore, gentlemen, in, my indgment, over-estimate the impor tance which thelproceedings of 1840,. are destined to give to those Of 1844: Considerations ivill be brought into. view by that cOnneetiOn,:of greater magnitude than any which have ever been involved in-lour political conflicts, and compared with which all personal and party interesr dwindle into insig . ! • nificanCe. M. VAN BBREN. Hon. JAMES It,. Stiownix—Preet., and others, officers of the meeting. Tht Family. If there are any joys on earth iihich' harmonize with those of - Heaven, they are the joys of the Christian When the anowl flakes fall fast in - the wintry evening, and the moaning winds : struggle at the windows, what is so lightful as .to see the happy little ones sporting around the blazing fire. • Look at that little creature in her• night:Ares% frolicking and 4tighing; as though she-, had never knowo or never would know. a care. Now she climbs the chair— new she rolls Upon the carpet—and. now she pursues her older sister around the room, while her little heart is over flowingly :full', of :happiness. • WhO does not covet the pleasurable ; emotions with. which the parents look upbo this i lovely, scene? : . But with these joys are associated responsibilities. " All the inmates •, of thisifamily are immortal, This home of their childhood must be either the iiersery of heaven or the broad gate! of destruction. The infant .prattlers are acquiring habits and, "(Minas,' which are to control them through. life, and to guide their destinies • forever. How necessary then that purifying influences should surround _them in, their early home ! HOw im portant the duties de- Voicing upon those who:have the con t(OI of the family ! -:How soon will . this' household be scattered !—This. tie boy, now_ so susceptible ; to every impression, :may soon be: breasting the storms of a distantocean, or controlling the deeisions.of justice, and latir;*Or mingling in the, conflict of armies. He may. be honoretiftir antlhis influence. or be an Outlaw; pUrsued by justice,` and : the honeletie' viedin of wretchednesi and . .Thik little girl may live to '. lie,. in:. her turn, the happy .pareitt u rejoicing the.opeping, virtuesl.and increasing love of her ebil: dren ; or a wretched -Outcast, strolling in shame, a disgrace: tO .herself, her ;friends, and her - sex.-c! • . 'Around the 'fireside they lare,.proba bly 'acquiring unchanging:: Characters for good -or evil. They. will - prol)ably go on shroush.cternity in that direction, upon whic h they enter the:first few 3ars of life, rThe,stamp hand; witli:which to place..upon their - characters that-,ititpression. , wieb never Can tie effaced:: .2 ' I ~ , 'A Laughable Story. The Count HOhenlothe on his death bed, gave a Musqueteer 'his_letter case, to deliver to a banker whom the infatu ation of pleasure had , prevented him frOm seein g . He made no use of .his pills of cre dit, as death had not givent him time to spend the ready money lie had brough t with him. The, poor 'young - man having given his last sigh, : The mupqueteer , .made the necessary ,preparations for his funeral. While ,things were in this situation there ar- Jrived two English noblemen at the same 'house. -They were placed in a chain ber adjoining that in which the.dead body was, laid out, and out of which it had been removed. They could only allow one bed 'for them both, all the others beingengaged ; but es the wea ther was cold, and they were friends, tney made no difficulty in Iying to. . other. In, the middle of the nig/14'one of the two not being able to sleep, and grow ing weary of his bed, arose in order to amuse himself in the kitchen where he heard some people ., talking. He had diverted himself there sometime when being willing to return whehce he came, he again went up stairs, biit instead of entering his - 'own chamber, went into that of the deceased Count,Over whose face they had only thrown a cloth.—' .There is not' so much ceremony used : in France in the 'management of their dead, as in England and Germany ;for they are *re satisfied with sill:Ting their affection for the living. The English nobleman having - Put out the candle, laid down boldly by the defunct; when creeping as close to him as possible in order to ,warm himself; and finding his bed fellow colder than himself, he' began to mutter :, ' .4 What the devil's the matte_r; my friend ? You are as cold as ice. I,wii lay a wager, cold as yonare, you would have been ,warm enough, if you had seen what I have, below stairs., Come, you may , take my word for it," added he, 44 come, iounds ! stir." While he *'as holding this conversation, with the dead. who, detached from the things of this . world, did not even give himself the trouble of making a reply, his chain ber,door iYas opened, which made him raise to . see what was coming- in ; but judge whM must have been his sur prise, when he saw a servant lighting in a joiner, who carried a coffin on his shoulder.?; He - thought. at first he had been dreaming ; but on looking ar ound him and seeing the visage overspread with mortal palenesa, he made but one jump from his bed to ,the'middle of his chamber. ; The joiner and the• maid were immediately persuaded that it was the corpse, who being unwilling to be shut up in, a coffin was playing his gambols. I Their legs were unable to move with a indiftness proportioned to their fears; and joiner, maid, coffin and candlestiek - ,rolled over one another from the top Of the stairs down into tile kitchen, 1, 44 Zounds ! what are you all about ?"- cried the landlord. " What, is. the deyil flying away' with the dead man ?" ~ ..,Mercy on us !" 'cried the maid ; is it is 'rather the ~ dead man would run away with us." "I am the son .of a -1--------," said the joiner, 4, if that dead man has any more occasion for a coffin than . I have. Why he jtist• got up in! the middle of the room, and he has just struck up a hornpipe." .. The 'devil he, has," cried the land lord. .4 we will soon , see. that." . ' Whilelall the family were trembling and getting ready to follow the master of the house, the Engliih nobleman who had again found his chamber, had slip ped lute bed quite out!: of breath, _and. his friend having asked him where he had been; he answered 1! .. Jostling with a dead bOdy." 44 Bblood ! a dead body ! it is pehaps the, plague !" t ried he jumping in his to'. ont of bed. 'and t running' Q the door to . call for a light. The l andlord, the landlady. and Bev= vants, were. passing thrhugh the galle ry, and , no sooner sawrhith than- they' imaginedit was the dead man who-had appeared again. ~What , leonfusion ! what shrieks'! ' what clamor.; The:En glishmane terrified at the hideous noise; ran irkto!his roomy and slipped into his bed to his companion..vithout the least fear of catching the plague. - • DR; ors so natniall r for Dr.. Watts, when A child, to speak-io rhyme, that even when he 'wished to' avoid it, he could s tiot.'lHis father was &pleased at: the propedsity, and ihreat eeed to vhip himif. he! did'not leaveoff making verses:' One ilay, when he was abeultO put his threat into eiecUtion;. he child burst out into tears, and on his linces• Pray father s Jo:somi pity take ? ' Anti t will no more 14rses make." ME= [Ca 12k1 Clo (sw:ow - am 41.U0Sh The Winders of Mesmerism. The editor of the Bangor Courier gives an account of a surgical operation in that city, which he witnessed on Saturday week—ihe patient having been previously thrown into the mag netic sleep by Dr. . Deare.- / The opera tion was the painful one of'amputating aleg, and vas performed - by Dr. Ho sea Rich, assisted by 'several other gen tlemen, upbn Luiher Carey, wh9se leg,. from infancy had been deformed, and hati'caused him "much.pain and incon venience. The 'editor of the Courier' says During the operation the-pa tient complained of a 'sensation in the bottom of his foot, as though some one was pritkiitg it; and at o'ne'time, for a. brief period, appeared to be rousing. from the - magnetic state, and half con scious, by suspicion at least, that the operatien had commenced;, and at this -time there was 'quite a struggle and much muscular action, but he' was thrown loner° fully into the magnetic sfate, ind* was then quite unconscious of what was going on; entering into -converiation' respecting the operation, anti proposing' that it be postponed to the next week, &e., and- insinuating, even after the'lleg was amputated, that he would not have it done' until it was ftilly paralyzed, at the same. time ex pressing-some doubt whether the Doc tor would be able to accomplish thia.. After the operation had been per formed and the limb dresse& ,Mr. rey was placed in, his bed. being still in the magnetic.state. and was induced to sing. 11, is aged, -widowed mother was. called, and - entered the room just as - he was singing with much • zeal, which greatly affected the aged women, and she burst into tears. Mr. Carey was now taken out of the magnetic- sleep, and on rousing up appeared quite star eed-on seeing the company present;-- anti, speaking to his mother, a. shade of sadness passed ;over his countenance, as he told them he had postponed hav ing the Operation performed until the doctor should be more successful in paralyzing , his leg: • A passing smile over all countenances led . him to sus pect,tbere might be something,in the wind,• and it then Occurred to him that he was in bed, and 'in attempting to rise, he was cautioned not to do it, upon which he remarked- that perhaps his leg was off,' and he• was placed in bed. Upon being assured , of the Thai' he in great glee cried out,' Good I ant glad the old leg is oft He then stated that the only sensation he had experienced . was -like that of some one pricking the bottom of his. foot." . - Politics in Oregon. Under the above striking. caption we find the following paragraph in an ex change:paper. The truth of it will nut be troubted by any one acqUainted with the enthusiastic GILPIN. It is a•pretty thing in politics-=equally grAifying to both parties—partaking, as it does, more of the romance of patriotism than of die prejudices of, party.—.3.fissolt: riuns • ; " In one of the Piairie - Bketclres .of • the .INC'aynne, we find related an incl. tlentof apolitical character,. which oc- Curreil - ,at Rock Indlpendence. On the remarkable rock, says the - writer, in-, the course of the afternoon, we.painted the name of Henry Play in large letters. Our.ipaint was a boiled mixture r of.pow. der, buffalo grease anti:gine, which-re- sists-the action of the rain : - and • Wind, ivith great tenacity. This was on the` 22d of July, •and when we returned to the same place in September, ,We'found the name of Martin Van Buren in times let-, tere three times as large. placed over our' inscription " - by Wm. Oilpin."' some twee or - three :years since edi. - tor of the BLlouis, Argus, and follow-. ed us out in company with young Limit. l 'Freemont,'the topographical .. engineer. Finding the name of Clay , en the - Rock . he petermined no(to be - outdone in ad:" vapcinethe interests of :his party; and, up went Martin-Tan Buren, in. Mum.' moth capitals, over the head of .Henry Clay v;Hifitoly 'shoWe hOW :x'vfir Was once carriecl•itit - o Africa, and this chap-' ter May-tecorfi - •how 'polities have been Vroninlgated in.the Rocky:. Mountains.' „ _ ILAIRISTIANITV.--Christianity, like a. child goes wandering over:. the 'world. Fearless, in its innoeepoe., is not abashed before princes, tier . confounded: b the ' Wisdom of sygiods: Before • it' the, blood-stained warrior sheaths 116 sword, and plucks the;laurel from his blo . ; the, midnight 4ntirderer turns from his purpose. and, like ~the •heart tc d ginitteiseVe goes out and weeps bitterly'. It brings liberty fe 2 'the cap. tive; joy: to the ini3uincir, freidom to the: slave, repentence : and' fergiveness4 , 46 the - sinner, hope to the faint, hearted, and, assurance to ihe'dying. , 11 Mo COQ =I
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