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.'
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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.
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