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FLORENCE VANE.
IT nil Ml 1 PENDLETON COOKE
I loved thro long and dear'y,
Florence Vane
My life's bright dream and carly
Hath come again ;
I renew in my fond vision,
My heart's dear pain,
My hopes, and thy derision,
Florence Vane.
The ruin, lone and hoary,
The ruin eld
Where thou didst hark my f'ory,
At even told, —
The epo.—the hues Fdysi.ni
Of sky and plain—
I treasure in my \i.-ion,
Florence Vane.
Then wast lovlier than the rocs
In their prime;
Thv voice exeell'd the closes
Of sweetest rhyme;
Thy heart was as a river
Without a main.
Would 1 had loved theo never, .
Florence Vans
Bat, fairest, coldest, wonder:
Thy glorious clay
1-ieth die green sod under—
Alas ! the day !
And it boots not to remcipbcr
Thv disdain—
To quicken love's pale ember,
Florence Vane.
*
The lilies of the valley
15y young graves weep,
The daisies love to dally
When maidens sleep;
May their bloom, in beauty vicing,
Never wane
Where thine earthly part is lying, •
Florence Vane.
Written for the Star of thn North.
.Perplexities of a Man with a Family.
ET "EXPERIENCE.''
CHAD V.
"Well, my dear, what do you think of my
joining the Odd Fellow's Association I" said
1 to Ella one day.
"Ob. Mr. FOR, don't think of tush a thing,
J. beseech you !"
"Why, my dear, I fee no harm. A great
many of our most respoctahle tncu belong to
it; and my connection with the society will
■ certainly help my practice.''
"Oh, it's horrible to think of it. There
you'll be gone 'till midnight, and I shall be
here almost alone." •
"And so you often are now, for 1 am fre
quently called out at midnight."
"Yes, but then I know where you are."
"And so you would if I was at the lodge."
"But I wouldn't know what yon was do
itig. There you'd get into bad company,—
might become intemperate, or—Oli, indeed,
Do ctor, ' can't endure the idea. The thought
of such a thing sickens me."
"You know. Ella, that I always mean to
act for the best, and I do think your fears are
unfounded in this matter."
"Indeed I'm sure they're not' And then
I're heard Mrs. Simpson tell what awful
• times they have at the lodge."
"But Mrs. Simpson can't know any thing
about it."
"Ah but she does. Her cousin Agatha hits
a neighbor lady who's heard Mrs. Edwards
tell all about it. You see Mrs. Edwards
wouldn't agree that her husband should he
• come a member of the lodge until, lie prom
ised l" tell her all the secrets. Oh, it's terri
ble, the way she tells! There they have a
great goat, with awful, ugly, twisted horn-,
more than a yard long, which all the mem
bers must learn to ride. And then Mrs. Ed
wards says she once peeped in the crack of
the door at the loilgo room when no one was
in, and she declares upon honor that there
was blood upon the floor. She says too that
her husband actually often smells of brim
stone when he comes homo from the lodge
Oh ! and she says he talks and groans terri
bly in his sleep, since he's become an Odd
Fellow."
"Oh fie, Ella, this is all old women's gos
sip !"
"No, indeed it's not, for mother says she
don't understand these secret societies, and
declares there's something mysterious about
them. And then you should hear Mrs. Ed
wards tell how expensive it is to join thorn.
Why she used to dress herself and her chil
dren in the very richest style, ami they all
had the appearance of very wealthy people.
But since her husband has become an Odd
Fellow, she don't have hall the finery that
she used to sport. She declnres he gives her
almost no shoping money, and she can't see
how they'll get along."
"But, Ella, remember that Mr. Edwards is
now paying fortlio neat house in which he
and his family find so pleasant a hoinc."
"No, but it's not thero that his money nil
for Mrs. Edwards says so, and mother
says the thinks there must be something j
mysterious in these secret associations."
Ce n Pern the Hungarian patriot, is dead.
BLOOMSBURG; COLUMBIA COUNTY. 'gA.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1850.
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LETTERS TO .MOTIIIJIS. . *
V Nr.*. J.
Dear ladies and kind matrons, since wri
; till? Inst ;o you I am somewhat discouraged
about giving the promised series of letters
litis unpleasant to work without a hope of
I accomplishing something, and there is so
I little hope of influencing n mother, by any
j advieo) to adopt any system with her ehil
| dreu. So much has been said on the sub
ject—the most solemn considerations hive
been so much urged and dwell upon, with so
i little effect, that it appears like talking to the
wind. But my last "ieitcr to country grils"
brought tne to a dead stop I felt like one
who, in walking, come suddenly in contact
with a stone wall. I might beg of girls to
treat their mothers with love and respect, but
when I know these mothers have taught
them, from infancy, to disregard their wish
es and disobey their commands, what great
hope can 1 ha\ e thai the grown girl will read
ily unlearn the lessons of her childhood ?
The lack of filial respect has become a na- !
tional characteristic with lis. America is no- !
led, over the civilized world, for disobedient
children ; and the cause ol the evil lies too J
deep to be generally remedied in three gen
erations. This cause is the want of pity leal
and intellectual strength in mothers. Onr
women are celebrated for their fragile health
and beautiful dependence on thn stronger sex.
There is no country, I know anything of.
.where women are so petted, so flattered, so
protected as in America. Thcv arc shut tip
inclose rooms, artificially healed, with noth
ing to do but study bow they may still forth- i
er compress and distort their diminutive, an
gular forms, or else confined in hot kitchens,
concocting rich gravies and pastries to des
troy 'heir own and their friends' digestive
organs. They arc pale-faced and feeble—
pencil and protected to death, without oner--
gy or self-reliance enough to- command the
respect of tl eir children, any more than the
strength to give tlicin healthy existence at
fir.-;. No reformation can be wrought in the
mode of managing children that <loos not
commence in the physical and mental edit
cati-n of mothers. The woman who eats a
rich supper and sleeps .ill night in a c!o-e
room, will get tip in the morning, irritable,
nervous, weak—quite ttnahlo to bear the
noise of children, who are nervous and irri
table front the same causes, or boisterous,
with a greater degree of nuiinal spirits. The
irto'her knows well enough it is Iter duty to
make her children obey, to restrain their pro
pensities to vice, to study their dispositions,
and cultivate their virtues : hut how is she to
do it. with her head throbbing and the blood
struggling sluggishly throngh her veins ?
She may have read all the Mother's Maga
zines, and -Mother's Companions, and li.-t
--onedton hundred sermons and lectures upon
Iter duties and responsibilities, but bow will
that cure the dyspepsia and the hack ache,
the head-ache, a pain in the left side, and a
goneness'in the right? I'ntil nil these are
cured the mother is not able to bear the
noise and trouble of the children A father
considers his duty performed if he spend his
time in accumulating wealth fortliein, while
personally they remain strangers to each oth
er. His attention is altogether taken up with
the affairs of his counting ruom or work
shop, which his wife knows nothing at ail
about, and which he thinks it a point of hon
or to keep from her know ledge, until bunk,
tupicy forees him to confide his secrets, or
his death leaves her an easy prey to some
swindler in the shape of an executor or ad
ministrator. lie is in equal ignorance ot l.er
department of labor—ihc management of the
house and children —unless when it is foiccd
upon his notice by petulant complaints. Tliey
are not a help-mete for each other—not uni
ted in sympathy of pursuit: but in some
sense arrayed in antagonism. But it is not
my present business to trace the intricacies
of ike conjugal relation, but only to uieii'imi
this arrangement as one that deprives cliil- |
droit of the careful superintendence of lath- j
ers. It is not good lor man to lie alone,
neither is it for woman. The father and trio- j
tiler of a family should lie united in '.he go- ;
vernment of i\ ll should be a part ol eve
ry father's business to spend a considerable i
portion of time with his children. It should !
be a mother's duly to understand the lui-i
uess upon which her own and her children's
support depends. VVe know no business in j
which a sensible woman cannot assist her
husband, if not by active co-operation, at -
leant by sympathy and advice; and a mode- J
rately silly woman will gain common sense
by a persevering attempt of this kind.* This
common sense will aid her in managing her
children, while a division of tho't and labor
that would give fathers a pari of the busi
ness that is now left to mothers, and g'ne
mothers a part of theirs iti tutn, would great
ly tend to obviate the weariness of a trend
mill existence, such ns so often falls to tin
lot ol both. The mutual sympathy in each
other's pursuits, and beating of each other's
burdens, would lighten the cures of both—
produce more harmony, uiid command more
resprct from their children. Children are
keen observers No one can exercise a prop
er control over them without possessing n
goodly sfiaro of their affection and respect.—
To gain this, one must generally deserve it,
at least it would bo easier to deserve it real
ly, than to keep up such asesmingas will
win aiiyl preserve it. If a woman is inferior
in mind, or ir. moral qualities—i( her hus
band or any one else treats Iter as a toy—a
doll—a tiling to listen to petty nonsense, or
tut upper servant to make puddings and pies.
Iter children will catch the spirit, and treat
her likewise Let a man take airs of eupe
I riority townrds |(f s wite and she submit to
t the— acknowledge herself inferior, either
! by slavish Submission, or petlv bickering a
bout her consequence, and she loses her
dignity in presence of lie- children. They
: will not respect, will not obey her.
It is very easy to trace the laxity of paren
tal authority in this country to the absorbing
pursuit of money that occupies the minds ol
men—the want of physical education ol wo
men, and the place assigned them as iutel
Icclual inferiors. Those who can remedy
these evils w ill do much toward training up
children in the way they should go: but tlicy
will never be so trained until they are rente
died.
CTIII.IJRJ:\ WILL TALK.
We heard a very amusing anecdote rela
ted, says the Bn.-tou Museum, a lew days
since, of a gentleman possessed of a some
what prominent probocis bein invited out
to take tea with a handsome young widow,
having the small incumbrance ol about forty
thousand dollars and a beautiful and interes
ting little daughter of about five years of
age. The littln girf—(whom wo shall take
the liberty of calling Mary.)—altlro' much
beloved by till who knew her. had the habit
of speaking aloud in company, and.com
menting on each ami every peculiarity that,
any of Iter mamma's guests might have ; ami
the charming widow, knowing this fact.took
lit li Maty !o oi esi eon the af e noon in ques
tion, and gave her a lesson,somewhat in the
following manner :
"Mary, dear, I have invited a very partic
ular friend of mine to come and take tea
with mo this evening, and as he has rather a
long nose, I wish to warn you against speak
ing ol it in his presence. Ho is the most
sensitive upon that point of all subjects,—
therefore, if you aliude to it in his presence,
yon shall most assuredly be severely repti
mamled; but on the 'other band, if you will
sit up in your little chaw an,l be a lady, you
shall have that beautiful frosted cuke I pur
chased of the baker this morning."
Little Mary made the requisite promises,
and was amusing henelf with her abundant
supply of playthings, when the long nosed
friend arrived. The eoriip'iments of the day
having been exchanged, a i l the topics ot
the day fully discussed, the widow, with one
of her blu: dust >milcs, invited Mr. !.' .
into the adjoining rootn to partake ot die
choicest dainties ot the season, with which
the table was bouiililnlly supplied.
As they w ere passing out of the room,
leaving little Mary to amuse herself as best
she could, the little cherub hastily intercept
ed tlieiri at the door."and archly looking up
into the sparkling and animated countenance
ol her mother, exclaimed:
"Mother, dear, ain't it most time for me
to have in\ nice frosted cake fur not snying
iiotj 'king nbo't t.'.is grntkn m's long nose
The widow (aimed and the long-nosed
gentleman is sliil a bachelor.
( liaptcron Printing.
'Can't vou print me a bible?' said a good I
old lady, wlio a short lime ago came into a
printing ofiice in this country.
'Certainly.' said a man at the case, who i
was dappling ui the types liken hen picking
lip corn—cctlainly, madam, but not j.i.-tai
present; it will take some time to do it.'
'Oil,' returned the lady, 'for that manor I
am in no great hurry—any time to-day will
answer.'
'To-day !' said the printer, in astonishment, \
'why. madam, you don't think—'
•Oil yes,' said the good woman, scaling j
herself on a bench, and taking out her knit- I
ting, 'I can wait just as well as not. It is
only about one o'clock now, and I 'spose
you'll get it done by tea time.'
'What! print a bible in one afternoon !
Why. inti'm it would take me and my devil |
a whole year to print a bible.'
'Oh, my gracious!' exclaimed the old lady [
starling up in astonishment—'you clout have j
the Kvil One to work for you, do you V
'Toil OIIU ! Yes, he's evil enough, the l.i
z'y 'log.'
•I wouldn't have hint to print a bible for 1
nie on no account. I shouldn't believe u|
word on't if lie did ; for he's a liar and the fa- !
ther of lies.'
*****
Forgiveness.
My heart was heavy, for its trust had been
abused, its kindness answered by foul wrong,
no turning gloomily from my fellow men.one
summer Sabbath day, I strolled among the
green mounds of the village burial place, j
where I was reminded how all human love
tind hate find one sail level and how snorter ,
or later, the wronged and wrong-doer, each
with nieekened face, and cold hands loU'eil
over a still heart pus the threshold of the
common grave, whither all fovlsteps tend—
w hence none depart. Awed for mysell and
pitying my race, one common soirow, like
a mighty wave, swept all my pride away,and
trembling I forgave ! —./ (S. tVliittier.
WELL ANSWERED.
A Quaker who was examined before a
court, not using any other language than
"lliee," "thou,'' and friend." was asked by
the presiding Judge—
"Pray, Sir, do you know what we vit here
for ?"
"Yes, verily do I," said the Quaker,
"three of ye for two dollars each a day, and
the ial one in the middle for one thousand
dollars a venr."
Truth ami ntpht—Gojjnn;! our Country.
Where srni ei ig peace and j l-nty dwell,
And health and jocund ylee ;
Few hearts coi ceive or tongues can tell
! Why war should ever be.
J But some ihere are so prone to strife,
So prompt lo pngnaiii coil:
j That id! iho business of their life
| Seen s tumult and turmoil:
i And rather than sit down in peace
And crunch to rea-on's laws ;
They'd fight lor leathers droped from geese,
| Or go to cull- for straw s.
] Alld this to prove; two snrlv clowns,
Were le "ling home o- e nighl
From alehouse, with their sappy crowns
Soaked, in a satining plight.
And all thee azure tinted sky
i Spread out its dear evpnnee,
: And -.dWie glittering Irani on high
! Seemed o'er their head- to dance.
Quoth Clump to Clod, I'll tell the what—
j I only wish that I
! As much good pasturr'land had got
As 1 can see blue sky.
I Quoth Clod to Clump, then f should like
Thy wish lo heat by far.
And have, m prove a weal, thier right,
| An ox lor every star
Oh : but says Clump, to feed them all,
What pasture could b • f n n I.
Enough says Clod, tor great and small,
I'd feed them on thy ground
What; ami without rriV leave, say- Clump
All tlint I would, -ay- Cloddy.
Quo h C' In in ;i ilien i!.u- in y hide shall thump
Or I'll will blimp iiuy body.
So lo it they went, both Clump and Clod,
As last as fis' could lag.
Till both la, sprnllinjr on the sod,
And scarce a fi.-t could wag
Now where's your oxen, Clod says Clump,
And w here, says C.'10.l viuir ground—
Both sides, w hen carcass raised oil rump,
lu vain for boiii looked round.
Then shaking hands, they cursed all jars,
And ali deceiving eyes.
That looked lor oxen Iroin die stars,
Or pasture from the skies.
Bachelors and 'lurried .ilea.
Bachelors are -i\led :>v mmrl'vl icon who
have put their fool lid . it. .souK ' 11." . er
lected beings cheerless vagat>i. !-ut half
a pair of shears, and many other i nlli g li
lies tire given iliciri. while o.i the oilier luttul
they extol their own state as one ol such per
fect bliss, that a change from earth io heaven
would be somewhat of ailoublltil good.
If they are so happy, why in lime don't
they enjoy their happiness, and hold their
tongues about it ?
Wiiat do half of llio men who gel married
gel married for? Simply that they may have
somebody to darn lueir stockings, sew* but
tons on llieir shirts, and lick tho babies.—
that they may have somebody as a married
man once said, 'no pull off their boots when
they are a little balmy." Then these fellows
are always talking about die loneliness of
bachelors. Loneliness, indeed! Who is
petted to death by ladies tvith marriageable -
daughters, invited lo ten illld lo evening par
ties. and told lo "drop in just when il was
convenient?'' The bachelor. Who do girls
get up sleighing parties, boat excursions tinil
pic-iiics ior ! l'lio bachelor. Who lives in
clover all his days, and when 'tie dies has
llowers strewn on his grave by till die gills
who couldn't entrap him?—the bachelor
Who strews flowers on the married man's
grave.'—his wi low? —iota bit ol it; she
pulls dow ii the tombstone that a six weeks
griet lias set up m liei heart, and goes and
gcis married again, she does. Who gets to
bed early because time hangs heavy on his
hands?—the married man. Who has wood'
to split, Imiise hunting and marketing lo do.
tho young uiies to w ash, and Irish servant
gills lo look alter?—the married man. Who
is taken up lot healing Ids wile?—he mar
ried man. Who gets divorced?—the mar
ried mn. l'ina ly. who hue gut the Scrip
tures on his ride .'—the bachelor. i?l l'aill ,
says, and St. Paul knew w hat he was talking
about —110 thai marries dors well, but thai
does not marry, does batter.'
A V. osterH fork Packer.
The keeper of a boarding house in Now
Orleans, finding that a tall Buckeye wus ra- ]
titer severe on Ids corned pork and oabbago
at dinner, after helping his ravenous guest
the third time, threw down his carving koile
and lork. and addressing his western Irieml,
said: "I beg your parboil Mr ; I don't like
to be inquisitive, bill I -liiVdd like to know
il you didn't spend so.no lino at ill 3 pork
packing business in the West. You appear
to bo an adept at it, you do "
Texas'voice is for war. The Legislature
is very warlike oil the subject of Santa Fe
jurisdiction. A commissioner is about to
start to organize the counties, backed by live
hundred Hungers. This is pretty good Tac
king, and as Santa Fe litis been placed by the
United Stales Govei lOicnt under the jnrisdie-
I lion of the mi itury government of the ter
ritory. which of course will exert its author
ity, tho Bangers stan ! a chance of seeing
some service, unless tlu-y are peaceably in
ist rite ted. At pre sit it it looks something like
a row.
rut mule was fancifully said to bo tho
memory of tho heart ; but, ants for poor
human nature! hearts are more loan sus
j peeled to have wondrous short memories.
| From the Fi etich vf Mcty.fir the Boston Museum.
AN ENVIABLE BEFOItdtITY.
BY A Mil ED UACDELET.
j The father of ivvo pretty daughters, re i
! ding in B , received the oilier day n
j letter from hie nephew, a merchant hi li .
i The letter terminated thus:
| I have received the minatures of my two
I cousins. Marguerite and Maria. 1 never
| have had the pleasure to see them, having
resided in H since my boyhood, but I
feel as lltouglfthe portraits are correct like
j nesses. I "expect to reach Havre in the first
; week of October, am on my arrival, with
your consent, I will claim the hand of the
' beautiful Mar—'
Here, the end of die name was torn, and
I it was impossible to know which of the uvo
j cousins was to bo happy one, Maria Margu
' erite.
Till then uflectionate and kind towards
each oilier, the two si-iors now began to
quarrel, each ono insisting that it war a
part of her name which had been destroyed
by the broken seal.
The father was using all his influence to
calm the excitement of the two girls, when
a servant Arrived from Havre uiiuDunciog
thai his master would reach Paris by tho e
vetitng train.
The servant being closely questioned re
vealed that his master had lost all his lor
tune, and was uiSicted with a Ir.ghlfnl pro
tuberance upon Ids left shoulder.
The iwo sisters at once determined to re
main single (or ever, rather thtfn marry a
de.ormcil ami mined cousin.
The expected guest finally arrived. He
was cordially received by his uncle, who at
once communicated to him the incident of
the torn letter, and inquired his intentions.
'lt is my cousin Maria, that I wish 10 mar
ry,' replied lie.
'Never, never,' exclaimed Mara ; 'I tun
contented with my present sta e. and wi.-h to
keep it.'
'Miss,' replied tho cousin. I have adopted
the customs of the country where I have so
long resided. Here, when a y uunjf man is
refused, he withdraws I rem the world, as a
useless being.'
•lie kills himself!' exclaimed tho other sis
ter. the kind hearted .Marguerite,
•lie doe-,' replied the cousin in a tono of
deep sadness.
'Poor cousin !' said Marguerite her eyes
filled with icars
•1 am well aware.' continued the cousin (
•that my deformity i- repulsive in die eye of
a woman, hut in time we can become used
to anytliii g. i know also that my po: n. i iry
conditio iis not brilliant. Having engaged
very young in the diamrnd trade, the only
kind of business in 1! . I lost all ni)
lather's fortune ; but I have gained experi
ence. lam young, active a il industrial!
these qualifications are riches ilirnelves.'
•Yes, yes, deformed and ruined!' muttered |
Maria to herself.
• Poor eoiisin 1* sighed Marguerite, a id site •
then added: 'My cousin; I also have been j
refused !'
'By whom, pray V
'Why ! by you, sinco you prefer my sis- |
ter'
What would you say, then, if I should
a-k your hand!'
'1 would bog my father to spare the life
of his nephew.'
'What,' exclaimed the hunchback, 'you
would consent, dear Marguerite, to—'
•To save ynurlife, I would not hesitate a
moment.'
'Very well: toy daughter,'said the fa'her.
affected by ibis scene, 'you are not spoiled
by romances.' I have but a small fortune,
but I cannot abandon my brother's chit I in
misfortune. I take him for n son-in-hnv.
Where there is enough lor three, there is c
noiigh for fom.'
The cousin threw himself at tho feet of I
Marguerite saying:
'You have saved an unfortunate being
from despair and death.'
Mingncrile extended her hand to her con
sin and assisted him to i; •>.
'Well, my sister must ii ive courage,' mar- j
mured Maria ; as for me. 1 will see all dc
forntod and ruined cons'lis hung, before I
throw myself away upon them.'
The cousin retired to make his toilet and
change his traveling dress.
The uncle and his daughter seated them
selves at the table and waited for their i
guest-
The young man soon re-appeared.
What was the surprise of tho two girls, on
seeing entor an elegantly young man with
out the slightest deformity, who immediately j
embraced Marguerite, and placed before her
a basket:
•llero is your dowry,' said he.
The basket was tilled with diamonds!
'This is what 1 have brought from Bom
bay to this place, to o(Ft to the cousin who '
should accept me wilh my poverty and dis
figuration,' *"
Great was the joy of Marguerite, and
slrjtngo to say. Maria shared llio happiness
of her sister.
It is true, that Maria was fond of her sis- !
ter and did not despise diamonds.
A western editor, in praising the girls of
I his district; says they occasionally ride a
tamo wolf to meeting.
A report of the sudden death of General
Bern was telegraphed from Southampton to
Liverpool just before the Europa sailed.
PROTEST.
Tlio fallowing protest against l ibe- infa-
I mous Reading Reading Railroad hill was
. presented in tlie House by Mr. Beaumont in
I b half of its signers :
i "The undersigned, in view of the passage
! nf the bill entitled 'A further supplement to
i the act entitled an act to authorize the Gov
, error to incorporate the Plti'n lelphia and
r Rending Railroad Company, appro* ad 4th of j
, ; April, 1833.' beg leave to submit the follow i
I j inj reasons and protest against the pried-
I pies embraced in the said bill. In the first
! i place we rognrd said bill or act as being in
, ! direct derogation to the Constitution of the I
, \ United States, and nloof the Constitution of |
i this Commonwealth, inasmuch as in the 10 it I
I ! section of article first of tho Federal Constl- j
, i ttllion, it is declared that no State shall pass |
1 ex-post facto laws, or laws impairing tho oh- !
j ligation ol contracts and in article t.inlh nf
. 1 the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and under
, ( the head of 'Declaration of Rights,' seven
; teeuth section, it is also declared, in accor
dance with the Constitution of the U. Stales.
I that 'no ex-post facto law, nor any law im
pairing contracts shall he made bo hof
j which Constitutions the undersigned have
sworn to support before entering upon their I
duties of legislation. They furthermore con
sider the act aforesaid as partial and immoral j
| in its effects, because, while it recognizes
j the claims of tlur- debtor, and shields and \
protects hitn fiom the necessity of payrrtg :
! his debts, it sets at nought the rights and i
I claims of III® creditor, and completely dis- |
selves, to all intents and purposes, those ties '
j and obligations hitherto regarded us sacred j
I by all civilized nations ; ami as subversive {
i of those principles of good faith that form !
the basis of ail good government and well
ordered society, and as calculated to soil the '
proud motto of our Slate, -Virtue, Liberty & |
j Independence.
i "The undersigned, therefore, in order to j
vindicate their position in ibis behalf, enter;
their solemn protest against the passage of 1
litis act, and de-ire that the same may be e.i- j
i tered on the journals of this House.
I A Beaumont, John Cessna,
J C Seotiller, DUB Browcr, j
D Stew aid, B G David,
j E C Trone, Writ Briudie,
J I la-lings. VVin H Sender,
Sauetei Marx, W J J.u-k o t.
! W J ALuri-on, J R tMcClintock,
Urn Henry, H Williams,
A 1 Meyers, J Bl.n l;,
J tt B Aleek, S Ruuiuson,
U Simpson. J E Gritiiu.
j E ivlowry, jr., JF Ab-CuHoch.
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Marshal >'ey s Death Scene.
Tito vengeance ot .lie allied powers de- !
,i,iixnteii some victims ; ami intrepid Ney.tvho [
nad well nigh put the crown itgaiti on Bona- j
pane's head at Waterloo, was to be one of j
litem. Condenfticd to be shot, lie was led to j
the garden of Luxembourg on the morning j
of lb* 7.1t of December, aid placed in front I
of a file of soldiers, drawn up to kid him.—
One of ilie otiicers stepped up to bandage
I.is eye-. Inn lie repulsed him. saving, ' Arc
| you ignorant thai lor twenty-five years | have
bee.i accustomed to taco I o.lt bull and bul
let !" lie then lifted Ills hat above Ins head, 1
I and. with the saute calm voice that had stea-j
died his columns so frequently in the roar
and tumult of battle, said, "I declare,before
God ami man, that I never betrayed my conn
try. May my death render her happy. Vive
la Fiance!" He then turned to the soldiers,
and. striding his hand on his heart, gave the
order. '-Soldiers lire!" A simultaneous dis
charge followed, and the "bravest of lb ■
brave" sank to rise no more. He who had j
fought fine hou'red buttles for France, i ot one
agains her. was shot as a trailer! As I lock
ed on the spot where he fell. I could not but
sigh over bis bite, True, ho broke his oath
of allegiance—so did others, carried a-vay \
by their attachment to Napoleon, and tho en j
thusiasm that hailed his approach to Paris— !
1 still bo was no traitor.
EXAMINING A WITNESS.
j "Sir," enquired tho Attorney of a burly |
I Dutchman, "What color was this hog when j
; you fir-l knew htm?"
"Veil, ven I litsi became acquainted wid i
do hog. bo was a vorrv leelle pig, and he j
. was don a vile hog, but ven ho got to be j
' older, ho got to be kind nf sandy like, and j
I should don call him on do whole a sandy |
I hog."
| "What car marks had ho I"
"Veil, ven 1 first became acquainted wid |
de bog, he had no very particular earmarks, !
except a very short tail."
"Take your seat, sir," said tie Attorney, j
"We'll call tho next witness."
j Governor Wright, ol" Indiana, has ordered j
; tho following appropriate and patriotic settli- ,
| menl to he placed upon the block of marble !
from that State for the Washington monu*l
menl : " Indiana known no North, no South ] — j
nothing but the Union."
CSf Why is lie a brave man who first ale
fan oyster 1 Because none but the brave de
! serves the fore.
! jy Why is a prudo like a lucifer match 1
j Beoauso ho goes off at the first touch, but not
. I at the second.
jy Why do ladies use Babbitt's Cythere
an Cream of Soap 1 Because they would be
Cylherea, all but AerGieece.
I
> tVHis greatness must needs fall which is
not founded in goodness
[Two Dollars per Anium.
NUMBER 4.
j THE If APPIE.SI DAY op JIY LIFE.
j The indents cerlnml)' made a great mis
| lake in not choosing Niebo for the Goddess
jof Mnr.iage. Hymen is by fur too jolly ;Le
|is all smiles—more of tho hyena than the
crocodile ; whilst Niebo is just as she ou®ht
<o he-all tears. There never yet was" a
j marriage thut was not a perfect St. Stvithin
aff.iir. No one—unless lie have the soul of
; 21lila per- lta, thoroughly water proof—should
think of going to a wedding with less than
rwo pocket handkerchiefs; and, even then,
a sponge is heller adapted to to the "joyful
occasion." Men take their wives as they
j do pills, with plenty of water—excepting
| indeed, when the "little things" are well
g'lt II a kind of matrimonial barometer
j were kept in each lamiiy, and its daily indi*
, cuiious as to the state of tho weather at the
,i first-side accurately registerep, we have no
doubt that on the average being taken the
following results would be arrived at:—
Before Marriage, Fair.
During Marriage, \V e t
Alter Marriage, Siorroy
Me.erologically speaking, it would be high
ly interesting could we arrive at a know!-
; edge of ;he exact amount of "doo" prevail*
[ "ig during courtship. Nobody can feel
; more linly wretched than on the happiest
| day ot his life. A wedding is even more
melancholy than a funeral. The bride
| weeps for everything and nothing. At first
j she's heart-broken because she's about to
| leave her Pa. and Ma; because she hopes
■ and irn-ts Charles will always love her: and,
i when no other excuse is left, she bursts into
tear* because she's afraid he will not bring
; the ring tvith him. Mamma, too, is deter
mined to cry for the least thing. Her dear,
| dear girl is going away, ami she is certhin'
j something dreadful is about to happen ; and,
j goodness gracious! sho's forgotten to lock
| the dining room door, with all tho wine and
pln'e on die table, a-nl three strange grven*
grocers In the house. At church the °\vator
j is laid on at eye service; indeed; the whole
j party look so wretched, no one would im
' agino there was a "happy pair" among them,
j When Papa gives away his darling child, he
I does it tviih as many sobs a3 if he was han*
J ding her over to the fiercest pofygamist since v
Henry the Eighth—instead of bestowing her
I on one who loves his "lamb," regardless of
: the • mint" sauce that accompanies her.
The bridegroom snivels either because cry*
j ittg'i- catching, or because he thinks he ought
for decency's sake, to appear deeply moved;
and the half-dozen bridesmaids are suro to
| he all weeping, because everybody else
, weeps. When the party re'urn home, how*
1 ever, the thoughts of the breakfast cheer
j thenn up a little; and the bridesmaids, in
! par,icular, feel quite resigned to their late.
As if they bad grown hungry by crying, or
the tears had whetted their appetite- they
I drown thei'r cares for awhile in the wnite
soup Uirecti. The champagne goes off, nnd
j goes round. * * —Then tho fatlu r gets
i tip, and after a short and pathetic eulogium
upon the virtues of thirt "sweet girl," whom
he he "loves as his own flesh and blood,"
thumps the table, and tells the company that
•any man who would not treat Iter properly
. woithhhe n scoundrel.'' Upon this every one
present turns round to look and frown at tho
wretched villain of a brid groom, and then
they all fall to weeping again. But so strong
ly has the feeling set in against the new son
in-law, that it is only by a speechtul of the
I deepest pathos, that he can persuade the
eampany that lie has not the least thought of
murdering, or indeed even assaulting his
wife. At last the mother, bride, and bride
maids retire to say "Good bye," and have a
i good pry nil together no stairs. Then the
i blessing and the weeping begin again with
renewed vigour. Asa' Yanxhall, they seem
j ft keep the grandest shower for the last.
I The bridesmaids cry till their noses are quite
i red. and their hair is is as straight as if they
j had been bathing.—And when the time
j comes for the happy pair to leave, in order
I to catch the train for Dover, then the mother,
j father, sisters, brothers, bride, bridegroom,
| bridesmaid.- and every soul in the house, all
l cry—even down to the old cook, "vt no
j knowed her ever since she were a baby in
| long clothes"—as if the young couple were
about to be "transported for life" in the lit*
I era! rather than tho figurate sense of the
| term— Punch.
niNTS.
j When I see a man hanging around the
store, shop or tavern, or loitering about
i homo, beonuso has nothing to do, lam apt
| to ihiuk he likes company better than work,
I and is unwilling to work for what he can
I earn, that he promises to work for moro
persons at a timo than would be best, and
(hat he.conld find tiiose in his neighborhood
who would bo glad to hire him to Work, in
| order to obtain their just demands. I am
' apt also to think, too, that he owes for soma
j pig, bushel of corn, a few pounds of pork,
house-rent, other necessary, which on quar
ter day will look rather squally. But I am
apt also to think, if he becomes punctual in
paying these little debts, faithful in his busi
ness, not extraordinary in his wages, punctu
al in all his promises, and rendering him
self to his employers to the best of his abil
ities, that he would be apt to find his busi
nrss on the increase, wages improving, less
sauntering, a hit;: demand forirt* labor, and
increase in his pocket, a sweeter nap at
night, a pleas anter wi r e„ and withal—and
what is best of all— a clear conscience
Boston Cultivator. .rfSSiP
Who didn't Valentine's day I