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USKb -The Louisville journal ssyf.'—"We defy J nttj tasteful Inter of poetry to read the fol lowing lines, without exolsiming—'How beautiful!'' * ' My soul thy sacred image keeps, My midnight dreamt are all ol tbee; For nature then iu silent sleeps, And silence broods o'et land and sea j Oh in that still, mysterious hour, How of"from waking dresmxl start, To finJ thee but fancy flower, Tbou cherished idol of my heart. i Thou bast each thought and dream of | , mine- Have I in turn one thought ot thine I Forever thine, my dreams will be, Whst'er may be my fortunes hnre, I ask not love—l claim from thee One only boon, a gentle tear; May blessed visions from above Play brightly 'round thy hsppv heart, * And may the beams of peace and love Ne'er from thy glowing soul depart. Farewell! my dreams are still with thee, Heal thou one tender thought of me! My joys like summer birds may fly, . I My hopes like summer bloom* depart, 1 * But there * one flmver that cannot die, Thy holy memory in mv hear'; No dews thai one flower's cup may fill, • No sunlight to its leaves be given, But it.will live and flourish still, As deathlexs a thing of heaven. i My aout greets thine, unasked, unsought, ' Hast tbou lor me one gentle ihongln ! Farewell! farewell! my far-off friend ! Between us broad, blue rivers flow, And forests wave and plains extend, And mountain.. in the sunlight glow; The wind that breaths upon thy brow Is not the wind that breathe- on mine, The starbeame shining ou thee now Are not the beams tha' on me shine, But memory's spell is with me yet— Caiie't thou the holy part forget! • JThe bitter tears that tlton and I May shed when'er by anguish bowed,] Fvlirifod into Ibl UngßJale rf May meet stid mingSe lit the cloud ; And thus, my much-loved friend, though we Far, frr Bpart must I've and move. Our soul", when God shall set them free, Can mingle in a world of love. This were au ec-tecy to me— Say—wot Id it by a joy to (bee * New Haven, Conn. * . VIHCINU . 1 From the Snturd"y Evening Pott. < AS INCIDENT IM TUB LIFE OF .4 MINGLE NIAI*, TlimiurtNC SOMK LTOIIT ON THE MVSTZRT or HIS NtcMaiNtue siNCt.r ; roc so . AMONG 111-PAFEH BYJSUEA f lam a bachelor; after hirty-nine years sojourn in liua wilderness of lemale snares and man-traps, conscious at every step of ( being on the verge of some unseen pitfall, 1 have yet, (owing to that singular acute- j net* of perception which is such a distin guishing characteristic of our family,) been ] enabled to descry and shun the incipient premonitions of female advance*, in hun- | dreds of case* to which the society in which I moved (the flrst circles) seemed perfeotly blind. Many a stevpte greeting, many a seeming formal note, many a glance appar ently directed to some indiffdrent person, have I thas been ettsbleo to resolve into itt true insidiouenoss; and now, lam proud lo repeat, at the 83a of thirty-nine, I am atill a single man. I am naturally a meditative person ; which indeed, is true of all onr family ; if there ia anyone characteristic for which we are more ' remarkable than others, it it that we re flect. 1 was in ibis mood when, walking one day to the exttcme limits of our extensive grounds, 1 looked for a sizeable stream, which I had been accustomed to see push ing its way out of a sort of cavern in the tide of the hill, and found to my surprise, that tha bed of lite stream was dry.. Here wae a novelty ; and alihouxh we are, as a genaral thing, opposed to novelty, at being subversive of everything, I allowed myself, an-lbis case, t depart so far from my usual rale, as to step down into the dry taod bed, and sit upon a alone near the mouth of tha cavern to reflect. During that time, I thought of several things : I observed in the diataaoe a purling stream winding towards the river; and with that aptneea for original comparison which I may say ia proverbial in our family, I in stantly remarked '.O myself:—"Even such ia life ; we rise from smell beginnings (some do,) and pursue ear headlong path 'mid pleasees' votaries, and the deoeitfuloete of riehae, until at length we am launched into eternity." I likewise noticed the shadow* ft the tree*, and I aaki .-—"How little da we know for what we are destined." I else perceived at my feet sn extremely though mepealul toad, which seemed •' •' i V3l* ■. '-* : " ; ' > 5 \ t->* v ' , i I!L()OMSD\jjffoi^gßyjG'<JlWlWff, PA., THURSDAY. MAY 11, 1854. to be fixing it* syes intently upon me. 1 im mediately began to compose a moral nenti me tit, but had only proceeded to far as— "Even such,"— when' the creature bopped to another stone just inside the cavern ; I rose and followed, with the intention of catching it, but the animal perversely slipped from under my hand, causing me te lose my bal ance, and disposed myself borixonteily along ,11m bed of the stream ; promptly rising. I pursued the miserable animal into the cav ern, which soon became so low that I was obliged to progress hi a kneeling and finally to creep. It also and Ino longer aee 'beMgdjfßtelteA. templed me j hadhe F'tejug rngpS j . es rif dpMee which ts-n stars! te our fsmV ily, I firmly resolved to go forward. j Darker and narrower, and more suSoca- j ting; the water dripped from the top, ami '.he sliminesi of the stones beneath made it inconvenient to hold them long enough to drug my body along,—but just as I sank ex hausted with my last struggle, I became sensible of a fresher current of air, and my enraptured ayhs perceived a light ahead.— With that indomitable firmness which, un der trying circumstances, has never been known to forsake us, I scrambled on, and ten minutes later was rewarded with the sight of day ; I should sty evening for the' setting sun was sfanting broadly down a street, reddening the chimneys, bronxing toe tress, putting * flame in every separate win dow pane, and performing other miracles, such at setting the river on fire, and turning j the peaceful figure of a farmer with a scythe ou the weathercock, into an avenging angel, | too dazzling for the eye to behold, j 1 hadbeeiflfo long inlhe darkness of the cavern, that the trsnxfarmations made by the j setting sun appeared to me a* if 1 beheld ( for the first time, and so held my attention ! 1 that I had walked several squares before it struck me as strange that the cavernous path ' , should have led directly back lo the city.— . , The slreel itself, moreover, I had never no- , ticed before, although familiar, as I thought, with every part of my native B——. I j ; looked up at the corner—Squash Street ; I j stranger ! I turned lo a small and rather ] slobbering boy, who sat on the corb-itone, ' chewing a leather shoe-string, and asked 1 him to direct me to Washington streer, at which he fir-t stared disrespectfully, and then said there 'wasn't none.' Grieved, but I tot surprised, at this illustration of the nat ! oral deptavtty of the lowest classes, I next, nddAooed myself to a quite maje-iio looking Walked wttij%y#m?hT tbtnrgfit-c lutly on the pavement. Perceiving it to be I a female, I instantly aisumed that dignified coolness ol manner which I invariably adopt, | ; as being calculated to repel advances, and | ittquiied the way lo Washington street. ! j The person raised Iter eves, attd with a i benignant expression of countenance, re | plied: j "You've lost your way, my dear; there's no Washington Street in this neighbor ! Stood." -e My dear!! Recovering from my first recoil, I directed j toward her a glance of severe reproof, which J aha received with perfect self-possession,—j in Isct, with a sort of benignant interest, I which was really astounding. 'Madam,' I began, and a frown of wither- 1 fng indigestion Aafkenad my cour.ienaticv. | 'I crave your pardon,' interrupted the sin gular person, in a deferential toua ; 'I assure 1 you must sincerely I meant no disrespect ; | Isr be it from me,' she added seriously, 'to ' take advantage of any one, much less an I unprotected male.' 'Madam!' I shrieked again, indignation ' almost overcoming my natural dignity. 'Come, come, my dear,' aaid tha womsn, with a sort of amused impatience ; 'this is • all very well—l'm sura noonw admires prn detice more than I do, but to the mother of a family, and a person as well known in the city at myself, it is really unnecessary ,* if you still wish to find the street you men tioned, and will accept of my protection, I shall be most bappy—df not, I must wish you a good evening.' Heavens ! what a speech ! Then, probably mistaking the muteness of amazement for acquiescence, she luck ed my arm* whhm Iter* .m a gentlemanly manner, and thus accompanied, I sallied I forth in searvh of my native street. Fust to the west; block after block of' houses, so like the ones I was accustomed to aee in my daily walks, that nothing but minute inspection of separata door-plalee could persuade me that 1 was not passing tha mansion of some wealthy and valued friend- Then to the south ; through the locality ol thai plas* of aociety which eata boiled cab bage and ohiona and codfish, and live# in houses where the front door opens immedi ately inte the parlor. Lower still; amid a clacking of looms, and whizzing of wheels, through whole tracta of lean weavers and cats and onhealhy babies, past a forest of golden bells and tavern signs, iulo an ever-(luckening atmos phere of old clothes, end bogt, and beer, sad oyster-shells, and stale loafers, and rot ten vegetables, and old fish, and stoatwfng huckster-women, and swearing children, — in ebon, wo were evidently ia the midst of that degrading and offensive oiaae uuusally known aa the poor. ■ ■ " Slid Q® W uhtDjtoo §lfs9t 'Certainly not/! exclaimed, leebteg *p, I indi|rtfci|iiffijTv*y AiWlb'gßfl,'Tte| as T W* ' lo this o"Pfaji*M* lueefcy ' |I. and ogr laniflf, Htet nevwi 1 been acriitntn|"illa, jM|WHe|F afaßTw out inches—wrftel J A I bal aa night was •'VPHHRi WMIP this tffn* eompleiety be 'RMjtei silence to the dreadful singular young man came bouncing into the arms of the fa njte..: •-*■ '**- * -, 1 'How do, Alfjr T' said the latter, reward ing him with a laconic kiss. 'Sir, allow me to present mjr husband, Mr. Bertram ; I am Judge Bertram, at your service ; my dear, this young gentleman, (whose name, as yet I know not,) having loat his way, and be ing evidently tar from bis nwo residence, has consented to remain with ua until the morning.' 'Be at home, sir,'said the young gentle man, appatenlly confused by the presence of a alranger, but graceful dignity ; than leading the way lo the parlor | refreshment* were ordered, and directly af ter, at my requeti, be rang for a servant to conduct me lo my apartment. I followed silently, fearful of violating, in some way the etiquette of this novel.house hold ; arrived at my room, however, I could no longer restrain my anxiety lo itnderslaud the mysteiies of the evaoing. I looked at the servant; he had a fair, round, good natured lace, with a cosy ex pression, like that of a motherly toting pus sy ; pethspt it was this, or perhaps my pre vious confusion of mind, that forbade me to recogsize him as an ordinary valet, im pelled me absurdly 10 address him as 'cham bers-mnid.' 'Chambermiin, sir, men,' he replied., so suddenly checking a giggle, that it spread itself mutely over hit face, just beneath She surface—- Chamber—' I again began, but bad, by this time grown so utterly bewilder ed, heat before 1 could bring my mind to decide upon the really proper mode of ad dress. the individual had left the room. Alter retiring, my thoughts still kept coo problem, and No ; and yet 1 would—and yet how could I I? Mr. Cbumbermaid, or would it be Mrs?! Some one musl kuow. I never was so puz- i zled since 1 lay a babe on ray mother's ! breast—or was it my father's ! or is the e'ismbeiman—' Here my thoughts, in dispatr of getting at [ the true idea, went soaring off into the realm ' of dreams. Next morning on my desrenl to the break fa'l room, 1 found thai 1 had slept both well and long' Mr. Bertram was still at the ta ble, but the Judge, he informed me, bad left on important business two hours ago. 'She is so overwhelmed this year,' he remarked with evident pride, 'that I really can haidly catch her five constant minutes in the day ; the children, 100, miss her greatly, poor .(kiugs, in the busy season.' Here he rang the hell, and in came a com fortable-looking man, with a somewhat large and also comfortable baby. 'You can leave him, nurse,' said the young gentleman, taking it ralher clumsi' iy 'Madam !—sir, I mean—' I exclaimed, recoiling in horror, 'you're not going to—oh for heaven's sake don't /' 'Oh, I have full charge of Itim now,' said Mr. B. proudly ; 'that is, since the Judge ha* been able to leave him ; indeed the care of the darling has been a serious interrup tion to the Judge's usefulness this season, and one from which I would glully nave re lieved her, had it teen possible ; but Nature you know,' he continued, laughing tightly, 'has not designed lo entrust to us weaker vessel* so important a oharge aa that of early infancy.' Politeness, I may remark, has always been considered a striking feature of my character; on this occasion, huwevsr, even politeness could no longer restrain roe— •Man !' i began, in a voice that would have been as thunder had it not been ren dered faun by amazement. At this moment a carriage stopped at the door, and in came two highly dressed gentlemen, who seemed to be intimate friends, for they found the* way directly to the breakla-t-ioom. 4 'Welcome, right weltomk, 1 said Mr. B. cordially, without introducing; me. He prob ably forgot it. i Perceiving myself unnoticed, I retired to the deep-recessed window, and euteGnsed behind the curtain, ;ook a minute observa tion of the three. sl am ftttrrthly quick ut noticing; I tunnedistely perceived that the chief peculiarity of ail three gentlemen was! their loug and silky beards ; Slid dux, strange to sag, instead of marking them at once *.< lords tl creation, was made by singe lav pers&ne only antgher preoi of effeminate j vanity,—that of Urn elder parted at the chin and tied with streaming ribbon* ; that of Uin younger flowing in auburn eurla. The vet rat capa of both ware plumed and jewelled, (heir cloaks of brilliant eoloia, ami richly trimmed. The elder was short and modi, ww epddtadles, had a harsh aeiwk a worldly 11 younger in manly great as an el, his eye, tee ot hie the elder a, I don't reek—el and the ir ; wha: 1, and ihe I dear, my fivedays j , and yet ibliged to oy a wo rn w. .! 'I wouldn't,' said Mr. B.' 'Oh, I know very wefl Stfcat yon think, my dear, that we ought to entourage the sex as far aa we can. poorthlfcg4 b "' "he fact I*l there are some things tSatj men can, do, and some that they can't; I now I believe thai pantaloons are eeffci!y out of their sphere.' v Talking of scleras,' sank the younger, 'did you know (hat we ha-fa reel live refor mer in the city, a Man's right* man ?' 'What's that V 'Oh, a man that dresses'badly and speaks loud, and goes about making disturbance* infamit.es; he came to our bouse with some of hi* old spe,. dies about tyrtnn y and all that, but I was too rouefi tor him.' 'Ha, ha, ha! whntdnl yoa say Augus tas !' •; 'Oh, I told him that as •ffc-.yeprssentation,' what did 1 waoFwtih a ayeyfxwbsn the Pro fessor could goto thepJßts and save me the trouble ? and as td owning properly, it was ail in the family, end-it was just as well for one to be bothered with it as two ; and for gelling what 1 warned, I jpet told bint how I managed all that ?' says I, 'if I want a new carriage for instance, all I have lo do is to dress for breaklasp' •How V says he, astonished. jjF'Puionmy richest moming-cown, and snowiest shirt frill; attend my-elf to the ser- j ving of breakfast; pick out the choicest i piece of toast far the jPjfilesjor; above all, ' curl my beard. 'Ho* ?'says he again. * 'The Professor has a parfsion for the beau tiful; no.w if 1 were to .appear before her 'with my beard in cui! ask her j - • #*" . —another cSrrtTaoAuguTWsYl aTn surpris ed at your exiravtgat.ee—you had a new j one scarcely a month ago!—(which is true, 1 but nothing to the purpo-e.) But if I ap- ! proach her thus, laying my hand on her arm my soft beard waving in golden tendrils be- ' fore b*r shoulder* and mormor—'you char ming fellow, how can I refuse you ha, ha, hal'tho lie former conUin',l aay another word. 'Very proper my dear, the horrid crea- | ture,' said the elder geo tieman—'oh you pilty bessed tiddy ickle suga> tin* pum !' he continued making a plunge at the infant in a sudden effervescanse ot rupture. lam easily disgusted : I became so at this moment; turning hastily to the window, I picked up an elegantly bound book which lay before me, it was a romance, written by Geo rgiana Chaucer, entitled, 'Griseldus, or] the patient buabaod's w*yd. J read a- I while, absorbed ia indignation; than, look, ing up, perceived thai the friends bad gone, and young Bertram was pacing the room a lone, ins restless, troubled manner; at that moment, also, the.Judga unexpectedly enter ed. ' What's the trouble, Alfred !' said the fe male, kindly. ' Nothing,'said Alfred. ' Nay, something is surely wrong,' she re. aponded gravely ; 'moreover, samcthiiig hue been wrong for some weeks past; is AUred ] discontented ? lias anything which I can re- ' move, occurred lo cause him unhappiness ?' j ' No,' said Alfred, moodily—and yet lam unhappy; lam ennuied: life is so dull, so narrow. Each day rises and sit* *0 like the last, that at limes 1 become almost insane with impaiieuo* ; it may be absured, I wilt j not attempt to altogether justify it, but at ' limes I feet within my soul a striving aud pleading of powers yet giwgevefoped ; un conciously I find myself ask lag,—if Ay have I impulses, yearniugs-c aspiration#, it they are never to be cotisumaied! Why have I au arm that leugs lor some resistance a-1 gainst which lo lest it* might, for the aim- i pis pleasure ef using the power! Why : have 1 a tniud ever wondering, pondering, fouling in ii* indiseipiined tasbion after the thing*, ever thrown back upon ami the daily small routine of my pres eiu lifo ? Tweiny umus a day, a* 1 read or hoar of h noble deed, or a daring exploit, or a dupgeroadf itild adveninre, my heart leaps up iq mail itnfturience to he, and kuow, and 4 Mopofxpoor chilil;' said the female, io I'l'Vina *o(tiiakipeiil: 'have 1 aver restricted 1 for improvement ! Did 1 n<H veful you another diccing-master but yesterday! Would yon bks to have some new music.! Do 1 not buy you alt the an nuals a* last as they coruc out ! And a* for exercise, isn't" the bafjh*|Mvy onoagh ! Come, come, my deer, you'le nervous di gestion probably aootewbst net of order; dyspeptic people always have a-piratten > depend upon it, my deer, dyspvpeia teat the bottom rl more of the melancholy poetry; •nd soul-yearuisga after the infinite, tha* the majority ofeor poet-wofahippers dream.' Hem the ooov*nation ceased, and the parties left the room; I entered and sixed my 3hai and coat, resolved to quit immediately and forever this atom unnatural household. I accordingly wandered from street to street, In a vain attempt to discover my octal neigh borhood. Wearied at last, I stepped about dusk at a emaH hotel, aa# having dined, im mediately retired. Early next morning, I sailed forth again ; this time my attention was arrested by a flaming sign, with these remarkable words : MAM'S RIGHTS' DEBATE Tina DAY! I entered; many women were there, tome grave and dignified, some rude and swag gering, hot all with a decided business look sad manner. All the men etoept one or two on the platform, wore long and silky beards. * ' There was a general commotion through out the hall, and look of disgust and ange* on the faces of the women, from which I interred thet the lest speaker had been a men ; but now, from the general settling down of the audience, it was plain that a fa vorite orator bad the floor. I looked—fa cing os, with a grave* yet sarcastic smile, was thgt horrible ami seemingly Übiquinone rentals, Judge Bertram. ' Mrs. Chairwomen,' she began, 'f fee| that I almost owe tb'a assembly an apology for rising lo answer arguments shallow and preposterous as those of the misguided male just taking bis seat ; nevertheless, for once, and for the sake of fate play, we will even enter the lisle with this mate logician 'Laugh ter and applause.' •The person partly bases hi# imagined e qnalily with the higer sex, upon his equal toughness of bone and muscle, be goas far ther—ha nays,'if with .our present maotire hot-house life, weare equal in strength of limbs and power of endurance, reason sug gests that if enjoying the advantages of out door life, exercise, and incentive to action possessed by woman, we should be in this respect her superior.' Let us suppose him lo be in this particular, equal, or even supe rior, to the crowning sux—is brawn the test, of excellence in imrrortsl beings? Doe* :be person hold himself lower in the scale, of creation than the elephant, or lbs hon or the boa constrictor! Did the person ever read that in the iitfauey of things ;Jthis earth was swarmed with monsiers, ill-eha'pen; sprawling ItiJeous, any one of them migh ty enough to crush this boaster of brute force lo jelly with one firm suck of its lips ? Doer be know that after these came an order of cwateres Sjfidi ".art* more nicely adjusted, with foncltonemure complacate, with glim mer'mge of intellect and with diminished Mrength 1 Is lie aware that at the present day, women,'l use the word of couree in its general sense; at including man,' although indisputably excelling the ancients in the divine attributes, morality and intellect is far behind them in eize and in strength mucle! 'Applause and ulteers.' ' Frieuds, allow me to repeat the order of creation ; first the vegetable world, then that scarcely liighergrade of life which lirtka the vegetable with the animal, then up from step to step, to the highest order of brutes; the elephant horse and dog. Then comes direct from the hand of the Maker a glori ous creature, combining the excellencies of all that have preceded; bold aa the lion, wise as the serpent; keen aud proud as the eagle; bearing himself as should the first created beinf destined for two worlds—his feet tread the earth ia mastery—his face scant tbe beaven. ' Friends, have we yet arrived at the crown of human creation f Was there not yet an | other being formed, of texture lea gross, of mould more exquisite, instinot throughout with a more clherial essence! Do we not find in the conformation of this new being, a fuller development of many rough eng. geottoni in the first. De we not also find her endowed wiih a more vivid sensibiliiy, a finer moral nature; in ahort, has she not taken one oiher step from the physical tow ard ihe divine, thus proving .'herself imper feot though she be the higest earthly type of created being! 'Loud applause and thumping of large parasols.' 'Mrs, Chairwoman, let nshnmor this mis guided male by descending to particulars. ' hj modestly d iclaret tha sex to be fully e- , qual 10 the positions of doctor, lawyer, and j priests 'Groans, and contemptitoa* flirting ol large para-ols.' Lt us imagine him to to be a doctor ; even supposing him pos sessed of the requisite knowledge, which 1 wo are all aware thai he is not, where i* the superior order of tact and delicacy, the in- , tuitive perception of the patient's condition, I qualities at least at essential a* medicine to j phyt'cian's success t ' Or again: supposing him to be a lawyer, | still taking for granted the attainments which they do—not possess where is the quick- j ties* of repartee: th* subtil aptness for eva- 1 sien, above all, the infinite cum maud of lan guage, possessed alone by woman! 'lit metise enthusiasm—two large parasols mu tilated. 'Most proposteroos of alt, let n* call him; for ibe moment a priest—l use Ihe won! in it* largest acceptation. Bee him clumstly builoiug wordy structore* of morality, dic tating to th* keaner inspiration of woman; how she shall believe ami supplicate, and worship ! Groans; hisses; flouncing ol latge parasols.' 'Friends I feet thet it i* wasting your time and patience to multiply arguments, when I might bring forward one which is in in It self sufficient to overwhelm the** rebel lions with iaetant confusion and shame. 1 ap peal to all present to answer: why hs* Na ture herself provided that tha faces of males should be veiled with flowing beards! why if not lo teach them beyond tha possibility of dispute, that they also should veil them selves iu meekness, modesty, devotedaase, and all the catalogue ef domestio virtues which have always constituted their legiti mate sphere, and wich make the true men so charming and convenient, and comforta ble and except able to woman ?' [tVJiirldwimlr of applause, and frantic waving aloft of large peraeol*.} In Ilia midst of the acclamations excited j by tha last address, I aaw a well dressed 1 and neatly shaven gentlemen mount the ' rostrum ; but hereupon arose a tempest of indignation, amidst wich I could sometimes j distinguish cries of 'Bareigeert ! barfacsfK" ' and one furious old lady rushed toward* the ! platform, pointing with her large parasol, ! and shrinking; shame on the b*tufaced roan.' and now. the uproar became so general ind ! terrific, that with that singulkr prudence ; which joined to valor, he* always been so much admired by our firier.de: u instantly ; stepped esiile through a private door, which ' leiftte a dark antry; and thence into the Bring walked as before; until !*e in tha I paused a moment to rife. The slB&s declining; the red light cr|pt along Mbchmtney to chimney, and lighted the I oppose windows; pane after pane, khen all at once it caught the figu.e of a farmer wjth a soyth ; on the weathercock ot 4 house which I bad passed and re parsed q dozen trmes without notice ; but nojgf oh,' magio transformation of sunset! I pUceivsd it to be the very square into whtoh t had I emer ged on that fatal day when 1 left the- cavern ous opening I I Behind me on a heap of large irreglular stones, stood a marble fignre with a goblet out of which she was evidently in the habit ot pouring a fountain of water: at presdnl the goblet was dry. A powerful instinct impelled me to rush to a heap of stones, and rem five the Urges:; here was an opening at last! | Without a moment's hesitation; 1 left this j atrocious city, and after an hpur's endurance J of the most frightful hardships, from being ! oblige! to travel in jj inconvenient and un dignified po#luret_f fou nd myself silling, once mars iu ihejßtd ot the stream, in our own extensive giofudi. It struck me as singular that the sun was yet an hour high iu the hyaven ; it was al so a remarkable!j|ct thai my clothes were not at airJdii&t oy 1 my* peculiar ' mode ot traveling, but these discrepancies were in. sianlly put to flight by enraging the discov , ery that while 1 was sitting flat and moist in the sand, the large round stone was oecnpied by ihe identical load which had been the cau-o of my woes. 1 looked ai him fiercely ; lie returned my ; look with a protracted state (hen perpetrated an in-ult which has never before or since, ' been attempted iu my presence—he wink ed. Extraordinary speech of Mr. Thompson ot Kenteeky—Us Ihe Uoaaestend Bill. 1 Delivered in Congress on the lltk rf April, ! 1864. | Mr. Wade moved 10 amend tbe bill by striking out that part which limit# the beiyt j fits of it to those who at the time of U* pat sage are residents ef tha Uiuted State* or I Territories. j Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, said thie a , mendment was intended to extend the grant j made by the bill r.ol only to all Americans ] and foreigners now in the United Stales, bat ] also lo all foreigners who may come here, upon their filing declaration of intention to 1 become citizens. To lbs bill, and especial ly to this amendment, he was entirely op posed. In the oiher end of the Capitol, it had lately been declared thai no opposition to give lands for the support of these unfor tunate people, insane, who, by the visitation ; ot God. were unable lo provide for them selves, was unconstitutional. But the Sena ! tor from Ohio finds no snch difficulty in pro posing 10 give bomes and lands to all the ! vagabonds, paupers, and criminal* which the arm of pubiio justice or political events compel* 10 come to onr shores, and to the i -1 die and lazy loafer* of our own country. He had thought of moving to recommit this bill, with a view of making it more e qua! in its bounties. If it be right and just to give land* to tha landless, and hemes lo the homeless, why uot give money loth* moneyless. If anything likejustiee or equi ty be intended, why overlook ihe mechan ics, tbe professional men, and all other* who know nothing ol agrionltural pursuits?— Why shower all this bounty upon those who can follow agriculture f He had always un derstood that the public lands were solmaly pledged for the payment of the pubiio debt- If this were so, he wouUI like 10 know how they could be legally taken while under mor> gage, and given away to persons were ali- 1 one iu language and blood, and to .loafers at j home! , He wished lo know any good cause for of-1 faring this bonne, 10 all those foreigners who seek American shores—to all those who leave th ir ceontry, perhaps, for their coun try's pond, or who teav* it because they are somwhai liberal, yet not liberal axough to fiuht for liberal princi plea and institutions ! Why offer this bonus to all the laay, idle, good for nothing loafers at home who n*v*r had two hundred dollars to buy e farm, he fexusa they were too idle cod lazy to work NUMBER 16. or ill What good sffeo' could bs accom plished by Milling public lands with sonti people 1 To got them logo there and settle upon land, yon moot eay to thorn, hero if ft nice liulo farm for yma—go take it; gmfcaow yon or* too laxy and worthies# aver to bo a- Mo to boy one. or hoop one when it la giv on yoa; for the reason we will oovar U with a sort of bankruptcy to oentlmte for ever Ton need not be afraid to taka it— neither Sheriff nor Constable shaft ever lay hie hands upon it. It is forever to be bankrap to your creditor*. [Laughter,! And these, are the men to whom such inducement* | have to be bald oat, that are to flit op, oo j copy and become communities of aew | States. What lIMM communities they will i be—the vagabond* qpd criminals of Europe j and he loafers of our own country. [Laugh ter ami applause ] TWbtH wet Utijekt fj enutlier aeaon. It wae a discrimination in |fa vor of pauper*and idlers, against the hard working and industr ous pioneers, who bare cut down their forests and paid for their land*, and settled the Western Stales. The industrious American pioneers have baca made to pay for their lands, and it is given I away to the criminals, ragamuffin* and pan ' per* of the werld, who are now fiyiag and will fly to this country, like buzzards to A cartas*, which they will stiok to till they oat it op. [Laughter and applause ] He saw from the nespapera that there were proposition* pending to bny the whole M gicne of territory. What faff Was it to pay for it and then give i( away! Another war might follow, and It wae better to keep •II the land and vote it away as was done before, in bounties to otd soldier*. Ir. these days there was a universal desire to acquit* territory; there Was hardly an old fashioned Whig left wbo did not want to annex all Ca nada, or swallow one or more whole States of Mexico. If they could not get them one [ way, they wanted a fight. Now-a-daya, the American people bad become so bellicose that they much .resembled certain kind of men, who seamed to think they would -'spoil about the head and shoulders," unless they had a flight on hand. [Laughter.] This land, when acquired, had to be paid for eitlie repurchase money or in war ex penditure*. Why was it to be given away ! th>w Uooeihiß bill effect the descendants of those pittlPn fitter* whose blood secured (he independence iu this nation. 7 UndffHt* policy they are told they shall have none of the public land for railroads, for churches, for theirdeaf dumb, blind or insane, for school or school* houses. They ere 10 have nons of the pro ceeds of its sale ; they are to derive no ben. efit of any kind Irom it. But they are fur ther told thai while none of yon shall have jsny of It, w* will give it to some Hoaaicj* Jsho-e aricestem uuul.crmi yonrs for hire in fhe days ol the revolution. Applause. We will not gi'e it to your people tor schools or school-houses, but we will give it lo some Dutchman with such a high back, an-J feet so broad, that it will take three generations to lick him into the shape ol an American gentleman. (Loud and continued laughter and applause ) The old States, hy policy ol this bill, will be entirely excluded from the public lands. The people of one half of them will he to'd when they desire lo go there—you can't come in, yopr larnicd with negroes. Was it just? And if unjust, why this radical change in the system of admin ia sring public lands ? These prsposed chan ges were somewhat peradical. Sim# per son or another, for political purpose-, propo ses til build up lor an approaching Presiden tial eßclion a new-partv—a German party, it may be, with ill ceireat Cinctoatti or Lou isville, and they are rq control and govern the American jieople, and require the pubiiu lands to be given away to their countrymen. It was the boasi that this was en A i rf>->vt on tfople. who hd for a b.s> urn.'), fsel ruln.l by a hull-crazy breed of Germim sing*, and queel!*, was there not danger that this German party would rule thisnaiion 1 h was this aspiration after the Presidency that lead lo all such measures as this. Wheat men once think of the Presidency, when they sen the purple, and look towards the White Houe, they cease to be sane man— " Laughter," Their heads go round and round, as if afflicted with a vertigo, and in their disordered imaginations originate all kinds of extravagant propositions. At such a time, one of them, whose boast formerly would have been that he was an American was now going about declaring that his fath.' er was an Irishman, and his mother a Dutch I man. "Loud laughter." Though a man knowing bat little, and caring less, about re ligion in any form, he may be seen going around the country making the sign of tha oros-, and miilienng most unintellijable jar gon, to enfeh Catholic votes. "Laughlei." If not doing this, he will be *een talking to the foreign population, cajoling them tor their votes, promising them land for nothing, like the old fellow who promised our Savionr all the kingdoms of Iho world if He would fall down and worship him, when in trath the old rascal had not a single fool of land of his own to give away. "Loud applause anil laughtet." Suppose n territory—Nebraska, for In stance—i* lo be rallied by a population only induced lo go | hare by snch a bill as this What a con fusion of tongue* will be there. Men of all nations of the world, perhaps combining within their nnmber an amount of degradation, idleness, crime and villainy which, if entered in any metropolis, would* destroy any nation, however pure and pow erful. Suppose a member of the Senate should co there anil set'le. They would nat y*"V aiclaim "You are an American—how did you get here* "Daughter." What mn.fc you come here f Did y, H t murder in Kentucky, that yon had te fly t0 this pUoe t 5-augter. What, did you rob and steal in New Yoik, that forced yoa lo leave there 1" "Applause apd laughter." Was this the way to raise up and people the new States of the Union 1 Ha was no Native American. He was not Hostile to foreigners. But he was opposed to holding oat a boobs lo wor thless criminals from all parts of tha world to eoma and tabs oar land. He repented his objections lo tha bill and said that though apposed to the sxemise of ths one men power, yet if this bill passed and President Pierce sl.osto veto it, he did not know bet Ik at ha (Mr. Thompson) would support htm for the suacessor io 18- wOi
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