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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1856.
Whig County Meeting.
We are requested to announce that there
willbeaWhig county meeting in the Court
House in Bloomsburg on Saturday the 16th
of August inst., at 5 o'clock, P. M., for the
purpose of selecting delegates to the Whig
National Convention at Baltimore. All who
feel interested are requested to attend.
Berwick Camp Meeting.
A Camp Meeting for Berwick Circuit will
be held on the land of Alex. Jamison, Esq ,
(the same on which the meeting was held
lut year) in Salem twp., two miles north
east of Berwick and one mile east of Foun
dry ville, to commence on Friday, the 22 d of
August, 1856. A boarding tent will be erec
ted on the ground. Ministers and friends
from the surrouuding charges are respectful
ly invited to attend.
THE KANSAS ACT.
The following clause in '.he 22d section of
the law of Congress establishing the terri
tories of Kansas and Nebraska, contains the
whole of what there is in this law relating to
slavery:
"That the constitution, and all laws of
Ihe United States which are not locally in
applicable shall have the same force and ef
feot within the said territory of Kansas as
elsewhere within the United Stales, except j
the eighth section of the act preparatory to |
the admission of Missouri into the Union,
approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and
twenty, which being inconsistent wiih the
principle of non-intervention by Congress
with sltvery in the slates and territories, as j
reoognized by the legislation of eighteen
hundred and fitly, commonly called the com- ■
promise measures, is hereby declared in- i
operative and void; it being <ha true intent
and meaning ol this act not to legislate sla
very into any territory or state, nor to exclude j
it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof j
perfectly free to form and regulate their do- !
mestic institutions in their own way, subject
only to the constitution of the United States.
Piovided that nothing herein contained shall |
be construed to revive or put in force ar.y \
law or regulation which may have existed
prior to the act of sixth of March, eighteen '
hundred and twenty, either protecting, es
tablishing, prohibiting, or abolishing sla
very."
The object of this clause is not to sanction ;
slavery in any way, but to leave the subject,
as to the actual settlers of Kansas, precisely
as it has been left as to the people of Penn
sylvania, and of evory other State, since the
adoption of the constitution. And it is a piece
of bold and infamous falsehood to represent
the Democratic paity as pledged to an exten- 1
■ion of slavery.
COMMITTEES OF VIGILANCE.
Tne following are the Committees of Vig
ilance appointed .in the several townships of
Columbia oounty by the Democratic Stand
ing Committee:
Bloom —Daniel Lee, M. C. Woodward, Ja
■ob R. Groal.
Benton —Richard Stiles, Samual Rhone,
Alonzo M. Baldwin.
Briarcreek— Hudson Owen, David Shaffer,
Nathan Seely.
Beaver —Charles Michael, Moses Sbltcher,
Samuel Johnson.
Centre —Charlea H. Dietsnob, Joseph Pohe,
Henry D. Knorr.
Cattawissa —Caaper Rahn,lsaiah John, Pe
ter Bodine.
Conyngkam —Dr. R. YVolfarih.
Franklin —Reuben Knittle, Wm. Robrbaoh,
Peter Kline.
Fishingcretk —Jonas Doty, Philip Apple
man, Harman Labor.
Qrtemoood —Sameel Gilles'py, fsaac De
wilt, Elijah Albertson.
Hemlock —Jesse Ohl, Isaac Leidy, Win. H.
Shoemaker.
Jackson— John McHenry, jr., Iram Darr,
Thomas W. Young.
locust— David Yeager, Jacob Stine, Leon
ard Adams.
Mifflin —J. C. Heller, Jno. Michael, Chris
tian Wolf.
Maine— Jacob Shugar, Jos. Geiger, iss-.o
Yetter.
Mountpleasant —Sam'l Johnson, Philip Kis
tler, John Mordan.
Montour —Evan Welllver, Jaoob Leiby,
W. G. Quick.
Afadtson— J. A. Funeton, Scbooley Allen,
John Fruit.
Orange—Hiram R. Kline, John Megargle,
John Lazarns.
Pine— John Leggett, Albert Hooter, Enoch
Fox.
Boarrngertek— John C. Myers, George W.
Dieithaob, M. Foederoff.
Scott— John H. Dewitt, Enoch Howell,
Charlee Bachman.
Sugarloaf— Alines Cole, W. B. Peterman,
David Lewis
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 13, 1856.
Andrew J. Donelson for Buchanan against
Fillmore.
Maj. Donelson became very indignant in
1851, says the Nashville Union , that Mr. Fill
more should be named for re-election as
President in preference to such "brilliant"
names as Case, Douglas, Butler, Dallas, Mar
oy, and Buchanan; and the arguments that
were used for Mr. Fillmore then are the
same that are paraded in Know Nothing pa
■ggps now. Hear Major Donelson, as he ex
pressed himself Ihrongh the Washington
Union :
"Although that measure, (the Compromise
of 1850,) if considered as one of a party na
ture, would fall io the credit of the democrats,
whether it be tested by Ihe membeis whose
votes and influence passed it, or by ib* sac
rifice which it makes' to the cause of the
union; yet we see it announoed as the signal
by whiolt an administration is to be contin
ued in power, whose only prominent distinc
lion thus far is that it cuts off the heads of
office-holders because they have been faith
ful to the political convictions of their lives.
* * • • •
And what is the rea<on given for this alarm
ing and extraordinary demand I Let not the
reader be amazed : it is that President Fill
more will execute the laws— will be faithful
to his oath and execute the laws I
"That we may not be soppoaed lo exag
gerate die pretentions of the Whig party,
we need only refer lo the fact that its candi
dates in Tennessee hare already proclaimed
the name of Millard Fillmore as that around
which the royal friends of the Compromise
must be rallied, and an administration in
stalled into power whioh will discard from
the councils of the nation all who dare to
stand upon the old platform of WASHINGTON,
JMTERSOK and JACKSON. The brilliant names
of CASS, WOODBURV, DALLAS, DOUGLAS,
WALKER, BUCHANAN, BUTLER, HOUSTON,
DICKINSON, and MARCV, and the hundreds of
others who are scattered over our vast con
federacy, but whose patriolio light is as clear
in the political firmament as that of the
milky-way in our tkiee—these names are to
be taken away from the public honor, and
President Fillmore must shine alone as a
alar of the first magnitude because he will !
not falsify his oath lo execute the laws Was
e> er an effort so out of proportion to a cause
brought to the notice of a reasoning and dis
criminating as well as patriotic people? Nev
er before in our history has a demand been
made on the public credulity which proves
so conclusively ihegenius of the party which
adopted the maxims pi Alex. Hamilton in
the early days of the republic, and which we
have the authority of Mr. Jefferson for say
ing, were founded on the belief that our peo
ple were ignorant and could not be governed
by any other than a strong consolidated gov
ernment. There is to be no inquiry into Ihe
past history ol President Fillmore; his pledge
to the abolitionists of the North to abolish
slavery in the Territories of the United Stales
—his support of the corruptions of the bank—
his identity with all the extravagant prelen-
I sions of the federalists on the subject of (ax
es and monopolies—must be forgotten be
cause he will exeoute the laws. Have we
any guarantee from Ibis assurance that he
will execute the laws more than Mr. Seward
or Mr. Wade, or honest John Davis would
give, if placed in the presidency l
"It accords with the waning extravagance
of unscrupulous politicians, whose unmask
ed designs have been rejected by the people,
to bury the past, to discard old issues, and
lo create a new standard of pchtical faith
which may cover the follies act! weaken the
odium of former defeat."
We defy any Know Nothing paper to an
swer the severe and merited slriotures of
Major Donelson.
•
FISH DAMS.—The owners of fish dams in
the Susquehanna, below Harriaburg, Pa., are
busily engaged in repairing them, and estab
lishing their baskets for the regular fall fish
ing. Large quantities of fish are annually
caught in that manner.
PUTTING THEM THROUGH —The Police Court
of Louisville, Ky., has recently imposed fines,
to the amount of 912,000, upon about one
hundred coffee house keepers of that city, for
violations of the city ordinances.
DROWNING.—Mary Brennan was found
drowned in the canal, below Pottsville, Pa.,
lost Sunday morning, and on the evening of
the same day John Devlin was drowned from
a oanal boat, belorv Oiwigsburg.
THE ROUTE of the Bailroad between Au
burn and Allentown, Pa., has been located,
and the work ia to be commenced as soon as
9100,000 is subscribed to the stook in Schuyl
kill county. So says the "Miners' Journal."
F.XPLOSION AND LOSS or Lire—On Satur
day, 26th nil. Sholl's powder mill, at Mnunt
Carmel, near Ashland, in Schuylkill county,
Pa., exploded instantly, killing one man and
seriously injuring several others.
MORALS or GOTHAM.—A hundred and filly
swindlers have been caught at the Avtor
House alone, by one of the waiters, within
the last six months, trying to leave without
paying for their meals.
A LARGE TRAIN.—On Tuesday last a coal
burning locomotive took over the Sunbury
and Erie railroad, to Williamsport, Pa., a
train of 106 can, each laden with 4J tons of I
ooal.
RUSSIA itfforly-one limes the size of France,
and one bundted and thirty-eight timss that
of England.
Truth and Right God anl-jMi^ouutrj'.
Consequence* of Disunion.
Hon. Win. B. Reed, of Philadelphia, haa
written a lelter to the cilizena of Franklin Co.,
Pa., in which he Ihoa forcibly depio(B the
conaeqnencea of diannion:
" I remember, j earn ago, on a bright sum
mer's afternoon, toiling up the turnpike
road on the Cove Mountain, in your oounty,
and when I reached the summit, turning to
gaze on as beautiful a scene as ever gladden
ed my eye—the valley of peaceful beauty
which atretches off to Maryland and towards
the Potomac. It is a familiar scene to moat
of you. To me it was new, and ila impres
sion has never faded from my mind. As far
as ihe eye could reach there was fertility—
I the signs of tranquil industry ; all was beau
nrui—all was peaoeful; it looked—as it
was—like the abode of a happy and united
people. The political line separating Penn
sylvania from Maryland—traced by those
old-fashioned surveyors, Charles Mason and
Jeremiah Dixon—was visible to noeje. The
trees on which they marked it had long been
felled or disappeared. Many a farm was
separated by it, but, except in the eye of the
law, no one knew or cared about it.
" 1 have often—for painful thoughts are
thrusting themselves upon me—recalled that
scene of actnal beauty and united interest,
and realized what it would be—what your
condition will be—what must be the condi
tion of every county of this Commonwealth
lying on the Maryland line ; Chester, Lan
caster, York, Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bed
ford, Somerset, Fayette and Greene; if dis
union be enforced on us, and the rupture be,
as it would be, between what are popularly
but falsely called the free and slave Slates—
between us and Maryland. 1 wish every man
could be made to understand what a frontier
is, even that of civilized life. Its daily, hour
ly vexations and dangers—its line of custom
houses, to keep the smuggler in and out —
Ihe crowds of fugitives from justice and la.
bor, infesting every avenue and concealed in
every thicket—the murderer striking down
his victim to-day and flying with the fresh
blood on his hand to a foreign territory to
morrow—the bickering, tho strife, the hot
blood of conterminous dispute—all would be
the daily doom of every southern county of
this Slate ; and across the beautiful valley 1
have spoken of would be distressingly visible
the actual, broad, perhaps bloody, line which
disunion must trace. This is true, though
hard to conceive. Pennsylvania, and you,
citizens of Franklin county, have so long re
posed in the very centre of Ihe Union, that
you cannot anrtcrsisnit now you oon become
a frontier, and how you will suffer when you
do."
LETTER OF SENATOR PRATT.
An addrers 'to the Whigs of Maryland'has
appeared ir the National Intelligencer from
Ex-Governor Pratt, a Senator of Maryland.
The position of the writer, as the choice of
the Whigs in Maryland, impartß some inter
est to his views upon the present aspect of
political affairs, especially as he announces
himself a supporter of Mr. Buchanan. We
subjoin some extracts from his letter show
ing reasons lor bis pteference of the Demo
cratic nominee. Mr. Pratt commences ss
follows:
TO THE WHIGS OF MARYLAND.
In response to the communications receiv
ed from many of my brother Whigs, I deem
it my privilege, in this manner, to counsel
with all in relation to the course whioh pa
triotism and duty would seem to indicate as
proper in the present political orisis.
No lover of his country whose judgement
is unbiased by party zeal, and uncontrolled
by Northern and Southern fanaticism, can
fail to see and deprecate the pending danger
to the Union.
The first duty of everr man who loves his
oountry and het institutions is to provide
for their safety. The life of the nation is in
danger. It must be saved; then, and not till
then, will it be permissible to ns to discuss
our differences of opioion upon . minor sub
jects.
1 say that the life of the Union is in dan
ger, because, for the first time in our history,
a parly has been formed, composed exclu
sively of citizens of one section of the conn*
try, bound together by the single bond of an
alliance for offensive warfare against the oth
er section. That the success of such a parly
would imperil the Union haa been recently
demonstrated by en address of Mr. Fillmore,
and will, it is submitted, be apparent to all
who will bestow a moment's consideration
upon the existing posture of political affairs.
The value of Ihe slave properly of the
South is not less than two thousand millions
of dollars—a sum equal to the value of all
the other property of the United Stales, as
shown by the last census. The properly is
not only recognized, but so far guaranteed
by the constitution as to impose upon the
federal government the duty of restoring to
his owner the slave who may escape into
another State or territory of the United States.
For years past litis constitutional obligation
has been not only repudiated by some of the
non-slaveholding States, but political parties
have been organized in all with the avowed
object of liberating Ibe aiave, and thus not
only depriving the South of this vast amount
of property, but subjecting it to all the hor
rors which would necessarily result from
aooh a consummation. In addition to all
this, whilst the abolitionists on the one hand
openly avow their opposition to the constltn
tion and their desire to destroy a government
which imposes obligations repudiated by
them, on the other band, many Southern
men, goaded by the incessant attacks of
gheir Northern fellow-citizen* upon their
feelings, their property, and their conititn-
liooal rights express the belief that the in
terests of (he South would be more effectu
ally protected by a separation of Ihe slave
from the non-slaveholding States, tnd there
fore rather promote than interpose to prevent
a result so calt)iitoui.
| We have hitherto dlafegded the dinger
which such, a stale of feeling and such a
course of aotion would indicate as most im
minent, because we have assumed that such
sentiments andaotion could only be attribu
ted to a small minority of our Northern
brethren- But now, when this sectional ex
asperation has been made available for the
inauguration of a party calling itself repub
lican, under whose banner, for the first time
in the history of the country, this sectional
•eeeaiiion to Southern rtfrhn and interest
have united in nominating jnixts alleged pro
babilities of success, a purely sectional tick
et for President and Vice Presdent of the
United States, we can AO longer abut our
eyes to Ihe reality of the threatened danger;
we cannot but feel that Ihe success of such
a patty would be the death-knell of Ihe Union.
The unpatriotio purposes of this sectional
parly are but too manifest. Many of ila sup
porters avoV their object and purpose to be
disunion, and have even gone so far in the
madness of their fanaticism as to desecrate
the flag of our country by obliterating from
its constellation the fifteen stars wbioh rep
resent the slaveholding stales, and displaying
as their party banner that flag with but six
teen of-its stars remaining, to represent the
sixteen non-slaveholding States. Jt is man
ifest that those who disavow the object are
not ignorant of the inevitable result.
The whiga of Maryland, whom I have the
honor to address, need no proof to convince
them that calamitous consequences would
flow from the success of this sectional party.
They each and all knew that the election
Mr. Fremont, and the administration of the
government by him upon the principles of
his party, would necessarily occasion a disso
lution of the federal Union, to which they
have been taught to look as the source of
national strength and of individual ..osperi
ty and happiness.
I have known the whigs of my State too
long, I estimate their patriotism too highly,
I have associated t\itb them too intimately,
to suppose it necessary for a moment to offer
an argument to them in behalf of their coun
try. They appreciate as fully as I could de
pict the horrors of disunion; they will see the
losrof national strength, the internal dissen
sions, the fatal check to civilization and free
dom, the contempt of the world, wt"c^K, u |d j
be the cuosequauoaa of
The whigs ol Maryland who have followed
Ihe lead of such patriots as Clay and Web
ster, "wilt never keep step to any other tjiu
sic than that of the Union."
Mr. Pratt then proceeds to say that as an
old Whig, he owes no allegiance to Messrs.
Fillmore and Donelson; that Mr. Fillmore
has identified himself with the American
organization and abandoned the old Whig
party, to wh'ch the writer is still attached.—
He does not deny to the American party a 1
national character, but considers that the
principles of the Democratic party contain
the best guarantee ol success against the
Republicans. He thinks that Mr. Fillmore
will in time be left without n electorial tick
et ia the free Slates, and tbat the contest
there must be between Buchanan and Fre
mont. In Ihe South alone he thinks Mr- l
Fillmore can hope to carry a few States, and
such a result would deieat the election of
President by the people, and throw it into
the House of Representatives, where the
danger lies. On this subject he says:
"Who can contemplate the occurrence of
such a contingency without feeling that he
would he a traitor to hia country if he failed
to exert every possible effort to avert so awful
a calamity 1
"I deem it, then to be my duty, as well as
that of ail who believe with me tbat the
election of Fremont would be the death
knell of the Union, to uoite in the support of
Messrs. Buchanan and Breckinridge; and I
shall sustain their election to the best of my
ability. Whilst I concede that there are
certain principles hitherto professed by the
party which nominated them that cannot re
ceive our support, yet on the great issues of
the constitutional rights of the South the
platform on wbioh they stand meets my
oordial approval, and ia in accordance with
tbat parly wbich 1 now address, and to whose
kind favor 1 owe the honor of holding the
seat I now oocnpy, and whioh I shall cease
to hold alter the 4th of March next by the
fiat of that party to which Mr. Fillmore has
attached himself, and which is now domi
nant in the Legislature of my native Stats."
He says in conclusion;
"In thus accomplishing what I believe to
be a duty, I shall be inexpressibly gratified
if I shall find myself sustained by the ap
proval of my fellow whigs, who have refused
to abandon either Ihe pany or the principles
of support in which we have so long and so
faithfully united, and which we will remain
ai perfect libeity to re-orgaize aa soon as onr
common efforts shall have succeeded in avert
ing the perils that now threaten our beloved
country.
THOMAS G. PRATT."
STOCXTON ON FREMONT. —Com. Stockton's
opinion—expressed at all times and on all
occasions—of Col. Fremont was, "that Fre
mont waa never at the right place at the right
time and as a proof that Commodore Stock
ton waa not wrong in his man, at the time
when both (be army and the navy were in
frequent conflicts, and always with a superi
or force, Fremont was not in a single battle!
Rochester Advertiser.
| LETTER OF SENATOR PEARCE.
The Hon. Jamps A. Pearce, a Senator of
Maryland, has published a latter addressed
to the Hon. J. R. Franklin, of Snow Hill, Md.,
in response to an inqdiry from that gentle
man as to what part he means to take in the
coming Presidential election, and what
should be done by old whiga who have nev
er been attached to any other party, and who
do not desire to enter into new political con
nections.
Mr. Pearce refers to the origin and career
Of the American parly, and while he does not
object to some of their designs, he disap
proves of its peculiar characteristics. He
thinks, further, that the northern wing of the
party came into it with purposes very differ,
ent from the re at, and adopted it as a cloak
for their schemes, and are now mainly affili
ated with ibe Republican party. He says:
" The contest, it seems to me, lies between
Mr. BDchßnau and Mr. Fremont. Mr. Fill
more's friends indeed claim a great reaction
in his favor; but 1 have lakeu much painß to
ascertain what his strength ia in the free
States, and so far I have not been able to
satisfy myself to carry a single one of them.
His wise and patriotic oonduct while Presi
dent, which recommended him so strongly
to the whigs of the South, is regarded by the
majority at the North as a fatal objection to
him. It is not moderation and conciliation
they desire; they think, as one ol their lead
ers said that Ihe time of compromises lias
passed. They want, in the President, an in
strument to punish the South for what they
fancy or pretend to be the aggressions of the
"slave power" upon the North. Mr. Fill
more is too national for this purpose, and he
must indeed be credulous or sanguine in the
extreme who supposes that the politicians
who have misguided and inflamed the North
ern majority will abandon their designs and
renounce the spoils for which they hunger
and thirst, just at the moment when, for the
first time, they are confident of the success
of the one and the enjoyment of the other.—
Mr. Fillmore's strength lies in the Whig
States of the South. I fall the Southern States
should give l.im their votes, he would fail in
Ihe election without such assistance from the
free Slates as it would be vain to look for.
The choice, then, is between Mr. Buchanan
and Mr. Fremont, and what Maryland whig,
belieying as I do, can hesitate
Mr. Pearce proceeds then to a review of
•.he currency objections to the Democratic
party, and to Mr. Buchanan as its represent
ative, some of which he disproves and oth
ers he regards as of minor importance to the
possibility of the success ol Mr. Fremont.—
" Ai present the prdipoct ts tbat the con
servative Whig vote will be so divided as to
defeat a popular election and throw the de
cision upon the House of Representatives—
at all times an event to be deprecated, but at
this period peculiarly pernicious and danger
i ous, and threatening the rudest shock* to our
system. What the result will be I will not
venture to predict, but 1 will say that I do
not Bee the less! probability of Mr. Fillmore's
election by the House of Representatives. I
think, therefore, it would be the part or wis
dom and patriotism in the Whiga (by which
I mean those who affiliated with no other
party) to throw their votes lor Mr. Buchanan,
as the strongest of the candidates opposed to
the Northern sectional party. This they may
do without renouncing their old political
faith, without stain of honor or suspicion of
apostacy. The motive being the integrity of
the Union, the defeat of a party which is
founded on geographical discriminations and
bound together by dangerous sectional
schemes, the act will be vindicated by disin
terested patriotism.
" For my part, I shall not abjure my polit
ical creed, and, having in view but the one
object which I have staled, I shall bold my
self ready to take any other course which
may be necessary to effect that object.—
Shonid Ihe hopes of Mr. Fillmore's friends
be realized ; should it appear that he ia more
likely to carry the great body of the patriotio-,
but quiet people, who generally'conte to the
rescue in times of peril; that he is, in short,
the best able to subdue this storm of section
a) passion and prejadice, I shall rejoice to
see him again filling Ibe chair of State. But
I will not affect an unalloyed gratification;
for I cannot forget that he ia the oandidats of
a parly which has proscribed whigs who were
not members of "the order"—of a party
which boasted that it had risen on the ruins
of the whig and democratic parties, and
which has prononnced both of them corrupt.
" Whatever the result, I shall be content
if the dangerous excitement which threatens
our peace and Union oan be calmed down,
so that the extreme opinions which have their
roots in prejudice and passion may wither
away. Then a liberal forbearance and kind
ly toleration of different sentiments may re
sume their influence. If this cannol be done,
it the South and the North are to regard one
another as enemies, then sooner or later our
"bouse, divided against .-.Velf,'" must fall-
Then we shall have to say, with Pantbeua—
Ve"it summa dies et ineluctable tempus.
Dardania.
But ours will be a sadder fate than that of
Priam's empire ; for it was not the Dardani
an people by whom the inevitable doom of
Troy waa fixed. A foreign foe beat down
her lofty walls and destroyed the high re
nown of Teucer's race; but we shall fall by
onr own snicidal hands; we will kindle the
flames which shall destroy the edifice of onr
oonatitutionel Union; ourselves will break
the bonds of harmonious interest and frater
nal concord which hive led us together as
one people. May heaven -inspire us with
wisdom to avert so sad a catastrophe I
Very trnly, my dear air, your friend,
JAB. ALFRED PEARCE.
To the Hon. J. R. Franklin, Snow Hill, Md.
{loettfi.
Written for the "Star."
LINES TO HANNAH.
BY X. O. <l. J.
Could I but teach my memory to forget
That e'er my heart had loved thy angel
form.
I might be nappy, and the rose might yet
Bloom on my cheek amid life's bitterest
storm.
But 'tis in vain: my eyes have once met
thine,
And young hope sprung eternal in my
breast;
And though youth withers, hope's a creep
ing vine
Which affection fosters in its sleepless
rest.
There lives a language in thy liquid eye
That words In vain might essay to impart;
And oh there's magic in thy bosom's sigh
Which draws a tear from sorrow's burst
ing heart.
But thou art changed, thy smiling mien no
more
Will light my soul to dreams ol joy and
love;
Thy silence tolls,my love,ry hopes are o'er
That I a wanderer through this world must
rove.
From the Home Journal.
M US I C.
BY GEO. P. MORRIS.
The wind-harp has music it moans to the
tree,
And so has the shell that oomplains to tne
sea,
The lark that sings merrily over the lea,
The reed of the rude shepherd boy!
We revel in music when day has begun,
When rock-fountains gush into glee as they
run,
And stars of the morn sing their hymns to
the sun,
Who brightens the hill-tops with joy!
The spirit of melody floats in the air,
Her instruments tuning to harmony there,
Our senses beguiling irom sorrow and care,
In blessings sent down from above!
But nature has music farmore tomychoice—
And all in her exquisite changes rejoice—
No tones thrill my heart like the dear human
voice
When breathed by the being 1 love!
miscellaneous Keabing.
HEROISM OF A YOUNG LADY.—The Boston
Courier, speaking of the burning of the
steamer John Jay, on Lake George, says:
"The nobility of Miss Kate Gore's con
duct during the excitement and the struggle
for life on board the John Jay, rises to the
dignity and sublimity of poetry. She was
traveling under ibe protection of her friend
and neighbor, Mr. Prilchard; and when dan
gurwan imminent, she tamed tq Dim,
take care of Mrs. Piitchard, I can swim."—
Thus saying she tripped forward with a mind
composed and a determination fixed, and
passed over the side of Ihe burning vessel.
The distance from the shore was then over
a mile; but she—relying upon her own
strength and courage, and being unwilling to
embarrass others who might have dearer
charges—undertook to save herself. She
swam a mile and became exhausted. A
good boatman, observed that she failed, push
ed to her relief and succeeded in reaching
her in time. He look her into his skiff and
landed her safely. She, in a transport of joy,
and true to that nature, which ia always
grand, rewarded him with a gift moro prec
ious to his manly heart than gold."
A GOOD STORV SPOILED—A story was told
by the Syracuse (N. Y.) Standard, a few days
ago, headed "Romance in Humble Life," in
which were related the trials and sufferings
of a "Mrs. Glaason, whose husband had gone
to California many yeara %go, leaving her
with several children to support. After many
years of struggling, during which she had
heard of her husband's death, and no com
munication from him had ever reached her,
she was informed of his being alive and
wealthy; that he had Irequently remitted
drafts to her addres, tic., &0., and that she
bad ascertained that such was the faot by ap
plying to the Post Office Department at Wash
ington." The Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore Sun elates that the dead letter
record, since the year 1847, had been care-w
fully examined, and no letter or other paperJ
had been received for Mrs. Glaason. It is
no uncommon thing for husbands who travel
in far off lands to allege tbat they have made
remittances to their wives, wbioh were never
entrusted to the mails.
THE CASUALTIES OP JULY.—The following
table exhibits the number killed and wour.d
ed by railroad and steamboat accidents dur
ing the mouth of July, ths number of lives
lost by fires, and the amount of property de
stroyed by conflagrations. The fires wbich
have not destroyed property to the vaule of
820,000 are not enumerated and of course a
veiy considerable number are excluded:
Killed. Wounded.
Railroad aocidents, 78 138
Steamboat accidents, 62 10
By fires, 12 5
Total, 152 152
Property destroyed by fire, 81,121,000 1
EATING ONE'S MONEV'* WoaTH.-The New
port correspondent of ibe Providenoe Journal
tells Ihe following good story:
"A sickly looking man accosted another
visiter by remarking, 'Yon appear to be well;
what do yon visit this place for I* 'To enjoy
myself; are you ill V Ob, terribly so.' 'Then
permit me as a friend, that even
if yon were in the most robust health, you
eat altogether too mueb. At this aiokly look,
ed a Ittllo indignant, bat the next moment be
cooled down, and replied, 'I like your con
versation very mnqb, but what on earth is'a
j man to do who io hero paying two dollars
1 and a half a day V"
[Two Dollars per Annate.
NUMBER 30.
NEW PIIAStf VP TUB "GOOSE QUEI
■fION."
A most laughable eiory !• ibid by an Eng
lish correspondent ol the New York Sunday
Timet of what occurred a abort time since on
one of the railways running out of London.
We thought that we were once witnesses and
partioipaiore of a droll adtrenlure on one of
the New York railroads, wheh a lot of hun
gry and blood-lbirsty Hungarian leeohes, gel
ling loose from ajar in which they were con
fined, spread themselves promiscuously over
ihe lower limbs of the passengers, and com
menced feeding to Ihogreat surprise andoon.
tiernation of all; bat the English story is far
more Indicroos, and we intend spinning it oat
a little in our own way.
It seems that a four passenger cat on Lon
don railroad, there were two travelers on the
occasion inqneslion. One was a civil, quiet,
modest, well behaved gentlemen; Ihe other,
who sat opposite him, was a lady, 'fat, fair
and forty,' who was also ol modest mien and
conduct. The train had hardly commenced
moving when the lady jumped up, and with
a crimson flush on her countenance exclaim
ed:
'How dare you!'
'Dare what?' said the gentleman in aston
ishment.
'lnsult me in that manner,' continued the
lady, still swelling with indignation.
'1 am not aware that I have insulted yoa
in any way, form, or manner,' retorted the
gentleman, innocence and inquiry depicted
in every lineament of his couutenanoe.
'Well, don't (ouch me again,' continued
the lady, 'if you do I'll call the guard.'
The gentleman est marveling, but silent,
womle-ing what strange conceit had got into
his fellow-traveler's head, when suddenly
she sprang up a second time, and in a fresh
burst of indignation broke out with:
'l'll not stand such impertinence and in
sult. I'm a decent married woman,and yonr
conduct is insufferable.'
'But, my dear madam, what upon earth
has got ioto your head 1 What do you
mean!'
'I mean that I will not be insulted. Yoa
mistake my character, sir, if you think I'll
put up with suoh impudence. Yon're an
impertinent, good for nothing puppy, that's
what you are,' and with flashing eyes she
resumed her seat.
The gentleman was etill wondering at the
strange conduct of the lady, totally uncon
scious that he had given her the least causa
of offence, when she suddenly started op a
third time with the ejaculation—
' Keep to yourself. If my
band were here he'd pitch you out of the
window. I'll have you arrested the mo
ment the cars stop ! Keep your hands off, I
say I'
'What hands? what do you mean? Yon
talk like a crazy woman, and I believe yon
are insane,' was the response of the bewil
dered gentleman.
•Let go of my lege!' broke out Ihe lady,
jumping up again, and this time in a perfect
frenzy of passion.
'I don't know anything about your legs—
never touched them in my life—never want
to touch tbem. You're as crazy as Bedlam—
you're a candidate for the first lunatio asy
lum on ihe road—and I'll have you arrested
the moment the ears stop,' put in life gentle
man with honest indignation.
'And I'll have yon arrested for taking Im
proper liberties with me,'responded Ihe lady,
an equal amount of virtuous excitement man
ifested in het countenance.
In five /minutes more the train stopped,
there was a violent letting down of windowa
in the car occupied by the two enraged pas
sengers, and a loud due', of ories or shouis of
'conductor!' 'guard!' 'anybody!' 'every
body ! 'biis way!' followed from the twain.
'What's the matter ?' queried the anxioua
eondnctor, as he poked bis head into the oar
in haste.
'This woman is at crazy as a loon—read
as a march bare—lake her out!' said the gen
tleman.
'And this man hat been pinching my tigt all
Ithe way from London, the impudent scamp !'
Retorted the lady, glaring furiously in hie
face.
A quint smile came oret the face Of the
conductor aa he remarked that he thought ho
oould explain the matter at iaaoe ! and teach
ing bis hand under the lady's seat, he drew
ont a live goose, which he plaoed there a few
momenta before the train atarted, not (oppos
ing that the car would be oecopied. The
legs of the aqnatie fowl had been tied all the
while, but he had free use of bis bill and bad
been amusing himself by pecking May at
the lower limba of tbe lady. We thiM that
this rrny well be called a new phase, if hot
a tattler of the vexed "goose question."
MAXINO THB BEST or fr.— A Yankee ont
walking in Virginia, at Wheeling, (while to
himself talking) experienced a feeling—
strange, painful and alarming, from bis capot
to his knees, aa be suddenly discovered that
he was covered o'er with bees. They retted
on his eyelids, and perohed upon his nose:
t bey colonized his peaked face, and awermad
upon his clothes. They explored his swell
ing nostrils, dived into his ears; then crawled
np his trowsers, and filled his eyas with tears.
Did he veil like a hyena? Bid he hollow
like a loon? Was he scar't and did he ''oat
and ranor did the critter ewoon t Ne're a
one! He wae'ot scar't a mite; he never
swoons—nor hollers—bat he hived 'em in a
nail keg light, ahd sold 'em for two dollars.
N oar out AHD POSTAMOUTH.— Tbe health of
those two oilise is represented as being better
than for many seasons past.