D. A. BUEHLER, EDITOR AIM PROPRIET9R.
VOL. XI X.-18.1
• [From the Home Journal.
CANS"!'' THOU FORGET 1
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Can'st thou forget, belit , yed, our first awaking
From out the altaikroy calm of doubts and
dreams, •
To know love's pare round no breaking,
Bathing our being* in ib gorgeous
gleams—
Can 'st thou forget 1
sky of rose and gold was o'er us glowing—
Mound us was the morning breath of May--
Then met our soul-tides, thence together flowing,
Then kissed our thought-waves, mingling on
their way
Cued thou forget]
Can's& thou forget when first thy loving fingers
Laid gently back the lochs upon my brow I
Alt, to my woman's thought that touch dill lingers
Andiaffly glides along my forehead now
Can'st thou forget
Can'et thou forget when every twilight tender
:Kid dews and sweets, beheld ourslow steps rove,
And when the nights which come in starry splendor
Sootn'd dim-and paha to our heaven of love 1
Quist thou forgot 1
Can et thou forget the child-like heart outpouring
Of her whose fonil faith knew no faltering (sans
The lashes drooped to veil her eyes' adoring,
Hor speaking silence, and her blissful teenv—
Catest thou forget I
Comet thou forgit that loot most mournful meeting,
The trembling form clasped to thine anguished
bread.
The heart against thine own now wildly besting,
Now flattering faint, grief-wrung, and tear op
pressed,
Cun'st thou forget ?
Out's!, thou forget, tho' all love's spells he broken,
The wild farewell which rent our souls apart I
A ntl that last gift, affection's holiest token,
The severed tress, which lay upon thy heart—
Caa'st thou forget 1
Can's) thou forget, helov'il one--coines there never
The angel of l‘Weei vi.inpN to thy rein !
Brings she not b,u•k the food hopes lied forever,
While one loin name thrills through thy sleep
log breast—
Cal,'st thou forget
THE WAN r op THE TIMES
But the worst sign is, the chaining down
of almost all the minds of a community
to low perishable interests. It is a sad
Thought, that the infinite energies of the
soul have no higher end than to cover the
back, and till the belly, and keep caste in
.society. A few nerves, hardly visible on
the surliice of the tongue, create most of
the endless stir around us. Undoubtedly,
-eating and drinking, dressing, house-build
ing, and caste-keeping, are matters not to
be despised ; most of them are essential.
lint surely life has a higher use than to
:Aura this body which is so soon to he
%mitt in grave-clothes, than to keep
illaro4 sad flowing the blood which is so
sues to be cold and stagnant in the tomb.
rejoice in the boundless activity of the
age.,and 1 expect much of it to be given to
our outward wants. But over all this ac
tivity, there should prw.idv the great idea
of thAt which is alone ourselves, of our
inward spiritual nature, of the thinking
immortal soul, of our supreme good, our
chief end, which is, to bring out, cultivate,
and perfect our highest powers, to become
wise, holy, disinterested, noble beings, to
unite ourselves to God by love and adora
tion, and to revere his image in his child
ren. The vast actitity of this age of which
1 have spoken, is too much confined to the
sensual and material, to gain and pleasure
and show. Could this activity be sway
ed and purified by a noble aim, not a sin
gle comfort of life would be retrenched,
whilst its beauty and grace mid, interest
would be unspeakably increased.
There is another dark feature of this age.
It is the spirit of collision, contention, dis
cord, which breaks forth in religion, in
politics, in business, in private afilairs ; a
result and necessary issue of the selfish
ness which prompts the endless activity of
life. The mighty forces, which are this
moment acting in society, are not and can
not be in harmony, for they are not govern
ed by love. They jar; they are discord
ant. Life now has little music in it. It
is not only in the field of battle that men
fight. They fight on the exchange. Bu
siness is war, a conflict of skill, manage
ment, and too often fraud ; to snatch the
prey from our neighbor is the end of all
this stir. Religion is. war; Christians,
forsaking their one Lord, gather under va
rious standards, to gain victory for their
sects. Politics are war, breaking the
whole people into fierce and unscrupulous
parties, which forget their country in con
flicts for office and power. The ago
needs nothing more than peace-makers,
men of serene, commanding virtue, to
preach in life and word the gospel of hu
man brotherhood, to allay the fires of jeal
ousy and hate.--Da. enanixtsm.
NEVER DESPAIR.
It is sometimes said that despair is a
word which should never be found in the
vocabulary of a human being. But doubt.
leis _there are tryinctimes when one's
heart Buds it very difficult to keep u p its
courage. Still it would be well in the dark
est hour to adopt for our motto "Si! des
perandion." Major Noah, of the New
York Sunday Times, gives us the follow
ing practical argument against despair,
Which may drive elf the blues from some
of our discouraged readers, if such we have.
Be says
"Never despair," is the advice of the
portly millionaire, buttoning up hie pock
ets and addressing a shivered mendicant.—
'Never despair,' says the prosperous bank
er, through his butterly cheeks, to the
ruined bankrupt merchant. "Never des
pair," says the flourishing man'to his less,
fbrtunate neighbor.. It is a golden battle
cry in the struggle of life; but while all ap
preciate, few have courage to shout it. "I
will not despair," is a declaration easier
anode than verified. We remember of one
,instance of two unfortunates, kicking care
and despondency to their progenitor the
evil one, and doing so with success.. As
thus:_, ,
Two decayed young men of spirit, who
had been chased into a gallop by went, all
the way front Mississippi to the Hudeon
river. arrived in', New York one rainy
Sdbday . morning in Decemhet. They
were' landing from a boat; in which they
had worked - their 'passage, and sat down
upon the end of the wharf.
_" What shall we do , for Jodging f" inquir
ed ono. •
"Don't lcuow=do' you 17
"No. Let's take a walk."
Shabby and dirty, they , strolled along
Broadway until they reached a mean
looking drinking shop. Here they enter
ed, imbibed their last sizpeqe,e in beer, and
commenced 'reading the papers,
"Ah 1" exchtimed one, as his dye glanced
over the advertisements, "$2B are °Cored
for the best New Year's Address for the
carriers of this paper—all the competitors
to hand their effusions in by to-morrow."
"Well t" said the other listlessly.
•I'll try for the prize."
"Your,
"Even I. Landlord, can you lend me a
few sheets of paper and pen and ink 2"
The required articles were furnished,
and the scrivener worked in silence four
long hours; it the end of which time he
shouted—
"lt is done I"
"Read it," said his companion.
The matter was read and approved. It
was carried to the office. The couple
walked the streets all night and a greater
portion of the next day, until the time of
the decision affected the award of the
prize. The needy man entered the sanc
tum of the great committee, emerged into
the street the possessor of $25. Twenty
were saved, whilst five were devoted to
the payment of a week's very common
board. The balance was invested in a
very humble business—the book business
on a slender scale. It was prosperous—
' the fight-hearted, but thinly clad couple
were permitted to reap the reward of un
flagging industry, and unconquerable per
severance. It is seven years since the
event we have narrated occurred, and now
the firm is as well known as it can be.
A despairing Mall is unlined fur success
ful intercourse with the world. Ile can
not overthrow difficulties, nor combat with
dangers which "retreat when boldly con
fronted ;" when reverses engender despair,
and beget the gnawings of despondency,
the victim is tit for criminal depredations
or suicide. Every one's motu) should be
—if constitutional peculiarities will per
mit—" Never despair."
A SHORT SERMON FOR PARENTS.-It is
said that when the mother of Washing- ,
ingion was asked how she had formed the'
character of her son, she replied that she
had endeavored early to teach him Three
things, obedience, diligence and truth. No
better advice can be given from any parent.
'Peach your child to obey. It is the first
lesson. You can hardly begin too soon.
One of the most successful parents that I
have known, says that this point is usually
settled between him and his children be
fore they were three months old. But it
requires constant care to keep up the habit
of obedience, and especial to do in such a
1 way as not to break down the strength of
l a child's character.
Teach your child to he diligent. The
habit of being always employed is a safe
guard through life, as well as essential to
the culture of almost every-virtue. No
thing can be more foolish than the idea
which some parents have, that it is not
respectable to set their children to work.
Play is a good thing. Innocent recrea
tion is au employment, and a child may
learn to be diligent in that as well as in
other things. But let hint learn early to
be useful.
As to truth, it is the one essential thing.
Let every thing else be sacrilrced rather
than that. Without it what depend
ence ran you place on your child 1 And
be sure to do nothing yourself which may
countenance any species of prevarica
tion or falsehood. Yet how many parents
do teach their children the first lessons of
deception.
HOW TO PUNISH THOSE WHO INJURE von.
—Addin Ballow tells the following anec
dote : ..As a worthy old colored woman in
the city of New York was one day walk
ing along the street quietly smoking her
pipe, a jovial sailor, rendered. a little mis
chievous by liquor, came sawing down,
and, when opposite the old woman, knock
ed the pipe out of her mouth. He then
halted to hear her fret at his trick, and en
joy a laugh at her expense. But what
was his astonishment when she meekly
picked up the pieces of her broken pipe,
without the least resentmeint in her man
ner ; and, giving him a dignified look of
mingled sorrow, kindness, and pity, said,
"God forgive you, my son, as I do." It
touched a tender chord in the heart of the
rude tar, He felt ashamed, condemned,
:And repentant. The tear started in his
eyo ;he must make reparation. He hear
tily confessed his error, and, thrusting both
hands into his full pockets of change, for
ced the contents upon her, exclaiming,
"God bless you, kind mother, I'll never do
so again."
ANECDOTE WITII A MORAL.—Tez Lary
OF THE Moliegans •were
an excellent tribe of Indiana, who lived a
bout Norwich, Ct. They had a long line
of kings in the family of Uncas. One of
the last was Zachary ; but he was a great
drunkard. But a sense of the dignity of
his office came over him, and he resolved
he should drink no more. Just before the
annual election, he was accustomed to K .
every year to Lebanon, and dine with his
brother Governor, the first Gov.Trumble.
One of the Governor's boys heard old Za
chary's story; and thought he would try
him, and see if he would suck to his cold
water.. .Elo at the table he •said to the. old
chief :—"Zachary,thie beer is excellent ;
will you taste it f"
The old man dropped his knife, leaned
forward with stern intensity of expression,
and his black eye, sparkling with indigna
tion, was fixed upon him : "John," said
he, "you, do not know what you are do
ing. You are serving the devil, boy I I.
tell you that lam an Indian ! I. tell you
that I am ; apd•that it I should but taste
your beer, I could not stop until
reiniind, become again the drunklin, con
temptible wretch your Slither remembers
me W have been. John, While you live,
never tempt a man to break a good rem:
lution."
This story the venerable Col. Trumble
tells of himself. Let ill our• readers
re
member it and never tempt, a man to
break a good Teaolution.
GETTYSBUIIG, PA, FRIDAY EVRNINII, J.ULYI.4t rB4B.
MR. WINTHROP'S ADDRESS,
On the Occasion of the Leying of the
Corner•atone of the Waslangton Mon
ument.
The National intelligenoer, of Thursday morn
ing, brings us the oration delivered by the Hon.
Ro Kay C. WI rims° r, on the occasion of laying
the Corner-atone of the Wuhington Monument,
and we regret that the crowded condition of our
columns must prevent us from spreading it entire
before our readers. We, however, give the con
cluding portion of the oration entire, which can
not but be read with universal interest surd admi-
ration :
It is thus that, in contemplating the
character of Washington, the offices which
he held, the acts which he performed, his
successes as a statesman, his trimphsint
soldier, almost fade from our site. It is
not the Washington of the Delaware or
the Brandywine, of Germantown or of
Monmouth ; It is not Washington, the
President of the Convention, or the Presi
dent of the Republic, which we admire.—
We cast our eyes over his life, not to he
dazzled by the meteoric lustre of particular
passages, but to behold its whole pathway
radiant, radiant everywhere, with the true
glory of a just, conscientious, consummate
man I Of him we feel it to be no exagcr
ation to say, that
"—All the ends he aimed at,
Were his Country's, his God's and Truth's.
Of him we feel it to be no exageration to
say, that he stands upon the page of his
tory the great modern illustration and ex
ample of that exquisite and Divine pre
cept, which fell from the lips of the dying
monarch of Israel—
"lie that !mirth over men must he just. ruling
in the fear of God ;
•And he shall he as the light of the morning
when the sun risen, oven a morning without
clouds !"
And now, fellow-citizens, it is this in
comparable and transcendent character
which America, on this occasion, holds up
afresh to the admiration of mankind. Be
lieving it to be the only character which
could have carried us safely through our
own revolutionary struggles, we-present it,
especially, this day, to the wistful gaze of
convulsed and distracted Europe. May
we not hope that there may be kindred
spirits over the sea, upon whom the exam
ple
may impress itself, till they shall be
inflamed with a noble rage to follow it !!
Shall we not call upon them to turn from
a vain reliance upon their old idols, and to
behold here, in the mingled moderation
and courage, in the combined piety and
patriotism, in the blended virtue, principle,
wisdom, valor, self-denial and self-devotion
of our Washington, the express image of
the man, the only man, for their occasion
Daptini, quid nntiquos signorina suspicis ortun,
Erse Diumei processit Cluagaris antrum !
Let us rejoice that our call is anticipa
ted. Washington is no new name to Eu
rope. Ilis star has been seen in every
sky, and wise men every where have done
it homage. To what other merely human
being, indeed, has such homage either be
fore or since been rendered
"I have a large acquaintance among the
most valuable and exalted classes of men,"
wrote Erskine to Washington himself,"but
you are the only being for whom I ever
felt an awful reverence."
"Illustrious man 1" said Fox of him, in
the British House of Commons in 1704,
"deriving honor less from the splendor of
his situation than from the dignity of his
mind; before whom all borrowed greatness
sinks into insignificance, and all the po
tentates of Europe become little and con
temptible."
" Washington is dead l" proclaimed Na
poleon, on hearing of the event. "This
great man fought against tyranny; he es
tablished the liberty of of his country.—
His memory will be always dear to the
French people, as it will be to all freemen
of the two worlds."
"It will be the duty of the historian and
the sage in all ages," says Lord Brougham,
"to let no ()canon pass of commemorating
this illustrious man ; and, until time shall
be no more, will a test of the progress
which our race 'has made in wisdom and
virtue be derived from the veneration paid
to immortal name of _Washington !"
"One thing is certain," says Guisot—
"one thing is certain: that which Washing
ton did—the founding of a free government,
by order and peace, at the close of the
Revolution—no other policy than his could
have accomplished."
• And later, better still : "Efface hence
forth the name of Machiavel," said La
martine, within a few weeks, past, in his
reply to the Italian• aassociation—efface
henceforth the name of Machiavel front
your tides ofglory, and substitute for it the
name of Washington ; that is the one which
should now be proclaimed; that is the
name of modern liberty. It is no longer
the name of a politician or a conqueror that
is required ; It is that of a man, the most
disinterested, the most devoted to the peo-
pie. This is the man required by liberty.
The want of the age is a European. Wash
ington."
And who shall supply that want but he
who so vividly realises it t Enthusiastic,
eloquent, admirable Lamartine ! Though
the magic wires may even now be trem
bling with the trdinga of his downfall, we
will not yet quite despair of him. Oo on
in the high career to. which you have been
called. Fall in it, if it must be so t, but
fall not, falter not, from it 1 Imitate the
chanicuv you have so nobly appreciated !
Fstil the pledges you have so gloriously
given ! Plead still ;against the banner of
blood ! Strive still against the reign of ier
tor. Aim still •
"By winning woids to conquer willing hearts,
And mike persuasion do tile work of &or I"
'May a gallant and generous people second
you, and the power which preserved Wash
ington sustain you, untilryou have secured
peace, order, freedom to y'eur country t
"81 qua fatA
~a spsra, maw,
To Mattoduw ens.
But, fellow-citizens, while we thus com
mend the character and example of Wash
ington to others, let us not forget to imitate
it ourselves. I have spoken of the precise
period which we have reaclitl inour own his
tory,sui well as in that of the world at large,
as giving something of peculiar interest to
O , FEARLEiII AND FREE."
. .
the proceedings in which we are engaged. man beery; shill any whete pant, or hu-
I may not, I will not disturb the harmony man tongues elan f anywhere, lead, for a :
of the scene befoname by the slightest id- true, rational, cOnstitetionp l li rtioi those
lusion of a party character. The dream-, hearts shall enshrine the me 'ory;' ~atid
stances of the occasion forbid it; the &mai n
those tongued; prolong the fame of °binge
ciations of the day ,forbid it; the character Wesnittoe I
of him in whose i Minor we are assembled - -
forbids it ; my own feelings revolt from if.
But I may say, I mast say, and every ono
within the sound of my voice. will sustain
me' in saying, that there has been no mo
ment since Washington himself was among
us, when it was.mbre important than at
this moment that the two great leading
principles of his policy whotild be remem
bered and cherished.
Those principle* were, first, the moat
complete, cordial, and indissoluble Union
of the States;.and necood,..the-most, 4ll tire
separation and disentanglement of our own
country from,all other countries. Perfect
union.among ourselves, perfect neutrality
towards others, and peace, peace, domes
tic peace and foreign peace, as the result;
this was the chosen and consummate pol
icy of the Father of his country.
But above all arid before all in the heart
of Washington was the union of the States;
and no opportultity was ever omitted by
him, to impress upon his fellow-citizens
the profound sense which ho entertained
of its vital importance at once to their pros
perity and their liberty.
In that incomparable address in which
he bade farewell to his countrymen at the
I close of his Presidential service, lie touch
ed upon many other topics with the earn
estness of a sinceri. conviction. lie called
upon them in solemn terms, lo "cherish
public credit" to "observe good faith and
justice towards all nations;" avoiding both
"inveterate antipathies and passionate at-
I tachtnents" towards any; to mitigate and
I assuage the unquenchable fire of party spir
it, "lest, instead of warmiqg, it should con
! suine ;" to abstain from "characterising par
ties by geographical distinctions;" "to pro
mote institutions for the general diffusion
of knowledge;" to respect and uphold "re
ligion and morality; those great pillars of
human happiness, those firmest props of
the duties of men and of citizens.
But what can exceed, what - can equal
the accumulated intensity of thought and
of expression with which he calls upon
them to cling to the union of the States.—
"It is of infinite mitment,ntays he, in lan
guage which we ought never to be weary
of hearing or of reOritting, "that you should
properly estirnatClhe immense Woe of
your National UniOn:te,Yourctillective and
individual happinessollit Yottlahould che
rish a cordial, habitual, immovable attach
ment to it, accustoming yourselves to think
and speak of it as tif the palladium of your
political safety and' pmperify; watching
for its preservatibtwithierdous anxiety;
discountenancing whatever may suggest
even a suspicion that it can, in any event,
be abandoned; and indignantly frowning
upon the first dawning of every attempt to
alienate any portion of our country from
the rest, or to enfeeble the sacrethies which
now link together the various parts."
The Union, the Union in any event, was
thus the sentiment of Washington. The
Union, Mc Union in any event, let it be
our sentiment this day !
Yes, to-day, fellow-citizens, at the very
moment when the extension of our bound
aries and the multiplication of our territo
ries are producing, directly and indirectly,
among the different members of our politi
cal system, so many marked and mourned
centrifugal tendencies, let us seize this oc
casion to renew to each other our vows of
allegiance and devotion to the American
Union, and let us recognise in our com
mon tide to the name and the fame of
Washington, and in our common venera
tion for his example and his advice, the all
sufficient centripetal power, which shall
hold the thick clustering stars of our con
federacy in one glorious constellation for
ever! Let the column which we are about
to construct be at once a pledge and an em
blem of perpetual union! Let the founds
tionssbe laid, let the superstructure be built
up and cemented, let each stone be raised
and riveted, in a spirit of national brother
hood! And may the earlieth ray of the ri
sing sun—till that sun shall set to rise no
more—draw forth from it daily, as from
the fabled statue of antiquity, a strain of
national harmony, which shall strike a.re
sponsive chord iu every heart throughout
the Republic !
Premed, then, fellow-citizens, with the
work for which you have assembled! Lay
the corner-stone of a monument which shall
adequately bespeak the gratitude of the
whole American People to the illustrious
Father of his country! Build it to the skies;
you cannot outreach the loftiness of his
principles! Found it upon the • massive
and eternal rock; you cannot make it more
enduring than his fame! Construct it of
the peerless Parian marble; you cannot
make it purer than his life! Exhaust up
on it the rules and principles of ancient and
modern art; you cannot make it more pro
portionate than his character.
But let not your homage to his memory
end here. Think not to transfer to a tab
let or a column, the tribute which , is duo
from ydurselves.' Just honor to Washing
ton Can only be rendered by observing his
precepts and imitating his example. S'i-;
Milifudine deeekernue. He has built his
owd monument. We, and those who come
after us in successive generations are its
appointed, its privileged guardians. This
wide-spread Republic is the true monument
to Washingion. Maintain its indepcnd
enee: 'Uphold its Constitution: Preserve
its Union. Defend its Liberty% Let it
stand befote the world in all' its original
strength and beauty, securing peace; order,
equality, and freedom to all within Its
boundaries, and shedding light and belt
and joy upon the pathway of human liber
ty throughout the world; and Washington
needs no Other &moment. Other struc
ture, may fitly testify our veneration for
him; this, this alone can adequatefy Mos
trate.hbrierviees to mankind. •
Nor 'does he need even this: The Re
public may perish; the wide•arek' of our
ranged Wien May fldt; iftarbyater,its glo
ries may ; expire; steno by Stormits• eel-
UMMI and he capitol may Moulder epd
crumble; ill other names Which adorn its
annals may be forgotten; but as loog as It 1-
One otitis many interesting-iboidents
of the late eblebration °flaying:the corner
stone of the National. Monument to. WAlM
.nswron was the presence in the. procession
and at the ceremonies of the Indian Dele
gations now at the seat of evernmenkr
the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Pboetttw,
Creek, and Stockbridge nations, denizens
of the far West, were represeetetl by some
.f their principal chiefs and headmen at
the imposing tribute paid on the Nutt!) of
July to the memory of WASHINGTON, 1111.
der•Whose Administration Moir - forefathers
had some of the earliest treaties of peace
and friendship, and show image was, here
and there, still borne on the ancient medals
which proudly adorned the breasts of sev
eral of the most aged of the !lichens.—
These silver medals were inscribed" 1780,"
and represented Washington in the act of
shaking hands With the red man, and their
preservation attested the veneration and
traditional respect with which his great
name is still kept bright in the memory of
the "Sons of the Forest."
These chiefs, M'lnighlin, Vitehlynn,
Taylor, M'Coy, Pe-to-Wa, and their liege , .
elates, were. through the-courtesy of the
Committee of Arrangements, assigned
scats near the orator of the day ; and it
were little to say that none of the vast as
semblage present on the occasion listened
with more rapt attention or displayed high
er gratitication.—NAT. INTELLiotINcv.n.
THE PERIL OF wAouNaroN
. .
Ferguson, in a letter of which Dr. Ad-
am Ferguson has transmitted men copy,
ntentions• a very curious incident, front_
which it appears that the life of the Amer
ican General was in imminent.dangers—
While Ferguson lay with a part:Arida ri- •
flemen on a skirt of %wed e ln front of Gen. 1 .
Kniphausen's division, the circumstance .
happened of which the letter in
. tinestion
gives the falfnwing accOurtit_.[Ne.ltad_
not lain .long when a--rebel -officer,' iemar-.
kable by a Hussar dreSs, 'pasita toward
our 'army. within a hundred yerdit of any
right flank, withrtut perceiving us. Jib
was followed by another, dressed it dark
green and blue, mounted •on a gßid • bay .
horse, with a remarkably large, high-cock
ed hat. I ordered three good shoisto steal
near to them and lire at them, but the idea
disgusted inc. - I recalled theorder. -The
Hussar, in returning, made a circuit, but
the other passed within a hundred yards
of us : Upon which I advanced front ,the
woodoowards hipit. Upon -my calling,'
•he :clopped, but, after looking-it me; pro
seeded. I again drew his attention and
inittle signs to him to stop, leveling my
piece at hint, but he slowly continued his
way.
As I was within that distance at which
in the quickest firing I could have lodged
hall a dozen halls in or about him before
he was out of iny reach, I had only to de
termine ; but it was lint pleasant to tire at
the back of an unotrending individual, who
was acquitting himself very cooly of his
duty ; so I let him alone. 'rho day after
1 was telling this story to soma wounded
officers who lay in the same room with
me, when one of our surgeons, who had
been dressing the wounded rebel officers,
came in and told us that they had been in
forming him ihni Oen, Washington was
all the morning with the light troops, and
only attended by a French officer in a Hus
sar dress, he himself dressed and mounted
in every point as above described. lam
not sorry that I did not know at the time
who it was."—MOTH IN RISSICT ' S END
LAND.
IMIENIAL BTATISTICS.
We find the following popular articlein
the columns of the Lancaster Examiner,
which we readily assist in disseminating,
as a tabular summary that will, we pre
sume, be anything but disagreeable to some
of our readers in the present leap-year :---
“Number of young nice now going a-court
ing in Lancaster, twaihousand three hun
dred and Rim ; or which have actually
popped the question and been accepted,
six hundred and thirty; ditto, and been
refused, twenty : five ; number who are anx
ious to pop the question, but cannot, screw
up their courage, one thousand six hund
red and ten; number whivhave been jilted,
eighty : five ; number hunting fortunes, kw
thousand three hundred and forty. nine ; ,
number of confirmed old bachelors, -eight
hundred and fifiy ; of which are not worth
having, eight hundred . and forty-five; of
Which would do as a last resort, four;
number of widowers who Wish to marry
again,fiee ; number of widows who wish
to marry again, three hundred and six;
number of young Indies who are iu the
market, six thousfued. six , hundred and
forty;, of which have Octually had lifters,
six hundredandfifiy ; five ; of which wait- .
ing in dreadful suspense,:rdie thousand six
hundred and ten ; of which 'concluded to
accept, one thousand six huitdreditnersit ;
of which will ask her mother, one ;' num
ber of young . ladies in the . Market with
“metallie charms," on; hundred
seven; of.which held, hank mph, six t y ;
of ,wfil4 ' will inheitt . a small.farnt
,ei I,cli.
forty-seven; of which haVe Money
.at in-,
terest,forhy ; nuMber of younglittlice qual
ified to make good Wives, six thonsrindgfx
hundrd and forty-nips; , of which would
darnktheir husbaud's stockings* flee' titind
reef andlOy ; of whiqh •ehilled in snow
(uh Jive iiiPYleinCi , eight hundred. and
thirty; learneti in the lunguerfee, four
thousand seven hundred alef.;krixfier ;
of which able to anon' . their . own names,
five hundred and ' aLitylteo . l or winch
khow ho w 'to wilti4four th ousand three
handled ; of whieli,knoW how to make a
ituddlhg, one thousand seven Modred and.'
sixty; •of or Wt know how.to.ueo a ephi-1
Wing-wheel, oily; 01 which huow,,hew to
spend their msbantle' otottey,sixifieusatid
Stx , hui re: au or g-nine, tat a
' a 4 irri • • - mit
'l.ancasterian school' for the marriagatible!
hie only through woe that we are taught
to reflect, and \ we gather the honey of wis
dom out from llowera but from thorns.
Xi
h l bo r w*g i Corilesponaeirle.
PRIYA.I)IkLErTER TO MAJOR (JACK I
StOWNltiba
Post Offiee t Omni:trine, State of
• Maine; June 80, 1848.
,
DEN* Nlittiarw't l ---Bein our army is 'a
tout break a 'up in bleirico and doming
home; I theaghtilig'best . chatted to get a
latter' lo -.you would be to , get, your old
'firiendi t Mi.Palei and Beaton, to send it
oii 'l4 l 4,leBy;p o d may be it Might come a
mom you somewhere an the road, if so be
vow sweat& in •the land of the livin,g.---
I four:Atatt Kesiali is in a great Worriment
abbot yolit'Atitlis Very much frightineid for
fear solinethin has- happened, becatlaa we
har l itl'heird'hothing from you since, your
last letter. I try to pacify her, end WI her
ilhe fighting is.4it over,- and nothing - tetio
I but to finish up the court-martial the last
time you writ; and that there is'nt ageing
Ito be no more annexiti till Mr. Cu. comes
in President, and you'll soon be along.—
' But all wept, pacify her; she's as uneasy
las a fish out of water, and says she lays a
wake half, the night thinkiog of them garil
i Ins, for fear they've got hold of you. So I
i hope you'll write home as soon,as possi
ble, and let us know whether you are dead
or alive, and set your auut Kozialt's heart
to rest.
For my part, I hope you will hurry a.
long back ad fast as you can. Our polities
is Much mixed up, and in a bad Wily about
the Presidency. It tvould,puzzle a Phil
adelphy lawyer to tell how' it's coming out.
It was a very unlucky hit when President
Polk sent old Zack T aylor down io Mexi
co. Ile wasn't the right man. But, then,'
I 'spose Mr. l'olk bad no idea of whateort
of a chap he bud got hold of. It can't be
helped now, but n's like to be the rniti of
our party. The Demeratid party 'taint'
seen a well day fence •I'vjor first, began
his Pally Alio battles ;:and now:. we ere all
shirerin as bad es it we had the fever and
ugly. I. don't know, after , all, , but this An
nexing Iklextte will turn ktiut to' be an' ith
tuck/ hliaW to' party ;,for *blip will it
profit %mimetic Pati,Yikt,dinYVin
whole world and lote , tbe Presidenoy 1 Ye
iretv'the—Whigt hire put , tiawlatt..for
- President, and' liter etmiretuittleched'
us allititd'a' eoeked bit. • firth istePene'
half 'of tpr,that 'knows; where, we thin 'or'
which. way wenn; goiri and there Isn't, a
party fence in the country that it •high
'lough to keep our folks from jpmping over.
They are getting kind of crazy, and seeni
k to rectos if old Hickdry had giltbnellagain,,
and they was all ?tinning to vote for him.'
The Whigs laugh and poke •fun at ud,' and
say they've got as good a right to have. a
Hickory as we Democrats have. We pet
up Gintral Cass , first, and thought we
Onnlid cel"Cy AgAplioms,l,.(9r he's
miui end took - i good deal of painslo Make'
the party like hint all over the country
And if the Whigs had done as they oughtio,
and put up Clay, or any ono, that they had
a right to, we should a carried the day , with
out any trouble. But the conduct of the
W hilts has been shameful in this bosinees.'
Instead of taking a man that fairly belong- %
ed to them, they have grubbed hold of a
man that got all his popularity out of our,
war, and was under the pay of our Admin
istration, mid has been made and built up
by our party, and the Whigs had no mote"
business with him than they had with the
maw in the moon. But, for all that, the
Whigs hail the impudence to nominate
him. Well, that riled our water all up, so
we eonld,nt tee bottom, nowhere. , But
we two found 4there AIM) - end
whirlin of currents, and the wind and the
title was Armin tie on to the forks in spite
oleo. We see that old Rough and Ready,
as they call him, was ageing to be too
much for Cass.' But, as we was all mak
ing up our minds that it was gone goote,
with us, Mr. John Van Buren, of York
State—he's a smart teflon , , wetin of heti
dent Van Buren, and a chip of the old
block—ire - raw nut: uDon't giVe.up the.
ship yet; if one hoes sint enough todrilw
the toad. - tritch 'on 'another.”-. Well. the i
del seemed to take, and they stirred mend
and got up another Convention at Udell, in
York State, to see who they thnoldput
op, and they all -pitched upon Pretidebt
Van Buren. Mr. , Van Buren patted them,
on the thoelder,' , and told 'em to havirgood
courage and go ahead, for they was on the
right track, but they must hitch on some
body else besides hint, for he had Made ap
his mind four , years ago not to take hold a
gain. But they. stuck to him with wattle
'their eyes, and told him there wasn't Mb-.
other man in the country that could draw
like him along side of etas, and if he-still
had any patriotism for the patty left he
mou'l't say no. And they worked -Open
his' feelers sti'muCh:that et last.he
sag no. So now we've got two candidates,
Cats and Van Buren, and good Sarong ones
too, both , dl' serir anti if we can't whip
'Peirlbik,f :think' it's' a pity. I know as
wall as. I. want. to, , that we shall give , hirn a,
pesky hard tug. Some are afraid we 'tint
hardly strong euough yet, and they've called
another Convention to meet in Buffalo on
the, to IlltinP:WCAarnandi -,
data, , But others are faint-hearted about
i
it, and, say , t 4 lnoltind of use ; we may
pet up Candidites; sod Tityleir will
- Whip - the Whore lot: it ' s Way he' hat; he
'altirayi 'tildithit i to in MeXieb: • If they
btonghl twenty' tb 'one agin him, it made no
odds t 100 whipt the whole ring from Pally
-Alto tcrilontrVista.
'Se you riti) what tort of a pickle we've
in, and howl Much we need your help just
how.. But•there is one thing I have• on
my mindk pretty ,titrong. You know this
appointment in the Doorningville Post Of
fice *h. you got ,Odueral Jackson to give
hal.always helm a great comfort to me,
would be a sad blow to me to lose it
now, in my old age. 1 wish you would
make it in your way to call and see Gine
! pal Taylor as you coma along home, and
try to finitintt - how he feels towards me;
because, if he is to be elected any how, I
can't see env Use there would be in biting
my nose Off for the sake of opposing his e
lection. And 'I don't think that patriotism
to the party requires it; and Pm sure pru
dence dont.'
When you get to Washington. call and
see Mr. Itichie and try to comfort him;
I'm told the deer old geutletnau is worth'
TWO DOLLARS-PNR - Alffitt%
NEW SERIESL-110: 60.
too hard • for his strength—out a ,nighte,in
the rain. with a lantern in his hand, hem!.
log the campaign. Try to persuade, him
to be calm and take good care of himself.
And be sure and ask him how the Feder
als are going this election, •for we can't
find out any thing about it.doWn here. I
used to know how to keep the run ache
Federals, but now there is so many parties.
the Democrats, and Whigs, and Barnburn
ers, and Abolition folks, and Proviso folks,
all eris-crossing one another,that, 1 hare my
match to keep the, run of 'em. But year
Aunt Knish earl the clock Inta, struck,
and I must close the mail. . • .
no I remain- your loving noels, •
, , JOtsHUA DOWNIN(3,
GEN. TAYLOR'S MORAL CHARACTER.
It, is one of the rare and pleasing peen
mitifee ol the`timee that men of the most
eminent ieligiouti character find io the char
itcier, of Gen. Taylor those high moral
084 Which'cotinnatitl their warm admira
tion. It is one of the noblest tributes'to
the rrmnil worth of the Whig candidate.--
The followirigis an jilti stratioa 'Of this iket
"Al the Vonfesmce of the9lcnimpeticond and
Piesbyterien of HiliOmo County, .(N.
H.) assoinbl4 on the OM of Aim; the Rey. Mr.
UMW, it'd° was forM4ly chaplain in the army
under (Jan. Taylor et. Fort Jesup, said thaeihe
openinglin liiestodo'good in the oeskr Isae•heeMdt
.Hen. .Taykor,,lnd got IlnePai4,,tte OPPeraris in.
iIyrOCIS a temperance society wasiOnned, by mew
nix hundred driinkedifiewere ;
that the',Genenidteld Main we. shale' for
I Ma te to prendiliin heeded& not stand ekedanips
and heeta efeheainth -*Moist- sperituoues Agars,
Oen .T. wee' Owl abitinonai man, and the only
moikinanding pin, (V4,1)441 not drill hie trmpeore,
the Babbsoh. Mr: Lamb also stated that ben. T.
attended his Clitii+di iiitifsirly, mid no ()inhale
language : .Ir. Lamb closed by saying that he
Wei ad politician, noir aid he wish hit Minute to
be "towed ,politiml light; be merely made
Mem to Show 44 the way' for doing good by
r;the''ensperance,causo,und to thopeceugi
oretprenefby Ceti. Taylor."
gentleman of the name
or *Loftin, residing in Rockingham coun
ty, New Hampshire, a low years ago, NS
.64isetittilog that was remarkable for his
angaeity. ' He one day told the degto,go
and find a handkerchief which his child
had'loatinf distant field while picking ber
ries-, The dog started off with his usual
elaceity, bat in the course of an hour or
/wk. Tetarned without the handkerchief,
'locking as crust-fallen as thought he had
been caught in a neighbor'a sheepfold.--
-The master cuffed life ears sharply, and
Min to go and; try , againa*not wine
back until +ffelound -TheMdestarted
off again with ',apparent reloctasee. while
• the in wet , followed. at .a -disittneo behind
and , Onpereeiveth The !dog wont toward
the--fieldwbera 'bad -picked Abe
berries, •aud: sat down. on itizthauneittis,
dowal'his head, ,aad ! appeared, teple
ifiNailesp•broWn•Stadye f•••
Resat in 'this auitude Bar perhaps - balf
an hour. when he suddenly jumped upirith
a Peettliuryell of exultationyaud Alined
for on e• corner of, the field. r, HerAlte
ped' for a moment; and s then Muninenced
trotting around thefiteklygoicg abbot Agee
fest from the , fence thettirst around,- about
sit the second: and-thusenntituditio Oar
the middle at etteir intnotnifing car•4e.t.:
went' round the held, about went* An*,
when be 'pawed sp• iato - thei sic-iitlit a
loud of triumph, , pieltedytrp -dm band
'iterchief,, and started for itemeo
The veracity of this .mirmtive..kaarbe
relied upon. 'We-received it from Mr. F.,
a Baptist elermnattofgreatrespeetability.
.Now 4 slid. the Jag Avow nuatimitically
Does thie-go4oraddlproef-
that instinct is
but another name for reason
!, •
THE UNKINDEST OUT' OF ALL.--A jew.
slier Orthikcitt. who shill be nameless,
watt 'lately' apphed to 'by a nice loOking
man, to make a gold ring for him having in
it ii blade' ' Verykeen,
delicate and &Meet&
'ed
eicept , on a narrow ‘Serutiity; and open
ing with a spring. 'l'he bargain was made
telurnitth it for 'SO &Hare. :On the ar
' pointed' tiny the purchaser appeared, pat&
the sliptihned price, which was fobbed very
I comPlueceittlyornd was asked what he want
ed to do with such an article, to which the
reply to cut open pockets. "Ah,"
.replied , the jeweller, doubtless in amaze
mentent, -"litino can you do such things
with such an instrunteet, and not be detect
ed t" • The performer replied that his, art
consisted in'diverting the attention of peo
ple from every thing that looked like a de
ingu upon them- - --thut he rubbed his - fore
head,'sdjusted his hat, &c., and that .dis
covery.ettme toolate. He then bid him
good tiriorning4 andiwent his way. Short
ly alter, the jeweller, as he wasked around
'the chanter-ores; accosted by the clerk,
"Why, *hat thematter with your pant
aloons t" .i"lslothing, that I know of,"
, "Where ?" "Why,
just' look 'Pl'.'When,'lo I his 'pocket Was
found to haveteert cut by the artist, with
hilt' dew initatilinent, and his pocket book
gone;' With hot only the thirty dollars just
paid, bat four hundred besides.'Verdict
of the public : "Served hith rightff
•
1 0/XIIOV/441N KILLI:D.-A lamentable
accident, resulting in the death of a, weir
the minister of the Methodist persuasion,
lately occurred .near the Roxbury mi 11,14
Howard District, Md., according to,a let
ter in. the Patriot.. Rev. Mr. Linthicuin,
aged 88, had his neck dislocated and his
skull fractured by , being precipitated from
his buggy. lie was then dragged. by the
horse with the forewheels, the coupling
pin haying, broken.. Ills aged .w Wei. was
the first to resell the spot, but haltaticeani.
ed w breathe.:. The first husband of the
bereaved with)* was killed near the fame
spot by being thrown front a horse. .
. ,
NewOaLumis.-11.,ca1l is published in ,
the, New °ricotta Delta, for a uteiltrng fir
Deinocrats who are favorable ti),the
,eleet
jou of Gen. Taylor. The call hi 004
by a number or the leading Democrats of
New Orleans . , who, iu the call, express
their giatilleation st the nomination orGen.
T"Yltir, by the l'lttlatleltihin couvect
their regret' that 'the lialtitnorei cony,• 4i ,
did not nominate hint alite—atiti MO
.. ~
determination to support hint., no,
by itlipm, nominatedl.
'' TiiiiiM
Now Orleans looks ilkereitgoor
If you . .would hoe otituro .100 0101 3 1 .4 0 v
respect y outsell. ,tp,,:,Attsityir,.