, D. DUMMER, EDITOR,: rt9PRIET OR.
VOL. x I x.-17. I If ,
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TAiiimi - ;44 , 1.:
r rAll.• FENN in which
• tr o ginallm.. • was first pen
'
' ll4l kt Timix
A n d, „, A humble pile
t'That Latin • arose,
Which passed from continent to
And startilalfriends and fuel!
la tt if:* • ids low'd place ,
,••• :W e nf man first atone, '
Which shook etch empire to its base,
Each despot on his throne 1
And war that page penned on this spot,
Which saint and rage admire,
That with ,true liberty was fraught,
WWI set world on fire!
Did, spirits of that patriot band,
Whore hearts were fire firm and true,
Who pledged your lives, your fortunes, and „.
Your sacred honor too !
Ntilons unborn will laud that scroll,
And agefrunbegnn
Revere the }trop who pledged their all
For freedom's sacred boon.
The Senate bind of ancient Rome,
Within its mightiest hour,
With patriotic teal ne'er shone
In such majestic power.
No Legion waited at command,
No life guard at their post,
Each held his life within his hand,
Each in himself a host.
'The sword of death woe brandished high,
The future and the peat
' Depended on a dngle die,
And yet that die was cast.
The flame of genuine liberty
Inspired each 'noble breast ;
.Now one and all they cease to be,
Or cease to be oppressed.
No Spartan hand did e'er unite
With confidence inure true,
Nor did Egyptian photons fight
,
With courage more than you.
Great Jefferson, thy worth is known ;
And on the peak of fame
Immortal laurels ever bloom
Round thy devoted name .
Peace to thy ashes, patriot sage,
Companion of the brave;
The , name shall live on history's page,
Friend of the stricken slave.
And when these walls by time ate worn,
And unto dust return,
Tu MOiltiC4ll2 be , it borne,*
And placed - within thy urn.
• The City Council has passed an ordinance
'dn the building in which the Deelsration of In
dependence was first penned, now known by the
name of the Jefferson Migwa in, is to stand un 1110 s
lesiva until it moulders into dust.
July 3 , 1, IS IR
THE CORAL RING.
T VMS. 0111• INT r4ToWI.
"There is no time in life in wloeh
young girls are so thoroughly selfish, as
from fifteen to twenty." said Edward As h
t on, deliberately, as he !aid down a hook
he had'iteen reading, and leaned over the
centre title.
"You insulting fellow !" replied a tall,
brilliant-looking creature, who wAs look
ingrort an ottoman hard by, over one of
146 , krit's last works.
Pl ruth, coz, for
,all that," said the got
'intt.in. with the air of one who means to
los , viike a ditteussion.
"Now Edward, this is just one of yonr
wholesale declarations—for nothing only
loco rue into dispute with you, you know,"
replied the lady. "On your conscience,
now, (ii you have one,) is it not so !"
"My conscience leek quite easy, cou
sin, is subscribing to that rery sentiment
ns nay confession of faith,"replied the gen
%loom with a provoking sang froid.
"rshaw !—it's one of your fusty old
bachelor notions. 'See what comes, now,
of living to your time of life without a
wife—disrespect for the sex and all that.
Really, consul, your symptoms are getting
alarming." I I
"Nay. now, Cousin Florence," said Ed
ward, "you are a girl of moderately good
sense, with all your nonsense—now don't
you (I know you do) think just so, too !"
"Think just so, too f— do hear the crea
ture 1" replied Florence. "No, sir ; you
can speak for yourself in this matter, but
1 beg leave to enter my protest when you
speak for me too r
"Well, now, where is . there, coz, a
mong all'Our circle, a young girl that has
any sort of purpose or object in life to
speak of, except to make herself as inter
esting and agreeable as possible—to be
admired, and Pass her time in as amusing
a way. as 'cif! can Where will you find
pte,banveen ,fi,fi k een and ,twenty, that has
'any (Serious' regard for the improvement
and beat welfare of those with-whom aim
is connected st . ell, or that modifies her
conduce ilk IlitlyreOttrinee to it
Now, dbusin, in very serious earnest, you
have about,llll touch real character, and,as
much sense, when one can get at it,
as ,soy
,young lady amortg theo,. all, and
yet,p,n.your
. conscteece, can you say that
you, live witlany,itort or Warpage to any
bolky'a good-L 7 or to anything but your own
preatintauttusennit andgratification I"
"What a shocking adjuratitn,", replied
th.lady "prefaced, too, by :a 01m
-sto
ried cowliment rt t / . Well, being'so Allr
ed, Musl think to the,,hest of ntY'abillity.
And'irdwi serimisily and soberly,i,don't
sea . that' I.ain selfish ; do' all that I base
oitbasloti to do, for any bodyi You know
we have servants.to dia"everythiag that
necessary about the bottle, so tisat , thtiii
is no occasion 'for ttly.inakilig a display'. of
housewifely exoellemtrit and .1 . wait on
mamma if she has a headache, and hand
papa his slippers and -newspapers, and
find Udelc,lue's speetnelei for hint twen
ty times a day, (no small matter, that,)
.and then—".
t4.80t after all, what is, the, object and
purpose of your life !" •
..Why I havn't any. I dont ee hbw
I eini have any-that is, as 1 a :11114146.
Now, mou,krtow; f vti none of ii;Na sing,
hatty4titiditkir s 'heih-teti,making - men-
Vedette of Abot Bally, and divers others of
"'the elaitestinnionlY called ushhil. Indeed,
Icrtell'iltb truth, I think usejill persons aro
ebotbtinly tinily and stupid. They are
just like' the boneset and hoarhound and
catiiiii'' ?tiny neessientry to be raised in a
, but not
gailditi 1 10 the least ornamental."
"And, you•elisresiug young Indies, who
philosophize in kid slippers and branch l
dresses, are die tulips and roses—% cry
charming and delightful and sweet. but fit
for nothing on clip but for parlor orna
ments." 4 •
"Well, parlor ornaments aro good in
their way," said the young lady, coloring,
and looking a little vexed.
"Elo you give up that point, then," said
the gentlemen, "that Altai is all you , girls
ore good for—just to amuse yourselves. a
muse others, and look pretty and be agree
able."
"Well, and if we behave well to onr pa-
rents and amiable in the family—l don't
know—and yet," said Florence; sighing,
"I have often a sort of vague idea of some
thing higher that we might bicome—yet
really—what more than this can he expet
ted of us 1 what elee can we do 1"
"I used to read, in old-fashioned novels,
about ladies 3 visiting -the- sick 'and poor,"
replied Edward. "You remember 'Cm
lebs in search of a wife 1'"
"Yes, truly ; that is to say, I remember!
the story, part of it, ivid the love scenes ;
but all those everlasting conversations of
Dr. Barlow, Mr. Stanley and no body
knows who else, I skipped those of course.
But, really, this visiting and tending the
poor, and, all that, seems very well in a
story, where the lady goes into a pictur- ,
esgue cottage, half overgrown with honey
wale, and finds an emaciated, but still
beautiful woman. sitting propped by pil
lows. But mane to the downright matter
of fact of poking in all these vile, dirty ;al
leys, and entering little, dark rooms, amid
troops of grinning children, and smelling
cod-fish and onions, and nobody knows
what—deur me, my benevolence always
evaporate. before I get through. I'd rath
er pay any body five dollars a day to do
it for me than to do it myself. The fact
of it is. that I have neither fancy nor
nerves for this kind of thing."
“Well. granting, then, that you can do
nothing for your fellow-ere:mires unless
you are to do it in the must genteel, com
fortable and pieturesque manner possible,
is there not a great field for a woman like
you, Florence, in your influence over your
associates 1 With your talente . for con
versation, your .tact and self-posession,
and lady like way of saying anything you
choose; are you not responsihie, in some
wiser-for the—influence yen exert over
those by whom you are surrounded !”
never thought of it," replied nor
epee,
..Now, do you remember the remarks
that. Mr. Forlestiliepnide, the other even
jog, on the religious services at ehoreh !"
'lieu I do ; and I thought then he wa y
too bad."
"And I do nut etimmse there was one
of you ladies in the room that did not think
so, too ; but yet the IllaUvr was all passed
over with smiles, and with not a single in
sinuation that he had said thing un
pleasing or disagreeable."
Well what could we do ! One does
not want to be rude, you know."
"Do !—could you not, Florenee, who
have always taken the lead in society, and
who have been noted for always being :I-
I/le to say and to do as you please cookd
you nut have shown him that those remarks
were unpleasing to you, as decidedly as
You would have done if they had related
to the character of your lather and broth
er ! To my mind, a wOlllllll of true mor
al feeling should feel herself as much in
sulted when her religion is treated with
contempt, as it the' contempt were shown
to herself. Do you nut know the power
which is given to you women to awe and
restrain us in your ,presence, and to guard
the sacredness of things which you treat
as holy t Believe me, Florence, Foriesque,
infidel as he is, would reverence a woman
with whom he dared not trifle on sacred
subjects."
Florence rose from her seat with a
heightened color, her dark brightening
through tears.
"1 am sure what you say is just, cousin,
and yet 1 have never thought of it before.
1 will, I am determined to begin, after this,
to live with some better purpose than I
have done."
"And let me tell you. Florence, in start
ing a new course, as in learning to walk,
taking the first step is every thing. Now,
I have a first step to propose to you."
"Well cousin—"
"Well, you knoW, I suppose, that among
your train of adorers you number Col. El
liot ?"
Flimence
"And perhaps you don't know what is
certainly true, that aiming the-most discern
ing and cool part of his friends, Elliot is
is considered a lost man."
"Good heavens ! EdWard, what do you
.mean
"Simply this, that with all his brilliant
talents, his amiable and generous feelings,
and hilt success in, society, Elliot has not
self.controt enough to prevent his becom
ing intemperate in his habits."
"I never dreamed. of this," replied Flor-
once. "I knew lie was spirited and free,
fond of society and excitable, but never
suspected any thing tyond."
Elliot has tact enough never to appear
in ladies' society when lie is not in a fit state
for it," replied Edward ; "but yet it is so."
"And is he ieall?so bad t"
"He flan& just on Or' verge, Florence
—just where a word fitly spoken might
turn hint. He is a noble creature, full 'of
'a 1 fine impulses and feelings, the only son
of a mother who dotes on him, the
idoli
zed brother of sisters who love him as you
love your brothers, Florence ; and he
stands where a word. a look—so they be
of the right kind—might save him."
"And why, then, do you not speak to
him I" said Florence.
"Because 1 am not the best person,
Florence, There is abother Who etitild
do it better-4)4 whom he admires; who
iiatids in a
,position which would forbid
hia feeling angry -T-14 person, cowls, whom
I have heard in geyer moments say, that
she knew IMKiia.a,ty poi thing she pleas
ed without o ff ending any body. , '
"Oh. Edward l'! 'aid Plesepee,
-inf. "do not •bring lily foolish Apoootabw,
and do not speak he if i ought 'to ititei;fere,
in this matter, for indeed I minuet do W
I cduld never lb die world-4 certain I
could not."
••And so," said Edwitnl, !Ivo, wbosi 1
.
GETTYSBURG, PA.`,VODAY EVENING, JULY Ql, 1848.
haveheird'eay so many thin' which no cross set in-the gold—+"a ring of-.the red
one could or; ated to pay, yint, Wholiaiiii crossed knights.. Come. now, I've a-great
gene on with michlaughing **serenest in mied.fobind you to my service with it."
your own powers of pleasing,'shrink front "Do. lady fair I". said Elliot, stretching .
trying that power when a, generous heart out his hand for the ring.
might be saved by it. You hive been wil t - "Know, then," aiaid . she, "if you take
ling to venture a great deal for the sake of this pledge * that Yon Mast obey Whatever
amusing yourself and winning adiniration, commandsl ray win you in its
,name."
but you dare not say a word for any high I "I swear I" said Elliot, in the mock he
or noble purpose . Do yon'not see how role, and placed the ring on his finger.
you confirm what I said of the selfishness An evening or two after, Elliot attended
of you women ?" Florence to a party at Mrs. 13—'8.
"But you must remetnber, Edward, this Everything wee gay and brilliant,and there
is a matter ofgreat delieacy.", ' Was no lack of either wit or wine. Elliot
"That word delieitcy is a a chaiming coy- i was standing in a little alcove, spread with
er-all, in all' these cases, Florence., Now, • refreshments, -with a glass of wino in his
here is a fine, noble Spirited young man, hand. "I forbid it; the-cup is poisoned,"
away from his mother and sisters, away said a voice in his ear. He turned quickly
from any family friend who might care and Florence was 4 his aide. Every one
for him, templed,-betrayed,almoitto ruin, was busy- with -leughing and talking, a..
and a few words from you', said as woman round, and nebigoly saw the sudden girt
koows how to say them, might be his sal- and flush that these words produced as
vation. But yeti - *ill loiik coolly on and Elliotiookeff - eirneitly in the lady's face.
see him go to destruction, because you She smiled, and pointed playfully to - the
have too much delicacy to make an effort, ring; but after all, there was m her face
like the man that would not help his neigh- an expression of agitation and interest
bor out of the water because he had never she could not-retie, and Elliot felt, how
had the honor of an introdudion to him." ever playful the manner, that she was in
"But, Edward, consider how fastidious 1 earnest—and as -she glided away in the
Elliot is—how jealous of an-attempt to re- , crowd, he stood with his arms folded and
strain and guide him." his eyes fixed on the spot where she dis
" And just for that reason it is that no appeared. .. .
- matt of his acquaintance can do any thing "Ls it possible that lam suspected—
with him. But what are you women that there are things said of me. as if I were
made with 80 much tact and power of in danger ?" were the first thoughts that
charming for, if it is not to do these things flashed through hii mind. How strange
we men cannot do ? It is a delicate mat- that a mien may appear doomed, given up,
ter—true ; and has not heaven given you 1 and lost to the eye of every looker-on, be
a tine touelt.and .a nice eye for such deli- fore he suspects. himself! This was the
cate matters ? Have you not seen, a thou- first time that any defined' apprehension
sand times, that what might be resented, of loss of character had occurred to Elliot,
as an impertinent interference on the part and he was startled as if from a dream.
of a man, comes to us as a flattering ex- "What the deuce is the matter with El
pression of interest, from the lips of a wo- hot 1 you look as solemn as a hearse I"
man !" I said a young man near by.
"Well, but, cousin, what would you have I, "lies Miss Elmore oat you?" said an
me do 1 how would you have me do it I" other.
said Florence.. I "Come, man, have a glass," said -a third.
"You know that Fashion, who makes "Let him alone—he's bewitched," said
so many wrong turns, and so many absurd a fourth ; "I saw the spell laid on him.—
ones, has at last made one right one, and None of us can say but our tura may come
it is now a fashionable thing to sign the next."
temperance pledge: — Elliot hlingelt would An hour later that' evening, Florence
be glad to do it, but he foolishly committed was talking, with her usual spirit, to a group
himself against it, in the outset, and now who were collected around her, when sud
feels bound to stand to his opinion. lie denly looking up, she saw Elliot, standing
has, too, been rather ruttely assailed by in an abstracted manner, at one of the win
some of the apostles of the new state of I dews that looked out into'the balcony.
things, who did not understand the peculiar I "He's offended !dare say," she thought ;
point, of his character :in short, lam a- "but why should I care 1 For-once in my
(raid that he will feel bound to go to des- life 1 have tried to-do a right thing, a good
truction for the sake of supporting his own thing ; I have risked. giving offences for
opinions. Now, if I should undertake less than this, many a time.' Still Flor
to talk with him, ho might offer to shoot mice could not but feel a little tremulous
me ; but I hardly think there is any thing when, a few momenta after, Elliot :T
-or the sort to be apprehended in your case. proached her, and offered his arm for a
Just try your enchantment; you have he- promenade. They walked up and down
witched wise men into cloilig silly things, the room, she talking volubly, and he an
befoseuow ; try, if you cant bewitch a fool- swering yes and no, and anything else at
ash man into doing a wise thing." cross purposes, till at length, as if by ac-
Florence smiled archly, but instantly cident, he drew her into the balcony which
grew more thotoditful overhung the garden.
"Well, cousin," she said. "I will try.— The moon was shining brightly, and ev-
Though I think you are rather liberal in erything without, in its placid quietness,
your ascriptions of power, yet I can put contrasted strangely with the hurrying
the matter to the test of experiment." scene within.
- s * s • "Miss Elmore," said Eelliot, abruptly,
"may I ask you, sincerely, had you any
design in a remark you made to me in the
early part of the evening 1"
Florence paused and though habitually
the most practised and self-possessed of
women, the color receded from her cheek
as she answered—" Yes, Mr. "Elliot—l
must confess that I had,"
"And is it possible, that you have heard
anything ?"
"I have heard that, Mr. Elliot, which
makes me tremble for you, and for those
whose life I know is bound up in you ;
and tell me, wore it well, or friendly in me
to know that such thiugs were said, that
such danger existed, and not to wail' you
of it T"
Elliotatood for a few moments, in silence.
"Have I offended you 1 Have I taken
too great a liberty with you ?" said Flor
ence gently.
Hitherto Elliot had only seen Florence
the self-possessed, assured, light-hearted
woman of fashion ; but there was a reality,
depth of feeling in the few words she had
spoken to him, in this interview, that open
ed to him entirely a new view of her
character.
"No, Miss Elmore," said he earnestly,
after some 'pause ; "I may be - pained, of
fended I, cannot. To tell the truth I have
been thoughtless, excited, dazzled ; my
spirits, naturally buoyant. have carried me
olten, too far, and lately I have often pain
'fully suspected my own powers of resist
ance; I have really felt that I needed help,
but have been . too proud to eonfelie l even
to Myself' that I needed ill"'Yon; Miss
l'Elniore, 14%4 'Aerie what. 'perliaps,l'no 'one
elite Couldhave done. lam overwhelined
' with' gtatitude, and shall bless you fur it to
the lateen day of my life. lem ready to
pledge myself to anything yea may ask:on
the subject: ': ..
-. )"Then," , said Florence, "do- not shrink
from doing what is safe and necessary, end
Lxigitgoe-yewioilmbecause you have once
,said you mould not do it.. You under
stand me." •.
."freciaely,", replied =jot, "and yen
stall be obeyed;" 1 .
. .
It was not more than a week before the
news Waieirculated that even George El
liot had, signed the pledge of temperance.
There was Much wonder at this 40011
turn arnoog th,oeo who had kraiWti'h ' ut
tert repugnance to , any iploprq 9Fitie and,
90,,the , extent he had ' yielded tp tainpta.
"Am! , t r..k.qe F.komr:One *A 4aie*to
ha& be en e touch to Which his . 'pritio hid
,Y 40 1 0 44. . . -• - I
Florence Elmore was, at the nine we
speak of, in her twentieth year. 13urn in
one of the weakliest fainilies in —, high
ly educated and accomplished, idolized by
her parents and brothers, she had entered
society as one born to contend. With
rinneli native noblenes and magnanimity of
character, with warm and impulsive feel
ings, and a capability of every thing high
or great, she had hitherto lived solely for
her own amusement, and looked on the
whole brilliant circle by which she was
surrounded, with al! its various actors, -as ,
something got up for her special diversion.
The idea of influencing any one, for bet
ter or worse, by any thing- she ever said
or did, had never occurred to her. The
crowd of admirers, of the other sex, who
were always about her, she regarded as so
many sources of diversion; but the idea
of feeling any sympathy with them as hu
man beings, or of making use of her pow
era over them for their-improvement, was
one that had never entered her head.
Edward Ashton was an old bachellor
cousin of Florence's, who, having earned
the title of oddity in general society, avail
ed himself of it to exercise a turn for tel
ling the truth to the various young ladies
of his acquaintance, especially to his cou
sin Florence. We remark, by the by, that
these privileged truth-tellers are quite a
necessary 'of life so young ladies; in the
full tide of society and we really think it
would be worth while for every dozen
of them to unite to keep a person of
this kind on a salary, for the benefit of the
whole : howerer, that ii nothing to our
present purpose ; we must return to our
fair heroine, whom we left, at the close of
the last conversation, standing in ,a deep
reverie by the parlor window.
"les more than half true s " 'she sai d to
herself; "spore than half. Here am
twenty yeere old, and I never thought of
anything; never have done anything, except
to arouse and gratify myself; no purpose
-no object—nothing high—nothing dig
nified-,—tiothing worth living for I only a
parlor ornament, heigh-ho 1 Well.ll really
do believe I could do something with this
Elliot; and yet—how 1 dread it."
Now, my good readers, if you are antici
pating a love story, we must hasten to put
in our disclaimer—you are quite mistaken
in the case. Our fair, brilliant heroine
was at this time of speaking, as heart-whole
as the-diamond on her bosom; which re
flected the light in too ., many sparkling
rays t 'ever to absorb it. She had, to bemire,
hall: in -earnest; half in jest: maintained a
banterinplittotihrypost ofifiriendship with
George Elliot; she had daneedy rode, sung,
and.sketched , :tvithlime bud hatl.ith;
with twenty ,Ather young men, anti as to
coming any:thing 'tender witlyetteh a
trefia ClOattire, Elliot
*Mild have se loon 'haltitfiindeitakeit to
sentimetitallie. eVetotillaiff of hods' Water.
Noy there wit( detridedir no" e're the
- . "What a serious riatihatito 11 1, saidSt
hot to her a day or two after, arthey-Were
readieg together, .n .
"it knight 'a rine, sala.eher pbty.ful
ly, as alto drew it °IT and pasted tea coal
---r-_-_ •_~
04 1 R•—rTla4 Cintomgli,chroptcie cop
laiwathe.following paragraph in Anteroom
tolhe'Whig prepeeroliAhe 'Western Re
serve, in Ohio; 'where we hare'apPrehend
tA more oppo' than
* 4 4 Other Part of titt;'PlAtt, l 4 Stittel;
"There was a letter received in:thia oily
yesterday, from a distinguished and influen
tial Whig-residing in the Western Reserve,
Whopbee represented that section in Oon
itafiali,W)tielit we have the tesuraticeitTt
0,106 t, * i PRO,n the Reierne will
range fivm ten to fifteen .thouatuid."
•FEJME4 AND FREt:'
Some of Our readers may wonder what
this new 7woni Mee*. , 11 , is 11 1 ) 4rd to a
new tlyint.in nrsp‘ltni E iiitt lan
guage, and we propose to say something
on the - subject. •
Every one knows that the presentmade
of spelling is very - arbitrary and defective.
The same lettere have.' to some cases,
nearlylialf a dazeen.sounds, and'the same
combinations of letters are pronounced
very differently is differens wordit. Thu
c-o-u-g -h, is pronounced cof,tn44 7 or.n.g;b
is pronounied . do, and t-o•tog-is hi, and
14-1-a-1114 P -has the , sound Of •ew in now.
So d-o-e-s makes Am, and krect -tam
and a-ti+e-i - chase. • We might giveillud
tration* ad frifinitteet, but' these . will rho*,
what we mean. The frequent uniMasibll
ity-of even-guessing how a-weed-iirpro
nounced from the spelling,' is a source of
great trouble to children and even grown
perions, and especially - to foreigners:—
There is nothing of this in the German
and most other htnguages, where words ate
pronouced exactly as "pelted.
Another evil in ,Our present,system, is,
that we use more letters Mgt are necessa
ry to exprees the lonodai which we wish
to indicate—and hence , a frequent source
of what is now incorrect spelling, Noah
Webster undertook to reform this, and
struck oat the letter I. from such words as
favor labor, honor, dte., and the double I
in the lastsyllable of unsciiented com Pounds
as traveger---chattges 'very generally a
dopted. tufthe public were not willing
to make other improverttents as Lung for
tongue, &c., thOugh there is...no• reason
why six letters should lie used when four
would s'uffice, and indeed be better, as ex
pressing the sound beyond doubt.
But it has been found that the addition
of a few more characters (or letters) would
much shorten the process of expressing
sounds, as well as make it more certain.
Now, all is to he learned from Custom.—
The vowels have, each, three or four
sounds. Some consonants have several.
But we do not want a new ohemeterfor
each of these, as different letters are sound
ed alike, and one character does for the
whole. -Thus the letter a-in -Ali, has . the
same sound as oin for. The letters i and
e have often the same sound. The same
may be said of i and y, c and k, g
and other letters.
But then we want new characters to
express simple sounds, to indicate which
we must now use two or more letters—for
instance the of as in oil, and on as in .sound.
We also want a simple letter for th when
sounded sharp as in think, and another
when grave as in: this, and a letter fur the
sound of sh.
With a few more characters and a,sim
ple natural mode of spelling, instead of the
present abused method, children will be
taught in half the time now required—ev
ery body could spell correctly—and the
same quantity of matter could be put into
hooks or newspapers with far less labor
and requiring much less space. Their°
nre many other advantageti which will rea
dily suggest themselves.
. .
A newspaper devoted to the support of
;his improvement has been started in New
York, called the Anglo-Saxon. Its 'suc
cess has been altogether encouraging—it
having already six thousand subscribers.
Thu task undertaken is a great one, but we
do not despair of its success, and an object
au vast and important is certainly worthy
of every exertion.
JEFFERSON, TAYLOR AND CASS.—The
lion. Mr. Tompkins, a representative in j
Congress from Mississippi, in addressing
a Whig meeting, a few days past, said:
"It is a matter of boast with the friends
of Uen. Cass, and, a fact he proclaims ev
ery time he speaks or writes of late that he!
was first appointed to office by Mr. Jeffer
son, the great Apostle of Democracy !
Well, in that he has no great advantage
over General Taylor ; he, 100, was appoint
ed to office, about the same time, by the
same Apostle of Democracy."
"In them appointments," continued the
orator, "we have Mr. Jefferson's opinion
of the two men. Taylor he appointed
an office in the United States Army ; Case
to the office -of Marshall in the territory
north-west of the Ohio—an office corres
ponding to that of Sheriff. In bestowing
these commissions, Kr. Jefferson in effect
said—.tiers, Zachary Taylor,the Nation's
sWOni-iii to be drawn amid the thunder and
the shock of battle! the Nation's,flag is
to be borne by, hands which will never
trail, it in the dust,—eever surrender it to
an enemy. These functions yon are emj
nently fitted to discharge ! Take this
Mission; you will never aigrette it'!"
"Here, Lewis Cass i when a pier devil
of a,delotor is o be run :dovvn and sewed
with a writ, when the. last cow which su
Plies his famishing children with Milk,
and the last bed Which supports the ema
ciated freme of the 'Fria wife, are to' be
seized and sold'underekeention,4od when
seizures and Sates 'cannot' wring' :Mother
Pettk6t4t 3 Ml l 4 qor KutikruP,r,
be thrust into and locked up - in a 114004
you, air; are eminently fitted for such
vice: take commission : alit su ' r ' e
'you 'toyer will disgrace it i and ifintofie
is to be bung, who so wall 'fitted to balite
executioner 1" ' ' ' • •
“Io the bestowal Of these two conitnli
sione," said Mr. , Tompkinsi 4416: , Jeffer
son, with his chaiacteriatio insight into
the capabilities, qualifications and tempers
of men, has, by powerful sad unmistake
able implicationtgisen Witte world.* o
pinion et Zachary .Taylor and:, Lewis
, The father of Zachary Taylor Wal a dia .
tinguished 'patriot, and, soldier t•tluring,thi
reeolutionety war, a feet well , known ro
Thoaltis •3 erspri the elder Taylor
Was Un eigetbr of , die[jObreob tiek6t lh
leoo and 1804. 'The father Of (lase Was .
• •
a aunorter of John Adatus, and consequent
ly aneneiny of Jefferson.
BARNBURNNRUIN let MANYLAND.--The
Pree &Bites of Maryland.?it is'ebited,
haie deterniitied to call a State oonriutdolt,
to nominkte the candidates to be put- for
ward by alto Buffalo Convitntion, and to
appoint an Electoral ticket
MIMI
~..,A3oionmpossimmot4ft-1401,444%bum.
AIigCIXOPU OP AP& 9PAYLOR.
Wasententokilboadiy,
While' One. Ohio 060 Taylor Naas in
Florida; Ihtliptured oniny nsErbes in his
conflicts with the Indians. Many of these
tieretti *Sri ithtithiid'bfpersent in Geor
giaend Alabannsi, freni Whose service or
fh,m the aiiinee Of 'Whose fathers it was
contended they hed 'escaped. Agents on
behalf:of the elaitnahte Were dispatched to
CoL Taylori`reeking. tit recover them.—
Proof of identitya the *oohs claiined as
sliver we/ Offirediiint the right ofproper
ty'insieted *pea. 041,traytor refused to
allow the shim, or even to examine it.—
He hitd.cnnie to Florida' to serve in the ar
my_ spinet that Indians, not to sot as riegm
oatehet., etunthissioti he said gave
him VittidditilidlOweisoted-ho - emild• not
statuette detetnline matters beyond his
provintit. i r.
The disappointedinTentitgeti applicaritii,
after tiering, tried, in vain other means to 1.
niietitte3ipop Col, Tailor favorably, car-
clod thescortiiiiitinbi m theiffecretary of
War. He entertained ~their view of the ,
61 0*: in conitglitettee, an, order leaned '
I;rem , the ,Pepartment wait addressed to
Maj % Gen. /csapip,, than; commanding in ,
Plorula, directing.dp surrender of the cap- 1
cap
tured, 'neitroeitio die agent of the claimants. 1
A elmilar,order was
. miuml t 9 ., COt , Tar 1
liir. The folloW i imptshia To_plY; MI copied
li'lf
frpm the record in the sr peparimegt :
uliaAevie,anvittat.4mivoir P 48941162
10 °P 14 4r 1 Prd6atirill tt 1800 _ l' i
Galentt-172,hav0.ki?4 , 04PW 49 ?..e.kit_ OW/ -
edg! Your .Pciottlutileitti9ii , of ,Op„futh of
m_ il, t B . 3B _,OMPfumtmedAY. ?Ito iftr:lha.ath ,
from the Vetemitneoner l: of ; Woo *NO
addressed W Cl)Phi 009 Pert aghif„l*to
tary of war. op the-44410,443%11111 over.
certain negro* caphtte4oy : the Vmsk witrr
lions in Florida,. t 9; a }VIT. , COW*. tilt** .
I gent, in QOM
as i s
tvokattoogggenteainf
General Jessup. ,
I know nothing AMA Et ',Met .iii %Ceti ,
tion, nor of the sullect, farther than what
is contain - id • lif the eintunuatiettienittiove
referred to ;,,butlmmistamidistinedy. hit
the information of all ,noneeruet‘thot while
I Adult hold: myseltever ready do-the
utmost in my powertogih the hulloes and
their nogroes out of , Florida, as well is , to
remove them to , theie,qativi hod**, west of
the Missistippi. I eamibtfor a stittaienteott
sent to 'meddle in this trinpiactios..or to be
concerned, for the benefit oflbir.leollinit
ithe Creek indiana, dr , tiny, Otte ;else ; ior to
interfere in any way lietweett , thikatliana
and their negrOmt, which moy , have a ten
tlency to , depriie the former of their .prop.
erty, and reduce the latter Aim a compar
ative state of freedom to ehed,ofelavervl
at the smite time I shall take tvery.memis
to obtain and restoreto his. libluirowner
any slave among the Indiann•whorhmratw'
sconded or been captured by ,tham. r. 1..:i
Very respectfully, I have the donor to be,
totterat, your obodlitufavettank t
.1
Brevet Brig, IL B..otrraS, Commaning.
Gen. R. Jooes, Adjt. Ueit4 o.lkAzmg. woo"-
here t General *H Tailoi"showed biro e~r.
as firm in reeliting what he &43E4(16.'0 sit
illegal and didgractifil o t rderbtthe Deptil•
trout, as baba been prtivitittelyto'the:4t
poitunitieti or 'threats of the iitavt-huntfrp.
Ilia commission 14s in, the.r4witr of the
President to' revoke at any time'; his hon
or was above the President;
it was dearer...to blot than all ecippjssictii.
h „,- •
acirattY TAYLOR 91.,1 crrailire AND
rmumist,Ltasittyy,—Thai Zac hary Tay
lor is an honest as well as a bri*Ve
might be safely inferred from his, *bete
• • •
year.
A friend has just related to pan inci
dent of the early life of Gen. Taylor, which,
pats in line relief the shighdosianxitslity
and sterling integrity of one .
te.
Gen. Taylor, was a resident
in the disistroutv period nfliettStop. Laws
—old Court and new , Court..when .the
point it issue between the .partiesstansthe
obligation of a debtor to discharge histiebte
at whatever Neuritic* of hii.property,
The Stop Law party were fur postpon
ing—for preventing iteentions.—for. op
praisemettis of property according to thb
value of which process west° be imbrued
or defeiut • • . .1 , ;
aybils st that time; was seder
heavy •pecuniary obligations,-contracted
for the; relief or, ,accoMmodation•of others;
but he zealously . opposed the adoption Of
the'atop laws. His oppositionsnd that of
other good men end true in thelltster;
The'Oljust altddiiloreaulti .
law wturtitloPicd; t"'
flavitteoppoiect them Onpribeiple; Ott.
Taylor, sotualed bflikepritfeitilC yeftieed
to avian' himself of the indftenew ,theysf
forded to.diltoraiiit Saga updo i fd meet
hit engagements, he went towd to New,
Orleada46loolrad'a torlf"i'
money; returned to Kentuct tin b disc arg
tid to 'the Mg: d liateVest,' the
debta. belied 14Stitieldt- '' ' :
He ritsipii•evEt
skoitut; b4elt 'itmlbreelor bf law; any'idir
Prowl! to libthihtesti','" war well'.he i -haited
• 411 ,the •chago,pprtd F 4 Adidate of an }ton
!" Porty.rruPlirlftt 6 4;4 '4E.4iilttifer•
.1(424 Btu= mamma Cans. , —The Ful
too•DOmPorat has Wren down the name
of Cana, and nut trp that of Vau Buren.—
Who,WatertoWn,Leffernonian has done the
Oeigg. Di* tbo liamdtpn County
.Serairtait the Warm,alentinel. the Eastern
_Slttte Journal, and, .tho Dedham (Masa.)
Demoeptt,l Soule tisfection• there.
UNIVRATIONABLE AUTHOR IT Y.--Mr
'Mreett, the edgier of the Albany Evening
'Jonrnal A ita9e that he Mufti, from the most
IHICHHHITHHiAILit AUTHORITY, that General
"ThitOr is 'decidedly and unequivocally
opposed to any act or movement of Gov
ernment in favor of the extension cysla
very.
Kuwait Riurrom..—Thia notorious fft-
Male will have to go to the Penitentiary
after on. The Court of Appeals of New
York has approvild the convindori and lien
moo* of the Clain of t3esLions, and order ,
ed that the date of the imprisonmenewout
melte. with that of thwAseision. notwith
standing she has beep in jail seven months.
Iwo DbLLAittl - flit Alf
•
INtiV SERIES--!SCC
Inman FROM Grate . 'f'snon.—.A friend
and relative of Gen. Taylor has 'hewn the
Louisville Journal a letter troM
hero, dated Baton Rouge, Sune'2o,ol l fro re
which it is permitted to make the foil Mir.
ing extract:
"It appears I was nominated by the
Whig NationaLermiention, whith' met it
Philadelphia on the 7th of the lonsiteill
month, as their candidate for the Piesided
cy at the coming election. Icon truly , sa/
it is not a matter of exultation', r hoirevVr
much I may feel gratified at' thei
merit paid me by so 'highly Intelligent $h
pure a body as that Contentitinr. ' No one
can appreciate the compliment more highL
ly, than I do, yet hall they named one or
the distingoished civilians who were before
them instead of Myself, it Wnintrfilitrientift
my most cordial approbation." "
VAN BUREN MIIIITINO IN Cpscuticays.
—A large "free-soil meeting" was,held
Cincinnati July Ist. Dr. J. White prespi r
ded. ; Several speeches were., mode ,acul
resolutions adopted responding to the opus
illation of. Martin Van Boren, et Utica, fee
the Prisidency, urging its eadorsegment
,at Buffalo on the 9111 of August, setting
forth the, principles of.the party. Ate,. TO
wards the close of the meeting, nikaintion
of Cleo. Hoadley, Jr., the following resolu
tion was adopted. It was received, id*
three cheers for John Van Buren:--r,
Resolved, 'Flint the free democracy of Hamilton
county respectfully holt° John VAR puree to
Ault 'Cincinnati and Norio them in the'Foniiitahan
of the heathen democracy to the true &init. "
• AVElipsoish 4loot. celebrating *he black riryoo of
Lle plistree, denims holm quaint style of hio
Chet dopy were 1p oloorning for the woolen tboy
(ill:6631(1d.
' Iffs. Entisit :-.4n a notice of an AdderliWch
fineeel by Mr. Bisowimos, of Boston, itthe het
r.otnavenaement of Mt. St Mary's Collepi, Ehi.
*Utters, we find the following peragiephel in the
eAter„7,,ptablisbed at that place, and copied from
thatpeper . into the Baltimore "Sun:? ,
eine Stitch orMr. Brownwn was a rich inlet
lacteal treat, sustaining his high reputation for
extensive knowledge and else teal entertalainenta,
hew hewed to With great attention by >throw
dience,, from, beginning to end, and gave gement
malefaction, At Aurae we can judge, it occupied
About one hour and threeluarters in its delivery.
troll i 'Animation, extensive enough for our pp?.
peek' We hive been perketly convinced that-news
*zee puffing Is a.business with some Editors.—
Whenever a young man makes a public speech,
wewiliilpri in the next number of. the paper.or
pepsins publiehed let the town, many and er.trane
gent and hequently Unmerited compliments,. The
teach wil aimpose is, that the speaker lies' l'eptika•
!Benth 'fn ikeilitil lest he may not be able to do
'that bytilits• own efforts, the Editor kindly ?ohm
-teem his seuviees. to assist him. When, however,
en ,indiotighel, who has a reputation, appeemin
Ike Lam e even if his e ff ort be a failure,
thee Mune poisons often feel theloselvei bound to
preishMutee it it' splendid production and "an hie!.
''lsaittil that, aierely becauee the Individual hie TI.
111111allieila'i /PIM, we doubt not, this which
Pro l l l lPhaillhe leatarke found at the head Militia
article. The enconiuma passed upon the •
'esker
. for. 4kot CIPAIkeIVe vfeis speech, every one who
witspeesent.inciwii be unmerited ; both if we
iipithrthis ! ebriectnese of the positions taken and
the force with Which they were urged. The last
I paratnaph of*, above reinar:,s is the only one to
tehickwit imbenite. It did take him that long to
!try !eV atilladhiliate hill Positions, and after he had
*hired, I
,cosild inst • but think that, "a estmenein
4 benzin labor, but it mouse had been produced."
I iffnefree to confess that my expectations were ex
eited,iterhaps to an undue height; but they were
not only not fully realized, but not realized at ell.
Thealsbject of the speech was "The Imporlasce of
Magaggli&vglirehipri a ..fterehiie;" a theme worthy
'of thampatost abilities. But how were our hope.
itia tlipectation• blasted' when I heard him an
'minutia opluieine upon the subject! It' really '
was a misfortune to hear them; for we never
.mroisid hare .sepposed that there was an individual
1 tat ourneuntry, Oho had been reared among its In.
sagutions, who held opinion* such as we hued 0.
peened on thin ocesaion ; opinions, which, if ear
tried into practice, would lead to the most revolting
tyrannies; } that of the mind.
' lite eptiaker knew he was needing On danger
oni Pretnedeand;therefore, let the audience know
that Items "one of the plople ;" its if they 411:1
notshto know from those who are continually pro
,fialattlf littrichnient to thern, they ; have the most to
.fitar. He. ught that we Were riorogratline, end
that %hi , although knowledge was mere dif
.
te
haedithan rly, wee very superficial; abd, as.
filming that superficial knowledge wis worse hen
none 41 all,, he .4114P4 to the conclusion that we
[ l lf9 l ;worOS'olif than if we were all ignorant-era
coneltseloss ; the abnardity of which becomes maul
' hat by metelY - naentioeing it. ! 11 e.complaided that
imindiiirhild who writes a book of much Merit
mat finitistryers;• and that in order to find Wein%
he woulMbe compelled to dilute the matter with
intatrill . .., tittd• should properly. be.exclodeel,„ If we
,Werlat!l hiadl this, we do not see how he would
mako the case any better by having us all Igno
tint, Ai ignOrant man In, we think, leas :hely
1 terinirchuse a book of that character, or any ashat
' seism' then** what is song htend although partially.
lin .thise pert-of his speech he quarrelled with , &l
ance. t everything as it et present exists, sn we
110100• not but, think that, prulsablc, his books hid
root met With the rapi,d sale ho desired, and he was
therefore determined to wreak his vengeance on
eobitip He was decidedly in favor otibownigh
Scholarship, but he wished a few to be edwated
who would be able to think for the community ;
who, after having , come to a conclusion upon ley
tub.iecis (Polities included,) would make it known
to' the commuhlty, Who, in turn, tike' good mid
faithful subjects, should do as they sap This
was the elate of thltigs which he earnestly desired ;
and, this is a isosition to which we cannnot assent.
What is this', in effect, but placing Kiva In the
hands Of a few 1 If an individual ran emitmitlie
opinions •of fifty prisons, it makes no different.e
whether he himself does the things he plume or
employs these individuals es were *rept.. This,
thought we, would be bringing us berlt to the Mi
ddle Ages, and not forword as the speaker supposed.
We had anticipated what be intended laying ; fat,
in a short time, he commended the Feudal System
u being one of the test, if not the very best, sem
terns which ever aided. These:Middle Ages, in
the opinion of °Denbo is authority on thh sub.
ject, (Mr. Hallam,) were "digit through ignorence
' and barbarous through poverty and want of refine
ment," and in the Feudal System, the 'minion
which existed, wee trot that of citizen and citizen
possessing equal rights, but lord and tassel. And
this was a good System !
This article is now much longer then we shied.
! paled sod cannot, therefore, proceed to Mans unit
;al other positiotte taken by him, which. were, in
our opinion, incorrect. We, then, differ hifirelv
with the writer of the article found at the held of
those remarks, and conclude with the renearle Wei,
as long as we wish. to see men be tnen. ateCteet
mere machine's; to rosfssory ene cOlg onsi- an .
proving those talents which hare,been lallittilrPl i
to hie care; to sea our governruent
1 which cennot!be unless our people' he eta
aa'sreil as *hallo ; ailetiliti ehra ' iliht
! from our midst tyrants of 41 deseripd*, iimmtol
pecialle those who would 40„ ~ .„ I"'
tip
li r
Itle.t pare of ,' mo key * so 44W.
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