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Correstwn teaoe of tiie St.r t Ciinmieln.
Cruizing for Fiilibustsre and Slavers.
U. S. Steamer Ciu-saper )
At sea off Cuba, Jau. il, 1HG0. J
Messrs. Editors: I woudtr if you or
your readers have lut sight of your "semi
occasional" correspondent, G ? As I am
still sailing about, sight-seeing, ia one of
Uncle Sam's yachts, and beiug the ouly
Lewisburg representative iu this particular
ephere of action, my "consiiiueuts way
cuctw . f j '
have some curiosity to know how I am
getting along. As my interests are amaj s
especially connected with the vessel to
which I am attached, I will give you a
brief sketch of our movements, and aUo
some account of the difficulties connected
with our present duties.
Nearly four months ago, we sailed, un
der scaled orders, from l'hiladelphia. Af
ter a week's passage, through rather rough
weather, we anchored ia the noble harbor
of Havana. We remained here but a part
of a day, and then sailed for New Orleans,
that city being our destination, and our
special object being to act out a paternal
interest over the I'lilibusters. Before the
Crusader left the Mississippi, they fully
appreciated our kiud attention. Ojr
prompt appearance was d mbtkss quite
boDctieial iu assuring them of the huiiect
intentions of our Government to stop their
unlawful career. This was the third time
I have had lbs pleasure 01 a cruise ai.er
. . . . P t.
General alter; onee Uetore no:n i una-;
dclphia, aud oneo fr :u Genoa, Italy; and j
each time we sailed to Leutril America.
I felt quite savage against tu ilUero, but
when I met biin, for the Erst time, at New
Orleans, in his private q iarters, looking
as wild as a preacher ought to look, aud
as kind and sociaMe as an old friend ought
to be, I forgot my ill will, and left his
rooms pleased with his affability and the
versatility of his talents.
Our visit to the Crescent Ciiy will ever
be borne in mind with peculiar pleasure,
OB account of the intrinsic interest of the
locality, and on account of the kind and
polite attentions of its people. It is very
seldom that any of our men-of-war visit
New Orleans. This cruising on a large
river, is rather more comfortable and
pleasing than being at sea. Therefore we
received our order to proceed to the coast
of Cuba, with many regrets. However,
as usual, we made the best of it.
We stopped at Pensacola, Key West,
to fill Dp with provisions and coal for our
cruiie against slavers. Our "parade
ground'' extends from Havana to the east
Ward about five hundred miles, embracing
the ports of Havana, Matanzas, Cardeuas,
and Sagua La Grande. We have visited
each of these ports several times. There
are many slaves landed annually along
this part of the coast. We have heard of
Done eluding our vigilance since we bave
been here, but doubtless, on account of
th irreat lenuth of coast we have to cuard, 1
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and of the cunning and skill of slavers in
evading men-of-war, together with tho want
of proper international regulations on this
subject, some will pass us in safety. When
we do make a lawful prize, we shall con
sider ourselves fortunate. There has been
bat ont cargo of negroes captured by our
cruisers, except on the coast of Africa.
This was the celebrated slaver, Echo, cap-
turcd about eighteen months a.-o bv the !
.U.S. Steamer Dolphin, while under com-!
tnand of our present Captain, John N.
Maffit, (a eon of the celebrated preacher !
nf iKa .am ...m T v., :..:! .i !
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Ability we trust for some prizs money be-
1 v ""-""jr
fore the end of this cruise.
Navigation on this coast is verj danger- j
ous, as there are many low i.-lauds and
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sunken coral reefs frequently jutting out
fifteen miles from tbc coast. The nuuicr-
ou. wrecks of vessels we daily piss, and .
the "wrecks of humanity bleaching in
(he sun, tell a tale easily understood. The
North wind also blows here terribly at
times. The inhabitants of the coast build
their bonses low, as a protection agaiust
its fury. If we are ever caught at sea in
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.Norther, we Pinept tn have roiinh lime '
of it, but we bave great confidence in our
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vessel and engines.
Oar chasing su--pieiou3 vessels is quite
exciting and interesting, but, I fear, if wo
do not soon oveihaul somj real eimo. we
will consider it dali .-art. Wc Lave men
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uiiiiui vessels-, i uu cry ui - an uu ;
fur distant vessel?.
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is followed bj aniinus inquiries from all,
and if her appearance and movements arc
Ke g0 at ful spCed on a
' chase. As we oear her, if she flies do
t nitional flag, we Grc a gun charged with a
blank cartridge; if she still neglects to
show her nationality, we fire a ehot across
h r botv ; and if this should Dot be answer
ed, we would capture her aa a priz, If a
vc-sl dij.lajs the "stars and stripes," we
can stop and search her with impunity,
but if she shows any other national flg,
we can tot stop or search ber, excepting
at the risk of being personally prosecuted
i l)r uatuagen, us wen as ueiug reju iiuiuulu
by our own Government, and complained
against by the government to which she
belongs. There is one exception to this
rule, by a special treaty between England
and the United States. The right of
search is mutually conceded on the coast
uf Africa alone. Truly, we can capture a
slaver as a lawful prize, it matters not
what flag she bears, providing she is three
miles from a foreign shore. The great
difficulty is in giving legal evidence that
she is a slaver. Au American slaver we
can capture in a foreign port.
The whole suljct of "search at sea,"
is one of our most delicate international
questions, and so strict are the instructions
from the Navy Department on this sub-
. j''ei, iua; uuue ui uur uavai uiucera vuuiu
; scar(;h a a fore;gn fl ig exce)1
ct, tUat none ol our naval ouicers would
uuder the must suspicious circumstances,
aud then be would do it at a great personal
ri.-k. Hence, our present ot j ct is princi
pally to prevent the notorious prostitution
of the American fl:ig to the flave trade.
This sq'iadron of four steamers now cruis
ing around Cuba, will doubtless be of great
service iu suppressing this base abuse. We
have three steamers also on the coast of
Afiici. This is the Crst time the Uuitcd
States have made use of steam ia suppres
sing the slave trade. Steamers only are
reallyJU for this duty. It looks as if we
were getting in earnest on this sut jeet.
The English have t'.irty-two steamers ou
the coast of Afriea, cruicg against sla
vers. Wo are sadly ia need of more small
but fast steamers in our navy, for this as
well as for other national purposes Those
lately purchasid steamers are tolerably
well calculated fir this special service,
, wtit,en moro tlaQ p iuteD(lt a) alJ
j Janj gay you agree wUh mQ in 6aJ
iui, cuuUll f ,r the prtSCI),.
yoar, Uvj.-pfotfull y, G-
The following feeling and expressive poem .
j was an original contribution by a lady of the j
' village to a Taper" recently read before the
Ladies' Literary Society:
j 01 LDI!
Oil, iff were called lo tread.
As Daniel, in the lion's bed;
Or the hery turnace brave.
Like a young Jodean slave;
Miner's cross and martyr's crown
i Could I 1 dare I put Ihtin on ?
Stephen stood beneath the sky.
In unveiled simplicity.
Whilst lorn flesh and crushing bone
Yielded lo each bruising stone :
Such his faie, by call Divine
Could J ? dare 1 make il mine ?
Teter's bleeding body hung,
Nailed head downward, on the tree;
Paul's many stripes no murmur wrung;
Nor burning woman's agony.
For thai dear Love that loved us first
Could I ! dare 1 serve it ihus !
With the martyrs of to-day,
Torrey's prison-lile to share;
With slow diease lo waMe away,
l.'ncheered by Iriendly love and care;
Year after year lo pme and die.
With cold, ilisea.e and damp could I ?
Oh. my heart! the cross lo bear
Is 11 to speak a public prayer!
Success put oil ! Ambition foiled?
Some hltie need of love wilhheld ?
Thee, ihe crosses that we know
Can we! dare we call them to!
Hut there are crosses, dark and dread,
.Most nobly borne in daily life
Fierce menial lions lo be fed
The stake, the flame, the blows aud strife i
If of such sorrows calltd tn sup.
' '"' ,aKe llie CUP '
f'vuderfport. Pa. Moss.
Tiiaiihecs Stevens and the "Crack
or Doom." The Lancaster Esprcss says :
"The latest and best joke of Mr. S-, is the
reasou be gives for voting for PcnuingtoD,
of N. J. It will be recollected, by our
readers, that, about a week since, be an
anounccd his intention of sticking to Mr.
Sherman until the 'crack of doom.' But
on FridaJ U voteJ fur Mr- I'cnnington.
Supposing, no doubt, that bis friends at
borne wondered bow be could reconcile
0,e "i,h ti8 F"3 declaration, be
wrote to one of them to relieve them of
any apprehensions. He said, that, on
-1 iiil i- i
J riday morning, he had been reading an
account (f the e,irthiuafce ia South Caro-
lina.and he thought that was a 'Utile crack,'
and concluded to go for New Jersey 1'
A Bright Democrat. The Macon
7,.frvt. til!a llm follnvinfr nf a mpnihpr
of tha tU Lowef
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Creeks
"Down in Butler the other day, the
Agent told us, a countryman came in,
looking at the hand-bill announcing this
meeting, read with unfeigned surprise
aBli indignation "S-t-a-t-e O-p-p-o-s-i
- i - o - nC - o - n v-e-n-t-i-o-n l: "Wal now.
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says be, drawing back, "I'm agin them
fellers all the time. I say darn any body
that's opposed to the State."
Now-a-days popularity is to see yonr
name posted np on a fence. Somebody
will inquire as to who jou arc and when
fust win. comes you will disappear.
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A Story fcr the Eoy3..
i uus mi icntuoii, us vjicj ic-ie-iicu
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j the school-house, oho saw ia the entry a
' great boy, who went lo another school,
; holding two of her best scholars by the
j shoulders, and Kerning to feel as though
he was dning something wonderful. Jol.u,
the larger of the two bojs, seemed angry,
and was scolding and' strutting with all
his niight, while Willie, though crying,
stood very quietly.
The boys did not see Miss Grey until
she said : "Well, Amos." The large Loy
looked around, faying, "Ycr see, her's two
o' yer boy been fighting, and I in a
holdiu' of 'em 'till you come." -"You
may release them," said the teacher and
they very gladly followed her into the
school room, leaving Amos to go about bis
business.
After ringing the bell for the children
to bo seated, Miss Grey said: "Now,
John and Willie may come and tell me
what has happened." Johu's eyes were
still flashing, and his hands were clenched
while Willie, to the surprise of all, was
still crying. This was very unusual, for
he was a manly boy, and never cried for
trifles; so the teacher asked, "Willie, why
are you crying ?" "My head aches,"
was the reply ; and then Miss Grey no
ticed that his thick curly hair was matted
with blood. Some water and sponge were
quickly brought, and upon washing away
the blood a large bruise showed itself.
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teacher turned to John saying, "John, you
may tell me about it."
"Why," said John, still looking as if
be was not ready to give up hisfi-ht,"thc
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boys were Playing bull, ana J- rank liar-
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rows threw it away down the street, and
liili" "John," said MisGrey very grave -
ly. John fi lgetted a little under her ear-
nest look, and then went on, "and Willie i
and I both started for it. I got lo it first, I
and just as I stooped to pick it up, Willie
pushed me down.'' "What then?" in-j
quired the teacher. John's face flushed, j
aud his eyes fell, as be said "I hit him I
a lick." 1
"Did you make that bruise ?"
t,a I,i
I guess so."
"Did Wiliic strike back ?"' "No.nia'am ;
he doubled up his fi.-t all ready, but I
guess he thought he could'nt beat me."
"Wiliic, you r ushed John down, did
you
"Yes,
and Willie's
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uoucm eyes wcie raiseu 10 ins icacuir & :
J
"but I did not mean to
t .i i 1
1 muoocu my
toe aud fell against hitii, and, as he was
stopping, I pu.-hed hi ill down on Lis face."
"What did you do when John struck
' JU
?' "I had a great mind to strike,
too, but I thought of somctLitig, ttd then
I told him I wassorry I hurt bim," sai l he.
"Why was it necessary for Amos to
hold you?'' "I didn't think there was
need of it ;" and bo half laughed iu spite
of his aching head ; "but he took John iu
one baud, and me in tho other, and kept
telling us to '(luit, or he'd thrash us both.
B ' ' . . .
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I am sorry if I hurt John in falling against
him, for I really did not mean to."
"Yes he did, too;" iutcrrupted John,
angrily, "ho wanted Frank to think he
was a faster runner Jhan I, and was mad
becanse I beat l.ini."
"You may sit down," said the teacher;
"and, John, I wish you to think the mat
ter over, remembering Willie's explana
tion, which I believe to ba a true one;
and at recess you may tell me who has
been to blame."
The boys sat in the Same desk, SO John
turned his back to Willie, and getting as
far from bim as possible, took up a book
and pretended to be studying very hard.
Presently ho wished for a pencil, and re-
menibered that he had left his upon the :
teacher's table. He raised his bead, aud
asked for the pencil; but a class was reci
ting, and Miss Grey wished no onetocrcss
'the room until the class was seated.
"May I lend bim mine?" asked Wil
lie; and noticing the glance of approval
which accompanied the permission, to do
as be wished, selected his best pcucil and
placed it before John. "Take it, John,"
said Miss Grey, as she saw be did not
seem to notice it.
John picked it op, but, instead of using
it, ho began turning it over and over, and
looking at it as thoughit was some strange
thing be bad never seen before. His tea
cher was watching him, and soon she saw
a tear roll down bis cheek, then another,
at last he laid his head upon the desk and
sobbed aloud. Miss Grey went to bim,
and laying ber hand on his bead, asked,
"what is the matter ?" John sobbed out,
"I am sorry I struck Wiliic." "Would
you like to tell bim so?" "Y'es'ro," and
the sobs almost choked bim as be turned
to Willie and said : "Please forgive me,
Willie ; I am sorry I struck you. I might
bave known you did not mean to do it."
Willie put his curly bead so close to Johu's
that Miss Grey did not bear bis answer,
but John's changed face showed that be
was forgiven.
"Now, Willie," said bis teacher, "will
you tell us what that 'something' was, of
which you thought, when you were temp
ted to strike John 7" He hesitated a mo
ment, then said, gravely, "It was that Bi
ble varse you gave us the other day, 'He
that is glow to auger is better thau the
mighty ; and be that ruleth his Bpiiit,
than hu thut taketh a city.'"
The tears came into Miss Grey's eyes,
as she said: "Gud bless you, my dear
boy, and help you always to remember
His words when tempted to sin."
Now, boys, which of these two boys are
you like? Like John, hasty, passionate,
eger to punish those whom you fancy
have injured you? or, like Willie, remem
bering God's ord, and trying todo right?
Is it not coble to forgive? Willie, sure-
j ly, was no coward because do did not
! strike back ; no, that was not the reason
Ho was brave, yes brave, for 'tis not every
boy who daresdoright. Remember, boys,
always fear to do wrong, and dare to do
right ; that is manly, that is noble. Cum
mun ixhuul Jnuruut.
A Good Hit.
Hon. Caisius M. Clay, the fearless Re
publican of Kentucky, delivered a speech
before the Young Meu's Republican Union
of New York City, on Wednesday evening
last, on the "l'rogrcss of Republicanism."
it is a masterly production throughout,
and contains, among other good things,
the following capital hit at the Locofoco
admirers of Henry Clay,. who while living
they soshamcfully abused. Mr. Clay said :
"I stand where the Republican party
stand by the old Henry Clay Whig
grouud against the extension of Slavery.
Let uic here read what Henry Clay says
upon the sutject. (liut first I must no-
tinn lliTif thn 1 ).nirtir-ita l.wn rrn
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: lully in love with Henry Clay, of late.
( jiy i,ttKj and slamkn.l ihe ohl man all
kit lifn, bat now they come to us and say
j defend old Henry from 'ur as-
I 8iluI;s 1 . 'lhe ",au wbo was persecuted for
a life time the man who went to his
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' grave in sorrow under the imputations
. a2aist Liai by ,bc,e nti,,
I now taken up, and they call upon Old
j Lirtc Whigs, Clay Whigs, to come and
crush out the Republicans, who stand by
the doctrines of that same Clay in favor of
the non-exlciisioo of Slavery!) Henry
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vjiui ouiu, iu iuc 1.131. ii-iii ui ma iiil. iu
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ma ia.ifc leim ui puuiicaervice, in uis gray-
haired old age :
"Coming I ilo from a Slave State, it is
my Miieu.n. deliberate and u ell-mmured de-
shall Conine :ne lo vule for the nusifiup intro.
i,.oU ,ai no ,..,ri, no ea.uuy power,
J durtion ol Slavery, either -urih or Souili of
' Ml ! t(r ebame, Democrats ! to claim
! ,0 bc ,,ie rro,tctors "f tllc fanie anJ Elory
ot H-''J l-ly. "d of bis principles,
' v'icn 'here, by the last will and testament
that ha tiuoiicv mitilti In thft nation, hp
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ninnrj ltnn.ti.lt run- o nrol Eiitnrriv tmnti
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tue l'Tul'""n pia"rm :
j An tlahama Kdll.ir Dona or "Nil!) (.ray."
The popular soi g of "Nelly Gray" has
! fallen into the hands of a certain vigilant
' editor away down in Alabama, and hedis -
! covers so much alM,l,ti,)inm in it as to
! feel it necessary to warn his Southern
brethren against giving it circulation. He
i fees in it much that is incendiary a con-
! cealed effort to corrupt the literature of
'"e "c itton growing States, and as such
.IllLl - iir .I'll
1 should be banished from their borders.
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un pnnir mrtmn n Ft hpfM:trt I ft !ifini.xl-
We copy a portion of the clear-sighted ed-
tor s criticism :
"In 'My Darling Nelly Gray,' we have a
nicely coated sugar pill of pure abolitionism.
It runs ihus ;
"One nilit I went toEe her, but'hei gone' the neigh
tore ?ay,
Tlitr wt-ite man hound her with hia chain :
Til. y lia-..- tik.-n lirr ttiiM-oria. tor t.iwri-r her life away,
Aud -he toil- iu 111, rottou and the raue.,
While Ihe metre is not captivating, the sen
timent is decidedly odious. Indeed.it smacks
of w hat might be considered libelous upon
the character of (Jeorgians. The result of
Ihe monotonous tale, what 'ihe neighbor' lold
the sentimental wretch, is seen 111 Ihe neat
verse :
My fan- b nnlr wW. n.l my banjo i unslrann,
My eyei. fhiill look downwarj, and mjsong shall be nn
"Uni:, White I -taj nn my olil Kenturky shnre."
To relieve sneh sentimental vagabonds
from their 'I.Tdium vitT.' we recommend llieir
i Iransnortation lo laeoreia. to toil like 'iiellv
Gray' -in the cotton and the cane.'
'My I'arling Nelly Cray' may be a very
i preny aim a very -.weci our, oui, mc suoiiui.
sne noes noi grace or urnciii oouinern socie
ly except where Ihe Georgian piaced her."
Such a criticism must result in putting
a quietus on the wanderings of Miss Nelly,
especially in the land of the eanc-brake
and the alligator I The Alabama editor
can not have too much credit awarded him
for bis patriotic efforts. We vote bim a
leather medal.
"A Pretty Kettle of Fiph." The
following, which we find in the Alabama
Uaptist, shows how several persons went
"A nubia' in the matrimonial deep'J
"About eighteen miles southeast from
Andalusia, on Thursday, October 16, were
married, at the residence of B. B. Bass,
by G. A. Snowdon, Judgo of Probate,
James Teel to Nancy Bass, Wra. Tecl to
Mary Bass! Wilson Bass to Jane Tccl.
James, William and Jane Tccl, are all
sons and daughtcrof John and Ann Teel.
Wilson, Nancy and Mary Bass are all
daughters aud con of N. B. and Elizabeth
Bass, of Covington county, Ala. The
above connubial attachments were all
formed, and but one ceremony delivered
a nuptial phenomenon perhaps uncqualcd
in this State or the South."
The fatcst "fashion" announced from
Europe, is that of dressing very plainly
when going to Church. Some of the la
dies of the first "circle" go np to worship
in plain calico. It is thus sought to en
courage the attendanco of tbe poor who
have hitherto withheld their presence
for lack of "Sunday clothes." A sensible
not to say Christian, idea.
Science and Revelation.
There are thnu.-ands of persons who lo k
Ufon science with suspicion, because they j day evening.Feb. 10ih, by Edmusdson of
have a notion that its discoveries are iuim- Virginia, created a pood deal of cxeitc
ical to revealed religion. The idea has or- mcnt among the Oj position members.
iginated in the skepticism of sccoud-rate
tin-ma, to whom, as I'ope well said, a lit-
tic learning is a dangerous tbicg. The
great luminaries of science, in nearly ev-
cry country, have been, on the contrary,
uot only sincere believers in a Deity, but
conscientious supporters of Cbristiaui'y.
At the head of this immortal band stands
Newton, who had probably the greatest in -
ellect of its kind the world has ever seen.
Siuce his day, a host of illustrious men,
only less able, have also testified to the
agreement between physical science and
revealed religion. Now and then, iudecd,
some Dew fact is asserted in science which
appears to controvert the L'ible. But it
has been always found either that the al
leged fact was a false conclusion, or that
it was the first of a scries of new discover
ies, which, when taken together, proved
directly the reverse of what it alone would
have done. We can not illustrate this
better than by selecting one out of many
problems of this description.
Some years ago, the reading publio was
astonished by the appearance cf a book,
which, under the name of tie Yesiiges of
Creation, undertook to show that man, in
stead of being created by a specific act of
Almighty power, as inculcated in Scrip
ture, was the result of progressive devel-1 inridge was in the House for half an hour,
epement. In other words, the theory was, I and all the time he sat laughing with Ed
that a fish, by mere length of time, and in ! muadson, who, overcoat on and cigar in
the earlier ages of the earth's history, had ' bis mouth, sat upon one of the sofas in
been developed into a reptile; that the ' 'he extremity of the Hall, and finally the
reptile, iu time, had changed into a lemur;
that the lemur, had become an ape; that
the ape, bad been developed into a man.
The foundation on which these assump
tions were built, was the assertion, decla
red to be verified by geological discover
ies, that the older the rock, the less per-
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feet were the fossil organizations.
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answer, among many, to this theory, was,
tiiA ,0 little " Jc,i was known of the
earlier geological epochs, to be certain that
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this reply has been shown by subsequent
discoveries. For, since then, mammalia
bave been tound in very ancient beds ol
the secondary rocks-mammaliaas perfect
as most which now walk the earth; and
thus the as&umrtion. that the older the
mm iui. mau
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; rocn. mu less iieneci iuo orauizauou, is
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oiown to tne wiuus. me wuoie ineory
of progressive developcment tumbles iu
consequence to pieces. -
eu uiucu .or uega. ,'roo.. i.uw iur
1 are that not only species, but whole or
I
; dcrs were created from time to time, by
1 nn absolute act of the Almighty mind,
; Rirds after their kind, beasts after their
j kind, man last of all ; and each and every
i one, by a distinct cxerei.-c of creative pow-
tr, aud not by developcment, the one from
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I the other. Now.'the general drift of the
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discoveries, so far made by physical sci
ence, corroborates these views. Moreover,
tho further these discoveries extend, in
any odo walk of science, tho more cumu
lative is the evidence in favor of these as
sertions and revelations. Tho presump
tion that follows, is, that, wherever any
discovery seems to militate against divine
truth, it is in consequence of our imma
ture knowledge on the sul ject, and that,
if we wait for further discoveries, the dis-
J crepancy will disappear. Apart from this,
every fresh discovery in physical science,
I,, inprpa.in. our i,l, n of ihe mnif.de
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and wonders of creation, enlarges our con- j
a '
strengthens our conviction that only Al- j
mighty power could bave called these
myriad existences into life. In tbe child
hood of nations, the being of a God bad to
be accepted on faith, to be believed be
cause it was revealed. In these later ages,
physical science, as potent in its way al
most as the thunders of Sinai, declares tbe
existence of a Creator in every sod it turns
up, in every rock it breaks, in every star
it discovers. 1'hiladcljihiat Ijt hjrr.
Gov. Chase tells the story that when
Lieut. Gov. Newman of Tennessee was in
Cincinnati, with the Kentucky and Ten
nessee Legislatures, be was accompanied
by his "body servant,' a sprightly, saddle
colored "boy," of about thirty, who was
conscious of his dignity. His master, who
was in the habit of jesting with bim, ac
costed bim in tbe ball of the Neiil House,
just before the departure of the guests,
with a "Why, Jack, haven't any of the
Abolitionists carried you off yet?" "Yah!
yah I Massah Newman," (quoth Jack,)
"when I seed you gwin down tbe street,
arm in arm wid Gubner Dennison and
Gubner Chase, 1 tot you tcengonr, sure."
Cultivated Women. Sheridan said,
beautifully, "Women govern us 1 let us
render them perfect. Tbe more they are
enlightened, so much tbe more shall we
be. Oa tbe cultivation of the mind of
women, depends the wisdom of men. It
is by women that nature wtitcs on the
hearts of nifn
EEsroNsiBiLtry. To young minister
who complained of the smallncss of his
congregation, tbe licv. John Brown of
Haddington said, "It Is as large a one as ;
vou will want to give account for iu the
' day of juJ,;eineut.''
The Assault upon Ilr. Hickman.
The attack upou Mr. Hickman on Fri-
j The attack was entirely unprovoked, and
i made by a large, stout mau, accompa-
f nied by Uo of bis fiieods) upon a weak,
slight, sick man, who was alone. Mr.
i Hickman was walliug duwn the Capitol
! steps, when Edinund.-on approached him,
'yifg, "You made a speech the other
: night at Willard's Hotel.'' "I did," re- ,
j pl'ed Mr. Hickman. "And, d n yon,j
I Jou slandered my State, you liar and cow-
I.
ard," continued Mr. Edmundson, at the
same moment striking biin with bis cane
across the bead. Mr. Hickman was
about to repel the assault, w hen be was
caught by Yice President Breckinridge,
who led bim away ; Kcitt and liouligny
of New Orleans taking caro -of EJmund-
son. It is reported that Keitt called out
to Breckinridge, alluding to Mr. Hick -
man: "lake ie lutiml away: It will
be recollected that hiiK K ill ami I
muiuhon vttrt the iuttijiiUirt j the attack
vpon Sumner, ami ttuod unliml icln'e
liruoki did his blmnlj vuik. No one
thinks Mr. Keitt had anything to do with
tho recent outrage, except to separate the
parties. I understand that Mr. Hickman
bled at the lungs freely the night and
morning after the brutal a'tack upou biin.
It was remarked yesterday that Mr. Breck-
Yice-Presidcnt went out with his Yirgi
nia friend, as if he meant to testify to the
House bis approbation of tho attack on
Mr. Hickman. It must be remembered
that the brutal attack was unprovoked,
and if the excuse be offered for Elmund-
son that be was tipsy, it will be replied
that when sober be made no apology.
Why do Children Die 1
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Juurnal of JI.alth.) is because they are
not rroucrlv taken care of. From the
day of birth, they are stuif-.d with food,
choked with physic, sloshed with water,
suffjcate(, ; Lot ruoniS 8leamed ia bed
!,... c. . , in.J.lr. When
t0 lle..he . brc..h &f air
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nni-ii in-t in snnimt-r. and onM or nine
nni'n m vt'
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ilorinr thp ro ni-r months, onlv the nose
) i r.priiiitttvt. to rppr intii davlifht. A lit-
a 1
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,a(erj ,bej arc scn, Mt wh DOcldtLes j
j at all on the parts of the body which most '
nceJ pr0,ccti.,n.
Bare lens bare arms
hrri rifi-kN cirrrd niimiips. nrilh an nvpr. .
ted umbrella to collect the air, and chill
the other parts of the body. A stout,
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strong man, goes out on a cold day with
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doublc-scled boo's, with cvrk between and
rubbers over. The same dy, a child f f
I'.iicv iLdia mu, au ii.iao. iu ucti. aula
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blood and bone and constitution, goes out
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three years o!J, an infant in flesh and '
I with piper-soled shoes, cotton socks, legs
uncovered to the knees, and bare neck '.
1 an exposure which would disable the nurse,
mil me Dioiucr ouingui, mu wake iuc ,
father an invalid for weeks. And why ? !
To harden them to a mode of dress which ,
thcy never expect to practice to. To ac-
custom tbcm to exposure which a dozen j
years later would be considered downright '
foolery. To rear children thus for tbe '
slaughter pen, and then lay it to the Lord,
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is too bad. e don t think the Almighty
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from tbe presumption that He has any !
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inmnlinn anil nriUiinitlnn I
now incj titoica me nomi-n.
One day week before last, it was ar-
ranged among a party of fifteen or sixteen j graded doctrine, but now proposes to go a
married gentlemen, living at Mt. Pleasant, 8,CP t"ther in bis doughfaoei.-ni and sup
Ohio, that they would bave a sleigh ride, j P3 free pPoech ia ,he Nurth. !
a sunner and a "cood time." all to them-.
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mo i.-ei ui a ucj .ceo. u.ug.j, .11. oS- j
cd to have the supper come eff at Wald
ron's, about five miles from Mt. Pleasant,
and on the appoiutcd night, under various
pretexts they abandoned the society of
their wives, and in cosy cutters, behind
fast trotting borses, made good time to
Waldron's, chuckling over the way in
which they had "fooled the women." But
tae women were not to ignorant as they
pretended to be. They got wind of the
party at Waldron's, resolved to be "in at
tbe death," and arrived at the hotel just
as tbe gentlemen were getting ready to sit
down to a sumptuous table game, oys
ters, wine, Sic. Tbe ladies walked in and
took possession of the tub'e, utterly refu
sing to recognize any of tbe gentlemen,
and treating them all as perfect strangers.
The truant husbands saw the elegaut sup
per, for tbe discussion of which they had
been whetting their appetites, rapidly
melt away, and they were not even allowed
to pick the bone. After supper, the la
dies, who had brought music with them,
danced for a while, and then went home,
without once speaking to their husbands,
and treating all advances on their part
with freezing coldness, or iudignant a.-tou
ishment. We venture to say that no
man of that party wiil agaio attempt to
run away front bis Wife to go to a "ati;
'tarty."
Douglas' new Slave Games
Hr. Canglas' Sedition Law.
Mr. Douglas' proposition for a return tn
the old Sedition Law one of the mi st ob
noxious and unpopular measures in our
j History was exp?eted to gain Lim favor
, at the South. Hut its prompt repudiation
! by Davis, and other Southern Senators,
j shows this expectation to have been no-
founded, while his supporters in the North
will find it difficult to siand ou the llat-
form he proposes. "
tMx'y years ago, the Federalists passed
a Law like that which Douglas asks, giv-
ing the Genera! Government power to as-
: sume the existence cf "conspiracies and
1 combinations"' and puui.-h those charged
' with them, and also giving it power to ex
j crcisc a despotic censorship over the Press,
! such as the slavery Exteutionists would
gladly exercise now, punishing any person
j wbo mightspeak disrespectfully of those in
1 effi.-e. Had its real character been fully
i arrreciated at tbc time of its passage, it
would have failed to receive the approval
of many good end patriotic mn, who af
terwards deeply repented their share of
responsibility for it. The Law aroused a
whirlnind of public indignation, in which.
the States of Yirginia and Kentucky took
the lead, and which resulted in ousting the
j Federalists from power, and ending their
existence as a par'y. Matthew Lyon, who
was convicted under the Law and senten
ced to 1,000 fine and four months' itn-r
prisonmi ut, stepped from his cell in Pris
on to a seat in Congress, and public senti
ment, even after his death, compelled tha
Government to do j'lstfce to his memory
by refunding the amount of his fine, with
interest, to his heirs.
It is strange that Mr. Douglas should bo
so ignorant or so unmindful of the lessons
! of History as to dash himself against the
same rock which shattered the Federal
! Party. If the Democracy adopt his poli
cy, it will make a fiuish of them. Their
opponents could a;k nothing better than
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stringent as possible! Albany Eccninj
1 juU.ai j j
Pit Down Fuee Si eecii The Mil
waukee -V iri says that the action of tha
South in driving out Northern men, and
suppressing free speech, is right, and tba
Freep rt ISM tin says so too. It endorses
all the outrages upon the lri.-hmen who
have been expelled from Carolina, and
rays that the South are only doing what
any "sensible community" would do.
And this is not all. While his organs all
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uitfu, wuu arc so uuiuriunaie as to oe irav-
i elin '? the tSuUtb and icvokio? eo' ot
tar and feathers f ir them, Mr. DolCLAS
uuuM.il iniuj?i:a iu .oui:re?9 to enact a
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Slave Code for the 1 ree States a law to
P"1 Jowa free soil notions in the North,
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ly f-rct. He declares as follows:
'7'ir rrrr.t rrlnriiiii that Unier'irm Tfi Itrtrnn.
izr.iiun nf the itrput,itcju party, U vinUnl. irre-
tt1'r:ruM-t tltrnul tctrjurr Ufi'tl the ml:tutiim
-imiricin Xtarrry, with Ihr title 1i its ulti
mate i xt met irn tlifiughiiut the (in,. Sir, I
confess the ohjpctof ihis legislation 1 conteai-
plate, is, lo 1'1'T DOW N this outside inlrrfr-
lence: il 13 lo repress this 'irrpnrp-ei!,!- p.n-
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met.
His bill then, is aimed at all who pro-
fess the principles of the Republican par-
ty, aud his proposition is to imprison for
life, any man wbo believes in free labor,
free speech, and free men I Oh, glorious
Federal-Democracy I
" "T,rV,T-" "
B!u 1 he I reeport Bulletin, professedly
,le or,,ao nf tbe ionHs of Stephensou
1 J"" C"'TOJ au in.HllUllon
ordained or Uod, and advocitcs the doc-
trine that it is a socia, an(1 h , , .
ing. -Mepuen A. LMugias, wbo asrores to
the nomination at Charleston, never du
ring his long political life, has uttered a
single sentiment iu conflict with this de
1 -'if. iMugias, .
pressly declares that slaves are only 71nf-
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caLj on tbe contrary, bold that thev are
human Uimj, that they are jwrstms, that
tney are men. JAmglas "i7 r,re
whether slavery is voted up or voted down.
Republicans do care whether tho rights of
man are regarded in this K utile of ours;
they du care whether the riht or tha
wrong shall triumph ; and they will exeit
thctr influence, where they may d.i so le
gally, to secure the victory to the riht.
tVyyThe late speech of Mr. Douglas has
scaled his doom ia the North, if it wero
not sealed before. II is proposition lo
clothe the Executive wi:h the powers of
the old Spanish Inquisition, for the pur
pose of f U pressing free spetoh and free
thought, is a load that no man can carry,
in this freo North. Let him be n inii.:
ted, and Iiiiuois will he carried cvtr Ii
head for a representative 1!' ubiiean, by ia
majority of thousands. Fi vyiit IU )
Jjttnml.
A Political Ga.mri.er The Nih
vi'le Uuinn & American, the orpin if
Tennessee Democracy, says: "Tie I!"n.
Stephen A. IKnglas is a gan.Mir in poli
tics, and he has a set of politicians hang
ing around him, seeking I bin d up L .-a
political fortunes by the sume svstrm of
advertising that lottery ni.u adoft au
extravagant display ot pr ies lhat wcru
never drawn."
It is said that the firt remaik uf John
Hickman, after listening to the recent
peecb of Senator Dmg.as, was: "I'l-on
thy bei'y slo.lt thou go, and dirt ai.alt
thtiU Cat ail the dujs ol thy i.U."
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