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4For the Raftsman's Journal.
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KtUTH. '
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I saw theo In beaut y, radiantly fair i w:' . ?
Brilliantly gleamed thy sparkling eye .i ; ' :
Q lossy the fold of thy lkn Jlr-, v-i . -
In their clustering richness, and obon dye.. vdr
i ----- " " ' . fc, .
ight waithy step." and thy inula all glad, ' ;
- Gleesotae thy voice as 'it gaily sung, -. ' ' - .
1 knew that thy heart had ne'er been sad. i '
Mai ne'er by.aorrow and pain been wrung:'
No furrowi weVe'madeoii thy forohead fair y
" By Time as ho blessed thee wUh happy hours, .
Ver hadst thou known either sorrow or earo !"
Thy life-path had been bat a pathway or nowers.
Alas ' how' the' 'care-cloudi have darkened th
' . . . - ! t, . v I i ', V v u --- J - ' w
Thy.furnr ha wasted thy eunken ey-' .
i.IiJjpi witl the tears of broken heart, A
JJIeep traces of care on thy forehead lie.-r - ft t i
Of what thou onceVas but a shadow thou art-:.
Slow is tlly step that'onec was free,"'' ' 1
1 And lighi, asth'a gfae jfua'kells of the plainw
Sad s the voice that once with glee, ' V" 1 -Ever
was warbling some joyous refrain.6 "i
f et'whj Woul-f I w'p I know .that thy trust
Is fixed on the God who forLazartts wept ,
And'lhOtish we corisign thy frail form to the dist ,
Wo know that thy soul by that God will be kept.
fOtE.r Hot'. Sot-: IS,' 18S:' J ? ''"
TOIAL OF WAEEEN HASTINGS.
k Br MACAl tAT-
. ,ln the.meantinje -ibe prepap-ationi
for bi
trial had proceeded rapidly i and.oa the 13th
of rbTunry,-,17S8i the. s'rtticgpf the C.ourt
commenced.' .' There have been, spectacles
more dawling to the eye. more gorgeous with,
jewelry and cloth of gold more attractive to
grownMin thildren, than that which was then
exhibited at Westminister; bnt. perhnps, there
never was ; a-spectacle" so well calculated to
strike a highlycuitivated.a reflecting, and im
itgfifiifive mind.-' r All the various kinds of ln
teruWt wblclfbelons 'tor the h sir'and to' the -dls
1at,' to'tlie" present and to the'past, were col
lected on out si)ot,and in one' hour. All the
t&'.ents kndV.l the accomplishments which are
Wve:opei ly 'liberty , and" civilization were
r.ow d.splavewlthpvefy ladvar.tage.. that
couid be derived 'bothVroni co-oj eration and
fro:a contrast Every 'step tn tTieTproceedings
carried the mfvid either backward, thro' many
troubled conturies. to the days whiii the foun
dation of the constitutions wera Uid ; or far
jiway, over boundless s;;as and deserts, to-dus-kv
jiatioris living undar trange stars, worship-
pitig. strange gods, and writ.iug strange chor-ci
ters from right to lufLr The-Uigb Court: of
Parliament was to sit, according to tho forms
handeJ dawn from the days of the Plantagen
ts, on an Englishman f accused of exercising
tyranny over the lord of the holy city of Ben
ares, and the ladies of '' the princely house of
Oude. ; : '-: ' ' ;: ' '' " ''''
vThe place was worthy of such a" trial: It was
the great hall of William '' Rufns the hall
Mhkh ha'd resounded with acclamations at the
inauguration 'of thirty "kings ; the hall which
had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and
the just absolution of Somers j the hall where
tha eloquencc'of Stratford for a moment awed
andj melted , victoiioui paity inflamed with
jat resentment the hall where Cbarles had
confronted the High Court of Justice with the
placid courage which haa half. redeemed his
fame, i .Neither military, uor civil pomp, was j
wanting.;' The avenues we:e lined with grena
dier!. - The streets were kpt clear by cavalry.
Tbe peers, robed in gold and crniine. were
marshalled by tins heralds under Garter King-at-Arms.
- The jiidges, in their vestments of
tate, attended to : give advice on points of
faw. 9 Near a hundred and Seventy Lords,
threefout tl.s of the Upper House, as the Up
per House 'then'w'as, -walked , in"' solemn' order
from thtir'usual place "of asiembltug' to, the
tribunal. .The junior baron present led the
May Lord Heathfield,' recently cimoMed for
his menjorable. defewc tof Gibraltar', against
the fleets and armies of. franco and Spain-:
Tho Jong processioa was closed by the Dulje
of Norfolk:, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the
great dignitaries, and by tho brothers and sons
of the Kinx Last of all came the Prince of
Wals,-conspicious by his Cne ierson and no
ble bearing. The grey old Vails were 'hung
with scarlet.'- The long galleries were crowd
ed by such an audience as has fatel excited
the fears or the emulation of an ofator.'; r' There
were gathered together," from " all parts of a
great, Trecnlightened, and prosperotis realm,
grace ana icmaie loveliness, wit and learning,
ho- representatives of , every science and ot
every art... There , were seated around 'the
Queen- the fair- haired young daughters.of J;he,
house of Brunswick. . There the ; Ambassador
of great Kings and Commonwealths gazed with,
admiration .on a spectacle which . no ..otlicr
country ia: the world, could) present. There -Siddona,
in the prime of her majestic beauty,
looked with emotion en a scene surpassing all
the imitations of the stage. There the histo
rian oi the Roman Empire thought of the days
when Cicerd "pleaded the ' cause1; of Sicily
aYainst Verres ; 'and' when,' before enate
which had still tome show of lreedom, Tacitus
thundered against the oppressor ot Africa.
Lftng years have passed 4 ssetueo again. t ,r.?
".But I see thco all changed, how sadly ;I gaze;
victim of io'rrow.'a rnartyr to paiu, Relays?
V. I i V .-.C
ii ! '-'.iCct' :- '
i t, ti.;: -
There wera seen, side '.b Vide, th greateit
painter, and tlio greatest scholar of the age.
The spectacle had allured Kcynolds from that
easel which has prserred to us the! thoughtful
foreheads of so many writers aDd statesmen,
and the sweet smiles ofo laany noble matrons.
It. had induced Parr to suspend bis labors in
th.at dark' and profound to in 8 froni which" he
nad extracted a vast treasure, of i erudition a
treasure too often buried la the earth,- too oft
en paraded with injudicious and inelegant os
tentation'; but ' still precious,'; .massive; and
splendid'' , There, appared .the ' voluptuous
charms of her to whom the heir of .the throne
had in secret plighted his faith. Thefei too,
wai'she, the beautiful mother of a 'beautiful
race,; the ' Saint Cecilia, whose delicate fea-
tures.i lighted up; by: love and music, ait has
rescued from tbe'conimon decay.- ."There -were
the memberVof :,t.haV brilliant, society which
qnoted, criticised,, andtsxehange J.; repartees,
under the rich peacock, hangings of Airs. Mon-f
tagne. ;And tliere'the ladies, whose lips, more
persuasive than those of Fox himself, had carr
ried the .TYestminiter oleciioa against palace
and treasury ; shone round Georgiana Duchess
of pev.ormhire J V, w'.. '
'.The sergeants made proclamation. Hastings
advanced to the bar and bent his knee. The
culprit was indeed unworthy of that great pre
sence He" had ruled 'an extensive and popu
lous 'country, had made, .laws and treaties, had
tent forth armies, .had set r.pand pulled down
princes. - And in his high place he had s6
borne." himself, ..that all had feared him , that
Uiost ,had.f loved.. him; and that hatred itself
could deny him no title to glory,: except vir
tuer" He' looted like a great man.'andnot
like a bad man .V A person small and emacia
ted, yet, deriving :dignity, from a carriage
which, while it indicated deference to the
court," indicated alsohabitual self-possession
and self-respest ; a highland intellectual fore
head a brow pensive, but not gloomy ; a
mouth of inflexible decission ; a face pale and
worn, but serene on which was written, as le
gibly as under the great picture in the council
chamber at Calcutta,- Mens aqna in. ard'rts -r
such was the aspect with which the great pro
consul presented himself to the judges. :
His counsel accompanied, bim, men all of
whom were afterwards raised by their talents
and learning to the highest posts in their pro
fession , the bold 'and strong minded Law, af
terwards Chief Justice of the .King's Bench ;
the more humane and eloauent. Dallas, after-:
wards Chief Justice of the Common Picas ;
and Plonier'who, nearly twenty years later,
successfully conducted in the same high court
the defence of Lord Melville, and subsequently
became Vice Chancellor and Master of the rolls.
But neither the culprit nor his advocates at
traded so much notice as the accusers. Jn
.... : . . . - ' '
the midst of the blaze ol red , drapery, a space
ha'd been fitted up with 'green benches and ta
bles for the Commons. The managers, with
Burke at their head, appeared in full dre.s,
The collectors of gossip did not tail to remark
that even Fox,-generally so regardless of his
appearance, had paid to the illnstrious tribuia
the compliment of wearing a .bag and sword
Pitt had refused to.be one of the conductors
of the impeachment ; and his commanding, co
pious, and sonorions eloquence, was wanting
to that great muster of various talents. . Age
and blindness had unfitted Lord North for the
duties of a public prosecutor ; and his friends
were left , without the, help of his excellent
sense, his tact, and Ins . urbanity. ,liut, in
spite of the abscence of these two distinguish
ed members of the Lower nduse, the box in
which the managers stood, contained an array
of speakers such as perhaps had not appeared
together since the great age of Athenian elo
nuence.' ; There stood Fox and Sheridan, the
English Demosthenes, nnd the English Hype
rides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or
negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings
and his style. to the capacity and taste of his
hearers; but in the aptitude of comprehension
and richness. of imagination superior to every
orator, ancient or modern. There, .with eyes
reverentially fixed on Burke, appeared the fin
est gentleman of the age his form developed
by every' ' manly . exercise his lacer beaming
with intelligence ana iint tne ingenious, me
chivalrous, -the Ligh-aouled Windham. ;Nor
though surrounded by silch men did the young
st manager' pass unnoticed. ;At an age when"
most of those who. distinguish, themselves in
life are still contending for prizes, and fellow
ships at college,- he had won lor himself a con
spicubu8 place in Parliament. No advantag
of fortune,. or connection ;.yas wanting .that
could set off to the height his splendid talent
and h?s unblemished honor. ' At twenty-three
he.had'been thought 'worthy to be'ranked with
The voteran -statesmen.. who appearea ,as tne
delegates of the British Commons,: at the bar
nf the British Mobility. All Who stood at that
bar.Vaaye 'him' alone I are. gone culprit, a'dvo
cates. -.ftccusors. To the, generation which js
now in tiio vigor Of lifo,-he is sole represent
t ve "of- a 'great age which has passed away.
But those wVo',' within the last ten years,' have
listened . with' delight, till the - morning sun
shone in upon the tapestriea of the Ilouie of
Lords, to the lofty and animated eloquence of
Charles Earl Grey, are able to form some esti
mate of the "powers of a race of men. among
whom he was not the foremost, .st v r
. The chargee and ' the answers of HastingJ
were first read. This ceremony occupied'twO
:.;"'fyY - Yi V' 'i'REE,A9;tjnE;.WI-p, ANp
C LE AltPIELI), WE DNESMY, yOy.;2S,, 185-5:, . ;
whole days;- end was rendered - less tedious
than it would otherwise hare been,' by the sil
ver voice and just emphasis of Cowper, Clerk
of. the Court, a near relation of the amiablo
poet, i On the third day Burke rose; Font sit
ings of the court were ocenpied by his open-
ng speech, which was intended to be a genertJ
ntroduction to all the charges. . With, an ex
uberance of thought and a'splendor of diction
which Riore than satisfied the highly -raised ex
pettirtion of ' the audience, he , described the
baracttr and institutions of the jnatives of In
dia; recounted the circunistances in which the
Asiatic Empire of Britian had originated; and
set forth the constitution. .of tha Company, and
of the English Presidencies. Having Uiue.at
tempted to communicate to his hearers an Idea
of Eastern society as vivid as that which ex-
sted iu his own mind, he proceeded to. arraign
the administration of Hastings, as systcmati-
cally con'lucted ia defiarice of - morality and
public The "i-.nergy'an-l pathos' of the
great or,U or extorted expressions .ptvawo.ied
admiration- evan froni, the stern and hostile
Chancellor ; and,'' f6r 'a' moment, seemed to
pierce even the resolute heart of the defend
ant. ' The ladies in the galleries, unaccustom
ed to'such displays of eloquence, excited by
the solemnity of the occasion, and perhaps
not unwilling to display their taste and .sensi
bility, were in a state pi uncontrollable emo-
tion.-- Handkerehiets were piiiiea out; emeu-
ing bottles were handed round; hysterical sobs
and screams were heard Mrs.' Sheridan w-as
carried out in a fit,,. At length the orator con
cluded. Raising his voice till the old arches
of Irish oak resounded ' '.
,s'My lords," said he, "these are the securi
ties, which we have in all the. constituent parts
of s the" bodv of this house.1 ' We know them,
we reckon, we rest upon 'them,' and ' conitr.it
safely the interests of India and of humanity
into your hands. Therefore, it is with confi
dence, 'that, ordered by the Commons,
"I impeach Warren Hastings, Esquire, of
hih crimes and misdemeanors.- .
"I impeach him in the name of the Com
mons of Great Britain in parliament assembled,
whose parliamentary trust he has betrayed.'
"I impeach him in the name of all the Com
mons of Great Britain, whose national' charac
ter' he has dishonored. ' . ' ' '' '"''
'I impeach hiih in the name .of. the people
of India, whoso laws, rights,- and liberties he
has subverted;-vrhose proiierties he has de
stroyed, whose country h ; has laid waste and
desolate. ,..';-., , .. .," ,
. "I impeach hirn in the name,- and by virtue,
of those eternal laws of justice, which he has
violated. ' " : ' .' . '
"I impeach him lu the name of human na
ture itself,, which iie has cruelly outraged, in
jured, and oppressed in both sexes, in' every
age, rank,' situation, and condition tf life."
A Woman's Axswee. A writer illus! rating
the fact, that some errors are lilted into im
portance by elforts to refute them, when they
need to be treated w ith wholesome doses of
contempt and ridicule, observes that all the
blows inflicted by the herculean club of cur
tain logicians are not half so effectual as
box 011 the c:ir of a celebrated atheist by the
hand of a beauty. Having preached jn vain to a
circle of ladies,- he attempted to revenge him
self by Faying,: "Piirdonj my error, ladies ; I
did not imagine that in a house where wit vies
with crace. I aloiw should have the honor of
not believing in 'God." "You are not alone
sir," aiswered the mistress of the house, 'lmy
horses, my dog, my cat, share this honor with
you; only these ; poor brutes have -the. good
sense not to boast of it." " 1 - ' "
This reminds us of what occurred a ew
veara azo. "on one of our western rivers, . A
thing in theBhape of. a man, was glorying in
his atheism,1 avowing that the present life was
all of a man;' that he had no soul and no here
after. . 'And so you have no soul ?" asked a
gentleman in the group, evidently designing
to reason with him on the subject.'1 "No," re
plied the atheist, "not a w hit more than a pig.';
The gentleman was about to enter, on an.argu
meut with him, when an elderly .Scotch lady
spoke up smartly; "Sir, I hope you will - not
spend your breath reasoning with the crea
ture ; .by bis. ain confession, he has nae more
aoul thanapig; and ye wad: naeargue wi a
pig."
" C?The Helroit Democrat .relates' the fol
lowing aiuusiug incident which, it says, occur
red In that city recently. j :. : :
A. clergyman came into Detroit yesterday,
fromtho lorthVand on coming out from tea,
found his umbrella gone, and another similar
one In its place, which he took, and walked up
Woodward Avenue. '. He stood talking"ln the
street with his umbrella ' spread, with 'one "of
his neighbors whom he chanced to meet, who
looking at 'the umbrella,- remarked,.. "Well,
Parson,' I always took yon for'a 'candid man.
who would be free to confess a fault, it one
were committed, butj think you are carrying
that virtue to extremes," and he pointed to
the" line displayed in large white letters on
the black" umbrella.',' y ,- f : ; , -"
"I stole this umbrella from . .
' The parson took a look at the clonds, and
concluded the rain was about over, shut up his
nmbrazeous convenienee, and started onr with
a countenance disclosing more chagrin than
hwnility. . r;'
AMERICAN TO THE .CORE, -.'..y r.'t
v A Picture of cur Country n- --, --
America, as . she now stands,! is a striking
fact. i,Th Western clearings,! the . immense
farmers of. the Mississippi Valley; the Lake
trade, the foreign immigration,; toiling Africa
chained to the car of commerce, gorgeous and
reckless New York,- and sudden San Francis
co, excite imagination, by all that they imply
and foreshadow. They represent many Ideas,
and. embody manya wonderful and moving
tory ; for business has its danger -and daring,
its ?ufiering and endurance, and the changes of
fortune, in this new world of boundless resour
ces and free activity, are more marvellous than
the tales of tho" Arabian .Nights. - This bold
enterprise that stretches to the;, Pacific, this
skilled and thoughtful race grasping a vast em
pire like-a homestead; to.cullivatevaud plant,
and, adorn ; this brave., anuyrof worshipers,
marching on irresistibly to the conquest of na-
ture.. form a grand spectacle, yj hourh their
weapons tue axe, (cc ;uu4u,uu m atc
j .t... ... I
enciue uave-rioc' tue iusir.,oi pooiry uiai
gleans from the point of the sword; though the
heroes of the, farm i ,tha workshop, and the
counting.-house, like yilUge - llaaipdensi die
unsupg, yet great qualities, are often exhibit: 1
ed in these humble fields of man's effort, and ,
their labors found nations, as those of the co- j
ral insoct lift the basis of an Jsland above the
sua, to the light and air. of Heaven. .; f -, A
Bat tho picture has its dark side. ' The ea
ger desire for wealth j the "incessant and Sab
bathless" pursuit of it has become the univer
sal passion and occupation. ' We : have that
love of money which is the root ot all evil ;
and under the deadly shade of the tree from
that root, the love of knowledge "and :art, of
truth, and virtue, and beauty, withers and
dies. : "In posterity no alters smoke." The
curs. of Midas is upon us. Our feelings, our
ideas, our aspirations, are all t- rned into gold,
aud we are starving amid our barren abund
ance. "We worship the material, riot the spir
itual; the visible and ""transient, not the invisi
ble and eternaL. ,We are practical,, not intel
lectual; and our pleasures are of the sense s,
Cwt of the reason imagination and tastes .We
are smitten with "the lust of flesh, and the
lust of the eye, and the pride of -life.'' ,; We
are true disciples of thu ethics of iptereat and
utility, and our.only morality is cash payment
Truly has it been said, that-fbe 4vhp, makes
haste to get rich shall not be innocent." : If
intemperate driukin be the degrading vice of
one j;ortion of our peopli, intemperate m.on.ey
rualii;ig. is the bosctting sin of another, and
much larger portidn,' and it is difficult to say
which is the more pernicious. t Ose is a vice
of the senses, destroying the mind ; the other
a do!-i'.on of the mind, and a selfish passion,
blasting the moral sentiments, and playing
the higher powers of the intellect." The poor
drunkard cannot resist the "baneful cup,'.'
which benumbs the, soul, "unmoulding rea
son's mintage," and transforming him ' ' " :
- '-Into the inglorious likeness of a beast," .
and the infatuated worshiper of .Mammon de
liberately uses his mental faculties for his own
destruction, prefers rthe ignoble and low to
the the' pure and' high, and shuts out the light
of Heaven from his life. ; Successful industry
rapid gains, rank, prosperity;; without counter
acting causes to modify their Influence, have
stimulated .this passion for wealth to excess,
and have produced already. La. this new count
try, luxury, venality, corruption; contempt for
fntellectual pursuits and pleasures,'and sneer
ing indifference to ennobling and elevated sen
timent.. Hence tho vulgar ostentation of our
cities; hence the general want of literary taste
and'.' culture hence the deplorable frauds of
business'' heuce much of the '.baseness of our
politics. Narih American JRtxieu?. ; r - .
';'. ' ' Signs and Wo'iidcrs. .
When will aigns and wonders ccaio 1 Not
till the destroying angel shall clip the thread
of time,, and the h-ar'ens shall ' be .rolled to
gether as a' scroll ,Not a'day passes but , we
soe good aud bad bigns as the Jollowing will
show: 41 " - : ,. . .
' Its a good sign 'io 'have a man 'enter your
ofTicevvith a friendly, greeting "Here's two
dollars for my paper." j
-!!. ri Vind . siff-n bear a man sav he's too
po5rto take' a- papW teo,:'6"6riehi'i cirrus
home'a jug'of "red eye" that costs him,half a
-
dollar. -
0 It's a good sign' tb see urn an doing an act
6f;chartty..;:i,; .'...';,(,..'..,'.,.; i ..'.;,..;
It'sa bad.sign to hear him boasting, of it,,, v
It's a good signtorsea the flush of heaitlt ia
a man's face: S;; f ;; . ' .
' Tt's a bad sign to sefi't concentrating "in his
nose.' i.t-jt t."! r?.t
- It's a good sign to see an honest man wean
ing old clothes.--;' ;
; Jt's.a bad sign' to' see them'fillfng boles ,in
his windows. , i!.,r-. ;:i..T ..- .. ?.'.', .
- It's a good sign . to tee a - raan wiping ; the
perspiration from bis brow.' w " f " (
.It's a bad sjgn o 'see biin' wipe his chops as
as he comes out of a saloon.., ., iMi, ; ,;
It's a good sign to see a woman, dress with
taste and neatness. . ' '' . -, ;
7 It's a bad sign to' see her husband sued for
her feathers.and foolery, gemsand jewelry,. t s
y: It's a good sign to see a man' or m
yertise in the paper:-' i . -'V4 ;i
woman . ad
V It's a' bad. sign" to tea
for them.
the sheriff advertise
'I
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, 'Ji :,'; t XJQJ$ j
f. Spain as She Was and as She Js. -i
Jfations.Jikeindi'iduais, are liable to . ex
traordinary changes, ia. power and, fortune.
This Is clearly palpable to all wjjo glance back
at the ancient nations, to Rome: and Greece in
their names of glory and . who; then turn ta
their present comparatively , ikowerless condi
tion and ruin. .But the hiatoiy of Spain'afTords
another striking ;iutance of the .decline; of
naticms. ; Macaulay, ja one .of his 'admirable
essays, forcibly remarks, that- whoever wish
es to be well acquainted with the morbid anatT
oniy of governments, r .whoever wishes , to
know how great Sates may be made feejtiland
wretched, should study the history of jSiviiu.
He says the empire, -of Philip, the Second, was
undoubtedly onefcof the most powerfulr and
splendid, that ever existed , in ; the, world,, la
Europe he ruled Spain, Portugal, the Nether
lands on. both , sid is of. the . Jiiiins ranca
y- . t m 11..1f:1 yc a nnr ilia, (uti
vv1" fy ; r -r; r
Kiciiipa. Tnscanv.. rarna, aim, uu umo
' -i -.' . - -
--.; .----,-..-7 .-
pendent on mm as tac xr r-
B;r.ir now are on the hast Jnsiia company. ,n
Asia thci.King of. Spa,in.;wa loaater.oC the.Phi
liianes. and of all those rich setUeuient whic
the rortuguo.e had made on the .xoast t( Ma
labar aud, Corouvtadel, ia thy tFcain,wu .of
Malacca, and jn the Spice Island of .the. Eas-
tern Archipelaso.i.In. Anjci;ica.hi doniiuions
extended on each side.oi: thf3 jiiator into the
tempe;-atczou!i.i There is; reasjn to, bTV
that his annual .revenue amounted ia the sea
son of his greatest pwer, ;to foi'r, tuillioui
sterling ; a sum eight timss as la: ge us that
which England y ielded to Elizabeth. He had
a standing army of fifty thousand, excellent
troops, at a time when England had not a sinr
gle-battalion jn constant pay. , His ordinary
naval force consisted of , a hundred and .f,orty
galleys. ITa. Jield.' what ; 110 other prince in
modern time -has h-li, the dominion bo:h of
the'land and of the7 's"a.:"- During the greater
part of hi. reign he" was snpreme'W'both ele
ments, nis soldiers marchea up to tne capi
tal of France; his ships menaced the shores of .
England. At the same time Spain had what Na
poleon desired in ''vain ships, colonies -hnd
commerce. She long monopolized the trade
of America and of-the Indian Ocean." All the
gold of the-West, and all the spices 'of the
East,' were received and distributrd by her. 1
' But how' aft thou fallen from licaven, O!
Lucifer, son "of the morning.3 How artthoVcut
down to-' the ground," that 'dilst1 weaken the
n-itions :"! ; '";..'::'ri
If we overleap' a hundred years,' and lo'ok at
Spain towards the closo of the sevcnt-ert!i
century, "what" a change do 'we fiud f The fnn
trast is as great as that which the Rome of Ga!
lienus'and Honorious presents to th? Rome of
Marina and clesar.' '---y:-u -'" - '
At ihe present day the condition of Spani is
indeed "deplorable.-' The1 discoverer of the
New World is now deprived of all her mighty
possessions en this glftrious cohfinent, hilc
even the parent toatfon i9,'ina gre-it measure,
an instrument in tha hands 1 of other European
powers. - Tom and agitated by doines'tic con
vulsoni. she-has jnsl passed through1 several
fierce and bloody-civil wars, and the last ad
vices indicate that she is on the' eve of anoth
er changed ' ud"wXa!Ts he'pecret of this de
terioration MacauUy says that all the caus
es of the decay of Spain resolve .themselves
into one' caus3 bal" government" '"Wnaf a
lesson to nations ! - . "
: V. - -,. 1 Sarcastic Sentence, j -;
,tKd;Elias Keys,-lormovly lir&t ; Judge of
Windsor County vYt., was. a strange-, composi,
tion of folly. and good sense,of natural hrewdr
neas aud, want f: cultivation.,, iThe-fvllowiug
sentence, it. is said, was. pronounced; upon.a
poor ragged fellow convicted of stealing a pair
of boots from Gen.. Curtis, a. man of .consider
able wealth, in the town of Windsor? ". : S
." Well,": said the Judges very gravely, be
fore pronouncing ; the sentence of the eourt,
undertaking to -read, the; .fellow a lecture
"you're a fine . fellow .to-!; . arraigned beforo
tho court for Btealing.:They say you are poor
I -oo one doubts it wlKklqc's at: you, and , how
darcypu, being poor,f have the impudence to.
steal apair of boots .Nobody but rich peo-
1 pie have a right to. -take , such things without
i paviJ -;Tbcn
j tkjt. i
B nvt-r asked lUSt
Then they, say o, you aret,worLUles-j
from tjia fact that no one , lias
ever asked justice. tor be done .to you; . all by
unanimous icoasenljpronounccd you. guilty,
before you were tried. u Now yp4 might know
you would be condemned.- -tAnd nowyou must
know that it was a great aggravation that you
stole them in that large town .of .Windsor .-In.
that large town to commit such an act;is laost
horrible. And not onlygOjinto, Windsor to
steal, but you must 6teal from that great pian,
fJJen. Curtis. This caps Tthe. climax of your in
iquity..; Base wretcbl.why.did ypu-not;o.an4
steal tbe pnly'pair of tboots. which, some, pppr.
man had or . could get? and, then you would
have been let alone nobody would haye troub
led themselves about the acUFocyodr iniqui
ty, in stealing 'in thel great. town of ,Win,d5or,
and from the great Gen. Curtis, the coarjt.senr
tences you to three months imprisonment in
the county jail, and may God give you some
thing to eat!" j r.
j cy If you earn: more than you spend, and
save it,, don't knuckle downUo, any .man' ; yon
meet, but hold ,-np your; personal dignity ..to
thesolidity of starch. s - -.1 i '7 t
;2.-X0. IT-TOTAL, 0.
A- Teetotal Monkey,
' Dr. Guthrie relates the -following amusing
anecdote of a domesticated monkey; Jack j
as be was' called, seeing bis master and soma
companions drinking, with those -irnitatir
powers for which: his ppeciss ij -remarkable,
finding half a glass of whiskey left took.lt oj
and drank it-off.:; It flew, or eourse to .Lis
bead. ' Amid their roars of laughter, be .began
to skip, bop and - dauce. Jack, was drunk.-
Next day, when they went,, with thejctenlioa
of repeating the fuu, to. take the poor raonkpy
from bis box, be was flot to be ;seea Look
ing in.side,' there be;Uy, crouched in acorner
'Come out said his master.' Afraid to. disor
bey, hecime out, walking on.throelegs the
fore-paw: that, was laid on his forehead saying;
as plain as words could do, that he bad a head
ache.; - Having left him some days to. get wpll,
and resume bis gaiety, Uioy at length -cjrrried
him otflo Ue scone ol revel. Qn entering, he
eyed the glasses with manifest terror, skulk
ing behind .the bairv and. on bis raasUr: order
ing htm to drink-, he-bolted,; and-4 was on tho
housetop lit a , twinkling, Tlujcafted ,lun
down. Hi would not come. ,Uis master
jsuo-ck Jie wji?p at bbui.. UA op,,pt which, h
was always much afraid,, w;as pointed at his
discij'biol'terapjrance; lie. ducked, .his'lisad,
and slipjed over to the back; of the, Uonse; up
on which, seeing his predicameul.aqd eis
afraid ainareutly -f tlje firo than the fire-water,
tlie jnonkey leaped at abound un the-Ciiciney-top,
and getting dowp jcto a flue, ;ha!i oa, by
his fore-paws. He would rather lie sieged
than drink.; He triumphed, and although uis
roaster kept him fur twelve-" years 'kftc-r !ia
he never could persuade- the monkey- to' -tak
ahotherdfcrip of whiskey J -.'" ' l e ?
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,,:i, (,, r,'lioi-3,n.!You'li Keep.", :-ic.-i
, Some years ago, an old sign painter, who
was very cross, very gruff, and, a little deaf,
was engaged to paint the Ten Commandmenfs
pa some --tablets- in a church not; live.- miles
froraJJuflalo.. ; He -wwked two-. day at- It, and
at the close of tike secoud day the pastor of Idas
church came in jt-o.seo howtbo work progresa- -ed.
I The wld man tod by, smoking a short
pipe, as the reverend gentleman ran his ey
over, tha tablets,; j -,!; f .ij ins riJ
Eh," said the pastor as his familiar! eya
detected something, wrong in the wording of
tho bly precede. whyryou careless ld fel
low, jeu left part of i one of -the commandr
tnentS entirely dut don't you see - n t?f.
:?Xo no sircb thing,", said; the- old Wan,
putting on liia spectacles.; "nonothing-Iet
out, where l?wv--,U t i
n -Why,ther3," persisted the pastor, fbere
look: at them in the lible-7-yoij;hav left some
of the commandments out."
Well, what if I have," said old obstinacy,
as he ran his eye complacently? tvec his work
what J if I have 7 I There's a 'damn; sight
more there now than yoirll keep.' r ' . T
tT Another and! a more' correct .artist was em
ployed next day. f. :' ..' t . tl ?I .- O "1
- Y ' s.Tsass by; the Trades.. 1. . .
... Froruii list. of, professional .toasts, saldto
hive baen made.at.lhe. New, England, celobra
tion at Milwaukee, we .take the following: ,
By a Baker--"The' Storin of Liberty" It
rose in tho yeast may it continue, to give-its
light until it has leavened the whole world,
and prepared.for the last baking. ,
. By a Dry, Goods Jlerchant 'OurrN'atiooat
Flag" May we never measure It by yards, nor
sell it without a reasonable advance on its fint
cost, adding transportation and insurance. J .
By. riinter-yPlymoutla. Kock",4rThe imy
posing stone on which the tona of our liberties
was raideup niay it, be a type of their per.
petuity.,j -i, --j -. ,-;-.'; . . .-' . "- . .
- By a Tailor 'The American Union'' Butj
timed 'up by the jKitriotiam of our ancestors;
msy its needles of viiluous indignation prick
the goose that attempts, to riD it assunder.
By a . Millet '-The - Mayflower"-:-Ground
iroia the jrjst of oppression it turned out na
fcliorU..-, 'j . ...i. - .--. -.- j
. ,By,a Forwarder "The Boston Tea Party"
May its memory be- stored away by all who at
tempt to ; exact Illegal eommission. -
By a Banker "The Pilgrim Stock Above
par; in every market. , r. ; e .
: ; : ' Dbg-Fight.; ; ; j;
'Glrpa; I've just seen one of the i worst dog
fights aswis ever seen or heerh tell "of 1n the
world.- ' ' . ,
' "Well Simon, lay boy, bow was it?" .
I "Why, father, there -was one great big black
dog. with white ears and a brass collar, and
one little black and green dogfwhat hadn't no
man with'bim, and as--"' f
--' Cbme, come, Simon, don't talk so last; yoa
get everything mixed tip; stop and get. breath
a'momenfandBOt blow So like arorpoise'.h ''.
-'wWell.T wraht tb tell yoo'bo-w one dog with
white ears got ono" side of the met?tinr:house,
and the othef mcVtin'g-h'onW ; with tho jailer
dog no ncf, I mean one meeting-house witii
the ysller green'ears; goVoii oae'side' ofthe
doy.and the other be-TJO no; tife'w'nite' and
yallercar, he givea"yelp,rat the meeting-honse
and the dog oh,-dad, I've1 give H out f
there Varn't hb dog at aTlX' - ' :" : f
.r. mlf j.' ' t ?snj
;:rA Siatcsxra fob RrxKs. Wa'sre ecqntiBt
ed with a'pfinter -who is so enthusiastic in btl
business that lie aever sits do-wn" to diriber with
( out insisting on seeing a proof of the padding!
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